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Business Oar<t
1 A RUSSBI.L c B BDSBELL
RUSSELL & RUSSELL,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
COLTTMBUS, GEORGIA
Will practice in all the State Courts
nor- t. 3-i- jrenisiiCLS.
HAMILTON, GA.
TIIOS. S. MITCHELL, M. D.,
Re&idcßl Physician and Surgeon,
HAMILTON* GEORGIA
Special attention to Operative Sur
gery and treatment rjf Ctironic Disease*.
Terms Cash. I I
W. IP. TIGhTSTiEIfI.,
DENTIST,
COLUMBUS, - GEORGIA
Office over Chapman’s drug store, Ran
dolph St, near city tertnintis of &S.R. R-
Respccfully offers liisjerylcc* to the peo
ple of Hiiiris county. ju2oly
~CHA TTAHO O CHEE HO USE,
By J, T ? HIGGJNBOTHEM,
WEST POINT, GA
HENRY c; CAMERON,
Attorney at Law,
HAMILTON , GA
OR. I. W. CAMERON,
HAMILTON, GA.
Special attention to Midwifery. Charges
•aederate.
Hines Dozier,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Hamilton, geoHgia
Will practice 16 the Chattahoochee Circuit,
or anywhere else. All kinds of collections
rusßiD—either way.
W- -9. FOCJDE,
Dentist,
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA
Office in the building of the Georgia Home
Insurance CUarp'atiy. V*'- fo*>2S-ly
- - w J_ & —•——-
Rankin house
COLUMfitfS, GA.
J. W. RYAN, Prop’r.
Eeahk Golden, Clerk.
RUBY RESTAURANT,
Bar and Billiard Saloon,
UNDER THE RANKIN HOUSE.
janlO J. W. RYAN, Pnor’R.
TBE HAMILTON WEEKLY VISITOR,
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GRAND LOTTERY OF REAL ESTATE !
—■ x>iiiii .—_ t> ■' :’j,
Tlie Georgia
Real Estate and Immigration Company
. orrsa the pußbto.ißn poMmnra sohemb :
$126,000 OF REAL ESTATE IN IEORGIA!
040 Primes t
j Whom: tickets only soldi
CAPITAL PRIZE - - $25,0001
Tickets Ten Dollars Each!
Legalized by Shite authority, and drawn
In public in Augusta, Ga. Class A to be
drawn on the 22d of Apiil, 1874. 640 prizes,
amounting in the aggregate to $126,000.
First and Capital Prize—An Improved Lot
in the city of Atlanta, situated at the corner
of Lloyd and Wall streets, within 66 feet of
the Union Passenger Depot, 26 feet front,
p.nd running back 110 feet to 20 feet alley; a
new and elegantly constructed four-story
building thereon; basement, Store-rooms and
sleeping apartments, Can be rented for S3OOO
per annum ; valued it,.,.,,,,,,..., $25,000
Second Prize—A City Lot on west side of
Springstreet, between Cain and Hants streets,
in Atlanta, fronting 100 feet, and running
back 200 feet to an alley, wheron is anew
aud e'egautly built Dwelling, containing 11
commodious rooms, besides bath-rooms, store
rooms, etc., with water-works attached, hot
and cold water pipes, and all necessary out
buildings—one of the most desirable resi
dences In the South—valued at $20,0(10
Third Prize—A Farm in the far-famed Ce
dar Valley, Polk county, Ga.. 2 1-2 miles
fiom Cedartown, containipg 350 acres—half
cleared, balance well timbered—abundant
running water, comfortable buildings, etc.,
valued at...... ,-,i. £ sl2 fty)
Fourth Prize—A Farm in Nacoochee Val
ley, White county, Ga., of 260 acres, well
improved and in a high state of cultivation,
good dwelling, new ahd necessary outhouses,
adjoining the new and magnificent posses
sions of Capt. J H Nichols, valued at SIO,OOO
Fifth Prize—A Farm of 800 acres, situate
twenty miles west of Maoon. in Crawford
cwUnty, Ga., tn the fork of Big and Little
Ecliacottna creeks—half cleared and in a good
stale of cultivation, balance heavily timbered
with oak, hickory and beach—good dwelling,
outhouses, etc., capital gin and cotton press,
valued at. SB,OOO
Sixth Prize—A Tract of Land'of 25 acres,
situate in Richmond county, Ga , one-half
mile from the corporate limits of Augusta,
Ga.. with all tlie improvements thereon, con
sisting of an elegant frame dwelling, with all
the necessary out-buildfngs, hr good order,
etc., valued at, SB,OOO
Seventh Prize—A recently improved City
Lot in Marietta, Ga , containing about two
acres, with a ten-room dwelling thereon in
good repair, kitchen, servants’ house, dairy,;
stables, etc., witliin 200 yards of the railroad
depot, valudd at $7,500
One Prize pf $7,000
One Prize of 4,• r >oo
One Prize of 1,300
Thjee Prizes, each, 4.. 1,100
'! wo Prizes, each !)00
One Prize of 750
Six Prizes, twh.. 500
Six Priz. s, each,.,,, 475
S x Priz s, each, 400
Six Prizes, each 800
Six hundred Approximatii n Prizes G,OOO
040 Prizes, amoimting ill the aggiegiite
to, $126,000
MODE OF DRAWING.
