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! .luttkswu County.
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Whereas. K. 11. and S. P. Camp, Administrator
ami Administratrix of It. I’. Carithers, lateofsaid
i .mutv. deceased, tenders their resignation of said
I trust.aml suggests the name of Hugh A. Carith
,TS 0 f Walton county, in said State, as a suitable
person to take the Administration of said estate,
who signifies his willingness to accept the same—
This is. therefore, to cite all concerned, the next
f kin, to show cause, if any they can, at the reg
ular term of the Court of Ordinary of said county,
■ outlie first Monday in November, 1877, why said
I resignations should not he accented, and the said
I j|iHi A. Carithers he granted Letters of Admin-
I titration on said estate.
Liven under my official signature, October sth,
1877. 11. W. BELL, Ord*y.
(GEORGIA, Jackson County.
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Whereas, Noah B. Cash makes application to
[me, in proper form, for Letters of Administration
| upon the estate of Alfred Smith, late of said coun
| tv. deceased—
This is to cite all concerned, the next of kin, to
Lhow cause, if any they can. at the regular term
| if the Court of Ordinary of said county, on the
| first Monday in November, 1877, why said Letters
I should not he granted the applicant.
I Witness my hand and official signature, this
I October'id, 1877. 11. \V. BELL. Ord’y,
Administrator’s Sale.
I 4 LKKKAIILY to an order -.f the Court of Ordi-
I *1 nary of Jackson county, < {a., will be sold be
|fore the Court House door in Jefferson, Jack-
I -on county. I ia., on the Ist Tuesday in November,
is”, within the legal hours of sale, at public out-
I erv, to the highest bidder, the following property,
II >-wit: Two hundred and twenty acres of land.
I more or less, lying along the Northeastern Kail
road, adjoining lands of Mr. Carter, James Sims
and others; known as the Wiley R. Garrison
place. There is on said place a good farm-house
an 4 out-buildings; about lift}" acres of land in
|cultivation, balance in forest and old pine field.
Said land sold as the property of Wiley R. Garri-
Mfli, lateofsaid county of Jackson, deceased, for
the purpose of distribution. Terms, cash.
J. M. VENABLE,
I D‘ti Adm'r of Wiley R. Garrison, dec’d.
Administrator’s Sale.
I (JREEAIJLY to an order ofthe Court of Ordi-
A nary of Jackson county. Ga., will be sold be
fore the (’ourt House door, in the town of Jeffer-
(Ja., within the legal hours of sale, at public
"Ut-cry, to the highest bidder, the following prop
erty, to-wit: One tract of land in said county of
ickson. containing seventy-seven acres, more or
consisting of twelve or lifteeu acres of good
)ttom land ; about twenty or twenty-five acres
in cultivation, balance old held pine, large enough
rrail timber; one small tenement house on the
phcc. Said tract of land adjoins the lands of wid
of Robert Holliday, Win. McDaniel and dower
1 A. Boyd. Said land sold for the purpose of
t-aying the debts and for distribution. Terms—
fash - W. R, A. BOYD.
Adm'r of W. 11. Boyd, dec’d.
_ Administratrix’s Sale.
\\ **L he sold before the Court House door in
, ) Jett’erson. Jackson countv, (la., within the
“'let* hoars of sale, on the first Tuesday in Xo
m ' er c\t. a tract of land lying on Barber's
reck, -2 ti;th District. <l. M., said county, con
’:ir three liundred and sixty-live acres; adjoin
lands of Sykes. Ferguson, Roberson and oth
v Sold as tlve property of Marvell Millsaps,
1 luased. for distribution among the legatees.
Lons A T. MILLSARS, AdmLx.
County Assessment.
‘•fh’KOFUKDIX \RV JACKSON COCNTY.
•Jkitkuson. Sept. 6th. 1577.
d.KED, 1 hat three and one-ball’ of one
' lUli of one per cent Tax be levied and col
;; ; the taxable property of said county —
„ v ' *°r the vear ending Sept. Ist, 187S.
for the following purposes ;
ii,. .Ty' PonsesS. C. and pay Jurors, s? 1.1( 1 .Tiß
brni - onc l H>r cent. to pay for
OneJi-nAf : 1,670.21
tKn i ? 0,, of one per cent for
I v7i ,ail 833.17
to '\ < \ II^IS of one-tenth of one per ct.
