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Jackson Sheriff’s Sales.
W ILL be sold, on the first Tuesday in Novem
ber next, before the Court House door in the
town of Jefferson, Jackson county, Ga., within
the legal hours of sale, tho following property,
to-wit:
The dwelling house, lot and premises now
occupied by and in the possession of Peter Mc-
Lester, in the town of Jefferson, Jackson County,
<ia., bounded on the west or front side by Wash
ington street, in Jefferson, Ga., 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 by cross alley, and containing one acre,
more or less. Levied on as the property of Peter
McLester, defendant in fi. fa., to satisfy a fi. fa.
from Jackson Superior Court, in favor of L. and
A. .). Gilleland, for use of F. M. Bailey, plaintiff',
vs. Peter McLester, defendant. Said fi. fa. con
troled by F. M. Bailey. Said dwelling is a good
two-story frame dwelling, newly linished and
painted. On said lot is a good garden and small
orchard, good well of good water, good kitchen,
kc. Written notice given to Peter McLester,
party in possession. Property pointed out by
plaintiff.
Also, at the same time and place, will be sold,
one tract or parcel of land, situate and lying in
the 245th District, G. M., of said county, known
as part of the Hannah place, containing fifty
acres, more or less, bounded as follows: Com
mencing on the Lawrencevillc road, at the corner
of F. M. Bailey’s lot. thence along said road to
Peter McLcster’s land, known as the Itat Duke
place, thence along the line of said place to a
branch, thence down said branch to J. E. Ran
dolph’s line, thence along said Randolph's line to
a line on F. M. Bailey’s land, thence along F. M.
Bailey’s line to the beginning corner. There is
about twenty-five or thirty acres in cultivation,
the remainder in old field. Said land is suitable
for a good cotton farm, and is within a half mile
of Jefferson. Levied on by virtue of and to sat
isfy a fi. fa. issued from the Superior Court of
said county, in favor of Thomas L. Ross vs.
Peter McLester; to be sold for purchase money.
Deed tiled in the Clerk’s office, as the law directs.
Notice given to Peter McLester, defendant in fi.
fa. and tenant in possession.
Also, at the same time and place, will be sold,
one tract or parcel of land, situate and lying in
the 245th District, G. M„ of said count)', lying
on the south side of the road leading from Jeffer
son to Lawrencevillc. adjoining the church lot of
the colored people. Said parcel of land being a
part of the lot now owned by F. M. Bailey, for
merly owned by Mitchell Few, and is supposed
to contain seven acres, more or less; the same
being that portion of the said Few lot that lies on
the cast side of the branch that runs through the
said Few lot. All of said tract is in cultivation.
Dn said place is a log cabin. Levied on by virtue
of and to satisfy a fi. fa. issued from the Superior
Court of said county, in favor of Thomas L. Ross
vs. Wiley Hancock. To be sold for purchase
money. Deed filed in the Clerk’s office, as the
law provides. Notice given to Willis Oliver,
tenant in possession, and Wiley Hancock, defen
dant in fi. fa., as the law* directs,
oct 3 T. A. McELH ANNON, Sh’lf.
| |EOKGIA, JackNOit County.
Court of Ordinary. Sitting for County Purposes.
October Ist, 1870.
Ordered, by the Court, that two and one-half
tenths of one per cent, be assessed ami collected
on the taxable nroperty of Jackson county, as per
Digest of 1870, oy the Tax Collector of said coun
ty, tax for county purposes for the year ending
September Ist, 1880, as follows:
One and five-tenths of one per cent., to
pay expenses Superior Courts, jurors,
etc., amounting to $1,773 98
One twenty-two and one-half of one-tenth
of one per cent., to pay repair and
building bridges, amounting to 749 80
fine twenty-three and four-tiflh of one
tenth of one per cent., to pay Jailor's
fees, etc., amounting to 400 00
One twenty-three and four-fifth of one
tenth of one per cent., for support of
the County Poor, amounting to 400 00
One seventeen and three-fourth of one
tenth of one per cent., to pay salary of
County Treasurer, amounting to 300 00
thic thirty-live and one-half of one-tenth
of one per cent., for contingent fund,
to pay any lawful claim against the
county, amounting to 000 00
Total, for current county purposcs..s4,223 78
It is further ordered by the Court that an extra
tax of seven and one-half tenths of one per cent,
be assessed and collected on the taxable property,
as per Digest of 1579, of said count}', by the Tax
Collector, for the purpose of paying for the build
ing of the new Court House of said county, now
in course of erection, for furnishing the same and
paying for, improving and enclosing the lot upon
which said Court House is being built.
