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- , „„ v „.ilo of Hamilton streot, in
-nrtfjwiiaiiiK. Uiiiton, ^11.
t'iSnogul Imslncss.
■-TT n. HANKS, Attotuoy at Law-Offlco
T Crnif IfIngUtul l*unU8tro..tB, Wm piiio-
V • “f."? (jouiSj or tho Choiokmi Circuit, uml
j|“ iliool'i' iittontlon to oollootloii ol oliilms.
X)o,lton, ik-To-v., 3.1, 1SSO.
'There nro 801'crippiefi soldiers Iff till#
Stivto who lmvo drawn thn bounty recent
ly allowed, which hiiiourited to 304,000.
Algiers; ttia sold, has a river of ink,,
formed by the union of two branches, one
coriiliig from a'roglon of fon'uglnous Boll
and tho other from a peat swamp. Tho
Iron of tho one and tho gallic acid of tho
other unite to form a true Ink;
■They uro taklug photographs tu ParlB
that actually wink. This leads to tho
hope Unit. they will oveulunlly produco
thetn'in shell a manner that they con.-go
duin a tale of emerge
Ivo dollars. Then we’
——— sumqnnng
^u’l'l^Li .hQ COuntlUB or Wttllciu'. Cutnosm,
m8 u,Onilo.Woyrt,Uordmianil IVlittnolU.
AugUBta. 1878.
4 mffii^u v°
collccuSS oT claims, or otlmr business Intrust,
ctl to Ills euro.
March 15.1878-12m.
PliYNlOlAKN.
& j; 0. MV1NGS—CMllco nonr
\j r'i'slilence, on Crnwfovcl stroot, Dultour
Goorgltt. ■'
D u R F. WRIGHT—Consulting Physician
and Buffoon?Dalton, Ga. Will praotlop
/iiiiflukl. Murray, Catooaa, Walker, Oor-
tloii, Hiirtow and adjacent counties. Office at
Parlor l)ruff Htoro, and rosldonco at tho la^e
homo of R. a. ltushtori.
Minch 6,1879.
It. c. P. GORDON -ondors his I’rofcBB on-
ill servlcos to the citizens of Dalton and
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UO'B'CIiS.
C ^^TRAlTuoTBL,’ ftdfrio Ga.-Whon you
come to t he llill Clly.thu most beautiful and
attractive town In North Uoorglu, don’t lull
to stop at. tho Central Hotel, whoro you vill
thvl a genuine Georgia wolootno. Free omni
bus transtor to and froia rdUroads and steam
boats. U. M. LOUKIIAUT, Proprietor.
A TKIN HOUS13, Knoxvillo, Tonn., by I). M.
A. Huson & Co. Tho largest and best hotel
In tlioolty; spacious t|ihlus.and low rates, * iun-
mlllos and monthly boarders eSpeoially solle-
ltcil.
a OllBK HOUSE, T.aFayet,to, Ga.—By Joel
Withers. This House has boon put in ox-
mt condition, and poisons favoring It
with their patronage aro gnuranteod sutlsfao.
tlou.
D ELANO HOUSE, opposite depot,.Cleyc.
land. Tonnossuo. (£ It. llXNuntm, Pro-
S iutor. Commercial Tourists will llnd. It to
sir Interest to stop at Uils house. Buggng-
translerrod to and from Publle Square free t
cbiirgo. May 15, -1879.
R OME HOTEL.—J. L. M. E8TBS, Proprlo
tor, Broad-atrt Uoino, Ga. In tho prin
cipal business square of tho city, qnd niton
stops ot tho Railroad. No omnibus needed.
New and clean from bottom to top.
May 80,1878-ly.
Iniiiiueinonts to the traveling public. .
flJMtatoB, $-2 pur day. Special rates for long-
erthuo.
R BAD HOUSE, Chattanooga, Tonnessoe—
John T. ltoad, Proprietor This House is
only a few stops from the Pnspqngor.Shed.and
porsons tavorln^ itAvlth their patronago‘will
Bud it equal to any hotel In the city.
JTAHijhW,
S M. D.- THOMAS,"^uTrar—Shop on Craw-
• ford street, hot ween Hamilton and Pen Iz.
Agent for Wall maker £ llrown, Philadelphia,
I’a.-jlt and material guaranteed at bottom
prices. '
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ItMurAUItAN'IN.
OmuTulltnut1^ r MtTi^ n Union
I’lisaunger 1 Depot and oorner Nlntn and
Jiiillroad avuiiuu. Meals furnished at all
limirs. Dealers in Gatuo, FIbIi, Fine Fruits,
lohiiceo niul Cigars. Hot Colt’oo and Oysters
spuolulty. Chattanooga, Tonn.
T UOMl’SON ltESTAUItANT, Atlanta, Ga.,
MEALS FURNISHED AT ALL HOURS,
&ml ut tho best tho markot alfords. Prloo ol
infills 50 cents.
BOOT AND 8UOJE BAUER.
Tj^hED UAPPE8, Boot and Shoe-Maker, north
•A side King street, Dulton, Ga.
BAKUET8.
ILLER,i CRAIG & CO., dealers In Fresh
Moats, Sausugo, oto., oast side Hamilton
iL-, ...
Btnmt, Dalton, Georgia.