Four? n y i° Unt - v Treasurer 300.00
.. ," nt ls one-tenth of one percent.
wrr f,,nd 742.36
l| rdsn| ono-tenth of one per cent,
contingent fund .. 836.70
Which ; T M tal assessme nt $1,846.19
Cfnt ‘hree and one-half tenth of onc per
prone-'. ‘ i*’*o,3-12, the total amount of taxable
ta\ *°* l!lt co °nty which is subject to county
B;- 11 u,|| lcr niy ollicial signature, this Sept. 6th,
se P>B 11. W. BELT*, Ord'y.
bargains !
BARGAINS!
I |V| OFFERING for sale a large lot ot
sell low < i' n i^ c and SHOES, which l will
nr Uj,j 01 t'ash. Wheat, Corn. Peas, Sorghum
si Z e, f s \ anf * an > prepared to lit up all ages and
.short notice.
seps : 'm-)d ' 1 * 1 make a s pecialtv.
1 n ‘ Hl G. E. I) F: AD WYLER.
. ’WANTED !
4 l*??, 0 of DRIED FRITT, for
i'i uicr./ ’ the highest market price will he paid
]' relund.se. F. M. BAILEY.
'h t.-un. Ga., Sept. loth. 1577. tf
THE FOREST NEWS.
I lie People their own Rulers; Advancement in Education, Science, Agriculture and Southern Manufactures.
ikfoertisemmts.
I A—Jackson County.
Whereas, Dcmaris A. McEntirc makes applica
tion to me m proper form for Letters of Adminis
tration on the estate of Joseph \\ . McEntirc, late
of said county, deceased—
This is, therefore, to cite all persons concerned,
kindred and creditors, to show cause, if any they
can, at the regular term of the Court of Ordinary
pF_smd county, on the first Monday in November.
1577. why said Letters should not he granted the
applicant.
Given under my official signature, this Sept 27,
1877. sep2o 11. W. BELL. Ord’y.
Jnckson County.
M hcrcas. James E. Randolph, Administrator
of Minor Lipscomb, deceased, makes application
to me in proper form for leave to sell the tract of
land belonging to said estate whereon deceased
lived at the time of his death—Dower excepted—
I his is. theretore, to cite all concerned, kindred
and creditors, to show cause, if any they can, at
the regular term of the Court of Ordinarv. on'the
first Monday in November. 1877. why said leave
should not he granted.
Given under my official signature. Sent. 27th
1877. scpgQ 11. W. BELL, Ord’y.
M hcreas, Mr. l ’. Sal lie S. IThncock makes appli*
cation to me in proper form for Letters of Admin
istration upon the estate of R. J. Hancock, late of
said county, deceased—
-1 his is. therefore, to cite all persons concerned,
kindred and creditors, to show cause, if any they
can, at the regular term of the Court of Ordinary,
to he held on the first Monday in November, 1877,
in said county, why said Letters should not be
granted the applicant.
Witness my hand and official signature, this
Sept.24th, lBi. H. V . BELL. Ordinary.
A, JiH'kscu 4'uiify.
Whereas.* X. L. Maddox, adm’r of Mary Mad
dox. dcc’d, late of surd county, represents to the
Court, in his petition duly tiled and entered on
record, that he has fully administered the estate
of said Mai y Maddox, dcc’d—
This is therefore, to cite and admonish all per
sons concerned, kindred and creditors, to show
cause, it any they can, on the first Monday in
November, 1877. why said administrator should
not be discharged from his administration and re
ceive letters of dismission.
Given under my official signature, this July
28th, 1877. ‘ 11. W. BELL,
Aug 4 Ordinary.
Administrator's Sale.
