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Thnrlow Weed is now nearly blind.
A church nearly completed in Mos
cow cost over three million.
In 300 yonrs live Sundays in Feb
ruary can only occur nine times.
In 1870 Edwin Booth was a bank
rupt. Now lie Is said to ba now worth
three hundred thousand dollars.
The Dcinocrnts of it bode Island ap
pointed delegates to the National
Democratic Convention. They arc
und ratood to l'avor 'lilifin.
Since 1804 new truncations of the
Bible huve been made in 220 lan
guages. The British and Foreign
Bible Society has pub.isbed 187 of
these versions.
The first balloon ascension in the
Unit and States was made in Philadel
phia on January 9, 1793, by Mr.
Blanchard. The ascent was witness
ed by a large crowd of spectators,
among whom was Uen. Washington.
The Tribune predicts a famine thus,
“lbices will soon be tumbling, wages
go down, mid it will take perhaps
years to r-cover the pro-perity and
solidity the country enjoyed before
the the recent wild and unnatural
rise in prices, and destruction ol in
dustry, and of healthful social expen
d.turu,”
There art three graces in Kentucky,
Martha, Mary nud Margaret Devoe,
of Jessamine County. They were
born to the same parents in the same
hour iu 1827, and have grown up to
bo middle-aged spinsters together.
When they were young ladies their
father exacted lrom them a vow never
to mairy and never to separate until
death. Tuis promise they h ive reli
giously kept.
On the 27t!i inst, during a thunder
storm, the city hospital located in
Kansas City, Mo., was burned to the
grouud. It contained eighteen in
mates, several of them suffering from
diseases and wounds, and the scene
which ensued were horrible. The un
fortunates were carried or crawled
out into the rain-storms and some of
them were unprotected for nearly
two hours. None were burned, but
several will die from exposure.
W. H. Vanderbilt is soul to be
worth one hundred and thirty million
dollars. On the 25th nit a cheek
drawn on the national Treasury de
partment f >r $310,500 was paid in
Chicago a interest for three months
on $310,050,000, which the govern
ment owes him. This is only one
source of bis income, and it alone
gives him $3,450 per day; or $1.53f
per minute.
'Hie Petuvinns claim that they
met the advat ci-'g Chilians in the
Peruvian province ol Moqn'ga and
deflated t’um. The Chilians, how
ever, el dm that they occupied the
province without encountering oppo
sition. The probability is the Chil
ians had t h -ir own w-y. They had
not lulled to walk over the Peruvians
whenever they tin t them, and it is
not likely that Moquiga was an ex
ception. Aiica is now in danger,and
after Arica, Lima himself. The only
hope of Peru now consists in a peace
on the best terms that she can get.
Three men visited a house in Clay
ton county, lowa, and finding the
husband lrom home, demanded food
of his wife. After eating, they pro
sented revolver at her, and demand
ed Iter husband’s money. They got
that. Then they chloroformed her,
and indignantly mal treated her, and
set fire to the house and left. Their
dog tried t > arouse her from her dan
ger from the burning building by
scratching her in the face, and did
succeed in sufficiently arousing her
to crawl from the house in the yard.
They were afterwards captured, but
the intense excitement caused great
fears that they have been lynched.
The jaws and a portion of the ver
tebrae of a fossil sea serpent (Python,
omorpha) were found not long since
in a marl pit at Marlborough, New
Jersey. Professor Lockwood esti
mated (he length of the living ser
pent to have been from 40 to 60 feet —
considerably less than that of a pre
viously discovered specimen. Tooth
marks on the bones indicate a grand
least ol ancient fishes when the dead
monster “lay like a great wreck on
the old ocean btd.’’ The teeth,
though formidable, are about half
the size ot those ot the 80 foot spec
imen previously discovered. —Scien-
tific American,
IP. A. SINGLETON, Ed Prop'r.
VOL 5.
A Mountain Takes the Place of a
Lake.
Interesting particuUrs begin to
come in with regard to the effects of
the series of earthquakes experienc
ed in San Salvador toward the close
of lost year. The severest shocks
were felt in the neighborhood of
Lake Uopnngo, which Ims always
been regarded of volcanic origin.
