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SOME JOURNAL
ttftKNESBORO, GEORGIA.
HEWS GLEANIHOS.
Fdof.field, S. C., is to hava a cottow
seed oil mill.
Tuscaloosa, Ala., will soon have a
cotton seed oil mill in operation.
Florida has built 235 milea of rail*
road during the past year.
A whiskey; bar for Texas is being
made in Cincinnati which is to cost
110,000.
Fine lands in Futnam county, Fla.,
worth $8 an acre two years ago, are now
selling for $25.
Some 40,#00 silk worms are to be dis
tributed in Kentucky.
Knoxville, Tenn., will probably sell
10,000 barrels of coal oil this year.
Thebe are now 101 cotton factories in
operation or in course of erection in the
southern states.
It is estimated that there are twelve
hundred towns west of the Mississippi
river, without churches or preaching of
any kind.
The decrease of the public debt for
April. 12,857,402.65, is the lowest figure
that has been reported for years.
Thebe are 606 deaf mutes in Missis
aippi, 322 males and 284 females; 818
are white and 288 colored. All are
natives of the State except two.
The Jefferson monument was taken
from Charlottesville to Monticello last
week. It was mounted on a truck
especially made for the purpose, and it
required two horses to draw the load.
Several thousand Georgia and Ala
bama cattle have been shipped to Texas
recently. They will be returned south
by way cf Chicago with some accessions
of tallow, hut with few evidences of
tenderness.
Asa good dea__ of discussion has been
rile concerning Gen. Grant’s pecuniary
means, it may be interesting to know
the exact truth. The entire property of
General and Mrs. Grant yields them an
annual income of $9,000.
The New York Tribune wants a cover
ever the East ltiver bridge to keep of!
the sun and rain. This, with free soda
water, ice cream, a band of music and
plenty of chairs and aettees, would make
it a very popular summer resort.
Coi. E. R. Richardson says farming
operations in Mississippi are seriously
interfered with by the buflalo gnats. In
Arkansas they fill the rir in black
•warms and torture the mules and hor-
KB so that it is almost impossible to do
any plowing.
When the clergyman naked at a
church wedding in Henry county, lowa
it anybody nan nugni to say wny v\w>
pair should not be united, a girl arose
and raid, “I is engaged to me.”
There was some confusion, but the cer
emony was completed.
The exports of March exceeded the
imports of that month $16,012,703.
The imports are still large, but the bet
ter opinion is that there will soon be a
heavy decrease in^m ports. If so, and if
we have good crops this year, all talk
fbovit panic or hard times may as well
lie dismissed.
The Times-tlnion thus describes
Jacksonville since the close of the sea
son : “No base ball; no yachting; no
rowing; no fast driving; no gymnas
ium ; mighty little sparking—nothing
hut dreary loafing and the labor of hol
ding up the lamp posts. Can’t we start
something fresh ?"
The Michigan Legislature, as well as
the Pennsylvania and Connecticutt
Legislatures, last week killed resolutions
proposing a prohibitory amendment to
the constitution of the State. In lowa
the Sapreme Court decision invalida
ting the prohibitory amendment lias
postponed prohibitory legislation for
some years.
Montgomery Advertiser: Now
comes the Anniston factory and ships
1,000 bales of cotton goods to China to
make baggy breeches for the heathen.
The South not only proposes to squeeze
the Puritans out of the West, but the
Britishers out of the East. Tbe South
is getting hoggish about this business,
and we are glad of it.
How the Snake Gets a Yety Suit.
“Some people think that snakes only
shed their skins at certain seasons of tlia
year," said the keeper. “That’s n mis
take. If they are well fed aud kept
right warm tliev change their coats
shout every eight weeks through the
year.” “Doesit pain them?” “Nota
bit of it. Yon see the skin of a snake
does not increase in size as the reptile
grows, as with us. While the old skin
is getting smaller by degrees, anew ono
is forming underneath, aud the other
gradually gets dry. When it is ready to
shed, it loosens around the lips, and the
reptile rubs itself against the earth or
the rook in the cage, and turns the iq>-
per part over the eve and the lower part
over the throat. Then it commences to
glide around the glass ease, all the time
rubbing itself against something until
the entire skin is worked off. Sometimes
this tubes three days : occasionally they
get rid of the incumbrance in a few
hours. I don’t believe they have a bit
of intelligence. For all I feed them and
Ufe fit'them, they would ns lief bite me
as any stranger. I can handle a good
many of them safely, but it's only the
knack of the thing—not that they won’t
bit -, but that they can’t get the
chance.”
Evert enterprise of life, from the
simplest to the most < ornplex, has it -
necessary drudgery. Oa the faithful
performance of this is founded all true
success ; and only those wlfo are willing
to bear the burden with courage, energy
and perseverance have any right to ex
nect prosperity. _
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
Gen. Strother, Consul General to
Mexico, reports a general impetus in
mining and other public enterprises in
that country, the result of the rapidly
growing railway system.
The number of graduates from West
Point this year will not equal the vacan
cies in the roll of Second Lieutenants in
the army, and the deficiency will be sup*
plied from civil life.
