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DEVOTED TO NEWS, POLITICS, LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL PROGRESS-INDEPENDENT IN ALh THINGS, VOL. X. IS he Ittraliu 92 OO Yenr in Idvanee. Arrival of Trains at <;rrriH*s lioro* Ilrjiot. DAT PASSENGER •TRAIN'. From Atlanta, . . D:2 A. M. From Augusta, • • 1:10 P. M. NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN. From Atlanta • . . 3:33 A. M. From Augusta, . . . 1:14 A: M 29 H. IT. KING, Agent. §lui!n;m! Schedule. Arrival and Departure of Trains. Kail road. Day Paisenger Train. Leave Augusta, 8.45, a. m. Leave Atlanta, 7:00, n. m. Arrive at Atlanta, 5:45, p. m. Arrive at Augusta, 3:30, p. m. Niqhl Passenger Train. Leave Augusta, 8:15, p. tn. Leave Atlanta, 10: Ai, p. m Arrive at Atlanta, 0:25, a. nt. Arrive at Augusta, 8:16, a. ni. ACCOM MODATION TRAIN. Leaves Atlanta, 6:00 p. m. Leaves Stone Mountain, 0:45 a. in- Arrives Atlanta, 8:00 a. m. Arrives Stone Mountain, 0:15 p. m. S. K. .JOHNSON, Sup’t. Western A A limit it* 1* I? AND ITS CONNECTIONS. —‘KENN ES \ W 110 IT T E.”— The following Scltedule takes effect May 23d, 1876: NORTHWARD. No 1. No 3. No 11. Lv Atlanta, 4 20pm 7 o<>am 330 pm Ar Cartersville, 0 14pm 9 22am 7 19pm Ar Kingston, 0 4'2pm 9 60am 8 21pm Ar Dalton, 8 24pm 11 64am 11 18pm Ar Chattanooga,lo 25pm 160 pm SOUTHWARD. No 2. No 4. No 12. Lv Chattanooga. 4 00pm 5 00am Ar Dalton, 5 41pm 7 01am 1 00am Ar Kingston. 7 38pm 9 07am 4 19am At Cartersville, 8 12pm 9 42am 6 18am Ar Atlanta, 10 15pm 12 06m 9 30am ruVtai&n falticotwee iam on Nos 1 and 2. between New Orleans and Baltimore. Pullman Palace Cars run on Nos. 1 and 8, between Atlan a and Nashville. Pullman Palace Cars run on Nos. 3 and 2, between Louisville and Atlanta. o change of cars between New Orleans, Mobile, Montgomery, Atlanta and Baltimore, and only one change to New York. Passengers leaving Atlanta at 4:10 pm, arrive in New York the second afternoon thereafter at 4:oopm. Excursion Tickets to the Virginia Springs and various Summer Resorts will be on sale in New Orleans, Mobile, Montgomery, Co lumbus, Macon, Savannah, Augusta and Atlanta.at greatly reduced rates Ist of June Parties desiring a whole car through to the Virginia Springs or to Baltimore, should address the undersigned. Parties contemplating traveling should send for a copy of the Kenncsaw Route Ga xette, containing schedules, etc. (pg?- Ask for Tickets via “ Kennesaw Route.” B W WRENN, Gen’l Pass, and Ticket Agent, Atlanta, Ga MASONIC. San Marino lAxlgc. Sin !Si. GRKENESBORO', GA. Regular Meetings—First Wednesday night of each mon h. M. MARKWALTER, Sec’y. Greenesloro’ 85. A. C., Xo. 81 GREENESBORO’, GA. Regular meeting—Third Fiiday night, of each month. C. 0. NORTON, Sec y. Luion Point Lodge, Xo. 86. UNION POINT, Ga., Meets regularly the 2d and 4th Thursday day evenings in each month. W. O MITCHELL, Seo’y. Feb. 4, 187 j—tf # O~Q & Greene Lodge, Xo. It, I O O S’. GREENESBORO’, GA., Meets regularly every Monday night. J. R. GODKIN, N. G. D. S. Holt, R S. M 0 p f- Greenesboponeli Lodge, Xo, 320, Independent Order Good Templars meets at, Odd Fellow’s llall, on 2d and 4tL Friday nights in each month. J. HENRY WOOD, W. C. G. W. Miller, Sec’y. Per day at home Terms free. Ad dress G. STINSON & Cos., Portland, Maine Jan 21 1875-I.r> business cards. JAMES B. PARK, AND— COUNSELOR AT LAW, G REENESBOR O', - - - GA. TT7TLL "ive prompt attention to all bn ? \ si ness intrusted to bis professional care, in the CVninties of Greene. Morgan. Putnam, Baldwin. Hancock and Taliaferro CEP Office—With lion. Philip B. Rob inson. april 8,1875~-6ins M. W. LEWIS } <( H. G. LEWIS. M. W. Lewis & Sosi, Attorneys at Law, REEXESIM>MOIGII, - A. april 8, 1875-ly Philip B. Robinson, Attorney at Law, GREEN SBORO'. . . GA ID’ILL give prompt attention to business entrusted to bis professional care. Feb. 20, 1873—6 ms Wm. H. Branch, A TTORNE Y AT LA W. !ti:i:\l>Hol!o'. gi. I CONTINUES io give his undivided ntten t J tion to the practice of his Profession. Returning thanks to his clients for their encouragement in the past, lie hopes by Rose application to business to merit a con tinuopce of file same. iVg“' Illice over Drug Store of Messrs. B. Torbert & <’o. Greentsboro’ Jan 10th 1874—1 y. !!. 