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DEVOTED TO OUR POLITICAL, EDUCATIONAL, AGRICULTURAL, AND INDUSTRIAL INTERESTS. Two Dollars per annum. OLD SERIES, VOL. 53. A PAPER ON CHICKENS. H. H. CARLTON & CO. VOL 3. NO 52. ATHENS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1875. % Sltfmts (Georgian. H. II. CARLTON & CO., Proprietors. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: -Jot ON E COPV, One Y«.r, FIVE COPIES. One Year, a 7B YES COPIES, One Year, j(j QO Rates of Advertising: Traaslrnt advertisements, of one Moan or moietl 00 per square for the first insertion, and SO eents for each sub- seqaeot insertion. »«■ *1! »d«rUMin.ou considered transient except vh.re epocUl contracts ere made. Ten .laee or 100 wofd* make one aqexfe. oo* Liberal contracts made with yearly advertises. LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Citation or Administration or Gnnvdlnnohlp ,4 00 Application tor Diamiialon Administrator or Guardian 5 00 Application for Leave to .Sell Lands 4 00 Notice to Debtors and t’radltora.. _ 5 00 Salas of Land, Ac., par aqaaiw...— 800 Salta Parlahabls Property, 10 days, paraq 1 so Eatray Notice, 80 daya — 8 00 SbarirHalaa,p« aqaara 880 Tax Collactor’aSalas, par square. 800 Bala Nlal7, per agnara. each time j M Poetical. AN ORE. After tlm Milliner of Drjden. U COL. HoWXLL EKWIN, or ATLANTA, BT Ills riUXlTD “ ATncta.” ’Twaa at the Lucy Cobb, the other eve, Thou atwxi'st alone, behind the sculptured goat, Of whitest atone. And thus did moan (111, ifentlc one, Hat now unto my wail, Sweet as the lule-noto ofa nightingale And tell me, prythee. art thou a female f The whitewashed kid moved not a per, Hut poised upon Ilia foremost 1 eg. Tiie Col. then, with burning tongue, began to heir: “ Gentle, gentle, gentle go-it, None of the hove, none of the hoys, none of the boya Sha'l ever know it 1 . The Levee now was o'er The hour waa coming on That marks the stepping of the smiling morn T he girls had ceased to sigh, •• Oh, wlmt a bore!” The guests had gone, lint there within the yard, In silence by, your festive bard, Who e.er apeakclh by the card,— A hand ot screnadera sat, Su ine upon tho ragged edge, Supiue upou the ragged edge, lupine ri]>on the Tagged edge t >f an Hiicient front door mat. Tin: song began from Jones, Who awoetly sang npon tho bones A plaintive air— A young otclone— In bully, bully tones. The trembling notes passed unprotected, Through the air went unmolested, .'ume and went all nnreqnested, by all to whom this champion bore Saw fit to make his nightly roar. A sound so wild, I’m sure There’s naught ao sad, There's naught ao bad. In heaven above, or earth beneath, Or in the sen below. Jones i* aura a clever fellow. Though hia singing is a bellow. Kind the fellow, deep the hell— Deep the Ik llow of the bore. Fire.1 by the strain, the Col. grew vain, His face lit up by flue champagne; And thrice he stroked bis iuthnt sides, and thrioe did ao again.— Oh, gentle kid, show not the least alarm; Oh, yielding goat, say quickly, arts man 111 »ith upright aura The statue hears, Nor makes a nod, _ Nor moves a rod, Nor heeds the C'oL’a tears, w e chose a mournful muse, To suit the Colouel'e bines. We sang D. Tucker, great and good, By taking too much rye-ah I fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen, Kabcn from hia stately height, And robing in the fire. In living flame his long-tail bine: A glowing coal within hia shoe: Not prone he lay upon hit back a-aighlng. Bat through the ambient air he eaut the aahee flying. With saddened phis, the lofty Colonel stood, Revolving in hia altered soul The various kinds of gnat btlow, And now and then a sigh he stole. And then looked chawed the more. The screnadera smiled to aee Tliat grins were in the next degree; r or, near as ankles are to shins, So close on cliaws do follow grins. Softly sweet, in dead-beat measures, Soon we grinned him at oar pletraM*. Smaa.wa lung were toil and trouble, Whiskers cloaking like dry stubble— Hirsute twins, just bom a week, Growing on thy free ao sleek, bobbing thee of needed cheek! ■/that cheek be worth thy caving. Think, my boy, oh, think of shaving, Lut if whiskered thoo 1rib be, t ultivate a fine goatee! The Colonel, helpltaa to conceal hia pain, Wared on the goat that eaaaad the joke, And grinned and looked. And grinned and looked, Grinned, and looked, . And griunod again. [N'otx —On the end of the balcony, at the Lacy Cobb Iiutitute, is the autae of a goat, mounted on a pedes- taL t ol. Erwin, it seems, was too much smitten with •June fair opt to not* the passage of time, and to observe thut the lights had fled, and moat probably all the girls had gone to bed. He was in quest of a female—proba bly one had promised to meet him behind the goat; aud not Sliding her, gave himself up to the above apoa- . i n dispair.—Amcna. ] Brevity of Life. BT BICBAID nXNT.r WILDE. My life la like ths summer rose, That opens to the morning sky, But an the shades of evening close, It soul tir’d on the ground—to die! Yet on the rose’s humble bed The sweetest dews 01 night are shed, As if she wept the waste to see— But none shall weep a tear for me 1 My lifb is like tba autumn leaf That trembles in the moon’s pale ray, Its hold is frail—its date is brief, Restless and soon to pass away I k at ere that leal* shall fall and fade, The parent tree will mourn its shade, The winds bewail the leafless tree, But none shall breathe a sigh for me! My life is like the prints, whieh feet Have left on Tampa’s desert strand; Soon at the rising tide shall brat, All trace will vanish from the sand; i® 1 ’ “ “ grieving to efface n!! of . human reea. On that lone shore load moans the sea, But none, alas 1 .hall mourn forme! BeatU ol Richard Henry Wilde, ar axxx. of ‘ho Soath !