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n liOßtiilA, Jackson County.
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Whereas, E. 11. and S. P. Camp, Administrator
nd Administratrix of H. T. Carithers, late of said
count v, deceased, tenders their resignation of said
trust, and suggests the name of Hugh A. Carith
rrs, of 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
of 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, JS77, why said
resignations should not he accepted, and the said
Hugh A. Carithers he granted Letters of Admin
istration on said estate.
(liven under my official signature. October nth.
1577. 11. W. HELL, Or.l'y.
Whereas, Noah H. Cash makes application to
me, in proper form, for Letters of Administration
upon the estate of Alfred Smith, late of said coun
ty, deceased—
This is to cite all concerned, the next of kin, to
show cause, if any they can, at the regular term
of the Court of Ordinary of said county, on the
tir>t Monday in November, 1877. why said Letters
should not he granted the applicant.
Witness my hand and official signature, this
October 2d, 1877. 11. \V. HELL, Ord’y.
Administrator’s Sale.
\ tIHEEABLY to an order of the Court of Ordi-
A. nary of Jackson county, (la., will he sold be
fore the Court House door in Jefferson. Jack
son county, ila., on the Ist Tuesday in November.
1 >77, within the legal hours of sale, at public out
cry. to the highest bidder, the following property,
to-wit : Two hundred and twenty acres of land,
more or less, lying along the Northeastern Hail
road, adjoining lands of Mr. Carter, James Sims
and others; known as the Wiley K. Harrison
place. There is on said place a good farm-house
and nut-buildings; about fifty acres of land in
cultivation, balance in forest and old pine field.
Said laud sold as the property of Wiley R. Harri
'■in, late of said county of Jackson, deceased, for
the purpose of distribution. Terms, cash.
J. M. VENABLE.
Detfi Adm'r of Wiley R. Harrison, dcc’d.
Administrator’s Sale.
A fIREEA BI.Y to an order of the Court of Ordi
1* nary of Jackson county, Ha., will he sold be
fore the Court House door, in the town of Jcffer
son< La., within the legal hours of sale, at public
out-ery, to the highest bidder, on the Ist Tuesday
in November next, the following property, to-wit:
(, ne tract of land lying in said county of
■iickson, containing seventy-seven acres, more or
b'\ consisting of twelve or fifteen acres of good
ottoin l*mi • about twenty or twenty-five acres
in cultivation, balance old field pine, large enough
,r rail timber; one small tenement house on the
P“' T - •''aid tract of land adjoins the lands of wid
ol Robert Holliday. Wm. McDaniel and dower
0 \A. Hoyd. Said land sold for the purpose of
paying the debts and for distribution. Terms—
Cl ' h - W. R. A. BOYD.
00,(5 Adm’r of W. 11. Boyd, dec’d.
Administratrix’s Sale.
u sold before the Court House door in
• Jefferson. Jackson county, (la., within the
l t.a> hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in Xo
'Hi ier next, a tract of land lying on Barber’s
{ - h>th District, G. M., said county, con
■a‘i".l"s' j urcc hundred and sixty-five acres ; adjoin
lanti. of Sykes. Ferguson, Roberson and oth
_ j l as the property of Marvell Millsaps,
eased, tor distribution among the legatees.
ho IIS A T. MILLSAPS, Adm’x.
OEORCU,
Jackson County.
'•h bone vs. M. J. Rowe. Libel for Divorce,
in Jackson Superior Court,
p , , ’Jl , l H ' : 'i'iiig to the Court that the defendant in
t j "\r stated case resides without the limits of
and, ii' U co,,n ty. and it also appearing that said
■ ".t res ides without the limits of the State
tJ thevofore. ordered that service upon the
Cm i- • l- ' ’*• l*°\ve. be perfected by publica
iu ./ 10 ‘ okkst Xkws once a month for four
' previous to the next term of this Court.
brants J ’ U ’ n’tfTs Att’y.