JO B I» It IN •
^pilE CITIZEN PRINTING OFFICE does all
InTr.., .V s . of Book, Job and Commercial Prlnt-
•-^ U iii lowuatoit y prlcuB. Orders solicited
tlnN,. . ’ *■ ciumus, I'llUUl uutma, «u-
Uhai’. 010 *’ l . lU Roods not Ittstock wll bo furn-
luiiul to order at Atlanta and Knoxville prices.
Methodist church.-uov. j. t. Lowe,
JlpiL^sabbath School at 8 o’olock, r. m,
pUESpYTEltlAN CIIURCII.-Rov. A.-W.
mt *i on ’ Pastor. Suvlaos every Sabbath,
S B tt,ld nl «ht. Sabbath Sohool at 9 o’-
Biglit. - M * l iai ’ or mootingovory Wednesday
TJAPtist CHURCH.-Rov. W. C. McCall,
aiiii?- r * 0 Seryious ovory Sabbath, morning
Prnv .up’tbbuth School at 9 o’clock, r. M.
mooting every Thuvsduy night.
CFui! 15 ND PRE8BYTER1ANCHUltCH
ami f; M. MoUhoo, Pastor. Servioes 2nd
nliihi « , ,lt * 1 Bvoueh month, morning and
Pravm. ,„ a „ bo ‘, lth Sohool at 8 o’olook, r. m.-
J^_mootin g Thursday night.
S T dnn\?‘f: s (KPMOOPAL) CHURCH.—Itov.
1st ttniiM SV a, \*y* p d8lor. Divino sorvieos on
- r .-■** 8d Shndqya In oach month.
to ATOQiic t o AU itctt.-noT.
8iUi|,„ti, 0 ‘H’yon, Priest. Servioes ovory
morning,
MmiIodist E, cilUHOlI. nn Thornton
flow «S U S', ,l0T ' Mr. Moriull, Pustor. 8ov
-— “I 011 Slll)n nUi. morning uml night.
much needl'd by mauy wngouers in this
sccliuu. A mnn who diivcB bis four und
six mule toain into lawn with ropa bar
boss, worn out collar mid rubbing traces,
is n fit Bubjeet for the Society for Preveu-
lion of Cruelty to Aulmals.
Step by step the republican leaders
liavo insidiously moved their party, until
to-day it stands on tiro verge of no open
declaration fur tile establishment of a
monarchy. It favors, under one nud an
other pretext, tho breuking down of all
the barriers. between popular rule und
property rule,
Tueuk is to bo a baby show iu Horti
cultural llall,Boston, with a prize each
for the baby under a year old wilb the
liandsouicBl eyes, the blackest eyes, the
bluest eyes, the most Imir, the least bail'
the most weight, the least weight,. the
smallest hands and the smallest feet.
Tho flnest'baby will receive a grand prize,
“Fuke trade and sailors’ rights" is our
motto in the future, nud it should be the
battle cry of tho South and West.
bheso two sections unite on this issue
ngaiust the Eastern protectionists nnd
the money power, which triumphed in the
recent election, will end in this couutry
in 1884, if not sooner.
In Atlanta there is an old negro man
who is a whitewashcr by trade. His wife
is slouo blind and accompanies him
wherever ho goes and helps to carry his
truck. When ho gets a job he fixes her
a sent mid she talks to him while ho does
the work. He has not been Been without
her iu ten years.
AuoNQ-the gifts, displayed .-at- a-San
Francisco wedding was tho hrido’s fath
or’s chock for 3100,0U0. The cashier of
thn bank on which the cheek was drawn
wnsa giiest. It was observed that ho
looked queerly ut the document, then
turned up his nosoaud remarked: “Why,
lie hasn’t 3500 to his credit in our bank.
tliE other® day, in England, a half-
starved buy was convicted of stealing
turuip, valued atone penny. He pleaded
that lie took it because ho was hungry,
lie was sentenced to fourteen days’ im
prisoniiienf, with hard labor. If soiho
law could only commit the magistrate to
tweoty-eight days on hard turnips, it
would he a good thiug.
Theue is an average of four candi
dateB for Solicitor-General to each ciro*lt,
mid each ono is accompanied to /Vtfanta
with nt least ten friends. Tho,*ay of tho
ottice-seeker must be a lmrd' one i and the
life of the legislator, bested ns he is by
these hungry fellow^aod their friends,
must be anything Ixit pleasant. Wlmt a
great pity it is pint every lawyer cannot
bo either a judge or a solicitor-general.
BrazS and Die Argentine llopublic
have lately been afflicted witli simula-
taneoiis disasters. The latter recently
had a terrific snow storm, which ill ono
province destroyed, it is estimated, 1,-
450,000 cattle, horses nnd sheep; tho
former lias had river inundations that
destroyed houses, mills and crops by tho
hundreds. This flood occurred while our
rivers were running dry.
Gaefiet.d, tho bribe-taker and per
jurer, has certainly boen elected Presi
dent. Next will como Grant and nD em
pire, nnd tho pcoplo—tho toiling millions
—will submit likd whipped curs to this
InBt and final encroachment upon their
liberties, because they will bo forced to
do so by tho money lords of tho land.
This is our prediction, and mark yo well
it will come to pass in 1884. Then, alas,
for tiio land of Washington and Ameri
can liborly!