It is reported that one of the largest
amounts ever granted in any oountrv as
compensation for a railroad accident to
one person was recently given in Scot
land to an engineer. The loss of a foot
was compensated by £8,250 or $41,250.
Some of the best English jockeys are
women; daughters of farmers, or of
country squires, who have lost their for
tunes. They have been accustomed to
ride to hounds from their childhood,
are .perfectly fearless, and their light
weight in the saddle makes them desira
ble as jockeys.
A bill has been favorably reported in
the New York Legislature, compelling
all makers, proprietors an*. !*m if
medicel preparations “affecting the hu
man or animal body,” to place upon the
label a full and true statement of the
ingredients of which it ii composed.
The sale of all medicines without such a
laid is made a misdemeanor. If passed,
the Jaw will be what the Yankee deacons
call very “s’archin’.”
The Farnham type-setting' machine
has been on public exhibition in the
Goodwin lilock on Haynes street, Hart
ford, Conn., and attracted immense
crowds. It both sets and distributes
type, and, it is claimed, can do the
work of five compositors. A syndicate
of Connecticutt capitalists l-ave pur
chased the patent, and will soon take
measures to bring the machine into
practical use.
It appears that Brinish capital is
about to be invested in American land
to a large amount. A eon of an M. P.,
who now is visiting this country for the
purpose of buying land, says that there
is an enormous amount of capital lying
idle in England, and that syndicates
have been formed to invest In this coun
try. Among those investing are Bnring
Bros., the bankers, Mr. Labouchere, of
Truth, Sir Thomas Brassey, civil lord of
the admiralty, and many of the bank
ing houses and numbers of large country
landlords as well as members of parlia
ment.
A bon of General Robt. E. Ice, the
noted southern leader during the civil
war, is the president of an educational
institution at Lexington, Va., and the
desire and taste to aid in -oiw aud
disciplining of the post-bellum genera
tion in the South of which this is an
example, has many other illustrations.
One of Lee’s staff, Maj, McClellan, is
similarly situated at Lexington, Ky., at
the Sayle Female Institute, and Gener
al Kirby Smith is a member of the fac
ulty of the University of the South, at
Sewanee, Tenn.; Gen. J. E. B. Stuart’s
widow controls an Episcopal school in
Staunton, Va.
Trof. Si'fcNt'feh tUihf), of the Nation
al Musetlltt) bds acknowledged to Gen
eral Superintendent Kimball, of the
Life-saving Service, the receipt of a re
markable specimen of the whale family,
which was captured of! the New Jersey
coast by a Life-saving crew several days
ago. Prof. Baird says the porpoise
proves to represent a species never be
fore seen in the United States. It
belongs to a group of small sperm whales
characterized by the abas nee of perma
nent teeth in the upper jaw. Its pro
jecting head and general appearance are
not unlike the sperm whale, although
in miniature, this specimen being about
nine feet in length. It is now being
cast in plaster for exhibition at the Na
tional Museum.
The career of female lawyers has not
been extraordinarily brilliant in this
country. They seem unable to resist
the temptation of “sassing” the judge
when that authority overrules them.
Kate Kane of Milwaukee, who last week
threw a glass of water in the judge's
face, because he assigned another law
yer to thedefense of a burglar, appeared
to think herself governed by sanitary
rather than persoual motives, because
she rematked as site threw it: “Take
that, you dirty dog 1”, She adorned him
with other choice names, and was taken
howling out of the court-room, declar
ing she would rot in jail before she
would contribute her tine to the court’s
treasury. She insists that the judge has
been trying to drive her from practicing
in his court. He seems to have succeed
ed—for thirty days at any rate—unless
she pays her fine.
Boston total abstinence people ere
now excited against the llev. Dr. Barlol
on account of a sermon of his on the e\ il
of intemperance. He took the ground
that the war, as commonly waged, :s
worse than useless. “Beer i not
wrong,” ho said : “ v ino and ale are not
wrong ; rum and whisky aud brandy mv
not wrong; nothing purely material
could be wrong. Insobriety, inanimate
self-indulgence is wrong, be the fleshy
appetite for particular meat or drink what
it mav, and eating or drinking to excess
is net the cause of profligacy, murder,
theft, arson, house-breaking, or any
vile, indecent assault, any more than
one fowl is the cause <i the i! k or
brood.” Dr. Bartel s idea is to educate
man that he will take to intellectual en
joyments. and thus lose his appetite lot
intoxicating byveraces.
THE WRITER OF "SOME, SWEET
HOME."
A stranger In London, all friendless, alone;
He walked through the cit, anheeded, un
known;
The lights of the houses shone forth on his
face.
There were thousands of homes, but for m**
was no place.
Aweary and hungry, disheartened and sad.
The time had been tong since his spirit was
glad.
And he sat on the steps at a nobleman's door.
And for solace he sang the refrain o'er and
o'er:
“ Home, Home, sweet, sweet Home,
Be it ever so humble, there’s no {dace like
home."
He had not a shilling to pay for a bed,
When he wrote what in luxury many have
said:
“’Mid pleasures and palaces though we may
roam.
