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TO CONTRACTORS.
IITILI. BE LET. to the lowest bidder, before
Yt the Court-house door, in Jefferson, on the
23th day of February, 1878. the building of the
Bridge across the Nfulhcrry river, known as the
“Lyle bridge,” under the following specifica
tions : To be built on lever with far bank from
Jefferson, with two arches in the water, built on
mud-sills fort)* feet long; uprights 1*2x12 inches,
with piece timber Bxß inches in center ; uprights
to be well braced with timbers Bxlo inches, ex
tending to within 12 inches of cap-sill. Cap -sills
to be 12x14 inches, morticed half through so as to
lit on top of tenants on uprights. King-post to
swinging-spin 10x10 inches ; rafters Bxlo inches;
live sleepers 10x12 inches. Said span to be well
bolted down with iron bolts, and Swedes Iron J
inch thich and J inches wide, to hold same.
Sleepers to the other spans, five each, Gxl2 inches;
outer end to rest on mud-sills*. Flooring 14 feet
long, 2 inches thick, spiked down with 5 inch
stringers, Banisters fastened to uprights. ma<le
of3 inch scantling, three feet high, eight feet
apart, morticed through and keyed on under side
of tlooring-plank ; said plank to extend two feet
further out than balance of floor, for braces to rest
on; planked on inside with inch plank. All
.sleepers to lap well over cap-sills, and all timbers
except mud-sills, to be all heart; if hewn, to be
■well and smoothly done. All work to be done in
workmanlike manner; as it will—as well as eve
cry piece of timber—be inspected before placed
in the water, by a competent person, appointed
for that purpose, so that the bridge may be re
ceived when completed. Full and complete spe
cifications can be seen at this office.
Jan 22, 1878. 11, W. BELL, Ordinary.
Jackson Sheriff Sales.
VIrILL Ic sold, before the Court House door.
in the town of Jefferson, within the legal
hours of sale, to the highest bidder, on the first
Tuesday in March, 1878, the following property,
to-writ:—(3Bl) Thirty-nine and one-half acres of
land, more or less, on the waters of Sandy creek,
adjoining lands of Dr. Cash. Moscly. E. B. Tuck,
Bonds and others. Said land lies near Nicholson,
on the Noctheastern railroad. Levied on by vir
tue of a fa. issued from the Justices’ Court ol the
iodd Dist., (. M.. Thomas Brooks vs. Daniel
Keidling. Property pointed out by plaintiff. No
tice served on Daniel Hcidling, tenant in posses
sion, as the law directs. Levy made and return
ed to me by John R. Wood. L. C.
M 2 JOHN S. HUNTER, Sheriff.
Jackson County Mortgage She
riff’s Sale.
\\ T ILL be sold before the Court Douse door, in
the town of Jefferson, within the legal
hours of sale, to the highest bidder, on the first
1 ursdav in April, 1878, the following proper
ty, to-wit:—One moHse-colored Mule, one two
horße wagon and two cows ; levied on by virtue
°f * mortgage fi fa. issued from Jackson Superior
t'ourt, J. F. Lilly & Son vs. John S. Wilson.—
Property pointed out in said fi fa.
MS ’ JOHN S. HUNTER, Sheriff.
QEOIMiIA, Jaektton Couatty.
To nil whom it may Concern:
M hercas, the reviewers appointed upon the pe
tition of certain citizens, to review, mark out, and
report upon the nublc utility of making the road
eommenchig at the State road near 11. C. Apple
by’s house, thence present traveled route to a
branch, theuceto right of said way up the fence
to top of hill, thenc£ present traveled way to sec
ond branch, thercc around the hill in the old road
’•' \v to far end of George Hayes’ lane, thence the
°bl track to near W. Bailey’s house, thence be-
W. Bailey’s horse-lot and new cabin into
Hog Mountain road in front of his house—a public
j’" a d, and they having reported the same of pub
'!*■' utility, and recommending it to be made a pub
lic road—lt is Ordered, that unless legal valid ob
jections is offered within thirty days from this
date, an order will he passed making tin* above
described road a public road. Given under my
official signature, January 14th. TS7S.