The millionaires, tho bondholders, the
money lords, have again carried tho day
in this land of boasted freedom—of fine
ballot and free thought—nnd they lmvo
carried it by buying up tho votes of free
men—of tho toiling masses—nnd driving
them to tho polls nnd voting them like
lignin cattle. But this cannot always
continue. It only wntits a resolute leader
of tho populace to mako them uncomfort
able—to take from them their power—and
such a loader this country will have sooner
or later, i God hasten his comingl
Driven Insane by Ilomorsc.
About twonty yours
Ms father'
lotto Chautauqua co,
™TS
tlto family. Snrah Lyon,, a- handsome
girl, was a servant in tho family. Both
Marliu Baltlcs.andthohlrod man, Lynch,
wore ill love with tljo girl. Thdy qunr-
rollcd over hoiynndi odiSidity'Bdttlfcfi 4h#t
nnd killed lils rival, Ho was tried and
convlotod of murder ’in. Uip.^ipt, degree,
and sentonccd lo nuo year in tho Auburn
euliury, .apd Allen to bo hauged
was required hy'ft'«tnliito lliCa jUR
passed. 11 is ensu was brought before tho
court of appeals. The court decided that
iho aot of tho legislature was uneonslilii
l ipunl, nnd Battles was sot at liberty. He
enlisted" in the union army and served
stantly haunted-by the ’prosenoo of tho
*'11!.Lesson from'the Loutcs.
Nashville Thtfih|Mon,
in Ids egged by mm.to the seasons,! sayk:
Ul'obfl
Oetober'lms beon rotidlug'lo us llio brief,
sad lesson nf Life. wjnds glow sob
Ions. ■ ■'' 1
‘tWo all do fndo as a loiif.’’ The trooi; ... ----- , ,
to-morrow, next wpek, will bo berefti of wdeks ago Mrs. Siulth became Impressed
their grace and eomltness. Slnmilllg like UiiVt Blie iind her daughter, a bright In-
hi’oknn-hentlud mnuriiorsi with their bare tiilliguiit girl of bIxIouiI, wore nljjjji witli
mt—stintijhcd toward boaven, tbey
t B exposed to piUless storms, and
will bq mi light to protect, them,
I wc stand whim life’s summer ends,
unless we have found sholteplu the mercy
of God.
Jliin, like tlie
weakness, ami
nma ho hud killed, nud he was sorry that
tho sentonoo of tho law had n«t beeii car
ried out. Ho endeavored to lmvo himself
■placed on trial agalu, hoping that he
would be reconvicted nnd hauged. He
finally became a nmuiao, nnd was placed
iu tho Western asylum for the insane,
He is still an Inmate of that institution
nud imagines that his victim is nlwnys
present iu Ids cell for the purpose of mock
ing and torturing him. He nt times
throwi himself on his kuecs and bogs
Lynch to kill him. Although only forty
years of age, his hair is ns white as
mnn's of 70. Everyday is ono of terror
to him.
Dying otjStni'YBtlon.
Mnttiar mill IlmiRlitor I'nstliiir l® Alone
i:pv n ' u, ‘‘ , " 0 ‘'
A niili) iiiinh lif'tlie Villngo of Plioonix,
N1 5uj lives Jrfioph Srtilth, an honest. In-
dliBtrlliUBifnrtner, Not until about throe
agp did Mr. Sinlth.nvlncu any par-
,r.intqrpst in i t'l(uru|i nmtlers. At
ilm'o a revH'iil iieuiirrod in tho Meth
odist elun'eh lii i’hioutx. Mr. and Mrs.
Smith attended regularly, and 1 experience
ud n.clmuge of heart. Three or four
I'ltATEItNAI..
I) onTl? N ^‘ ODGE ' No. 1(15, F. A. M.-Mcots
™llioMiimUthMonilr ' "
tlays In oaoh month.
f* 1
KT?®* 01 ' UOSOR-Moeti ovory Friday
Save four Best Seed Ibr Planting.
Under this head the State Commis
sioner of Agriculture, in circular No. 13,
says: “The attention-of farmers is again
called to the importance of saving the
best seed for planting. The yield of. the
next crop will depend, to a considerable
extent, upon the care used in saving seed
Seed should bo saved from the best laud
jiho best plants, and the best bolls, , Again
there was much complaint last -spring of
the fuilure of cotton Bced to germinate,
Siuce seed are generally saved from tho
early pickings, ivliieli are often gmued
before Bced are sufficiently dry to be
safely stored in large bulk, farmers arc
cautioned against risking their plnntiug
seed from early picked and early ginned
cotton, in large hulk, unless frequently
examined and stirred to guard against
the injurious effects of heating.”
AUkm
The twin daughters of John Ramsey,
of Lexington, Ky., are so accurately alike
as to puzzliroven their parents' in-deter
mining their identity. Not only aro thole
features exactly alike, but tlhey are the
same size, saino height, same figure, same
weight to within half a pound. They
are now in their 11th year, have never
been sick, nor separated for any length
of time, nro in tho sumo ^classes,, study
from ono book, nro both roibarkably
sprightly, quite handsome, add each de
voted to the other. Tho most remarka
ble feature iu the cnso ls the fact that they
have never had tJisWlighlest variation in
Weight from SWro to the prbsbht time.
They are.numed Mary nud Martha.
