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m ; - - ■ -JL.-L-J-—"JU - Lli - -‘-JLLI "A*. 1 . —ll THE FOREST NEWS. | cf)N CO. PUB. COM’Y, ) r proprietors. \ IftfE V. I'ftWreD EtEßt EUltAt. I < HOWARD, Editor and Publisher, KtfSOlV, JACKSON CO GA. ■ g. COB- PUBLIC SQUARE, UP-STAIRS, f^ ls 0F subscription. ft .4 "1!””*."*.’."...*.. "so I Ltv Club of an ex- Eftho paper will be given. I aiTES OF ADVERTISING. . In. uß per square (often lines or less) M insertion, aud. SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS .“übsequent.insertion. . - is /* space of one inch, measured in column. 1 \#rtwements sent without specifica t a X,cr thermit, publihed TILL and charged £ nf <s or Cards. ofsfec lines! ;' n wDorXAlts per anndm; and. where . ~x rn r,i ten lines, Tux Dollars. jieijiif lilocrtiseiuenls. Notice- ~ \ Jackson County. rets, upon application made to me in terms krone-fifth of the qualified voters of the strict, G. M., of said county, asking that of intoxicating liquors be restricted in hereby ordered that an election he held in strict, at the usual place of holding elec ] the same, on Thursday, the Ist day of I§so. That those who favor restriction of e of intoxicating liquors, shall have written ted on their ballots the words, “ for re n," and those who appose shall have writ rinted on their ballots the words, “ against ion." and that the mer gers of said elec ill keep, or cause to bifkept, duplicate list r and tally sheets, certify and sign the one of which shall be filed with the Clerk Superior Court of said county and the forwarded, without delay to his Excellency rernor. . . , nunder my official signature, this February' 880. feb2o 11. W. HELL. Ord’y. IIKIIIA, Jackson C’ouuly. mas, Louisa Millsaps, Executrix of Mar iiilsips, late of said county, dec'd, repre to the Court, by .her petition duly filed, tliat is fully administered the estate of said dc -lin teriki of the law, aud is entitled to a ir ?f- . y >is to erf. all concerned, kindred and cretl to show cause, if any they can. pn the first inn April, 1380. at the tegular term of the iof Ordinary of said county, why Letters of lssimi should not be granted the applicant, w under my official signature, this Deccm -14187!). lb AV. HELL, Only. r. E. £. DIXON, G-ainesville, Ga.. Wholesale and Rethil Dealer in MS and MEDICLYES, wist id oils, TOILET SOAPS, ‘erfumery, Allies, Tootti ani Hair Busies, Combs, wiktesss, ttVDlis &• whiskies, AfcD AEUKLNDS OP p uggists Sundries. Jpul.hc will find my stock of' MEDICINES ■re, warranted GENUINE, and of the best > nov 21 I l ' I. 1!. PENUERGHASS’ pv DRUG STORE, Jefferson, G-a. rj over Pendergrass, Son & Cos. 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Y. 6 N 30 DAY S T RIAL We will send our Electro-Voltaic Belts and other Electric Appliances upon trial for 30 days to those suffering front Nervous Debility, Rheumatism, Paralysis or any diseases of the Liver or Kidneys, AND MANY OTHER DIRE\SES. .4 Sure Cure </miranteed or nd pay. Address VOLTAIC BELT CO.. Marshall. Mich. [i)F27 Chicago Ledger. Established 1873. The Leading Literary Paper ot the West. Only $1.50 a Year. SP°| A Year. $| !0 A Year. sp° Hear. s|“ Hear. $| 50 A Year. SI 50 A Veer. SP" A Year. The Chicago Ledger Is now ap pro aching the close of the seventh year of its existence, having been establisfied in tho winter of 1873. The Ledger was started by its pres ent conductors with some misgiv ings as to the success of the enter prise. Many literary ventures of a kindred character had been made in the Western metropolis, and miser ably failed. The sea of journalism was strewn with the wrecks of stranded newspaper enterprises. Others that were living, but strug gling for a precarious existence, have sinco yielded to inevitable fate and gone down, leaving Thi Ledges to day the only weekly story-paper printed in Chicago. * The Ledgeb has not attained the plane of success upon which it now solidly rests without earnest, well directed effort. Its conductors have labored earnestly and persistenUy not only to make it an excellent lit erary journal, but also to make the reading world acquainted with it. Thousands upon thousands of dol lars have been expended in bringing its merits to the attention of the reading public. In fact. The Ledges has been the most