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The Gainesville Eagle. I' lK L 1 >IIM H; Vi: H \ F1111) AIM 0B M X (7. J . E. IET EID W I 3ST E , Editor and Proprietor* .1 Ofl \ It £AT S, Publiihtrr TIORMH : S' ! A-Year, in Advance. OFFICE Up atairH iu Caudler UaU building, north-west corner Public Square. A fronts for The Eagle. -I. M. Kick. UUiriviltu, Ga.; J. D. Howabd, Hiwaß *ee, Oh,; W. 11. Sasdjsbhox, Haysville, S. C.; I>K. N. V, Ohbokx, Buford, Ga. JIJT Tlio above named gentlemen are authorized to make collections, receive and receipt for subscription to Thk Eaou nttice. '(* Hates oTAdvertising. One dallai per h iuare for first insertion, and fifty cents for each subsequent insertion. Marri age notices and obituaries exceeding six lines will be charged tor as advertisements. l'ersoualor abusive communications will not be Inserted at any price. Communications of general or local interest, under a genuine signature reepectfully solicited from any source. Kstesof lifgal Adverttiing. Sheri It’s sales for each levy often lines or less *2 50 Kaoh subsequent ten lines or less - - 2 50 Mortgage sales (Cos days; per square 5 00 &oh subsequent ten lines or less - 500 Adm’r’s, LxVh or Ouard'u’s sales, (40 days) pr nq 5 Oft Notice to debtors and creditors - - 5 00 Citut’s for let’l lof adm'n or guurd’us’p (4 wks) 400 Leave to sell real estate - - - 5 00 Let’i s uf diam'n ui adm'u or guard'n (5) mo.) 6 00 Kstray notices 3 00 Citations (uurei.i.fseutctestates) - 4 00 Hu lb nisi in divorce cases - - - 0 00 4a*- Few lion , oj a square (or inch) arc charg'd in all c Uifi a.< full *quair'6 or inch's. .Notioes of < >rdinarit-rt ailing attention of adminis trators, exeunt *r and guardians to making an imal returns: ami .if ,S!i.*ritts in regard to provlsloLs sections :*C4 , oi the Uotle. fuulibhkd free for the rtherifis and Ordinaries who patroni/.e the Eaulk. Advertisers who desire a specllieu space for 0, 6 or 12 months will receive a liberal deduction from our regular raie-i. gr All bills due after first insertion, unless special conduct to the contrary he made. (IKNEKAL I)IKE< TOKV. lion, George D. Kioe, Judge S. C. Western Circuit. Emory Speer, Solicitor, Athens, (la. COUNTY OFFICERS. .1. ft. M. Winburn, Ordinary. J. L. Waters, Sheriff. J. .1. 51 ayne, Clerk Superior Court. N. B. Clark, Tax Collector. S. Simmons, lax Receiver. V. Whelchel, Surveyor. Edward dowry, Coroner. Samuel Lesser, Treasurer. CHURCH DIRECTORY. Presbyterian Church—-Rev. T. P. Cleveland, Pas tor. Preaching every Sabbath—morning and night, except the secoinl Sabbath. Bn day School at 9a. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 4 o’clock. Mi.iH.MUHT Church ltev. I>. D. Cox, Pastor. I*reaching every Sunday morning and night. Sunday School at 9a. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday night. Baptist Chi imh— Rev. W. C. Wilkes, Pastor. Preaching Sunday morning. Sunday School at 9 a. m. Prayer mooting Thursday evening at 4 o’clock. YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. A. M. Jackson, President. It. C. Maddox, Vice President. W. li. Clements, Secretary. Regular serviceß every Sabbath evening at one of the Churches. Cottage prayer meetings every Tues day night in “Old Town,” ami Fr.day night near the depot. FRATERNAL RECORD. Ailegmany Royal Arch Chapter meets on the Sec ond and Fourth Tuesday evenings in each month. J. T. Wilson, Sec’y. A. W. Caldwell, H. I*. Gainesville Lodok, No. 219, A.*. F.*. M.\, meets ou the Firet ami Third Tuesday evening in the mouth U. Palmoou, Sec’y. J. E Rkdwhve, W. M. Air-Link Loins k, No. 04, I. O. 0. F., meets every Friday evening. O. A. Lilly, Sec. W. H. Harrison, N. G. Gainesville Grange No. 340, meets ou the Third Saturday and First Tuesday in each month, at one clock, p. m. J. E. Rkdwink, Mastei. E. D. Cheshire, Sec. Morning Star Lodge, No. 111, 1.0. G.T., meets ev ery Thursday evening. Claud Ebtus, W. S. J. P. Caldwell, \V. C. T. North-Eastern Star Lodge, No. 385 I. O. G. TANARUS., meets every Ist and 3d Saturday evoningH, at Antioch Church. J. A. Smith. W. C, T. It. F. Gittenh, W. 8. GAINESVILLE POST OFFICE. Owing to recent change of schedule ou tlie Atlauta j am! Richmond Air Line KailrooJ, the following will j be the schedule from date: Mail fro u Atlauta [fast] 5.11 p. m. Mail for Atlanta [fasti 11.20 a. m. Otttce hours: From 7 a. m. to 12 m., and from 1 }.j p. ni. to 7 p. m. No office hours on Sunday for general delivery yriudow. All cross mails leave as heretofore. mails close: Dahlonega (Stage, Daily) - - 8:30 a. su. J Jefftern'm, (Stage, Wednesday and Saturday) 9:00 p. in. Cleveland. (Stage, Monday and Friday) 8:00 a. m. Homer, (Horse, Friday) 12:30p.m. Wahoo “ “ 5:00 a.m. Dawsonville, (Horse, Saturday) - 7 30 •• mails arrive: Dahlonega. 