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j n0 . N. Scarborough
attoknky at law,
iXILlE, - - - - GA.,
•ntion given to all claima placed
ils. Will practice in Sonthweat-
ftice in Court house.
. B. Hudson,
attorney at law,
\ULLE, - - - - GA.
ILL practice* in the Superior Courta > of
GEO. E. THORNTON,
jttojiney at law,
PRESTON, GA.,
JNO. N. HUDSON,
attorney at law,
.117 - - - GA
C B. WOOTEN,
U0JINEY AT LAW,
Albany, - - (1 korqja.
ILL practice in the State Courta and in the
Dr. J. N. CHENEY,
(mousing PHYSICIAN,
KI.LAVILLE, CA.
x>utinuo to practice aa heretofore.
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J. H. McCLESKEY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
imcrs, . . . GEORGIA
iTICE fronting Court House, with entrance
‘door to Dr, EJdridgca Drag Store.
E. G. SIMMONS,
tto rney at Law
AMEKICDS, GA.
•vei Grange Warehoneo. Will prac-
iroughont Southwestern Circuit, 8u-
Ooarts o! Georgia, !J. S. Courts I “
' °*Tannah.
IS THEBE A GOD. .
A Pathetic Scene in a German
Hospital.
[Translited by Emily R, SMnutel.]
000 of tho largest and finest saloons
and beer gardens ia tho city of
bad been turned into a hospital for the
accommodation of tho wounded nfter the
buttle of Langensalza.
. 'Fro® all parts of the country contribu
tions of fruit, wine, and other delicacies
nad been forwarded to be distributed
among the sufferers. In charge of some
of these articles accompanied by my chil-
dren, who carried bouquets and baskets
of flowers, (it was the season of blossoms,
and roses were to bo bad by thousands,)
I directed my steps toward this hospital.
I brought tho children because I think
it is good for them to become accustomed
to the sight of suffering by striving to
alleviate practically the ills of their fel
low-men, and permitting their hands early
to prepare a pleasure or do a libel act.
They had made some wreaths for the dead
likewise ; for daily, hourly some of the
wounded were passing away.
1 left the children in the garden with
their flowers, and while they distributed
them among the grateful men who seem*
ed cheered with the fragrant and bright
blossoms, I passed on to the department
where the ‘‘silent sleepers’' were being
prepared for burial, when the airsuddenly
resounded with a shrill piteous cry that
came from the ward where the men had
been quartered who were very severely
wounded or had undergone amputation.
We all ran to the place whence the sound
camo. It was a soldier in tho throes
of death.—The struggle was agonizing
to witness. A young lady stood beside
the cot fanning the dying man, pale,
weary hopeless; she held the convulsed
hand, her eyes dry with the stare of in
tense endurance. As we approached a
minister present came and grasped heT
hand, saying: “Do not despair; pray, pray
to God. lie alone can help.”
She tnrned to him exclaiming, bitter*
ly : “God ? There is no God or such hor
ror would not curse the earth !—Pray ?
Have I not prayed night and day ? See!
What has it availed ? Behold the excru
ciating torment of that poor soul ;*he can
not live and he cannot die. Oh, go!
Leave off such idle words of comfort. I
will not pray, for there is no God!”
The minister lifted his hand solemnly,
toward heaven, saying: “Young friend
your grief gives utterance to words which
you arc scarcely accountable. Do you
still deny God and his mercy, then look
at the face of your friend now.” She
gazed at tho dying man again ; a wonder
ful change had taken place. The glow
of fever had left his cheeks, the wildly
rolling eyes were smiling softly, the spas
modic limbs were resting quietly, and
quivering hands were folded as if in pray
er. Like a flash of sunlight, conscious
ness appeared for an instant to resume
her away.—“Annie, dear Annie,” he
whispered, with a smile of ineffable
peace; then his lips and eyes closed for
ever.
Deeply touched and silent wc stood
around with uncovered heads as the min
ister offered up an impressive prayer for
the dead. “Yes, there is a God!” he
repeated i and we all looked into the se
cret corner of our hearts, saying “amen I”
In an adjoining apartment stood an
old piano that had been part of its for
mer belonging, but bad not been remov
ed when the military took possession.—
Some one, during this scene, had quietly
opened this instrument, and after a sweet
prelude began singing out that exquisite
song—
“ Tia thus ordained by God above
That we most part from all we love and
cherish;
Tho* nought can e'er so sear the heart.
As when our dearest irienda do part. Or per-
B. P. HOLLIS,
or xx© y At XjAWI
AMER1CU3, GEORGIA.
*«• m Hawkins* Building, Cotton
ALLEN PORT,
Forney at law,
■WERICUS, - GEORGIA,
I 1 !-practice in the counties of the South-
*««rn Circuit, in the Supreme Court of
in the District and Circuit Courts
Hi 8t jf te ”‘ s P coiAl Station given
Jf OEee in ScEumpert, Pickett k King’s'
head of Cotton avenue. oct23tf
N. A. SMITH,
Attorney at Tisaw,
* El! ICCS, : : GEORGIA.
r 0fi» on College street, next to Bepubli-
S. Wise Parker,
Attorxxoy sat Law,
Americas, Georgia,
practice in United States and State
urta. Office—Hawkins’ building. Cot*
ae * June 8 If.
