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(y KORtilA, Jackson County.
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Whereas-, W It A Boyd, adm’r of M H Boyd,
decM, represents to the Court, in his petition duly
tiled, thithe has fully and completely administer
ed the estate af said deceased, and asks the Court
to grant him Letters of Dismission from the same :
This is therefore, to cite and admonish all per
sons concerned, the next of kin, to show cause, if
any they can. on the first Monday' in July.
IS7S, in the Court of Ordinary for said County,
why the leave prayed for by the said applicant
should not be granted, and he receive Letters Dis
inissory, as asked for in his petition.
(liven under my official signature, this March
27th, 1878. 11. W. BELL, Ordinary.
KOKtil.i, Jackson Uounfy.
Whereas, upon the report favorable of the re
viewers appointed to review, mark out and report
upon the public utility of making the following
changes in the Jefferson and Harmony Grove road:
First change commencing at the fork of the road
leading to Jackson’s mill; thence to (he creek be
low the residence of Mrs. Borders ; thence across
the creek, running South, to opposite Jackson's
mills; thence down said creek to Borders’ line ;
thence very near straight line to Oconee river,
about 17f> or 200 yards bel#v the present bridge;
thence a straight line to the branch on the East
side of Mrs. Hood's house; thence along old road
to and around hill near where G. W. Van rant now
lives; thence along said road to the hill on East
side of Mrs. Morgan’s; thence a change to the
right around said hill, striking said road near a
tenant’s house on Mrs. Morgan’s place; thence
the original road to the end of the lane; thence a
change to the right, through the old field to the
top of the hill into said road. Unless valid legal
objections are filed on or before the 13th day of
May, 1878. an order will be issued allowing, and
requiring, said changes to be made in accordance
with law.
(liven under mv official signature, this April
Hth, 1878. api 13 H. \Y. BELL, Ord’y.
( < I'.OlKnl t, Jat'kMHi < ountv.
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C. A. IJLLY A. CO. > Mortgage, Ac. In
rtt. i Jackson Superior
CAROLINE TRIBLK. ) Court.
It appearing to the Court that a Rule Nisi hav
ing; been duly granted in the above stated case, at
the last term of said Court; and it further appear
ing that the defendant has not as yet been served
by service of said Rule, or by publication, as re
uuired by law; and it-also appearing that the de
fendant does not reside within said county; It is,
therefore, ordered that the defendant do show
cause, at the next term of this Court, if any exist,
why judgment of foreclosure should not be had in
this case, and that she be served by a copy of this
order, by publication thereof in The FOREST
News, a public gazette published in said county,
once a month for four months prior to the next
term of this Court. <. 11. PRIOR,
Feb. 2<?th, IS7B. Plaintiff's Attorney.
Cranted:
CKO. I). RICK, Judge S. C.
A true copy from the minutes of Jackson .Su
perior Court, February Terra, 1878.
April id. T. O. XIItLACK, Clerk.
UKOIKnI.t, Jlaekson (ounty.
Whereas. Benjamin Nash, col'd, applies to me
fnr betters of Guardian.ship of the persons and
property of the minor children of Mitchell Hard
man, col'd, late of said count v. dec'd—
This is to cite all persons concerned and the
next of kin. to show cause, if any they can, on the
first Monday in June, 1878. at the regular term of
the Court of Ordinary of said county, why the ap
plicant should not be granted said betters of
Guardianship.
Riven under tny otlieial signature, this April
21th. IS7B. ap27 H. \V. BKLL, Ord'y.
| j HOlttal Jackson County.
G. 11. Edge has applied to me for exemption
and valuation of personalty : and 1 will pass upon
the sanae at 10 o'clock A. M.. on the loth day ot
May. ISTB. at luv office.
April 27th. 11. AV. BKLL, Ord'y.
NEW "FURNITURE|
ESTABLISHMENT.
.1. F. WILSON,
UP -STAIRS, over Reaves & Ncholson’s, broad
street, Athens, Ca„ has established a now
business in his line, ami is prepared to furnish all :
kinds of
FURNITURE.
COKE I NS,
BURIAL CASES. &c„
A t reasonable prices.
Repairing all kinds of Furniture a specialty,
and satisfaction guaranteed.
Hiving a supply of Mouldings on hand, he will
also frame pictures at short notice, in superior
style.
StlT 1 Call and examine his stock and prices.
