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POETICAL. The Light at Home. The lijrht at home ! how bright it beams When evening shade around us fall; .A ad frmn the lattice far it gleams To love and rest, and comfort all. When wearied with the toils of day, And strife for glory, gold or fame, How sweet to seek the quiet way, Where loving lips will lisp our name. When through the dark and stormy night The wayward wanderer homeward hies, How cheering is the twinkling light. Which through the forest gloom he spies ! It is the light of home, he feels That loving hearts will greet him there, And softly through his Hosahi steals The joy and love that banish care. The light at home! How still and sweet It peeps from yonder cottage door— The weary laborer to greet. When tlie rough toils of day are o’er ! Sad is tlie soul that does not know The blessings that its beams impart, The cheerful hopes and joys that How, And lighten up the heaviest heart. 9 SUNDAY READING-. Beyond Comprehension. When Daniel Webster was in his best mor tal estate, and when he was in the prime of his manhood, he was one day dining with a coinpan}' of literary gentlemen in the city of Boston. The company was composed of cler gymen, lawyers, physicians, statesmen, mer chants, and almost all classes of literary per sons. During the dinner, the conversation incidentally turned upon the subject of Chris tian tty. Mr. Webster, as the occasion was in honor of him, was expected to take a leading part in the conversation and he frankly stat ed his religious sentiments, his belief in the divinity of Christ, and his dependence upon the atonement of the Saviour. A minister of very considerable literary repntation, sat almost opjiosite at the table, and he looked at, him and said. “ Mr. Webster, can you com prehend how Jesus Christ could be both God and man ?” Mr. Webster, with one of those looks which no man can imitate, fixed his eyes upon him and promptly and emphati cally said :—“ No, sir, I cannot comprehend it; and I would be ashamed to acknowledge hi in as my Saviour if I could comprehend it. If I could comprehend Him he could be no greater than myself, and such is my convic tion of my accountability to God, such is my sense of sinfulness before llim and such is my knowledge of my own incapacity to re cover myself that I feel the needs of a super humanSaviour.”— Bishftp Janos. A Word to Mothers. Each mother is a historian. She writes not the histories of empires or of nations on paper, but she writes her own history on the imperishable mind of her child. That tablet and that history each mother will meet again, and read with eternal joy or unutter able woe, in the far ages of eternity. This thought should weigh on the mind of every mother, and render her deeply circumspect and prayerful, and faithful in the solemn work of training up her children for heaven and immortality. The minds of children are very susceptible and easily impressed. A word, a look, a frown, may engrave an im pression on the mind of a child, which no lapse of time can elface or wash out. You walk along the sea-shore when the tide is out, and you form characters, or names, in the smooth white sand, which lies spread out clear and beautiful at your feet, according as your fancy may dictate, but the running tide shall. In a few hours, wash out and efface forever all that you have written. Not so the lines and characters of truth and error, which your conduct imprints on the mind of your child. There you write impressions for the eternal good or ill of your child, which neither the floods nor earth can wash out, nor the slow moving ages of eternity can obliterate. How careful, then, should each mother be of herself in the treat ment of her child! How prayerful, how serious, and how earnest to write the truths of God on his mind—those truths which shall be his guide and teacher when her voice shall be silent in death, and her lips no longer move in prayer in his behalf, in com mending her dear child to her covenant with God I Tears- There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness but of power. They speak more eloquently than a thousand tongues. They are the messengers of over whelming grief, of deep contrition and of un speakable love. Oh, speak not harshly of the stricken one—weeping in silence. Break not the deep solemnity by rude laughter or intrusive footsteps. Scoff not, if the stern heart of manhood is sometime melted by sym pathy ; they are what help to elevate him above the brute. I love to see tears of af fection. They are painful tokens, but still most holy. There is pleasure in tears—an awful pleasure. If there were none on earth to shed a tear for me I should be loth to live ; and if no one might weep over my grave I could never die in peace.