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by the JACKSOH COUNTY l PUBLISHING COMPANY. \ VOLUME I. ®iis ft t\#%. IT PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, jlr |i te ,laok on Connly E*ul>li*liinj; Company. JEFFERSON , JACKSON CO ., GA. o OFFICE, N. W. COR. PUBLIC SQUARE, UP-BTATRS. MALCO MANAGING AND BUSINESS EDITOR. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One copy 12 months $2.00 “ '• 0 “ 1.00 “ “ 3 “ 50 jjtgrFor every Club of Ten subscribers, an ex tra copy of the paper will be given. RATES OF ADVERTISING. One Dollar per square (often lines or less) for the first insertion, and Seventy-five Cents for each subsequent insertion. jjigrAll Advertisements sent without specifica tion of the number of insertions marked thereon, will be published till forbid, and charged accordingly. Business or Professional Cards, of six lines or less, Seven Dollars per annum; and where they do not exceed ten lines. Ten Dollars. foul raft Advert i-iii". The following will be the regular rates for con tract advertising, and will be strictly adhered to in all cases: .Squares. Iw. lm. :t m. <t m. 12 m. One $1 00 $2 50 $G 00 $9 00 sl2 00 Two 200 550 11 00 17 00 22 00 Three 3 00 6 75 1(5 00 21 00 30 00 Four 400 .) 50 18 75 25 00 30 00 Five 500 10 25 21 50 20 00 42 00 Six 000 12 00 24 25 33 00 48 00 Twelve 11 00 21 75 40 00 55 00 81 00 Kightecn.... 15 00 30 50 54 50 75 50 109 00 Twcntytwo 17 00 34 00 00 00 90 00 125 OO frif'A square is one inch, or about 100 words of the type used in our advertising columns. Marriage and obituary notices not exceeding ten lines, will be published free; but for all over ten lines, regular advertising rates will be charged. Transient advertisements and announcing can didates for office will be Cash. Address all communications for publication and all letters on business to MALCOM STAFFORD, Managing and Business Editor. Couuti) mill Cos mil directory. JACKS(>X SCI’KRIQR COIFRT. Ron. CEO. 1). RICE, - - - Judge. EMORY SPEER, Esq., - - Sol. Gen'h COUNTY OFFICERS. WTLEYC. HOWARD, - - - - Ordinary. TIIOS. 11. XIBLACK, - - - Clerk S. Court. JOHN’S. HUNTER, ------ Sheriff. WINN A. WORSHAM, - - - Deputy “ EKE J. JOHNSON, - - - - - Treasurer. JA MES L. WILLI AMSON, - - Tax Collector. CKO. W. DROWN, ------ Receiver. JAMES L. JOHNSON, - - County Surveyor. AN M. \\ AI,L ACE, - - - Coroner. C. .J. N. \\ ILSON, County School Commiss’r. C< m issioxKßs (Roads and R even u e.)—"VVm. Seymour. W. J. Haynie, W. C. Steed. Meet on the Ist Fridays in August and November. T. 11. Niblack, Esq., Clerk. NA GISTRA TES AND BAILIFFS. Jefferson District, No. 245, N. H. Pendergrass, J -F.; 11. T. Fleeman, J. P. John M. Burns, Constable. Clarkesborough District, No. 242, F. M. Ilolli dav. J. P • M. B. Smith, J. I>. Miller’s District, No. 455, H. F. Kidd, J. P. Chandler's District, No. 246, Ezekiel ilewitt, J. P.; J. C. Burson, J. P. Randolph s District, No. 248, Pincknev P Pirkle, J. P. 3 * Cunningham’s District, No, 425, J. A. Brazle ton, J, P.; T. K. Randolph, J. P. Newtown District, No. 253, C. W. O’Kelly, .J, P, Mmmsh’s District, No. 255, Z. W. Hood. J P Harrisburg District, No. 257, AYm. M. Morgan,* J. P.; J. W. Pruitt, J. P. ° ’ House’s District, No. 243, A. A. Hill, J. P. Santafee District, No. 1042, AY. R. Bovd, J. P. 8. C. Arnold, J. P. Wilson's District, No. 405, AY. .J. Comer, J. P. FRA TERN A L DIRECTOR Y. Unity Lodge, No. 3(5, F. A. M., meets Ist Tues <av night m each month. 11. W. Bell, AY. M.; John Simpkins, Sec’y. Love Lodge, No. 65, I. 0. 0. F., meets on 2d and 4th Luesday nights in each month. J. B. Sil man, N. C.; G. J. N. Wilson, Sec'y. Stonewall Lodge, No. 214, I. O. (}. TANARUS., meets on 1 aturday night before 2d and 4th Sundays in each month. J. p. Williamson, Sr.. W.’C. 1’ • J. B. Pendergrass, AY. R. S. Jefferson Grange, No. 488. P. of TT„ meets on baturday before 4th Sunday in each month. Jas. K. Randolph. M.; G. J. N. AVilson, Sec’y. (colored) Fire Company, No. 2. meets on j, Tuesday night in each month. Henry Long, taptam- Ned Bums, Sec'y. COCXTV CHURCH DIRECTORY. r .. METHODIST. \\ \t rson ( —Jefferson, Harmony Grove, ) . 1 - ond, \\ ilson's, Holly Springs. 