1.. W. PAI R 1 11 Attorney at Law, GUEEXESBORO*, - • - A. \LL business intrusted to him will re ceive personal attention. fl^rOFFlCE—‘With Judge Heard.) in the Court—House, where he can ho found rl ur \ng ZXxSuivs-3 ntmnr. ■r^**'* r W. IV. LUMBMilft. ATTORNEY AT LAW, I’XTOA POINT, - -n- OFFERS bis professional services to the people of Greene and adjoining coun ties, and hopes, by close attention to husi siness to merit and receive a liberal y hare of patronage. jan23 74 ly. Medical Card. Drs. OKS & HOLT, H aving associated tlicniscives in the Practice of Medicine, respectfti ly fender their services to the citizens of GkekxES boro’ and surrounding country. March 4, 1875—tf S:r. Win. Morgan, RESIDENT 'G.?-. .., ; Y DEMIST GREENESBORO\ GA. __ _ feb. 1, 1874. T. H IKK WALTER, Marble Works, BROAD Street, AUGUSTA, Ga. MARBLE Monumen s, Tomb-stones* Marble Mantles, and Furniture Mar ble of all kinds, from the plainest to the most daborate, designed and furnished to order at short notice. All work for the country carefully boxed. n0v2,1871 —tf CENTRAL HOTEL. 13 Y JJrs. M. ML TIIOMAS, AUGUSTA. Ga- Jan 21— Tv lit SII T NG to devote myself entirely to \ V the legitimate business of Clock and Watch Repairing, from this date, 1 of fer my entire Stock of Watches and Jewel ry at cost, finding that it interfere* too much with the business I prefer. 11. Il l KHAV A LTEH. Greenesboro’, Ga., Sept. 24, 1874-tf FOR. Sale or Ilent. /V fine farm containing (80) eighty acres, (50 acres original forest), within two miles of Greenesboro. Apply to feblltf. W. M. WEAVER. FO!i SALE | A Light two-horse CARRIAGE and j YjL Harness—all new. T. X. POPULAIX. Greenesboro', Gn.. June 1 5 —1874, tf GREENESBORO’, GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1875. P<SET’S CORNER. SAIHM2ST OF ALL. I have done the saddest th ng to-day That ever fell to woman’s lot; I’ve folded all her clothes away, And every cherished plaything brought To lay beside them, one by one; Her birthday gifts and Christmas toys, And then to weep when all was done, O'er buried hopes and vanished joys. Her little dress, in childish haste, Her own dear hands had laid aside ; Upon the pins that held Hie waist I pressed my lips and softly cried. Within her gaiters, ’neath my chair, Two half-worn crimson stockings lay, And with a pang of wild despair, 1 bent and hid them all away. The purple ribbon that she wore, The coral rings and pins were there, And just beneath them on the floor, The silken band that tied her hair. A handkerchief that bore her name Was folded like a tiny shawl; And. wrapped within this snowy frame, Just as site left it, lay her doll. It bled afresh, this wounded heart, As if with some new sorrow stung, As with a wild and sudden start, I came to where her cloak was hung; I caught it, sobbing, to my heart, As it it held a missing form, And in low murmurs fondly blessed What once had kept my darling warm. Her gentle fingers seemed to glide Across my love to soothe my pain, As from the pockets at the side, 1 drew the gloves that still retain The impress of those loving hands, Where magic touch seemed fraught with power, To cheer me ’mid the scorching sands Of sorrow, in life’s desert hour. Her little hat no more will take To its embrace her sunny hair ; I felt that my poor heart must break To see it lying empty there ! | The beaming °yes it used to shade, No more with trustful glance wiil shine; A’’ '..i' ■> el.. y -j. —.l-g Sifati ...a*!,. Is growing ’twixt her homo and mine. Her silk and thimble both were laid With thread and scissors,on the stand; Her dolly’s dress, but partly made, Seemed w-aiting for the moulding hand. The drawing of a blighted vine, Torn, ruthless, from ft withered tree, Meet emblems of tier life and mine, Were the last lines she traced for me. 0 ! was there ever grief like this? Can sorrow take a form more wild Than sweeps across us when we miss The presence of a darling child ? And is there any hope that cheers Like this, the heart by anguish riven— The time was given to mark our tears; Eternity to measure Heaven. MIStELUHEBUS. Slave IsiNite Animals Souls f [From the New York Sun.] “ Man and Beast” is the title of a volume by the lt< v. J. G. Wood (liar pers), written, as avowed by the author to show that the lower animals possess those mental and moral characteristics which in human beings are supposed to b T ng to the immortal spirit and not to the perishable body. Mr. Wood quotes Bisli p Butler in his preface as saying in his “ Analogy of Religion.” <• As to the latent powers and capacities of lower animals, I see no reason why they should not be developed in a fu ture life.’’ That was sufficient author ity- In order to prove that aniutais pos sess those qualities which pertain to man’s immortal spirit, Mr. W ood cites more than three hundred anecdotes, all well authenticated, he asserts, showing the close resemblance that exists be- tween the spirits of man and beast. The following anecdote of a horse was sent to Mr. Wood by a clergyman : “ A neighbor of mine possessed a young foal which with his mother U3ed to pass our house daily early in the morning, during our breakfast time, and had a habit of straying upon a piece of waste ground in front of our house. My daughter, who is very par tial to horses, used to run out and offer | the little animal a piece of bread. “ This went on regularly, until at last, when he was between two and three years old, he would not wait for the bread, hut used to go the door, plant his forefeet on the steps so as to uain a sufficient elevation, and then lift the knocker with his nose, afterward waiting for the expected morsel.” To illustrate the language of ani mals, which Mr. Wood very properly divides into that ol language of ges> ture, of the eye. and of sound, he begins with the insect world : “ Looking at the nervous system of insects, in whom there is no definite brain, but merely a succession of gan glia united by a double nervous cord, many physiologists have thimght that reason could not be one of the attri bates of the insect race. Yet nothing is more certain than that they urn able to converse with each other and com mnnicate ideas ; this fact showing that they must possess reason. As 4>tr as we know, hymenopterous msec's — namely, the bees, wasps, and art's—are the best linguists of the insect race, their language being chiefly conducted by means of their antennae. ’ good example of this was witnessed by me in the summer of 1872. “At breakfast time some pieces of the white of an egg were left on a plate. A wasp came in at a window, and after flying about for a while. I alighted on the plate. went to a piece of tb egg and fried to carry it off Wishing to see what the insect would do, I would not allow it to bo disturbed After unavailing attempts to lift the piece of egg, the wasp left it and flew out of the window. Presently two wasps came in, flew directly to the plate, picked up the piece of egg, and in some way or other contrived to get it out of the window. These were evi dently the first wasp and a companion whom it had brought to help it. “ I had a suspicion tha' when the wasps reached their home they wul tell their companions of their g -oj for tune, and so I put some more egg on the plate and waited. In a very short time wasp after wasp came in, went to the plate without hesitation, And car ried off a piece of egg. The stream of wasps was so regular that T was able to trace them to their nest which was in a lane ‘about had. a mile ito o Sgy O’Jtme. , “ The insect bad evidently reasoned with itself that, although the piece of egg was too heavy for one wasp, it might be carried by two; so it went off to find a companion, told it the state of things, and induced it to help in carry ing off the coveted morsel. The tw>- had told the other inhabitants of the nest that there was a supply of new and dainty fond in reach, and had acted as guides to the locality. Here is a positive proof that these insects possess a very definite language of their own, for it is impossible that human beings could have acted in a more ra tional manner.” The following aff irds a remarkable . proof of the capability possessed by the lower animals of understandhg the language of man : “ A gentleman of property had a mastiff of great size, very wtchful, and altogether a fine, intelligent