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NOTICE !
j i fOKUIA, .iackson County.
Whereas, upon application made to me in terms
of law by onc-tifth of the qualified voters of the
465th District. G. M., of said county, asking that
the sale of intoxicating liquors bo restricted in
said District —
It is hereby ordered that an election be held in
said District, at the usual place of holding elec
tions in the same, on Saturday, the 24th day of
May, 1870. That those who favor restriction of
the sale of intoxicating liquors, shall have written
or printed on their ballots the words, “for re
striction,” and those who oppose shall have writ
ten or printed on their ballots the words, “ against
restriction,” and that the managers of said elec
tion shall keep, or cause to be kept, duplicate list
of voters and tally‘sheets, certify and sign the
same, one of which shall he tiled with the Cierk
of the Superior Court of said county and the
other forwarded without delay to his Excellency
the Governor.
Given under my official signature, this April
11th, 1879. apl2s 11. \\ r . BELL, Ord’y.
Jackson Sheriff’s Sales.
WILL be sold, on the iirst Tuesday in June
next, before the Court House door, in the
town of Jefferson, Jackson county, Ga., within
the legal hours of sale, the following property,
to-wit:
One tract or parcel of land situated and lying
in the 255th District, G. M.. of said county, and
adjoining lands of Butler, Minishand others ; the
place whereon Jesse Farrabee resided at the time
of Vos death, containing fifty acres, more or less.
Levied on hy virtue of three ii. fas. issued from
the Justice Court of the 255th District. G. M., in
favor of C. W. Hood vs. Jesse Farrabee, now con
trolled by Z. W, Hood. Notice given to Bailey
Culberson, tenant in possession as the law directs.
Property pointed out by the plaintiff, and return
ed to me hy A. C. Campbell, L. C.,255th District,
h. M., April 29th, 1879.
Also, at the same time and place, will be sold
the dwelling house, lot and premises now occu
pied by and in the possession of Peter McLcster,
nf the town of Jefferson, in said county, bounded
on the west or front side by Washington street in
said town, on the east or back side by the back
street, on the south by the lot now occupied by
W . A. Worsham, and on the north hy cross alley,
and containing one acre, more or less. Levied on
as die property of Peter McLcster. defendant in
ha. fa., to satisfy two certain J ustice Court fi. fas.,
issued by 8. McCarty, J. P.245th District, G. M.,
in favor of A. T. Yearwood vs. said Peter Mc-
Lcster. Said dwelling is a good two-storv frame
dwelling, newly finished and painted; on said lot
is a good garden and small orchard, good well of
water, good kitchen. Ac. Levy made and return
ed to me by W. F. Hunter, L. C. Written notice
h'lven to Peter McLcster, the party in possession.
Froperty pointed out by plaintiff,
may 2 T. A. McELHANNON, Sh’fF.
.laclixoii Counfy.
h hereas, R. J. Parks represents to the Court,
in his petition duly filed, that he has fully admin
istered the estate of G. W. Shambly, late of said
county, deceased, and applies for Letters of Dis
mission from said estate—
This is to cite all concerned, kindred and cred
itors, to show cause, if any they can, on the first
Monday in August, 1879, at the regular term of
Court of Ordinary of said county, why Letters
91 Dismission should not be granted the applicant.
Civen under my official signature, this May 7th,
1879. H. W. BELL, Ord’y.
AESOEdIAt Jackson County.
Whereas, 11. C. Appleby. Executor of the es
tate of Elizabeth Buchanan, late of said county,
<jec'd. represents to the Court, in his petition duly
tiled, that he has fully and completely adminis
tered the estate of said deceased, and asks the
Court to grant him Letters of Dismission from the
same—
This is to cite all persons concerned, kindred
and creditors, to show cause, if any they can, on
the first Monday in June, 1879, in the Court of
Ordinary for said county, why Letters of Dismis
sion from said estate should not be granted the
applicant.
Civen under my hand officially, this Feb. 25th,
1379. feb2S 11. ML BELL, Ord’y.
| jEOKIA, Jackson County.
