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oV the JACKSON COUNTY / PUBLISHING COMPANY. \ VOLUME I. !lis ft Mtim. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, , hr Jnckxoa County l>iilli*liln "• t'out|mny. JEFFSRBOX, JACKSON CO., GA. v. W. COR. PUBLIC SQUARE. UP-STAIRS. Of M'- r “ ‘ WALCOM STAFFORD, MANAGING AND BUSINESS EDITOR. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. due copy 12 months $2.00 !: .1 a “ i.oo .. 3 ” <> every Club of Tex sfibscril>ers, an x -.ra7opy of the paper will be given. RATES OF ADVERTISING. DvK Dollar per square (of ten lines or less) ,-, r the first insertion, and SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS „ rt . B ch subsequent insertion. Advertisements sent without spccitica* „ of the number of insertions marked thereon, r jl | )L . published TILL forbid, and charged j accordingly- or Professional Cards, of six lines less- Skvkn Dollars per annum; aud where I th.ydo not exceed ten lines, Ten Dollars. Contract Advertising. [ The following will be the regular rates for con (r i*’t advertising, and will be strictly adhered to in all cases: £ 3 *1 00 $2 50 $0 00 $9 00 sl2 00 I lwo .... 200 550 11 00 17(H) 22 00 [ Three 300 675 16 00 21 00 30 00 L ur 400 950 IS 75 25 00 30 00 fire 500 10 25 21 50 29 00 42 00 kix 600 12 00 24 25 33 00 48 00 k,ive |ll 00 21 75 40 00 55 (X) 81 00 Mitwn.... ;15 00 30 50 54 50 75 50 109 00 two (17 00 34 00 60 00 90 00 125 00 fcp“A square is one inch, or about 100 words of !t: ; ,'type used in our advertising columns. Marriage and obituary notices not exceeding ten bes, will he published free; hut for all over ten ir>, regular advertising rates will he charged. Transient advertisements and announcing can- Lii-lites for office will be (’ASH. Address all communications for publication and kl! letters on business to MACCOM STAFFORD. Managing and Jiusiness Editor. Wwsinuiu & iWuiess (Tunis. 1)11. C. It. GILES j IFFKRS his professional services to the citizens '' of Jefferson and vicinity, fan he found at tie late residence of I)r. 11. J. Long. •fan. 22. IS76 —tf STANLEY & PINSON, JEFFERSON, GA ., DF.AI.KIIS in Dry (foods and Family Groce ries. New supplies constantly received. ('heap for Cash. Call and examine their stock. June lit Tv Medical Notice. Dr. J. O. IH'NIT having located in Jeffer son for the purpose of practicing Medicine, '"'pivtfully tenders his services to the citizens of "h- town ami county in all the different branches ■dieprofession. After a Mattering experience ;inineteen years, he feels justified in saying that b prepared to successfully treat any curable um‘incident to our climate. He is. for the ’''eat. boarding with Judge John Simpkins, but B* move his family here soon. with Col. J. A. B. Mahaffey. fcr Reference can be seen in the office of T. 11. •'■W-vck. Esq., C. S. C. octlff "tEY C. HOWARD. ROBOTS. HOWARD. HOWARD a ■imV VKIK ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Jefferson, Ga. ’dt practice together in all the Courts of Jack und adjacent counties, except the Court of il!ur y of Jackson county. Sept Ist'7s 1 '• 'VII.M IHXiOY I 'VATUMMAKER AND JEWELER, r - m. Kind's Drug Store, Deupree Block, , " n '- '*a. All work done in a superior manner, "Granted to give satisfaction. Terms, posi _'J 1 -l Slf. JulylO-Oin. 1 'BH’I’OItO, Attorney at Ijiw, 'V home it banks Co s., Ga. practice in all the adjoining Counties, and r 'mpt attention to all business entrusted to r • Collecting claims a specialty. f uneJoth. 1875. 1 ly oikix N - 11 AHN ESS MA K EK, J EEFERSOX, GA. eood buggy and wagon barness always " • Repairing same, bridles, saddles, Ac., 'liort notice, and cheap for cash. .ineli ly 1 ’ t ', ,Yn - I J. B. SI UMAX, p, ' "' ln ?i°n. Ca. i Jefferson, (ia. A NILH \ Vj!] ATTORNEYS-A T-t.A W. Practice together in the Superior Courts of Jackson and Walton. ae l-— ly \\ *• >*krTa ttornrv at l.aw, ■.