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DIRECTORY.
STATE GOVERNMENT.
James M. Smith, Governor.
N. C. Barnet, Secretary of State.
J. W. Goldsmith, Comptroller General.
John Jones, Treasurer.
Joel Branham, Librarian.
John T. Brown, Principal Keeper of the
Penitentiary.
Gustavus J. Orr, State School Commis
sioner. . . , ,
J. N. Janes, Commissioner of Agricul
ture.
* Thomas D. Little, State Geologist.
JUDICIAL.
BLUE RIDGE CIRCUIT.
Nml B. Knight, Judge.
(J, D. Phillips, Solicitor General.
lime of Holding Court.
Cherokee —Fourth Monday in Febru
ary, and first Monday in August.
Cobb—Second Monday in March and
November. .
Dawson—Third Monday in April and
seeond Monday in September.
’ > Fannin—Third Monday in May and Oc-
tober.
Forsyth—First Monday in April and
fourth Monday in August.
Gilmer —Second Monday in May and
October.
Lumpkin—Second Monday in April and
first Monday in September.
“Mn .ton —Fourth Monday in March and
third Monday in August.
Pickknb —Fourth Monday in April and
September.)
Towns—Monday after fourth Monday in
. May and October.
Vnios —Fourth Monday in Mav and Oc
tobar.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
f C. M. McClure, Ordinary. Regular court
first Monday in each month.
J. W. Hudson, Ckrk Superior Court.
M. P. Morris, Sheri If.
It. G. Gramling, Deputy Sheriff.
John G. Evans, Treasurer.
Wm. N. Wilson, Tax Receiver.
Joseph G. Dupree, Tax Collector.
Wm. W. Hawkins, Surveyor.
4 Wm. Ramplcy, Coroner.
’ JUSTICE COURT-—CANTON DIS.
Joseph E. Hutson, J. P.
K. F. Daniel, N. P.
M. G. Daniel, L. C
TOWN GOVERNMENT.
W. A. Teaacley. Mayor.
J. W. Hudson, Recorder.
James H. Kilby, Jabez Galt. J. M. Hsr
din, J. M. McAfee, Theodore Turk, Aldei
nten.
COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.
, James O. Dowda, President.
. James W. Hudson, County School Com-
missioner.
Prof. James U. Vincent, Examiner.
Joseph M. McAtee, Allen Keith, Joseph
J. Maddox, John R. Moore.
- Meetings quarterly, in the court-house.
CMKROKER TEACHERS’ ASSOCIA
TION.
Jam<* O. Dowda, President.
M. B. Tuegle, Vice-President.
C, M. McClure, Secretary.
J. W. Attaway, Treasurer.
John D Attaway, Censor Moruin.
< Prof. James U. Vincent, Association C r
respondent.
Regular meetings every second Saturday
to each month, at 10 a. in.
RELIGIOUS.
, Baptist Church, Canton Ga., time of
service fourth Sunday in each month.
Rev. M. B. Tuggle, Pastor.
M. E. Church, time of service, preachers
to charge.
Rev. W. G. Hanson, first Sunday.
• Rev. B. E. Ledbetter, second.
Rer. J. M. Hardin, third.
MASONIC.
Canton Lodge, No. 77, meets first and
third Monday nights in each month.
James A. Stephens, W. M.
Jn*eph M. McAfee, Secretary.
Bixkb Ixjimik. No. 282, meets first and
third Saturdays, 2 p. tn.
O. M. McClure. W. M.
O. W. Putman, Secretary.
GOOD TEMPLARS.
Canton Lodge. No. 119, meet* every!
Haturdav, 8 p. m.
B. 1. Ledbetter. W. C. T.
James W. Hudson, Secretary.
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GRANGE.
Canton Grange No, 225, Canton Ga. ■
* Jabe* Galt, Master. |
Joeeph M. McAtee. Secretary;
Y3 < i HiV J j SaiS! ♦
, Cljmmee woqjio.
