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O. HEARD,) PROPRIETOR. \ VOL. XVIII. I’ciil.khlv 8 nsiiiiitfs. Department of Education, Atlanta, Gn.. July 121!i, 1883. To the Teachers and County School Commissioners of the State of Gear gia: There will be six Teachers’ Institutes field in Georgia this year. The loca tions will be Albany, Way cross, San dersville, Bnrncsvill®, Dalton and Cov ington. The instrutors will be as fol low-: At Albany, John Neeley. Su peiintcndent ol the Public Shools of Auierieus, Principle ; Professor B. T. Hunter, of Albany, Associate; at Way cross, W. H. Baker, Superintendent of the Public Schools of Savannah, Prin cipal; John M. Gannon, teacher in the same schools, associate.' at Sanders ville. B. M. Pettier, Superintendent of the Public Schools of Macon, Prinai pal, Professor John T. McLaughlin, of Talbotton, A-sockto; at Barnes* ville, W. J. McKomie, Superinten dent of Public Schools of West Joint, Principal} Professor S. C. Caldwell, of the Home Female College, Associate; at Dalton, Rufus W. Smith, President Dalton Female College, Principal; E. G. Moore, Principal Fair Street School, Atlanta, Associate; at Covington, W B Donnell, President Georgia Metho dist Female College, Piincipa); H. C. Mitchell, Principal Marietta Street School, Atlanta, Associate The Institutes will all be kept up just four weeks. The one at Barnes* ville will begin on Monday, the sixth of August; all the others on Wednesday, the fir-1 of the same month. The subjects of instruction will be Spelling:* Reading, Penmanship, Geog raphy, Grammar and Arithmetic. Tho true idea of Institutes instruction is to make the teaching of methods the main design. This idea will be acted upon as far as practicable; but instruction in subject matter will be given whcnmec-, essary. The white and colored teachers of the State are invited to be present. The races will be taught in separate schools, but by the same instructors. Tuition will be free to all teachers who tnay choose to attend. I desire the County School Commis sioners to meet me for two days' in struction at the several Institutes. T will be present fir the purpose of giv in" thislinstruction as follows: at Albany the 2nd and 3d of August; at Way* cross, the 6th and 7th; at Barnesviile, the 9ib and 10th; at Covington, the 13th and 14- at Dalton, tho 16th and 17th, and at Sandersviiie, the 22nd and 23d. Th Commissioners will, of course, choose such places to attend as may be most convenient of access I give it as my opinion that the Boards have the right to allow the Commisioners their per diem for the two or three days of their attendance, as greater efficiency in the work of these officers would there by be secured, and I hereby advise the Boards to take this action. The rates of board will be as follows; at Albany, for white teachers, from sls 00 to S2O 00 per month; for col ored, $2.00 to $2,50 per week: at Way cross, for white teachers, from $3.00 to $6 00 per week; for colored, $lO 00 to sl2 00 per month: at Sandersviiie, white, sl2 50 to SIS.OO per month: colored, from $6.00 to SB.OO per month: at Barnesviile, white, in private fami lies, from $12.50 to $15.00 per month; at the hotel, $20.00 per month; color ed, SB.OO per month: at Dalton, for white, io private families, sl2 00 to sls 00 per month; for colore 1, $8 00 to $12.00 per month: at Covington, for white, from $12.50 to $14.00 for the four weeks; for colored, from $6.00 to $lO 00. I have made application to the Gen- Passenger Agents, as l believe, of all the railroads in Georgia for a reduction of rates. Many of them have made very liberal responses. I giro below the sates in all cases where a reduction has been granted: The Savannah, Florida & Western Railroad will return persons who attend the Institutes free on presenting a cer tifi'-ate from the State School Cotumis sioner that they have paid full fare go int; The Central Railroad will return teachers at one cent per mile on presen tatinn of a certificate from the Stale School Commissioner identifying them as teachers, and stating that they pass ed over the Central line going, paid full fare, and wore in attendance at the meeting mentioned. The following are the points from which teachers may obtain tickets at the above named rates; From Alban) or Savannah, when the meeting is at Albany or W aycross; from No. ]3, when the meeting is at Sandersville; from Barnesviile; from Atlanta when the meeting is at Dalton; from Atlanta, or Augusta when the meeting is at Covington. The