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0. HI NT. M. I>. J. H. PENDERGRASS, M. D.
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U Having formed :i partnership for the pur
ue of practicing medicine in all the various
rrv’hes of the profession, respectfully tender
i'irservices to the citizens of the town and sur
ma di.g community. Odice one door North ol
•i!t-rgrass A Hancock’s. july2l)
mi. c. kToiles’’"
I'UTKUS his professional services to the citizens
'/•->!'.Jefferson and vicinity. Can be found at
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J. FLO VI), I J. U. SI UMAX.
Covington, (la. j Jefferson, (la.
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Will practice together in the Superior Courts ot
v units of Jackson and Walton.
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actives in all the Courts, State and Federal.
Prompt and thorough attention given to all
Ms of legal business in Jackson ami adjoining
'ftnties. June 12, 18715
'ILHY C. HOWARD. ROB*T S. HOWARD.
{J<m ilSs> A- eiOWAKI),
U ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Jefferson. Oa.
"ill practice together in all the Courts of Jaek-
I--a and adjacent counties, except the Court of
niiuary of Jackson county. Sept Ist ’7f
STANLEY & PINSON,
JEFFERSOX, GA.,
DEALERS in I)rv Goods and Family Groce
ries. New supplies constantly received.
I t'bap for Cash. Call and examine their stock.
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SURGEON DENTIST.
Harmony Grove, Jackson Cos., Ga.
July 10th. IS7J. Gm
Voticel
, To all whom it may concern — Grcctinq:
are hereby notified that, after the publica
-1 "1 this notice for thirty days, an order will be
- wted making certain changes in the Athens and
Wiwsville road, if no valid objection is made to
contrary. WM. SEYMOUR,
W. J. lIAYNIE, Sr.,
W. G. STEED.
Connn’rs of Roads and Revenue J. C.
r. P. TALHADGE,
DEALER IN
AMERICAN AND IMPORTED WATCHES,
CLOCKS, JE WE Lit Y, SIL VEli $■ PLATED WARE,
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, GUNS, PISTOLS, CARTRIDGES, &C.
WATCHES, CLOCKS AND JEWELRY REP AIRED
In a neat and workmanlike manner, and warranted to give entire satisfaction.
Ornamental and Plain letter Engraving a Npee ially.
LOCATION —College Avenue, one door from the Bookstore Corner, ATHENS. GA.
April Ist, 1876 ly
THE FOREST NEWS.
The People their own Rulers; Advancement In Education, Science, Agriculture and Southern Manufactures.
aletc Jidpcrtisemetik
REMINGTON
Sewing Machines—Fire-Arms—
Agricultural Implements.
f TMIE Remington Sewing Machine has sprung
rapidly into favor as possessing the best com
bination of good qualities, namely : Light running
—smooth—noiseless—rapid— durable—with per
fect lock stitch.
It is a Shuttle Machine with automatic drop
feed. Design beautiful and construction the very
best.
The Remington Sewing Machine has received
premiums at many Fairs throughout the United
States, and without effort took the grand Medal
of Progress—the highest order of Medal that was
awarded at the late Vienna Exposition.
Ihe Remington Works also manufacture the
new Double-Barrelled Breech-Loading Shot-Gun,
snap and positive action, with patent joint check,
a marvel of beauty, finish and cheapness—and the
celebrated Remington Rides—adopted by nine
different Governments—and renowned throughout
the world for Military, Hunting and Target pur
poses ; all kinds of Pistols, Rifle Canes, Metallic
Cartridges. &c.
Agricultural Implements. —lmproved Mowing
Machines. Steel Plows, Steel Hoes, Shovels, Cul
tivators. Road Scrapers. Patent Excavators, Hay
Tedders, Cotton Gins. Iron Bridges. & c. Good
Agents wanted. Send for circulars.
E. REMINGTON & SONS.
dcc3o Ilion, N. Y.
PIMPLES.