II» Didn’t Know It was Loaded,
ul Nation, a blacksmith of St. Rose,
Innada, went shooting on Saturday, and,
returning, laid his loaded gun on a beam
in tho kitchen. On the snmo evening
Cleoptrns Cloutier, a farmer’s son of nine
teen, nud a sweetheart ofNndou’s daugh
ter Victorine, paid her a visit. While lie
was chatting to her in the doorway, her
brother Hcrmidas, nged thirteen, think
ing the guu wns ompty, took it down,
playfully presented it at Cloutier, nnd
pulled both triggers. Two charges of
buckshot lodged in the young man’s
brain, and ho fell dead. Iuquest: ver
dict “accidentally shot.”
TriERE is living in the town of Mc-
Minnvillo, Tonn., the, tailor who mnilo
President James K. Polk’s inaugural
coat. Ho finishod the coat on the day
Gov. Carroll died—February, 1845. Tho
name of this tailor is Joseph Newtou,
and ho is 80 years of age. He still works
nt his trade, being tho village tailor. Ha
sits on his table, Turk position, 12 hours
every day, except Sunday, nnd plies his
needle with an accuracy arid rapidity
rarely excelled by younger tailors. Ho
has tramped all over tho country, nnd
worked nt his trade In nearly every city,
town and villago in the United States.
A heartless fraud, perpetrated by a
Berne merchant, has resulted in his sen
tence to imprisonment for three years
and a half. Engaged to bo married to a
young lady, ho took her to London in
order to marry her, and whilo there pos
sessed himself of her fortuno of threo
thousand dollars nnd all tho jewelry she
had, and lett her nt nn inn, without a
penny. Tho jury found him guilty with
out noy extenuating ciroumstancesi;
A Lady, named Mrs. Church, wifo of
Jno. B.,Ohurph of Atlanta, was burned
to death on a rec'ont Sunday morning.—
She was catting lier little boy’a Imir when
her clothing oaughVfiro from the stovo,
nnd the discovery, caused her to run ou ( t
of doors hi dior wild fright. Neighbors
tried to put the fire out, but the clothing
was entirely oohsdmcd, and the poor wo-
man lingered in dreadful pain.
Miraculous Power.—The Jbi'fst awl
Strciwi has it: “To preservo health use
Warner’s Safe Remedies. These aro al
most of miraculous power removing
diseases for which recommended. The
liuriioseB. m love muons wore re M »- [wonderful curative qualities they are pne-
by the workmen, aud avo Ohfromaut eon- Bowsed of ie vouched for by tone of thou-
nations followed. ’Hindi."
A KftVEL post-offlee was started io
South Milford, Pn„ tho other day. Some
girls of the town, having been forbidden
correspondence with their young men,
put a box in a pile of bricks and deposi
ted tlieif love letters therein. Tho secret
was kopt for several weeks, and tho gnmo
probably would have been kept up indef
initely had not the owner of tho bricks
suddenly carried them off for building
purposes. Five love letter&^wore found
and vigor£%j among. 1 ,
nnd gay, the harder nud tile lender.
- When young,' all leavesteiji-’m’iti
a'llko.- Changes appear ns the y'eilr'
Vances, and In nutiuhii tho piioullar ....
thro of each iB strongly marked. ' Ilow
varied the hues of the forest wlion the
first frost lias kissed it with the kiss of
dentil! Encti tree. flashes out its own
color. Each hangs out its own banner of
ptlmsqn, or gold or russet. Age shows
their nature." So with'riieu; advancing
years reveal llielr true character—clicor-
fjil or sad, generous or selfish, riohlo or
mean.
Like the leaf, men aro frail. Life is
not eotnjmred to tho rock, |)qt to the grass
at Its base; not to the mountain, hut to
tho rued which quivers on its slope; nut
to tho ocean, but to the bubble which
dances on Us surface; not to the giiurlcd
oak, hut to the leaf which trembles ou Its
branches. % . j.,.
Every leaf decays. From this wo learn
the universality of death. Bo you point
to the evergreen, the allpir-vllfc, amt say
these are clothed with perpetual verdure?
They are. Yet they are the fittest em
blems of human life. Their leaves fell
as one goes, another comes; dying daily,
but never coming to nn end; a now gen
eration ready to take the plueo of tlmt
which is departing.
The leaves teach the uridertninty of tlie
lime of death.' They fndo tit all seasbiiB,
in the spriug.find in (lie summer. Some
cling io the branch until the frost and
iViuii shake them down. So we die at nil
ages. A leaf will decay, 1 while Jyot ip tile
bhd, just ns the infant' dies, soon .after the
warmth of life has touched itsangel Dice.
Some leaves stay, as men do,! until the
snow eovrirs them with' n white tnnntlo
nnd forces them doivri. v '' ,
Many causes work to rob . the trees of
foliage—a drouth, a fierce wind, a burn
ing heat, a worm secretly feeding at the
root. So a "pestilence comes rind carries
away thousands, like' the hurricane in
midsummer. Sometimes there is an early
frost; we Wakb uj) in the morning and>to,
the warpi ani>, ifl: ohilled ip, every, leaf,
every bower, nvecin-plant,, AH lie dead
like tho Assyirui libslSf ' So the sickuess
destroys in tho noonday, and ‘ the como-
tcry gathers in its harvest. . .
Tho leaves sing to us a joyful song.
Thoy.nre symbols of cheering .thoughts.
