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JACKSON CO. PUB. COM’Y, ) Proprietors. $ VOLUME y. ■#l I— PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. ROBERT S. HOWARD, Editor and Publisher, JEFFERSON, JACKSON CO., GA. SFFICE, N. E. COR. PUBLIC SQUARE, UP-STAIRS. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. 0 copy 12 months $1.50 “ “ 6 44 1.00 “ “ 3 44 50 BJaTFor every Club of Ten subscribers, an ex tra copy of the paper will be given. RATES Of ADVERTISING. One Dollar per square (often linos or less) for the first insertion, and SEVENTY-FIVE Cents for each subsequent insertion. A square is a space of one inch, measured up and down the column. 6*0?“ All Advertisements sent without specifica tion of the number of insertions marked thereon, will be published till forbid, and charged accordingly. IS®* Business or Professional Cards, of six lines or less, Seven Dollars per annum ; and where they do not exceed ten lines, Ten Dollars. £epf JUocrtisemenfs. Administrator's Sale. I) V virtue of an order of the Court of Ordinary of J3 Jackson county, granted in terms of law, will be sold, to the highest and best bidder, on the Ist Tuesday in December next, between the lawful hours of sale, at the Court House door of said county, in Jefferson, the following lands, to-wit : One parcel, known as the X. 11. Pendergrass home place, containing one hundred and fifty acres, more or less, lying in the county of Jackson, on the waters of Middle Oconee river, adjoining lands of C. M. Shockley and lands of Pendergrass A Hancock. On said place there is a good dwell ing house and out-buildings, two acres in apple orchard, two acres in peach-orchard, fifty acres of good bottom land in a high state of cultivation, twenty-five acres of good upland in cultivation, and the remainder in forest and old fields. One parcel, known as the Wash Lay place, lying on the Federal road, containing one hundred and seventy-two acres, more or less, adjoining lands of C. M. Shockley, B. F. Boggs, Levi Gunter and t\ W. Finch. On said place there is fifteen acres of good creek bottom in cultivation, forty acres of upland in cultivation, and the remainder in forest and old fields. On said place there is a comfortable cabin and out-buildings. One parcel, known as the John 11. Newton place, containing one hundred and fifty acres, more or less, adjoin ing lands of T. L. Harrison, Mrs. S. A. Turner. Mrs. S. P. Carithcrs and J. E. Randolph. On said place there is thirty acres of line bottom land in a high state of cultivation, forty acres of rich upland in cultivation, and the remainder in original forest and old field. On said place there is two comfortable log dwelling houses and out buildings. All of said lands lying in the 245th District, G. M. Sold as the property belonging to the estate of N. 11. Pendergrass, deceased, for the purpose of distribution among the heirs of said deceased. Terms of sale, one-half cash, tin other half on time, with notes payable first day of December. 1880, bearing interest at eight per cent, from date. J. B. PENDERGRASS, Adm'r of X.H. Pendergrass, deceased. Administrator and Administratrix Sale. 1 ) Y virtue of an order of the Court of Ordinary J ) of Jackson county, granted in terms of law. will be sold, to the highest and best bidder, on the first Tuesday in December next, between the lawful hours of sale, at the Court House door of said county, in Jefferson, the following lands and town lots, to-wit: One parcel, known as the James Wood place, containing four hundred and twenty acres, more or less, lying in the county of Jackson, in the 245th District, G. M., on the waters of the Middle Oconee river, adjoining lands of l)r. Matthew Dostcr, James W. Wood, 0. \Y. Finch, C. M. Shockley and the X. 11. Pendergrass home place. On said lot there is a comfortable dwelling and out-buddings, a very good orchard, thirty acres of bottom land, ten in cultivation; ninety-five acres of upland in culti vation ; one hundred and fifty acres in original forest, the remainder in swamp and old field. One parcel, known as the Burns place, containing one hundred acres, lying in the 247th District, G. M.. adjoining lands of Dr. J. M. Burns, W. A. Burns, J. S. Freeman and others. Said place i* all in original forest. One parcel, containing twenty-six acres, lying within the incorporate limits of the town of Jefferson, adjoining lands of T. 11. Niblack, Mrs. S. A. Turner, Wiley Han cock. colored, and J. E. Randolph. All of said lot is in