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Newspaper Page TextDmiljcast (Georgian. | PUBI ISIIED ON WEDNESDAY MORNING BY H. H. CARLTON & Co., Proprietor*. II. II. CAltLTOX, Editor. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: ONE COPY, One Year, * £ OO WIVE COPIES, One Year, 8 76 TEN COPIES. One Yeer IB OO 2he Official City 'Paper Rates of Advertising. ■ —, ,11 Ai A MAP OF No. 284 Athens, Georgia, Wednesday, May 12, 187B. 5 OLD SERIES—Volume Llll. I NEW SERIES—Volume 111. l ity Government of Athens. fi t * ' |' •» | w 4 0 l 3 • 1 * j 0 3 IT | j i 3 3 ** i E* m T Si 5 O 6 M E § & ii i uu i ,i i ;.v 5 «ftr a ;*o J uu A Oft 4 ou, S UO 9 00* 12 0^1 3i :l O ' 4 50 5 75 6 75l l’i Of* IH ou 4| 4 «0 5 7% 7 25 1 S 50:14 30 18 75 17 00; 22 21 0if| 30 2,5 00. 36 00 6 »o' * ■» 10 25 12 00; 19 SO 24 75 SI Ou Is 7| ; 00 9 So 11 75,10 73 22 00 27 00 > 37 00 54 »! 5 00 10 75 IS 25 IS 50124 50*-J 75 41 00 61 »' » oril 30 II 75,17 23]27 UU ! 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Citation for letter* or Guardianship $5 00 Citation for Letter* of Administration 4 00 Application lor letters of IH«iiiission Adifl’r.. 4 00 Application for l. ttcr* of l>isnTt*n Guard.... 5 00 Application for l^ravc to Sell (.and* 5 no Notico to Debtor* and f'redit >rs 3 00 of Lind, Ac , per S'jinrf a 00 Sties IVnahable Property, todays, peri»| 1 5»» Kstray Notice*, !W days 3 00 Sheriff Sales, per levy of 10 line* or ie*s 2 5'J Sheriff Mortgage ft. fa. Sales per square 5 00 Taa Collector’* Saiea. per square 5 00 Foreclosure Mortgage, per sq aare, each time. 1 00 Fsemi*tion Notices (in advance) 2 oo It;!® Sid’s, per square, each time 1 0‘J Business A Profes’n’l Cards. Poetical. Dr. Wm. King, Jr., Mayor. CilCSCILMEN. First Ward—Green Blair, Wiley F Hood Second Ward—F W Lucas. A L Hull Third Ward—Jas D Pittard, Malcom Stafford Fourth Ward—It L Moss, C G Tnl- madge STANDING COMMITTEES. Finance—Minus Lucas mid Hull Police—Talmadpe. Lucas and S afford Streets— PitUrd, Hood and Hull Public Property—Staffmd. Pittard and Blair Health—Hood. Pittard and Blair. Ordinances —Hull, Tnlmadgeand Moss Market—Lucas. Stafford and Moss Fire Department—Talmadgc. Hood and Moss Belief and Petitions—Blair, Lucas and Stafford. CITY OFFICEItS. W A Gilleland. Clerk of Council and City Treasurer T W Buckcr, City Attorney A S Dorsey, Magazine Keeper J W Brumby, Clerk of Market Henry Hill, Street Commissioner W T Moon, Lamplighter rol.lCE DEPARTMENT. II Cobb Davis, Chief of Police Policemen- R F Culp, BO W Bose. Clarke A Shirley, Win Shirley, W T Moon FIRE DEPARTMENT. Henry Beusse, Esc., Chief Engineer Capt S D Mitchell, 1st Assistant Win A Bain. 2d Assistant PffWSfCmW. ,R A FOX OFFERS HIS 1‘ROFESSION- ml Service* to lbs clllaenaof Athena mod el. niiy. Offl.-«atthe Dr,i» Store of R. T. Crumby A Co., Collets Aeenue. Athoum. tim. jl-tf D S, M. HERRINGTON, >• Notan Public and Ex-Officio Justice of the Peace. Ofllrt oeei I.. J. LAMMCtas’ store. March 51-6m. P G. THOMPSON, • A ttorney at Law, Special attention paid to criminal practice. For terrace apply to Kx, Got. T. II. Watt* and IX iD. Atiiens Fire Co. No. 1. Meets on the fourth Thtirsday in every month, at Firemen's Hall. Lamar Cobb. Captain, N. A Rhodes, Sec'y. Pioneer Hook and Ladder Co. No. 1. Meets on the tirst Wednesday in every month, at Firemen's Hall. C. G. Tnl- madge. Captain. A. H. Vonderleith. Sec’y. | Belief (Colored) Fire Co. No. 2. Meets on the first Monday night in every I month, at tlicir nail. T. Boyd, Cap't.' R. Johnson, Sec’v j Darid Clapton, .'Lmtcoiurry Ala. Birry’s More, Athens, <»rorgi®. A>a M. Jackson L. W. Thomas. JACKSOlTa THOMAS, Attorneys at Law Athens, Georgia. '10BB, ERWIN & COBB C attorneys at Jsair, ATHENS, GA. WOtr OfB'« in the Deupiree Buil ling R. LfTTLE, i ATHENS MERCHANTS’ EXCHANGE. I Officer*—A K Childs, President; J J Thomas, 1st Vice President; J If Hug-, gins, 2d Vice President; S C Dobbs, 3rd Vice President; J R Crane, Secretary and Tieasnrer. STANDING COMMITEES. Business Committee—R L Moss, Chair., man ; W C Orr, J 1) Pittard, Wm King, Jr., J Hampton. Ezeeutitc Committee—Dr R M Smith, Chairmnn ; T A Burka, J R Mathews. Committee on Membership—A S Dorsey, Chairman ; II Beusse, II B Bernard. Regular meetings, 2d and 3rd Thurs day nightaof enrh month. Attorney at Ia?t\ CARNKSVILLE, GA. J OIIN T. OSBORN. Attorncy-at-Law ELBKIITON, GA. Will practice in the counties of iho Northern Circuit, lUnks, Franklin and Habersham of the Wrat<*rn Circuit; will giv*» special attention to all claim* entrusted to hi* care. Jan. !