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taCKSON CO. PUB. COM’Y, ) Proprietors. I volume Y. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. ROBERT S. HOWARD, Editor and Publisher, JEFFERSON, JACKSON CO., GA. )FFICE, N. E. COR. PUBLIC SQUARE, UP-STAIRS. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One copy 12 months $1.50 “ “ 6 “ 1.00 “ “ 3 “ 60 jSTFor every Club of Tex subscribers, an ex tr copy of the paper will be given. RATES OF ADVERTISING. On'E Dollar per square (of ten lines or less) for the tirst insertion, and Seventy-five Cents for each subsequent insertion. J®“A square is a space of one inch, measured ttp *ml down the column. ifirAii Advertisements sent without specifica tion of the number of insertions marked thereon, will be published till forbid, and charged Iccordingly, or Professional Cards, of six lines *r less, Seven Dollars per annum; and where they do not exceed ten lines, Ten Dollars. £cg(il' Aifoertiscments. “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 The People their own Rulers; Advancement in Education, Science, Agriculture and Southern Manufactures. SELECT MISCELLANY. 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. N TIMBER i-