11. W. BELL. Ordinary.
QllOKAil.i, .liM’kfeoit Count j.
To all tchom it may Concern:
A’hcreas, the reviewers appointed upon the pc- !
tUion of certain citizens, to review, mark out, and
report upon the public utility of establishing a
public road commencing on the Academy road,
above Mrs. Xiblae.k’s, thence strait shoot through
corner of Thomas Grubb’s field, thence old road
*" 1 bonus Trout’s, thence to the right of old road
through corner of Mrs. Long's field into the Hog
Mountain road, reporting the same of public utili
ty and recommending said road to be made public:
ft is Ordered, that unless valid legal objections be
offered within thirty days from this date, an order j
will be passed, making the same a public road.—
'•iven under niv official signature, Jan. 14, 1878.
11. W. BELL, Ordinary.
| jl'OßtiH, Jackson County.
whereas, Thomas Phillips, administrator de
’o/ii* new. of Ij;vi Phillips, late of said county,
•ice’d. applies to me for leave to sell the lands be
s>uginp to the estate of said deceased—
Unis is therefore, to cite and admonish all per
>*>ns concerned, the next of kin. to show cause, if
*ny they can. on the first Monday in March,
Ix 7B, ni the Court of Ordinary for si.id County,
M . h .v the leave prayed for by the said applicant
* 10,1 Id not be.granted. Given under mv official
*’{piatur, thwYvby 6th, 1878.
‘ TT. W. BELL, Ordinary.
NOTICE.
IILOPLK not living on m.v plantation, are here*
* by notified not to HUNT. FISH or TRES
in any way. on my land, nor travel the
' "t paths through the farm, except the one lead
[r. <~n, ^ Ir - E- Pace’s farm to Nicholson. The
' will be enforced, without respect to per
* asrainrtt anv one disregarding this notice.
U'-b \ is;s. ' w. M ; JACKSON.
THE FOREST NEWS.
The People their own Rulers; Advancement In Education, Science, Agriculture and Southern Manufactures.
I . Jackson Sheriff's Sale .
i XiT ILL bf sold before the Court House door in
I the town of Jefferson, Jackson coanty. Ga.
within the legal hours of sale, on the first Tues
day* in March next, the following property, to-wit:
One hundred and seventy-five acres of land,
more or less, situate, lying and being in said coun
ty adjoining lands of W. 8. Thompson. E. M.
1 honipson, John A\ . Nicholson and James E.
Johnson; oh said land there is two small settle
ments and about forty acres of cleared land in a
good state of cultivation; the remainder in origi
nal forest. Said land is well watered with branch
es, and one of the settlements is immediately on
the State yoad two miles below Jefferson. Le
vied on as the property of defendant, to satisfy a
superior Court li. fa., M. Williamson vs. E. M.
Thompson; property pointed out by def*t and
purs atty. J
_ , ' JOHN S. HUNTER, Sheriff.
Feb. 2, 1.878. p r f ce £5.00
Also, at the same time and place, one undivided
half interest in and to a tract of land lying in said
county, on the Jefferson and LawrenccviUe road,
five miles from former place, adjoining lands of
J B Lyle. H T Flecman and others ; and further
described as parcel of land whereon S W Stephens
lately resided, and whereon C S Flcetnan and It
J Flecman now reside; said tract of land con
taining, in its entirety. four hundred and eighty
acres, more or less. Said tract of land is well
improved, and is in a high state of cultivation.—
Said undivided half interest in said four lmnnred
and eighty acres, levied on as the property of
said C. S. Fleeman aforesaid, to satisfy a fi. fa. for
unpaid portion of purchase money, issued from
Jackson Superior Clurt. (to effect which sale a
deed has been filed and recorded in the Clerk’s of
fice of the Superior Court of said county, executed
by J. B. Sifman. vendor and plaintiff', to C. S. Floe
man, vendee and defendant m li. fa..) in favor of
J. B. Silman against said C. S. Flecman. Proper
ty pointed out h)' plaintiff; notice of the lev}* giv
en m writing to C. S. Flecman. the defendant in
fi. fa., and It. J. F leeman. both of whom are ten
ants in possession, as required by law.
