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Enquire!' Buu ol 2S)ti : Lift 1" ri
duy cvenng, Mr. Allen Moody, who
lives neat Clmlybcat'', went to tlie
springs anil jjuichosc*! a lit lo pow
der and a few buckshot. 110 return
ed homo and carefuhj loaded li sgun
and set it to one side. Ihe next
morning cnrly lie told his mother
that he was going out to kill somo
squirrels and lock the gun and lelt
the house. Soon niter tic lelt the
house a gnu shot was hoard at the
shop and when soitt3 of the family
went there they found the young man
colil in death and his brains {senttei
cdovtrthc building. Three buck
shot entered his forehead a little
above and almost icnteriy between
the ayes, and it is presumed lie died
instantly, No clue is givon for the
rash act, and those who seem to
know state that there is nothing that
is known, without mental derange
ment, that could have prompted him
to have taken his own life, lie was
consideied a most excellent young
man and the act is greatly deplored.
Enquirer Sun: Y crterday at
Opelika, at tlm circus performance
ol Coup's company, quite a sensation
was created by the falling ot one of
their best riders—Mr. Melville —in
which lie was considerably injured, —
In the aiternoon performance in one
of 1 1 is most difficult feats ho missed
the horse’s back and 101 lto the
ground, his head striking first. He
whs carried from the ring in an un
conscious condition, and the general
opinion was lie would not live. 'I he
cquestr.ens and other 1-idy perform
ers were most attentive to him from
tlie moment lie fell, and displayed a
great deal of gentle sympathy and
tenderness. It is feared, however,
that there is very little chance oi his
recovery. The absence of such an
i.i tint from the arena will be a serious
financial loss to Mr. Coup, and it
will not be easy to supply his place.
Col. John C ddwt 1! t< Us an anec
dote well. lie applies the following
to tie Radical party: An old-field
schoolmaster had among his pupils a
B]nightly boy who bad figured thro
the double rule of three, and who
thought he conid woik almost any
example the teacher could give him.
One Friday evening the teacher call
oil the boy up and told him he had a
sum for him to work —which was
this: "J u a well forty lei t deep there
is a frog, and this frog jumps ten
It: 1 1 up every day, and fails twintv
teit every night; how long will it
take the frog to got out of the well?”
The boy said he would take it homo
with him and bring the answer Mon
day morning. Accordingly on Mon
day he came into the school-house
wi h boil) sides oi hm slate covered
v. dh figures and his copy-book figur
ed ad over. In addition to all this,
lie bad -over and shingles under his
Mini, and they wrre also full ol fig
ures. The old t< ncli< r asked him if
lie had been at work at the sum, and
if so, “where is the frig now?'’ The
buy r< i lied that the frog was now
in three .quarters ot a mile of hell,
and still jumping in that direction.
Sparta Times and Planter: “Mr.
Moore, who had the rmsfoitune to
lose one of his eyes a number of
years ago, was struck in the other by
asj lintcr while at work in Ihe shop
of Mr. James Smith last week. The
bone under the eye was broken and
removed by (he physician. It is
feared that he will be deprived of his
sight entirely. Mr. Moore was an
industrious and good workman. lie
has the sympathy of tlio entire com
munity. He has a large family de
pendent upon his exertions for main
ten a nee.'’
The Ciiy is Stilt* They Come. —The
Bureau of Statistics reports the arri
val of 50,598 immigrants to this
country during the month of August
Of this number there were Irom Eng
hand. 0,230: Scotland, 1,737-, Wales,
77; Ireland, 6,157; Germany, 11,018;
Austria, 1,235; Sweden, 3,003; Nor
way, 1,077; Denmark., 402; France,
413; Switzerland, 050; Spain, 40 Por
tugal, 49; Holland, 281; Belgium,
151; Italy, 624; Russia, 570; Poland,
204; Finland, 37; Hungary, 487;
Dominion of Canada, 13,500; Chi
na, 390, Cuba, 111; all other, 430.
H * *
Dammit is a post office name in
Sevier county, Tennessee..
IF. A. SINCbLETON. 1A and J’rop'r.