3:00 p.m. Jefferson (Wednesday and Sat rday) 6:00 p. in. Cleveland, (Monday and Thursday) - 6:00 “ Homer. (Friday) - - 12:00 m. Wahoo •• 6:00 a.m. Dawsonville, (Friday) - - 6:00 p.m. 1 M. It. ARCHER. P. 51. Professional and Business Cards, MAlvllOli & PKRItY. ATTOUNI.YS AT LAW, GAINESVILLE, GA, Otllce in thu Conet Houma*. One or the other of the firm always present. Will practice in Hall and adjoining countioH. au#2s-ly A. .T. Sll A F FKR, miYSICIAN ANI) SI K G E ON, GtiiiiONvilU'i, (a, (iffi.-.i anti Rooms at Gamps’ Hotel, Oainenvllle, tla. jtiu'il-ly INFIRMARY, tut; Till - . TREATMENT OK DISEASES OK WOMEN, AND OPERATIVE SURGERY, At tile Haines' Hotel, Gaiuosvills, Ga, liy jaU'JH If A. ,J. SHAFFER. M. D. V. I). LOCK ft ART, W. I)., Polka ills*, Gil., WILL RKAOTIdK MKDICINK in all it* branches. Special attention given to Chronic Diseasert of wouieu and children. leblrt tlm I) it. n. It. AI) a 1 it, DKNTIST, (Jaiiit'svillo, <Sa. jault ly MARSHAL 1.. SMITH, VTTOKNUY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Dawson t'iUe, lhi tv son county, da. JauH-tf JOHN It. ESTES, VTTORNEY -AT-LAW, Gainesville, Hall county, Georgia, C. .1. ellbokn7 A TTORNEY-AT-LAW, Ulairsville, Uuion county, Georgia. SAMVEL C. DUNLAP, VTTORNEY AT LAW, Gainesville, Ga. Office in the Candler building, in the room occupied by the Eagle iu 1875. aprotf. W. l\. WILLI A MS, VTTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR Al' LAW, Cleeelaml, White Cos., Ga., will practice in the Courts of the Western Circuit, and give prompt atten tion to all business entrusted to his care. Jnue 12, 1874-tf WI£R BOYD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Dahlonega. Go. 1 will Practice in the conation of Lumpkin, Dawson. Gilmer, Fannin, Union and Town*counties u the Blue Ridge Circuit; and Hall, White and Rabun iu the Western Circuit. May l. IST I tf. BEV. A. M ARTIN, 4 TTORNKY AT LAW, Dahlonego , Go. j£\. ju1y21,1371-tl* S. K. V H RISTOPIIE R^ Attorney at law, mwassee, Ga. Will execute promptly all businees entrusted to his care. novl6tf THOMAS F. GREER, 4 TTORNKY AT LAW, AND SOLICITOR IN TV Equity and Bankruptcy, EtliJat/, Ga. Will prac tice ill the Slate Court-*, and in the District and Cir c nit Courts of the 0. S., iu Atlanta. (Ja. June 20,1878-tf M. W. RIDEN, 4 TTORNKY AT LAW, Gainesville, Georgia. J\. Jan. 1, 1870-ly .1 AMES M. TOWERY, VTTORNEY AT LAW, Gainesville, G-. .1. I. TURNBULL, 4 TTORNKY AT LAW, Homer, Ga.—Will practice i\_in all the bounties composing the Western Cir cuit. Prompt attention given to all claims entrusted to his care. Jau. 1. 1875-ly. JAMES A. BUTT, 4 TTORNEY AT LAW A LAND AGENT, BlairseiUe Ga Prompt attentiou ghren to all business entrusted i c his cave. jane 2,1371-tl The Gainesville Eagle. Devoted lo v Politios, IVews of the Day, The Farm Interests, Home Matters, and Choice Miseellanv. VOL. XI. AT LAST. Wherefore this bitter aching of the heart When our beloved depart, i To whom our souls hare grown through years and years Of toils and tears ? Why weep for those who happily forget Life’s tedious wear and fret— Who lay aside, with joy, those loads of ill Which cramp us still ! Wash not, oh t< ars, these white and ijaiet feet, Which, clean from dust and heat, Shall climb, through all the round of coming days, No more rough ways. Lave not, oh tears, these calrny folded hands, Slipped from their fettering bands, Which, whether want would pinch oi wrong despoil, Know uo more toil. Fall not, oh tears, above the pulseless heart Forgetful of its smart, Which shall forever, while (he alow years wane. Know no more pain. Stain not, on tears, this fair and peaceful face, Pure from all earthly trace. Which shall through all the cycles of the years Know no more tears. For ah, it matters not how much we claim Of wealth, and love anil fame— What boon at last so dear to mortal breast, As this—of i:est! happiness. Every one tlesires to be happy. The j condition of heaven is the ambition of earth. \\ hat the angels have men | iong to acquire. Religion as a source of happiness comes to men, therefore, with a great natural advantage in its favor; for men crave from instinct the very experience it is calculated to bes tow. But how is it in point of fact? Why, the fact is, it is not made to seem iu the popular mind as the source of happiness. Men naturally look to its examples to apprehend its | true character, and they are not made I to apprehend it in that way. On the other hand, the impression made upon them is often precisely the reverse. They are thus repelled from, instead of being attracted to it; and religion must approach them ever after at a great disadvantage. Now, it cannot be too often repeat ed, and emphasized by the testimony and life oi Christians, that religion does make a person happy. The moods and tempers it fosters are those of happiness. It lightens one’s bur dens, consoles him in sorrow, blesses him with a great hope, and fills him with peace. The practice of religion never fails one. You may learn a trade, hoping there by to gain wealth, and you may fail; you may study, hoping thereby to become famous, and you may never see the fame you desire; you may as pire to the honors of the forum, and the applause of the populace may be withheld; but no one