; JOHN S. HUNTER. Sheriff.
February 2, 1878. pr fee 810.
| | Jackson County'.
TV W. Chandler and W, VV. Chandler
apply to nifC in proper form for Letters of Ad
ministration upon the Estate of John A. Strick
land, late ofsaid county, deceased—
This is to cite all persons concerned, kindred i
and creditors, to show cause, if any they can. on !
the first Monday in March. 1878, at the regu
lar Term of the Court of Ordinary of said county, !
why said Letters should not he granted the appii
canst. Given under my official signature, Jan’v i
28th. 1878 11. W. BELL. Ordinary.
To Debtors aiul Creditors.
4 LL persons indebted to the estate of Alfred
x\_ Sinttli. decM, late of Jackson comity, arc
hereby notified that immediate payment of such
indebtedness is required ; and all parties having
demands against said deceased, are requested to
pr esent them, duly proven, to the undersigned.
i* ' N. B. CASH. Adin’r.
M. K. SMITH, Adm'x.
Feb 2. 1878. 2t
Stolen or Mislaid J
V BLACK SATCHEL, containing some valu
able papers, notes. Ac., which are of use to
no one except the owner. Any information in
regard thereto, will be thankfully received, and,
if necessary to its recovery, liberally rewarded.
J. B. DUNN A 1100.
Jan 2(5. I(7S Jackson county. Ga.
NOTICE.
BEING DETERMINED to close iny present
business. I call upon all who are indebted to
me, to settle their accounts by the 10th of Febru
ary next. If not settled by that time, all ac
counts due me. will be immediately placed in an
officer's hands for collection.
Jan 19—34. J. L. BAILEY.
Q.EORGIA, Jackson County.
L. E Rowe vs. W. J. Rowe. Libel for Divorce,
in Jackson Superior Court.
It appearing to the Court that the defendant in
the above stated case resides without the limits of
Jackson county, and it also appearing that said
defendant resides without the. limits of the State
of Georgia—
It is. therefore, ordered that service upon the
defendant, W. J. Rowe, be perfected bv publica
tion in the Forest News once a month for four
months previous to the next term of this Court.
J. B. SILMAN, Pl’tff’s Att'v.
Granted :
GEO. D. RICE. Judge S. C.
A true extract from the minutes of Jackson Su
perior Court, August Term, 1877.
oct2o v T. IT. NIBLACK. Clerk.
TaUc Notice!
r IMIE accounts due the Ft)REST NEWS OF*
X FICE for Subscriptions and Advertisements,
up to the 12th inst., are in my hands for collec
tion. Debtors, take Doticc! Come and settle
without another word. W. S. McCARTY,
Jan 26th, 1878. Att’y at Law.
MARBLE!
TOMBSTONES
Slabs, &e., &e.
Great Redaction in Prices !
A. R. ROBERTSON,
DKAIjKK in Monuments, Head and Foot
Stones. Slabs, Marble Box Tombs and Cra
dle Tombs. Specimens of work always on hand
and for sale. It is a saving of money to buy your
Monuments and Tombstones in Athens, Ga.
fißMmarlale Yard adjoining Reave& fc Nichol
son’s Cotton Warehouse. flO 3m
jP^—THE
i i I jSfeslP Z
Si mplest &°B est.
t -r Agents Wanted—
fjM&7 W.4 t . h St.
9.
L. C. NEBTNOER, Manager
JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., SATURDAY. FEB’Y 23,1878.
SELECT MISCELLANY.
GENERAL TOOMBS AND THE BOSTON AB
OLITIONIST.
