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OFFICi AL JOURN AL OF MON KOF.COUNT Y
* TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION:
Per Annum, Cask in Advance - $1.50
Six Months, “ “ 75
fer* I.'i i-1*■ r■ iin lip- l’< -t <•!!,< (■(,! !■ "!
sylli at< second a alter,
Or.T I II V. .MoMioi, A !<\ KitTi-Tn h:e- ;i
large (’irculsition iti*Mnnro<-. Hutf-
Join*. .la-j K-r. and other < ’-u .tie.'
I*l IIMSIIKI* KVKKV TANARUS K I VY MoKNINO.
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UMmli!
the Great Southern Remedy
■ H< )W
BOWEL TROUBLE3, CHILDREN TEETHING, DIARRHCA,
DYSENTERY AND CPA£!P COLIC.
\R. DIGGERS !H ( KT.F-BF.KKV CORDIAL should be kept in every household.
I ' If ii one T the most pleasant and efficacious remedies there is for summer com
plaints. lio\. hccc .ary a is, at a season of the year when violent and sudden attacks
of the Bowels are so frequent, you should have some speedy relief at hand. It will save
nut. h pain ami anxiety, as well ns large doctor hills. '] l, c wearied mother, losing sleep
night after night in nursing the little one suffering such a drainage upon its system from
the effects of teething, should use tin- invaluable nudi ine. For sale hv ail druggists
Bt JO cents a bottle, fcif bend 2c. stamp for ICidrllc Book, to
WAJ.TKR A. TAYLOR, Atlanta, Cia.
NOTICE
TO THE FARMERS AND PUBLIC
J AM STILL AGENT FOIITHK
DANIEL PRATT GIN CO.
Those in need ol (tins, |Ve Ift "Vr
('olldi'luelHlul I'Vpeet to bin f.,l*tl*e tin'
('inning m 'u-on will do well to see in.- and
get terms and priee- pundm-ing
elsewhere. Yon emi see samples of Gins,
Feeders and ('oiideo.-er.- at the ollim: of
J utiles l). IVoetol's w arehouse.
U l LKY L. S'l mi. Agt.
Forsyth, (in.. May 25th. 1.585.
Bramblett & Bro.,
UNDERTAKERS
FORSYTH, GA.
HAYING pnrcdltised tile stock of under
taker's goods recently controlled by
tin- lute F N )\ ilder as agent, we are pre
pared to carry on the the undertakers busi
ness in all its details. \Ve have added a
tew line of good-to those already in stock.
\( ith new and complete stock of goods, ele
gant new Hearse and good reliable team,
prompt and careful attention we hope to
merit the patronage of the public. Burial
Holies for gents and ladies, much nicer and
Kt half tile cost of suit of clothes. The
llearse will he sent cost with coffins
cost ug S2O and upward-, where the dis
tance i- not too grunt
KHAMBLF.TT A: BIB).
D H. GREEN & CO.,
REPAIR
CLOCKS, G L NS
Pistol l ?, * ,viapc Miobmas, Etc.
j\U kimb ',f Ujkt Uopuiring eveouted !
promptly" a T f fully. \Ve ove stei.-t i
attention to inisine-s, and expect to m.-rit
liutTonage by good work. Ai.-o we ku*p ti
land a good stock of
CONFECTIONERIES, STATIONERY
Tobacco and ('igars.
(Jive us a cull in the ) o-t-otlice building.
Fors\ tb, (l a
CENTRAL & SOUTH WESTERN
SCHEDULES.
Head down Head dow 11
Mo 11. l'd'otp Savannah. \n sd.
10: IN) a 111 Lv ...Savannah... I.v S: do pm
45 pin ar Align.ta Ar s:.soain
ti: '-’•** p 111 ar Macon ar 3: Ci am
1 1 : 25 p m ar Vtlanta ar 7:30 am
4:52a in ar...-Columbus...ar 12: 33 pm
ar Kufatiia ar 3: 10 pm
It l> p m ar Albany ar 12: 20 pm
ar..Milledgeville -ar It): 21) am
ar Katoutou ar 12: 30 pm
No IS From Augusta No 2) No 22
It: to am lv Aug.dv 0:00 pm |
.*!: lit) pm ar Sav’h ar (<■ .“>() am i
ti: 25 p m ar Macon i
11: 25 pm ar At lant a |
4:52 m ar t'oluinhus 1
11: 15 p m ar Albany !
No .54. From Macon No 52.
12: (N) a m lv Macon lv S:(V>am
ti: 50 a 111 ar Savannah ar and: d0 |wn
ar \ugnsta ar 45 pm
ar... Millcdgcvillc...ar It): 20am
ar Katoutou ar 12:.10 pm
No 1. From Macon Nod.
7:50 am lv Macon lv 7:15 pm
il: 10 p 111 ar Kufaula ar j
12:20pm ar Albany ar ll:]spm !