—[Z)r. Johnson. To PAiiENTs.-Parents run the risk of los ing the love of their children who put aside their trivial questions as of no consequence. An interrogation point symbolizes the life of childhood. “Why” and “ what ” are the keys with which it unlocks the treasury of the world. The boy’s numberless questions often seem trivial, but the wise parent will never turn them off unanswered, if he can help it. It is his rich opportunity of teach ing. lie is met half-way. and there is all the difference between impressing truth on an eager mind and an uninterested one. The little fellow, helping you at your work and peltiu you with endless questions, may learn as much in half an hour there as in a week when his body is a prisoner in the school room and his thoughts are out of doors. Do it Now.—Don’t live a single a hour of your life without doing exactly what is to be done in it, and going straight through it from beginning to end. Work, play, study—what ever it is—take hold at once and finish it up squarely and clearly ; then to the next thing, without letting any moments drop out be tween. It is wonderful to see how many hours these prompt people contrive to make of a day; it is as if they picked up the mo ments that the dawdlers lost. And if ever you find yourself where you have so many things pressing upon you that you hardly know how to begin, let me tell you a secret. Take hold of the very first one that comes to hand, and von will find the rest all fall into file, and follow after like a company of well drilled soldiers; and though work may be hard to meet when it charges in a squad, it is easily vanquished if you can bring it into line. You may have often seen the anec dote of tlie man who was asked how he had accomplished so much in his life. “My fatU;r taught me,” was the reply, “when I had anything to do, to go and do it.” There •is the secret—the magic word now. FACTS AND FANCIES. “ The barber shaves with polished blade. The merchant shaves in constant trade. The broker shaves on twelve per cent. The Landlord shaves by raising rent. The doctor shaves in patent pills. The tapster shaves in pints and gills. The farmer shaves in hay and oats. Tlie hanker shaves on his own notes. The lawyer shaves both friends and foes. The peddler shaves where’er he goes. The office-holder shaves the nation. The parson shaves to meet salvation. The wily churchman shaves his brother. The people all shave one another.” Costly furniture—lndian bureaus. The rival railroads will soon be issuing chromos. At a recent spelling-match one man spelt it ‘pasnip” and got beet. One swallow does not make a spring, but a dozen swallows sometimes make one fall. No man can become thoroughly acquaint ed with his family history without running for office. The Snake Run Academy is the name of an Indiana school. The scholars must all be adders. Old gent —“What do you wear specs for, boy?” Bootblack—“ Cos I put such a shiny shine on gentlemen's boots it hurts me eyes.” A Chicago editor boasts that he “ can stand on his intellectual capital.” We suppose he means he can stand on his head. Wisdom for women : “It is better to love a man that you can never marry than to mar ry a man you can never love.” A Chinaman in Los Angelos, California, upon being applied to for payment of a debt, replied : “If no havee, how can !” Boarding school miss : “ O, Charlie ! I ex pect to graduate at next commencement.” “Graduate? what will you graduate in?”