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dill' J1! OlllTtt Sioi'll -dl’lllT. Tho Story of .tones of Jones County. There was a man which—ho !iv l in Jones W Inch Jones is a county of red hi!! anti stones, Anil In* lived pretty much b\ gc(l tug <>f Justus, Amt Ins mules were nothing lull shin ami hones, Ami his lm<rs were as dal ns hiscoru-biead pones. Ami he lui'l ’bout a thousand a it;soi iwul. T Wtn man winch-his name was also Jones— /!e swore that he'd leave them old red lulls and stones, For In- couldn't make nothin’ but yellowish cotton, And little of that for his fences were rotten, And what little corn he had there was botighl'n And he couldn't get a living from the land. A nd the longer he *worr* the madder He got, And he rose and walked to the stable lot. Amt ho halloed to Tom to come there and fix For to emigrate somewhere where the land was rich, And l*>quit raising cocklehurs and IhisUos and rich, And wasting their time on barren land. $ i him and Tom the)- hitched up their mules, Protesting that folks were mighty lug fools. That 'ml stay in Georgia their time out. Just scratching a living when all of them mout <ict places in Texas where, cotton would sprout By the timo yon could plant it in the land. And he drove by a house where a man named Brown V as living, not far from the edge of town. And he bantered Brown for to buy his place, And said that seeing that money wasskase, Ami seeing that sheriffs were hard to face, Two dollars an acre would get the land. They closed at a dollar and fifty cents, And Jones he bought him a wagon and tents, And loaded his corn and women and truck, And he moved to Texas, which it tuck lbs entire pile with the best of luck, To get there and get a little land. But Brown moved out to the old .Jones-farm, And he rolled up his breeches and bared his arm. A'ml he picked all the rocks from oil ’n the ground, Amt He rooted it up and plowed it down, And sowed his corn and wheat in the land. Fire years glided by, and Brown one day, (YY lin’d got so fat that he wouldn't weigh) YY as sitting down rather la/.ily, To the pleasantest dinner you’d ever see, YY hen one of his children jumped on his knee Ami says, “ Y oil's Jones which you bought his land.” And there was Jones standing out at the fence. And lie hadn't no wagons, nor mules nor tents, for he had lell Texas aloot and conic To < i corgi a to see if he couldn't get some Km-plny incut, and he was looking as hum- Ulu as if 110 had never owned any land. But Brown asked him in, and he sot Him down to his victuals smoking hot, And when he had tilled himself and the floor Brown looked at him sharp, and rose and swore That “whether men’s land was rich or poor, Thar's more in the man than thar is in the land.” —JfacvM. Telf graph S* M< sscngcr. A NOVEL GHOST STORY. Fn anew volume by the Rev. J. S. "Wood, entitled ‘‘Alan mid Beast Here and Hereaf ter,” occurs the following striking ghost story, which the reader may credit or not, as he is accustomed to do in regard to legends of this sort r “There are, as wc know, many persons who cannot believe that, as they put it. the living should be able to see the dead, neither do I believe it. But as the spirit lives, though the material body no longer encloses it, sure ty there can be no diftlculty in believing that lhe living spirit within an earthly liody may see a living spirit which has escaped from its material garment. Wc do not doubt that al ter the deat h of the liody the spirit will live and see other spirits similarly freed from earth, and it is no very great matter that the living should see the living, though one be still enshrined in its earthly tabernacle and the other released from it. “This I icing granted—and it is not very much to grant—it necessarily follows that if the lower animals possess spirit they may be capable of spiritual as well as material vis um. That they do possess this power, and tied, it can be exercised, is shown by the story of Balaam. There we. find it definitely stated not only that the ass saw the angel, but that she saw him long lielbre her master did. Now, the angel living a spiritual being could only lie seen with the spiritual eye; and it, therefore, follows that, unless the "lory be entirely false, the animal possessed spirit and saw with the eye of the spirit. "1 should think that none who believes in the truth of the Holy Scriptures (and 1 again • einind the reader that this book is only in tended for those who do so.) could doubt that I ere is a ease which proves that the spirit of the ass is capable of seeing and fearing the • pineal angel. And