No 5 From Macon No It*
8: 15 a in lv Macon lv 7:35 pm
12:33 pm ar Columbus ar 4:25 am
No 1 From Manat no 51 * so 53
£:lsiun lv xiacon-.-lv 7 .:i) pni-..d;57 am
12;25 pm ar Atlanta.-ar 1! :2'>pm..7 ;d0 am
so 28 From Fort valley so 21
8 :35 pin lv Fort v alley lv 0 ;45 am
0 ;20 p m ar tvrry ar lOjdoam
No 2 From vtlanta no 54 no 52
2 ;'u) pm lv-vtlanta-lv * ;!0 pm...r. joo ho
ti ;S0 pm ar..Macon...arl 1 :45 am... 7 *:lf> tii a
ar Kufaula ar 3;lopm '
11 ;15 pm ar .Albany ar 12:20pm
4 ;25 atu ar oluniluis ar 12 :ddpm
Millcdgovillcar 10:20am
ar Katoutou ar 12:30pm
ar vugusta ar and :45pm
ar savannah ar ti ;30 am...:’ ;d )pm
No t From 11 ilnmlms no 40
1 ; 0t) p m lv ...oolmnlms lv 0 pm
5 ;42 p m ar Macon ar 0 ah) a m
11 ;15 pm ar vtlanta ar 12 :20 pm
ar Kutaula ar 4 ;4t> pm
11 :15 pm ar vlbany ar 4 ;05 jitn
laical sloping car- on all night trains
lictwocn sav'atinali and Augusta, -ax an
nuli and Atlanta, and Macon ami Mont
gomery. Cullman hotel sK‘Ct>:ng cars be
tween cbicago and Jacksonville, ria.. via
Cincinnati, without change.
The Mtlledgcv ille and F.atonton train
runs daily v ox.cpt Monday'. Ivtweeti cor
don and Katoutou. and daily except sun
day) l** tween F.atonton and Gordon.
Train no 20 daily except .-unday.
Kufaula train eonnects at outhbert for
Fort indues daily exet ot - unlay, rorrv
accommodation train lvtvveen ivrrv and
Fort valley, runs daily, except sundaes,
Albany and rtlakcly accommodation train
except sun.lay. between vi’oa
nv and Blakely.
At savannah w ith -avannah, kl> rida A
western railway : at vugti-ta w :th ail lines
to north and east: at vtlanta with Air
line and Kennosaw routes, to all {mints
north, ea.-t and west. \V\t. lUh.k ;s,
ti A WlilTKtt V All, Sny't
tien Pass Ag't. Savannah.
FOR SALE.
The six-room cottage on Main St. oc
cupied by Mr. Hanks Alexander,
lot. good "garden s]-it, good water. ixSoll
lent out-liouses. House ami pr. ir.s, -in
thorough repair, will he - >ld on accom
modating term.-. Apply to
J As. P. J I ARltiSoN.
Atlanta tia.
VOL XXX.
PRECAUTION?
|jgmg/g rprnpv
\ l Car ULEv ' fci !T £ |
TIKEZED
Georgia Music House
(Hrancl) of Ludden ik Hales,)
MACON, - - GKOIIUIA.
Soull icrii Hislribuling ])oj>ot for
PIANOS !
CHICK Ik KING,
MASON A HAMLIN,
HUNT,
W'KADALL A -MARSHAL,
ARI ON,
BIvIIR BROTHERS,
IIALLKT & DALIS.
ORGANS
-MASON A HAMLIN,
PACKARD,
BAY STATE.
\\ll sold on Long Time.
LOW LST IMG (ST
EASIEST’ TERMS,
BEST INSTRUMENTS.
Special discounts to Teachers.
Special discounts to Ministers.
Write for Catalogues and Terms, and
you will he convinced that you have
•found, headquarters.
S.&- Don’t liny until you have con
sulted our prices. Can’t possibly lose
anything bv writing.
E. D. IRVINE. Manager.
R'P&EdNTOHI
WINE COCA!
STRENGTHENS* EXHILARATES
A l’erteitlv Reliable Diffusible Stim
ulant and Tonic.
It Mistiim- at and refreshes, aids digestion
and )i"imilation. imparts new life and en
ergies to the worn and extended mind and
body, and excites every faculty of mind and
bodv to healthy and natural condition.
COCA!
is a wonderful invigorator ot the genital
organs, and removes all mental ami physi
cal exhaustion. The best known remedy for
sterility importency Antidote and substi
tute for the
MORPHINE AND OPIUM HABIT.
The greatest blessing !•> all afflicted with
Nervous 0 11 1 laints. su< h as Sick Headache,
Neura gia. Wakefulness, Laxss of Memory,
V *vi is Tremor, Loss of Appetite. Melan
jcholv. Blues. Ktc. Ktv.
