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£epf ilitacrtisemnits.
| 1 HOitLIA. Jackson County.
Whereas, WR A Boyd, adm’r of W II Boyd,
dec'd. represents to the Court, in his petition duly
tilwd. that he has fully ana 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 lirst Monday in July.
1878, 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
missory. as asked for in his petition.
(riven under my official signature, this March
27th, IS7S. 11. YY. BELL, Ordinary.
| j llOKtili, JacksoK County.
Whereas, upon the report favorable of the rc
riewers 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 the 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 175 or 200 yards below 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. Vanzantnow
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
tup of the hill into said road. Unless valid legal
objections arc filed on or before the 13th day of
May, 1878. an order will he issued allowing, and
requiring, said changes to be made in accordance
with law.
Given under my official signature, this April
13th, 187S. apl!3 11. YY. BELL, Ord’y.
CLOKGIA, Juckson < 0111113.
C. A. LILLY &. CO. j Mortgage, Ac. In
rs. r Jackson Superior
CAROLINE TRIBLE. J Court.
It appearing to the Court that a Rule Niki hav
ing been duly granted in the above stated care, at
the last term of said Court; and it further appear
ing that the defendant has not as \ r et been served
bv service of said Rule, or by* publication, as re- i
quired by law ; and it also appearing that the de
fendant docs 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
Nkws, a public gazette published in said county,
once a month for four months prior to the next
term of this Court. G. 11. PRIOR,
Feb. 26th, 1878. Plaintiff's Attorney,
bran ted:
GEO. I). RICE, Judge S. C.
A true copy from the minutes of Jackson Su
perior Court, February* Term, 1878.
April 2o. T. 11. NIBLACK, Clerk.
| J.KORGI.4, Jackson County.
Whereas, Benjamin Nash, col'd, applies to me
for betters of Guardianship of the persons and
property of the minor children of Mitchell Jlard
man. col'd, late of said county, dec'd—
This is to cite all persons concerned and the
ijext of kin, to show cause, if any they can. on the
■irst Monday in June, 1878, at the regular term of
the Court of Ordinary of said countv, why the ap
plicant should not be granted said Letters of
Guardianship.
f*iven under my official signature, this April
2Uh, 1878. ap27 11. YY. BELL, Ord’y.
QKORGIA, JaekNon County.
L. 11. Edge has applied to me for exemption
a, id valuation of personalty* : ami I will pass upon
*he same at 10 o’clock A. M.. on the 13th day of
-Miy. 1373, niv office.
April 27th. * 11. W. BELL, Ord'y.
NEW FURNITURE
EST.IBLISHME.YT.
J. F. WILSON,
F P-STAIRS. over Reaves .t Ncholson's, broad
street, Athens, Ca., has established anew
business in his line, and is prepared to furnish all
kinds of
FURNITURE,
COFFINS.
BURIAL CASKS. Ac.,
At reasonable prices.
Impairing all kinds of Furniture a specialty,
an 't satisfaction guaranteed.
Haying a supply of Mouldings on band, he will
also trame pictures at short notice, in superior
style.
fesT” Call and examine his stock and prices.
•January sth, 1878. 3mpd
50 Cords Tanbark Wanted,
ASOON as it can be skinned and delivered
•CV at my Tannery, for which I will pay $5 per
1 "Jd. ( IsiS. or the best Leather, Boots, or
1 Ws. Y. S. SMITH.
Jefferson, Ga., March 23, 1878.
For Sale!
A GOOD, serviceable One Horse Wagon, and
* * pair new Harness ami Traces. A good Sad
'• An excellent new feed Cutter. Simple,
* . ' lo s its work well. All will be sold at a bar-
c 3 ’n. for Ca-h. Apply to
a P>*7 M. STAFFORD.
The People their own Rulers; Advancement in Education, Science, Agriculture and Southern Manufactures.
Executrix’ Sale.
