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nr THE JACKSON COUNTY ) PUBLISHING COMPANY. \ VOLUME I. %\t ffiffe. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY, ihc .fs*cl<xoit Count}' l*iil>li]iin<> Compnii}. jFFFERSOX, JACKSON COGA. FKICE, n. w. cor. public square, up-stairs. MALCOM STAFFORD, managing and business editor. terms OF SUBSCRIPTION. One copy 12 months $2.00 it' “ 6 “ 1.00 w “ 3 “ 50 tipfor every Club of Ten subscribers, an ex trfcopy of the paper will be given. Laws Relating to Newspaper Subscriptions and Arrearages. The following laws in regard to newspaper sub notions and arrearages have received the sanc •on and arc published as the decisions of the United States Supreme Court: 1 Subscribers who do not give express notice to the contrary, are considered wishing to continue their subscription. •) If subscribers order the discontinuance of their periodicals, the publishers may continue to tend them until all arrearages are paid. 3 If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their periodicals from the office to which they are di rected. they are held responsible until they have settled their bills and ordered them discontinued. 4. If subscribers move to other places without nOtifringpublishers, and the papers are sent to the former direction, they are held responsible. j The Courts have decyled that “refusing to take periodicals from the office, or removing and leaving them uncalled for is prim a facia evidence of intentional fraud.*’ 6. Any person who receives a newspaper and makes use of it, whether he has ordered it or not, is held in law to be a subscriber. If subscribers pay in advance, they are bound to give notice to the publisher, at the end of their time, if they do not wish to continue taking it; otherwise, the publisher is authorized to send it on; and the subscribers will be responsible until an express notice, with payment of all arrearages, is sent to the publisher. jWcssiniuif ifc Uusiucss (funk J.A. B. MAHAJFEY. W. K. M’CARTY. \IAHAFFEY & McCARTY, U A 1’ T 0 R KEYS A T LAW, Jefferson, Jackson Cos. Ga., Will practice any where for money. Prompt at tention given to all business entrusted to their rare. Patronage solicited. Oct3oly DR. (. R. GILES OFFERS his professional services to the citizens of JctfersSn and vicinity. Can be found at the late residence of Dr. IT. J. Long. Jan. 22. 187G—tf STANLEY & PINSON, JEFFERSON , GA ., DEALERS in Dry Goods and Family Groce ries. New supplies constantly received. Cheap for Cash. Call and examine their stock. June 19 ly Medical Notice. Dr. .1. O. IHWr ha\ ing located in Jeffer son for the purpose of practicing Medicine, respectfully tenders his services to the citizens of tin- town ami county in all the different branches the profession. After a flattering experience i nineteen years, he feels jnstified in saying that his prepared to successfully treat any curable 'tisease incident to our climate. He is, for the present, boarding with Judge John Simpkins, but rill move his family here soon. Office with Col. J. A. B. Mahatfey. BstTltcferencc can be seen in the office of T. 11. •’IBI.ACK, Esq., C. S.C. octlG "ILIA' C. HOWARD. ROB’T S. HOWARD. Jloward * iiow akd. 11 ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Jefferson, Ua. ill practice together in all the Courts of Jack ' adjacent counties, except the Court of unary of Jackson county. Sept Ist ’75 V A. WH.LI.4.HNOA WATCHMAKEIi AND JEWELER, , 1 Ur. \\ m. King’s Drug Store, Deupree Block, A: !‘ eos -< ; a. All work done in a superior manner, warranted to give satisfaction. Terms, posi- JulylO-Gm. I] *’• WOI'FORD, Attorney t Law, no ME It BANKS Co s., Ga. " 1 1 practice in all the adjoining Counties, and r T ° K°mpt attention to all business entrusted to fare * fri?* t'ollecting claims a specialty. J "ne 19th. 1875. ly J° t <*- OAKFA " harness maker, jefferson, ga. eu and good buggy aud wagon harness always ‘ 'arid. Repairing same, bridles, saddles, &c., L neon short notice, and cheap for cash. Jtnel2—i y ; j -FLOYD, I J. R. SILMAN, T t ovington. Ga. I Jefferson, Ga. '•>' l A SII.,IAV , f ATTORN BYS-AT-L AW. a 'H practice together in the Superior Courts of antics of .Jackson and Walton. ,i unci •) —ly \\ L 6*11411, Attorney sit Law, ,* . JEFFERSON, JACKSON CO., GA. p tu ' es ' n all the Courts, State and Federal, kin.' '"J 1 ai 'H thorough attention given to all '’A,. ! H'gal business in Jackson and adjoining June 12, 1875, tOA P or Hay at home. Samples rfV worth $1 free. Stinson A ortland. Maine. marll •'Um* an<l tcrms free. TRUE & CO.. Augusta, nc - marll F. P. TALMADGE, DEALER IN AMERICAN AND IMPORTED WATCHES, ''locks, jewelry, silver §■ plated ware, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, GUNS, PISTOLS, CARTRIDGES, &C. CLOCKS