* JEFFERSON, JACKSON CO., (iA. hi>n V Ua " C Courts, State and Federal. ■ ind thorough attention given to all : ; , t j ' gal business in Jackson and adjoining June 12, 1875 I ) U ’ " *- W.IA AMH K. SURGEON DENTIST, July j nt| l j n ™_ non y Grove, Jackson Cos., Ga. b'j "f rv O P cr day at home. Samples p ft i worth free. Stinson A ,ort! and. Maine. marll F. P. TALMADGE, DEALER IN AND IMPORTED WATCHES, ' locks, jewelry, sil veb $■ plated ware, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, GUNS, PISTOLS, CARTRIDGES, &C. CLOCKS JEWELRY REPAIRED • 1 a neat and workmanlike manner, and warranted to give entire satisfaction. Ornamental and l>lain letter Engraving a Specialty. . —College Avenue, one door from the Bookstore Corner, ATHENS, GA. Apr,! Ist, 1*76 ly ' “—* — *— *—* THE FOREST NEWS. The I eople their own Rulers; Advancement in Education, Science, Agriculture and Southern Manufactures. Picture Gallery. Lp-Stairs, betvieen the Billy Thompson comer and Stanley <£• Pinson's. A. H. BROCK, DSP EC IT ULLY announces to the ladies and -Av gentlemen of Jefferson and vicinity, that his Gallery is now open for the accomodation of all in want of pictures, and that he is prepared to ex ecute his work in the best style of the art. Call and examine specimens. Rates reasonable. All work warranted to give satisfaction. fl 2 SPRINGDALE NURSERIES, ATHENS, W. HTJDGTN, Proprietor. HAS now ready for delivery a splendid lot of Pot-Grown Plants, suitable for Parlor or Con servatory' decoration, at New York prices. Nurs ery and Green Houses comer Rock-Spring Avenue and Dobbin-Mill Street. marll tf THE REASON WHY J. H. HUGGINS Sells goods cheaper note, is because he has adopted the CASH SYSTEM! The ready.cash enables him to buy goods very low, and consequently he is offering to the public every thing in his line, such as All kinds of Crockery and Glass-ware, Lamps , Chandeliers , Farmers' Lanterns , Kerosene at wholesale and retail; Family and Fancy Groceries, Dry Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Saddles, Harness and Leather. And also a large stock of LIME, both for build ing and fertilizing purposes, all very low for the CASH. When you go to Athens don’t forget, to call on J. H. HUGGINS. If you want KEROSENE OIL, at wholesale or retail, he will supply you at the low est price. If you want CROCK ERY and G LASS- W ARE. there’s the place to get it. If you want TOBACCO. FLOOR, BACON, LARD, SU GAR, COFFEE and MOLASSES, go there and you will find it. If you want LIME, for building or composting with fertilizers, go to -J. H. HUGGINS’, No. 7, Broad St., Athens. Remember the place. marlS TAX RETURNS For 1876. IN ORDER that I may get my Digests complet ed and returned according to law, my Digests must be closed on the 10th of June. Tax-payers will please make a note of this, and govern them selves accordingly. Each tax-payer is required by law to make their returns in person, unless ex cused on account of sickness or non-residence.— One giving in as agoutis required to procure a true statement of the value of the property returned. under oath. lam desirous, as a public servant of the citizens of Jackson county, to perform all the duties of my office with direct reference to justice to alt men. 1 feel, fellow-citizens, truly grateful to you for placing me in the position I now occupy. * I feel that the right arm which to-day bleaches on the gory field of Jientonville, North Carolina, was lost in defense of the homes and ladies whom 1 now love and respect. I am, lellow-citizens, your obedient servant, GEORGE \\ v . BROWN, T. R. J. C. Below will be found the list of my appointments for 1876. at which time and place l shall be pleased to have the tax-payers make their proper returns : Jefferson. Tuesday. April 4th ; Saturday, April 22d ; Tuesday, May 2d ; Saturday, May 6th. Thompson's Mills. Wednesday, May 3d. Harrisburg, Wednesday, April 12th. McLester’s Mills. Monday, May Ist. Williamson's Mills, Monday, May 22d. Clarksboro', Monday, April 3d, aud Monday and Tuesday, May Bth and 9th. New Town. Thursday, April 13th, and Thurs day, May 11th. White's Mills, Friday, May 12th. Harmony Grove, Friday, April 14th; Saturday, May 13th; Monday, May 15th. Wilson's, Monday. April 17th, and Tuesday and Wednesday. May 16th and 17th. Miller’s, Tuesday, April 11th. and Tuesday and Wednesday. April 18th and 19th. Human's Store. Friday, April 21st. Appleby's, Monday, April 10th, and Thursday, April 20th. Randolph’s Store, Saturday, April Bth, and Tuesday, April 23th. Thompson's Store. Monday, April 24tli. House's, Friday, April 7th. and Wednesday and Thursday, April 26th and 27th. y