— “ Whj% in white tulle !” “If you want fun,” remarked old Smilax, leaning over the gate and working tlie gravel with his bare toes, “you ought to see my wife dig taters when she’s tearin’ mad.” “ What kind of sausages is them?” queried an old lady of the young man of literature and peanuts, as he passed through the train selling bananas. “ No,” said Mrs. Dodgers, very positively, “if I go into the country, Mr. Dodgers goes with me. This city ain’t no safe place to leave a man alone in.” “ Minnie, I’m in such a quandary ; for if I turn my back on Charley he becomes offend ed at once, and if I don’t he can’t see my new buckle. What shall I do?” An Irishman was once standing before a looking glass with his eyes shut, and on be ing asked why he stood there, replied : “I’m afther seeing how I look when I’m aslape.” A farmer complains that a hook and ladder company has been organized in his neighbor hood. He states that the ladder is used af ter dark for climbing into the hen-house, after which the hooking is done. Quin, the actor, being asked by a lady, why there were more women in the world than men, replied, “It is in conformity with the other arrangements of nature —we always see more of heaven than of earth.” “Write me while I am aw r ay,” said Jones to Mrs. Jones, after an affectionate good-bye. “Treacherous man!” meditated the lady. “ Not one letter does he get! He wants to sell them to one of those Western papers.” A youth called at the house of a neighbor and asked for a young kitten. The lady re plied, “ as soon as it gets old enough to eat you may have one.” With staring eyes the boy replied, “We don’t eat cats at our house.” Ann Culver, of Pennsylvania, went to the Fiji Islands last summer, as a missionary, but she's home again now. Her first Sunday school class came shuffling into her house one morning with nothing on but necklaces, and that's enough to break up a camp-meeting. “ That ar’ patch of ground's mem’rible,” said an Omaha man, pointing to a grave all by itself outside of the town. “I reckin you’ll know that, stranger, when you see it ag’in. The ockpant of that was the fust man Ilorrus Greeley ever told to git west—like wise he was hung for stealin’ a mewl.” A man rushed breathlessly into a lawyers office in St. Daul, and approaching the legal luminary, excitedly remarked: “ A man has tied a hoop to my horse’s tail! Can I do anything ?” “ Yes,” replied the attorney, “go and untie it.” That was good advice, and didn’t cost the man but five dollars. A young lady lectured on “Dress Reform” in Springfield recently, and she was “pulled back” to such an extent that when she went to sit down at the conclusion of her discourse she failed to reach the chair by over six inches. She seemed to rest that way, howev er, just as well. A little girl who had been pondering on the Lord’s prayer, said, ‘Mother, does God keep a bakery?’ ‘Why, no, my child; why do you ask?’ After a few moments reflec tion the little one said, ‘ Well, I’d like to know what pap wants to be bothering him for bread for every day, if he ain’t in the bu siness !’ A Vicksburg lady was recently inquiring of a girl from over tlie river, how a certain old acquaintance, who married a widower a few months ago, got along. “ Very poorly,” replied the girl; “there’s five children, who ought to be spanked twice a day, and Maria’s left-handed and can’t begin to do ’em justice. Door woman, my heart bleeds for her !” “ Well, ray son,” said a Detroit father to his eight-year-old son, the other night, “ what have you done to-day that may be set down as a good deed?” “Gave a poor boy five cents,” replied the hopeful. “Ah, ah! that was charity, and charity is always right. He was an orphan was he?” “I didn’t stop to ask,” replied the boy; “ I gave him the mo ney for licking a boy who upset my dinner basket !” “I Come* to Warn Ye.” A resident of the Sixth ward has been missing wood from his pile for several weeks past, and the other night he watched and caught a negro loading up a big armful. Springing out, he cried : “Ah ! ha! I've caught you, have I?” “ Is dat you ?” asked the negro, as he dropped the wood. “ Yes, this is I. and I want to know what you are doing here ? ” “ Doin’ heah ?” “ Yes, sir.” “ You see dis yere wood-pile, don’t } r ou ?” inquired tlie darky. “ Yes, I do.” “ Well, dere’s anew family moved into dat shanty over dere, and I don’t like dere looks one bit, I believe dey’d steal wood quicker* n lightning, and I cum over to warn ye. If ye miss any wood don’t say dat I didn’t tell you what kind of folks dese are.” And he walked away, leaving the man dumbfounded. J. M. ORR, Late of Newnan, Ga. J J. G. McLESTER, Jefferson, Geo. 088 & CO., BROAD STREET, ATHENS, GEORGIA. STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES, And Provisions. Wc deal exclusively in the Grocery line! Buy our Goods for Cash and sell them for Cash. Do our own work; OUR OWN BUSINESS HOUSE ! For these reasons can afford to sell you goods at very short profits ! We know that we can sell you anything in our line as cheap as can be bought in Athens ! Try Us ! June 12 lm WE DO NOT SELL LIQUORS! THE FARM. Choosing and Raising Calves. In choosing heifer calves, it is best to select from undisputed good cows, also hav ing an eye to the possibility of its becoming a good milker, and for this we should exam ine the teats and udder, which should always be of good size, and in four distinct quarters. Should all four cluster together, the calf must be discarded at once, as a good cow must have room for the milk and conveniences for obtaining it. We should be a little par ticular about this, as it is the foundation in making a choice. A keen eye is as much to be admired in a calf as in a horse, and also a symmetrical and fawn-like appearance from head to tail. It is not safe to select a calf because it is large, as such will not always make large cows. One that does not cut up well in the throat should not be selected. It should be well to notice this in selecting a bull calf for breeding, as an animal that one could not keep a halter on without choking, no one wants. The calves should have new milk for two or Hirer* weeks, then add sweet skim-milk, a little at a time, and by tlie time the calf is six weeks old (and not before) it should have all sour milk. It is unwise in feeding to set down a pailful for each calf to wallow in; they should bj r all means be stanchioned, or fastened so they can be controlled. No calf should be fed so much as to cloy it, nor enough to give it the scours. This summer I have fed the calves myself, and not one has been troubled with scouring. I always take the bucket away before they get quite all they think they want. J. Summeiiton. Erie county, Denn. Substitute for Manure. —Tlie following recipe for raising potatoes is worth the price of any paper for one year to a farmer who is short of manure. It is as good as the super phosphate of lime, and will not cost half as much. It has been tried two years, and found good on dry land : Take one cask of lime and slake it with water, and then stir in one bushel fine salt, and then mix in lime or ashes enough that it will not become mortar ; it will make about five barrels. Dut half a pint in a hill at planting. All manures con taining potash are particularly suitable for the potato. Ashes contain more than any other natural fertilizer, and should be freely used and carefully saved. Any farmer seeing the analysis of the ash.es of potatoes can readily imagine, what fertilizers produce the greatest effect, and what the plant most needs. Food for Farmers. —Tlie New England Farmer gives the following as a remedy for film on an animal’s eye: Found and rub alum into a powder, making it as fine as flour. Fill a common goose quill partly full with it, and from that blow it into the eye. But if the eye is bruised by a blow, that is another matter, and the alum would probably do no good. A Great Piece of Engineering. The Virginia City (Nevada) Enterprise boasts that that city has tlie best and purest mountain water in the world, which has been introduced in spite of great natural obstacles, it being necessary to cross the Washoe Val ley. The supply is derived from Dali’s Creek, up in the Sierras, near Lake Tahoe, brought in an eighteen-inch flume four miles long to a spur on the opposite side of the Washoe Valley, at a point which is 2,100 feet above the track ot the Virginia and Truckee Railroad. Thence it flows easterly along the crest and crosses the valley at the Lake View toll-gate. It is in conducting the water across the valley that the great triumph of the water company has been achieved. At the spur above mentioned the water is re ceived into an iron pipe and conducted along the crest. The pipe then makes the descent into the Valley, crosses it, ascends the oppo site side, and conducts the water to a height of 1,340 feet above the railroad at Lake View, where it is again taken up by another flume and brought on to the city. The total length of the inverted syphon is 400 feet less than seven miles. The inlet is elevated above the outlet 460 feet. The supply in this way in troduced is equal to two million gallons per day. By using the full head this quantity can be largely increased. The leading of such a stream of water across so deep a valley is declared to have no parallel in the history of hydraulic engineering. The pressure on