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Q s. PROPHITT,
DK ' Covington Gkouoia.
... nia celebrated
Consisting of liis—
nVEK MEDICINE,
1 .VOnYNF. PAIN KILI. IP.
ANTI-BILIOUS PILLS,
AGUE TILLS,
DYSENTERY cordial,
FEMALE TONIC, and
I’UR IE TING PILLS,
1 w iH attend to all business in
M heretofore. his ~f fice.
|,i? lino, t ■ , )r patients wlien consulted,
Will r , lS (h& t, 00Tne to his office at any
excepted.)
iromp t to all Orders.
il„,,t Remedies of DT. TROI’IIITT,
The cxC m ,. n ,lation —their well known power
toed no c®* , ( q„ ei ,g oS peculiar to our South
, removing a ] rcn dy established for them
rßC vShk rffiion in Georgia and the ad
,n.* States As the majority ot persons liv
oifing ® a .i ftr e predisposed to disease of
“?,£• »r t ™o.l br ill phyai
of ill. r a ">® “A “A" »"
„ns tn< t t 0 organic or functional derange
Sol that important organ.
I9n t 01 PBOPHTTTS
MvC r Mod-icino
m lirectiv at the root of the evil. It cures
l nk r rv winch in nine cases out of ten, is at
, h 9 Attorn of the Coughs, Dyspepsia, Colic,
Headache, Rheumatism, Constipation, Men
£,[ Oh-tructions, etc,, so common among ««■
V VvV Medicine.
advantage of almost any other Prepara
af M dicinc that acts upon the Liver. It is
lor ” Fluid Extract ready for use at
I' imes day or night, and can be carried to
t relit V in America, winter or summer, as it
1 S:«»r nor CM«« .1 «g W*-,
' " human being can occupy with safety.
k i* not toe strong for children, or taio weak
, t |,e most robust. There is no trouble about
. ki „ e it. only to unstop the Lottie and drink it
i „ever yii’ti may want, it. It Ims gamed a
h rv bi-b reput it ion in every locality it has had
Vr and honorable chance to prove itself at
1T point in America, and it has been used i*
r <1 to so ltd. of Maine, and is a.ike appli
tS to‘disorders of the Liver nnd Digestive
at all places yet tried
Traveling Parties, north and south, carry it,
id find the h&pry effeits of it in all climates.
particil iR notice.
; er ,.after NO MEDICINE WILL BE DELIV
HER or SERVICE RENDERED, except for
tfgro Jk. s li !'"©*
ou need not call unless you are prepared to
Jay C iSIT, for I will not Keep Rooks.
an. 31, lSi’,o. 0. S. PROPHITT.
7. MA. aK WALTER,
IASBLK WORKS
Ukoad Street. Augusta, Ga.
TAU HI,E ‘ MONUMENTS,
Tomb St o n'e s ,
arble"Man ties. and Furniture Marble
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION;
fvn t’nc Plainest, to the most Elaborate, design
id furnished to order a* sV>-t, ooti-e.
W3?“ All work for the zoa.i”' a.:-ofully boxed
'led 4-3-5-ly.
TAN YARD FIXTURES FOR SALE!
"NOUTDINir a Bark Mill, 29 Vats, and all the
, Tools, Benches, <t \, belonging to a Tan
nrd. All comparatively new and in good order,
id will he sold at. a bargain as the present
onrietDrs have no me for it. Apply to
W. \Y. CLARK, Covington, Ga ,
JESSE M. WELLBORN, at Dixie Nursery,
miles N. E. of Covington.—33t.f
ewton County Script Wanted.
NY person having any of the above named
L Script to dispose of, will consult their own
trrest by calling on
|tf BOWKER <k HARRIS.
Hotels.
planters hotel,
Augusta, Georgia.
This well known first class Httol is now re
cced for the accommodation of ihe traveling
|! lie, with the assurance that those who may
ve occasion to visit Augusta, will bo made
m for tab’c. As this Hotel is now complete in
cry Department, the Proprietor hopes, that by
Lt arui personal attention, to merit a share of
’die patronage.