Whereas, John A. Smith represents to the
Court, in his petition duly tiled, that he has fully
administered the estate of IV. S. Smith, late of
said county, deceased, and applies for Letters of
Dismission—
. This is to cite all concerned, kindred and cred
'tors, to shew Cause, if any they can. on the first
Monday in Jane, 1879. at the regular term of the
f ourt of Ordinary of said county, why Letters of
Dismission should not be granted the applicant.
Liven under my hand, officially, March 4th,
mar7 11. IV. BELL, Ord'y.
ESTRAY SALE !
WILL he sold, on the 10th day of May, 1870,
.... on the freehold of IV. C. Rousseau, in the
517th District, G. M., of Jackson county, one
'Jack sided lIEIFER. with white star in face;
parked with crop oft’ of left ear. Sold by order
° ! 'he Ordinary of said county to defray expenses,
may 9 *T. A. McELIIANNON, Sheriff.
PATENTS^
‘ • A. Lehmann, Solicitor of American and
(,r cign Patents, Washington, I). C. All busi-
p OSS connected with Patents, whether before the
ateiit Office or the Courts, promptly attended to.
0 c, mrge made unless a patent is secured. Send
or circular. oct 19—tf
light job 'WOBh:,
Executed promptly, at this office.
The People their own Rulers; Advancement in Education, Science, Agriculture and Southern Manufactures.
Constitution,of the Jackson County Teach
ers’ Institute.
Article 1. This Institute shall be known
as the Jackson County Teachers’ Institute..
Art. 2. The object of the organization shall
be, the improvement of its members in the
science of teaching ; the diffusion of infor
mation upon the system of common school
education among the people; the promotion
of harmony between teachers and their pa
trons ; and the greatest possible advance
ment in scientific and floral culture.
Art. 3. After the organization of the In
stitute, no person can become a member ex
cept by the consent oftwo-thirds of the mem
bers present.
Art. 4. The regular meetings of the body
shall be held quarterly; but the President
may adjourn the meetiig from time to time
during the current quarter, hy request of two
thirds of the members present.
Art. 5. The regular efficers and commit
tees shall he a Presideritiand Vice-President,
a Secretary, a Treasurer, an Executive Com
mittee, a Financial Committee, a Committee
on Resolutions, a Businesi Committee, and
a Committee of Reception tnd Arrangements,
and shall hold their offices for one year.
Art. 6. The occasional officers shall be
Instructors, Lecturers, Sub-Lecturers, Essay
ists, Sub-Essayists, a Chaplain, and a Choris
ter, and shall hold ther offices for one
quarter.
Art. 7. From and after ihe year 1879, all
regular officers shall be elected on the first
day of the annual session o p each year.
Sec. 2. The election shall be by ballot, and
a majority of the members present shall elect.
Art. 8. From and after the year 1879, all
regular committees shall be elected on the
first day r of the annual session of each year,
and shall be nominated by the President, and
elected by a rising vote of a majority of the
members present.
Sec. 2. Special committees for thctransac
tion of such business as does not cotne before
tlie committees specified in Art. B,'Sec. 1, of
this Constitution, may be appointed by the
President at such times as their services may
be needed.
Sec. 3. All committees shall consist of
three members only ; any two of whom may
act; and all vacancies may be fillel at any
regular meeting as herein specified for the
regular elections and appointments.
Art. 9. The occasional officers shall be
appointed by the President on the last day
of each regular session, and shall discharge
the duties devolving upon them until the
close of the next subsequent quarterly ses
sion.
Art. 10. Any of the provision! in this
Constitution may be amended, and new Ar
ticles added t hereto, at any regular meeting,
by. a vote of two-thirds of the members pres
ent ; provided a written notice of suet amend
ment shall have been given at
meeting.
BY-LAWS.
REGULAR MEETINGS.
Article I —Section 1. The lit, 2d and
od quarterly meetings of the Jaeksm County
Teachers’ Institute shall begin ot the first
Fridays of January, April and Julf, and re
main in session two days.
Sec. 2. The 4th quarterly meetijg shall he
deemed the annual session, and s\all begin
on Wednesday before the Ist Fridiy in Oc
tober.
Sec. 8. The annual session shall continue
four days ; but the time may be extended by
a two-thirds vote of the members present.