Chandler's, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 6th. 28th and 20th. Sautafee, Wednesday, April 3th. and Thursday and Friday, May 4th and sth: fisjjr Farmers will please come prepared to make returns of the quantity of “Crops produced'’ last year, and of the amount of land to be culti vated in the various “ Crops planted*’ for this 3 \narlß G. W. BROWN, T. R. of J. C. Jackson Mortgage Sheriff's Sale. \VTILL be sold on the first Tuesday in May y\ next, before the Court House door, in Jef ferson, Jackson county, Ga, within the legal hours of sale, the following property, to wit : One house and lot in the town of Jefferson, con taining three-fourths of an acre, more or less, with a good dwelling house and necessary out-buildings thereon, bounded as follows : On the East by the main street leading towards Gainesville, on the South by J E Randolph's home lot, on the West by a back street on the North by J E Randolph's clover lot and horse lot; said lot embracing the lot known as the J R North office lot, and more particularly known as the Ii A (iowan house and lot. Levied on as the property of P F Lamar, Sr, by virtue of a mortgage ti fa issued from the Su perior Court of said county in favor of Thomas It Holder vs P F Lamar. Property pointed out in said mortgage ti fa. Notice served on P F Lamar, defendant, and C C Thompson, tenant in posses sion, as the law directs. _ marll ($10) J. S. HUNTER. Sh’ff. Job Printing at reasonable rates JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1876. POETICAL. THE THREE W’S. A Poem read by Mrs. Lide Merriwether be fore the Tennessee Press Association, at Lebanon, Man Bth, 1873. In ante-bellum days, when skies were peaceful, And suns were radiant, and blossoms gay, And men were brave, and women fair and graceful, And all was lovely as a summer’s day; Y\ hen gallants sought for language euphemistic To drain a bumper, or adorn “ a hit,” Our dashing corps of knighthood journalistic Choose for their watchword, “ Woman, Wine and Wit.” Soothing in sound, soft in alliteration, (No jarring consonants its billows break) Lulling in word, sweet in interpretation, A pleasing anodyne—“not bad to take ;” A potent draught—if duns or debts should trouble you. Or bosom friend with purse or sweet heart flit; Drown all your sorrows in the triple—W And throw care to the winds, with “YYoman, Wine and Wit.” Woman ! a safe step in the right direction, Id soothe your sorrow or illume your joy, If chosen for her brain, not her complexion, And made a home companion—not a toy Eagerly grasped, as summer’s fragrant flowers, Then trampled in the mire of life’s highway— But like the pole-star through your darkest houns, Guarding and guiding with love’s steadiest ray. Wine ! a fair mirage, fading from the vision, A treacherous quicksand lurking for its prey, Grasping it—ere it reach the fields Elysian. YVhere Pleasure’s mocking finger points the way; A luring devil, in an angel’s seeming, Blood-red the feet that trample out the vine— Blood-red the vintage, burning, glaring, gleaming, Where heart, and soul, and brain, are drowned in wine. Wit! a most potent and divine elixir— Arming the right, and strong in its defense ; An empty sham—a cunning, servile trickster, If aiding wrong, or used at friends’ expense ; As sudden sunshine gleaming meadows cover, And buds and blossoms glow beneath its ray, Or like soft summer showers sparkling over The shine and shadow of life’s changeful way. “ All things to all men”—saith the revelation— Each creed that suits its age, is good and true ; This suited well the “olden dispensation”— “ Old things have passed away” now—all are new; New aims, new creeds, new plans lor their dif fusion ; Let the past sl^ep —its epitaph is writ— For all its gloss—“ a snare and a delusion” Was your old watchword—“ Woman, Wine and Wit.” He who stood firmest in the smoke of battle, Still firmest stands in desolation’s day ; Undaunted mid the cannon’s roar and rattle. Undaunted still, he works his patient way : On blood-stained fields our country’s brave de fendants, Each grasping firm the colors of his State— 7'o you I bring, for our true independence. The new evangel—“ Work and Watch, and Wait.” lie comes to conquer, and our waiting eyes sec This peerless monarch, whom