extensively-ad vertised newspaper in the West. The publishers have a feeling of pride at the success that has at tended their efforts to build up a first-class literary paper in the cap ital city of the West. The circula tion, already large, is rapidly grow ing, and by the Ist day of January will be not less than 25,000. The publishers do not mean to relax their efforts to make The Ledger the best weekly newspaper in the West, but intend to persevere in the work, and during the coming months will still further increase its value and usefulness. • The weekly contents of The Ledg er embrace, in addition to its serial novels, several short stories; a Home and Family Doctor department, em bracing letters from women of ex perienced heads and hands.on house hold and kitchen economy, home adornment, the management of children, and recipes for the cure of many of the ills to which flesh is heir; a Young Folks’ department; a department devoted to Current Lit erature, consisting of choice excerpts from the latest magazines; a Scien tific department, giving the latest intelligence in regard to new discov eries. mechanical Inventions, etc.; also biographical sketches, historic papers, travels, poetry, and a mass of short articles on miscellaneous topics. Address THK LEDGER, C Lica4£o, ill. Snbscrlptions to the THE CHICAGO LEDGER will be received at this office. Notice to Land Buyers. IHAYE-a small farm in about one mile of Jef ferson, on the Athens road, that I offer for sale on good terms. For particulars, apply at this of fice, or to E. J. Sharpe, or to the undersigned. Feb. 27th, 1880. N. W. CARITHERS. JEFFERSON. JACKSON COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY. MARCH 5. ISSO. TIRED MOTHERS. A little elbow leans upon yonr knee Y our tired knee that has so much, to bear — A child'll dear eyes are looking lovingly From underneath a thatch of tangled hair. Perhaps you do not heed the velvet touch Of warm, moist fingers holding yours so tight, \ ou do not prize the blessings overmuch— \ ou almost are too tired to pray to-night. Hut it is blessedness! A. year ago I did not see it as I do to-day— We are all so dull and thankless, and too slow To catch the sunshine till it slips away. And now it seems surpassing strange to me 1 hat while I wore the badge of motherhood I did not kiss more oft and tenderly The little child that brought rue only good. And if, some night, when you sit down to rest, You miss the elbow on your tired knee— -1 his restless curly head from off" your breast, This lisping tongue that chatters constantly; If from your own the dimpled hands had slipped, And ne’er would nestle in your palm again, If the white feet into the grave had tripped— I could not blame you for your heartache then. I wonder that some mothers ever fret At their dear children clinging to their gown ; Or that the footprints, when the days are wet, Are ever black enough to make them frown. If I could find a little muddy boot, Or cap, or jacket, on my chamber floor— If I could kiss a rosy, restless foot And hear it patter in my house once more; If I xcould mend a broken cart to-day, To-morrow make a kite to reach the sky, There is no woman in God’s world could say She was more blissfully content than I! But ah ! the dainty pillow next my own Is never rumpled by a shining head! My singing birdling from its nest has Hown— The little boy I used to kiss is—dead. HIS SECOND WIFE. These wise people—these who manage their neighbors’ affairs in theory much better than they do their own in practice—shook their heads in solemn conclave when Mr. Hepworlh married the second time; hut an added shade of venom was in their councils when the village paper noticed, in a paragraph. the birth of a son and heir at the great house. “ Poor Clarice.” the}’ said. “ has no choice now. It was bad enough when Hepworth married a chit of a girl, who, of course cared for nothing but his great wealth ; but now there is a son, there is no hope for poor Clar ice.” A young, fair woman, herself in the very spring time of life, yet having already taken the holy lies of wife aud mother into her pure heart, knelt in one of the rooms of the great house—knelt to bring her beautiful face nearer to the cradle upon which rested the soft, delicate cheek of her baby boy. A low knock at the door aroused her, and, rising to her feet, she answered the summons. Upon the threshold stood a woman a few years older than herself, who led by tho hand an exceedingly handsome boy who had seen two summers only. The woman was poorly dressed in a shabby mourning suit, but the pretty little child wore dainty white garments. “ Did you wish to see me ?’’ Mrs. Ilep worth asked, smiling sweetly on the child. “ May I come in ?” was the woman’s ques tion in return. “Certainly, you look tired,” said Mrs. Hepworth. The stranger accepted the chair offered, and sadly looked around the room. “ Everything is altered,” she said in a mournful voice. “ Perhaps I had better stay away. Mrs. Ilepworth, you have heard of Clarice Menderson ?” “ I have not,” was the reply. “I am almost a stranger here. We have been traveling ever since I married, till a few months ago.” “ And you never heard of me 1” said the stranger, the tears rising in her eyes. “ Then ray errand here is indeed hopeless. If, in his new happiness as your husband my father never spoke my name, it is useless to hope he will forgive me.” “ Your father ! Mr. Ilepworth your father ? He told me he bad lost his only daughter.” “ Not that I was dead ; I was lost to him by my own disobedience. You love my father ? M Just a smile, proud, happy and tender, answered her. “ Then you will understand me,” said Clarice, " when I tell you I loved my husband better than father, home or duty. Father would not hear of our marriage, and sternly forbade me to speak to Lucien Menderson, assuring me that lie was a fortune-hunter, a gambler, and unworthy of my love. I would not believe this. To me be was the noblest and the best of men, and for him I left all to fly secretly from home and father. I have been bitterly punished. “ I spare you the history of the four years of married misery’ that followed. Then my husband and eldest child died of contageous fever. Three months later, on the very day this boy was born, I heard of my father’s marriage. I returned here, hoping for pardon, but the bouse was shut up. When you came, I determined to make one more effort for forgiveness, hoping that you would plead for __ . 99 me. “ If my praying will keep you here, Clarice, you shall not leave your father’s house again. Mr. Hepworth is in the library, and I will speak to him at once.” “ Cheer up, Clarice,” said the lady, bravely; “ what !b your little boy’s name V' “ Stephen. It was the name of my brother who died. My first child was called after father.” ‘'Stephen,” said Mrs. Hepworth, opening her arm 9, “ come here, darling, and kiss your grandmother.” The child sprang at once to the lovely grandmother, kissing her over and over again. Putting him into his mother’s arms, the young wife lifted her own babe from the cradle and left the room. In the darkly-furnished library, Mr. Hepworth was leaning back in his easy chair. A light step aroused him from his reverie, and his wife stood before him. Her husband opened his arms to caress her, and laughed as he said: “ Oh, these mothers 1 Do you suppose, madam, that babies are admitted Into the sanctums of legal gentlemen T* “ I do,” said the mother, “if the legal gentlemen have the additional honor of being their papas.” “Did you know, Harold,” said Meta, her lips quivering slightly as she felt the deep import of her words, “ that this is my birth day, and you have given me no present ?” “ You are impatient, little wife,” he answered, thinking of the costly bauble that was to come without fail by noon. “ But I would like to choose my own gift,” she persisted. “ What can I give my rosebnd that she has not already ?” Does not your office include the power of pardon V* she asked, her bright, sweet face paling with earnestness. “In a limited degree it does,” he replied : “ but, dear one. I shouldn’t like it to be known that I show clemency to a criminal upon your solicitations. Yon would bo constantly an noyed by the loving relatives of scamps trying to move ine to pity through your interces sion.” “ But this is not a case of roguery, Harold —only a true penitent; one who erred in extreme youth, was led from a path of duty hj’ a love as true as our own, but mistaken ; oh, dear husband, do you not know for whom I would plead ? Cannot you guess for whom I would