They fall, nut they come again. Next
•year the forests will be glorious. Anoth
er generation of leaves will adorn . the
trees. Nature will ngain put on her
beautiful mantle, nnd the wood will sing
amid th6 new-born verdure. Denlh is
followed by life. The resurrectlori morn
will be spring time. Trie corruptible will
put on' Hi corruption; Every loaf that
falls proclaims this cheering truth;
The.guidon shower of autumn leaves
makeslhn ground rich, aud out of it the
trees yjBPgatliqf strougth, arid new loaves
burst outwiih fresh beauty.
When is the forcBt most gorgeous?
When is every tree fringed with light?
It is when the leaves are falling. So
when the Christian dies the glory of Ids
chnrnctcr is brightest. There is a halo
around ids head; a chariot of fire carries
him to his homo.
How thick lie tho leaves in our woods
and gardens! So, thick lie tho dead in
onr church-yards and cemeteries. Every
hour that the clock strikes it tolls a re
quiem, nnd the voice of weeping is heard
in a bcrenvel home, but nn echo comes
from Paradise in a song of rejoicing.
Tho rnnsomed spirit clasps hands with
those who arc on tho other side of tho
valley.
Jlore of the human family sloop be
neath the earth than walk upon its. sur
face
Whore aro tho friends of our youth?—
Where aro they who workod witli us in
tho meridian of life? Where will be the
companions of our old age? They will
fall like tlie leaves, aqd soon wo will fol
low them.
Brand but Businesslike.
A noivly elected justice of tho pence
who had been used to drawing deeds and
wills nnd little else, was called upon ns
his first official act to marry n couple
who came into his office very hurriedly
nnd told him their purposp—Ho lost no
time in removing his hat, and remarked,
“Hals off in the presenco of the Court.”
All being uncovered, ho said: “Hold up
yer right hands. You, John Marvin do
solemnly sivenr tlmt to the best of your
knowledge an’ belief you lako tills yer
woman ter lmvo nil’ ter hold for yorselt,
yer heirs, cxekyoters, administrators aud
nssigus, for your an’ their uso an’ behoof
forever?”
“I do,” onBvored the groom.
“You Alico Ewer, take this yer man
for yer husband, ter lmvo an’ ter hold
forever; and yon do further swear that
you are lawfully seized in fee simple, are
free from nil iucurabranco, nnd hev good
right to Bell, bargain nnd convey to the
said guraotee ycrsclf, yer heirs, adminis
trators and assigns?”
‘.Tdo,”8nid the bride,. rather doubt
fully.
/♦Well, John, that’ll be about a dollar
’n fifty cents.”
"Are,wo mnrriod?" asked tho brldo.
"Yes, when tho feo copies 1 in.” After
some fumbling it was prodifeed and lmdd-
ed to tho “court,” who pocketed it and
continued: “Know all nion by these
presents tlmt I, being in good health nnd
of sound and disposin’ nilqW, jn,consider
ation of a dollar ’,n fifty, cfents to'm4;.lu
hand paid, the receipt thereof is. horqby
acknowledged, do nnd by these presohts
lmvo dcclnrcd yon man and' wife duriiig
g ood behavior and until otherwise oiXfeVcd
y the court.”- \
The opinion of tho people has boon
fUlly coriflrmod by wido spread oxporl-
ouco that Dr. Bulks Cough Syrup is , tl»p
hast and oheupost remedy far Coughs,
Colds, Sore Throat, Asthma, oto.
iliguiit girl ufsixteen,
slu. - Thu drtughtur bouamo imbued with
the same Imilef, and tho two wore con.
yliiei'll .that, nothing Iml protracted, fpsllng
aud prayer would eleatisu their souls.
They l61tl arid!lister rif tliti ooilteinplntod
notion, and’ ho sanctioned It.
Accordingly at noon on tho4lh of Octo-
cUiey^eagh.pnrtimk^uf a U4l“ tmllq aud
that'liintr Mrs.‘ ‘ Siulth'"rcsumed
eating. I, The susteimiicc of tho’infant' nt
hjjr breast wap exhausted, nud, us olio
says, oboying divluo instructions, she
Woke her fast. The girl, however, coil-
tinued fasting until the 14lh, when slid
was given a-slight quantity of food In
llqpid form, She was so weak that sho
Imd frequent feinting spoils. Ou Satur
day evehhig, tlie 19th, friends lerirnlng
of tho cimdl thin of tho girl calldd a doc
tor, but she wns past aid, and died the
uext morning. Whilo fasting sho mois-
toned her mouth enoh day witli a dam )
cloth, nnd twice she washed her mnul i
with water.. On one of these occasions
she accidentally swallowed a singlo drop,
and for this supposed sin Bho atoned by
praying for eighteen consecutive hours.
When sho become so weak that Bhccould
not get on her knees, her mother inform
ed her Hint praying wns just ns efteclunl
while sitting in a clmir or lying in bed,
and in lids way it was continued, until
her physical strength was exhausted.
There nru soveral other children in tho
family, but none of these participated in
the fast. Mr. Smith, ulthdugh not fast-
lug, iuterposed no objection to his dauhg-
tor’s nbslinenco.
An investigation will bo hold, and if it
is found tlmt Mr. and Mrs. Smith are in
sane, ns it is supposed they are, tbey will
be sent to nn usylum.
Knowledge In a Nut-Shell.
A cubit is two feet,
A pnee is three feet.
A fathom is six feet.
A spun is ten aud sovon-eighths inches,
A palm is threo inches.
A great cubit is eleven feet.