1 will mail (free) the recipe for preparing a sim
ple \ kgktable Balm that will remove Tan,
Freckles. FimpUs and Blotches, leaving the skin
soft, clear and beautiful ; also instructions for pro
ducing a luxuriant growth of hair on a bald head
or smooth face. Address Ben. Vandelf & Cos.,
Box 5121, No. 5 Wooster St., N. Y.
TO CONSUMPTIVES.
The advertiser, having been permanently cured
of that dread disease, Consumption, by a simple
remedy, is anxious to make known to his fellow
sufferers the means of cure. To all who desire it,
he will send a copy of the prescription used (free
of charge), with the directions for preparing and
using the same, which they will find a sure cure
for Consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis. &c.
Parties wishing the prescription will please ad
dress, Rev. E. A. WILSON,
194 Penn St., Williamsburgh, New York.
Errors ol* Youth.
A GENTLEMAN who suffered for years from
Nervous Debility. Premature Decay, and all
the effects of youthful indiscretion will, for the
sake of suffering humanity, send free to all who
need it. the recipe and direction for making the
simple remedy by which he was cured. Sufferers
wishing to profit by the advertiser's experience
can do so by addressing in perfect confidence,
JOHN B. OGDEN,
dec3tl 42 Cedar St.. N Y.
Fall and Winter
STOCK OF
Millinery and Fancy Goods!
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MRS 4T. A. ASAAVIS
VNNOI NCES to the public that she is now re
ceiving a large and varied stock of Ladies'
Bonnets. Hats. Laces. Ribbons. Trimmings. Ac.,
which she is offering at low prices. Call, exam
ine and he convinced. Next door to the Bank of
the University, Athens, Ga. Oct 1
Jackson County.
Superior Court. Aug. Term , 1870. Present , the
Hon. Geo. I). Pice. Judge of said Court.
JAMES D. MATTHEWS \ Petition and Rule Ni
vs. J- Si to Foreclose
S. D. MITCHELL. J Mortgage.
It appearing to the Court, by the petition of
James l). Matthews (accompanied by the note and
mortgage deed), that on the twenty-seventh day
of January, A. I)., 1876, the defendant made and
delivered to the Bank of the University his pro
misory note, which was subscribed by the plain
till' as surety, bearing date the day and year afore
siiid. whereby the defendant promised,
after the date thereof, to pay to the order of A.
P. Hearing, Cashier, twenty-tivo hundred and
twenty-seven dollars and seventy-seven cents, for
value received, with interest at the rate of twelve
per cent., if not paid at maturity. And that af
terwards, on the tenth day of February, in the
year eighteen hundred and seventy-six. the better
to secure the payment of said note, and any note
or notes given in renewal of the same, or any part
thereof, for thirty days, or any longer time, and
to indemnify the said Matthews, the plaintiff here
in, for all loss which he may sustain by reason of
his subscribing said note as surety, or any renewal
or renewals thereof, the defendant made and de
livered to the plaintilf his certain deed of mortgage,
conveying to the plaintiff a certain tract of land,
situate lying and being in the county of Jackson,
;n said state, containing eleven hundred acres,
more or less, hounded on the North by the Gaines
ville road and the lands of M. Garner, Thompson
and Oliver, on the West by the Oconee river, on
the South by the Lawrenccville road and the lands
of Hawkins and Peter McLester, eoi’d. and on the
East by the lands of Williamson and Bailey ; said
tract being known as the Giles Mitchell place ; was
owned by said Giles at the time of his death, and
the said defendant acquired title to the same hv a
division of the estate of said Giles under his will.
And it further appearing that the said defendant,
the principal maker of said note, has failed and re
fused to pay the same, and that the plaintilf, the
surety thereon, has paid off the same in full, and
that tlie defendant has not indemnified him for said
loss, or any part thereof; it is, therefore, ordered.