5Y . A.Far- Mit 11 terry Circuit . —Ebenezer. Bethlehem, Con c.or'h Centre and Pleasant Grove, Lebanon. A. L. Anderson, P. C. Chapel and Antioch supplied from Watkins rille Circuit. * PRESRYTERIAN. rhyatira, Ilev. G. 11. Cartledge. Pastor; Sandy vreek. Rev. Neil Smith, Pastor ; Pleasant Grove, be'. G. H. Cartledge, Pastor; Mizpah, Rev. Neil fcimth. Pastor. „ , , BAPTIST. ahm Creek. W. R. Goss. Pastor; Harmony •roye. \\. B. J. Hardeman, Pastor; Zion, Rev. 11. Bridges, Pastor; Bethabra, Rev. J. M. H ?VS * >as tor; Academy, Rev. J. N. Coil, Pastor; alnut. Rev. J. M. l)avis, Pastor; Crooked v reek. W. F. Stark, Pastor; Oconee Church. Rev. a ' ,Uey, Pastor; Poplar Springs. Rev. W. A. Brock, Pastor ; Kandler’s Creek, W. F. Stark, * astor. PROTESTANT METHODIST, entecost, Rev. R. S. McGarrity, Pastor. “ CHKTRTT *iv ’’ jfethany Church, Dr. F. Jackson, Pastor. Wnstian Chapc l Elder W. T. Lowe. Pastor. alilee, Elder P.F. Lamar, Pastor. f, , tt .„ F ™ ST UNIVERSALIST. ine ( .t?, trc 11 1 T Rev /. B - F * Strain, Pastor; Church Sunday UIU l ,rcac im o every third Saturday and THE FOREST NEWS. The People their own Rulers; Advancement in Education, Science, Agriculture and Southern Manufactures. Communications, Apologetic. The following brief but “pithy” epistle from our esteemed correspondent at “ Gali lee,” was received just as we were “ locking up” our inside forms last week—hence did not appear. However, like maLy other “good things,” it loses none of its virtue by age, and therefore, we cheerfully give it a place this week, hoping our kind friend “ will not grow weary in well doing.” Mr. Editor : The spelling bee at Galilee, on Saturday evening last (20th June,) was well attended, and the spellers acquitted themselves handsomely. The ladies wol the day. We are decidedly in favor of this spe cies of amusement and instruction. The lack of an acquaintance with the orthography of our language is very prevalent. This is to be lamented, and any means which can be put in operation to remove the deficiency should be encouraged. © Mr. Austin Fulcher, living in the vicini ty of Jug Tavern, in this county, is 96 years of age. At the last election for members of the General Assembly, lie walked four miles to the polls and back home the same day. We always thought there was another and simpler way of spelling it; fersishun was the way a matter-of-fact young man let it slide at a late spelling bee. lie said that the reason lie did not whip his wife was because she was a Christian wo man, and it was a pity to ruffle her temper, lie weighed 115, and she 220. lie was right. When that pennyroyal comes reserve a few hundred pounds for Yours, heavily, T. Tugmutton. Galilee, July 2d, 1875. OP"Sorry, sorry indeed are we, that it’s impossible to comply with the request of Bro. T. Our whole invoice of pennyroyal was wasted in the vain effort to put the Institute in any thing like an agreeable condition for Commencement. The experiment failed— the agile acrobats only increased. Desperate cases require desperate remedies, however; and it is now conceded that nothing short of fire and brimstone (if that) will accomplish the desired end. — Ed. News. “Let Justice be Done, Though the Heavens Fall.” Tn compliance with the request of a worthy oil izen and gentleman who is highly esteemed wherever known, and who, as a “ representa tive man,” claims that injustice has been done his denomination in the article alluded to. wc insert the following communication. Though, it may be, we are one among the “ chief of sinners,” jtyt- if we “know ourself.” far be it from us to wrong or cast a reflection on any one ; ancPshould we, by airy course—even though it be accidental—give any cause of complaint, and even if we consider the grievance imaginary—it will always afford pleasure to make the amende honorable. The article found its way in our paper just as many such things do in the various papers of the country'—without the least thought or in tention of wronging any one. And with the publication of this communication the matter ends, so far as Tiie Forest News is con cerned : Mulberry, Ga., June 22d, 1875. Editor Forest News .-—On looking over your issue of 19th tilt., I notice an article, taken from the American Messenger, under the head of Sunday Reading—“ It Won't Do to Die By—A True History*.” After reading the article, my mind became somewhat undecided as to my duty in the premises—whether the article was wortli3* of notice ; if 3*ea. how it should be noticed, and by whom. The conclusion to which I arrived was, that it was my dut3* to notice it, and that it would be 3*our duty, as one recogniz ing a fair and elevated standard of journal ism, to publish the notice. And now for the article itself. John Bry son and Susan, his wife, were members of the church, whether of the Roman Catholic, Methodist, Mormon, or Universalist church, we hare no means of ascertaining; the near est approach to a true solution is, that lie must have belonged to a church that recog nized the possibility of falling from grace. The proof is, John did fall; we partly know