January sth, IS7B. Jmpd
50 Cords Tanbark Wanted,
VS SOON as it can he skinned and delivered
at my Tannery, for which I will pay #5 per
cord. €'A9ilf, or the best Leather, Hoots, or
Shoes. F. S. SMITH.
Jefferson. Ha.. March 23. 1878.
For Sale!
VtiOOD, serviceable One Horse M agon, and
pair new Harness and Traces. A good Sad
dle. An excellent new Feed Cutter. Simple,
and does its work well. All will be sold at a bar
for Cash. Apply to
apl27 M. STAFFORD.
THE FOREST NEWS.
The People their own Rulers; Advancement in Education, Science, Agriculture and Southern Manufactures.
SELECT MISCELLANY.
WHO MADE THE PROPOSAL.
Dr. Gibson, having made an unprofessional
visit to Mrs. Kellicot, walked down to the
gate with her daughter Mattie.
Mattie was twenty years old, and Fhe doc
tor was thirty, ller eyes were brown, and
his were gray. She had on a pink calico
dress and a white muslin apron ; he wore
clean, cool looking clothe* and a white Pan
ama hat.
The gentleman admifed the lady's flowers
very much, especially the white roses, one of
which, by the way, she had tucked under her
ear. She inquired, with considerable show
of interest, about the Ruggles children, who
had the measles. He gravely told her all
about/fompiy and lien, Alice and Kit; and
when he had finished a silence feTI upon them.
Mattie was leaning on the gate, looking
down the village street. She thought how
funny it was for Mr. Scott to paint his new
house pea green, with lavender trimmings,
and was about, to say so to Dr. Gibson, when
!.e stopped her.
He said the very last thing she would have
expected to hear. lie said :
“Mattie, 1 love you, and want you to
marry me !”
The very look in the bright brown eyes
would hp -e told him, without a single spoken
word, how thoroughly unlooked for such a
proposal ha<l been. She had never, in all
the years she had known Dr. Gibson, thought
for a moment of the possibility of his loving
her. She was very sorry, she told him. but
she didn’t love him one bit, at least not in
that way. Hut the tears came into her eyes
as she saw the quiet lace grow a trifle pale.
“I hardly believed you did enre for me,”
he went on after a pause ; “but I hoped yon
might yet learn t.o do it.”
“But—but—” said Mattie, with embarrass
ment, “I thought everybody knew I was
engaged to 1113’ cousin Tom.”
“Your cousin Tom !” echoed the doctor.
Tt was impossible to mistake the expression
that passed over his face. Jt was not merely
personal regret at the fact that she announ
ced, but an impartial disapproval of the
match.
He made no comment, however, hut dircctly I
said :
“Mattie, L shall never get over this—l
mean I shall always love you—and if you!
need a friend or protector, or—any one— j
you'll come to me, won't you ?”
She promised, and held out her hand to
him. lie shook it warmly and said, “God j
bless you !” and left her hurriedly.
Mattie, still leaning on the wooden gate,
watched the retiring figure out of sight. She :
was very quiet all day. and in the evening :
propounded this absurd question :
’ Tom, what would you do if I should jilt j
you ?”
Tom stroked his downy upper lip and
looked pensive.
“Couldn't say,” he replied, after some
moments of reflection. “You might try it
and see.”
“Perhaps I will,” she replied, more soberly
than the occasion seemed to warrant. Tom
stared very hard at her, but immediately
forgot the incident.
Nearly a year passed. One day Airs.
Kellicot’s “help” rushed frantically into Dr.
Gibson’s house, and breathlessly announced
to the gentleman that “Mr. Tom would be
deader'n a door nail long before lie got there
if he didn’t jump I” For two seconds, think
ing of him as his rival in Mattie’s affections,
the doctor had half a mind to consign him to
the tender mercies of good, stupid, old Dr.
Wells ; but liis better nature prevailed, and
he started for Mrs. Kellicot's at the very
heels of the excited servant girl.
When he arrived he found Tom in a high
fever and delirious.
He pronounced it a severe ease of typhoid
fever. lie sent to his own house for changes
of clothing, preparing to devote himself to
the sick man. Mattie, too, was unwearied
in the work, and, being necessarily much in
Tom’s room, consequently saw the doctor
constantly, lie and his patient presented a
marked contrast to each other. The latter
was captious and peevish to an unheard of
degree. and talked incessantly of some being
named Kate. On the other hand, Dr. Gibson
was so patient and gentle, so strong and
helpful, doing so much for Tom, and }'et not
forgetting one of his accustomed duties, that
Mattie opened her eyes in admiring aston
ishment.