JOHN A. GOLDSTEIN, Pro’p,
United States Hotel.
kANTA GEORGIA
WHITAKER & SABSEEN, Propriety,
thin One Hundred Yards of the General Passen
uepot, corner Alabama and Prior streets,
AMERICAN HOTEL,
Alabama street,
UST A, GEORGIA,
Nearest house to the Passenger Depot.
WHITE & WHITLOCK, Pro -iotors.
Having re-leased and renovated le above
del, we are prepared to entertain uests in a
18 satisfactory manner. Charp 3 fair and
Hecate. Our efforts will be to .case.
?gage carried to and from Depot .rec of charge
-A. CAILD.
~ undersigned, liaving purchased the cn
i ln * erßs t °f S. M. Jones in the AUGUS-
H 1 1J,, respectfully solicit a share of pat
nage Irom the traveling public generally.—
E Propose to keep a First Grass House, and
6 every effort lo satisfy nnd please all that.
P ? l ' B a e *U. Roth of us have been connected
, ' the Hotel for thirteen years.
>e Rooms of the Hotel aro large and airy
urnislied equal to any in the city,
e call tlie particular attention of the old
"ns ot the House to the change. We desire
oe and welcome them.
n ° BAR furnished with the best Liquors and
> RAN’L G, MURPHY,
PATRICK MAY.
THE GEORGIA ENTERPRISE.
J. W. MURRELL.
dentist,
Office—UpStairs in Murrell’s Brick Store,
Covington, Ceobqia,
Being prepared with the latest im-
in Dental Material,
Guarantees Satisfaction in each
branch of Operative nnd Mechanical Dentistry.
desired will visit Patients at their
homes in this and adjoining Ceunties.
All orders left at the Covington Hotel, or at
the residence of Mr. G. W. H. Murrell, Oxford,
Ga., will receive immediate attention.—ly3f.
COVINGTON MALE ACADEMY.
MR. J, N. HOOKER would respectfully
notify (he publie, that the Second Term of
the above named Academy will open the ‘id of
August. Those seeking thorough and practical
instruction, will find it to their interest to pat
ronise this Academy—especially- these prepar
ing for College,—July 39-4137
V H O~T 0GRAP1I8!
| HAVE JHRT RECEIVED n Fresh Supply
I 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 buibl
ing—2otf J. W. CRAWFORD, Artist.
I would respectfully inform the
citizens of Newton, nnd adjoining
counties, that I have opened a
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.
17 it JAMES R. BROWN
H. T. HENRY,
DENTIST,
COVINGTON, GEORGIA.
HAS reduced iiis prices, so
tbalall who have been so unfortu-
nutes to lose their natural Teeth
can have their places supplied by Ait, at v-ry
small cost. Teeth* Filled at reasonable prices,
and work faithfully executed, Office north side
of Square.—l 2‘2tf
JOHN S. CARROLL,
DENTIST
COVINGTON, GEORGIA.
Teeth Filled, or New ones Inserted,in
-V(FrT?? the best Style, a*<l or, Reasonable Terms
Gffieie Bew-et'R. Kmsfs Swa—l ltf
J. C. MORRIS,
Attorney at Xiaw,
CONYERS, GA.
JAM E S M . LEVY,
Watchmaker & Jeweler,
East side of the Square,
COVINGTON, GEORGIA,
Where he is prepared to Repair Watches, Clocks
and Jewelry in the beststyle. Particular atten
tion given to repairing Watches injured by in
competent workmen. All work warranted.
~ J OB EP H Y. TINS LE Y ,
Watch m'aker fit Jeweler.
Is fully prepared to Repair Watches, Clock
And Jewelry, in the best Style, at short notice
All Work Done at Old Prices, and Warranted.