JTotc the Great “ Dob" Floored a Yankee Phi
lanthropist on the Slave Question —The Dif
ference Between the Cost of a Nifjjer Teton
and a Mule Team.
A REMINISCENCE.
General Robert Toombs, the Southern
statesman, has been our subject before, and
one feels about as comfortable in writing
of him as one might in attempting to fondle
a lion. The henst is so big and so gentle,
and has a cat-like pleasure in having his head
scratched ; but, if lie should suddenlv r want
fresh meat, it would have been better to have
abstained from the dangerous luxury. What
would suddenly happen if he should sudden
ly wake up. and say, "Let me tell these sto
ries ; I think I know them best; and what if
he went for the story-teller, ns the negroes
say that hornets go for their victims—-bald
headed ? At all events, he once so turned
on a philanthropist in Boston, who expected
to shame and confound the then wealthy
slave owner with questions. There had been
very general invitations given by a Boston
Committee, to statesmen all over the land, to
make speeches in Tremont Temple, each pre
senting his own political view. Toombs, the
United States Senator, was invited, and on
the 26th of January, 18.56, he delivered in
the Temple his once famous speech on
“ Slavery in the United States—its relation
to the Federal Constitution, and its influence
on the well-being of the slave and society.”
The most impressive and startling passage
in the vein of sue!, an audience, was his refu
tation of the nonsense that a slave has no
compensation for labor, nor right that the
white man is bound to respect. In this day.
in which the republicans (so called) arc try
ing to get office by fraud and violence, as well as
by the plea of the estimable good they have
done to the slave and to the union, it may be
that the St>n will, at last, he the one brave pa
per in the North to tell them that they lie,
and prove it, too. If democrats had not been
ashamed and afraid of their own cause, and
attempted by compromise with so-called re
formers. and with Greely, and other doubtful
associations, to win some of a purely imag
inary Abolition majority, they would have
had and h a !d the government before Grant
had the chance to cast his sword into the bal
ances of a tributary people. When an edi
tor or statesman of position, shall dare to say
that the colored population of the South is
more degraded, more ignorant and more en
slaved by want and privation and loss of
white protection than ever before; when the
immense debt of the union, with its follow
ing curse of money gambling, and the almost
national dishonesty, bred by years of liberty
to steal all that could be stolen from the
South and the government-, together with the
murder of battle, the loss of vast Southern
productions, and much more, shall be justly
laid, not at the doors of Southern men. but
at. those of the real original disunionists. the
abolitionists, then a “ solid South” will not
be needed for a president, for a “ solid North”
will arise to rebuke the authors of t.lie disas
ter in America. Therefore, it will be well to
preface the rather amusing interview with
the C’ultus Boston man. as the Californians
call that people who boast so everlastingly of
‘•culture”—with a few words from the speech.
After speaking of the degraded condition of
the free negro, in England, Ifayti, Jamaica and
the Northern states, lie said: “The South
ern states * * * treat them
differently. They keep them in the subor
dinate condition in which we found them,
protect them against themselves, compel them
to contribute to their own and the public in
terests and welfare. Under this system, we
appeal to facts, open to all men. to prove
that the African race lias attained a higher
degree of comfort and happiness than his
race has ever before attained in any age or
country. Our political system gives the
slave great and valuable rights. His life is
equally protected with that of his master:
his person is secure from assault against all
others excepting his master, and his master’s
power in this respect, is placed under saluta
ry legal restraints. lie is entitled by law to
a home, to ample food and clothing, and ex
empt from excessive labor. When no lon
ger capable of labor, in old age or disease,
he is a legal charge upon bis master. Hi*
family, old and young, whether capable of
labor or not, from the cradle to the grave,
have the same lenal rights; and in these le
! gal provisions, they enjoy as large a propor
tion of the products of their labor ns anv
••lass of unskilled hired laborers in the world.
