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“notice to contractors.
WILL be let, to the lowest bidder, before the
Court House door in Jefferson, on Satur
day, the 21st of June, 1879, the contract for build
ing the bridge across the Oconee river, known as
King’s bridge, according to the following specifi
cations : Said bridge to be built just above the
present old bridge, and built on a level with road
on the Jefferson side of river, with 12 feet road
way, with one fifty feet swinging span and two
spans extending from each arch under swinging
span to eacji bank of the river ; supposed length
of end spans, 30 feet each ; the arches under swing
ing span to be built on mud-sills 30 feet long, and
placed as near each bank as the extension of fifty
leet will allow} uprights to arches to be 12 by 12
inches, well braced with timber 8 by 10 inches,
extending from and out on mud-sills to with 12
inches cap-sills ; upright in centre 8 by 8 inches ;
cap-sills to be 12 by 14 inches, morticed half
through so as to lit on top of tenents on uprights;
king post 10 by 10 inches ; rafters 8 by 10 inches ;
5 sleepers to swinging span 10 by 12 inches, said
span to be well bolted with iron bolts and sweed
iron J inch thick and 3 inches wide to hold the
same; 5 sleepers each to end spans Gby 12 inches;
flooring 14 feet in length and 2 inches thick, well
spiked down with 5 inch stringers; banisters,
fastened to uprights, made of 3 inch scantling, 3
feet high and 8 feet apart, morticed through and
keyed on under side of Uooring plank ; planked
en inside with inch plank : four inch strips over
top all sleepers, to lap well on cap-sills. Timbers
to be all heart, and sawed,- except mud-sills and
sleepers to swinging span, the latter, if hewn, to
be well and smoothly done. All work to be done
in a workmanlike manner, as the work and all
timbers will be inspected before being placed in
the water, so that the bridge may be received
when completed. Persons bidding off said con
tract will be required to give bond, with good se
curity, iu amount equal to the amount of bid, im
mediately after the letting.
Full aiul complete specifications can be seen at
my otllce. may 21 11. YV. BELL, Ord’y.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
SEALED bids for the building of a Court House
in the town of Jefferson, Jackson county, Ga.,
will be received until 11 o'clock A. M., on Tues
day, the first day of July, 1879.
full and complete drawings, plan and specifica
tions can be seen at the Ordinary’s office, in Jef
ferson.
The right is reserved to reject any and all bids,
and no bid will be considered unless there is ac
companying it a legally executed bond, with good
security for the sum of eight thousand dollars,
conditioned for the faithful performance of the
work. Said building is to be completed by the
first day of January. ISBO. and no payment to be
made until the building is finished, and the writ
ten certificate of the architect, W. W. Thomas,
Ksq., has been procured, stating that the building
has been built according to the spirit of the con
tract. may3o H. W. DELL, Ord’y.
p EORtilA, Jackson County.
VJT
Whereas, 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
the Court of Ordinary of said county, why Letters
of Dismission should not be granted the applicant.
Given under mv official signature, this May 7th,
1879. ' 11. W. BELL, Ord’y.
| HiOlltilA, Jackson County.
Whereas. J. S. W. and T. N. McDaniel, Ad
ministrators of William McDaniel, late of said
county, deceased, applies to me for leave to sell
the land belonging to the estate of said deceased—
This is to cite all persons concerned, kindred
and creditors, to show cause, if any they can, at
the regular term of the Court of Ordinary of said
county, on the first Monday in July, 1879, why
the leave prayed for should not be granted the
applicants.
Given under my official signature, May 2Gth.
1879. may3o 11. W. BELL, Ord’y.
QEOK43IA, Jackson County.
Whereas, R. R. Wallis applies for Letters of
Administration upon the estate of W. Osborn,
late of said county, deceased —
This is to cite all persons concerned, kindred
and creditors, to show cause, if any, on the first
Monday in July, 1879, at the regular term of the
t’ourt of Ordinary of said county, why said letters
should not be granted the applicant.