That the said defendant do pay into Court on or
before the first day of the next term thereof, the
principal, interest and costs due on said note, or
show cause to the contrary, if any he can ; and
that on failure of the defendant so to do, the equity
of redemption in and to said mortgaged premises
be forever thereafter barred and foreclosed. And
it is further ordered. That this Rule he published
in The Forest News, a gazette published in th
town of Jefferson, in said county of Jackson, once
a month for four months previous to the next term
of this Court, or served on the defendant, or his
special agent or attorney, at least three months
previous to the next tern: of this Court.
POPE BARROW, PPtTs AtCy.
Granted :
GEORGE D. RICE. Judge S. C.
A true extract from the minutes of Jackson Su
perior Court, August Term. 1876.
oct23 T. H. NIBLACK, Clerk.
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JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., SATURDAY, JAN’Y 6, 1877.
SELECT MISCELLANY.
Dyspepsia from Hot Bread.
Gen. Clingman, writing to the North Caro
lina Agricultural Journal , tells some truths
and offers suggestions about the causes and
results of dyspepsia and indigestion—with
especial reference to hot, doughy bread—
which will apply to all parts of the country.
Read, digest and heed :
“ It has been said that the frying-pan is the
great enemy to our people. There can be no
doubt but that it has slain its thousands; but
bad bread is the slayer of tens of thousands.
While traveling in Europe for eight months.
I saw nothing but cold bread, nor did I, while
there, see or hear anything that tended to in
duce me to believe that anybody in Europe
had even eaten a piece of hot bread. I in
variably, however, found the bread good, and
the people I saw appeared healthy and robust.
Some, as the English and Germans, were es
pecially so.
“With respect to the United States, the
condition of t hings may be more strikingly
and pointedly presented by references to in
dividual cases. Many years since, I stopped
at the house of an acquaintance, and on see
ing him, I said : ‘You are not looking as
well a9 usual.* ‘ No, no,’ he replied, ‘ I have
the dyspepsia powerfully bad.’ When dinner
was ready, there was an abundant supply of
meats and well-baked corn bread. There
was also, however, something called biscuit,
which was in fact rather warm dough, with
much grease in it. I saw that my host ate
this freely with his meats. I remarked that
I did not wonder that he had dyspepsia, for
that I could not live a month in this way. I
suggested that if he would eat well-baked
corn bread, or better still, light bread, lie
would not suffer as he was doing. He an
swered vehemently * that he would rather die
than eat light bread.’ I replied, ‘ This is a
free country and you have a right to die in
this model if you choose, and I have no doubt
but that, you will soon die.’ I then referred
to eases in which I had known people to die
from such practices. My cool mode of dis
cussing the question evidently made an im
pression on his wife. Next summer, on meet
ing him I said, ‘You are looking much bet
ter.’ ‘ Yes.’ lie replied, bursting into a hearty
laugh ; ‘ I followed your advice, and took to
eating light: hread. and I am as well as I ever
was in my life.’
“ I am inclined to think that within ten
rears, as many persons have died prematurely
in this State from bad cookery as were slain
in the war. Dyspepsia is robbed of much of
the credit of its operations. A certain indi
vidual, more remarkably for the length of his
horns and tail than for his friendship for hu
munity, is said always to catch the hindmost.
His agents act on this principle. Diseases
are cowardly things and avoid attacking ro
bust or vigorous constitutions, but when they
find a poor devil enfeebled by dyspepsia, act
ing on the principle that when a man is down,
then is the time to gouge him, thej r pounce
upon the disabled creature and soon finish
him. It thus happens cholera, consumption,
or their co-laborers, carry off the credit that
is due to indigestion.”
That Wonderful Invention, the Telephone.
An experiment was made recently with the
new telephone, invented by Professor A. Gra
ham Bell, on the telegraph line used by the
Eastern railroad company between Boston
and Salem. Professor 3ell was assisted by
Mr. Wright and Mr. Nutting, telegraph ope
rator at the Boston end, and by Mr. Thomas
A. Watson, an associate of Professor Bell,
assisted by Miss Webb as operator at the
Salem end. There were present at the Bos
ton end, as witnesses of the experiment, the
President of the Eastern Railroad, General
A. P. Rockwell, with his wife, Miss Stearns,
Mr. Morrison and Mr. East is Hubbard. A
battery for the occasion was kindly supplied
by the manager of the Western Union Tele
graph Company. Conversation was carried
on with Mr. Watson at Salem, by all those
present, in turn, without the slightest diffi
culty, even the voices of the speakers being
easily recognized. Whispering was found to
be perfectly audible, but was unintelligible.