2d door below the Court House.—slf
PACE, WOOD & ROGERS,
HAVE JUST OPEN Ki)
A Very Largo and Handsome Stock of
s » a sot« © © 0 s.
OF EVERY DESCRimoN.
We invite ours cn sto give us a call, as our
Stockevery Department is now complete.
PACE, WOOD & ROGERS,
South side of Square, Covington, Ga-
COmGTOK GA., AUGUST 20 1869
Cod Help the South.
God help the South, dear sunny land,
By tyrants Crushed itnd riven,
Betrayed, insulted, conquered, taxed
By negroes ruled nnd driven ;
Bright native land of noble hearts,
The Union’s truest glory,
The day will eomo when truth shall write
Your fair, unvarnished story.
God help tlio South ! Thine arm alone
Can loose tho chains that bind her—
Regrading bonds that have too long
Most ruthlessly entwinod her :
Lift up the heads now bowed in grief,
Give joy instead of sorrow ;
And for these weary hours of glo.nn,
A culm and glut ions morrow.
1 heir father’s God, and now their own,
On whom their hearts still rcstod,
IV lien darkest days of grief and woo
Their happy homes invested ;
Then was Thine all-sufficient arm
The power that oft sustained them;
And from more bitter draughts of grief
Thy pitying hand restrained them.
Still do they turn to Thoe, 0 God I
Give rest from all their sadness,
And pour upon their strife-sick hearts
Thy precious oil of gladness.’
Give them thy firm, enduring peace—
A peace that will not leave them,
Then bitter words shall cease to sting
And broken faith to grieve them.
Men call this peace—this wretched thing—
O, falsehood basely spoken,
Because their banners trail in dust,
Because their swords are broken,
Because—all! bitterest of all—
Their warriors’ heads are lying
On battle fields, too dearly won,
When victory crowned the dying.
Ah ! who shall know tho mighty hopes
Relentless death has shattered—
A nation’s hopes all swept away
Like leaves in autumn scattered !
They hope no more. They turn to Thee,
For only thou const aid them,
To rise renewed and vigorous still,
From Mi* ruin we have made them.
[Northern paper.
Hard Times—Who is Responsible ?
There are three classes of men mainly rt«
sponsible for the present hard times—the
Eastern and foreign bondholder, t,hc New Eng
land manufacturer, and the National Banker.
We are paying in all sorts of taxes—Federal
State and local- about S7OO,OOO,<KX) a year.—
We want to reduce them. But here steps in
the bondholder, who says: Remember that in
your reductions you reiain for me fully one
quarter of that sum in greenbacks for my in
terest annually.” Then conies in the Now
England manufacturer, who insists that in
order that he nviv he pro'eeted, we must have
a tariff of an exorbitant character. The
necessaries of life must he inn. nsely bur
dened, so that upon foreign manufactures wa
may affix such duties as will exclude importa
tions that come in competition with New Eng
land products. We must, in addition, al-o pay
$150,000,000 extra for the goods, higher than
they could be bought for ip Europe. We could
save $30,000,000 by redeeming $350,000,000
of bonds, which constitute the basis of the
Lund (circulation, issuing greenbacks in their
place. But the 1,700 National Banks arc
leagued together to prevent it, because it
would stop their 25 to 40 per cent, which they
aro now making yearly off the people.—[Cin
cinnati Enquirer.
Tub Wife.— lt is frequently the wife mourns
over the alienated affections of her husband,
when she made no effort herself to strengthen
and increase his attachment. She thinks be
cause he once loved, that he will always love
her; and she neglects those attentions which
first engaged his heart. Many a wife is the
uause of her own neglect and sorrow. That
woman deserves not a husband’s generous love,
who will not greet him with smiles as he re
turns from the labors of the day—who will not
try to chain him to his home by the sweet en
chantment of a cheerful heart. There is not
one of a thousand so unfeeling as to withstand
such an influence, and break away from such
a home.
