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<9 (,(■ i’ER ANNUM O'" 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.