•>, l!»;4—ly.i* Clarke County OlUcfals, Asa M Jackson. Esq , Ordinary A L Mitchell, Esq., Judge County Court John I Huggins, fllerk Superior Court J A Browning, Sheritf J W Johnson. Tax Collector D E Sims. Tax Receiver S C Reese, County Treasurer E K Lumpkin, County Surveyor M <» Watkins, Coroner THE EDITOR’S BORE. Acaln I he«r the creaking atep, He’a rapping at the door! Too well I know the boding sound That i.jhers inja bore. I do not tremble when I meet The atoutest of my foes. But heaven defend me from the friend Who conies but never goe«. He drops into my easy chair, And aski about the news. He peeps into my manuscript, And gives his candid views; Ho tells me where he likes the line, And where he’s forced to grieve ! He takes the strangest llLerliea— Jlut never takes his leave. He reads my daily papers through llefure I’ve seen a word, lie scaDs tli« lyric (that I wrote)— And thinks it quite absurd. He calmly smokes my last ciga\ And then kr^asks for more; Ho opens every tiling he sees— Except the entry door. He talks about his fragile health, And tells me of his pains, And of a score or more of ills, Of which he ne’er complains; And how he struggled once with death To keep the ffeod at bay ; On themes like these an ay begot*— But never gees away. He tells me of the carping words Some shallow critic wrote, And every precious paragraph Familiarly can quote; He thinks the wr ter did me wrong. He’d like to run him through ! He says a thousand pleasant things— But never says ” Adieu !" Whene'er ho comes—th-t dreadful man— Disguise it as I may, I know that like an autumn rain, He’ll last throughout the day. In vain I speak of urgent tasks, In vain 1 scowl and pout; A frown is no extinguisher— It does not put him out 1 I mean to take the knocker off; Fat crape upon the f ■■*r ; Or hint to John that I am gone To atay a month or more. I do not tremble when I meet The stoutest of my foes, But heaven defend me from the friend Who never, neTergoes. Miscellaneous Selections. fFrom the New York Obserrer.l an old soldier of the CROSS. Georgia is a great State. Until the admission of Texas—Virginia, Michigan, Missouri and Georgia and better work for him to do. He returned to the pulpit with new zeal, and a determination to spend and be spent iu proclaiming salvation. His labors have been chiefly in Georgia, though often rendering good service to the cause of God in other States, es pecially in South Carolina. His early education was very- imperfect. He went to school, i not more than six months. But j his mind was active, eager and in quiring. He cried after knowl edge, and lifted up his voice for understanding. He sought her as silver, and searched for her as hidden treasure. Of course, he found the knowledge of God. He has not slighted philoso studies. At times, he has pal much attention to mental science. But his reading through life, has been chiefly theological. The fountain of all saving knowledge —the word of God—has claimed most attention. In his constituted elements, his mind seems to be a rare combina tion of the poetic and metaphysi cal. He has very unusual power of attention. For hours he can fix his thoughts on one subject. He is very happy in incorporating practical remarks with abstract thoughts. He thus makes a dry- theme attractive to a promiscuous congregation. His style, far re moved from meretricious orna ment, is yet always neat and quite ornite. But he never so wreathes the sword in flowers, ns to hinder its cutting power. For mere or nament, he never seems to care at all. His figures are part of his argument. They explain his mean ing and deepen the impression he •eeks to make. He has .had one of the finest voices. It is now a little broken. But still it is pleasant. It is com monly clear, full and sonorous. For hours, he speaks without weariness or change. He always gives pleasure, and not pain, by his manner of speaking. Of course, he is natural. At times, he says very terriffic things iu very solemn tones; but commonly, his utter ances are winning and tender. His early ministry was attended with wonderful effects. At times -rf-jrv 5/3! ijjmt Georgian ?jnd*h IS' - ' PUBLICATION OFFICE: rTo. 7, GKAfr/Thl PQV, (LThStalr*,/ VlVi ATHENS, GEORGIA. Rates of Advertising: Transient advertisement®, oroneviusr* or more, $1 00 per sqnart? for the Ural Insertion, and .Scent® for c«<*h subsequent insertion. , f Bq. All advertisement® cotwMered transient except where special contract* are made. Twelve linen apace of this type (rt^one Inch) make one >quare. iriyi-'or contract prices, see aciiedule. WSPARER SUBSCRIBERS. I to say of him thatho never fails UiV AMUSING PECULIARITY, GETTING SQUARE WITM THE The London Newspaper Press to have a newspaper—two or three I . OF SHEEP. i .frfifty - iL ' ” * r’ ” 11 When he thinks they m —»—*: 2**1 e were "the largest of our States, , . each having about sixty thousand , ji«J expresses concern that his mm square miles. Georgia has had a remarkable history. From the T S. DORTCH, ^ * Attorney at JDaty, CARNESVILLK, OA. E. A. WILLIAMSON, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER and JEWELLER At Dr. King*! BROAD STRKET Drug Store, ATHENS, GA. V9T All work don® in a aunnrlor manner, and warranted to glv® *ail*f.tcti»n. jan:Mf WILEY CHILDERS, T OCATED in this city. Is prepared J_J to do all kinds of Carp®nt®ra* Work in the b®«t '•tylo, and at reasonable rate*, with dispatch. 