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Jackson Sheriff' Sales.
i\ r [LI. be sold, before the Court House door.
W iii the town of Jefferson. within the legal
;r . of sale, to the highest hidder, on the first
Tiiesdiv in January. 1878. the following proper
ty. fa-wit: ...
’Two tracts of land, lying in said countv. adjoin
nM-arh other, and also adjoining lands of the
-"ale of Elies Mitchell, deceased, J. M. Garner
u l others, one of said tracts containing three
::idratl and five acres, moro or less, the other
:.faining one hundred and fifty acres, more or
... levied mi as the property of C. C. Thompson,
o virtue of. and to satisfy a ti. fa. issued from
mtrior Court of Jackson county, under a decree
i; Equity, rendered therein on the first day of
1 ireh. 1 577. in favor of K. If. Camp and Sarah P.
amp. administrator and administratrix of It. T.
jrithcr*. deceased, vs. said C. C. Thompson.—
tupertv pointed out in said ti. fa., and by plaint
‘sattv’s. Charles T. Vearwood, tenant in p05(#7.00.)
(#7.00.)
Also, at the same time and place, will tie sold
l.i) two hundred and fifteen acres of land, more
rle. on the waters of the Mulberry river, ad
ining lands of J. A. Daniel, M. P. Barnett. If.
.Randolph, sr.. and others; 50 acres in cultiva
:jo of wliieti is pood bottom land. There is
imfortxhle cabins thereon. Sold to satisfy a fi
. issued from Jackson Superior Court. D. It.
lie vs. R. J. Park. sold to perfect title—Proper
pointed out !>v defendant. (*5.00.)
J. S. II ENTER, Sheriff.
To Contractors.
Al’ll.l. UK LET, to the lowest bidder, bvforc
the Court-house door, in Jefferson, on the
first diy of January. IS7S. the building of the
bridge across the Oconee river known as the Wy-
U Wood l>ril*re—under the following specifica
tions: Said bridge to be built 12 feet road-way.
ami on level from the abutment oil the far side
tram the mill; fifty feet swinging span to arch in
mcr; said arch to be built on mud sills forty feet
buig; uprights I*2 by 12 inches, with piece of tim
ber Sby S in center of uprights; uprights to be
"rl! braced with braces 8 by 10 inches, to extend
within 12 incites of cap sill: cap sills 12 by 14
inches, well bolted down with iron bolts ; the iron
t'diold swinging arch to be sweeds iron. 3 inches
t inch thick, and well bolted to king post;
hitters to same to be S by 10 inches, and well bolt
-1 Hop and bottom ; the other arch to be built by
letting mud sill in the ground five feet ?nd tilled
°u with rock ; other timbers same as the arch in
ttie river; sleepers 8 by 12 inches put down, edge
!‘P hve to span—to lap well on arches ; banisters,
inch plank, well fastened to uprights 3 feet high,
Hpltt feet apart, morticed through and keyed tin
' r fioor plank ; said plank to extend two feet fur
*r °*it than other flooring—for braces. Floor
s'll hwt in length, 2 inches thick, well spiked
All of said timbers to be good heart, hut
’ ' "ill, and if hewed, to he well and smoothly
' "ne, and the work to he done in workman-like
! lia "ner. I he work, and each piece of timber to
inspected before being placed in the water by a
"ipctent person appointed for the purpose, so
‘. ,ai t ' le s l>ycilication.s can he rigidly enforced.
!lat fl ,c bridge may be received when built—full
niid complete specifications can be seen at this
office.
U the same time and place, also, will he let,
, H ‘ c °ntraet for building the bridge, above and on
Vt s ? m ? r ' ver * known as the Bryant bridge, lin
'hi* following specifications :—To he built five
higher than the old bridge location, with one
f\ ' ’he water near far bank from Jefferson.—
\ feet swinging span to said arch. The tim
•*r'. Huoring. Ac., to bo according to specitica
■'i,ls 111 hie ood’s bridge, as given above.
, H. \V. BELL, Ordinary.
1. 18877. Jackson Cos.
| —.lachson ('ounly.
hcToa>. Mr-. FJi/.abcth Lav and <’. 11. Reeves
application , (U>> j n proper form, tor Lct
' Administration upon the Estate of Kicher
a.' - dee'd. late of said county
IIN N therefore, to cite and admonish all per
'Rs concerned, the next of kin. to show cause, if
T' 1 ay can. on the first Monday in January,
in the Court of Ordinary for said County.