from what, but unto what, we cannot so easily determine. If Dr. Westmoreland could be brought in as a witness, and placed on the stand, he might possibly throw some light on the matter. But even lie, I think, would fail to prove the existence of an individual, or society, holding to and believing in what is represented as infidelity of that raild type which contents itself with being called Uni versalism. No intelligent infidel would, I think, permit Ms name to be connected with Universalism, and sure I am that no Universalist (and here I may be allowed to speak as one having au thority, having been a believer in the doctrine for near fifty j r ears) would be willing, nnder any circumstances, to be classed with infidels. The truth is, the deadliest foe with which in fidelity has to contend is the intelligent Uni versalist, entering into the conflict armed with gospel truth, unincumbered with the unsane- JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1875. tifying influence of a semi-omnipotent devil and a vengeful God. Dr. T. D. Williamson's evidence of Chris tianity, and other kindred works from Uni versalist authors, have done as much, or more, to stay the advance of infidelity than many other works having a more extended patron age. In order that you and your readers may be enabled to form a correct opinion of what Universalists—that sect every where spoken against—believe, I append the Confession of Faith and Covenant, adopted by the General Convention of Universalists, and concurred in by the denomination generally i CONFESSION OF FAITH AND COVENANT. Desiring to eonseerale ourselves to Christ in a public confession of our faith and oliga tions, we hereby signify our assent to the AYinchcster Articles, and solemnly pledge our selves in the covenant based thereon. Art. I. We believe that the Holy Scriptures of Old and New Testament contain a revela tion of the character of God, and of the duty, interest and final destination of mankind. Art. 11. We believe that there is one God, whose nature is love, revealed in one Lord Jesus Christ, by one Holy Spirit of Grace, who will finally restore the whole family of mankind to holiness and happiness. Art. 111. We believe that holiness and true happiness are inseparably connected, and that believers ought to be careful to maintain order and practice good works, for these are good and profitable unto men. In conclusion, I remark that the above was not written for the purpose of controversy, nor with the least desire to ruffle the feelings of any one who conscientiously differs with the writer, but solely for the purpose of see ing justice done to himself and others like minded ; nor is it proposed to protract contro versy. Nevertheless, it may be understood that should 3*oll see proper to open 3-0 ur columns for an examination of the question of man's final destiny, the writer will not shrink from the support of the doctrine once delivered to the Saints, as he understands it, whether his opponent be clerical or lay, stipu lating only that lie be a gentleman. Universalist. [COMMUNICATED. ] What It Is to Bea Widow. “I think it must be a jolly thing to be n widow.’’ I have often heard this remark from the lively 3 r oung girls. I think I remember saying such a thing to myself in my girlish days. Do you know, girls, what it is to be a widow? It is to be ten times more open to criticism than any other creature in the world. It is to have men gaze as 3*oll pass, first at 3*our black dress, then at your widow’s cap, until 3*olll* sensitive nerves quiver under the infliction. It is to have some ill-natured person say: “ I wonder how long she will wait before she marries again?” and another answers, “ until she gets a good chance, I sup pose/’ It is 011I3* now and then you meet the glance of real sympathy ; generally from the poorest and most humble woman 3*oll meet, and feel 3*olll* eyes fill at a token so rare —that is so unlocked for. It is to have 3*our dear fashionable friends console 3*oll after the fol lowing manner : “Oh, well, it is a dreadful loss. We know 3*oll feel it, dear.” And in the next breath, “ 3*ou will be sure to many again and 3’our widow's cap is so becoming to 3*oll. But it is more than this to be a wid ow. It is to miss the strong arm 3*oll have leaned upon; the true faith which 3 r ou knew could never fail you, though all the world might forsake you. It is to miss the dear voice that uttered your name with tenderness that none other could give it. It is to hear no more that well-known footstep that 3*oll flew to meet. To see no more the face that, to 3*our adoring C3*es, seemed