8Uop in the rear o| the City Clerk’* OflL-e. JaacS. 1874. GEO. W. COOPER, Carriage and J3uggy Tiiomtt Stmt, nppoOte Co-pfrY Llfcry Sl»bli>. "PARTICULAR attention given to JT REFAIR JOBS. Onlfr* 1«R with A. A. Bril, •t Saattaty A Newton’*, will receive prompt al lien. June 17 If .A.. iA. WINN, WITH GROOVER, STUBBS & CO. Cotton Kaetors, —AND— General Commission Merchants Savannah, Ga. Banins, Tlet, Rope, »n>l other Suppliei fur- aiihed. Alan, Liberal Ca»h Aileance. made on •onalgnraeuta for aale or ahipment la Liverpool Northern port*. mySO-tf Livery. Feed and Sale Stable, .A/rreacjEisrs, <3- A- GANN Si REAVES... .1’ROPLIETORS "WILL BE FOUND AT THEIR V V old cUo l, roar Franklin Hous« building, Thoumstreot. Keep al way non hand good Turn out® and careful drivers. Stock well carol for when entrusted to our care. Stock on hand for sale at all times. dei l.'Utf Arrival briI Drparture of Mails. Port Office, Athens. ' DAY TRAIN, (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED.) Arrives 3:45 p. m. Leaves 9:45 a. m. NIGHT TRAIN, (DAILY.) Arrives 0:30 a. ji. Leave? 10 p. M. ATHENS TO ANDERSON C. H., 8. C. A rri ves Tuesdavs a nd F ridays at 12 A. M. Leaves “ “ “ 3 r. M. ATHENS TO BELTON. Leaves Wednesdays und Fri days at 6 A. M. 2Vrrives Thursdays and Satur days at 9 F- m. ATHENS TO JEFFERSON. Leaves Wednesdays and Sat urdays at 5 a. M. Arrives Wednesdays and Sat urdays at 5 p. M. ATHENS TO JtTO TAA’ERN. Leaves Wednesdays at 0 A. M. jVrrives Wednesdays at t> P. M. ATHENS TO FARMINGTON. Leaves Tuesdays and Fridays at •;•••• 10 A. M. Arrives Tuesdavs and Fridavs at ’• 7 F. M. The Railroad mails close one hour before the departure of trains. R. S. Taylor, P. M. days of Oglethorpe down, she has had a succession of great men. In her civil life, her list of worthies is long and brilliant. In her churches, too; she has had many wonderful men who have passed from earth. A long list of such men might he easily istry has not the signs following that once accompanied it. In this he is not alone. Others are mueh of the same mind respecting their labors. This venerable man’s piety, is the charm of his character. The Bible, the Church and the Saviour are the theme of his thoughts Outside of Christ’s kingdom, lie made. Some were Baptists, some j appears to have no business. Presbyterians, some Moravians, 11" mm him, cut tent events gain some Episcopalians, and some j a passing notice; but he will Methodists. The memories 0 t talk by the hour o{ the Church— these men arc greatly cherished, i P»*t, present and to come. His especially by the neighborhoods »W age is serene.andehecrlul,and or denominations to which they! tllc mellowed light of his long belonged. Some of them are his- j thy, promises a clear sunset toric characters. and a blessed, glorious eternity. But my object at present, is to j Bis history is blessed ; his per- T ’I E Enterprise Long Looked For! AT THE FRANKLIN ROUSE Meal* ran be hn'l at all hour*, for nmr cents each. Thia Hotel ha. been thornn^hiy renoraled and newly Airmailed. The TraTclinK Public will be accommodated with Board and Lodging for TWO DOLLARS PER DAY. A FINE OYSTER SALOON la alio connected with thia lintel. Thia la the flare to get Oyaten, Flah, Beef Stako, Hnin and **.«*». Ac. Oyatere will bn cold by the quart and fallen, to thorn who wlih them. Ulre u* a trial eaae you. W. A. JESTER. 11»—.nrtctnni T. TIIKELKELP, j Proprietor*. ••A we will plrasc y 0 Pocket Telegraph Instrument. X>y the aid of one of these little in* JU atrumeata, any one can learn telegraphing wtlhoat didlcully. Full dlrocttoaa accompany each tnatrnmoat. Price 28 cent*. Foy aale at April H—JMf .BURKE'S Book Store. speak of a living man, who has risen to great eminence in one of the churches. You cannot be long in the State without hearing of him. You arc soon asked if you know him, or have ever heard him preach. Some say they would rather hear him than any other living man. I have heard him and was not at ail disappointed. I hope to hear him again. A friend who belongs to the same branch of the church with himself, said : ’ When I hear him, I am satisfied that he is the best preacher I know, until