) the letters prayed for by the applicants
"'Hu not V granted. Given under mv official
'fPiature. tin- Nov. 20th. 1877.
H. W. BELL. Ordinary.
(|EoßGifl f .i.u ksun County.
• b Howe vs. \Y. .1. Rowe, Libel for Divorce,
. m Jackson Superior Court.
, Jl'l'earmg to the Court that the defendant in
i"’’, ;i "*'• stated case resides without the limits of
comity, and it also appearing that said
' iidant resides without the limits of the State
of,; ';orgu_
therefore, ordered that service upon the
' r '"'iunt. \V. J. Rowe. be perfected bv puhlica
’ • ’n thv Koiikst Ni:\vs once a month for four
l j ' ;! h- previous to the next term of this Court.
, J. B. SII.M AN, ITttTs Atfy.
'lilted:
<iKu - l>. KICK, Judge S. C.
!u, ‘ extract from the minutes of Jackson Su
-o,*rt.,*rt. August Term. 1877.
T. If. $1 BLACK. Clerk.
Jaelt-ou County.
f„ r ' Sarah Wilson applies to me in proper
"f \Y M T betters of Administration on the Estate
fl!. W ilson, dec'd, late of said county—
totv 1 \ to r ’ to a H concerned, kindred and eredi
tvn,', ,'!• 'j' n " cause, if any they can. at the regular
the tir t 'm * <mrt °f Ordinary in said county, on
t. N , 1 ■ '"irla vin January. . 1878. why said Let-
ImmT’ 1 ‘ I I MOt be granted the applicant.
Vr ('l. \ ,n ." " r my official signature, this Novem
-JU'* 15 ,7. R. w. BELT.. Ordinarv.
1 lie People their own Rulers; Advancement in Education, Science, Agriculture and Southern Manufactures.
Administrator's Sale.
A to n order of the Court of Or
f. * dinary of Jackson county, will be sold before
the Court-house door in Jefferson, within the lc
gal hours of sale, to the highest bidder, at public
outcry, on the lirst Tuesday in January, 1878, the
following property, to wit—A tract of land in
Jackson county, containing two hundred and thir
ty-two acres more or less, it being all the land be
longing to Minor Lipscomb, dec’d, except the
dower laid off to the widow of said deceased ad
joining lands of Addington. Glenn. Human and
the dower tract of Nancy Lipscomb; about
!ift\ acres in cultivation ; one hundred in jrood,
iair old field land, balance in forest. One settle
ment on the place. Said land sold as the property
of Minor Lipscomb, dec’d, for the purpose of pay
ing debts and for distribution among the heirs of
said dec’d. Terms Cash.
•J. L. LANDOLPH. Adm rdc boms non
on estate of Minor Lipscomb, dec’d.
Dec 1 pr fee 87.50
Administrator's Sale.
VGKKKA BLY to an order of the Court of Or
. dinar\ of Jackson countv, I 'fiirifm, w ill be
sohl before the Court-house door in the town of
Jefferson, in said county, within the legal hours
of sale, on the first Tuesday in January. Is7B, the
following property, to wit—One hundred and
three or four acres of land on the waters of Wal
nut fork of the Mulberry river, adjoining \V. N.
Straynge, A. M. Parks'. Thomas Oaks. Elbert
Duncan and others. There is about sixty-five
acres cleared and finder fence. There is a*good
common log house, with rock chimney ; the kitch
en is a log house, rock chimney; a well of good
water, other out-houses, smoke-house, corn-crib,
stable. &c. There is another settlement on said
place, good peach orchard. Sold us the property
of Noah Simpson, dec’d. for the purpose of pay
ing debts and distribution. Terms, Cash.
N. U . SIMPSON. Adin’r.
dec 1 pr fee £7.50.
Administrator’s Sale.