A GREEA BL\ to an order of the Court of Or-
J-jL dinary of Jackson county, Ga.. will he sold
before the Court House door at Jefferson, in said
county, at public out-cry, to the highest bidder,
within the legal hours of sale, on the first Tuesday
in November, 1877. the following property, to
wit : 'Two hundred and twenty-eight acres of
land, more or less, lying in said county on North
Oconee river, adjoining lands of E. J. Sharp. 11.
Cranford and others. 'There are on said place
good, comfortable buildings ; about fifty acres of
cultivatahlc land and fifteen acres of hcUtom. bal
ance well timbered forest, and some old’qiine field.
Sold as flic property of the late John M. Hancock,
deceased, for the purpose of distribution and to
pay the debts of said deceased. Terms, cash.
Also, at the same time and place, and in same
manner, will he sold seven shares of the capital
stock <rf the Georgia Railroad and Banking Com
pany, belonging to the estate of said deceased.
Terms, cash. W. M. WILLINGHAM,
scp22 Adm’r on estate of J. M. Hancock, dec’ll.
VALUABLE
Lands at Executrixs ’ Sale
\\ r ILL he sold, at the residence of Martha A.
H Catlett, the former residence of Ancel B.
Wilson, deceased, i>n the first Tuesday in Novem
ber next, within the usual hours of sale, the fol
lowing property, to-wit: Four hundred and twen
ty acres of land, more or less, with a good dwell
ing house and necessary out-buildings; said place
in a high state of cultivation, with a portion of
bottom land (which will be divided, if thought ne
cessary); adjoining lands of S trail E. Thornton,
W. A. LcMaster, W. J. Prewett, O. G. W. Carter
and others. Also, at the same time and place,
will he sold one other tract of land, containing one
hundred acres, more or less, on the road leading
from Jefferson to Danielsville, three miles from
the former place, in a high state of cultivation,
with ten or fifteen acres of bottom land, without
any house on said land ; adjoining lands of A. H.
Wilks. Mrs. Wilson. Venable and others. Also,
fifty bushels of wheat, corn, oats ami fodder, with
other articles too tedious to mention. Sold as the
property of Ancel B. Wilson, deceased, for dis
tribution among the legatees. Terms of sale—
one-half cash on the. land, the other half twelve
months credit, with ten per cent, interest; titles
made at the last pavment; the wheat, corn, oats,
* c ..caslK CAROLINE WILSON.
SARAH E. THORNTON,
MARTHA A. CATLETT,
scpl."> Ex’frixs* ofAncel I>. Wilson, dcc’d.
Notice to Contractors.
\\J ILL be let to the lowest bidder, before the
IT Court-house door, in Jefferson, on Monday,
the loth day of October next, the repairing and
rebuilding the bridge known as the “ Tabasco
Bi idge.” across the Oconee river, according to
the following specifications ; To be lowered and
Guilt on a level with the abutment on the East, or
this side of the river, with three arches in the wa
ter. to be made new, built on mud sills 12 by 14
inches, forty feet long; upright timbers to the
same to be 12 by 12 inches, with piece timber be
tween. 8 by S indies; cap sills. 12 by 14 inches,
to lit on top . uprights to lie well braced with tim
bers S by 10 inches, to extend to within 12 inches
of cap si’ll ; width of bridge, 12 feet; banisters to
he substantially made, using scantling 3 by 4
inches, placed eight feet apart, morticed through
Hour and keyed on under side for uprights, the
Mooring plank through which they pass to extend
out two feet farther than the balance of floor, for
the purpose of attaching braces to the uprights,
and the same planked up with inch plank, strip
ped on at posts with 30 penny spikes, live inch
strips to be placed on top. Contractors w ill be
allowed to use what amount of the old flooring
that is sound and of sufficient length—the floor to
he spiked down -and all sleepers of proper length
that is sound. All ot said timbers to be heart,
except mud sill, and pift up in a workman-like
manner. The work, and each piece of timber used,
will be inspected, before being placed in the river,
bv a competent Commissioner appointed for the
purpose, so that the specifications can be i igidlx
enforced, that the bridge may be received when
completed. Full and complete specifications can
be seen at my office. H. M . BELL,
September loth, 1877. Ordinary.