beg ?” “ Clarice ?” he asked hoarsel}-; “ who has toll you of her ?” “ She has come herself to seek your for- giveness.” “ She is here ?” “ Yes. Y'ou will forgive her ? For the sake of our own boy, Harold, let this be a home for her and Stephen.” “Stephen?” he cried, starting. “ Her son. Her husband i9 dead. Sho is widowed, poor and lonely. Let her return to you home and your love, Harold.” There was a moment of silence, and the mother softly carried the strong right hand of her husband in her own until it rested upon the bead of the babe in her arms. He looked down and said : “ I grant your birthday wish, Meta. Take me to Clarice.” With a tender, loving kiss upon the hand that still rested upon the child’s head, Meta led the way back to her own pretty sitting room, where the daughter awaited the result of the errand. As she heard the steps coming across the wide hall toward the room where she was seated, her agitation became too great for patient waiting, and she stood up, bolding her child by the hand, her breath coming in quick, panting sobs, her eyes dilated with suspense, and her whole figure quivering with emotion. It was this eager face that met the father’s eyes as he opened the door—tho face of the child to whom he had given the strength of love of 3 r ears. There was a cry of: “ Father, dear, dear father.” And they were folded fast in each other’s arms, while Meta drew wondering Stephen into an inner room and closed the door. The gossips are divided in their opinions as to the amount of hatred and jealousy existing between the young widowed daughter and the young wife at the great house, but it would be quite beyond the power of their narrow minds to understand the true sisterly love that exists between Clarice Menderson and Mr. Hepworth’s second wife. The Cotton Crop. A New Orleans telegram to the World says the cotton receipts are falling off in compari son with those of the same time last 3 r ear, and the prevailing opinion now is that the crop will be about 5,000,000 bales, distributed among the States as follows : Florida, 75,- 000; Georgia, 750,000; Alabama, 725,000 ; Mississippi, 975,000; Louisiana, 600,000 ; Texas, 900,000; South Carolina. 350,000 ; Tennessee, 225,000; Arkansas, 350,000; Vir ginia, Missouri, Illinois, etc., 50,000. This cotton will probably average to the producers and middle-men, in round numbers, about $275,000,000. Of this vast sum about $200,- 000,000 will be put to the credit of our ex change account with foreign countries. f Causes of Insanity. A table in the last report ot tho Utica State Insane Asylum, giving the occupations of the patients, shows by far the largest number (282 in a total of 410) whose occupation was known were farmers’ housekeepers, meaning, we suppose, farmers’ wives, laborers and do raestic servants. This illustrates that a monotonous and toilsome life, with little or no relaxation or recreation, is more liable to unsettle the mind aud destroy the reason than a life of greater mental and social activity. Most of the patients were native Americans, and married. Their age3 in the main were from twenty to forty ; very few wero illiterate ; but very few also had more that a common school education. In 427 cases bnt 122 In herited any taint of insanity ; 263 patients remained not over six months, and 141 nut over two months, showing that the malady was not severe. Intemperance was a minor cause—eleven per cent. Female disorders caused about twelve per cent., while the prime cause iu the larger number of cases was ill-health, stimulated by overwork, grief, anxiety and sleeplessness. To tho causes cited above which encourage mental dis turbances we would add dyspepsia, due to poor or ill-cooked food. In this connection we would refer to the admirable paper on health of Massachusetts farmers, by Dr. J. F. Adams, of Pittsfiold, in the report of the Massachusetts State Board of 1874. in which a large amount of interesting data is given, regarding the ill-health of the farmers, and especially of their wives and daughters. Over work, exposure, poor food, unsanitary dwel lings, impure water, unventilated bedrooms and insufficient recreation, are all mentioned as the chief causes of sickness among this class. It is denied that fanners are spocially liable to insanity, yet