if that be granted, Ido not, see how’ any one can doubt that, the spirit which saw the angel partook of his immortal tty, just as her outward eye, which saw ma terial objects, partook of their immortality. Shortly afterward the eyes of the prophet were opened, and he also saw the angel; but it must, be remembered that the eyes of the 1 east had been opened first, and that she, her master and the angel met for the time in the same spiritual plane. “ 1 have for a long time had in my posses sion a letter from a lady, in which she nar rates a personal adventure which has a singu larly close resemblance to the Script ural story of Balaam. It had beeu told to me imincdi sifody alter I threw out my 'feeler in the 'Common Objects of the Country ’ As I had .s’ that time the intention of vindicating the on mortality of the lower animals. T requested tie* narrator to write it, so that I might pos ses the statement authenticated m her own hand-writ mg. *' At the time of the occurrence the lady an 1 her mother were living in an old country chateau in France. “* It was during the winter of Ift —, that, one evening 1 happened to be sitting by the side of a cheerful tire in my bed-room, busily engaged in caressing a favorite cat, the il his rious Cady Catharine, now, alas! no m >rc. She lay in a pensive attitude and a winking state of drowsiness in my lap. “‘Although my room might in* without caudles, it was perfectly illuminated by the light of the lire. There were two doors—one behind me leading into an apartment which had been looked for the winter, and another on the opposite side of t,!ie room which com municated with the passage. “ 'Mamina had not left me many minutes, awl 1 lie high-backed, old-fashioned uvm-chair which film had occupied remained vacant at Ihe opposite eof uei of" the lire place. Buss, nho i;:v with J.i i heal on my arm. became in ire an l more sleepy, and I pondered on the propriety of preparing for bed. Of a sn Men I became aware that some thing had effected my pet s equanimity. The purring ceased, and she exhibited rapid-in creasing symptoms of uneasiness. 1 Ismt down and endeavored to coax !n*r into quietness; but she in.-Jantly struggled <0 her feet in my lap, and spitting Vehemently, with back arch il and tail swollen, she assumed a mingled altitude of terror and defiance. “' I'he change in her position obliged me to raise my bea 1 ; and on looking up, to my inexpressible horror, I then perceived that a little, hideous, wrinkled old hag occupied mamma's chair. Her hands were rested on her knees, and her holy wasstsxijvedforward so as to bring her lace in close proximity with mine. Her eyes, piercingly fierce and shining with an over-jiowering lustre, were steadfastly fixed on me. It was as if a fiend was glaring at me through them. Her dress and general appearance denoted her to be long to the French Hoergrouse, but those eves so wonderfully large, and in their expression so intensely wicked, entirely absorbed my senses and precluded any attention to detail. I should have screamed, but my breath was gone, while that terrible gaze so horribly fascinated me I could neither withdraw 1113’ eyes nor rise from my seat. “'I had, meanwhile, been trying to keep a tight hold on the cat, but she seemed reso lutely determined not to remain in such ugly ncighborhoo 1, and, after some more desperate elforts. at length succeeded in escaping from my grasp. Leaping over tables, chairs, and all that came in her way, she repeatedly threw herself, with frightful violence, against the top panel of the door which communicat ed with the disused room. Then, returning in the same frantic manner, she furiously dashed against the door on the opposite side. ‘"My terror was divided, and I looked by turns now at the old woman, whose great starting eyes were constantly fixed on me, and now at the cat, who was becoming every instant more frantic. At last the dreadful idea that the animal had gone mad had the efieet of restoring my breath, and 1 screamed loudly. “ ‘Mamma ran in immediately, and the cat, on the door opening, literally sprang over her head, and for upwards of half an hour ran up and down stairs as if pursued. 1 turned to point to the object of my terror, but it was gone. 1 indcr such circumstances the lapse of lime is dillieult to appreciate, but I should think that the apparition lasted about four or five minutes. “ ‘Some time afterward it transpired that a former proprietor of the house, a woman, had hanged herself in that very room.’ “The close but evidently unsuspected re semblance of this narrative to the story of Balaam is worthy of notice. In both cases we have the remarkable fact that the animal was tin* first to see the spiritual being, and to show, by its terrified actions, that it had done so.” A GOOD YARN. In the village of 1 duetto lived a man who had once been a judge of the county, and was well known all over it. by the name of Judge . He kept a store and saw mill and was always sure to have the best of the bargain on his side, by which he had gained an ample fortune ; and some did not hesit ate to call him the biggest rascal in the world. He was very conceited with all. and used to brag of his business capacity, when any one was near to listen. One rainy day quite a number were seated around the stove, he began as usual to tell of his great, bargains, and finally wound up with the expression : “ Nobody has ever cheated me, nor they can’t, neither.” “Judge,” said an old man of the company, "I've cheated you more than you ever did me!” “How so?” said the Judge. “ If you will promise you won't go to law about it, nor do anything, I'll tell you; or else I won't; you arc too much of a law character for me.*’ “Let's bear,” cried half a dozen at once. “I'll promise,” sai l the Judge, “and treat in the bargain if you have.” “ Well, do you remember that wagon you robbed me of?” “ I never robbed you of any wagon, I on ly got the the best of the bargain,” said the Judge. “ Well, I made up 1113' mind to have it back, and ’ “ You never did,’ interrupted the Judge. “ Yes, 1 did, and interest too.” “ How so ?” thundered t he enraged Judge, “Well, you see Judge, 1 sold 3*oll one day a very nice pine log, and bargained with 3 011 for a lot more. Well, that log I stole olf your pile by the mill the night before and the next day I sold it to you. The next night I drew it back home, and and sold it to you the next, and so I kept on until v r ou had bought your own log of me twenty-seven times 1 ” “That’s a lie,” exclaimed infuriated Judge running to his books and examning his log account, “3*oll never did sell me tweut)*- seven logs of the same measurement.” “I know it,” said the vennor in logs, “ by the drawing back and forth, the end wore off, I kept cutting the end off, until it, was only ten feet long—-just fourteen feet shorter than it was when I brought it, and when it got so short, I drew it home and worked it, into shingles, and the next week you Knight the shingles, and I concluded I had got the worth of my wagon back—and stowed away in my pocket book.” i lie exclamations of the Judge wore drowned in the shouts of the bystanders, and the log man found the door without the promised treat. Story of the Big Squash. The big squash of Aiuherst Agricultural College farm, which grew so stoutly that it burst several iron cages, ami finally lifted 1,120 pounds (and of which a plaster cast is preserved.) had enough roots underground to feed it for its herculean work. The squash vine was washed out with its roots by the continued use of a garden hose for twenty four hours, and the whole root system was spread out on a floor and carefully measured. The main branch was twelve or fifteen feet long, and aggregated some 1,000. One of the seventy nodal roots, four feet long, had 4*o branches, and a most careful estimate of the ramifications of the rootlet, based upon the actual measurement of the division, showed that the squash vine had between fifteen and nineteen miles of roots. Ileekoningthc num ber of days it had been growing, (fifty-two,) it was found that it must have been on an aver age of 1,000 feet per day, and on favorable days about 2.000 feet. Colonel Clark, the President of the Agricultural College, says that while this growth was going on. and (lie big squash was expanding and lifting its enormous burden, great drops of sweat stood all over its rough lind, proving that it l’clt the great task imposed upon it. THE STRANGEST OF DUELS. Perhaps the most remarkable duel ever fought took place in 1873. It was peculiar ly French in its Lone, and could hardly have oeeured under any other than a French state of sock-ty. M. le (irandpre and M. le Pique had a quarrel, arising out of jealousy eon ceaming a lady. They agreed to light a duel to settle their respective claims ; and. in order that the heat of angry passions should not interfere with the polished elegance of the proceedings, they postponed tiie duel for a mouth, the lady agreeing to bestow her hand on the survivor of the two, if the other was killed: at all events, this was inferred.V>y the two men, if not actually expressed. The duelists were to fight in the air.