XXTILL be sold, under an order of the Court of
, " Ordinary of Jackson county, before the
Court House door in Jefferson, on the first Tues
day in June. 1878. the land belonging to the es
tate of Marville Millsaps, deceased, lying in said
county, known as the Yiney Millsaps tract, ad
joining lands of John Sikes. Furgerson and others,
containing three hundred and sixty-six acres.
There is on said place three settlements of good
lqg cabbins, stables, &c. About two hundred
acres in the woods, one hundred and fifteen acres
in old pine fields. Twenty-five acres fresh bottom
land, on Barber's creek, in high state of cultiva
tion all now in corn ; about twenty-seven acres
good up-land, twenty-two of which is now in cot
ton and tive in wheat; all rented the present year;
rent for corn one-third, cotton one-fourth, and
wheat one-third. Purchaser to get the rent.
1 erms of sale : Sold on time until Ist day of No
vember. 1878. purchaser to give note for purchase
money and receive title bond. Sold for the pur
pose of distribution.
may 11 LOUISA T. MILLSAPS, Ex'trix.
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I CURE FITS!
When I say cure I do not mean merely to stop
them for a time and then have them return again ;
1 mean a radicafTure. lam a regular physician,
and have made the disease of
FITS, EPILEPSY OR FALLING SICKNESS,
a life-long study. I warrant rny remedy to cure
the worst cases. Because others have failed is no
reason for not now receiving a cure from me.
Send to me at once for a and a Free
■Bottle of my infalible remedy. Give express
and postoffice. It costs 3*oll nothing for a trial,
and T will cure von. Address Dr. 11. G. ROOT,
183 Pearl St., New York.
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Wl3 SOS. PIANOS retail
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Washington, N. J.
0118 mAIU A a certain remedy
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Ask vour druggist, for it. Circulars free. Ad
dress O. G. MOSES, IS Cortlandt Street, New
York. may 11
To the Citizens of Jackson Cos.
I RESPECTFULLY submit a few facts for your
kind consideration, and should you be in need
of a Carriage, Buggy or pleasure wagon, it will
give me pleasure to show you my stock now on
hand and daily arriving.
I am a practical mechanic, but not any better
than 10,000 others. The work I sell is manufac
tured partly by Southern mechanics. All work
sold with a guarantee, is backed by men of means
and not of gas. The blacksmith’s work is all done
substantial, and no new-fangled ideas about it,
nor is there any parts steel-plated, to catch the
unweary. The wood work is made by* experi
enced men. that work for a living, anil do not
waste their time in growling about sustaining
home enterprises. The painting is done in a neat,
substantial manner—more for durability than
show. The trimming is done by men of common
sense.
The manufacturer has been in business twenty
seven years, and has manufactured and sold over
30,000 vehicles, and pays for every article he buys,
j and pays his hands every dollar they earn. And,
by strict attention to business and manufacturing,
1 can assure y*ou that I can sell as good a carriage
or buggy as any made in Georgia for 40 per cent,
less than any other house.
Do not listen to prejudiced competitors, who re
sort to other than fair means to sell their work,
but come and examine for yourselves, and I will
make good what I say. Meat is now (Dc. per lb.,
corn 50c. per bushel, and carriages and buggies
must be sold in proportion. I have sold twenty
six in the last seven weeks in Gainesville.
ST. CLAIR FECHNF.R,
Piedmont Sale. Exchange and Livery Stables.
Also. Carriage Repository*, and Agents for Geor
gia for D. W. Miller & Sons, Wholesale Carriage
Manufacturers. mavll 3t
M. E. YOUNG,
(Formerly will* Vaicns Ai Ware.)
Merchant Tailor,
HAS just opened a large Stock of Imported
. Cassimeres, Cloths and Doeskins, at prices
to suit the times.
attention paid to Cutting in latest
styles. One door below Long’s Drug Store,
ATHENS, GA. Ap6, 1878.
Sewing Machine and Picture
Agency.
171 If. SEYMOUR is the Travelling Agent,
in Jackson and adjoining counties, for the
celebrated SINGER’S SEWING MACHINES,
lie will sell them at low figures, and repair those
out of order. He has also perfected arrange
ments for having pictures enlarged according to
the best style of the art. feb 2. 1878.