DUTIES OF OFFICERS.
Article 2— Section 1. It shall be the
duty of the President to regulate the exercises
according to a programme furnished lim by
the Executive Committee, and perform all
the duties devolving upon presiding dfioers
of other deliberative assemblies. Andfurth
er, by* virtue of bis office, he shall be Annual
Lecturer, to deliver the opening and dosing
address at the annual session over wHeli his
immediate successor presides.
Sec. 2. In the absence of the President,
the Vice-President shall preside, and on all
occasions deemed necessary', assist that of
ficer in the discharge of his duties.
Sec. 3. The Secretary shall keep a faithful
record of the proceedings of the Institute ;
assist the Executive Committee to make out
duplicate programmes ; and perform ill other
duties devolving upon such officers inall well
regulated societies.
Sec. 4. The Treasurer shall keep jii item
ized account with the Institute of all moneys'
received and paid out by him, and onthe first
day of each quarterly session, submit his re
port to the Financial Committee.
DUTIES OF REGULAR OR STANDING COMMIT
TEES.
Article 3—Section 1. It shall be the
duty of the Executive Committee to lee that
all things are ready for the Institute to as
sume its labors at the appointed time,and so
inform the President. After that offifer has
opened the session in form, the Committee
shall furnish him with a programme of the
proceedings for that day, which, beinghanded
to the Secretary, shall be read aloud, record
ed by him, and returned to the President.
JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY. MAY 16,1879.
Sec. 2. On the last day of each session, it
I shall be the duty of the Executive Commit
tee to be ready to announce the programme
of business for the next quarterly meeting.
Sec. 3. It shall be the further duty of this
committee to furnish every occasional officer
on the day of their .election with a copy of
that pare of the general programme which
specifies the duties they are to perform at the
next session.
Sec. 4. The programme may be varied, as
provided for in Section 6 of this Article.
Sec. 5. When money is needed above the
amount received from annual dues, it shall
be the duty of the Financial Committee to
devise the ways and means of obtaining it.
Sec. G. It shall be the duty of the Commit
tee on Resolutions to aid the Executive Com
mittee, when it is desirable to add to or sub
tract from the order of the exercises, by pre
senting resolutions to that effect; help regu
late the opening and closing hours ; to fur
nish black boards, maps, charts, apparatus,
and other material needed, so far as may be
possible ; to see that fires and lights are pro
vided—that the session room is kept in good
order; and to prepare a series of resolutions
expressive of the feelings and sentiments of
the body, and present them on the last day
of the session.
Sec. 7. The Committee of Reception and
Arrangements will attend to the reception
and seating of members, and the accommoda
tion of spectators ; furnish the Secretary with
a list of the names and residences of those
applying for membership, and give the same
all required information ; secure a suitable
room for the session ; obtain a list of such
families as are willing to accommodate mem
bers coming from a distance, and the number
each can accommodate, all to be ready at the
hour appointed for the opening of the session.
DUTIES OF OCCASIONAL OFFICERS.
Article 4— Section 1. Instructors shall
prepare themselves to lay before the Institute
the purposes for which their several branches
are pursued ; the be3t method of imparting
instruction in them ; whether those hereto
fore practiced are best or not; it not, what
changes can be made to improve them ; con
duct class drills and class examinations as
indicated by the programme, together with
all general duties of a teacher.
Sec. 2. The Lecturers may select their own
subjects; but they must always he given on
some school-room topic, and be such as are
likely to contribute to the progress of popu
lar education, and edify thinking men and
women. They shall, in a measure, ignore tiie
specialities of the instructors, and treat their
subjects in a general way.
Sec. 3. The duties of Sub-Lecturers shall
be the same as those of Lecturers; but they
shall treat their subjects in a special way'.
Sec. 4. Essayists may select their subjects ;
but shall confine themselves, as much as pos
sible, to those which will bring out their own
experience.
Sec. 5. Sub-Essayists may also select their
subjects, but must confine themselves to ex
perience as seen in others.
Sec. 6. The Chorister shall conduct the
music at the closing of each general exercise,
and immediately preceding the benediction
of each day, in which all members, who can,
shall join. When practicable, he shall also
secure instrumental music, and submit its
arrangement to the Executive Committee.
