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n u \ U FOX OFFERS HIS PUOKESSION-
al Services to the citizens of Atheus aud
• Drue Mo
A 0. M» CURRY, •
. V. Attorney at Law.
HARTWELL, GEORGIA.
V\7"ILL civestrict personal attention
1 ¥ toad Lti'inevs entrusted to bis care.
\.uu>t I, 40—ly.
FRANK HARALSON,
.1 T T (> RXE Y AT L A W,
CLEVELAND, CSA.,
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• ed to his care.
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M. HERRINGTON,
ilarv Public and Ex-Officio
Justice of the Peace.
• uver L. .1. Lampkins'store. March 31-6m.
(J. THOMPSON,
Attorney uu z^ s ~ >
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lopion, Montgomery Ala. Office ovar
Store, Athens, Georgia. Feb.S.tf.
Ass M. Jackson,.
.L. W. Thomas,
JACKSON & THOMAS,
Attorneys at Law
Athens, Georgia.
AOUli, ERWIN & COBB
Attorneys at hair,
ATHENS, (i A.
•fS.e in tit. Pooprre Building.
IulTttleT
Attorney at haw,,
CAUNESVILLF.. OA.
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A MAP OF | BUSY LIFE.
Poetical
Rain in tbe Heart.
“ Into each life some rain mn»t fall."
If thia were all, oh ! if thin were all,
That into each life tome rain rniut fall;
There were fainter sol* in the poet'a rhyme,
There were fewer, wreck* on the shore* of time.
But tempests of woo pans over the soul,
Since winds of anguish we cannot control,
And shock after shock, we are called to bear,
Till the lips are white with the heart's despair.
The nhorcs of time with wrecks are strewn,
Unto to the ear comes evsr a moan—
Wrecks of hopes that set sail with glee,
Wrecks of love, sinking sibntly.
Many arc hid from the human eye,
Only God knowetli how deep they lie;
Only (tod heard when arose the cry,
** Help me to bear, oh ! help me 10 die."
" Into each life some rain mu.st fall,"
If this were all, oh ! if this were all;
Yet, there's a refuge from storm and blast,
Gloria Patri—we’ll reach it at last.
Be strong, be strong, in my hem I cry.
The pearl in the wounded shell doth lie;
Days of sunshine are given to all,
Tho’ into each life some rain must fall.
Tlie Creed of the Fain re.
* I don't believe in either God or Man,
Conscious Automata, we nothing can,
Save as our atoms feel tyrannic chance ;
All is hereditary aud circumstance.
Conscience—Petr\rill—absurd ! And if you a-k
How on these terms fulfill life’s dally task?
What motives ? A ud what conduct ?—look at me;
One more respectable; you'll scarcely see.
As family man, friend, citizen, professor.
Be you, or public judgment, my assessor."
"Good, my dear sir!—but we must wait, I doubt,
To notice how your grand children turn out,
Born in tbe doctrine, reared upon the plan,
Of total disbelief in God and Man.
Let this experiment be fairly made,
Nor Science mourn, by her high priests betray’d; • loVC.
Oh, let lier teach them, from their l.ndorct youth, j Most truly thanking VOU for all
The Trunj^thii whole Truth, nothing but the your parental kindness in the past,
Materl.IAU.rn,, and Mechanic Force; j “®- V it , b ? hc “ rt ’ s , desi re. by
And ,rnd the boy, and girl, rejoicing on their “ ClS 0t love and Obedience, to Strew
j flowers along your pathway, and may
1 your setting sun go down beyond its
j western horizon, canopied with tbe
j brightest tapestrv of brilliancy and
! gold.
| Congregation of Israel, I ask that I
I may take my place with you to-day,
[ among the people of God. Awed by
the memories of the past of God’s deal-
1 ings witli his people, inspired by the
golden promise left to us, in this sol-
emn manner of mv own free will, I
pray God that I may lie an “ Israelite
indeed.”
Brethren, let us remember the teach
ings of Gmi’s word. Lot us be hum*,
bio followers of Him, and when this
life with all of tt- shall have passed,
may we meet on the hanks of the Beau*
tiful river, mingling with the patri-
SJIchA .U"-.'sinJ»i '** ’
ence of our God.
i In childhood’s halcyon days, each
game, each play was made more joyous
, still, as you were always near to lend
1 your cheerful presence, causiug new
j scenes of happiness to spring up around
me, making homo the sweetest and
I dearest spot on earth; and as youth
. dawned upon me, when rainbows of
' ho|>c have spread before me, guilded
with the brightest rays, beckoning me
1011 with the sweetest imaginings, there
too, you have been faithfully by my
i side inspiring me with good and pure
(thoughts, and stirring ray heart with
i noble resolutions.
