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GEA EUAL I)IIIKCTOMV.
JUDICIARY.
Hon. George D. Uice, Judge 8. 0. Western Circuit.
A. L. Mitchell, Solicitor, Athens, Ga.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
J. B. tit. Wiuburn, Ordinary; John L. Gaines,
Sheriff; 3. F. Duckett, Deputy Sheriff; J, J, Mayue,
Clerk Superior Court; \V' ; . 8, Pickrell, Deputy Cler.,
Superior Court ;X. B. Clark, Tax Collector ;-J K.
H. Luck, Tax Receiver; Gideon Harrison, Sur
veyor ; Edward Lowry, Coroner ;' it. C Young,
Treasurer.
CITY GOVERNMENT.
Dr. H. 8. Bradley, Mayor.
Aldermen—Dr. H. J. Long, W. B. Clements, T.
A. Panel, W. IL Henderson,W. G. Henderson,
T. If. Merck.
A. B. C. Dorsey, Clerk; J. R. Booms, TrreaHurer; T.
N.llanie, Marshal; Henry Perry, City Attorney.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
Presbyterian Church —Rev. T. P. Cleveland,
Pastor. Preaching every Sabbath— morning and
night, except the second Sabbath. Su day school,
at 9a. m. Pray or meeting Wednesday evening at 4
o’clock.
Methodist Church —Rev. W. W. Wadsworth, Pas
tor. Preaching every Sunday morning and night.
Sunday School at i> a. m. Prayer meeting Wed lies?
day night. \ S’ . I W 9
Baptist Church Rev, W. C. Wilkes, Pastor.
Preaching Sunday morning and night. Sunday
School at a. m Prayer meeting Thursday evening"
at 4 o'clock.
GAINESVILLE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
J. B. Estes, President; Ileury.Perry, Librarian.
YOUNO MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
A. M. Jackson, President; It. C. Maddox, Vice
President; W. B. Clements, Secretary.
Uegular services every Sabbath eveniug at one
of the Churcties. Cottage prayer meetings every
Tuesday night iu “Old Town,’’ and Friday night
near the depot
FRATERNAL ItftOORI).
Flowery Branch Lodge No. 79, I. 0. O. 'l'.,
meets every Monday night, Joel Laseter, N. G.
B. F. Stsduam, Sec.
Allkuhany Koval Arch Chattur incogs on the
Second and Fourth Tuesday evenings iu each
month.
it. B. Bradley, See’y. A. W. Caldwell, H. P.
Gainesville Lodge, No. 219, A,*. F.-. M.\,
meets ju the First a nd Third Tuosday evening in
the month
R. Paluour, Boc'y. It. E GREEN, W. M.
Air-Link Lodcii, No. 64 ,1, 0. O. [F., iiieels
every Friday evening.
G. A. Lilly, Sec. W. H. Harrison, N. G.
GAINESVILLE POST OFFICE.
Owiug to recent change of schedule on tlio Atlan
ta and Charlotte Air Line Railroad, tho following
will be the schedule from date:
No. I,going east, leaves 7:47 p. in.
Mull for this train closes a r 7:OG “
Mail train No. 2, going east, leaves 8:35 a. m.
* No mail by this tram.
Mail train No. 1‘ going west, leaves... .6:51 a. m.
Mail for th s train closes at 9:20 p. m.
Mail train No. 2, going west, le ves... .9:05 p. in.
Mail for this train closes at 7.30 •
Office hours from 7 a. m. to 5:30 p m.
General delivery opeu on Sundays from 8 to9.‘.
Departure of mails from'this office:
Dablonega. and Gilmer county, daily f. m
Dahlonega, via Wahoo and Ethel, Saturday...B y t a. m
Jefferson k Jackson county, Tuesday, Tliurs-
cUy and Saturday...; 7 a. ra
Cleveland, WU,ite, Uuiuu, Towns and Htiyos
vllle, N. C., Tuesdays and I’rlduys 7 a. m
Dawsouville and Dawson county, Saturday Ba. m
Homer, Hanks county, Saturday 1 }>. m
Pleasant Grove, Forsytli county, Saturday. .1 p.m
M. H. ARCHER, P.M.
THE WINTER SCHEDULE,
—ON THE —
Atlanta and Charlotte
Double Daily Trains
now ruu over tho Atlanta and Charlotte Air-
Line Railway, aalotlows:
FAST T3R.^HST
GOING EAST.
Leave Atlanta...... .1 5:00 p. ni.
Arrive at Gainesville7:47 p. in.
GOING WEST.
Arrive at Gainesville.. .. 0:51 a. m-
Arrive at Atlanta... 9:10 a. m
Passengers leaving Atlanta by Mail Train
at 5 p. m., will arrive in New York at 9:35 a.
m., second morning.
Passengers leaving Atlanta by Day Train
at 6 a. w., will dine in Washington City tbe
following day and arrive in New York at
10:05 p. m., same evena -Bat
Aceonimodtiou Train leaving heretofore at
7 a. m., is discontinued.
G. J. FOREAORE, General Manager.'
W. J. HOUSTON, General Pass, and Ticket Agent.
NORTHEASTETN RAILROAD!
Change ©i* SScliecltile.
SUPERINTENDENT’S OFFICE. (
Athens, Ga , Sept. 29, 1877. (
ON and after Monday, October Ist, 1877, trains on
the Northeastern Railroad will ruu as follows.
