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oB EBT S. HOWARD,) Editor and Publisher. ( OLIIME yi. £eijnt liioertiscmcuts. Commissioner’s Sale. y v j rt uc of an order of the Superior Court of |hj. lC k>on county, Ga., passed at the August I", isso, there will be sold, before the Court ,'jifoor in Jefferson, said county, during the ■Fi hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in De- Ilsernext. the following property, to-wit: A Ilot of land, situate in said county, within f i mile of the town of Jefferson, bounded on forth by the road leading from Jefferson to | rrenceville. on the east by a branch dividing I lot from lands of T. L. Ross. on the south bv r“. 0 f J. E. Randolph, on the West by land of I \. Ross, containing seven acres, more or 1 On said lot is a small framed cabbin. Al | the same time and place, will be sold acer- I] o t. situate in Jefferson, in said county, known r lt)C Mcbester Hatter-Shop lot, adjoining the I- m-rgrass store-house on the south, on the east lot occupied by M. C. Few, on the west front | street, on the north by lot occupied by M. C. IV. containing one-fourth of an acre, more or I On said lot is a good brick building and two fjl wooden buildings. Said two lots sold as | property of F. M. Bailey and J. L. Bailey, for | ]Mirpose of dividing the proceeds. The sale to [ ondncted by the undersigned Commissioners, j minted by the Court for that purpose. P. G. THOMPSON, J. E. RANDOLPH, J. A. B. MAHAFFEY, Commissioners. Administrator s Sale. BV virtue of an order of the Court of Ordinary of Jackson county, Ga., will be sold at pub r out-cry, to the highest bidder, before the Court louse door at Jefferson, in said county, within ie legal hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in teceinber, 1880, the following property, to-wit : l Tract of land in said county whereon Samuel , lirooks, deceased, formerly resided, lying on waters of Pond Fork river, adjoining lands of iliam Gritfeth. Charles T. Glenn and others, ir the old Brooks mill place now owned by the idGriffeth, said tract containing one hundred 1 eighty-five acres, more or less. All of said md is in original forest and old field pine. The ice is without improvements, but is located in good neighborhood and has a considerable quan y of good farming land on it in addition to any [fount of fine timber, and an excellent water wer, capable of running saw mill, gin and other ichinery. The place will be shown to parties siring to look over it by AY. Gritfeth, AY. L. imlolph or Jesse Carter. Sold as the property Samuel M. Brooks, late of said county, dec’d, r the purpose of paying the expenses of admin ; ration and for distribution among the heirs-at if of said deceased. Terms cash. AV. L. GILMER, Adm’r of the estate of Samuel M. Brooks, dec’d. Administrator’s Sale. HiRKEABLY to an order of the Honorable A Court of Ordinary of Jackson county, Ga., nil be sold at public out-cry, to the highest bid j r. before the Court House door at Jefferson, in aid county, during the legal hours of sale, on the - t l\>v..-Jay in December, 1880, the following Mpettv, to-wit: A tract of land lying in the unities of Jackson and AValton, on the south do of Barber's creek, containing one hundred bos, more or less, originally granted to Maraby. v 1 land is located in a pleasant community in neighborhood of Jug Tavern, and has upon it isplendid dwelling house nearly completed in od workman style, one tenant house, new gar !i and splendid young orchard, stables and corn ribs and very good lumber house: some thirty •thirty-five acres of the place fresh cleared land nder a good fence, and the balance in original rest timber. Said place the one whereon the tie Mrs. Caroline Cosby resided at the time of r death. Sold as the property of Mrs. Frances aniline Cosby, late of said county of Jackson, ceased, for the purpose of paying the debts and b distribution among the heirs-at-law of said de mised. Terms cash. AVI ELI AM P. COSBY, Adm'r on the estate of Frances C. Cosby, dec’d. Jackson Sheriff’s Sale. W r ILL be sold, on the first Tuesdaj r in Decem ber next, before the Court House door in i town of Jefferson, Jackson county, Ga., with tho legal hours of sale, the following property, | -wit : Fifty acres of land, more or less, on the iters of North Oconee river in said county, ad ding lands of W. C. I’otts. C. W. Hood’s mill 'lit and the homestead exemption of James 11. mis, being the place whereon James 11. Burns "■resides. On said land is a good two-story 'lined house with eight rooms and four chimneys, • od kitchen and other out-buildings; about tif pen acres in cultivation, the remainder in old elds and forest; said lands lying within one wth of a mile of what is known as the Burns v'ill. Levied on as the property of James