Hawkins. cuozaa a. hawkins
“fiwkins & Hawkins,
attorneys at law,
8,:c ™ GEORGIA.
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AMERICDS. GEORGIA,
b “* the Counties of Macon.
Webster, Sumter and Lee,
•c t JonTt of Georgia and the U. S.
I* "*“««>• The partnership does not ex-
."ruminal business.
National Bank. april 8 ly
Suerry & Son,
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MciTORg*'Yli EQUITY
j, a “bmct;j, Georgia,
«ttmu Ctioe . * n lhe Superior Court, of
Ksoon, Dooly. Leo, Ter-
Marion counties;in the Su-
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W. Felder k Sou, corner Lamer
^^otton Avenue. JanSly
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w Will (rive his
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wKjor Mediae, and solicits a share
A .. dge ’ » r * re *tdence.
aio CoUesre. will receive prompt
ish— yes, perish ?’
Every one present joined in and sang
this soug, so replete with beautiful mean,
ing, to the end. There were no dry eye
but comforted and trusting in the midst
of suffering and death, we realized that
there is a God.”
Before the soug was coded my little
girl had left the ward and returned with
a wreath of flowers that she placed over
the dead, and a full blown rose that she
had retained, because of its perfect beauty
she now fastened in his Augers as if he
were holding it. The visitor at the piano
evidently observed this, and began to
sing “The Last Rose of Summer” as the
young lady, with a softened, and tearful
look at tho remains of him who would
have been her husband if life had been
granted to fulfill their .troth, left the
room on the arm of the minister.
Going Off Half-Cocked.
Speaking of the Hamburg riot, and,
with a mind inflamed by exaggerated and
sensational accounts of that affair, the
Richmond Dispatch says;
It will bo hard work for the Democrats
of the North to elect Tilderf unless such
difficulties cease entirely.
Our friends abroad, like the Dispatch,
arc not doing any good in popping away
in that fashion. If a local tow can de
feat Tilden, he had better retire from bu
siness. The fact is wo hate never seen
yet any satisfactory evidence of any such
deduction as the Dispatch and some other
papers apprehend.'
One great reason why the Eastern and
Western papers make so little fuss over
the affair is because they have the same
thing to attend to at homo. Deeds of
blood, violence, outrage and Lynch law
prevail in their own midst, and it is noth
ing but poppy-cock to keep up a sqn&U
over a riot in South Carolina, when
atrocities of a grave character aro of aL*
most daily occurrence in all parts of the
Union. The Hamburg outbreak is of
coarse deplorable hat that it will change
ten votes for Tilden and Reform, we do
not believe.
When the Radicals “organized hell in
the South,” they expected infernal re
sults. They are the real culprits and
murderers, and the vast majority of the
people, even at the North understand
how to fix the responsibility.
The South is to-day the most peaceful
section, and its ungracious task upon the
part of our own journals to attempt to
show that she is the most terbulent. Let
the Dispatch go to work in its own for
cible way for Tilden and leave the Puri
tan presses to manufacture their own
campaign thunder.—Avijvsta Constitu
tionalist.
The Girls A-fisliing—Wlxat Nice,
Splendid Times They: Have.
[Burlington (Iowa; Hawk Eye.]
There's generally about six of them in
the bunch, with light dresses on, and
they have three poles, with as many
hooka and lines among them. As soon
as they have got to the river they look
for a good place to get down on the rafts,
and the most venturesome one sticks her
boot heel in the' bank and makes two
careful step-downs ; then she suddenly
finds herself at the bottom with both
hands in the water, and a &eling that
everybody in the wide world is looking
at her, and she never tells any one how
she got there. The other girls profiting
by her example, tarn around and go
down the bank on their hands and toes
backward
Then they scamper over the raffcs
until they find a shallow place where
they can see the fish and shoot:
“O! I see one.”
“Where?”
“There!”
“Oh! my, so he is.”
“Let’s catch him.”
“Who’s got the bait?”
“You lazy thing, you’re sitting on my
pole.”
“Show me the wreteh that stole my
bait.”
All the exclamations are gotten off in
a tone that sends every fish within three
acres square into galloping hysterics.
Then the girls, by superhuman exertion
manageto get a worm on the hook and
“throw in” with a splash like the launch
ing of a wash-tub, and await the resnlt.
when a silver-fin comes along and nibbles
the bait they pull up with a jerk that,
had an nnfortnnate fish weighing less
than fifteen pounds been on the hook,
would have landed it in the neighbor
hood of three or four miles out in the
country. After a whiie a feebleminded
sunfish contrives to get fastened on the
hook of a timid woman, and she gives
vent to her tongue:
“Oh! something’s got on my hook?”
“pull up, you little idiot!” shouted five
excited voices as their poles and hooks
are dropped and they rash to the rescue.
The girl with the bite gives a spasmodie
jerk, which sends the unfortunate sunny
into the air the full length of forty feet
of line, and he comes down on the near
est curly head with a damp flop that sets
the girl a clawing as though there were
bumblebees in her hair!