—Two bal loons were constructed exactly alike. On the day denoted Let irandpre and his second entered the car of one balloon. Le Pique and his second that of the other; it was in tiie garden of the Tuileries, amid an immense crowd of spectators. The gentlemen wore to fire, at each other’s balloon, in order to bring them down by the escape of gas; and, as pistols might hardly have served this pur pose, each joronaut took a blunderbuss in his car. At the given signal the ropes that retained the ears were cut, and the balloons ascended. The wind was moderate, and kept the balloons ascended. The wind was moderate, and kept the balloons at about their original distance of 80 yards apart. YY hen half a mile above the surface of the earth, a preconcerted signal for firhig was given. M. le Pique fixed, but missed, M. le (irandpre fired, and sent a ball through le Pique's balloon. The balloon collapsed, the ear descended with frightful rapidity, and Lc Pique and his second were dashed to pieces. Lc (irandpre continued his ascent triumph anlv, and terminated icrial vo3'agc success fully. Go Feel what I have Felt. A young ladv in New York was in the ha bit of writing on the subject of temperance. Her writings were full of pathos, and evineed such deep emotion of soul that, a friend accus ed her of being a maniac on the subject of intemperance, whereupon she wrote the fol lowing touching lines: (Jo feel what 1 have felt, (Jo bear what I have borne— Sink ’neaih the blow a father dealt, And the cold world’s proud scorn; Then sutler on from year to year—■ 'J liy' soul relief the scorching tear. (•0 kneel as 1 have knelt Implore, beseech and prav— Strive the besotted heart to melt. The downward course to sla3 r Be dashed with bitter curse aside, Y our prayers burlesqued, your tears defied. (Jo weep as 1 have wept O'er a loved father’s fall; See every promised blessing swept— Youth’s sweetness turned to gall; Life’s fading (lowers strewed all the way That brought me up to woman’s day. do sec what 1 have seen, Behold the strong man bow—- YY ith gnashing teeth—lips bathed in blood— A ml cold and livid brow ; Oo catch his withering glance, and see There mirrored, his soul’s misery. (Jo to lh)* mother’s side, And her crushed bosom cheer, Thine own deep anguish hide, Wipe from her cheek the bitter tear; Mark her worn frame and withered brow; The gray that streaks her dark hair now ; YY ith fading frame and trembling limb, And trace the ruin back to him YY hose plighted faith iu early youth Promised eternal love and truth; But who, foresworn, hath yielded up That promise to the cup, And led her down through love and light, And all that made her promise bright— And chained her there, ’mid want and strife, That lowly thing—a drunkard’s wife— And stamped on childhood's brow, so mild, That withering blight—the drunkard’s child ! (Jo hear, and feel, and see, and know, All that ni)' soul has felt and known— • Then look upon the wine cup's glow; See if its beauty can atone- Then—if its flavor you can try, When all proclaim 'lis drink and die? Tell me I hate the howl ? Hate is a feeble word’ 1 loathe—abhor—my very soul With strong disgust is stirred— When’er I see, or hear, or tell Of that dark beverage of Hell. Tho “ Sins of the Fathers.” “ Thine ancestors' virtues arc not thine,” is the purport of an old copy-plate. We are not so sure of that. Modern observers are prepared to prove that moral features may lie and arc transmitted and inherited, as Weil as physical. What a loud call upon the consciousness of the individual prooreation or : “ Let every one mend one ! ” In the thirteent h annual report of the New 4 ork Prison Association, Mr. Dugdale urges educating the “vicious classes,” by giving the record of the notorious duke family. “ With great industry, he has traced the history and genealogy of six persons found in a certain jail in this State, until at last he has discovered 70b persons belonging to the family and traced back their ancestry for six generations. This family, estimated as num bering 1,200 persons has, during the last 75 years, cost the community by its debauchery, pauperism and crime, over SIOO,OOO. Itnum lers 280 paupers, who have received an ag gregate of 2.150 years of out door relief, and 150 years of almshouse life, which in cash is over $47,000 to the country. There were 120 criminals and offerders, who had receiv ed MO years imprisonment at a cost of $30,- 000 for their maintenance. Fifty per cent, of the woman were harlots, and 25 per cent, of the children illegitimate. The objective point of the study was to determine how great a proportion of