We know that those rights arc. in the main,
faithfully secured to them. But I re'y not
our knowledge, but submit our institution*
'to the same tests by which we try those of all
! other countries. These are supplied by our
: public statistics. They show that our slaves
arc larger consumers of animal food than any
population in Europe, and larger than any
other lalx>ring population in the United
i States, and that their natural increase (by
; children) is equal to that of any other pert
pie. These are true and undisputahle tests,
that their physical comforts are amply secur
ed. The speech was one that was never re
plied to. and it hit the abolitionists hard. Un
fortunately, it was reason, not gush, like
“Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” and it is easier to
sweep than to learn.
Onfc Cultns, a Boston man. thought he
j could make the orator betray himself, and
; took occasion to approach him in the midst of
a great crowd at the Revere house, so as to
I have witnesses.
‘You are Senator Toombs ?’ he said.
‘I am,’ said the great Bob.
T have no doubt your eminent position
will compel von to give a true answer to a
j question, even if it should criminate your
section ?’
‘Try me,’ said Bob, with a twinkle in his
eyes.
‘Sir, - said the long-faced and long-haired
philanthropist. “ I am informed that in Geor
i gia, your own State, they actually work nc
; groes to the plow in the place of horses, and
I relv upon vu to substantiate or contradict
it,”
Toombs said : ‘‘l will answer yon Yankee
fashion, by asking you another question : Do
you know what a likely negro man or boy
costs r
-Oh. yes." said philo, “I am informed of
yonr dreadfnl customs, and the price of hu
man blood is from SOOO to $1,500.”
“Will you take SI,OOO as fair?" said
Toombs.
“Ye 9, sir," said the man in search of his
brother.
“Well," said Toombs, "a fair plow team
is two mules, with ns. Ilow many negro
men would you think it would take to do
the work of two good mules ?”
The man pondered. He said: “I should
sav about ten to a mule, or twenty to a team."
Toombs said ; *‘ A mule costs from SIOO to
*5150. 1 A team S3OO. Your negro team will
Cost just $20,000. Don’t y*ou think that is
rather high plowing ?"
The man gave an angrv jam of his hat over
his cars, and went out. ejaculating. ‘‘l might
have known it was a lie.”— N. Y. Star.
The Farmer And his Money.
King Frederick, of Prussia, when he was
out riding one day. saw an old farmer who
was plowing his field and singing cheerfully
over his work.
"You must be well off, old man," cried
the king. " Does this acre belong to you. on
which you so industriously labor?”
"No sir," replied the man, who of course,
bad no idea that he was speaking to the
king; "I am not so rich as that. I plow for
wages."
"How much do you earn eacli day?" ask
ed the king.
"Fight groschen," returned the man. That
would be about twenty cents of our money.
“That is very little," said the king, ‘can
you get along with it ?’
"Get along, yes, indeed, and have some
thing left.”
"How do you manage ?"
"Well.” said the farmer, smiling, "I will
tell you. Two groschen are for myself and
wife; with two I pay mv old debts, two I
lend, anil two I give away for the Lord’s
sake.”
"This a mystery which I can not solve,"
said the king.
“Then l must solve it for you," said the
fanner,
" l have two old parents at home, who kept
me and cared for me when I was young
and needed care. Now that they are
old and weak, I am glad to keep and care
for them. This is my debt, and it takes two
groschen a day to pay it. Two more I spend
on my children’s schooling. If they are liv
ing when their mother and I arc old, they
will keep us and pay back what I lend.—
Then with my last two groschen I support
my two sick sisters who can not support
themselves. Of course lam not compelled
to give them the 11101103*, but I do it for the
Lord’s sake.”
“Well done, old man,’’ cried the king, as
he finished ; " now I am going to give you
something to guess. Have you ever seen
me before ?"
“ No,” said the farmer.
“ In less than five minutes 3*oll shall see
me fifty times, and eatn* in your pocket fifty
of my likenesses.”
"This is indeed a riddle which I can not
solve,” said the farmer.
"Then I will solve it for you." said the
king; and with that he put his hand into his
pocket, and pulling out fifty gold pieces, pine
ed them in the hand of the farmer.