certificate will be good after three days after the closing of the Institutes. The Gerrgia Railroad, on application to the office of tho General Passenger Agent, in Augusta, ‘ will furnish cer tificates for delegates to the Conven tions, which will be signed by the Sec retaries of Conventions and delagates holding the same, and presented to ticket agent, who will sell them return tickets at one cent per mile, lull, regu lar fare to be paid going.” The E ast Tennessee, Virginia k Gcoagia Railroad grant “a rata of four cents per mile, round trip, for teachers or for persons attending these Institutes for the purpose of intending to be teachers.” The Western k Atlantic Railroad will return members attending the In stitute at Dalton free. The words of tho agent arc, ‘‘Delegates attending the Convention of the Teachers’ Institute, which convenes at Dalton, Qa., on the first day of August, will be pass free on their return upon presentation to the conductor of a certificate signed by the presiding officer of the Convention, showing that the holder was a delegate and had been in attendance on said Con vention. This arrangement does not apply to ministers of the Gospel holding authority from this Company to travel at half fare. Certificates for return passage will be recognized if presented on or before Ist September.” The Rome Railroad will return free parsons attending the Institute on cer tificates from the State School Commts sioner as to their attendance. The Marietta & North Georgia Rail road will return persons who attend the Institute free on the State School Com niisfioncr’s certificate of attendance. Persons wishing further information in referenae to the Institute at Dalton will address "Executive Committee of Teachers' Institute.” at that place I would respectfully request every editor to whom this circular is sent ei ther to copy it, or to write and publish a notice of its contents. We are indebted for the money which enables us to hold those Institutes to Dr. J. L. M. Curry, the General Agent of tho Peabody Fund. GUSTAVOS J. 01111, State School Commissioner. SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY. The discovery recently reported from tho coal mines of Bully Grenav, France, soems to boa most important one in its relation to the antiquity of man. In pier cing anew gallery a cavern was broken open, which disclosed tho fossil remains of five human beings fairly preserved, together with fragments of arms, utensils of pe trified wood and of stone, and re mains of mammals and fishes. A second subterranean chamber con tained tho remains of eleven hu man bodies, several animals, and a large number of various objocts, with some precious stones. The human bodies wore of large a man from tho Grst chamber meas uring about seven feet, and a wo maD six and one-balf feet. Draw ings representing men fighting gi gantic animals adorned the walls of the cave. A third chamber found was believed to bo empty, but was not explored. If the find proves to be what it at first appears, it is a remarkable relic of prehistoric people. Tho French Academy’s prizes for 1883. number seventeen, and amount to a total of more than fit). OOn franc?, tho largest being Devoted to tho Cause of Truth and Justice, ami Hie Interests of the People. GREENESBORO’, GA., FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1883. one of 25,C00 franca (85.000) for a satisiactory remedy against dip tfcoria. In a paper read bofero the Roy al Society of Canada, Mr. Robert Bell has attributed the fertility of the vast productive tract of tho Canadian northwest territories -tretching from tho Ited River vol ley to the Liard River—largely to the work of burrowing animals.— The mole and ground squirrel are singularly active in tho autumn, and in burrowing bury immense quantities of grass end other veg etable matter, which are thus con fined in the eil oand have gradual ly produced a rich mould. A committee of Vienna physi cians found in Moravia thirty seven per cent, of rats examined trichinous; in Vienna and its im mediate neighborhood, ten per cent ; and in Lower Austria, about four per cent A late writer in sists that it is a well established fact that swine owe thair infection with trichina; entirely tq the eatiDg of the flesh and excrement of rats At the three stations in north ern Europe from which special at tention was given last rinter to studies of the aurora borealis ef forts wero made to photograph the phenomenon, but no impression on the sensitive plates could be