H. irns. by virtue of and to satisfy a ii. fa. issued '°m the Superior Court of said county in favor of din X. Montgomery and Rufus Maroney. Exec utors of Robert XV. Prewitt, dec’d, vs. said J. 11. Jurns. Fi. fa. now controlled by I). J. Chandler, property pointed out by plaintiff’s attorney, M. Fittman. Written notice served on J. H. ; !Irns . defendant in fi. fa. and tenant in posses- Sl °n, as the law directs. T. A. McELIIANNON, Sh’ff. Jackson Sheriff’s Sale. \V ILL be sold, at public out-cry, to the highest ' bidder, on the first Tuesday in December V before the Court House door in the town of itterson, Jackson county, Ga., within the legal ' urs ol sale, the following property, to-wit: '>' tract or parcel of land, containing sixty-five ll ’ res < more or less, lying in said county, and ’Wn as the place whereon Thomas Dalton re ' ’'‘ iat the time of his death. Twenty-five acres ; ll ‘ woods, the remainder in cultivation and of it in bottom land. There is also a ""1 dwelling and out-buildings. All situated on T Jefferson and Lawrcnceville road, and adjoin lands of James B. Lyle, George Moon and li. i Crs ‘ Levied on as the property of Thomas ,l j on late of said county, to satisfy a fi. fa. is u'l from the Justice Court of the 243d District, • -L. of Jackson county, in favor of D. R. Lyle '• lhomas Dalton. Property pointed out by the : aiiu 'i] in fi. f a . Levy made and returned to me ; 1 X. McMillan, L. C. Notice given to the ‘-Hants in possession as the law directs. T. A. McELIIANNON, Sh’ff J. C. (JEORGU, Jackson County. hcreas, ('. F. Holiday, Administrator on the ( ' tate °f t. M. Holiday, late of said county, dc applies for leave to sell the land and real l belonging to the estate of said dec’d— - bis is to cite all concerned, kindred and cred : to show cause, if any they can, at the regu -4r term of the Court of Ordinary of said county, 1 bie first Monday in December, 18S0. why said should not he granted the applicant. 'oven under my official signature, Oct. 23d, 11. W. BELL, Ord'y. Q-HhKGLI, Jackson County. r '' hereas. G. R. Duke applies to me, in proper ■‘Jii. for Letters of Administration on the estate L- J. Daniel, late of said county, dec'd — . lllls is to cite all concerned, kindred and cred .l.ors' to show cause, if any they can, on the first :J 0n( Jay in December. 18S0, at the regular term of e Lourt of Ordinary of said county’, why said '-ers should not be granted. ,|Vcn under my official signature, Nov. 3d, v>) - 11. W. BELL. Ord y. Administrator’s Sale. PURSUANT to the last will and testament of Daniel AA heeler, late of Jackson county, Ga.. dec’d, will be sold, within the legal hours of sale, before the Court House door in said county, on the first Tuesday in December next, the follow ing property, to-wit: One tract of land lying in said county, on Graverly creek, one mile north of the Hurrican Shoals, and within two miles of the North Eastern Rail Road, adjoining lands of Da vid Gilleland, Alsa Moore, King and others; the place whereon Daniel Wheeler resided at the time of his death, containing two hundred and eighty five acres, more or less. On said tract are rea sonably good buildings—dwelling house, tenant’s houses, &c. About eighty acres in cultivation, balance of said land in original forests and old pine fields; twenty acres good bottom land, most ly in cultivation. Sold for the purpose of making distribution among the heirs of said dec’d. Terms cash. J. C. AA'HEELER, Adm’r de bonis non, witli will annexed, of Dan'l AVheeler, deceased. Jackson Sheriff’s Sale. WILL be sold, before the Court Housedoorin the town of Jefferson. Jackson county, Ga., at public out-cry, to the highest bidder, on the first Tuesday in December next, within the legal hours of sale, the following described property, to-wit : One tract of land, containing twenty-five acres, more or less, lying in said county, on the the waters of Turkey creek, about one mile below Jackson’s mill, and adjoining lands of McDonald, Davis and others, and known as the place where R. C. AVilhite lived. About fifteen acres in culti vation. There is a good mill house and dam on the place; also, a good framed dwelling and out buildings and good orchard. Levied on as the property of R. C. AYhilhite, to satisfy a fi. fa. is sued from Jackson Superior Court in favor of C. AV. Hood. Property pointed out by plaintiff, and notice given to J. Foster Daniel, tenant in posses sion, as the law directs. T. A. McELHANNON, Sh’ff J. C. Administrator’s Sale. I\Y virtue of an order of the Honorable Court of ) Ordinary of Jackson county, Ga., will be sold at public out-cry, to the highest bidder, be fore the Court House door at Jefferson, in said county and State, within the legal hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in December next, the