Take Notice!
accounts due the FOREST NEWS OF -
X FICE for Subscriptions and Advertisements,
up to the 12th inst., are in my hands for collec
tion. Debtors, take notice!* Come and settle
without another word. W. S. McCARTY,
Jan ?6<h, 1878. Att*y at Law.
JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., SATURpAY. MAY 18.1878.
SELECT miscellany.
The Poisoned Arrows of the South Sea
Islanders
Fleet Surgeon A. B. Messer, M. I)., has
| been continuing his inquiry into the reputed
l poisoned nature of the arrow? of tho South
1 Sea Islanders, and states the result in a pa
i per which is appended to the report on the
j health of the navy during the year 1876. He
has obtained additional information from
missionaries resident in various islands of the
South Pacific, and has procured and exam
ined arrows said to be poisoned and plants
and substances supposed to supply the poi
son.
All the inquiries made of the natives bear
out the conclusion that there is no founda*
tion for the popular belief that the arrows are
poisoned by decomposing animal matter.
That belief have originated from
the practice of the natives of leaving bodies
above ground until the soft parts have de
composed sufficiently to enable them to ob
tain the long bones with which they so fre
quently make the arrow points ; man being
the only animal in the island whose bones
arc sufficiently long and st rong to serve this
purpose, and the absence of metal compelling
them to make use of human bones in this
way. At the same time there now remains
little doubt that in some of the islands be
tween Erromanga (New Hebrides) and the
Santa Cruz group, the natives prepare and
smear upon arrows substances from various
plants which they' believe to be poisons.
Dr. Messer Gives a description of them.
A plant named toto seems most in favor. It
belongs to the euphorbium family and has a
milky sap. which is irritating and painful
when applied to the eyes or lips or to a sore.
But from all accounts obtained from mission
aries and others, no poisoning, strictly speak
ing, has ever been observed as the effects of
wounds by arrows supposed to be thus poi
soned, tetanus being the only' result recorded,
and not being of such a character or follow
ing so often as to entitle it to be considered
directly due to the substance smeared on the
arrows. Tetanus is of very frequent occur
rence in the South Pacific islands, and when
it follows after wounds or injuries it is almost
always fatal. This may naturally be attribu
ted by a superstitious people, to the power of
the enemy or his weapon. The “mana,” or
supernatural power which the Polynesian
races believe to exist in certain persons or
things is a most potent influence. Some man
or family may easily become famous as hav
ing the most deadly arrows, and would, of
course, strive to make them as irritant and
powerful a? possible, with a view to increase
the fears of the wounded.
This explains how the arrows of one is
land may become more deadly than others,
for if a native believes that he is shot by an
arrow, for instance, from Mai wo or Aurora
island, which is said to produce tho most
deadly arrows in that district, he will at once
expect tetanus, and give up hope, and if it
occurs and proves fatal, as it is almost cer
tain to do, the superstition will increase.—
We saw how painful and destructive was the
mental influence in the case of those wounded
on board the Pearl. In this superstition may
be found an explanation of the trouble taken
to smear arrows with substances the poison
ous properties of which are at all events
doubtful. Dr. Messer gives an account in
detail of fifteen experiments he has been
making, upon three dogs and two rabbits,
with toto, and another plant of great repute,
and with four different kinds of arrows (one
from Maiwo), supposed to be poisoned. No
sign of poisoning followed. One of the dogs
while under observation broke his chain and
ran loose for two hours among some grass
and scrub, where it was known that snak#s
and scorpions abounded, and on the next day
symptoms of injury by a sting were observed ;
but the dog showed no signs of tetanus and
quite recovered.
One of the rabbits inoculated with toto,
inserted under the skin, was found on the
third da}* unable to stand, and on being
touched was thrown into spasms somewhat
resembling tetanus, but more like the effect
1 of an injury to the spinal chord, and in a few
hours the animal died. Unfortunately, tut
a slight examination of the body was made ;
j but the lid of the box in which the rabbit
i was confined, being broken, was frequently
Galling down upon the animal, and might
I thus have injured its spine, and so caused its
death. Dr. Messer at once inserted this sup
posed this poison under the skin of another
rabbit and two dogs, and increased the quan
tity, but the wounds simply suppurated slight
ly and the animal remained in perfect health.—
London Times .