LAW CARD.
MV term as Ordinary having expired, I am
devoting mv time and energies entirely to
the practice of the law. Mr. Robert S. How
ard is associated with me. Either or both ot us
can always he found at our office, except when
absent on business. Special and careful atten
tion will be given to all business entrusted to us.
and to advising Executors, Administrators and
Guardians in the management of estates. Office,
'"■ Bi,ly^il'ETc .Howard. ,
fcb24 Counsellor at Law. Jefferson. Ga.
JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., SATURDAY, OCT’R 13, 1877.
SELECT MISCELLANY.
MAN’S MORTALITY.
The following beautiful poem is justly con
sidered a poetical gem of the highest order.
The original is found in an Irish MS. in Trin
ity College, Dublin. There is reason to think
that the poem was written by one of those
primitive Christian bards in the reign of King
Diarmid, about the year 554, and was sung
or chanted at the last grand national assem
bly of Kings, chieftains and bards ever held
in the famous Halls of Tara. The transla
tion is by the learned Dr. O’Donnovan.
Like as the damask rose you see,
Or like a blossom on a tree.
Or like the dainty flower in May,
Or like the morning to the day.
Or like the sun, or like the shade.
Or like the gourd which Jonas had ;
Even such is man whose thread is spun,
Drawn out and out. and so is done.
The rose withers, the blossom blasteth,
The flower fades, the morning hasteth.
The sun sets, the shadow flies. *
The gourd consumes, the man—he dies.
Like to the grass that’s newly sprung,
Or like a tale that's new begun.
Or like the bird that's here to-day.
Or like the pearl dew in May,
Or like an hour, or like a span.
Or like the singing of a swan ;
Even such is man who lives by breath,
Is here, now there, in life and death.
The grass withers, the tale is ended.
The bird is flown, the dew's ascended,
The hour is short, the span not long.
The swan's near death, man's life is done.
Like to the bubble in the brook,
Or in a glass much like a look.
Or like the shuttle in a weaver’s hand,
Or like the writing on the sand,
Or like a thought, or like a dream,
Or like the gliding of the stream ;
Even such is man who lives on breath,
Is here, now there, in life and death ;
The bubble's out, the look forgot,
The shuttle’s flung, the writing's blot.
The thought is past, the dream is gone,
The waters glide, man’s life is done.
T>iko to an arrow from the bow,
Or like swift course of water flow,
Or like that time 'twixt flood and ebb,
Or like the spider's tender web,
Or like a race, or like a goal.
Or like the dealing of a dole.
Even such man is whose brittle state
Is always subject unto fate ;
The arrow shot, the flood soon spent,
The time no time, the web soon rent.
The race soon run. the goal soon won.
The dole soon dealt, man’s life soon done.
Like to the lightning from the sky,
Or like a post that quick doth hie,
Or like a quaver in a song.
Or like a journey three days long.
Or like the snow when Summer’s come,
Or like the pear, or like the plum ;
Even such is man, who heaps up sorrow,
Lives but this day. and dies to-morrow ;
The lightning's past, the post must go,
The song is short, the journey so.
The pear doth rot. the plum doth fall.
The snow dissolves, and so must all.
—Pittftb urg Ch ron icle.
A Fearful Risk for Girls.
The pastor of a church in one of our large
cities said to me, not long ago : “ I have of
ficiated at forty weddings since I came here,
and in every case, save one, I felt that the
bride was running an awful risk. Young
men of bad habits and fast tendencies never
marry girls of their own sort, but demand a
wife above suspicion. So, pure, sweet wo
men, kept from the touch of evil through the
years of their girlhood, give themselves, with
all their costly dower of womanhood, into the
keeping of men who, in base associations,
have learned to under-value all that belongs
to them, and then find no repentance in the
sad after years. There is but one way out
of this that I can see, and that is for you—
the young women of the country —to require,
in associations and marriage, purity for purity,
sobriety for sobriety, and honor for honor.