fol lowing lots of land, belonging to the estate of Bailey Chandler, deceased, to-wit: One lot of land, containing two hundred acres, more or less, known as the home place, whereon the deceased resided at the time of his death. Also, one lot of land containing one hundred twenty-four acres, more or less, known .as the AValls tract. Sold for the benefit of the heirs and creditors. Terms cash. J. AV. 11. HAMILTON, T. K. SMITH, Administrators. Administrator and Administratrix Sale. AGREEABLY to an order from the Court of Ordinary of Jackson county, Ga., there will be sold before the Court House door, in the town of Jefferson, said county, on the first Tuesday in December next, during the legal hours of sale, the following described property, to-wit: One tract of land, containing one hundred and sixty acres, more or less, on the waters of the South Oconee river, adjoining lands .of C. AY. Finch, J. AV. AVood and Dr. Mathew Doster. About forty acres in good state of cultivation, balance original forest and old field pine. One tenant house on the placed Sold as the property of Pendergrass & Hancock, for the purpose of distribution among the heirs. Terms cash. J. B. PENDERGRASS, Adm’r of N. 11. Pendergrass, deceased. SALLIE S. HANCOCK, Adm’x of R. J. Hancock, deceased. J:u‘k§on ('ouuly. AA'hercas, the Road Commissioners appointed by me, under petition tiled in this office, to review, mark out and report upon the public utility of establishing the road in said county commencing near J. D. Nichols, on the Athens and Clarkes ville road, and running thence to the Hurricane Shoals, as one of the public roads of the county, having made their report in favor of establishing said road as a public road— This is to cite all concerned that, unless good cause to the contrary is shown on or before Tues day. the 23d day of November next, an order will be finally granted establishing said road as one of the public roads of Jackson county. Given under my official signature, this October 22d, 18S0. 11. AA'. BELL, Ord’y. HOISGIA, .la(‘ksou County. Whereas, John W. Glenn makes application, in proper form, for Letters of Administration, de bonis non, with will annexed, on the estate of James Glenn, late of said count}', dec’d— This is to cite, all persons concerned, kindred and creditors, to show cause, if any, at the regu ular term of the Court of Ordinary of said county, on the first Monday in December, ISSO, why said letters should not be granted the applicant. Given under my official signature, November 3d, 1880. H. W. BELL, Ord’y. Jackson County. Andy Orr, colored, has applied for exemption of personalty and setting apart and valuation of the same ; and 1 will pass upon the same at 10 o'clock A. M.. on the loth day of November, ISBO. at my office. 11. \V . BELL, Ord’y. Notice to Debtors S' Creditors. ALL persons who are indebted to the estate of the late E. 11. Borders, deceased,. arc re quested to come forward and make immediate payment. Also, all persons who hold any de mands against said estate are requested to present their claims, properly made out, to the under signed. Parties interested will please take no tice. E. A. BORDERS, oct 22 Adm’x of E. 11. Borders, dec'd. Cocliade FEED CUTTER! J. R. COKER, Agent for Jackson and Madison Counties. o\\V\\ I XVILL visit the farmers of the above named counties as rapidly as possible, and exhibit my machine, which 1* guarantee to be the best and cheapest on the market. oct 29 J. R- COKER, Agent. WATCHES." We have a number of the celebrated XX aterbury XVatches, which we are enabled to dispose of at a small advance on the manufacturer’s prices, thus saving the profits of jobbers and retailers. They are full size, excellent time-keepers, stem-win ders, handsome in appearance and very durable, and from every place in which one is sold, orders for from six to a hundred and upwards follow. They retail at from $lO to sls each. Sample watches will he sent by mail, registered, on re ceipt of $5. We refer with pleasure to the Pub lishers of this paper, with whom we do business. Address MERCHANTS ADVERTISING AGENCY, oct 29 52 Broadway, New York. JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY. NOYEAIBEK If). 18S0. [From the Atlanta Constitution. HENRY REICHE. A Unique Trade and Its Secrets-—An Invest ment in Canaries—A Queer Bill of La din y—A Fortune Made in Birds — The Strange Things of Land and Sea Exhit)ited to Admiring Thousands. Atlanta, Ga., September 16.