I You have not forgotten the com'
I niand given to our people by the God'
j commissioned Moses, “ to write the
j law of God upon the tablets of your
j hearts, and to teach them to your chil
dren.” To-day, in the presence of this
congregation, I acknowledge that you
have faithfully kept this solemn in*
junction. Here before these witnesses,
i yea, in the presence of the great God,
I avow that you have dilligcnlly sought
j to store my youthful mind with truths
I in God’s Hold Word. With line upon
j line, and precept upon precept, you
! have endeavored to instill into my
! mind and heart those great truths the
confession, acceptance, and obeyance
j of which will guide 111c safely all along
1 the dangerous journey of life, gather
! my alieci ions from the fleetiug joys of
I the present, cause me to long for tho
. lasting pleasures of eternity, and bind
' my wayward heui t to God. In a little
j while, my parents, with you "thesils
I ver chord will be loosed, aud the golden
j bowl be brokenin a little while,
j even if my life is spared, I shall lose
your sweet companionship, counsel aud
Song oT the Bell,
Muny a year iu the tower I’ve swuug.
Many a song of joy I’ve lung;
Many a tale af sorrow told.
Hinging here in the belfry old.
And ovar the walla, fast crumbling away.
Before the hand of grim decay;
In winter and summer, the ivy climbs,
U|* where my mimic daily chimes.
I sing for the bride, iu her rubes of white;
I siug to hal! the morning light;
And gloomily toll o’er the silent dead,
Peace to the soul forever fled.
And I shall ring in tower here.
Full many and many a coining ; < nr ;
For the fair young bride and the quiet tiny,
Of the earthly ft.rm* that pass away.
£
ommunicalions.
n. A I.OCHr.ASF.. JOHN MILLF.DGE.
LllHRANE & MILLED6E,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Al LA SI A, GA.
OiVico, No. 2} Pryor St., Opp. Kimball
House.
Jun? 2, i»;s. 31-fim
■■ t jj«rtht>ast r=eomJan.
Mr. Editor:—Being present at
the Synagogue on Saturday last, I had
the pleasure of witnessing the ceremony
of confirmation of Moses G. Michael,
son of David Michnel, and being
much impressed with the beauty of the
address delivered by the young gentle*
man on the occasion, I secured, and
herewith hand you a copy of the same.
Very respectfully,
'G. Jacobs.
Athena, August lGfA, 1875.
ADDRESS OF MASTER MOSES
G. MICHAEL.
As memory sweeps o’er the star
crested past, recalling tho grandeur of
other days, proudly must throb each
Iraelite’s heart, as he reviews those
glorious times. He remembers that
his race was selected as the chosen
people of God. That among them
were the Patriarchs, who saw the births at their annual meeting in September
J
01IX T. OSBORN,
Attorney-at-Law
ELBERTON, GA.
Will practice in th*» counties of th«* Northern
u mt, lttnk», Franklin aud l!ui»ernham of the
'«**urn 1 inuit ; will give special attention to
11 Lint* '-litrusted to hi* care.
Jan. la, l»74—ly.i«
and deaths of many centuries. That
to them were Holy Prophets given,
whose Heaven inspired ken swept far
across the then present, into the dis*
taut future, reading the fates of Era*
pires and Nations. Warriors were
among them, too, before whose milita*
rv prowess there was no force so strong
as to withstand the sweep of their
Poets were theirs—
r S. DORTCH,
f * Attorney al hair,
CAKSE.SVII.LL, OA.
E. A. WILLIAMSON,
I'KACTICAL
VfMCHMiRER and JEWELLER
Al Dr. King’11 Drugstore,
l-f'.U) STREET ATHENS, GA
c * 'll,,irk ,lnne in , mRarinr manner, and
»..rr..n!e l to jive MUnticlioB.
Mi tcel!ancons Selections.
A LETTER FROM JEFFERSON
DAVIS.
We publish with pleasure, the fob
lowing manly and characteristic letter
from Hon. Jefferson Davis, to the
Secretary of tho Winnebago, Ill., Fair
Association.
Memphis, August 19, 1875.
To Henry F. Kimball, Secretary Win*
nebago Agricultural Society, Rockford,
Illinois.
Dear Sir : I yesterday sent to you
a telegram announcing ray revocation
of my conditional acceptance of the
invitation to ndilress your association
action of your board in their invituti
to me to make tbe annual address at
the county meeting, thereupon I sent
you a telegram withdrawing my ac
ceptance of your invitation, nnder the
conviction that it would not be useful
or agreeable to participate in the meet*
ing,_ and I hope that neither your asso
ciation nor the directors will suffer
harm by the delay in procuring an
orator, or bj the correspondence which
has caused if.. Third, the object was
to gratify a wish long entertained to
see in its cultivated dress the country
known to me as a trackless desert.
But that being merely a personal grat
ification, it may be indulged in at my
convenience, or postponed indefinitely.
I can well believe that the cause which
has changed my purpose was ns un
foreseen by you as by me, aud you
may be assured that I feel no dissatis
faction toward the directors or yours
self, and have suffered no personal em
barrassment from the event, as the in
vitation was unexpected and only ac
cepted as an expression of general
good will; so my only regret is the lost
opportunity to promote the public in
terest, with which the welfare of your
community is identified. Again ex*
pressing the hope that neither the dis
rectors nor yourself may suffer injury
or annoyance, and thauking you for
the kindness and consideration you
have manifested,
I am, respectfully yours,
Jefferson Da vis.