VOL G.
WHAT I LOVE.
I lovo the plowman's whistle,
The reaper's cheerful song,
The drover's ofi-ropeutecl shout,
Spurring Ills stock along;
T io bustle of tlio market man,
As ho Ides him to the town.
Tho hallow from tlio tree top
As tho riptamjffuit comes down;
The t usy Round ot the thre.-hsers,
As they clean the ripened grain;
Tho busker’s jolto anil catch of gleo
’Neath the moonligb'on the plain
The kind voice of the draymnn,
The shepherd's gentleman call ■
These sounds of pleasant industry,
1 love- I love them all.
—Youth's Companion.
A BACHELOR'S CONFESSION.
I live in a French-Hat. Of course
there are objections to Frcucli flats,
So there arc to most things. I can't
afford a hotel, and I detest a board
ing house. A bachelor of 30 odd,
who has been at tlm mercy of board
ing house keepers all his days, can
easily understand that.
So when I engaged a suit of rooms
—third floor in a French flat edifice —
and arranged my household goods
therein, with a flue lookout over a
green dot of a park m front, and the
glimmer of a palisade far in tlio rear
above a forest of shipping, I consid
ered myself well off.
\\ hit is my profession ? I haven t
anv particular, fam an artist and
draw a little, daily, in front of my
casil, I contribute to the press, and
write when the divine afflatus seizes
me, and draw a little income from a
snug little property left me by an un
cle in India. Consequently I was
ablcto dec' rate my new quarters very
prettily with Bagdad rugs, old china
dragons, black and gold Japanese
screens, and pictures I had picked np
at a bargain.
And when the fire was burning
cheerlul’y in tlio grate,‘he first rai iy
Mav evening, ilie student lamp shin
iim softly on ilia ml, carved table,
|
and the waiter from a neighboring
restaurant iiad brought in iov frugal
j dinner if a broiled bird, a mold of
1 currant idly, a slice of roast beef,
jam! raspberry dumpling, 1 consid
ered myself pretty comfortnb'e.
•Upon the whole,’said I to myself
‘I rather approve of French flats.’
I rang the bell.
The janitor —a respectful, decent
sort if a follow, in a round jacket
and carpet slippers—answered the
summons.
“Janitor,’’said I, “who occupies
the floor above?”
“Nobody, sir,’’ the man answered
‘Last patty moved out yesterday.
New party moves in to-morrow.’
‘A large family?’ said I, ratlur
dubiously.
‘Bless your heart, sir,’ said the
man, ‘no family at all—single lady,
sir!’
At ibis I congratulated myself,
more and more.
‘I shall have prospects of a little
peace now, I think,’ said 1; and I ate
my dinner in a fool’s paradise of
happiness.
The single lady moved in on the
morrow. She must have moved in
when I was down town selecting
some new mi l boards and colors for
the summer sketches that I intended
to make; tor when I returned, fondly
expecting once more to enter into my
kingdom of pence and serenity, eve
rything was changed,
There was a banging and pound
ing over head, a thumping and ham
mering—a sound as if some middle
aged giantess in hob nailqd shoes,
was enioying herself in a promen
ade.
I sent for I he janitor in a rage.
‘ls the house coming down ?’ said
1.
‘lt’s the new tenant a movin’ in
sir,’ said lie apologetically.
“Does her lurnitur consist entirely
of Herring safes and square pian
os ?' said I„
HU ENA VISTA, MARION COUNTY, GA„ OCTOBER 0, 1880.
‘There is two pianos, sir.’ said lie.
;Slio’s musical.’
‘The deuce she is,' roared I. ‘Two
pianos! Autl docs she play ou ’em
both V
‘Don’t know sir, I’m sure,’said the
man,, with a distressed expression of
Countenance.
I endured the noise until midnight
and then sein tip the jat itor’s wife,
The third floors’ compliments to
know if this sort of thing is to go on
all night,’
Down came the woman again.
‘Fourth floor's compliments to the
third floor, and wishes to know if he
expects people to get settled without
a noise.’