Sec. 7. Immediately after roll-call of each
day, it shall be the duty of the Chaplain to
have singing and prayer; close each day's
work with a benediction ; and on the evening
of the last day of the session which closes his
term of office, deliver a sermon of such length,
and at such hour, as may be designated by
the Executive Committee.
Articles —Section 1. Ali occasional of
ficers who are by these By-Laws allowed to
select their own subjects, must inform the
Executive Committee of their selections one
week before the time allowed for the an
nouncement of the general programme.
Sec. 2. There shall be a box placed upon the
Secretary’s table, into which queries may be
dropped by the members, and at such time
as may be designated by the President, with
out previous notice, the box shall be opened
by the Chairman of the Executive Commit
tee, and such time be devoted to the reading
and the answering of them as indicated by
the programme ; provided, alicays, that noth
ing irrelevant or improper be read, the rele
vancy to be decided by the Executive Com
mittee.
Sec. 3. There shall be as many occasional
officers appointed as there are subjects to be
considered in their respective departments,
except there shall be only two each of Sub
Lecturers and Sub-Essayists.
Sec. 4. Lectures may be either written or
delivered extempore.
Sec. 5. Every member of The Jackson
County Teachers Institute must sign the Con
i stitution thereof, and pay an annual fee of
one dollar, before taking any active part in
| its proceedings.
Sec. 6. Acting on the supposition that
evpry member is a lad}’or a gentleman in the
strict sens£ of these words, no penalties are
incorporated in these By-Laws, except that
a voice of two-thirds of the members present
shall have the power of expulsion.
Sec. 7, These By-Laws may be amended
at an}' regular meeting by a two-thirds ma
jority of the members present.
L3F* Northeastern Progress please copy.
‘‘Morley’s” Letters from New York.
[from OUR OWN REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.]
New York, May Bth, 1879.
“COME, GENTLE SPRING.”
Spring, gentle Spring, with all its diphthe
rial mildness, has come. The grass is grec-n
and velvety in the Parks ; Spring overcoats
and Easter suits flourish one day, and porous
plasters and cough drops the next. Fresh
Florid , asparagus is in the^ market at a dollar
a bunch and as tough as a pawnbroker’s con
science, w'hile last year's growth, tender and
luscious, is offered in cans at thirty cents.
Strawberries, warranted to give the colic at
ninety rods, bring fifty cents a basket; and
your youngest runs her slender fingers through
your grizzled locks and archly asks “which
you think would he the most becoming to her,
a blue silk or a garnet?” If these are not
symptons of the rapid approach of Spring,
then what on earth do they mean ?
A NEW CRUSADE AGATNST INTEMPERANCE.
A fresh arm}' is being levied in New York
for the war against King Alcohol. It carries
on its banners the ponderous monogram, “B.
M. S. E. M.,” which, being interpreted, is
“ Business Men’s Society for the Encourage
ment of Moderation.” It provides no less
than four different pledges, and invites its
members to choose whichever is best suited
to their individual cases. The pledge cards
are red, white, blue and tri-color, respectively.
The red is a complete total abstinence pledge ;
the white is a pledge against drinking in bu.