I hear his years old. Grace, mercy .. * ... . ,l. — ’—a pe ice be unto him alwaj's ! son is blessed ; thousands call him blessed. Yet, should he read this, (but for cates) he would never suspect that it was of him self he was reading. His humil ity hides his excellence from his own eyes. Perhaps I ought to say that I have been writing of Rev, Dr. Lovick Pierce, the father of Bishop George Foster Pierce, both of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Dr. Pierce has been an active preacher for seventy years, and will, in a few days, be ninety and Railroad Schedule. ATHENS BRANCH, GEORGIA RAILROAD Day <l«\vn-tr«in leaves every morning except Sundays, at 8.45 o’clock, A. M. Dav up-train arrives at 3.45 o'clock P. M.‘ Night down-train lenves the depot at 10 o’clock, P. M. Night up-train arrives r.t 8.35 o’clock, A. M. Night trains run daily, including Sun days. Both trains make close connection at Union Point with the up and down trains on the Georgia Railroad. 1 8 1 i STOVES, tin wake TO BE HAD O HEAP for O ASH At J. C. WILKINS & C«. Jan.13.4m. Blacksmith Shop, TTILL FEW would respectfully r~l annouuc, to tho citizen* of Athena and ad MwoVk^n SS "•J^fmcuW^SeeWV. ■SrSHOpfoemled ;*p2lu M r r" J J Z C^F. Iir.rT Stabla. Aoc20 son 'pnzjrriJYG Executed neatly, ai the (.eorwtan Office. son ; then I like the son best till I again hear the father.’ This remarkable man of God was born in Halifax county. North Carolina, on the 24th of March, 1775. While he was yet a boy. his family removed to Barnwell district, South Carolina. In his sixteenth year, the Lord drew him with his chords of love and the hands of a man, and led him to the Lamb of God. His exercises of iuind we:e strongly marked. Hi, conversion was followed br an early profession of religion. Not long after this, his family re moved to Washington county. In 1804, he was authorized to preach. Ho dispensed God’s words with much zeal and acceptance in many parts of South Carolina aud Geor gia for eight years. The old peo ple on Lynch’s creek. Great Pedee, Oconee, and in other places, tell you of having heard him in childhood, or of heaving their parents talk of him. The cities of Columbia, Milledgeville, and Augusta, also have pleasing The Chicago Tribune has an arti cle on “ Third-term fol-dc-rol”—aud tells us the Presideut cannot appoint himself, and that a majority of the peo ple have a right to elect General Grant ibr a third term if they see fit, and that there arc no persons to be found in favor of a third term. The Tribune says: There have been a good many dec larations against a third term, hut no declarations in favor of it have come under our notice. Congress has given no indication of such a preference No State Legislature has declared in favor of it. No political convention has indorsed it. Not a single newspa per in the country is advocating it We have never yet heard an individu al voter express himself as either de- s : ring or willing to vote for a third term. Then where is the danger ? Is iteven probable that General Grant en terrains so palpable a delusion in view of the universal sentiment in favor of the two-term principle manifested daily in such r variety of ways ? The black-and-tanners who i o nina- ted Chamberlain ior Governor of South Carolina last year—if our men * ory is not greatly at fault—distinctly contains the following classifica tion of newspaper subscribers, w^fch is somewhat vaguely cred ited to an American paper. First come the # Uprights.—These are men who lake newspapers, pay for them, read them. Observe the or- in which these things are done : pay comes first—the reading - These men consider they the worth of their money in bargain." It seems as lair aud to them that the newspaper should bo paid for, as a barrel of sugar or a new coat. They never enflbttainjmy other opinion. When r _ * Jhynt: or « little be fore, they are on hand with the pay. There is no more difficulty with them in remembering this period, than Sunday or the first of January. If one of them wishes to stop his paper, lie either calls or writes a letter by his postmas ter, in due season, like a man. This class is dear to the heart of the editor. Their image is em balmed in his warm affections. May they live a thousand years, and see their sous’ sons to the fourth generation. The second class now in miud, is the Do Wells.