Liven under my hand officially, this June 3d,
1879. juneG H. W. BELL, Ord’y.
Q.EOUCIA, Jackson County.
Whereas, It appearing to the Court that the es
tate of F. M. Whitmire, late of said county, de
ceased, is without a representative and not likely
to be represented—
This is, therefore, to cite all persons concerned,
kindred and creditors, that administration of said
estate will be vested in the Clerk of the Superior
Court, at the July term, 1579, of the Court of Or
dinary of said county, unless some valid objec
tions is made to his appointment.
Given under my hand, officially, this June 3d,
1879. juneG H. W. BELL, Ord’y.
Notice.
NOTICE is hereby given that at the August
Term, 1879, of Jackson Superior Court. I
shall seek to have removed the disabilities im
posed upon me by the granting of a divorce to
Nancy E. Gordon, whose relation to me as wife
was dissolved at the August Term, 187 G, of said
Superior Court.
JAS. 11. GORDON, Applicant.
J. B. SILMAN, Att’y. may3o-60d
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NANNIE.
I cannot set down in so many words just
when or how it came to be understood be
tween my partner, John Stillman, and my
self, that I was to marry his daughter, Nannie,
when she was old enough. I have a vague
impression that she was in long clothes when
we first talked of it.
Her mother died when she was a little girl,
and old Mrs. Stillman took her home to the
family house at Owl’s Corner, one of the
prettiest little villages I had the good fortune
to see. But Nannie was eighteen when I
first met her, a woman, and this was the scene
of our meeting.
John had sent for me to come to Owl’s Cor
ner on a certain July day, promised to drivo
over to the station and meet me, as my elderly
legs covered the ground slowly. YYe retired
from business rich men both, some five years
before, and corresponded regularly. But I
had been abroad, and this was ray first visit
to Owl’s Corner in ten years. I remembered
Nannie as a romping child, fond of swinging
on the gates, climbing up grape arbors, and
imperiling her neck fifty times a day, John
always saying on such occasions:
“ She’s a little wild, but she’ll got over
that.”
I waited at the station for half an hour;
then, seeing no sign of John, I started to
walk to the house. It was mid-day and fear
fully hot, and when I had accomplished but
half the distance I turned off the road and
started through a grove that gave me a longer
walk, but thick shade. I was resting there
on a broad stone, completely hidden by the
bushes on every side, when I heard John’s
voice:
“Where have yon been?”
There was such dismay and astonishment
in the voice that I looked up in surprise, to
find that he was not greeting me, but a tall,
slender girl coining towards him. Such a
sight! She was dark and beautiful, dressed
in a thin dress of rose pink, faultless about
the waist and throat, but from the waist down
clinging to her, one mass of the greenest,
blackest, thickest mud and water.
“In the duck pond,” she answered, with a
voice as clear and musical as the chime of
bells. “ Don’t come near me.”
“You are enough to wear a man into his
grave.”
9 There, don’t scold,” was the coaxing reply ;
“ little Bob Ryan fell in face down. It did
not make any material difference in his
costume, but I was afraid he would smother,
so I waded in after him. The water is not
over two feet deep, but the mud goes clear
through to China, I imagine. It is rather a
pity about my new dress, ain’t it?”
“ A pity,” roared John. “You’ll come to
an untimely end some day with your freaks.
As if there was nobody to pick an Irish brat
out of the duck pond but you.”
“ There actually was no one else about.
There, now, don’t be angry*. Ul go up to
the house and put on that bewitching white
affair that came from New York last week,
and be all ready to drive over to the station
with n-ou, at what time?”
“About three. Lawrence is coming on
the 2:10.’’
And I had come on the 11 :10. This ac
counted for the failure to meet me. I kept
snug in my retreat until J'*hn and Nannie were
well on their way homeward, wondering a
little how many young ladies in my circle of
friends would have so recklessly sacrificed a
new dress to pick up a beggar’s brat out of
the mud.
When I, in my turn, reached the house,
John was on the poach waithing for Nannie’s
appearance. lie gave me a most cordial wel
come, ordered luncheon, called Nannie, his
mother, and a man to go for my trunk, all in
one breath, and seemed really rejoiced to
see me.