The manager of a Berlin theatre got up a
drama in whieh a human head was to be of
fered to a tyrant. In order to produce as much
effect as possible, he resolved to use a human
bead. On the stage was placed a table covered
with a cloth, on the table was a basin, and an
actor concealed under the cloth, poked up his
head through a hole in the tabic, so as to seem
to be placed in the basin. The effect was pro
digious ; the audience applauded and trembled.
Unluckily, a wag, who had been strolling about
the stage, had sprinkled a spoonful of snuff in
the basin, and just as the tyrant finished his
address to the severed head of his enemy, the
head replied by a hearty fit of sneezing,
changing the audience “from graye to gay’’
with remarkable expedition.
There is nothing purer than honesty, noth
ing sweeter than charity, nothing warmer
than love, nothing richer than wisdom, noth
ing brighter than virtue, and nothing more
steadfast than faith.
A young married woman in Chicago lately
took poison and died because her husband
would stay out at night. If all young married
women committed suicide for this reason there
would be a big crop of gay widowers. Re
member that, ladies.
He is a man of power who controls the storms
of his mind, and turns to good account the
worst accidents of his fortune.
The Tod Is Great Men Work ith.
nv SAMUEL SMII.ES,
It is m>t tools that make tliti Workman, but
the trained skill and perseverance of the man
himself. Indeed it is proverbial that the bad
workman never yet had a good tool. Somo
one asked Opie !>y what wonderful proooss he
mixed hi 4 colors. 11 I mix them with my
brains,sir,” was Ills reply. It is tho same
with every workman who would excel. Fer
guson made marvelous things—such as his
wooden clock that accurrately measured the
hours—by means of a small pen knife, a tool
in everybody’s hands; but then everybody is
not a Ferguson. A pan of water and two ther
mometers were the tools by which Dootor Black
discovered latent heat; and a prism, a lens,
and a piece of pasteboard, enabled Newton to
unfold the composition of light and tho origin
of color. An eminent foreign savant once
called upon Dr. Wnllaston, and requested to
be shown over his laboratories, in which sci
ence had been -nriched by so many important
discoveries, when the doctor touk him into the
study, and pointing to n tea try on the table,
containing a few watch glasses, test papers, a
small balanco, and a blow pipe, said, “ There
is all the laboratory I have 1” Stothard learned
the art of combining colors by closely studying
butterflies' wings ; lie would often say that no
one kuew what he owed to these tiny insects.
Aburnt stick and a barn door served Wilkie in
lieu of pencil and oanvasd Bewick first practised
drawing on the cottage walls of his native
village, which ho covered with his sketches in
clmik: and Benjamin West made his first
brushes out of the cat’s tail. Ferguson laid
himself down in the fields at night in a blanket,
and made a map of tho heavenly bodies by
means of a thread with small beads on it,
stretched between his eyes aed tho stars.—
Franklin first robbed the thqnder oloqd of its
lightning by means of a kite made with two
cross sticks and a silk handkerchief. Watt made
his first model of tfio condensing steam engine
out of an old anatomist's syringe, used to in
ject the arteries previous to dissection. Gifford
worked his first problem of mathe unties, when
a cobbler's apprentice, upon smalt scraps of
leather, vyltich he beat smooth for the purpose ;
while Itittenhouse, the astronomer, first cal
culated eclipses on his plow handles.—[Golden
Sheaves.
A Morel NsH'Sflor. —Monday morning, says
the New Orleans Picayune, a gentleman pass
ing along Camp street, just opposite the Times
office, dropped from a roll of money he aps
peared to be counting at the time, pnfi of the
notes.
‘‘You’ve dropped a bill ! you’re dropped a
bill !'* shouted a throng of newsboys gathered
near. Attributing the cry to proverbial news
boy mischief, the gentleman preserving the
utmost unconcern, walked on.
At length a bright little fellow, of perhaps
twelve, known among the craft as “Frenchy,’’
ran across the street, and picking up the bill,
started after ihe proprietor.
‘•Keep it! keep it!” cried two or three.
