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ifKSON CO. PUB. COM’Y, ) proprietors. ( OIUME V. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. [RT S HOWARD, Editor and Publisher, JEFFERSOX, JACKSON CO ., GL4. , K N K . COR. PUBLIC SQUARE, UP-STAIRS. TEROS OF SUBSCRIPTION. ,<f m.nth ~ 3 “ 50 evcrv Club of Ten subscribers, an ex- be given. RITES OF ADVERTISING. V C Dollar per square (often lines or less) tir-t insertion, and SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS e ich subsequent insertion. . \ square is a space of one inch, measured JJi .lown the column. jafftll Advertisements sent without spccihca jf thc number of insertions marked thereon, * b 9 published TILL FORBID, and charged Srliusmess or Professional Cards, of six lines ® SpvevDollars per annum; and where rii ;not exceed ten lines, Ten DOLLARS. ju'iiiif JUuetiiscments. Administrator*s Sale. uiRUKAHIiV to an order of the Court of Or- L dinary of Jackson county, Georgia, will be Hon the first Tuesday in March, 18S0, be r? the Court House door in Jefferson, in said within the legal hours of sale, the follow tVopertv. to-vrit: All of the right, title and terc st of Alfred Smith, deceased, it being the inilcr. after the expiration of the dower or e estate of Mary Iv. Smith, in and to all of that ict of land situate and lying on Rig Sandy Creek, Jackson county, Ga.. and the place whereon 'frei Smith resided at the time of his death, and hereon Mary K. Smith now resides, and odjoin jmdbounded by the lands of William T. llow- Jon the west, by Susan Johnson on the west id north, by the lands ol Warren Hawks, de iscd. on the north and east, by Z. J. Hardman ithe east, by James Thurmond and Dianah niters on the South, and by Andy Sailors on the est, and containing two hundred and twenty jht acres, more or less. Said place is well im rnved, with ali necessary buildings ; up-land and ottora land in good state of cultivation ; sufficient ood land in original forest to make this one of e most attractive places in the county. The lore land sold as the property of Alfred Smith, te of said county, dec’d, subject to the life es teof Mary K. Smith, tenant in Dower, and for ip benefit of the heirs and creditors of said Al ed Smith, deceased. A plat of the premises can (wen at the Clerk's office Jackson Superior ourt. Rc-sold at former purchaser’s risk. N. B. CASH. Adm’r, U 0 M. K. SMITH, Adm’x. Postponed Mortgage Sale. n r ILL be sold, before the Court House door, in the town of Jeiferson, Ga., on the first nesday in March next, within the legal hours kle, the following property, to-wit : One tract of land in said county, containing one nndred and ninety acres, adjoining lands of 11. . 1 iceman, A. T. Ycarwood and A. DeLapcr icrta.id others, and known as part of the Moore !. On said place there is a comfortable house, with the necessary out houses ; ctabout sixty acres of fresh cleared land in a wd state of cultivation ; the remainder in old •itli and original forest. Levied on as the pro °f J- Ik Silman, to satisfy a mortgage fi. fa. turned from the Superior Court of Jackson iar.ty._at the August term, 1 STM, in favor of ' rsa F,. Stapler vs. J. B. Silman. Property MUd out by plaintiff’s attorney. Notice given ■B. Silman, and Thomas Bennett, tenant in Session, as the law directs. T. A. McELHANNON, Sh’lf. M>R4rilA, JarkNon County. p • i)'; MATHEWS, Jackson C’tof Ord’y, TKUM’K, ct al, March Term, 1880. u ~. A’ s - I Application to cause ■ MATHKWS, Ex'r, 'titles to be made to wu heirs at law of land, in pursuance of 0n -'lathews, dec'd. j bond of testator. , 1 appearing to the Court that Mary Niblack, ' ! Bostick, Caroline Grant, Nancy Ed / 'On &ml Elizabeth Mathews, all heirs at law ue C(*ased, reside without the State— ' 'raered, that service be perfected upon said ' >&w, of the above application, by publica !. P° t l,s °rder once a week for four weeks in , "io'.st N’kws. a paper published at Jefferson, county, Ga. ,IP( ler my olHcial signature, this January II VV. BELL, Only. JarltMon County. "hereas, \\ . p Cosby, makes application to -'proper form for Letters of A ministration on 'lwe!vl l ancos Cosby, late of said coun ■ ,i t 0 c ' te persons concerned, kindred it n, i ors ' to shew cause, if any they can. at ' U lr , torm °f the Court of Ordinary of said to l>e held on the lirst Monday in March. ,:"hy saul letters should not be granted the . under my official signature, this January lifw. BELL, Ord’y. T K °UGI 1, Jui‘k*n County. '^ o]in Pettyjohn, col’d, makes appli v.shi° "r e * n P r °P er form for Letters of Guar- C\. P of the person of Dave Pettyjohn, col’d. This; ° f Rebecca Pettyjohn, col’d— liicnd t to c ' tea P ersons * concerned, kindred 11 * ors -> to show cause, if any they can, at ;>^ U:ar term of the Court of Ordinary of said t:{'-' 0u die first Monday in March, 1880, why ~v ers should not be granted the applicant. V u ’Hler my official signature, this January h w ord'y. JaekMon County. \ tne^ ttas ' Thomas A. Scott makes application lon n n P ro Per form for Letters of Administra te, , e estate of John A. Long, late of said jjjv*. deceased— -10 c 'te all persons concerned, kindred i wtors, to show cause, if any they can, at ii ln A' Uar term of the Court of Ordinary of said t 011 fhe first Monday in March, 1880, why ij iv cers should not be granted the applicant. ' Ululer my official signature, this January 11. W. BELL, Ord’y. J Jat'k.ton County. i e \i. ', as ' Louisa Millsaps, Executrix of Mar t; A. a P s * fate of said county, dec'd, repre \._ . 51 *r Court, by her petition duly filed, that tts’p Ul v administered the estate of said de *srJiart 1 * erins fhe law. aud is entitled to a fhi r - ~~ N . m C^e a P concerned, kindred and cred it . lo *’ cause, if any they can, on the first Wtnf and 4.P r 'h 1880, at the regular term of the l:s m i Ss : Jr o>nary of said county, why Letters of q lVen 0n I’hould not be granted the applicant, triicf IXI V official signature, this Decem THE FOREST NEWS. The People llieir own Rulers; Advancement in Education, Science, Agriculture and Southern Manufactures. Notice. Q.EORGIA, JnrkNon < outy. \N hereas, upon application made to me in terms one-fifth of the qualified voters of the 2d‘2d District, G. M., of said county, asking that the sale of intoxicating liquors be restricted in said District— It is hereby ordered that an election be held in said District, at the usual place of holding elec tions in the same, on Thursday, tho 15th day of March, 1880. That those who favor restriction of the sale of intoxicating liquors, shall have written or printed on their ballots the words, “ for re striction, ’ and those who oppose shall have writ ten or printed on their ballots the words. “ against restriction.’ and that the managers of.said elec tion shall keep, or cause to be kept, duplicate list of voters and tally sheets, certify and sign the same, one of which shall be filed with the Clerk of the Superior Court of said county and the other forwarded without delay to his Excellency the Governor. Given under my official signature, this February 18th, 1880. feb2o H. W. BELL. Ord’y. Q.EORWIA, Jackson County. C. W. Mathews, ] Jackson C’t of Ord’v, vs. | March Term, 1880. John M. Mathews, } Application to cause Executor off titles to be made to Milton Mathews, I land, in pursuance of dec’d, and heirs at law J bond of testator. It appearing to the Court that Mary Niblack, Elizabeth Bostick. Caroline Gran I, Nancy Ed raunson and Elizabeth Mathews, all heirs at law of said deceased, reside without the State— It is ordered, that service he perfected upon said heirs at law. of the above application, by pub lication of this order once a week for four weeks in the Forest News, a paper published in Jeifer son, Jackson county, Ga. Given under my official signature, this January 28th, 1880. 11. \V. BELL. Ord’y. * PIANOS Stool, Uover and Book only $143 to aßSMiKnani 4255. Organs 13 Slops. 3 set Reeds. 2 Knee Swells, Stool. Book, only SOS. JJfegf'Tloli day Newspaper free. Address Daniel F. Beatty, Washington. N. J. AK.Vrs< WAY!’!:!! For the Best and Fastest-Selling Pictorial Books and Bibles. Prices reduced 33 per cent. National Publishing Cos., Atlanta. Ga. 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GERTIE CARNEGIE’S SONG. “ Ten minutes to ten—if I hurry I shall catch the ten-fifteen traiD, and may manage to be back to dinner, at two, mama.” So saying Gertie Carnegie, with deft fin gers, rolls up a piece of manuscript music, and then runs up stairs to equip herself for the expedition to town. Gerty is in deep mourning. Only five months ago she lost her brave, noble sailor father, a captain of an ocean steamer, that was lost, with all souls on board, among the ice-bergs. lie has left his widow and only child wholly unprovided for, and they have to depend up on their own exertions for the means of sub sistence. So Gerty, who is a brave girl as well as a pretty one, has thrown herself with her whole youthful energy into the task of teaching mu sic, and the other day has even attempted a composition ; it is a song set to Tennyson's “ Flow down, cold rivulet to the sea,” a very ambitious undertaking ; but what is there too high for the ambition of youth ? This precious work of art, neatly copied, she is now on the point of taking it up to London—she is living with her mother at