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'The Gainesville Eagle. r PuLVi'i'f'd L.’ery F.iday Monimg (fLintt-s in Cnndler hall Building, Northwest Corner of Public Pfinare. ta- The Official Organ of 11*11, Batiks, •White, Town*, Union and Dawson cotintisfe and the city of Oalneeville. Has a large general circula lon in twelve other counties in Northeast Georgia, and two conntiea in Western North Carolina. ♦ t/T-fT- jg -1-j-j •Ktrcscmt^rioN. One Yf.au $2,60- An Months J •VjMitf tueff. s£i’. IN ADVANCE, DFtIVERF.iI *hv OARRJ[£* (A* PfU-;r.lJI ’ BY MAIL. All papers arc stopped at the rxpiratiofl QiUie . ! wrappers. Persons wishing the paper will bare their orders dromptlj attended to bf remmitting the amoffot for the time desired. ADVERTISING. SEVEN WORDS MAKE A LINE. Ordinary advertisements, per Nonpareil line, lu pants. Legal Official Auction and Ainilsemeut advertise menu and Special Notices, per Nonpa reil line, la cents. Reading notices per line. Nonpareil type 15 cent) Local notices, per line. Brevier type, 15 cents. A discount made on advertisements continued for longer than one week. REMITTANCES For subscriptions or advertising can he made By Post Office order, Registered Letter or Express, at oar risk. All letters should bj addrissJ, 3. E. REDWISE, Gainesville, Ga. REVI.HKI) R.VTKN For Legal Advertising In the Eagle. From, and including this date, thenntesj of legal advertising in the Eagle will be as fellows : Sheriff's sates for each levy of 1 inch.... $2 50. Each additional och or leas ....2 50. Mortgage sales (On days) one inch ~...„ ....„5 00 Each additional inch or less no. Adm'r’s, Ex’r's Ouard'u’a sales, 4 weeks, 1 inch 4 00 Each additional Inch 2 50 Notice to debtors and creditors 4 00. Glut's tor let’rs of adui’norguard'us'p (4 wksG uo. Leave to aatt real estate 4 00 Let’rs of dlsm’n of adm’n or guard'u (5 ui0.)....t 00. Estray notices 4 00. citations (unrepresented estates) ........,4 00. ltule nisi indiVorCecasea....i (ffi. Uomestead Exemption, 2 weeks, 2 00. Rule Nisi to foreclose, monthly 4 mos., per in... 4 60 Notices of Ordinaries calling attention of admin, fr.rators, executors and guardians to making tliffir annual returns; and of Sheriffs in regard to pro vin ous sections 3640, of the Code, published fuse for the Sheriff’s pas Ordinaries who patronize the Eagle. I yy 1 .-ft —-r 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. rgrLi 19r**f* / 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