siness hours; the blue pledges against treat
ing or being treated ; and the tri-color is a
promise to abstain from “any intoxicating
liquor stronger than wine or ale, and these
only at meals.” All these pledges are for a
specified term, to be determined by the sign
er. The founders of the Society are business
men of the very first standing. In the Pres
ident’s chair is Mr. F. B. Thurber, and among
the Vice-Presidents and originators are such
men as Peter Cooper, Thurlow Weed, Judge
Noah Davis, Ex-Governor Hartranft, and
Elwood E. Thorne. Though containing some
interested in the wholesale liquor traffic, and
many moderate drinkers, it does not recom
mend any abstainer to begin a course of drink
ing, however moderate. Realizing that mod
erate drinking may and often does lead to
drunkenness, it says : “ It is better to let Rum
alone ;” but because the majority of men will
not do this, it adds: “If you will drink, do
it moderately; keep your head clear in busi
ness hours ; confine your potations to light
wines and leers, and, above all, cease the ab
surd and ruinous habit of treating and being
treated,” It acknowledges drunkenness, in
the words of Mr. Frothingham, as “the fun
damental vice of civilized nations,” and re
alize its obligation to do something towards
stemming the fearful current of American in
temperance. It hopes to recruit thousands
in its ranks, who would he deaf to more radi
cal pleas, and claims to have the same end
in view as the more extreme wing of the Tem
perance army. The plan embraces the for
mation of auxiliary societies throughout the
land ; the promotion of knowledge in the sci
encetindstatistics of liquor, the establish
ment of places of recreation where no intoxi
cants are allowed, and, first, last, and all the
time, the abolition of “treating.” A fuller
exposition of its purposes and methods can
be had hy writing the Secretary, Mr. Henry
11. Hadley, Box 1585, New York.
Whether much good will be accomplished
depends solely upon the vigor with which this
organization is pushed forward. So far as it
works at all, society must be benefited.—
When moderate drinking business men, and
men pecuniarily interested in the liquor trade
begin to feel the necessity of doing something
to check the ravages of rum, I do not want to
stop singing the long metre doxology long
enough to inquire whether they are doing
precisely w'hat lam doing. It used to be
said of General Ilalleek that he would rather
lose a battle by approved methods than win
it by departing from them. Those who in
their own persons, or their loved ones, have
tasted the sharp sting of this serpent's tooth
will be guilty of no such folly. I strike glad
hands with any man, of any creed, who will
help brush one temptation from the path of
my boy, lift one man from the gutter, or
lessen by a feather’s weight the deadly influ
ence of the dramshop and the drinking usages
of society.
A CURIOUS LAW SUIT.
The soap makers are in court over a comi
cal case, and by the way the blindfolded God
dess smiles first on one, then on his rival, one
is led to fear her traditional bandages are
“too thin.” Who does not remember the
reign of soap, and send, and Bristol brick,
and last, though far from least, “elbow
grease ?” As the latter commodity grew un
popular, if not scarce, Yankee wit sharpened
itself up to the point of producing a substi
tute for the whole lot. and saponaceous inven
tions grew and multiplied like the excuses of
a poor debtor. About eight years ago a pho-
tographer named Troxell was struck with an
idea, which, like lightning, is very apt to hit
j>n out of the way places. lie was using
j silex, a fine, smooth, saponaceous but gritty
| substance, easily dissolved in water, to clean
and polish his glasses, when the idea occur
| red to him that it might make a superior
cleaner for household purposes. A long se
ries of experiments demonstrated its eminent
fitness for scouring and polishing all metals,
paints and glasss, and for cleaning silver and
britannia by simply washing it in the suds,
as well as for removing ink and other stains
from the hands. He boldly came down from
his skylight, became a soap man, and named
his invention “Pride of the Kitchen Soap.”
But the course of true lather never ran
smooth, and why should it with Troxell ?
Another soap man complained that this soap
was put up in tin foil with a blue label around
it, and that because he was putting up his
soap that way T ANARUS, his right to use tin foil and
blue was exclusive. Mr. Troxell died, and
his brother became, defendant to a suit which
was decided in his favor. The blind God
dess scores one for “ Pride of the Kitchen !”
Another suit was brought before another
judge, and this time the blindfolded Deity
decides for the plaintiff. The proprietors of
the V indser, St. Nicholas and Metropolitan
Hotels testified to the transcendent virtues of
Pride of the Kitchen,” and several first pre
miums from the American Institute and oth
er fairs were displayed, but all to no purpose.
It wasn’t their turn. It was the other fel
low’s. It looked so like a game of “ odd and
oven” that the Troxells are now appealing,
confident that the next turn is their’s. This
suit is still pending, and meantime the supe
rior quality of “Pride of the Kitchen” makes
it sell tremendously under anew label, about
which there is no question, and its proprie
tors appear very grateful for the gratuitous
advertising these funny suits have given
them. Moiiley.
Reai Trouble.
WHY THE BURET NGTON HAWK EYE FENNY MAN
WOUFD NOT 1!E A FARMER.