‘T ain't again’ to keep it—he may hove
children,’’ was the reply.
Reaching the gentleman, he restored his
property : but the obstinate owner persisted in
counting the entire roll before he could be cons
viueed of the loss. At length satisfied, the
boy was rewarded TL* went excited much
discussion in the little fraternity, but #ll agreed
that, as the gcnithjm*n pj'Sht have chifdien,
Free city’s conduct was the correct thing.
Compulsory Education in Connecticut.—
Connecticut, which has as good a common
school system as there is in the United States,
now virtually compels children to avail them
selves of its advantages. The last General
Assembly passed a law which requires three
months’ of schooling each year as tho legal
condition of employing minors under fourteen
years of age. If any Djamifaeturef or other
person shall hire a minor contrary to the pro
vision of the law he forfeits one hundred dol
lars to the State treasury for each offense.—
The schools of the State are free to all, and
now the poorest people are compelled to edu
cate their children, since their employment is
absolutely conditioned upon such education.—
It is noted that tho manufacturers throughout
the State cordially approve of the new law;
and only a few laboring men oppose it.
1
American Civilization. —The wretched in
habitants of Alaska have little cause to con
gratulate themselves upon their change of
masters. The kindly neglect of tho Russians
was bettor than tho determination to “ civilize'’
them, which the Americans have displayed.
The United States set to work very soon after
arrival, and it is proudly reported that they
have already destroyed several villages. It
was thought better, says tho New York Jour
nal, quoting the report, “to destroy tho huts
than execute the people, as they place
little value on their lives, but will suffer
dreadfully for want of shelter." Tho way in
which our troops are killing off these poor
wretches, and burning their huts, is disgrace
ful to tho country. Perhaps when Congress
meets we shall hear of “resolutions of sympa
thy” with the poor Indians. Or is it only
when the oppresscd|livc(undersonie other Gov
ernment, that Americans feel pity for them?
—[Pall Mall (Eng.) Gazette.
“Siioost Right.” —“Shut your eyez and lis
ten mit me," said Uncle Van Ileyde. “Veil,
dc first night I opens my store, I counts de
monies and finds him nix right; I count him
agin and der be tree dollar gone, and vot does
yer iink I does den?” *1 can't say.’ Vy, I
didn't count him any more and he comes out
shoost right ever since.’’
Know When Four Time Comes.
You tiro beautiful to-day ; many worship
ytm, You will wake up some morning and
find your beauty gone, your worshipers
kneeling at other shrines. You have power
to-day, so much it seems to you that tho
world, your world at least, could not get on
without you. Some day you will come sud
denly to the knowledge that your power has
gono, your burdens have dropped upon other
shoulders, your honors ave worn by other men ;
and tho world, even your world, gets on with
out you. Life offers no lesson to mortals so
hard to learn, no lesson hiding in its truth so
keen a sting to self love as this, that j r our
prime has passed, nnd that jou must make
room for others, that the flower of your beaus
ty, the flower of your genius are in their de
cline ; that you must wait in the shadow,
while the younger bask in the splendor that
you have left behind. llow few are ever will
ing to admit that their time has come to learn
it. Thus it is that we see many women re
fusing to grow old gracefully. Instead of
wearing their years as a crown, mellow and
beautiful in the light of their declining sun,
they deck gray hairs arid wrinkles with a hid
eous counterfeit of youth. This is why we
see writer# writing on reputations which they
have long outlived ; writing' after they have
ceased to have anything to say, except to re
peat what they have said better, years and
years ago, This is why we see men, once in
power, still imagining themselves important,
and in garrulous and important speech evoking
the ghosts of a dead reputation in tits councils
of younger men.—[Mrs. Arnes in New York
Independent.
Rich Without Money.
Many a man is rich without money. Thou
sands of men with nothing in their pockots,
and thousands even without a pocket, are rich.