“Oh! take it away. Ugh’ the nasty
things!” Then they hold np their skirts
and gather about that fish as it skips over
the logs, one all the time bolding the line
in both hands, with her foot on the pole
as though she had an evil-disposed goat
at the other end. They talk over it
“How ever will he get off?”
“Ain’t it pretty?”
“Wonder if it ain't dry?”
“Poor little thing; let’s put it back.”
“How will we get the hook from it?”
“Pick it up,” says a girl who backs
pidly out of the circle.
“Good gracious, I’m afraid of it
Tnere it’s opening it’s month
Jnst then the sonny wriggles off the
hook and disappears between two logs
into the water and the girls try for
another bite. But the sun comes dowD
and fries the backs of their necks, and
they get three headaches in the party,
and they all get cross and scold at the
fish like as many magpies. If any un
wary chnb dare show himself in tho wa
ter they poke at him with their poles,
much to his disgust. Finally they get
mad all over and throw their poles away,
hunt up the lnnch basket, climb np into
the woods, where they sit around on the
grass and caterpillars and eat enough of
dried beef and rusk and hardboiled eggs
to give a woodhorse the nightmare; after
a while they compare notes about their
beanx until sundown, when they go
home and plant envy in the hearts of all
their mnslinode-laine friends by telling
what “jnst a splendid time” they had.
Fish as a Form Crop.
Nearly every farmer raises chickens,
and in the fall he counts them and makes
up his mind how many ho can kill If
he is a good manager he will have a
chicken dinner when he Feels like it the
year round, and will have some left to
raiso him another stock the next year
Bnt if he kills them all as soon as they
are large enough, he will go without
chickens the balance of the year.
The same is the case with regard to
fish. Although yon cannot see fish to
count them as you do your chickens, yet
the fact remains that there are a certain
number of fish in each locality and when
that family of fish is caught in its re
spective locality they are all gone.
I You can no more expect to have fish
dinners from those waters thereafter than
yon would chicken dinners after your
chickens were all killed. Now let mo
ell you how to manage,, and you, will
lave a fish dinner Whenever you please.
Never take sny more than yon want for
J our present use, and perhaps, if they
ite well take a mess for yonr friend and
then stop fishing when you have got
enough. If you catch a smali one, take
him carefully off from your hook and pat
him back in the water; don’t throw him
down in yonr boat and take him ashore
for the purpose of counting him, and
then throw him away. That little fish
if put back, would grow to be a large
one in time; and the man, woman or
ehild that does not pat that little fish
back is worse than a brute, with few ex
ceptions, will not kill anything for fun.
I want the readers of this letter to ask
themselves whether they ever left in a
boat any little fish that was too small to
cook. If you have, never do it again.
Show your manhood, too, by informing
other parties that you may see doing it
that in the gratification of their pride
they are wantonly destroying the lives
of little fish: Say to them (if you do not
feel too indignant to packer yonr month
to say it), “please do not do it again.”
Do not expostulate with them harshly,
for kind words will be more likely to be
remembered.
If parties living near the lakes that
were stocked with salmon trout in
rear* 1872 and 1873, will anchor a buoy
i n the deep water and bait with small
fish twice a week they can go to that
bnoy and drop a hook baited with a piece
of the same kind of fish that you have
been in the habit of scattering around it
and take a mess of fish whenever yon
pleaso. This fish will last the season
through, provided you manage taking the
same judgment that yon do yonr stock
of chickens, and stop killing when you
have got a mess.
Fish are local, and there is a certain
number of fish that live in the neighbor
hood of yonr farm, and they do not go
farther from it than yonr chickens do
from your barn ; and there is a rale
among fishermen that is generally observ
ed : If a man sets a buoy and keeps it
baited it belongs to him, and no well-
meaning man will fish near his neighbor’s
buoy.
Setii Green.
DEATH OF SANTA ANNA.
A great old man, whom the world
knows as Santa Anna, died to thq city of
Mexico on the 28th nit. He was born
at Jalapa,inl798, and firetbecame prom
inent in’the war of independence in 1822
when he expelled the royalists from Vera
Cruz, and was appointed to the command
of that city. The year he was deposed
by the self-proclaimed Emperor Itorbide,
but yonng Santa Anna raised the banner
of the republic in Vera Crnz, and a year
later compassed Iturbide’s downfall.
From that time until old age compelled
him to retire from active pursuits, he was
the one conspicuous figure of Mexican
history.
He was a leader in every revolution or
political intrigue, and at different times
ruled Mexico as president, {dictator or
soldier. His life was a series of almost
unbroken military successes until in 1836
after storming the Alamo and maaaacre-
ing its heroic defenders, he was routed at
San Jacinto by the Texan army under
Sam Houston and taken prisoner. The
year 1847 found him provisional presi
dent of Mexico and on his way with twen
ty thousand men to meet Gen. Taylor
and defeat at Bnena Vista.,. Qen. Scott
defeated him again at Oerro-Gordoin the
same year, and finally after the disasters
of Contcras, Gherabosco, Molinos del Ray
and the city ofMexioo, he was compelled
to resign the executive chair. The scige
of Pueblo followed where Gen. Lane for
ced him to retire and in Februaiy 1st,
1848, conacions that his cause was lost,
Santa Anna obtained permission to retire
to Jamaica. He was recalled in 1853,
after years of wrangles had tnrned the
eyes of the Mexicans to Santa Anna as
tho ono man who coaid restore peace and
control the factions. He was declared
president for life, but his rule was des
potic, and after two years of revolution
General Alvarex forced him to sign an
unconditional abdication. A few years
ago, after residing in Venezuela and in
the Island of St. Thomas, he returned to
spend his remaining years amid the scenes
of his former greatness.