crime and pauperism is due to hereditary entailment, and how great a proportion to external circumstances and example after birth.” With such facts before him. who can deny the force of the pugilistic motto, “lilood will toll ?” The Old Man. —An old farmer talks about his boys; from nineteen to twenty they knew more than he did ; at twenty-five they know as much; at thirty they were will ing to hear what, lie had to say; at thirty five they asked his advice ; and lie thinks when they arc forty they will actually ac knowledge that tiie old man does know something. It is not pleasant to contemplate the par oxysmal expression of a young lady's face wlefe she is working her mouth in an effort to get a piece of chewing gum oil’ a back tooth. THE AGRICULTURIST. Saving Seed Wheat. Every farmer should make an effort, dur ing wheat harvest, to secure anew variety of wheat, or to improve some old variety, that is now cultivated with a fair degree of satis faction. The best time in all the year to commence is, when the crop is about ready to be harvested. At such a time, one can judge more satisfactorily of the kind and character of the grain he desires to cult ivate, than when lie sees it in any other condition. If the entire crop has sprung from seed that has been selected with care, for a few years past, one can select the grain that is stand on a area" of a few rods square, allow it to stand until the kernels are fully matured, then harvest that part of the crop after all the rest of the grain has been gathered. Of course, such seed wheat should be kept by itself, on the top of other grain, that kernels of an inferior quality may not mingle with the seed grain. In case one has access to nothing but a field of grain of an inferior quality, the true way is to walk through the standing grain, examine the heads of a cer tain character for early maturity and for being plump, and beautiful grain. Then, select a hundred, such cars all of which shall be as nearly alike as practicable. After shell ing out the grain, let all the small and inferior kernels be rejected, and put the chosen seed in an open vessel, or paper box, where it may be kept safely until seed time. If the variety is spring wheat, of course the seed should be kept in a secure place. If the grain is winter wheat let it be dibbled in. one kernel in a place, in the field or garden where the soil lias been thoroughly manur ed the previous season. Wheat must have the benefit of a rich soil which abounds large ly in iiTorganic fertilizers, as well as in rich manure. Let this practice be followed up for a few successive years, and it will not be dillicult to double the wheat crop, without incurring the expense of extra cultivation. 'Hie best time for dibbling-in the seed of winter wheat will depend upon the locality, varying from the first of September to the middle of October.— World mj Former. Level Cultivation vs. Hilling Corn. Most farmers practice level cultivation, winch is preferable to making hills where the stalks of corn are growing, lion. Horace Greeley says on on this subject: “ 1 disclaim all pretentions to ability to teach western fanners how to grow Indian corn abundantly and profitably, while I cheerfully admit that they have taught me somewhat thoroughly worth knowing. In my boyhood, I hoed corn diligently for weeks at a time, drawing the earth from bet ween the rows up al out. the stalks to a depth of three or four inches, thus forming hills which the west lias since taught me to be of no use, but rather a detriment, embarrassing the efforts of the growing, hungry plants to throw out their roots extensively in every direction, and sub jecting them to needless injury to drouth. 1 am thoroughly convinced that corn, proper ly planted, will, like wheat and all other grains, root itself just deep enough in the ground, and that to keep down all weeds and and leave the surface of the corn-field open, mellow, and perfectly Hat, is the best as well as the cheapest way to cultivate corn. And I do not believe that so much human food, with so little labor, is produced elsewhere on earth as in the spacious Helds of wheat and corn in our grand Mississippi valley.” No Middle Furrov/. HOW TO PLOW A FIELI) SO AS NOT TO HAVE \ny Middle Furrow: Is!,. Measure across one cud, and in axactly half way across set, a stake tall enough to be seen across the held from the other end. Then pro ceed to the other end and there find the cen tre by careful measurement, and here with stake in hand proceed towards the first st ake set, until the distance from the end shall equal hall’ the diameter