All trains daily except Sunday :
MORNING TRAIN.
l.aave Athens 2:35 a. in.
Arrive at LaU 4:5(1 ••
Arrive at Atlanta, (via Air Line R. R.) 8:35 “
Leave Lula 5:45 “
Arrive.at Athens....- - 8:15 “
EVENING TRAIN.
*“eav6 Athens 4:00 p. in
Arrive at Lula ti:3o ••
Leave Atlanta (via Air Line R. R.) —4:00 “
Leave Lula 7:15' ~
Arrive at Athens - 9:30 “
Close connection at I.ela with passenger trains
ou Air Hue Ra lroad. J. M. EDWARDS,
* Superintendent.
W, K. STEVENS,
A.ttornoy at Liaw,
Gainesville, Ga.
Will practice iu Hall and surrounding
•counties. Prompt attention given to all
business entrusted to him.
The Gainesville Eagle.
VOL. XII.
i J 04
Nt;rr j|.jtbßt good is waatug
Wjin*; iioiii tbe vtui;
, iiwiti<Jb l s>ratusdiiJi*44rt|i|u4ft
I lie ul uiru.
>lf sorneiirofi.ltssj-eif-^etkcr
eya,.
XoUif^hjrf>)W§#' ; C* w W:
Net for this thy courage cold.
Vflioso in lilc’.s Ush hast taken
„ Glory fpt a'woithy goal,
Ita'fh for a ngllt dr.ta-ii fotsakcu .
True uiiigtiificti) ce soul.
• TLiUiUif itinij lKii shauJfe'no’r j*ity
mt'uuc i y'vvifs ij>i>ltio t J 'fJjjL name:
Strive on, saVe me Teagured city,
XltouoU lattie.
If flic !; lih ifdt 1.. Al thee
M'.il . fl.ninr fli tin* Vf. ",
‘rtiifcf: of niAry a rrtf.tijl' fct&ml Ua6e
Daily doing souietbiup AtrKift.
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So thv people reap the harvest,
Little fcpk who the seed
Guerdon, high ;§s Uw>u cUrServciet,
hiv ii, in Uty own holy deed.
J'k-Eiison,
'ie?fo a of iuvohrors/is llow completing
at tfis, . iu Mculo Park,
w JcrpfeA', au t pon
The plK*G((ra|>h, which is calculated
not astonish the world, but
to atuiostrevoUiliouiza the accepted
usages of eocifct}'. Mr. P lisou is not
only inventive, but he h also indus
trious, and since the production of
ag#; unt *'fttPs;ou, tlfevo*-
ted himself to . its further develop
ment. If rout dav to day he has add
ed improvements, until now he seems
to have reached the limits of perfec
tion itself. His very latest,-achieve
ment is a modification by which he
.gives to . jfr jatitl here
after there can be no actual certainty
of privacy in any conversation unless
held in a desert or through t lie medi*
7im of the deaf ’tlnd dumb alphabet.
’The'cosi of the hew machine is, iiiore-
f in
reuch of people of the most moderate
inear s, while its advantages, in a pro
tective sense,, are so 'manifestly obvi
ous, that in a very 'short iuntpit is
destinect to corns into very extensive,
OI r 3p<
A few days since the Slar pub
liehed a description of the latest im
provements and mo’Sincatious made
by Edison. the original or.
cylinder nlacmne. / Ltwininent among
the nn prove men vs was the substitu
tion of a fliit j hite'. f‘ v flit!'cylinder
and the utilizatioH-j/i , clockwork in
its movement. It vwaa : also stated
that the inventor had increased its
jkpacif|jr#,o%giftb Millie it to rlclrdi
the notes of the liGm.au voice in the
tone uttered* at a dihtynd.o bf thirteen
feet from ,■ the Since
that time its capacity lias been still
further enlarged,' until now the very
faintest whisker' uttered in a room,
wliere profound
mainttune.il, hot only bo re
corded, but can .also bo repeated in
any increased volume. -In fact., to
onote Mr. Edison, •“a maiden’s sigh
cflhlre gh‘eii th, t)f ah
eiu'tht[uake !”.
The reasoning or inductive process
by which Mr. Edison arrived at this
marvelous devuslopftie'O't i-t seemingly
So aiinple and natural as to commend
itself-to the most, ordinary in tellect.
Indeed, lie can not -, describe it him
self without.smiling' at. its manifest
and almost child like simplicity, and
though - the itiveatoy, he seems, to
mnrvel at th 6 results {u'HievtJcV quite
as much as the listener.
While Mr. E lisou .was testing one
of bis lately improved niaehiiies last
Monday morning, his -restless intel
lect conceived the possibility of mak
ing it record and .speak si.multane
ously. To think, with him, is to act.
To conceive a r.ew problem, is to set
about its solution, which, in this in
stance, was soon accomplished. By
tho introduction of . a second, or fol
lowing needle, and diaphragm to the
recording needle, and in close prox
imity, the one plate < and . its system
of clockwork causes the machine to
record and talk almost, simultaneous
ly. In two days Mr. Edison had one
m successful operation, anil, his fer
tile imagination • was again wan
dering off into new fields of con
quest.
parties who have personally in-
nM listened to
Macbipe” now on exhibition in this
city, will recall to minjl the metallic
hoarseness of tone as well as slight
falling off iuyoluaie of its utter
ances. Many attribute this to the use
of a tin trumpet in delivering the
sound, and experiment has since
shown this supposition to be cor
rect. Long ago Mr. Edison had
icalizjd tho necessity of utilizing
some other and less defective medi
um, more sensitive, and less resonant
in material and construction. After
many failures, lie fft last succeeded
in supplying this want by construct
ing a delivery-horn out of anew sub
stance, compounded mainly of caout
chouc gelatiue aud the sensitive car
bon, which enters so largely into Mr.