After a time, instead of grounding the wire
at Salem, it was connected with North Con
way, a distance of one hundred and forty
three miles from Boston, thus leaving Salem
as a way station. After this change had been
made there was a slight diminution in the
loudness of the tones, but no difficulty was
experienced in carrying on conversation.—
Another change was made, whereby the elec
trical current was sent to Portland, and back
by another line to Salem, thus making Salem
a terminal station at the end of nearly two
hundred miles of wire. The result of this
change was that the tones of the speakers
could be heard, but so faintty as to be unin
telligible. With electro-magnets of a higher
resistance, Professor Bell is confident that
the sounds would have been perfectly intel
ligible, the magnets used it must be recollect
ed, being only intended for a twenty mile cir
cuit. The experiments were made Sunday,
from the fact that on other days the lines are
all engaged with their regular business.—
Bo fit on Advertiser.
Diphtheria.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE NEW YORK BOARD OF
IIEALTn ON ITS CAUSES AND PREVENTION.
“The origin of diphtheria,*’ says President
Chandler, of the New York Board of Health,
“is a mystery. Most physicians, I believe,
think that sewer gases started it. It is a
germ disease, like small pox, and is commu
nicable. It often seizes robust children who,
at the funeral of playmates, or in school or
church, are exposed to its direct influence.
“ The diphtheritic poison, impregnating the
air-passages of the patient, affects the entire
system. The air-passage impregnation speed
ily changes into inflammation, accompanied
by the formation of membrane. Fever next
follows. The poison begins to act as soon as
it falls u|>on the tissues of the air-passages,
but doesn’t sensibly affect the patient until
two to five days later. Then he feels great
prostration, his throat is dry, and he has
prickling pains in swallowing. The throat
reddens, white membrane appears in patches,
and the glands swell. In fatal cases the
fever increases, the throat inflammation
spreads, and general exhaustion follows.
“The diphtheritic poison clings long to
rooms, and may occasion death months after
ward. Diphtheria prefers, seemingly, chil
dren between one and ten; the average age
of its victims now is about two years. Nei
ther heat nor cold, rain nor drought, affect it.
Cleanliness and pure air everywhere in a
dwelling tend to avert and mitigate it.
“Where it exists, no child should lie per
mitted to kiss strange children, particularly
when they have sore throats, or even to play
with their toys. When any child in a family
has a sore throat, the other children should
be kept rigidly apart in dry, well ventilated
rooms. Every throat affection should be
properly treated. The sick child should be
watchfully nursed in a well-ventilated, sun lit
room.
“Men who live on Fifth avenue are aston
ished that their children die. It is not at all
marvelous; half of the houses there are not
fit to live in. One-half of their owners, lam
confident, have never been in their own cel
lars. They fill their drawing rooms with
satins and gilding, but give no heed to the
drain pipes. Often five dollars would have
saved a loved child’s life, if seasonably spent
in repairing a defective drain-pipe.
“ A few days ago I went into the cellar of
a great brown stone house. The current of
sewer gas. rushing directly up to the bed
rooms, put out my candle, and left me to
grope my way out in darkness.
“We have only one expert in plumbers’
work, and as the examination of a single
house takes an hour or two, he cannot accom
plish much. Men should look to their own
ptumbling for themselves.
“If the Board of Health had a hospTtal in
which children suffering with diphtheria could
be isolated, it would be the saving of many
lives.”
Ex-Convicts in the Pulpit.
A MAN WHO HAD GAGGED AND ROBBED A
BANKER BECOMES PASTOR.