VGKKKA BLY to an order of the Hon. Court
of Ordinary of the county of Jackson, will be
sold before the Court-house door at .Jefferson,
within the legal hours of sale, on the first Tues
day in January. IS7B. at public outcry, to the
highest bidder, the following property, to wit:
Ist. The lemainder interest of the* heirs of the
late Stephen Cowan, deceased, in the Dower of
the widow of said deceased. Mrs Samantha Cow
an : said dower containing seventy-seven and one
half acres, by measurement and plat of same. Gll
said land is a splendid dwelling and good out
buildings; well, tine orchard and other conve
niences. About forty acres in cultivation : twelve
or fifteen acres bottom land cleared ; about fifteen
acres of strong forest land, and balance good old
field pine land.
2d. The ** Bridge piece” of S. Cowan’s, lands,
containing eighty live and eight-tenth acres, by
measurement and plat, adjoining dower tract :
twenty acres good, cultivntable land ; eight or ten
acres bottom land on Candler's creek : about five
acres of original forest and balance good, fair old
field pine land.
3d. The ** l pper piece” of S. Cowan’s lands,
containing one hundred and eight ami one-half
acres, by measurement ami plat, adjoining dower
and bridge piece ; not more than ten acres culti
vatable land on this tract- balance in forest and
fair old field pine lands.
All these lands are well watered, lying on Can
dler's creek, in said county, and in a very desira
ble locality, near Gillsville. on Northeastern Kail
Road. Said lands sohl as the property of said
Stephen Cowan, deceased, for the purpose of pay
ing the debts against the estate and for distribu
tion among the heirs at law of said deceased.
Terms, cash. Plats of said lands may be seen
at the office of W. C. & R. S. Howard. Jefferson,
Ga. Any one will he shown over the lands by
the ailrn'r, on application.
T. SUDDKTH, Adm'r on
decl pr fee £l2] Kstate of Stephen Cowan, dec’d.
it against the Kstate of George Merk, late ot
Jackson county, deceased, are notified to present
them, properly authenticated ; ami all persons
indebted to the Kstate of said deceased, are re
quested to make immediate payment.
Nov. 10th. 1877. HENRY ’MERK, Adm’r.
( \ r.oitGlV Jackson County.
VT
Whereas, Thomas B. Echols has applied
to me for exemption of personalty ami set
ting apart and valuation of homestead ; and I will
pass upon the same on the 2lth day of December,
1877, at 12 o’clock M., at mv office.
Dec 6th. 11. \V. BELL, Ord'v.
To Debtors.
\LL persons indebted to the firm of PEN DER
GRASS A HANCOCK are respectfully re
quested fo come forward and make payment at
once, as 1 ant compelled to wind up all the busi- :
ness of the late firm. Your notes and accounts
will be found at the old stand. Any person wish- 1
ing to make payment, will be waited on by Mr.
F. L. Pendergrass. X. H. PENDERGRASS.
Oct t Surviving Copartner.
Vf OrW K.— To all whom it may Concern :
I hereby consent for my wife, P. P. I.an- j
caster, to become a Free Dealer from and after
this date. Nov. 7th, 1877.
nov 10 N. W. LANCASTER.
Dr. H. J. LONG,:
—DEALER IN—
Drugs, Medicines. Paints, Oils, kv
WEST SIDE OF VI’BLIC SQI'ARE ,
Gainesville, Ga.,
HAS on band, and will constantly add thereto,
a full line of Drugs and Medicines, Paints, j
Oils. Varnishes, Ac.. Ac. A specialty made of the
most celebrated and thoroughly tested
MIXED r.UXTS!
Caudnum. Paregoric. Ac., put up in suitable j
quantities for country merchants.
Full stock of Lamps, Kerosene Oil, Lamp
Wicks, Ac.
Machine and Train Oil
on band constantly.
At this establishment will be found a choice as
sortment of Perfumery. Toilet Soaps, fine brands
of Cigars and Tobacco. Paint and Whitewash
Brushes, Patent Medicines, and everything kept
in a first-class Drug Store. Having made special
arrangements in the purchase of his stock. Dr.
LONG offers bis goods Low fok Cask! Pure
medicines, quick sales and small profits, is the
• motto of this bouse. Call as above.
fiFi?”Physicians' prescriptions tilled by a careful
and thoroughly competent Druggist.
, March 24th, 1877.
Fall and Winter
STOCK OF
Millinery and Fancy Goods!