all earth shall haik Whose banner bears its “ Veni, Vidi, Viei,” Whose lexicon “ knows no such word an fail;” Doing alike, the works of God or Devil. Bearing his sheaves to Hell, or Heaven’s gate ; Matchless for good, omnipotent for evil—• A triune deity— ** Work, Watch and Wait.” Under the banner of this King enlisting, Strike, from the day-dawn to the setting sun ; Strong for the right, and every*wrong resisting, Die in the battle, with your armor on ; Manning your battlements with Truth, God-given, Guard well your ramparts, bar your postern gate, And fling out to the freshening breeze of heaven, Y’our bold tri-color—“ Work ami Watch and Wait.” Work, with the heart—each pulse—beat ever ready To yield its pleasure for another’s good ; Work, with the hand, each arm strike true and steady, That so, it gain its honest livelihood; When hollow hearts their shallow brains shall trouble, How best a life of sloth and waste to gain. Teach them to know that it is good and noble To work with heart, and hand, and soul and brain. Work, for the meek, the lowly, and the erring, To lift them up that they the light may see ; Work, for the lost, the hopeless, the despairing, To lead them back to God and purity ; Work for each man, as for a friend and brother, Work, for the true, the beautiful, the good— Blessed is labor ! he who sows shall gather, Reads, in our creed, anew beautitude. Watch ! on each tower your wakeful sentries keeping, (Know that no fortress is impregnable.) Lest haply one should come and tind you sleeping Scale your stout walls and take your citadel. Watch flest for soft and well-dissembled lying You entrance give to smooth-tongued sophistry, And from v r our ramparts, o'er the world send flying Her poisoned shafts of false philosophy. Trust not in your own armor—’twill betray you— Your watchful foe each fleck and Haw will see. And, waiting the right moment, rend and slay you— The lurking demon, Opportunity. The proudest heart that beats in God's creation. Before his power, is but common clay; Then, that you may be guarded from temptation. And from all evil, hourly watch and pray. Wait ! scorn not feeble steps and humble win nings. With steadfast footstep tread the weary way, Knowing that great ends spring from small begin nings. Seek not to build your castle in a day ; But slowly, stone by stone, your basis laying. Till winds nor waters your strong walls shall scathe ; No price nor prejudice your firm course swaying. And let your patience keep step with your faith. Then having proved your truth by loyal serving, With low obeisance knock ye at the gate : Your hearts repeating, and your patience proving. “ They also serve who only stand and wait.*’ With folded hands, and head in silence bending, Waiting in faith, with courage undismyed, Success, “ with healing on his wings,” descending. Low whispers, “ It is I. be not afraid.’’ Work, Watch and Wait! their peerless power blending, Shall wake our land to beauty from the grave ; An Easter glory from their altar wending, Strong to regenerate, and swift to save ; With joyful shouts the welkin shall be ringing. And anthems sweet ascend to heaven's gate. From ransomed nations, their hosanna singing, - Hailing the trinity, “ Work, Watch and Wait.” Something new under the sun has been un earthed at Buffalo. An agency has existed there for some time whose business it is to supply professional jiir}*men, and furnish any sort of testimony desired. That meets the Belknap emergency to a nicety. Transfer the venue to Buffalo. SELECT MISCELLANY. . Important Homestead Decision. “We publish this morning (says the At lanta Constitution, of the 29th 1i1t.,) an un usual amount of decisions, and one of them of very great importance. We are constrain ed to pronounce it one of the most vital to the people of Georgia since the close of the war. The case is that of Simmons vs. Ander son, and involved the question whether the head of a family could waive for himself and family his right to a homestead in mortgaged property. “The Supreme Court, by a unanimous de cision, delivered by Chief Justice Warner, declares that a man can waive his right both for himself and family ; and the Chief Justice even goes so far as to administer a rebuke to him who would, after waiving