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[ Jackson Sheriff’s Sale.
Brill be sold, before the Court House door.
By ;n the town of .Jefferson, Jackson county,
Bt within the legal hours of sale, on the first
rm .January next, the following property,
tract or P arcc l °F land situate, lying
Bidbeing on the Walnut Fork of the Oconee
Hjver. in the county of Jackson, and known and
B'liiiionshed as the 11. E. Oliver place, being the
whereon he resided at the time of his death,
"Xl bounded as follows, to-wit: on the north
the lands of John S. Messer, on the west by
Brands of Mrs. Cynthia hong, on the south by
Bif lands of Mrs. Kmily Xihlaek and Hardy, and
B the east by the lands of Xval Shockley and
Bt':>r<. and containing three hundred acres, more
B*>-'. levied on and to be soid for tlie purchase
under and by virtue of a fi. fa. issued from
Bickson Superior Court in favor of Thomas 11.
B" f eless and Jane A. Loveless vs. Green S.
Hi!,,'. Said Green S. Duke holds sai<l lands
finder bond for titles, and said Thomas 11. Love-
B'-'au'l Jane A. Loveless have made and filed
Bii' ' : 'l recorded in the Clerk's office of Jackson
Court tludr deed for said land to Green
B' ouW- as required by law. Written notice
tenant in possession, as the law directs..
pointed out by plaintiff's attorney.
| ’ T. A. McELIIANNON, Sh’ff.
Jackson Sherij‘f's Sale.
iHunih be sold, before the Court House door,
Bn in the town of Jefferson, Ga., within the
hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in Janu
■’}'. 1880, the following property, to-wit : The
■trui of land in Jackson county, Ga.. on which
■Amanda M. Duke now resides, lying on the YVal
■nut Fork of the Oconee river, adjoining lands of
■nUte of Calvin Long, dec'd. the lands of Sims
■trot Martin, the dower of Elizabeth Howies and
■others, containing three hundred and forty-three
■i ris, more or less. On said land is a good, com
jßfuitablc, frame two-story building, an elegant
barn and stables, corn cribs, &c., and
Br ollt "'' u ildings ; seventy-five acres of good
■bottom land in a high state of cultivation ;
■cr<" upland in cultivation ; good orchard of fruit
j| lon raid place. Levied on as the property of said
■ Amanda M. Duke, by virtue of and to satisfy a
I 1 ' x issued from August term, 1878, .Jackson
■tapenorPourt, in favor of J. E. Randolph, Ex
■wtitorof.J.H. Randolph, dec’d, vs. Green S.
■ Dike, principal, H.R. Howard, A. M. Duke and
■ -A lams, securities. Written notice given to
■• ntamia M. Duke as the law requires. Property
m "k'dout by .J. H. Randolph, Ex’r, plaintiff.
I T. A. McELIIANNON, Sh'fT.
I Jackson Sheriff's Sale.
■\\ ILL be sold, before the Court House door,
U.. m the town of .Jefferson, Jackson county,
■ f v, ffalna the legal hours of sale, on the first
■/;,-’ 111 January, 1880, to the highest and best
H ";i r the following property, to-wit:
In/o ,! s< ; an< l J°t in the town of Jefferson, Ga..
Bt/ ,C Square, known as the William S.
■ house. Said house is a two
Brfi H rooms—tire place in
B ii i roo ' n — a ’id is in ordinary condition ; kitchen
B™,° U . | oU ; Sc ‘ s on khe lot. Said lot contains two
I Ltiii a! " ’ ,nore or less, part of which is in
■ ' j 'atma. Levied on as the property of Wm.
B t . ' lo,u P son - Sr., to satisfy a ii. fa. issued from
But t °J Ordinary of Jackson county in favor
Bi,n,'/’ ’_ '*?• " ilbam 11. Lav and M. N. Duke,
bir Mary J. Duke, vs. W. S. Thomp
j - rittcn notice given W. S. Thompson, Sr..
f th"."i ' ■■'"hiison. tenant in possession, in terms
one ft h" ' , !>rrt P or ty pointed out by W. 11. Lav.
vne of the plaintiffs.
T. A. McELIIANNON, Sh'ff.
L: hl(, k*on Mortgage Sale.