Wimbledon—and her heart beats high as she gives herself up to the architecture of airy edi fices furnished with fame, success and pros perity. , She hurries to the Putney station and jumps into an empty-looking second-class carriage, and takes her seat witli her back to the loco motive. There’s no one with her in the carriage, so Gerty begins to sing her song, partly out of the fullness of her young heart, partly with the purpose of exercising her voice a little, for she hopes to be permitted to sing it to Mr. Doozy. She lias a clear and sympathetic mezzo-soprano, and, pleased with her own performance, repeats her song over and over again. Suddenly she is startled by a cough behind her—a manly cough, and, oh. horror! she be holds in the far corner of the adjoining com partment a man. Dreadful ! lias she been giving an uusn licited concert to this abominable stranger, who dares to sit there, and, with admiring im pertinence, take off his hat to her ? She feels inclined to cry with shame and mortification Luckily the train slackens speed at this moment, and in her hurry to get rid of tin man. Gerty is even willing to risk her life in an attempt of jumping out while the car is in motion, but the refractor}' window saves her. for, wrestle as she may, it refuses to slide down and permit her to open the door. “ Thank heavens !” she ejaculates as she rapidly passes through the crowd of passen gers, and hastens down toward the omnibus she descries at the entrance to the station. As Gerty nears her destination, she finds, to her dismay, that her roll of music, which she had fancied safe in her muff, has van shed. Tears rise to her eyes, and she desires the conductor to stop, for she must go back to the station and see—an infinitesimal chance—if she lost it on the way from the platform to the omnibus Of course she finds nothing—not a trace of the precious document, and, with dismay’, she remembers that she lias committed an imprudence to throw the rough copy into the fire. Poor Gerty, she asks one or two porters whether they’ have found anything, but they only replied with a stare of indifference and a half-contemptuous “No. miss,” and pass on ; so there remains nothing for her but to return home. “Oh, mama, I am the unluckiest girl in this hateful world,” and she sobs forth her pitiful tale. “ Well, my’ poor dear child, don’t cry about it,” her mother says soothingly ; “of course it’s very provoking, but, after all, it only en tails a second copying, and that 1 will do for you if you have not the heart to do it. Where is yonr rough copy ?” “ Burned, mama.” “ But, Gerty’, how silly’. How could you destroy it so thoughtlessly.” “ Oh, don’t scold, mama. Never mind, its gone—and—l’ll—never—write another,” poor Gerty, sobs in great woe. “Nonsense, you’ll remember every note of it, and just write it out again, that’s all.” “Never, mama. It is a bad omen, it tells me I’m not to succeed as a composer, so there’s an end to that dream. And now let us have 3orae dinner, and then I must go up to the terrace, and give ray lessons at Mrs. Harmon’s.” And Gerty dries her tears and tries to put on a cheerful face, and to do justice to the frugal repast that is presently’ set before her. In the afternoon she departs rather heavy hearted and with lagging steps, on her daily duty of teaching. At the Harmon’s she finds her two pupils, the twins, Winny and Ethel, in a state of glowing excitement. “ Oh, Miss Carnegie, papa has consented to our giving such a jolly party on the fifteenth, our birthday, you know. There’s to be a dinner party first, and then we are to have music and singing, and wind up with adanco. And you must come. It would be so kind if you would just sing a song or two, and Winny and I are to sing our duet, and then you must stay and join in the dancing with the rest of us—now do.” “ I don’t dance at present, y'ou know, Ethel, but I will come with pleasure and help you all I can to amuse your guests, and I’ll play for the dancing; then you need Dot engage any one. The fifteenth, you say ? That’s to morrow week. Very well—it will suit me perfectly.” And then the lessons are given, and Gerty returns home in the dark, drizzly January evening, forgetting all about the party, and thinking of nothing but her lost song. The week goes by, and on the eve of the party Mrs. Carnegie ask 9 : “ By the way, Gerty, what are you going to sing to morrow evening at the Harmon’s ?” “ Oh, I don’t know, mama. Anything that comes into my head at the time. It does not signify in the least. The people—the old ones I mean—will have eaten so much dinner that they’ll be content to doze at any ditty, and the young ones will wish it over as quick as possible, so as to commence the dancing. My singing will be merely a stop-gap, and the choice of the songs therefore immaterial. “ What a lovely girl ?” Tom Wentworth said tohiscousin, Ethel Harmon, nextevening as Gerty makes her appearance in the draw ing-room. “ Who b she ? I fancy I have seen her face before.’’ “ Yes, she does look lovely to-night. That black gauze dress sets off her brilliant com plexion,’’ Ethel rejoins. “ She is Miss Car negie, our music mistress, and I’ll introduce you to her presently. But you must come and sing first. You can spoon afterward. Come, i'll play your accompaniments if you like. What will you sing ? * Tom Bowling ?” “ No; I have sung that atevery" party" these la3t tluee years. I'll sing anew song, and play my own accompaniment by’ heart, thank you all the same, Etty.” And Mr Wentworth seals himself at the piano. “ What is that ?” “ Flow down, cold rivulet to the sea.” Gerty listens with straining ears. Is she dreaming ? tier own song! How dare any' one— But as she stands and listens, her heart beating fast, the tears come welling up to her eyes, and she hastily steps behind a window curtaion to hide her emotion. Mr. Wentworth has a good tenor voice, an 1 sings simply and unaffectedly, nnd with intelligent interpretation, and somehow Gcrtv is more affected by her own song than she has ever been before. The song ceases, and Gerty still stands lis ten ing. She hears the comments and plaudits of the song and the singer, and her heart exults. She steps from her hiding place presently’, and is immediately’ accosted by Ethel Har mon, with a request to take the now vacant seat at the piano. “ But first let me introduce my’ cousin, Mr. Wentworth, Miss Carnegie. Has he not a splendid voice, and did he not sing that lovely song splendidly’ ?” ‘‘Would y’ou object to telling me from whom you obtained that song, Mr. Wentworth ?” Gerty asks. “ Not at all. It was in the oddest way. I found it in front of a railway carriage at Waterloo station, probably’ dropped there by a young lady who had been singing it half a dozen times in the carriage, fancying herself alone, I imagine, and—” He comes to a full stop, and a look of amazed recognition comes into his face, as he notices Gerty’s confusion. “By Jove ! You are the young lady’. I’ve been wanting to find you ever since. I tried to trace you at the time, but you Ittd vanish ed, and I have been advertising for you the whole of last week. How is it you never read the advertisements ?” “ I never see the papers. lam so glad it is found, for I wanted to take it to the publishers.” “ Then it is your own composition. I had no idea of it. I thought it was simply some thingyou had been practicing for y’our singing lesson.” Gerty blushes crimson at the recollection of that absurd vocal journey up to Waterloo. Then the petition for a song from her being repeated she complies, and she sings and looks her very best, and Tom Wentworth gazes and listens in rapt admiration. Later on in the evening he persuades her to walk through a quadrill with him, and presently say’s: “ I’ll tell you what, Miss Carnegie, let me take your song to the publishers. lam per sonally acquainted with Mr. W , and although your c arming song can stand on its own merits, yet these publishers are ‘ kittle cattle,’ and perhaps I may be able to manage it better for ytn than you could yourself.” Gerty gladly accepted the offer. The song is published. Gerty does not know till many months later that it has been done at Tom’s expense, and the business necessitates so many interviews between the two young peo ple that nobody is very much surprised when, in the merry month of June, Gerty Carnegie is turned into Mrs. Thomas Wentworth. Signs and Portents. When tho crescent of the young moon sets supinely", its horns in the air, it is a sign of dry weather, because in this position it holds all the water, thus preventing its fall to the earth. This is also a sign of wet weather, the explanation in this ease being that a water ful moon is emblematic of a watersoaked earth. Don’t forget this sign of the new moon. It is rarely" you will find one so im partially accommodating. Whoever finds a four-leaved clover is generally" a liar. It is so ranch easier to detach one leaf from a five-leaf stalk than to hunt for one with four that the temptation to mendacity is too much for average clay’. When a mouse gnaws a hole in a gown some misfortune may be apprehended. The misfortune has already" happened to the gown, and may be apprehended to happen to the mouse. An old sign is that a child grows proud if suffered to look into a mirror while less than 12 months old. But what the average