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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. - H 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.