On December 21 tLc earthquake
movements were particularly marked,
and accompanied by a horrible rum
bling sound beneath the earth,
which, more than its tremblings and
oscillations, spread through the al
ready alarmed population. That
night no fewer than 150 distinct
chocks were felt, and the people
abandoned their houses iu dismay.—
During the succeeding days of the
month the movements continued, and
on the night of the 31st a tremen
dous subterranean detonation was
heard, like the discharge of heavy
cannon, succeeded by three success
ive shocks of great violence, which
wire felt throughout the entire re
public, and, in the immediate theater
of their action finished the ruin their
predecessors had begun. In the vi
cinity of the lake a rainstorm follow
ed, of such violence as has not been
experienced for years, the rush of
waters carrying to the l ike vegeta
tion, soil, trees, and everything in
their way, making huge gullies, ren
dering useless some valuable lands on
the margin of the lake. The waters
o( the lake, instead of appearing to
be Increased by Ibis large addition
to their volume, actually diminished.
As the water retired eonical shaped
peaks or hills appeared in the center
of the lake, while the water sur
rounding them was in a state of com
motion as though it were boiling,
and on examination it was found that
its temperature had materially in
creased. From the highest of these
peaks, which are constantly increas
ing in size, smoke, vapor, and flame
issued, the column rising as high as
that which issues from the Izaleo, and
may be seen fiom ttie capital, a dis
tance of several leagues. The cei -
tral hill of the group thus forming
appears to be increasing in sizemore
rapidly than the others, people in the
neighborhood estimating its growth
as prodigious. The water of the lake
lias gradually resumed its level and
raised in height as the process of
formation of the volcano cont’nueu,
escaping through its outlet at an im
mense rate. It is t hought it will soon
be emptied into the sea and the moun
tain will take its place.
The volcano keeps regular’y at
work, occasionally sending up show
ers of stones, wLicb, failing on its
sides, add to its dimensions. Since
it lias begun its functions in sucb a
marvelous, wonderful manner the
shocks of earthquake have ceased,
although at intervals the subterra
nean noises are heard, but only in
the immediate neighboihood of the
burning mountain, The vapors
which issue from it are heavily
charged with sulphurous materials,
which produce a nausea, and in ma
ny cases have induced sickness, most
ly fevers. With the beginning of the
volcanic activity springs broke out in
various places, some of potable wa
ter, and others horribly feted and
disgusting. Mr. Goodyear, State
• Geologist, will probably soon issue a
report upon 'he remarkable phenom
ena involved.—Scientific American.
Tallahassee Floridian: “A whale,
estimated fo be seventy-five feet in
length, was seen off the St. Mark’s
lighthouse a short time since. It
appeared to be sick and suffeiing,
and its body was covered with whit.
ish spots, It ran among the fleet of
sponging vessels off that coast and
passed directly under one of the
schooners. It seemed to l>c bearing
southward.”
DEMOCBATIC IFAMLY NEWSPAPER,
BUENA VISTA, MARION COUNT Y, GA„ APRIL 7, 1880.
The Normal School Question.
The normal school question has not
been b> ttled. Dr. Sears, agent of the
Peabody fund, has been in the city
f r some days past conferring with
the state board of education with rel
erence to the removal of tho normal
school, at Nashville, to Georgia. The
propositu n made by Atlanta met
with favor Tie consideration at the
hands of Dr. Sears, and while the
matter is still pending there is every
reason to believe that if the school
shall be removed to Georgia it will
certainly be located at this point.
The city of Atlanta proposes to do
nate SIB,OOO for the erection of a
suitable building. This proposition
was made to Dr. Sears by Mayor Cal
houn, acting under authority from the
city Council. The city is not willing
to give more. Dr. Sear3 says that at
least $25,000 must be furn shed. It
is thought that the remaining $7,000
can be secured by subset iptiun. Un
der the act of the last 1 gisiaturo tho
state will donate SO,OOO annually to
the school in case it comes, and Dr.