A Real Estate Bubble.— Seven years
ago, when speculation ran high in the New
York suburbs, no spot promised more than
Elizabeth, N J. Lots were sold, elegant
houses built aud occupied by people who
squandered money right royally. A. W.
Ditnmock, the lord of this mushroom city,
lavished no less than §150.000 ou his own
private residence, and the proDerty altogether
carried mortgages and other debit claims of
nearly §500.000. At last week’s sales $3,-
479 was realized to balance this vast indebt
edness. and nearly $3,000 of this was swal
lowed by the casts of the sale ; and as for
the $150,000 Dimraock palace, that was
knocked down at a recent sale for SB,OOO.
Celebrated Jews in Power.
A LONG SCROLL OF THEIR NAMES—JEWS IN
RUSSIA, SPAIN, FRANCE, PRUSSIA AND ENG
LAND.
A correspondent writes to a Liverpool news
paper; “In his first and cleverest novel, Si
donia unrolls before the astonished Conlngs
by a long scroll of the names of celebrated
Jews who have ruled or influenced the desti
nies of the world. The majority of the learn
ed German Professors, he tells the youth, are
Jews. The first Jesuitcs were Jews. The
mysterious Russian Diplomacy, which so
alarms Western Europe, was organized by
Jews. ‘A few years back, wc (Sidonia &
C 0.,) were applied to by Russia. Now. there
has been no friendship between the Court of
St. Petersburg and my family. * * * *
Our representatives in favor of the Polish
Hebrews, a numerous race, but the most suf
fering and degraded of all the tribes, have
not been very agreeable to the Czar. How
ever, circumstances drew to an approxima
tion between the Romanoffs and the Sidoni
as. I resolved myself to go to St. Peters
burg. I had, on my arrival, an interview
with the Russian Minister of Finance, Count
Canerin. I beheld the son of a Lithunian
Jew. The loan was connected with the af
fairs of Spain. |.I resolved on repairing to
Spain from Russia. I had an audience im
mediately with the Spanish Minister, Men
dizebal. I beheld one like myself, the son of
a Nuovo Christiano, a Jew of Aragon. In
consequence of what transpired, I went
straight to Paris to consult the President of
the French council. I beheld the son of a
French Jew. a hero, an Imperial Marshal,
and very properly so. For who should be
military' heroes if not those who worship the
Lord of Hosts ? ‘And is Soult a Jew ?’ ex
claimed the wondering Coningsbv. ‘Yes, and
others of the French Marshals, and the most ;
famous Massenn, for example—his real name i
was Manasseh.’ Sidonia then had to go to
Prussia, and when there, in conference with
certain notabilities, ‘Count Arnim entered
the Cabinet, a Prussian Jew.’ ‘And so,’ says
Sidonia, ‘you see. ray dear Coningsby, that
the world is governed by very different per
sonages to what is imagined by those who
are not behind the scenes.’ Is Sidonia still
living? If so, lie may have to record as fol
lows: ‘ln 1877 I had to go to England to
consult with the Chancellor of the Exchequer
about a loan, which, as war with Russia seem- j
ed imminent, might be required. The Prime j
Minister, Lord Baconsfield, entered the room, j
and I beheld an Italian descendant from one !
of those Hebrew families whom the inqnisi-!
tion forced to emigrate from the Spanish pc-!
ninsnla at the end of the fifteenth century.’ j
(I)israeli’s Life of his Father.) He is now !
the favorite minister of the Queen, and has |
in his train many of the most notab’e mem- j
bers of the proud aristocracy of England, i
His object all through his life has been to j
glorify himself. He is the most wonderful i
egotist that the world ever saw. llis adula-!
tion, his adroit, delicate flattering*, his prompt I
compliance with the royal will, cannot but
be pleasing to the Queen. And then note
what a position he holds before a wondering
world ! Has it not gone forth to the ends of
the earth that he, Benjamin Disraeli, of the
house of Israel, is the favorite minister of the
Queen of Great Britain and Empress of In
dia, who has honored him as few Prime Min
isters have been honored ?’