secur ed. “As quii>k as lightrontiifs, liow phrase well chosen to illustrate an inconceivable rapidity, but of those who usq the expression, probably very few appreciate its full mean ing, for Sir Charles Wheatstone has shown that a flash of lightning lasts less than a millionth part of a second. This ia vastly more rapid than our perception of the flash, as at least one tenth of a second must elapse according to Prof. Swann —before our sluggish sight can tako in tho full effect of the light, On account of the slowues3 of our perception we never see the light it its real in ensity. Prof. Tail has suggested that the full brillian cy must be in some degree com parable with the sun. as Whoat stone’s and Swann’s data prove that the apparent brightness of the landscape as lit up by a lightning flash is less than one hundred thousandth part of what it would be wero the lightning permanent. The apparent brightness, it should bo mentioned, was shown by Swan to diminish in about the ratio borne by the length of time the flash lasts to the time required for us to per ceive it. In North America, the Missis tippi River drains a land area ol about 1,317,0(10 square miles; the Mackenzie, 442,000; and the St. Lawrence, 298,000, In South Amrrica, the Amazon drains 2,- 264,600 square miles, and tho La Plata, 886,000. In Eurapo, the drainage area of tho Volga is 397,- 000 squaao miles; of the Danube, 234,000; of the Rhine, 65,000; and of the Elbe. 42,000. In Asia, the Obi draws its water from 925, m 000 square miles; tbe Yenesei, 755,0G0; tho Lena, 594,000; tho Aaar, 553.000; the Yang-tze kiang, 548,000; tbo Iloag ho, 537,000; tho Ganges. 432,000; and tho Indus, 312,000. In Afri ca, the Nile receives its water supply from 520,000 square miles of territory, r lbo volume of wa ter the rivers carry to tho sea is very far from being proportionate to their respective drainage areas. The discharge of the Amazon ex ceeds that of ihe eight principal rivers of Asia together, and is five times that of the Mississippi, In Lis experiments at Skcny voro, off (he west coast of Scot land, Stevenson found the average force ef the waves for tfc • five sum mer months to be £ll pounds per square foot, and for th3 ix winter months 2,086 pounds.’ lie men tions that the Bell II "k Light house, 112 feet high, is-ometiines buried in spray from ground-swells when r.o wind is blowing, and that on Nov. 20, 1827, the spray was thrown to 3 height of 117 Let— equivalent to a wave pressure,, of nearly three tons per square foot; while during a galo in March, 1845, his dynamoraoter registered a pressure of 6,083 pounds per square foot. He has also record ed that a rock of 42 ton.’ on one of tho Hebrides was gradually mov ed five feet in a storm Hagen has reported the moving by waves of a block of concrete weighing probably 12 5 tons. \ Terrible Tornado— ever Six States, Omaha, Neb., July 14. —dis patches from Louisville, Cass county, report that the se vere hail storrn aver experrericqd in that locality occurred yesterday forenoon. The ground was white with hail. Small grain wag tered, corn stripped and much of the glass in tewn shattered. Bismarck, Dak., July LL— AH day yesterday the barometer con tinued to fall until about 6 o’clock, when the heaviest wind s’-rm ever known iri this region A’J'gatf'and lasted about an hour and a half.— The wind at one time reached a velocity of sixty miles an hour. Lumber pile3 were blown down A few houses in the course of erec tion were demolished. A wind storm prevailed, folio?-ed by a shower, which swelled into a rain at a point within twelve miles of Bismarck, and tending eastward. A dispatch from Dickinson say 6 one or two fronts were blown down by the storm, and that the shop? being built at that point by tho Northern Pacifio Railroad are damaged slightly. The prediction is made at tho United States signal office that the storm will be very severe in tho East. Larned, Kansas. July 14.—Par ticulars of a tornado on the Faw~ nee river are arriving. Bows and Butler’s mills were blown away and Fitzgerald's sheep sheds are gono. Large etones killed voung calves and lambs Corn is so injured that it will not hide a jack rabbit. The hill northwest of Brown groves looks as black os if it bad been burned. Large hail stones cut the grass as if it was plowed, and n heavy rain following washod it away. The damage is unknown. Reading, Pa., July 14.—Last night’s storm was the heaviest known for years in this section.