Sears will also give SO,OOO annually
out of the Peabody fund. Mr. Rich
aid Peters has tendered a splendid
building site oi four acres just back
of Mr. Culpepper’s residence on
Peachtree, and Mr. Edward Raw-on
has tendered an excellent lot on Fair
street, and one just beyond West
End. These are liberal offers and are
made upon the sole condition that the
school building must be located upon
the last selected. Dr. Sears says that
if Atlanta gets the schod he will pay
is expenses for tho first year. This
is most liberal, and entirely charac
teristic ol this noble philanthropist.
We are informed that several Geor
gia towns made propositions to Dr.
Sears, looking to the location of this
normal school in their midst. New
:ian threatened at one time to give
$30,000 to have it cariied there, but
Las made no sign that the threat will
be executed. Augusta offered sio,-
000, or a donation, but no'hingin the
shape o' annual support. This, of
course, was too cheap. Athens made
a big offer. She offered to give the
Lucy Cobb institute, the rock college
and the use of the philosophical and
chemical apparatus of the university.
She also offered the use of the chap
<l, and iu addition to all.this she
would donate from SO,OOO to SIO,OOO
a year. But Atlanta's proposition
made the impression, and it is per
fec’ly natural that it should have
done so, for Atlanta has many ad
vantages over the above-named
towns, She is a central, populous,
growing city, and offers a beautiful
site, to be crowned at her expense
with a costly building. Dr. Sears was
directed by the trustees of the Pea
body fund to remove the school to
Atlanta if suitable arrangements
could bo made to do so, and while
he was pcrlectly willing to receive
bids irom other places, Atlanta has
undoubtedly been the choice of the
trustees and their agent from the be
ginning. Iu a few days we hope to
announce that the matter has been
definitely settled, and, in the mean
time, shall console ourselves with the
thought th it if the school comes to
Georgia it will surely stop in Atlan
ta. —Atlanta Constitu Jon.
Old Mr. Baktr advertised for a wife,
specifying a “young woman of irre
proachable character.” lie received
a letter from Lizzie Smith, of De Wit,
Mo. She said that she was only 17,
and was willing to become an old
man’s darling wife. As to her char
acter, she assured Mr. Baker that
anybody iu DeWit could give him
the facts; and she told the truth, for
the first person of whom he inquired
informed him that she had served
three terms in prison for stealing, and
and one for shooting a man. Ho de
cided not to man y her.
MAXIMS OF ZOROASTER.
A noble mind is never doubtful.
How difficult it is to preserve fame!
Boldness is useful in doubtful
things.
It is a bad case which requires
pity-
A good character shines by its own
light.
Reproof to those in misfortune is
cruelty. %
Danger elk not avoided without
danger.
To receive an f bligation is to sell
your liberty.
B have so that no man may justly
dislike you.
Honor, like life, when once lost
never returns.
He who has lost his honor can lose
nothing more.
It is a pleasing disgrace to suffer
in a good cause.
Ho who has no house is dead with
out a sepulchre.
Preferment to the unworthy is so
much disgrace.
To love and bo wise is h.ii dly grant
ed to the gods.
One ungrateful man injures all that
are in distress.
To deny one’s self to one’s country
is to be an exile.
Man is accomodated to life, not
absolutely given to.
The judge is condemned when the
guilty are acquitted,
When a woman thinks by hersell
she thinks wickedly.
Good thoughts are not lost, though
they are not practiced.
He receives a benefit who bestows
one on a worthy person.
A man dies as ollen as he loses
those who are dear to him.
Whatever is done through conii
deuce iu fortune is id done.
Good and bad men are each lessso
than they seem.
Live with thy friends as if they
were some lay to become, thine ene
mies.
A good act’on, though it rmy be
suppressed, cannot be extinguished.
You should consider your own
faults and be merciful to those who
resemble you.
It is ar, injury to honesty to peti
lion lor what is not lit to be granted.
Repontence is a goddess arid the
preserver of those who have erred.
Beware of say ng to others any
thing ot which they may avail them
selves to injure us.
We ought not to become answera
ble for others, as we can hat dly be
answerable for ourselves.
Before thou quittest thy house,
know what thou art going to do and
at thy return examine what thou hast
done.
Love may be produced by choice,
but yon caunot when you choose get
free from it.