A Composition on Rabbits.
“ Rabbits is generally about the size of a
cat. They ain't so useful to catch rats as a
cat, but they will pull the bark olf a grape
vine awful quick. I had a rabbit once and
he gnawed the bark off mv grandfather's pear
tree, and lie got mad, and kicked the stuffin'
out of him and 1 skun him. Rabbits’ ears
is long so you can pick ’em up R*sy. A rab
bit of ten has red eyes, but if a girl had red
eyes she’d look bad, 3*oll bet. Me and anoth
er bo3* done np some hoss-radish in a cab
bage leaf and give it to Mr. Hackett's rabbit
to eat. and he jumped over a clothes-line and
run Into the kitchen and upset a bucket of
svrup all over his hair, and he was a sick look
in’ rabbit, and don’t you forget it. I’d rather
be a dog than a rabbit.”
fdPSir Walter Raleigh proved to be one
of the greatest benefactors to his own coun
try, and eventually to the United States, by
the introduction of the potato, in the year
1584. The root was first planted on Raleigh’s
estate at Y'ougball, which was afterwards
sold to the Earl of Cork, and the person who
had the management of the estate mistook
the flower or fruit, as he called it, for the
valuable part, and on tasting the potato ball
pronounced it a pernicious exotic. Some
time afterwards, on turning up the earth, it
was discovered that the root had spread
largely and in considerable quantities; and
from this source Great Britain’s potato sup
ply commenced, and then gradually the cul
tivation was extended through North Amer
ica. The potato is supposed to have been a
native of Mexico.
Neglect and improper feeding, kill more
horses than everything else. If a horse, in
his prime, is properly fed and cared for, he
can scarcely be hurt by steady work.
Are We Being Frozen Up?
A enrious theory* of the future fate of the
world is being discussed by a Swedish pa
per. Tiie question is whether recent and
long continued observations do not point to
the advent of a second glacial period, when
the fair countries now basking in the foster
ing warmth of a tropical sun will ultimately
give way to the perennial frost and snow of
tho Polar regions. The researches of geolo
gists have proved the existence in Greenland
and other Arctic lands of fossil palms and
other tropical plants, which show that these
regions were formerly covered with a rich
vegetation which only equatorial climes can
now produce. Then came the great ico age,
which buried this vegetation beneath the man
tle of cold which still prevails at the Polar
extremities of the earth. Is this kingdom of
ice and snow again extending its way towards
the equator? From the Antarctic circle we
have no date which supply an answer to the
question ; but it is asserted that the climate
of Norwayq Sweden, and Iceland, is annually*
becoming more severe. Great masses of ice
are frequently observed by* navigators in a
far more southerly' position during the sum
mer months in the Atlantic than was the case
a few years ago, and the effect of these ice
bergs is to materially reduce the temperature
of Scandinavia and Iceland. The latter is
land is suffering so severely that the corn no
longer ripens there, and the inhabitants, in
fear of approaching famine and still colder
climate, are immigrating to North America.
The influence of the Gulf Stream on the cli
mate of Norway, which has not been less
marked than its effects on the coast of Ire
land and Scotland, is being effaced by* the
intensity of the cold brought by the masses
of ice which it is one of the effects of the
Gtil('Stream to carry towards the eastern
side of the North Atlantic. This extraordi
nary' cold appears to be rather of periodical
occurrence than of gradually and annually
increasing intensity ; and our Swedish con
temporary appears to have forgotten that the
existence of larger quantities of icc than usu
al in the Atlantic rather points to a recent
period of stormy but hot weather in the Po
lar regions than to an unusual intensity and
extension of the reign of Polar cold. Still
the phenomenon is of great interest and im
portance. and deserves careful attention.—
Scottish American.
Captain Kidd’s Treasure Again.