ever studied the principles of holiness and acted up to its knowledge, and failed his reward. Ho who does business for God can never be bankrupt. All else may fail us, but the pleasures of Christian hope and the consolation of Christian faith can never be takou from us. The vir tuous man can lose nothing, for his virtues are his reward. YEA IIS AMI YEAKS. How long the years seeui when we are young! To wait a year—‘a whole year’—for anything appears to fifteen like an interminable probation. Look ing back when one is fifty, a lifetime seems scarcely longer than a twelve month seemed iu youth. As we grow older the years between us and the ‘great unknown future’ are so few that we can almost see their moments slip-1 ping away from us as the saud drops iu an hour glass. Children have no idea of economizing time. Time and eternity looks to them all as one— there is plenty of space in which to fiy kites and dress dolls. The middle aged man Hies his kite also—fancies, dreams, speculations, he calls them; and the middle aged woman dresses her dolls, and is, perhaps, the ga est doll of all herself; but the middle aged take their pleasure solemnly, but none the less earnestly. The year 1876 has gone out and 1877 come iu. It means fun and frolic, hope to one-half the world; to the other half it means sadness, and longing, and memory—at the best, peace. Men who use their muscles imagine that men who use their braius are strangers to hard work. Never was there a greater mistake. Every suc cessful merchant does more real hard work iu the first ten years of his bus iness career than a farmer or black smith ever dreamed of. Make np your mind to work early and late, if necess ary, that you may thoroughly master every detail of the business upon which you purpose to enter. The habit of persistent, rapid work once formed, you have gained a momentum that will carry you very successfully through many a pinch iu business where a less , persistent worker would find it vastly easier to lie down and fail. The happiest moment in the life of a girl is when she is in possession of a' lover, a chair that holds twice at once, j and a pa who trusts to her experience. GAINESVILLE, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 2. 1877. GENTEEL WORK. A prodigious amount of laziness, false pride and greed are concealed I under this phrase. Many thousand hands are to-day idle, waiting for something to do. And in spite of com mercial depression the country has work waiting, enough for a million hands. The farmers are calling for help; the tra les are deficient in first class workmen; our kitchens are poor ly supplied with domestic service; and yet the market-places is full of the un employed Why ? If a merchant advertises for a book keeper, a hundred competent persons step forward at once. If an author seeks, for au amanuensis, he must choose bet ween as many eager appli cants. Every Government officer who controls the appointment of clerks, Ims more names on his list than there are details in a month’s work. The demand is for something that will not soil the hands, that will not start perspiration, that will secure a livelihood without involving much ex ertion. Genuine hard work is regarded as only semi respectable. Men do not seek work; the look for a ‘situation,’ in which they may avoid work. They do their best to maintain the appearance of enjoying elegant leisure. But if an absolute sinecure cannot be found,they endeavor to give their employments an air of dignity, of repose, of freedom from homely fatigues. In a word, they seek a ‘light’ business. This false standard of respectability indicated by the word ‘genteel,’ de grades manhood. Young men are ashamed of that which should be their glory. It is not he who does the least for the most money, who can wear the best clothes while at his daily avoca tion—whose business iuvolves the least display of streuuous effort; it is not he that is the most to be respected. The salary without real labor is a disgrace. Partial idleness, however, concealed under a show of business, is a misfor tune, and, if purposely indulged in, a shame not to be countenanced. Clean hands that will not engage in genuine labor, are already covered with a stain that water will not wash out. The re finement that draws back from manual employment and prefers mental dawd ling is a sham, and should not have social recognition. Better be a grimy blacksmith doing thorough work than titled officer enjoying a large income as a return for nominal services. Better be a day laborer than a pensioned loaf er. Better be earning a comfortable livelihood by the sweat of one’s face upon a farm, or in the kitchen, than depending on the uncertainties of desk-work iu au overcrowded city. Better be a simple carpenter than a hair-splitting scribe or pharisee. We wish this evil spirit of ‘genteel’ laziness might be exorcised, drived out of common conversation, expelled from popular thought, and cast down from its shameful throne of power. Its sway is anti-Christian, and its cry is the old one: ‘What have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth?’ There is not a ‘genteel’ idler in the land who does not wish to be let alone. They ought to be stirred up. —Exchange. The Rev. Dr. Stonv, in Brooklyn, recently, spoke eloquently of the grow ing disposition among cultured and in telligent persons to believe that so long as they abstain from the gross sins of the world they will be cared for by God in His infinite goodness at the close of their lives. The reasoning, he contended, was fallacious and dan gerous. It was contrary to the expe rience of this world, which showed that all munificent and delightful re sults were obtained only by strong, continuous endeavor. Had it been God’s plan to save the world by any such means, he would not have em ployed the plan of redemption in the death of Christ. The belief that He meant we should idly pass through life without striving to so train our hearts and souls iu the image of devo tion, love and purity, is to convict God of unwisdom. The theory contradicts the very essence of the doefrine of salvation.—New York Sun. It has been said that the man who governs his thoughts when alone can control his tongue when in company. It is just as true, and far more impor tant, that the man who keeps his thoughts pure will keep bis hands from sin. Now and then society is startled by a crime which explodes the reputation of someone who had stood high in its esteem. But such explosions are no spontaneous affairs of an instant. The train of powder was slowly laid. No man commits embezzlement who has not allowed himself, unself-rebuked, to think of embezzlement. The record shows that the Cnnard steamers have, since the organization of the line, made over 4,000 trips, a distance of 12,000,000 miles, and have i carried over 2,000,000 passengers to and fro on the Atlantic without losing a life, or even a letter in the mails in trusted to them. ! TRUE AND FALSE STANDARDS. The civilization which the world to day fosters is utilitarian. Utility is its god. YY T hatever can assist in the de | velopment of the material resources,in (esthetic culture, iu external adorn ment, power, and grace, is prized. Whatever does not directly do this is contemned. What is he good for? What can he do ? How much can he give ? These are the questions upon every lip, touching our fellow-men. Amid such a state of things a power ful pressure is put upon us to worship skill, faculty, force, —the capacities or attributes of the man, and not the man himself. If a man has not capacity, j who cares for him ? If he cannot sup ply society some needed skill, or tact, or grace, what does he amount to? He is a nonentity. YVe submit if this is not, iu the main, a just analysis of our civilization. Its object is to make scholars, poets, ora tors, skilled mechanics, successful mer chants ; and the rewards it offers are the ones best calculated to stimulate men to supply what it needs Whoev er knocks at the door of society is ask ed, what can you do ? what can you give me ? Attributes, and not nature, give him admittance. To be an im mortal soul is not enough; yon must be able to model the clay, color the canvas, or rule the forces of commerce, or no one thinks of you as worthy of regard. And this evil, this inadequate estimation of men, is so woven in and connected with what is right and es sential, that it is universally accepted as the true one; and yet it is radically false. God does not value men by this rule. Man was worth very little to society when Christ came. Judged by the utilitarian, the American rule, ninety-five hundredths of all the race were of no accouLt. Yet God saw something in them to love. In the eyes of the Saviour the great mass of \ ordinary, uncultivated, unskilled peo ple that swarmed over the globe, were not lacking dignity. There was some-, thing so lofty, so divine in human ua- ] ture, even ivj its lost estate,-—.a££n thing so essentially noble in man, how-' ever debased he might be, —that none] might despise him. ‘Whosoever shall say unto hisl brother, Ilaca, shall be in danger ofjj the council; but whosoever shall tigH Thou fool, shall be in danger of liell-1 fire.’ All this seems very trite to us; j but when He spoke those words they J were startlingly novel. No other man, prophet or sage, had ever inculcated ’ such views of human nature. In them we are taught God’s estimate of man l as man, independent of all his sur- j roundings. SUNDAY SCHOOL RECI TATION. - i ‘Who led out the Israelites?’ ‘Moses,’ was the prompt reply. ‘And where did he lead them ?’ ‘To the Promised Land.’ ‘That’s right, my little dears. Now what did the land flow with ?’ ‘With honey answered three or four. ‘And what else ?’ (Here was a stick —no reply.) ‘Come children, some of you surely remember. Wheu you were babies what did your mothers give you? What else did the promised Land ffow wfith besides honey ?’ ‘I know,’ said a little five-years-old springing to his feet and elevating his hand. ‘I know what it wath, thir: I know thir.’ ‘I was sure some of you would give the correct answer,’ said the teacher. ‘What was it my dear ?’ ‘Why, it wath titty thir!’ The Superintendent proceeded to change the subject by singing the hymn beginning: ‘Children of the Heavenly King As we journey sweetly sing.’ The Marquis of Waterford annoys English railway managers by always riding third class, as it diminishes their first and second class travel. One day the Marquis appeared at Waterford Station and bought a third class ticket to Dublin. The railway men thought to teach him a lesson, and for that purpose, sat a sweep down beside him in the car, thinking to drive him out. The Marquis sur veyed his traveling companion for a moment and then started for the ticket office. ‘Give me a first class ticket to Dublin,’ said he. They thought they had him, sure, but he simply returned to the third class car and making the sweep a present of the ticket escorted him and his brushes to the first class carriage, and leaving him there returned to his favorite com partment. Geo. W. Julian, in a recent oration, made the following burst: ‘Angels and ministers of grace defend us! Will wonders never cease? John Sher man and his confederate Republicans preaching the gospel of State rights and local self-government in Louisi ana! The chief apostles of Federal corruption and the Christianity of the bayonet striving to hide the villanies of a Republican returning board under the mantle of Thomas Jefferson. Could anything be more sublimely impudent or charmingly Satanic ?’ EARLY MEMORIES. Looking backward through the shmbering shadows of time to the sea son of childhood, the delights experi enced in a retrospection of its bygone scenes are seldom modified by sorrow ful memories. We do not.allow ourselves to brood over its buried griefs, however poig nant was their existence, but, uncon sciously, our thoughts float back to its seasons of happiness, glimpses of whose vanished loveliness, seen through the changeful web of the drifting years, seem more like the va gie splendor of a dream than what K*s once tangible realty. All the little troubles and disappointments are for gotten, or if they linger, seem but the *reck of trilies, while the bloom aud light from blissful hours will e’iug around and beautify the heart like rare soul immortelles, that freshen and bloom more brightly as the rolling years seek to hide them deeper in the dust of oblivion. How often are the sternest hearts pelted by the influence of tender re collections ! -The wretch whose soul lias been steeled against every soften ing emotion by years of wrong doing apcl contest with the world, may be wholly overcome by a simple childhood memory—called up, perhaps, by the iisping prayer of a babe, leading hhn back thi’ough the long dark years lo the sacred hush of a twilight hour i t his mother’s knee, when with rosy, innocent lips he first murmured that old, old prayer, more touching in its divine simplicity than the loftiest in iVcation—- “Now I lay me down to sleep.” lie feels again on his forehead tlje /louch of his mother’s lips, long since VVvathed with the smiles of eternity, to the old home voices, the pat tering of childish feet, aud his weary and hear! fnrmt. all fh wnf jmiu uetui iorgßL an me woes oi fits life struggle, and long with pas i donate yearning to be again a child at luome. | l Ah 1 childhood is indeed the golden j jsfcffk MV. pwestißew ha® faded, it will never re r;;ve save in remembrance. When once |ihe mirror of the soul* lias been dim- Umed by care and the world’s solfish- Jbeaa, it, will nevnr agin reflect so rad jltantly the brightness of tbe skies. We jfcan never experience the same zest, in Icnjoymeut. The sweet trill of birds "Til! have lost half its music, and the Barest hot-house exotics will fail to iarm with their bewildering perfume, r s did the wild Mav roses by the brook i i where we used to wade. i , , .. _ THE RESPONSIBILITY 01 THE PRESS. I Signs are not wanting that newspa | per writers and reporters are not suf ! liciently impressed with the responsi bilities of their work, position and power. The following thoughtful state ment by the late F. D. Maurice might be read with profit by all journalists: ‘We feel tbe power of the newspaper iu building up and pulling down char acters, in afl'ecting the judgments of men about the acts of rules; iu leading them to change opinions which they fancied were fixed. YVe see this kind of influence going on. YVe are con scious of it ourselves. YVe cannot tell exactly whence it comes or how it works. It is very mysterious aud uu deflnable. Some man wrote it down, perhaps, at his club, or iu his chamber, perhaps, in a great hurry, when a mes senger was waiting to take it to the press. He might be at that moment under some chance impulse of pleas ure, of anger or of wiue. He might be anxious to please some friend or injure some enemy. His thoughts get themselves put into his letters. The letters are set in types. The next morfling thousands of sheets carry them East and West,North and South; they are read by thousands of eyes; they penetrate into thousands of hearts; they beget new thoughts and new words, and sometimes very fierce acts. Are not newspapers very useful if they bring that truth home to our minds, if they make us feel that we, at all events, have no right to say: ‘Our words are our own, who is lord over them '?’