'^ u . D. RICK. Judge S. C.
,' n ( K ' xtr; iet from the minutes of Jackson Su
o . >0 o,,rt - Term, 1577.
- T. 11. MBLACK. Clerk.
BARGAINS!
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1 11/ttn > BERING for sale a large lot of
sell lmv rBOOTS and SHOES. which I will
or ||jj wr 1 Wheat, Corn, Peas. Sorghum
'i/.e< a,n prepared to lit up all ages and
•at short notice.
“eps ‘j ’ 1 S 1 ,nak e a specialty.
__ G. K. DKaDWYLER.
'l’nn' K OIJI VTAX^I , AYEKS!
A the ( : , > v for 1577 is now in the hands of
tax-naver* , tor * am * * ,c tnost respectfully tirges
°hli a {i 0I , S P r .°mpt in the discharge of this
ftvs> nil. ..Y ls 1 K t ’ mc * s limited in which the busi
"hentav.. Iransacte, l. The fall is the time
pimple ;u' ..!! !' >* x l' ec tud to be paid ; therefore, the
riiicts win i' , ° ain . ur K°J to be prompt. The pre
** Printed'handbni^ U * Ual ‘ For furthcr noticc ’
&c.,
J. L. WILLIAMSON, T. C. J. C.
the Court'n * n Jefft : rson every Saturday, at
" l '-‘ elseavl " ,1>c ’ 1° Wa 't on those who do not see
re * sep2J)
THE FOREST NEWS.
The People their own Rulers; Advancement in Education, Science, Agriculture and Southern Manufactures.
£egtrf iWocrtisemmts.
Q.EORGIA, Jackson County.
To all whom it may concern:
Whereas, the reviewers appointed, upon the pe
tition of certain citizens, to review, mark out and
report upon the public utility of the changes in
the Athens and Clarkesville road, made necessary
by the grading of the Northeastern Railroad, said
changes commencing on Mrs. Moon's land, below
her shop, and then taking the old road to a point
opposite J. C. Jarrett’s residence, thence the right
of-M ay of the N. E. R. R. Cos. to the west corner
ot \\ hitson Jarrett’s fence, thence in N. W. direc
tion through W. Jarrett's and C. H. Chandler’s
lands to the Colt’s Mill road, thence said road to
the R. R. crossing, the same to the South side,
thence the right-of-way to the old road, thence the
old road to Milton Matthews’, thence the right-of
ua\ in front oft’. W . Matthews to said old road,
thence said old road to the hollow below Smith’s
old store, then the right-of-way <d said R. R. Cos.
in front of T. L. Smith’s and J. W. Benton’s resi
dence to said old road, thence the old load to the
flat above Whitson Jarrett's house, thence the
right-of-way of said R. R. Cos. to Sandv Creek
church, there crossing the said R. R. and taking
the line of old road to Boyd I lick's, thence leav
ing the old road and running about with the land
line of Mosel y and Cash to R. R.. thence across
said R. R., thence following the land line dividing
the lands of J. A. Benton and W. W. Davis to
the old road in front of Mrs. Highlands. Said re
viewers having reported the above changes in said
road of public utility, Ac.. It is ordered that, un
less valid legal objections is offered within thirty
days from this date, an order will he passed es
tablishing the road as above marked out. and mak
ing the same public.
(liven under my official signature. October 49th,
1877. oct2o H. W. BELL, Ord'y.
Q.EOHGIA, Jackson County.
Camilla Cash, col., wife of Sam Cash. col., has
applied to me for exemption of personalty and set
ting apart and valuation of the same ; and 1 will
pass upon the same on the 7th day of November,
1877, at 12 o’clock M., at my office.
Oct 20th. 11. W. BELL. Ord’y.
I'lOltGlA—Jiirltson 4 'oillity.