ani mal. Though often let out t. ranee about, lie was in genera! chined up during the day. “On a certain day when hdwas let oat he was observed to attach himself particularly to his master. Alien the servant came, as usual, to fastm him up, he clung so determined!] to his master’s feet, showed such angr when they attempted to force him any, and altogether was so peculiar in Is man ner, that the gentleman desired him to be left as he was. 11 With him the dog confined the whole day, and when night c)tte on still he stayed; and on goinj to his bed room the d<>g resolutely anifor the first time in his life went up wh him, and rushing into the room, ton) refuge under the bed whence neitle blows nor caresses could draw him. “In the midst of the nigha man hurst into the room with a drger in his hand, with which he attepted to murder the sleeper. But led g dashed at the robber’s neek.tstencd his fangs in him, and so kH him down that his master had tint to call for assistance and secure thcruffian, who turned out to be the eghman. He afterward confessed that ( seeing his master receive a large sum dunney, ho aud the groom conspired tocher to rob and murder him, and that ley had plotted the whole scheme fcether, leaning over the dog’s kennel/ From Bennett’s “ Wandetgs in New South Wales” Air. Wodquotes a story of two “ mandarin Idueks. These birds in China are exodingly valuable. It seems that thelaro so proverbial for their conjugaEdelity 1 that in the marriage ccrcmenibf that country a pair of them are carried about as emblems of the lovo which ought to animate the married couple. Mr. Bennett’s story is as follows : “ A mandarin drake was stolen one night from Mr. Beale’s aviary, along with some other birds. The mate of the drake, the duck, was left behind. The morning following the loss of her husband the female was seen in a most disconsolate condition Brooding in secret sorrow.she remained in a retired part of the aviary, pondering over the severe loss she had just maintained. While she was thus delivering her soul to grief, a gay, prim drake, who had not long before lost his dear duck. which had been accidentally killed, trimmed his beautful feathers, and. pitying the forlorn condition of the be reaved, waddled toward her, and. after devoting much of his time and all of his attention to the unfortunate fe male, he offered her his protection. Bho. however, refused all his offers, Having made, in au l h'e tjuacks, a solemn vow to live and die a widow if her mate aid not return. “ From the day of her loss she for sook her accustomed pleasures, refused most of her food, and no consolation that could be offered her by any of her i ribe seemed to have the least effect. Every endeavor was made to recover the lost bird, as it was not expected that the beautiful creature would be ki h-d. Some time alter the loss a per s n accidentally passing a hut’ over heard some Chinese of the lower class conversing,- and understood enough of their language to heir one of them say “ It would ho a pity to kill so hand some a bird.” “How then,” said an other, “ can we dispose of it ?” The hut was noted, as it was immediately suspected that the Inst mandarin drake was the subject of conversation. A servant was sent, and after some trouble dollars for him. He was then brought back to the aviary in one of the usual cane cages. “As soon as the bird recognized the iviary, he expressed his joy by qack in<r vehemently and flapping his wings The interval of three weeks had claps ed since he had been taken away; but when the furl am duck heard the note of her lost husband, she quacked, even to screaming with ecstasy, and flew as far as she could in the aviary to greet him on the restoration. lieing let out of the cage the drane immediately en tered the aviary, and the unfortunate couple were again united. They quack ed, crossed necks, bathed together, and are then supposed to have related all their mutual hopes and fears during their long separation. As for the un fortunate widower, who kindly offered consolation to the duck when over whelmed with grief, she, in a most un grateful manner, informed her drake of the impudent and gallant proposals he had made to hpr during his absonce.