Limitation or Indebtedness.
The Missouri Constitutional Conven
tion has adopted tbe provision limiting
local indebtedness to live per cent, of
the assessment.
The Telegraph and Messenger says
of the comments of the Chronicle and
Sentinel, and we fully endosse tho views
of each:
We heartily agree with the Chronicle
Sentinel “ that it is a very commenda
ble restriction—not ns efficient a pro*
THE REV. JOSEPH STRIKER.
Over in W. one of the churches re
cently called a clergyman named Rev.
Joseph Striker. In that city, by a
mpet unfortunate coincidence, there
.4 STRANGE HORROR.
The St. Louis Republican of Satur
day says: Some time since Thomas
Donohoe, living on the east side of
_ , Benton, between Marceau and Clay
afeQ resides a prominent prize-fighter ‘'hwts was notified to abate a nuisance
named Joseph Striker, and rumors | consisting of a full privy vault. To
were afloat that the latter Joseph was 1 cflect this he had a new vault dug be-
about to engage in a contest with a s *J e the old one, about twentysfive feet
%P ugilist for the championship, f * a depth and five feet across. He had
Oar Sheriff considered it his duty to j stated his iotention to move the con*
warn -Joseph against the proposed in- ! tents from the old to the new vault,
fraction of the laws, and so he deter- a "J then have the old one cleaned
mined to call upon the professor of the
art'of self-defense. Unhappily, in in*
(jui.nng the way to the pugilist’s house,
somebody misunderstood the Sheriff.
anAsfnt him to the residence of the
Reyv^serii' 'Striker 1 , of whom he-faad
nefler heard. When Mr. Striker ens
tered the room, in answer to the sums
mans, the Sheriff said to him famil
iarly: *
‘ Hello, Joe! How are you V
Jtr. Striker was aiuaScd at this ad
dress but he politely said :
‘ Good morning.’
_ [ Joe,’ mid tho Sheriff, throwing
his leg lazily over the arm of the chair,
‘ I carne around here to see about that
mfl with Patsy Dingus, that they’re
all talking about. I want you to un
derstand that it can’t come off any*
where’s around here. You know well
enough its against the law, and I ain’t
gding to have it.’
-/Mill! Mill! sir? What on earth
do you mean?’ asked Mr. Striker, in
ajjtonishinent • I do not own any mill,
rM. Against the law! I don’t under
stand yon, sir.’
‘Now see here Joe,’ said the Sheriff,
biting off a piece of tolmcco and look-
5 very wise, ‘ that won’t go down
th me. It’s pretty thin you know,
know well enough that you’ve put
Hail he done this the fatal catastrophe
would not have occurred. Instead of
so doing, however, he concluded to
save expense by draining the contents
of the old vault into tbe other, and
had intended to do the ^prk daring
last night. For some reason, however,
he changed his mind, and went down
in the new vault yesterday afternoon
about 2 o’clock to tap the wall. He
hail uo sooner made an opening in the
brick wall than a deadly volume of
’ gas, always present in outhouses,
rushed through the aperture. A sin*
glc iuhallation was sufficient to para
lyze his strength. Almost in an in
stant his hold on the ladder loosened
ami he fell to the bottom of the pit a
corpse. A young man named Charles
l’runty, a boarder at Donohoe’s house,
soon afterward remarked that Donohoe
was gone a long time, and went to see
what was the matter. On looking
down he saw the lifeless form lying
half hurried in filth at the foot of the
ladder.
He shouted an alarm to several
others who were within hearing, and
then rushed heedlessly down the lad
der, probably thinking to extricate the
body before life should become extinct.
Those who had heard his call and seen
him hurriedly enter the vault, ran im-
Up 81,000 on that little afiair, and that * mediately to the place, but wheu they
you’ve got the whole thing fixed with arrived, could hear no answer to their
Bill Mart in for referee. I know you’re anxious inquiries as to what was the
going down to Pea Patch Island to trouble. Peering into tho depths of the
have it out, and I’m not going to allow horrid pit they could discover the two
it. I’ll arrest you as sure as a gun, if bodies lying together at the bottom,
you try it on, now mind me.’ ! No doubt the second man had been
‘ Really, sir,’said Mr. Striker, ‘ there overcome by the foul air as soon as ho
must be some mistake about—’ I arrived opposite where the wall had
ture trouble if allowed to. The prohibi* ‘Oh no, there isn’t; your name is '‘ecu tapped, and had perished instant-
tion is very positive and peremptory, as Joe Striker, isn’t it?’ asked the Sheriff. *V- By this time quite a crowd had
g ‘My name is Joseph Striker, ctr* ' collected, and among them was a young
tainly.’ i man named James Henry. He not
‘ I knew it,’ said the Sheriff, spitting j supposing the men dead, and seeing
on the carpet, ‘ and you see I’ve got j *be necessity for instant action, pres
this thing dead to rights. It shan’t pared to descend to their assis-
enme off, and I’m doing you a favor in : tancc.