If thou art in doubt whether the
action which thou art thinking of
would be a good or a bad oae, abstain
Iroin doing it.
IN THE LONG AGO.
About fifty years ago, Dot from my
own knowledge, however, when the
people were rather pioneers in
point of civilization, a Methodist
church was sought to be estiblislied
in the eastern part of the county by
a traveling preacher. In c rder to
organize ir, it was necessary to have
ten members lo start wi.h. After
much tiying only eight members
could be secuied, and the prospects
were gloomy for the cbm c’a. Ail old
gentleman, not over pious nor scru
pulous as lo the means, told the
preacher that, rather than see the
tiling fall through, lie would haste
around and get up tho other two
members. The truth of it was, th it,
as tho said old gcnti wife was a very
devout and zealous member of the
Methodist church, the nearest meet
ing house ol the kind being about ten
miles off, Lie was Working in his own
interest in attempting to secuie the
needed members. Finally he per
suaded one of his neighbors, Rucker
by name, to join the curch on time,
and be himself would do the same
thing, and thus secure the new church,
it was so agreed and reported to the
pastor, 'i lie old man, in conclusion,
said to the preacher: “It’s alright
now—put. my name and Rucker's
down and by the time our probation
is out I’ll be doggoued iny cats it I
don’t get you two that will stick.” It
is needless to say the church was
started and everything worked out
according to promise. [Talbotton
Register.
ADVICE TO YOUNG MEN.
No, my son, the world does not
owe you a living, The world docs
not need you, just yet; yon need the
world. It you can convince the world
that you arc nccessaiy to its
well-being, its pleasure, its happi
ness, its moral existence, then the
world will begin to claim you and
make room f.-r you in the body pews,
with the softest cushions and the ea
siest foot-stools. But don’t full into
the common error of supposing that
the world owes you a living. It
dosn’t owe you anything of the kind.
The world isn’t responsible for your
being. It didn't send for you; it
never asked yon to come here, nnd in
no sense is it obliged to support you
now that yoti are here. Your living
is here -a good, comfortable living.
Plenty to eat and plenty to wear, an
abundance of good, healthful, bard
work, ripples ol laughter and sprin
kles ol tears; boms of happiness and
uiOinentß of heartache; days of labor
and nights of rest; duties tr be per
formed and rewards to be won; it is
all here, son—disappointment, strug
gles, success and honois—but the
world dosn’t owe yon one of them,
not one of them. You can’t collect
your living as you would a debt, by
presenting your bill, giving vonr law
yer tha account to sue. You have
to work| for it, son, and work like a
Trojan, too. When you hear a man
say that the world owes him a living,
and that he is going to have it, make
up your mind that he is just making
himself a good excuse lor stealing a
living. The world doesn't owe any
man anything, son. It will give you
anything you earn, and you just look
out over the world and know that all
the plunder you can gather in by
honest work is yours and no more.
If you can t get any, why none ol it
is yours, and if you c m reach out
and carry away ten times as much as
your neighbor, why that is all yours,
and lie has no right to wait and
whine over his bad lack ami want
you to divide. And, my son,
iu ad human probability you will not,
want to divide. I hope that you may,
but it is very likely that you won t.
--Ex.
no IV TO PR ERA HE A STEAK.
We hear a great deal about that
•‘abomination called fried steak.”
I will tell you how to make tough
steak tender, and how to fry it so
that it will be juicy. Do not
pound it, either with a rolling pin
or a potato-masher, or even with
that jagged piece of metal or
crockery ware which house fur
nishing dealers will try to delude
you into buying. If you pound
it you will only batter its fibers and
let out all its juices. Four into
tiie bottom of a dish three tabie
spoonfulls eaclt ol vinegar and
salid-oil, sprinkle on them ha fa
saltspooontul of pepper (and a ta
blcspoonfni of chopped parsley, if
you have it). D not use any salt.
The action of the oil and vinegar
will be to soften and disintegrate
the tough fibers of the meat with-
out drawing out its juices. The
salt would do that most effectually
and harden the fibers besides.—
Yon may add a teaspoonful of
chopped onion if you like its fla
vor. Lay the steak on the oil and
vinegar for three or four hours,
turning it over every half hour,
ane then hall-fry quickly; season
it with salt after it is cooked, and
serve it with a very little fresh but
ter, or with the gravy from the
frying-pan. If you follow these
directions and do not try to im
prove upon them you can have
tender steaks hereafter at will.—
N. Y- Observer.
TO MAKE APPLE-BUTTER.