Be It ever so humble, there's no plaoe like
home."
The words full of chccr from his sorrows were
wrung, •
He sighed, what in thankfulness others have
sung:
“A charm from the skies seems to hallow us
there.
Which, seek tbro’ the world, is not met with
elsewhere;
Home, Home, sweet, sweet Home,
Be it ever so humble, there s no place like
Home.**
Old London looked fair to his eyes growing
dim.
But thus fight* of the city no welcome gave
“An e. !fie itfoia homo, splendor dazzles te
vain,
Oh, irfve me my lowly thatched cottage
again;”
to eang the poor stranger, arid went on bis
way,
Hut millions of voices have sung since that
day:
“Tlie birds singing gaily that came at my
OfJJ,
Give these, and the peace of mind, dearer than
all,
HomM. Womfl. •wofil. awMt U,.rn, .
lie it ever so humble there u no place like
Home.”
Did it. need that one heart thro* deep anguish
should learn
That others the truth might more swiftly dis
cern ?
A triumph of love by the singer was won.
Our homes are the dearer for him who had
none 1
We weep for the exile that longed for a home.
And yet was compelled as u wanderer to
roam;
But he had some rapture to bnnjsli hfs pain.
As ho heard in all lands the familiar refrain:
“ Home, Home, sweet, sweet Home,
Ho it ever so humble, there’s no place like
Home.”
But the toil and the sorrow are over at last.
And the journeys and loneliness things of tho
past:
America finds him with honor a grave.
And England above him the laurel would
wave;
In all dimes and countries tho man has his
fame,
And old inen and children are speaking his
name.
But the best of all Is, ho no longer shall roam.
The homeless, tired stranger ut length is ut
Home.
“Home, Horne, sweet, sweet Homo,
Bo it ever so humble, there’s no place like
Homo.”
—Marianne, Famlngham,
GODFREY DENVER’S PENANCE.
When young Godfrey Denyer repu
diated his signature to a check for a
large amount, drawn in favor of his
friend Captain Wrake, lie did not for a
moment anticipate the serious conse
quences which ensued. His object was
simply to gain time to arrange matters
with the Captain, for the truth was that
he had not the money to meet his draft.
He was so extremely inexperienced and
linbusiucsH-like that he dii! not imagine
for an instant that his bankers had
any cause of complaint in the matter.
He thought they would simply return
the check to Captain Wrake*s agents,
with an intimation that there was an
informality in it. And he was so stag
gered and horrified by the amount of
the check that ho eagerly adopted the
the suggestion of the ’clerk who waited
upon him from ilio bank, that the sig
nature was a forgery, by way of tempo
rarily extricating himself from embar
rassment. To an ordinnV observer
there perq-mlp seemed some’s g’vrong
about the signature, but (jt*tfmf IKn
ycr, bearing in mind the state tie was
in when lie wrote the check, was not
surprised that his handwriting should
have been eccentric. The transaction
took place at a supper party at Captain
Wrake’? rooms a few nights previously,
on which occasion yoiiii£ Denver dimly
recollected having played recklessly' :;t
cards for high stakes, but as to what he
had lost, and even how he had found his
way home afterward, his memory was a
perfect blank,
Godfrey Denyer was a very foolish
young nmu. Ho was, In fact, one ot
those vain, silly, Weak-minded youths
Whoso chief ambition is to lead the life
of a fast man about town. Unfortu
nately he had no near relatives to inter
fere with his tastes and pursuits, while
a small fortune which lie had inherited
on attaining his majority enabled him
for a brief period to indulge in every
folly’ and extravagance. But lie was
not naturally either vicious or nrotli
fato, though lip aspired to be taken to
e so, and consequently the idea of
having iry.wrrd a debt of honor which
lie was unable to pay filled him with dis
may. Wheu the bank clerk had left,
taking the fatal check away,
Godfrey Denver at once set forth to
seek Captain Wrake, feeling deeply dis
tressed and humiliated, but by no means
conscious of the lieniousncss of the lie
he had told.
Captain Wrake was not to be found,
either at liis chambers or at his club,
and after rushing about with feverish
anxiety to various places in search of
him, young Denver returned to his own
rooms tired and disheartened. A
hansom cab was at, the door, and as lie
entered lie ran against a rather pomp
ous, elderly gentleman, who at once ac
costed him:
‘•Mr. Denyer, I believe?”
‘•Yes,” replied Godfrey.
11 1 must, ask you to be good enough
to oome with me at once,” replied the
gentleman, whose tone and manner
were unpleasantly peremptory. *• lam
Mr. Grantly, the solicitor for Messrs. X.
& Cos., your bankers.”
‘•What for? What do you want with
me?” demanded Godfrey, uneasily, ns
Mr. Grantly led the way to the cab.
“Jump iu. 1 will explain as we go
along. I shan’t detain you many min
utes,” said t.ie solicitor, taking him by
the arm.
Young Denver entered the cab. and
Mr. Grantly got in after him, having
first given a brief direction to the driver.