blocking the game, because Patsy'd ! With greater prudence thau the one
exceeding five per centum on the value curl you nil up aud sicken yon any* 1 "'bo had preceded him, he tied a rope
of taxable property therein ; nor shall way if I let you meet him. I know about his waist and arranged that at a
bo’s the best man, and you’d lose your signal those above were to draw
TOTTTSCfltBVyyli-ftwaed«n besides: ! him out. This agreed upon, he went
*1 do not know what you are refer* f°r s6me QV VfioiLP??-' ! 'ble, the helpless
ring to,’ said Mr. Striker. ‘Your re* «•»“*.-*. : * ■ —
marks ore incomprehensible to me, but
your tone is very offensive, and if you
have any business with me, I’d thank
you to state it at nuce.’
' Joe,’ said the Sheriff, looking at
him with a benign smile, ‘you play it
phylatic against the evils of debt as it
would have been adopted fifteeu years
ago, but still a wholesome restraint
against a tendency that would breed fo
il ought to be; it declares that no subdi
vision of the State, county, city, town,
township, school district, or other rau*
uicipal corporation, shall be allowed to
become indebted iu any manner, or tor
any purpose to an amount, including
existing indebtedness, in the aggregate
next. The long period which has
elapsed since the receipt of your first
letter, aud the considerate courtesy
which has marked your correspondence
make it my duty to the board and my
self that sufficient exploitation should
be given of this change of purpose.
Three objects mainly induced me to
accept the invitation: First the hope
that personal intercourse might re
move somo of the prejudices which
whirlwind charge.
the sweet breathings of whose poetic . -
numbers, still holds a world entranced. J had been generated by partizan fac-
Indeed, Judges, Priests, Sages and tions anil nurtured by individual and
Kings, whoso holv teachings, words of j sectional hate. Anxious as in former
any debt be incurred within this limita*
.1., gsMS’ir.Y’fir'ifir.ir’iME
cient to pay the interest on the debt a?
it falls due, and also to constitute a
sinking fund for the payment of the
principal thereof within twenty years
from the time of contracting the same,
shall be submitted to a vote of the qual
ified voters at an election held for that
purpose after reasonable notice and
shall have the assent of two-thirds such
voters.’
“ The effect of this will bo to arrest
the contracting of debts of all kinds—
not only funded debts, but that species
of floating indebtedness implied in coun
ty and city warrants, which are worse
than the other The language is com
prehensive. No county, city, town,
township or school district shall be al
lowed to become indebted in any man
ner or for any purpose.’ This is a pro
hibition not only of bonded debts, but of
expenditures in exeess of income, also,
and it will have application to all mu
nicipal governments like those of St.
Lotus and Kansas City, which, for years
past, have been in the habit of spend*
fug annually more than their income.”
If wo ever have a convention in
Georgia, we hope some such provision
will be incorporated in the new cousli*
tution, even if the convention does
nothing else than put it there. It
would amply pay tne tax payers of
Georgia tu have such protection against
the waste of their substance, if they
can receive no other relief from present
evils.
^hrtidt'ffiy
IN SEARCH OF A MISSING
HUSBAND.
The other day a tall, thin woman
from over the river hunted around
Vicksburg until she found Coroner
Blessing, whose retiriug disposition and
prompt attention to business are certain
to make him famous all over the State
within the coming year, and when she
was certain of her man she inquired:
‘ Business ain’t driving now, is it.’
‘ Well, nothing to brag of. I get a
floater of a nigger now and then, but
it isn’t anything like old times.’
She heaved a sigh and continued :
* Sam is missing.’
* Sam, Sam,’ he repeated.
‘ Yes, my old man. Its nigh on to
12 weeks since he started to crops the
river about six miles above here 1 , and
I’m getting anxious. I thought I’d
drop down and see if you remembered
of having sot on such a man.’
‘ About twelve weeks ago—I believe
I did pull in a floater some ten or eleven
weeks since.’
‘ Was he a tall man?’
‘ Yes, I think he was.’
‘ Have a long nose and brick colored
hair?’
‘Yes, I remember now.’
‘ Cow»hide shoes aud a yellow coot
* Yes—I got that very man!’
‘ Ariz to the surface and was pulled
in here, sot on according to law, and
duly buried ?’
‘He was, madam. And do you
believe that the body wa3 that of your
husband ?’
I know it. He could drive mules
or paddle a dug out with any man in
Louisiana, but he couldn’t swim worth
cobs. His eanoe flopped over, he went
under, and that’s tne reason he didn’t
come home.’
‘ And do you want the body ex*
limned so as to make sure ?’
‘ Was he put down to stay ?’
* Ho was well buried, madam.’