One morning, as the doctor prepared a
sleeping draught for somebody, and dictated
a prescription to Mattie for somebody else,
she said, with real solicitude :
••Dr. Gibson, you will certainly kill your
i self if you keep on at this rate, and it is my
belied that you are overworked, and you
ought to take a rest.”
• “Do I appear to be at death's door?” lie
inquired, straightening up and squaring his
shoulders, as if proud of his proportions.
“No, Mattie,” he continued solemnly, though
! with a merry twinkle of his honest eyes,
| -work, as Mrs. Bowers frequently says, is a
j pannykay.”
j Mattie understood him, and colored crim
! son.
At last Tom was pronounced out. of dan
ger, and now the doctor felt he must remove
himself and his belongings from Mrs. Kielli
cot’s house tc his own. Mattie, hidden by
the honeysuckle vines over the piazza, watch
ed him go and cried a little.
The morning after, Tom and Mattie .sat
on the piazza; lie reading, or pretending to
read, while she sewed diligently. Neither
uttered a word for more than half an hour.
Presently Mattie shook out the muslin cap
she was making, and laid it on her w ork-box,
put her little silver thimble aside, and drop
ped her liamls, one over the other, into her
lap. Then she looked up.
Tom was staring straight at her. .She col
ored violently, and so for that matter did lie.
“Tom,” she began, “don’t be angry. Oh,
do forgive me I” She paused to think how
1 she could tell him softly, but she went on
| bluntly. “ I want to end our engagement.”
“So do I!” rejoined he, with difficulty
repressing a whistle. Then both burst into
a hearty laugh.
JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., SATURDAY. MAY 11,1878.
“ You see, Mat,” said Tom, when be could
speak, “ I love someone else.” *
Mattie appeared to be taken quite by sur
prise at this declaration.
“But I couldn’t help it, indeed I couldn’t.
Shfe is—-”
“She is a young lady whose name is Kate,
and her eyes are the blackest, and her cheeks
the reddest, and she sings ‘Under the Stars,’
with guitar accompaniment,” rattled Mattie,
all in a breath.
It was Tom’s turn to stare. “Where did
you find all this out?” he asked.
.“My dear little bird, etc. 1 think I’ll go
and write to ray future cousin,” and off she
ran, glad to escape the questions which she
feared lie might projiound.
“But you haven’t told me—” he called
after her.
“Ami never shall,” she returned, whisking
into her room.
In less than an hour she had reconciled her
mother to Fate's decree, written to Miss Kate
Spencer and persuaded Tom to write also.
| and had done much toward informing the
whole village of her altered prospects.
In due time Tom was married, Kate ofliei
ciating as first bridesmaid.
Mattie, after the excitement of Tom’s wed
ding, bethought herself what she would do.
There were her summer dresses to be made
up, her music scholars to attend to. the sew
ing circle, and the flowers ; but these neither
occupied all her time or thoughts. There
ought to have been Dr. Gibson, too. she could
not help thinking ; hut that gentleman, in
stead of' falling at her feet as soon as he
found she was free, paid her no more atten
tion than before. She waited for him. in
growing wonder and worry, an eternity—two
iveeks—and then took measures to bring him
to his senses.
Hhe employed only recognized and lady
like means, however. She began by flirting
a little with different gentlemen.
There was Will Ellis. This young gentle
man had offered himself to our heroine on
an average four times a year since she was
fifteen. She had inevitably refused him,
decidedly and emphatically; hut they were
the best friends in the world. She now told
him that she would accept all the attentions
that he would offer her during the next week,
taking care to remember that this singular
declaration proceeded not from any regard
for him, but was made in pursuance of some
occult design on her part. Forthwith lhe
pair embarked on what seemed to be the
stormiest flirtation Skinnerville over saw.
In the long mornings they (trove or rowed
together; they dined at Mrs. Kellicot*s, and
immediately sallied forth on some other ex
cursion. Both were excellent equestrians,
and Mattie colored in galloping over hill and
dale on one of Will's handsome horses (Will,
by the way, was the son ot a rich man).
Then they drank an early tea on the veranda,
and spent the evening at the piano or in
reading. At the hour of nine, Mattie always
sent Will home without a particle of cere
mony or regret at his departure. In short,
what appeared to Skinnerville as a serious
courtship was, in reality, a purely business
matter, and so understood between the par
ties to it.