—tho “ summer rose ” — P*rW> with the •• amamn leef,” The *• foot prints left an Tampa’s ” shores May vaniah with a date at brief- but thine shall be tha “ life ” of throe. •>o winter winds can wreck thy nrava; future minstrels .hall relmne • ’■rioea. In memorial vernal to Keep House. Datura's fair queens, Neckio- “ d *°™ c “ Jour teens, Sirivin* JJJO'JU’pbakmanta worthy our a m, HoUty tsetsme { KeepiL w,th “ ,e “J 1 * of your hair, M ui o° m P««Bon ao fair; your lives, 1 **«P houaa—you may some day bo wivai L*arn to keep home. Now. and ''maw aoiTi.Y »>“> burdens ofca wUlU children and wife, ’’dllihof hia Ilia, ' tilinghlataalahia 1 on trembling reveals, moatbatoldj^ by waaltb. LOCAL AFFAIRS. Hera Mention. The street railroad freight cars are doing good service now, in the way of hauling floods from the depot. It takes them some little time to make the trip from the depot here, but, when they do come, they bring a good large load. The Echo, wc understand harin’; lately enlarged so as to get a picture of Howe’s elephants on its fourth page,,it now turns out the fcircus isn’t going to JCrawford. However cheer up young editor, you can come up here and look at the pictures on the fences. . . . We can’t resist the strong desire to re peat just once more, what a beautiful day yesterday was. We don’t mean to burden our readers with these continual little side remarks about “balmy autumn,” but we do think that this elegant weather should be encouraged. A ticket to tho Great London show came to our office yesterday, with compliments ofT. R. Toole, manager, and bearing the name of the “ Local Editor and Lady.” Now we arc extremely obliged to the gen tleman for our part of the invitation “and feel sure that the presiding genius of our household would feel highly honored, but lit. present this good Judy is entirely a myth ical being, Y\ c only had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Toole for a few minutes, dur ing which time our conversation was chiefly ol business matters, and cannot conceive how he took up the idea that we were a married man. We are not aware that the lines of care were so deeply furrowed upon our brow, nor did we think that our sober manner and measured step would justify the conclusion that we were the proprietor of a family. However the error, if not natural, is certainly pardonable, and we as sure Mr. Toole of the London Circus that, it at any far distant date, we can respond entirely to his kind invitation, we shall be very happy so to do. Mayor’s Court' The sad tale, gentle reader, is long; the characters many, and the scenes vivid. The City vs. Green Whitlow is the way it stood on the Clerk’s book—is the way the Mayor read it, and Grean Whitlow is the man that planks the V. But it is now well understood the court that there was a power behind the throne,—there was au evil spirit prompting the unfortunate Green; yea, some dusky Lady Macbeth, urging him to direful deeds; and here, as in, alas! too many cases, dux Jemina facli erat. Yes, Fannie Whitlow—who after her late Howe’s Great London* Circus, Hippo *‘ a J» tut to die—and go pConioi drome, Menagerie <fec.—Wc received s 1 10 chwoiioa ud t» f call last Saturday from Mr. T. R. Toole, Jfarore.* the advertising director of Howe’s London Circus. This show, it is positively asserted by the Press generally, is the only first class show ever in the United States. They are a wealthy concern, and spare no money to perfect their circus in every respect. *Mr. Toole, we can say is a perfect gentleman, and in his dealings, one is immediately struck with a certain generosity and liberal ity, which very seldom characterize show men. We notice complimentary notices from the Kentucky Yeoman, Memphis Appeal and the following from the Courier Jottr- noli The show travels by railroad only, and it requires lorty-two cars, built expressly for its use, to convey its people, features and effects. At the Ohio Falls Car Works, in Jeffersonville, the guage of the trucks has been changed to that of the Southern roads, so’ that it can now proeeea to the Gulf without difficulty and rapidly. For this reason the exhibitions are not given at points remote from the railway lines. Ii wiil therefore be seen at once that the “Great London” is no fly-by-night affair, but an enterprise that requires money and bruius to inaugurate, and the approbation of the people at large to be maintained. That it lias proven a bonanza to its prop: in ters, is sufficient cviJenee that it travels on Each joy enchants, Each bosom pants, On Life’s smooth Summer sea ; Sail sorrow's sigh’ Comes never nigh, And hearts bound ligh* and free. Bright hopes and fora Our spirits move, The breast ne’er heaves a sigh, Then as we stand- On Death’s cold strand, ... Tis hard—Tis hard—rto die! n. _ t The Hope attained, The Haven gained, The Vessel’s voyagc’over— Beyond the shore, Long gone befr.'e;. Arc Life’s fond friend.and lover: The sinking Saniv His course hn’hA':'. .1 ..AdowaTime’- The Dayls gone, The Night cum. s on, ’Tis Sweet—Tis sweet—to die. Wm. IIknky Waddeil. GEORGIA GLEANINGS. toilets. A very handsome costume of brown India cashmere (what is known at homo as camels’ hair) and brown silk was shown. The corsage was cut very long and squnre in front, after the fashion of a Louis Quinze vest, while behind, the whole overdress and waist were out in one in the Princessc style, the long end of the over skirt being looped at the tide in a v ry graceful scarf-like