A.JSTJD JEWELRY’ REPAIRED In a neat and w orkmanlike manner, and warranted to give entire satisfaction. Orimineutiil and l*luin Letter*Engraving n*Speoinltj. AI ION— College Avenue, one door from the Bookstore Corner, ATHENS, GA. April Ist, 187 G ly THE FOREST NEWS. 1 lie People their own Rulers; Advancement in Education, Science, Agriculture and Southern Manufactures. Picture Gallery, Up-Statrs , between the Billy Thompson corner and Stanley <£• Pinson's. A. H. BROCK, T> ESPECTFULLY announces to the ladies and gentlemen of Jefferson and vicinity, that his Gallery is now open for the accomodation of all in w ant 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. fig SPRINGDALE NURSERIES, ATHENS, "W * HUDG-IN, Proprietor. HAS now ready for delivery a splendid lot of 1 ot-Grown Plants, suitable for Parlor or Con servatory dccwtia t ftt -New- Y ork price*; jfwim ery and Green House, corner Rock-Spring Avenue and Bobbin-Mill Street. marll tf THE REASON WHY ' J. H. HUGGINS Sells goods cheaper now, 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 - kinds of Crockery and Glass-ware , Lamps , Chandeliers. Farmers' Lanterns , Kerosene Oil.' at wholesale and retail; Family and Fancy Groceries , Dry Goods , Boots , Shoes , Hats, Saddles , Harness and Leather. And also a large stock of I.IAIE, both for build ing and fertilizing purposes, all very low for the C A SH. 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. Tf you want CROCK FRY and G LASS WARE, there’s the place to get it. If you want TOBACCO. FLOUR , BACON, LARD. SU GAR, COt FEE and MOLASSES, go there and you will find it. If you want LIME, for building or composting with fertilizers, go to J 11. HUGGINS’, No. 7, Broad St., Athens. the place. marlS TAX RETURNS For 1876. JN 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 agent is 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 lo all men. I leel. fellow-citizens, truly grateful to you for placing me in the position I now occupy. * T feel that the right arm which to-day bleaches on the gory field of Benton ville. North Carolina, w as lost in defense of the homes and ladies whom I now love and respect. I am. fellow-citizens, your obedient servant, GEORGE W. BROWN. T. R. J. C. Below will be found the list of my appointments for 1876. at which time and place I shall he pleased to have the tax-payers make their proper returns : Jelferson. Tuesday, April 4th ; Saturday. April 22d ; Tuesday, May 2d : Saturday. May fith. 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, and Monday and Tuesday, May Bth and Uth. 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 loth. Wilson's. Monday, April 17th, and Tuesday and Wednesday. May 10th and 17th. Miller's, Tuesday, April Uth. and Tuesday and W ednosday, April 18th and 19th. Human’s Store, Friday, April 21st. Appleby's, Monday, April 10th, and Thursday, April 20th. Randolph's Store, Saturday, April Sth, and Tuesday, April 25th. Thompson's Store. Monday. April 24th. House’s, Friday, April 7th. and Wednesday and Thursday, April 26th and 27th. Chandler's, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 6th. 2Sth and 29th. Saiitafee, Wednesday, April sth, and Thursday and Friday, May 4th and sth. Farmers will please come prepared to make returns of the quantity of ’“Crops produced*’ last year, and of the amount of land to he culti vated in the various “ Crops planted” for this year. marlS G. AY. BROAVN, T. It. of J. O. Ja cksoji . Mortgage Shel 'iff's Sale. VI7TLL be sold on the first Tuesday in May TT 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 aud 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, hounded as follows : On the East by the main street leading towards Gainesville, on the South by J E Randolph's home lot. on the AYest by a hack street on the North by J F. 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 R A Gowan house and lot. Levied on as the property of P F Lamar, Sr. by virtue of a mortgage fi fa issued from the Su perior Court of said county in favor of Thomas R Holder vs P F Lamar. Property pointed out in said mortgage fi fa. Notice served on P F Lamar, defendant, and C C Thompson, tenant in posses sion. as the law directs. marll (810) J. S. HUNTER, Sli ff. Job Printing at reasonable rates JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., SATURDAY. APRIL 22,1876. SELECT MISCELLANY. Brains as a Study. The student of comparative anatom}' may find in Munich rare facilities for his pursuit, and he can enjoy advantages for studying the human brain which exist nowhere else in the world. Some of the readers of the Courant may be interested in an unscientific word or two about what I saw the other day at the Institution for the Insane. The Director, Herr Professor Bernhardt Guddin, invented