A league Is three miles.
There aro 2,750 languages.
Oats, thirty-three pounds per bushel.
Bran, twenty pounds per bushel.
Barley, forty-eight pounds per bushel
A day’s journey !b thirty-three nud one-
eighth mites.
Two persons die every second;
Sound moves 743 miles por hour.
A storm blows thirty-six miles per
hour.
Slow rtVors How flvC miles per hour.
a .,..uLT i .„fi- v ^ oVfejl 0 ^- m ii e8 -p 0i ,
IT IHIVIUtl
r ;i;hat c l.the editor,’
Art . ' *»..
A hurt!
hour,
Au ncro contains 4,840 squqyo yards.
The average huitmu life is thirty-one
years.
A Bqunre mllo contains 040 nercs.
A hand (horse measure) Is four inches,
Timothy seed, forty-five, pounds per
bushel.
Buckwheat, fifty-two pounds pgr bushel.
Coarse snlt, eighty-life • pounds per
bushel.
The first luoifer match, wns made in
1829.
A tub of butter weighs eighty-four
pounds.
A barrel of rice weighs ,000 pounds.
A firkin of butler weighs fifty-six
pounds.
A barrel of flour weighs 160 pounds.
A barrel of pork weighs 200 pounds.
A rifle ball moves 1,000 miles per hour.
A'rapid river flows seven miles per
hour.
Electricity moves 228,000 miics’rpor
hour.
Tho first horse railroad was^built in
18'20-’7.
A moderate wind blows seven miles per
hour.
The first steamboat plied the Hudson
in 1807.
Gold was first discovered in California
in 1848.
A mile is 5,280 feet, or 1,760 yards in
length.
Corn, rye nnd flaxseed, fifty-six pounds
per bushel.
Wheat, benns nnd clover seed, sixty
pounds per bushel.
A Slow Horse.
The old story of the man who, having
hired a horse to attend a funeral, and was
caulidncd against overdriving, said ho
would keep up with the procossion if it
killed the horse, Is retold in a different
shape of nn Illinois candidate for nomi
nation to office, \Vi8hiug to reacli the
eonventioD nt n distant town, ho hired a
horse at n livery stable. In spito of the
candidate’s piiundihg and swearing, the
nnirnnl wns«o slow that the man did not
get there until after tho convention had
adjourned, nnd so ho lost his nomination.
Hu denpqnccd the owner for letting him
lmvo such"a beast. Tho proprietors of
tlie Stable, on investigation, discovered
that the hostler bad let him have one of
tho hearse horses. “Hearse horse! hearse
hprsel” cried the baffled politician.—
“Why, if a rapn should start to a funornl
with such a hope ns that, he would not
rouch tho grave till two weeks after tho
resurreotiou.”
Get Out Doors.—Tlie close, confine
ment of nil factory work, gives tbo opera
tives pnilid faces, poor apetites, languid
miserable, feelings, poor blood, inactive
live?, kidneys nnd urinary troubles, add
all tlie physicians arid medicine in : tht)'
world cannot help them unless they get
out of doors or use Hop Bitters,’the pur
est nnd best remedy, especially for such
cases, having abundance of health, Sunt-
shine and rosy cheeks in them. They
cost hut a trifle. See another column,—
Christian Recorder.
Us this?”
, nro tiioy dangerous?”
"Somotlmos; wlion cornered rip they
lmvo been know to be quite combative 1 ,
and again they lmvo boon known to go
' rough a convenient back window, gout
airy thoy nro mild nnd pnsslvo?”
“Wlioii nth tlmy inost dangerous?”
“Wiien intruded upon by n bonk agoht,
who wants ailhrty-llnu local for a' sovonty
(lyocout book, pr a poem, with verses
about geutlo spring.”
“Are oditors cross to oneh othor?”
“Only when separated by several
blocks, of ibuildingB.”
“Po-they, often lmvo foarful combats
w.llh caoli other?"
“Occasionally, wlion they got out in
opposite directions, and they como across
each other hy accident.”
i “ Are.editiii's ovor cowhldod?”
“SomutlmeB the small oues are, hut tho
Hey iio. it wns formerly supposed’
tlmt they ato at long intervals and upon
rare occasions; hut it is now n-well-au
thenticated fact tlmt thoy eatn great deal
when they can got It.”
“Wlmt kind of food do they like most?’
“They are not very particular. While
they won’t refuse quail on, toast, fried
c.'nus, nr ronst turkey about Christmas
time, they lmvo been known to mako a
hearty repast off a dish of cold turnips
nnd a consumptive herring.”
"Can they cat concert tickets?”
“Wo btdiuvo not. Some people lmvo
jnlned tills erroneous impression from
also teachings in onrly life, but no au
thenticated instnuco of suah a thiug is ou
record.”
. “Do editors go IVco luto shows?”
“They do, wliou they give n dollnr-
nnd-n-lmlf local for a twenty-five cent
ticket.”
"Are nil oditors bald liko tills one?”
“No; only tlie married onos are bald.
But let ue pass on; the editor does not
like to bo stared at.”
Business Maxims.
A prominent merchant 1ms compiled
tho following maxims for his own inquiry
and experience:
1. Choose the kind of business you un
derstand.
2. Capital is positively required in bu
siness, even if you have real estate outside
and.credit over so good.