FRENCH WINE COCA !
will vitalize your lilood and build you up
Lawv rs. Mil : ■r, Tea< hi rs, < )r
-->rs. Y< ■ alists, and 111 who use the Voice,
w ill tind in the \N ine t’oea. taken half an
hour previous to appearing before their
audiences, the most remarkable results.
One trial of.
WINE COCA
g 1 - fleets,
g ■ r Dr. J. 8. P *m
bertoi ,x C . and g: on the wonderful
■ : 1 . Plant, or Saci ;
Herbs; also the French Wine (’oca. For
-ale hv Druggi-t-*?' Wholesale 4*v
J. S. PKMBKHTON A CO.. •
Manufacturing Chemist and Drug and Oil
Brokers. .*>'.• Broad st.. Atlanta. Ga.
For - 7ebv Ah xander W: .'>oll and Ellison
A Smith, Forsyth. Ga. upro
I. W. ENSIGN.
BOOK SELLER,
STATIONER.
N KWS DEALER,
All the Stnu'huvl Sdiool ID l;s on
haml.
Miscellaneous Books anil Station
ary for sale at
LOWEST PRICES!
Subscriptions received for all
S- sandP ala
Agent for CHRISTIAN INDEX.
y 1 u k pit Reliable evidence giv
| | D.wbll t . n H!ul r , tVr ,. lu ., to
Vy CUREDi^i-. i o 1, “ tknu a,,J
8 i for my Uok *.. the Hahit and it
i ‘ure. Free. Svbl-j
“THEY WERE ALL, WITH ONE
ACCORD.”
What a penlecost of prosperity
wottM be showered upon our people
ol Monroe county were we all in ac
cord as to tlic methods of advancing
! our individual and collective interest.
Wo hope and believe every man in
Monroe county pos-es-ed with a
spark of true manhood, desires his
' own interest, his own prosperity and
personal comfort. It we are correct.,
certainly there is none among our
• people so short sighted us ndt to see
I that whatever promotes or will pro
‘ mote our interest collectively will
j promote om individual interest,
j Then to hasten the bringing about
! of this result, we must all be in ac
cord in devising means and methods
for the attainment of the same. Ji'
yon attach five thousand horses to a
five thousand pounds load and only
one horse pulls at the same time the
load will not be drawn ; but if you
attach five good draft horses to the
same load and have them pull to
gether the load will be moved readi
ly. \Yc saw this fully illustrated
during vlie late war. To a piece of
artillery weighing (22,000) twenty
two thousand pounds were attached
twenty six large, strong mules. At
llie command, “move up” no two
mules pulled in unison. The artil
lery carriage did not move. A whole
day was thus spent, at the close of
which the “big gun” was where it
was in the beginning. The next
day a practical man was put in
charge of the work, lie dismissed
I he mules, and detailing one hundred
men, attached them with a ship cor
| dage to the gun, and in a reasonable
! time, carried it thirteen miles, to its
destination. Every reader will
readily see what produced the differ
ent results in these two efforts. The
mules did not pull together and
nothing was accomplished ; the men
, did pull with one accord, and the
j feat desired, was successfully accom
| plished.
So, if our people desire to become
individually prosperous, and con
tented ; if they wish for a proper
development of the resources ot our
county, they must he in accord in
| the effort; there must be concert of
action and unity of purpose in their'
.' .Inborn to accomplish these re-slits,
I Discordant elemem's must be adjus
i ted and attuned to the one ground
purpose of working energetically
and constantly in those channels
which will inure to each and eveiy
mans interest.
\Yo may he enthusiastic, on this
idea ; and if so, wo trust our enthu
siasm is the out growth of an hottest
sincere desire to see the people of
Monroe county, what they can be?
prosperous and thrifty agriculturists
and artesans, husbanding aright the
resources which God lias given them,
and inculcating, by precept and ex
ample, in their children habits of
industry and strong desires for intel
lectual growth and development.
These same things may be said as
touching the interests of our town
and our towns people. If wc would
further our individual and communi
ty interests, we must have concert of
action, of energy and of purpose;
we must he united in devising the
best methods .and in accord in devi
sing the best means for prosecuting
those methods. Let no general in
terest bo left to the exclusive dicta
tion and control of any single indi
vidual on account of the apathy and
indifference ot others, but rather let
the whole community unite and
work energetically for the further
ance of every interest, that is general
in its character. Knowing that
harmonious, concerted effort upon
the part of communities, directed by
prudence, will accomplish much, we
are glad to see our people so unified
in regard to furthering the interests
of our town. Let-this unity of sen
timent continue, and let every indi
vidual in Forsyth and vicinity hitch
on to this idea ami pull in unison,
and soon every man will see benefi
cial results aecrueing to him from
such a course.
Easy to See Through.