cultivation and under good fence. One eighth remainder interest in the Mrs. Nancy Stark place, in the town of Jefferson. Said place containing forty accres, more or less. One lot in the town of Jelferson, the place whereon Mrs. Sallie S. Hancock now resides, containing one and a half or two acres, lying on the corner of Lee street and Court House alley, adjoining lots Of W. 1. Pike and others. On said lot there is a good two-story eight room dwelling, good barn and stables, good garden and orchard. One store-house and lot in the town of Jefferson with two stories and basement, in good repair. All of said lands and lots sold as the partnership prop erty of N. 11. Pendergrass, deceased, and R. J. Hancock, deceased, for the purpose of paying the debts ofsaid partnership, and for division between the estates of said deceased partners. Also, at the same time and place, will be sold, to the highest and best bidder, seven shares in Jackson County Publishing Company’s stock. forms of sale, one-half cash, the other half on time, with notes payable first day of December. 1880. bearing interest at eight per cent, from date. j. B. PENDERGRASS. Adm’r of N. 11. Pendergrass, dec’d. MRS. SALLIE S. HANCOCK, Adm’x of R. -J. Hancock, dec’d. Postponed Sheriff 9 s Sale. \\ T ILL be sold, before the Court House door, in the town of Jefferson, Jackson county, Ha., within the legal hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in December next, to the highest bidder, the church house situated in the town of Jeffer son, and known as Paradise church, togethei with the lot on which it stands, containing one-half acre, more or less, adjoining lands of Annica A atson and Wiley Hancock, col., estate of R. J. Hancock and others, on the street leading towards Lawrcnceville. Said house is a large framed house, neatly weatherboarded and painted out side, well ventilated with large windows, neatly plastered inside, good seats, good pulpit, ifcc., two small vestry rooms in front, and is a commo dious house for worship or school purposes. Levied on as the property of the Trustees ot Par adise church (who represent the African Metho dist denomination and the Presbyterian denomi nation, and who hold the title to the lot on which *aid church is situate, for church and school pur poses.) (The purchaser will not he allowed to use the lot for any other purpose without the permission of the donor, Mr. T. L. Ross) to satisfy a Superior Court ti. fa. in favor of Peter McUster vs. the Trustees of Paradise church. Property pointed out in the <l. fa. Written notice given to the Trustees, as required by law. Levy made b} r John S. Hunter, former Sheriff, and fi. fa. turned over to me. TANARUS, A. MajELUANNON, Sh’tL The People their own Rulers; Advancement in Education, Science, Agriculture and Southern Manufactures. Jackson Sheriff’s Sales. WILL be sold, on the tirst Tuesday in Decem ber 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: All that tract or parcel of land in said county of Jackson, known as lot No. (9) nine, (according to survey of John Simpkins, made for the Admin istrator of Green K. Duke, Sr., deceased) and known and described in the deed from said Ad ministrator to Peter McLester as the Rat Duke place, containing one hundred and twenty-seven and 7-10 acres, more or less, adjoining lands of Mrs. S. Turner and others, on the road from Jefferson to Lawrenceville, one and } miles from Jefferson. On said land are two tenant cabins and other improvements, fifty or sixty acres in cultivation, twenty or thirty acres of it bottom land, remainder of place in old field and original forest. Levied on as the property of Peter Mc- Lester, to satisfy a mortgage li. fa. issued from Superior Court of Jackson county, August term, 1878, in favor of N. 11. Pendergrass, surviving partner of Pendergrass it Hancock, against Peter McLester. Property pointed out in said li. fa. Written notice of levy given to Peter McLester. defendant, and to Henry Turner, colored, and Andy Justice, colored, tenants in possession. T. A. McELHANNON, Sh'ff. Administrator’s Sale. AGREEABLY to an order of the Court of Or dinary of Jackson county, Georgia, will be sold, on the first Tuesday in December, 1879, be fore the Court House door in Jefferson, in said county, within the legal hours of sale, the follow ing property, to-wit: All of the right, title and interest of Alfred Smith, deceased, it being the remainder, after the expiration of the dower or life estate of Mary K. Smith, in