Written for The Georgian.
I'M THINKING.
I’m thinking, love, I’m thinking,
Os the past, when ail wa bright—
Os the days, the happy days,
When our hearts were young and light.
O these fond, these sad, sweet imm ries,
How they linger around nay heart,
Whispering still of brilliant hopes
And joys we lhoug.it would ne’er depart.
I’m thinking, love, I’m thinking,
Os the long, the long ago,
Painted now so strangcij.lair
By Fancy's resplendent glow.
I seem to hear thee call my name,
In tones well known and sweet to me.
Yes, though long years have passed away,
I’m thinking still, ah ! still of thee.
Remembrances of past scenes
Ever come, come bAck to me,
And, floating through each vision,
Thy dear form and face I see.
The fond adieu, the sad good bye,
The many bitter, parting tear.-,
The last warm pressure u? thy lips,
I’ve cherished thro igh long weary years.
Thinking still ! In vain I try
To sever each fond regret.
Thoughts of thee, my loved and lost,
Softly steal around me yet.
We tasted love’s o’erflowing cup,
Too deep, ah ! yes, too strangely deep ;
For those who dream of bliss on earth
Must wake again to sigh and weep.
Still, by Hope’s unfading light,
Pure Elysian realms 1 view,
Where peace and love celestial reign,
And each heart is good and iruc.
No sorrows there to rend the heart,
No parting tears are ever shed,
No gnels'iiUks aa£-.'A».pP nr < ss the soul,
No cherished hopes lib crust dead.
“Over there” we’ll meet again,
When this weary life is o’er;
We’ll cross Jordan’s stormy waves,
Aud meet on the heavenly shore.
’Neath Canaan’s bright aud sunny skies,
O, dearest one, we soon shall m.el —
With angels bow before the throne,
And worship ever al His feet.
[Odesa.
What Thy Han i Fiudetii to Do.
“Don’t take it so h.r 1, Rufus. I know it
is a great disappointment to you We
must all nave our dirk days; but the sun
shine is always behind the clouds.” And
Grandmother Ely laid her band upon the
head of the young lad, and tried io cheer
him.
Such a sunny, pl-uisant breakfast-room I
the latticed window thrown open, and sweet
breezes playing in and out among the gar
deu flowers. The untouched breakfast
stood on the table. It made Grandmoihci
Ely’s heart ache to s-.e her boy so overcome
with grief.
“Everything seems against me, grandmo
ther,” sobbed the boy. “I want to do some
thing to earn my own living. I have an
swered no end of advertisements in the
papers, but they don’t help me smy. Then
you spoke ot Uncle Blish, thinking he
might put me in the way of finding some
thing; and now the letter comes this morn
ing, saying he is very sick, and there's an
end to that. It is an awful Lard thing,
grandma, for boys to git started iu Lusinets
with no one to help them.”
“Well, Rufus, somet.mcs I thick that
those boys who are the most self-reliant
and have no one to help them, often make
the noblest men. I low many of our great
statesmen, and lawyers, and merchants;
have commenced lift with only their own
will and ability ! They have taken up the
work just as it came to their hdißl, and
worked on until they made themselves sue
cessful by their untiring perseverance. You
have tried nobly, Rufus, to find som-thing
to do; but so tar you have been unsuccus
ful. Suppose, instead ot wailing and wait
ing for just the right thing to turn up, you
just do the work which comes right to your
hand, until something more agreeable
comes to you."
“What work, grandma ? I don’t see any
work coming right to tny hand; nothing
at all.”