11. W. BELL. Ord'y.
A true extract from minutes of sai l Court.
11. W. BELL.
Oct. Ist. Ex-Officio Clerk Court Ordinary.
| |UOUGIA, Jackson County.
Whereas, upon the petition of certain citizens,
asking that the public road recently established,
commencing at the rear of lane near l)r. DeLa
perriere's, and ending at the Jefferson and Mon
roe road, near Jack llanie’s residence, be discon
tinued. Reviewers were appointed, and having
made their report to me that said road is one of
much public utility, and recommending said road
to be continued, it is ordered, that if no good
cause be showm to the contrary, an order will be
passed dismissing said application on the sth day
of November next.
Given under my official signature.
oct 3 11. W. BELL, Ord’y.
LIGHT JOB WORK I
Executed promptly, at this office.
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The People their own Rulers; Advancement in Education, Science, Agriculture and Southern Manufactures.
Administrator*s Sale.
By virtue of an order of the Court of Ordinary
of Jackson County, granted in terms of law, will
be sold, to the highest and best bidder, on the Ist
Tuesday in November next, between the lawful
hours of sale, at the Court House door of said
county, in Jefferson, the following lands, to-wit:
One lot or parcel containing two hundred and
thirty-six acres, more or less, lying in the County
of Jackson, on the waters of Beech Creek, adjoin
ing lands of Jermimo Lay. lands of the Chandler
estate, lands of Harp Arnold and lands of Green
Bowman. On said lot there is twenty-five acres
in cultivation of bottom land, and about thirty
acres upland in cultivation; balance old field and
forest. On said lot comfortable cabin and out
buildings. One parcel containing one hundred
acres, more or less, adjoining lands of T. L. Day,
A. D. Walls, and the above described tract. On
said lot there is about thirty-five acres in cultiva
tion, all unland except three acres. On said lot
comfortable cabin and out-buildings. One fifteen
acre lot bounded by the above described lots,
mostly upland and in a state of cultivation. One
lot containing sixty-two acres, more or less,
bounded by the Dower of Mary McDonald and
the two first described lots. On said lot there is
about five acres of bottom land in cultivation,
and ten or twelve acres of upland in cultivation,
balance in old field and forest. All of said lands
lying in the 24Gth Dist., G. M. Sold as the prop
erty belonging to the estate of William McDonald,
deceased, for the benefit of heirs and creditors.
Terms of sale cash.
J. S. AY. MCDONALD,
T. N. MCDONALD,
Administrators.
Administrator’s Sale.
WILL be sold, agreeably to an order of the
Court of Ordinary of Jackson County, be
fore the Court House door, in Jefferson, on the
lirst Tuesday in November next, the following
property, to-wit: A tract of land lying in said
county, adjoining lands of Walls, Chandler and
others, containing forty acres, more or less ; about
12 or 15 acres •Th cultivation, balance in woods
and old fields. Said land sold as the property of
William W ilson, deceased, for the purpose of
paying the debts of said deceased. Terms cash.
SARAH WILSON,
Administratrix AV. Wilson, deceased.
oct 3
Court of Ordinary. Sitting for County Purposes.
September 20th, 1879.