Edison’s manufactures. A modifi
cation was also made on its shape'
and cpimk'uctiou, jnore, especially
ad:tptitig*if t<Ttho ? fieMefl pifrpole.s!
Upon the very first trial it was found
to be almost perfect in act ion, re
peating the voice with such absolute
fidelity in tone and ir.flection as to
actually start lb the ‘experimenters
themselves. Upon the subsequent
day, Mjaijp testing
the tßue*portion of th trnrafpl'fc hdci
dentally became twisted, when tho
ever-watchf.il ear of ike inventor at
onefe detected an Increase of volume*
of sound. llis attention was at once
directed to the economy of the con
volution of the human ear, and the
problem presented itself as to wheth
er they do not embody a mechanical
principle. It was not long before
this secret yielded itself to the pry
ing search of the wonderful inventor,
who discover* and that by cooling the
neck or pipe :..f the trumpet in a
peculiar way, and by adding to its
convolutions, the faintest sound-wave
could be made to recall itself through
.the medium of tue diaphragm, upon
the receptive plate or matrix, as
deeply as the loudest tone uttered
under ordinary conditiona. Iu short,
he succeeded in demonstrating the
fact absolutely that by means of
GAINESVILLE, GA., FEIDAY MORNING. JUNE 7, 1878.
proper mechanical arrangements'thc
volume of sound capable of being
emitted by the phonograph was
actually limitless and entirely inde
•jendent of the application of steam,
air, valves or any extraneous force.
U Impressed with t&e value of both
iee diseoveriesp it“ was natural in
Mr. Edison to set about combining
the two, a result he accomplished
with-little difficulty, the operation of
which is to be witnessed at his labo
ratory in Menlo Park, and which
he has named the “Auraphone.”
This new invention of Edison is
briefly described as follows: In the
ceiling of his private office, concealed
from view, with the exception of a
small, ear-shaped funnel, of dark
color, he has fitted between the raft
ers and the floor above one of his
double-recording and speaking ma
chines In the room above a por
tion of the machine rises through
the floor, and attached to it is a
j *m*ll wopiea box, said to contain
the coils of the pipe of the trumpet,
or mouth of which ooens
Ihrough one side, and is made of the
new substance discovered by Mr.
Edison, and alluded to elsewhere.—
Wi^h'the exception of the box, all
other portions of the machine are
open to inspection. Every word ut
tered in the room below is repeated
in the room above, with about treble
or quadruple the volume of sound
|al£bipnglLit can be arranged in vast
excess of this), while at the same
time it is being recorded on the
matrix-plate for future reference and
preservation through the electrot.Cp
ing process. The effect produced by
the Auraphone is not only comically
weird, hut in many ways alarming.
Sending am assistant to the room be
low, in order to test its capacity for
catching whispers, the orator, direh-j
ted by Mr. Edison, bent down his eaij
tq. the little box, only to be deafened
by the inquiry, “What do you think
of the Auraphone?” shouted in tones
that almost made the house rock,
followed by a laugh so mockingly
hideous and unearthly as to make
the blood curdle with horror. Thisj
we soon discovered to be one peculiar*
joke incidental to an introduction to
the Auraphone, always hugely ep
jdyed by the inventor and his at
taches. Subsequent experiments
proved the exquisite" sensitiveness of
the machine. The faintest whisper,
the ticking of a clock, the rolling of a
lead pencil over the desk, the tear
ing of a small piece of newspaper, a
sigh, a tune hummed in the lowest
register—all were .successively deliv
ered m tfte roonf abSva in exaggera
ted volume. At night, when the
quiet is more profound, Mr. E lison
informed us that he could plainly
hear the purring of his cat in the of
fice below.
The effects to be produced by the
introduction of the Auraphone will
be wonderful. When all walls have
ears, literally, what is to become of
our confidences ? With the spy ever
in wait for us, pot only to repeat
them, but to also manufacture their
indisputable proof for transmission
and preservation, what are we to do ?
Will society become thoroughly hon
est, virtuous, and good? or will it be
tom asunder by dissension and rele
gated to savagery? When a man’s
sous are popping up in judgment at
all time and placts; when minis
forced to go through the world with
a window, as it were, in his bosom,
will it longer be a pleasant or even
(in endurable place to live in ? Aud
yet to face this actual contingency we
arfe brought by Mr. Edison aud his
new Auraphone,
The subject for contemplation is
so entirely new and so absolutely
startling in its nature, that we may
well shrink from considering its
more serious aspects, in view of its
almost boundless possibilities and
results. But there is, uo
shade without sunshine, aud it is not
without its comical though not ieß3
vexatious sides. Fifty or sixty dol
lars at most, Mr. Edison informed
us, would cover tho expense of plac
ing one of those machines, or me
chanical ears, in the ceiling of any
room, so nicely concealed as to es
cape observation, aDd capable of
being so nicely adjusted that “the
dropping of a pin upon the carpeted
floor could be heard in the room
above.” <Tust think of Paterfamilias
upstairs with 6uch a trap set, while
Anastatia and Alphonso are cooing
in the parlor below! Keeping tally
of the sighs and weighing the inten
sity of each i-aress, aud all this with
two turtle doves in blissful ignorance
of any supervision. Tniuk of the
gay deceiver iu breach of promise
case suddenly confronted in Court
with half a dozen witnesses, who,
though absent personally, heard the
desired proposal, each arm with a
stereotyped plate upon which every
vow, every murmur, every “swish” of
the embezzled kisses is indelibly
stamped! Think of Old Bullion’s
clerks an! Mrs. Clearside’s servants
under the espionage of the mechani
cal ear! Indeed, it looks now as
though peop'e wili soon have to re
?gret Mr. EJison’s birth having taken
place at so late a period in history,
and that they will be apt, to grow
much more charitable toward those
sensible old ancestors who always
had a steak or a chop ready for peo
ple who knew too much.— New York
Star.