How can a watch—no matter how
costly—be expected to go when the
mainspring won't operate? How
can anyone be well when his stom
ach. liver or kidneys are out of or
der ? <>t course you s;iv. "He can
not. Yet thousands of peop'e drag
along miserably in that condition :
: t not able to :
with comfort and energv. How
foolish., when a bottle or two of Par
kers Tonic would set tin
Try it. and get back your health and
spirits.
Professor Arnold says a cow
.
voluntary action of the muscles that
lighten about the milk reservoirs.
- .. v ry nerv
It takes but little to excite her. ami
when she is being milked the utmost
care should be- exercised by the
milker, and her surroundings should
be quiet. Permit no unusual noise.
Have no dog running or barking
about her.— I rev limes.
FORSYTH, MONROE COUNTY. GEORGIA, TUESDAY 3IORXIXG. AUGUST 25. 1885.
WONDERS OF INGENUITY.
A Glance at Recently Interned Mechan
ical Marvels.
Hliiliulclpliiu Re ?orJ.
The Novelties Exhibition to be
held under the auspices of the
Franklin Institute, and which epens
on September IG, in the Electrical
Exhibition building, at Thirty-third
-Market street, promises to fairly
eclipse the famous display of last
year when ail the wonders of elec
tricity were shown to the many
thousands who flocked to the exhibi
tion from far and near.
The Novelties .Exhibition, which
is now to take the place of the elec
trical display, will be more interest
ing. it possible, than was that sur
prising show. It will be restricted
to the exhibition of such recent dis
coveries and inventions in the
sciences, arts and manufactures aqi
I are worthy, by reason of the interest
lau l merit, to be admitted. The
management at.nouuce that its pur
| pose is to confine the exhibition to
such projects, processes and machines
as shall possess distinctively new
features, and which will represent in
collective form, so far as possible,
the most recent and best discoveries,
inventions and improvements. The
exhibition will continue from Sepi
loinber 15 to October 31.
The brilliant and rapid success of
electricity as an illuminating agent
has encouraged many sanguine
friends of the mysterious power to
predict the no distant day when gas
will go the way of the penny-dlj i
of our grandfathers, and the multi-’,
plying gas clerk can no longer find
use for his nefarious pen. To those
people and to the public generally
the Novelties Exhibition will be aj
decided surprise, for one of the
ing features of the display will be a|
new process of illuminating by gas#
which is claimed, and with much
confidence, to be superior in briliian
cy and cheapness to the best system
jof electric lighting now known
Like one of the systems of electro
lighting, this new gas illuminator i
' incandescent. The light is product
| by allowing a flame of water-gas l<
j heat a spiral of metal to a white
heat, as the electric current heats tin
carbonized fibre in the air-tight
globes of the Edson light. This,;th<
only difference between the ga
lamp and the electric globe is t.ha
the light of the one is produced" by
i the heating of a bit of carbon, whii
the illumination of the other pro
ceeds from a bit of metal heated h\j
a gas jet. The flame produced hi
the burning gas is invissiblc .atil
would be of no account for iliumiu;i
fing purposes except through' tl •
y of the metal spiral. •
inv ; '.inn. This spiral is mdre of a
composition metal, which is inde
structable, and is not, therefore, con
sumed when heated to incandescence
by the gas flame. The composition
of this metal is a secret. The inven
tor of this new lamp is Professor T.
S. C. Lowe. The matter of cost, as
is always the ease in reducing such
inventions to practical every-day
use. has been found, so it is asserted,
to be much less than that ot elec
tricity, or even ot coal-gas.
The statement is made that a
light of twenty candle power will
cost, tiie consumer but one-quarter of a
cent per hour for the gas. The ex
hibition building will, to a very con
siderable extent, be illuminated by
this new light, and it is predicted
that the visitors will be unabie todis
tinguish between its brilliancy and
tiiat of the few electric lamps which
will be used for the purpose of com
parison. Professor Lowe will also
exhibit in connection with this new
lighting scheme a radiator that will
funrish both light and heat, and will
show that with the water-gas of his
system a city can l>o supplied with
light, fuel and power for machinery
through the same system of pipes.
In the way of something new and
surprising in the art of printing the
new press, “The Leister, which is a
marvel of mechanical skill, will Vie
among the remarkable things to Ijo
seen, and for the first time upon pub
lic exbihition. This really wonder
ful machine is*fed at one end with
an endless roll of blank paper, and
prints it on both sides, folds, pa. tes
and covers the printed sheets, and
turns out at the other end pam
phlets. hound and ready for mailing,
without the touch of a human hand,
at the rate of 5.000 per hour.
