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; rK SON CO. PUB. COM’Y, ) proprietors. fOLIIMK V. published every fuiday. ,nT $ HOWARD, Editor and Publisher, JACKSON CO., GA. v . P COR. PUBLIC SQUARE, UP-STAIRS. Jfffr - terms of subscription. , nnV 12 months $1.50 K* f °P- ,J - 1.00 t 4 j “ 50 Club of Ten subscribers, an ex- If the paper will bo given. RATES of advertising. Dollar per square (often lines or less) he tir-t insertion, and Seventy-five Cents l!!ch subsequent insertion. ‘T. t square is a space ot one inch, measured Slow., the column. Vlll Advertisements sent without spccihca f the number of insertions marked thereon, *jj° ba published TILE FORBID, and charged tf-Busmcss or Professional Cards, of six lines Seven Dollars per annum; and where ! t v do not exceed ten lines, Ten Dollars. jtcgnf Jlilocctiscineiits. ''jackwii Sheriff’s Sale. (ifILL be sold, before the Court House door, yj in the town of Jetferson, Jackson count}’-, , i within the legal hours of sale, on the first jftiesday in February next, the following property, (hat tract or parcel of land situate, lying ad being in the county aforesaid, on the road Irt'iimrfrom Jetferson to Athens, about four miles (fom former place, adjoining lands of Mrs. U'Brien, Strickland. Sarah Freeman and others, lit place whereon James E. Hayes now resides, onUining one hundred acres, more or less. There irtibout sixty acres of said tract cleared and in cultivation, balance of said land in old pine fields imloriginal forest. There is situated on said land i food two-story framed building and necessary out-houses. Said land levied on by virtue of and U satisfy a fi. fa. issued from the County Court rfsiid county in favor of S. P. Thurmond and Miry F. Rawson, Adm'rs, Ac., vs. said James E. Hives. Written notice given to James E. Hayes, the defendant and the tenant in possession, as re quired by law. Property pointed out by plaintiff by assignment. T. A. McELIIANNON, Sh’ff. Jackson Mortgage Sale. \yiLL be sold, before the Court House door, ii ii’/he town of Jetferson, Jackson county, fi.. witnin the legal hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in February, 1880, the following pro*. **rty. to-wit : One two horse wagon, one sorrel Buie, nine years old ; one black mare mule, eight years old ; one dun milch cow. All levied on by nrtue of a mortgage li. fa. issued from Jackson Superior Court in favor of 11. Atkins <fc Cos., as vgnee of <J. S. Duke, vs. Crotf Duke, colored. Property pointed out and more fully described in Mid mortgage. T. A. McELIIANNON, Sheriff. jjKOIU.IA, C'oimiy. Whereas, Louisa Millsaps, Executrix of Mar 'ilie Millsaps, late of said county, dec'd, repre *<nts to the Court, by her petition duly’ filed, that re has fully administered the estate of said (le wd in terms of the law, aud is entitled to a Miargo— hs is to cite all concerned, kindred and crcd to show cause, if any they can, on the first Monday in April, 1880, at the regular term of the wt ol Ordinary of said county, why Letters of ■'.'mission should not be granted the applicant, t "„ v ’ en Ul '<ler my official signature, this Decem w J!st, 1879. H. W. HELL, Ord'y. I®o Tlie People of Jackson! 0 IV! Rl STOKE is now being opened, and £ *‘ l,)C complete, in all its details, in a few conducted by the StatC<l " l thi ‘ S papCr ’ lt will b ° jfiMe of pimacy in Northeast Georgia! JACOBS, well known to the pco- W® have already received on pa UIUMI [ ‘ rom somc of Jackson’s best citizens, 1 fATuriff th ° im P°J ta " ce of 11 I'KLGn from competent per bur stock of UNCY and TOILET GOODS SF.in\r l,,lDAVS will I>C the LARGEST and oVer brought South of Baltimore. LOOK AT THIS! have reduced all One Dollar ’atent Modi- U] m f ' st 90c n % Cents to 43c 'ny-Fivc Cents to 22c NOW Uofl, ti,u ' to take advantage of this reduc „cts ATHENS PHARMACEUTICAL CO, S' \A T 0 s,;oo ° A YEAR, or $5 to p S2O a day in your own locality. k , n No risk. Women dt> as well snv v' an * V !ore than the amount stated - an \ C) °. llc can fail to make money fast. Any I ■-an h i " You can make from oO cts. ?>10,K.“?d cvotil .'S our evenings and spare ; '>iK‘ss ° ,! Us 'i)ess. 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JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY. JANUARY 23. 18S0. Pay the Printer. M hen the cold storm howls round the door, And you by the light of taper, >Sit cozily by the evening fire, Lnjoying the last paper, Just think of him whose work thus helps f o wear away the winter, And put this query to yourself— Have I paid the printer? I rom cast and west, from north and south, I* rom lands beyond the water, lie weekly brings yon lots of news, From every nook and quarter ; No slave on earth toils more than he, 1 hrough summer’s heat and winter ; How can you for a moment, then, Neglect to pay the printer ? T our other bills you promptly pay, Wherever you do go, sir; The batcher for his meat is paid. For sundries is the grocer; The tailor and the shoemaker, The hatter and the vinter, All get their pay, then why neglect To settle with the printer? [Written for The