1 Well, its ’bout as well to let him
stay there. He’s probably fell away
so that I wouldn’t know him, and I
don’t feel like having my nerves strung
up.’
‘ Well, I’m very sorry for you,
madam. If I could have identified the
body I would have sent you word right
away.’
It’s all right. I’ve felt in my bone3
for morc’n two months that I was a
widder, and the shock don’t stagger me
like it would at first. I’m sorry, for
Ram was kind.’
‘ Yes, it was bad.’
‘ But he ought to kuowed better,
when he couldu’t swim. I told him
aud told him and told him, and that
day I told him again, and he hollered
back, ‘ shut up!‘
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chau h . .. men
and tossed his arms as a sigmf
drawn out. An instant ho hung sus- i *•* _ • *”— r~. ■ t . i ■ ■
pended in the air and it seemed to those " hen I wake up m the night I shatTl
who were watching him from above, j " or ^J 80 muc h
that a deadly pallor had overspread his pay ? ,
face. Strong arms tugged at the rope, | * No, nothing,
and the daring man, perhaps already
Is there anything to
^Y. A.. WINN,
WITH
(J HOOVER, STUBBS & CO.
Cotton Factors,
—AND—
jfiimal Commission Merchants
Savannah, Ga.
Hissing, Tir*, I*opp, and other Supplies fur-
•H'ht-vl. A No, Liberal Cash Advance* made on
‘•niignments for*»le or shipment to Liverpool
Nonli.-rn ports. myno-tf
liieij, Feed and Sale Stable,
ATHElTSj GA.:
''• V ' SN REAVES... .PROPRIETORS
\yiLL BE FOUND AT THEIR
*1 lt'i.iusvr ,,4U 1 r, * ar Fnrohlin Houtebulldinf,
outs an,i r :;V . *'***l» *lwny» on hand good Turn-
8*t«ckwr|| '“ lr,Ter *-
Stork »q » 1 Ii , r} f,,r when entrusted to our care.
M r,r »3ie at all tiroes. declVtf
wisdom, aud royal bearing, stamped
their impress upon the whole people,
causing them to become truly noble
We^descendnnts of this honored
race, have met this day to recall the
teaching and commands given to our
fathers. Could the majestic form of
Moses, that grand old prophet, warrior,
lawgiver and judge, commissioned by
God himself, stand among us to-day;
could we hear his voice, the unequaled
leader of Israel’s hosts, with the pillar
of cloud by day and the pillar of fire
by night as his battle flag, saying,
“ Parents, at the age of thirteen, bring
thy sous into the congregation of my
people, and there let them take upon
themselves the solemn vows of consecra
tion to God’s service,” me thinks a
deep feeling of awe would fall upon us,
and the present would almost be for
gotten in recalling the grand old past.
True, no majestic form is seen, no
pretty well. Anybody would think you 1 am. ^“3^^ I It’s Ste hafo to’havIfo^oMman
L innocent as a lamb. But it won’t The go under that way, but I ’spose the
work Joseph; it wont work, I tell you. which in the exatement of the Lord knows best The Bi bio says we
I’ve got a duty to perform, and I am P > , . j nsecure i y fastened, cometh up to be cut down, and I sop*
ts d *”” u “
11lgi.br.il ..dseiid Bp fur ten' nbjhad goiic bdbre. And lb. felt to sw if her mectacle
The men above looked aghast at this owe was safe, and started for home.-
terrible mishap. Wbafc was to be done? t usfaburg Herald^^
The question was soon answered. Au* Tiiat’s So.—The rich man wants
’ -* Schhcktij
years to promote the interest of our
great valley of the Mississippi, and be
lieving that with mutual confidence
and co-intelligence much could be
done for their advancement, I only
delayed my acceptance of your invita-
tiou until it became reasonably proba
ble that it could he met. The produc
tive capacity of the northwest needs
for its developments cheaper and safer
transportation to markets of the south
west and also to those foreign countries
in England especially. ^Earnest at
tention has been directed for several
years past to more direct and econom
ical trade with the Mississippi valley.
In this connection, there was a desire
to confer with the patrons of husband
ry in your rich and prosperous sec
tion, to discuss with them the questions
involved in securing better meaus of
transporting your farm produce to
the most favorable markets, and provi-
which should insure
I’m in earnest
years, as sure as death,
about it.’
What do you mean, sir?’ asked Mr.
Striker, fiercely.
O, don’t you go to putting on any
airs about it.* Don’t you try any strut
ting licfore me,’ said the Sheriff, or
‘ I’ll put you under bail this afternoon.
Let's see,’ how loDg were you in jail the
last time? Two years wasn’t it? Well,
you go fighting with Dingus and you’ll
get ten vears, sure 1’
‘ You are certainly crazy 1’ exclaimed
Mr. Striker.