About six years ago, two robbers lying in
wait in the ravine a short distance beyond
the Trabue residence, on the Murfreesboro
pike, accosted Mr. Dempsey Weaver, of the
Third National Bank, took him from his bug
gy, gagged and tied him, carried hini into a
dense thicket, robbed him of sls, and left him
to free himself as best he could. By despe
rate exertion he released himself. One of
the robbers was arrested and identified, and
subsequently the other was captured. While
under arrest, and before investigation, one of
them sent Mr. Weaver word through an at
torney that he had saved his life, as the other
robber wanted to kill Mr. Weaver, that he
might not live to confront them as an accuser.
Both men were, however, convicted and sen
tenced to ten or fifteen years’ imprisonment.
Some time after he was sent to the peni
tentiary. the one who claimed to have saved
Mr. Weaver’s life became a class leader in
the convict Sunday School, and seemed de
termined to lead a better life. Several influ
ential members of the Methodist church, who
had kept an eye upon him, became at length
convinced that he had reformed, and in 1874
applied for his pardon. Gov. Porter, how
ever, refused to pardon him that Christmas,
because the recommendation of Mr. Weaver
had not been obtained. Just before Christ
mas. 1875, friends of the reformed convict
applied to Mr. Weaver for his acquiescence
in the pardon of the man that Christmas.—
Mr. Weaver consented, and the convict early
that Christmas morning walked out of the
prison doors a free man. Going to Justice
Baskette’s office he told that gentleman he
desired to see Mr. Weaver for the purpose of
asking his forgiveness for the rough manner
in which he had treated him. and to return
the money of winch they had robbed him,
with interest. Mr. Weaver being sick at the
time, his son, Thomas S. Weaver, went to see
the convict, who made the same projxsition
he had made to Justice Baskette. But the
money was refused and nothing more was
heard of the man until a short time ago, when
it was ascertained that he had become a pas
tor of a church, and was leading a pious, use
ful life. It is said that this reformed convict
received his education at Bethany College,
and was really a man of much mental ca
pacity.
Another convict, who had participated in
the penitentiary Sunday School work, upon
leaving the penitentiary, was ordained a min
ister at Lebanon, and is now in charge of a
congregation out West.— Nashville American.
We increase our wealth when we lessen our
desires,
Pay the Preacher.
The year is nearly over. For fifty-two
Sundays our people have had opened to them
without charge three neatly furnished halls,
and twice each day a man of education, gift
and piety has devoted himself to their instruc
tion. They have devoted all the days of the
week to visiting the sick, the troubled and
the poor as well as seeing after the welfare of
those better to do. They have said no word
about pay. They have expected nothing
more than enough to provide them with ne
cessary things. Your wife and children, have
enjoyed and been benefited by their ministra
tions. They have done all they could to pro
tect your property. Have you paid them ?
You have given, yau say,slo, sls, or $25 for
such service as this, and you have paid five
times as much for the useless luxuries of life.
The churches you say ought to pay them.
Well, are not you. even though not a member,
connected with the church, does not your
wife, your son and daughter attend these
services ? You are a member in good stand
ing and have paid your part, you say, but all
these parts don’t pay the preacher ; and, if
not what docs pay him? Is it possible that
you let the poorest man in the church pay
the whole balance ? Can you pay ten, or
twenty dollars more easily than he can pay
two or three hundred ?
Suppose you decide to do without the Gos
pel ? You eerrainly don’t want what you
are not willing to pay for, and for six months
your sons have no where else to go than the
grog shops, your daughters in a Christian
land without Christian privileges—what then ?
Oh, pay the preacher! lie has earned his
pay ; he needs it. and if you don’t God will
collect it out of you some day. —LaGrange
Reporter.
The Place Where the Sun Jumps a Day.
Chatham Island, lying off the coast of New
Zealand, in the South Pacific Ocean, is pecu
liarly situated, as it is one of the few habitable
points of the globe where the day of the week
changes. It is just on the line of demarcation
between dates. There high twelve on Sunday
or Sunday noon ceases, and instantly Mon
day meridian begins. Sunday comes into a
man’s house on the east side, and becomes
Monday by the time it passes out the western
door. A man sits down to his noonday din
ner on Sunday and it is Monday noon before
he finishes it. There Saturday is Sunday
and Sunday is Monday, and Monday be
comes suddenly transferred into Tuesday.