There will he upon the static two glatw
wheels, the contents of which can be seen hy
all the sp- ctators. A committee of two citi
zens, in no way connected with the manage
rs lU, and of undoubted integrity, having
first counted and examined, will place in the
larger wheel 12 000 tickets, exactly alike,
and having printed numbers from 1 to 12,000,
corresponding to all the tickets sold. A sim
ilar committee, having first counted and ex
amined, will place in tubes precisely alike
the prizes, which are placed in the smaller
wheel. Both wheels will then lie turned un
;tU their contents are thoroughly mixed. A
boy under fifteen years, blindfolded, will then
draw from the larger wheel one of the 12,600
tickets, and holding it up in full view of the
spectators and auditors, its number will be
called by the crier appointed for tills purpose,
so that all present may hear. Ihe numlier
will then be passed to the committee of citi
zens, who will say whether the number has
been lightly called. It will then be passed
to a register, who Will file it, and record it
upon a book prepared for that purpose. A
hoy Of similar age Will then draw from the
smaller wheel one of the tubes containing a
prize, which will be opened and held up lo
the view of the spectators and auditors, The
value of. the real estate prize will then be
cried and passed to the committee, who, after
inspection, will give it to another register to
flle and record. The prize thus drawn will
belong to the ticket hearing the number
drawn immediately before it. Thus this pro
cess will continue, draw'ng first from the
large wheel containing the tickets, and then
Atom the small or prize wheel, until all the
tubes containing the prizes are drawn. An
accurate record of the above will be kept on
file, certified to by the committee of disinter
ested citizens officiating.
The prizes below three hundred dollars in
value are approximations, and will be deter
mined and paid as follows: The numbers of
all the tickets sold being considered in a cir
e'e, numerically formed, and having the
highest number, 12,600, and the lowest, 1,
brought together, then whatever number in
this circle may be by lot determined to be
entitled to the capital prize of $26,000, will
be taken as a centre, on each side of which
the next three hundred numbers in numeri
cal order will be counted for the ten dollar
prizes, thus making on the two sides of the
capital the six hundred nearest numbers,
each of which will be entitled to a real estate
prize of ten dollars. All the tickets drawing
larger prizes will be excluded, and the circle
extended to include six hundred on both sides
of the capital—being three hundred on each
side—it being the purpose of the management
not to duplicate prizes.
Money— All money received from tales of
tickets will is, deposited in bant immediately
on receipt of remittances,
Thaxsfkr or Titles— Withhi ten days after
the drawing, parties putting real estate upon
the market under this scheme are required
to make good, vaSd and unencumbered titles
thereto to the Georgia Real Estate and Im
migration Company —said Company obligat
ing themselves to transfer such title tn fee
simple to the party or parties who may draw
such prizes of real estate.
Tickets can he had on application, person
ally or by letter, to authorized agents, the
managers, or JAS. GARDNER,
Pres’t Oa. H. E. said I. <J* ,
-Atlanta or Augusta, Ga.