* I don’t see why you want to stay
at that business, anyhow,’ said the
Sheriff. ‘Here you arc, in a snug
home, where you might live in peace
aud keep respectable. But, no, you
other young man, Joseph Schlictlig, payments. Tho poor man wants
volunteered to make the descent, and | wor ^. j, e must j kave W ork to get his
was foolishly permitted to do so. lhe 1 ( j a ;] y bread. The poor man wonts to
Distance from the Sun.—Pro*
fessor Daniel Kirkwood, Professor of
Mathematics in Indiana University,
contributes the following to the Indi
anapotis Journal:
The earth’s mean distance from the
sun, as deduced from Encke’s discus*
sion of the observations made on the
transits of Venus in 1761 and 1769,
was 95,298,000 miles. Till within a
few years past, the accuracy of this
determination was not called in ques
tion. So lately as 1854, Dr. Lardncr,
in his “Haud*Book of Astronomy,”
affirmed that Encke’s value of the dis
tance could not vary from the truth by
more than its three-hundredth part—
Quito recently, however, astronomers
have been led, by various considera
tions, to regard the distance as some
what too great, and hence the results
of the observations in December, 1874,
with the improved instruments of mod
ern construction, have been looked for
sickening details can be spared. In a a y bis debts; he wants to pay the na-
few short minutes a fourth victim was t j on . g j e bts, and he will, if you let him
added to the number, and the tale of I wor jj. It is a disgrace to American
horror was closed. A police officer c^ii^tion, that thousands upon thorn-
went to the station, obtained some I ga n ds of working men and women are
hooks, aud amid tho most profound out 0 f wor i£. Whnt is tho remedy for
sorrow on the part of all there assem- these hard times? Tbe rich man says
bled, the lifeless bodies were one by Lp^e. Hecountshisbondsandmoit-
one drawn out upon the ground. gages, and reckons the difference be-
The men who lost their lives by this tween g 0 hj aud greenbacks, and finds
unparalleled accident exhibited quail* j t b a t specie payments would make him
Klllu ,„ ties embodying a strange combination ric b er; an( f because ho is richer, he
must as>ociate with low characters, and; of reurage and rashness. thinks the country is richer, because
im to -triDDine vourself naked, and, "dl, perhaps, serve as a warning he thinks he is the country. Suppose
jumpin'' into airing to get your pose those who are thrown by any circura- L y the present process of contraction
hlnnilie<1 and vour head swelled, and stances into a similar danger. j and 8tarv j ng , J0U bring greenbacks up
your body hammered to a jelly, and all W ife —Iu com- to where , ar ? y° u B° ,n 8“•
for what’’ Wbv. for a championship! T HE . A ' r „ A „« nt u. r gold to pay the interest on the public
It's ridiculous ’ What good will it do panson with the loss of a wife, all other £ y \Vhero are you going to get tho
6 ‘This i-fthe most extraordinary con- pelf 80 unweanedlyfor thepranous Where U the poor man goin^;to get the
Striker. ‘5ou evidently take me for, ^ besideher and think 0 ftlJ- a<M< * Oamsde.
a *
luriu 13 ra., -- (ling agencies — . 1 •
mmmnndine voice is heard to (lav. larger returns to farmers, and by^such wit h a lively interest The discussion
us the law. Yet, God. by his | conference, to learn the views of one - • w "
honored servant, Imsspoken— and from
the Holy Bible, we read the royal edict.
You. my much loved parents, iu obe
dience to the great command, bnvn
summoned roc here in the presence ot
this congregation, that yon might, in
part, surrender that guardianship
which you have so long and so faith'
. J . 1 Inntm fnr
| member of each family of the Missis
sippi valley. A family, the chief in
terest of all members of which is agricul
ture, but cultivators of such vuriuus
crops as to make trade among them
selves extensive and lucrative, while it
stamps upon each and all the same in
terest and the same policy as to their
of these observations has not yet been
completed. It is known, however, that
the resulting value of the sun’s hori-
zoutal parallax cannot differ material
ly from eight seconds to eighty-seven
hundredths of a second. This corres
ponds to a mean distance of 91,875,-
000 miles. Wc are, therefore, nearer
the sun by 8,423,000 miles than was
J”” - n j leave for foreign trade. To render such confer-1 believed hut a few years since. The
fully exercised over me, lea ence g , !freclua i t t | iere must needs be a distances of the planets are to be di
me to ask a place amo g P*°P | j- to ul t end to the subject un-1 m i a ished in a corresponding ratio—the
““* , T p, .. past. It seems an amber-colored path- How Greenback Paper is Made.