Chicago Ledger.] A NIGHT OF HORROR. BY NUX VOMICA. ’Twas midnight. The moon had veiled its face from the world below. The stars, man’s best friends, whose eyes always twinkle at his mistakes, and fill with tears at his mis fortunes, had to-night closed their eyelids, refusing, it would seem, to countenance by their light the dark scene about to be enacted. The calm that precedes a storm had settled upon all nature. The scene changes. The dark, threatening clouds, so long confined, were filling the air with muttered warnings. Sharp flashes of lightning occasionally pierc ing the gloom made the darkness still more intense. The deep-rooted pines, that had for years withstood the onslaughtof winter storms and laughed defiance at the mad lashing of summer gales, were to-night helpless in the hand of the elements, and, stripped of their 1 ranches, they moaned and sighed at the destruction that had come upon them. Each successive Hash of light coming from the great beyond revealed a large white house, standing silent and alone. The storm without increased in violence. Within the mansion silence reigned as deep and undisturbed as that which inhabits the grave. Those within lay quietly sleeping, unmindful of danger, and enjoying that sweet repose that accompanies a conscience void of offense. There -were two persons in the house—the one, a man beloved by his friends and respected by his enemies ; times without number had lie placed the cup of cold water to his neighbor’s lips, and many a poor woman, applying a fresh faggot to the dying embers, had, witli uplifted eyes and clasped hands, prayed God to bless him as the friend of the widow and the fatherless. Although ho had yet scarcely reached the top of the hill of }’ears, Mr. Graham had a well-established reputation for honesty and business integrity, and a record of which any man might be proud. Now, as our minister used to say, “ I have dashed the picture upon the canvas I have told } T ou all the good things I could about Mr. Graham, and now I must say, with all his virtues, ho had his failings. In conversation with a friend a few days before the event about to be recorded, con cerning a recent burglary, he said : “ I do not wish to take human life, but, let any man enter my honse in the dead of night, with the purpose and intent of robbery, and I would shoot him on the spot. As I said before, 1 do not want my hands stained with human blood, but I have a wife and a home to protect, and that I will do, even at the sacrifice of m}’ own l'fe. I seriously hope, for the sake of my wife, that nothing of the kind will happen at our house, as she is naturall} - nervous and excitable, and I fear the shock would be too much for her.” Perhaps, reader, in jmur experience with men, you may have met with such a character as Mr. Graham. There were quite a number of them around the last time I looked. Men, you know, who, when their neighbor comes down in the morning and relates his experi ence with a burglar the night previous, how he heard him at the blinds, and, looking out, saw him stealing along the side of the house, throw their hands into their pockets, and, after stamping around the room several times, ask hitn why he didn’t go right out and grab him, remarking they’d like to see some burglar fooling around their house in that way. These are the kind of men who are very brave in the day time, but when the day puts its night-cap on, and the black curtain of night is drawn over the world, they seem to lose their grip ; their backbone loses its stiffness, and, in walking home late at night, they imagine every tree's a man, and that every post wears pants. Have you been awakened from a sound sleep at about 2 o'clock in Hie morning and fancied you heard a noise in the adjoining room? You heard the clock tick ominously, and then one of those long, cold, slimy shivers would start at your heels and feel its way swiftly the whole length of your back, and, before you had time to crawl under the bed, another one would start at the same place and travel in the same direction. Oh ! how you wished it was morning, and then, when daylight fairly came, you remember how you told your friends how somebody was prowling around your honse tho night before, and how you laid for them, and you just wished they’d come again, j'ou’d fix’um. It was under circumstances similar to these that Mr. Graham was awakened _this dark, stormy night by bis wife, who whispered in his ear: “ James, James ! wake up ! I tell you, There’s someone in the house.” Hut James, though he heard the disturbance, Lay quiet and still as a mouse. Being urged by his wife, at last he arose, The picture of woe and despair, While standing erect from that manly brow Was eacli individual hair. There he stood helpless and trembling. Not daring to stir from the bed, While the fear that fastened his feet to the floor Was shaking the teeth in his head. A loud crash was heard down stairs, then all was quiet. At the earnest solicitation of his wife Mr. Graham had dragged himself from the bed, but his feet refused to move, his