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GENERAL DIKE CTO KY.
OECROH DIRECTORY. *
Presbyterian Chubch—Rev. T. P. Cleveland,
Pastor. Preaching every Sabbath—morning and
night, except the second Sabbath. Sunday School,
at y a. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at i
O’clock.
Methodist Chubch—Rev. W. W. Wadsworth, I’as-
Jor. Preaohing every Sunday morning and night.
Innday School at ya. in. Prayer meeting Wednes
day night.
Baptist Chubch Rev. W. 0. Wilkes, Pastor.
Preaching Sunday morning and night. Sunday
, School aty a. m Prayer meeting Thursday evening
at 4 o’clock.
GAINESVILLE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
J. B. Estes, President; Wm. W. Habersham, Secre
tary.
YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
W. L. Gordon, President; P. M. Pickrell, Vice-
President; Claud Estes, Secretary. Service in on e
of the churches every Sabbath afternoon at three
o'olock. Service for young men In the Methodist
church overy Tuesday evening. Cottage prayer
meetlngs every Friday evening.
FRATERNAL RECORD.
Flowery Bbanch Lodge No. 79, I. O. O. TANARUS.,
Besets every Monday night, Joel Laseteb, N. G.
B. F. Stedham, Sec.
Allishany Royal Arch Chapter moets on the
Second and Fourth Tuesday evenings in eacli
month.
H. S. Bradley, Sec’y. A. W. Caldwell, H. P.
Gainesville Lodge, No. 219. A.-. F.\ M.\,
meets an the Firsts nd Third Tuesday evening in
the month
B. Palmour, Sec’y. W. G. Henderson ,W. M.
Air-Line Lodge, No. 64 ,1. 0. O. F., meets
every Friday evening.
A. B. 0. Dobsey, Sec. H. S. Bbadley, N. 6.
GAINESVILLE POST OFFICE.
Owing to recent change of schedule on the Atlan
ta and Charlotte Air Line Railroad, the following
will be the schedule from date:
Mail train No. 1, going east, leaves 7:47 p. m.
Mall for this train cloßes at 7:00 “
Mail train No. 2, going east, leaves 8:35 a. m.
No mail by this train.
Mail train No. 1‘ going west, loaves... .6:51 a. m.
Mail for this train closes at 9:30 p. m.
Mail train No. 2, going west, leaves. ...9:05 p. m.
Mail for this train closes at 7.30 “
Office hours from 7 a. in. to 5:30 p. m.
General delivery open on Sundays from 8 % to9}£.
Departure of mails from this office:
Dahlonega and Gilmer county, daily B,V s. ru
Dahlonega, via Wahoo and Ethel, Saturday ...B>a a. m
Jefferson & Jackson county, Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday 7 a. m
Cleveland, White, Union, Towns and Hayes
vllle, N. C., Tuesdays and Fridays 7 a. m
Cawsonvilie and Dawson county,, Tuesday
aud Saturday 8 a. m.
Homer, Banks county, Saturday 1 p. m
Pleasant Grovo, Forsyth county, Saturday. .1 p.m
M. R. ARCHER, P.M.
Atlanta and Charlotte
a i k -1.1 \ a:,
Trains will run as follows on and after
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1878.
NIGHT MIAAJL, TRAIN,
GOING EAST.
Leave Atlanta 3:15 p. m.
Arrive Gainesville 5:31 p. m.
Leave Gainesville 5:32 p. m.
Arrive Charlotte 3:03 a. m.
GOING WEST.
Leave Charlotte 12:00 m dnt
Arrive Gainesville 9:41 a. m.
Leave Gainesville 9:42 a. m.
Arrive Atlanta 12:00 m.
DAY JPA.NSE2NG-12ft.-S. r r*JS .
GOING EAST.
Leave Atlanta 0:00 a. m.
Arrive Gainesville 8:32 a. m.
Leave Gainesville 8:33 a. m.
Arrive Charlotte 0:22 p. m.
GOING WEST.
Leave Charlotte 10:20 a. m
Arrive Gainesvi lie 8:14 p. m
Leave Gaine3vill e 8:15 p. m
Arrive Atlanta 10:30 p. in
Through Freight Train.
(Daily except Sunday.)
GOING BAST.
Leave Atlanta 9:25 a.m.-
Arrive Gainesville 1:28 p.m.-
Leave Gainesville 1:35 p. m.-
Arrive Central 7:10 p.m.
GOING WEST.
Leave Central 1:40 a. m
Arrive Gainesville 7:23 a. m.
Leave Gainesville 7:22 a. m.
Arrive Atlanta 11:20 p. m.
Local Freight and Accommodation
Train.
(Daily except Sunday.)
GOING EAST.
Leave Atlanta 5:25 a.m.
Arrive Gainesville 10:42 a. m.
Leave Gainesville 11:00 a. m.
Arrive Central 5:45 p. m.
GOING WEST.
Leave Central 4:37 a. m.
Arrive Gainesville 1:28 p.m.
Leave Gainesville 1:35 p. m.
Arrive Atlanta 7:10 p. m.
Close connection at Atlanta for all points
West, and at Charlotte for all points East.
G. J. Foreacke, General Manager
W. J. Houston, Gen. P. & T. A’gt.
Northeastern Railroad of Georgia.
TIZEvTZE] TABLE.
Taking effect Monday, November 11, 1878.
Ttrains 1 aud 2 run daily except Sunday; 3
•ad 4 on Wednesdays and Saturdays only.
tbaipT NO. 1.