It is a good place for people who have lost
much time, for by taking an early start they
can always get a day ahead on Chatham
Island. It took philosophers and geographers
a long time to settle where Sunday noon
ceased and Monday noon began, with a man
traveling west fifteen degrees an hour, or with
the sun. It is to be hoped that the next
English Arctic expedition will settle the oth
er mooted question : “Where will one stop
who travels northwest continually?”
Frozen Bits for Horses’ Mouths.
Let any one who has the care of a horse
these cold, frosty mornings deli be rate !j r grasp
in his hand a piece of iron ; indeed, let him
touch to it the tip of his tongue, and then let
him thrust the bit into the month of his horse,
if he has the heart to do it. The horse is an
animal of nervous organization, llis mouth
is formed of delicate glands and tissues. The
temperature of the blood is the same as in the
warmest part of the body. Imagine, we re
peat, the limitation that would be caused the
human, and consider that, if not to the same
degree, still the suffering to the animal is
very great. And it is not a momentary pain.
Food is eaten with difficulty, and the irritation
repeated day after day causes loss of appe
tite and loss of strength. Many a horse has
become worthless from no other cause than
this. Before India rubber bits were to be
had I myself used a bit covered with leather,
and on no account would have dispensed
with it in freezing weather. —Boston Herald.
On last Thursday Mr. C. Yates drove into
the factory yard just as the bell was tapped
for dinner, from which his horse took fright
and became unmanageable, and went at full
speed for the large gate, through which he
had just been driven, striking the left wheel
of the buggy against the post with such force
that Mr. Yates was thrown entirely through
the plank fence, knocking off four plank that
had been securely nailed on. and strange to
say none of his limbs were broken. —Quitman
Reporter.
“On last Sabbath when Dr. DeVotie arose
to dismiss his congregation he remarked, with
deep feeling: ‘We will have no service in
our church to-night, but will attend the fare
well sermon of our dear brother Davies at
the Methodist church. For two years our
associations have been pleasant. His pray
ers and attentions in my afflictions will nev
er be forgotten. Our labors of love together
will now be severed. It is sad. I request
all my congregation to attend the Methodist
church to-night.’ This is the spirit of Christ.”
—Griffin Press and Cultivator.
Sayings of President Grant complete: “I
propose to move immediately upon your
works.” “ Let us have peace.” “These an
nual autumnal outbreaks.” “Let no guilty
man escape if it can be avoided.” “No man
worthy of an office can afford to be counted
in.” “The party I represent.” “I)—n the
Supreme Conrt of South Carolina !”
S TERMS, $2.00 PER ANNUM.
( SIOO FOR SIX MONTHS.
GLEANINGS.
The average daily production of oil in Penn*
svlvania is between 27,000 and 28,000 bar
rels.
Some men don’t lie, but then they talk very
much like other people who make a little
truth go a great ways.
In the opinion of the Newark Journal, the
man who has the least respect for the Presi
dential office is the present incumbent.
A correspondent in the Newnan Herald
puts the matter in this light: “There it
much marrying going on, and we may expect
squally times for the year 1877.*’
The War Department at Washington has
forwarded one hundred and fifty rifles and ac
coutrements for the use of the students of the
Agricultural College at Dahlonega.
General Colquitt is represonted as being
overwhelmed with applications for office.—
W hat a time Uncle Sammy will have when
becomes into his kingdom !
In the opinion of the Worcester Gazette, a
powder magazine in which all the workmen
are smoking short pipes, is perhaps as good
a simile to describe the present political sit
uation as any other.
Mr. W. E. Jackson, President of the Au
gusta Cotton Factory, regards the outlook for
cotton manufacturing in Georgia as decidedly
more encouraging than it has been for one or
two years past.
The vote of Oregon was deposited by Mr.