1 take you for Joe S 5‘,, wav where the sun shone on beautiful _AU the paper for the money issued
you keep on, 111 take you tojaiR saiu, g 0 ; ver8( or die stars hung glittering k y t h e United States Government is
the Sheriff, with . : overhead. Fain would the soul linger I manufactured on a sixty-two-inch
you tell me who has got the stakes, and !there No lhorns are remembered Foundrinier machine, at Glen Mills,
who s your trainer, and 111 put an end ^ ^ t(l0se your hands may unwillingly near West Chester, Pa. Short pieces
to the whole thing. | have planted. Her noble, tender hwrt 0 f red silk are mixed with the pulp In
«V°U seem to imagine that lam a ( ^ to your inmost sight. You t he engine, and the finished stuff is
pugilist, said Mr. Striker. L«t me tbink of her ^ all gen tleness, all brau- conducted to the wire without passing
mform you, sir, that I am a clergy* ^ - ty But s h e i s dead. The through any screens, which might re-
‘“‘V . -i .u ci -w am— dear hand that laid upon your bosom, tain the silk threads. By an arrange*
Joe, sa'd the Sheriff, shaking his restg - n the gt ;u darkness upon a pil* meat a bove the wire cloth, a short
head, it is too bad to ho that way i ow 0 f clay. The hands that have I pi^g 0 f fi ne blue silk thread is dropped
too bad, indeed. , nl i n istered so untiringly are folded, f n stre aks upon the paper while it is
• But 1 am a clergyman, sir pastor alld cold, beneath the gloomy being formed. The upper side,
„fthc Church ofSt. bepulchre. Look whic h the blue silk is draped, is
liere is a letter in my pocket, addressed.» ^ heart whose ever y beat raeas* one used for the face of the notes, and,
10 “J? 1 , . ! U red an eternity of love, lies under f rom the manner in which the threads
You don t really mean to say that { The flowers she bent over are applied, must show more distinctly
Striker?’ exclaimed
ing scared.
and^^ow you a barrelfu?of ser- j ke ^ fc ^nge “ahush in even-1 Jra’ctfen eff anv’papcr.^Paper^Trede
BACKING DOWN.
A man took umbarge at an article
which appeared in a paper published
in the town in which he resided, as
personal, the other day, and in an irate
manner entered the office, and inquired
of the first one he met who wrote that
article, showing the paper, and point
ing to the one in which he took excep
tions.
“ Said he,” (raising his voice in a
loud key, and with clenched fist high
in air), “ I want to see the editor that
wrote that article."
You do,” answered the young man
interrogated.
“ Yes, I do,” answered the stranger,
angrily. “It is satisfaction ! come-
for, and will have it, and before I leave
here, too; do yon hear and andhrstand
that?”
“ All right,” said tho young man.
‘.But before I call him, I would like
to ask you if you ever saw the gentle
man before.”
No, of course, not,” was tho
savage answer. “ 5Vhy do you wish
to know?”
“ O, nothing very particular. I
thought if yon did you would not care
to see him.”
That’s just what I come for, young
; and there will be fun, you bet.”
Well, stranger, I tell you before
hand, he is a powerful man, stands six
feet two in his stockings, weighs near
two hundred, and owns two fists that
strike tremendous blows; when angry,
his eyes flash fire; his tread is like an
elephant, and be can lift a tbree-hun*
dred-pound weight with perfect ease,
and top it over his shoulder as easy os
1 could a base-ball. No one dare a£* ;
preach him in an angry mood, for they ':
would be in danger of their lives. He
has held an elephant’s trunk for ten
minutes, can put his arm around the
neck of a horse, end turn him over
with comparative ease. He has done
powerful things,,I tell you, stranger.
Besides, he always carries a six-shooter,
and is an excellent shot, scarcely miss
ing the bull’s eye one time oat of
twelve^ Stranger, he is the counter
part of Samson, of old.”
During the young man’s brief recital
of tbe personnel of the editor that wrote
that article, the stranger turned very
pale, trembling all over, backing all the.
time towards the door, out of whidir
he suddenly darted, and has not been
heard of since, doubtless deeming it
wiser to depart quietly than to en
counter such a formidable opponent
A Few Commissions.—Habitues of
the summer hotels and watering pla
ces, says the Boston Commercial Bulle
tin, “ will recognize the following as a
correct specimen of the domestic dia
logues which take place while the pa-
t6rtamjjjaa.is_waiting for the omnibus
motive:” .- ' “■
You have got the pattern for the
muslin, my dear?"
“ Yes."
“ And you won’t forget Charley's
slippers and my bathing dress in the
lower bureau drawer?”
No, darling.”
And the cold cream and camphor
from the upper shelf in tho closet, and;
to bring us some books from the lihra- .
ry, you know, and a bottle ot co-,'
logne.”
“ And toby’s caps, you know, and
tell the dressmaker about having mj
dress sent by the express, for I want it
for the hop. And do ask Annt Maria
to send my driving gauntlets; I forgot
them.”
“ Anything else?”
“ No, darling, nothing, only if you
could step over to ma’s and ask her to,
lend me that purple and white hood,
and bring me down tha* oe#mm um- >
brella, and my India rubbers to wear
wheD we go out in tho boat, it is so
damp that—” ' • •
“ Stop, darling! I’ve just thought of
something I’ve got to do myself."
“ What is it, my dear ?"
“ Why, I want to run in my store
for five minutes for my own business,
if there’s any time left after transact
ing yours.” p
“ Lor,’.now, Charles, I hope yon are
not going to be disagreeable about a
few little errands, Tm sure.”