some years ago a method of minute ly examining the brain, which I believe is new, and a machine for facilitating the oper ation which is original. By means of his process the structure of the brain is studied at leisure and more thorougljy than it has ever been before. The process is this: Y\ hen the brain is taken from the head entire, it is submitted to a process which hardens it. This is accomplished by soaking it in a solution of bichromite of potash. It requires two years to give the brain of a man the re quisite solidity; the smaller brain of an inferior animal will harden in three months. The mass is then imbedded in wax and fitted into a circular basin having a screw under neath by which the brain can be raised or lowered. The screw is turned so as to bring the substance just above the rim of the basin, and a long razor-like knife, resting upon the rim, is drawn over it, slicing off a paring from the brain, thin or thick, as the anato mist wishes. The operation is repeated until the brain—sliced, let us say, vertically, from the front to the back—is separated into a series of thin plates of laminae. These lami me are then put up in Venetian varnish, be tween glass, labelled and numbered in the order they are cut off, and they are ready for examination under the microscope. The substance first, however, is a little tinged with vermillion, in order to render the trans lucent, thin laminae visible. The color, how ever, does not at all obliterate the distinction between the gray and the white substance of the brain. In the room where I saw this process were brains in all the stages, brains of men, of dogs, oxen, rabbits, doves, etc.— jars full of them, like some new and unpleas ant sort of pickle. And about the room were cases with shelves, and boxes, filled with brains, sliced, dried and put away for examination. Standing together in one cor ner were a dozen boxes, a foot and a half long and six inches square, fitted with a slide and filled with the glass containing the laminae. ‘‘llow many brains,*’ I asked, “are con tained in those boxes.” “Oh,” replied the Professor, “onl} T one, only the brain of one man ; but it has been sliced into 700 plates. But we cut the brains of animals thinner. There in that case is the brain of a dog ; it is 1,100 plates.” You will understand bv this the facility a student would have for examining the struc ture of the brain. Beginning at the front, let us say, he can trace, with a perfect cer tainty, back to the base of the brain and spinal column every nerve, every tissue, every minutest fibre. He cannot only learn the origin of all, but the direction of each. Without necessity of enlarging upon it. you will see how completely this process lays the brain open to study, and study that may be pursued months or years on the same brain. Of course, brains are sliced in any direction, longitudinally as well as transversely, and horizontally as well as vertically. These admirable preparations have been, as yet, very little studied, but they will no doul>t yield valuable results. The experiments with animals consist in removing the whole or part of the brain from the living creature when it is in extreme youth, and then observ ing the result in maturity. Take, for in stance a god. A portion of the puppy’s brian is cut out. He is then allowed to grow up, and at the end of the year he is killed and his brain is prepared in the manner I have described. Take out a quarter of a dog’s brain, or even one entire lobe, and he does not mind it much ; there is probably unusual activity in the half remaining. If more than half of both lobes (from the front) is removed, the brain even grows a little again, and the animal performs his ordinary functions. If all the brain is taken, the dog lives, but he is little better than an idiot; his food must be put into his mouth, he can direct his steps with no certainty, and his eyes see without recognition. —Hartford Courant. Household Altars. It is a sad fact that in many households, nominally Christian, there is no family altar and no household recognition of God. The Bible is an unopened book, and there is no open acknowledgement of allegiance to God, the Father in heaven. A godless, prayerless household is a terrible spectacle, especially when there is an outward profession of better things. The evils are magnified manifold where there are young children. AYhat can compensate for the sweet and tender influ ences of well-conducted family worship on the minds and hearts of the little ones ? Pa rents who omit it not only provoke the wrath of the Lord, but neglect the best and most natural means of religious education, and thus put in fearful jeopardy the souls of their children. It was not an idle superstition that bade the simple-minded, devout Nor wegian girl to flee from the house where she had engaged service, because there were no “prayers in the house.