As an adjunct to tins astonishing
. piece of mechanism will be a won
derful tvpe-'(‘tting machine not less
ingenious and remarkable than the
magic press itself. It would appear
|'that mechanical ingenuity hasreach
! ed an almost miraculous point when
it can construct a machine Which
i can without- human aid set up “copy
as well and better than the most in
telligent compositor ever drilled in
the practice of bis great art. But all
this, it is claimed, has been accom
plished by Mr. Joseph I borne s type
setting and distributing machine,
which is thus described as it will be
: seen among the novelties <>t toe ex
hibition. It is a very compact ap
paratus. and comprises a distributing
a; well as a type settting mechanism,
s 5 1< vised and arranged with res]
; to each other that they may each be
operated independei tly • U sii and a
ncouslv. The compactness of the
: machine is obtained by having the
two cylinders, which respectively
: comprise t’tie distributing and set
: ting mechanism, placed vertically
one above the other. It may be said
of this machine that its present form
is the result of years of patient ex
; pennient —useless parts and imprac
ticable .letails having been dis< overed
by use and eliminated or modified —
until the machine to-day appear* to
satisfy the invent!>r. The m* mi
is said tu have a capacity ot compos
ing 8,000 ems per hour, and for dis
i tribiuing an equal amount of "dead
' matter.”
I
j Amazing as have been some of the
i recent advances in .science and art,
j in no branch have so great and so
i many improvements been made as
| m the art of photography, and prob
i ably the most interesting and sig.
i nitieanl improvements will be shown
j among the novelties of the exhibi
j tion. This exhibit, which is of spe-
I cia I interest, will include a fine col
j lection illustrating the process of
■ isoeiu’omatic photography from na-
J ture and from colored objects, in
j which the teat of preserving the rela
| Hve intensity of the several colors is
accomplished. Along with these
| specimens there will be a display
j showing the advance made in the di-
I reel ion of producing actual color-
J pictures by photographic and mc
! ehanieal methods. Mr. Frederick
Ives, whose experiments in isoehro
: matic photographing have been ex
j tensive, will himself be an exhibitor.
' * show what gratifying results
. have been attained in this direction,
. Mr. Ives will exhibit some photo
j graphs of landscapes and colored
i pictures, in which every detail of
| natural shadding has been faithfully
produced.
Photographs of a highly colored
chromolithograph of a ladv wearing
a bright scarlet hat with purple
feather will be shown. One set of
these photographs will be by the
ordinary photographic process and
another by the Ives isoehromatic
process. In the first there are
scarcely any visible differences in the
dark shades of the hat and feather
and cape and dress; in the other
these are all perfectly distinguisha
ble by marked differences of shade,
the purple feather being much darker
than the scarlet hat, and the cape
distinctly lighter than the dress,
showing in the most convincing
' manner the capacity of the Ives pro
| cess to bring out the full value of all
j the colors which photograph too
dark or too light by the ordinary
methods.
It is not difficult to understand
that this new process may lead to
the most astonishing results, and it
is confidently assorted that by indi
rect methods from this advanced
standpoint photographs in colors
may be obtained. Indeed, pictures
which represent the lights and shad
ows ef the object in their true pro
portions, and also the colors ot the
original, have already been obtained,
' a* will probably be shown at the
| exhibition, and the prediction that
we arc on the eve of some great dis-
Tcoveries in this field of experimental
f resoa-rcli is by no means too bold.
I Of the new inventions useful in
? the iirts. and striking because of the
j ingenuity of their conception, there
[will be none more interesting than
attraction at Now Orleans.
novelty consists of an atomizer held
in the right hand, which distributes
liquid pigment upon paper, in such
quantities as the artist may desire,
the amount and character of its dis
tribution being entirely under bis
control. It answers in a much more
delicate and thorough manner all
the uses of the brush and pencil, and
its practical value has been thor
oughly established. There is at
tached to the atomizer an airpump,
worked by the foot, and it is the
compressed air which forces out the
pigment. By means of this mechan
ical brush a picture may be painted
in two hours which by the present
process with ordinary brushes would
require a week to finish, and not the
finest hair-brush can give so delicate
a finish to the canvas.
Another delicate instrument, which
will bo seen side by side with this
wonderful brush, will he an auto
matic scale capable of weighing grain
as it flows in a rapidly running
stream from the elevator, and which,
not satisfied with this astonishing
feat, register each dump and then
counts up.the total quantity taken
out of the bins. Tiie Exhibition
Bulletin announces, among many
other things, that they “anticipate
an interesting and instructive ex
hibit from the Colts Armory, of
Hartford, illustrating some of the
intricate and elaborate details invol
ved in the manufacture of the fire
arms for which this representative
establishment is famous, and which
will lie sure to exhibit the high state
of perfection to which this branch of
the mechanic arts has been brought
in the United States. '
There is one ingenious invention
of especial interest to mariners,
which it is hoped and expected will
i be among the novelties of the show.