Ordered by the Court that the offices of the
Ordinary and Clerk of the Superior Court and
Sheriff of Jackson county, after this date, be and
the same are hereby removed from the rooms
respectively occupied by each in the ©ld Court
House building in Jefferson. The Ordinary’s
and Sheriff’s office to be removed and kept over
the store-room of F. M. Bailey, in Jefferson, and
the Clerk Superior Court office to be removed
and kept in the store-room formerly occupied by
Stanley & Pinson, in Jefferson.
11. AY. BELL. Ord’y.
A true extract from minutes of said Court.
11. \Y. BELL,
oct 3 Ex-Officio Clerk C. O. j. C.
FORCiiB 4, .laeltson County.
Whereas, Z. T. Suddeth, Aaministrator of S.
Cowan, late of said county, deceased, represents
to the Court, by his petition duly filed, that he
has fully administered the estate of said deceased,
and is entitled to a discharge—
This is to cite all concerned, kindred and cred
itors, to show cause, if any they can, on the first
Monday in December, 1871), at the regular term of
the Court of Ordinary of said county, why Letters
of Dismission should not be granted the applicant.
Given under my official signature, this August
2Gth, 1879. 11. AY. BELL, Ord’y.
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JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY. OCTOBER 17.1879.
SELECT MISCELLANY.
Dick.
Saturday evening, the 11th of January,
1873, I entered the ruins of the old depot at
the foot of Lake street, in Chicago, to take
the Michigan Central night express, for Ann
Arbor. My half-fini9hed cigar led me to
enter the smoking-car, where I took the
second seat from the rear, and presently
began studying the very unusual company
of passengers in front of me.
The car was nearly filled with men who
were returning from California ; a wild, rough
set of fellows, who had gone out with high
hopes and large prospects, but were now
coming back disappointed and reckless.
They were rudely dressed, and each man
wore at his belt, strapped on outside his
blouse, either a knife or a revolver, while
arms of greater magnitude leaned against
every seat.
The party had been traveling for more
than three weeks, having been snowed in
again and again on the far Western roads.
Weary and desperate as they were, they sang
roaring songs, and shouted and quarreled ;
but more than all, they drank. A large
demijohn stood on a shelf in the front left
hand corner of the car, and from this the
cups and bottles were filled from time to
time as it became necessary.
As we swept around the head of the lake,
we halted, for the first time since starting,
at Michigan City. Here anew passenger
entered the car and took the seat immediately
behind mine. A hasty glance showed him
to be a man of about thirty-five, stout, with
dark complexion, brown eyes and hair, heavy
mustache, and an air of vigor and business
that made me look at him twice. lie wore
a somewhat faded, shaggy overcoat, a fur
turban cap, and heavy top-boots into which
his trowsers were tucked. He had no bag
gage, but held a lantern in liib left hand,
swinging it carelessly between his knees and
often looking thoughtfully at it for some
minutes at a time. Again and again I found
myself half turned in my seat, gazing at
him.
Meanwhile the din and rowdyism in the
car grew more and more boisterous. Pres
ently one of the loudest and worst-looking of
the company, having filled a large bottle
from the tank in the corner, began to pass it
to each one in turn as he staggered down
the aisle. On he came toward the rear,
drinking, cursing, yelling; and every man
that he passed drank with him. At last lie
stood at the scat before mine. I saw that
he was about to offer me the bottle, and to
avoid him, I turned and looked out of the
window. As he came even with me, he
reached over and pulled me by the shoulder,
forcing me to face him, and told me to drink.
He was a well-built fellow, six feet and over,
brawny, and with two navy revolvers in his
belt, and a large dirk-knife at his breast,
and he was thoroughly drunk. I looked him
straight in the eye, but he only leered at me
and renewed his demand. I apologized,
told him I never drank, and begged off as
best I coul 1, but it was all of no avail. I
tried to get out of the seat, and so out of the
car, but he stood across the passage, and
raising the bottle high over his head with
one hand, he held me by the shoulder with
the other, and with a terrible oath, command
ed me to drink or he would break the bottle
over my head. In stature I am five feet
eight, and both Howe and Fairbanks agree
that I kick the beam at one hundred and
twenty-five. Under these circumstances, it
occurred to me that discretion was the better
part of valor, so, taking the bottle from his
hand, I choked down a swallow of its vile
contents.