and to all of that tract of land situate and Ring on Big Sandy Creek, in Jackson county, Ga., and the place whereon Alfred Smith resided at the time of his death, and whereon Mary K. Smith now resides, and adjoin ing and bounded by the lands of William T. How ard on the west, by Susan Johnson on the west and north, by the lands of Warren Hawks, de ceased, on the north and east, by Z. J, Ilardman on the cast, by James Thurmond and Dianah Sanders on the South, ana by Andy Sailors on the west, and containing two hundred and twenty eight acres, more or less. Said place is well im proved, with all necessary buildings ; up-land and bottom land in good state of cultivation ; sufficient wood land in original forest to make this one of the most attractive places in the county. The above land sold as the property of Alfred Smith, late of said county, dec’d, subject to the life es tate of Mary K. Smith, tenant in Dower, and for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said Al fred Smith, deceased. A plat of the premises can be seen at the Clerk’s office Jackson Superior Court. N. B. CASH, Adm'r, oct24 M. K. SMITH, Adm’x. Adm inistrator’s Sale. 4 GREEABLY to an order of the Court of Or ix dinary of Jackson county, Ga., will be sold, to the highest bidder, before the Court House door in Jelferson. on the tirst Tuesday in December next, the following property, to-wit : Seven hun dred and fifty-one acres of land, in three lots. Lot No. 1, containing one hundred and eighty-one acres, more or less, on the waters of Sandy Creek, adjoining lands of Cooper. Walker and others. On said lot there is a good dwelling, good out buildings of all kinds; one hundred acres in cul tivation, fifty acres of it bottom land, thirty acres of original forest land, the remainder good old field land. Lot No. 2, containing one hundred and seventy acres, more or less adjoining Lot No. 1, Walker. Thurmond and others. On said lot there is about twenty-five acres in a high state of cultivation, fiftacres of original forest land, the remainder good old field. Lot No. J, containing four hundred acres, more or less, on the waters of Sandy Creek, adjoining lands of B. Sailors. Jas. Thurmond and Lots No. 1 and 2. On said lot there is a good dwelling, good out-buildings, seventy-five acres in a high state of cultivation, forty acres of it bottom land, seventy-five acres of original forest, the lemainder good old field land. All of said lands lying in the 253d District. G. M. Sold as the property belonging to the estate of Samuel Smith, Sr., deceased, for the benefit of the heirs of said deceased. Terms cash. S. S. SMITH, T. S. SHAN RLE, oct24 Administrators. Administrators Sale. 4 GREEABLY to an order of the Court of Or -I\. dinary of Jackson county. Ga., will be sold before the Court House door in said county, with in the legal hours of sale, on the lirst Tuesday in December, 1871), at public outcry, to the highest bidder, the following property, to-wit: A tract or parcel of land, situated and being in the 248th District, G. M., of said county, adjoining lands of Edwards, Randolph, Smith and others. The same being the place whereon M. 11. Sims now resides, containing one hundred and nine acres, more or less. On said land there is a tolerable good log house and necessary out-houses ; about forty-five or fifty acres of the land in a high state of cultiva tion, the remainder in old field pine and forest land. Sold as the property of the estate of G. W. Saul, deceased, for the purpose of pa)’ing the debts and for distribution among the heirs at law of said dec’d. Terms—one-half cash, balance on twelve months time. MALLITA SAL L, oct 24 Administratrix. Executor-s Sale. WILL be sold, on the Ist Tuesday in Decem ber, 1579, before the Court House door, in •Jefferson, during the legal hours of sale, the following tract of land, to-wit: One hundred and three acres, more or less, lying in the 253d District. G. M., of Jackson county, adjoining lands of Green Nance's estate, W. W. Davis, B. Tuck and others. There is on said land a good framed dwelling house, stable, barn, and other out-houses; about twenty acres in cultivation, and balance said land in forest and old pine field. Sold as the property of Martha A. Strickland, deceased, under will of said deceased, for the purpose of distribution among the heirs at law. Terms, cash. S. G. STRICKLAND, Ex‘r of Martha A. Strickland. ' 1 i:OIC4IA, Jackson County. Thomas Phillips has made application to me to supplement or