Charles—“ Oh, not in the least, on
ly I haven’t quite got used to this ex
press business yet, and I ran only give
nine-tenths of the time to it this sum
mer, that’s all, tootaicums—there’s the
engine whistle.”
Good-by, dear; don’t forget the
MISS C. S. POTTS,
fashionable liessraakeii
0VKR UNIVERSITY BANK,
Broad Street, Athens,
VV respectfully inform the
A lin'd, ,1 ni1 friend* **ne—*»
SlVySSL»nd < mo*t
Fashionable Styles.
IU *
Wltu ic»wvm W —.— * 11 ,
father and my mother, as I recall tuc
watchful rare, the unselfish love, and
unnumbered acts of kindness wbicn
you have bestowed on me. During
the helpless hours of infancy, you were
indeed, my guardian angels. During
flll i ik. 1 hours of sickness, when fever parchod
my litre, and throbs of pain mantled
h« i. now pr»p»rVd to ro y £row, through tho lone hours 01
tho night in its silent watch, how pa*
tiently, how lovingly you hovered
around my bedside ministering to my
every want.
Second, an effort was made to rec
ognize the courtesy of your beard, and
I was encouraged to believe that your
reception of roe would be beneficial
rather than injurious to your associa
tion. This was the more snpposable
because several other agricultural soci
eties of Illinois had, in like manner,
invited me to address their annual
meetings. Yesterday I received a prin
ted paper, it being a protest of a num
ber of your countrymen, against the
nezzar r said the Sheriff; ‘ this is aw- " h ® 8 ™^ e d«S’ e t!cks,"on?strikM and I The Northern Pacific railroad, with
redaction in tbe rase of Neptune, tbe
most remote, amounting to no less
than 100,000,000 miles.
Society is infected with rude, cyni
cal and frivolous persons who prey
upon the rest, and whom no public
opinion concentrated into good man
ners, forms accepted by the sense of
all, ran reach; the contradictors and
railers at public and private tables are
like terriers who conoeive it the duty
0 f» dog of honor to growl at any
pMsanftff* 4o tbe bonoraoi the
boose by barking him out of sight.—
Emerson.
greet you
tt — 7 *.!ph 3 ’ music^when she I all its franchises, has been sold by order
ii,Tl ”55 UttaOmM. ri.uka in enliro b,
ot .b. h..r. *«*«*»»«• -ty fepsSr^.sr'sSi.'MSffi
full Why, I mistook you for Joe
Striker, the prize-fighter. I don't know
jdKn“ ^.'nto 1 Lr.r.^.gm^8»*.bbx^d
how to apologize, but if vou want to cd the siiaao b Hutchison and Denison, representing
kick me down the front steps, justkicR 8W ^ d ve the clock repeats the general body of bondholders, who
away; m bear it like an angeTl’ j /•’ anot her tale it I have, or may hereafter, assent. There
Then the Sheriff withdrew unkicked, worda and was no competition in the price, and
and Mr. 8triker went np stairs to finish | .pmstered above Y'on the nominafsale merely results in the
his Sunday sermon. TheSheriff talked ^l^hhow ofteSShatithe grave transfer of the company’s property to
of resigning, but he still holds on.— feel oh. tio b the bondholders, who, upon the surren-
cannot keep^er. I der of the bonds, will receive stock in
—Max
Superstition changes a man into a
beast, fanaticism makes him a wild
beast, and despotism a beast of harden.
—haHarpe. •
But the rest of the sentence was lost
in the rattle of wheels that bore Charles
on his way to town.
Our Girds.—It is a study worthy
of an artist to look at a group of our
Southern girls sitting and talking, to
gether in any public assembly, or a
private party at an evening gather
ing-
There is in the girl of only fifteen
or sixteen years of age, so much genu
ine grace and ease, dignity and self-
possession of manners, that it astonish
es while it pleases. They know ex
actly how to smile: the polite smile
of constrained attention, the happy
smile of pleased attention, the sweet
smile of glad welcome to some fortu
nate arrival, and the polar smile of
ioed dignity on one who intrudes upon
a favored companion in a tete-a-tete.
We reflect: do these sweet and hap
py faces carry their sweetness and hap
piness into the home-cirele? Is it
smiles or fretfulness there? The first
duty of politeness is to be polite at our
homes. Tbe firet law of amiabilty Is
amiability to father and mother, broth
er and sister. The most beautiful
charm that ran adorn character is the
charm of a tender reverence, a sweet
affability, loving sympathy, a polite
and graceful demeanor ia the privacy
of the home-circle.
For a fit of idleness—count the tide-1 the reorganized company.
,ncr of a dock; do this for an hour, I . , 7 * .
and you will be glad to pull off your Sweets in adversity—A sugar-house
coat tho next and work like a negro. \ failure.
What men want, said Bolwer, is not
talent, it is purpose ; in ottor WJtob,
not the power to achieve, hot the fciu
to labor,