as just meaured, and and there set the stake. Then go to the first, stake set and carry it towards the last, one a distance equal to onc-ludt* the diame ter of that end of the field; there set it. Should one end be wider than the oilier, the wide end should have two stakes put in posi tion that each of the three will be equidistant from the outside. Then back furrow from each corner of the field directly to the nearest stake. Then commence and “gee” around from one stake to another. The ridge formed by the back furrows, as above mentioned, can he turned on at the corners and leaves no baulks and saves driv ing. There may he one short middle furrow to “ haw” out in the centre, but that can be avoided. This method saves making such ridges as are often seen, next the face. — Ger mantown Telegraph. Salt for Domestic Animals. The quantity per head, and the proper way of administering salt to our domestic ani mals, and also the question whether they should have salt at all, we observe is still being discussed, and going the rounds of the agricultural papers. Practical experience has long since settled these questions, and we think no stock or other farmer, who has ever tried it. will resort to any but the com mon-sense plan, of having a lump of rock salt accessible to stock at all times. It should be in the horse and cow trough, in the sheep and barn-yard, and in the field. They will then take as much as they want, and nature prompts no more. Taken in this way, it will promote appetite, good health, and thrift, and no diarrhoea or other disease will result, as they often do when given at specified times and in large quantities. Salt is not a food but a condiment. The human system requires some salt in food ; but we imagine if a tablespoonful or other quantity of salt was put before a man only at certain times, and perhaps when his ap petite did not prompt the use of it, it would do no good. W think the same rule applies to our domestic animals ; but by allowing them free access to it, they will never take more than enough ; and what they do take will promote thrift , and indirectly ward olf diseases to which the liesh is heir. Keeping Grates Fresh for Winter Use. —lf you desire delicious, fresh grapes in winter or even up to the next spring, they can be had by a very little care arid expense. Pick the bunches only in a dry, warm day, and place them in a cool, shady place for at lease three days; then commence to pack them in paper boxes that will hold about ten pounds. Between each layer of grapes place a single thickness of newspaper ; the boxes should not eontian more then three layers in thickness. Then place in a cool, dry room—not in a cellar, for the natural dampness there will cause mould and decay. In this way the past very damp unfavorable season we kept Concord. Delaware, Hartford and Diana, the last being in good condition in March.— Rural World. THE BOYS’ COLUMN. Swear Not at AH. Charlie Harold, speaking to his grand mother one day about something he did not like, exclaimed: “ By thunder ! “Hush!” said his grandmother; “you must not swear, my dear. Don’t you know that Jesus said : “Swear not all.” “Did lie? Well, I didn’t know it was swearing to say “By thunder,” or “By jolly.” Is it grandma?” “ 1 think, my dear, that all such exclama tions in which the word by is used partake of the nature of swearing, and a good boy should never let them fall from his lips.” Charlie was silent for a few minutes. lie was thinking, I suppose, for after awhile he I<Hiked and said : “ Granina, what makes the newspaper swear every morning?” “Does it?” asked the old lady, looking over the top of her spectacles, with curious eyes at her darling grandson. “Yes.” It says, “Bv Telegraph.” Grandmother laughed. She could not help it. But seeing that Charlie was serious, she explained the difference between an exclama tion such as “ by thunder,” etc., used to give emphasis to what a person is saying, and an incomplete sentence such as “ by telegraph,” which means news received by telegraph. Charlie was getting into the hail habit of saving: “By thunder!” “By jolly!” “By jingo ! etc. llis grandmother made him feel that day that such phrases arc idle and use less. and that once learned they led by a very short step to such words as “By heaven!” which are actually profane and wicked.