A man born with a sound constitution, a good
stomach, good heart, and good limbs, and a
pretty good bead piece is rieh. Good bones
are better than gold, tough muscles than sil
ver, and nerves that flash fire and energy to
every function are better than houses and
lands. It is bettor than a landed estate to
have had the right kind of a father and moth
er. Good breeds and bad breeds exist in men
as really as among herds and horses. Educa
tion may do much good to check evil tenden
cies or to develop good ones, but it a great
thing to inherit the right proportion of facul
ties to begin with. The man is rich who lias
a good disposition—who is natually kind, pa*
tient, cheerful, and who has a flavor of wit in
his composition. The hardest thing to get
along with in this life is a man’s own self.—
A cross, selfish fellow, a timid, care burdened
man—these all are born deformed inside.—
Their feet may notlimp but their thoughts do.
Fast Horse,
The following ia Mr. Doolittle’s account of
his fast horse:
“When I ride into town in the hurry of a
morning, my own shadow never tric3 to keep
up, and generally comes into the store to find
me about five minutes after I get there. One
day the critter was kind of restless, so I rode
him ’bout a dozen times round a big park to
take the ‘sting’ out of him, and do you know
sir, that he went so infernal fast that I could
see my own back right before me all the time?
And if I had not pulled up when I did I do
believe I should have rid right over myself.
Fact, sure! You needn’t laugh.”
Mr. Doolittle evidently came from that Wes
tern country where the people can’t sleep from
the noise of tho corn—it grows so fast.
A French paper tolls the following amusing
story :
“X., a man on whom fortune had not smiled
married a rich heiress, Miss ]>., against the
will of her brother, a gentleman in high po
sition.
Since his sister's marriage, D., will not
fesognij&e either the wife or the husband. One
day he met X., who came up and offered his
hand.
‘Never,’ replied the implacable brother-in
law.
“What! How in the h—l can you refuse
your hand to me?" Cried the excited bride
groom. “I can understand sir, why you re
fuse to speak to your sister, who has made a
bad match, but what reasons have you for
hearing such a grudge against me, since I have
made an excellent one?”
How Soon Foegotten. —So lately dead ; so
soon forgotten. ’Tis the way of tho world.
Men take us by the ham), and aro anxious
about the health of our bodies, and laugh at
«ur jokes, and we really think like the fiy on
the wheel, that we have something to do with
the turning of the earth. Some day we die
and are buried. The sun does not stop for our
funeral ; everything goes on as usual; wo arc
not missed on tho street—ono or two hearts
feel the wounds of affliction ; one or two mem
bers still hold our names and forms ; but the
crowd moves on in the daily circle, and in
three days the great wave of time sweeps over
o#r steps and washesout the last vestige of our
lives.
Tho State Legislature of Tennessee, as far
as heard from, will contain sixteen Conserva
tives.in the Senate, with five Districts to hear
from, whilst in the house there will ho forty
six Conservatives, four Republicans and four
Stokes Republicans —ultra Radicals.
The Elmira Advertiser says there is a young
lady in that place so refined that instead of
saying blackguard she says African Sentinel,
Anew English company propose to connect
South America with Europe and the United
States by means of a cable from Cuba to Cen
tral America.
VOL 4 NO. 40
Failure of a Rank and Some ol i;s Con*
sequences.
A lady presented a cheek, says the M at*
kins, N. Y. Express, drawn by a distinguished
attorney nf Canandaigua for some $1,400 or
$1,500 only the day before the catastrophe, and
was induced to forego payment, as a matter of
temporary accommodation to the bank, for only
a day or two ; but having been advised bv a
friend subsequently that the bank would not
be holden without the check had been ‘certi
fied,’ she returned it and had it certified, thus
unwittingly releasing the attorney—and lost
all. A farmer called at the bank on Satur
day morning to purchase a draft for S4OO, and
as the clerk, who was entirely innocent of
what was going on, could not reach the blanks
until Mr. Rapleo came with tho safe keys,
the man left his money to do a little business
else whore. Duringlliis absence several checks
from other parties were sent in, and as tho
key had not arrived, the clerk paid the checks
out of the farmer’s cash, in tho utmost good
faith, using it all up or nearly so. When the
the farmer returned for his draft, the news of
the banker's disappearance had just been com*
municated to the clerk, but too late. The
money was gone, no draft could bo given, and
there was no remedy.