the pipe is enormous, and has been estimated as that of a column of water 1,720 feet in height. The pipe has an orifice twelve inches in diameter. At the point where the press ure is greatest it is five-sixteenths of an inch in thickness, and riveted together with five eighth-inch rivets in a double row. As the pressure grows less the thickness of the ma terial is decreased gradually till it reaches one-sixteenth of an inch. The amount of rolled iron used in the construction of the pipe was one million one hundred and fifty thousand pounds. A million rivets were also consumed, It took fifty thousand pound of lead to lay the pipes. Before being used each length of pipe was heated to tlie temper ature of 380 degrees, and submerged in a bath of asphaltum and coal tar, which has the effect of preventing it from corroding. The line of pipes is compelled to twist and curve to fit the inequalities of the ground, and cross es thirteen steep cayons. At the bottom of each depression there is a blow-off cock, for the purpose of removing any sediment which might accumulate. At each elevation is an air-cock also. The water, when received into the pipe from the acqueduet, passes through wire screens and charcoal, so that it is com pletely purified and ready for work. EJP Now is the time to subscribe ! $3.10 Cash, Will secure The Forest News and Southern Cultivator for one year, to any subscriber in Jackson county. Facts Worth Knowing. Process of Wine-Making. The following on wine making was written for Downing's Horticulturist, some years since, by the late N. Longworth, of Cincinnati, 0., the most experienced Vintner in this country:— “We gather our grapes at full maturity ; care fully pick off all green, rotten, and ‘ decayed grapes; pass them as speedily as possible through a machine, (thoroughly seasoned, and all possible taste from the wood extracted,) to separate the stems from the grapes, and mash them, without breaking the seed. Instead of placing them in a towel and bowl, we place them on a large clean press, in which not a nail is driven, and the wood of which has been fully seasoned; and even if of beech wood, should not allow a particle of the taste of the wood to remain in it. Press it as speedily as possible, keeping the last hard press ing separate from the earlier runnings. Place the must in clean casks, from which no taste could be obtained from the wood, or any previous brandy or wine holdings, unless from liquor from the same kind of grape, we immediately place the cask in a cool cellar, do not fill it entirely, but as the fermentation commences, stop the passage of the strength and aroma of the grape as far as pos sible, by putting in a tight bung, through which a cyphon passes into a cask to receive the air ; and the opposite end of the crooked cyphonis placed in a vessel of water; and the cyphon is continued until the fermentation is nearly over, when the cyphon is taken out and a tight bung driven in, giving air by a small gimlet hole two or three times a day, for three or four days; after which all air is exclu ded till the wine is clear, when it is racked, and the cask thereafter kept full and tight. If we wish a superior article, we do not deem it fit for bot tling till four or live years old. If fining were nec essary, and isinglass or the white of eggs, to fine a pipe, cost $29, we should never think of using beech chips.” Calculating Rates of Travel. AVhcn a train moves 1:47 feet in a second it is traveling at the rate of one mile per honr; 7:33, five miles; 14:67 feet, ten miles; 17:60 feet, twelve miles; 22 feet, fifteen; 26:40 feet, eighteen miles; 29:33 feet, twenty miles; 30:67 feet, twenty five miles; 44:40 feet, thirty miles; 55:07, forty miles; 73:23 feet, fifty miles, 83 feet, sixty miles, 102:67 feet, seventy miles per hour. Travelers who wish to amuse themselves by calculating the rate at which they are traveling, can do so by noting the time consumed in passing over the several rails on their side of the track. On the best laid roads the sound made by the wheels in passing from one rail to another is quite audidle, and may be easily noted. The rails are twenty-four or thirty feet in length. Observation made while the train stops at a station will tell the passenger which size the road uses upon which he is traveling. His watch and count will tell the rest. A Useful Table.