The next day the piano—only one
h iwevi r—commenced. I was elabo-
rating a skeleton lor a scientific essay
and it disturbed mo seriously. I en
dured it as long as \ possibly could
and tlien 1 had resource once more
to the janitor’s wife.
“Third floor’s compliments to the
fourth floor, and will feel ob iged if
she will favor me with a little peace
and quietness long enough to do somo
necessary writing.’
There was no reply, but tire music
ceased abruptly.
Bat that evening, when I was be
ginnig to solace myself with a little
violin practice in the twiligt, tap, tap,
tap, tap, came t'ae janitor’s wife at
my door.
“Fourth floor’s compliments to the
third floor, and will feci obliged if he
will favor her with a little peace and
quietness long enough to write a let
ter.’
How I bated that woman !
So we lived for a month, exchang
ing constant missiles of warfare. 1
could cheerfully have given up that
miserable French flat and gone back
to hoarding, only luckily I had enga
ged it fora year, The fourth floor
elocution zed, and had friends to se
lect private readings, whose voices
wii'H deeper than hamlet’s and more
sonorous than that of Charlotte Cush
man. She was car.tul le and tiad clas
ses of iieavy booted girls twice a
week to sing liyran3 and learn to sew.
A single 1 idy, indeed! If she had
been a quadruple lady she could not
have unde m ire noise, nor enjoyed
the making of it more.
At the close of the month,however,
an incident happened which turned
tlic current of my whole life.
I went on a picnic. I don’t often
go to affairs of that kind; but this
was an especially select aff'dr, gotten
up by my friend, Harrol Webster.
I went, and there I met Barbara
Willis, and fell staightway in love
with her. She wasn’t exactly young
but neither am I—and to my taste a
full blown rose is sweeter than a
bud, wherever you may find it grow
ing. She was dark eyed, with lull
cherry lips, satin brown hair, and a
complexion as fresh as roses and ivo
ry! Wc talked —our ideas coincided
exactly. It seemed as if our souls
were two looking glasses to mirror
each other’s
“Miss Willis,’’ cried I, "Why is it
that we have m-ver met before? I
feel as if we were old friends.’
as I spoke I gent’y pressed her
hand, and she smiled back uttera'ole
ihings.
I went to my friend Webster, who
was making up quadii les on the up
per deck. Wo were accompanied
by an excellent band.
•Oh, Harold,’ said I. “I can nev
er tlmnk you enough for introducing
me to that angel!’’
‘Do you mean Barbara Willis?
said he. ‘Well, I do thiuksho is a
rather fine girl.'’
We grew confidential as we sat to
gether oil the promenade deck
and watched the moonlight rip
ple over the surface of the tides.
‘A bachelor’s' life is but half a life,
Jliss Willis,’ said I.
.A. DEMOCRATIC FAI ULHSST NEWSPAPER.
‘I can readily immagino that,”
paid she soft y.
■1 hvo in a flat.’ confessed 1.
‘Do you?’ said Barbara (the sweet
old Englsh name was just like her.)
‘Why, how strange ! So do I.'
‘lsn’t it dreadful?' TUI I.
Horrid I' said she closing her lips
as though she rnenat it.
‘And there’s a foEßalo dragon oc
cupies the floor above me, and tor
ments me out of my life!"
Well, if this isn't a remarkable co
incident,’said Barbara. “There is a
detestabl ■ old crab of a bachelor un
der me, who lakes all the pleasure
out, of my existence !’
'Should two lives be thus blight
ed ?’ said L
‘I—I don’t think they should,’
said Barbara, looking intently at the
bouquet of pansies she held in her
hand.
It was past midnight when the boat
landed, liarrol Webster came
up.
‘I promised to sec you home, Miss
Wi lis,’ said he, rubbing his hands
briskly.
‘You need not trouble yourself,
Webster,’ said I. ‘I shall bo most
happy.
I called a hack, helped the divine
Barbara in, feeling more and more
as if I were walking, in cloud
land.-
‘Where shall I drive to?’ si-il the
man.
No. 69 Raven a! short,’ said sh",
‘fourth floor.’
What!’cried I,not the Fernandino
fiats ?’