" The coin is genuine." said the king, "for
it also comes from our Lord God, and I am
iis paymaster, I bid 3*oll good-bye.”
And he rode off, leaving the good man
overwhelmed with surprise and delight at the
singular interview.— Christian Statesman.
Not as Dull as he Looked.
lie was a stupid darkey, anybody could
sec that, and as he walked into a Vicksburg
grocery store, some of the idlers that congre
gated in that neighborhood determined to
play a joke on him. He walked up to the
landlord and asked him for work—anything,
no matter what it was, so long as it paid a
living. The landlord had no work, but refer
red him to Bill Dobbins, who sat on a chair
near by. with his feet perched on a barrel.—
Bill bad the reputation of being a terrible
wag. and as the darkey approached him, the
bovs crowded round to sec the fun.
“ Boss, I’m hard up ; can’t you give me a
job ?” asked the negro.
Bill hx)ked up, winked at the boys, and re
plied :
” Yes. I think I can ; if you’ll feed your
self and furnish the stock. I’ll get you to do
so Ipc ploughing for me.”
Bill laughed at this witty sail}', the boys
laughed and the landlord roared. Bill being
one of his best customers. The darkey scratch
ed his head, appeared to reflect a minute, and
then remarked ;
“ I can’t do that boss. 1 has a proposi
tion just like that this morning, and as the
other man came first I think be ought to have
the preference.”
“ What is it ?” inquirod Bill.
44 Well,” says the darkey, “ I asked a inar.
for work this morning, and he says : If you’ll
furnish the lines and the bait, I’ll give you
half the fish you ketch.”
Says bill:
** I believe that puts the drinks on me 1”
And they drank.
To perish under anx* circumstance must be
dreadful, but to perish near the house of
God, where the gospel is preached, and to
which you are affectionately invited, this
uiust be inconceivably fearful!—•/. Sw'fh,
FACES AT THE WINDOW.
t ttomief what’s the matter.
With m3* neighbors o'er the way ?
I miss six little faces
. That I've counted day by day.
The blinds afe draped with mourning—
The hoflsc looks lone and drear.
And the Shout of children’s voices
Bings fio more upon m3* ear.
Six faces at the window.
Each morning, fresh and clean ;
Six merry little voices,
AVith shout and laugh between—
I never dreamed I'd rniss them—
That they’d groWn into my heart;
That my neighbor** little Ihildfefi
Had become of life, a part.
So 1 watched the window, daily,-
Hoping, wishing all the while,
That again the little faces
‘ AYmild my leisure hotter beguile •
The days passed slow and sadly
AV'atching, waiting their return.
Till one day the blinds flew open
But no face could I discern.
Then something seemed to tell me—
Seemed to whisper in my car—
That someone among the number
Of the little ones was near.
I felt wee baby fingers
Patting
I was dreaming, *nly dreaming
Of an angel in the place.
Then I started from my dreaming,
For the house across the way
Had thrown open all the shutters
AVhere the children used to pla/.
And I saw the longed for faces
Pressing ’gainst the window pane ;
But a shadow crept around me
As I counted them again.
Two tiny heads were missing.
Crowned with shining golden hair,
Two dainty pair of babv feet
Had climbed the golden stair;
Two dear, sweet voices silent—
Two vacant window panes—
Two little rosewood coffins
In the house where sorrow reigns,
There is crape upon the window.
And upon the door below ;
There arc strangers passing in and out—
-1 see them come and go.
Four laces looking sadly
From the window o'er the wa3* —
Four little angel faces
Growing paler dai* l>3*ilay.
The crape grew on the window,
Till one face against the, pane
Came and went like Summer sunshine
Peeping through the clouds of rain.
I am rich in wealth and power—
-1 would give it all to-day
If I could see six faces
’Gainst the window o'er the way.
If 1 could sec the father
As I have in days gone by ;
Bend to clasp each little darling
AA’ith the love-light in his eye ;
His step so quick and Mastic,’
AVith the sunshine in his soul
Reflected from the babv eyes.