— Charlie meant to lie a noble, upright boy ; and he gave heed to his grandmother’s les son. To help him break up his idle habit, she taught him some golden words, which I advise you also to commit to memory. Here they are: “ I say unto you, swear not at all: neither by Heaven, l’or it is God’s throne; nor by earth, for it is God’s footstool; neither by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King; neither shall thou swear by t hy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or blade. But let your communications be yea, yea; nay, nay ; lbr whatsoever is more than these cometli evil.’ How Young Men Fail. “There is Alfred Sutton home with his family to live on the old folks,” said one neighbor to another. “It seems hard, after all llis father has has done to fit him for busi ness, and the capital he invested to start him so fairly. It is surprising lie has turned out so poorly, lie is a steady young man, no bad habits, so far as I know; he has a good education, and was always considered smart ; but lie doesn’t succeed in anything. I am told he lias tried a number of dilferent kinds of business and sunk money every t ime.— What can be the trouble with Alfred? I should like to know, for 1 don’t waul my boy to take his turn.” “Alfred is smart enough,” said the other, “and has education enough, but lie lacks the one clement of success, lie never wants to give a dollar's worth of work lbr a dollar of money, and there is no other way for a young man to make his fortune. He must dig if he would get. hold. All the men that have suc ceeded. honestly or dishonestly, ill making money, have had to work for it, the sharpers sometimes the hardest of all. Alfred wishes U> set his train in motion, and let it take care of itself. No wonder it soon runs oil’ the track, and a smash-up is the result. Teach your boy, friend Archer, to work with a will when he does work. Give him play enough to make him healthy and happy, Imt let him learn early that work is the business of life. Patient, self-denying work is the price of suc cess. Ease and indolence eat away not cap ital only, but worse still, all of m in’s nerve power. Present gratificat ion tends to put off duty until to-morrow or next week. It. is get ting to be a rare thing for the sons of rich men to die rich. Too often they squander in half a score of years what their fathers were a lifetime in accumulating. I wish I could ring it in the ears of every aspiring young man, that work, hard work, of head and hand, is the price of success. —Country Gentleman. Acting Lies. Ralph Royster ventured one day to toss his ball in the parlor, lie knew it was wrong, nut he wanted to do it and he did. Presently the ball fell upon the table and smashed a delicate glass which covered a beautiful col lection of skeleton leavers. “Oh !” cried Ralph, “what shall I do now?” After looking at the fragments with a rueful face for a few moments, lie left the room, feeling as if his heart was sinking down to his heels with the load of guilt and lear with which his disobedient act loaded it. As lie passed into the hall, the eat rubbed against his leg. A bad thought arose in his breast, and putting the cat into the parlor, he shut her in, and said, “Stay there,Tabby 1 Mam ma will think you broke that glass, and I shall escape a scolding.” “Hurrah for you, old Tabby! You are good for getting a fellow out of a scrape, if for nothing else.*’ At the table that afternoon, Mrs. Royster said to her husband : “Pa, you must send Tabbv away, T found her in the parlor to-day, and she had been on the table, and broken the glass which cover ed those skeleton leaves.” Ralph blushed frorq his chin to the roots of his hair. His heart beat very quickly. The voice within whispered: “Be manly. Be true. Confess-that you broke it.” But Ralph was stubbornly silent. The poor cat was drowned for his misdeed, and Ralph escaped a scolding by acting a lie. — Exchange. , Household Words. —Stop your noise! Shut up, this minute ! I’ll box your ears ! 1 fold your tongue ! Let me be! Get out! Behave yourself! I won’t! You shall! Never mind! You’ll catch it! Put away those things! You'll kill yourself! Mind your own business! I’ll tell ma! You mean thing ! There, l told you so ! I did ! I will have it! Oh, look what you have done!