Pushing me back into the seat, the ruffian
proceeded to the stranger behind me and
offered him the liquor. The man was bending
over, holding his lantern with both hands,
and slowly swinging it backward and forward.
He raised his keen brown eyes to those of
the rough, dropped his chin slightly, and
then, without emotion, said deliberately,—
“Go to hell!”
The assailant was dazed for an instant,
but recovered himself, and renewed his de
mand. Then the stranger set his lantern
upon the floor, stood up to his full height,
and said quictl}-:
“Stranger, I don’t want no fnss with you,
an’ I don’t calc’late to have any, but the
best way for you to get clear of a knock
down ’ll be to get away from here about as
quick as you can ! I)o you hear ?”
He looked him full in the eye, and stood
there so quiet, yet so determined, that the
drunken man, after eying him for a minute,
dropped his head, turned, and went, mum
bling, to the front of the car and sat down.
The stranger stood till the man was seated,
and theu, seating himself, took up his lantern
and quietty swung it as before. I was over
whelmed with shame, and turned and apolo
gized to him.
The keen brown eyes looked frankly into
mine as I spoke, and seemed to read me
through and through. When I had finished,
the man placed his hand almost tenderly
upon my arm which rested upon the back of
the scat, and said;
“Stranger, don’t you fret. You did all
right, for a man in your fix. It likely don’t
hurt you to take a swaller o’ whisky, and it
would ’a’ hurt you to ’a’ got a lick over the
head with that bottle, the way that feller was
handlin’ it. You did the best thing for you.
Now for me, the thing that I won’t do, even
if I have to be strung up the next minute if
I don’t, is to drink whisky !” And after a
pause: “Itwarn’t always so, though; for,
God knows, I’ve drunk enough o’ the stuff
in my time. Lord, stranger, I’ve seen many
a night such as these fellers is havin’. I’ve
seen the time when I wouldn’t ’o’ asked
nothili’ better’n to ’a’ done just as that feller
did that come back here with that bottle a
minute ago. But I quit about ten years ago,
and since then I haint put a drop between
my lips. I’d rather, a thousand times, be
took home with a hole in me big enough to
drive a yoke o’ cattle through ! You see,
stranger, it aint everybody that’s got such a
wife as me ; and when a man gets such a
woman as mine—why, Lord bless you, stran
ger, if you only knew what a woman Dick is,
and something o’ what she’s lived through,
and how she’s done it, you wouldn’t wonder !
You see the difference between you and me
now, don’t you ? But don’t you fret, stran
ger ! you did all right.”
He had taken his hand from my arm after
the first few words, and sat there, swinging
his lantern as lie talked. At the mention of
Dick his eyes grew strangely bright. My
interest in him grew, as he spoke, and when
he stopped, as he did somewhat abruptly, I
found myself exceedingly anxious to know
more of him, and especially of Dick.
Dropping the subject immediately under
consideration, however, I offered the ordinary
comments upon the weather and the night.
It was bitter cold, the thermometer ranging
several points below zero. The moon was
full and the sky was clear. The ground was
covered with snow to a depth of nearly three
feet on a level, and three locomotives were
doing their best to “make time” with onr
train over the heavy track. The wheels ran
on with that muflled, echoless hum which
only deep snow and extreme cold can pro
duce. The wheels hugged the rails with an
icy crunching, while the frosty rattle of
frozen iron made one feel that every piece
of metal either on or under the train must, be
as brittle as glass. In reply to my remarks
on these matters, my companion went on as
follows:
“ Yes, it’s a bad night for a run, and it
wouldn’t surprise me any minute to see us go
into the ditch. Yon see I know this road
pretty well. I’ve been braking here on a
through freight fur something more’n a year
now, and when a feller makes four trips a
week over a road, in all kinds o’ weather, and
at all hours of the day and night, he gets to
know the thing pretty well, after a while.