Exactly,’ said she.
‘Why that’s where I live.’
‘Are you the third floor she ciied
out breathless.
‘Are you the fourth?’ I counter
questioned.
‘But you’re not a ci ab at ah 1’
‘Nor are you a dragon. On the
contrary— ’’
Bat what matters it what we said?
Things were altered from ilia very
beginning. I took my violin upstairs
the next day, and helped my divine
Barbara out with a sona'a of
Bethoveh’s. I suggested a newed
ucat'onal theory lor the hob nailed
classes. I listened enchanted to her
recitation of Tennyson’s Brook; and
at tile end of the quarter we are to
married —-Barbara and I.
TWO PATRIARCHAL APPLE
TREES.
In Skowhegan, Me., are two russet
upple trees; the oldest was planted
in 1762. The tree is seven feet from
the ground to the branches, five in
number, all of which are very large
and average 35 feet in length, civ
ering a space of ground 63 I'ect in di
ameter. In these brandies a play
house for children has been built for
a half a century or more. Anywhere
bom the ground to the brandies it
measures 13| feet. The tree is more
than 44 feet in diameter, and it has
been a good bearer—from 25 to 35
bushels.- of. apples having been
picked from it eaeli year. But the
1 rost and rain have made a seam in
the branches, recently one of ihom
has broken, but tho other four are
green and bring forth their fruit in
due season. The other tree, forty
eight years younger, is a sprout of
Hit old tree. It stands- thirty-two
feet lrotn the old tree, and bears the
same kind of apples, is three feet in
diameter, and is perfect every way.
This farm was deeded to the grand
father of Coburn Ireland in 1700,
had passed from father to son until
1870, and then passed into the hands
of Daniel 11. Gould, the present own
er.—Boston Transcript.
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About one hundred drivers of
drays and floats struck for advanced
wages in Galviston, on the 28th
ult. The eoutractois refuse to ao
cerUv
How Diamond Minos aro 'W orkod-
The system of working tho dia
monds is dose; ibed by an operator
as 'follows:
The grounds being picked loose
by natives and broken up, is hauled
out of the mines in tubs it is trans
fercd to a sif ing cylinder; wh cli re
moves the coirscr stones, the re
maining soil being mixed with water
and slowly stired in a flat pan c f cii
ci hr form, by means of arms fitted
with teeth, tl is pan varying from 0
to 15 feet in diameter, according to
the ammount of v ork io be done.
The effect of this to; leave the dia
monds, which are heaviest, at th
bottom; the lighter soil escaping over
the edge of the pan, to be taken up
by a dredger and trucked away.
At the end of a day’s work the con
tents of tho circular pan are cleaned
Out and washed up in hand-sieves,
when in turning over the sieves on
the table the diamonds can be at
once seen from their brilliance, some
being of most perfect octahedron
shape and as clear as crystal.
The rough diamonds are almost
invariably below 10 carats in weight,
tho average being about the size of a
pea; indeed, in tlie Bulfontein mine,
a. 10 carat stone is looked upon as a
curiosity, though specimens exceed
ing 100 carrats in weight have on
rare occasions been secured. The val
ue of a stone depends entirely on its
color, shape, and fredom from spots
or flaws; those of faultless shape and
perfect witness taking the prece
dence of all other?; Tho diamonds
exceeding L’OJcarats in weight are
mostly of various shades of yellow, a
large white diamond being a compar
ativo rarity.—Scientific American.
A WARN A IG FOR JOKERS,
The funeral of Miss Clara Bngna 1
recently took place from her mother’s
house in ludiantown, N. B. The
story of her sad life should be a
warning to practical jokers. Sev
vears ago, while she was but a girl,
a gentleman of her acquaintance
thought he would play a joke on her,
never imagining for a moment that it
would result as seriously as it did.
lie arrayed himself in a diabolical
rig and presented himself before her,
She was naturally of a weak and
nervous temperament, and the shock
that hep nerves experienced by the
frightful apparation proved too much
for her. She fell in a lit, only to
wake a raving maniac. For five or
six years her friends manged to
keep lu r at home until her health
began to fail, when they very reluct
antly decided upon sending her to
tiie asulum. She lingered there for
some time, until death relieved her
of her suffering —Toronto (Out,)
Mall.