STATIONS. ARRIVE. LEAVE.
A. M.
Athens . 630
Center • . • 655 657
Nicholson 712 717
Harmony Grove, 740 745
Maysville 805 810
Gillsville 828 830
Lola 8 55
TitAHN NO.
STATIONS. ARRIVE. LEAVE.
A. M.
Lula 9 45
Gillsville 10 10 10 12
Maysville 10 29 10 34
Harmony Grove - 10 54 11 00
Nicholson 11 20 11 23
Center 11 38 11 40
Athens 12 00
TRAIN rvo.
STATIONS. ARRIVE. LEAVE.
P. M.
Athens I 340
Center 403 405
Nicholson 420 423
Harmony Grove 440 451
Maysville 511 515
Gillsville 533 535
Lula I 000
TRAIN ISO. 4.
STATIONS. ARRIVE. LEAVE.
P. M.
Gillsville 810 812
Maysville 829 834
Harmony Grove 854 900
Nieholson 920 923
Center 938 940
Athens 10 00
Trains will wait thirty minutes at Lula
far delayed passenger trains on the Air-Line
lr** —•* JAMKS M. EDWARDS, Supt.
The Gainesville Eagle.
YOL. XIII.
Georgia, White County.
Whereas, Benjamin F Nix, administrator
of the estate of Jonu.B Nix, deceased, has
filed in my office his petition stating thut he
has fully discharged all his duties as such
administrator, and prays that an order be
passed discharging him from his said trust:
Therefore, all persons concerned are
hereby required to show cause, if any,
against the granting of said discharge, at
the regular term of the court of Ordinary to
be held in and for said county on the first
Monday in March next. Witness my hand
and official signature, this November 18,
1878. ISAAC OAKES,
nov29-td Ordinary.
Georgia, White County.
William Morris, guardian of Mary Craven,
having applied to the Ordinary of said coun
ty for a discharge from nis guardianship of
Mory Craven s person and property; this is
thetefore to cite all persons concerned to
show cause, by filing objections in my office,
why the said William Morris should not be
dismissed [from his guardianship of Mary
Craven, and receive letters of dismission
from bis said trust, on or before the first
Monday in April next, at the regular term
of the court of Ordinary of said county.
Given under my hand and official signature,
this December 11, 1878.
dec2o-td ISAAC OAKES, Ordinary.
Georgia, White County:
Whereas, James Cathey, administrator of
W C Nix, represents to the court, in his pe
tition, duly filed and entered on record, that
he has fully administered W C Nix’s estate:
This is, therefore, to cite all persons con
cerned, aud creditors, to show cause,
if they can, why said administrator should
not be discharged from Lis administration
and receive letters of dismission on the first
Monday in April, 1879.
dec2o-td ISAAC OAKES, Ordinary.
TOWNS COUNTY.
Georgia, Rabun County.
Rabun Superior Court, Oct. Term, 1878
By virtue of au order of the Honorable
Geo. D. Rice, Judge of the Superior courts
of the Western Judicial circuit, and of the
statutes in such cases made and provided,
notice is hereby given that the Superior
court of Rabun county at the present term
was by me adjourned to the April term,
1879, of said court. Parties, jurors and
witnesses will take due notice thereof and
govern themselves accordingly. October
28, 1878. W. M. HUNNICUTT,
novls 4t C. S. C.
Executor’s Sale.
Georgia, Towns County.
By virtue of and in accordance with the
last will and testament of Bird Kerlee, late
of said county, deceased, I will offer for
sale at public outcry, before the court house
door in the town of Hiwassee, said county,
on the first Tuesday in February next with
in the legal hours of sale, all the land be
longing to said Bird Kerlee at the time of
his death, not otlu rwise bequeathed con
sisting of the following lots of land, to-wit:
lot nos. 125, 128, 124, IG3, all of said lots in
the 17th district and first section. Said
lands lie on the great mineral belt in said
county, is well watered and well improved.
Terms of sale: one-fourth cash, the re
mainder in one and two years with note aud
approved security with interest from date.
Titles perfected when the last payment is
made. This December 20, 1878.
ROBERT S. KERLEE,
dec27-30d Executor.
DAWSON COUNTY.
Georgia, Rabun County.
Ma . thaF McConnell wife of Thomas N
McConnell of said county has applied to me
for exemption aud setting apart of a home
stead out of the real and personal property
of the said T N McCoanell and I will pas-f
upon the same at my office in Clayton on
the 22nd day of January next at 11 o’clock
am. This December 23, 1878.
J. W. GREEN,
dec27 30d Ordinary.
Georgia, Dawson County.
Ordinary’s Office, December 20,1878. —
Pollard Kelley, administrator of the estate
of Henry Talley, deceased, has filed in my
office his petition stating that he has fully
discharged all his duties as such adminis
trator and prays that an order be passed
discharging him from his said trust. There
fore all persons concerned 'are required to
show cause against the granting of said
discharge at the regular term of the court
of ordinary for said county, on the first
Monday in April 1879. H, B. SMITH,
dec27*3od Ordinary.
Georgia, Dawson County.
Ordinary’s Office.—Whereas Jacob Padget
administrator of Nancy Densmore, de
ceased, has filed in niv office his petition
stating that he has fully discharged all the
duties as such administrator and prays
that au order bo passed discharging him
from his said trust. Therefore all persons
concerned are required to show cause
against the granting of said discharge at
the regular term of the court of ordinary
for said county on the first Monday in April
1879. This December 20, 1878.
11. B. SMITH, Ordinary.
Georgia, Dawson County.