This state of affairs continued for a week
or so, during which time the doctor ignored
Mattie’s existence, except as she was the
daughter of liis friend, Airs. Kellicot. And
all the time the girl was raging inwardly at.
tier quondam suitor.
“Why doesn't he ask me once again ?” she j
queried mentally; “I am sure he loves me,
and any one might see that 1 love him ; but
he can’t. I suppose I shall be an old maid.”
But the doctor was not to blame. A man
of the world would have seen through Mat
tic’s stratagem, but he did not; he imagined
she was either trying to drown her disappoint
ment at losing Tom, or had really decided to
marry the enamored Will.
The truth occurred to Mattie at last. She
could hardly believe such stupidity existed
in the mind of man : but sue endeavored to
try what modest and retiring behavior would
effect. So she dismissed Will, and became,
to all outward appearance, a little nun.
Still no advance on the doctor's part. He
came and went constantly to the house, how
ever. Mattie gave up all hope, finally, of
ever coining to a better understanding with
him. when something happened.
I)r. Gibson “dropped in” one morning,
when Mrs. Kellicot sat sewing on the pleas
ant veranda, in the cool, refreshing breeze.
“You musn't come here,” she called, as he
tied his horse to the hitching post. “Mv
work requires my undivided attention ; be
sides you’ll step on the rutiles. You may
go help Mattie, if you like.”
The young woman was making pies in the
kitchen. She saw the doctor coming round
the corner of the house, gave a hurried glance
at the bright bottom of a pan she was hold
ing, found herself presentable, and greeted
him composedly. She was very glad to see
hi in, she said ; wouldn’t lie come in ?
No, lie wouldn’t come in, the day was so
beautiful. lie would just stand on the little
brick pavement under the window and lean
over the sill.
So there he stood, under the grapevine
trellis, with a little of golden sunshine falling
over liis hair and shoulders. Mattie observed
j that lie looked thoroughly unloverlike, and
1 concluded that he didn't intend to propose.
She also noticed a rip in his coat, and won
i dered who would mend it for him.
Somehow, the talk veered round from the
weather to woman’s rights.
Mattie, on this, spoke up.
She didn’t at all believe in the second-hand
| influence which reached the ballot box
1 through the agency of husbands and brothers.
“When I vote,” she said, “I want to march
to the polls and put in my own vote myself.”
“What a pretty spectacle you’d make,
Mattie, with that rolling pin in your hand,
; and—
“ I'm not sure that I want to vote,” she
! interrupted; “but 1 would like to make
some laws, that is all.”
“Well, you might petition the legislature,”
said the doctor, gravely.
; “Oh! they are not legal laws, only social
j customs and usages.” She laid the rolling
pin aside with an emphatic bang, and placed
her floury arms akimbo, looking very earnest
and determined, and quite regardless of the
fc| that she and Dr. Gibson were in love
with each other. “Now, at a party, when a
lady sits alone in a stuffed chair all the even
ing. not dancing, simply because she hasn’t
any partner and can’t ask one. Oh, you
kiMfcw, Dr. Gibson, you know—”
“Dow it is myself?” interpolated he.
‘ How it was at Mrs. Campbell's the other
night. If I had been Ann Radeiiffe or Dora
Crdiard, I’d have asked some of you men to
dance with me.”
‘‘Then you think women should have the
privilege of asking for whatever they wish ?”
lie retorted with a half smile.
She answered that she thought just that.
“Well, Mattie, I quite agree with 3’ou. I
n(4 only think tiiat they should have this
right in such cases as you mention, but also
ill*BPrp serious affairs. For instance, women
might, with perfect propriety, make proposals
of marriage.”
Now such an idea had never entered Mat
tie’s foolish little head, and she seized the
sugar box with great embarrassment. The
doctor went on, with much gravity:
“I am aware that it would be a ver}' un
conventional proceeding, and I am afraid no
woman will ever be wise enough to take the
initiative ; and yet I am persuaded that in
many instances it would he the most natural
and beautiful thing she could do.”
lie was looking unconsciously up in the
blue sky shining through the filagree work of
vine leaves above him. It was evident he
was thinking about it in the abstract only,
but a faltering little “Dr. Gibson,” recalled
him to the concrete. And there stood Mattie,
smiling, blushing, dimpling, ready to extin
guish herself in her brown gingham apron.