The recent discovery of a quantity of gold
coin among the guano deposits on the Morant
Iveys, in the Caribbean sea, Ims created con
siderable excitement among the people en
gaged in working them, and sensational
stories are being circulated in relation to
hoarded wealth that has from time to time
been buried on tiie keys by the famous Capt.
Kidd and other freebooters. The remnants
of an iron chest found amid the coral rock
helps to confirm the credulous in their opin
ion that these isolated key’s were used by
pirates and privateers as a depository for
their spoils. Another theory is that a vessel
had, at some time, been driven ashore there,
having on board considerable treasure; that
all hands were drowned, and consequently no
one left to tell the tale. About one hundred
pieces of gold coin, together with a quantity
of silver, have been found through the guano
under and about the rocks on the southwest
key. a barren spot of about two acres area,
and rising from two to twelve feet above the
sea. The most of the coin is Spanish, bear
ing dates ranging from IGSO to 1734, consist
ing of ounces, half ounces and doubloons.
One gold coin picked up appeared to be of
Roman coinage ; it bears date of 732, and is
about the size of a silver quarter dollar,
slightly convex, and of very imperfect coin
age. On one side is represented two columns,
surmounted with sun-bursts; on the reverse
a coat of arms similar to that seen on the
English sovereign.
How the Moffett Punch Wipes Out Virgin
ia’s State Debt.
The Moffett register has been in operation
in Lexington for nearly fonr months. The
amount of tax for that time is SO4O. This
is a monthly average of $235, or an average
of $26 for each register, the whole number
of registers being nine.
The cost of the liquor thus sold and taxed
amounts to $25,979 a year. This is about
four per cent, on all the taxable property,
real and personal, of the whole county. It
is more than double the whole county levy
(exclusive of railroad tax) for roads, schools
and carrying on the county government. It
is about eighty per cent, on the taxable
property of Lexington district.
Now, here is scope enough for readjust
ment. If we can stop this drain upon our
wealth, all other burthens will be but as a
drop in the bucket. If the people of the
whole State of Virginia drank whisky as we
do, the Moffett register will bring into the
treasury $1,500,000; or if the money paid
for the whisky were applied to the debt, we
would wipe it out—consols, coupons, peelers
and all—in three years. —Lexington Gazette.
Gen. Joseph E. Johnson last week paid
Gen. Longstreet a visit at Gainesville.
Clayton has no practicing physician living
nearer the town than sixteen miles.
$ TERMS, $1.60 PER ANNUM.
( SI.OO For Six Months.
The Tfwe Gentleman.
He is above a low art. He cannot stoop
to commit a fraud. lie invades no secret in
the keeping of another. He is ashamed of
inuendoes. He never uses no ignoble wea
pons in controversy. He never stal>s in tbe
dark. He is not one thing to a man’s face
and another to his back. If by accident he
comes into possession of his neighbor's coun
sels. lie passes them into instant oblivion,
lie bears sealed packages without tampering
with the wax. Papers not meant for his eye.
whether they flutter in at his window, or Tie
open before him in unregarded exposure,
are secret to him. He profanes no privacy
of another however the sentry sleeps, Bolts
and bars, locks and keys, bonds and securi
ties. notices to tresspassers are not for him.
He may he trusted out of sight—near the
thinnest partition—anywhere. He buys no’
odice. he sells none, intrigues for none. He
would rather fail of his rights than win them 1
through dishonor. He will eat honest bread.
He tramples on no sensitive feelings. Ho'
insults no man. If he has a rebuke for an
other he is straightforward, open and manly.
He cannot descend to scurrility. Billingsgate
does not lie on his track. Of woman, and to
her, he spent s with decency and respect.
In short, whatever lie judges honorable he
practices toward every one. He is not al
ways dressed in broadcloth. “ Some people.”
says a distinguished bishop, ‘ think a gentle,
man means a man of independent fortune—
a man who fares sumptuously every day—a
man who need not labor for his daily bread.