— It is merely snppositi n that she didsn; but at ■ 11 events the result was that on the day following his return the recov ered drake attacked the other, peeked his eyes out, and inflicted on him so many other injuries as to occasion his death in a few days. Thus did this unfortunate drake meet with a prema ture and violent death for his kindness and attention to an unfortunate lady be coming a victim to conjugal fidelity. Southern Words. [From the Mobile Register.] The English language is spoken with greater purity hv the educated classes, and more correctly by the peasantry of the Southern States, than in any other section of the Union. There are two words in common use at the Sontb which are not heard north of the Poto mac. The word “fice,” to designate a small, worthless cur. is, according to Dr. Sche'e de Vere, legitimately de rived from the Anglo-Norman. The fiee, he says, is the last small remnant of the old English foisting eur, or foist ing bound, and quotes Nares as giving the whole process of gradual corrup tion : Foisting, foisty, foist, fyst, fyr.f and fyst A fsting hound is mentioned in Harrison’s England. The word “ tote,” in such general use over the South has equally as legitimate a derivation. The other day a Georgia paper said that Mr. A. H. Stephens cou and not have made acer- j tain remark, because he understood the English language too well te make use of such a slang word as “tote.” We resent the indignity cast upon “tote.’ We cling to “tote” as the Anglo-Saxon nations clings to Magna-Charta. It remindsjus of our descent from a liberty loving people, and preserves the memo ry of justice. The writ by which a peasant aggrieved in the Baron’s Court was enabled to carry (tollere) his case up to the County Court was known ns the writ of toft, commonly pronounced tote. This privilege which the humble farmer had of toting his case up from his own landlord to a less prejudi cd court was dear to every Englishman The people of the South will not eur render that w- rd. it is as dear to our yeomen as t lie Common Law itse.f. Bati'iiciioii anti Bccupcra lion of Forests. [From the Baltimore Sun.] A contemporary justly observes that there is no more profitable in quiry for census-takers to make than this one ; Ilow much fertile land in the United States has been rendered unfit for the use and oc cupation of the farmer by the reck less destruction of limber* This inquiry receives appropriate an! serious emphasis from the destruc tive fires which have during the past week devastated the forests of Pennsylvatda and portions of New England and the Northwest The present fires of Pennsylvania, con sumin'' between two ami three mill ions of dollars’ worth of property andjdepriving several thousand peo ple of their homes, arc supposod to have arisen from so insignificant a cause as a spark from a passing lo comotive or the bivouac fires of reckless tramps. The fact .hut this has happened before tho regu lar Urouguns oi auu'nni>wn-it -A remarkable. It is plain, that if practicable, some system should be adopted not only to guard against perils which map recur at any moment during a dry season, but to preserve Am erican forests from all the destruc tive agencies to which they arc ex posed. So far as fire is concerned it would seem that State legislation might make some provision for their protection, so as to render forest fires ft least less frequent than they are now. But even this terrible agent doe3 not seem to work as great havoc in our once immense forests as the wanton destruction by the hands of man. We do not see how legislation could protect the forests from this instrumentality of ruin, except where the timbered lands are government reservations, but their preservation and exten sion could be encouraged. The de mands for housebuilding and ship building are no doubt great, tho' the latter has diminished of late years, while an immense quantity has been employed for fuel to warm dwellings and teed locomotives,and to put under the rails of our iron roads. While all sections have been in jured to a greater or less degree from the wasteful use of our forests, New England is said to have