as the angels of God. It is to fight with a mighty sorrow, as a man fights with the waves that over whelms him, and to hold it at arms-length for awhile, 01113* to have, in the hour of loneliness and weakness, the storm to roll over 3*oll, while poor storm-driven dove, 3*oll see no haven. Widow. For the Forest News. A Chapter of Curiosities. In Washington county, Tenn., I once saw a man, 30 years of age, (an idiot,) crawling on the ground and eating dougli with the chickens. In Greeneville, Tenn., a calf skin, stuffed, with two heads. In Greene county, Tenn., at one birth, a well-formed child, and another with one body, having two fronts, four arms and four legs. They all died. In McMinn county, Tenn., a hen fed and brooded a litter of puppies with her chickens. In Madison county, Ga., a chicken was found dead in the shell with two bills, two combs and three eyes. A cat, whose kittens had died, stole away from a hen, and repeatedly carried into the house, young chickens and fondly caressed them. In Banks county, Ga, a half grown pullet took charge of, brooded, clucked to in a very amusing manner, and fed a half dozen chick' ens that had been taken away from their mother. In Towns county, Ga., some gentlemen got into a “den" of rattlesnakes, and captured one with two heads; it soon died. These statements can all be corroborated by the best citizens in the respective localities. Pmilomatiiean. Jackson County, Ga, Jllisci’llaucmis itedfci), The Buried Hatchet* A few incidents illustrative of the re turn OF GOOD FEELING BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH. Tlieda3* following our centennial festivities, the following incident occurred in a South End saloon : A friend had invited one of the South Carolina soldiers into the saloon to put another turf on the buried hatchet.— While standing at the bar, a stranger came in. The Carolinian suddenly dropped his glass and closety eyed the stranger. His gffze was so steady and peculiar that the friend began to be alarmed, and to fear that the hatchet was about to be dug up again. Directly the Carolinian asked the stranger if lie knew him.- There was no recognition, whereupon the Carolinian asked him if lie \> as not in the late war. “ Yes,” was the re ply. “ And 3*oll were once stationed at such a place?” “Yes.” “And took part in such a skirmish?” “Yes,’’ “Well, I thought so,” replied the Carolinian, and raising his hat showed a large scar on his forehead, saying, “ There is 3*olll* sabre mark, 1113* boy ; come up and take a drink.” And so. then and there, they decorated the grave of the buried hatchet. — Boston Herald. Think of Fitz Hugh Lee. of the ex-Rebel army, marching under the orders of Major- General Benjamin F. Butler, of the Federal army! It surpassed comprehension. M e read that Lee was cheered everywhere, but nowhere do we read that Butler was the re cipient of a single ’rah. And this in brave and loyal old Boston ! The queer associa tion of these men must have brought up some remarkable memories to the mind of Lee.— Kirkpatrick, in one of his dashing raids around the Rebel army, captured the South ern cavalryman, and he was sent with other officers for confinement in Fortress Monroe. Gen. Dix, who was in command at the fort, allowed him the liberty of the post. When Butler came to succeed Dix, at the very first evening parade of the garrison, lie observed Lee in his Confederate uniform, standing among a group of officers, a careless specta tor of the pageant. “ Who is that Rebel?” asked Butler of one of his staff. “ Gen. Fit:;: Hugh Lee,*’ was the reply. “ And why is he allowed his liberty? Confine him at once to his quarters, and keep him there until he is exchanged.” And Lee went to his casemate and stayed there.— Troy (N. Y.) Times. A party of young men were discussing, in a saloon, the action of'tiic ex-Confederates in Arkansas and Tennessee in joining with the Federals in a joint decoration of the soldiers’ graves. The general sentiment was that of approval. This was interrupted by the ap pearance of a very pompous and well-dressed man, who was addressed as “Major.” When he had “ onderstood the question,” he deliv ered himself, with a degree of deliberation an 1 pomposity* worthy of “ Pretty” Conkling. of the following “horation:” “Gentlemen, eef I could go among those graves and choose from among them those of the gallant soldiers who, like ourselves, went out to fight for what they thought right, I would strew them with flowers willingly, but I cannot strew the graves of the hireling Dutch and Irish who came over to this country to fight us merely for the large bounties