it is added that causes of insanity are not altogether wanting, as shown by the eighty-one farmers admitted to asylums the year before. The farmer lives amid more natural conditions than the artisan, business or professional man. But. while he escapes intellectual strain, he labors too inces santly and joylessly, and frets and worries about his crops, his stock and his mortgages. The remedy is more recreation and less work. Then tho farmer may lost; his reputation for chronic grumbling. —Sanitary Engineer. Alexander Dumas. Some years ago a merchant of Lyons was returning from Paris to his natal city. In the same compartment with him sat a tall fellow, lively, talkative, ami full of gascon nade, but on the whole, the best and most amusing traveling companion one could wish for. On alighting at Lyons, the merchant, charmed by the talking manner, and by the gaiety of his neighbor, exclaimed : “By Jove, sir, I am glad to have made your acquaintance ! You arc a good fellow —a charming fellow ! Can’t you talk though 1 Come, let us make a trade, will you ?” “ Well, what kind of a trade ?” “Comeand dine with me; at the dessert we will speak about it. I have an idea—will you come ?” “Very well—but I will pay my share; I insist upon it.” “As you please ; what an amazing fellow he is I Ah, but I like you !” they took dinner together, during which the merchant offered the tall fellow a position as commercial traveler for his house ; that was his idea. “You have just the qualities roquired,” said he ; “ you will make your way.” “But, my dear sir—“ “ Come now ; how do you live ?” “ Pooh, on very little !” “ Well, how much do you make a year in your branch ?” “ From 20 to 80,000 francs.” “ Goodness sakes alive ! hut what do you do ?” asked the other, disappointed. “ Oh, I scribble on sheets of paper with a pen !” “ Ah, bah—you are joking again, yon rogue ! But what is your name ?” “ Alexander Dumas 1” Tableau. Hottest Spot on Earth. One of the hottest regions on the earth is along the Persian Gulf, where little or no rain falls. At Bahrin the arid shore has no fresh water, yet a comparatively numerous popula tion contrive to live there, thanks to the co pious springs which break forth from the bot tom of the sea. The fresh water is got by diving. The diver, sitting in his boat, winds a great goatskin bag around his left arm, the hand grasping its mouth ; then takes in his right hand a heavy stone to which is attached a strong line, and thus equipped be plunges in and quickly reaches the bottom. Instant ly opening the bag over the strong jet of fresh water, he springs up the ascending current, at the same time closing the bag, and is helped aboard. The stone is then hauled up, and the diver, after taking breath, plunges again. The source of the copious sub-marine springs is thought to be in the green hills of Osman, some five or six hundred miles dis taut. S TERMS, $1.50 PER ANNUM* l SI,OO For Six Months, A Significant Incident. In one of battles of tbe late war, jeMf Doctor D—, then a volunteer captain in tin Union Army, led his men up to a hand fight with a Confederate regiment. “ I never,” said the captain, •* had killed * man before. It was a mass of men I fonght-r—. an idea, the whole South—not tbe individ ual. “ When I found myself, therefore, slasfe ing away at a stout, fellow, whs* might be some woman's husband, and soma child’s father, I confess my courege gav* way. 1 actually shut my eyes os I hacked desperately at him with my sword. His trta fell helplessly, and lie dropped fronjk hie horse. * • " An hour later, I saw ldm in the surgooiCe tent. The arm had been amputated and lay upon the floor. As the man was carried away I saw on one of the Angers a ring car* ved out of cannel coal. It looked to me lit** a child's work, and I drew it off and followed the wounded soidier, determining to restore it. But in the confusion of the battle-field | lost sight of him.” The sequel to this story is a9 follows > In the summer of 1878, when the yellow fe ver was raging in,the South, Dr. D— was one of the Northern physicians who answered the call for aid. He went to Memphis and laborod foo weeks among the sick and dying. Among the patients brought to the hospital was Colonel C—, a man with but one arm. Something familiar in the man’s