Corporators—Hon. VTillism Bcblcy, Savan
nah, Ga.; Robert Schley, Esq.,.Augusta, Ga. ;
Col. James Gardner, Augusta, Ga.
Managers—A. M. Wallace, Atlanta; H. L.
Wilson,-Atlanta ; J. D. Waddell, Atlanta.
Parties desii ing to dispose of their real es
tate through the Georgia Ileal Estate and
Immigration Company in their next Grand
Lottery, to he drawn on July 1, 1874, can do
so by addrea-ing JAS. GARDNER,
Pres’t Ga. R. E. snd I. Cos.,
Atlanta or Augusta, Ga. *
W. A Livingston, Agent, Hamilton, Ga.
Agents wanted in every county. feblStd
HAMILTON, HARRIS GO., GA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20,1874.
J. W. STOREY,
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f \ .*3 * * ft
Comniissioa Merchant,
Southeast corner Public Sqw&r&,
HAMILTON, GA.,
Keeps constantly on hand a full stock of Gro
ceries, KL pie Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes, at
Panic Prices, Seed Oats, Com, Flour, Bacon,
Bulk Meat, Lard, Virginia shit, IbbaCctt, Ci
gars, Snuff, etc.
Will keep constantly on hand during the
cool season Fre-h Bones and Ribs,
. Cotton taken at Columbus prices when
there is trade in it.
OtTANOB.
1 am prepared to, furnish standard Guanos
in larae quantities at as low figures as they
can be had in ant market.
Farmers desiring to use Gnano will please
call at my store, or leave tbelr orders, that I
may form an idea us to the quantity needed.
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PROVISIONS-
Special to my Customers.
I will he i repared to furnish Provisions on
time to responsible Planters.
Running the Provision business with my
Guano trade, it will obviate the necessity of
Farmers bouding their crops *0 different p.,r
ti> s. J. W. STOREY,
jnn2-2m Hamilton, Ga.
umm hale seiisaky,
HAMILTON, GA.
The exercises of this school will be resumed
on Monday, January 20, 1874,
Parents ot guardians having boys to edu
cate may feel safe in sonding them to this
school.
Hamilton is centrally heated between
West Point, La Grange, Talhotton and Co
lumbus, and accessible by railroad from the
latter place. Perhaps no locality can extel it
for its good healta, fine society and excellent
church facilities.
Board can lie obtained in the best of fami
lies at flora $12,50 to* $15.00 per month.
The course of Instruction will lie thorough
and practical; the government mild but thm.
The I'ollcwing arc the rates of luitioD, pay
able at the end of each session :
Spelling, Reading, Writing, Primary
Geography, Primary Arithmetic,
etc, pei month..s2.oo
Reading, Writing, Geography, Arithme
tic, Hife'ory, English Grammar,
E"gli-h Composition, etc., per
month., 3.00
University Arithmetic, Algeb l . , G-ome
try, Latin, etc., per month 4.00
The Higher Mathematics, Larin, Greek,
Nature! and Moral Science, etc., per
month. 5.00
Compositions end Declamations requh" •
throughout the course.
First Term continues six months; second,
fo"r months.
There will be a Public Examination at the
close of the first term.
S. T. FULLER, Principal.
RsnouHcm : H C Kimbrough. A T Brooks,
F Barnes, J M Mobley, Wi lis Jones, W W
Bruce. J T Johnson. President Board of
Trustees. jan2
CARRIAGES AND HARNESS
on hand, and any style furnished to order.
The Old Carriage Souse is permanco ly
opened in Columbus, on Oglethorpe etreet, a
few doors north of the Post-office. '
oct24-3m THOS. E. HICKS, Agent.
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DEBTORS & CREDITORS 1 NOTICE.
All persons indebted to the estate -of Lov
ick Graddick, deceased, are hereby notified to
make payment; and those having claims
against said eßlate are requested to present
them within the time prescribed by law.
fcb2-6t W. L HUDSON, Adm’r.
MEDICAL NOTICE.
♦
All parties indebted to me for medical
services will please call and settle immediate
ly. Notes and accounts on hsnd and un
paid on the Ist day of February next, will
be sued indiscriminately. If you would save
cost and your feelings, come snd make Im
mediate arrangements, for I mean business.