—One day I was walking down Chatham street, New York, when my steps were arrested by a queer sound, proceeding from a store. It was a sort of chirping tumult, as if all the birds in the world had met in a debating society, I had little difficulty in finding the door from whence the chopped volume of music issued. It was, I believe. No. 55, a handsome front and a large store. I sauntered to the door and looked in, and saw a sight that I do not think can be duplicated in America. On each side of the store the walls were lined with bird-cages, from top to bottom. The groundwork was of canaries, and there must have 1 een thousands of these yellow tufts of fuss and feathers. Underneath the swarming tiers of canaries were large compartments, in which were pheasants, cranes and every rare bird, sacred or profane, that I ever heard of. On the higher shelves were smaller song birds and show-birds, from inane love-birds or whistling finches, up to the hoariest and hoarsest of parrots. In the midst of this wilderness of cages, a shortish man, evidently of Teutonic build, was walking leisurely. As he saw me, he turned and came forward with that easy, pleasant grace common to well-bred city men. I saw at a glance that he was of the best type of Germans—hearty, self-poised, intelligent and cordial. llis face was clear, thoughtful and strong —the face of a man who lias seen the world, has fought it, and whipped it. I am thus special in describing him because I found him one of the most agreeable and eu tertaining men I ever mot—engaged in the most unique business, and the Napoleon of his profession. I don’t know how I came to know so much of him so soon, except that he displayed that engaging frankness that the traveled man shows to the inquisitive provincial. At any rate, I discovered after an hour’s chat that I was talking to Henry Reiche, of the firm of Reiche & Bro., dealers in birds and wild ani mals. This firm is famous the world over, and stands without competitors. In the name of this firm, there are organized bands of hunters in all parts of Asia and Africa en gaged in capturing elephants, lions, tigers, etc., for shipment to the branch house in H amburgh. From this point the animals are supplied to England and the continent and shipped to America. All wild animals that fill the menageries and parks of this conti nent, came through the bright-eyed German with whom I spent thafivdelighlful day. 11 is history is full of mterest. In 1844 or ’45 Charlesrand Henry Reiche, two young Germans, having little else than the practical education that seems to be natural to young Germans, were bird ped dlers in New York. They went about from street to street selling birds from stands. Their trade was principally in canaries, which they had sent over from Germany, where they cost only ten or twelve cents each. They did a pretty fair business up to 1862, when they made a daring stroke that made them a fortune and established the enormous business they now control. At that time California was in the flush of gold-finding. Gold was plentiful there but luxuries few. There was no transcontinental road and the Isthmus route was tedious and costly. Young Reiche knowing that canaries were unknown there, and believing they would become the rage when once seen, determined to carry over a cargo. He therefore got 3,000 of the yellow fellows together and packing them in little cages started for the Isthmus. Arriv ing at Cartagena, he had his birds carried across to Panama bay by natives and caught a ship there and soon reached San Francisco. He was late in reaching the ship, and the captain was about to sail without him, but seeing his boats filled with covered boxes, thought it was belated mad matter. AYhen Reiche drew near, the captain hailed him and asked him what he had. “Canary birds,” replied Reiche. “Canary birds be d—d !” shouted the cap tain. “If I’d known it was birds, I’d a left you long ago.” Reiche’s first idea of the flush tide he was to ride was caught from a homesick English man, who hearing the whistle of a bull-finch, that had been accidentally put in with the canaries, offered to pay the expenses of the entire cargo for that finch. As this amounted to $283 Reiche saw that he had struck a rich lead, and lie put the price of canaries at $25 each. They did become the rage. Hotels, saloons, private residences, all must have a canary. The little yellow birds made a craze like the tuiip mania. The price soon went up to SSO and the cargo was soon sold. Reiclie returned to New York a rich man. About this time the menagerie became an American institution. The “ moral” show went abroad through the land, and there was a demand for Asiatic African animals. For years Hamburgh, in Germany, had been a sort of depot at which such animals were gathered by incoming ships from the tropics. Reiche conceived the idea of establishing a house there and supplying it steadil}' with all sorts of beasts to be captured by bands of hunters working under his direction in the deserts and jungles. Up to that time the supply at Hamburgh had been casual, depending on what