hones% face troubled our doctor. He gave his con stant care to him, both nursed and for him, and finally saw him recover. two men became warmly attached; One evening, when the Colonel was able, to leave his bed, they took supper together. Dr. D— suddenly drow from his pocket % black ring and laid it on the table. Why, this is mine 1” exclaimed the Cofi.. onel. “My boy Dick out that fof me thfcK teen years ago.” " Then it was I who put off- your said D—, The men arose and faced- each other el*, lently a moment, and then their hands, raefc in a hearty clasp. The.strife was over, an<fc the true men were true brothers again. A Slap that Was Paid fop. Rude fun ought to cost the. maker, some* thing—and it generally does. In this caao, the offender gets off easier than he had any right to expect, after his inexcusable assault. Says, the Cape Ann. Advertiser: Not many months ago a party of Bostoft gentlemen came to this city and went on * fishing party. Some of them got pretty Jolly, one in particular, who, seizing one of tho, codfish which they had caught, walked np the wharf. He soon espied a veteran fisherman, who was sawing wood, and under the ina* pulse of the moment fetched him a whack, across the face with the codfish. In a moment he was sobered, The gen erous impulse of a noble heart throbbed in hie josom. He felt that bo had done t mean, ungeutlcinanly act, and he meant to atna* for it then and there. Taking out a ten-dollar bill, he profeted fjt to the,veteran, saying: “Accept this, and let it wipe out any loctions of the cowardly blow I straok yoo, as I did not mean to do it, and am very aorvw' for it.” The veteran took the bill, his faoe beam ing with mingled astonishment and delight, and making a bow, remarked: “See here, stranger, you can wipe me over, the face all day long with a codfish, at ton dollars a lick ! I don’t bear you a mite ill-will, I don’t. I rather like your style. When are you coming again?” And that settled it. Ijt was luoky for the. gav joker that his victim was of thick mate rial enough to take money for an insult. Cutting Oranges and Apples. To cut the orange, make two parallel outs, through the skin only, leaving a continuous’ band about an inch wide round the body cf the orange. Remove the rest of the peel* Cut through the divisions, and gently foro* the whole open, and out, leaving each too-' tion detached from the others, but .still fast to the band of peel. The apple is cut by setting the blade of ft narrow, sharp-pointed knife in the oblique position of the intended cut, and pushing it, poiut first, directly to the core. When the cuts arc so made, tho apple will come apart in a very pretty manner. Care must be taken not to let the knife slip through' the apple, into tho hand. Here is a good though not anew way to cut an apple so that it will look whole anc{ unmarked while in tho dish, but, when pared,' will fall to pieces without being cut with a knife: Take a fine noodle and a thin, gtrsag thread ; insert the needle at the stem of tb6 apple in such a way that the poiut will oomo out again away from tlie stem and a short distance from the first insertion ; pall tbf needle and thread through very carefully, as not to break the skin or enlarge the holes.' leaving a few inches of thread hanging as the stem. Then put the needle back into the second hole, thrust it in the same direc tion as before, bringing out the point still farther from the stem, and again pull the thread through. Go on in this way straight around the apple, and, when the thread comes out at the stem, pull it by both ends very carefully, until it lias cut entirely through, and comes out of tlm apple. If pared now, the fruit would fall in halves; but, by work* ing the thread round under the skin as befoiet at right angles to the first cut, and agatai pulling the thread quite through at the stem l the apple will fall into quarters. After a little practice, tbo cutting can ha (lone so skillful that only a very keen ey* will he able to find out how it was accom plished. The recent session of the State Agf'.cul* tural Society decided to hold no fair this* fall, as the presidential election will be fch# absorbing question this year. The society will hold its fall session at Hartwell, on 4o| 10th of August. —Sorik Georgian. NUMBER 39.