WCRDS OF WISDOM.
There is nothing so sail as happi
ness to th.e unhappy.
There is a past which is gone for
ever; but there is a future which is
stil our own.
No man is wise; but wisdom and
and virtue require a tutor; though we
can easily learn.
The humanunind is like an inebri
ate on horseback —prop it on one
side and it fails on the other.
What would be the state of the
highways of life if wo did not drive
our tbought-sprinkhr through them,
with valve open, sometimes,
A Peruvian woman at Lima pub
lishes an appeal to her sisters lo pour
boiling oil from tin tops of their
houses on tho heads of invading Chil-
CIIOS
Rebecca Rothschild, a young Jew
ess, of Indianapolis, sues TANARUS, M. Dick
sou, a wealthy Christian, for $20,000
damages for breach of promise.
ANNUAL SUDSCniPTION, $2 00
UNITFD IN BEAT.I.
An aged husband and his old wif
Wont in hand to tlio gate ol
death. This touching incident is nar
rated by the Oska.leosa Ilerali: Mr.
and Mrs Dickson for convenience in
attendance during their illness, were
placed in separate bedrooms. Th
heads of tlio beds were placed agaii st
athin partition, which having an open
door, permitlcd (lie old peej la to
converse, though not aide to sec each
other.
The night before the husband died
his wife heard him groaning and was
very anxious to bo with him. but was
unabir to rise. Soon she was in
formed that lie was dying, and in or
der to b.i near him the beds were
moved so as to bring them parallel
with't'iC partition, the liead3 oppo
site tlie door.
Tnis done, the fond wife reached
out her hand, grasped her husband
by tin: hand, and held it during, his
last moni'iits. Thus dentil lor.nl
them, as fifty one years before the
marriage ceremony left them, joined
hand in hand. It was a simple and
affectionate token of tlio love of a
long life, and the day following th.;
wife, too, folded her arms in the sleep
of death.
A Hew Remedy for Profanity.
David Swing, ill the Alliance, tells
how a bride reformed her profane
husuand. She invited her brides
maids, four in number, to a quiet din
ner. As they knew of the profane
habits of the groom, and also knew
of bis good qualities— that he was a
man worth saving—they entered
gladly into tho proposed comedy.—
The plan was that all these beautiful
women should use profane words at
the table, as the hot-Coffee, or hot
weather, or slow servants might af
ford opportunity. It was a bold plan,
but it is said to have cured the wick
cd husband, for when his elegant
wife app’ied a prolane term to tile
biscirt, and a fair guest made a like
remark of the - coffee, and still anoth
er applied a profane expletive to tho
movements C.f a servant, the husband
absolutely cried with remorse that tie
had ever himself used such an out
rageous form nf spC' eh. Professor
Swing thinks that “while such a cure
cannot be justified, because it might
kill the ladies without curing the
masculine offender, yet the st my it
self may serve to show that man as
an animal that swears is a mournful
curiosity.’’
Thefi emand for Fractional Silver-
The Washington Star of Saturday
says: “The demand for frac
tional silver has doubled vith
in the past week. The demand is
principally for quarters, dimes and
hall dimes. Much of the silver is
sent out in £7O bags, which go thro 5
the mails ns regiet red matter. This
is getting to De a quite a popular
any of ordeiing silver, in places
where there are no banks and distant
from the centres where fractional
silver accumulates. Some silver has
been sent in this way to post offices
as far distant as Oregon. It is notic
ed that in sending orders to the
Treasury, tho term ft actional silver
coin is very frequently construed to
include one, two and three cent
pieces and nickels, but it does not.—
These coins should be ordered direct
from the mint. The Cashier of the
Treasury is now shipping to various
parts oi the country, principally Hie
South and West, about $25,000 in
fractional silver daily.”
Something noble, something good,
fomething pure, something manly,
something god-like, is knocked off a
man every time he gets drunk or
stoops to sin through lorgetfuiucssof
God,
— ♦ -
The widow of President Polk is
I living at the old homestead in Nash
j\lllo,, and is remarkably vivacious for
1 her age,.