“Well, stop thinking about yourself, Ru
fus, and what you want tv do, a: d I will
toll you. You have been w ith me now ’
over six months, ever since your father’s ’
death; and your company has been very
cl eering and pleasant io me. lam a wid
ow, quite alone in the world, witii this
pretty place of my own—garden, and
meadow-land, amt wood-land. I have
cattle, and sheep, and poultry. 1 have ac
counts to keep, laborers to care for, and to
pay. lam only an old woman, and not i
very strong; and you have never offered in
any way to relieve me ot one single care,
or to lighten one single burden. I can get
along without you; but you would be haj -
pier, and so should I, if you employed
yourself about something useful, patiently
wailing for something to turn up. Pi rhaps
vou hava never thought 'hat there is work
for each of us doae at hand, if we will otfiy
look for it and do it.”
“Why, grandmother, you must think me
a very selfish fellow a’l this while, that,
instead ot trying to relieve you of cans, I
have only added to them. Set me to work,
and see what I can do."
“No, Rufus,” answered Grandmother ;
Kly, "‘set yourself to work.. Go round for
day or two, and whatever your hand finds
to do, do it with all your might; and all I
will aay w, I employ no laboier who is not
worthy of bis hire.”
CANTON, CHEROKEE COUNTY, GA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1875.
intelligence--The Safeguards of Liberty.
Breakfast was soon over, and Rufus put
on his hats anti wruti-out, determined-to
turn his* hand to something/ He 1 liacLhard
ly left the garden-walk before he met “one
of the bands” coming towards the house.
“What is the matter, E>i?” said Rufus,
i “I wai just g )ing up to see madam,” he
' said. “My wife is very sick, and I must go
home. lam sorry, because we expected to
get in all those oats to-day.”
“Let me do your work, Eli. Only leave
me your overalls, and you will see how
good a day’s work 1 can do.”
“It is nothing heavy, Master Rufus. You
can bind the slieaves/or diSvl the team', or
Leip unload. I’ll run aud speak to madam;
and yo u are welcome to my overalls.”
So Rufus went down among the oats,
and worked with considerable pluck ; and
the inch tlfSWglit He made “a 'first-rale
bund.” At dinner-time he told hi« grand
mother he had fwuud plenty of employment
for several days.
Ju the evening, when he saw her poring
over aecdutots, he offered, to
he relieved her very much.
For several weeks Rufus continued to
find work to do, and his grandmother paid
him regularly. he told her he felt
very contented, and thought best to remain
and assist her about the work of the place.
Al length she offered him a situation as
steward for her, and assistant overseer with
her about the farm. This seemed to give
bi in a position at once; and, when a letter
came f ont Uncle Blish, saying he would
do his b st to tied a place for Rufus in some
.U’»rpho tse in the city, if be desired it, he
wrote in reply tiw.» had concluded to
b-.come a fanner under GrancTmon’wJ’ Ely,
and hopctl that he would eventually be
come her right hand man.—[Early Dew.
John Randoij’h in Cji^uch. —Mr. Ran
dolph was a great Bible reader, and was
deeply concerned with religious subjects,
lie employed an excellent and eloquent
man, Mr. Abner Clopton, jo preach every
Sunday to his negroes in a Targe chapel he
bad erected on Lis plantation. When at
borne he invariably attended these services,
.taking his seat by the preacher on jhe open
platform from which the preacher conduct
ed the services. On manj 1, occasions, while
kneeling beside, the preacher, who was
prone lb be carried away by the fervor of
prayer, Randolph would slap him on the
b .ck, and call out loudly, “Clopton, that
rton’tdo; that's not sound doctrine ; Clop
ton, take that back and, if Clopton re
monstrated, Randolph, though keeping
himself on Lis knees, was ready at once for
an argument to maintain his point. No
<>ne but Air. Ch jiton,*who knew the eccen
tricity and honest motives of the man,
could have borne with these irreverent in
terruptions while in the midst, of prayer;
■ but Mr. Clopton, when he found Randolph
determined to argue the point, either grace*
Yu ly yielded or proposed to note the point
and argue it al the djwellmgjiouse .To
Visitors at the chapel—-iwl ilhcy were
arnuy- ’liK'bc scum-e ? curi
ous, tifi'iYrjni S (-firiies itbstirdh' ludicrous.