AYe’re on a pretty scaly piece of track now,
just cornin’ down to the bridge over Kenney’s
Run. The bridge went out last fall, and
when they put it back they put in a lot of old
rails that had been bent and straightened,
and they're just about like a string o’ clay
pipe-stems to-night. If Jack don’t take her
slow over that hole lie’ll leave ns all in it, as
sure as there ! I thought he’d pull her
up. lie's a mighty fine fellow, Jack is, and
he knows what he’s about. See him hold her
level, now, ’round this curve just ahead.”
As the train sped on, the noisy crowd, one
by one, dropped off to a limp and maudlin
sleep. My companion seemed pleased to
talk and I was equally pleased to listen.
Presently a little incident occurred that
turned the conversation into tho direction I
had wished.
Looking out of the window over the snow
that glistened under the clear, full moon, he
pointed out to me a low log house, half
buried in the ssow, standing a few rods from
the track. It was in sight but an instant as
we shot by.
“ There,” said he, “ is the old house where
I was born, thirty-seven years ago come May.
My father moved out here from New York,
morc’n forty years ago, when all there was in
this region was bears, Indians, timber and
ague. I’ve heard the old man tell about
shooting bears right out o’ the door o’ that
old house back yonder. He come out all the
way in a wagon, and squatted here in the
woods. Lord, he bad no idea then that there’d
ever be a railroad within five hundred miles
of him. He was a regular old pioneer—the
old man was—always wanted to be on the go.
His name was George Whipple, and I was
his oldest boy, and named after him. so I’ve
always had to write ‘Jr.’ after my name. It’s
a pity folks can’t find names enougli for their
children, without giving ’em some that’s been
all used up in the family afore. But then it
took a good many names to go ’round in our
family. There was thirteen of us altogether,
big and little, old and young. Well, my
mother died when I was about fourteen, and
after 9he died, my father married again in a
few months. I don’t blame him, the way he
was fixed; you see he was poor, and had a
lot o’ children to be took care of, and he had
to have somebody ; so he got married.
“ Well, me and the old woman he got
couldn’t agree, so I run away and went to
Detroit, and began life for myself, a-seltin’
up nine-pins in an alley, in a whisky saloon.
That's a bad place to begin, stranger; but
that’s the way I begun for myself, and that’s
where I begun to drink.
“ I stayed there for a couple o’ years, till
I got tired o' that place, and then I went into
a livery-stable. I worked there for about
three years, till I was pretty near of age. and
then I went South—down to Knoxville, Ten
nessee, and went into the livery business
there for myself. And there’s where I first
saw Dick. Her father was a planter; had a
nice place, with lots o' niggers, about twenty
miles up the country from Knoxville; used
to live in big style, regular old Southern swell,
in fact.
“I wish }’ou could ’a’ seen Dick, stranger,
just as she was the first time ever I saw her.
She’d come down to the ville on a visit to
some folks I knowed. You see, it was one
evenin’, along about the last o’ September,
and a nigger come down to the stable ’and
ordered up a carriage for the old man. Well,
the horses was pretty nigh all out, for it was
just as nice an evenin’ for a ride as ever grew,
and everybody was makin’ the most of it,
and so I had to rig up a team of little black
fillies, that we hadn’t had in the stable very
long, and daresn’t trust to Tom, Dick and
Harry to drive; so I made up my mind I’d
go and drive ’era -myself. I tell you they
was beauties, stranger; pretty nigh full
blood Morgans,—just as clean-legged and
smooth-built as they ever grow, and full o’
life ; \\ get up and go for all was out, and
yet just as gentle as kittens, if you knowed
how to handle ’em. I’ve drove a good many
horses in my day, stranger, but I never
found anything quite up to a Morgan, and
these was just about as nice Morgans as ever
I see.