rrosperity.aml Adversity.
An observant writer says that “very
few men can bear prosperity. It in
toxicates them, like wine. It turns
their head and throws them off their
balance. Others cannot bear adversi
ty; they have no fortitude.no courage,
no hope. They are not like tho old
sailor who said he always felt happi
est at the height of a storm, because
he knew then that the next change
taking place, whatever it might be,
must necessarily be for the better.
They cannot realize that there will
be any change. When the sky is once
clouded and overcast they will not
believe the sun will shine again.
Young men Bhould make it a point
to keep their he ids cool under all
changes of circumstances, to preserve
their equanimity and not be too much
cast down by disappointment.
Gainesville, Georgia.
We •spent Saturday and Sunday
Last in Gainesville. It being our
first visit there we were surprised to
find it one of the prettiest totona in
Georgia, and a lively business mart.
We were particularly pleased with
the appearance of the residences.
While there are quite a number ot
j large, handsome residences, we were
especially pleased with the neat,
simple and convenient cottages that
constitute the homes of most of the
people of the town. In this respect
Gainesville cannot be excelled.
We had the pleasure of meeting
and forming the acquaintance of a
number of the leading citizens, and
we mean nothing fulsome in saying
that we have never met with more
agreeable and pleasant gentlemen.
They are courteous aad attentive to
strangers, and a gentleman is a>
once made to feel himself among
friends. It was our fortune to be
the guest of Col. Redwine, of The
Eaglf.. He and his kind lady made
our visit one of the most pleasant
we have ever enjoyed, and we intend
to repeat whenever we can.
Gainesville is destined to be a
place of considerable importance.
Backed by a large scope of country,
it is the market of several counties
of splendid agricultural interests.
The evidences of prosperity, notwith
standing the hard times, are seen on
every hand. The gold and silver
mining interests and enterprises will
do much to increase the wealth of
the town, and we were gtad to ace
the citizens alive to these. Ths Sev
eral summer resorts contiguous to
Gainesville add much to the life and
gayety of the town. Our friend, Mr.
E. N. Gower, recently of Cartersville,
has splendid springs, and he is win
ning great popularity a9 a landlord
among those who seek his springs
for health. We also visited New
Holland. It is a superb place. Ev
erything is in full preparation for
the summer campaign. In conclu
sion we have to say that we shall
long remember our first visit to
Gainesville as one of the pleasantest
events of our hie.-C'arlersville Express.
Sdf-Keliance.
Ba not mere imitators of other
men’s actions, methods and rules of
thought. Use other men’s ideas and
experiences as you would a book or
newspaper, in stimulating your own
action, in comparing your own con
clusions You are not safe in blind
ly accepting tho conclusions of any
man without first applying them to
the crucible of your own common
sense, to the dictates and promptings
of your own judgmont.
You must bear the burden or
the injury of your own mistakes; it
will be diffieult for you to find the
man who gave you bad advice after
the crash has come; most friends
and advisers are fair weather phi
losophers, hence you must mark- out
your own_ pathway of action, irre
spective of the opinion and advice of
others, except as aids in forming
your own final judgment. Never ex
pect that success from boi rowed
ideas that you do from such as have
been fully digested aud assimilate!
in your own constitution. You can
not work so well in borrowed clothes
as in those which have been made to
order.
Each forest treo depends upon its
own roots for support, and upon its
own leaves for nourishment, and yet
while each is benefitted by the shel
ter and protection of its immediate
neighbors, it would die if dependent
upon them for anything further.
So all men are dependent upon each
other for much that makes life pleas
ant aud prosperous; yet after all no
mau achieves mental growth, success,
or high attainment except through
his own exertions and his own facul
ties. The world delights to aid
those who are abundantly able to
take care of themselves. Those who
most need help are least likely to
receive it. The mental victories
achieved through honest pur
pose, firm resolve, persistent effort,
are far more beneficial to the indi
vidual, as well as far more satisfy
ing to his batter nature, than the
mere acquisition of property or pow
er through the assistance of others,
or through the medium of questiona
ble practices.
Don’t Neglect the Boys.
When a child is born that child is
given into the hands of the parents
to be trained for life and eternity.—
It can not be made over and the ma
terial altered—the thing is to do the
best with that which is already there.
Many boys are spoiled by over-strict
ness—a bent bow relaxes readily;
but many more are ruined by too lit
tle care. The father is striving to
lay up riches for his children; the
mother is a Martha cumbered with
many household cares—
So mauy little children small,
To feed them all, to clothe them all.