infant can see in a mirror to make it proud is difficult for any but its parents to understand. A red sky in the west at evening indicates that the next day will be pleasant, barring accidents of rain, snow and hail. Ify r ou take down your shingle, preparatory to putting it up in anew location, it is a sign y T ou are moving. If a hen runs across the street directly in front of you, it is a sign that a hen will soon be on the other side. If 9he crosses over just behind you—pshaw ! who ever knew a lien that wouldn’t die in her tracks rather than cross one's pathway in his rear ? When y r ou see a cat running around furious ly, it is a sign that the crockery and glassware is in danger. When you drop a knife and it sticks in the floor, it is a sign that someone i9 coming. If’you arc a small bov, that someone may" be y'our mother, and her coming be to remon strate with you with her slipper. To dream of a wedding is a sign of inani tion. To dream of a funeral betokens too much pork and cabbage. To dream of finding money betokens that it is easier to dream of finding money than to work for it. To dream that it is Sunday morning is heaven. To be suddenly awakened from j’our sweet est sleep to find that it is not Sunday is— that is to say, verj r disagreeable. It is a sign that you will be unhappy. A great many more equally infallible signs might be given, but the reader has probably had enough for one day. . The man who be lieves in signs is sufficiently credulous to believe that our knowledge in that line, as well as in every other line, is inexhaustible. An Even Thing. The other day two strangers were toasting their shins on opposite, sides of a big stove in a ferry wharf saloon, and it was noticed that they often looked at each other os if almost certain that they had met somewhere before. Finally one of them got up and said. “ Stranger. I’ve seen a face almost like yours. Did you ever have a brother Bill ?” “ Yes.” “ Was he a sailor ?” “ He was.” “ Did you hear of him last about ten years ago r “ Yes, just about ten years ago.” “ Stranger,” continued the first, seeming greatly affected, “ I’ve sailed with your brother Bill ? We were wrecked together on the Pacific, and before help came I had to kill and eat him ! I knew you must be related. I’m awful sorry it was your brother, and though I was driven to it and the law can't touch me, I’m willing to pay you damages. Be kinder fair with me, for Bill was old and tough. About how much do you think is fair ?” The other wiped a tear from his eye, spat across the stove, and replied : “ Stranger, where is your dad ?” “ Been dead these twelve \'ears.” “ Died in Nevada, didn’t he ?” “Y'es, out there somewhere.” “Well, 1 killed hjm! L knew you were his son the minute I saw you. He and I were in a mine, and one day as we were going up in the bucket I saw that the old rope was going to break under the strain. When we were up about two hundred feet I picked up your old dad and dropped him over. It was bad on him, but it saved me. Now, you ate ray brother Bill, and I murdered your dad. and I guess we’d better call it even and shake to see who pays for the drinks.” They shook, drank, and the old lake Cap tains who could not tell a lie had to sit back and realize how sad it was that they were born with such tender consciences. —Detroit Free Press Judging Don’t judge a man by bis failure in life, for many a man fails because he is too hon est to succeed. Don’t judge a man by his speech, for the parrot talks, but the tongue is but an instru ment of sound. Don’t judge a man by the house he lives in, for the lizard and the rat often tnhabit the grandest structure. S TERMS, $1.50 PER ANNUM. I 1 SI.OO For Six Months. Our Superstition*. WUAT OLD LADIES SAT ARB Tffß w The following superstitions, handed down by tradition, are yet fervently believed la many parts of America : N\ liitc pecks on the nail 9 are luck. W hoever reads epitaphs loses his memory. To rock the cradle when empty is inju rious to the child. To eat while a bell is tolling for a funeral causes toothache. The crowing of a hen indicates some ftp* preaching disaster. When a mouse gnaws a hole, some mLr fortune may be apprehended. He who has teeth wide asunder must seek his fortune in a distant land. W hoever finds a four-leaf trefoil—shamrock —should wear it for luck. Beggar’s bread should be given to.children who are slow learning to speak. If a child less than twelve months old be brought into a cellar, lie becomes fearful. When children play soldier on the road side, it forebodes the approach of war. A child grows proud if suffered to look into the mirror while less than twelve month*. old. lie who proposes