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A New Food for Horses and Sueep.—
AJav >rite and rathe” new kindot mash for
horses is coming into use, composed of two
quarts of oats, c nc of bran, and half a pint
of flax see 1. The oats are first placed in
the stable-buci which is placed the
seed ; add boiling water, then the bran,
covering the mixture with an old rug and
allowing it to thus rest for five hours; thru
stir the mass well up. The bran absorbs
while rela ting the vapor, and the linseed
binds the oats and bran together. A great
eraiuantity *of fiax-sesd would iu<ak,e the
on too oily ana less relfslied. One
feed per day is sufficient. It is easy digesti
ble and is specially adapted to young ani
mals, adding to their volume rather than
to their height—giving substance to the
frame. Prof. Sanson reminds us not to
overlook the food in the nourishment ques
tion in connection with the amelioration of
live stock. He considers oats, as so gener
ally given to sheep objectionable and ap
proaching the unprofitable. Rams gener
ally receive one pound ot oats daily, ewes
half that quantity. Oats suited for rams!
during the season when they serve ; but for ’
luvfemiig the de\elop:ne if ofybtihg sheep
they only bail I up the bones, not the flesh, i
A method of procuring fresh water from I
sea water, through the direct action of the :
sun’s rays, is among the late foreign inven-1
lions. Tbo- apparatus .consists of a box of |
wood one inch thick, about fourteen feet i
long, two feet wide, and of an average j
depth of six inches. The upper part of
the box is closed with ordinary glass, which !
has an inclination of an inch and a half.
At thfi lower edge of the glass Were is a !
senii-Hrciflar channel, destined to receive ■
the
inferior surface of the glass. The opera* ;
lion ;s exceedingly simple. The salt waler ’
talet Wo 'tlie ’box fm alxigt str hcL in 1
depth, aud it L then exposed to the rays of
the Sun.* A v?Ty at'ilve
gitis, aud U isgbur.J. Wat a square .meter of i
glass ' wril condense' \?ni’y the smbttnt of
two gallors-oi' pure witter.
King w r.is will keep old friends and
make new ones.
•Courtship in Texas.
He sat on one side of the room in a big
white-oak rocking-chair. She, on the other
side.Tu a little white-oak rocking-chair. A
long-eared deer-hound, snapping at flies,
was by his side; a basket of sewing by :
hers. Both rock, incessantly—that is, the i
young people, not the dog and basket. He '
subs heavily, and looks out of the west i
w'iadow at a crape myrtle tree ; she sighs
ligbUy, and gazes out of the east window—
at the turnip patch. At last he remarks :
“This is mighty good weather to pick
cotton.”
“,'Tis that, if we only had any to pick.”
The pocking continues.
“What’s your dog’s name ?”
“Coony.”'
Another sigh-broken stillness.
“What is he good fur?”
“What is who good fur?” said she, ab
stractedly.
“Your dog Coony.”
“Fur ketch in’ ’possums.”
Silence of half an hour.
“He looks like a deer dog.”
“Who looks like a deer dog ?”
“Coony?’
“He is; but lie’s kinder bcllowsed an’
gettin’ old an’ slow, now. An’ he ain’t no
’count on a cold trail.”
In the ten minutes that ensued, she took
two stitches in her quilt; it was a gorgeous
affair, that quilt was, made by the pattern
called the “Rose of Sharon.” She is very
particular about the nomenclature of her
quilts, and frequently walks fifteen miles to
get a new pattern, with a “real pooty
name.”
“Your ma raisin’ many chickings?”
Then more rOCfcjng, and, somehow, after
awhile, the big rocking-(*ffilir an d the little
rocking chair were jammed side fev side.
“How many bits your ma got ?”
‘‘How many what ?”
“Chickings.”
By this time the chairs are so close to
•getbsA that rocking is impossible.
“The minks has eat all ours.”
Then a long silence reigns. At last he
observes.
“Makin quilts?”