*’ A prayerless soul is a fearful anomaly. But a home where children are born and nurtured and reared — where loved ones sicken and suffer and die— where, in the eyes of the children, the father should be the type of the “All Father in hea ven,” and the mother the ideal of all that is tender and affectionate and devout—where all precious memories should be garnered by hidden treasures, and where all holy and pure influences and associations should per vade the very air—with no open Bible and no voice of song, prayer or praise—what shall we say of that home ? One can hardly conceive it possible that such a home could exist in a Christian land. No wonder that the curse of the Lord hangs in dark relief over the families that call not on His name. The late A. T. Stewart gave employment to seven thousand persons. Judge Guild’s Charge to the Grand Jury. M e give below an extract from the charge of his honor. Judge Guild, to the grand jury of the preseut term of the circuit court: I come now to charge you upon a high misdemeanor which is so common in the land, and which it is now your high duty to notice, and bring the offenders to justice, whosoever they may be. I allude to the vicious habit of carrying about the person concealed weap ons. More than half the homicides which occur grow out of this debased practice. \\ hen I was a boy, the “bullies” of one creek would meet those of another creek upon the muster ground, a ring would be formed, and a fair fight was (fed ; no concealed weapon was drawn and a citizen slain: all their muscles were brought into play, which ended in a knock-down and an occasional bite—no one slain. But, now, the desperado, with his pistols buckled around him, seeks his victim, insults an unarmed man sensitive of his honor, and if he make an effort to repel the insult, the pistol is drawn, anew grave is made and a helpless widow and orphans are left to mourn the loss of husband and father. This evil practice is one of the off shoots of laziness, and indisposition to pur sue some virtuous and laudable employment which will always secure a reasonable living and bring home to a young man an honest reputation. Whenever young men depart from this laudable course, put on and wear broad-cloth, silks, kid-gloves and “prunellas,” attend upon gambling houses and saloons and idle away their precious time, they are sure to fall into vicious habits : such charac ters as those who loiter about whisky shops and attend regularly upon gambling hells, think themselves disgraced if they have never “killed their man,” so they arm them selves with the deadly pistol and seek an occasion in which to use it, that they may be lionized by the gentler sex, thinking it will give them position or caste with them, who in every age have appreciated bravery—but the bravery displayed by men should be courage exhibited in defense of their country and not the bully ism of the murderer. We are fallen upon evil times—carrying pistols —dress and parade—giving entertainments attended with the extraordinary expenditures, such as no honest calling can afford. Too much extravagance and too little work are the fruitful causes of most of the evils of our time. Genuine mirth and virtue are under going a decay ; in the cities especially, they are stifled and becoming extinct. In this train of vicious habits is this disreputable practice of carrying concealed weapons. The juries of the country and a virtuous public sentiment should banish this habit from the land as they have driven dueling and the bowie knife beyond the borders of civiliza tion . — Exchange. Legal Holidays. TIIE LAST ACT OF TIIE LEGISLATURE IX REF- F.RENCE TO TIIE MATTER. The following act in reference to legal hol idays was passed by the Legislature at its recent session : An act to be entitled an act to altar and amend an act entitled an act to designate the holidays to he observed in the accept ance and payment of hills of exchange, bank checks and promissory notes, ap proved February 23, 1875, and when pro test and notice to endorsers is necessary, and days of grace shall be allowed, and for other purposes therein named. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That from and after the passage of this Act, the second and third sections of the above recited act are hereby repealed and the following substi tuted in their place and stead, to-wit: That whenever the first day of January, the twen ty-second of February, the twenty-sixth day of April, the fourth day of July, or the twenty fifth day of December shall fall upon Sunday, the Monday next following shall he deemed a public holiday, and papers due on such Sunday shall be payable on the Saturday next preceding, and papers which would oth erwise be payable on said Monday shall be payable on the Tuesday next thereafter. Section 2. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever either of the above named days shall fall on Saturday, the papers due on the Sunday following shall be payable on the Monday next succeeding. Section 3. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever either of the above named days shall fall on Monday, the papery which would otherwise be payable on that day, shall be payable on the Tuesday next succeeding. Section 4. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall not be ne cessary to protest, as now required bylaw, in order to bind endorsers, except in the follow ing cases, to wit: 1. When a paper is made payable on its face at a bank or banker's office. 2. AAUien it is discounted at a bank or banker’s office. 3. A\ T hen it is left at a bank or banker’s office for collection, and in all such cases days of grace shall he allowed. Section 5. Repeals conflicting laws. Make the Boys Learn to Swim. Capt. Webb, the great swimmer, writes in Cassell's Family Magazine: “It is the duty of ever}’ parent to insist on his son’s learning to swim. To teach a very young child to swim, the best place is a large puddle in the sand, at low tide. The child, like a puppy, will begin by paddling. If you throw a cork into the water you will see the puppy run in up to its depth and give a short bark ; and the chances are. especially if there is a grown up dog that can swim to set him an example, that in a day or two he will take his plunge of his own accord, and very proud he will be of his first success ; only here again, don’t overdo it. As soon as the puppy has been in, walk away, and call him, and he will be more anxious to go into the water another time. Now, treat your child like your pup py. Entice him to go in, and if you can get some older child who can swim to go in with him all the better, but let the child do just as he likes. Get two children to play at splashing one another; they will enjoy the fun, and gradually getting excited, will ven ture deeper and deeper.” Every family ought to have a newspaper. Our Minister’s Sermon. The minister said last night, says he, “ Don't be afraid of givin*; Tf your life ain’t worth nothin’ to other folks. Why, what's the use of livin'?’’ And that’s what T say to my wife, says I, There’s Brown, the mis'rable sinner. He’d sooner a beggar would starve than give A cent towards buyin' a dinner. I tell you our minister is prime, he is. But 1 couldn’t quite determine. M hen I heard him a givin’ it right and left, Just who was hit by his sermon. Of course there couldn’t he no mistake M hen he talked of long-winded prayin’ For Peters and Johnson they sot and scowled. At every word he was savin'. And the minister he went on to say, There's various kinds of cheatin'. And religion's as good for every day As it is to bring to lneetin’. I don't think much of the man that gives The loud amens at my preachin’. And spends his time the udlowin’ week In cheatin' and overreachin'.” I guess that dose was hitter enough For a man like Jones to swallow ; But I noticed he didn’t open his mouth. Not once, after that, to holler; Hurrah, says I. for the minister— Of course I said it quiet— Give us some more of this open talk, It's very refreshin’ diet. The minister hit ’em every time. And when lie spoke of fashion. And riggin’s out in hows and things, As woman's rulin’ passion, And coming to church to see the styles, 1 couldn't help si-winkin' And a-nudgin’ my wife.and says I. “That's you,” And I guess it sot her thinkin’. Says 1 to myself, that sermon's pat. But man is a queer creation. And I’m much afraid that most of the folks Won't take the application. Now, if he had said a word about My personal mode of sinnin’. I'd have gone to work to right myself, And not set there a-grinnin'. Just then the minister says, says lie. “And now I’ve come to the fellers Who'vc lost this shower by usin’ their friends Asa sort o' moral umbrellas, Go home,” says he, “and find your faults, Instead of huntin’ your brothers, Go home,” says he, “ and wear the coats You tried to fit for others.” My wife she nudged, and Brown he winked, And there was lots o’ smilin’, And lots o' lookin’ at our pew, It spt my blood a-bilin’. Says I to myself, our minister Is gettin’ a little hitter. I’ll tell him. when the meetin's out, that I Ain’t at all that kind of a critter. Xew JTaren Register. A Glimpse of General Washington. One other scene may properly be added to this brief recoxl of the struggle and triumph of old New Yo - k. There came a sunshiny day in April 1789. when George Washington, president elect of the United States by the unanimous voice of the people, stood on the balcony in fro it of the senate chamber in the old Federal ha’l on Wall street, to take the oath of office. An immense multitude filled the streets and the windows and roofs of the adjoining houses. Clad in dark brown cloth, of American mimifacture, with hair powder ed, and with white silk stockings, silver shoe buckles and steel-hilted dress sword, the hero who had led the colonies to their inde pendence came modestly forward to take up the burdens that peace had brought. Pro found silence fell upon the multitude as Washington responded solemnly ‘I swear— so help me God.’ Then, amid cheers, the display of flags, and the ringing of all the bells in the city, our first president turned to face the duties his countrymen had imposed upon him. In sight of those who would have made an idol of him, Washington’s first act was to seek the aid of other aid than his own. In the calm sunshine of that April afternoon, fragrant with the presence of seed-time and the prom ise of harvest, we leave him on his knees in old St. Paul's, bowed with the simplicity of a child at the feet of the Supreme Ruler of the universe.— Scribner. The Fire that Old Nick Built. We find in an exchange the following cap ital imitation of the style of the “ house that Jack built.” and wish it might become a household favorite : Intemperance—This is the fire that old Nick built. Moderate drinking—This is the fuel that feeds the fire that old Nick built. Rum-selling—This is the axe that cuts the wood that feeds the fire that old Nick built. Love of Money—This is the stone that grinds the axe that cuts the wood that feeds the fire that old Nick built. Public Opinion—This is the sledge with its face of steel that batters the stone that grinds the axe that cuts the wood that feeds the fire that old Nick built. A Temperance Meeting—This is one of the blows that we quietly deal to fathom the sledge with its edge of steel that batters the stone that grinds the axe that cuts the wood that feeds the fire that old Nick built. Eternal Truth—This is the spirit so gentle and still that nerves the smith to work with a will to give the force to the blows that we quietly deal to fathom the sledge with its face of steel that batters the stone that grinds the axe that cuts the wood that feeds the fire that old Nick built. That was a shrewd girl, and not devoid of sense either, who remarked, when other girls were making fun of her short skirts, and af fected to be shocked at the exhibition there of at a party : “If you’d only pull up your dresses about your neck, where they ought to be, they’d be as short as mine !** She was not troubled any more. One friend to another, who has just return ed from a trip abroad : “ Did you enjoy your European tour ?” “ Very much indeed !” “ Did you call on any of the big ones?” “Yes; I called on two queens one evening.” “ Called on two queens ! Was it a pleasant affair ?” “No, not very ; for after I called I found the other chap had three kings.” “ After all,” said a keen old Democrat, the other day, “ the candidates of the Democratic party is narrowing clown to Bayard.” s TERMS, $2,00 PER ANNUM, l SI.OO FOR SIX MONTHS. The Borrower. Mr. Butterwick called in to see me the oth er day. and in the course of the conversation, he said : “I am going to move. 1 can't stand those Thompsons, next door to me, any longer.— They're the awfullest people to borrow things that I ever saw. Coffee and sugar, and but' ter. and flour. I don't mind so much, although when a woman borrows high price sugar and Java coffee and sends back sand and chickory, a man naturally feels billions and mad. But they've borrowed pretty nigh everything in the house. First it’s one thing and then it’s another, from morning till night, right straight along. Now. there's the poker. A poker®* piece of machinery that you’d think anybody might go around and buy. or if they couldn’t afford it they might use a fence paling to shake up the fire. But Mrs. Thompson seems to hanker after our poker. She borrows it fifteen or twenty times a day : and last Satur day she sent for it thirty-four times. She pays a boy two dollars a week to run over and borrow that poker; and she's Used it so‘ much that it’s all bent up like a corkscrew. “Now take chairs for instance. She asks us to lend our chairs three times a day. at every meal; and she borrows the rocking chair whenever she wants to rock the baby to sleep. A couple of times she sent over for a sofa, and when the boy came back with it he said Mrs. Thompson was mad as thunder, and kept growling around the house all day be cause there were no castors on it. Last Mon day she borrowed our wash-boiler, and we had to put off our washing until Tuesday. She did her preserving in it, and