M hereas, Domains A. McEntire makes applica
tion to me in proper form for Letters of Adminis
tration on tlie estate of Joseph W. McEntire, late
of said county, deceased—
-1 his is. therefore, to cite till persons concerned,
kindred and creditors, to show cause, if any they
can. at the regular term of the Court of Ordinary
of said county, on the first .Monday in November.
1877. why said Letters should not he granted the
applicant.
(liven under my official signature, this Sept 27,
1877. scp2i> 11. W. BELL, Ord’y.
M hereas. 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, therefore, to cite all concerned, kindred
and creditors, to show cause, if any they can, at
the regular term of the Court of Ordinary, on the
first Monday in November, 1877, why said leave
should not he granted.
(liven under mv official signature. Sept. 27th.
1877. sop2R H. W. BELL. Ord’y.
Jackson County.
Whereas, Mrs. Sallie S. Hancock makes applL
cation to me in proper form for Letters of Adniin
istiation upon the estate of R. J. Hancock, lateof
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,
to he held on the first Monday in November, 1877,
in said county, why said Letters should not he
granted the applicant.
Witness my hand and official signature, this
Sept.24th, 1877. 11. W. BELL, Ordinary.
Whereas, X. L. Maddox, adm’r of Mary Mad
dox. dec’d, late of said county, represents to the
Court, in his petition duly filed and entered on
record, that he has fully administered the estate
of said Mary Maddox, dec’d—
This is therefore, to cite and admonish all per
sons concerned, kindred and creditors, to show
cause, if any they can, on the first Monday in
November. 1877, why said administrator should
not he discharged from his administration and re
ceive letters of dismission.
(liven under my official signature, this July
28th, 1877. 11. W. BELL,
Aug 4 Ordinary.
VALUABLE
Lands at Executrixs’ Sale
\ITILL be sold, at the residence of Martha A.
y\ Catlett, the former residence of Ancel B.
Wilson, deceased, on the first Tuesdaj' 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 ot
bottom land (which will he divided, if thought ne
cessary); adjoining lands of Sirah E. Thornton,
W. A. LcMaster, W. J. Prewctt, 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 Danielsvillc, 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. 11.
M ilks. Mrs. Wilson. Venable and others. Also,
fifty bushels of wheat, corn, oats and 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 payment; the wheat, corn, oats.
Ac., cash. CAROLINE WILSON.
SARAH E. THORNTON,
MARTHA A. CATLETT,
seplo Ex’trixs’ ofAnccl B. Wilson, dec’d.
1 EORGIA, Jackson Count}.
To oil tehom if tuny concern:
Whereas, the reviewers appointed upon the pe
tition of certain citizens to review, mark out and
report upon the public utility of the establishment
of a public road leading from the Athens and Jef
ferson road, near J. L. Johnson's, to S. S. Smith’s
Mill, having reported favorably to said road, it is
ordered that, unless valid legal objections is offer
ed within thirty days from this date, an order will
he passed establishing and making said road
public. .
Given under my official signature, this October
11th, 1877. octlJ 11. W. BELL, Ord’y.
Notice to Debtors.
4 LL persons indebted to the firm of PEXDER
j\_ GRASS A HANCOCK are respectfully re
quested to come forward and make payment at
once, as T am compelled to wind up all the busi
ness of the late firm. Your notes and accounts
will he found at the old stand. Any person wish
ing to make payment, will he waited on by Mr.
F. L. Pendergrass. N. H . PENDERGR ASS.
O c t G " Surviving Copartner.
JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., SATURDAY. NOY’R 3, 1877.
SELECT MISCELLANY.
Flowers that Never Wither.
There are flowers that never wither,
There are skies that never fade,
There are trees that cast forever
Cooling bowers of leafy shade.
There are silver wavelets flowing
With a lulling sound of rest,
Where the west wind, softly blowing,
Fans the far lands of the blest.
Thitherward our steps are tending.
Oft through dim. oppressing fears;
More of grief than pleasure blending
In the darkness woof of years.