“Dr. Gibson, I like you ever so much,”
she faltered, bravely but breathlessly.
The doctor jumped through the open win
dow and made his proposal over again.
The Phonograph.
AN IMPRISONED ECHO THAT CAN BE RELEASED
AT PLEASURE.
The simple piece of mechanism known as
the phonograph, invented by the now cele
brated American, Thos. A. Edison, of Menlo
Bark, New Jersey, must be regarded as one
of the most astonishing triumphs of the hu
man mind over matter, hi it can be seen
concentrated all the results of scientific re
search into the phenomena of sound and of
vibration, it is in one an ear that hears all
sounds that strike it and a mouth that re
peats these sounds in the same tone and with
the same accuracy as they were received, but
as yet not with equal volume. It analyzes
the sounds in the most delicate manner, mark
ing each individual vibration developed in its
sensitive diaphragm with a distinctness fn: t
is proved by llie perfect reproduction of the
sound itself. In this respect it is a perfect
phonograph, or sound-writer, and immeasura
bly beyond those devised previous!}' by Scott
and others.
It is to its properties as a sound reproducer
that the greatest interest attaches. Any ap
preciable sound, whether it is a noise merely
or a musical note, the wheezy cough of an
old man or the sweet warbling of a Patti, the
loud barking of’ a dog or the scream of a par
rot, if once written by the phonograph on its
sheets of tinfoil, can be reproduced therefrom
at pleasure as distinctly as it was first emit
ted. In mechanism the phonograph is sim
plicity itself. It consists of a cylinder of
brass, mounted on a horizontal axis, sup
porte 1 by two bearers, and revolved either by
hand, clock work or steam power. On the
surface of the cylinder, which is about four
itches in diameter, is cut a screw thread, cor
responding exactly in pitch with that cut on
the axis for the purpose of giving the cylinder
longitudinal motion. The grooves between
the threads on the cylinder surface are in
tended to govern the trace of the needle or
point attached to the vibrator when passing
over the revolving surface. The vibrator is a
small annular frame of wood, over the orifice
of which is placed a thin plate of tin type.
To the centre of this place is attached a fine
steel or mineral point in the direction of the
C3'linder, that is, on the back part of the tin
type plate when the latter is arranged on the
instrument. The whole vibrator is mounted
on a movable arm, by means of which it can
be removed from or applied to the cylinder
at will and clamped in position.
Now, the instrument has no other parts but
the cylinder and its axis and the vibrator with
its arm—yet what wonderful results are ob
tained. A sheet of smooth tinfoil is adjusted
around the cylinder and secured in position
with a little gum. The vibrator with its ad
justable mouth-piece is then moved to the
cylinder and damped in position, with its
pointer bearing on the wrapper of tinfoil to
such a degree that, if the cylinder is revolved,
the point will trace a shallow groove on its
surface corresponding with the threads cut on
the C}dinder surface. The apparatus being
now read}- the operator either applies power
to the axle crank or turns it by hand as regu
larl}' as possible. At the same time he or
she speaks, sings or whistles, groans, coughs,
■ sneezes or laughs into the mouthpiece over
the diaphragm until the cylinder has passed
i to the limit marked by the width of the tin
; foil sheet. The vibrator arm is then un
damped and the point withdrawn until the
cj’iindcr has been re.’olved back to its orig
inal position. Then the point of the dia
phragm is again applied securely to the cyl
inder surface of tinfoil, on which has been
punctured every vibration of the diaphragm
due to the sounds uttered in the mouthpiece.
I A paper funnel is now attached to the moulh-
I piece and over the diaphragm for the purpose
jof concentrating the sound, the cylinder is
j revolved as before, and the phonograph re
peats in a clear tone every word and sound
; recorded on the tinfoil sheet. The astonished
j listeners hear issuing from the instrument the
i song “John Brown's body lies mouldering in
the grave,” etc., with the reinforced chorus
notes of “Glory, glory, hallelujah,” etc., just
i as they have been sung into the mouthpiece.
The utterance of a formal platform speech is
given with every change of intonation. The
emphases are marked and the pauses, inflex
| ions, etc., as perfectly regulated and repro
duced as if repeated by the original speaker.
In a word, every sound of a pitch that causes
vibrations of the tin type diaphragm, and
thereby the most minute impressions of the
pointer attached to it on the tinfoil wrapper
of the cylinder is reproduced, no matter how
that sound may be in combination with others.