None of these makes a gentleman—not one
of them—nor all of them together. I have
known men of the roughest exterior who had
been used all their lives to follow the plow*
and look after horses, as thorough gentlemen*
in heart as an}’ nobleman who ever wore a
ducal coronet. I mean, I have known them'
as truthful, I have known them as sympa
thizing; and all these qualities go to make
what. I understand by the term ‘a gentle
man.’ ”
“It is a noble privilege which has been
sadly prostituted ? and what I want to tell
you is, that the humblest man, who has the
coarsest work to do, yet, if his heart be ten-'
der. and pure, and true, can be. in the most
emphatic sense of the word, ‘a gentleman.’”
The Christian Statesman.
A Touching Incident.
The following affecting story was related
by Dr. Schnebly, of Maryland, at a meeting
held in New York, to listen to the experience
of twenty reformed inebriates:
A drunkard who has run through his prop
erty, returned one night to his cheerless and'
unfurnished home. He entered his empty
hall; anguish was gnawing at his heart-strings,
and language was inadequate to express iiis
agony as he entered his wife’s apartment, and
there beheld the victims of his base appetite
—his lo.dng wife and darling child.
Morose and sullen, he seated himself #it!i*
out saying a word ; he could not look at then*.
The sad hearted mother said to the little
girl by her side: “Come, my child, it is
time to go to bed and the little one, as she
was wont, knelt by her mother 9 lap, gazed
wistfully into the face of her suffering parent,,
and, motionless as a piece of chiseled statu
ary. slowly repeated her nightly orison.
When she had finished, the child (but six
years of age) said to her mother : “ Dear
mamma, may I not offer up one more prayer ?”
“ Yes, yes. my sweet pet, pray.” And she
lifted her tiny bandit close to her eyes, and
prat'cd : “ O God, spare, 0I1! spare my dear
papa!”
That prayer was lifted with electric rapid
ity to the throne of God. It was heard on
high—it was heard on earth. The respon
sive “ Amen” burst from the father’s lips,
and his heart of stone because a heart of
flesh. Wife and child were both clasped to
his bosom, and in fearful penitence he said :
“My child, you have saved your father from
thegrave of a drunkard ! I’ll sign thepledgc P*
A Chinese Helk
A traveller thus describes a representation
of the punishment of the wicked after death,
according to the Buddhist theory, which he
witnessed in the suburbs of Canton After
a walk of about a mile, we came to the ‘Tem
ple of horrors." This is a horrible place—
that is the scenes are hideous. The inten
tion is to represnt what a bad man would
suffer after death. It is composed of
the different groups of statuary, made
of clay, and many of them are crumbling to
pieces. The first group represents the trial
of the man ; he is surrounded by his family
and friends, who are trying to defend hin ;
the second, where he is condemned and given
over to the executioner ; in the third he is un
dergoing a semi-transformation from the man
to the brute; the fourth, where he is put into
a mill, with his head downward, and is being
ground up; his dog is by the side of the mill I
licking up his blood. In the fifth scene he •
is being placed between two boards, and is .
being sawed down lengthwise : sixth, he is
under a bell, which is rung until the concus
sion kills him ; seventh, the man is placed
upon a table, and two men are paddling or
spanking him with large wooden paddles;-
eighth, he is upon a rack, and the executioners *
are tearing his flesh with red hot pincers;
ninth, he is in a cauldron of boiling lead : the •
tenth represents him upon a gridiron, under
going the process of roasting. In all these -
scenes his family are present; also large fig
ures who represent the judge, executioners,
little devils, and various instruments of tor
ture.
It is said that the Khedive intends to pre
sent G. Washington Childs with an exceed
inglv defunct mummy, as a suitable token
of the M. A.’s work on the obituary poetry
of this county.
A tramp dropped in and meekly inquired
the way to town of Thunder. He sa id that
whenever he asked for work he was told to.
“go to Thunder.” and' he supposed they
wanted hands there.
It isn't advisable to tell all you think.
Beecher said there was no- hell, and Owen
Murphy, of New York, was so glad to hear it
that he fled with sso,ooot>f that city's money.
Dumber 49.