sailors or ship captains might bring over. Mr. Reiclie went into Africa and Asia, and found that his best method was to depend upon native hunters, acting under order of their sheikh and directed by a few white man of courage'and address. His system was soon so organized that his beast depot at Ham burgh become the largest in the world. It was supplied constantly with all sorts of captures, from tiny antelopes up to elephants, running through all the gamut from leopard to rhinoceros. From Hamburgh he now supplies the most of the parks and gardens of Europe, and ships heavily to Americ.i. He imports every wild animal sold in this country, and keeps a “ large and assorted stock on hand.” Nine-lc uths of the animals in Central FOR THE PEOPLE. Park, New York, and a large proportion of those in other parks are his property. When he receives a consignment of lions or hip popotorai, or a few rhinoceri and giraffes are billed to him, he places them in Central Park, where they await a purchase. He keeps in his store only a few of the smaller animals— and even the aviary in Central Park is stocked with his birds. He considers twenty lions a good average stock, with probably as many tigers, a dozen elephants, four rhinoceri (or rhinocerosses) and other beasts in proportion. The most expensive animal he deals in is the hippopotamus. A good hippopotamus is worth (to a man who wants him) from $lO,- 000 to $12,000. They must be captured when they are young, and raised on goat’s milk. A caravan of hunters returning across the deserts with captured animals is a strange sight. About one thousand goats are brought with the caravan to furnish milk for the antelopes, hippopots and other milk drinkers. As the goats cease giving milk they are killed and fed to the flesh eaters. The animals arc carried in bamboo cages, rigged with ropes and slung across the backs of camels. From the coast they are shipped to Hamburgh, where Mr. Charles Reiche receives them, and thence they are distributed according to demand. Elephants are captured when young, and usually by driving them into immense traps that converge rapidly until the beasts arc cribbed into reach of ropes. A fine elephant will bring from SI,OOO to $5,000. Of course, the price of animals varies with the demand. You must get a man that wants a beast be fore you can get any price fur him—then the price depends upon how much he wants him. “You see,” said Air. Reiche, smiling, “ you wouldn't give ten dollars for that lion there (for we had now drifted to Central Park) for your own use, and yet ho is worth $2,500.” A good companionable tiger can be bought for $1,200, and a nice leopard is worth about S4OO. Monkeys sell in the bunch by the dozen at about S3O each, and a rhinoceros brings about $3,000. A giraffe is very ex pensive and very delicate, and a zebra striped up to the regulation of ninety-nine and one is worth about SI,OOO. GirafFe-i die of in digestion, the rhinoceros, despite his heavy overcoat, is a frequent victim to consumption, and the monkey dies of emotional languor. The depot for sea lions is San Francisco, where a man named Mullett superintends. Thoy are taken on the South California coast, and bring about S4OO each. Polar bears come from the Arctics, and are worth about $2,000. They are kept in deep caves, that are damp and sunless, or in dens set in ice and with huge blocks of ice dripping from the top. The point at which Air. Reiche buys them is Hamburgh, very few beingtaken in onr arctics. The snake trade is one of the the important departments. The headquarters for snakes is Para, in Central America, though of course the boa comes from the Nile and the ana conda from Africa. There are various depots for rare fish, and Air. Reiche is an enthusiast on this subject, being owner of the New York Aquarium. The bright-colored fishes come from the tropical waters and the dull-colored ones from Arctic stations. The ostrich has less sense than any land animal, and yet is worth SI,OOO. They are caught when young. Birds come from all quarters. The most ex pensive is the bird of paradise, which sells for S2OO to SSOO. according to plumage. Par rots, paroquets and monkies are brought in great numbers by sailors who come in on foreign ships. The principal shipping points are Alexan dria, in Egypt, and Ceylon, off southern In dia. At the first point the animals from the Nile region and the heart of Africa are col leeted ; at the later the tigers and lions from the jungles of India. The bed of the Nile is the best hunting ground, as it has been for years. Almost every wild beast of the trop ics may be found there and in fine sam ple. The African elephants are the smallest and most stupid, but otherwise the beast 9 from Africa are large and vigorous. The amount of business done by