—To aid farmers in arriving at accuracy in estimating the amount of land in different fields under cultivation, the following ta ble is given by an agricultural cotemporary: Five yards wide by 978 yards long contains one acre. Ten yards wide by'4B4 yards long contains 1 acre. Twenty yards wide by 242 yards long contains 1 acre. Forty yards wide by 121 yards long contains 1 acre. Eighty yards wide by HU yards long contains 1 acre. Seventy yards wide by 69| yards long contains 1 acre. Two hundaed and twenty feet wide by 19S feet long contains 1 acre. Four hundred and forty feet wide by 90 feet long contains 1 acre. Eleven feet wide by 398 feet long contains 1 acre. Sixty feet wide by 72G feet long contains 1 acre. One hundred and Hventy feet wide by 363 feet long contains 1 acre. Two hundred and forty feet wide dy 181 J feet long contains 1 acre. To Preserve Herbs. —All kinds of herbs should be gathered on a dry day, just before or while in blossom, tie them in bundles, and suspend them in a dry airy place, with the blossoms down ward. AVhcn perfectly dry, wrap the medicinal ones in paper and keep, them from the air. Pick off the leaves of those which are to he used in cooking, pound and sift them fine, keep the powder in bot tles, corked up tight. Dr. Page, of AVashington, D. C., says that herbs should be bruised or crush ed while in the green state, and then dried. AVhen so treated, they retain their color and odor for a great length of time. A Good Condiment. —To one peck of green tomatoes, add eight onions and six peppers. Cut them in slices, sprinkle thoroughly with salt and let them remain over night. Tn the morning drain off the juice, cover with vinegar and boil live minutes. Again drain off the liquid, this preven ting fermentation. Then add a cup of sugar, mus tard seed and spices. Place in a stone jar and cover with cold vinegar. To all lovers of high seasoned condiments this will prove desirable. Settled Beyond a Doubt. —No one questions the fact that more cases of whites, suppressed and irregular menses and uterine obstructions, of every kind, are being daily cured, by Dr. J. Brad field’s Female Regulator, than by all other reme dies combined. Its success in Georgia and other States is beyond precedent in the annals of physic, thousands of certificates from women everywhere pour in upon the proprietor. The attention of prominent medical men is aroused in behalf of this wonderful compound.and the most successful prac titioners use it. If women suffer hereafetr it will be their own fault. Female Regulator is prepared and sold by L. 11. Bradfield, Druggist, Atlanta, Ga., and may be bought for 81.50 per bottle at any respectable Drug Store in the Lnion. Effects Truly Wonderful. Cartersville, Ga., April 26, 1869. This will certify that tw’o members of my imme diate family, after having suffered for many years from menstrual irregularity, and having been treated without benefit by various medical doctors, were at length completely cured by one bottle of Dr. J. Bradfield’s FEMALE REGULATOR. I therefore deem it my duty to furnish this certificate with the hope of drawing attention of suffering wo mankind to the merits of a medicine whose power in curing irregular and suppressed mensration, has been proven under my own personal observation. Its effect on such cases is truly wonderful, and well may the remedy be called “ JToman’s Best Friend.” Yours respectfully, JAS. W. STRANGE. . June 26th, 1875. SEND 50 CENTS FOR A YEAR'S SUBSCRIPTION TO THE “TYPOS GUIDE,'’ A VALUABLE PUBLI CATION TO ALL INTERESTED IN THE ART OF PRINTING. si J/ <y V* /0 * riCHMOnd ? % M FOUNDRY, M 1200-1208 -A* ALL THE TYPE ON WHICH THIS PAPER IS PRINT ED WAS MADE AT THE RICHMOND TYPE FOUNDRY. june!2 Now is the Time to Subscribe !! PROSPECTUS OF TIIE FOREST NEWS, PUBLISHED IN JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GEORGIA. By the Jackson County Publish iitg Company, Fully believing that the material and social inte rests, not only of the people of Jackson, but of all the contiguous counties, woidd be 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 Publishing Company And propose issuing on the 12th of June, a paper bearing the above title. Asa Political Organ, The “NEATS” will ever be found the exponent and defender of a high standard of Democracy— founded on those principles of State Rights and State Sovereignty, which, though now fettered by the chains of tyranny and despotism, are