\\ M' he sold, before the Court House door,
I Tues,] ,M - ■ c , towu °f Jefferson, Ga., on the first
~f. i I ' lU January next, within the legal hours
hne trirt °f 1 |° Wi j P™Perty, to-wit: _
hun i,. i L j ot lan d ni said countj T ANARUS, containing one
T i-■ " au( i ninety acres, adjoining lands of 11.
t Ktl „ , Uian ; P* Vearwood and A. DeLaper
p; a m ' ot hers. and known as part of the Moore
H.jjijj n sai(l place there is a log house, out-
I and -i fv n i P art hi cultivation, part in woods
jjj !e 1 P'ne. Levied on as the property of
f r ,n ln , an - t( ? satisfy a mortgage fi. fa. obtained
I favorVct u P er ' or Eourt of Jackson county, in
Dtrtv , • re , sa ®. Stapler vs. J. B. Silman. Pro
iiien f o '! 1 u °, ut by plaintiff's attorrey. Notice
ai.r j- '* , Oilman, and Thomas Bennett, ten-
Pessession, as the law directs.
| T. A. McELHANNON, Sh’ff.
( Jackson County.
it 1n Lourt of Ordinary, December Term, 1879.
I Jla'i; /,* Stewart vs. Henry D. Human, Ex'r of
Phres l’ teW!lr ti dec’d, and Sarah A. Mur
p,, t . ’ Stewart, Georgia A. Stewart,
hom k• * ,s^orn and her husband, W, E. Os
-I"'.rs at law of Malissa E. Stewart, dec'd.
I iot; atlon for to cause titles to be made
to the Court that Rutha J. Osborn,
and hnr 1 Ve named heirs at law and parties,
the Stat , aru k W. E. Osborn, reside without
tice of r K ’ V" * S ' therefore, ordered that legal no
‘ . a hove application be perfected upon
j r - y Publication of this order, once a
Per D„n-U rt T ,la ys. in the Forkst News, a pa
doV' J ls hed in Jefferson, Jackson county, Ga.
! H. W. BELL, Ord’y.
( j- ‘GiU-.I l, Jiukrou County.
Cfff. James Potts applies to me in proper
oP'm, ur betters of Administration on the estate
? <>m;is G. Potts, late of said county, dec'd—
itorv t lh c ‘te all concerned, kindred and cred
it'). °, • T w cause, if any they can, on the first
the Con " l ’' ani ‘ary, 18S0, at the regular term of
UtW , of or <l n ary of said county, why said
not be granted,
her n under my official signature, this Decem
-31 ’ 18 79. 11. W. BELL, Ord'y.
THE FOREST NEWS.
The People tlieir own Rulers; Advancement in Education, Science, Agriculture and Southern Manufactures.
Executors’ Sale.
\ AGREEABLY to an order of the Court of
S', fl ante r a nd.. at the December term,
i ■ jj’ w,l l be sold at Jeffeison, Ga., to the highest
bidder, within the legal hours of sale, on the Ist
I uesday in January, 1880, the following property,
to-wit: Iwo tracts or parcels of land, in Jackl
son county, Ga belonging to the estate of WI
H . unt ® r ’ fee Dne. of said tracts contains
o hundred and fifty-nine acres, more or less,
adjoining lands of D. R. Lyle, M. C. House, Jesse
1 arker and others. On said tract is a comfort
able dwelling, stables, horse lot, corn cribs and
other out-builuings; from twenty-five to thirty
acres in cultivation ; sixty-five in old fields and
syrtjr-tiyc m woods or original forest. The other
ot said tracts contains fifty acres, more or less,
adjoining lands of Mrs. Austin Fulcher. J P
Me wart and others. All of this fifty acre tract is
in original forest; no improvements. Terms--
cash - L. Y. BRADBURY,
F.x'r of Samuel G. Hunter, dec’d.
Administrator’s Sale.
A GREK ABLY to an order of the Court of Or
dinary of Jackson county, obtained at the
December term, 1879, will be sold to the highest
bidder, before the Court House door in Jefferson
within the legal hours of sale, on the first Tues
day in January, 1880, the following property, to
wit : Nine shares of stock of the Georgia' Rail
Road and Banking Company and three shares of
stock of the Bank of the University, at Athens,
Ga. All of the above shares belonging to estate
ofbamuel Smith, Sr., deceased, and the pur value
of each share being one hundred dollars. Sold L>r
the purpose of distribution and paying debts.