—Manufactures and Merchants Advertiser. Lactic acid is known to possess the powei of removing or destroying the incrustations which form on the arte ries, cartilages and valves of the heart aud as butter milk abounds in such acid and is an acceptable kind of food, its habitual use, it is urged by M. liobrieg, a French chemist, will free the system from these affections and permit everybody to become a centen nariau. This is Colorado’s best cat story: A cat had alternately lived in three fam ilies in a neighborhood. She had four kittens, and, as soon as they were able to take care of themselves, she carried one to each of her two former residen ces and left it, retaining two with her self. She desired, it seems, to secure good homes for her progeny. AFRICAN WONDERS. An inhabitant of the Gaboon has reached Berlin, a live young gorilla, and is now in the Beilin Aquarium. Dr. Hermes says that he uods, clasps his hands, wakes up and stretches him self like a man; that he sleeps eight hours, eats only what his keeper eats, and requires him to be constantly by him. He was taken sick, s and was re stored by the use of that African spec ific, quinine, and the Doctor says that he showed his tougue and squeezed the Doctor’s hand, as if to indicate that he felt assured of his recovery. Captain Burton ascended the Congo to the rapids, and made a journey through the gorilla country, of which he has given an account. Captain Hay has visited the district of Akem, in NS est Africa, and found the country rich in minerals and studded with well built towns. He found a peculiar mal formation among the male sex of this people—a protuberance of the cheek bones under the eyes, taking the form of horns on either side of the uose— and has sent two photographs of these horned men to England. The Rev. George Brown, a mission ary who visited the islands of the northeast coast of New Guinea, des cribes the natives as nude savages of the Oriefltal negro type, who live more like beasts than human beings. He found cannibalism prevailing through out the islands, not, as among some other savages, as a religious rite, but as a means of subsistence. He has given, the details of what he saw of this hor rible practice, which are toa revolting to repeat. He said he was assured by tbe uatsves that there was in the islands a race of human beings with tails who were not monkeys; that the tale was bony and inflexible, so that those with this caudle appendage had to dig a hole in the sand before they could sit down, as they died if the tail was broken. YVe have thus revival the account of the men with tails here .to exist in^Bmneo^ and been given by a sailor east atirhy on the coast of Borneo, and, like all such information of little value. SAM TArTsCYENCE. Great cities are to-day destroyers of the race. If it were uot for accessions from the country they would become depopulated. The growth of cities is an intersting study. London grew in the reign of Elizabeth, notwithstanding new buildings were prohibited within ten miles of the city, and new houses had been ordered to be pulled down within its limits. Sanitary science sug gests the formation of villages out of the cities, as in Euglaud, erected by saniatry architects. The best, security for civilization is the dwelliug. To im prove the houses of the poor is the work of the sanitarian. Let the courts and alleys and streets that show the great est mortality be pulled down. Houses that produce death are not property. They are no more 90 than diseased meat. The time must come when the population must be reduced to so many to the acre. The poor must be educa ted in the art of healthy living. The sanitary missionary can do more than the health officer. Homestead proprie tors must closely scan the tax rate, and investigate the qualifications of the can didates for office. New York, a Baby lon in construction and a Nineveh in corruption, overthrew the mo t power ful political organization in the world in a day, though nine-tenths of the citizens were w ithout laud. Homesteads for the poor is the condition that most con duces to the happiness of the people. [Professor Stephen Smith: Address be fore American Public Health Associa tion Baltimore. BORIN. OIN-KARRKLS. Gnu-barrel boring and setting is an operation of the utmost delicacy. A military barrel must be bored with such accuracy as to receive a plug measuring 567-1000ths of an inch. It is condemned as useless if it takes one of 080. A workman in this branch has been known to earn £5 to £6 a week, and this kind of skilled industry de serves it. To ‘set’ a