Often would our footsteps weary.
Sink upon the winding way,
But that, when all looks most dreary,
O'er us beams a cheering ray.
Thus the Father, who hath made us
__ Tenants of this world of care,
Knowcth how to kindly aid us
With the burdens we must bear ;
Knowcth how to cause the spirit
Hopefully to raise its eyes
Toward the home it doth inherit.
Far beyond the azure skies.
There is a voice that whispers lowly,
Down within this heart of mine,
AV here emotions the most holy
Ever marks their sacred shrine ;
And it tells a thrilling storv
Of the great Redeemer’s love,
And the all-bewildering glory
Of the better land above.
0. this life, with all its sorrows,
llasteth onward to a close !
In a few more brief to-morrow’s
Will have ended all our woes.
Then o'er death the part immortal
Shall sublimely rise and soar.
O’er the resplendent portal
There to dwell forevermore.
■ m
Rules for Spelling.
The following rules should he carefully
committed to memory, as the knowledge of
them will prevent that hesitation about the
spelling of common words, which is frequent
ly experienced even by the well educated :
All monosyllables ending in I. with a sin
gle vowel before it, have double 1 at the close ;
as mill, still.
All monosyllables ending in 1. with a
double vowel before it, have one 1 only at the
close ; as wail. sail.
Monosyllables ending in 1, when compound
ed, retain but one 1 each; as fulfil, skilful.
All words of more than one syllable end
ing in 1, have one l only in the close; ns
faithful, delightful; except recall, befall, un
well, etc.
All derivations from words ending in 1
have one 1 only; as equality, from equal ;
except they end in er, or ly, as small, smal
ler, full, fully.
All participles in ing from verbs ending
in e, lose the e final—as have, having ; amuse,
amusing; except the}' - come from verbs end
ing in double e, and then they retain both—
as see, seeing ; agree, agreeing.
Adverbs in ly, and nouns in ment, retain
the e final of the primitives—as brave, brave
ly ; refine, refinement; except judgment,
acknowledgment.
All derivations from words ending in er,
retain the c before the r, as refer, reference;
except hindrance from hinder, remembrance
from remember, disastrous from disaster,
monstrous from monster, wondrous from
wonder, cumbrous from cumber, etc.
All compound words if both end not in 1,
retain their primitive parts entire—as mill
stones, chargeable, graceless ; except alwaj-s,
although, almost, admirable, etc.
All monosyllables ending in a consonant,
with a single vowel before it, double that
consonant in derivatives; as sin. sinner;
ship, shipper ; big, bigger ; glad, gladder, etc.
Monosyllables ending in a consonant with
a double vowel before it, do not double the
consonant in derivatives; as sleep, sleeping,
troop, trooper.
All words of more than one syllable ending
in a single consonant, preceded by a single
vowel and accented on the last syllable, dou
ble that consonant in derivatives ; as commit,
committee; compel, compelled; appal, ap
palling ; distil, distiller.
Nouns of one syllable ending in y, change
y into ies in the plural; and verbs ending in
y, preceded by a consonant, change y into
ies in the third person singular of the present
tense, and ied in the past tense and partici
ple ; as fly, flies ;*I apply and lie applies; I
replied or have replied, or lie replied. If
they r be preceded by a vowel, this rule is not
applicable, as keys; Ipi iy, he plays ; we
have enjoyed ourselves.
Compound words whose primitives end
intoy, change y into i; as beautv. beautiful ;
lovely, loveliness. —Journal of Education.
Ben Wood
Is seven years younger than Fernando,
and was horn in Kentucky, accidentally.—
He started out at twenty-four years old to
whip James Gordon Bennett, who. in revenge
for the defeat ot a police judge by Wood’s
crowd, the judge being in the habit of giving
items to the Herald , published the leading
editorial against Ben Wood.
“ I bought myself a cowhide,” said Ben.