As they rattled over the stones the so
licitor briefly explained that he was go
in- to apply for a warrant against Cap
tani IVrake in connection with the
cheek, as the bank had determined to
prosecute.
“Prosecute! Wliat for?"” asked God
frey Denver, startled out of his senses.
“Forgery. It was a most impudent
attempt,’’ said Mr. Grantly, curtly.
••But. —but Captain Wrake is a friend
of mine,” faltered young Denver. "Kv
ervthing can be explained.’
“He'will have an opportunity of ex
plaining.” said the solicitor, in rather
an ironical tone. “lam sorry to hear
he is a friend of yours. lam afraid y u
have been keeping bad company, young
man.”
Godfrey Denyer was too agitated and
confused to continue the conversation,
lie was not by any means clear as to
the purpose of this visit to the “ ; ze
court. The ominous words r, - -
cute” and “forgerv" were ringing hi
his cars, but he was 100 bcwild.-ivd 10
realize tin ir significance, ai ! lie felt
less appr. ’.ensile on Papuan Wrakv’s
account than on his owu. He had a
vague suspicion that he had somehow
made himself amenable to the law in
connection with this wretched check,
and suspected that the errand on which
they were bound had an unpleasant per
sonal bearing.
_ His naeesy meditation lasted until
they reached their destination, and i a
dazed date of mind he obeyed Mr.
flrantlv's request that he would follow
him. What passed at the police court
happened go quickly that he hardly
knew what he was doing. To add to
his agitation and nervousness Mr.
Granting manner was very overhearing,
and being a weak-minded lad he help
lessly did what be was told, without re
flecting. He was sworn and again con
fronted wtthJhe signature to the check.
For the iifl'of him be oonld not sum
mon, up courage to retract or qualify
his. original statement, and as a mono
syllable was aU that was required by
way of answer, he found it easier to -ay
“No” to the question put to him than
to enter beko an explanation. It was
not until he found himself alone again,
disconsolately wending his way back to
his chambers, tliat It began to dawn
upon hi# fc’W fatally he had commit
ted himßHand how grave a wrong he
had doijwiptaiu YVrake.
Whil| # Mind was wavering between
light ar# frong an incident happened
which autjfdfldhim an excuse for adopt
ing the of* Compromising alternative.
In the Afternoon he received a visit
front'ar. lady who announced she was
Gaptait i/V •< ke’s wife. She was young
and £_J <%if shabbily dressed, with a
, ,i: V ,pofe fipon her pale face.
Godfrey Denver was the more startled
at behold!, her, because, like more of
the Captdh’u- friend-, lie was unaware
that he yq.,'carried. He knew-Captain
YVrake tw. man of pleasure, a gambler
a pd profit .to, and in the poor wife’s
pinched and threadbeare atlire
it was read a tale of suffering
and neglMjj But she had come, never
theless, tnv“ r ad for her husband, who,
it appeared, had already been arrested;
and the sight of her distress and her piti
ful allusion to her young family touched
Godfrey Donyer’s heart and aroused his
better nature.
“YVhat can Ido for you?” he said,
summoning up all his fortitude. “Shall
1 go at onee to the police and acknowl
edge the signature?”
“My lawyer says that would lie use
less, as you have already denied it upon
oath,” sobbed the poor lady. “But if
you would/be merciful and not give
evidence against my poor husband.
“I will not, I will leave London at
once,” he interrupted, eagerly, with a
strange feeling of relief.
“ Heaven bless you!” cried his friend’s
wife, impulsively seizing his hand and
kissing it.
But Godfrey Denycr hastily drew his
hand away, for the spot she had kissed
seemed like lire. A tingling sensation
of shame and unworthiness took posses
sion of him so that he fairly fled from
the room. YVhcn Mrs. YY'rake had left
he lost no time in making preparations
for his departure. Having packed up a
portmanteau—leaving the hulk of liis
effects to the mercy <>f the landlady—he
went trembling to‘ the bank and drew
out the balance which stood to his
credit. The same night he reached
Liverpool and the next morning sailed
for New York.
Godfrey Denyer remained in America
more than live years, anil owing to one
of those singular chances which read
like romance and which usually happen
to unworthyfeersons, he was able to lay
the foundijtp&t of a large fortune. An
American ‘ jW-pwwM-ugcr on the voy
tv V him and
olfcroa n A cpiploymWinLis business.
Godfrey Denyer at once entereu upon a
prosperous career and developed an un
expected capacity for his new duties.
He not only gained the confidence of
his employer but also his affectionate
regard, so that he was afforded oppor
tunities for advancement which rarely
/all to the lot of a young fflAh.
But lie was no longer the vain, fool
ish lad he used to be tiefore lie left En
gland. A great change had come over
him, which dated from the day when,
.•owtly after his arrival in America, he
learned that Captain Wrake had been
found guilty of forgery and sentenced
to a long term of penal servitude.