There is no reason why the young men of this
Christian land should not be just, as virtuous
ns its women, and if the loss of society and
love be the price they are forced to pay for
vice, they will not pay it. I admit, with sad
ness, that not all our young women are capa
ble of this high standard for themselves or
others, but I believe there are enough earnest,
thoughtful girls in the society of our country
to work wonders if faithfully aroused. Dear
girls, will you help us. in the name of Christ?
Will von. first of all, be true to yourselves
and God ; so pure in your inner and outer
life that you shall have a right to ask that the
young man with whom you marry shall be
the same? The awful gulf of dishonor is
close beside your feet, and in it fathers, broth
ers, lovers and sons are going down. Will
you help us in our great work ?”— Exchange.
The Inter-Ocean cannot help observing how
much “agricultural hoss-trot" there is at
county fairs this fall. Nearly every tele
graphic report starts out with enumerating
the people present, enlarges upon the weath
er, skips the agricultural display, and ends
with glowing particulars of the horse-racing.
Such is agriculture. Just why the great pub
lic should be interested in knowing how much
Tom Jones’ bay mare can beat Bill Pike's
brown mare is not apparent, but it is always
in the report.
A minister reading the first line or so of a
chapter in the Bible, the clerk, by some mis
take or other, read it after him. The clergy
man read as follows : “ Moses was an austere
man, and made atonement for the sins of his
people.” The clerk, who could not exactly
catch the sentence, reported it thus : “Moses
was an oysterman, and made ointment for
the sins of his people.” Again, “ and the
Lord smote Job with sore boils.” “ The Lord
shot Job with four balls.”
Useless People.
We see no special occasion for being very
obsequious toward that race of beings, wheth
er male or ferhale, young or old, in high life
or low life, whose earthly history is represen
ted by the title oyf this article. Tbev are
simply idlers and wasters of time, so far as
any practical utility is concerned. Mani
festly, they have come to the wrong world ;
and the sooner they leave it, the sooner so
ciety will be relieved of a burdensome and
expensive nuisance. Eating and drinking
and sleeping constitute their chief employ
ment. With their provender made sure, the}’
are quite satisfied. Habits of industry they
have not; and moreover, it is no part of their
plan to do anything that is of practical value
for either world. Fortunately for themselves,
breathing is spontaneous and animal nutri
tion goes forward by a self-impelling law.
Were the fact otherwise, they would die for
the want of breath or speedily become ghast
ly skeletons. Such are your useless, good
for-nothing people. Their significance in
really adding anything valuable to the world
is less than that of an oyster.
Occasionally these people relieve theennni
of doing nothing by making a business in the
shape of hunting, fishing, card-playing, going
to the circus or the theatre, whiling away
their hours at the grog-shop, a f tending a
horse-race, perhaps wisiting the dens of noc
turnal infamy—all for the fun of it. In
these and the like wavs they have wliat they
call “a good time.” Yet they have no pur
pose in their hearts and no practice in their
lives above the low level of a mere animal.
Their gratifications and pleasures take the
type of their moral characters. Animal sel
fishness is the supreme law of their whole
being.
As compared with the men of diligent and
earnest action, animated by high and noble
aims—the men who see what life is and for
what it was given, who load its floating hours
with the strongest and surest displays of hu
man power, and who, at its close, ascend to
other and brighter realms—these useless
idlers, either lounging or sporting away their
existence, really seem to belong to another
race. Untouched by those noble inspira
tions that make life sublime, they have so
little in common with true men, think so lit
tle and feel so little as true men think and
feel, that one alaiost hesitates to call them
men. They burlesque the normal idea of a
man, and whether most to pity or despise
them it is difficult to determine. With such
powers as they possess, such necessities as
press upon them, and such duties as summon
them to some mode of useful action, their ex
istence presents an ignoble scene, from which
one turns away as from the sight of a dis
gusting spectacle. They, surely, are no spe
cimens of a properly developed human being.
It would be a blessing to them if some thun
der clap of thought were to shake their
intellectual heavens and, for once, at least,
wake them up to the moral meaning of life.
Perchance, they might see it good to reform
their plan and write a record that will read
well for both worlds.— Ex.