Presently a slender gril with a truly be
witching white dress trimmed with dashes of
scarlet ribbon, and smoothly braided back
hair, tied with scarlet bows, came demurely
into the room, and was introduced. Never,
however, in that first hour could the wildest
imagination have pictured Nannie Stillman
wading in a duck pond. But the half shy,
half dignified company manner soon wore
away, and Nannie and I were fast friends be
fore dinner. She sang for me in a voice as
deliciously fresh as a bird’s carol, she took
me to see her pets, the new horse that was
her last birthday gift from “papa,” the ugly
little Scotch terrier with the beautiful brown
eyes, the rabbits, Guinea hens, and the
superannuated old pony, who had preceeded
the new horse.
In a week I was as much in love as ever
John could have desired. Nannie was the
most bewitching maiden I had ever met, child
like, yet womanly, frank, bright and full of
girlish freaks and boyish mischief, and yet
well educated, with really wonderful musical
gifts, and full of noble thoughts. She was a
perfect idol in the village, her friends and
neighbors thinking no party complete without
her, while the poor fairly worshipped her.
John allowed her an almost unlimited sup
ply of pocket money, and she was lavish in
all charity, from blankets for old women, to
JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, JUNE 13, IS7£L
bacco for old men, to candies for the children,
and rides on her horse for the urchins. And
she had a way of conferring favors that
never wounded the pride of the most sensi
tive.
We rode together every morning, we walk
ed in the cool evening hours, we spent much
time at the piano, and discussed our favorite
authors, and one day when I asked Nannie
to be my wife, she said coolly :
“Why, of course, I thought it was all un
derstood, long ago I”
I was rather amazed at such matter-of-fact
wooing, but delighted at the result. llow
could I expect an}’ soft, blushing speeches ?
I suppose I ranked just where John and Nan
nies grandmother did in her affections.
But one morning when Mrs. Stillman was
nipping her geraniums in the sitting-room,
and John was reading the morning’s newspa
pers, Nannie burst in, her beautiful face all
aglow, her eyes bright with delight, crying:
“Oil, grandma ! Walt has come home I I
saw him riding up the road.”
She was going then, just as John ex
claimed :
“Confound Walt!”
“Who is Walt?” I naturally inquired.
“Walter Bruce, the son of one of our neigh
bors. He has been like a brother to Nannie
all her life, but went off to Europe two years
ago, when he became of age. They wanted
to correspond, but I forbade that. So he has
turned up again.”
It was evident that John was terribly vex
ed, and I very soon shared his annoyance.
YV alt, a tali’, handsome young fellow, improv
ed, not spoiled by travel, just haunted the
house.
He was generally off with Nannie as soon
as he arrived, and blind to Mrs. Stillman’s
ill-concealed coldness, and John’s sarcastic
speeches about boys and puppies.
As for me, by the time my sleep}* eyes
were opened in the morning, Nannie had ta
ken a long walk with Walt, was at the piano
when I came into the room, and Walt was
beside Nannie when the hour for our usual
stroll arrived.
And the very demon of mischief possessed
the girl. There was no freak she was not in
venting to imperil her life, riding, driving,
boating, and I fairly shivered sometimes at
the prospect of my nervous terrors when it
would be ray task to try to control this quick
si I veT temperament.
But one day when I was in the summer
house, a very rueful little mniden, with a tear,
stained faco, came to my side.
“ Walt is going away !’’ she said.
“ Indeed !”
“ Yes ; and he says I am a wicked flirt!”
with a choking sob ; “I thought I would ask
you about it.”
“ About what ?’’•
“Our getting married. You know papa
told me I was to marry you ages and ages
ago.”
“ Yes.”
“ And I knew it was all right if he said so.
But Walt says you must be a muff if you
want a wife who is always thinking of some
body else. And you know I can’t help it.