the homestead, attempt to evade an honest debt by disre garding his waiver. “ The far reaching effects of this decision can hardly be estimated. It is practical sal vation to multitudes of the people of Georgia, who will rise up and bestow their fervent blessings upon the Supreme Court. Times are hard, and money is becoming scarcer and more timid. The homestead law effectually cuts off all borrowing by the masses. But all this is changed by yesterdaj'*s decision. Money will at once flow freely into the market, the homestead law being entirely re moved out of the way, or made inoperative, when desired. A man can now borrow on the full value of his property. Our farmers can obtain supplies or mone}” by mortgage. Northern funds will at once seek investment in our State, being now fully protected b} r the law. And we send up a shout of praise that the dishonest debtor cannot so situate himself that he can rob his creditor by the operation of law.” The same paper in its issue of a da)’ later, encouragingly remarks : “ The decision lifts the incubus of the home stead from the vitals of the State. The peo ple can now obtain credit on the faith of their property, and money will freely seek invest ment. A man, being now able to waive both for himself and family his right of homestead, can obtain means for supplies, farming opera tions, and all enterprises calling for capital, by a pledge of his property with a Waiver of the homestead. The Supreme Court of the State has conferred a blessing upon the peo ple of priceless value. It will send new life into all the avenues of trade, and insure for Georgia a large crop and increased pros perity.” Simmette vs. Anderson. Homestead, from Monroe. WARNER, C. J. This was a claim case, which was submit ted to the decision of the Court, without the intervention of a jury, on the following agreed statement of facts : “ that the defendant in fl fa, James M. Simmons, on the 27th day of March, 1873. executed to the plaintiff, W. W. Anderson, a mortgage upon one hundred acres of land ; that said instrument was sign ed, sealed and delivered with all the solemnity necessary under the law, and is in all re spects a valid mortgage ; that in said instru ment. the said Simmons waived for himself and family, all right to a homestead, to or out of said bargained and described premises: that said mortgage has been foreclosed, and fi fa issued against the defendant, and levied on said land ; that the defendant, as the head of a family, has since said foreclosure and levy of said fi fa. applied for, and obtained a homestead on said land according to the re quirement of the law, and has. as agent for his wife, filed his claim thereto.” Upon this statement of facts the Court decided that the land was subject to the mortgage fi fa levied thereon ; whereupon the claimant excepted. The only question made here on the fore- going statement of facts, was whether Sim mons, the defendant in the mortgage fi fa, could waive his right, as the head of a family, to claim a homestead in the property describ ed in the mortgage, so as to prevent him from afterwards obtaining a homestead on the specific property mortgaged, and to claim the same as a homestead exemption, as the agent of his wife, from being subject to that mort gage fi fa. The 1753 section of the Code de clares that ‘‘in this State, the husband is the head of the family, and the wife is subject to him ; her legal civil existence is merged in the husband, except so far as the law recog nizes her separately, either for her own pro tection, or for her benefit, or for the preserva tion of public order." The Constitution of 1868 declares, that each head of a family, or guardian or trustee of a family of minor chil dren, shall he entitled to a homestead of realty to the value of two thousand dollars in specie, &c., which, when set apart., is exempt from levy and sale, except for taxes, money borrowed and expended in the improvement of the homestead, or for the purchase money of the same, and for labor done thereon, or material furnished therefor, or removal of in cumbrances thereon. When the Constitution declares that each head of a family shall be entitled to a homestead in realty to the value of two thousand dollars in specie, it was