Godfrey Denver’s absence had availed
no more than the prisoner’s eager pro
testations of innocence to avert an ad-
verse verdict, for independent persons
had sworn to their belief that the sig
nature to the check was not in the hand
writing of the supposed drawer. The
news gave Godfrey a severe and painful
attack and had a sobering effect upon
his character. He conceived it to bo
his duty at least to provide for the ne
cessities ot the poor woman and inno
cent children whom lie had rendered
miserable. He had not the courage to
return to England and clear Captain
Wrake’s reputation, but short of that
lie resolved to make every atonement in
his power. With this object he devoted
himself assiduously to business, aud
regularly remitted the larger portion of
his earnings to a trustworthy agent who
applied the money for Sire. Wrake’s
benefit. Tho poor lady frequently
blessed her unknown benefactor, but
Godfrey Denver never dared to disclose
his identity, lest the wife of the man he
so cruelly wronged should spurn his
gifts and thus deprive him of the small
consolation lie derived from helping
her
At length he was informed that Cap
tain Wrake would shortly be set at lib
ertv. and he then resolved to earn into
execution a plan which had been slowly
forming in his mind for years past. In
spite of the pecuniary sacrifices he had
made he felt that he* had by no means
atoned for his sin. It was not a ques
tion of money, for he was prepared to
continue his benefactions and to provide
Captain Wrake with funds to make a
fresh start in life if he would accept any
favor of him. But his chief purpose
was to return to England and to place
himseAf unreservedly in Captain
Wrake’s hands. If the Captain would
accept no apology or compensation, and
insisted on his publicly acknowledging
liis baseness, Godfrey Denyer was de
termined to do so, regardless of the eon-
sentiences.
This resolution had cost him a severe
struggle with his moral cowardice, but
at length he succeeded in summoning
up the necessary fortitude for his self
imposed penance. If he secretly hoped
that Captain Wrake would be satisfied
with some smaller sacrifice, he was
nevertheless perfectly sincere in his
purpose. He returned to England,
looking prematurely aged, with streaks
of gray in his hair, though he was bare
ly thirty. But Ms bearing was calm
and resolute, aud a shrewd observer
would have guessed at once that he had
snfiored some great trouble which had
darkened his young life.
On the day when Captain Wrake was
released from prison Godfrey Denver
sent to him a request that he would
grant him an interview at an inn near
the gates of the jail. He felt deeply
agitated at the prospect of finding him
self face to faei wit!, the man who must
have been cursing him bitterly for years,
and who would now he the arbiter of his
fate; but his firmness did not desert
him, and when Captain YY'rake ap
peared his purpose never wavered.
To his amazement the Captain hung
his head and accepted his outstretched
hand without hesitation, but in a very
humble manner. Godfrey could scarce
ly believe his senses, and doubted at
first whether i, was really his former
friend who stood before him. It was,
indeed, he, however, though he, too,
had aged and much changed in appear
ance. For a moment neither spoke,
and then suddenly the Captain burst
into tears aDd said in a choked voice:
“Denyer, don’t say a word. I can’t
bear it.* I—l guess now who has been
tbc 6avior of my poor wife and chil
dren. YVhat am Ito say to your noble
conduct? You first stand my friend by
not appearing against me at the trial,
so as to give a poor devil a chance, and
then—then you act as guardian angel to
those I have so cruelly wronged. Ar.d
you, of all others, are the person from
whom I had the least right to expect
kindness.”
“Why,” demanded Denyer, hoarsely,
with a wild throbbing at liis heart.
‘ Why? How can you ask? You
know mv offense.” said the Captain,
averting liis face.
“Do you mean—do you mean that
you were really guilty?*’ cried Denyer,
with a blessed sense of a load being sud
denly lifted from his mind.
“God forgive me, yes! I was desper
ate, your helplessness tempted me, and
—and—” the Captain paused and hung
his head again, while Godfrey Denver
involuntarily gave a long-drawn sigh of
relief .—London Trul/i.
The Pay of Book-keepers.
In this city, where business is widely
extended, a book-keeper who has his
employer’s confidence can keep the lat
ter continually blinded in points of great
importance. The merchant w ill inquire,
“How much money have we in the bank,
Mr. Brown?” Mr. Brown will reply
generally in a correct manner; but ho
I;i;l y', by ingeniously altering figures,
make a delusive show. It is said that
“figures jull not lie.” Naturaliv speak
ing they Will not, but in the hands of a
skillful accountant they may bo marie to
do so in a very surprising manner. The
book-keeper McGutchen, of the Ocean
Bank, succeeded in robbing that institu
tion of $66,000 before detectiou, while
the book-keeper Leverich, of the City
Bank, obtained $400,000 of that institu
tion. This, however, was an unusual
haul, and will not soon be equalled, but
it shows what can lie dune. If lark of
pay could be urged in extenuation, the
book-keep<£ would have a powerful plea.
This is always small in proportion to the
work required. They are not and never
w ill be paid more thaffenough to eke out
a hard living. Some who have an unu
sually laborious and resjionsible position
may get what 14 called a high salary
say S2,(XX); bnt such instanced are very
rare, and you can hire expert hands at
$1,500. The hardest worked book-keeper
I ever knew got only $2,000, mid his
labors nearly occasioned bliuduess. He
had a very oxtensive set of books, and
his neat hand and immense columns of
figures were matters of Admiration, bnt
it was killing work. In large houses, the
l>ook-keeper is occupied chiefly with the
ledger, and has enough to do to attend
to “posting accounts” and keeping the
books balanced. He will have his
monthly balance sheet, commonly called
a “trial balance,” ready by the first of
the month, and the accurate balance
between the debit and credit side will
prove thnt the ledger has been kept cor
rectly, II aq error, even of only a dilie,
appear, it must be discovered at hdw-
I have known*? * twok-it&per spend
three days looking up just such an item.