Richard L Green administrator with the
will anuexed of the estate of Josiah Dilbeck
deceased applies for leave to sell the laud of
said estate. Therefore all perso as concerned
are hereby notified that the leave prayed for
will be granted the applicant on the first
Msnday in February 1879, unless good
cause to the contrary', shall be then shown.
dec2o-1878. 11. B. SMITH, Ordinary.
Assignee’s Sale.
Georgia, Towns County.
Will be sold before the court house door
in Hiwassee, Towns county, Georgia be
tween the legal hours of sale, on the first
Tuesday in February, 1879, the following
property belonging to the estate of John M
Freeman, bankrupt, to-wit: The one-half
undivided half inte est in two town lots,
situate, king aud being in the town of Hi
w? eo, in the county of Towns, in said
S ate of Georgia, being designated in the
p’-an of said town by numbers forty-seven
[No 47] aud forty-eight [No 48] each with
a iront of fifty feat aud running back two
hundred feet. Said property sold as the
property of said bankrupt, for the purpose
of distribution among the creditors of said
bankrupt. Terms of sale cash. January
7, 1879. W. R LITTLE, Assignee.
Georgia, Banks County.
Ordinary’s office, Jan. 6, 1879.
Whereas, J M Oliver applies to me for
etters oi guardianship of the person and
property of Malissa Smith, minor daughter
of EM Smith, deceased. These are there
fore to require all persons concerned to file
in my office, on or before the first Monday
in February next, their objections, if any
they have to said appointment, otherwise
letters of guardianship will be granted the
applicant. T. F. HILL,
janlO-td Ordinary.
Georgia, Banks County.
Ordinary’s office, Jan. 6, 2879.
Whereas, Goo W Savall, administrator of
William Savall, deceased, makes applica
tion to this court for discharge from said
administration. This is to cite and admon
ish all persons concerned to show cause, if
any they can, why said Geo W Savall should
not be discharged as administrator of the
estate of William Saval 1 , dec’d, at the May
term, 2879, of said court. T. F. HILL,
janlo-3m Ordinary.
United States Internal Revenue
Deputy Collector’s Ofeice, 2d Dist. Ga.,
Gainesville, Ga., Jan. 9, 1879.
Ten days after date I will sell before the
court house door in the city of Gainesville,
Hall county, Georgia, within the usual
hours of sale:
One copper still, cap and worm, one axe,
and one double-barreled shot-gun, as the
property of James McNeal and others.
Seized by me for violation of internal
revenue laws; no claim having been tiled
nor bond given, as required by law.
janlOffit W. T. B. WILSON, Dep. OoL
GAINESVILLE, GA., FRIDAY MORNING. JANUARY 31, 1879.
Kate Cobb, the Norwich, Conn.,
murderess, is thought to bo goiug
crazy. Her cowardly accomplice,
Bishop, is quaking in his boots for
fear he will have to hang. The fol
owing in reference to two other per
sons connected with this horrible
case, seems to show that there is
something of a fatality attaching to
all who have anything to do with it:
“Mrs. James McGuire, a very inti
mate friend of the Cobb family, died
Friday, and attached to her death is
a very singular coincidence. When
Charles Cobb died last June, she
was at his house, and while at the
funeral was taken suddenly sick with
some unknown disease that baffled
the physician’s skill to determine its
nature. She recovered, after a loDg
and painful illness, and apparently
enjoyed good health up to last Thurs
day midnight. At that hour her okT
disease suddenly reappeared, and she
was again violently taken sick. It
was at that hour Kate Cobb received
her verdict. Friday morning at
about the time Kate Cobb was sen
tenced, Mrs, McGuire died. There is
great discord in the ranks of Victory
Lodge of Good Templars, owing to
many of the members standing by
Kate Cobb in her trial. Several
have resigned,and many more intend
to follow the example at the next
meeting. The order is very large and
influential, and numbers a good por
tion of the ladies of the city. One
of its members, Mrs. Alice Peckham,
testified for Kate on the stand. She
said that “she would sooner shield a
member of the order than one out
side of it,” and made every endeavor
to protect Kate. The next day after
she testified she was stricken with a
paralytic shock, and her life is des
paired of.”
Phatty Harris says it is a lie about
the Indiana man, Grover, being kill
ed, while sleeping in bed, by a mete
or, weighing 20 pounds, which pass
ed through the roof, through the
man, through the bed, floor, and five
feet into the ground. Phatty is
judging that man by himself. He
should be more liberal. Now we’ll
admit that if that meteor had struck
Phatty amidships it might have found
some difficulty in going so far, but
then it was not opposed by such dis
tance or obstruction in the other
case. Recollect that Phatty.
A lady taking tea at a small com
pany being very fond of hot rolls, was
asked to have another. “Really, I
cannot,” she modestly replied, “I
don’t know how many I have eaten
already.” “I do,” unexpectedly cried
a juvenile upstart, whose mother had
allowed him a seat at the table.
‘You’ve eaten eight; I’ve been count
ing!”—Boston Transcript.
John Sherman ia losing his temper j
over the appeals made to him to run
for Governor of Ohio. “Do you
take me for a d—d fool? ’ he asked
one of his tormentors the other day
“No,” returned individual, thought
fully, “but I’ve met a trood many who
take you for a d—d scoundrel.”