amend the exemption of personalty and setting apart and valuation of homestead, heretofore set apart to him by the Ordinary of said county on the 22d day et December, 1869 ; and 1 will pass upon the same at 10 o'clock a. m.. on the 12th day of November, 1579, at my oflice. H. W . BELL, Ord’y. oct 31 HOKtjilA, Jackson County. Whereas. J. W. H. Hamilton and T. K. Smith makes application in proper form for Letters of Administration upon the estate of Bailey Chand ler, late of said county, deceased— This is to cite all concerned, kindred and cred itors, to show cause, if any they can, at the regu lar term of the Court of Ordinary of said county, on the first Monday in December, 1879, why said leave should not be granted the applicants. Given under my official signature, this October 24th, 1579. H. W. BELL, Crd'y. QEOKGM, Jackson County. John G, Long has applied for exemption of personalty and setting apart and valuation of homestead; and I will pass upon the same at 10 o’clock A. M., on the 18th day of November. 1879, at my office, pct3l 11, VV , BELL, Ord’y, JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7.1879. Administrator s Sale. AGREEABLY to an order of the Court of Or dinary of Jackson county, Ga., will be sold, on the first Tuesday in December, 1879, before the Court House door, in Jefferson, in said coun ty, within the legal hours of sale, the following property, to-wit: Three hundred and seventy five acres of land, more or less, lying in said coun ty, on the road leading from Jefferson to Gaines ville, about seven miles from former place; the place whereon Temperance Pettyjohn resided at the time of her death. Said tract of land lies on the waters of Allen’s Fork of Oconee river, has about one hundred acres of bottom land, twenty five acres (or about that amount) uncleared, the remainder of said bottom land in a tolerably good state of cultivation ; about thirty-five or forty acres up-land in cultivation, thirty or thirty.dive acres in original forest, balance of said tract in old pine fields. Said tract of land is reasonably well improved. The above tract ofland will be sold as the property of said Temperance Petty john, deceased, for the purpose of paying the debts of said deceased and for making distribu tion amongst her heirs. Terms cash O. 11. P. PETTYJOHN, oct24 Adm’r Temperance Pettyjohn, dec’d. Administrators Sale. AGREEABLY to an order of the Court of Or dinary of Jackson county, granted at the Oc tober term, 1579, of said Court, will be sold, on the first Tuesday m December next, at the Court House door in said county, within the legal hours of sale, one tract of land in the 257th Dist.. G. M., of said county, said tract or parcel of land con taining one hundred and forty acres, more or less, adjoining lands of Henry Merk, Thomas Garrison and others ; about thirty-five acres in a state of cultivation, the balance in forest and old field. On said land is a small log cabin. Sold as the pro perty of George Merk, dec’d, for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said deceased. Terms cash. HENRY MERK, oct2l Adm’r of George Merk, deceased. Administrators Sale. WILL be sold, before the Court House door in Jefferson, Jackson county, Ga., on the lirst Tuesday in December next, during the legal hours of sale, one tract of land, in said county, contain ing eighty-four (84) acres, more or less ; half mile from Nicholson, the Northeastern Railroad run ning through said land ; there is about forty acres in cultivation, part of which is branch bottom, balance in original forest and old pine field. There is on said place a good four-room dwelling, and other buildings, and an excellent well of water. The place whereon Green Nance lived at the time of his death. Sold for the benefit of heirs and creditors. Terms cash. N. B. CASH, oct24 Adm'r of Green Nance, deceased. Administrators Sale. AGREEABLY to an order of the Court of Or dinary of Jackson county, granted at the Oc tober term of said Court, will be sold, in Jeffer son, during the legal hours of sale, on the tirst Tuesday in December, 1879, thirty-seven acres of land, more or less, known as the land laid off to Holly Davis, out of the lands of James Davis’, de ceased, estate, as dower. Said land adjoins lands of Marion Carruth, John Austin, Perkins and others. Sold as the property of James Davis, de ceased, for the purpose of distribution among the heirs at law, and to pay cost of administration. Terms cash. NATHANIEL ROOKS, oct24 Adm’r of Jam.cs