Terms cash. SAMUEL S. SMITH
T. S. SHANKLE.
deco Adm'rs of Samuel Smith, Sr., dec’d.
Jackson Mortgage Sale.
WILL be sold, before the Court House door,
in the town ol Jefferson, Jackson county,
Ga., within the legal hours of sale, on the lirst
Tuesday in February, 1880, the following pro*
perty, to-wit: One two horse wagon, one sorrel
mule, nine years old ; one black mare mule, eight
years old ; one dun milch cow. All levied on by
virtue of a mortgage ti. fa. issued from Jackson
Superior Court in favor of 11. Atkins & Cos., as
signee of G. S. Duke, vs. Crotf Duke, colored.
Property pointed out and more fully described in
said mortgage.
T. A. McELIIANNON, Sheriff.
Q_KOK<iJIA, Jackson County.
C. M. W. Borders 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 20th day of December.
attnyoflice. decs H. W. BELL, Ord’y.
]Dr. E. SI. DLXOIT*
G-ainesville, Ga..
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
DR UGS and MEDICINES,
PAINTS OILS,
TOILET SOAPS,
Trasses, Sponges, Toot! and Hair Brasles, Coins,
BRANDIES Sr WHISKIES,
AND ALL KINDS OF
Druggists Sundries.
The public will find my stock of MEDICINES
complete, warranted GENUINE, and of the best
quality. nov 21
•i-iie White
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THE EASIEST SELLING,
THE BEST SATISFYIH3
S&iilMaclii
Its Introduction and World-renorvnM
reputation was the death-blow to
priced machines.
THERE ARE NO SECONDHAND
WHITE MACHINES IN THE MARKET.
This is a very important matter, as It Isa well
known and undisputed tact t*at many °L the . s “’
called first-class machines which are ottered to
cheap now-a-days are those that have been re
possessed (that Is. taken back from customers
sfter use) and rebuilt and put upon the market
aS THEWHITE IS THE PEER OF ANY SEWING
ciVls OF IHE SI6Er HOWE J WEEO
M i\ more to manufacture than
FITMER OF THE AFORESAID MACHINES.
ITS CONSTRUCTION IS SIMPLE, POSITIVE AND
° ITS WORKMANSHIP IS UNSURPASSED.
Do not Buy any other before try
ing the WHITE.
Prices and Tens Maie Satisfactory.
AGENTS WANTED !
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CLEVELAND. 0.
M. C. FEW,
Sole Ageut for Jackson County, Ga.
light job "sktoirik:,
Executed promptly, at this office.
JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY. DECEMBER 19. 1879.
REPORT OF
SCHOOL COMMISSIONER—IB79.
50. Moore, R. D.
51. McElroy, W. W.
52. McElhannon. Julia P.
53. Newman, W. P.
54. Nauraann, Hermann.
55. Orr, 8. P.
56. Osborn, E. M.
57. Park, Mollie.
58. Pittman, S. P.
59. Phillips, A. K.
60. Pittman, J. J.
61. Parker, M. L.
62. Roe. D. P„ col.
63. Roberts. J. H.
64. Ray, li. W.
65. Ross, Olivia.
66. Strickland, A., col.
67. Sansom, D. H., col.
68. Turner, Milly, eel.
69. Willis, Rachel.
70. Wofford. B. F.
71. Witt, Emma, col.
72. Wilson, O. V.
73. Watson, I. J., col.
74. Weir, G. E.
75. Williams, Eugenia.
76. White, J. J.
77. White, S. J.. col.
78. Whitehead, Emma.
79. Young, W. M. J., col.
All of which is most respectfully submitted to the people of Jackson county.
Gr. J. N. WILSON,
County School Commissioner.
Mark Twain on Babies.
A SPEECn WHICH OCCASIONED ROARS OF
LAUGHTER IN CHICAGO.
A feature of the banquet of the Army of
the Tennessee in Chicago was the humorous
response of Mark Twain to the toast of *‘ The
Babies.” It was greeted on all sides with
laughter, and caused considerable merriment.