A Kindred Tie.
She was a lame woman. She limped
and she carried a cane, and it was nat
ural to infer that she was lame. As she
entered the Twenty-second street depot
to wait for the train, she waa closely fol
lowed by a lame man. He had a stiff
knee, and he also carried a eane. Two
lame persons are no great sight in this
big city Lame tneu and women limp
their way np and down the Manhatten
Island every day, and few people ever
remark them.
The lame woman took her' seat and
after a little she was joined by the lame-
man. He wore a bright smile on his
face and aa he dropped dowp he cheer
fully remarked: ‘Quite a .coincidence.”
The other day a would-be-fashionable
lady called at a neighbor’s at what sbe
thought would be sapper time. “Come
in,” said the neighbor; ‘*we are having
a tableau.” “I’m so glad,” said the visi- l*me leg and go home!’
tor, “I thought I smelt ’em, and I like
them better than anythin for dapper.”
She made no reply. Sbe was ugly-
looking, bnt she looked him over and
made np her mind that she would go and
hang herself if she looked as* be did.
“I am lame and jon are lame, con-
tinned the man.
“Who are yon talking to, sir?” she de
manded, giving him a.cootemptions look.
“Madam, there must be a kindred tie
between us,”, be softlv replied. “I am
lame in thd l»ft leg on I yoh are lame in
the left leg!”
“Are yon addressing me?” she exclaim
ed, flashing very red.
“I am madam. I say there most be a
kindred tie between us.”
There is no such thing, sir, and
don’t want yon to speak to me again sir!”
she said. “I am lame and yon are lame,”
he went on. Rheumatism got into my
legs in New York State, Was it rheu
matism in the case of yonr leg, madam?”
“ITon drunken loafer, yon! How dare
yon talk so to me?” she gasped.
I can furnish the best kind of reference
as to my character,” he replied, “and I
suppose yon could.. But dosen’t it strike
yon as a curious coincidence that we are
both lame m our left legs, both in New
York at once, both waiting to go home,
both so ugly-looking that we can’t get
married?”
“You—you—P’ she choked
“lam fifty years old and dye my hair,”
be cooly continued,, “and you are about
the same age, and I observe yon dye
your hair, I wouldn’t go a rod to sec a
circus procession, and I judge yon
wouldn’t. I love onions, and I should
igsy you did! I love—”
“Fll have you arrested!” she yelled.
I'll have yon.in jail in two minutes!”
: i *As I was going to remark, madam I
lore i ”
“G’way! g’way!" she shrieked clutch
ing her cane.
Nevertheless, I am convinced that
there is' a kindred tie, madam. Two
persons, lame in their left legs must—”
She whacked him vigorously with the
cane and rushed on to another seat, while
a gentleman came over to the lame man
and told him he would get in trouble if
he didn’t look out. “I’m through,”
qqietly replied the lame man. “I thought
their was a kindred tie. but there isn’t.
I’ll never kindred tie to any lrring female
who is so stuck np that sbe won’t listen
to philosophy. She can take her old
Crop Rep.ort.
Below will be found Commissioner
Janes’ consolidated report for tn.i month
of June: _
CORN:—-From the table which follows,,
it will he seen that corn is reported three
per cent above the overage. The upland
torn is generally reported at a much
higher figure, but bottom lands have suf
fered from excessive moisture and the
depredations of the “borer,” or “bad
worm-f In some sections the entire crop
of bottom lands have been destroyed by
overflow. These casnalities to low lands
have reduced the general average, proba
bly, more than their relative area would
justify^ since the upland corn is general
ly reported remarkably fine.
Cotton—While the condition of cot
ton in the whole State is only an aver
age, that of the principal cotton produc
ing section is above that standard the
average being reduced by low reports
from counties which produce hat little of
this staple.
Forage Crops—Fine crops of Ger
man millet and forage com have been
made, and are now quite or nearly ready
for harvesting. The proper stage at
which, to cat these crops is a question of
great importance. The blade of the Ger
man millet is very rough, and becomes
more harsh as the plant approaches ma
turity, hence only enough to afford an
abundant supply of seed should be allow
ed to ripen. That intended for forage
should be cat when the seed are fully in
the milk stage. The plant at this stage
has its maximum amount of nutriment
in the stem and leaves, prepared for the
formation of seed. If cut then, the hay.
when cured, will be more nutritious than
at any previous or subsequent period of
ils growth. There has been complaints
at tbo North, of iojury to hoisis from
feeding German millet, perhaps, in excess
which should at least put farmers on their
guard until the matter is thoroughly tes
ted. There have been no complaints of
iojnry to cattle or mules. The ripe seed
have been said to produce founder in the
horse. These suggestions are thrown ont
in the absence of positive information, to
caation farmers against excessive and ex
clusive use of the millet in feeding horses
until its effects are better ascertained.