There are many other incidents of a moel
singular and aggravating character, but tho
most painful one Is that <rf a man who had
deposited $14,000 worth of national bonds for
safe keeping, a portion of which belonged to
children for whom ho was acting as guardian.
On learning his and their irreparablo loss, ho
went into convulsions, and at last advices woo
a raving maniac. We give these reports as
they reach us, and while unable to vouch foV
their perfect accuracy, doubt not that they are
substantially true;
The Earth’s Crust.
Ts wo bury a tlmrmometor fifty fec't below
the surface of (he earth, the mercury will
remain at tho same point the year round, in
winter and summer, showing that the influ*
cnoe of the sun does not reach below that
depth. If we carry the thermometer fifty
feet lower, the mercury will riso one degree,
and will rise in the same ratio for every fifty
feet we go down.
It can be calculated at what depth all known
sustanceß will melt. This would not exceed
fifty miles. It will thus be seen that the crust,
of solid part of the' earth, is not so thick as
an egg rIicII, in proportion to the sizo of the
egg. With a crust so. thin, constantly cooling
and producing a pressure upon the internal
masses, it is not strange that the beds of
oceans should be elevated and form dry land,
and continents should sink and form tho beds
of oceans. Large mountains have been elc*
vated in a single day, and whole cities have
been sunk in the same space of time. Tho
side of a volcanic mountain once broke away,
and the livid masses flowed out, forming a
river twelve miles wide, which in its courso
melted down six hills six hundred feet high,
filling up valleys six hundred feet deep, and
spreading over .•> surface of eleven hundred
square miles.
Strange Coincidence. —The Syracuse Cour
ier tells of a singular coincidence which hap
pened in the family of a respectable citizen of
that city. “The birth of a little child occurred
some nine months since. Its mother was ill
at the time, of consumption. Since tlio child
carac into ihe world it has followed the physi*
cal condition of its mother with marvelous
precision. Would she be taken with vomiting,
the child would be afflicted in the same man
ner; did her health improve for a few weeks,
marked improvement was noticed in tho child ;
when her health declined, the child s would
also begin to decline at nearly the same time,
A short timo since, the mother was taken
much worse ; the symptoms of the child wore
of a similar character. Finally the mother
died, and only a few seconds after breathing
her last the child followed into eternity. The
case is a strange one, showing how great in
fluence unconscious sympathy may exert over
physical conditions.”
What Next? —The searching manner of the
Government is illustrated in the announce*
ment by telegraph that base ball clubs are
liable to taxation, and must take out licenses !
The regatta and quoit clubs,the little hoys with
their tops and shinny sticks, and tho little
girls with their doll babies may next look out.
What was the Stamp Act, on which our
fathers fought tho Revolution, compared with
the present American system ?
The Central Pacific Railroad Company
earned SSYO,OOG during the month of July.—
The rate of the company’s earnings is $7,000,-
000 per annum, of which $3,000,000 are net
earnings.
A Montgomery, Alabama, paper says: “A
friend has just informed us of two little boys,
in this county, aged respectively eleven and
twelve years, who have by their own labor
planted and cultivated two and a half acres of
cotton ; and now boast a stalk bearing 291
bolls and squares.”
Matches are now being extensively made
with sodium instead of phosphorus, They
arc said to be entirely free from smell. This
does not apply to colored matches in this hot
month.
Vast preparations are being made for tho
marriage of the Emperor of China this year.
Ho has now attained the venerable ago of fif
teen. His destined wife was selected last
year.
A walnut tree eight feet across, petrified
into soapstone, was lately discovered one hun
dred and seventy-five feet deep in an Illinois
coal mine.