He said ;
“ Babies as they comfort us in our sorrow,
let us not forget them in our festivities,
[Laughter.] We haven't all had the good
fortune to be ladies. [Laughter.] We haven't
all been Generals or poets or statesmen, but
when toats work down to babies, we stand ons
common ground, for we have all been there,
for we have all been babies. [Laughter and
applause.] It is a shame that for thousands
of years the world's banquets have utterly
ignored the baby as if he didn’t amount to
anything. If you gentlemen will stop and
think a minute, if you will go back fifty or
one hundred years to your early married life
[laughter], and contemplate your first bubj’,
you will remember that lie amounted to a
good deal and even something over. You
soldiers all know when that little fellow ar
rived at family headquarters you had to hand
in your resignation. [Laughter.] He took
entire command, you became his lackey, his
mere body servant, and you had to stand
around too. lie was not a commander who
made allowances for time, distance, weather
or anything else. You had to execute his
order whether it was possible or no [laughter],
and there was only one form of marching in
his manual of tactics, and that was double
quick. He treated you with every sort of
insolence and disrespect, and the bravest of
you didn’t dare to say a word. You could
face death at the storming of Donelson and
Vicksburg, and give back blow for blow.
[Applause.] But when he clawed your
whiskers and pulled your hair, and twisted
your nose you had to take it. [Laughter.]
When the thunders of war were sounding in
your ears you set your face toward batteries
and advanced with steady tread, but when he
turned on terrors of his war-whoops you ad
vanced in the other direction [laughter],
might}’ glad of the chance, too. When he
called for soothing syrup did you venture to
throw out any remarks about certain service
being unbecoming an officer and a gentle
man? [Laughter.] No, you got up and got
it. If he ordered his pap bottle did you talk
back? No, you went to work and warmed
it. You even descended so far in your menial
office as to take a snp at that warm, insipid
stuff yourself to see if it was right; three
parts water to one of milk, a touch of sugar
to modify colic, and a drop of peppermint to
kill the immortal hiccoughs. I can taste it
yet. [Roars of laughter.] And how many
things you learned as you went along. Sen
timental young folks still take stock in that
beautiful old saying that when a baby smiles
in his sleep it i9 because angels are whispering
to him. Very pretty, but too thin. [Laugh
ter.] Simply wind on the stomaoh. My
friends, if the baby proposed to take a walk
at his usual hour at half past two in the
morning, didn’t you rise up prompt and re-
teachers.
[concluded.]
Teacher's
Pro Rata.
Teacher *
Accounts.
Monthly
Com pen.
Average
Attendance.
52 27-65 4.50 235.86 106.1370
19 265 4.50 85.64 38.5380
16 43-65 4.50 74.97 33.7365
11 60-65 4.50 58.65 24.1425
24 1 13 4.50 108.34 48.7530
8 3-65 4.50 36.20 16.2900
18 17-65 4.50 82.17 36.9765
19 32-65 4.50 87.71 39.4695
13 1-65 4.50 58.56 26.3520
17 14-65 3.75 64.55 29.0475
58£ 4.50 263.25 118.4625
36 2-65 3.75 135.11 60.7995
32 7-65 4.50 144.48 65.0160
4 2-65 4.50 18.13 8.1585
15 4.50 67.50 30.3750
24 42-65 4.50 110.90 49.9050
38 58-65 4.50 175.01 78.7545
25 7-65 3.75 94.15 42.3675
13 11 65 4.50 59.26 26.6670
17 31-65 4.50 78.64 35.3880
25 11-G5 3.75 94.38 42.4710
5 51-15 4.50 26.03 11.7135
8 59 65 3.75 33.40 15.0300
4 11-65 4.50 18.76 8.4420
1 59-65 4.50 8.58 3.8610
22 47-65 4.50 102.25 46.0125
53 4.50 238.50 107.3250
7 40-65 4.50 34.26 15.4170
47 1-65 4.50 211.56 95.2020
1720 11-130 4.35 7490.83 3370.8700
mark, with a mental addition which wouldn’t
improve a Sunday school book much, that it
was the very thing you were about to propose
yourself. Oh, yes. you were under good
discipline, and yon went fluttering up and
down the room in your undress uniform.
You not only prattled undignified baby talk,
but you turned up your martial voice and
tried to sing ‘Rock-a-by baby in the treep
top,’ for instance. What, n spectacle for the
Army of the Tennessee [roars of laughter] ;
and what affliction for neighbors, too, for it
isn’t every body wit hi* a mile that likes
military uasic at 3 o'clock in the morning.