■ ■' ■—O
Wt*. T. A. ARAM*
VN NOCXCES to*the public that she is now re
ceiving a large ami varied stock of Ladies’
Bonnets, Hats. Laces. Ribbons. Trimmings, 4c.,
which she is offering at low prices. Call, exam
ine and be convinced. Next door to the Bank of
the University, Athens, Ga. Sep 29
I)RDGR AMMIkS, Circulars, A\. for schools
and academies, printed at this office.
JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., SATURDAY. DEC’R 15, 1577.
POET’S CORNER.
GEORGIA.
RY MRS. HATTIE RUSSELL ECHOLS.
M hy chant the praise of classic isles,
M here Sappho’s burning harp was strung;
And twine your wreaths for beauty’s smiles.
And leave your oyvn blest land unsung?
j Tour own brown hills, your verdant vales :
lour granite summits in the skies :
Athcnia kissed by scented gales,
\\ orships her goddess in her sighs.
Regal pride and regal splendor.
Might envy nature’s love for thee :
Thy floral treasures sweet and tender.
V\ ould gem the Edens o’er the sea.
" Mv native land, goodnight,” yvas sung—
Adah alone hath wept o’er him :
I felt hoyv sore that heart yvas yvrung
M hen Georgia’s hills tome grew dim.
Hast thou e’er seen the prairies wide?
The grand Sierras clad in snow ?
1 he crested waves neath Neptune ride?
And the red morn when tempests blow?
1 he mountain’s, or the ocean’s child,
W ill love their memory more and more—
Conies it within the storm cloud wild,
Or in the smile a mother wore.
I he erubescent rose must smile.
Ere Autumn’s russet leaflets quiver--
The pilgrim tired rests awhile.
In the cool shade beside the river.
I hen rising on his bending staff.
His fevered lips the waters press.
Ah ! sweeter fir than yvine we quaff.
Or sweet delusion's soft caress,
from yvine and marble let me turn—
And ruined Rome, in dust asleep—
Let Albion’s fame like planets burn—
On this I'll smile, o’er that I’ll yveep.
But here; mid nature’s grandest gifts,
Where India's wealth swells all the hills :
Mv fancy rests, my glad heart lifts.
Its praise to Georgia’s fields and nils.
Scissored Paragraphs.
The St. Louis Journal of Agriculture says:
“Farms can be bought, in an}* county in the
United State to-day, for less than the im
provements cost.”
The Charlotte (X. C.) Obiter cer steps up
yvith a son ten years old that has raised fine
hundred and forty-nine pigs—22,350 pounds
of pork—s2,23s.
An obi woman who peddled newspapers
at Fulton Ferry, in New York, for thirty
years, died the other day, leaving an estate
of $50,000.
The General Conference of the M. E.
Church, South, will meet iu Atlanta next
May, and continue in session about one
month.
The Marietta paper mill, which was destroy
ed by fire some time ago. has been rebuilt,
and is now in the full tide of successful ope
ration.
All English magazine having written ex
haustively upon “ Water as a Beverage.” an
Albany paper thinks the scheme is feasible,
and might at least have a trial.
A Dutchman was about to make a journey
to his fatherland, and wishing to say good
bye to a friend, extended his hand and said :
“Veil, oir I don’d coom back, hullo.”
A second crop of strawberries is being
gathered in Clayton county. Only to think,
ripe strawberries blushing in their little beds
and the ice king on the march through the
State.
The laws makes a witness syvear that he
will tell the yvhole truth, so help him, and
then it imposes rules of evidence by which lie
is not permitted to tell it.— N. Y. Herald.—
True for you.
Works of art and science are thrown awav
on some people. At Washington they have
the finest telescope in the world ; and yet
there are some women living who would pre
fer to look through akcydiole.
A colored trooper who had served his term
in the penitentiary remarked to another who
was sentenced this week at LaG range:—
“ Warren, you won’t have none o’ this hide on
you when you git back here.”
Warm Spring, near Pine Mountain Rabun
county, in Georgia, sends from the base of
the mountain fourteen hundred gallons of
water each minute at a temperature of ninety
degrees.
The citizens of Carncsvilla, Franklin coun
ty, arc about to organize a lodge of the Knights
of Honor in that place. This order is spread
ing rapidly in Georgia, and its teachings and
practices arc said to be popular.