Walt has been my friend ever since I was lit
tle, and we were always together. And when
he was in Europe, papa wouldn’t let us write
to each other, but I kissed his picture night
and morning and wore his hair in a locket,
and thought of him all the timo.. And he
says you won’t like it at all after we are mar
ried.”
“ Well, not exactly,” I said dryly. “You
will liave to stop thinking of him then.”
“I don’t believe I ever can. And so I
thought I’d better tell papa we don’t care
about being married after all. I don’t think
I could ever be sedate and grave, like an old
lady, and of course I ought to be if I am to be
an old man’s wife.”
“ Of course.”
“And I am so rude and horrid, I am not
nice like city girls, and I am altogether hate
ful ; but Walt don’t care.”
I rather agreed with Walt as she stood in
shy confusion before me, her eyes still misty,
her sweet lips quivering. It was a very sore
wrench to give her up, but I was not quite an
idiot, and I said, gravel}':
“ But your father ?”
‘Yes, I know he’ll make a real storm, but
‘then his storms don't last long and maybe
you would tell him that you have changed
your mind. You have, haven’t j'ou ?”
“ Yes ; the last half an hour has quite chang
ed my matrimonial views.”
I could not help smiling, and the next mo
ment two arms encircled my neck, a warm
kiss fell upon my cheek, and Nannie cried :
“You are a perfect darling, and I shall
love you dearly all my life.”
So when I lost her love I gained it. She
flitted away presently, and I gave myself a
good mental shaking up and concluded m3'
fool’s paradise would soon havo vanished if
I had undertaken to make an old lady out of
Nannie.
John’s wrath wa3 loud and violent. lie
exausted all the vituperative language In the
dictionary, and then sat down, panting, but
furious,
“ Come now,” I said, “ what is the objec-
tion to young Bruce ? Is he poor P”
" No, confound him l Ho inherits nil his
grandfather’s property, besides what his fa
ther will probably leave him.”
“ Is he immoral ?”
“ I never heard so.”
“ What on earth nils him, then ?”
“Nothing; but I have set my heart upon
Nannie’s marrying you.”
“ Well you see she has set her heart in an
other direction, and I strongly object to a
wife who is in love with somebody else.”
“ W hat on earth sent the puppy 'here ?”
“Love for Nannie, I imagine. Come,
John, you won’t be my father-in-law, for I will
not marry Nannie if you are ever so tyranni
cal ; but we Can jog along as usual, the best
of friends—look 1”
I pointed out of the window as I spoke.
On the garden walk, shaded by a great oak
tree, Walter Bruce stood, looking down at
Nannie with love-lighted eyes. Her beauti
ful face, all dimpled with smiles and blushes,
was lifted up to meet his little gaze, and both
her little hands were fast imprisoned in his
strong ones.
John looked, his face softened, his eyes
grew misty, and presently ho said :
“ How happy she is, Lawrence.”
“And we will not cloud her happiness,
John,” I answered. “This is right and fit
ting. Nannie is too bright a May flower to
be wilted by being tied up to an old Decem
ber like me.”
So when, half fearful, the lovers came in,
they met only words of affection, and Nan
nie’s face lost nothing of its sunshine.
She was the loveliest of brides a few months
after, and wore the diafnond parure I had or
dered for my bride, at her weddiug. And
she is the most charming little matron imag
inable, with all her old freaks merged into
sunshiny cheerfulness, and her husband is a
proud, happy man, while I am Uncle Law
rence to the children, and the warm friend of
the whole family.
The Bibio.