—This class is near- related to the other—so near, that it is hard to tell where one begins and the other ends. These men always pay in advance in the beginning, and intend to do so continually. But memory fails a little, or sonic mishap intervenes, and the time runs by—sometimes a little—sometimes quite a period. But their recollection, though nod ding occasionally, never gets sound asleep. It pronounces the word in due time, "The printer is not paid ;” and forthwith their will to do well, kindles into activity* Now comes the paying up—"Meant to do so before. Don’t mean to let such things pass hv.” A pub lisher can live with such men. They have a warm place in his memory—only a little back of the Uprights. If such a man dies in arrears, his wife or son remembers that he might not have paid up for his newspaper, and forthwith institute inquiries. They remem ber that a part of the benefit was theirs, and, estate or no estate, see that the printer’s bills are not among their father’s unsettled ac counts. Next come the Easy Dof.rs.—These men be lieve in newspapers. They have fully settled iu their own minds that a newspaper is a good tkiug. They take them, too. Sometimes it the first, they pay up for the first year—at any rate they mean to, pretty soon. If they have done so, they sit down with the comforting conviction that their newspaper is now settled for; and this idea having once got into their heads, refuses obstinately to he dislodged, but keeps its hold ing from year to year; a truth once —now an illusion grey and rheumatic with years. The editor, making the elongated and elonga ting space in the accounts current of their dollars, begins to ask if] they are dead or have gouc to California. Now, he begins to poke hills at them. They sud denly start up to the reality, that they are in arrears; and, like men, as they are at the bottom, pay up. They never, dispute his hills—they know books tell better stories than moss-covered memo ries. If the publisher has faith enough, or a long purse, can live like a hibernating hear, he may survive this class. But if he is a mortal only, woe bo to him. The next class is that of the Down Hillers.—Here, we be gin to slide over to the other side. The picture suddenly gets sombre.' Wo shall dispatch the Down Hillers suddenly. One of these may take a paper because his wife wants one, or the children are zealous to read it, or a neighbor persuades him. When it begins to come, he dismisses all thoughts about it further. If the editor sends a man directly to him at the end of two or three years, he may get some pa}’ for his paper, with growls and surly looks. He never of them, have come about long enough for the publisher to want pay, he sends back with * stop it.’ Or, he takes up bis quarters for parts un known. He does not waut to pay. and he don’t mean to. Get it if you can. — Reader, in which of the above classes are you found ? JUDGE. Illustrative of the persistence ofT In the village of PalmettoTivod .sheep in following, the motious of i * titan who had once been a Judge COMMERCIAL STATISTICS. According to the Philadelphia Times, the quarterly statements of the mercantile failures in this countiy, embracing January, Feb ruary and March, records 1,733 failures in those mouths, and the aggregate liabilities arc set down at $38,873,222. According to an estimate made by dividing the whole number of failures in 1872, 1873 and 1874 by four, the first quarter of these years showed the annexed number of failures : In \ 1872, the number of failures was 1,017 ; in 1873, there was an ad vance to 1,295, aud a still further advance in 1874, to 1,457. The liabilities of these periods were as follows: First quarter of 1872, is given at $30,284,000; then came an increase in the same months of 1874, and the amount reached $57,124,000; the first quarter of 1874 showed a decrease, and the liabilities fell to $38,809,- 000. The liabilities of the whole year of 1872, are set down at $121,056,000; those of 1873, at $228,449,000, and those of 1874 at $155,239,000. If the remain ing quarters of this year keep pace with January, February and March, the total will be $155,492- 888. This is a slight increase their leader, a contemporary tells the following story of a flock oiV the corner of Cortland and Green wich streets, New York: " A flock of sheep was coming from the forty one morning* when both streets were crowded with wagons and carts. Jq$t as the leaders reached the corner, n big. furniture-van bore clown upoii them at full- speed. Startled and confused, they turned- to cross to the other side of the street, when a great leather-wagon rushed to ward them - from the other direc tion. Worse .confused than be fore, they. doubled on their qwii track. This' brought them behind the rear sheep, whom they imme diately followed. Thus, they formed a circle, and each sheep following the one before him, the whole galloped for dear life round and round in a ring till they were tired, amid roars of laughter and applause from a crowd of specta tors