Edmunds has withdrawn from the
consideration of the senate his bun
combe resolution declaring the valid
ity of the 13th, 14th and 15th
Amendments to the Constitution-
This is the most sensible thing he
could have done, except never to
have introduced it.
Princess Louise went to look at
Niagara Falls for the first time the
other day. On first seeing them she
exclaimed: “Oh, isn’t it just glo
rious,” and about that time her foot
slipped on the ice and she took a seat
quite suddenly.
The senate has modified the anti
polygamy bill no as to give it a pros
pective operation. This will relieve
the women and children from the
suffering and disgrace which they
feared so much.
The consideration of the bill to ap
ply the proceeds of public lands to
the education of the people, came up
in congress last week and Mr. Bell
took part in the discussion, favoring
the bill.
Dr. Holland is quoted as saying of
the plethora of magazine articles:
“We have $14,000 worth of manu
scripts paid for, and I hear that the
Harpers have $50,000 worth.”
Gen. Butler already announces his
determination to run for Governor
of Massachusetts again next autumn
and he is confident that this timo he
“will make the trip.”
Savannah has been enjoying a sea
son of racing for several days. That
section is about the only part of the
country that can indulge in this sport
at this season.
It is now stated as a fact that
Senator Christiancy of Michigan will
resign to take the mission to Peru,
and Zach Chandler will be elected in
his place.
Gen. Sherman is soon to make a
visit to Atlanta. He will probably
be surprised to see the change that
has been wrought since his last
visit.
Mrs. Agnes Jenks Ims written a
letter in which she solemnly declares
that she is dona forever with politics.
The country should return thanks.
Tile Sivo 'J of Lee.
Forth frora the scabbard pure and bright,
Flashed the sword of Lee;
Par in the front of the deadly fight,
High o’er the grave in the cause of right,
| It stainless shown like a beacon light,
And led us to victory.
Out of its scabbard, where full long
It slumbered peacefully,
Roused from its rest by the battle song,
Shielding the feeble and smiting the strong,
Guarding the right, avenging the wrong,
Gleamed the sword of Lee.
Forth from its scabbard, high in air,
Beneath Virginia’s sky—
And they who saw- it gleaming there,
And knew who bore it, knelt to swear
That where that sword led they would dare
To follow and to die.
Out of its scabbard ! never hand
Waved sword from stain so free,
Nor brighter sword led braver band,
Nor braver bled for brighter land,
Nor brighter land had a cause as grind,
Nor cause a chief like Lee.
Forth from its scabbard ! how- he prayed
That sword might victory be !
And when our triumph was delayed,
Aud many a heart grew sore afraid,
We still hoped on, while gleamed the blade
Of noble Robert E. Lee.
Forth from its scabbard, ail in vaiu
Forth flashed the sword of Lee,
’Tis shrouded now in its sheath again,
It sleeps the sleep of our noble slain,
Defeated, yet without stain,
Proudly and peacefully.
Wiry Listeners go to Sleep in Church.
The following is from a late ser
mon of Rev. Talmage, who is creating
so much furore at his tabernacle in
Brooklyn by his sensational sermons:
“Before becoming a minister I
found that religion was associated in
the minds of many with dullness. I
found people wide awake at political
conventions when a governor was to
be nominated, but somnoient in
houses that had come for the corona
tion of Christ. I saw people intense
in assemblages where their financial
interests were being discussed, but
making an iueff'ectul struggle to ap
pear vigilant when the question was
whether they should be forever man
sioned or pauperized. I saw court
rooms agitated where one man was
on trial for his life, but whole assem
blages indifferent when the eternal
lives of five hundred were in peril. I
tiiought then what I think now, and
every layman thinks, that there is
something radically wrong about
pulpits and churches. To keep awake
we used to eat carroway-seed or
cloves, or hold up one foot, or pinch
ourselves, or count the window panes,
or a mischievous brother would stim
ulate us by the stick of a pin, or an
older sister give us a reproving look,
which would fill us with seif-abnoga
tion, until, gazing at the paw where
the seven elders sat in the old Dutch
Church, we saw the seven sleepers,
these good men having lost their
hold at the second head of the dis ■
course, and then wo felt that, after
all, there might be hope for us when
such good men were imperfect. What
is the use in hiding the fact there is
more sleeping done, in church than
there is in any other building in the
world. Many ot the churches are
great Sunday school dormitories.
People who are troubled with what
the doctors call insomnia at home;
that is, they cannot sleep on the pil
low, find the needed anodyne in some
of our churches. What morphine
and chloral aud pillow of hops cannot
do the sermon and a long prayer ac
complish, AU sorts of stratagems
people ply in church to appear wake
ful, sometimes during sermon putting
down their heads to give you the
idea that they are overcome with
emotion, when they are merely over
come with drowsiness. If an audience
sleep, it is the fault of the minister.
When a Scotch pastor cried out to
one of his sleeping hearers, “Donald,
take a pinch of snuff if you can’t
keep awake.” Donald replied, “You
had better put the pinch of snuff in
the sermon.” If, with all the artille
ry of eternity at his hand, the preach
er cannot keep an audience awake,
he has missed his profession, If the
people keep taking out their watches
to see how near the sermon is done,
it is because thej feel bored. What
would you think of a man at a Ban
quet taking out his watch to see how
soon he would be able to stop eating
a cream marangue? The Gospel is a
banquet, and our populations are
starving for it, and they want some
thing for the soul to eat aud they
have no patience with an entertain
ment which is all napkin-ring and
finger-bowl. Ail this complaint
against people because they do not
come to church should be put where
it belongs. It is not so much the
fault of the people as of us, the cler
gy. I say to those young men pre
paring for the ministry, if you want
to get an audience do as Paul did—
make a big stir. “There arose no
small stir about that way.”