“and slipped it into an umbrella. As I went
toward the Herald office I thought I saw peo
ple pointing at me who had read the Herald's
excoriation, for it was the first time I had
ever been abused. I climbed to the office
and thrust the article into Bennett’s face :
“Did you write that?” lie looked up and
said, without flinching, ‘Young man, what
is 3*our name?’ ‘Wood !’ He looked at me
with affected surprise. ‘And how old nm*
you be?’ ‘Twenty-four; but what’s it of your
business?’ ‘Twenty-four!’ exclaimed Ben
nett, ‘ twenty -four! And already arrived at
such political distinction as to receive the
leading editorial notice in a paper of the cir
culation of the New York Herald. Young
man, it ought to be the proudest day o’ 3*our
life.’ And, by George !he flattered me clear
down those stairs; beat me by brains and
good acting.”
A country schoolmaster’s description of a
moneN -lender: “He serves }*ou in the pres
ent tense, he lends 3*oll in the conditional
mood, and keeps you in the subjunctive and
ruins you in the future.”
not, taste not, handle not intox
icating drinks.
Curious Facts about Blind Tom.
" Blind Tom’s birthplace is Georgia, and
he began to excite attention as a musician at
the age of four years. All sounds afforded
him delight; even the crying of a child caus
ed him to dance about in a state of ecstacy.
When at home he often bit and pinched his
brothers and sisters to matte them emit cries
of pain. If kept away from a piano, be will
beat against the wall, drag chairs about the
room, and make all sorts of noises. When
in London a flute was produced for him of a
very complicated pattern, and having twenty
two keys. He frequently rises up at night
and plays this instrument, imitating upon it
all sorts of sounds which he may hear at the
time. Once, when the agent attempted to
make him stop playing a piano in a high
toned hotel at three o’clock in the morning,
Tom seized him and threw him through the
door. In Washington he threw a man down
stairs who came in his room. When at home
in Georgia, he lives in a building aliout two
hundred yards from the house, and there
remains alone with his piano, playing all day
and night, like one possessed with madness.
Bad weather has an effect upon his music.—
In cloudy, rainy seasons, he plays sombre
music in minor chords ; and when the sun
shines and the birds sing he indulges in
waltzes and light music. Sometimes he will
hammer away for hours, producing the most
horrible discords imaginable. Suddenly a
change comes over him, and he indulges in
magnificent bursts of harmony taken from
the best productions of the masters. Since
his childhood he has been an idiot, and he
played nearly as well at the age of seven as
he does now ; but now his repertoire is much
larger, as he can play anything he has ever
heard. He now plays about seven thousand
pieces, and picks up new ones everywhere.
It is a curious fact he will not play Sunday
school music if he can help it, having a great
dislike for it.”— Record of the Year.
A Very Unjust Custom.
“James is naturally smart, and we arc
going to give him an education, perhaps
make a lawyer or minister of him.”
“George don’t seem to get along well with
his books—is rather dull—and we shall make
a farmer of him.” We have heard talk
just like this, and the majority of people act
upon this principle. It is rank cruelty—rank
injustice, at any rate. It is giving to the
rich, and withholding from the poor. If
through the fault of his parents, or otherwise,
George is less endowed with intellectual gifts,
he should have all the more done for him to
make up any natural defect, by culture, by
discipline, by exercise of the mind, and thus
place him upon a par with his more gifted
brother. If a youth dislikes arithmetic, or
any particular branch of study or thinking,
it shows a deficiency in that faculty, which
culture and study should make up, and thus
produce a well balanced mind. We abomi
nate the whole system of “elective studies,*’
now so popular in some schools and colleges,
which allows a scholar to mainly cultivate
those mental powers, in which he is already
proficient. A rigid coarse of diverse
study, planned to develop uniformly the va
rious faculties of the mind, is the one which
will turn out the best and most useful men.