If a cause can be reproduced by the agency
of an effect, it is done on the phonograph.
To reproduce the sounds that caused the vi
brations of the diaphragm and the puncturing
of the tinfoil wrapper of the revolving cylin
der, it is only necessary to make the pointer
pass over and into these punctures and re
produce the vibrations in the diaphragm.
These latter, acting on the air, give to it the
same relative impulses, in the same order and
energy as were given it by the organs of
speech or other causes of the original sound.
Hence, the conditions of atmospheric vibra
tions alike in both cases, the same effects
must be produced ; and if the sound of the
human voice causes the diaphragm to vibrate
and mark the tinfoil, the inverse action of the
■ tinfoil on the diaphragm when the cylinder
is revolved causes the reproduction of the
same series of vibrations, ami consequently
the same sounds. 'Flic process is so entirely
simple that even intelligent observers find
some difficulty in comprehending it. Their
minds are prepared to wrestle with some
scientific difficulty, and they do not perceive
how entirely devoid of intricacy are the opera
tions of cause and effect brought to their no
tice in the phonograph. Everybody knows
that if a drum is struck by a drumstick a pe
culiar sound is emitted, due to the vibrations
of the tightly stretched sheepskin head.
Those are at once understood to be the cause
of the sound. Now, suppose it is possible to
write down those vibrations, or rather that
they should write themselves with a minute
ness and accuracy that could never be accom
plished by art. on a surface of such a charac
ter as would enable them to be as accurately
retraced by the instrument that writes them,
and that the said instrument retraces them
with the same energy as that with which it
wrote, it follows that a reproduction of the
vibrations will attend the retracing of their
autographic characters, and of course the
sound which they in combination produce by
their effect on the atmosphere. This is ex
actly what occurs in the operation of the
phonograph. The instrument is really more
than what its name expresses, because it not
only autographically records vibrations due
to sounds, but reproduces them again, and
with them the sounds to which they owe their
origin.
Signs of Civilization Among the Indians.
The fact that a sewing machine had boon
purchased by some Indians was mentioned
in the Bee, a day or two ago, as a proof that
civilization was advanced among the red men.
The machine was purchased from the agent
about two months ago by Ilefiry Rice llill,
Chief of the \V innepagocs, and Captain of the
Indian police of Dakota county, for liis daugh
ter, aged eighteen years. The family have
been living in camp, near Florence Lake, for
about two months past, and during that time
the daughter, who is rather good looking, and
who dresses in Indian style, lias visited the
rooms in this city to receive instructions in
operating the machine. At times she was
accompanied by a dozen or more of her folks,
who wanted to see the machine work. Hav
ing become proficient in its management the
machine was, a da}' or two ago, taken to her
home. We suppose that she will now sub
scribe for a ladies’ fashion monthly. llcr
father i3 very proud of her, and will no doubt,
soon buy her a piano.— Omaha Bee.
Influence of Valleys on Health.
Mr. Alfred Haviland lately informed the
London Social Science Association that many
diseases were introduced by the common ten
dency to place houses in valleys instead of
on the hillsides. He says that valleys do
not get a full share of fresh air. The winds
blow over, not through them, and the atmos
phere within their boundaries is comparative
ly stagnant. His observations are therefore
opposed to the common belief that valleys are
especial channels for atmospheric movements,
but the opinions are sustained by Dr. B. W.
Richardson, who is good authority. The lat
ter gentleman enumerated twenty-five or thir
ty diseases which he thought might be at
tributed to the propensity of valley homes.
Among them are croup, influenza, scrofula,
rheumatism, fistula, calculus and possibly
some malformations. The list is formidable,
and, to put it mildly, it is almost incredible
that diseases of this character can be caused
by living in the broad and shallow valleys of
England.
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Scissored Paragraphs.
Thoifyasville fair 23d find 24th of May.
Oglethorpe cotmty is to have anew jail.
l.adv Rosebery's wedding dress coat $7,875,
her veil £2X2.}.
Gov. Colquitt <vilj address a Sunday School
Contention in Carrollton.
Anew silver mine m Hall county will
soon be worked.
An old colored woman in Oglethorpe coun
ty' is one hundred and three years old.
The wool market opened at twenty tent ft
in Alapaha, lieirion county.
Hog cholera is prevailing extensively in
Miller county,
The old Third Georgia, regiment contem
plates another re-union.
About one hundred editors are on an ex
cursion through Texas to Galveston.