fashion. The whole of tins dress or polonaise was composed of al ternate bands of brown silk and cashmere. The skirt was of brown silk, bordered at the bottom with two deep, full ruchings, one of cashmere and the other of silk. The apron overskirt was of worsted net, bor dered with a worsted fringe, and was so deep as to touch the ruchings arouud the skirt. A black velvet dinner dress was also shown. The long train was lined with satin, and was cut in squares along the edge and up the sides where the train joined tSe side breadths., Tho front of the skirt was •-•overea with a deep apron overskirt of heavy sewing-silk net; the meshes increased in .six - towards the bottom of the overskirt, and in each mesh of the hist two or three ro ws was hung a small silk tassel; this over skirt was bordered with a wide silk fringe. A very beautiful ball dress for a lady in slight mourning was composed of heavy '•lack silk trimmed with plaited flounces; the overdress was composed of a white V a!cucienues inserting aud stripes of black s lk gauze; it was bordered with a wide ruffle of Valenciennes lace, and was drawn i i a rich lull drapery behind, which drapery was also bordered with Valenciennes. ATLANTA. Rev. II. M. Turner, the would-be Moses of a negro exodus from Georgia, believes tnat the negroes of America. “liKe the Is- its merits, and commands the patronage of | raelites, must ultiuninutciy return to their the public. In the morning the street, fatherland, to carry with uera the form of parade took place, which attracted dense ' civilization and the practice of that Christian masses all along the route. The pageant ' religion we hue- learnt from the white peo- wai very fine There were six golden pie.” He wants three millions of dollars —e-- . chariots, each of which was resplendent from Georgia to carrv out his chimerical! I.ibe.ty Hall, with mirrors, grotesque carving, classic and j scheme. Failing in this he believes the “Sidney Herbert” Hint most ubiquitous of allegorical representations in elaborate »hues will have to give up their “ea.-.mgs, 1 correspondents, knocks off the following to stucco. The horses forming the cavalcade | huger riugs mid other pnenus ornament.- the Savannah Keuv “ were in excellent condition, all showing i and jewels” to aid his peo, 1- to return to that their grooming and stabling had re-! their fatherland and build up a nationality, ceived careful attention. The glittering ; The Savannah Aero refers him to the real and varied costumes of the riders, and the , source of the negro troubles in the following gleaming caparisons of the horses, shone in j felicitious manner: “The negro’s present the sunlight with fine effect. The cages ' masters, the carpet-baggers, have luid a shy arc highly ornamented, and altogether the ! at the silver spoons, and have left the Souths procession as it wended its slow way 1 ern people precious little that is portable to throughthccrowded thoroughfares,stretch-1 contribute, and ii' there is to be another cul- ing along nearly a dozen squares, was a : lection of “rings and precious ornaments and sight to be remembered. The perform- j jewels” taken up, the now Moses must look nnces were superior in every respect to the j to bis philanthropic friends of the North to usiiiil rnn. The programme embraced a j be the Egyptians.” variety of arenie features, including vault-; Superintendent Johnson’s skill and ener- mg, trapeze acts, bareback riding, the re-1 gy begin to tell hi the right place. Five markable movements and feats executed by .shares of Georgia railroad stock were sold in the five elephants, the trained dogs, and Augusta 011 Saturday at $80 a share. In my last letter, dated nt Liberty Hall, I was forced toomit several items of interest, as toe mail train made its appearance before I had completed my epistlo. I should have stated that in all probability Mr. Stephens’ neuralgic-rheumatic attack was owing, in some measure, to the changed condition of t lings ut “Liberty Hall.” The old mansion was sung and cozy, with small rooms, narrow passages, low ceilings and old fashioned wire, duw-i. The new mansion is quite a different nftiiir, as the rooms nro large, the halls wide, the ceilings high, and the windows of modern style. Of course, in such a ho-iso there is the Indian scenes, all of which evoked the hearty applause of the spectators. The Atlanta Herald in extolling the mer-; . v.c, . .. —nuu .mer uer laic r.i- • , , r. .- a. 1 lor me ensuing year, uy a unanimous vote gyrations, stands, if possible, a whit lower !** of th “ c,rcu ® ®? no, . n, ’ es Y. ' the fo 0 "' j Rev. J. M. Stillwell, the present pastor, was in the estimation of the sable community.! ,n S‘■I’CommendaUon indeed: again called, and StiO raised on his salnrv than tumal-is the guilty one; hut Gnen, | lb°r 1876. He retired before the action was who is so considerate and gallant as to take ail the blame on himself, “shucks out” the needful, and smiles upon Fannie’s pluck and Fannies spirit. Lizzie Jackson, Sallie Lyles, Green Whitlow and Fannie ditto, are the dramatis personae. The belt rings ; the cur tain rises, and the role is as follows : Fannie Whitlow pollutes her heretofore unsullied lipe with an oath; in fact, actu ally curses Sallie Lylies; and, moreover intimates, for tho further delectation of her opponent and the general information of the bystanders, tlmt Sallie is not exactly as the “icicle of purest snow whieh hangs from Diau’s temple.’’ No, not altogether, says the profane Fannie; and to better enforce this truth into Sadie’s cranium, she puts a head on her with a stick. Sadie’s head, if not her reputation, was now in danger; at least, so thought Lizzie Jackson, who goes for the irate Fannie. The two now “mixed,” to use a witness term, and with the finger of the former resting confidingly in the mouth of the other, They tag, they strain, * Down, down they go, Breve Sal above And Fannie below. But they were parted, and doubtless peace would have been soon restored, had not Fannie’s better-half now appeared u]>on the scene, and although it was Greene that was now introduced into this little spectrum, the whole affair would undoubt edly have assumed a crimson tint had not a benevolent peacemaker, Samuel by name, quelled the little mutiny. His Honor acted very decorously in the trial. It was not hard to read lus expression of disapproba tion during the recital of the fray; it was not difficult to note his joyful smile when he was told how the good Samuel mado peace, nor was it entirely impossible to mark a certain look of pity when he was compelled to take Greene’s money for tho real misdeed of his wife. Ilis Honor al ways was a compassionate man. The University.—There are now in the University something less thaDjJtwo hundred students. They are all orderly and steady, aud are prosecuting their duties vigorously. More will undoubtedly come in after awhile, and we hope to see our college well filled. Prof. Lumpkin tells us that the average ages of the students are greater than usual, the majority being between eighteen and twenty, and veiy few below seventeen. We are glad to hear this, because everybody knows that the older a boy is, the better can he appre ciate the advantages of such an institution as ours. And again, younger boys are more apt to be led astray by the influences which necesarily surround him, at a y aud every college. Prof. Gumming of the chair cf Natural Philosophy and Astronomy, ;has been heard from and will he here about the 1st November next. The Northeastern Railroad.—The stockholders of this road held a meeting on Wednesday, for .the purpose of elect- Presidcnt— Jno. W. Nicholson. Directors—Ferdinand Phinizy, R. L. Moss, Howell Cobb, John White, Jefferson Jennings, John H. N ewton, T. A. Burke, C. G. Talmadge, Geo. W. Center, H. Benssc, J. D Pittard, A. S. Erwin, J. A. Hniinicutt, C W. Hood, W. B. J. Hard man, A. K. Childs, Wm. S. Erwin, Mr. John Calvin Johnson was re-clectcd Scceetary and Treasurer. Messrs. George W. Center and James D. Pittard wero re-elected Superintendents of convicts. The following Bossiness Committee from the Board of Directors were also elected: John W. Nicholson, A. K. Childs, How ell Cobb, Jefferson Jennings, Thomas A. Burke, C. G. Talmadge, Rufus L. Moss. The Directors are awaiting for further advices from the North before they pro- feed to anything definite. In conversation with Mr. B. L.'Moss npon the subject, this gentleman stated that could they obtain *'.20,000 more, theroad would undoubtedly be completed. We hope that this will soon bo dono. onia held a conference lor calling a pastor for the ensuing year. By a unanimous vote was salary establishment is systematic and busines- 11”!. ‘;" r ’T n like From the Manager down to tire low- ! L V 1 1 ■ ’ B °-'"’ 1 v * .1 _ . tbe moderator, informed unn of tie action est subordinate there is a quiet, gentleman- the church .’ TilU was an agrteal) | e ” lj demeanor utterly at variance with our , ise to a faitllfu! and c , BciJnt % vinc . ^ preconceived ideas of circus men. No ‘', lurch ^ thjg fai ^ drunkenness nor sweanng, nor boisterous him $164.-CWrt«fi™ conduct or language is beard ront any ol 1 the attaches. Take it all in all, it is one of plenty ot air and good ventilation; but re cently, and more particularly during the past month, the painters and carpenters have Last Saturday tin Baptist church at Lith- ^ en putting on tho “finishing touches,’ and the finest and most complete affairs of its kind we ever witnessed. This great show will exhibit in Athens, November 3rd. Let everybody—old and young, white and black, go and witness a first elass circus.! Photographs —We noticed in Sclicve- ncll’s window, a few days ago, a fine collec tion of photographs, taken by Davis, photo., of this place. They are full length pictures, composing a very pretty bevy of some of our Athens beauties. The positions arc all extremely graceful, which are due, of course, to the young ladies, while the dis tinctness and beautiful finish of the pic tures reflect the unquestionable skill of Davis himself. He takes them to the State Fair, we understand. “Hope he’ll get the prize!” W e notice also in Schcvcuell’s window— which, by the way, is fast becoming a re pository of “ tilings of beauty”—a beauti ful chroino, labelled “The Language of Flowers.” It represents a lovely, innocent maiden, doubtless, a “child of nature,” clasp ing in one hand a flower, while thp tender expression upon her fcat'ires ind cates that her fancy, like Tennyson’s young man, ‘^lightly turns to thoughts of love.” In Fallarious and True Reasoning. our experience we have found by closely watching results that those who pay out S100 in judicious advertising, get three times the benefit that those do whq.pay on ly fiffy dollars. Merchants anil others who are doing a business of $25,060 a year are apt to think it a great outlay if they pay $50 a year for advertising. When viewed in a practical light, any one can see that the sum of fifty dollars a year is a small outlay to give tone and vitality to a business of SAVANNAH. Mr. Frederick Guaun, who was for a long time clerk with Chris White, Market Square, came to the city a few days since from Ebe- neezer on a visit to liis