After a good general ground-work is thus
laid, and the thinking faculties are well and
uniformly developed, the final study may be
Erected to some specific line, that will be
required in a particular business, or profes
sional life.
A Horrible Fale.
The Black Hills are full of small bands of
Indian scouts, and the3 r never miss a chance
to raise a scalp.
Eight or ten weeks ago, while six of us
were out after roots and bark for medicinal
purposes, we came across a fresh evidence of
the hellish cruelty of these “poor down trod
den and heart-broken” Indians. Three mile 9
from our camp and half a mile from the
Dead wood trail, we found what had once
been a human being. Some miner, trying to
reach our camp, or someone going into town
from some camp unknown to us, had here
been overhauled by perhaps a doaen savages.
There had been no struggle, and there were
no empt3* shells to show that a shot had been
fired.
He was perhaps overtaken there after a
long chase, or had suddenly encountered the
Indians and been overpowered. As near as
we could make out, the}* had first sliced off
his ears. These we found pinned to a tree.
They had then held his feet on a rock, taking
each in turn, and deliberately mashed them
to a pulp with the heads of their hatchets.—
The man’s sufferings must have been awful,
but the fiends had onty commenced. His
fingers were then broken one by one, his nose
cut off, his front teeth smashed out, and it is
merciful to hope life had fled by that time.
As we viewed the body, the scalp was torn
from the head, the throat cut, each arm un
jointed at the shoulder, the legs unjointed at
the knees, the bowels ripped open and the
eyes dug out.
LdPGlass was early discovered. Glass
beads were found on tniramwes over 3,000
} r ears old..
The Late Rev. W. J. Parks.
ANOTHER INCIDENT.
The incident In the life of Rev. W. J.
Parks furnished by brother Cotter in a late
Advocate brings to mind another incident in
Uncle Billy’s life which occurred in the ear
ly days of his ministry, and which was a life
long lesson to him. It may be a valuable
suggestion to some young ministers of the
present day.
About the first year of his ministr}’, lie had
an appointment at the house of one of his
members at night. The young preacher sang
and prayed, preached, and then prayed at
the close of the services.
As the company was returning home, near
ly all walking along the same road in the
dark, the young preapher among them, but
unobserved b}' at least some of the companv.
one lady spoke out in hearing of all, and
said, “That young preacher prays just like he
thought nobody’s got any Lord but him.”—
This brought forcibly to the mind of the young
preacher that he had fallen into the habit of
addressing the Deity as ‘my Lord.’ He at
once saw the error into which he had uncon
sciously fallen, and resolved to improve his
form of language in prayer.
Many young preachers fall into habits of
expression in pra\ r er or preaching—some
times assuming a mannerism which discounts
their acceptability and usefulness. “My
friends”—“my hearers,” is often repeated by
some talented preachers, but it always seem
ed to be a kind of diversion from the line of
thought. A congregation does not have to
be reminded time and again in one sermon
that they are the hearers and the friends of
the preachers. —Christian Advocate.
He Wanted to Come Home.
A Black Hills miner writes : “ I’ve been
spending the last week trying to think of
some plan which will enable me to get home.
If I had SSOO I could got to Cheyeene, and
then it would be easy sailing into civiliza
tion. If you send the money by express, the
Indians are sure to get it, as they split open
a Wells Fargo coach every few days. If you
send it by mail I wouldn’t get it for months,
as the postmaster is off on a big drunk most
of the time, and can’t read anyhow. Don’t
send a draft on the bank, as it is liable to
bust. If you know some friend coming to
the Hills, don’t trust him with the cash, as
he’s sure to gamble it all off at Cheyeene or
get robbed at Custer. If you can think of
some way of sending the money that it will
be sure to get here, send it right away; but
unless you are sure don’t risk it. Perhaps
you had better come yourself and bring it.”
The brother wrote in reply: “Just borrowed
sl2 to settle a board bill.”