| This i a musket to shoot—not dead
| iv leaden bullets, but to fire sound
across the seas. A speaking trumpet
is attached to the muzzle of this
peaceful firearm, which is for the
purpose of assisting in giving direc
rection to the sound impulse and in
tensifying the audible effect. An
experiment with this sound-gun is
j thus described : “This gun was
aimed at passing ve*sles while blank
■ cartridges were fired from it. After
a longer or shorter interval, accord
ing to the distance or the object, an
echo was returned. It is recorded
of these trials that the ordinary river
steamboats and sailing vessels with a
large expanse of canvas returned
perfectly audible echoes, when at a
di>tance estimated to be about a
mile. At shorter distances than this
’ the effects are reported to have
been more striking. An apparent
but very feeble echo was returned
i from from a small tugboat, ap
proaching bow-on, and estimated to
; be about one-fourth of a mile away
from the observers. This result was
a surprise, in view of tiie fact that
the >nrface exposed was exceedingly
.' - . feel - iar< . an 1
presented a convex surface to the
impinging sound wave.' The utility
of this imvention for the purpose of
\ signals and communication will, no
doubt, He very great when it has.
been turtlser perfected.
STUDY OF STORMS.
A MAN WHO WAS ONCE A STORM
CEN TRE.
The Phenomena Attending the Gather
ing of a Cyclone—Caugh up in a
Gale—Watching a Waterspout
Grow—The Theory of Wa
terspouts and Storms."
Savannah News.
f The attempt to account for torna
| does and cyclones in the Morning
i News of August 11th. brings to mind
some of my experiences and obser*
j rations on them, waterspouts, than
| der storms and diving rods, the last
being rejected by half-science as un
j worthy of notice because it has been
! used by* charlatans to discover hid
: den treasures. Eity years ago we
knew so little of terrestrial electrici
\ ty that Professor Morse objected to
j certain suggestions on the ground
: that it would require a double set of
wires to convey and reply to a mes
sage by his telegraph. I have never
been satisfied with our received theo
ries on scientific subjects, and being
a doubter generally of every hypoth
esis, include all yet advanced as to
the nature of light, heat electricity*
and magnetism is not proved. C)f
course 1 have my own, and would
j naturally be expected to take up
arms in defense of them against a
scoffing world, but taking hint from
the madman, who said he and the
rest of mankind were at issue on a
question sif fact, lie declaring the
world to be mad, and they being the
majority, had decided that he was.
I siiti 11 only relate two or three of
my experiences, leaving the reader
to draw his own conclusions there
from.
First, in uper Georgia. I was
dropping corn on a iiilside when
one of the little “whirlwinds,” so
common in the summer, sprung up,
and came toward me. Being the
highest object in the field, I saw it
begin in a patch of woods near by,
as if a breath of air had set a few
leaves in motion. But there was no
wind perceptible, and I saw that
I leaves appeared to be moving from
all points towards a center, along the
ground, and then to rise with a ro
tary motion in cone shape. Moving
very slowly* at first, sound and mo
tion increased so rapidly that had 1
not accidentally seen the first creep
ing motion of the leaves I would
have thought the whole the result of
a sudden gust of wind. Seeing it
coming towards me I went towards
il and observed th it it seemed to
change its course to meet me. In
about thirty or forty* yards it grew
so rapidly* in height and circumfer
ence as to surprise me when it struck
me. J saw that the leaves, pine
straw and trash, all di ew to a c* ntral
flWn... -a. ben i that point.
1 heard tb *•
pricking sensation attending slight
electric shocks when the trash struck
me. Those particles that had any
perceptible length seemed to come
on end, and for an instant I felt as if
1 had received a gentle shock from
an electric battery*.
Thirty years after, when tiie war
left us on the sand hills, near Augus
ta, the same thing occured when I
was in my garden on the top of a
hill. A hissing sound in the hollow
about two nundred yards distant
drew our attention to a small column
of dust and leaves, only a few feet in
height. It approached rapidly*, in
creasing in lieignt and size, and when
it struck us. threw down my* com
panion and turned me around sever
al times, twisting a tin bucket from
my band, and crossing the garden,
scattered a panel or two of the clap
board fence in an eliptical form,arjd
then leaping the railroad in the de
pression between the hills, passed on,
throwing down fence, log stable kill
ing two mules, and leaping the Sa
vannah river, was last heard of near
the mounteins. This may have
been a part of the great tornado
which on that day swept over Ken
tucky to end in a prodigious fall of
rain beyond Rock Island, on the
Mississippi, in Illinois.
Again : I have seen several water
spouts form and once saw the very
beginning ofone. It was iust before
the war ot secession, when, anchored
in my* boat between Bay* Point and
Hilton Head, Port Royal harbor.
The water was as smooth as it could
be, the ocean swell scarcely sufficient
to move the light iron lifeboat I fish
ed in. .Suddenly we became aware
of a spitting and snapping in the wa
ter near us, and saw what we took
to be a shoal of skip-jacks, but it
passed near enough to show us that
there were no fish present. It pass
ed on, leaping and falling back as
far as we could see it, growing high
er as it went. Low as we were in
the water, it must have disappeared
within two miles, but it had not
gone out of sight long before tiie lit
tle mist-like flock uhe. before visible
to the east, began to move towards
one poit, and soon a water-spout was
formed seaward.