I am willing to work for those only who
pay me once a year.
TIBIIS CASH—pn BNKDEBIKO MY SBBVICW.
T. 8. MITCHELL, M. D.
Hamilton, Ga.. Jan. 9,1874 —1 m
DEATH-BED OF GEN. LEE.
A magnificent 14x18 inch Engraving. The
family and friends are grouped sorrowfully
around the old hero’s death-bed. The scene
is so touchingly beautiful, the sentiment of
the picture is so sweet, and the characters so
so lifelike, that everybody admires it. It is
truly a gem of art—one which should hang
in every Southern home. Sent by mail, post
paid, on receipt of 20c, or 3 for 60c. Address
W. M. Rubbow, 200 Main t, Bristol, Tenn.
pS~ Agents wanted for this and a Variety
of other fine engravings. From $3 to $lO •
day can easily Ire made. febl3-4t
Tub Magic Comb —Sent by n an to any one
for $1 Will (ir-rngc soy coL.red bal. to s
permanent btoek or nrown nnJ cornains no
poison. Trade supplied at low rates. Ad
dress, Magic Comb Cos., Springfield, Mass.
MY FIRST PATIENT.
-l am sitting it) my consulting-room
ia & dingy house in & dingy street.
Tlie neighborhood is fashionable, be
ing in the immediate vicinity of a
mews, and having a strong odor, of
straw and stable about it. My bon*
suiting-room is so called, Incus a won
litcendo , because no one baa yet
thought fit to consult me in it—that
is, no one to speak of, because an el
derly female did once plunge into niv
apartment with hdr little boy, who
bad overeaten himself, .alleging that
the unhappy cup " had, overbalanced
hts heart, pioor dearij? a diagnosis
which did not seem fah&Ka#, and for
a time perplexed me. ,
I am a suigeon, and have been two
years a qualified practitioner. But
as yet, save the elderly lady referred
to, 1 have had no patient. Yet my
door-lamp is the brightest, and burns
the bluest of any in the neighbor
hood. My brass plate is the largest
and the brassiest. I have been called
out of church on an average four
times eve? y Sunday; the police regu
larly hammer at my door, in a man
ner to disturb the whole street, in the
smaller hours of the night; paragraphs
in the Piccadilly Peeper, the looal or
gan of the district, have set forth
the imaginary accidents that I have
attended with my usual “ promptitude
and kindness of heart;” but it has
been all to no purpose. lam ready
to bleed for my country, but. my
country will not be bled. My prac
tice in anatomy is still confined to
the dissection of my dally mutton
chop; and in despair I had given to
all my servants, including my boy in
buttons, till they struek for board
wages, with an increase contingent
on the consumption of draughts and
powders; and I had serious thoughts
of taking some of my own med’eine
myself. My last card faded. A case
of medals and a prize cup, with an
inscription, “For Proficiency in Path
ology,” placed within foil view of the
open wiudow, only tempted thieves
and not patients; and a policeman
called to suggest that I was not to be
so lavish of my plat*. Poor fellow!
he little knew a'l were dummies. I
had written paragraphs in the Lancet
on “Hydroceplieltis” and “Asphyxia,”
and had even serious thoughts of
writing a book, and was one evening
silting s >litary in my room, musing
on the ’oitterness of sublunary tilings,
especially of aloes and other drastics,
when a rap came at the door, A
dan, by Jove!—ft tax-gatherer, the
true Proponitic which never ebbs, I
thought I listened ; a lady’s voice I
The rascal Jack had opened the front
door ct once, as if he knew it was a
dun, and a moment after appeared,
gTuning: “A patient, s : r.” “A
what?” I said, ha'f beside myself.
“ A lady, sir I—silk dress! ”
I thrust the novel I bed been read
ing—“ The Three Spasms”—under
the sofa, straightened my be? 1 ’, opened
my lancet-case, and, alter waiting the
customary professional time Which
tradition has established—to convince
a patient of the pressure of one’s en
gagements—my ‘first patient was
ushered in. She was closely veiled,
petite rather than tall, young, grace
ful, ladylike—l was prepared to take
an affidavit on all those points before
the President of the College of Sur
geons, if need had been—and I saw
at once, to my sorrow, that, in the
exigencies of my profession, a pow
der or a|tdine mixture, a pill night
and morning, with a draught at bed
tqpie, was the almost I could ho,pe.