“Yes,” she replies, brightening up. “Ive
just finished a‘Roarin’ Eagul’ of Brazeel,’
a ‘Sitting Sun’ and a ‘Nation’s Pride.’ Have
you ever saw the ‘Yellow Rose of the Pa
rary ?’ ”
“No.”
More silence; then he says :
“Do you love cabbage ?”
“I do that.”
Presently bis hand is accidentally placed
on hers. She does not know’ it—at least
does not seem to be aware of it. Tnen
after a half hour spent in sighs, coughing
and clearing of throats, he suddenly says:
“I’se a great mind to bite yon.”
“What you great a-mind to bite me for?”
“Kase you won’t have me.”
“Kase you ain’t axed me.”
“Well now, I ax you.”
“Then now, I have you.”
Thon Coony drcams he hears a sound of
kisses.
The next day the young man goes to
Tigerville after a marriage license. Wed
nesday the following: No cards.
Running a Newspaper.
By some unaccountable misapprehension
of tacts, says the Memphis Avalanche, there
is a large class of people in the world who
ihink that it costs little or nothing to run a
newspaper, and if they buy a copy from the
ncwslioy, when 100 far from the office to
come and beg one, they are regular patrons
and entitled to unlimited favors. Men call
every day at newspaper offices to get a copy
ot the paper for nothing, who would never
dream of begging a pocket handkerchief
troni a dry goods store or a piece of candy
from a confectioner, even upon the plea of
old acquaintance, having bought something
once before. One paper is not much, but a
hundred a day amounts to something in the
course of time. But this is a small dram
compared with the tree advertising a news
paper is expected iodo. Some men who
have paid two dollars at an early period of
life for au advertisement worth four or five
dollars, appear to think they are stockhold
ers in the establishment for eternity. They
demand the publication of all marriage and
funeral notices, obituaries, and family epi- !
sodcs, for the next forty years, gratis. Speak
of pay aud they grow indignant. “Don’t I
patronize your paper ?” Yes, but you re- '
ceivc the worth of your pay.” "But,” says j
the patron, “it will not cost you anything to
put this in;'' which is just as ridiculous as
to ask a mac to grind his axe on his. grind-1
stone, aud graciously tell him it won’t cost ‘
him a cent. It takes money to run a news- !
paper as well as any other business, no pa- i
per will succeed financially that carries a
dead head system. Any mention of the j
peoples affairs that they are anxious to sec 1
in print is worth pacing tor, and when
printed is generally worth as much as auy
other investment of the same amount.
The newspaper business is very exacting
on all connected with it, and the pay is
comparatively small ; the proprietor risk t
mure money fur smaller profits, aud the
editors, and reporters and punters work
harder and cheaper than tl e same number
ofmenin any profession requiring the given
amount of intelligence, training ; n.l drudg
ery. The life has its charms and pleasant
associations scarcely known to the outside
' world, but it has its earnest worn, and anx-
J ieties and hours of exhaustion, which also
, I are not known to those who think the bus
: iness all fun. The idea that newspaperdoin
| is a charmed circle where the favored mem
bers live a life of ease and free from care,
and go to the circus at night on a free ticket
and to the spring on a free pass in the sum
mer, is an idea which we desire to explode,
practically and theoretically. Business is
busn< , 88, and the jourm l that sec ecds is
the one that is ran on a square business
tooting, the same as breaking or building
bridges, keeping a ho.el or run. ing a L\e.-y
stable.
Strength of Character.
A writer says: Most people keep too
strong a bold of their personality to be able
to forget themselves in their subject; they
carry an unacknowledged self-consciousness
along with them. If to be single-minded is
to have an undivided interest in things, they
are not single-minded. Beauties are aware
that they are handsome ; clever people are
in the way of showing themselves to advan
tage, however little their subject lends itself
to these considerations. The natural char
acter is not by any menus blind to its good
points nor ashamed to own them ; it is not
bashful, but the thing under discussion is
bona file the subject of thought; it has no
feigned interest, not ministering t > self love
by indirect means Naturalness is the gift
ot unconsciousness of doing things without
thinking or knowing how to do them, and
perhaps we should add, doing them well.