Whca yon had been keeping this sortofthing
up two or three hours, and your little ‘velvet’
had intimated that nothing suited him like
exercise and noise, ‘go on,’ did you say? He
simply went on, till you dropped into the last
ditch. [Great laughter.] The idea that a
baby don’t amount to anything! Why, one
baby is just a house and front yard by itself.
If one baby can’t furnish more business than
you and your whole interior department can
attend to. He is most enterprising, irrepres
sible, brimful of lawless activities. Do what
you please, you can’t make him stay on his
reservation. [Prolonged laughter.] Sufficient
unto the day is one baby. As long as you
are in your right mind don’t you ever pray
for twins. [Roars of laughter and blushes
by General Sheridan.] Twins amount to
permanent insurrection. [Laughter.] It was
high time foi the toast-master to recognize
the importance of babies when I think what
was in store for the present crop. Fifty years
hence we 6hall all be dead. I trust, and then
this flag, if it still survives, and let us hope
it may, will be floating over a republic num
bering 200,000,000. According to the settled
laws of increase our present schooner of State
will have grown into a political leviathan or
Great Eastern, and the cradled babies of to
day will be on deck. Let theaa he well
trained, for we are going to leave a big con
tract on their hands. [Applause.] Among the
three or four millions now rocking in this land
are aome which this nation would preserve
for ages as sacred things, if we could know
which ones they are. In one of these cradles
an unconscious Farragut of the future is at
this moment teethiug ; think of it. If in an
other a future renowned astronomer is blinking
at the shining milky substanoe with but a
languid interest in the poor little chap, and
wondering what is to beoome of the other one
they call a wet nurse. In another, a future
great historian is lying, and doubtless he will
continue to lie till his earthly mission is ended.
[Laughter.] In another, a future President
is busying himself with no profounder problem
of State than that. What in the mischief has
become of his hair? So early and in mighty
array in other cradles there are some 60,000
future office-seekers getting ready to furnish
him the occasion to grapple with that same
old prohlem a second time. And still one
more cradle ; somewhere under the flag the
future illustrious Commander in-Chief of the
American armies is so little burdened with
his approaching grandeurs and responsibili
ties as to be giving his whole strategic mind
iat this moment to trying to find out some
way to get his own big toe into his mouth.”
The Sacred Dogs of Islam.
No one who has lived in Turkey can fail
to have been perplexed by the circumstance
that hydrophobia seems but seldom to affect
the dog of Islam, although millions of master
less curs infest the streets of Moslem towns
and villages. It appears, however, that an
unusually long and hot summer season, at
tended by drought, resulted, some weeks ago,
in an outbreak of hydrophobia among the
canine scavengers of Samsun, on the Black
Sea coast. At first small notice of the ca
lamities caused by the afflicted dogs was
taken by the local authorities ; but by and
by, as rabid Samsunites became daily more
and more common in the town, a deputation
of citizens waited upon the Vali to implore
that some steps might be taken to save the
rest of tlie inhabitants from the horrors of
hydrophobia. His Excellency replied that
“he would thiuk about it,” and a few days
later promulgated a decree, of which the fol
lowing is a literal translation :
‘‘ln consideration that the dogs of Sarasun
are intrusted with the cleansing of our town,
in virtue of which function they enjoy certain
civil rights which cannot be contested by any
sane person, the Governor deems it obliga
tory upon him, ere he proceed to stringent
measures condemned by his conscience, to
submit this matter and tlie grave facts con
nected with it to tlie superior religious au
thorities in Stamboul.”
This decree was tardily followed by a
fetwah from the Shiek-ul-Islam, sentencing
the dogs to life long exile from the town.
Next day the offending scavengers were
collected, bound, and conveyed under a
strong escort to a tcharchembe some miles
distant from Samaun. Delivered from their
persecutors, the Samsunites breathed more
freely, but not for long ! A daj’ or two later
the banished dogs began to put in an appear
ance, by twos and threes at a time, in their
old familiar quarters; whereupon pious men
exclaimed, “See tlie finger of Allah, who
protects oppressed innocence!” and tlie
persons subsequently bitten were comfortably
regarded by the orthodox Vali as ‘‘phantasts
and visionaries/’ —London Telegraph.