RF*A gentleman, whose place of business
is not a thousand miles from the Merchants’
exchange, is annoyed, as many business men
are, by impecunious individuals desiring small
loans. He has adopted the following mode
of dealing with them : He listens amicabty to
the preface to the request to “Just lend me
live dollars for two days ?” and answers “Cer
tainly.” and then turning to a clerk, says :
“James, we have five dollars to lend, have
we not ?”
“Yes, sir.”
“ Well, lend it to Mr. Beet.”
“It is not in, sir. You loaned it to Mr-
Bummer day before yesterday.”
“Ah, yes, so I did. Well, when it comes
in lend it to Mr. Beet.” And then liowing to
the Imrrower, the inerchat resumes his busi.
ness, and the needy’ one walks dejectodly out
to try a more profitable place.
The New York Times, speaking of the
largely increased death rate among the South
ern negroes, says: The causes which lead
to the terrible death rate among the colored
people need not be sought for. They are on
ly too apparent to those who are conversant
with the modes of life of the negroes of the
cotton States; they neglect or starve their off
spring, abandon the sick to their own re
sources, indulge every animal passion to ex
cess, and when they have money spend their
nights in the most disgusting and debilita
ting debauches; all of these facts naturally
lead to the questions, are the negroes going
the way of the Indian ? Are they being civ
ilized from off the face of the earth ?
Swinh. —lt is often said that if anything
ails a hog he will surely die, because nothing
can be given him. Nothing is farther from
the fact; indeed, there is no animal on the
farm to whom medicine can be administered
with so much safety. Turn the anim&l upon
his back, and he will invariably open his
mouth, and then is the time to turn in the
medicine. Too much must not be turned in
at once or the animal may draw it into his
lungs and expire almost instantly.
The wife of the Rev. Wm. P. Brooks, of
St. Louis, while fumbling among the Bibles,
tracts and hymn books that he had packed in
a bag in readiness for a tour as an evangel
ist, found a bundle of letters addressed to
him. She observed that the language was af
fectionate, and that the handwriting was that
of sister McDonald, an active member of her
husband’s church. A few hours later sister
McDonald called. The interview was a live
ly one, and by the time the scratches on sis
ter McDonald’s face have healed up perhaps
the sensation among the church people will
have slightly subsided.
Glass windows were introduced into Eng
land in the eighth century.
S TERMS, $2.00 PER ANNUM*
} SI.OO FOR SIX MONTHS.
An Example in the Right Mace.
We shall have aa reference to political
questions or patics in what we are about ttf
say, and we would not make any invidious
comparisons. Let the reader comment or
conclude as he pleases. s?ot long since a
Communication appeared in the New YoA
Tribune, in which the following statement
occurred i
“Alert, youthful ns Ire was twenty-five'
years ago, he is a forcible example of the
value of an abstemious life. He was never
in a bar-room, it is said, irr nil his years. He
is an utter stranger to tobacco' in all its
forms. Nobody never saw him fake a drink
of liquor, or smoke a cigar, or chew tobacco.’’
The reference is to President HayeS, ami
the author of the statement asserted an ac
quaintance of twenty-two years* duration
with the subject of it.
It is certainly a most extraordinary series'
of declarations concerning a man prominent
in public life and politics for nearly half his
fifty-five years. The list of American Presj-*
dents contains many names of pure and lofty
manhood—characters that were examples of
integrity and sobriety—but we do not remem
ber one of whom it could be said that “he
was never in a barroom in all his years.”
Some might protest against this severe pro
priety of conduct as extravagant; but, for
our own part, we can not help according it
our hearty respect. AY hat is the “bar-room”
but the place where liquors of different gra
des of quality and intoxicating strength are
sold by the glass ? What is it, whether m
the palatial hotel or in the corner grocery,
hut the rendezvous of the intemperate and
impure ? What are its influences ? No one
will claim anything elevating or ennobling
in its associations and culture. The imm
who disclaims any concord with such a place
is entitled to our esteem, and it is a matter
of great satisfaction to know that our Presi
dent takes so high a view of manly conduct.