“Well, I rigged up, and lit out. Up to
the house, the folks was all ready, a-waitin’
out on the porch ; I never noticed much
about ’em, when I first drove up. You see,
when a feller is a-drivin’ for folks o’ that
stripe, about all lie wants to do is to ’tend to
his team, and mind his own business gener
ally. But Lord, stranger, just as I was
standin’ there, waitin’ for an old woman to
get in, I heard someone laugh, cornin’ down
the walk. Heavens, stranger, if you only
could ’a’ heard that laugh ! I turned ’round,
and there she was ! Bless your life, stran
ger, it aint no use for me to try to tell you
anything about her. I might talk from now
till we get to Jackson, and then you wouldn’t
be no better off’n you are now. You see,
Dick’s one o’ them kind o’ women that you’ve
got to see to know about. She was about
fourteen then, not much bigger round ’n my
thumb, not very tall, but slim and graceful
as a greyhound. And her eyes, and her lips,
and teeth, and hair! Oh, it aint no use,
stranger, I can’t tell yon nothin' about her
now, no more’n I could then. There aint
but one such face in this world.
‘•Well, she come laughin’ down the walk,
and lit into the carriage as though she didn’t
weigh an ounce, and I shut the door, climbed
up, and drove off. Lord, stranger, I never
took another such a ride as that in my life,
afore or since. Why it just seemed to me I
was a-sittin’ on a cloud, and drivin’ an angel
right through the sky without ever touebin’
ground. You see, that little team was just
what I wanted, just as much like dream
horses a3 you could get, and I just gave the
little gals the ribbons, and they took ’em,
you bet.
“Well, we drove up the river, and then
away back o’ town, up in the hills, and then
down the river, and then back to the house.
Dick got out first and ran ’round to the
horses and began pettiu’ Kit. (That was
the off one—the same one that I’d been
pettin’ all the way.) She patted her neck
and stroked her head, and, finally, she just
put her cheek right down on the filly’s face.
Kit stood there as quiet as a lamb. And
Dick stood there a minute, and then she
looked up to me and spoke to me, —the first
words she ever said to me in her life. She
just looked right at me—■l'll be blowed,
stranger, if it don’t go over me now, just to
think o’ how she looked at me that evenin’—
and then she says : * You must be good to
her, mister driver, for she’s little and nice,
and not very strong. Fix her up good to
night, wont you ? —for she’s been an awful
long ways for us, and looks tired, poor little
thing!’
“ Well, stranger, mebbe that filly didn’t
get well ’tended to that night,—mebbe she
didn’t! But as near as I can recollect, 1
didn’t leave the stable till about three o’clock
in the mornin’, and I’ll bet you I went into
that stall more’n fifty times, to see if there
wa’n’t something I could do for that little
gal.
[to be continued.]
It is announced that the Mammoth Cave.
Kentucky, has been purchased by a company
of Eastern capitalists for $200,000. The in
terior will be illuminated with electric lights,
'and telegraph wires will be introduced in the
cave.
“Y'es,” she remarked, “the poor, dear
man was getting along as well as could be
expected, but he had a relax, and that ended
him”
S TERMS, $1.50 PER ANNUM.
} SI.OO For Six Months.
General News.
The Oneida’s Community last year made
profits of $76,000 from 700 acres of land.
The Shcriflfof Blair County, Pa., levied upon
a graveyard, and has advertised it for sale.
There will be five .Sundays in next Febru
ary. This will not occur again for forty
years.
There is only ono woollen mill in the State
of Texas, and it netted to its owners SBI,OOO
last year. It is situated in New Braunfels.
The Chinese keep grapes a long time fresh,
by cutting a hole in a pumpkin, cleaning it
out and after filling with ripe fruit replacing
the cover.
Six misbehaving \*oung men were taken
from their beds by a mob at Wesley Chapel,
Ind., tied to a fence in a row, and whipped
almost to death.
A woman at Belfast, Me., habitually
punished her little child by sticking needles
iuto its scalp and putting drops of boiling
water on its arms.
Seventy-two thousand dollars is believed
to have been the highest price ever given for
a horse in England. It was given by its
richest peer, the Duke of Westminster.