To make this according to the Ger
man mode, let three bushels of fair,
sweet apples be pared, quaitered and
tlio cores removed. Meanwhile, let
two barrels of new cider be boiled
down to a half. When this is done,
pour the preparod apples in the cider
and let the boiling go on briskly and
sy.-t matically, stirring the contents,
without cessation, so that they may
•not become to the sides of the vessel
and burn. Let the stirring go on till
the mass becomes thick as hasty pud
ding. Then throw in powdered all
spice; when it may be put in stone
jars. This is-apple butter, and it will
keep sweet for many years.—Courier
Journal,
ANNUAL SURSCRIPTJON, $2 00
SIIE DIDN'T PLANT CORN.
Conyers Weekly: “Mr. TANARUS., of (pa
yers, was mnrried to a benutiful and
dashing widow of Sheffield, about
one week ago, and they lived happi
ly together until last Monday, when
there occurred a row and a separa
tion. It scents that Mr. T. gave Mrs,
T. a very cordial invitation to visit
tlie/teld and assist in planting corn.
The lady did not accept the invita
tion. at which Mr. T. was very angty,
and threatened to annihilate Mrs. T.
Timitidy went into the house and
armed herself with the broom stick*
tongs, shovel, etc., and advanced to
conquer or to die. Mr.T. knew what
was coming and was preparing to re
treat, but he was too late. She ca
ressed him with the broom stick,
fondled him with the tongs, and
wound up by assisting him over the
(encc with the ruke. lie came to
town with one eye closed, left arm in
a sling, ear bit off. one foot shoeless
and otherwise dilapidated, lie says
he feels a tingling in his head, caus
ed, probably, by the Moon being too
full,'’
LIVE AT HOME.
The Southern people have but few
friend in this country or out of it.—
There has never been a people so per
sistently and systematically slander
ed. And there has never been a peo
ple so well prepared, if they will but
do their du:y, to snap their fin
gers at the impotent mul Ce of their
enemies. The South should become
self-sustaining in all the varied indus
tries of 1 fi*. Every Southern man
should do everything that in him lies
to sustain aid build up home indus
tries. Patronize home insti ution. —
Every worthy Southern enb rprise
shoul I find a .riend in every South
ern man, woman and child. Nothing
sliouhl be imported which can be
made at home. The balance of trade
ought to he in our favor. Exports
enrich a people; imports impoverish
them. Let us improve these matters.
The South is our home, and it only is
worthy of our undivided . love. —
Sparta Ishmalite.
Georgia Democratic Conventions
for 1880.
The Georgia Democrat c State Ex
ecutive Committee met in Atlanta on
the 30th ult., and was called to order
by the Chairman, Hon. Geo. N. Les
ter. E. Y. Clarke is Secretary.
Hon. G. T. Barnes, a member of
the Democratic National Committee,
was present, and gave some informa
tion of national politics.
It was decided to have two Demo
cratic conventions in Georgia this
year, both to meet in Atlanta. The
first will meet on the 9th of June, and
will be for nppoiuting delegates to
the National Democratic Convention,
which will meet in Cincinnati for
nominating Democratic candidates
for President and Vice-President.—
The second will meet ou the 4th of
August, and nominate candidates for
Stat3 officers and appoint electors for
the State.
THE HE MAN FIGURE.
The proportions of the human fig
ure arc six times the length of the
feet. Whether the form is slender or
plumb, the rule holds good; any devi
ation from it is a departure from the
highest beauty in proportion. The
lace Irom the highest points of the
forehead, where the hair begins, to
the chin, is one tenth oi the whole
stature. The hand, from the wrist to
the middle finger, is ttie same. From
the top of the chest to the highest
point of the forehead, is a seventh.
If the face, from the roots of the chin,
be divided into three equal parts,
the first division determines the place
where the eyebrow meet, and the
second the place of the nostrils. The
height, is the distance from the ex
tremity of the fingers when the arms
arc extended. —Ex.