“ Punkin Pi.” —Punkin pi is the sass ov
Nu England. They are vittles and drink,
they are joy on the half shell, they are glon r
enough for one day, and are good kold or
warmed up. I would like to be a boy agin,
just for sixty min nets, and eat myself plmll
of the blessed old mixtur. Enny man who
don’t luv punkin pi wants watching cluss,
for he means to do something mean the fust
chance he kan git. Give me all the punkin
pi I could eat when I wuz a boy. and I didn’t
kare whether Sunday school kept that day or
not. And now that I have grown up to
manhood, and hev* run for the Legislature
once and only got beat eight hundred and
fifty-five votes, and atn thoroly married, thare
ain’t nothin I hanker for wuss and can bur}'
quicker than two-thirds of a good old-fash
ioned punkin pi, an inch and a half thick,
and well smelt up with ginger and nutmeg.
Punkin pi is the oldest American beverage I
know ov, and ought to go down to posterity
with the trade-mark of our grandmothers on
it; but I’m afraid it won’t, for it is tuff even
now to find one that tastes in the mouth at
all as they did fifty years ago. —Josh Billings.
The Suspicious Public. —A Detroit butch
er got discouraged the other day from longer
trjdng to convince the public that his chick
ens were spring chickens, and he went to a
Notary Public, made a solemn affidavit and
hung it up in front of his poultry. It read :
“Personally appeared before me the sub
scriber, who makes oath that these chickens
were hatched in the spring of 1877.”
The butcher thought he had settled all
doubts, and his face wore a beautiful smile
as a woman came in, asked for chickens and
read the affidavit.
“They may be spring chickens,” she said,
as she backed ofl to view them at a distant
angle, “but do you know that the eggs they
were hatched from were not a year old to
start with ?”
The butcher didn’t try to explain—he sim
ply took his affidavit down.— Detroit Free
Press.
act is better than a word.
The Dangers of Ether.
It has always seemed to us the height of
folly to declare there could be no danger in
any anaesthetic. The lesson taught by the
late death from nitrous oxide has, it is to be
hoped, been well learned, and we shall in
future hear less of the absolute safety of any
agent capable of depriving a person of. all
sensation. Some cases in which ether has
been followed by alarming symptoms have
lately been recorded. They have been term
ed syncope, but the word is not appropriate,
as the heart continued to beat after respira
tion ceased. This is what should have been
anticipated. When death is produced by
ether the animal’s heart continues to beat
long after the arrest of respiration. The
pulse is quickened by ether and maintains
its force through a long state of anaesthesia.
Tn these facts lies the safety of ether. But
it should never be forgotten that there is
danger at a certain stage, and the danger is
from the side of the respiration, which at
length ceases. Stertorous breathing proceeds
from paresis of the muscles of the palate
and should lead to the ether being suspend
ed. So respiration growing more and more
shallow and less frequent is a warning and
should not be overlooked. It is very rare
that the heart fails—perhaps never. Pallor
is rare, too, and should excite attention if it
occurs. But, we repeat, the danger of ether
is from the side of respiration ; that of chlo
roform from the heart; and this fact goes far
to explain their relative safety. In chloro
form narcosis the danger is more sudden.—
Ether gives warning. —London Doctor.
Simple Method for Tanning a Lamb Skin
with the Wool on.
Make a strong soap-suds, using hot water ;
when it is cold, wash the skin in it, careful
ly squeezing it between the hands to get the
dirt out of the wool; then wash the soap out
with clean cold water; next, dissolve alumn
and salt, of each half a pound in a little hot
water, which put into a tub of cold water
sufficient to cover the skin, and let it soak
in it over night for twelve hours; now hang
the skin over a pole to drain; when well
drained, spread or stretch carefully on a
board to dry. It need not be tacked if
drawn out several times with the hand while
drying. When yet a little damp, sprinkle
pulverized saltpetre and alumn (an ounce
each mixed together) on the flesh side, rub
bing it in well. It is now to hang in the
shade for two or three days, the flesh side in
until perfectly dry. When entirely dry,
scrape the flesh side with a blunt knife to
remove any scraps of flesh. Trim off all
projecting points, and rub the flesh side with
pumace or rotten stone, and with the hands.