While soft arms round him stole.
But I see his footsteps falter
AVhcn his daily task is done ;
For of six dear little children
There is left him only one.
But he has five angels waiting—
AA'atching from their home on high
Five little faces looking from
The window in the sky.
[Mrs. C. M. Stoicc.
Facts for Those Who Burn Kerosene.
Kerosene oil is one of the products derived
from refined crude petrolium as it comes
from the well.
The oil is always more or less dangerous,
according to the amount of volatile gases left
in it.
Every lamp filled with the oil is liable to
explode after burning several hours.
But no explosion will ever happen with a
lamp full.
The danger comes from a constant genera
tion of an invisible vapor in the confined
space above the oil. This vapor, which is
inflammable, is caused by the heat of the
burner communicated to the oil; but it will
not explode unless exposed to the flame. The
metal attachments on lamps often become 40
deg. warmer than the oil, which is itself some
times as high as 200 deg. Hence kerosene,
to be entirely safe, should be near 150 deg.
proof.
But very little of the oil used is as good as
this. Of sixty-three samples tested, only
eight were found entirely safe. This will
account for the terrible loss of human life
from the almost universal use of kerosene
oil. In the United States alone, last jear.
over 100 deaths per week were reported from
accidents hj* kerosene.
A simple test is to place a table spoon-fill
of the oil in a saucer and appty a lighted
match; if the oil ignites, it is unsafe, never
use it. If it does not take fire it is not neces
sarily safe ; because the temperature of the
oil in the open air is not so great as that in
a burning lamp.
The only reliable test is ono made by slow
ly heating some oil in which a thermometer
is placed, constantly noting the number of
degrees and applying a lighted match, not to
the oil. but to the vapor, if any, just above
the surface. If the oil flashes below 120 deg.
reject it.
This flashing point is the temperature at
which the oil emits an inflammable vapor, and
depends upon the quantity of naptha or gaso
line in the oil. This point should always be
higher than the temperature that the oil ever
reaches in a lamp, which (soften 100 deg.
Cautions. 1. Keep the metallic parts of
lamps clean and the air passages open.
2. After a lamp has been burning three or
more hours at oive time, never relight again
till filled.
3. In extinguishing the light, turn the wick
down quite low and allow a few seconds to
intervene before blowing out the flickering
flame, or, better still, do not blow it out, but
let it "flicker” out. Central N. J. Tiinc sv
$ TERMS. $3.00 PER ANNUM.'
) SI.OO For Six Months.
Scissored Paragraphs,
An Ohio pn&r suggests Ewing and Vonr
heos as a strong presidential team for 1880.
Georgia's favorite college has 225 students
Its name is Emory, That.is Where students
get polished.—A\ T. Herald:
The Griffin Daily A'eics make 9 the suggest
tion that the old capital at Millcdgoville be
converted into an asylum for female lunatics;
Twenty-five widows and fortv-ftve children
will contest Brigham Voting’s will. The will
stands but a poor chance against such over
whelming (jdtfs,
By Josh Bu.Lfx&.s.— “l sot me down in
thought profound-—-this maxim wise I drew:
It's easier fur yon to lu’v a gal timn tnaik n
gai luv you !”
.. According to tin} census of 1870. the yield
of milk in the United States would fill r res
ervoir of 1,000 square acres just 5J feet deep.
Tt would take quite a breeze to churn this
lake.
A bill has been reported favorably in the
Penns) lvania House of Representatives to
encourage the planting of trees along the
roadsides. This bill allows every person
liable fur road tax one dollar for every four
trees transplanted along the roadside, the
distance of such trees apart ranging from*
fifty to seventy feet, according to variety.
The fate of the first Chinese railroad lias
been sealed. It has been seized by the
Government and the traffic stopped. The
road is a short one. running only a few miles
out of Shanghai. The opposition to the new
enterprise was great, and the Englishmen
who obtained the concession bad many diffi
culties to encounter on account of the opposi
tion of the local officials and the prejudices of
the populace.