SEOiett NEWS,
Tltr&fe fiegroe* tfhargtif With mnf
dcr wefe Hanged In SluConOh id,
last Ftiday.
The surveyors for (he ticorglrf
Wcsterfi rnilroad Comlffenced wotfc
on (ho Soth ult.
Col. Blount hts secured 190 stand*
of arms for the Millcdgevilfe Brunet/
of the State University.
The Sivannalt News fepo/ts sever
al cases of shooting irf houses oud tho
narrow e?cai>e of sOrWc Off the in
mates.
It i# l/elfevcd that the cefisns (if
1880 will show between forty-seven*
or fifty ini.lion inhabitants. A gain*
about ten million itr tori year i.
At the close of service* fft the Pres
byterian cltur. h in Boswell,- do tbs
28lh at., announcement waS tMdti
hat a rabid dog bad bitten two chil
dren, some stock and ft dog, attd con
tinued southward.
Thomasville Post: Tom Wilson,
colored, was brought before Jnstiea
Ladson, on Saturday last, by L zzttf
Moore, colored, for seduction. Wil
son was committed for :riul in de
fault of bond for S3OO, The parties,
on consultation, agieed, and then
and there were mnrtied, putting an
end to the prosecution. We leutu
that the groom will immediately fte
his libol lor divorce.
A library fir colored people hffsr
been established in Atlanta. It con
tains already several hundred vol
umes, and many magazines and pa
pers. The officers of the society are"
colored men, and there is an advisory
comm ttee, including the Governor
of the State and several prominent
citizens. Gilts of books are asked for.
It is stated that Judge Logan E,
Bleckley is residing in a log cabin*
that he has budt upon a mountain in
front of the town of Clayton, Rabun
county, and facing the old Blue
Ridge. He is living alone, save that
he has for a companion a young boy,
who is ssid to be very intelligent. It
is also reported that Judge Bleckfey
does his own cooking, and the neigh
bors say he is engaged in writing or
book.
YaldostaTimcs: On Saturday night
the 13th inst., a party of young men
near Shitnmyville, in the north-east
corner of this county, obtained some
bad whiskey from a groggery, and
with the poison dethroned their rea-*-
son to such a shocking extent as to*
precipitate a deadly affray, in which*
a lhirteeuvear-old boy named Keene
was stabbed iu the back bone from
which he died last Tuesday morning.
NO. 30
Th re are forty Mormon mission
aries in the South, and a large num
ber of local prcacheis. Elaer Mor
gan, who lias charge of the Southern
mission, reports that the cause is
making steady progress. Some of
the converts migrate to Salt Lake,
but the majority of tnem remain at
home, professing a belief in polyga
my, but not practicing it. Twenty
elders are to be sent to this field.
The Early County News: Judge
Hood did C'ay county some service,
on Monday last, by sending a drunk
en juror to jail to remain there until
about 11 o’clock on Tuesday, when he
had him brought out to receive sen
tence, which consisted of a well
timed lecture, which we have no
doubt will have a good effect on him,
and olheis besides. From the way
that juror looked, we imagine he
would have paid handsomely to bav@
avoided that lecture.
“Spinning wheels,” says the
Oglethor; e Echo, “are to-day
manufactured in Madison county,
and occasionally we see a wagon
load of them pass down this way.
It is a matter of surprise to know
how many ladies in onr rural dis
tricts continue to spin and weave
their own cloths, particularly
woolens. The sight of this piece
of furniture revives many memo
ries of the ante-bellum days. It
was the custom in those times, on
large plantations, for the negro
women on rainy da) s to march
up to the white houses, get tjieir
cards and cotton, and return to
their houses for the purpose of
carding rolls and spinning thread
to be woven into cloth. It was
during the rainy days when tho
women were spinning and tho
men making baskets, and collars,
mats and brooms that many of
those tales, that made we children
afraid to venture an inch in tho
dark, were told. Tho present <mii
eration knows nothing of those
good old days, and they will never
come again. Hut they taught ns
many lessons of economy, which
wevrotfid'do wwH t> fV>ik>wr"