— Fences were levelled, trees uproot ed and stripped of their fruit and many fields washed out In the lower part of the county tho storm was accompanied by hail. St. Louis. July 14.—A restora tion of the telegraphic communica tion which was badly broken last night, reveals the fact that the storm, part cf which swept over this city, was general in its char actor, and traversed the valleys r.ot only of Missouri, but covered va jrious sections of Kansas, lowa and ' Illinois The velocity of tbe wind !in this city was fifty miles per hour, and came apparently from all directions, but mainly from the north and northwest. No serious individual losses were sustained, hiit a great number of minor ones vere disci sed in the way of dam ,ge to roofs, gable ends of houses, chimneys, shutters, signs, fences, trees, shrubbery, etc , tho whole of which will aggregato many thou* sands of dollars. Some slight in:* jurios to persons are reported, but nobody was seriously hurt. An ibsilatv Milled, For Resisting Arrest Two Officers Kill a Negro Housebreaker. Saturday night, about i(j o’clock, while Mr. Win. McGinty, brother to Mr. M. B McGinty, who lives on the the old Kittle place, was in Athens, four negroes came to his house, end dew uiatided admittance. Mrs McGinty locked the door and refused to let them ia. The negroes then attempted to force an entrance with an axe, but became frightened before they succeeded in breaking down the door and Rod Their intention was doubtless robbery, and os some of the men are notorious out laws they would not have hesitated at a greater critrhe. But the negroes were recognized before they left, and the next day Mr, McGinty swore out war rants against them. Tho Papers were rtlneed in the hands of J. T. William son, bailiff, who summoned Mr McGin ty and'Mr Fred Hardy to assist him. The party first went to tho Shod Lester place and arrested, without resistance, John Lester and another uegro. They nest went to the place of Mr. George ■Williamson, upon which lived Gphrgo Freeman, the Ladci of the frooicf-bc huvg'ajs. He lived in Jackson coon Ty, oh the line 4>fi Clackw, about aix miles frctii OiL city. Freeman is nno tqmus character. Jh csdne here from Greece.-county about a year age, and has been 1 engaged in numerous crimes, lie is a desperate fellow, and publicly 1 Gated that Hi <£ mVolk o D ,u should ■ an-; vi iiiui. YV A. I ... i ;.. ’ I | his house Messrs. WiiluoTfcon and Me |Ginty walked in, the former armed with a derringer pistol and the latter with a shot gun. Freeman was asked to sur render, wlicd he refused in insulting language to submit, and stepping to his bed secured a pistol arid pointed it at Mr. Williamson. That officer, see ing that his life was in danger, firc-d upon the man, at the same time order ing Mr McGinty to do so. Mr. Will iamson's pistol went off first, quickly followed by the repjrt of McGinty’s shot gun. The negro fell and died in stantly, being shot through tho left side just below the nipple. It is said that the pistol did the deadly work A coroner’s jury was yesterday summon ed to view the body, but we did not hear the verdict. It will doubtless ex onerate the officers from all blame, as they acted solely in self-defence.— Athens Banner Watchman. ICoiiinson Crusoe's Bslsiinl. Tlio Island of Juan' Fernandez, which Ds Foe has made immortal as the scene of the adventures of Robin son Crusoe, was gyinetime since leased by the Chilian Governuiont, to which i' belongs, to a tnan named Van Rodt, tho son of a Protestant clergyman of iJeaue, Switzerland the career of Von Rodt has been, almost as adventurous as that ol Crusoe himself, and in that respect he is worthy to he the successor of Do Foe's hero. At the age of twen ty-one Von llodt entered the Austtain service as 1 icutcuant of Cuirassters. and fought valiantly during the cam paign of 185(3 receiving at Nachod a wound so severe that he was obligsd to rjuit the service. After the termina tion of the war he wen to live at Paris on a small pension allowed him by the Austrian Government. When the Fran co-Prussian war broks out, bo en listed in a French regiment of the line, and distinguished himself for his bras very at Champigny. 1871 he emigrated to Chili and engaged in trade with so much success that he was able to lease the Island of Juan Fernandci lie purchai-od a steamer and transported thither a small colony of agriculturists, lie raised on the island cattle and veg etables, which he sells to the whalers who revictua! there. He governs his subjects after the fashion of Crusoe, distributing to them rations in person, and keeping a patriarchal eye ou their morals and education. 