After Graduation—Wtiatl
years ago the World chroni
cled the romantic marriage of Miss
Eidena Elden, a young and pretty
graduate of the High School at
Biddsford, Maine, aud Mr. Andrew
J. Packard, a wealthy resident of
Youngstown, Ohio, an ! a member of
the Democratic State committee.
Mr. Packard found a scrap of news
paper while traveling in the cars, in
which was an extract from Miss El
den’s essay on leaving school, enti
tled : “After Graduation—What?”
iked the style aud manner of thought
of the writer, made her acquaintance
by letter and married her. The
Youngstown News of the 6th contains
the following announcement: “Anoth
er democratic victory. It is a boy,
and is registered at the residence of
Mr. A. J. Packard, on Wood street.”
After Graduation—What? — New York
World.
A Washington special says: Gold
dollars have come into general circu
lation here, but are not popular.
Many dealers refuse to take them if
their customers have other money,
as it is alleged that their small size
makes them a nuisance. It is
thought this will help along the
standard silver dollar, which has the
merit of size. For this or some other
reason the demand for standards is
larger at the Treasury Department
than ever before.
The Care for Gosa : p.
Everybody must talk about some
thing. The poor fellow who was
told not to talk for fear that the peo
pi© would find out that he was a fool,
made nothing by the experiment.
He was considered a fool because be
did not talk on some subject or oth
er. Everybody must have something
to say, or give up society. Of course,
the topics of conversation will relate
to the subjects of knowledge. If a
man is interested in science he will
talk of science. If he is an enthusiast
in art he will talk about art. If he
is familiar with literature, and is an
intelligent and persistent reader he
wifi naturally bring forward literary
topics in his conversation. So with
social and religious questions. “Out
of the abundance of the heart the
mouth speaketh.” Tbat of which
the mind is full, that with which it is
furnished, will come out in expres
sion.
The very simple reason why the
world is full of gossip is that those
who indulge in it have nothing else
in them. They must interest them
selves in something. They know
nothing but what they learn from
day to day in intercourse with and
observation of their neighbors. What
these neighbors do, what they say,
what happens to them in iheir social
and business affairs, what they wear,
these become the questions of su
preme interest. The personal and
social life around them—this i3 the
book under constant perusal, aud out
of this comes that pestiferous con
versation which we call gossip. The
work! is full of it, and in a million
houses, all over the country, nothing
is talked of but the personal affairs
of neighbors.
What is the cure for gossip ?
Simp’y culture. There is a great
deal of gossip that has no malignity
in it. Good-natured people talk
about their neighbors because, and
only because, they have nothiug else
to talk about.
Gossip i3 always a personal con
fession either of malice or imbecility,
and the young should not only shun
it, but by the most thorough culture
relieve themselves from all tempta
tion to indulge in it It is low,
frivolous, and too often a dirty busi
ness. There, are country neighbor
hoods in which it rages like a pest.
Churches are split in pieces by it.
Neighbors make enemies by it for
life. . In many person it degenerates
into a chronic disease, which is prac
tically incurable. Let the young cure
it while they may.
Tlie Thermae iiion.
A correspondent of the Peoria
Transcript says that Mr. J. Chellew,
of Liasford, Peoria county, is at
work on a machine for producing
heat by mechanical means. Mr. Chei
lew said: “That it is well known that
heat was a kind of vibration or mo
tion of the molecules of matter, aud
that, therefore, it was possible to
produce it by mechanical means
Ir-m, for instance, can be made hot
hammering G- heat can be pro
duced by rubbing two sticks together,
and many other illustrations of simi
lar nature may be given, all showing
that heat was a mechanical effect.”
Starting with this idea he went to
work to construct a machine which
would produce heat.
His first attempt was a success; the
machine produced a low degree of
heat. The motive power being the
works of au old Seth Thomas clock,
the trouble with the machine was
that the vibrations were not regular,
hence the low degree of heat; bat he
felt encouraged; that heat could be
produced by a machine was evident;
with better machinery more heat
could be produced. He then pur
chased as good a Seth Thomas clock
as he could find, Having a compensa
ting pendulum and other improve
ments, and went to work on anew
machine which he calls a thermachion
it being the one the writer discovered
him at work upon on a previous oc
casion. He was very reticent in
showing this thermachion, as he
wishes to secure a patent on it; but
I can say that it is a wonderful
machine. It consists of a plain wood
en box about two feet square and
three feet high, and attached to one
side, like an addition, was a box
made out of thin boiler-plate, being
the same height and width as the
wooden box, and about a foot deep;
in the wooden box was the motive
power, in the iron box the heat was
generated. The essential part of the
heat-producing apparatus was a plate
which Mr. Oheilew calls a “model
plate.” Mr. Chellew requested me to
insert a smaii wire through a small
hole in the iron box, after previously
starting the works. In a few seconds
I withdrew the wire, and it was too
hot to touch with the hands; ho then
took a small tin cup of cold water
and put it in the iron box; in two or
three minutes he withdrew it boiling
hot. Of course it is as yet very im
perfect, being deficient in many de
tails. The highest degree of heat yet
attained with it is about 250 degrees.