Corn forage, is, perhaps, the cheapest
provender which the farmer can raise
the only difficulty being in properly cur
ing the crop after it is made. This is
greatly reduced by very thick planting.
The soil should be made very rich, and
not less than eight bushels of seed sown
to the acre, in order to reduce the size of
the stalk. It should be cut as soon as
fully in tassel, the stalk being then sweet
er than at any other stage of its growth.
Large arears should not be planted at
one time, but successive plantings made,
so that the whole crop will not need har
vesting at the same time.
The most successive method of curing
as follows: cut aud spread as uniformly
possible over tho ground; as soon as
the blades on the upper side are cured,
turn and allow time for the balance of
the blades to cure; next to set it up
against poles fastened on stakes or forks,
leaning the corn from each side, leaving
an open space under the poles to admit
of a free circulation of air. The poles
should be from three to five feet from the
ground, acoordiug to the length of the
corn. After the stalks arc cured, the
whole should be securely housed, but not
in large bulk until the danger of heating
has passed.
Wheat—As was anticipated in the
May report, the yield and quality of wheat
are not so good as was expected and re
ported before it was threshed. The
yield is twenty-one per cent., and the
quality is eighteen per cent., below an
average.
After a careful examination of the an-
ers in regard to rust proof wheat, it
seems that there is not, strictly speaking
a rust-proof variety, though there are
som6 which have, for a number of years
escaped when other varieties were ruined
by rust in tho : same field and under the
same circumstances in every respect. The
-following are the varieties for which urn-
usual hardiness is claimed: In Madison,
Little Red-May; in Lincoln, the Dallas j
in Jones), the Hamilton Bearded. In
Columbia, a variety has been sown by Mr.
Lamkip for sixteen years without serious
iojury from rust.
Mr. C. D. Black, of Campbell, reports
a variety‘of which he received half-bush
el from Western Texas. This produced
in 1874 fifteen bushels. This had no
rust, while two other varieties, sown along
side, were rained by rnst. Sown last fall
on bottom land, it again escaped the
rust, though injured by fly. Qaite &
number of - correspondents consider the
Early Red Purple Straw the safest, be
cause less liable to rust than other va
rieties. j" ;
Oats—It will be seen that in both
yield and quality the fall sown oats still
A MATRIMONIAL BUREAU.
[From tho San Francisco Foot.]
Applicants during office hours will
have the satisfaction of knowing that cu
rious ones on the side of the street can
and doubtless will obtain an uninterrupt
ed view of their approach and departure.
In the ladies department a collection of
the photographs of the male applicants
of doubtful character will be received and
any one ambitions of obtaining admission
into the fields of married blisB most pro
duce unequivocal testimony of untarnish
ed honor and all tho attributes which
make a person eligible to private societal
The institution:being supported by, phil
anthropists, of coarse the momentary fea
ture of the business is the least conspicu
ous, bnt some attention is paid to it in
order that the “bureau” , may be self-sup
porting, A schedule charges has been
scientifically i mged for the benefit of
the patrons. The average fee to retain
services of the agent for one month is 85.
At the end of that time, if a congenial
companion is not found, the agency re
funds the money. If a marriage is con-
sumated the “bureau,” is enriched accord
ing to the liberality of the bridegroom.
No marriage, no money.
A healthy man, medium size, average
looks, middle age, is worth 85 to the “ba
teau.” Take off half a score of years
from his age, add a few inches to his
statue, give him a graceful moustache
and other items of external grace, and
his fee of admission depreciates fifty per
cent, for the chances of marrying him off
and the ultimate gains are increased by
that amount. On the other hand, if he
possesses much personal unloveliness,
87.50 is exacted from him before his van
ity is gratified by the exhibition of his
picture. Red hair is assessed one dollar
extra; a glass eye, 83; a cork leg or arm
85; a slight stranbismus, $1.50; a bad
squint, 82,50; baldness entails seventy-
five cents extra, and false teeth, of ordina
ry manufacture, 81. IF the artificial mo
ire neat and not easy detected, they
are allowed to pass without extra charge.
Deafness costs $4 extra.. Blue, gray and
green eyes are not considered in the cat
egory of good looks. Brown, hazel, and
black eyes are worth fifty cents to the
owner, tor they save him that amount on
the fee. Hair that curls withont the sus
picion of being “kinky” is worth $1.
Small cars are valued at twenty-five cents
and little feet and hands at double that
amount.
Something About the Bible
Inside a Fighting Turret-Ship.
I once heard an old sailor who fought
in a monitor, describe the' sound of the
shots beating against the vessel’s plates
Yon know what it is to be in a long rail
way tunnel,—how intensely dark it is, far
darker than a starless night, and how yel
low and feeble the lights look. Well, it
is much the same in the bowels of a tur
ret ship, when all tho hatchways are clos
ed. Oil-lamps swinging from the beams
bnt they give no luster, and each flame
seems like a little bit of ydlow floating ia
the air. The men grope abont and knock
against each other, some bearing ammu
nition to the elavator connecting with the
turrets, others carrying coal from the bun
kers to the furnaces underneath the
boilers. The engines groan and rattje.
and at times the captain’s bell rings a
sharp order to slacken or increase speed.