The latest agony in young gentlemen’s
neckwear is a collar so broad and high and
deep that a man has to go naked if he wants
to show the whole pattern.— Andrews’ Ba
zaar.
At the recent extra session of Congress
1,800 bills were introduced, but only three
became laws—the army appropriation, the
navy deficiency and the Paris Exposition
hills.
On Monday of last week, the House of
Representatives passed bills repealing the law
disqualifying jurors on account, of participa- j
in the rebellion, and eliminating from the!
statutes all provision requiring test oaths.
A “solid South’’ has been found as far
North as New Haven, Conn. She is ayoung j
lady, a Miss South, who is not only fourteen
years old, hut weighs 322 pounds. She ex
pects to continue solid until long after the
next Presidential election.
A good many people are predicting a re- ;
ligious war in America. Well, if nobody but
religious people take part in it. the opposing
armies will have to advertise for each other
a long time before they can find anybody to
fight with.— Hcrahl and Presbyter.
The Lee Mausoleum.— Work on the Lee
mausoleum at Lexington, Va„ will he begun
in a few days. The spot chosen is a few
pace3to the north of the memorial chapel, in
which the remains now lie, and on the cam
pus of Washington and Lee University.
The joint board of finance of the North
Georgia Conference report that five thousand
! seven hundred and six dollars and eighty-five
cents had been collected for the support of
the superannuated preachers and the widows
and orphans of deceased preachers during
the ecclesiastical year, and one thousand six
, hundred dollars for the Bishops’ fund.
SELECT MISCELLANY.
Short Apologues.
TIIE WISE MAX AND THE SERPENT.
A wise man one day asked the serpent,
“Of what advantage is it to thee to deprive
men of life ? The lion killsand devours Ids
prey. The tiger, the wolf and other fierce
beasts do the same, in order to satisfy their
hunger ! but thou bitest thy innocent victims,
and sheddest mortal poison into their veins,
without reaping any benefit from their death,
save the cruel satisfaction of destroying.”
“Why askest thou me this question?” re
joined the reptile. “Ask rather the slander
er amongst thine own race, what pleasure he
finds in poisoning unto death those who have
never injured him.”
THE WORM AND THE FLY.
The worm and the fly one day had a dis
pute. The fly despised the worm and said—
“ All the earth is my free heritage. I enter
the palace of kings, rest on their heads, and
eat at their tables. I fly whithersoever I
choose, and feed on the most dainty sweets;
whilst thou, crawling and abject, canst not
rise one inch from the ground.”
“ I cannot fly, it is true,” replied the worm,
“and yet I am everywhere—in earth, in wa
ter, in the bodies of both men and beast;
and it thou boasteth of feeding on man’s
daintiest food, I feed on man himself.”
THE MAN AND THE VINE.
In one of tlio early years after the creation
of the world, man began to plant a vine, and
Satan saw it and drew near. “ What planteth
thou, son of the earth ?” said the prince of
the demons.
“A vine !” replied the man.
“ What are the properties of this tree ?”
“Oh, its fruit is pleasent to look at, and
delicious to taste. From it is produced a
precious liquid which fill-* the heart with joy.”
“Well, since wine makes glad the heart of
man. I will help to plant this tree.”
So saying the demon brought a lamb and
slew it. then a lion, then an ape, and last of
all a pig, killing each in succession, and
moistening the roots of the vine with the
blood.
Thence it has happened ever since, that
when a man drinks a small portion of wine,
he becomes gentle and caressing as a lamb;
after a little more, strong and bold as a lion ;
when lie drinks still more be resembles an
ape in his folly and absurd and mischievous
actions ; but when lie has swallowed the liquid
to excess, he is like a pig wallowing in the
mire.
THE nr.OOAR AND TIIE EKE Elf.
A poor beggar, overwhelmed with want and
misery, resolved one day to drown himself.
Arrived at the brink of the river, he was
about to throw himself in, when a leper, who
was passing, asked him to point out the
dwelling of a certain physician, who might
perhaps be able to cure him.
“Brother, ’ said tlie beggar, “you bad bet
ter follow my example, and thus speedily
deliver yourself from your malady.”
“No.” replied the leper, “ I wish to recov
er. Tamby no means tird of life.”