Hence the work requires great care and
an habitual exactness in figures.— New
York Letter.
A Bad Experience.
He was on his way home from Lead
▼ille. He had on a ragged old summer
suit, and lie had been taking his meals
about thirty hours apart to make his
money carry him through.
“ Yes, I like the country out that way,"
he replied to tho query. “The climate
is good, the scenery fine, aud some of
the people us honest os need be. Tlio
trouble is to know how to take the bad
ones.”
“ I should think that would be easy,”
was the reply.
“ Yes, it looks that way, but I had a
little experience. lam the original dis
kiverer of the richest mine around Lead
ville. ”
“Is that so?”
“Yes sir, I am the very man, though
you wouldn’t think it to seo my old
clothes.”
“ Then you don’t own it now ?”
“ Not a bit of it. I’ll explain: I was
poking aroiiud ou the hills for signs. I
collected some sjiecimeus for assay,
staked out a claim and went to tbe assay
era. It was two days before he let me
know it was the richest ore he had ever
seen, and then I hurried back to my
claim. Hang my butts ns if it hadn't
been jumped.”
“ How?”
“Why, a gang of sharpers had found
the spec and built ajaile shanty and
hung out a sigu of ‘First Baptist Church’
over the door. Sure as shootiu’ they
had, and the law out there is that no
rniuer can sink a shaft within two hun
dred feet ot a church building. They
saw me coming, and when I got there
they were actually holding a revival.
There were just six of them, and they
got up one after another and told how
wicked they hail lieerrand how sorry they
were, aud, would you believe it, they
had the cheek to ask me to lead the sing
ing. I went to law but they beat me.
Three days after the verdict the ‘First
Baptist Chuck’ burned down, and before
the ashes were oold the congregation
were developing a miue worth over a •
million of dollars. You see, I didn’t know
how to take them.”
“Was there any particular way of tak
ing them ?’’
“ You bet there was. I ought to have
opened on that revival with a Winchester
ritio and given the coroner SSO for a ver
liyt riys* they died of too much re
i h_-Pn. *
Young Hayseed, a knowing young
fellow from the country, was in town the
other day and “put up” at one of the
first-class hotels. After dinner he
strolled out to the office, and, picking up
a toothpick from the box on the office
counter, used it vigorously on a set of
tobacco-stained grinders, and then re
placed it carefully in the box, saying
as he did’ so, “ Some fellers would put
that air sliver in their pocket and kerrv
it away, but their ain’t nothing mean
about me, I kin tell you. -—Boston
Commercial Bulletin- ___
' When they build a railway, the first
thing they do is to break ground. This
is often done with great ceremony. Then
thev break the shareholders. This is
! done without ceremony.
Ike Find Execution in California Ci>
der American Rule.
In 1847, shortly after the Americans
bad taken possession of California,
Felipe Gomez lived near Arona Gulch
with his wife and daughter. Gomez
suspected another greaser of paving too
much attention to Mrs. Gomez"! Com
ing home one day he saw the dusky
Romeo emerging from ,be cabin. The
latter ran for his life, the husband fol
lowing in close pursuit, but was not
fleet enough, the pursued one reaching
the village of Branciforte first. Gomez
turned back and on reaching his home
accused his wife of infidelity. She
strenuously denied it and asserted her
innocence. He took his lariat and
lashed her hands, threw one end of the
lariat over one of the beams of the
cabin, and, pulling her tip, was about
to inflict punishment on her with the
other end. He then let her down, and
with his long knife attempted to tickle
her so as to scare her, but by a little ex-
tra force lie ran the knife into her breast
a depth of four inches and killed her.
On realizing his crime he ran away to
the mission, w here the Catholic Church
is now located. The Americans, hear
ing of the murder, hunted him up,
and he was caught with his finger in
the keyhole of the adobe church" The
old Spanish law gave anyone protection
in the church for any crime, and de
nied the right of the civil authorities to
enter, ami even went so far that if a
linger was placed in the keyhole of the
church it threw its shield of protection
over the guilty one. The Americans
took Gomez without much ceremony and
placed him in jail over night chained
to the wall. The next (lay he was
brought to the “josgatha” (court-room)
before Alcalde Blackburn. At that time
a long row of buildings was on each
side of the church. In one of these was
“josgatha.” A jury of twelve was
summoned. No technicalities or ob
jections were raised as the jurors were
called to try the case according to the
testimony. A. A. Lecock, of this city,
was one of the jurors. After the evi
dence was all in the jury brought in a
verdict of guilty. Raphael Castro,
whose widow lives in Aptos, another of
the jurors, wanted to bring in a ver
dict of his own, as follows: “Gomez is
guilty and ought to be shot.” T ire- de
fendant during the trial preserved a
stolid indifference. Judge Blackburn,
after the verdict was rendered, ordered
the murderer to be shot on Friday. The
murder was committed on Mondav.