It is spring, and the annual warfare begins.
Early in the morning the jocund farmer hies
him to the field and hunts around in the dead
weeds and grass for the plow he left out there
some time last fall. When he finds it he
takes it to the shop to have it mended.- When
it is mended he goes back into the field with
it. Half way down the first furrow he lays,
he runs the plow fairly into a big live-oak
root, the handles alternately break a rib on
this side of him and jab the breath out of him
on the other, and the sturdy root, looking up
out of the ground witli a pleased smile of re
cognition, says cheerfully: “Ah, Mr. This
tlepod, at it again, eh?”
Fifty feet further on he strikes a stone
that doubles up tl>e plow point like a piece
of lead, and while the amazed and breathless
agriculturist leans, a limp heap of humanity,
across the plow, the relic of the glacial period
remarks sleepily : “Ah, ha! Spring here
already? Glad you woke me up.”
And then thegrangersits down and patient
ly tries to tie on that plow-point with a
hickory withe, and, while he pursues this
fruitless task, the friendly crow swoops down
near enough to ask: “Goin’ to put this
twenty in corn this year, Mr. Thistlepod ?”
And, before he lias time to answer the sable
bird, a tiny grasshopper, wriggling out of a
clod so full of eggs that they can't be counted,
shouts briskly : “ Here wc are again, Mr.
Thistlepod ; dinner for 500,000,000,000 !”
And then a slow moving but very positive
potato-bug crawls out into the sun light to
see if the frost has faded his stripes, and
says : “ The old-fashioned peachblow potatoes
arc the be3t for a sure crop, but the early
rose should be planted for the first market.”
Then several new kinds of bugs who haven't
made any record yet, climb over the fence
and come up to inquire about the staple crops
of the neighborhood, and before he can get
through with them, Professor Tice sends him
a circular stating that there won’t be a drop
of rain from the middle of till the last
of October. This almost stuns him. but he
is beginning to feel a little resigned when a
dispatch is received from the department of
agriculture at Washington, saying that all
indications point to a summer of unprecedent
ed, almost incessant and long continued rains
and floods, and advising him to plant no root
crops at all. While he is trying to find words
in which to express his emotion, a neighbor
drops in to tell him that all the peachstrees
in the country are winter killed, and that the
hog-eholera is raging fiercely in the northern
part of the township. Then his wife comes
out to tell him the dog has fallen into the
well, and when the poor man gets to the door
3’ard, his children, with ranch shouting and
excitement, meet him, and tell him there are
a couple of rats, of the pole denomination, in
the spring-house, and another one under the
barn. With tears and groans he returns to
! the field, but by that time it has begun to
snow so hard that he can’t see the horse when
}he stands at the plow. lie is discouraged,
and starts for his house with his team, when
he meets a man who bounces him for using a
three-horse clevis he made himself, and wrung
i ten reluctant dollars out of him for it. When
\ TERMS, $1.50 PER ANNUM
( SI.OO For Six Mlontlis.
he reaches the house the drive-well man is
waiting for him, anti while he is settling with
. liim a clock-peddler comes in, and a !i< T htnin<T.-
i r °d man, screened bj* the storm, climbs up
'on the ten-dollar smoke house, fastens sixty
five dollars worth of lightning-rods on it. and
before the poor farmer had time to get his
gun half loaded the bailiff comes in to tell
him that he has been drawn on the jury.
No, I would not, even if I could, be a
farmer. The life is pleasant and independent,
but it seems to have its drawbacks. If I
were a farmer I would grumble all I wanted,
and thump the man who found fault with mo
for it.
A Preacher on Himself.