A wise man, who was passing by, and heard
the dialogue, then said :
“My friends, if you each persist in your
first resolution, you ought to exchange your
modes of action ; let the leper plunge frequent
ly into the water, and lie will be healed ;
while you poor man, may commit suicide in
the speediest and most certain manner possi
ble by putting yourself into the hands of a
physician.”
A Remarkable Scene in Court.
A remarkable scene occurred at the close
of the Wieners murder trial in St. Louis.
Wieners is a gigantic ruffian, formerly em
ployed in a local variety theatre, and the
murderer, nearly a year ago, of a young man
named Lawrence. He shot and instantly
killed Lawrence in a fit of rage, the tragedy
taking place in the theatre. During the pro- !
gress of the trial the aged and respectable |
father and a very attractive sister of the
prisoner were his constant attendants in the
court. The jury, after being out hut a short
time, brought in a verdict of murder in the
first degree. The court room was crowded.
When the verdict was announced, the prison
er’s sister burst into a paroxysm of shrieks,
and the entire family were removed by order
of the court to a side room. The father had
listened to the verdict of gnilty ; but all at
once he began a series of hoarse yells and
blasphemous cursing, in a fit of absolute
temporary insanity. Then the prisoner be
cam*} frenzied and violent and bad to be
handcuffed, being so taken to his cell. Mean
while the father had fallen in a fainting fit.
and a divorced wife of the prosoner laughed
in jo}’ at his conviction. The entire scene
was one of tire most horrible ever witnessed
in a courtroom, occasioning a general excite
ment. The verdict met with universal ap
proval.
A gentleman at a dinner party was seated
next a young miss. He asked her if she was
fond of ethnology. She said she was, but
she was not very well, and the doctor bad
told her not to eat anything tor der.sert except
oranges.
A Frog Doctor.
A reputation lias often been built on a bon
mot, and in this order of ideas I cannot do
better than cite the following traitd " espirit
which became in the mouth of a medical
student a coup de fourtune. The best of the
anecdote is that its hero later showed his
talent to be equal to the high position his
ready wit won for him. The Duchess of
D ———, one of the most aristocratic ladies of
the noble faubourg, became possessed of the
idea that she had swallowed a frog. She
declared she felt it on her chest, and its pre*
sence inside robbed her of peace, sleep and
health. Parisian authorities had the impu
dence to deny the existence of this animal.
An old lady, who sold herb tea. gave it out
at length that she knew of a young doctor
who was certainly wiser than the best Paris
ian authorities, and she did not care if it was
a frog or a crocodile, he would kill whatever
it was in any one. The young man was sent,
for. and the Duchess told him her talc of
woe. Far from appearing astonished Dr,
C- felt the patient's pulse, and, after a
well-feigned pause, said:—“Madame, there
is a frog; but I will remove it.” lie then
prescribed an innocent emetic and went t*
the nearest flower shop, where he bought a
pretty green frog and returned to the Duch
ess. The emetic was commencing to take
effect, and, as the Duchess* eyes filled with
tears, the Doctor took advantage of this to j
slip his green confederate into the basin.—
Seeing the frog the Duchess declared an im
mense load was removed from her chest, and |
for an instant all seemed well ; but a moment
later she turned pale and cried—
*
“Ah, Monsieur. I am not yet cured. I
feel the little ones, which that frog has left,
behind her.”
“Stop!” cried Dr. C , without allow
ing a trace of embarrassment to be seen in
his manner, “we shall soon see.” He then
threw a searching glance upon t lie frog and
uttered, with a look of certainty that settled
the whole question. “Madame, the existence
of little ones is an impossibility, for the frog
is a male !’’ This cure is as authentic as the
deserved fame of Dr. C .[;V. Y. Herald.
Why are we Right-Handed 7
Investigations by a French phj’sician, Dr.