friends. Yesterday morning, after eating a hearty breakfast, be proceeded with a friend to the Market Square House. He was just 011 the point of taking a drink when he became suddenly pale, and was compelled to sit down on a chair. He had Jhardly become seated when he reeled and fell to the floor ami expired in a few minutes. Mr. G. had been io feeble health for some time and was subject to an affec tion of the heart. Last evening, shortly after dark, an indi vidual who had evidently been very assidu ous in his attentions to corn juice, in pick ing his uncertain way by the new Cathedral, on Abercorn street, stumbled over a barrel of freshly made mortar, and, not being very firm on his pins, and the tiead ot the barrel being out, iu he went. There was consider able rumpus and noise following this sudden disappearance, which attracted the attention of a gentleman who was returning home, and he hastened to render a-sistance. After some trouble, be managed .0 fish the stran ger out, when he was tumid to be pretty se verely cut about the face and head. Two sailors got into a dispute yesterday over some mailer, and being unable to settle the question, decided to fight it out. and ac cordingly selected their res|)cctive friends, this bus made the rooms more airy and ex posed than usual. This, coupled with the fact that Mr. S. has lately had a large number of visitors, es pecially during the session of tho Circuit Court, will, in part, account for his sudden and severe illness. One of the most unself ish of men in the dispensation of hospitality, he seems never to regard his own comfort and convenience above that of his friends and guests. This trait of his character is displayed in a thousand different ways, and so quietly and unostentatiously that the world hears nothing about it. As an example I may notice the erection of Bird’s Chapel, a Methodist church edifice, which occupies a very conspicuous place in front of “Liberty Hall.” It is a plain, substantial building, and the rear part extends in tho direction of the avenue that leads from the front gate to the grounds of the main entrace of the man sion^ If this church had been erected in the corner of the lot, where it would still destroy the symmetry and beauty of the grounds, its appearance would not be so ungainly; but it funs back almost into the centre of the lawn. and every visitor is compelled to notice the “jog” which it makes in the otherwise symmetrical proportions of the grounds. In tbe kindness of his heart, and as a tribute to bis deceased friend and pastor, Mr. Stephens not only cheerfully rave the lot upon which the edifice is erected, but spent several hun dred dollars in aid of its erection. Other eyes may notice the peculiarity of its location, but to the master ot “Liberty Hail” its pre sence brings noblor and more sacred reflec tions. Jefferson Davis (lam’d at the Place of His Birth. • On Monday Hon. Jefferson Davis, es- corted by a large number of the citizens of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, visited Fairview, wiiere a grand reception was given him. and with u few spectators repaired to Lamar's the * urro " ndin S old field, back of Liniar s press. After j lhe «’ reaching the ground everything was prepared, bTa ,nd Tr 7 ? ' V ” and thev went to work in^"regular “ring ??’ ,. wl * cl 'K r eeted Mr. Davis with 1 My Old Kentucky Home.” He was cs- and they went to work in regular style.” After every round the contestants were sponged down, etc., and towards tho end of the tight thev were so much exhausted they were unable to rise when knocked down, and had to Le raised up by the seconds. — Which one whipped wc did not learn, but The steamer Carrie nrrive-1 from Augusta on Sunday afternoon with two hundred and six Idle- of cotton, unloaded and started for twenty five thousand. Go where wc will, ■ we *" e boiii ba us^d up. it will always be seen that these busines.s ! 0ne h 1 nndre, ‘ ■«* lvvcn . t y, P™* re nun ofa town, who, having a good news-1 "ejt'steredlat t he county jail. Fifty take paper in their midst, patroniz.: tho same j L ‘ serc . 18C dad - v Wlth shovcl a,,J hue ou tho steadily and liberally, will improve their ! col ,"l_7.1°?. trade steadily, and place it 011 a sound footing. If times are hard, trade will drop off some of course, but then, tho same ratio over neighboring towns will be maintained, and gradually but surely will business llow to that town that, all things being equal, advertises the best, and what is very im portant, the steadiest. Some merchants have au idea that steady advertising is cf no account; that the effect is better if it is done in a sudden, uncertain manner, rush ing out with a great light to-day and then leaving the people in utter darkness to-mor row. This view is opposed to the ox|>eri- ence of every noted advertiser. All men of experience agree that the true effect is gained only by a steady and persistent ef fort. In the sharp rivalries and competi tions between different towns, but few re alize how important and adjunct to tbe prosperity of trade is a good newspaper and its advertising pages.— IFau&uAa (TF»«.) Democrat. ■*“ The editor of the Dresden Doings is rather absent minded. He held the posi tion of local on the St. Albans Pioneer several years ago, and was alone in the office writing np some items one ' morning, when a stranger came in and presented a scrap of paper with the words scrawled awkwardly : “I’m dumb and deaf, and have nothing to buy bread; can yoa help me ?” Wheeling glanced at it, looked np, then out of tbe wiudow, trying Jto recall a local item. “How loug have you been that wpy,’ ’ he asked, a little absently. “About ten years,” said the dumb man, thrown off hie guard. The local instantly resumed his labors and tho mendicant did not persist. London is ahead. It .has more Jews than coiled to the re.