Mr. Reiclie is wonderful. His standing order for cana ries is 10.000 birds a week. These are im ported from Germany and sent all over the continent. He has an agent in Savannah and lias sent shipments to Atlanta. Fre quently lie receives $50,000 worth of animals in one manifest. There is a growing de mand from circuses and menageries and zo ological gardens all over the country. No circus now travels without its menagerie, and no park is complete without its zoological department. There is a large'sale for rare birds and antelopes for private parks and grounds. Mr. Vanderbilt once gave SSOO for a bird of paradise. A large number of parrots are sold and trained to talk and sing, a good talker being worth SIOO S2OO. The supply of all b'rds and animals must lie kept up by importation, as few of thorn breed in captivity. Lions and tigers are about the only animals or birds that breed in captivity and they bring only such ragged and puny cubs that they are not salable. The grow ing demand, therefore, and the losses by death must be supplied by fresli captures and importations. Consequently Mr. Reiche's hunters are kept busy and his ships are al ways coming in. Frequently he receives a special order from some circus or park for a certain animal. This order is at once dis patched through various agents until it reach es the hunters, who organize a special expe dition and capture it. A pair of hippopota mi are now being brought over for a circus at a cost of about $20,000. A large business is done in exporting American animals. This business, as well as the importing, is controlled by Mr.Reiche. The grizzly bear is the typical American beast, and is always in demand for European buyers. The buffalo, moose, elk, caribon, are the larger animals exported most heavily, they being American type. The opossum, the gray squirrel, the red fox. the hedgehog, are the most popular of the smaller animals, while the puma is in great demand as anew type. The mocking bird is a great favorite among the birds, and Mr. Reiclie has men who search the southern forests for them an nually. The red headed woodpecker is ex ported heavily as a show bird, and the rob in is esteemed in English parks as a quiet but handsome fellow. There is a very large profit on the exchange. Air. Reiche once bought a pair of fine cranes in Sehobarie. N. Y.. to fill an English order—giving $25 for them and receiving S4OO. There is an in teresting story connected with the famous London Show elephants, showing some of the points of the animal trade. A Mr. Kel ly, a banker who drifted into the show busi ness, by a mortgage on the VanAmburgli menagerie, sent out a ship to Ceylon. lie loaded it with a number of Yankee houses, already for putting together. He had the sashes, doors, locks and everything complete. Arriving at Ceylon he sold the houses at enor mous profit, ballasted his ship with coffee, and put 13 elephants and a lots of animals above. He made $30,000 clear money by the trip, and had his elephants clear. Of this herd, five were trained for the London Show, and one of them, “ Baby,” is the moth er of the first elephant in captivity. Of course Air. Reiche has amassed a huge fortune in his unique trade. He is more than a millionaire, and is certainly growing richer. He has a superb residence at Ber gen. New Jersey, where he is surrounded by every luxury that taste and money can com mand. The house is fine, and appointed with that admirable admixture of elegance and comfort that the best Germans understand so well. The grounds are noble aud arc fill ed with handsome statuary an 1 living birds, antelopes, etc. lie insisted with cordiality that I could not resist, that I visit his house. A more delightful home 1 never saw. I met iiis son, Herman Reiche, a scholarly young fellow, a graduate of the best colleges, and a man of charming manners. At this house, which might stand as a type of the Ameri can home, Air. Reiche spends his day with his family, quiently and happily—managing his vast business easily and accurately—a liberal, intelligent, highly esteemed citizen. As I left his house for a return to the city, closing a day that had been full of surprise and enjoyment, I smiled as I returned Her man Reiche’s courteous salutation, and look ing at his slender figure I wondered if he was not the only young fellow in America, who could go to his father and say : “ I notice that our stock of tigers is low, and the giraffes are entirely out. You'd bet ter order anew supply of hippopotami, and have about six polar bears sent over. I think we'll have a lively' demand for rhinoc eri this season and I'd be sure to have enough ordered. Here's the bill of lading for those elephants from Alexandria, and there's four teen lions, three boxes of snal es and two Bengals