As for the other items—his repugnance
for tobacco and the use of liquor as a bev
erage—they are correlative with the one just
noticed. We are very glad of this exhibit
of the character and habits of our President
for tiie sake of our youth, who look for tlictr
models of daily conduct to those who occupy
the chief positions in government and society,
and for the sake of the country at large, which
needs the moral restraint which a temperate,
upright, and healthy chief magistrate can not
help exercising.
A Graphic Description.
In one of the justice’s courts the other day
a witness in an assault and battery caw'
gave his version of the affair as follows :
“Well, sir, the two stood facing each other,
one kinder growled and the other kinder
chuckled. Then they made up faces at each
other.—Then one dast and the other dasn’t.
—Then they kinder walked around.—Then'
they poked up their hats and spit on their
hands.”
“ And then ?” asked the lawyer, as the
witness paused for breath.
“ And then they glared at each other.
Then they made up faces again. Then some
body hollered for’em to go in and kick each
other all to death. Then they kinder got
ready, pulled their hats down and they rilsft--
ed together like two big ferrj'-boats. reared 1
up on end, came down with an awful crash,
and the next thing I saw was this ’ere man’s
coat all ripped up the back, and that ’ere
man’s nose all chawed ziz-zag, and that’s a!!
I know about the murder. —Detroit Free Press.
RPThe experiment which was tried last
year of employing carrier pigeons to bring
early intelligence every morning from the
fishing ground off the Scotch coast, of the
results of the night’s labor, is again being
resorted to this season. One of the birds is
taken out in every boat in the afternoon, and
after the nets have been hauled on the follow
ing morning, the pigeon is despatched with a
small piece of parchment tied round its neck,-
containing information as to the extent of
the catch, the position of the boat, the direc
tion of the wind, and the prospects of the
return journey. If there is not wind enough'
to take the boat hack, or if it is blowing in an 1
unfavorable direction, a request is made for
a tug, and from the particulars given as fcr
the bearings of the craft, she can be picked'
up easily by the steamer. Most of the pi
geons, when let off from the boats, circle three
times round overhead, and then sweep away
toward the land with great rapidity, generai--
ly flying at the rate of about a mile per minute.-
An old lady at Newport, Rhode Island,
talking of old times, told the following of a
former belle of Newport, Miss Sally Cham
plin : “She was a great beauty. She had
rejected a great many fine offers, when orte
day there came a proud gentleman, who,,
meeting the same fate, did not take it so*
meekly as the others, and asked for some
definite reason. Sally was used to a very
different manner, and she turned upon him
sharply, ♦ Sir, you seem to think that it is a
very wonderful thing for a man to be rejected..
I have refused twenty offers from this very
sofa, sir.’” One of the listeners inquired r
“ AVhat became of the man after this ?”
“lie became Miss Sally’s husband.” MomV
—Never bet on the kind of man any woman
will marry.
Ihe Drunkard's Wive. —Deep down in*
the secret recesses of the neglected anct
abused wife, what thoughts must suggest
themselves as she looks at her bloated and 1
bleared husband. Pinched for the merest
necessities of life, discomfort and disgrace
meeting her at every turn, what must be the
estimate of him who once vowed to love,
cherish and protect her. I lis want of decent
manhood has dispelled every dream of her
girlhood, and in its stead is bitter, blighting
despair, with not otic beam of snnshine to>
light the path of life.
It is reported that Lydia Thompson wify
bring her performances to a close next spring.
If her next spring should bring any clothes
to her performances, it wi llbe a great improve
ment. By the way, fellows! Did it ever
occur to any of yon who have read aboutthe peo
try of Lydia's dancing that if 3-011 stand
“Lydia” upside down she becomes “A Idyl
—Phiiadelpkia Bulletin.
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