Meanwhile, if there has been a lull in
very like a timid boy who is alone in a
country lane after dark—not that they
are afraid. The boy looks at every shad
ow, ; thinking there is a jobber or a kid
napper behind it. The men anxiously
wait each moment, not knowing what
deadly surprise it may bring forth.
And as the battle goes on, it is not long
before there is a ringing sound that is cal
culated to fill the bravest and strongest
The Masonic Grip on the Gallows.
■“Calcraft, who recently retired from
the trying position of haugman in Eng
land, had an agreeable custom of always
shaking hands 7 With those nponjwhoui he
was about to carry out the sentence of the
law. But this has been observed that
Marwood. his successor, never does .this
and speculation has been rift/ in ’certain
quarters as; to (lie cause of bis departure
from this precedent. Freemasons will bo
interested to learn that the reason is be
cause he is a Free and Accepted Mason
and dreads the condemned man giving
him a Masonic grip in return.”
I find tho above copied into several pa
pers, and am curious to know the possi
bilities should the Masonic “grip” meet
the hand of the executioner. And first,
is it allowable for a Freemason to take
the degraded office of hangman ? Second
J** 11 . 10 would the condemned man go through
• his'lrial and condemnation and “give no
far surpass the spring.
ield : foui
Fall sown yield fourteen per cent more
than an average, while the 6pring sown
yield nineteen per cent, less than an av
erage crop, making a difference of thirty-
three per cent, in favor of the fall sown.
There is also a difference in favor of the
fall sown of twenty-three per cent., in
quality. Oats sown.in cotton when the
latter fa laid by, or withont ptowing in
September; do finely. Farmers are urged
to sow as Urge a portion of their crop
possible in the fall.
The seasons generally!!) the State have
been very favorable for the last month.
Eighty-three counties report Iho weather
favorable: several report too much rain;
a few too dry.
The Bible fa the most remarkable book
the world. Its antiquity should invest
it with interest. It is an inspired book.
It is authoritative, and contains the only
infallible rule of faith and practice, it
teaches clearly what man fa to believe
concerning God and what doty God re
quires of man.
Everything connected with the history
of this wonderful volume is certainly imt
portant to be known.
The name “Bible” fa the most usual
ippellation. This name has been hand
ed down by “Tho Greek Fathers,” and fa
of very general use by the Christian
world.
Tho Greek term biblos signifies either
a reed with which writing was then pei>
formed (the pen now having taken its
place) or the bark upon which it was ex
ecuted. Biblion, in Greek, means a
book, and was applied by way of emi
nence to the collection of canonical wri
tings as being superior in importance to
any other composition—the Book; the
Bible
This volomo has also another name,
“The Scriptures,” derived from tho Lat
in Scripture signifying anything written,
and by emphasis to the Bible as the most
important ot writings, holy or sacred
scriptures, on account of. the holy doo*
trines they teach and because written by
inspired men.
Canonical Scriptures, from a Greek
word, canon, rale because they were re
garded as the infallible rule of faith and
conduct. They were numbered in the
Ecclesiastical canons, while other books
considered doubtful were put away
hid or concealed. These doobtfhl books
were called Apocrypha. It fa a word of
Greek origin, citherfrom apo tes kruptes,
removal ftom the chest in which sacred
books were kept, whose authority was not
doubted; or from the verb apoknepto, to
hide or conceal, because they were .cop*
cealed from the generality of readers.
Ever since the fourth century the word
canon has been appropriate to the cata
logue of writings admitted by all as a
divine role of faith and practice.
The most common division of the
Scriptures fa into the Old and New Testa
ment. The old contains the revelations
of God to man, which were communica
ted to the Hebrews before the birth of
Christ. The new comprises the inspired
writings of the Evangelists and Apostles
after the birth of Christ.
The subdivisions of the Old Testament
are the law, prophets and the writings.
The latter fa sometimes called psalms be
cause that was the first book of the sub
division.
This classification fa recognized by onr
Saviour, and also mentioned by Jose
phus.
The division into chapters was by Car*
dinal Hugo, 1240, A. D. The snbdivfa-
into verses of the Old Testament was
by Mordecai Nathan, 1445, A. D. The
verse division of the New Testament was
by Robert Stephens, sixteenth century.