at the wharf for us now. I've ship ped those grizzlies and panthers, but can’t fill the order for the buffalo and woodpeck ers.” H. W. G. Just the Thing. And now the season is approaching when the earth shall be tilled with questionings ; and secret communings and councils shall, in appearance at least, divide each family against itself. For while the younger gener ation is conjecturing, with aspirations in vari ous directions, What shall we receive ? the elder is deliberating, with anxiety born of responsibility, the no less important ques tion. What shall we give? While one enam ored swain powders within himself whether a ring should seem too pointed an offering to his fair, another studies whether a locket will be sufficient evidence of the desperation of his state of mind. Young ladies lay cun ning plans to obtain possession of cast off boots and shoes, wherefrom the measurements for slippers may be taken ; and wife and children invent snares for paterfamilias, to induce him to express, unthinkingly, his pre ference for a moustache cup. or a set of shav ing tools, or a warm and cozv dressing gown. Even that hardened miscreant, the old bach elor, becomes sensible of strange movements in the oseous formation which he terms his heart, and mutters uncomfortably to himself that he supposes Lizzie’s or Tom's young one will be expecting something from him. The wisest of hooks declares it to be more blessed to give than to receive ; and really, when one comes to think of it, it decidedly should be so. For to find the right thing to give—to discover the precise article whose moral shape shall adapt itself alike to the taste of the recipient, the purse of the donor, and the conventionalities of society—is a la bor so great that indeed it deserves an ex ceeding great reward. The range of articles is so vast —the points to he considered so numerous—that it is no wonder the intend ing giver often sits down in despair, and pit eously exclaims: ‘ I don't know what to give !’ But for every evil there comes in good time a remedy. A great New York house, whose special business is to minister to the wants of humanity, has hit upon the happy device of arranging the different articles suitable for gifts to all classes and conditions of men. women and children, each under its proper heading; and of publishing a complete series of illustrations, descriptions, and prices of the same. Some idea of the magnitude of this work may be gathered from the fact that it occupies 96 large quarto pages, most of which are positively crammed with illustra tions and descriptions. With a work of this kind one can sit down and examine at leis j nre the whole range of possible gifts of every ' kind ; and can select a present for the one he delights to honor, without the haunting fear that to-morrow, when too late, lie will be sure to see something that would have been more suitable. Or, if it be desired to learn the special longings of any individual, it will be only necessary to leave this hook on the sitting room table, and to be guided by the encomiums passed upon any particular arti cle by the individual in question. And even to one who has no present in contemplation, there is no lack of interest in a work of this kind ; for in no direction is more ingenuity exercised than in the pro duction of Christmasgifts. Here for instance is a lifelike image of a bird upon a perch. Attached to it is a flexible artificial windpipe into which when the performer blows, the bird opens his beak, and pours forth a flood of melody jthat would make the heart of a canary ache with envy. And this for a single dol lar! Or here again is a ferocious looking bull dog hungrily seated on his haunches. S TERMS, $1.50 PER ANNUM. ( SI.OO For Six Months. The youth fa 1 proprietor invites an older friend to place a coin upon the dog’s nose— : when hey ! presto ! the coin is flung into the air # the mouth gapes expectant, and “ Before a man hath power to say. Behold! The jaws of darkness have devoured it up.” Is a lady fond of fancy work? Behold an assortment of designs, commenced suffleient |ly to show the stitch and pattern, and sent with all materials for finishing on receipt of price. Or longs her soul for personal adorn ments? On their proper pages she may see the veriest love of bonnets, the latest things in jewelry, the last stvle in dress: nay, even the proverbial rainy days is provided for, and an assortment of umbrellas figures in its place. Are the younger members of a fami ly seeking presents for its heads? Let them look at these silver tea-sets at all prices, these dinner services of French china, these' jardinieres, and cofreccups, and shaving sets, and walking canes—a never ending catalogue of things that mama and papa will delight to possess. And as for the