the consequence was all our clothes were full of preserved peaches. I’ve got on an undershirt now that I'm mighty doubtful if I’ll ever get off, it's stuck to me so tight. Every now and then she has company, and then she borrows our hired girl and all the parlor furniture; once, because I wouldn't carry the piano over for her and take down the chandelier, she told our girl that there were rumors about town that I was a reformed pirate. “ Perfectly scandalous ! They think noth ing of sending over after a couple of bed steads or the entry carpet; and the other day Thompson says to me: “Butterwick, does your pump-log pull up easy?” And when I said I thought maybe it did, he said. “Well, I'd like to borrow it for a few days till I can get one. for mine is all rotted away.” The only wonder to me is that he didn’t try to borrow the well along with it. “And then on Thursday, Mrs. Thompson sent that boy over to know if Mrs. Butter wick wouldn’t lend her our front door. She said their's was away being painted, and she was afraid the baby would catch cold. When I asked him what he supposed we were going to do to keep comfortable without any front door, he said Mrs. Thompson said she reckon ed we might tack up a bed-quilt or something. And when I refused, the boy said Mrs. Thompson told him if I would not send over the front door to ask Mrs. Butterwick to lend her a pair of striped stockings and a horse hair bustle, and to borrow the coal scuttle till Monday. What in the name of Moses she is going to do with a coal scuttle and bustle, I can’t conceive. “ But they are the most extraordinary peo ple ! Last Fourth of July, was it? Yes— last Fourth of July the boy came over and told Mrs. Bntterwick that Mrs. Thompson would be much obliged if she would lend her the twins for a few minutes—said Mrs. Thomp son wanted ’em to suck off anew bottle top. because it made her baby sick to taste new India rubber! Cheeky, wasn’t it ? but that’s her wav. Why, I’ve known her to take off our Johnny’s pants when he’s been over there with her children, and send him home bare legged to tell his mother that she'd borrowed ’em for a pattern. And on Thompson’s birth day she said her house was so small for a party that if we’d lend her ours we might come in the evening and dance with the com pany if we wouldn't let on that she lived there! Yes, sir; I’m going to move. I’d rather live next door to a lunatic asylum, and have maniacs pouring red hot shot over the fence every hour in the day. Indeed I would.” —Max Actelcr. The record of the running races in the United States in 1875, with the value of the stakes, is quite respectable when standing by itself, or even when compared with the re cord of English racing seasons of 1875, but it is dwarfed when placed alongside of the trotting and pacing record of the United States during the same period. The number of running races in the United States in 1875 was 880; in England, something less than 2,000. The number of trotting and pacing races which took place in the United States and Canada in 1875, of which there is record, wms 3,304. The purse and stakes in the run ning races in the United States amounted to •about $400,000; in the trotting and pacing races in the United States and Canada they amounted to $1,418,791, and the nninber of horses engaged was upwards of 5,400. Nine ty per cent, of the horses engaged were capa ble of trotting in 3 :40 or better. This state ment of itself shows what wonderful improve ment has been made in the trotting horse within the past t wenty years. Runninghorses are scarcely any better now than they were a score of } ? ears ago; hot the trotter has de veloped remarkably. The colored Methodist Episcopal church in America has now four Bishops and a member ship of 200,000 in the Southern and Western States. “ The Lost —A magnificent picture 14 x 18 inches in size, beautiful in design and ar tistic in execution. It represents a confederate soldier after the war returning to his home, which he finds lonely and desolate. In front of the ruined cottage, telling a sad tale of the miseries of war. are two graves with rude crosses, on one of which some friendly hand has hung a garland. To the right the calm river and the rising moon indicate peace and rest. The stars, seen through the trees, represent the Southern Cross. It is a picture that will touch every Southern heart, and should find a place in every Southern home. One copy sent by mail, mounted on a roller and post paid, on receipt of 25 cents, or three for 60 cents. Address John Burrow & Cos., Bristol, Tenn. Agents wanted everywhere to sell our sheap and popular pictures. $5 to $lO per day easily made. No money required until pictures are sold. Send stamp for catalogue and terms. April-S-St. NUMBER 46.