When seated, a voice, swW and
melodious—-I have ShakespeWe’s no
tion about musical voices—said,
“You will perhaps be surprised at
my calling on you alone f ”
I was, indeed; but gracefully con.
veying that a multitude of beautiful
patients in wailing was the normal
routine of my daily experience, the
fair patient continued:
“1 have called on you on a matter
of the most imminent importance.”
I breathed again.
“ I have the happiness and good
fortune to be married to one of the
best husbands in the. world. He is
seriously ill—l fear dungerously; the
medical man we have engaged Is un
remitting in bis attentions, bnt he
seems os much os ourselves in the
da.k as to the nature of the complaint,
rnd, indeed, seems so far overwhelm
ed with the character and severity of
the malady as to be nnablcd to Cope
with it. I have consulted my own
feais rather than bis wishes, and have
come to you, thinking additional ad*
vice would be an advantage. lam a
stranger in London—a stranger, with
out any friends save my husband’s
family \ and I had the grievous mis
fortune to he married without the
consent of his relatives, who are bit
terly arrayed against me { and I am
sure fronl bo occasion of mine.” This
was said with an air of the most ten
der and pathetic simplicity; and, as
if (o convince me of the fact—she had
been hiiherlo sitting closely veiled—
she, with the most natural and grace
ful action in the world, lifted her veil.
1 am not superstitous nor imagina
tive y but I was startled. I had, as I
have already said, been reading The
Three Spasms,” and here was the
heroine of the book. Hero was a
lady quite as beautiful, quite asp-fife,
quite as young, with the same identi
cal “feathery ” flaxen curls, the same
me'? mg blue eyes, the same tiny
mouth, the same quiet and subdued
manner and sweet voice. I involun
tarily drew back; here was clearly a
m iminal, a poisoner, a bigamist—all
great criminals are preuy in modern
novels. I felt agitated ; and my feavs
were not cc'med, when in the most
natural tone in the world, she Bug*
gested that I should accompany her
in her carnage, which was wa'ting,
to her house.
1 ventured to ask the symptoms of
•my future patient. The lady ex*
plained—“ tongue parched, eyes red,
partial paralysis of the extremities,
excessive nervous irritability."
I saw at a glance—ehrorio arse
nical poisoning of the worst. I sug
gested, “ the irritability accompanied
by prestation, with impaired respira
tion.” And, as I expected, the an
swers were affirmative. I saw at
once—poisoned by arsenic. I, said I
to myself, am called in to lull suspi
cions when It is too late. Yes, it is
too true. Here is another beautiful
demon—here is the same perfect
form, the same grace, the same ten
der, roseate color, the same shower
of radiant curls. She is very beauti
ful; and by all the experience set
forth in that mirror of life , the mod
ern novel, she is about to become
guilty of murder or arson at least.
The carriage stopped at a handsome
house in a handsome square in the
suburbs, t found the patient asleep.
My worst suspicions wero realized —
fever, exfoliation of the cuticle of the
tongue, the membrane of the eyes
red. I made my resolve at once—l
will expose the machinal ions of this
vile creature, unmask this villainy,
defeat the committal of this horrid
crime. But how ?
“Madam,” I said, with piompti*
lude, “ this is a serious case —a very
serious case. I must wa.ch your
husband—l will stay here to-night.”
Awed by my manner, and perhaps
alarmed by the evidence of my suspi
cions, slie consented. My resolve
was fixed—l would watch; and I
saw in imagination a tame celebre —a
trial at the Old Bailey, or fa West
minster Hail—my name and fame es
tablished torever. The thought was
perhaps selfish; but criminals must
be punished, aDd justice must have
its course.
I bad cad in a French book once
how a great criminal was detected in
the act of murdering his master by a
muTor —that the person watching
had seen the reflection of the assas
s'n stifling the cries of his victim with
a pillow. I determined to set my
trap by the same means.