-idencu of Mr. Andrew J. Kenner, who now lives in the old Davis homestead, and was taken into the room where lie first saw the light’. After a few moments he e.irue out and mounted a stand erected lor the purpose, and thanked the people for their reception: He said he had stood in the room where Shakspeare was born, and felt the impress that his matchless genius had le.’t; lie had visited the homes of the greatest men of history and of our times, but li id never felt as he then felt, after an absence of sixty-six years. Mr. James Wil.s then mounted the stand r-iWrrr 1 '■'» t? 2r SaS£an,ra'STbStaS This is quick work.—Morning Sens. Paris Moilrs. Lucy Hooper writes from Paris to the Philadelphia Telegraph as follows: At the leading dressmakers’ a severer and simpler style appears to prevail at present than that which has been in vogue for some time jwsL The introduction of brocades and vdvet-flounced silks for the trains of dresses has necessitated comparative plainness in the skirts of full-dress toilets. The back of the dress is usually formed of brocade or velvet damasked silk or satin, falling in a long train and perfectly plain; tbe front of tho skirt is of plain silk, and is either Cov ered with along fringe-bordered tablier, or is trimmed with plaitings and ruchings. One dress recently displayed by Pingot was of steel gray silk, striped in ribbon-grass pattern with rose pink; the skirt was bor dered all round with a fall niching, and waa covered in front with a very long tablier of plain gray silk, bordered with a knotted sewing-silk fringe. Tho cuirass waist was of gray mlk, the sleeves of striped silk fitting close tb the artn, with a narrow plaited raffle at the waist ornamented with a small gray bow at the ride. Tbe corsage was cat np into a point at the bank ao as to afford free pas sage for the tipin, which was laid in huge square plaits at tbe waist. This peculiarly youthful anil elegant toilet was intended for a young American belle. Apron over skirts of heavy net, edged with fringe, are Palestine, more Sootchmen than Edinburg, the latest innovation. They^come in wors more Irish titan Dublin, more Catholics tatNetf.r cashmere costumes and walking- _ __ tb*0 Rome, and more thieves than Chicago, dresses, and ia sewing-alk net for evening my pooket.”—Punch. following guage: “In behalf of the citizens of Fair- view, allow ine to present to you this cane, made from a locust true that grew in this yard, planted by your fiither. Please ac cept it ns a suitable memento and reminder of the place of your birth.” Mr. Davis returned a throe-fold “ thank you,” and added that he had no other lan guage to express his feelings. After partaking of a bountiful feast sup plied by the citizens, Mr. Davis left in a carriage for Clarksville, whence he will go to Memphis. During the day a negro rushed up and shook Mr. Davis' hand; and told him he fought under him four years, aud said, “I was-with the Finch boys, you know.” A youngster being required to write a composition upon some portion of the hu man body, selected that which unites the head to the body, and expounded as follows: “ A throat is convenient to have, especially to roosters and ministers. Tbe former eats corn uud crows with it: the latter preaches through bis’n, and then ties it up. This is pretty much all I can think of about nooks.” Fore warned. Forearmed—(Our reporter before dinner): *' Beg pardon, my lord,! but could your lordship xindly oblige me by giv ng me a hint as to what yoor lord- ri dp is gai g to say. in reply.te the.duke wiien .bis grace proposes your lordship’s health?” Juin L irdship: .;“!Jow ! C»u J tell you what I’m going to say until .I’ve heard what the duke says?” Our reporter: “Oh, I can oblige your lordship with what his grace is going to say. I’ve got jt all in MISCELLANEOUS NEWS. LYNCH LAV, fte Hanging of Clarke Edmonson—A. Negro Charged with Bape is taken from Jail and Hung. Tram ths Atlanta Ilenld. Seldom does ft occur that wc arc called upon to chronicle the sad particulars of an affair such as follows in the present narra tion; ; Cjarke Edmonson, a colored man, who, it is alleged, committed the offense of rape' npon a white woman, named Mrs. KennAry, yesterday was one week ago, in the county of Fayette, about four miles from Brooks station, on the Savannah, Griffin and North Alabama Railroad. THE PACTS IN THE CASS our readers arc already familiar with, espe cially as it ia fresh in their minds that he wp* caught in this city last Friday morning hy a policeman. He came here (o so? the United States officers at the Hsrroqk*, and find what protection or assistance they could afford him. On Saturday night, at 6 o’clock, he left this city on the Macon freight train, in charge of the Sheriff of Clayton county, arriving at Jonesboro’ about 10 o’clock that night, when he was immediately placed in jail. Soon after he was placed in jail a band of DISGUISED MEN, supposed to be ’ two hundred and fifty or three hundred in number, mado their ap pearance, and forcing the jailor by threats, etc., obtained from him the keys to the jail, aud entering took the poor unfortunate negro and dragged him out, notwithstand ing his pleas for mercy. They carried him to Fayetteville and HUNG HIM on the same gallows upon which his brother was hung for the offense of rape last Friday was a week ago. The body was still hang ing on the gallows yesterday