Gomez asked in Spanish: “YV’hen am
I to die?” The alcalde repeated
the .'sentence through John Ma
jors, who did the interpreting.
Gomez shrugged his shoulders and
said, as unconcernedly as if he
were asked to take a drink, “Esta
bueno” (very good). Thirty single
young men were summoned to carry
out the sentence, six of whom were to do
the firing. Six of the natives volunteered
their services which were, accepted. On
the day appointed Gomez was taken to
an adobe wall, above the residence
of Elihu Antony, and his back placed
against it. The first tire Hew wide of
the mark; the second time a part of
his jaw and some of his teeth were
carried awav. His little daughter, eight
years old, picked them up and put them
in his pocket. After the third fire,
which did not kill him, a pistol was
placed at liis breast and bis mortal coil
was shuffled oil' effectually. Banish
ment was the punishment for murder
under the law prior to the Americans
taking possession. It was neeessary
to submit all eases where life was at
Stake to ietjnjx ..i.-ison xor
approval. After the execution Judge
Blackburn sent the following character
wie r,sv**et to Gov Mason: ••Felipe
Gomez was brought before me for kill,
ing his wife. He was duly tried and
sentenced to be shot, lie is shot. I
respectfully submit the same for your
approval.’’ This, we believe, was the
first execution under American rule in
California.—. Santa Cruz Courier-Item
Camel Hiding.
The complaints which have been made
of the dittieulty of riding a camel—of
the headache and nausea it causes—pro
ceed, in Gen. Colston’s opinion, from
travelers who do not know how to ride
them. After the rider has once mas
tered the art of mouuting and dismount
ing, there is no further trouble, and any
one accustomed to horseback may, in
tho General's ojiinion, learn in a single
day to ride and manage the camel. “He
is the most docile aud manageable of
all animals, excepting only the Egyptian
donkey.” The simple art of easy camel
riding consists ekietty i ■ not permitting
your camel to walk, except in deep sand
or over steep, rocky ground, where you
cannot help it. “ There is not a more
back-breaking, skin-abrading motion
than a camel's walk ; but, if you press
him into a gentle pace, which is the
natural gait of a dromedary, he moves
both legs on the same side together.
Thus lie will go all day, with perfect
ease to you, and no fatigue to himself, at
the rute of about five miles an hour. In
that gait his motion feels exactly like
that of a very easy trotting licree, though,
of course, camels are like horses, some
moving easier than others. With every
increase of the rapidity of liis gait, lie
goes rougher.” The higher speed of the
dromedary enables Hie traveler to ride
on in advance, and take two or three
rests in the course of a day, in ordc-r to
allow the slower burden camels to come
up. But they all camp together at
night.— Chambers' Journal.
THE SABBATH DAY.
# [Detroit Fite Press.]
A good square sermon, with roast
duck for dinner, is my idea of the sev
enth day.— Plato
I have never been fishing on Sunday,
but I think Sunday evening the best iu
the week for going to see your girl.—
Cato,
Sweet Sabbath day of rest! Also for
riding out Also, for a good dimmer.
Also, for cutting the children’s hair.
Count me in.— Confucius.
SrxDAY is always welcome to me, for
on that day I sew on loose buttons, wash
my feet and reflect that lam one week
nearer the grave.— Diogenes.
In the old Puritan days a young mat.
caught waiting at the church door to see
his girl home would have been set down
as one shade worse teen a sheep-stealer.
The man who can s .o sermons in run
ning brooks is most apt to go aud look
for them on Sundays when trout are bit
ing.—New Orleans Picayune.
The Sultan ha3 many refined tastes.
He is fond of Ms garden, his birds, hi
horses, and his dogs. He is studious,
takes much pleasure in literature, reads
Ms newspapers like any other man, aud
keeps himself so well informed on gen
eral European politics that Ms will has
weight in Ms ministerial council.
Some people like oysters on the half
shell, others quail on toast; but we prefer
eagles on ten-dollar gold pieces,
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BITS OF INFORMATION
Three attempts have been made to
assassinate Queen Victoria.
Tbr theater of Marcellus, at Borne,
was capable of seating 20,000 persons.
It has been estimated that 2,000,000
men perished in the wars begun to re
cover the Holy Land.
William Henry Harrison was the
oldest man elected President, and Gen.
Grant the youngest.
An Italian writer says that 40,000
operas have been written sincj 1600, of
which 10,000 have been produced by the
sons of Italy.
It is stated that it takes 20,066 rose*
to produce half an ounce of the attar,
which accounts for the high price de
manded for the pure article.
Exgland produces more tin than any
other country in the world. There are
tin mines in Bohemia, Saxony, Spain,
Portugal, Malacca and Australia. •*
YY'abren Hastings, Governor General
of India, was tried by the peers of Great
Britain for high crimes and misdemean
ors. One of the charges was liis accept
ance of £IOO,OOO from the Nabob of
Oude. The trial lasted seven years and
three months, terminating in ac
quittal.