I placed the min or in snch a way
as to command the head of the bed;
and having, with the consent of the
patient, who seemed passive in tho
bands of his fiendish wife—strange
fatuity—made the necessary disposi
tions for roy watch, I placed myself
in an arm chair. 1 sat for some time
musing on the terrible effects of the
poisoning liy small doses, adminis
tered by a cunning hand. I saw in
imagination the cruel and relentless
assassin stealthily encroaching, as a
serpent envelops its victim in its folds,
day by day, on the life and strength
of the sufferer obnoxious to its de
signs. I thought of the terrible suf
ferings—tho gradual prostration of
the victifn—the protracted agony—
the gloating cruelty of the poisoner,
as hour by hour she watched and
measured the fading strength of her
prey—and thinking thus, I suppose 1
fell as'eep.
I was awakened suddenly by the
door opening stealthily. Ah! it is
true —my worst suspicions were real*
ized; I Hid not move. A figui e clad
in a loose dress entered. The look
ing glass before me covered the bead
Of the bed; the figure fell within its
angle of incidence. I saw at once it
was the gtrilty Wffct She still ftofse-
lessly moved toward the head of the
bed. She addressed some remark to
her victim—he was awake. I then
saw her take fYom a table close by a
tumbler ahd a vase of antique form,
from which, still noiselessly, she
poured a draught. I saw it all in art
instant—the looking-glass revealed
every movement. She raised the gob
let. The unhappy husband raised
himself on his elbow. He was about
to drink.
“Stay, demon! ” I said, in a voice
of thunder, addressing the lady.
“Would you poison yonr husband !f
Stay! Drink not of the accursed
draught l It Is poison I ”
• The lady gave a shriek,'and the
glass fell on the floor.
I seized the vase containing the
fluid. I examined and tasted, It
was toast and icater !
I received my conge next morning
from a brother practitioner.
The patient was an M. P., engaged
—from his popular manners, a taste
for literature, and philanthropy—as
perdetual chairman to public dinners
in the whitebait season, particularly
those held at Greenwich.. He was
suffering from biliousness and indi
gestion, caused by his ministerial du
ties in this respect. His young wife,
with a perhaps pardonable anxiety,
had overrated the severity of his com
plaint, and I had been misled by Hov
els into believing that pretty women
are generally demons, i Am wfoer
now: but this was my first and last
patient.
' Moral.— Do not accept spasmodic
pictures in morbid fiction as the re
flection of nature. Don’t take what
yott see in a looking-glass to he a
fact, or more than partial evidence
of the truth and worth of anything;
and don’t take it for granted that
women are wicked because they are
pretty.
JEST A curious phenomenon is
now existing’ in Paris. Dr. Tenting
received recently the visit of a singu
lar client, being a young girl of eigh
teen, tyimed Marie Verdbn, llvibg
with heir mother in the rue Du Colora
bier, and afflicted with the infirmity
of nyotalope—that is to say, she loses
tiie faculty of sight in daylight and
recovers it in dajjjtneßS. Although
her eyes do not present any special
morbid character, she is forced to
keep her eyelids closed during the
day and to cover her head with a 1
thick veil. On the other hand, when
the shutters of a room are hermeti
cally fastened, she reads and writes
perfectly in the deepest darkness.
She feels no pain beyond a slight las
situde when tho solar light strikes
her visual organs. The cu ’e of affec
tions of this kind is said to be ex*
treme'y d’ffioult, as the cause can
hardly ever bo discovered.
S-toular Salvation.— Mr; Paran
O. Young, the present postmaster of
P-ov'ncetown, Mass., had his wind
pipe nearly severed by a rebel bullet
while he was Berving as a Union sol
dier during the war of the rebellion.
A silver tube several inches in length
was inserted, with nn orifice through
the side of it, so that lie could breathe
without using his mouth or nose, and
tills he has since continued to do.
Whenever he converses he closes the
orifice at the neck with his hand, and
is able to speak without much diffi
culty, though in a lower tone than
before the wound.
Emukyo Nkguo Stats. —The ne
groes livibg in the Choctaw nation
out West, who number some 1,600,
are moving for a territorial organiza
tion to themselves. A convention
will soon be held to consider the sub
ject. This will bfe the first practical
step towards founding black territo
rial governments, to be followed in
time by State organizations. Let
us see how the proposition will be re*
helved in Congress.