not. intended that it should be compulsory on each head of a family to take out a home stead in his land, whether he desired to do so or not. The obvious and fair construction of this clause of the Constitution is, that each head of a family should he entitled to a home stead as therein provided, if he desired to have one, and not otherwise. When Mr. Simmons borrowed the money and executed his mortgage deed to secure its payment, he stipulated under his hand and seal, that he waived for himself and family, all right to a homestead in the mortgaged premises; in other words, he declared that, as the head of a family, he did not desire to have a home stead on that land so mortgaged by him.— As the head of his family, and owner of the land, he could have made an absolute sale-of it, and thus have defeated all claims of his family to a homestead on the land. Why. as the head of his family and owner of the land, could he not stipulate that he would not claim a homestead on it, the more especial I}* if he did not desire to have one ? Besides, it does not appear from the record in this case, but that the defendant, Simmon - :., had plenty of other land than that mortgaged, on which lie could have taken a homestead ex emption as the head of a family. The obtain ing and claiming a homestead exemption in the mortgaged properly by Mr. Simmons, as the agent of his wife, after stipulating in the mortgage, as the head of his family, that he waived for himself and family, all right to a homestead in the mortgaged premises, does not, we regret to say, exhibit a very high standard of either his legal or moral obliga tion to pay an honest debt. In view of the facts as disclosed in the record, we affirm the judgment of the Court below. Judgment affirmed. Hammond & Berner, for plaintiff in error. J. S. Pinckard, for defendant. A Snake Bile and How It Was Cured. Mr. John Frazer, as we stated last wrek. was bitten by a rattlesnake, lie was on the street yesterday, and we questioned him about it. The darkies prescribe only one remedy, and that is by pouring whiskey down the man who has been bitten. Mr. Frazer was setting out tomato plants in his garden in the country. The snake bit him on the knuckle of the samall finger of the right hand. The impression was like that of the pricking of a thorn. The incision was a bare speck—a sharp thin cut. Mr. F. saw the reptile just the second after. It was in coil. It was what is known as a ground snake, without rattles. He did not wait to kill the reptile or for any poisonous sensa tions to creep through the body, and in fact felt none and experienced no pain except the momentary effect of the pricking, lie ma le quick steps to the house, a short dis tance off, and demanded remedies. On the way he pressed the upper part of the finger tightly and sucked the wound. A daughter tied a cord tightly around the finger about the wound so as to prevent circulation. 11 is wife called in her memory of remedies and forced a quantity of whiskey down his throat. Mr. F. is not certain about the quantity—a half a pint or more—and a plaster of lime and soft soap was applied to the wound, and renewed every fifteen minutes. It extracted a quantity of dark blood. Dr. Grimes was sent for, and arrived as soon as possible. Some three hours passed before lie came. At that time Mr. F. was considered out of danger. The Doctor administered two doses of ammonia internally, and made a plaster of iodide of potash (we believe). The only trouble was the finger had been tied so tight, there was some danger of its never recover ing life, but now it has proven to be all right. We give so much at length that all may have an idea how to treat cases of snake bite. Mr. F. has experienced no difficulty since. There is never any danger of such poisons if the circulation be shut off and proper remedies applied as soon as can be.