afternoon. REPORTS ABOUT IT. There have been many reports since Sun day morning, concerning the affair, and of a very conflicting natnre. Some said that he was shot, and others said that he was CUT AIL TO PIECES, but we learned the above particulars from Nathan Munroc, a colored man, who waa there yesterday. TIIS CRUEL TREATMENT. It is alleged that the negro was treated cruelly aud very badly dealt with before he was hung. SENTIMENT. Public sentiment at Jonesboro and about the neighborhood where the crime was committed, it is said, is very much divided upon the question as to his guilt or inno cence. But there is one fact which even the negro did not deny, and that U that he did have carnal knowledge of the woman; and even for this offense it is claimed that he dese.ved the punishment that has been inflicted upon him, if for no other purpose to serve as a warning to others. A large number of the people in Fayette and adjoining counties are highly incensed, and.the fact of this thing happening so soon upon the hanging of this victim’s brother 011 a similar charge, naturally enraged them more than they otherwise would have been. A SAD SCENE. It is stated that when the doomed man was being hurried and dragged np on the scaffold, the scene was truly heart rend ing. The negro struggled hard to free himself, but the large odds against him obviated bis escape. Let this unfortunate occurrence deter a repetition of this crime. Alexander II. Stephens. It is with a feeling of paintul solicitude that are take note of the announcement, by telegraph, of the serious illness of Hon. Al exander H. Stephens, of Georgia. We sin cerely hope the termination may not be of character to sadden the hearts of his countrymen. 1 Mr. Stephens is a statesman, and, Deo volenle, we want the benefit of his still active mind for a few years to come. As a Southern man, his disposition wilt be to tone down the fiery feeling which may be exhibited in the House of Representatives on the part of what we conceive to be the accidental majority in that body. Wc have assurances that Hill will be more mild-man nered than we have any idea of bnt this is only conjecture. A man who would serious ly attempt to demonstrate the absurd prop osition that the people of the North are the tree rebels, and not those of the South, will bear watching. We are well aware that Alexander H. Stephens was Vice President of the South ern Confederacy. But, we are also aware of the fact, that his advice was against se cession strongly and that, with a voice almost prophetic, he solemnly warned the headstrong ones of the consequences. He told the South, openly, that the effort to disrupt the Union would be a ruinous fail ure. Then, when the current was beyond resistance, he linked his fortune with 'his fellow’s and took responsibility and disaster with them uncomplainingly, and with na spirit of reproac't. He even went so far as to make the issue between the North and South a dear one, by enunciating the prin cipal. that slavery, as it existed iu the South, was the cornerstone of true civiliza tion, and as such shotild be defended and maintained. The North was always grate ful to Mr. Stephens for throwing into broad sunlight this hitherto beclouded point. It saved volumnes of breath in raising men and means, that sentiment of a man so strong. And when captured and found a prisoner with the Davis party on the steamer William P. Clyde, in the barber of Port Royal, Mr. Stephens gave way to no repining. With the rest or them, be met his peculiar condi tion with What cheerfulness he could, desiring no exemption from whatever fete might be fell bis companions in misfortune His true nobility of character shone as bright in tbe contracted cabin of that small vessel, as when, the honored leader of a great party, be appeared in the House of Beflrtsentatives, or when, before tbe people of the South, he warned them of the danger they were incur ring in lifting a hand against the nation’s honored emblem of authority. In giving utterance to the fervent desire that fee life of Mr. Stephens may be Spared, we only repeat the sentiment which is down deep io feh heart* offeoosands of Uqfoniala throughout the great North.— Washington The greatest discovery at Pompeii is that of a woman making a. fire io a cook • stove while herbusbahd is in bed and asleep. She was anoble Ionian.—Boston Journal. * Quincy, Illinois, has the latest ease of Enoch Arfea; but the’ married Widow- had collected the life insurance money, and a compromise ,will be effected on easy terms. By Ben Spinner, of the Fourth Ward School. [From tho Louisville Courier-Journal.] Most usually it takes two eggs for to make a chicken, because, if you will put eighteen eggs uuder a hen, only about nine of ’em will hatch. A lien is so careless and stubborn that most always she won’t cover her eggs all over, and so they get chilled; and they are everlastingly gone up. Also, the rats‘will rob a nest; so that, if you get half of a brood, it is a tol’ablo crop, and you should be thankful. Then, I think, it stands to reason this ought to provo what I said at first. A hen, which has got a young fami- ly, is more crosscr than anything else which can be compared with her under the sun in the United States. There never was a thing which can ruffle its feathers up back wards and rage worse than a fool hen. A turkey gobbler will do it, but he don’t go off into a red hot passion about it, and make a fool of hisself, and get enemies all for nothing like a hen would. A chicken in the Bpring-timc which was put to'hatch in March, if ft has good luck and don’t dio of the