offered 113* the State and Federal Governments. I (in a tragic tone of voice) would see them damned before I would put a rose-leaf over their hir-r-re-ling corses.” Yes; but, Major, if 3*oll are going to stop over each grave and get at the dead man's record, 3*oll can never expect to demonstrate charity or fraternal feeling between the living soldiers of the North and South. And anoth er thing. llow many* dead substitutes couldn't 3*oll find among Southern graves, whose mem ories are honored equally with our gallant volunteers? Among the dead of my regi ment is a lubberly, selfish wagon master, who was killed by a stray shell in the rear, while plundering the deserted Yankee camps at Cold Harbor. On Decoration Day he gets just as many flowers on his grave as any of the boys who were killed in the charge to the front. And y'et that man would have gone over to the other side in a minute but for the fact that he had such a soft place. Jty-the by, “Major, what position did 3*oll occupy?” Major (rather subdued) —“ I was chief com missary in 's brigade.” “Oh! that settles it i Boys, let's have a drink, and hereafter we'll never decorate the graves of an3* Federals unless they be those of dead commissaries.” The “Major” joined in the laugh that followed with as much heartiness as a wound up wax figure, but, nevertheless, expressed his determination of attending the Centennial.— Atlanta Corres pondence New York Herald. What Direct Trade Has Done in Georgia. The agent of the Direct Trade Union at this place received returns from the cotton of different parties during last week, after de ducting every expense, this cotton, which Avas shipped in different lots, has netted the parties from $8 to sl2 per bale over and above what the cotton would have brought in Griflin on the day of shipment. More than this, the parties at the time of shipment drew three-fourths of the Griffin value of the cotton, and have had the use of this money during the entire interval. Had they de posited it in a Griffin warehouse and kept it until the day it was sold in Liverpool, they would, instead of making, have lost several dollars per bale. Now, had the 18,000 bales that have been brought to Griffin during the past season been shipped to Liverpool through the same channel, the farmers in this section would have made a gain of at least $150,000. On the entire crop ofthccountry the same operation would have saved the South twenty-five or thirty millions of dollars. Impertinence is a forward mind, born of conceit and impudence. He Didn’t Advertise in Newspapers. No, he said, he didn't believe ill advertis ing in the newspapers. Didn't think it did him any good—money thrown away, “ But don't 3*ou advertise in ain* wa3*?*’ we asked. “ Oh, 3*es,” he replied. “ I spend a goo 1 deal of money in advertising. Now* here is a good tiling I have invested in to-day. It is a tooth-pick with my name and business stamped on it. I have paid a man fifty dol lars to have my business card stamped on every tooth-pick used at the hotels irt this city for one 3*ear.” “ How does he manage it?” “ Easy enough. He keeps an agent sta tioned at each hotel, da3* and night, furnished with a stamp, and when a man steps up to take a tooth-pick he dexterously stamps 011 c for him, and there is on the“tooth-pick : * A. PUNK l NILE A iV, ? * GROCERIES AND THINGS. : * * “I am informed,” he continued, “that four hundred thousand, eight hundred and seven ty-two tootli-picks are used by the Cincinnati hotels even* year, which is equal to that many business cards of mine distributed to the pub lic. Now, fifty dollars Wouldn't bin* that number of business cards and insure their distribution.” “ Certainly not. But this inscription on the tooth-picks must be vety small; 1 don't see how it can be read.” “ Nothing easier, my dear sir. You see each agent carries a small microscope to as sist people in making it out. But that isn't the only advertising plan lam in with. You see this piece of rag with my card printed on it? Yes; well 3*oll probably couldn't guess what it is for. I'll tell 3*011.* It's for doing up a sore finger.” “What lias a sore finger got to do with ad vertising?” “ Everything, my dear sir. everything.