— I’was you! Won't you catch it, though! It's my house! Who’s afraid of you? Get out of this room, directly ! Do you hear me? Dear me, I never did such a thing in all my bom days? —Church Union. TIP Some time-honored proverbial savings need revision to suit the age. For instance, “Boys will be boys,” is entirely wrong, for everybody knows that they endeavor b) ap pear like men as much and .as soon as pos sible. ) i They that deny a God destroy man’s nobility, for certainly lit:m is kin to beast by his body ; and if he is n>\>t kin to God by his spirit, he is a base and/ignoble creature. Now Is tlic Time to Subscribe!! PROSPECTUS OF THE ®T)£ smsi ITBLISIIED IN JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GEORGIA. By tlic Jackson foiiiU} i'ompnuy. Fully believing that tho material and social Inte rests, not only of the people of Jackson, but of all the contiguous counties, would he greatly enhanc ed by the establishment of a printing office and publication of a newspaper at the county site, a number of citizens have associated themselves together under the name and style of “ The Jackson County JPuWishiiuj Company And propose issuing on the 12th of June, a paper hearing the above title. Asa Political Organ, 'flic “NEWS” will ever be found the exponent and defender of a high standard of Democracy— founded on those principles of State Rights and Stale Sovereignty, which, though <iow fettered l>y the chains of tyranny and despotism, are bound, at no distant day—under the guidance of a Imiifi eent Providence —to burst asunder the shackles of imperious usurpation, and shining forth more luminous and effulgent than ever, will add fresh lustre to the political firmament of the “New World.” It will he the constant endeavor of those having charge of the columns, editorially and otherwise, of the “ FOREST NEWS,” to make it a “ i^EWS-PAPER,” In the broadest meaning and acceptation of the term; ami in addition to fhe “General News of the Day,” the state of the markets and other commercial intelligence, in a condensed form. sneFi Political, Literary and Agricultural matter will ho introduced from week to week as will tend to make the paper a most entertaining ami welcome guest in every family to which it may find access; while, at the same time, the most scrupulous care will bo exercised in preventing the appearance in the paper, of anything at which the most refined and delicate taste could take offence. Further detail is deemed unnecessary ; suffice it. to say, that it is the intention, as far as possible, of those having charge of this enterprise, to con duct it in such a style-—in manner and matter- as o reflect credit on the people of Jackson as a whole, and to confer honor on the “ Grand Old Commonwealth” of which Northeast Georgia is so important a part and parcel. Especial attention will be given to the chronicling of JLoeai Events And occurrences, and also to the dissemination of such facts and statistics as will have a tendency to dcvclope the resources, mineral and otherwise, not only of this immediate section, but of “Pppcr Georgia” generally. Asa medium through which to ADVERTISE, THE FOREST NEWS is respectfully commend ed to the attention of Business and Professional men, Farmers, Mechanics and Working-men of;ill classes. Its circulation will be principally among an enterprising people whose wants are diversified, and those who wish to buy or those who wish l" sell—-either at homo or abroad—in village, town, city, or the “ Great Trade Centres,” will find the columns of the “NKWS” an appropriate and invi ting channel through which to become acquainted with the people of this section of the country, As an inducement to all those who desire to avail themselves of* the advantages herein offered, Liberal Schedule < If Advertising Rates will be found in tho proper place, to which the attention of all interested arc most respectfully invited. Terms of Subscription, $2.00 Per Annum. SI.OO For Six month? As?” Address all communications, &c. y intends for publication, and all letters on business to MALCOM STAFFORD, Managing and Business Editor, Jefferson, Jackson Cos., C June 12th, 387-3.. What to Advertise, —lt must not be sn posed that newspaper advertising will sc to a profitable extent, au article witte merit. Jt is true that at first it may seem do so, for the public will give anything trial, and will not cease to purchase w t he article is found not to be what it proton to be. Then the sales will fall olf, no matt what means are used to keep them up, * finally cease before the profits have justii* the original outlay. To warrant the expci of advertising it an article must have r l ji| nine merit, and although a certain exag? ( jß lion is permitted in the statements of an vertisement, the nearer the article comes te ing what is claimed for it, the better it be for its continuous sale. Be surcyotil a good tiling, or people will drop it M hot potato. Tlic perfection and knack " | advertisement is not to tell an ingenious about a bad thing, but to tell the truth a j|Lj a good thing so attractively that it will <'ji maud attention. 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