These are three of the experiences
on which I form this opinion with
regard to winds, storms tornadoes,
cyclones, thunderstorms and water
spouts, viz : The surface of the earth
being of one electrical state, an outer
ring of the ether is of the contrary,
and tiie intermediate couch ofatmos
phere is neutral. When the inten
sification of one state induces an
equal intensification in the other,
and an equalization is gradually ef
fected through the intervening air,
the motion induced becomes gentle
or violent in the form of a beeze, a
, tornado or a cyclone, or when inter
vention of clouds charges them with
electricity till the quantity* becomes
too great for retention, a thunder
bolt results —and a flash down and
up restores the equilibrium. A full
! development of these ideas leads to
the singularly* told suggestion that
the day will come when it will be
proved that such is the nature of
things—that, without eyes to see,
' there would be no iiitht! And that
M MBKIi 31.
what wo call electricity in its heating,
I lighting ami chemical properties, is
the agent employed by the great
first cause in tlie creation of the uni
verse. But only the agent—not the
creator, lie is past finding out.
it; w. ii.
PUNISHING A THIEF.
How Justice Was* Meted out to Hoose
Thieves Sixty Years Ago.
i Nashville American.
Among the many notable charac
ters that figured in the criminal an
nals of early tenncssec, none exceeds
in prominence that of John A. Mur
rell. His greatest purpose in life
seemed to tie the possession of fine
horseflesh, and lie was frequently to
he found astride a thoroughbred.
The only title to whic h he could lay
claim was generally the fact that he
occupied the saddle and the man
that disputed that title was in imi
nent danger of “going to join the
angels" without sending them word.
Asa daring highwayman and ex
pert horse-thief Murrell gained a
national reputation, the principal
field of his operations being Middle
Tennessee. In 182'J lie was convic
ted and sentenced to the penitentia
ry for a long term, and after serving
part of the term his health failed,
and death approaching, he was par
doned out to die which event oeeur
ed up in the moulitains shortly after
his release.
A Union reporter yesterday, in
looking over the records of the cir
cuit court of Davidson county of ye
olden time, found the following in
teresting sketch of the trial of .Mur
rell. It was recorded as part of the
minutes of the session of the circuit
court held in the Davidson county
court house on Thursday, May 25,
1825, just sixty years ago. It isgiv
-011 verbatim :
“The state vs. Joiin A Murrell,indic
ted for horse-stealing. This day
came the attorney-general for the
seventh solicitorial district of the
state of Tennessee, and the said John
A. Murrell was led to the lmr of cus
tody of the sheriff of Davidson coun
ty, whereupon came a Jury of good
and lawful men, to-wit: Egbert
Haywood, Henry Uiie, Micajih Fiy,
William IL. Nance, Brent Spence,
Jordan Hyde, John M. Wright, Phil
lip Hoover, Nor veil 11. Itobertson,
Godfrey Shelton, Johnathan Drake
and John Nichol, who being elected,
tried and sworn the truth of and up
on the premises to speak, and having
heard the evidence, on their oatli do
say that the said John A. Murrell is
guilty of horse-stealing in manner
and form as charged in the bill of
indictment; and thereupon it being
demanded of the said John A. Mur
-1-1)11. if anything for himself lie hath
ior
here to JiU , igWe..t -*fli*n i -ITiiHi
and upon the premises should '
proceed, he said that he had nothing j
but what he had before said. Where- 1
upon all and singular the premises
being saw and fully understood, it is
considered by the court the said
John A. Murrell receive on his bare
hack at the public whipping post in
Davidson count}' thirty - lashes; that
lie sit in the pillory two hours on
Monday, two hours on Tuesday and
two hours on Wednesday, and that
lie he branded on the left thumb
with the letters “11. T ;” that lie he
imprisoned twelve months from this
date, and be rendered infamous and ;
pay the costs of prosecution. And it I
is ordained that the sheriff of David- !
son county put this judgment as to j
the whipping intoimediate execution,
and the branding on Wednesday
next in the presence of the court,
and that the said John A, Murrell
he remanded to jail.
“Will E. Kennedy, Judge.”
How to Preserve Cut Flowers.
An important rule, though seldom
regarded, says the Popular Science
News, is never to cram the vases with
flowers ; many will last if only they
have a large mass of water in the
vase, and not too many stalks to
feed on the water and pollute it.
Vases that can hold a large quantity
of water are much to he preferred
to the spindle-shaped trumpets that
are often used.
Flat dishes filled with wet sand
are also useful for short-stalked or
heavy-headed flowers; even partial
ly withered blooms will revive when
placed*on this cool, moist substance.