— There are over a million sore fingers in Ameri ca every year. At a very moderate expense an advertising firm in Philadelphia prints my cards on rags like these and furnishes them to victims of sore fingers free of charge, so they will use them in preference; to all others. A million of these rags are sent to all parts of the United States, and I am only required to pay one hundred and fifty dollars for the privilege of having m3* name on them.” “And you paid it?” “ Certainly I did. I had to, in order to prevent any other man from getting the chance ahead of me.” “ A sore finger, then, 3*oll consider a better advertising medium than an established and popular newspaper?” “ Well, 3*es, in this case. Been traveling lately?” “ Yes ; made a trip to Minnesota and lowa not long ago.” “ Then you must have seen my business card painted in black letters on a white board and nailed to the telegraph poles?” We hadn’t seen anything of the kind. “ Singular, if you didn’t. A man came along last Fall and collected one hundred dollars of me for nailing such a board on every, telegraph pole in the United States. That was his contract, and I paid him the money on his affidavit that the work was done. But perhaps 3*oll wasn't noticing telegraph poles, No. I don’t believe I will put any advertise ment in 3*our paper this week. You see lam advertising a good deal now.” J.ust then a man came in and collected a bill for sticking Pnnkinhead’s card on every balloon that went up during 1874, and effect ed anew contract for 1875, With what he call ed the “ diving bell supplement/’ agreeing to attach a card to all diving bells that go down in 1875, without extra charge, a compliment, as lie said, to their regular advertisers. When we left another advertising agent was laying before Punkinhead the great advantage of in vesting in a patent stamp to be attached to the seats of boys’ pants when the3* go skating. When they* get a fall, his name and business will be neatly stamped upon the ice, so that all who skate may read. When it comes to judicious advertising, the race bfPunkinheads is vety* numerous.— The Fat Contributor , Turkish Imperturbability. The indolence of the people in Turkey is something almost wonderful. No one except a native of the country thoroughly under stands the art of laziness. The men sit all daylong on little stools in front of the various cafes, smoking and talking—never stirring. They even talk in low, murmuring tones, very different from a crowd of Germans, Frenchmen, or even Englishmen. There is not the least excitement of any kind in their manner ; all is tranquil laziness. The other evening the cry of “yanjiitvar” (fire) echoed through the village, Buynkdere and yet no one stirred from his place in the cafe. Pre sently a cavasse came in and accosted a Turk who was seated smoking his narghila, saying : “Your house is burned.’' He simply bowed his head, saying, “Kismet.” The cavasse then said, “Your women and one child were also burned. There were two saved, Where shall they be taken V* Tlte Turk said, slowly, “Great is God; take them to my mother,” and resumed his pipe, Metuusaleh's Death.— The question is raised whether Methusaleh was drowned in the flood or died a natural death. In the fifth chapter and twenty-fifth verse of Gene sis it says: “Methusaleh lived one hun dred and eighty-seven years and begat Lamech.” In tiie twenty-eighth verse,of the same chapter occurs the following : Lamech lived one hundred and eighty-two years and begat Noah.” Now it appears in the seventh chapter of Genesis that in the “six hun dredth 3’ear of Noah's life the fountains ofthe great deep were broken up,” etc. Methusa leh lived 9G9 years, which would make his death the year of the flood. Young Innocence. —Very Stem Parent, indeed—“ Come here, sir ! What is this com plaint the school-master has made against you?" Much Injured Youth—“ It’s jfist noth ing at all. You see, Jimmy Hughes bent a pin, and only just left it on the teacher's chair for him to look at. and he came in with out his specs, and sat right down on the pin, and now he wants to blame me for it.” S TERMS, $2.00 PER ANNUM. I SI.OO FOR SIX MONTHS. Hite |)oefs (Tomer. The Bereaved. lie sat within his silent room. Death's shadow had been there, Ilis heart was tilled with grief and gloom, Bowed ‘neath a dark despair, lie strove to shut out memory, So filled w ith bitter pain, lint elose before his Weeping eyes Her glass was held again, Once more he stood beside Ids wife. And almost deemed her living ; Again he took the farewell kiss \\ hieh she had died in giving, lie half forgot that death had been Within his saddened home; He felt her living presence there Heside him in her room. There stood upon the mantel shelf A vase of faded flowers ; She had placed them there herself, In by-gone Summer hours. There stood her vacant easy chair, lief shawl across it lying ; It had been folded round her breast When he had seen her dying. There sat her basket and her books, Her portrait on the wall, The Bible Where