hands clutched the bed clothes convul sively, his eyes started from their sockets, and with a shudder he sank back helpless upon the bed. a used-up communit}-. Again his wife urged him to take the light, proceed down stairs and determine the cause of the disturbance. Casting a reproachful look upon her he said : “ Wife, do you want me murdered ? Who' would protect yon if 1 should be taken away ? I will never leave you when there is any danger around. Let’s lay quietly in bed and mako them believe we are asleep ; we haven’t got much they can take, anyway.” “ James Graham, I propose to know what’s going on in this house to-night, and, if 3*oll ain’t got spunk enough to go, I’ll go alone.” “ Well, wife, if you will go, I’ll go with yon ; you just take the light and go ahead, and I’ll keep right behind 3*oll with this pitcher of water, and if I see anybod3 r I'll let fly at them.” So the solemn procession startml. Mrs. Graham held the light high above her head, and tiptoeing along behind came her brave husband. Cautiously descending the stairs the procession wended its way to the dining room. Mrs. Graham bravely threw open the door ; the draught extinguished the light, and Graham, thinking the burglars were upon him, threw the water and pitcher with all his might and started for the stairs on a dead run, leaving his wife to follow as best she could. The pitcher, of course, came down ; but, fortunately, it did not come in contact with the person of Mrs. Graham. But the water— true to the law of gravitation—also came down, and unfortunately for Mrs. Graham— as she was attired in her evening costume— its struck her squarely on the head, and lei surely ran the whole length of her body. Af ter groping her way back up the stairs and striking a light, she looked around for her hus band, but he was nowhere to be seen. After calling him loudly several times, he at last lifted the bed clothes from his head and asked his wife, in piteous tones, if it wasn’t pretty near morning. Upon investigation, next morning, it was found that one of the shutters had become detached from the building, and the wind, blowing in the right direction, had forced itagainst the window, breaking several of the glasses. This was the crash that was heard. The papers, next evening, contained this account of Ihe night's proceedings : DARING ATTEMPT AT ROBBERY! The following account of the attempted burglary at the residence of our respected townsmen and fellow-citzen, Mr. Graham, will be read with interest by all who have the honor of his acquaintance. We get this account from Mr. Graham himself, whom we have no doubt could truthfully magnify the facts here recorded, were it not for his mo desty and his wish to give to the matter no undue publicity. At about 12 o'clock last night, he was awakened by hearing a distur bance in the room directly underneath the one in which he was sleeping. Slipping quietly from the bed, so as not to arouse his wife, who is very nervous and excitable, he took his revolver and started down stairs. The thieves must have heard him coming, for the}' were just departing through the frontdoor as he came in sight. lie fired three shots at them, and he is confident he must have hit one of them, as there were several drops of blood on the steps next morning. Nothing of value has been missed. Mr. Graham is entitled to a great deal of credit for the prompt manner in which he acted on this oc casion, and we will say we think if we had in our town a few more men of pluck, such as Mr. Graham, we would have fewer mid night prowlers. For the first time in a good while, Mr. Graham neglected that night to take the cven ing paper home to his wife. Kalamazoo, Mich. [From the Southern Farmer's Monthly. Fruit Tree Borers. BY ritOF. J. r. STELLE, MOBILE, ALA. It is common to hear farmers speak of “the borer," when referring to some Insect cutting into the tranks of their orchard trees, and it may be possible that every fanner is not aware of there being more than one species. There are three very common species, how ever; two infesting the apple and one the i peach—cash differing from the other in many particulars as widel}' as a Guinea-fowl uitfers from a goose. The two species of borer, peculiar to tho apple tree, arc now coining to be pretty gen- known to well informed orchardists respectively as the “ round-headed borer” and the “ flat headed borer.” The round-beaded borer is scientifically called Saperdci bivittati, while the other is called Chrysobothris femo rata. Of the two insects just named the round headed borer is considered by far the most destructive, as it cuts deeply into the wood of the tree, causing it to dwindle and die, leaving the owner, in many cases, without the slightest suspicion as to the true cause of the trouble. The other species usually works just under the bark, though in exceptional cases I have found it deep in the wood. It is not so large as the round-headed species, and, although a veritable pest, its natural dis position to keep near the surface, renders it less injurious to the tree, and