But Mr. Chellew expects that when
certain improvements he is now ex
perimenting on are attached, to show
500 degrees of heat or perhaps high
er, and with other improvements and
discoveries, to generate heat to any
required degree. The same instru
ment will produce a high or low de
gree of heat as may be required,
which will be controlled by a “regu
tor.”
It is extremely portable, and as
there is no smoke or ga3 emitted
from it, it can be placed in any room
The expense of running is nothing,
except the ordinary wear of the
machinery. It can be adapted to any
purpose for which heat is required.
It may be used in cooking or heating;
being eo portable it may be taken
from one room to another. It may
also be used for generating steam for
any engine, and who can say the
amount of saving it will effect?
Mrs. Nannie Cozzsns, who former
ly lived in Tennessee, but who is
supposed to be ia Georgia at pres
ent, can get S9OO by writing to Sena
tor Bailey of the former State. He
is now in Washington.
Caleb Cushing anil Rufus CJioate.
On one occasion, Cushing and Ru
fus Choate were pitted against each
other, and Mr. Gerrish, Cushing’s
old partner, relates how they were
both afraid to try the case:
To the amazement or' judge, jury
and spectators, both Cushing aud
Choate were somewhat anxious for a
“continuance” —in other words for a
postponement of trial. As *a usual
thing, both gentlemen were always
anxious to force a case to trial, being
in a state of “chronic preparation,”
as Webster once said in speaking of
Cboate. In going out of court I met
Choate, and said:
“How is it that you wero ready
for a continuance to-day? it is a lit
tle odd of you.”
Choate replied: “O, I am a little
pressed with business, and can afford
to let this case stand over.
Said I: “Choate, this is sheer non
sense I’ll tell you what the matter
is. You are afraid of Cushing.”
“So I am,” was the reply, “and I
am not ashamed to own it, either.”
‘ Well, well,’’ said I; “this is pret
ty good. Iho idea of Rufus Choate
being frightened What on earth do
you fear in Cushion?'’
“Mr. Ccorisb, I vyiJl tell you. I
am afraid of his overwhelming knowl
edge of the law.”
In the afternoon, Cushing came
into the office. I went for him at
once.
“Caleb, what was the matter to
day? Why don’t you insist on try
ing that case?”
“Oh !” he replied, “the weather is
too warm, aud we have much to at
tend to, aud I didn’t care to hurry
matters,”
“New, Cushing, bo honest; were
you not a little afraid of Choate?”
“Well, Gerrish, to be candid about
it, I was. Are you satisfied now?”
I then inquired what he feared
Choate for. “Do you think,” said I,
“that he knows any more law than
you do?”
“No, sir, I don’t,” was the answer,
“but I’m afraid of the man’s influ
ence with a jury, right or wrong.”
Religious Scamps Flooding the Country
Just at the present time there is a
large baud of religious imposters
roaming over the United States,
clothed in the guise of “Evangelist,”
“converts” and wandering mission
aries, preaching the “Lord’s cause
for the Lord’s honor.” The Observer
in view of these facts, cautions its
Christian readers that the Apostles’
injunction, “Be not forgetful to en
tertain strangers.” must be interpre
ted at this day in the light of the
fact that so many fallen angels are at
large.
Two such “angels” have just been
tripped up unawares. One, a smooth
faced hypocritical rogue, played the
swindler with great success in Wor
cester, Mass., and was received into
one of the churches of that city. He
had the peculiarity, however, of never
paying his board bids. He engaged
himself to an estimable young lady,
and was about to be married, when
it mined oa* that he had already
gone through that ceremony four
time with women who are all living.
Connecticut now holds the Turk in
her grasp, and will try him for
bigamy.
In Ohio, another imposter, named
Wallace Evans, is in jail for obtain
ing money under false pretences. He
represented himself as an agent of a
Methodist book association, and suc
ceeded in ingratiating himself with
several prominent pastors and Sun
day school men, led the services in
different churches, borrowed money
where possible, and received more
cash for religious publications which
were never delivered. Finally, his
real character was discovered, aud
he was provided with accommoda
tions at the expense of the State.
liosi’t Whip.
A parent who doesn’t know how
to govern a child without whipping
it ought to surrender the care of that
child to some wiser person. Sports
men once thought it was necessary to
lash their dogs in training them for
the field. They know now that the
whip should never be used Horse
men once thought it was necessary
to whip colts to teach them to start
aud stop at the word and pull steadi
ly. They now know that au apple is
better than the lash, and a caress
better than a blow. If dogs and
horse3 can be thus educated without
punishment, what is there in our
children which makes it necessary to
slap and pound them? Hava they
less intelligence? Have they cold
hearts? Are they lower fa the scale
of being? We must have heard many
old people say, “If we were to bring
up another child we would never whip
it.” They are wise—but a little too
late. Instead of God doing so little
for children that they must be whip
ped into goodness, He has done so
much for them that even whipping
can’t ruin them —that is, as a rule
But, alas ! there are many exceptions,
to this rule. Many children are of
such quality that a blow makes them
cowardly, reckless, deceitful, or per
manently ugly. Whipping makes
children lie. Whipping makes them
steal. Whipping breaks their spirit.
Whipping makes them hate their
parents. Whipping makes home dis
tasteful —makes the boys runaways,
makes the girls seek happiness any
where and anyhow. Whipping is
barbarous. Don’t whip.