What a Woman Can Do.
Asa wife and mother she can make or
mar the fortune and happiness of her hus
band and children. By her thrift, prudence,
and good management, she can secure to
her partner and herself a competency in old
age. By her tender care she can often re
store him to good health. By her counsel
and her love she can win him from bad
company, if temptation, in an evil hour, has
led him astray. She can do as much as
man, perhaps even more, to degrade him, if
she chooses to do it. Asa wife she can
min her husband by extravagance and folly ;
by want of affection she can make an out
cast of a man who might otherwise have be
come a good member of society. She can
bring bickerings and strife into what has
been a happy household. She can become
an instrument of evil instead of an angel of
good. Asa mother her words and her ways
should be kind, loving, and good. If she
reproves, her language should be choice and
refined. The true mother rules by the laws
of kindness; and to her children the word
‘‘mother” is synonymous with everything
pure, swoet, and beautiful.
Kissing.
Girls take naturally to kissing—there's
not tlie slightest doubt of it. A man slides
as awkwardly into his first kiss as into his
elder brother's tailcoat, and his vanity is
equally great on both occasions. He consid
ers them as steps up the ladder of life, and
would have his promotions proclaimed
from the housetops, and shouted from the
church steeples, but such is his modesty in
his family circle that when a younger brother
quiety mentions them lie looks red and feels
unfraternal. The female sex obtain their
remarkable proficiency in kissing by perpet
ual study and constant practice. They are
early distinguished for their aptitude in the
art, for what girl is not ready to kiss a baby
at all hours and all seasons ? This sort of
kiss eventually develops into the genuine
love-kiss—pleasant to experience and con
template.
The strangest news coming to us from
German}’ is that a learned doctor has dis
covered a means of dyeing human eyes any
color he likes, not only without injury to the
delicate orbs, but, as he assorts, with positive
advantage to the powers of sight, lie can
not only give fair ladie9 eyes black as night,
or blue as orient skies by day, but he can
turn them out in hue of silver or of gold.
He says golden eyes are exceedingly becom
ing. Nothing goe9 down without a name;
therefore the German doctor calls his dis
covery ‘‘Ocular Transmutation.” He de
clares himself quite ready to guarantee
success and harmlcssness in tl:e operation.
Official whippings are continued regularly
at Newcastle. Delaware, and are regarded as
a matter of course by the residents, though
strangers are sometimes shocked by the
sight. On the last whipping day five convicted
thieves were punished. The first was a
German, who was not seferlv lashed, and
lie walked away smilingly. The second was
a miserable tramp, who bore the ordeal with
out flinching. Two negroes, who came next,
writhed and muttered under the pain of
severe blows. The fifth was a hoy of fifteen.
Me was so frighten that it was necessary to
force hi in to the post, and at the first stroke
he desperately freed himself by pulling his
hands out of the staples. A handkerchief
was used to fasten him. but he got loose
again before the prescribed twenty Mows
were completed, and pathetically begged
the Sheriff not to strike so hard.
S TERMS, $1.50 PER ANNUM.
( SI.OO For Six Months.
G-eneral News.
Blonds arc out of fashion in Paris, and
dark brunettes are the rage.
Of the 686 soldiers sent out bv Baltimore
to the Mexican war, but 13 survive.
Capt. 1 homas Simpson of Burnet, Texas,
keeps the remains of his wife, recently
deceased, in his parlor in an elegant metallic
case.
V itznau. the village at the foot of the Rigf r
in Switzerland, is threatened with destruc
tion. the wall of rock behind it showing signa
of falling.
German newspapers in the United State*
are one-third more numerous than in the
b atherland, where Bismark’s censorship keeps
them in perpetual fearoffine and suspension.
A shabbily dressed stranger is regarded
with suspicion in Pulaski county. Ky.. be
cause he is very profane, is well informed
about the iate war, and deposits $5,000 in
gold with ever}’ bank lie encounters.
A goat took possession of the entrance to
the Baptist church in Port Byron. N. V., on
Sunday, and, rearing on its hind legs, butted
at all comers so vigorously as to disperse the
congregation.