Some time since, one Peterman, a specimen
United States marshal, published a bugab<*o
story about a prisoner, a Mr. Snow having
been rescued from him by force at Seneca,
city. Mr. Coleman, proprietor of the hotel
at that place, testified that Peterman went to
sleep, and that no one knowing that the pris
oner was a prisoner, he walked off. When
i the constable awoke he found that his Snow
had melted, and he concocted the rescue story
to hide his own negligence.
t
An Ohio politician "on the stump" stayed
the torrent of his eloquence for a moment,
and looking round with a self-satisfied air. put
the question: "Now. gentlemen, what do
von think?” A voice from the crowd repli
ed: "Well. Mr. Speaker, if you ask me. I
think, sir, I do indeed, that if you and me,
were to stump the state together, we could
tell more lies than any other two men in the
county, sir; and I'd not say a word, myself,
sir, all the time."
A M uk ruin Case in Rabun County. — On
Saturday the 2nd inst, a difficulty occurred
in Rabun county, in which James Brawshaw
was killed. The killing is said to have been
done with a rock which weighs about one
pound, David McClain is accused of having
committed the deed and at last account was
on commitment trial for the offense. McClain'
is a boy about. 17 years of :ige. Mr. Brad
shaw. thedec'd, had a wife and seven children.
T'ocean lie mid.
Trenton Prison Horrors, —Anthony 11.
Perry testified before the legislative commit
tee that Snooks, a convict, who had been in
the prison for about fourteen years, was or
dered to be put in the dungeon. This was
done, and the orders were to put. him in the
stretcher for fifteen minutes. Witness look
ed in at him every five minutes. The .last
time he found that he was dead. Called the
keeper and deputy physician and took him
down. Gharly Riley, hospital steward of the
prison, had known other keepers to keep men
in the strechcr for two hours and until entire-'
ly exhausted.— N. V. Sun.
Death at the Tiiresiihold of a LoPge
Room. —-Mrs. J. G. Lacey, of 22G Sf nth first
street, was to be initiated last evening as a
member at the Good Templars Lodge, No/
108. During the afternoon and earl}' even
ing she looked forward to the initiation with
feelings of delight. She parted from her
home at about seven o’clock, accompanied by
her husband, and at the lodge room, after
the couple had reached the landing at the
head of the second flight of stairs, about half
an hour later, Mrs. Lacey, without a word or
any expression indicating pain, fell to the
floor and died instantly.— St. Paul Pioneer
Press.
Governor Colquitt has revived the almost
forgotten law of the State of Georgia requir
ing the banks of the State to make returns.
There are seventy-five banks in the State/
eleven of which are national banks, thirty-five
State banks and thirty-one private banking’
houses. Eighteen of the State banks have
responded to the proclamation of the Gover
nor and made their returns as required by
law, and if the remainder do* not follow suit
the legal penalty will be imposed. The banks
are required to publish their statements in
some newspaper, and if they do not the Gov
ernor is authorized to have the statements
published and charged to the accouht of the
derelict banks.
A City Full of Beggars. —The city of
Washington is full of half starved idlers.—
The men are driven into crime, aiwl the courts
are crowded with criminal business; the wo-**
men arc driven to beggings or what is worse,
so that the city this winter is a vastcolorty of
indigent people, and in a population of 100,-
000, nearly ten per cent, are without employ
ment and without means. One cannot' walk
three blocks here at night without meeting
at least one, and often several respectable
looking white people, who ask for a penny/
as they say, to buy bread. They are gener
ally women, well-dressed and good-looking/
who have been driven to thispitiahle condition
by loss of employment.. Ton seldom see &
white person on the street begging in the
daytime, but colored beggars are numerous,-
and Washington is fast approaching Rome
in the numbers of its lazzaronl. The beggars
that go from house to house are even more
name rows than the street beggars, and are
a better class of people. B'/ fato Com. Adv.
fttlMbisß 36.