To keep hands and faces clean and
buttons upon shoes strains her ener
gies to the utmost. She does not
often get time to talk with them,
and to play with them—that were
an anomaly in tbe household. So
the children grow up on the outside
of their parents’ lives, never dream
ing of the father-love under the stern
exterior, or how mother lives for and
in them. Looking at them all at
once and counting them up, the du
ties of a faithful house mother seem
too much for any one woman to bear,
and only by taking them up one at a
time can they be accomplished. But,
whatever is neglected, do not let it
be the boys. They will grow out of
reach soon—very soon they will
learn to do without us. Now, there
fore, while they are yet in the home
nest, let the teaching be done.—
Leave off a few ruffles and tucks;
tax your nerves to bear with noise;
be patient and loving, and years
after the reward will come.
“Boys will be boys, but not for long,
Ah ! could we bear about us
The thought how very soon our boys
Will learn to do without us.
How soon but stem-voiced, bearded men,
Will gravely call us Mother !
Or we be stretching empty hands
From this world to the other.”
Brain Workers ami their Pay.
New York Times, with a very
laifdable end in view, sets to work
to prove that the majority of authors
auu writers are notoriously poor,
from the fact that paragraphs reciting
that many of them have received
ifnmense sums from single works aud
are in the enjoyment of large incomes
are popular with people who use
the pencil, scissors and pastepot.
.Bat it far overshoots the mark, be
cause, when stating the profits de
sired by a popular or even mediocre
writer from one production, the par
agraphist, the printer or the proof
reader errs by a cypher or two, it
assumes that literary labor now-a
days is unprofitable. The truth is
that belles-lettres, the arts, cheap aud
even nasty literature pay better
proportionately than any of the
other learned and polite professions
did a century or even fifty years agat
Thirty years back Tennyson’s spir
ited ballad, “The Revenge,” recently
published in the Nineteenth Century
Magazine, was, according to his own
Uwfcimony rejected when offered for
JSlfijr but when it did see the light of
print he received £3OO for it. A
clever cartoonist now a-days gets ten
times as much for a common-place
sketch as Hogarth received for one
of his immortal caricatures, and
-daubers in colors are now paid more
thau Tamer was, even when his
fame was established, for two or
three square feet of canvas. Mrs.
Stowe may have realized only $30,-
000 instead of $300,000, from “Uncle
Tom’s Cabin,” but when the real
merits of the book are remembered
the figures are tremendously high,
and as a result of them she has been
able for several years past to live in
Florida in winter on an orange plan
tation of several hundred acres, and
in summer to enjoy the cooler cli
mate of Massachusetts in a comfort
able,*if not magnificent mansion. The
other day there died at Rochester,
N. Y.j Mrs. L9on Lewis, whose am
bition and abilities never extended
htr literary field beyond the weekly
journals that print “continued” sto
ries, and yet who raised herself in a
few years from comparative poverty
to positive effluence. Litorature, in
fact, is bv no means a bad profession
its things go nowadays when pursued
with a view to m iking money.
Climate autl Health.
That climate has much to do with
physical strength and mental ability
cannot be denied. Countries in the
immedtate vicinity of the equator, or
even within the tropics, have never
produced men distinguished for bod
ily- or intellectual vigor. The same
is true of those inhabiting the cold
region* of the North. The Esqui
maux and Laplanders are weak in
mind and body. An examination of
the records qf the past will show
that nea’rly’l Ji who figure on histo
ry’s page as renowned warriors,
statesgien and legislators, as orators,
poets and scholars, have, with few ex
ceptions, been reared near the for
tieth parallel of north latitude—that
is, whe-ie the climate, as a general
rule, is neither extremely cold nor
oppressively hot. The sun scorched
plaiaa of Africa will always be the
abode, of an enervated and slothful
race; the regions of almost continual
winter will never be other than the
native place of men dwarfed physi
cally and intellectually.
What happens in respect to coun
tries where extreme heat or extreme
cold prevails is experienced to a cer
tain extent by sudden changes of
temperature in milder climates. Al
most every one has felt the lassitude
and indisposition to in either
bodily or mental labor at periods
when the cold of winter is succeeded
by the warmth of Spring, and espe
cially if the change has been sadden.
This often occurs in this latitude.
Warm days iu the spring are days of
feebleness and languor, but after the
change has continued for a time this
feeling passes away, though with
some it becomes chronic, lasting the
entire season. That this inability
to endure protracted exertion at this
period is not confined to man alone
is well known by those who employ
domestic animals, as horses and oxen.
They have to be used for less length
of time, aud become sooner ex
hausted by the labors of the farm
aud the highway at the period of
change from cold to warm weather
than at other times. An explanation
of the causes of the debilitating ef
fects of extreme heat and cold, or of
sudden changes from the one to the
other, belong rather to the physician
than the general observer, and yet
that they do occur should be kept iu
mind by all who have the direction
of the employment of others, or who
do not wish to over-tax their own
physical and intellectual powers.
One of Moody’s Illustrations.
This story of Mr. Moody is told by
a writer in the Republican of Spring
field : “Moody was preaching at the
New Haven Tabernacle upon ‘salva
tion,’ and its perfect freedom, and
replyiug to certain supposed objec
tions, when he made the following il
lustration : “You have only got to
take it, that’s all. Here, Mr. Meserve
(turning to the pastor of the Daven
port Congregational Church, who sat
close by), ‘if I were to offer you my
Bible, you would accept it, would
you not?’ ‘Certainly,’ said Mr. Me
serve. ‘Then take it,’ said Moody;
‘it’s yours,’ thrusting the Bible into
Meserve’s hands. ‘lt’s a free gift,
tako it.’ The illustration brought
down the house as Mr. Meserve put
the book—a copy which Mr.