Davis, dec’d. Executors’ Sale. AGREEABLY to an order of the Ordinary of Jackson county, Ga., will he sold, on the first Tuesday in December next, before the Court House door, in Jefferson, during the legal hours of sale, the following property, to-wit: Fifty acres ofland. more or less, lying in said county, adjoining lands of Mrs. Garrison, Wilson and Merk. Sold as the property of Samuel Garrison, deceased, for the purpose of paying debts and for distribution. Terms cash. HENRY MERK. J. G. DUNNAIIOO, oct24 Executors. JackMOii County, Whereas, Z. T. Suddeth, Administrator 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, 1879, at the regular term of the Court of Ordinary ofsaid count\% why Letters of Dismission should not be granted the applicant. Given under my official signature, this August 26th, 1879. H. W. BELL, Ord’y. EOKGIA, .laekson County. Whereas, L. Y. Bradberry, Executor of Samuel G. Hunter, deceased, applies for leave to sell the real estate of said deceased— This is to cite all concerned, kindred and cred itors, to show cause, if any they can. on the first Monday in December, 1879, at the regular term of the Court of Ordinary of said county, why said leave should not he granted the applicant. Given under my official signature, this October 24th, 1879. 11. W. BELL. Ord’y. Jiu'kMMit County. Whereas, S. S. Smith and T. S. Shankle, Ad ministrators of the estate of Samuel Smith, Sr., dec’d, applies for leave to sell the Railroad and Bank Stock belonging to said estate, also the lands belonging to said estate— This is to cite all concerned, kindred and cred itors, to show cause, if any they can. at the regu lar term of tho Court of Ordinary ofsaid county, on the first Monday in December, 1879, why said leave should not be granted the applicants. Given under my official signature, this October 24th, 1879. ' H. W. BELL, Ord’y. Adm inistrators Notice l 4 LL persons who owe in any manner the estate 2r\_ of Samuel Smith, Sr., dec’d, of Jackson coun ty. Ga., will please come forward and settle said debts with decedent’s Administrators immediate ly. All persons holding claims against said de cedent’s estate will please present the same for settlement to SAMUEL S. SMITH and T. S. SAANKLE, oclO 6t Adm’rs estate Sain’l Smith, Sr., dec’d. BOOKS! Everything Pertaining to the BUSINESS Furnished as Low as Can be Had ANYWHERE. W. FLEMING, Oct3i Athens, Ga, “ Morley’s” Letters From New York. [FROM OUR OWN REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.] New York, November 3d, 1879. TIIE IIARD TIMES GONE. Yes, the hard times are gone, not “ going" as we have eagerly tried to believe every season for years, but now literally and truly a thing of the past. The number of unem ployed is smaller in New York to day than before in years. Wages are slightly increased in several lines of business. Better prices are obtained for almost everything. Houses and stores are being built in larger numbers than any time since 1871. Trade yields a reasonable profit. Failures grow beautifully less in number every quarter. Immigration is increasing. Merchants report a general increase of trade. Every week England is sending us from $1,000,000 to $3,000,000 in gold to pay our farmers for their grain and beef, and our manufacturers for their products. Last year 50,000 families settled on govern ment lands, and turned 6,000,000 acres of wild unproductive ground into blooming harvest fields, to say nothing of the heavj’ sales of railroad and private land holders. L T p to June 30 we exported to Great Britain some $250,000,000 more than wo bought of her, and all this comes to us in gold to stimulate trade, to pay our farmers, and diffuse itself into every avenue and every nook and corner of our lately stagnant land. Our export of cattle alone has grown from S6O 000 in 1873 to almost $6,000,000 in 1878. Croak as men please, the hard times are gone , and we are entering again upon a career of prosperity more solid and substantial than ever. Now, what have the HARD TIMES TAUGHT? They have taught us to be economical. Many men have been surprised to find how little was really needed to make life comfort able, when forced to make a little money go a great ways. They have taught us to encourage home trade, to import less, to buy American goods instead of foreign; and thus every branch of American manufacture has been stimulated, and our mechanics have them selves been surprised to find that they were more than a match for the boasted artizans of