3. ‘Ouo kind of business is ns much ns a
nmn can manage successfully. Invest-
muuts on tlie outside do not generally pay;
especially if you require the money In
your business,
4. Buy cautiously rind just whnt you
want, and do not he porsuaded to pur-
elinso what you do not need; if you do,
you will/mpn want wlmt you can’t buy.
5. Insure your stock; insure your store;
Insure you dwelliug, if you have ouo. If
tlie rate iB high it is only because tho risk
is great, and of courso you should not
take the risk yourself. A business tlmt
will not pay for insuriug will go?, justify
" 0. Seii to good, responsible parties only.
SbH.00 n-specified tifn'e; nnd when your
money iriduo demand It; do not lot" the
account stand, without nota or interest for
an indefinite period.
7. Sell at a reasonable profit and never
mlsreprosentPfo effect a sale.'
8...Live within your income; keep your
bufjlpcss to yourself; have patience.and
yoqSvill succeed.
0. Competition is the lifo of trade, but
in trying to tun your competitor out of
business bo careful you do not run your-
sell out.
10. Advertise your business in your
home paper. It pays to patronlzo the
printer.
' Old man BoriBon says of Franklin
Springs, Georgia: “Thoro are two springs,
one itdn rind tho other sulphur. The
shelter near the springs is mostly built
of a largo poplar tree tlmt stood near llm
springs, and' imder tho shade of tvhicli 1
Lorenzo Dow preached seventy.-yeprs
ago. About 15 feet from the groand-tho
tree brnnflieii off in three lnrge limbfl,-
aud old Dour taoUlhum for hU text, ae
representing tho Trinity,o’
Household Solenee.
Cut lint bread or enke with a hot knife,
and it will not be clammy.
Camphor placed in drawers or trunks
will prevent mice from doing thorn any
injury.
Ceilings that have been smoked by a
kerosene lump should bo washed off with
Boda water.
Soit snap should bo kept in a dry place
in tho cellar, and not used until at least
three montliB old.
Cayenne pepper blown into tho cracks
where ants congregate will drive them
away. Tho samo remedy is good also
for mice.
A lump of bread about tho size of a
billiard ball, tied up in a linen bag and
placed in tho pot in which greenB nro
boiling, will absorb the gases which often
times send such an unpleasant odor to
the regions above.
A cheap water filter may bo made ns
follows: Make a mattress of charcoal
broken in small bits to fit a largo common
flower-pot; put it in the bottom of the
pot, with n mattress of sand over it, each
about five inches thick; hang this pot
ou a faucet, with a vessel under it to rO'
coivo tho wator.
A Cool Villain.
George Wheelor,. tho San Francisco
murderer of his sister-in-law, who said
tlmt she submitted willingly to being
choked to death, maintains a wonderful
composure. His wifo visited him in
prison, and he offered to kiss her, but she
repelled him, exclaiming, “Oh, you vil
lain!” Hoasked liar what sho bad come
for, if not to bo friendly. "I want you
to toll mo the truth,” sho replied; “now
did you kill hor? Don’t deceive me now.
Tell mo just how you,did It.” “Do you
want' to know?” ho. asked carelessly.
“Yob; I want you to'toll mo before : Gbd
just how you did it.” ' “Ob, I’ll tell you.
Just hold my hat a roomont, will you?”
said ho to a bystauder, .as he stretched
his left hand toward tbo tearful wife.
Sho instinctively drew brick. “Don’t be
scared,” said ho; “I won’t hurt you.
This is how I did it;’’ and ho placed his
loft hand pu fier mouth and grasped her
throat with.his right. In a momont ho,
released hor,'arid Bhe asked, “Didn't sho
struggle?’’ ■ “Ohj yes, of course she kick
ed a little; hat sho bad-made up htr inind.
to die.” _
A CAVE Ifl enstorn Tonnessoe is two'
miles in length, and lias openings at both'
ends. The owner Of the ground around
each entrance eharged.for admission, and
acted ns guide for visitors. $Mr rivalry
led to serioqs fights in tlie cni(0, for each
held the other, to he. a trespasser,. Then
ono of‘the contestants hit upon a novel
rind effeotlvo means of ruining the_ other's; try"”
.business. He sunk a shnft jo bs to admit
a. large stream in?q tho qavq at about; the
coqtre,.at;das,therqriTaa,on.!thoirnq io, ; a:
fayomWo direqtion„tho watorReureihout
a? the pnemy'q Hqttqli.while w" 8
jinuiistruotciJ. The mqttor Is.to ha mafia,
tho BUbJeet of a lawaiut,
MISCELLANEOUS Sll
It is easier to striko'thaO tod
In tho ship of Slrito the political cs
vass Is used for Bails.
Though thy cnetfiy seem a mouse,
wntch'him liko a'lion,
s DeloWiire.hiiB 140,054 Inhabitants, ac
cording to tho late census.
Virtue is richer thnn gold, nnd tlmt ac
counts for its being so rare.
A Brigham Young darkey in Oglethorpe
county Is tlie father of 43 children.
Texas, settled ns densely as Now York,
would contain 22,000,000 people.
Col. Holland, of Franklin Springs, Gn.,
has a cow tlmt gives eight gallons of milk
per day.
Tlie Catlicdfal of.Cologne wns commen
ced 680 year ago, nnd has just been corns
plcted.
If a mule had ns many legs ns a cock-
r'oach tills country wouldu’t bo so thickly
because lie induced her husband to drink
inn barroom.