Prepared in this way, it is white and beauti
ful, suitable for a door-mat, and also nice for
the feet in a sleigh or wagon in cold weather.
— Exchange.
EjgPßve is our most important green food
crop for stock during winter and spring.—
Now is the time to sow it. Good prepara
tion and a moderate manuring should be
given the land, but a high fertility of the soil
is not necessary as for barley. Rye may be
cut or pastured till April, after which a fine
crop raa} r be made for harvesting, or it may
be turned under for green manure and thus
furnish an excellent fertilizing material of
great benefit to the land. There is no better
winter pasturage than that afforded by rye,
and all stock thrive on it astonishingly.—
Every farmer should have a field of it, and
every person in cities or towns, who keeps a
horse or milch cow, should put a patch, if
but a few square rods, in r} T c—and this is
the very time to do it.
A Lesson for the Times.
Few persons properly estimate the dif
ference between a high and low rate of inter
est, and therefore often borrow money at
ruinous rates that no legitimate business can
stand. Ilut few have figured on the difference
between 6 and 8 per cent. One dollar loan
ed for 100 years at 6 per cent., with the in
terest collected annually and added to the
principal, will amount to $340. At 8 per
cent, it amounts to $2,203, or nearly seven
times as much. At 3 per cent. —the usual
rate of interest in England—it amounts to
$1,925, whereas at 10 per cent.—the usual
rate in the United States —it is $13,809, or
nearly one thousand times as much. At 12
per cent, it amounts to $84,675, or more than
four thousand times as much. At 18 per
cent, it amounts to $16,145,007, and at 24
per cent, (which we sometimes hear talked
of) it reaches the enormous sum of $2,799,404,
or more than the State of Ohio is worth.—
Ohio paper.
Have you not noticed that *‘olllo*’ way
which a fashionable young lady has of grab
bing the tail end of her dress in promenading ?
If you have not already done so, just notice
the mtidus operandi. It is indeed a funny
and ridiculous sign to see a lovely woman
stop at a street crossing, give her foody a
fearful twist, stoop low, and reach backward
nearly to her heels and grab from five to
forty pounds of trail full of dust and dirt
and shake it five or six times like a buzzard
fixing his wings to fly then hobble across the
street like a lame turkey to the other side
then “ let go.” and turn off like a stern wheel
er in a storm. — Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Many men resemble glass—smooth and
slippery and flat so long as one does not
break them, but then very cutting, and
every splinter stings.
) TERMS, $2.00 PER ANNUM.
( SI.OO FOR SIX MONTHS.
Scissored. Paragraphs.
The Xortli Georgia Conference will con
vene in Gainesville, Nov. 28th.
Cassius M. Clay, who recently shot a negro
thief in self-defense, in Kentucky, was an old
timed Abolitionist.
11. W. Grady is in Gainesville writing up
Gen. Longstreet's version of the battle of
Gettysburg, for the Philadelphia Times.
A North Carolina paper reports the only
case on record of a “tar-heel" soldier who,
during the war, got so nervous on picket that
he surrendered to a screech owl.
Mr. G. b. Rogers, of Harris county, plant
ed this year three-quarters of an acre in sugar
cane, and he thinks he will make from it two
hundred and fifty gallons of syrup.
The citizens of Atlanta are getting np a
private purse for a grand negro foot race at
the approaching State Fair, and the Atlanta
darkies are now jubilantly singing, “Run,
Niggers, Run !”
A Frenchman, who attempted to solve the
problem of life, gave it up thus: When I
loss my wife every family in the town offered
me another; but when I lost my horse no
one offered to make him good.
Malters in South Carolina are approaching
a crisis. Ex-Treasurer Cardozo is in jail,
and Gov. Hampton has made a requisition
for carpet-bag Senator Patterson, and an or
der for his arrest lias been issued.