The author of the following document is
unknown. It was first published about thirty
years ago :
“ When the last hours come to me when in
the upper chamber, long past midnight, the
flickering light burns lowly, and passing
forms noiselessly and quickly, too plainly
show that death is there, when the bleak win
ter’s wind whistles from without or sends its
melancholy moan through the lattice, alter
nating witli the groan of the dying ; when the
softest tread and the lightest whisper fall
harshly on tho last scene; when feeling, and
sight, and taste, and speech all are gone, but
immortal thought, the more immortal as it
shakes away its mortal shackles, still lives in
its freshness of eternal youth; in such an
hour, when this present body shall have been
wasted to a skeleton, this hand palsied of its
strength, this eye glazed with the film of the
grave, this cheek blanched with the last chill,
this forehead, high and while and broad and
clear now, shall be thickly studded with the
dewdropß of death, and this tongue falters out
the last farewell to the dear ones around, so
long loved and cared for, when such an hour
comes to me, I want to feel the ineffable con
solation of something said, something done,
some line written, some sentence published,
some page composed, some sentiment record
ed that shall, in its influence, continue to
benefit and bless some candidate for the skies,
to the last hour of recorded time. Feeling
thus now and heretofore, I desire to repeat of
the Bible, that:
A nation would be trulj' happy if it were
governed by no other laws than those of this
book.
It is so complete a sj'stem that nothing can
be added to or taken from it.
It contains every tiling needful to be known
or done.
It affords a copy for a king, and a rule for
a subject.
It gives instruction and counsel to a sen
ate, authority and direction to a magistrate.
It cautions a witness, requires an impartial
verdict of a jury, and furnishes the judge with
his sentence.
It sets the husband as lord of the house
hold, and the wife as mistress of the table—
tells him bow to rule, and her how to manage.
It entails power to parents and enjoins
obedience to children.
It prescribes and limits the sway of the
sovereign, the rule of the ruler, and the au
thority of the master, commands the subjects
to honor and the servants to obey, and promi
ses the protection and blessing of the Al
mighty to all that walk by its rules.
It gives directions for weddings and bu
rials.
It promises food and raiment, and limits
the use of both.
It points out a faithful and eternal guardian
to the departing husband and father, tells
him with whom to leave his fatherless chil
dren and in whom his widow is to trust, and
promises a father to the former and a hus
band to the latter.
It tells a man how to set his house in order
am) how to make bis Wil), it appoints a dowry
for Ids wife and etrtails the right of the first
born, and shows how the younger branches
shall be left.
It defends the right Of all and reveals ven
geance to every defaulter, over-rcacher and
oppressor.
It is the first book and the best book find
the oldest book in the world.
It contains the choicest matter, gives the
best instruction, affords the best of comforts
to the inquiring and desolate.
It exhibits life and immortality from ever
lasting and shows the way to glory.
It is a brief recital of all that is past and a
certain prediction of what is to come.
It settles alt matters in debate, resolves all
doubts and cases the mind and conscience of
all their scruples.
It reveals the only living and true God,
and shows the way to Him, and sets aside all
other gods, and describes the vanity of them
and all that trust in such, in short it is a
hook of laws, to show right and wrong, a book
of wisdom that condemns all folly and makes
the foolish wise ; a book truth, that detects
all lies and confutes all errors, and a hook of
life that shows the way from everlasting
death.
It is the most compendious book in the
world, the most authentic and the most en
tertaining history that ever was published.
It contains the most ancient antiquaries,
strange events, wonderful occurrences, heroic
deeds and unparalleled wars.
It describes the celestial, terrestrial and
infernal worlds, and tho origin of the angelic
myriads, human tribes and devilish legions.
It will instruct the accomplished mechanic
and the most profound artist.
It teaches the best rhetorician, and exer
cises every power of the most skillful arith
metician, puzzles the wisest anatomist and
exercises the wisest critic.
It corrects the vain philosopher, and con
futes the wise astronomer, it exposes the
subtle sophist and makes divines mad.
It is a complete code of laws, a perfect
body of divinity, an uueqnalcd narrative, a
book of lives, a book of travels, a book of
voyages.
It is the best covenant that ever was agreed
on, the best deed that ever was sealed, the
belt evidence that ever was made, and the
best testament that ever was signed ; to un
derstand it is to be wise indeed, to be igno
rant of it is to be destitute of wisdom.
It is the king’s best copy, the magistrate’s
best rule, tho housewife’s best guide, the ser
vant’s best directory and the young man’s
be9t companion ; it is the schoolboy’s spell*
ing book and the learned man’s masterpiece.