to this novel, circus-; and the louder the applause, the faster did the sheep travel.” ,,. This account reminds us of an equally funny occurrence in Hart ford some years ago. A Hock of sheep was driven up Asylum street towards Main street. The street being comparatively narrow and constantly Crowded with teams of all descriptions, the Hoclf be came almost crazed with fright. J ust as the foremost sheep reached i Main, street, a man with a long wagon drew up aud stopped di rectly in front of the advancing column. Without turning to the. right or left, the leader jumped over that of last ' year. The <> vcr . the wa "? n and "; 15S f!,ilo ^ d liabilities of the 'corresponding months of 1874 and 1875, are nearly equal in amount-. In New York State, during the first quar ter of this year, there were 152 failures, and the liabilities are re* ported at $2,694,562. In New York city, there were 197 failures, and the debts are reported at $8,- 490,500. In State and city, 349 failures, liabilities, $11,185,062. In Pennsylvania, 155 failures oc curred, and the aggregate liabili by two or three others; The man moved his vehicle out of the way, and left the path unol>- structed. But it made no differ ence with the sheep. Every one in the .flock, followed exactly the motion of the one in front, and in this manner, the whole drove jumped fiver the imaginary wagon. It was a curious spectacle to sec each sheep at a particular point, vault into the air without any ap parent cause, and particularly as tonished those who did not look ties are $4,927,006. : Philadelphia .... ... is included in this couut. Massa- until utter the wagon over which chusetts, New Hampshire aud t ^ lc s ^ lue P jumped, had icon Maine are lumped, and 113 fail ures and $5,514,000 liabilities re corded from the beginning ot the year until the end of March. In the whole Southern States, there were 312 failures, and the added liabilities are $5,184,567. This is not a had exhibit in a section whose trade and industries are trodden down at present* and have been for years, by circumstances ot a peculiar character. . Another removed. There are, doubtless, many people in Hartford to-day, who will remember the occur rence, as it was witnessed by a larsre number and set the whole of the county, and was well known all over it by the name of Judge > ■ . He kept a store and saw mill and was always sure to Jwvc the heat of ihe Itnrgain on his side, by which he had gained an ample fortune, and some did not hesitate to call him the biggest rascal in the world. lie was very conceited withal, and used to brag of his business capacity, when any one mis near to listen. One rainy day, quite a number were' seated around the stove, ho began as usual, to tell of his great bargains, and. finally wound up with the expriJtsion : * Nobody h is ever cheated me, nor they can’t neither.’ ’Judge,’ said an old man oftlio company, * I’ve elici ted you more than you ever did me !’ ’ How so?' said the Judge. 1 ' ' If you will promise von won't go'to jaw about it. I’ll tell you, or else I won’t; you're too much of a Jaw character for me.’ ’ Let’s hear,’ cried half a dozen at opce. 'I'll promise,’said the Judge, 'and treat in the bargain if you have.’ ' Well, do yon remember that. wagon yoif robbed me of?’ ’ I iiet’er ■ rob!led yon of any wagon; I only got the best of the bargain,' said the Judge. :■ ’ Well, I made, up my mind to have it Imyk, flinl—i—' ’ Yon never did,’ interrupted the Judge. ’Yes, I did, and interest, too.’ 'How so?’ thundered the now enraged Judge. "'Well, you sec. Judge, 1 *Tsold, you one day a very nice pine log, and bargained with you for a lot inore; r Well, (that log I stole off your pile by the mill the uight he- tofe,4»ud thfc next day I sold it to youV. The next night I drew it back home, and sold if to'yon the next,, and so I kept oh until you had bought your own log cif me twehty-sevfin timesT ' ' • 'That’s a lie!’ exclaimed the in furiated Judge, running to his hooks and examining his log ac count. ' You never did sell me twenty-seven logs of the sauu measurement.’ ' I know it,’ said the vendor in logs. ' By the drawing back and forth, the ends wore off. I kept cutting the end off until it was only ten feet long—just fourteen feet crowd into fits of laughter.— j shorter than it was whenJ bnbiglit Winstead (Conn.) Press. Old Hickory’s Walking Stick.. —Andrew Jackson Wilcox, a clerk in the Navy Department, anil a }jreai grandson of “ Old Hickory,” has in his possession a caue that was presen noticeable feature of the bankrupt 1 ed ; t° General Jackson by a committee return of the first quarter of 1875) representing the citizen? of Tennessee, 5a that tLo nmmint ,,f l^hililina I which IS die (if the IROSt UUlqUC. and at the same time intricate pieces of workmanship that the writer has seen for many a day. It is of the finest hickory wood, and was taken from a tree in tl?o front garden of General Jackson's, plantation, tjie “ Hermit age,” a short distance’from Nashville,' Tetrrf.