— Col. Enguirer. He Suffered Long. When it commenced to rain on Friday a man stepped into an office on Grisworld street and remarked : “ This rain will cool the atmosphere, won’t it ?” The proprietor agreed that it would. In about five minutes another man came in to borrow a paper, and he remarked : “ This rain will cool the at mosphere, won't it ?” The proprietor thought it would, and had just dated a letter, when a man called to ask the loan of an umbrella, and stood for a moment and remarked : “This rain will cool the atmosphere, won’t it?” “I suppose it will.” snapped the office man. and he turned to his letter again. He had writ ten four lines, when a man entered and ask ed him the wav to the City Ilall, and then remarked: “This rain will cool the atmos phere, won’t it ?” “ Blamed if I care a cent whether it does or not!” growled the bored man, and he wrote five lines more, and was biting his pen holder when a man jumped into the door, shook himself, and remarked : “ This rain will cool the atmosphere, won’t it ?” “ No, sir !” veiled the office man at the top of his voice, and he said he’d wollop the next man who said “rain” to him. He had turned his letter over when along came a tall young man, with a long nose. He looked into the office, halted, and, as he stood in the door and shook his umbrella, he said : “Don't you think this rain will cool the at ?” “ No. blast your two white eyes, I don’t!” yelled the man who was writing, and he threw down his pen and made ready for the next one. Along came the man who has an office above, and who is a very good man and a worthy citizen, and he stuck his head in the door and called out: “Ah ! we’ll all sleep better to night! Don’t you think the rain will office man, and he shut the door with such suddenness that the inquirer fell olf the step, and rolled over his umbrella and sat on his hat. He got up and wanted to lick some body, and said that he thirsted for blood, but the rain rather calmed him down, and the office man locked his door and hung up a sign reading : “Not a blamed bit cooler than before.” the din and clatter that lias been coming up from Washington during the last ten or fifteen days an exceedingly important matter has been generally overlooked—the refusal of the application of the sewing ma chine companies for an extension of the pa tent for what is known as the “four-feed mo tion.” The effect of this action, says the Baltimore Gazette , will be to largely reduce the price of sewing machines, which will of course be a direct benefit to hundreds of thousands of poor women and others who have for years been swindled most outra geously to put money in the pockets of mo nopolists who long ago received all the bene fits to which they are entitled from their in ventions. The Republican committees al ways reported in their favor, but the present Democratic Committee on Patents has smash ed the sewing machine ring.— Sao. News. Official notice has been given that two thirds of the state granges have ratified the amendments to the constitution proposed at the last meeting of the national grange. Those amendments are therefore in full force. A tree was recently cut near Sweetwater, Tenn., which yielded 2,400 three-feet Imards, 3,452 two-fect boards, 286 ten-feet rails, 172 ' six-foot rails, and sixcordo of kindling wood. V TERMS, $2.00 PER ANNUM. '( SI.OO FOR SIX MONTHS. GLEANINGS. The cedar pencil mills, at Tampa, Fla., are in full blast, turning out 216,000 pencils per day. Gold Hill. Nevada, mourns for its pioneer cat, which recently died at the ripe age of eighteen years ami six months. Congressman Lamar, of Mississippi, has been threatened with paralysis, and has gone home to recuperate. A pine tree was recently cut on the Meno minee river, Wisconsin, Mint scaled 4,400 feet. A mule and wagon was sold by the bailiff in Lawreneeville. Ga., last Saturday, and on ly brought five dollars. At the Madi Gras pageant in Dallas. Tex as, there was a team of 100 Texas oxpn draw ing a small pine forest on wheels. A Lassen county. Cal., fanner recently had two thousand sheep starved to death. His teed gave out, and the deep snow prevented the sheep from reaching grass. Che Cincinnati Price* Current'* annual ex hibit of pork packing in the West shows the number of hogs packed during the past win ter to have been 4,880,135, a falling off of G86,0!)0, compared with last season. A hunter shot a wild turkey near Nash ville, the other day, and when he went to pick it tip, found lying near it a half-decayed pair of saddle-bags, in which were $36,000 in gold and bonds. The annual meeting of the Georgia Medi cal Association will take place in Augusta