The White House was first built in
1792, at a cost of $330,000. It was not
occupied until 1800. It was rebuilt in
1818. Its porticoes were not finished
until 1829. Altogether, it is computed
to have cost for building, rebuilding :ind
furnishing about $1,700,000. The whole
structure has a frontage of 170 feet and
a depth of 68 feet, and its vestibule is
50x40 feet. The garden and park which
inclose the mansion occupy twenty acres.
The Cabinet-room, 40x30* feet, is* 011 the
second floor. The White House was
modeled after the palace of tho Duke of
Leicester.
The phrase ‘ ‘Speaking for buncombe ”
originated near the close of the debate
on the famous “ Missouri Question,” in
the sixteenth Congress. It was then
used by Felix Walter, who lived at
Wayneaville, in Haywood, the most
western county of Nort) Caroiiua, near
the adjacent county of Buncombe,
which formed part of his district. The
old man rose to speak, while the House
was impatiently calling for the “ ques
tion ” and several qiembers gathered
around him, begging him to desist. He *
persevered, however, fora while, declar
ing that the people of his district ex
pected it, and that he was bound to
“make a speech for Buncombe.”
The phrase “According to Gunter ”
refers to Edmund Gunter, a distin
guished English mathematician, who
was bom in 1581 and died in 1626. He
is known as the inventor of the chain
commonly used by surveyors for meas
uring land, and of the flat wooden rule
marked with scales on equal parts of
sines, chords, etc., and also with loga
rithms of these various parts, which is
used to solve problems in surveying and
navigation mechanically with tho aid of
dividers alone. Hence in the use of the
phrase, any tiling is “according to Gun
ter ” which is done quite right and ad
mits of no improvement
A London paper once printed the fol
lowing in regard to the “origin of the
custom of making fools on the Ist of
April:” “This is said to have begun
from the mistake of Noah in sending the
dove out of the ark before the water had
abated, on the first day of the month
among the Hebrews which answers to
the Ist of April; and to perpetuate the
memory of this deliverance it waa
thought proper, whoever forgot to re
markable a circumstanoe, to punlah
them by sending them upon some sleeve
less errand similar to that ineffectual
message upon vrl.iot Uw u;l - .. u u „„ t
by the patriarch. The custom appears
to be of great antiquity, and to have
been derived by the Item ana from some
of the Eastern nations.
Hospitality.
In the first days of the republic a
series of entertainments was inaugurat
ed in Philadelphia, in which a dozen cr
twenty gentlemen met once a week at
each other’s houses in tnrn to take sup
per. That wit and wisdom were not
wanting in these meetings we may know
from the fact that Washington, Tliomaa
Jefferson, Talleyrand, keenest-witted of
Frenchmen, the fiery, brilliant Judge
McKean, and the courtly Charles Car
roll were among the guepis from time to
time.
So noted did these weekly little assem
blies become, in fact, that eveay for
eigner or stranger of distinction visiting
Philadelphia sought for an invitation to
them as a means of gaining a knowledge
of the finest social product which tho
capital of the new nation afforded.
A few months ago some curious docu
ments came to light in Philadelphia.
.Among them was a memorandum made
by a member of this club cf the cost of
these entertainments, with the items,
which, as a rule, consisted of oysters,
cheese, crackers and liquor. The ex
pense of the most pretentious supper, at
which twenty gentlemen sat down, did
not exceed $6. The statesmen, wits and
scholars who met there vo exchange
their ideas did not regard the enter
tainment as a matter of the stomach, but
the brain.
Hospitality, in this country, has com©
to signify merely the giving* of a meal.
It has taken its lowest and coarsest
meaning for ns. In France, the highest
members of the ancien regime met in
the stately old salonß, evening after
evening, where cau-sucre and little
cakes were the only entertainment of
fered, but where De Stael, Chateau
briand and their friends served an intel
lectual banquet such as the world sel
dom has equaled. It is undoubtedly
right to set before our guests as
choice food as we can afford, but we
should remember that feeding is not
hospt tality.
It is to make him free of our best
thought, to welcome him to our habits
and life, to the sanctuary of our home,
to send him away with something better
to remember than a well-cooked capon.
As matters are now, the cost of provid
ing a pretentious meal induces many
families to shut their doors os all
guests. They will not receive their
friends if they cannot treat them to a
display of rare dishes and curious pot
tery. We know houses, on the contrary,
where the table is always simply and
prettily set, and where a cover is invari
bly laid for the occasional stranger,
When he comes, however humble the
fare (and it has been reduced to bread,,
butter and milk), he is welcome, and
no apologies are made. Thi3 is true
hospitality.
Parents should remember that much
of the education of their children de
pends upon the guests whom they see
at their father’s table. They should
not, therefore, shut out these guests,
from any vulgar notions of vanity and
display.— Youth's Companion.
The jewel of a servant girl is the one
; who hangs all her mistress’ embroid
j ered underwear on that portion cf the
; line most conspicuous to the neighbors’
* eves.