Cronin with the President of the Senate (Fer
ry) on the 27th nit. He (Ferrv) gave no re
ceipt therefor, thus placing Oregon in the
•mme category as South Carolina, Florida and
Louisiana.
A negro eloped with and married a white
girl in Campbell county, Ky., and officers
were sent to arrest him. The negro shot two
of his pursuers, and tried to shoot his wife’*
father and brother. That night he was found
dead with six bullet wounds in his body.
The very latest and most ridiculous case
of the “ insanity plea"’ has occurred in San
P rancisco, where a member of a gang of pro
fessional bondsmen, indicted and tried for
furnishing “straw bail.” pleaded insanity as
a reason for signing a SI,OOO bond and swear
ing that he was worth $6,000.
After a delay of twenty odd years the Re
publicans of New Hampshire have reluctant
lv consented to abolish the religious test.
They have always permitted their Catholic
fellow citizens to pay a good share of the
taxes, but have held that they should not bo
permitted to hold* office.
A genuine reformer has arisen in Coweta
county, who says in the Newnan Herald: “I
see no sense in a tax collector making twelve
or thirteen hundred dollars a year out of the
hard earnings of the tax payers. I will do
the busihess of both offices for SBOO per year,
and then I will giye back to the county S2OO
of that and make more then than two hands
on the farm or two men behind the counter.”
M. Dubert, a French physician, in a paper
read before a scientific congress, attribute*
the mortality of voting children, in a great
measure, to the ignorance of mothers who feed
their children improperly, and to remedy this
he suggests that a short appendix containing
elementary precepts on feeding and rcariDg
infants should be printed at the end of prayer
books, missals, and religious books generallv.
According to an English authority, redness
of the nose in both sexes is produced by in
attention to the common rules for preserving
health. With men, the bottle is the predis
posing cause ; with women, and especially
the young, tight lacing. An unnatural pres
sure on the waist and chest obstructs the cir
culation. and causes stagnation of the blood
in that prominent and important featuro, the
nose. t
A curious instance of maternal affection
has been developed at Poitiers, France, where
a widow named Girault, who had re-married,
was proved to have strangled in succession
the three children, offspring of this second
union, so that the marriage portion of her
daughter by her first husband should not bo
impaired. The mother has been sentenced to
imprisonment for life at hard labor.
The Georgia Penitentiary contracts havo
been signed, sealed and delivered, and the
convicts provided for for twenty years. Joe.
E. Brow’n & Cos. constitute penitentiarj' No.
1 ; Grant, Alexander & Cos. No. 2; and jfg.
G. Lockett & Cos. No. 3. The number of con
victs under the control of Dr. Brown, the
principal keeper, is about eleven hundred and
fifteen.
A young English lady is engaged in mak
ing a cloak entirely of partridge feathers.
In it will be at least 10,000 feathers of differ
ent sizes, the lower portion of the cloak l>e
ing made of the tail feathers and then rang
ing up. The breast feathers come next, while
the variegated plumage around the neck of
the bird encircle the whole throat of the body.
It will require about 100 partridges to fill out
the regular course of feathers, which are
placed in layers similar to the way in which
they grow on the bird.
Ann Goodfellow, a widow, was tried at
Winchester, in England, not long since, for
the wilful murder of her newlv-born male
child, by placing it in a pot of boiling water
over a fire, where the police found it. Pris
oner admitted the concealment and attempt
to get rid of the child. The jury found her
guilty of coucealing the birth, and the judge
said it was the mo9t revolting case he had
ever tried or heard of, and sentenced her to
fifteen months’ imprisonment.
A convent in Canada, was recently burn
ed. At 9 :20 p. m., the whole structure wae
in flames. All the occupants were in bed,
ami the only thing that could be done was to
rush out of the building. Nuns and children
had only time to save themselves without
their clothes. It is believed that the fire
originated between the floors, but no one
could imagine the cause. There were forty
eight boarders in the convent. Thirteen per
sons are missing, all of whom it is believed,
perished in the flames.
NUMBER 30.