easier of de struction. An extended description of these borers is scarcely necessary, as all owners of apple trees in this country must bo quite familiar with their general appearance. Borers some what similar arc found in various forest trees ; wc often come upon them in cutting or split ting timber, calling them simply “ wood worms.” They are entirety common to dead trees, though we not unfrequently find them in green, making holes, more or less oval in shape, from the size of a mustard seed to that of a marrow-fat pea. The apple tree borers are “ worms” not unlike these in appearance and character ; about tho only real difl'erence resting in the fact that they work in the ap ple tree and its near relatives, as tho pear and the quince, while tiie others confine their ope rations to certain trees of the forest. Tho two borers under consideration ma3* be rcadity distinguished from each other Il3* the characteristics referred to in their com mon names, one having a round head, but little larger in diameter than its bod3*, while the head of the other is flat and much larger in diameter than anj* other part of tho insect. When fully grown the round-headed borer is about one inch in length, while the flat headed species, in the same condition, measures in length from one-half to three-fourths of an inch. Each is the larva or young of a beetle, which, though often met with, is not so well known as is the borer, and, therefore, not so invariably dealt with in accordance to its just deserts. The parent of the round-headed borer is a cinnamon brown beetle, measuring a little more than three-fourths of an inch from end to ond, and having two white stripes on its hack running the entire length of the insect. “ Face,” “ feelers” and legs are white ; in truth, white is tho prevailing color of the en tire underside of the body. It flies at night, but keeps closety concealed under bark, leaves, etc., during the day, hence one is not likely to see it often without making special search for it. During the months of April and May it makes its appearance for the sea son in the cotton States (later further north), and deposits its eggs on tho bark, near tho root of the tree. In a few days these eggs hatch out minute worms, which at once work their way through the bark and into the wood, where thc3* live a3 a worm three 3*ears, grow ing in size and cutting about through the trunk of the tree in various directions. At the end of the time named they change into the pupa state, and after thus remaining for a brief period, come forth tho perfect beetles already mentioned, reacty* for starting a now generation of borers. The beetle producing the flat-headed borer is a little over half an inch in length, of a greenish-black color interspersed with brassy lines and spots on the upper surface, and having a burnished, coppery appearance be neath. It flies by c]ay, and deposits its eggs at the base or in the forks of the tree at about the same time in the season with tho other species. The hatching and boring in of the worms, transformations, and so on, are about on the same plan, with the exception that the flat-headed borer seldom cuts much deeper than the inner bark, as already stated, and it lives as a worm but one year before coming forth as a perfect beetle. The borer found in the peach tree has a large flat head, and looks something like the flat headed borer of the apple tree, though it is an insect widely different in many respects. It is not even the larva of a beetle, but is pro duced by a little steel-blue moth with yellow markings, which, with wings fully expanded, would about reach across a silver twenty-five cent piece. The female is much larger than the male, and has more yellow upon her body, but less upon her wings. The wings of both have a peculiar construction which distin- guishes them from most other moths : they are very narrow, and when at full spread, give the insect somewhat the appearance of a dragon fly or “mosquito hawk.” The scien tific name of this moth is JEijeim exilosia. The peach tree borer works in the forks of the tree, or at the base of the trunk near the earth-line, living as a worm but one year, and coming forth a perfect moth cotemporane ously with the beetles of the apple tree borers. S TERMS, $1.50 PER ANNUM. ) SI.OO For Six Months. In a word, a* far as depositing eggs, hatuk ing, cutting through the bark, etc.,' Ii cerned, tho natural history of the three In sects is the same. The peach tree borer con iines its operations mainTy to the sap wood of the tree. 1 he symptoms indicating the presence of borers are in the apple, the cuttings or dust sifting down the bark, or, cemented together, protruding from the hole as a small brownish plug; in the peach, knots of gum accumu lating over the wound. A sickly condition and general decline of the tree is apt to ho apparent. 