been the greatest sufferer, having been so stripped of timber as to lead to the alarming frequency of freshets and droughts there, causing serious interruption noth to agricultural and manufacturing industries. If. however, no plan can be devised to prevent needless waste in the use of forest trees, it is entirely prac ticable so to secure recuperation from waste, which is provided by the reproductive powers existing in all the vegetable as well as animal kingdom. To plant a treo for eve ry tree that is cut down in certain sections where needed could be re sorted to for the benefit 0/ posteri ty. The creative energies of na ture require but little labor or cost to enable them to overcomo ali the agencies of destruction. —lf you always live with those who are lame, you will yourself learn to limp. FACETIOUS- —Voices of the night—Cats. —i m —A child’s kingdom—Lapland. m • Old Gaunit'j’s Definition. Pera petual motion—A lady's tongue. —— When is a young man’s arm like the Gospel ? When it maketh glad tl 9 waist places. imati O—■ —The follow ing sentence will show the importance of the position of a comma - “ Woman —Without her man, is a hrute.” —The word d-e-b t is composed of the initials of ‘‘dun every body twice” C re-d-i t is formed of the initial let ters of *• call regularly every day—l’ll trust.” ■< ■ l|a —“Mother, I’m afraid a fever would go hard with me.” “ Why, my son :” "Because, you know, mother, I’m so small there wouldn’t be room for it to turn.” —An indignaut orator, at a recent p; liticnl meeting, in refuting art oppo nent, thundered out: “ Mr. Chairman, I scorn the allegation and I defy the alligator." —“ You need a little sun and aff.” said a physician to a maideu patient seeking his advice “Ifl do was the curt reply, “ I’ll have to wait till I get a husband.” • —To make littlo boy’s trowsers lHit, when you make a suit of clothes for them, finish the coat first, and by so doing you will make the trowsers lrsfc It is the only way the thing can be done. — ■ A loquacious blockhead, after bab bling some time to Lord Erskine, ob* served ho was afraid ho was obtruding on bis lordship's ear. “Oh, not at "" 1 EVs'l-tne: “I have not been listening.” —An inebriated man, walking along the street, regarded the moon with sovereign contempt: tl You needn't feel so proud.” he said, “ you are full once a mouth, and I am full every night.” When they take the next census in Arkansas they will miss Peter Day ton. Tho old man found a package and threw it into the store to see whether it was powder or sand. It wasn't sand. —A little boy carrying some eggs home from the grocery, dropped them. “ Did you break any ? ’ asked his mother, when he told her of it. “No,” said the little follow, “ but the shells came off some of ’em.” A Western iarmer complains that a hook and ladder company lias been organiztd in his neighborhood. He states that the ladder is used after night for climbing into his chicketi house, after which the hooking i3 done, —A married man in New Hamp shire has adopted an original method of economy. One morning, recently, when he knew his wife would see him, he kissed the servant girl. The house expenses were instantly reduced S3OO per year. ■a • —A young fellow eating some Che shire cheese, full of skippers, at a tavern one night, exclaimed : “Now I have done as much as Sampson, for I have slain my thousands and tens of thousands.’’ “ Yes,” retorted another, “ and with the jaw bone of an ass,” —An urchin, hearing his father read an article in the paper in rela tion to anew invention of bricks of glass, exclaimed: ‘"Glass bricks!” I know what them is.” “What are they ?” inquired one of tho family. “Tumblers of liquor,” said the juvenile. —An American clergyman exclaim* cd to his hearers: “ Eternity: Why you don’t know the meaning of the word, nor I either, hardly. It is for ever and ever, and five or six ever lastings a-top of that. You mighs place a row of figures from here to sun set, and cypher them all up, and it wouldn’t begin to tell how many ages long eternity is. W’hy, my friends, after millions and millions of years had ruffed away in eternity it would bes hundred thousand years to breakfiisj time.” NO. 24