Moody had long used—into his pock
et. He has since refused SIOO for it,
as it is deemed a very valuable keep
sake from Moody’s notes and marks
therein. Now I happen to kuow that
the whole transaction was utterly
unpremeditated on Mr. Moody’s part,
and that he has greatly valued the
book, yet the illustration was so effec
tive that nothing could induce him to
take it back. Hence Mr. Meserve is
having a duplicate interlined Bible
bound for him.
Tramps are becoming more numer
ous and dangerous in New Jersey.
Brazil’s Delighls.
The mosquito makes his home in
these wilds, writes a traveler in Bra
zil. A tiny fly, called “polvora,”
from being small and multitudinous
as atoms of dust, passes through the
fiuest net, then penetrates hair and
beard, and sticks its venomous pro
boscis into the skin. The loathsome
tick named “carapetto,” when dis
turbed on the cones and twigs by
the foot of the passer-by, swarms up
the trowsers legs and fastens upon
the flesh. It has so firm a bite that
if it is plucked off its head is left
buried deep iu the flesh, diffusing a
virulent poison of its own.
The hairy caterpillar, by day or
night equally beautiful, luminously
phosphorescent in the dark, and
with a covering of brilliant hues like
delicately formed moss, the ends of
which branch into pointed antlers,
inflict with evory point of these a
very painful sting. There is a lively
tred ant whose tormenting powers
are not to be despised
But one of the worst enemies of
mankind, as well as cattle and hogs,
is a big, spotted fly, which comes
along silently and pricks the body
of its victim. It sucks no blood and
instills uo venom; its minute weapon
instantly withdraws, and leaves no
soreness or irritation at the time.
The man thus slightly punctured
does not rnb or scratch himself. He
little knows he has received the de
posit of an egg which will soon be
come a wriggling maggot, half an
inch long after one week’s growth,
but capable of growing to an inch
and a quarter iu length and half an
inch in thickness, with fine rings of
black spikes or bristles around its
body. It has a horrid trick of re
volving on its own axis, tearing the
flesh anew in its hourly evolutions.
Mules, oxen and wild deer suffer
likewise from the hideous visitation.-
Wasps and hornets there are, of
course. There is a small, black,
stinglesd bee, which crowds so thickly
upon exposed parts as to leave no
room for a mosquito to alight. As
the bee only tidkles instead of biting,
stinging or laying an egg, it is wel
come; but it is impossible to eat
without devouring half A dozen or
more.”
A Patriotic Under taking.
An association of Pennsylvania
ladies has lately been formed for an
object that no doubt appeal strongly
to patriotic citizens in every section
of the Country. Following out the
idea that was so tenaciously pursued
by the high-spirited ladies who
bought Mount Vernon aad dedicated
it forever to the nation, they are en
deavoring to raise the money neces
sary to purchase the old stone farm
house at Valley Forge, where Wash
ington had his headquarters all
through that memorable winter, a
century ago, when the remnant of
the revolutionary army lay freezing
in the trenches that skirted
the surrounding hills. It is proposed
to fit up the rooms iu the old man
sion in the style of one hundred
years ago, and, so far as possible,
with furniture that has done service
in the Washington family; and al
though it can scarcely be exoected
that they will succeed iu restoring
tho “headquarters” in the same de
gree of perfection that distinguishes
the Mount Vernon homestead, there
is every prospect fhat the historic
dwelling will bo invested with the air
of the antique, if not the venerable.
Already a Massachusetts lady has
volunteered to furnish one of the
rooms in the fashion of the eigh
teenth century, and there are doubt
less many Pennsylvanians who will
take an equal pride in the restora
tion. Contrary to the general idea,
Valley Forge is quite accessible, be
ing only an hour’s ride from Phila
delphia, along the rather picturesque
valley of the Schuylkill. The man
sion is situated in a hollow, closely
shut in by high hills on every side,
and its massive stone walls, high
window sills and capacious closets
suggest that it might have made
cosv headquarters, despite the weath
er. " Historically, it affords a striking
contrast to Mount Vernon, owing all
its fame to war, while the latter be
came celebrated in peace. If the
Pennsylvania women who are man
aging this enterprise succeed as well
as the beautifiers of Mount Vernon,
tLiey will have performed a distin
guished public service.
The Right Sort of Southern Spirit.
At a recent entertainment given
by the Commercial Club, Boston, to
the visiting senators from the South,
Senator Gordon said:
“These Southern friends and myself
have come to look at your great fac
tories, your manufactures, your great
industries, aud wonderful material
developments, and to gather inspi
ration from that proverbial energy
and enterprise which have enabled
you to conquer unfriendly nature
aud to convert the bleak hills of New
England into productive farms to
support your commerce and your
manufactures. We have come also
to put you upon notice, and I take
this occasion to serve that notice,
that we of the South intend to enter
the race with you in some of those
branches of industry which hitherto
have been yours peculiarly and al
most exclusively. We have water
powers unexcelled, which we are
going to utiliz •, and even now are
utilizing. We have a climate most
balmy and genial and healthful. We
have rich mines of coal and iron, and
we intend to wake from their long
sleep in their mountain beds these
twin sons of Hercules, and set their
arms to work in securing the great
industrial wealth which awaits us.