children—Heaven bless ’em—our columns are too short to con vey a bare idea of the wealth of good things described for their delection. Page after page the record runs, as though it would nev er end ; and Jennie and Harry must be hard indeed to satisfy, if from among the long dis-- play of dolls, and doll houses, and picturo books, and skates, and cows that low, and steam engines that do real work, and silver forks and spoons, and magical tricks, and Christmans tree ornaments, and candies, and goodness knows what else, they fail to find the very things their hearts desire. And for this wondrous book how much? \\ hy, only fifteen cents. It is the winter num her of the Fashion Quarterly, and Khrieh Brothers, of Eighth Avenue, New York, are the enterprising publishers who offer it to an appreciative world. A Franco-German Romance. During the Franco-German war a man' named Teule was captured by the Prussians and taken to Germany, but on the way ho attempted to escape, and ir. so doing nearly killed a sentry, and was sentenced to be shot. By a mistake of the jailers, however, Teule was placed in the cell of a prisoner con demned to ten years’ cofinnement in a fort ress, and this latter was led out and shot in error. When Teule comprehended the mis take that had been made, he resolved to leave the authorities 1n their error, and ab stained from writing to his family in France. Meanwhile his wife and father tirade inqui ries at the War Office, and were informed that Teule had been shot for assaulting a German sentry. On the strength of this his wife married again, and has a child 3 years old. Nothing was wanted to make tho con fusion complete but tne return of Teule to his native village, which took place a few days since, and he was of course received by his wife as one returned from the grave, lie had gone through tho remainder of his ten years’ confinement and left Germany without arousing suspicion as to his identity.. —New York Sun. How Watches are Made- It will be apparent to any one. who will examine a SOLID GOLD' WATCH, that aside from the necessary thickness for en graving and polishing, a large proportion of the precious metal used, is needed only to. stiffen and hold the engraved portions in place, and supply the necessary solidity and strength. The surplus gold is actually need less so far as utility and beauty are con cerned. IN JAMES BOSS’ ' PATENT GOLD WATCII CASES, this waste of pre-. cions metal is overcome, and the same so lidity and STRENGTH produced at from one third to one-half of the usual cost of solid, cases. This process is of the most simple nature, as follows: a plate of nickle compo sition metal, especially adapted to the pur pose, has two plate s of solid gold soldered one on each side. The three are t hen passed between polished steel rollers, and the re-, suit is a strip of heavy plated composition,, from which the cases, backs, centres, bevels, &t\. are cut and shaped by suitable dies and formers. The gold in these ceases is suffi ciently thick to admit of all kinds of chasing, engraving and enamelling; the engraved cases have been carried until worn perfectly smooth by time and use without removing the gold. THIS IS THE ONLY CASE MADE WITH TWO PLATES OF SOLID GOLD,' AND WARRANTED BY SPECIAL CER TIFICATE. For sale by all Jewelers. Ask for Illus-. trated-Catalogues, and to see warrant. The French Government, or somebody nn-_ der government auspices, has been to the, trouble of making a calculation of the cost of• the Franco German war. An official state-, ment has accordingly been published, which, puts the total expenses and loss of revenues, to France arising from the war at 13,939,000,-. 000 francs, or about §2,787,800,000. This is what France has had to pay because the per-, son whom Victor Hugo lias always persisted) in calling M. Bonaparte was not satisfied) with the withdrawal of the Ilohenxollern can didate for the throne of Spain, but undertook to bully the then King of Prussia, and tha now Emperor of German}', into promising that under no circumstances in the future should a member of the Ilohenzollern family become a candidate for the throne of Spain. The King refused to be bullied, and a cry of "On to Berlin” was set up. and the French army was started on the road to Berlin. Tha French did not get to Beilin, however, but the Germans did get to Paris, and the upshot of the whole business was the downfall of tha empire, the bitter humiliation of France, and an out-and-out material loss to the Frencty nation of §2,787.800.000. Rather an exocq sive game of brag that. The Voltaic Belt Cos., Marshall, Mich. Will send their celebrated Electro-Voltaic Belts to the afflicted upon 30 days trial. Speedy cures guaranteed. They mean wha} they say. Write to them without delay. NUMBER 24.