It contains a choice grammar for a novice,
and a profound mystery for a sago.
It is the ignorant man’s dictionary and the
wise man’s directory.
It affords knowledge of witty inventions
for the humorous, and dark sayings of the
grave, and is its own intepreter.
It encourages the wise, the warrior, the
swift, the over-comer, and promises the eter
nal reward to the excellent, the conqucrer,
the winner and the prevalent; and that which
crowns all is, that the author is without hy
pocrisy—
‘ In whom is no variableness or shadow of
turning.’ ”
Canceling Postage Stamps.
Every now and then a paragraph goes the
rounds to the effect that some eccentric in
dividual will give so many hundred dollars
for a million canceled postage stamps. Several
persons have succeeded in collecting the
million, and in some instances SSOO or SBOO
were paid for their collection. Those who
innocently aid in making these collections
little think that in most cases they arc help
ing to defraud the government. Advanced
as scientific knowledge is at the present day,
there has as yet been discovered no prepara
tion for canceling postage stamps that will
not wash off. It is estimated that the govern
ment loses $1,000,000 every year by the use
of washed stamps in the postoffice alone.
The loss through washed revenue stamps is
also great. A million canceled three-cent
stamps when washed are worth $30,000.
This being the case, it is easily seen that the
man who invents an uncancelable ink will
make his fortune. Hundreds of inks and
devices have been tried, but it is curious to
note that the most complete canceling ap
paratus yet known is the remote country post
master with his pen and ink. Some time
ago a man traveled from St. Louis to Wash
ington with a bottle of his ink, being un
willing to risk his secret by allowing the stuff
to go out of his hands and perhaps be analyzed.
He reached the department, and proudly can
celed a stamp in the presence of the au
thorities, who took it and quickly washed it
clean with soapy water. His ingenuity in
trying different ” antidotes” for his ink ha<t
not led him to the use of the simplest means
procurable. Hundreds of chemical combina
tions have heen tried by the different inventors.
Acids of all kinds have been combined with
the inks in common use. and for all of them
some other combination has been found that
will remove all traces and leave the stamp
clean as it was. Inks have been offered
which eat away the paper it is put on. so strong
arc the acids, hut while there is no doubt of
their efficiency the objections to their use are
obvious. The chemist of the Patent Office
for a long time found chemical means of
washing out everybody else’s ink, and then
presented an invention of his own which he
could not wash out. It was given to a Smith
sonian Institution chemist and he shortly
found out how to wash it clean. After this
the department ceased to expect that an in
delible ink would be found —Detroit Free
Press.
\ TERMS, $1.50 PER ANNUM.
I SI.OO For Six Months.
A Blunder and Its Result.
Puring his first visit to Paris, M. &***}!&
the distinguished German socialist, present*
cd himself at (he htrtise (if at Well-knrfdri lady,
to whom he had sent letters of introduction
itr advance. When the servant opcirfcd thtf
door arid received his card she conducted hlfrt
to the boudt/ir arid told hit# to he seated, say'
ing: “Madame will come immediately.*’
Presently the lady entered.- She was in'
deshabille and Iter fc'et were bare, ctfvcred
rfnly with loose slippers. She botfed to hirrt
carelessly and said : “Ah, there yort rtf 6 f
good morning”
o O
She tlrrCftf herself on a sofa, fet fall a slip*
per and reached out to Passage fref very
pretty foot.
Lassalle was naturally completely astouft*
ded, but he remembered that fit hisr fiome in
Germany it Was the custom sometimes to' kisS
a lady’s hand, and he sffppo'scd it was the
Paris mude to kiss her foot. Therefore, he
did not hesitate to itnprirrt a kiss Upon the
fascinating foot so hear him, but lie cohid not
avoid saying, “ J thank yofr. mrtditme, for this
new method of making a lady’s
It is much better and certainly more gener
ous tlian kissing the hand.”
The lady jumped ftp, bfgirly fridfgnant;
“Who arc you, sir, and what do yon* mean V s
lie gave his name.