Georgia baptists pay their pastors better
salaries than any other State South ; Ken
tucky ranks next, then Virginia ; South Caro
lina is fourth. Maryland fifth, while North
Carolina and Arkansas pay the smallest.
There arc sixty-three students at the South
ern baptist Theological Seminary. Kentucky
has 13, Virginia 12, one or two from each of
the other Southern States, and one each from
Ohio and Illinois.
The following is the statement of the coin
age executed at the mints of the United States
duringthe month ofSeptember. 1877 : Double
eagles, $4,492,200 ; trade dollars, $1,677,000 ;
half dollars. $408,400 ; quarter dollars, $349.-
600, and dimes, sl2‘>,ooo. Total, $7,056,200.
A b.\i,timore minister consulted a lawyer
“as a friend and a member of his congrega
tion,” but the lawyer sued him and made
him pav a fee of fifty dollars. Which proves
that de minimis non curat lex sometimes fails
of application.
Illinois is the banner State for Sabbath
Schools. It reports, for 1877, 6,231 schools,
being an increase of 269 over last year, with
63.954 teachers and officers, and 464.631
scholars. An army of half a million Bible
students !
The family of James T. Oakley, of this
county, consists of father and three sons.
The father and three of the sons are one
eyed ; one of the sons has but one arm. an
other but one sound hand, and the other is
badly wounded in his left leg.— Oxford (iV.
C.) Telegraph.
Mary L. Booth, editor of Harper's Bazaar,
is paid $5,000 a year for her services. Ex
ceeding industry is one of her couspicious
traits. She attends seven or eight hours dai
ly at the office, all the copy and illustrations
pass through her hands, besides doing a good
deal of writing for the Weekly.
General Hancock writes to the War De
partment that affairs in the mining districts
of Pennsylvania have not yet assumed such
a shape as would justify the withdrawal of
the United States troops and their concentra
tion at Carlisle barracks and the Allegheny
arsenal.
A machine has been invented in New York,
mounted on wagon wheels, which is intended
for use on farms in the west. It deluges the
ground behind it with smoke from burning
chips and brimstone, and holds the smoke
down long enough to suffocate every potato
bug, locust and other insect that comes with
in its influence.
It is now said that in the event of Morton’s
death, Gov. “Blue Jeans” Williams has fixed
up a little game to take his seat in the Sen
ate, by resigning just in the nick of time and
receiving the appointment from Lieutenant-
Governor Gray. This is rather binding on
Dan Yoorhees, who should at once call upon
the sick politician and cheer him up.
A young lady on College Ilill asked her
young man Saturday evening wh}' he called
her his Ultra, and he courteously replied that
it was a Latin quotation. “This,” he said,.
“ is my knee, and when I add you to it I have
my knee, plus Ultra, which is also Latin, for
I don’t want anything else on my knee..
Don’t you see, my darling?” She said she
did.
Writing of Dr. Lovick Pierce, theTalbottou:
Register says : This great man is rapidly
failing, and will soon be gone from among
us. lie preached a short sermon, scarcely*
audible, and left to officiate at the burial
services of Mrs. Breedlove, at Fort Valley-*
Dr. Pierce is now ninety-three years of age*
having spent seventy years of bis life in the
ministry.
The Young Men’s Christian Association
of Bichmond, Va.. makes an appeal for help
to erect a suitable Association building. The
estimated cost is SIOO,OOO. A temperance
restaurant will be opened in it. The Chris
tian Observer, of Richmond, asks the public
for aid, on the plea, among others, that tho
officers and members of the Association did
good service during the war in caring for
sick and wounded soldiers.
The wife of a farmer, residing near Hines
ville, reeerrly, hearing one of her little chil
dren cry out, while bringing water from the
spring hare by, ran to its assistance. But
imagine he terror at finding a huge rattle
snake twined, around the legs of the child and
with sounding rattles vainly endeavoring to
bite it. A rapid inspection showed that tbo
monster’s jaws were distended to the utmost
by the protruding legs of a half-gorged rabbit..
Of course it was quickly slain, and the child
rescued from her perilous condition. —Macon
( Ga .) Telegraph.
NUMBER 18.