I Flenry,r Bordeaux. have adduced facts show,
j in" that our natural impulse to use the mem
j hers on the right side of the body is clearly
| traceable to probably physiological causes.
| Dr. Floury, after examining an immense
! number of human brains, asserts that the
1 left anterior lobe is a little larger than the
i right one. Again, he shows that. l3' examin
j ing a large number of people, there is an tin
i equal supply of blood to the two sides of the
1 body. The brachiocephalic trunk, which
only exists on the right of the arcu of the
aorta, produces, by a difference in termina
tion. an inequality in the waves of red blood
which travel from right to left. Moreover,
the diameters of the subclavian arteries on
each side are different, that on the right being
noticeably larger. The left lobe of the brain,
therefore, being more richly haematosed than
the right, becomes stronger; and as, by the
intersection of the nervous fiber, it commands
the right side of the body, it is obvious that
that side will be more readily controlled.
This furnishes one reason for the natural
preference for the right hand, and another is
found in the increased supply of blood from
the subclavian artery. The augmentation of
blood we have already seen suggested ; but
I the reason for it is here ascribed to the rela
tive size/if the artorv, and not to any dircct
; ness of path from the heart. Dr. Flcury has
carried his investigations through the whole
series of mammalia: and he finds that the
righthanded peculiarities exist in all that
have arteries arranged similar to those of
man. At the same time such animals, nota
bly the chimpanzee, the seals, and the bea
vers, are the most adroit and intelligent.—
The Eclectic.
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“Where are the boys ?” anxious!}* inquires
a religions exchange. Why bless your inno
cent soul, don’t you know where they are ?
George is in the cellar hooking choice eata
bles for school; Henry is in the back yard
getting ready to blow himself up with a rusty
gun ; Alexander is indulging irt a fight with
a boy in the next house and getteng his face
built into a German chromo ; while William
is being impelled wildly and vivaciously over
the barn floor, the motive power being a trunk
strap dcftlv wielded by the old man. That's
where the boys are. —Rockland Courier .
Joseph Sfconey. colored, styling himself
“champion walker,” announces that he will
commence walking this afternoon at three
o’clock, and continue walking until Saturday
night at ten oclock, without sleeping or rest
ing. excepting fifteen minutes out of every
twelve hours. This walk will be at the build
ing, corner Houston street and South Broad
street lane. —Saw News. bth.
In Texas, recently, a judge broke down
with emotion while sentencing one Longly.
a notorious desperado, to be hanged for mar
der. Longly was surprised at this, and re
marked, on going back to jail, “I feel sorry
, for the Judge.”
If there is a man who can eat his bread at
: peace with heaven and man, it is that man
who has bought that bread out of the earth
by his own honest industry. It is cankered
by do fraud— it is wet bv no tear stained by
. no blood.
''TERMS. $2.00 PER ANNUM'
( SI.OO FOR SIX MONTHS.
Major Dee and Ihe Yankee Chaplain.
It was in the latter tears of the war, on *
! cold winter morning. Governor Magoltin ami
■ Major Dee. having been together at Frankfort,-
j were reluctantly leaving that most hospita
ble city. Somehow, they always seemed
| reluctant to leave Frankfort early in tho
mrrning. As they entered together the two
horse Harrodsburg coach they observed nrf
fellow passegers a rosy cheeked, bright eyed
Anderson county lady, with a chubby child
in her arms, ami oh ! abomination of desola
tions. a long faced, black-haired, uniformed
\ ankce chaplain. Major Dec was silent—
the Governor held his cane to his upper lip.
The stage had hardly crossed the bridge
before the apostle of liberty, who evidently
recognized t he Governor lint did not the Ma
jor. began a trnlv loyal discourse, always
addressing Major Dec: “ I think the rebel
lion ought to be crushed by all means,” said
the chaplain. The Major is always prudent;’
the Governor was of necessity in those times
cautious, and so they said nothing. The
apostle went on with a tirade against rebels.
Still no response or comment from either the
Governor or Major Dee.
Finally, said the chaplain, addressing Ma
j jor Dee : “ Don’t you think Abraham Lin
j coin the greatest man living? I ask you.
sir.' The Major aroused himself, an 1 with
! Ids usual “aliern!” said: “Yes, sir; tlm
only truly great man living.” The Anderson
j county woman was horrified ; the Governor
: took his cane from his mouth : and the chap*
lain was all attention. “Sir.” continued
Major Dee. “Abraham Lincoln did for Ins
; father and mother the noblest thing ever a
i son did.” The chaplain's face beamed, the
! Major grew pathetic. •• You may talk of
Joseph and all other sons, but T never did
for my father and mother what Mr. Lincoln
did for his.” The Major grew earnest “Hon
or thy parents is a God-given command, and
nobly and in such a manner as no other man
has done did Mr. Lincoln honor his father
and mother. Why, sir, it almost brings tears
to my eyes to think of it.” The Major began
in a narrative style: “Mercer county is an
old county ; Harrodsburg is the oldest town
in the State. The Allins have always been
clerks in Mercer, and old man Allin told m3'
father and my father told me, that when Abra
ham Lincoln was only ten years old he rode
fourteen miles to Harrodsburg in his shirt
tail”—
The Anderson county woman blushed.