barrel—that is, to straighten it—also requires great skill. The practiced eye of the barrel setter can detect a deviation from the straight line which no mechanical con trivance can discover. He accomplishes his object by looking through the bar rel while standing in front of a win dow, and causing the shade of the up per edge ef the window to traverse up and down the tube. The irregulari ties in the outline of the shade show 1 him where the inaccuracies exist, j These he removes by well directed blows of a hammer, the perfecting blows being given with a light wooden mallet. This mode of testing the ac curacy of a gun barrel was discovered by a Birmingham workman forty or fifty years ago. The foolish fellow told his secret—which was worth many thousand pouuds—for five guineas and a pot uf ale. MR. Dim A*D HIS WORK, The Handsboro Democrat says, that Mr. Davis intends taking up his abode for a time on the beautiful Mississippi coast, near ‘Mississippi City, in order to engage in writing the Reminiscen ces of his Public Career, which he has consented 4 to do at the earnest solieita- friends. The friends of the so-called,‘Lost Cause,’ will with gratification __that it is to be vindicated by the able pen of the distinguished gentleman who was the leader and representative of that cause. A cause which endeavored to assert the true principles upon which this Government was founded, which history will do it the justice of according. Mr, Davis’ Reminiscences, we sup pose, will embrace the events in which he has been a prominent actor in a long publie career, and will be a most valuable contribution to the history of our country, In entering upon his work, Mr, Davis seeks a quiet and pleasant retreat by the seaside and has rented a shall cottage at Beauvier, where he will have the advantages of a charming climate and the society of agreeable, devoted friends. The Dem ocrat informs us, that Mrs. Dorsey, a most intelligent and highly educated lady, and a delightful companion, has proffered her services as Mr. Davis’ amenuensis, and that he will be assist ed in gathering material by a promi nent gentleman of Mobile, who, if our surmise be correct, is fully capable of rendering Mr. Davis valuable assis tance. The country at large will anticipate the issuance of this work with eager expectation.—Mobile Cycle. Times go by turns. The N. ¥. Bul letin, referringjo the improved condi tion of Mland, says: ‘lt would be a curious turn of affairs if Irish immi gration fJ> America should ere long ex ' pprienoe a reverse movement—that is V'vsay* emigration from the United States to Ireland. Phenomena as, Sthe Idling**an<iyiseem, it is Ly f'- slants appear to ye fin aping t’nem selves to some such end. Certain it is the old country is quietly working its way back to a prosperity in almost all of its domestic industries that con trasts favorably wit h the wide depres sion that exists among other peoples, and it cannot be long before the fact arrests the attention of all that class who have heretofore acted upon the conviction that ‘the best way to get on in Ireland is to get out of it,’*and are now bewailing their unprosperous con dition in America.' The large flocks of geese that are con - stantly passing over the town are fre quently shot at, but they generally fiy at too high an altitude to be reached by the leaden mssiles. Sometraes, how ever, Ihe shots take effect. Tho other day we were watch iug a Hock flyifia southward, when the report of a gun was heal'd, and we saw one of the geese begin to fall slowly. The others, see ing that 4 their comrade was wounded, uttered shrill cries of distres, and abovt a dozen of them flew under the wound, ed bird, huddling together eo that their backs formed a sort of bed, on which the wounded one rested. They bonved it up fo some time, the othrers looking on and manifesting their concern by uttering loud, discordant cries. Find ing that their companion was unable longer to accompany them in their flight, they abandoned him to his fate, and he fell into the arms of an expec tant Chinaman. —-California paper. Mr. Lincoln was one day during the war called upon by a woman, who, pushing aside other visitors, made a very low courtesy to the President,and, as gradually rising, began, in a loud voice: ‘Mr. Lincoln, my grandfather fought in the Revolutionary war, my father fought in the war of 1812,1 have a brother now fighting in the Federal army to put dowu this wicked rebellion, and I want a commission for my son.’ Mr. Lincoln looked up with a smile, ‘Why, ma’am, you belong to a fighting family. You have done your share. Go home and learn the arts of peace.’ ‘Yes,’ said Wm. R. Travers, com menting upon the weaknesses of a de parted speculator, ‘brandy killed him ! Morning, noon and night—nothing but brandy ! He took it straight, in punch aud cocktails, hot and cold. Poor fellow, the brandy burned out the coatings of his stomach and killed him at last. This brandy is the worst kind of a drink ! ‘Why didn’t he drink wine ?’ asked an inquisitive bystander. ‘li-b-b-because no-no-uobody asked him, 1 eu-po-po pose !’ An exchange kaviug asked, 'What, constitutes a State?’ the Worcester Press answers that ‘one white men and two negroes, dignified by the title of ‘Returning Board,’ and backed by Federal bayonets, constitute a State according to the modern acceptation of the term,* F F, A 1' H K R S. Now is the time to plant out your fruit trees. I he great labor question of the day is how to avoid labor. A Chinaman never keeps in debt long. Re prefers to commit suicide. M omau s first choice is a fast man, then a good man, and liually any man. Words of a dying cannibal—write me down as one who loves his fellow men. Texas Las only two woolen mills to work up the wool from her 2,500,000 sheep. As words can never be recalled, speak only such as you will never wish to recall. Those who blow the coals of others’ strife may have the sparks fiy in their own faces. Never try’ to file ofi' the edges of a sharp flight of steps by sliding down them on your back. NO. 5 The Catholics have 25 priests in Georgia, 17 churches, one college and. a number of academies. Dr. Hall says a duel is a public ; calamity. The Dowell Courier says: | ‘So it is when neither side hits.* There is nothing that so convinces a man that there is truth in religion as to seß true religion in Christians. Sweet are the uses of adversity, A cross-eyed schoolLaa’am can keep twice | the usual number of children in order at once>* Davis aud Hereford have been elect ed United States Senators from West Virginia, respectively, for Ibe short terms. There is no healthier or more hope ful light, that a man can throw on his own pathway or that of others than cheerfulness. ' When a man is always finding fault he exhibits small discretion, poor judg ment, bad taste and but little-capacity to appreciate. Those who once turned all their minutes into gold, will see the day that they would gladly turn all their gold into minutes. The pretentious uickle, bearing the motto, ‘ln God we trust,’ is continual ly getting into contribution boxes in place of half-dollars. He that follows the Lord fully will find that goodness aud mercy follow him continually. For daily wants he will find daily grace. The way the King of the Sandwich Islaydii -catves a chicken to Take ‘I hate parties at onr house,' said little Tosu Whifet, ‘because, for days* , afterwards we have to .eed oh what has been left from the supper.’ The opposition of the Radical to the proposed settlement*of the Prc. - dential question, when hunted down, is because it makes an honest count, possible. It is said that the first thing a Phila delphia politician does after getting to Washington, is to figd out how many pieces of lemon Simon Cameron takes in a cocktail. The Senate Committee will contend that intimidation an.t fraud justified the rejections of the J .ouisiana return ing board, eg far as the electoral vote is concerned. Nothing was so dreaded in our school boy days as to be punished by sitting between two girls. Ah, the force of education ! In after years we learn to submit to such things without shed ding a tear. She was romantic, and he was prac tical. She remarked dreamily that her soul was troubled—that the forebod ings of fate ware running through her head. And he coldly advised her to use a fine tooth comb. The people of Switzerland are fam ous letter writers. They carry on an annual correspondence equivalent to twenty-three letters for each person. In the United Statqp the proportion is nineteen letters to one person. Rev. Dr. K. G. Taylor says, that while visiting a colored school in the South, he asked a tiny darkey what he studied i for, and what was his object in attend | ing school. Hesitating a moment, tho ! little fellow answered: ‘To git oflis.' It is easier to raise a hundred dollars for the purchase of a gold watch to be | presented to somebody who does not | need it than it is to collect the same ; amount for some poor man from the | same persous who owe him the money. Here is something said by Huxley: : ‘Thoughtfulness for others, generosity, i modesty and self-respect, are tho quali ties which make a real gentleman or lady, as distinguished from the veneer ed article which commonly goes by that name.’ A Western lawyer, who was defend ing a man on trial for wife murder, sought for some euphonious and inno ! cent phrase with which to describe Ins client’s crime, and finally said: ‘Ho winnowed her into Paradise with a fence rail.’ People talk about Ike ‘dear old school house’ and the ‘dear old oaki u I bucket,’ and all that, but if we remem ber aright, in our boyhood days it waa j the ‘dear okl bridge’ under which we used to hide away from school, and • the ‘dear old mill pond,’ where we | used to fish. If we will take the good we find, asking no questons, we will have heap : ing masures. The greatest, gifts are j not. got by analysis. Everything good jis on the highway. The middle region kof uar heiug is tha temperate zone