- The fop is surmounted'with a cap of solid silver} 'upon which is en-' graved the names of rii the Presidents of Jtliis country from 1776 to 1841,’ eoninieqcutg with John Hancock, the first President really, and ending wit!,, John Tyler. 'Each of the prongs-,oi ls, that the amount of liabilities shows little increase above the j average of the same period of the last four years. The circular from which the above facts were taken, in commenting upon the subject of business failures in 1875, says : "Considering the continued de pression in numerous interests, the exceeding severity of the Winter and the lateness of the Spring, the conclusion is truly en couraging.’ It was to he expected that numerous wrecks from the panic of 1873, would be discov ered long after the storm had it ; and when it got'so short, I drew rit home and worked it into shingles; and the next week you bought the shingles, and I con cluded I had got the worth.of my wagon hack—and stowed ajyay in my pocket-book.’ .. f Trie exclamations of the Judge were drowned in the shouts ’of the hystiinclcrs. :ind the log mSirfoiind the door without the* promised treat/ ■■ »•* ' • • Tub Mutual Deff.nubnck or Bess and FjopwERi:.—’’ Tbftbces,” Mr. Darwin says, “ have solveddiffi cult problem. They have made their cells ofa proper shape to hold 'tht! great est possible amount Of honey tvitli the Jeast possible consumption, of pre-emus, wax in, tliejr.,construction. human is eugraved the names of the donors. There is also a. whistle made in one of passed, aud probably nut a few of «*££«■ the above failures characterized.” can thus he The Ups and Downs of Boss Tweed.—The Syracuse (N. Y.) ./onr- nal of Saturday evening 1 says: “ The Court of Appeals, we are informed, lias deliberated upon the case of Wil liam M. Tweed, and a decision has been reached. It is favorable to the release of Tweed from imprisonment- on the grolnd that the legal power of the judge pronouncing Sentence was exhausted in the iinpositijn of the first penalty pronounced against him, and that the cumulative sentence was without warrant of law or precedent. The position of ex-Judge Comstock, in his argument before the court, is in effect sustained. We have little Jackson in-calling hi* hounds. Upon the side is engraved the • following beautiful lines: “ And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful Hermitage. A FfHKSnJ General Jackson carried ‘this stick continually, and ’fis skid was more fond of it than any article lie possessed. question but that it is in accordance with received legal principles. c v We are not apprised of the attitude pays any debts if he can get rid I of the several appeal judges on this of it, and a newspaper last of all. | question. An announcement traditions of his early ministry, i recommended Grant for a third time, Pretty early in the war of 1812, land the Daily Graphic of New York he became a Chaplain in the army, city is red hot for him as his own It is seldom that he now meets * with any of the heroes of that day. They have generally passed away. During the war, he studied medi cine, and after the war, he at tended the medical lectures in Philadelphia, took his degree ot Doctor of Medicine, settled in Greensboro’, Ga., and practiced the healing art for six years. But it is not in man that walketh, to direct his steps. God had other suc cessor. And have you never heard of •Sanibard, Jhe President of the “Third Term Grant Club” at Atlanta ? He has been constant in aod out of season on that line. Leastwise, he was until the “ old man” chopped his head off. The Tribune is evidently “short” on “ the true inwardness” of this mat ter.—Afaeon, Telegraph and Messuage-. “ Is there any man in this town named Afternoon T” inquired a Missis sippi post-master, as he held un a letter directed “P-M.” Still, he hates lawsuits, consta bles, and all of that. A dun has the same effect ou him, that a bul let has on a hippopotamus—glau- cing from his hide, or sinking in the blubber harmless. He is always sliding down hill, and soon merges nto another class, of the The Nix Cum Rouse.—No mat ter how this man began his sub scription, he never pays for it— not be. 'He don’t like that sort of paper. It don’t give rews. He never did like it. He didn’t want it in the first place, and told the postmaster so. He sent back one more than a year ago—l>esides, 1 he never began to take it ’till a long time after it came, and he hadn’t had only two or three of them, at any rate, and those he hadu’tread.’ Wipe him off. Hero come.s. of the decision may soon bn expected. Tweed will not, however, escape the unsatisfied law. He will no sooner leave his quarters on Blackwell’s Is land than he will he taken by the sheriff on the order of arrest in the new suits for the recovery of upward of six million dollars stolen from the tax payers of the city of New York, which have just been commenced against him in the name of the people of the State. He will doubtless yet be compelled to disgorge some part of his ill-gotten wealth. His punishment ns n criminal has already been r severe one. He finds that the transgressor’s way is a hard one indeed.” workman is skillfpl enough to do whit knots is tipped with silver, upon which a crowd of fiees can d \ winking in .» An Argument for Marriage.— Powers, the sculptor, writing to a friend of what people call tho fbllv of marry ing without the means to support a family, expresses frankly bis own fears when he found himself in this very position ; but he adds, with character istic candor: “ To tel! the troth, how ever, family and poverty have done more to support'me than I have to sup port them. They have compelled me to make exertions that I hardly thought myself capable of; and often, when on the eve of despairing, they have forced me, like a coward in a corner, to fight like a hero—not for myself, but for my wife and little ones. I now have ns mueh work-as I can execute, unless I can find some assistance in the marble, and I have a prospect of further com missions.” The truth here expressed by the gifted sculptor is like a similar remark we heard not long since by a gentleman who tried matrimony in the samejway, and found afterward that the loose change in his pocket, which lie had before squandered foolishly and idlv—in youug men’s whim*, as he o died them—was enough to support a prudent wife, who, hy well-regulated economy, had proved a fortune in her self, and. had saved a snug sum of money fo? her once careless husband. ‘!A wifeto.direct a man to waist a proper ambition, and to a general economy,” he said, “ is like timely succor at sea, to save him from destruction on a per ilous voyage.” A man may forget his business, his family, and ail the sacred obligations of dark hive—make cells of wax*--uf the true form. Tito number of bumble bees in .the.country, will depend- upon the number of cats. IIow. can, that lie? Because the number offices is depen dent upon the number of field mite which eat the bees. Hence the moro cats the fewer mice, and the (ewer mice the more bee-, .if the whole genus of bumble, bees became extinct or v«ry are, the h ar siasc and red clover would bet-on e ra'.i- o • would diss'pp a*. How is that? Because bees promote th - growth of those tiowera. Tha visits of bees are necessary to the fertilization of some kinds-ot clover,' nod aim o-t iu- dispcnrihle so the fertilization of ti e heartsease. In a word, no bias, in* seed ; no seed, no increase, of the flow ers. The more visits from the bees, the more seed from the flower; the more seed from the fower-q the more flowers from the seeds. Nearly all our orcid- daecons plants absolutely mpti-e the visits of insects to remove the;r pollen masses, aud thus to fertilize them. Twenty heads of unprotected Dutch clover yielded 29,009 seeds. The same number protected from liees produce not one seed ; one hundred heads ot unprotected clover yielded 27,009, and the same number protected from bees, not a seed. J j The Scapegrace.—It is enough iwatoau. “Picas tell me what the time is ?” asked a little boy ofa»apothecary, who was muctx troubled hy such inquiries. Why, I told you the time but a moment ago 1” snapped the apothecary. “ Yen, sir,” said ( _ tho boy, “ but this is for another j jite; but he always remembers^“wirete I he got that counterfeit biff. Hor, Edwa-ds Pierrepout will take ’’ juandai l;t” WitUams’ place as Attorney General of the United States. Mr. I’ierrepont gave 810,000 in gold to help Grant’s—•election, and, not long ago is reported, in an nodross 'oe- fote Hrr a>d Un. vers ty. to have de nounced the Reconstruct uiti Acts ns the greatest crime of the century. Thi- looks like Grant was taking a new de parture with a vengeance. No telling what the Sphinx will do.—Constitu tionalist. ! A Dangerous Counterfeit.—A counterfeit' has been discovered in the five dollar biffs of the First National Bank of Paxton, III. The counterfeit is printed from ait altered plate, from which base fives on the Traders’ Na tional Bank of Chicago have also bjen printed. >b • j - . . ;i< • I-, * ut, • r* - •-•’I .'•* i.--