pip, or gaps, or cholera-morbus, or get drowned or something, will be big enough tc< sell to the restaurant about in June. They will fetch $6 a dozen, and a chicken is more popular where it is aspring chicken than if it wqnld live long enough to get as tough as Methuseler. They say that a spring chicken is a luxurious thing for to broil and mix up with toast. That’s what I have heard. Once in a great while wc have spring chickens for dinner. Then yto have tho preacher, or else some company, and I eat at the second-handed table, and I can always tell by fee savory smell a going on in the kitchen that broiled chicken out to bo good enough for anybody. But if I can’t get some thing to eat more snbstantiallerthan a smell, I always Ball back on roast beef. A chick- en don’t gather shrewdness like a owl. and it never picks up any wisdom. It is n t. a tal ented thing like a fox. If you show ‘mo a more stupider thing than a hen, I wish you would trot her out. The rooster .has got what little senee there ever was in the family. It is one of the worst difficulties with a chick en that she don’t know its place. She won’t stay in the barn-yard, where she belongnbny way you can fix it If your mother tutt^got flower-beds in fee front yard—and it’s a mighty curious mother wnich ain’t—every last chicken on the place will get in to 8tiratch them, if it takes till next Cbristmal” and then goodbye to the hyacynthes and crocu ses, aud jerryrnnthens, and all that kind of foolishness. Then is the time you want to have two jackets on, or else forget to come home early, if it was you which left tho lat tice gate open. Anyhow, that’s my advice. Also, a hen is hard-hearted and cruel, and will kill every little desolated stray chicken who tries to associate with her own brood, and this is good enough reason why she is like a step mother. If a hen once gets a fast hold of a little chicken to shake it by fee nape of the neck it will never kick again in this commu nity more than twice. The freqnentest bad habit, which nhea-ia got is going off to tho neighbors to lay ; also it is too soft a thing for fee neighbors; but it is generally chronic for a hen to do it, and the only way for to cure her is to cut her head off and boil her down into soup. She won’t go to fee neigh bors to lay many more times after that, I don’t think. -, Lady Caroline Lamb and Byron. . Mrs, Kemble writes in her recollections : Lady. Caroline Lamb I never sawj but from friends of mine who were acquainted with her, I have heard manifold instances of her extraordinary character and conduct. I remember my friend Mr. Harness telling me that, dancing with him one night at a great ball, she had suddonly amazed him by tho challenge, “ Gueth how piany pairth of thtockingi I have on.” (Her ladyship lisped, and her particular graaiotuness to Mr. Harness was the result of Lord Byron’s school intimacy with and regard fpr him.) Finding her’partner quite uneqnalto the pieso of ffivmation proposed to Mm, she put forth a very pretty little foot, from wMch she lifted tho petticoat ankle high; lisping out, “Thixth.” I believe it was ou the oc asion of that eamo ball, that she asked Lord Byron to waltz with her, when, probably irritated by her impertinent dis regard of the infirmity wMch was always so bitter a mortification to him, ho not only refused, saying, “ Yon know I cannot,” but added, "and yon or any other woman cmght not.” (His poetical vituperation of the danoe, then first coming into vogue, will be remembered.) Upon this rebuff the lady went to a dressing-room, and throwing open a window, rushed out upon the bal cony and exclaiming in the words of St. Preux under tho ro-.ks of La Meilieraio, “ La roebe est esearpe, ’lean est profondc 1” prepared to precipitate herself, not into the bine waters of Lake Leman, bnt on to the hard-hearted pavement of a London street, which travesty of Rosscan'a'tragedy being timely averted by a friendly and firm dutch at her ladysMp’s skirts behind, sho desired to have a glass of water, which being brought her, she set her teeth in the glass atd broke^ ft, and jHooccded to cut ter ahoihterferred w^S^aii tej^idmifl^e^vas finally persuaded to postpone her despair to n more convenient season and go home to bed. I have heard another version of the above attempted suicide, which made a pair of scissors snatched from the dressing- table and about to be plunged into her bosom the remedy of tho lady for her out raged feelings She might have equally il- lastrated her selfimnrder by a French qno tation from Scribe’s funny tittle piece of “Lbs Premieres Amours”—Darmo tat ale etait deja levee tor son sein! e’etait une poire de ciseaux.”— Washington Chronicle. , ' ’ .l ■.... ; A Pretty Girl Kisses a Judge ontu* Bench.—A pretty girl named Anna Connett was tried for burglary in New Jersey the other day, and when she was acquitted of the charge she threw i her. arms around therneck of the judge and kissed him. Of course ft wasac&e of bargain and corruption—a case of an acquittal for a ima—and the judge ought to be impeached. No he oughtn’t either. Pretty girls are too scarce, as abundant as they are, to be ludden away inthe penitentiary, no matter if they do break into houses and walk off with the spoons. Toteti you the truth, that judge ought to bo raised to the Supreme Bench.—Courier Journal. M. L. Dunlap, one of the editors of the Chicago Tribune, is a fortunate man. He works for a newspaper and makes money; he has been ia the Legiilatare and waa not bribed; his giria and dots married young, and now enough gaa wells have been fonna on their farms to supply them with gas and