A California paper says : “ If anyone hn
noticed a certain stiffness in the acting of the
members of Baldwin's Theatre this week,
they will please to take into consideration
that Dr. Bishop vaccinated the entire company
last week.”
Sheffield, England, sends large quantities
of steel blanks to Connecticut to be struck
off into scissors. They are then returned to
England, where the line finishing is done,
and they take a final trip to America as.
Sheffield ware.
Rudolf Falk, the explorer, has written from
San Francisco to German friends to inform
them that a monument in Bolivia, much more
ancient than the times of the Incas, has given
him a clue to the origin and development of
speech and writing.
Under a South Carolina law which provides’
that money won at gambling shall, upon
proof, he restored fonr-lbld, a firm of Charles
ton lias entered suit for $711,000 against the'
proprietors of two fashionable resorts, the.
amount alleged as having been lost by young
men in whom the firm was interested.
Nellie Johnson, of St. Louis, is a diminutive?
woman who weighs only fifty pounds. Never
theless, being insulted by a young man in
the street the other day, she whipped ont a
pocket knife and plunged the blade into hif*
breast. lie escaped with his life only because
the blade was a small one.
A man named Upton, in Ansonia, Con
necticut, came homo drunk, and hurling a.
lighted lamp at his wife, it fell in the cradle*
of his child and set fire to the clothing whicle
covered it. The mother endeavoring to*
extinguish the flames was herself probably
fatally burned. The child lived only a few.
hours. Upton has been arrested.
A recent railway collision in Missouri re
leased two lions belonging to Howe's London
Circus, and the animals are playing havoc in
the vicinity of St. Louis. They have already*
killed a German farmer and two little girls..
The neighborhood is greatly excited, the*
public schools have been closed temporarily
and a large number of men have gone out to,
hunt the savage beasts.
The hair of the Presidents from Washington
to Pierce is preserved in the Patent Office at
Washington. Washington’s is pure white,
and fine in texture, Jefferson’s is a mixture
of white and auburn and rather coarse, as.
also is the hair of “Old Hickory.” The
custom of preserving the Presidential locks,
was abandoned in Buchanan’s time. Ilow it
arose, and why the Patent Office was the re
pository selected, it would be interesting to,
know.
In Berlin, last month, a horse ran awa t
witli a cart in which there was a little girl..
A boy of 13 seeing the situation, rolled a.
barrel into the midst of the road, which half'
stopped the horse, who was about to dodge*
the obstacle, when the' boy seized the bit,
and contrived, with great agility, to swing;
himself up and clasp his legs around the>
animal’s neck, which very soon came to a
stop. Then the brave little fellow slipped
away unknown and unnoticed.
It will he interesting to our army men toi
learn the details just published of the rations,
given the British soldier in the field. A
pound of brea<i, a pound of fresh meat, half
a pound of fresh vegetables. three-qrmriersi
of a pound of dour, and,, at tl>e discretion of'
the commanding offi-er and medical staff, a
pint of porter or half a "ill of spirits form the,
daily ration. As it is not always practicable
to obtain 1 read, fresh meal, or fresh
tables, three-qmrters of a pound of biscuit,
flour, or rice aro to be considered equivalent
to the ration of bread, a pound of salt meat,
or three quarters of a pound of preserved
meat may be substituted for the fresh meat
ration, and t*vo ounces of preserved vege
tables, one ounce of compressed vegetablesv
or a quarter of a pound of onions or leeks*
may take the place of the fresh vegetables.
That the conflagration that is to consume
the world has begun is believed by manv
residents of Reading, Fa. While some gen
tlemen were shooting on the farm of Henry
Miller, near that citv. one of the party killed
a partridge, which fell in an adjacent find.
To the surprise of the gentleman his dog
refused to fetch the bird, and ho went for it
himself; but at the spot where the bird had
fallen he suddenly sank several feet in abed
of fire and ashes. The burning truck is a
square in length and half a square m width.
Miller says the fire l>ogan burning about t hree
weeks ago, and travels several feet a dav
it emits no smoke excepting now and then
when a tnrf of grass is being consumed, or
when trees are burning; hut the bent is
j intense. The fire has exfen led into a green
wheat field, which is gradually being de
| stroyed. The roo*s of oak -trees burn otf,
; an 1 some trees two feet and a half in diara*
I c-ter have fallen over.
NUMBER 28.