Moss, though far prettier than sand,
is to be avoided, as it so soons smells
disagreeably and always interferes
with the scent of the flowers placed
in it for persavation.
In the ease of flowers that grow
only in a cool temperature, and suf
fer when the}’ get into warm and
dry air, all that we do is to lessen
evaporation asmuMi as possible, and,
when such flowers have hairy stems
and leaves, to submerge them for a
minute, so that by capillary they
may continue to keep themselves
moist and cool ; but this is dangerous
to table cloths or polished surfaces,
1 unless care be taken that the points
! of the leaves do not hang down to
• prevent dripping.
i Another means of preventing del
| icate and sweet-scented flowers from
: flagging is to cut them with several
i leaves on the stem, and, when the
i flower head is placed in water, to
! allow only this head .to remain above
' the water, while the leavers are en
! tireiv submerged ; by this means the
: leaves seem to help support the flow
| ers. which will then last for three
| days in a fairly cool room.
Frequent cutting of the stem is of
! great use; but with all flowers by far
; tbe best plan is to put them outside,
! exposed to dew or rain, during the
; night, when they will regain strength
j enough to last on for days.
AIL New Holland plants, particu
larly flowering acacias, are benefitted
wonderful!}’ by this apparent cruelty,
and will even stand a slight frost far
better than a hot room at night
indoors.
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Sam Jones’ Sayings.
If I had a creed I’d sell it to a
museum.
One sin cuts the soul adrift from
God.
What’s culture worth if it’s noth--
ing but white-wash on rascal ?
1 have little last for theology and
botany, but 1 love religion anil flow
ers.
I’d rather be in heaven learning
my A B (Js, Ilian in bell reading
G reek.
1 can t bribe God’s grand jury nor
defy the court that tries me the last
day.
“I have doubt,’’ says one. You
just quit your meanness and you will
quit doubling.
God have mercy on a man who
professes to he a Christian and ha?*
not got it from bead to foot.
If a man hasn’t enough religion to
pray in his family he hasn’t got
enough to save his soul wit!i_
I’ve seen men not afraid to die,
but l never saw a man that was not
afraid of the Judgment of God,
Everybody aught to keep good
company. There is not an agel ill
heaven proof against bad company.
It’s not so much when and whero
a man joins the church. It’s all
right, just so lie sticks up to it.
I had rather associate with it dog
than a profane swearer. 1 say t hings
that sound sir;. igc, bat : weigh
ed cm.
*?• i.- ,ifc.„
much so tvs the fact that J mve four
fingers on each-hand. believe’ is
the ground on which I stand
Perhaps if you do not talk of your
religion it is because yoirhave no re
ligion to talk about. Folks with ill
health don’t go around bragging on
their physician.
Points For Advertisers.
Don’t expect an advertisement to
bear fruit in one night.
You can’t eat enough i : a week to
last you a year ami you can't adver
tise on that plan either.
The enterprising advertiser proven
that he understands how to buy, be
cause in advertising he knows bow
to sell.
People who advertise only once in
throe months, forget that most folks
cannot remember anything longer
than about seven days.
If you can arouse curiosity by an
advertisement, it is a great point
gained. Tiie fair sex doesn’t hold
all the curiosity in the world.
Quitting advertising in dull times
is like tearing out a dam because, the
water is low. Either plan will pre
vent good times from coming.
Trying to do business without ad
vertising is like winking at a pretty
girl through green goggles. You
may know what you arc doing, but
nobody else does.
Enterprising traders are beginning
to learn the value of advertising by
the year. The persistency of thoso
who are not intimidated by the cry
of dull times, but keep their names
continually before the public, will
surely place them on the right side
in the end.
Excellent Interest Rules.
Montreal Herald.
The answer in each case being in
cents, separate the two right hand
figures of the answer to express in
dollars and cents.
Four per cent —Multiply the prin
cipal by the number of days to run.
Separate right hand figure from the
product and divide by nine.
Five per cent: —Multiply by num
ber of days and divide sevntv-two
Six percent—Multiply by number
of days, separate right band figure
and divide by six.
Eight per cent—Multiply by num
ber of days and divide by forty-five.
Nine pur cent—-Multiply by num
ber of days, separate right hand fig
ure and divide by four.
Ten percent. —Multiply by num
ber of days and divide ivy tlnrtyfivo.
Twelve per cent. —Multiply by
number of days, separate right hand
figure and divide by three.
To find the time in wnieh a sum
of money will double itself at a cer
tain rate of interest, divide seventy
two b}' tbe rate of interest, and the
result will be number of years. For
example, at four per cent money
will double in eighteen years; at
eight per cent it doubles in nine
years. This rule is correct to within a
fraction of a year for all rates from
three percent upward. We arc in
debted for this to Mr. Fackier, the
well known actuary.