sign?*’ Masonic, signals, understood
wherever the institution fa found, and it
fa found the world over, have certainly
stood men good service when driven to
extremity. My grandfather was one pf
the early Masons of the State of Maine,
having organized a lodge in hfa own
premises. At one time, while command
ing hfa ship in the Carribean Sea, he was
assailed by pirates. Having no ordnance on
lmg m npoo them, end for a little whtlo The buccaneets proved to ho
theyare unable to real.ee what has hap- Spaniard,. My grandfather ordered hie
pened naoeilam that they are not on mVn below, aad placed himself, pistol ia
their way to the bottom. Every ear is hand, open the qnarter-deck. I have
stung with the awful sound, and every Heard him eay that the captain was a
nerve is thrilled. handsome man with gentlemanly manners
The great mass ofironseema to tumble and elegantly equipped with siord, belt
er on one e.de and mean with pam be- mi ; 5 ? oIg- ho approached tho spot
foro thevessel r.ghta herself tgam and occupied by my relative, tho latter be-
etead.es hereelf for fresh exertions. Then thought himselfto male tho Masonic.ign
she returns the compliment pa.d her with appropriate for such an occasion. 1m-
a vengeance and her bn I dogs in the tar- n *Si«ely the captain gave command for
reta hart and spit fire at the enemy untal hl8 me /. bo ^ awa ° mcd on deol to
we pity that unfortunate and wish she retire to their own craft, while the two
would retire from the fidd officers retired lo the cabin, and shortly
The turreta are ranged along the deck. aft , r the piraU left , nd bois ’ ted B , a do.
They are about ten feet in diameter fif- pa r t._Now, hen was a man engaged in
teen feet high, end each one is fastened a most nefarious business submitting to
to a massive upright ntllar of .ton passing lio Uw8 of tho Mla0n . 10 0rdcr . Wo nl d
through the center and working m acock a felon be likely to omit his opportunity
et on the lower deck Thei pillar moon. for b alike means before the al
nected by a series of cog-wheels with a cessitv came for the final “grip ?” Would
steam engine, which causes it to turn the Order interfere for an acknowledged
the turret m the direction the ceptatn felonJ i., binb nol . Would the exeen-
requires. tioner, shocked at receiving tlio Masonic
l T W ° r . 0 - C B 'if pip *uch an extremity be likely to act
plates of the turroMnd furnished with j n accordance with the lira of the Order
^ c ‘!r.e 8 ' When thegnosare to 0 , . WO uld he act in accordance
be fired they are worked on ehdee to the wit h* the civil oath by virtue of which he
port-holes, which remind ns of the month holds hie office? I will remark incident-
ofa dogs kennehand their cores are ally, that when the men were ordered
pointed at the enemy. A second after below the steward, impelled by an irre.
And he sat down and began to read an
almanac for 1876.
YOU HAVE MO EXCUSES.
Have yon any excuse for suffering with
Dyspepsia or Liver Complaint? Is there
any reason why yon should go on from
day to day complaining with Soar Stom
ach, Sick Head ache, Habitual Oostive-
ness. Palpitation of the Heart, Heart
Barn, Waterbrash, Gnawing and burning
pains at the pit of the stomach, Coated
Tongue and disagreeable taste in the
month, Coming np of food after eating,
Low spirits, &c. No 1 It fa positively
your own fault if yon do. Go to Daven
port & Smith, Druggists, and get a bot
tle of Gbkkn’s August Fnowi
cents, yonr care is certain, lint if yon
donbt ths get a sample bottlo for 10 cents
and try it. Two doses will relieve you.
Pure White Wine Vinegar 40c. ^ Gal
Dust Baths for Poultry.
Cleanliness fa important in fowl-houses,
for experience shows that poultry are un
favorably effected by the emanation from
filthy quarters, and, besides working in
places where roosts and floors are covered
with tho droppings, fa decidedly un
pleasant. Dry earth, in tho form of
powder, scattered everywhere, will absorb
the bad odors, giving a wholesome at
mosphere to the hen-hoosc, and at the
same time preservo the manure in the
least offensive condition. Besides these
purposes, a box of dry earth should be in
for 75 a convenient corner of every fowl-house
for the fowls to roll in. Dust from the
his
lou at 8. M. Coheu. .gainer.
v •• •: • ",
ighway is the most convenient. Re
place the same by an equal quantity of
good gravel, and the public will be the
r5i<I jaiiuii'l fc
A Wonderful Occurrence.
they have uttered their bark, they
dragged in, and the doors are closed, just ^ bow matters stood, when it was clean-
m time, perhaps to avoid two return shots I, shaved off by tho murderous crow as
whtchorsck like thunder 00 the plates if guillotined.-£7ia4r(A Oofes Smith.
outside. While the gana are beiog load- —
ed again, the men are hastened by the
whistlo and crash of the shot and shell,
which strike the iron walls of the turret. (From N.vbcj Herald ]
Above one of the turrets there is. lit- 0 u Monday parties of undoubted vera-
tie iron clad pilot house whence captain cit report e d aa occurrence that happen,
directs the movements of his vessel. It ed last week on Dr. J. H. Williims’
his no windows and the only outlook, is pkcc , wMch futs ,. Bo i d JIonntain .. and
through slits,, about an mchw.de, in the f bc .. sho wer of meat in Kentucky" in the
plates. The intrepid man, whose position • —- -• J - -
" the of*' 1 . »f*"0s there d on tbe plsM thenfein he no doubt,
throughout the tmek of the fight, con- £ the whole neighborhood around Dr!