her last sw'ect looks On holy words did fall. Three liitle years before, and he Had brought her there his bride; And now she slept the sleep of death, Her baby by her side, The little life was dearly bought, All rain had been the buying; A single flash of life it caught, And that was won in dying, lie never knew how well he loved The flower he fondly cherished, How she had twined about his heart Until the bloom had perished. The Fraternal Era. Gen. fitz-iiugii lees speech At boston, At the close of the Mayor*s speech intro* ducingthe noted Confederate, Gen. Lee step* ped to the front of the platform, and was re* ceived with the wildest enthusiasm, a perfect babel of applause rising from the vast audi* ence ; the men threw their hats into the air and yelled themselves hoarse, while the la* dies in the galleries waved their handker* cheifs and clapped their hands. When quiet was at last restored, Gen. Lee said : "Mr. Mayor and Ladies and Gentlemen : I thank you for the most cordial welcome you have extended to my comrades and myself, T came here with the Norfolk light artillery Blues, a Confederate organization, whose! guns have roared upon many a hard fought field. As wc arrived before your city, this afternoon, and were steaming lip your beau* tiful harbor, the first notes that readied me from a band of music sent to meet me were of that good old tittle called ‘Auld Lang Syne,’ and I felt I was not going to Boston, but that I was returning again to a common country and a common heritage. [Applause.] I should have wished that ray poor presence Would have passed Unnoticed, or that I might have been permitted to have remained a silent visitor in Boston. When I ponder that this is the first time I have ever stepped on the soil of Massachusetts, I necessarily feel some embarrassment at addressing such a splendid audience as is before me. but when I reflect that I airi an American citizen, that I, too, am a descendant of those men who fought on Blinker Hill, I feel, that I, too, have a right to be here, to celebrate their splendid deeds. [Great applause,] We come here, fellow citizens, to show that we appreciate these achievements of these patriotic fore* fathers of ours—these men who planted the seeds from which our nation has sprung. We are here to show by our actual presence that we are fully in sympathy with the sentiment Which found expression upon the recent Dec* oration days, when loving hands entwined beautiful flowers about the graves of the sol* diers of both armies without distinction, [Great applause.] I recall that, right here in Boston, 100 years ago, a particular divine spoke in substance as follows ,' c We pray the Lord, if our enemies are desirous to fight us, to give them fighting enough, and if there are more on their Way across the sea, we pray thee, O Lord, to sink them to the bottom iof it .’ [Laughter and applause.] Now, when I see this magnificent demonstration, when my eyes look on yours beaming with kind* noss and heart-felt good-will toward me and unine, I feel that hereafter, if foreign or domestic foes threaten our common country, Massachusetts and Virginia, California and Florida would shout with one voice, ‘lf they desire to fight let them have enough.’ [Great : applause,] I may be pardoned if I recall to iyour minds that, in those days of darkness, when the clouds of war enveloped your com* monwealth, my State of Virginia, sent right here into your midst him, who in the lari* guage of nfy grandfather, was “ First in war first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen,’ whose character, in the lan guage of Andrew Jackson, cannot be too profoundly studied and his example too closely followed, Washington appeared here in your midst, brought order out of confusion, and saved our country. I thank you, ladies and gentlemen, most cordially, for the manner in which you have received me.” [Applause,] A man became entangled in a fast revolv ing water wheel in a mill at Georgetown, Kentucky, and was whirled around at the rate of eighty revolutions per minute, lie was unconscious when rescued but not badly hurt, lie says his sensations while being carried in a circle at such a velocity were very peculiar. At first he was terribly fright* ened expecting instSht death, but his perccp* tion was perfectly clear. Then he grew dizzy, and it seemed to him that he was rising higher and higher in thp air. Next he felt as though in a dream, with a dim sense of being transports 1 to the moon at a terrible speed. A calculation showed that ! e had been carried an aggregate distance of tliir* teen miles in eight minutes. NUMBER 5.