A church in Indiana being without a pastor
lias received the following among other ap
plications. The writer is a New York clergy
man. “lama Princeton Presbyterian °of
the sainted Dr. Dodge type.” lie says, “a
little past middle age, with constitution and
health of the very best, not married ; have
been preaching over fifteen years; am ofScotch
stock, with a tinge of Scotch Irish and of
Plymouth Kook Puritans. The former needs
watching against fire, the latter against the
gull stream of heresy. Am about six feet
two inclies tali, neither stout nor lean, as one
hundred and eighty pounds avoirdupois
testifies ; blue e3"es, side whiskers of fair size#
of genial turn, with a quick eye for the
humorous and ridiculous, and am sure of throe
classes of friends— children, darkies and dogs
—the first because I love them, the others
because I treat them kindly. As reading is
not preaching I preach. My style is simple*
direct, earnest, with the argumentative un
derlying it. I aim to give each hearer a han
dle by which to hold the sermon and keep it
—hence I cannot repeat them. Most of my
sermons I write on two pages of note paper,
in a bold hand, with blue or black pencils,
using five or six languages, most of the math
ematical signs and several arbitrary characters
—a language of my own making. I write
the thoughts, not the words. None can read
them but m3'self, then if the mind trips I
have this certain help before me to recover
myself by glance of the eye, and also to keep
my sermons (the thoughts) to reproduce them
at will. While I have perfect freedom in
speaking, I try to strike thirty minutes, but
to do so 1 have to watch Ixl3- watch. I seldom
see ranch sleeping in sermon time, and when
exchanging with brother Methodists, in their
churches often hear from the ‘amen corner/
As to salaiy, fix it the most you can give and
pa3 r it on the day promised.”
American Courage.
Mr. Archer Anderson, writing in an Eng'
lish Magazine, suggests that the obstinacy of
American courage, the resolution with which
the men on both sides in our late war “stood
killing,” accounts for the indecisive character
of battles. We quote from the articles
“The annals of few countries show a more
obstinate resistance or bloodier battles.—
Kunersdorf has generally been cited as one
of the most sanguinary fields of modern t imes.
Frederick there lost 19.000 men, killed and
wounded out of 50,000. At the battle of
Chickamauga the Con federates counted 17,000
men, killed and wounded, out of a total force
of 45,000 ; and many other fields show losses
in almost as high a ratio. To their honor,
be it said, tlie Americans who confronted
them stood killing about as well. In this lies
an explanation of the indecisive character t>f
so many of the great actions of the war.’’
A Reminiscence of the War.
Mr. Sanford, of Alabama, to illustrate a
point in a recent speech in the Ilonse of
Representatives, said he had heard of an in
cident which occurred on a battle-field in North
Carolina. Two brothers, one wearing the
blue, and the other the gray, had by a strange
coincidence shed their life-blood on the same
battle-field. A tender father's hand gathered
their remains together and buried them in
the same grave, over which he raised a shaft
bearing on the northern face the name of him
who had worn the blue and on its southern
face the name of him who had worn the gray.
On the western face was the inscription—
“ Erected In* the loving hand of a father over
two bo3’s, equally loved*’—and, on the eastern
face, the inscription—“ Who was right and
who was wrong shall be decided before that
great tribunal to which both have gone. I,
their father, will not decide who was right
and who was wrong.”
Europe ix a Ferment.— Russia is daily
encountering new difficulties in the Nihilist
problem. In St. Petersburg the Nihilist#
have declared that they will kill any door
keepers appointed to guard against them, and
none can be found to accept the dangers of
the position. Yakoob Khan is protracting
negotiations with the English, but it is still
hoped that he will come to terms and admit
the English. England and France are still
negotiating in relation to the Khedive. It i#
believed the latter will yield to any arrange
ment they choose to make. It is openly
charged that Italian intrigues are at the bot
tom of the difficulty. Russia has refused to
surrender Kuldja. and the Chinese mission
to the Czar has failed. Internal dissensions
in Turkey cause alarm. Garibaldi has issued
a democratic manifesto, and left Rome. The
Pope, fearing the Vatican may be attacked,
has applied to several European governments
for protection. — Savannah News.
To Remove Stains. —To remove ink stain#
from paper use cyanide of potassium andf
oxalic acid. To remove grease from paper
dip a small brush in benzine and draw it
gently over both sides of the paper until the
grease disappears. Then dip another in
highly-rectified spirits of wine and draw it, in
a like manner, over the place, and particu
larly around the edges, to remove the border
that would still present a stain. The paper,
before commencing the above described ope
rations, should be gently warmed, aud a#
much grease as possible taken out with a
piece of blotting paper.
NUMBER 49.