on the 10th of April. Ample preparations are being made to entertain the members of the Association. Efforts are being made by Frederick Doug lass and others to have the proposed colored National Convention held at Cincinnati the latter part of April instead of at Nashville oil the 4th. The recent “cold snap” extended as far South as Lake City, Florida, where four hun dred acres of vegetables were killed, notwith standing tires were kept in the fields during the cold nights. The heaviest snow-storm of the season oc curred in the North and Northwest last week. In Nebraska the snow drifts were from thirty to fifty feet deep. Much suffering among the people and animals is reported. Thomas Venn fell with a scaffold that had been erected under the guidance of William A. Taylor, his employer, in Williamsburg, anil was disabled for life, lie sued Taylor for $25,000, and obtained a verdict of $5,000. A Middleton compositor has calculated that in the course of a year’s type-setting the average compositor will put up more than seven million separate pieces, which with their distribution requires more than fifteen million motions of the hand. A pretty little Ohio schoolmarm tried to whip one of her pupils, a boy of fifteen, the other day, but when she commenced opera tions he coolly threw his arms around her neck and gave her a hearty kiss. She went straight back to her desk, and her face was ‘•just as red.” The 26th of April is the day set apart for the decoration of the graves of our fallen heroes. Was this fact forgotten hj' those who fixed the same day for the Congressional Conventions to meet in the various Districts of Georgia ? A woman in Maine lost a gold ring in a straw bed ; the straw was emptied into the barn yard, and, with manure, was spread upon afield. In the fall the woman found her ring in a boiled potato that came from the field. Next! An old, rough clergyman once took for his text that passage of the Psalms, *• I said in my lmste all men are liars.” Looking up ap parently as if he saw the Psalmist standing before him, he said : “ You said it in your haste. David; if you had been here, you might have said it after mature deliberation.” An execution, quite out of the usual order of legal destruction in this country, is an nounced to take place at Salt Lake on the 23d of June. The murderer is to be shot in stead of hanged, the laws of the Territory permitting him the ghastly choice between these methods of making his exit. A curious decision has been rendered b y the Supreme Court of Missouri, awarding a new trial to \ convicted murderer, not from any doubt of his guilt, but because he was manacled in court on account of his making a violent assault in the court-room on the husband of the woman for whose murder he was condemned. The people of Newton county are still in frepedation at the visits of Charles and PM. Kelly to that county. They made a visit to Covington a few nights since, and the editor of the Enterprise calls lustily on Gov. Smith for protection. The reward of SSOO don’t seem to be much inducement to the citizens of that county to tackle the Kelly boys. An exchange says a Wisconsin trader dis covered two men. disguised with veils, rob bing his store one night recently, and went for them with a revolver. The rogues fled and he followed, firing as he went, but the thieves apparently escaped. The next morn ing a man was found dead in the road with a veil over his face, and he proved to be the trader’s brother-in-law. There are some few Americans who think they are “doing the genteel thing” by doing nothing; or who, if they must work on an emergency, are ashamed of it. But sueh people, fancying that they are imitating “for eign airs,” are only adopting a spurious “gen tility,” which is despised and ridiculed. No matter what nominal rank, by birth or pre ferment, people may hold, those who make their mark in the world are neither ashamed nor afraid to labor. The leading men in Europe to-day, D’israeli, Gladstone. Bismarck, Thiers and others are among the hardest worked men alive. If they had not been they would not have achieved their greatness. In our own country the same remark holds true. Given an idler, and you have a use less, and sometimes & dangerous person. NUMBER 44.