Along Hayes’ proposed mute to Kansas
the railway companies have ordered all cards
inscribed, “ Beware of frauds” to be removed
from the depots and ticket ollices.— N. 0.
Times.
At LaOrange, Texas, a saloon keeper
evades a Sunday law by assembling drinkers
in his saloon, when a chapter or two of the
Bible is read and discussed between copious
libations of beer.
The Duke of Beaufort, a largo landc 1
proprietor in England, writes that it is im
possible to compete with American wheat
production, and he advises British farmers to
devote their time to cattle raising.
The Sandemanians are a peculiar religious
people of Danbury, Conn. They have no
pastor or sermons ; but in their church is a
circular table, around which they sit, on
Sunday, and discuss scriptural texts.
Propagating sponges by cutting the live
ones into small pieces, attaching them to
lumps of rock and sinking them to proper
depths in suitable places is proposed by a
Prof. Schmidt. Ila thinks in three years they
will be marketable and yield a liandsorao
profit.
An American engineer has been studying
the great wall of China. It is 1,728 miles
long, and, being built without the slightest
regard to the configuration of the ground, is
sometimes carried 1,000 feet down into
abysses. Brooks and small rivers are bridged
over by it, and strong towers cm both sides
protect large rivers.
The new two-oent postal card will hava
spaces for two messages, one fur the sender,,
the other for the answer, and two stamps for
cancellation, one at the sending office and
one at the return office. This new carl,
which will tell the whole story— what the
sender wants, and whether or not he gets it
—-will intensely interest the curious clerk in
the country post office.
Crude rubber has risen fifty' per cent, in
price since last spring, owing to the light,
supply. The caoutchouc trees of Brazil are
dying out, owing to frequent tapping, and the
Indians who collect the gum are compelled
to go further into the dangerous and almost,
impenetrable forests. As the Indians aro
lazy, and the work arduous and poorly paid,
they will not undertake it if other employ*
ment can be found.
The Rev, Albert Whiting, an American
missionary in China, died of famine fever
while ministering to the starving natives. The;
Governor of the province offered to defray
the expense of sending the body home, and x
when it was explained to him that Americans
did nut share in the Chinese horror of being
buried in a foreign country, he gave a plot,
of ground in which to make a grave, and
deputed twelve Chinamen to worship the.
dead clergyman’s spirit.
One of the most original and extreme cases
of swindling ever recorded was brought to,
light in a San Francisco court the other day x
where it was shown that the plaintiff had had
the date on his mother’s tombstone
in order to make it appear that she had died
a year earlier than was the fact, as under the
law then in force the mother’s half of a piecq
of property went to the children. The date
given as to the time of her death was six
days prior to the time a change in the lavy
was made.
The death of Mrs. Minnie Wilkins, of*
Memphis, by yellow fever, was as pathetic as
it was dreadful. .In the intervals of the black
vomit spasms, she besought her husband to
kiss her. and he, with a devotion which will
probably cost him his life, complied. She
died with her anus about his neck, and he is
now prostrate ! with the malignant pestilence.
“Greater love hath no man than this that ho
should give his life for his friends.” But the
life of this husband was given, not to save
that of his wife—for she was beyond hope—;
but to cheer the agony of her last moments
on earth with a kiss and an embrance.
A poor Hungarian Jew lately brought a
black pearl to a Pesth jeweller, and begged
him to value it and give him what he could
for it. lie was told that the pearl was of
great value, and that lie had better take it tq
Biederraann of Vienna, which he did, and
was naturally asked where he had obtained
possession of such a rarity. The Jew an
swered that he had got it from the valet of
the late Count Louis Battliyani. Upon in
quiry it turns out that this is one of the three
black pearls which, more than 150 years ago.
were stolen from the English crown, and
which were for a long time vainly sought for
it being at that period supposed that these
were the only three black pearls in existence.
llow Count Batthyani came by this one is
not explained. The British Government, it
is added, have bought the black pearl from
the Jew for 20,000 florins, about SB,OOO.
NUMBER 19.