The man who knows more about your
business than you do yourself, always has
leisure to entertain you.
George Washington vs. Martha Wash
ington 1b ono of the ciibcs on thu docket of
Trnvis comity, Texas.
Tlie immigration into tlie United
btntes during the year, ending June 30,
numbered 457,267.
A magnificent new hotel is to bs built
on Sullivan’s IslauU, nnd il is to be mudo
tho Newport of the South.
Adversity mnkes a mnn sharp iu tho
Ways of tho world. Tho razor is inado
keen by being frequently strapped.
Wisconsin wool is in danger from wolves,
nud the farmers near Palmyra lmvo or
ganized for n war of extermination.
When old man Shoobskin died ho said
ho wanted to bo buried at his wife’s head
ns ho hnd beeu uudor her foot nli his life.-
The grand nnd awful diffurouco between
a treo ana a boro is—the tree leaves in
tho spring, and the bore—why; he never
loaves.
No less than forty-two horsos were
burned alive at Quincy recently, one; ke-
hig tho^noted trotter Amboy, valued at
We know a carriage maker who has n ;
sulky wife and a gig-gliqg daughter, but
they aro rather handsoiao for all that.—'
JY. Y. News.
Iu tho good old Testament days it was'
considered a miracle for an ass to speak,
but now nothing short ot n mirnolo will
keep one quiet.
Texes society is agitated over tho ques
tion Ilf whether or uot the groom nt n
wedding should wear his revolver belt In
side or outside his dress coat.
John R. Mintor, Esq., of Cross Keys
township, S. o., reports something like,
33,000 as tho net cash balance made on a
farm of less than ten hands.
When a deep sleep'falls on a man ho'
doesn’t mind, it so mucli as when a few
square yardB of plastering come down or
a chimney.tumbloo om on him.
An-lowa mnn sent his wife to a prayer
mooting to prepare herself for death, ns
he intended to kill,her when she returned.;
She went, but did not go back.
A mnn in a saw-mill at Turnerville,
Nob., was found sawed completely in
two. It is supposed that he fell ou tho
track in front of the biiw when drunk.
The London medical journals report
the ease of the daughter of tho Mayor of
Gramoku, near Breiuosi, who has slept’
almost uninterruptedly for six months.
A Miullesotn farmer who has five
grown-up daughters, has sued the county
on n claim that his residence hue been;
qsed ns a “court-room” for tho past two.
yonrs.
One of our exchanges tolls tho story of
Bridget excusing hersulf for using one of
her mistress’ stockings to strain the cof
fee, by saying she didn’t take a olenn
one.
At Heywood, Texas, nn ignorant old
negress administered strychnine to three
patients, thiukiog it wns quiDine. Two
died in a few hours, and tho third is re
ported to be boyona recovery. ■
Coon hunters were cutting dowu a treo
nt Adams, Ind. The dogs got into a,
fight closo to tho tree just ns it was ready,
to fall. The men succeeded In saving the'
brutes, but were crushed to denth them
selves.
‘Why,” asked n governess ot her lit
tle charge, “do we pray God to give us
otir daily bread? Why don’t we ask for
four days, or five days, or a week?”—
“Because wo want it fresh," replied the
ingenious child.
A house in Oswego owned by Dennis
Harrington, who was killed at Fulton tho
other dny ou the chunl bank, is believed
by the foolish neighbors to be haunted.'
All sorts of crying nnd noises are reports
ed to havo been heard.
“Well, ifl eversaw tho like,’’ remark
ed Mr. Whiskyskiq, ns ho mopped the'
presplratioii from his brow. “I don’t
see whore nil this water comes from that
oozes through my pores. I haven’t tast
ed the stufffot' ton years.”
Why is It that whisky straight will
nko ri ihan walk crooked?—Boston wlole.
’by is it? Why it !b because you o'rlnk 1
Did you never think of that? You,
leave the whisky in the jug, and it will,
not make you walk crooked.
Dr. Tnnoer has at last met his match,
nnd more.than his match. A Calf in
Holt county, Missouri, got entangled in a
pile of rails, and remniued io tlmt posi
tion for a period of forty ono days, with
out food or writer. It came out nil right.
If you hopo for ; what is reasonable and
then work, you will probably get it. But
if you expeot the impossible, liko the man
who,wanted to buy a pair of spectacles
with which to got a bird’s eye view of tho
city,.you qra hound to bo disappointed.
-ViYdnog'o'rgoouBly-rittlrcd damo is the'
d.uehoss : of what?’) asked a Ynnkco spec-.
ml reception at Buckingham;
. — —.io hisri't a duchess hat all,”
said tho gold stick in waiting; “but I’ear'
as ’oW Bho bo tho wifo of ban Ilamerlcan
plumber.”
A number of prominent Cincinnatians,
interested in tho College of Music, an-,
nounce their intention of producing Ital
ian opera in that city upon a scalo of
magnificence hitherto unuppronchcd and
“not possible in any theater'in this coun-
■- An Indian'cnmo to nn agent in' tho-
nnrthern part'of Iowa to procure some
whisky for .a, younger brother, who ho
said hnd been bitten by a rattlesnake.—
“Four qunrtsi” roponted tho agent, with
surpriso; ‘ifiiuoU as -that?” “Yes,” re-
jilted the Indian, "fourquarts; s