Europe. Asa consequence we are selling American razors and cutlery in Sheffield it self, because ours are cheaper and better. We are sending American watches into markets where Switzerland has held a monopoly for generations. American cotton goods have in vaded even Manchester, and have driven English fabrics out of markets not onl_v in England, but in South America, China and Japan. Our agricultural implements surpass anything ever invented or heretofore used in the old world, and we are exporting heavily in them. I could give incidents, names and figures in support of all these statements if space permitted. Particularly in iron and steel have we progressed since the panic of 1873. Then we relied on English puddlers for our best steel, and on British rolling mills for our most reliable bars. Now our processes are so improved and our workmen so skillful that Pennsylvania actually turns out a better and cheaper Bessemer than we ever imported. We have also learned much of the useful art of distinguishing between gold and glitter, and the great body of our people are some what shaken in the universal belief held quite recently that there was a solid fortune just ahead of each one of us. Now we are willing to die poor. It is glory enough for most of us to know that we shall probably escape the terrible, crushing, harrowing burdens that many of us have born these few years past. Times begin to grow easier with us. Debts will be paid olf—oh, rapture ! The day is coming when we may look the whole world in the face and proudly say : “I owe no man a dollar.” It makes us feel as we did the day both armies came to a sudden stand still at Appomattox, and word was passed that Lee was capitulating ; that the gallant men in butternut, whom we had faced year after year in the lurid glare of battle, with whom we had wrestled madly for victory during weary days and months and years were now laying down their arms and the war was over. It was too good to be true ! llut how the blood tinged in our veins when we knew it was all true ! We look back and smile at all that doubt now. But the year 1865 marked the close of four years’ war no more truly that 1879 does the end of six years’ hard times ! Let us thank God and take courage ! Mobley. Remedy for Cholera-Infantum. One-fourth of an ounce of pulverized cloves. One-fourth of an ounce of pulverized cin namon. One-fourth of an ounce of pulverized gum guiacum. Mixed with one pint of old and pure whisky. “To be well-shaken before taken.” Dose for an adult, one-half of a wine glass, or a large tablespoonful, filled up with water ; for a child, proportionally. It never fails. One single dose at the inception of any such disease, if not compli cated with other maladies, will always cure within an hour. If such disease be chronic or has run on for some time, then hourly or daily, three or foijr tjrnes, In Council. * THE SALT OF THE EARTH IN CONFERENCE— THE AUGUSTA PRESBYTERY AND Tnfi SYNOD OF GEORGIA AND FLORIDA. Quite a large proportion of the members of the Augusta Presbytery arrived in the city on Monday evening, and the morning trains on Tuesday added others. Promptly at eleven o’clock, the Presbytery was formally opened by a magnificent sermon from Rev. Rob’t Irvine, 1). D., of Augusta. He chose Romans Ist, and 16th as his text; “I am not,ashamed of the gospel of Christ,” and from it he preached such a sermon as we have rarely heard. Wo regret that our lim ited space precludes a synopsis of it. After the sermon the Presbytery was or ganized by the election of Rev. George T. Goetclnus, of Augusta, as Moderator, and Elder James Hart, of Union Point, Clerk, and the business of the session was duly entered upon and vigorously prosecuted, that it might be finished in time for the meeting of the Synod on Wednesday night. Among the more important acts of the session lias been the division of the Augusta Presbytery, heretofore embracing over thirty counties, and the establishing of anew one. to be known as the Athens Presbytery. This has been under discussion for some years. Mr. Cleveland was warmly in favor of the project, and it is perhaps due as much to his warm advocacy as any other one circumstance that it was finally carried by over a three fourths vote. The new Presbytery embraces twenty-four churches, and runs with the southern lino of Elbert, Oglethorpe, Clarke and Oconee, and includes all of what is known as Northeast Georgia. Among the more prominent of its ministers are