And if your people of the East are not
alert aud active we intend to over
take you in the race, to strain along
abreast with you, and I am not sure
but that on the homestretch we shall
lead you on some of these lines of
enterprise.”
The Cincinnati Enquirer, dem.,
counts on fifteen Democratic Repre
sentatives from Ohio in the next
Congress.
Judging by Apppuruuces.
When Maine was a district of Mas
sachusetts, Ezekiel Whitman was
choseu to represent the district in
the Massachusetts Legislature. He
was an eccentric man, one of tho best
lawyers of his time. Ho owned a
farm and did much work on his
farm, and when the time c uuo for
him to set out for Boston his best
suit of clothes was a suit of homespun
His wife objected to his going in this
garb, but he did not care.
‘I will get a nice suit made as soon
as I reach Boston,’ he said.
Reaching his destination, he found
rest at Doolittle’s city tavern. L9t
it be understood that he was a gradu
ate of Harvard, and at this tavern he
was at home. As he entered the
parlor of the house he found several
ladies and gentlemen assembled and
heard the following remark from one
of them:
‘Ah! here comes a countryman of
the real homespun genus. Here’s
fun.’
Whitma* stared at the company
and then sat down.
‘Say, my friend, are] you from the
country?’ asked one of the gentle
man
‘Ya-ss,’ answered Ezekiel, with a
ludicrous twist of the face.
‘And what do you . think of w
city?’ asked one of the ladies.
‘lt’s a pooty thickly settled place,
anyhow. It’s got a sweepin’ sight of
houses in it.’
‘And a good many people, too.’
‘Ya-as, I should suppose so.’
‘Many people where you come
from?’
‘Wal, some.’
‘Plenty of ladies, I suppose.’
Yes, a fair sprinklin’.’
“And I don’t doubt you are quite
a beau among them.’
‘Yes, beau ‘em home to meetin’ and
to singin’.skewl.’
‘Perhaps the gentleman from the
country will take a glass of wine?’
‘Thank’ee, don’t keer if I do.’
The wine was brought.
‘You must drink a toast.’
‘Oh, git eout! I eat toast; never
heard of such a thing as drinkin it.
But I can give you a sentiment;’
The ladies clapped their hands;
but what was their surprise when the
stranghr, rising, spoke calmly and
clearly, as Joltows:
‘Ladies and gentlemen, permit me
to wish you and happiness,
with every blessing earth can afford,
and may you giro# better and wiser
in advancing years, bearing ever in
mind that outward appearances are
deceitful. You mistook me from my
dress as a country booby, while I,
from the same superficial cause,
thought you were ladies and gentle
men. The mistake has been mu
tual.’ -
He had just fiuisned, when Caleb
Strong, Governor of the State, enter
ed and enquired for Whitman.
‘Ah, here I am, Governor. Glad to
see you.’
Then turning to the dumbfounded
company, he said:
‘I wish you a very good eveniug.’
lt-I'orming a Balky Horse.
It was new to me, and was very ef
fective in the oue case in which I saw
it tried, hence I send you a descrip
tion of an apparatus designed to in
duce a balky horse to reform his bad
ways. A light, but strong pole, has
one end fastened to one end of a whif
fle-tree—a steady horse being worked
on this end. The other end of the
pole extends to the head of the
troublesome horse, and is fastened to
a strap passing around the nose and
through the bit rings. If the horse
does not start promptly and keep
abreast with his mate,ho is pulled by
tho front aud upper part of his
mouth. Whenever he starts for
ward he is relieved. In the case
in which I saw this tried, the horse
hung back for some three hours the
first day, perhaps an hour the next,
and gradually gave up after a shorter
trial, until after about a month, he
showed no signs of his old habit.
He was pronounced an unusually
hard case, having had many other
plans unsuccessfully triod on him.
This plan is certainly more humane
than flogging, or throwing the
horse, or than most of the plans re
commended for difficult cases.—
Live Slock Journal.
Relative Males and Females.
In reply to the inquiry as to what
is the relative male and female pro
portion of the population of the Uni
ted States, and also of the world, the
New York Journal of Commerce gives
the following interesting statistics:
“Of the 38,558,371 persons in the
United States according to the last
national census, (this was in 1870,
there are over 43,000,000 now,) 19,-
493,565 were males and 19,064,806
were females, or 983 women to 1,000
men. No census of the world has
been taken, but we have the propor
tion of women to men in all coun
tries where an enumeration has been
made. The highest in Europe is in
Scotland, which is 1,096 women to
1,000 men; Ireland has 1,050, En
gland and Wales 1,054, France has
1,007, Old Prussia 1030. The lowest
iu Europe is in Greece, which has
but 940 women to 1,000 men. The
total of all Europe is 1,021 women
to 1,000 men; the total of America
980 women to 1,000 men; the total
of Africa, as far as known, 975 wo
men to 1,000 men; of Asia (includ
ing only Hong Kong in China) 940
women to 1,000 men; Australasia
785 women to 1,000 men.”
Twenty bushels of ashes to the
acre drilled in with grain, would al
most certainly destroy the seed, or
at least the tender sprout when it
germinates. Ashes are always best
when scattered upon the surface. As
ashes are not so quickly soluble a3
most commercial fertilizers, a larger
quantity needs to be used, and as
they dissolve slowly, the effect is
more permanent. Salt is used as a
fertilizer at the rate of 1 to 5 bushels
per acres.