trolling the rudder, the engines, and the Williams’place is very much excited,
turrets, by a motion of the hand or the and on Sunday numbei visited the sceml
tinkle of shell. ...... . snd have verified the wonderfnl phe-
Yon may remember what ftoldyou m nomeno „_ Th6 thing is almost toS in-
previoua article,-! am beginning to orodibIe t0 bo bc li C ved, bnt from the high
upon you as old friends, by the wav -- T - - -
-about Admiral Worden, the here of occurrence there must be something in
mSrem®iTtotatbi^ h2S3 ^35“IV * T' J
r ! Lux r.r /.J , affair from a reliable gentleman:
knocked’him’senLdess!^ AU reptafn’s’.f J ~
nnueseu mu. reureiess. n.u capmins oi household work when a piece of a brick
tmret shire are exposed to such danger fe „ , bo r00m on floor . sbo
as this, and.even greater ones; indeed; as thonghtnothiog of it. Supposing that
I have and, their positions are the most had §,rown it iute the house
perilous.- W. II. St. NMa. acoidental!y| sbe pmbcd ; t in tbe firepIace
A Child nTshmlows. when wonderful to relate the brick jump.
IpACUWofShnaows. ed out ofthe fireplace, danced- over tbe
Months ago a Detroiter was sent to the floor and went into one of the other rooms
House of Correction for habitual drnok- of the house. About the same time a
neness . The wife, a hard working woman boy and a man were working in a field
and sorely afflicted in health, managed nC ar the house, when they were appalled
to provide food and fuel for her child by a shower of rocks,* one of which hit
until the other day, when death came to the boy, inflicting a. severe blow; the
end the straggle. The little girl, hardly man ran home for hfa gun, thinking some
eight years old, was all alone in the house one lying conceded was throwing them;
when her mother died. The event oc- but after tho roost diligent search failed
curred at dark, and at midnight the child to see any one. Tho boy fa hurt very
was heard singing in tho darkness. A badly and yet has not recovered from the
pedestrian who halted heard her say: effects of the blow. Some parties hear-
^Mother won’t you get up and light ing of the occurrence a day or two after,
the lamp? If yon will I will sing some went to the house to investigate, and
®ore. . . chairs! being offered by the hosts, they
Suspecting what had happened, he sat down, one chair being empty; in the
roused some ofthe neighbors, and as they middle of their conversation about the
went in the child sat in the darkness, affair they were alarmed and startled Ly
holding its mother’s cold hand singing: seeing a stick of wood fall directly in the
^«Th e Lord wiU lead a Mule child empty chair. It seemed to fall from the
W rvmv ceiling and was thrown by no visible
erty,hnnge”nnd co?fto mako her'sitea'- ba ”' 3s - roekeapd brick, from last
tion more deaolate, and jet the child of ac “ nDta “ re to jump around,
shadows was not afraid/ She said:
I kept still a long whilo to let mother thls Wonderful occurrence -
sleep. Then I sang all my songs to keep
me awake. Then I looked ont ofthe Baker sends Cbas. D. Hammond and
window and didn’t move, so that the an- Thos. W. Fleming to the State Con-
gels would not be afraid to come and talk vention. and pays Gen. Colquitt the fol-
to her and make her smile. I wish God lowing jnst compliment:
had made more daylight for poor folks.” Resolved, That we instruct onr dele
gates to east the voles of'this county for
The Cat and the Rat at Peace. g ®“- H * c ?A <ln A. tt * °. a L \ nti “ ate 8
qnamtance with General Colquitt, 01
relates the following remarkable occur-
rence: “Passing through the alley lead- Christian gentleman, a fearidn idvocato
ing from Second to ihird street yester- of the right against the wrong—renders
day, the driver of a country wagon yell- it fitting that upon this occasion we, his
ed to us, “Here’s something you never former fellow-countrymen, should give
Ever on the alert for the new to the public an expression of onr feel-
and strange, we stepped over to where the ings toward, him, and earnestly recom-
f i* | v V*,. w anA . . v ■ ■ mend him to all parties in the State as
grocer s Jehu had baited, and looked up- eminent ly qualified in every respect for
on a happy family, outside a cage, for the responsible position to which we
once. A large tin can, naif full of water would assign him ; because in all offices,
had been tilted over against a brick;-on all trusts, and in all emergencies, hfa
that brick sat a large rat drinking from fidelity has never been questioned'; and
the can, and right beside him, with his if nominated and elected, he will bring
head in the same can, squatted a eat ».
concernedly drinking from the same re- determination to gnafd the great inter-
ceptacle. Upen mouthed wonder kept ^ of lhe State the wrong, that
us still. The cat, having deliberately has so conspicuously characterized him
quenched his thirst, licked hfa chops, in the past, in war as well as in peace.
stroked hfa side, gave a whisk to hfa tail ♦
and trotted slowly off. The rat continu- A new York man bas christened hia |
ed to drink until a convenient brickbat daughter Glyoerine. He i
came his way, when he jumped from hfa easy to prefix Nitro, if hiw
pedestral and scampered off, with a coun
tenance expressive of pure contempt for
the individual who would disturb him
when even hfa natural enemy had per
mitted him to drink in peace.”
sembles her mother's.
“He fa a polished gentleman.” said
she,gazing fondly at the bald hei
showeth her handiwork.