Revs. C. W. Lane, It. W. Milner, J. B. Morton, G. 11. Cartledge, T. P. Cleveland, W. P. Grady, J. C. Grow, Henry Newton and others. It will require the approval of the Synod before the division can be carried into effect. Mr. Geo. T. Goetohius, of the second church of Augusta, was received as a candidate for the ministry. A unanimous request of the Waynesboro’ and Rath churches for the pastoral services of Rev. Paul C. Morton was approved. Thyatira obtained the services of Rev. J. C. Grow. An overture was sent up to the Synod requesting the appointment of a day of Fasting and Prayer. A vote of thanks was returned to our citizens for their hospitality, and the Presbytery adjourned to meet on the call of the Moderator during Synod, and at Milledgeville next November. —.Gainesville Eagle. A Smart Trick. A few da}’ since a young man dressed in the height of fashion came-, with all the other travelers, out of the train which had just reached Paris from Brussels. He had scarcely quitted tho car when he was accosted cour teously : “Do you wish a porter, sir?” “The very thing I was looking for. Will you take this valise and show me the way to Hotel de la Roumania, Boulevard St, Michel, As this is my first visit to Paris, I prefer going there on foot." At your service, sir." On they trudged. When they had crossed Pont St. Michel, the porter, instead of follow ing Boulevard du Palais, turned to the left, went down Quai de I’Horologe and entered the Perfecture of Police. He said to the owner of the valise ; “ I am going to in troduce you to the master of the house,” as he ushered him into the office of the head detective. The latter no sooner laid eves on the stranger than he said : “ Why, good day, Mons. Vanwater. You have just come from Antwerp, where you stole a largo sum of money. You have already spent five years in jail for a similar crime. What on earth possessed y T ou to want to put up at Hotel de la Roumania, where lodgings are dear, when you know I had a chamber at your disposal for which I would not charge one cent?” The thief was put in a cell until the legal papers to warant his extradition reached Paris. —Paris Letter. Keep the Body Erect. An erect bodily attitude is of vastly more importance to health than people generall}' imagine. Crooked bodily positions, main tained for any length of time, are always injurious, whether in the sitting, standing or lying posture, whether sleeping or walking. To sit with the bod}' leaning forward on the stomach, or to one side, with the heels eleva ted on a level with the head, is not only in bad taste, but exceedingly detrimental to health. It cramps the stomach, presses the vital organs, interrupts the free motions of the chest, and enfeebles the functions of the abdominal and thoracic organs, and, in fact, unbalances the whole muscular system. Many children become slightly hump-backed, or severely round-shouldered, by sleeping with the head raised on a high pillow. When any person finds it easier to sit, or stand, or walk, or sleep in a crooked position than a straight one, such person may be sure his muscular system is badly deranged, and the more careful he is to preserve a straight or upright position, and get back to nature again, the better.— Chicago Ledger. Jackson’s Best Sweet Navy To bacco. dec 21 ly S TERMS, $1.50 PER ANNUM. I SI.OO For Six Months. General News. “ Just to take some of the style out of him,” a Leadville jury compelled the Sheriff to lock up a Judge in jail, and a bar-keeper now oc cupies the bench. The British war steamer. Mercury, lately completed and tested, is said to be the swift* e9t vessel in the world. She makes twenty two miles an hour. Ben. Lowe, a circus acrobat, stood on his head for two hours, in a Texas bar-room, on a wager, and the feat brought on brain fever, from which he died. Conscience impelled somebody to send 52,000 anonymously to Isaac G. Jenkins, a Syracuse merchant, with the words, •• I rob bed you of this years aero.” lowa boasts a farmer who for thirteen months past has drank an average of ten gal lons of water a day, and cannot even then satisfy his morbid appetite. The Rev. D. T. Benjamin, of McArthur, 0., undertook to be a peacemaker between a husband and wife, and was killed by a blow ot the club which the man had been u.sin <r upon the woman. A man jumped into a well, at Carrollton, 111- for the purpose of suicide. Finding him self alive on reaching the bottom, he hanged himself with the well rupe, and so accom plished death. I he largest