It is announced that Miss Bennett,
sister of Mr. James Gordon Bennett,
is about to marry an Irish peer.
Floating fea-hets.
'r.+.-mir —.
Mr. dames Brown, of Pierda cuuu
ty, killed a bear a few days ago rneas-'
uriDg six feet in length.
Georgia dried peaches of the crop
of 1877 are quoted in New York at
from nine to ten cents per pound.
Mississippi has a goose with four
wings, aud flying machine inventors
are carefully surveying her from all
sides.
NO. 22,
Win. O. Butler, who ran for Vice
President on the ticket with Gen.
Cass in 1848, is living in Kentucky,
aged 90 years.
John Duncan, of Whitfield county,
fell from a wagon he was driving,
and one of the wheels passed over
his neck, killing him instantly.
Juan Gonzalez, a Mexican of Fort
Concho, Texas, will throw a lasso
225 foot in length as accurately as a
marksman could shoot with a r fle.
“Be honest, pay your debts, keep
your temper,and avoid strong drink,”
was Evangelist Moody’s farewell ad
vice to his New Haven congregation.
Dr. R. U. Palmer, the murderer of
Col. C. W. Salisbury, of Columbus,
has been admilted to bail by an Ala
bama court, his bond being fixed at
$3,000.
The Nashville American wants to
know if the Republican papers re
gard Gov. Colquitt’s review of seven
negro soldier companies as “Mexi
canization.”
“Oh, had I the wings of a dove,’’
sighed the closely pursued thief. He
dove down a side street, but tne spry
patrolman reached for his coat and
took him iu.
William Cullen Bryant had a sun
stroke ou Thursday, iu New York.
He had exposed himself in the sun
for several hours in unveiling the
bust of Maziui.
Notwithstanding many vicissitudes
in the succession of the Crown, the
aver t ge reign of the sovereigns of
Russia for two centuries and a half
has been fifteen years.
The end of the world is now pre
dicted for 1886, because Easter Sun
day will then fall uoon St. Mark’s
day. We are glad the boys will have
two more Presidential elections.
Andrew H. Dill, the Democratic
nominee for Governor of Pennsyl
vania, was born in Baltimore, Mary
land, practiced law in Huntsville,
Ala., and settled in Pennsylvania in
1860.
If this country ever does “Mexi
canize,” the North will be the guilty
party. That section has the tramps
and Communists as well as the
bloated bondholders—all the raw
material.
It is stated that a man from Syra
cuse, N. Y , has made $1,250,000 by
a si mole invention remedying the de
fects iu the common process of
ing flour. He says he dreamed it.
We dare say he did.
Paris correspondent of the Balti
more Sun: “Looking at the sam
ples of paper from North Carol na
and from Georgia here presented be
fore me, I am both proud and amazed
at the manufacturing energy of a
people so essentially agricultural.’’
An extensive hog trade has sprung
up between the United States and
Eoglaud. A Liverpool steamer has
been specially fitted up for this trade,
and can carry 2,500 hogs on a trip;
extra facilities are on board for cook
ing a few of them, in case other
provisions should fall short.
The unequal length of the lower
limbs sometimes observed m man
can be more readily detected when
the man is lying down on the floor
than when he is standing up. Ex
perienced tailors assert that this ab
erration accounts for some misfits in
trousers.
It is a fact worthy of comment
that one Bible in its rack in an ordi
nary railway passenger car will stand
more travel and show less wear and
tear after ten years’ service than a
euchre deck shows at the expiration
of one fifty-mile travel. And still
men are not happy.
Says “Gath:” Since the death of
Henrv Clay, the most distinguished
citizen of Kentucky has always been
a horse. At present it is Ten Broeck.
If a Kentuckian could breed a horse
that could win the English Derby,
they would make the owner governor
against all comers.
The county conventions in North
Carolina are instructing their nom
inees for the next legislature, if
elected, to vote for Governor Vance
for United States Senator to succeed
Merrimon, whose friends united with
the radicals in 1872 and elected him
over Vance.
The petition of the Macon ladies
for the free pardon of Kate Sothern
makes a document nearly ten feet in
length. It is said that the husband
of the prisoner will make an effort to
obtain employment on the farm of
Col. Jack Smith, iu Washington
county, where his wife will work out
a part of her sentence.
Capt. Catesby Jones, formerly
commander of the famous Confeder
ate lam Merrimac, was killed in Sel
ma, Ala., last summer by J. A Har
raJ, a neighbor. The fatal dispute
arose out of a quarrel between their
children, and the excitement over the
result was intense. Mr. llarral was
lately put on trial for murder, but
has just been acquitted on the ground
of self-defence.
“Anything new or fresh this morn
ing ?” a reporter asked in a railroad
office.
“Yes,” rep ied the lone occupant
of the apartment.
“What is it ?” queried the report
er, whipping out his note-book.
Said the railroad man, edging
toward the door: “That paint you
are leaning against.”
The Modocs.
The Modocs have rapidly advanced
toward civilization, says the State
Rights Democrat (Orgon), since be
ing placed on their reservation by the
Government in 1873, and after this
year they will be able to get along
without assistance of any kind from
the Government. They now own
4,000 acres of land, on which they
have built good houses, and have
fenced in and have under cultivation
over eight acres of land to each per
son in .the colony. They have 120
acres of wheat, 175 of corn, aud 236
head of cattle, and have cut 148 tons
of hay. Besides, they have plenty of
poultry, etc. Fifty-nine of their chil
dren attend school