'J lit Nnv|Hi|M r Imw.
Olio newspaper lawsiys if any
person orders his pnperUUeontinu> and,
he must pay idl arreagos, ortho pub
lisher may continue to send it until
payment is made, and collect tho
whole amount. Also nil action for
fraud can be instituted against, any
person, whether he is responsible in
a financial view or not, who refuses
pay for his subscription.
Any person who takes a paper
regularly fom ihe postofllee—wheth
er directed io his nnino or another’-,
or whether he has Mibscibed or not--
is responsible for the amount.
The courts have and cidid that re
fusing to take newspapcis or period
icals from tho post flicc, or remov
ing an leaving Ib un uncalled f< r is
pr ma facie evidence of intimation
al fraud.
NO. 5
Open Secrets in Cookery.
Both doctors and epicures agree
upon rare meats —the former for di
gestion, the latter for taste, and that
all meats and Same arc the better
for slight cooking, with the excep
tion of veal and ( oik—that they do
not recommend at all. It is quite
common, now, for the physician to
order a sandwich of raw beef —that
is, a s ice of uncooked beef, minced
tine, season d—and spread between
two thin rlicc.i ot hi end- as far more
nourishing lor weak digestions than
cooked meats. It is only the idea of
rawness, it seems, that is in the way,
and noi the taste, as when it is outJ
of sight most people can learn to
like this rarest ot beet. The same
reason that ordains the juices must;
run in the leg of mutton when the-
knile goes in, and that the game
must only “fly past'’ the kitchen fire.,
is behind this, and herein is why
broiled meats are so delicate and pal
atable.
'Jho outside is so quickly cooked 1
ihat the juices within are not affect
ed by tho fire, Just what happens
to milk when it is boiled, the thick
ening of the skin on top, and what is
seen also in a hard-boiled egg, oc
curs in meats; the albumen—the
nourishing qu lily—is hardened and
toughened when meat is too long ex
posed to heat. So the careful house
wife who puts her meat in the oven
early, well salted, and watches it
from time to time, as all the juice
draws out of it with the salt and the
the heat, until a bard brown round,
or rib is ready to be put on tiie ta —
b!e, lias really extracted from tho
meat almost all its nourishment, and;
gives the family a mass ol dried fi
bres to chew. This also explains why
much (and most) frying spoils good
meat, The “surprise,, ’as a Fiench
cook savs, is the main tiling, You
must have a h it oven tor whatever is
to be roasted, and a bed of very hot
coals for broiling, or fat that is hot
enough to send up a blue smoke for
whatever is to be fried. Then the
outside is immediately hardened over,,
and the rest of the process must de
pend upon the size of the piece. ffho
trouble with most frying is that the
fat is net hot, the meat, or fish, or
mush, or oysters are lelt to sizzle a
long time, until they gradually brown,
by which time they are dry and taste
less. But the sudden plunge into
smoking—not burning—fat, which
the quick change of color on the sur
face shows, keeps all the taste and
freshness in the at tide to be cooked
So with all roasts —a very hot oven
at first, and no seasoning until tho
meat browns, keeps the juices intact.
But the joints must not bo suffered
to burn, and the oven must be
off a liit'e as soon as the outside is
well coated, After this, the old rule
of fi teen minutes to a pound ean bo
varied to suit the taste, and as the
household can take its meat rare,—
But tlie meat must be elastic to tl &
pressure of the finger, or it is “doDO
to death.” Fish also mest be rapid
ly cooked; oysters require lo bo
inert ly dropped for a minute into tho
boiling liquor, because the juices of
all these must not be suffered to
toughen into leather, but kept as
nearly as possible uncooked.—Ex-*
change.
We learn that tho members of tho
Brooks County Agricultural Society
are in favor of turning over to tho
Library Association the three hun
dred dil'ars which was lelt from pre
miums received at the Thomasvillc
fair. No better investment could 10.
ma le of this fund. A lasting benefit
lo tho lising generation will thus be
Secured.