Two gentlemen who were passing
a 1 louse in Worcester, Mass., recently
were a.traded by a large Newfound
land dog which kept running toward
them and returniug in the direction
of a pond in the grove where some
thing was evidently wrong. They
followed the dog to the pond where
they found another dog in the water
and unable to get out. Ills front paws
where on the curbstone hut lie could
not get sufficient hold to draw
himself up he was nearly exhausted
and would probably have been drown
ed had not the gentlemen ■ assisted
him. The dogs showed their gratitude
in unmistakable signs
i Modern Syntax.
A New Orleans editor, recording
the career of a mad dog, says: “We
are grieved to say that the rabid
animal, before it could be killed,
severely bit Dr. Hart and several oth
er dogs.
“For sale, an excellent young horse
—would suit any timid lady or gen
tleman with a long silver tail.
A New York paper, announcing
the wrecking of a vessel near the
Narrows, says: “The only passen
gers were T. B. Nathan, who owned
thive-fourths of the cargo and the
captains wife
The editors of a Western paper
observe: “The poem which we pub
lish in this week’s Herald was writ
ten by an esteemed friend, now many
years in the grave for his oivn amuse
ment.
The editor of an Eastern newspa
per expresses great indignation at the
manner in which a woman was bur
ied who committed suicide. He says:
“She was buried like a dog, with her
clothes on.”
Honors to tlu 1 Glorious Dead.
One of our exchanges contains a
long list of the immortal fallen to be
inscribed on the Columbus Confeder
ate Monument, as prepared by the
Memorial Association. It is a roll of
honor of which any city might well
be proud. Commodore Paul J. Sem
mes appropriately heads the column.
Then iollows the names of Colonels
T. N. Camak* W. T. Harris, O. A. L.
Lamar, Thaddeus B. Scott, C. J.
Williams, P. H. Colquitt, John A.
Jones, Thomas M. Nelson aud Thos.
Sloan, nine in all. One Major E. W.
Dillard comes next. Then twenty
eight Captains, twenty-seven Lieute
nants, one Adjutant, one Surgeon,
one Chaplain, and no less than two
hundred and twenty-five gallant pri
vates who wore the Gray. God bless
the patriotic ladies of Columbus for
this noble undertaking.
Fojmlat ion of Germany.
The present population of Germa
ny proper, or of all the territory
comprehended in what is now known
as the German Empire, is estimated
in round numbers at 75,000,000.
There are in the Empire twenty one
universities, of which the best known
are at Berlin, Halle, Bofiti, Erlangen,
Leipsic, Goettingen,Heidelberg, Jena
and Koenigsberk. There are sixteen
polytechn.c institutions, likewise;
some 500 gymnasia or high schools, a
large number of special schools and
over 50,000 elementary schools. The
attendance of children at school for
at least four or five years being com
pulsory in nearly all the German
States, the proportion of persons
who cannot read or write is exceed
ingly small.
Counterfeit Money.
The counterfeit money in circula
tion occasions complaint from mer
chants who are losers thereby. Spu
rious coin may be detected with
comparative ease, but with paper
money the case is different. One
trouble-.As, that genuiue notes are.
permitted to circulate until they be-’
come torn and dirty, and the coun
terfeits enjoy the advantage of ap
pearing in the market in the same
condition. A remedy for this would
be the adoption of the plan, long in
use by the Bank of England, of issu
ing only fresh notes. An opportuni
ty is thus offered to compare a sus
pecting note with a good one. Since
all of our paper money is issued by
the government there is no excuse
for the neglect of this precaution.
One of the greatest trials of the
newspaper profession is that its
members are compelled to see more
of the shams of the world than any
other profession. Through every
newspaper office, day after day, of
all the weaknesses of the world; all
the vanities that want to be puffed;
all tho revenges that want to be
reaped; all the mistakes that want to
be corrected; all the dull speakers
that want to be thought eloquent;
all the meanness that wants to get
its wares noticed gratis in the edito
rial columns, in order to save the
tax of the advertising columns; all
the men who want to be set right
who were never right; all the crack
brained philosophers will stories as
long as their hair, and as gloomy as
their finger nails in mourning be
cause bereft of soap; all the bores
who come to stay five minutes and
talk five hours. Through the edito
and reportorial rooms all the follies
and shams of the world are seen day
after day, and the temptation is to
believe neither God, man or woman.
It is no surprise to me that in this
profession there are skeptical men; I
only wonder that journalists believe
anything. — Parson Talmage.
Wilhelmj, the famous violinist who
recently made Boston a visit is again
in New York where he had a long talk
with a reporter about his violins.
Picking up one which was inclosed in
a handsome case lined with velvet lie
said: I have had it for sixteen years
and nothing would induce me to part
with it,the cost was about $-3,000 but
I would not sell it for that money for
the simple reason that I could not
replace. It is nearlylGO years old and
was made by one of the most celebra
ted violin makers that ever lived,
Antonious Strabivarious of Cremona
Italy. This violin is one of the best
he ever made. lam very careful of the
instrument and never use it. It could
never be stolen from me. I could pick
it out among a hundred violins by just
looking at them. In speaking of his
visit to this country Willhelmj said
I like New York aud Boston audiences
they have a very high appreciation
of music.