Some of the wells in Coluinbtvs are railing
to supply a sufficiency of water 4 .
Mr. .Stinson, of Houston, has introduced
the Scotch coolie shepherd dog in that county'/
Oxford fa said to contain more preachers'
than any Jortn of it size in the State.
The guano season is over. At least two
thousand tons have been hauled from Cov
ington depot this season.
The Augusta. Knoxville and Greenwood
railroad is progressing rapidly on the South'
Carolina sale of the river.
Governor Colquitt, Gov. Hampton, Go\V
Vance, Hon. T. Hardeman and I’rof. Tittle
have been invited to the fair at Albany.
Gnc thousand tea plants were distributed
among our farmers last Saturday l>y Mr. Hcy
scr.— sou Home Journal,
The factory in Macon is being rapidly fit
ted up with new machinery', and the work of
getting ready is being pushed as rapidly as
possible.
On Saturday', Mr. Quinn, agent of the Uni
ted States commissioner, deposited in the
Ocmulgcc, at Macon, fifty thousand yoAmg'-
shad,
John Bright said, in a recent speech at
Rockdale, that one-third of the whole land of
the United Kingdom, being no less than 23,-
000,000 acres, belongs to 03.} men.
Great quantities of strawberries and early
vegetables are daily shipped from Montgom
ery to Nashville. Louisville, Chicago, and'
other western cities.
Russian declarations regarding privateer
ing have served to depress British shipping
interests. German merchants are refusing
to consign their goods to ships flying the
British ling.
The Russo-Turkish War was declared April
24. 1K77, and peace was signed March 3. 1878,
313 days afterward. The cost per day is
estimated by a Russian authority at about;
$1,750,000.
flic S‘. F'ttrtibunj Erehange Gazette esti
mates the cost of the war at $600,000,000,
which will, it isestimated, demand an expend
iture of about $32,500,000 annually to cover
interest and sinking fund.
Last year the fruit crop netted the people
of Monroe county thirty thousand dollars
besides sufficient for borne consumption.
The prospect for the present year is repre
sented as being even ; better.
The modern sea steamer plying between
this country and Liverpool carries fifteen
times as much freight as the old steamers of
1840 at nearly twice the rate of speed. The
consumption of coal was then nearly eleven
times as great as at present".
A three-mile ride on a freight train; sus
pended by his clothing from a hook on the
side of the car. was the experience of a t ramp•
the other at Oxford, N. Y. There was
not a scratch upon him when rescued, but his
mental suffering was intense, as lie expected
momentarily to be dashed to pieces. He had
been stealing a ride, and attempted to jump
off while the cars were in motion.
Dr. U. N. Stephenson, of Gainesville, re
ceived, says the Gainesville Eagle. on Satur
day. ten tea plants from the Commissioner
of Agriculture at Washington, who has dis
tributed a large number of plants in the
Southern, Western and Middle States, to test
the adaptation of our climate to the cultiva
tion of the plant. From experiments already
made, the Doctor is satisfied that our climate
will not only grow the plant, but that a tea of
very superior quality may be produced.—
Judge Rice, of our place, lias now growing in
his garden a tea plant which shows every sign
of health and vigor.
A brutal affair recently took place at
Springsboro, Ohio, during the progress of a
ball. A Stalwart young farmer named Hoo
ver, who had previously been the master of
all his associates in trials of strength, was
made intoxicated and attacked by the entire
male portion of the company, who beat him*
so terribly that he was not expected torecov-.
er. After performing this feat they drew him
into another room and the dance went on, the
women being required to loop up their dresses
to keep them from being soiled with Hoover s
bhmd, which smeared the floor.
The News warns the chicken thieves of-
Gritlin that what is known as the “chicken
torpedo" is about to be introduced in, that
community. The torpedo is thus described :
“The invention consists in placing a torpedo
charged with powder, slugs and bullets ip the
interior of a prepared fowl. The chicken is
placsd mi a |>ereh as natural as life, and the
explosion occurs immediately on its removal.
The balls within are so arranged that tliei fly
in all directions at the instant that the fowl,
is removed from the perch or roost, and the
remover is certain to be instantly scattered,
around in small particles. This uvgeniww
contrivance, the inventor claims. i t s perfectly’
harmless so long as it remains undisturbed,
and no one is responsible for the sudden,
death of the party who tampers with it, ex
cept the paity himself. ’
NUMBER 48.