'The usual inode of operating against theso pests is to watch for their start and cut them out with some sharp instrument while they* are jet in the neighborhood of the bark. When already in some distance they may still be destroyed, in many instances, by inserting a slender wire into their holes and forcing it alter them until it does the work. Some per sons attempt to scald them to death with hot water, but I regard this as decidedly an un certain remedy. It might be effectual where, the worms happened to bo very near the sur face, but in no other case, of course. But preventive is always better than cure where it can be successfully employed, and in this case it can. An application of soft soap, made at the proper time, will never fail to keep an orchard entirely clear of borers. Hub the trees well with it about the base and in all the main forks early in April, and keep them well soaped throughout the egg-deposit ing season of the insects, and nothing more will be needed—not a borer will find its way through the bark. No eggs will belaid upon the soap, and it would mako hut littlo differ ence if they were, for they would not hatch ; and even should thej- hatch the tender youg worms could never live to work beyond the influence of the alkali. The application of this valuable preventive kills two birds with one stone, for while it works death to the insects it gives life to tho tree. Nothing is better for trees than a gooii rubbing with soft soap, for it destroys fungi and cleans and enlivens the bark, and when the rains have washed it down among tlio roots, it proves a most grateful fertilizer. How Shot Are Made. A shot tower is certainly a curious placo to the uninitiated visitor, and the-process of manufacturing tho leaden missiles is most, interesting. Of course it is necessary that the shot should fall a considerable elevation, and the height ol many of the towers is over two hundred feet. As pure lead will not. make perfect globules, it is necessarily “tern, pered.” This “temper” is prepared by tho addition of ingredients, of which arseaic is. the main property. It is run into bars con venient for use. and, with pig-lead, hoisted to the top of the towor. 11 ore are two small rooms, one about twelve feet below the other and each containing two huge kettles In which the pig-lead and tho “temper” aro melted. From one or tho other of tho two> kettles in both rooms—as each room has a separate shaft—streams of shot are constant-, ly flowing. At the bottom of each kettle the melten stuff pours into square pans perfora ted at one side. These perforations aro> large or small, according to the size of shot., desired, and seperate the mass into distinct,, delicate, gleaming streams, which, in turn,, as they come in contact with the atmosphero,. separate into perfect globules or shot, which t are cooled in their two hundred feet journoy and the water into which they fall below.. Out of the shot pit, np through the water, an endless belt, with cups attached, carries, the wet shot, depositing it in a huge revolv ing heated cylinder, where the globulos are, thoroughly dried. From this they pass out. upon a descending series of slightly inclined tables, the lower edge of each one being few inches above and distant from tho sue. ceeding table. The perfect globules, from, their specific gravity, go bounding over those.' spaces, hut the imperfect shot are gradually forced along until they reach them when, they fall into receptacles, and being remolten, go over the same journey again. From these, sorting-tables, the shot are carried to a series, of sizing sjeves, with perforated shoot-brass; bottoms. Moved back and forth by machiiv erv, the shot of a smallc- size pass through, these perforations, larger shot of different, size, from the motion of tho sieves, and fron* their weight, gradually sorting with absolut perfection. From the sorting-, sieves, the shot pass into polishing-barrels, containing a preparation the main coivstitu-. ent of which is plumbago, and emerging from these, burnished like silver, (Uyi their way into repositories in the story below 4 t*x the mouth of each of which is attached a del icately-adjusted automatic scale, which wilß discharge precisely twenty-five pounds of shot into the bags beneath. —Amerioan Men t-_ ufacturer. Facts About Flour.. Flour is peculiarly sensitive to the atmos-, pheric influence, hence it should never bo. stored in a room with sour liquids, nor where onions or fish are kept, nor any article that, taints the room in which it is stored. Any smell perceptible to the sens© will be absorb ed by flour. Avoid damp cellars or lofts, where a free circulation of air cannot be ob tained. Keep in a cool, dry, airy room, and not exposed to a freezing temperature nor to intense Summer, or artificial heat for any length of time above 70or 75 degrees Fahr. ll should not come in contact with grain or other substances which are liable to heat. Flour shoul l bo sifted and tlie particles thor-" ouglily disintegrated and then warmed be fore baking. This treatment improves the color and baking properties of tho dough. The sponge should be prepared for tli# oveq as soon as the yeast has performed its mis. sion, otherwise fermentation sets in and acidity results —American Miller. NUMBER 33.