moving into a newhous® must first send in bread and anew broom. Whoever sneezes at an early hour either hears some news or receives some present the same day. The first tooth cast by a child should be swallowed by the mother, to insure anew growth of teeth. Buttoning the coat awry, or drawing on a, stocking inside out, causes matters to go. wrong during the day. By bending the head to the hollow of tha arm the initial letter of one’s future spouse! is represented. W omen who sow flaxseed should, during the process, tell some confounded lies, other wise the yarn will never bleach white. When women are stuffing beds, tbo rnetv should not remain in the house, otherwise the feathers will come through the ticks. \V hen a person enters a room ho should! be obliged to sit down, if only for a moment,, as he otherwise takes away the children’*, sleep with him. The following are omens of death: A dog’s scratching on the floor or howling in a peculiar manner, and owls hooting in tbe neighborhood of the house. Domestic harmony must be preserved when> washing-day comes, in order to insure fin* weather, which is indispensable, as that cer emony is usuall} 7 performed out of doom*. The Greatest Attraction. A young man took his sweetheart to the' axposition with a cold blooded determina-. tion. lie showed her the dog show. * This,’ said he, * is one of the best things.' in the exposition.’ lie conducted her to the place whereboan-- tiful Borneo Appollos holds forth. * This,’ said he, *is one of the sights here; which is very interesting.’ He then explained the two great engine# seen in the industrial part ®f the building. He showed her the art gallery and that, pretty picture in the press room which is called ‘ Farewell to the Forest,’ and whiob every lady who sees it wishes to carry it off. ‘ This picture,’ he explained, * exhibits a gem of female loveliness, and few thing*! could be prettier. The greatest attraction I have reserved for the last. It is by far the most unique thing in the building.’ The young lady became very much interested aa. he led her np stairs and expatiated on the beauties of the unknown object. Soon they stood before the large mirror he paused, and so did she. Then, with a cold; blooded explanation, worthy of a better cause, lie pointed into the mirror at the young lady’s reflection and said : ‘That, I think, is the boss attraction in the exposition.* *lt is strange,’ she murmured, among hor blushes. ‘ that one glass should mirror both; the greatest and the least attraction at tha same time.’ A Common Mistake. It is a great mistake to suppose that littfo> can be accomplished if a man has reached the age of thirty” or forty years. Nine-tenth©i of our clever men have actually exhibited, more vigor of intellect at fifty years of age than at forty. Franklin was forty when h© began in real earnest the study of Natural' Philosophy. The Principal of one of the most flourishing colleges in America was * farm servant until past the age when most students have compeleted their collegiate education. Sir Henrj’Spelmandid not begiDi the study of science until ho was between’ fifty and sixty years of age. Greek was th. first foreign language which Cato, fcbo cele-. brated Roman censor, acquired, and he did; so in his old age. Alfieri, who, writing, has caused a revolution! in the dramatic litera ture of Italy, was left without a father in infancy, and wasted his early years. John, Ogilby. the anther of poetical translation* from Virgil and Homer, began the study of Latin when about forty years of age, ami Greek in his forty-fourth. Boccacio, one of the most illustrious writers that ever appear-' ed in Italy, suffered nearly half of his life to. pass without improvement. Handel was forty-eight before he published any of hi* great works. I)r. Thoraa9 Arnold, ofßugbj’. learned German at forty, in order that he, might read Niebuhr in the original. Cases are known where the bod ies of person % after death have turned to stone, but there ar* few cases of the petrification of living persons/ A three-year-old child, however, was the subject of a medical clinio. at Cleveland, 0., a few days ago, who ts{ rapidly becoming petrified. Its flesh \% described as cold and almost as hard as tnarhle. The only muscles over which it has any control whatever are those of the eve 9 and lips. This is the thirty-fifth case of the kind knowsi in medical history, and it is the most re markable one of them all, for the reason thafc it is the only one in which the petrfleatien extended to’all parts of the body. The cau* of this remarkable disease is unknown, hntljt is supposed to result from perverted nfutrt; ticn. NUMBER 33.