block of granite ever quarried in New England has been taken out at Wood bury, Vt. It was 230 feet long. 13 to 18 feet deep, 15 feet wide, weighed 4.080 tons, and required 673 wedges with 50 pounds of pow der to start it. Fred, and Louise Ranchman, brother and sister, aged 21 and 10, eloped from Vandalia, 111., and were married in St. Louis, by a clergyman who did not know of their blood relationship. Such a union is a crime in Il linois, and the pair were arrested, A clergyman at a Methodist camp meeting at Bucyrus, Ohio, prayed that God would kill one member of every* anti-Christian family in the county. This excited the wrath of the sinners in the congregation, and they tore down the tent, whipped the minister, and would have tarred and feathered him if liq had not fled. The late Lord Derby, in re plying onee to the Duke of Argyll, who had made a fierce attack on him in the House of Lords, said he felt very much like a Lancashire tenant of his who had a little wife who occasionally gave him a beating, whereat the husband used to say. “it does not matter, it employs and amuses her, and does not hurt me.*' It has been calculated that if a single gran of wheat produces fifty grains in one year's growth, and these and succeeding crops bo planted and yield proportionately, tho pro. duce of twelve years would suffice to supply all the inhabitants of the earth for a lifetime, In twelve years the single grain will have multiplied itself 244,140.625,000,000 times. .Joe Howard, a negro, played the banjo for pennies in the saloons, stores, and streets of .Jeffersonville, Ind. He was frequently at, lowed to perform in the millinery establish, merit of Mrs. Martin, a young white woman. His music won her, and one day they were united in marriage by the Rev. Mr. Miller, a negro. Miller and Howard are in jail await, ing trail, such wedlock being a crime in In diana. Charles Young whipped hfs wife at New Philadelphia. 0., within a week after their marriage. She had been a popular belle, and a party of young men. probably including disappointed suitors, decided to avenge her wrongs. They seized Young in the street on a dark night, carried him to the gas works, and pumped warm coal tar oil him until, tho substance cooling, he was coated several inches deep. Then they took hi.n home, placed him against the door-post, and ram* the bell. Terrible trinkets have been devised lit France, Formed in the shape of a scarf pin* they are connected with a hidden electric bat-. tery, so small that it may be carried in the pocket, and by it worked in such a fashion as to become truly appalling to the beholder* One, a death's head with diamond eyes and an articulated jaw, is said to create peculiar surprise. As the spectator looks on, it rolls its optics and grinds its teeth, while its wearer* apparently unconscious of this extraordinary pin, pursues ordinary avocations. Mr. Hurd, the New England revivalist and temperance apostle, who is running a caravan and doing business in a circus tent, is a man of great magnetism. At one of his recent meetings he was displeased with the half-hearted way in which his congregation took hold of a revival song. Rushing dowr\ the stage in an excited and norvous wav’, he. shouted; "Now. that is no wav to sing *■ you'll never win souls to Christ by this kind of singing. Now let's hear some real, genu ine song singing, something lively and roiiSi. ing that will go down into the soul like a good dinner to a hungry roan’s stomach."' Then the crowd took hold of the hymn* “Jesus died for me." ami chanted it until the glass fairly dropped out of the windows ii\ the neighborhood, The advertisements of London money’ lenders might lead a reader to suppose that cash was to be had for the asking. One heads his card with. “Money without seen*, rity," and adds: “No inquiries made in the neighborhood or placcof business.” Another says, “No sureties, law costs, or unnecessary expenses required, and the strictest secrecy can he safely relied upon.” A third declares that ho “will grant loans to both male and female applicants, no matter what the nature of their tenancy or their position in life.” This advice is given by a fourth: “AU iq debt or difficulties should consult Messrs. - <fc Cos., without delay, who undertake to arrange the most pressing matters in town or country, privately, without publicity or stoppage of business. Writs, sum mouses and other legal processes attended to, ft nd immediate protection obtained.” NUMBER 22.