bound, at no distant day—under the guidance of a beniii cent Providence—to burst asunder the shackles ol 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 be the constant endeavor of those having charge of the columns, editorially and otherwise, of the “FOREST NEATS,” to make it a “NEWS-PAPER,” In the broadest meaning and acceptation of the term ; and in addition to the “ General News of the Day,” the state of the markets and other commercial intelligence, in a condensed form, such Political, Literary and Agricultural matter will be introduced from week to week as will tend to make the paper a most entertaining and welcome guest in every family to which it may find access: while, at the same time, the most scrupulous care will be 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 to reflect credit on the people of Jackson as a whole, and to confer honor on till “ Grand Old Commonwealth” of which Northeast Georgia is so important a part and parcel. Especial attention will be given to the chronicling of Local Events And occurrences, and also to the dissemination of such facts and statistics as will have a tendency to develope the resources, mineral and otherwise, not only of this immediate section, but of “ Upper 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 all classes. Its circulation will be principally among an enterprising people whose wants are diversiiied, and those who wish to buy or those who wish to sell—either at home or abroad—in village, town, city, or the “ Great Trade Centres,” will find the columns of the u NEWS” 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, a Liberal Schedule Of Advertising Rates will be found in the proper place, to which the attention of all interested are most respectfully invited. Terms of Subscription, $2.00 Per Annum. SI.OO For Six months. JggT’ Address all communications, &c„ intended for publication, and all letters on business to MALCOM STAFFORD, Atanaging and Business Editor , Jefferson, Jackson Cos., Ga. June 12 th, 1875. kinds of. Leather and Lumber, kept constantly on hand and for sale by June 12 J. E. & 11. J. RANDOLPH. JEFFERSON BUSINESS DIRECTORY. PROFESSIONS. Physicians... J. D. & 11. J. Long, J. j. n ter, N. W. Carithers. Atty's at Law... J. B. Silman, AV. I. Pii„ J. A. B. Mahaffey, AT. C. Howard, M. M. Pit m L’ P. F. Hinton. MERCHANTS. Pendergrass & Hancock. F. M. Bailey, Stanley & Pinson, Win. S. Thompson. MECHANICS. Carpenters... Joseph P. AVilliamson, Sen',. J. P. Williamson, Jr. ’ ; Harness Maker... John G. Oakes. AVagon Makers...ATin. Winburn, Monro, Ray. (col.) Buggy Maker...L. Gilleland. Blacksmith. ..C. T. Story. Tinner... John 11. Chapman. Tanners. ..J. E. & H. J. Randolph. Boot and Shoe-Makers...N. B. Stark, &•. born M. Stark. HOTELS. Randolph House, by Airs. Randolph. North-Eastern Hotel, by John Simpkins. Public Boarding House, by Airs. Elizabet} AA T orsham. Liquors, Segars, &c... J. L. Bailey. Grist and Saw-Alill and Gin...*J. D. & n J. Long. Saw-Alill and Gin...F. S. Smith. o COUNTY SCHOOL DIRECTORY. Martin Institute. —J. AV. Glenn, Principal; 5, P. Ott, Assistant; Aliss AI. E. Orr, Assistant' Miss Lizzie Burch, Alusic. Centre Academy. —L. AI. Lyle, Principal. Galilee Academy. —A. L. Barge, Principal. Harmony Groce Academy. —R. S. Cheney, Prin. cipal. Murk Academy. —J. 11. McCarty, Principal. Oak Groce Academy —Airs. A. C. P. Riden, Principal. Academy Church. —J. J. Mitchell. Principal. Duke Academy. —Airs. 11. A. Deadwyler, Prin. cipal. Park Academy. — Aliss Y. C. Park, Principal. Chapel Academy. —AT. H. Hill, Principal. Holly Spring Academy —W. P. Newman, Prin. o ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS. \ Athens mail arrives at Jefferson on Wedneg! days and Saturdays, at 10 o’clock, A. M., and de parts same days at 12 o'clock, AI. Gainesville mail arrives at Jefferson on Wednes days and Saturdays, at 11 o’clock, A. AI.. and de parts same davs at 12 o'clock, AI. Lawrencevifle mail arrives at Jefferson on Satur- ; davs, at 12 o’clock, AI, and departs same day at 1 | o'clock, P. AI. F. L. Pendergrass. Dep'y P. >[. Useful Information for the Millions. A note dated on Sunday is void. A note obtained by fraud, or from one intoxi cated. cannot be collected. If a note be lost or stolen, it does not release the maker; he must pay it. An endorser of a note is exempt from liability if not served with notice of its dishonor within twenty-four