A freight train ran over a mule
which was being driven across the
railroad track at the Forsyth street
crossing in Atlanta on Saturday. The
wagon was slightly broken and the
driver thrown twenty feet but not
hurt. The mule was a fine one and
1 belonged to A. C. & B. F. Wyly.
News in General.
Diphtheria is raging in portions of
Lumpkin county
There were two hundred and four
marriages in Thomas county during
the past year.
The German people of Macon had
a masquerade ball last week which
is described as grand and elegant.
Miss Mamie Nickerson, a beauti
ful and an accomplished young lady
of Augusta, died recently in Stanton,
Ya.
Mrs. G. N. Dodd, of Dahlonega
has just completed a quilt containing
1550 pieces. She put it together in
four days.
Some villian set fire to the trees in
the Columbus cemetery and much
shrubbery and the fences around
burial lots were destroyed.
On the 23d, Bev. Vv. P. Gready of
Toccoa City, and Mrs. Cora McDan
iel, of Franklin county, were married,
by Rev. G. H. Cartledge.
Griffin military companies have
been holding their annual election
for officers, waich was the occasion
for a good deal of speech making.
Brunswick Seaport Appeal: Spring
vegetables are coming iu, in fact, one
of our citizens told us lie had green
peas from his garden ou Christmas
day for dinner. ,
A nominating convention to select
a candidate for congress in place of
Hon. Julian Hartridge, has been
called to meet in Savannah on the
4th of February.
The gin house of Ex-Gov. J. M.
Smith was set on fire on the 18th,
and before the fiames could be sup
pressed, nearly 100 bales of cotton
were destroyed.
Two men, Thrash and Tom John
son, had a fight in Atlanta Saturday
night, anu a pistol was fired which
wounded policeman Haynes in the
hand. Each party claims that the
other shot the pistol.
It was a loving but jocular hus
band who, when his wife asked him
what she was going to have .in her
stocking, replied, “You are just the
sweetest thing I care to see in it.”
An actor belonging to a theatre
troupe on the way to Augusta, tried
to play smart at Waynesboro by
jumping on and off the moving
train. He tried it once too often
and fell, breaking his arm.
Mr. Othello Ellison, of Miiledgo
vilie, while on a visit to Jefferson
couffiy, attempted to take his own
life by shooting himself in the mouth
with a pistol. His wound is danger
ous and he may die. No cause is
known for the act.
NO. 5*
A young daughter of Mr. Zeke
Carr, of Athens, dropped dead on
the streets of that city on the 24th.
This is something so uncommon as
to make it remarkable. Older per
sons frequently die this way, but it
is very unusual for a very young per
son to be cut off so suddenly.
The epidemic in Memphis alone
cost the Knights of Honor a quarter
of a million-of dollars, or about five
dollars for each member of the order
in the United States. As fast as tho
proper evidences of death are re
ceived this money iu amounts of
S2OOO each is being paid.
It is true enough that many people
i'aGUiot buy sugar for thoir coffee, but
then you see, they cairtuko it straight
and put the sugar in tbeir whiskey.
This would be a move in anew direc
tion—that is, if the Moffett bell
punch does not interfere, and grind
them down with taxation.
Of Mrs! Ilaftiet Sjl Boring, wife of
Dr. Jesse Bcflta-ig, who recently died
in Augusta,. of the
News says, sttff was married at
the age of seventeen--.and her first
experience as an itinerant Methodist
preacher’s wife was at Augusta, her
husband being that year pastor of
St. John’s church. She went away
and after an absence of 45 years she
came back with her husband to St.
John’s church to die. Her life was
beautiful, useful and full of Christian
graces.
A young lady in company with a
right reverend prelate, consented,
after a long and coy resistance, to be
led to the piano. When she sang, it
was so badly, that, as Bhe finished,
no one was found with sufficient
heroism to express to the fair execu
tant the collective thanks of the au
dience. Iu this - strait his lordship
arose, and crossing the room, said,
with his sweetest smile, “Thank you,
Miss Smith, very particularly. An
other time, when you say you can’t
sing, we shall all know how to be
lieve you.”
Savannah News: At the coming
Catholic Fair the “Little Reb” is to
be awarded to the popular military
company. The gun was made in the
early part of 1861, as a model for a
breech-loader, patented by Mr. Van
Houghten, of this city, and is said by
Captain James Manning to be the
first cannon for the Confederacy. The
voting will be lively, as the gun will
be highly prized as a relic. It was
given to the iadies of the sapper ta
ble by Mr. O’Connell and was re
touched by Mr. J. W. Tynan and Mr.
D. O’Conner. The gun is on exhi
bition at Messrs. Molina & Della
noy’s, and a box is placed there for
votes.
The Oglethorpe Echo has this: A
merchant of this town, whose namo
we suppress at his re quest, aud who
was one of Morgan s most trusted
aud gallant men, performed a deed
of daring that is worthy a page in
history. While his command was
stationed near Sparta, Team, our
friend detailed himself as a squad of
one to go on a foraging expedition.
He approached a farm house, and,
peeping through an open window,
saw a squad of Yankee officers at
supper, with the lady of the house
waiting upon them. Instead of beat
ing a hasty retreat, as you or I would
have done* he silently back,
cocked his gun, and the first intima
tion that the Yanks had of his pres
ence was a command to surrender.
As each one imagined that the muz
zle of the gun was aimed directly at
him, they obeyed without parley, the
lady relieving them of their arms.
Their gallant captor lost his su
per, but was recompensed ther
by carrying his six captive
camp.