“ Von are not then a corn do’ctoT ?*’
“ I am charmed to say, madams’, that I an<
not.”
“ Put you sent me the corn doctor’s Card.”
It was true. Lassalle in going out that
morning had picked up the card of a corn
doctor from his bureau and put it in his
pocket. This, without glancing at it, he had
given to the servant, who had taken it to her
mistress. There was nothing to do but laugh
over the joke.
The Dying Caftfe-
A NEW DISEASE REPORTED IX GEORGIA.
Some weeks ago there were rumors of a
new and destructive disease aiming the cat*
tie in southwestern Georgia. At first it wa9
supposed that it was merely some slight dis
order that would prove only temporary in
its nature and local in its limits. Gradu
ally more and more was heard of the disease
until now there come reports of its presence
in several sections of the State. It is quite
prevalent In Wilkes, Washington and neigh
boring counties. In Morgan county the cow*
and oxen are said to be suffering and dying
from it. In southern and southwest Georgia
it is spreading and growing more malignant.
The farmers in that section are justly afoTno
ed at a danger which has not harmed then*
much yet, but which threatens a terrible’dos'
truction of valuable property.
The disease is 9aid to be uew fnf fits symp
toms *nd effects. Country cow doctors am!
veterinary surgeons of better skid hftvC’ nfs
as yet given it sufficient study to fhuf otft
exactly its causes or its remedy. ifr. daces,
the Stato commissioner of agriculture,- haff
taken the matter in hand, and hrfs Writterf
to all the localities where it has appeared M
find out as much as possible about this- new
disease. His correspondents are sending
prompt and intelligent replies, and we hope
by to-morrow to give an accurate statement
of the extent, damage and nattrre of the
malady which is spreading amOlrg the cattle
in Georgia. A reporter of the Const it tit iort
called to see Dr. Janes yesterday oh this
subject, but found him absent on business.
He will be back to-day. As lieis better posted
than any one else on this questioninVi’ntePvievt’
witli him will give all the light that caW no#
be thrown on what is considered mysterious.
Ocular Proof.
A Paris paper says the natives off NeW CaT
edania are confirmed polygamists, and fireat
women as laborers or pack-horses. It is fare*
ly that the worthy missionaries can succeed
it* inducing them to embrace the ChrMiSrt
faith and monogamy*
One day, however, a native presented brffr*
self as a candidate for baptism. lie had twef
wives.
"My son,” said the missionary,- “if y t>H
really want to be an angel and With thft' aft*
gels stand, it is absolutely iteccsSary that y6tf
shorld renounce one of your wivc9.”
The candidate wept tery sorrowfully,• bfrt
the good missionary’s words had stfhK deep
into his heart, and a few days later returned
joyfully.
“I have only one wife ffnw, baptise me'/
said the convert.
"Only one wipe !” exclaimed the ’mission
ary ; “ where's the other ? You had two.”
"I’ve killed her. and if 3*oll don't belfC'vd?
me I have her bead here to prove it," c'riflrt
the convert, producing in evidence his fatef
spouse’s head tied up ih a btfncli of banana
leaves, " and now go on with the ceremony/*
—Dermatophony, myophonv, terfdophofi}’/
and osteophony, are medical terms Intro
duced since the discovery of the microphone/
and imply that by the microphone doctors*
are able to hoar the sounds from the flow tff
blood in the skin, and from the Contraction 1
of the muscles and tendons, and from the
vibration of the bony structure. Through
this invention an inflammation In tifiy of the
internal organs should be easily discovered/
for inflammation is always accompanied by
the increased activity of the circulation.-
Since we can thus hear the rush of blood in
the tips of the fingers, it may* be presumed
that we shall soon be able to realize the old
notion about listening to the growing of thd
grass.
* ■*♦■ ♦ ♦
The English language is wonderful for it*
aptness of expression. When a number of*
men and women get together and look at
each other from the sides of a room, that’s
called a sociable. When a hungry crowd call
upon a pocr minister and eat him out of
house and home, that’s called a donation party.
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