hours of its non-payment. A note made by a minor is void. Notes bear legal interest except when otherwise stipulated. Principals arc responsible for their agents. Each individual in a partneship is responsible for the whole amount of the debts of the firm. Ignorance of the law excuses no one. It is a fraud to conceal a fraud. The law compels no one to do impossibilities. An agreement without consideration is void. Signatures in lead-pencil arc good in law. A receipt for money is not legally conclusive. The act of one partner bind all the others. Contracts made on Sunday cannot be enforced. A contract made with a minor is void. A contract made with a lunatic is void. To ascertain the length of day and night.—At any time in the year, add J 2 hours to the time of the sun’s setting, and from the sum substraet the time of rising, for the length of the day. Subtract the time of setting from 12 hours, and to the remainder add the time of rising the next morn ing. for the length of night. This rule is true of either apparent or mean time. RURAL DITINITIES. Flora—The goddess of Flowers. Pan—The god of Shepherds and Hunters; fa mous for his whistling which fatigued him so much, that he invented pipes to blow on. Plutus — The god of Riches ; represented with wings. Pomona —The goddess of Orchards and Fruit- DOMESTIC POSTAGE. Newspapers, Magazines, and Periodicals sent from a known office of publication," or by ‘ newsdealers* to actual subscribers, postage to be prepaid in bulk by publishers and newsdealers, it office of mailing, and go free to subscribers. Letters Scents each 4 oz. ; Drop Letters at let ter-carrier office. 2 cents ; Drop Letters at non letter-carrier offices, 1 cent. Transient matter embracing newspapers, circulars, and other printed matter, seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots and scions, books, merchandise aid samples, 1 cent for each oz. Registered Letters 8 cents in addition to regular postage. Post-Offtce Aloney Orders. —Attention is called to the Aloney Order system, as a safe and cheap method of transmitting money through the mails. Orders are issued in sums of not more than fifty dollars. Larger sums can he transmitted by additional Orders. On Orders not ; exceeding $lO, 5 cents ; over $lO and not exceed ing S4O, 20 cents ; over S4O and not exceeding SSO, j 25 cents. INTEREST RULES. For finding the interest on any principal for any number of days. The answer in each ease beiii? in cents, separate the two right band figures of answer to express in dollars and cents : Four per cent.—Alultiply the principal by the number of days to run ; seperate right-nand figure from product, and divide bv 9. Five per cent.—Alultiply by number of day?, and divide by 72. Six per cent.—Alultiply by number of days, seperate right-hand figure, and divide by 6. Eight per cent.—Multiply by number of days, and divide by 45. Nine per cent.—Multiply by number of days, 3 seperate right-hand figure, and divide by 4. Ten per cent.—Alultiply by number of days, and divide by 36. Twelve per cent.—Alultiply by number of days, seperate right hand figure, and divide by 3. Fifteen per cent.—Alultiply by number of days, and divide by 24. Eighteen per cent.—Alultiply by number of day?' seperate right-hand figure, and divide by 2. Twenty per cent. — Alultiply by number of days, and divide l>y 18. , Twenty-four per cent. —Alultiply by number of days, and divide by 15. USEFUL TABLE EOII FARMERS. 4 inche.uuake one hand. 56 lbs. r%rn make one bushel. 56 lbs. Rye make one bushel. 60 lbs. Wheat make one bushel. 60 lbs. Clover Seed make one bushel. 196 lbs. Flour make one barrel. 200 lbs. Beef or Pork makes one bbl. 32 lbs. Oats make one bushel. GO lbs. Potatoes make one bushel. 14 pounds make one stone. 3 miles make one league. 6 feet make one fanthom. A perch of stone is 16 J feet long, 1J feet and 1 foot high, or 24| cubic feet. A mile is 320 rods—l,76o yards—s,2Bo fed' 63,360 inches. • An acre is 4,840 square yard—43,s6o squan feet—6,272,640 square inches. COUNTING. 12 units are one dozen. 12 dozen one gross. 20 units one score. 5 scores one hundred. PAPER. 24 sheets one quire. 20 quires one reams 2 reams one bundle. 5 bundles one bale. Recipes.—To drive cabbage worms away. F' China tree leaves on them. To kill lice on take one gallon of ashes, three spoonsful of >*.j| and one of sulphur; mix and sprinkle it on >'*l two with dew. -V sure remedy.