Under the charm of spirit we feel a sense ol
liberty and expansion ; we breathe a purer
air. One natural person makes many and
inspires a confidence in human nature. And
how stfJte.btfbrward intercourse becomes
under these <Ji9Rditions! Thus thinking,
thus “-L’J,'
your wife if you will marry me”—though
she presents a signal instance ot the circum
stances that form the charmingly natural
character. Prospero’s darling could have
had no experience of flouting or discour
agement. Half the rules of social inter
course are accepted by us all on the latent
un lerstading that men are not single-minded
enough to dispense with checks npon a de
sign and hi.tden motive, that spontaneous
action of thought aud tongue would lead to
awkward results. Selfi.-hness and vanity
would grow intolerable without them. But
neither selfishness nor vanity is a necessary
cause of the artificial as opposed to the nat
ural manner; timidity and subservience are
enough in themselves. Every one whom we
distinguish as natural has independence of
mind. The judgment may not be correct,
or founded on the wisest grounds, but it is
what it professes to be —the man’s own
opinion. No secret unacknowledged influ
ences are at work. Hence no one can be
natural without strength of character ; aud
every one is natural when the occasion
drives him out of the familiar appeal to
some external authority and throws him on
his innermost conviction.
Reduce Your Wants.—This is the
cheapest way of gaining abundance known
among men. When onr necessities are
few it costs little to supply them, and lay
by a surplus. That which keeps us nnd the
whole country poor—cramped for money—
anxious and oppressed with debt, is the
endless catalogue of our artificial necessities
—the things which are not at ill essential
to real comfort, health and happiness—but
which the spirit ot < stentatkm, personal
vanity and rivalry create a quasi necessity
for. When we come to the hard pun of
life, we find that good, nutricious food,
shelter, a comfortable bed, fuel and clothing
are about all that constitute the appliances
|of maternal comfort, and these arc consis-
I tent with very light personal expenditure.
’ It is w hen we must be fine as onr neighbors,
antiotir pride will not suffir an eclipse, that
we enter into the domain of unjustifiable
and extravagant expenditure and take the
road to bankruptcy and ruin. In these
hard times let us abandon expenditure for
show, and content ourselves with solid
comforts. —[Macon Telegraph.
No Heart.—What a thing it is for a
man to have said of him, that he has no
heart 1
No heart! Then he is hardly a human !
being. He is like an oyster, a potato, a
stiik, a stone; like a lump of ice, only he
is never in a melting mood.
Such a man does not love his race, nor
even his best Iriends. His Jove for his own
immediate family is a sort of selfish feeling
of possession. In reality he loves nobody (
but himself —and that isn’t love. !
And a woman without heart: can there
be anything more abhorrent ? She seems j
only to like a milliner’s stand, vitalized ■ r
wood to hang dresses upon. i
We bave no fancy for human icicles; we I -
like men of heart. ;
Josu 8.-lings says theie ain't anything
that will fully cure laziness, though a sec- i
ind w ife has been known to hurry it some, t
VOLUME 1.-NUMBER 18.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
In spite of grasshopper*, Minnesota will
be able to sell 25,000,000 bushels of grain
his seaso.i.
A society for the propagation of Bad<J
hism throughout the world has been formed
in China.
T. H. Willingham of Dougherty county,
Ga., plants 6,000 acres—two-fifths corn,
two fifths cotton, and one-fifth oata.
One man in Colorado has a ranch 156
miles long, and 26,000 cattle, which cost
only $7 apiece. Where was Abraham to
this?
One ot the most extensive raisin growers
in Sutter county, California, has made a
shipment of 500 boxes of raisins, of M
pounds each.