“ I bog pardon, madam, but still lie wag
|in his shirt-tail,” continued the Major. “Oil#
lit was a noble act to do this for bis father
; and mother, and him only ten years old.’’
The Major sighed. The chaplain’s curious
anxiety was painful. “ Well, sir. Abe Lincoln
rode up to the clerk and handed him seven
and sixpence, and it was noble in him, and —'*
Here the chaplain’s anxiety was so great
he anticipated the Major, and lie exclaimed :
“ Blessed bov, got from the clerk a deed tr
the parental homestead ?” “ Deed ? deed V*
said the Major. “Who said anything about
a deed ? Why. it was better than any deed,
sir. He got a license from the clerk for his
father and mother to marry, sir. and him only
ten years old. Now, don’t you think it was
the noblest act of his life ? and it was what
neither you nor I ever did. Did we. Beriah ?”
The Anderson county woman bad to be
helped out of the stage, for she was in strong
convulsions ; and all this proves that llar
rodslmrg is the oldest, town in Kentucky.
The Class-Meeting.
The class-meeting, which has always been
a distinctive feature of Methodism, is falling
into disuse. A correspondent of the Metho
dist Protestant , lamenting this neglect, says :
But the class meeting, alas ! is rapidly fall
ing into desuetude, and, as a consequence,
Methodism, in all its branches—like Samp
son, shorn of his locks—is already becoming
as weak as other Churches. The class-meet
ing, no longer a test of membership, is entire
ly ignored by the masses, only a faithful and
pious few sustaining it by attending on its
exercises, and reaping the harvest ofblessing,
which it never fails to bring. We tried dur
ing a late pastorate, for two years, to resusci
tate the class-meetings, by appointing compe
tent leaders ; and when it failed in their hands,
took it in charge. But it was all oflittle avail.
A few of the pious poor attended the meet
ings but the more influential members stood
entirely aloof. And this, we doubt not. is
generally the experience of our pastors in
the Methodist Protest ant Church. The result
is an evidentdecline in the piety ofthe Church,
and a corresponding increase of a worldly
spirit and temper among its membership.
Tragic Death of an /Eronaul.
A young Irishman named Charles Hill,
attached to Hoffman’s Balloon Show, while
performing at Manning, S. C.. on Thursday
last, made an ascension in a halloou to which
was attached a cord several hundred yards
long. When the balloon had reached a
sufficient altitude, in attempting to pull it
down the cord broke, and the balloon shot up
like an arrow, bearing the helpless a ronaut
astride of a trapeze bar suspended from it.
Ascending to a dizzy height, the balloon
was seen to encounter various currents of
air, and after drifting a mile away to descend,
when it disappeared from sight among the
trees of Ox Swamp. After some time, hear
ing no tidings of the aeronaut, several per
sons searched for him in the swamp till far in
the night. On the following morning the
lifeless body of the young man, partly sub
merged in the water of the swamp, was found
impaled on a sharp stump, or what is usually
known as a “cypress knee.” and the balloon
was found in a tree hard by,
“Olivia,” the female editor of the Nation
al Lnion. has this chunk of wisdom : “What
can we substitute for tobacco, whiskey and
beer ? Something that will cost us little and
go far. Lntil thisquestinn issolved the drain
shops will flourish, because nature abhors a
vacuum, and there is a demand which always
has and always will be filled. Legislatures
may enact their fiats, City Councils put forth
their laws, but human nature, the strongest
of all the forces, defies the ingenuity of legal
web, and works out its own salvatiou accord
ing to the appetites of the bodv. instead o{
the loftier cravings of the soul ”
NCMREI? 27.