11 is affairs prosper marvelously, and he has already ! succeeded io putting in cultivation! more than half of the island.—Faton.-j ton Chronicle. tarp Railroad Cupany, Office General Manager, Augusta, G*„ APRIL 28tli, 1888. Commencing Sunday APRIL 29 t 1.,, 1888, Passenger Trains will rim as folk". * FAST LINE No. ItT, Wost Bjsiir. No. 2S, Lt.sllfaily. Leave Augusta, . . 7:10 a. m. Leave Atlanta, . . 2:SO p. tt. Arrive Athens, . . 12:80 a. m. Arrive at Athens . . 7:26 p. n. Leave Grecnesboro* . . 10:16 n. ta. Arrive at Oreenesboro’ . 6:2G p. n Arrive at Atlanta. . . 1:00 p. m. Arrive at Augusta . . 8:10 p. a. ,\o. E, West- BJaliy; No.'S.iliost-bttff j. Leave Augusta logit) n. m. Leave Atlanta 8:25 a. m Leave Macon 7.05 a. m. Leave Oreenesboro’ 12:09 pic Leave Milledgevilla 9:1(1 a. in. Arrive Athens 5:06 p m Leave C'nraak 12:29 a in. Arrive Washington 2:56 pm Leave Washington 11:20 a. in. Arrive Cnmak 1:57 pnr Leave Athens -05 a. in. Arrive Milledgevill* 1:19 ptt Arrive ni. Greener,bovo’ 2; 15 p. m. Arrive Macon 6:46 ptt Arrive at At lad a C: 50 p. m Arrive August a 8.55 p tt \o. :5, Wesl-Maih Xo. S, llitisl-Dfilij. Leave Augusta 900 p m Leave Atlanta 8:50 p m Leave Maeon, 7:10 pm Arrive Grecnesboro' 1:16 am Leave Milledgeville IbU p-m Leave “ 1:47 a tg Leave Oreenesboro’ 1:18 p m Leave Union Point, 2:18 a jr: Arrive Atlanta 0:10am Leave Thomson, 1;23 a u Arrive Attgusla 6:20 a d g!gf*Puperb Sleepers io Aug.' aau Atlanta, Train No. 2T will stop t and receive passengers Vo an.] iVom the following 2>nk lions, only,—Belair, Berzolia, Harlem, ileatir.g, Thomson, Cnmak, Cratyfordvillt, Union Point, Oreenesboro', Madison, ltalledge, Social Circle, Covington, Stone Mountain and DecntuV. •. Train No. 5|J4 will stop at, .and receive passengers to and from Ilia following Stations, only—Berzelia, Harlem, Bearing, 'Thomson. Cimak, Crawfordville, Union Point, Oreenesboro’, Madison, i’.iitleiL o, Social Circle, Covington, Conyers, Stens Mountain and Decatur. The Fast Line lias Through Leper: from Atlanta to Charleston, and connects fot all points West and North vest,, .ast and Southeast. ' 7z\. General Passenger Agent. J. W. Green, Gon si Mnnr.ger. ' Central Hotel* Mrs VS M THOMAS, • s . J PROPBIETEBSS. Centrally located near Confederate Monument, Broad Street ADJUST A, Comfortable Rooms. Excellent Fare. Courteous Clerks and attentive Sorvan i. CITY Bill STORE. oo J ALWAVS keep a Laige and varicdaksortinent of Clteiuh silly lnre 'Wjpst DRtJAIS sunl new goods % I If cdiehNS Arriving every week. PAINTS, 01LS, VAIJSISIIKS. COLO Its, BRUSHES, etc. All Sizes Win now glass.. LAMP GOODS, CHIMNEYS, etc. Buist’s Garden Seeds. ONION SETS, POTATOES, etc., Crop of 1882, warranted fresh and Genuine. lOreillK paper.! sold at S eeilll strictly. The best Seed for this climate. Fiaie Cigars & Chewing Tobacef* Toilet Soaps, Perfumery; Pomades, Tooth-brushes, and. Druggist’s sundries. Physicians’ prescriptions careful compounded and dispensed. John A. Griffin. Oreenesboro’, Or., January 29,1883. R. 13. STROZER, WATCH-MAKER and J2WEZEB !IEF\KSRItO’ " fcEORGI.Ii 1 can make any sort of repairs uj cn Watches or any kind of Jewelry. If your watch is out of order, or does not keep good time; or if your jewelry is broken; bring them to me; and 1 guarantee the work will be done promptly and satisfactorily. I willbefonnD at, the IIERALD office. spr. 27-83 £& "8 D utfit furnished free, with fall | a Hinstructions for conducting the I II most profitable business that V * sKTany one can cngigi: in. The business is so easy to learn, and our in struetions are BO simple and plain, that any one can make great profits from the very start. Nu one can fail who is willing to work. Women are as successful as men. Boys and girls can earn large sums. Many have made at the business over one hun dred dollars in a single week. Nothing like it ever known before. All who engage are surprised at the case and rapidity with which they are able to m ike money. You can engage In this business during your spare time et great profit. You do not have to invest capital in it. We take nil the risk. Those who need ready money, should write to us at once All furnished free. Address TBUE & Cos., Augusta, Maine, np.7,’81 f Pi. T. LEWIS, ( EDITOR. Universal (tia* no is (he best. For sale by W. M. WEAVER. FOITTZ 5 3 HORSE AND CATTLE POWDL . J .s’Yiv f \ V: \ , - v -'b'lZ.fc c rout?'" 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