One hundred and five Mormon mission
aries are to be sent out this winter to preeeh
the gospel of polygamy to the 63,030 super
fluous women in Massachusetts.
The quantity ot pepper produced annu
ally is 75,000,000 pounds. It comes from
Java, Sumatra, Borneo, the Malayan pen
insula, the Moluccas, and various regions
lying on the east coast of the Gulf of Siam.
From one and a half acres of well im
proved land, without any fertilizer what
ever, a Troup county man made 105 bush
els of corn, eight loads of pea-vine hay,
and fodder and peas in proportion.
The two great express companies of the
United States, the Adams and the Ameri
can, employ about 8,000 men, 1,900 horsey
1,200 wagons, and use 3,000 iron sates.
Their agents travel more than 100,000 miles
annually.
The wheat yield per acre, In Great Brit
ain, varies from 23 to 34 bushels, Recording
to the season, the average being about 29%
bushels. In this country it varies from 8
to 40 bushels, making an estimated averag
of about 7 bushels.
A Brooks county farmer has sold 1,000
bushels of corn this fall for over ona dollar
’ per bushel. In addition to this he mad*
four bales of cotton, and raised hogs, pota
toes, pindars and cane iu abundance. Thte
was the product of a two-horse farm.
It appears that there are 3,000 paper
manufacturers in the world, employing 80,-
000 men, 180,000 women, besides 100,000
employed in the rag trade. Thera are
1,800,000,000 pounds of paper produced a»-
nually. One half is used in printing, a
sixth in writing, and the other for packing
and other purposes.
There are in Egypt 113 navigable canals
and 75« smaller ones used for purposes sf
irrigation. In Upper and Lower Egypt
there arc 500 steam pumps used for ths dis
tribution of water. The ancient modes of
raising water are still in general use, bnl in
time will no doubt give way to the im
proved methods of civilization.
The Ohio river is the greatest coal car
rier in the world, notwithstanding the feet
that it is frozen up during most of the win
ter, and nearly dried up a larger portion of
the summer. A “run” of coal was mads
during the month of July last, when 375,’
928 tons were shipped in forty-eight hours.
It would have loaded over 87,000 eight
wheeled cars, which would have had iota
made up into about 1,000 heavy freight
trains
It is no small affair to hold ths offics of
Lord Mayor of London, England. A man
of moderate fortune can not perform the
duties of the office, as in addition to tbs
(SXOOO allowed him to pay his “expensee,*
he has to spend as much more from his pri
vate purse to pay for all the banquets and
balls he is in duty bound to give, besidee
disbursing largely to public charities.
About SIOO,OOO will just take hie Honor
through the year.
Os the 295 members of the next Honto,
but 108 were members of the Forty-third
or preceding Congresses, thus leaving 184
who have never served in the National
legislature. Os the 108 who have been rs
elected the Republicans have 68 and ths
Democrats 40, but among the latter ars
several whose term of setvic* exceeds that
of any member on tho R< publican side.
There are forty-three standing committoss
in the two houses, so that in the control of
the House the Democrats may have an sx
pcricnced member on every important
committee, for there are but thirty of tbs
1 committees that are really connected with
i the general business of Congress.
Colonel D. 11. Hardaway of Thomas
county, Georgia, writes to a contemporary:
‘lt gives ine pleasure to promptly answer
your question as to the cost per ponnd
raise cotton. I give you the cost fcr sevm
years, to-wit: 1866, 14.50; 1867, 12.50;
1868,12 25; 1809, 10 90; 1870,8 60; 1871,
13 61; 1872, 10.77. The average is 11.88.
This includes interest on value of land, re
pairs, interest on team, taxes, fertilizers,
labor of cul .’vating, picking and packing
but nothin; added for personal supervisto®.
The latter would be bard to estimate. This
year’s crop has not been marketed, but
will not exceed ten cents I keep a record
of my crop annuahy, and it simply required
he copying, as the calculation was already
made and entered on my memoranduM
book.