A Missouri newspaper moral
izes thus: “The custom of putting
powder in sticks of wood for your
neighbor to steal is an old and barba
rous one, and alien wo passed by a
house the other morning, and saw the
family shivering oVer a broken stove,
and heard the children crying fbr
breakfast, our heart was filled with
hitter reflections on man’s inhumanity
tt> man.’*
“How’ard it is to be a Chris*
tian soldier—and not get canght at
it,” is the way tho St. Louis Times
parts its jokes in the middler
BT Do not run in debt to the shoe
maker ; It is unpleasant to be unable
id say ydiir sol* is yorir own;
$1.50 A YEAR.
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% jtont artft Borisittli.
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What Is a Orange?
The Farmers’ Advocatfe Saysf
Thin is a question we have ofteti
artsweml{ both through the
of our paper j And privately. Wei
give below one of the nio.it concise
and perfect explanations of the grange
and its objects thas We have ever met,
and recommend it to thfe Study and
reflection of al! who feW ati interest
in this important movement i
It is an organization of fanners, jt
has for its object, improvements It
Mil Qod-gtven profession. It iiii&a trf
bring about these objects by associa
tion. It dnitfls those of the same call
i(ig iiito one great broiMriiood for
the protbetibii of all. It established
in every neighborhood a lectnre-roond
—Which is the giange itself—in WhicH
important ttlitns ere unfolded. It
disseminates valuable irfoi raatihd,
that all may be benefltted; It collects
as well as disseminates. It is an in
tellectual instiiqtion. It oalls for ex
ercise of the fflind; It brings mind
in contact with miiiu, alia yet; % the'
contact, other minds are ultittilHritbu
by the friction. It draws out Sift
talents. It makes active and tangible
what, has been before dormant and
unseen. It shows important of
cultivating brains as Well &8 floll; I i
demonstrates the fact that as rich'
harvests are developed by brain cal*
ture, that a great crop of weeds had
grown up and smothered ont the usci
ful plants by neglect bf bralti blilxure!
The grange is a social institution, Ii
makes a grand brother and sisterhood:
It unites by strong ties those wbd
lmvc before boon stranger*. It miked
bach feel an interest in all, and all in
bacll; It heals up the wounds of the
unfortunatb. It administers oomftfttS
to the sick, and alleviates the suffer
ings of the distressed. It is a hus
band to the widow) and a father ta
the orphan, it makes fevory heigh*
borhood one kind, a&eclionate family.
It is a financial institution. It sebks
to obtain for its members the highest
price for their produce. It looks td
the good of All. It learns how and
when the price can be obtainfccl; It
enth the Gordian knot which has
bound the farmer to thwtniddlo-man,
who has absorbed the chief profits of
his labor. It buys the necessaries of
life where they can be got cheapest
and best. It throws its protecting
arm over and around ail, and would
make them more independent
How Dkep to Plant Sbkds.—Thd
proper depth to plant seeds is a
tion of ranch importance, Md One
which, hke many bib or simitar ques
tions relating to plant growth, cannot
receive a definite answer that would
be of general or universal application!
In dry, sandy soils, situated in dry
climates, a deeper covering will bd
retjttlted than would be judicious
where both soil and climate indicate'
the reverse of these conditions. Seedd
vary ia their ability to penetrate depths
of soil in germinating; LegutmUbiJ*
seed, and some of the largest sefifl in
gramin®, can be (tinted deeper tnaif
those of a lighter character. It bag
been given as a general rule, that all
seeds germinate most speedily wlieri
covered with, a depth of soil eqnal to
theft own thickness, end where the
constant presence of sufficient temst-'
nre for germination cahbefhainta ned.
This rflle pftrbapff, as near correct
as any that can be givdd; v
To Coot' Poultry. —All kinds of
poultry and meat can be cooked
quicker by addins to the water tp:
which they rf) boiled a little vinegar#
or a piece of lemon. By the tfsft of
atl add there will be a considerable
easing o( % fuel| as well as shortening
of time. Its action is beneficial on‘
old, tough meats, rendering them ten
der and easy of digestion. Tainted!
meats and fowls will lose' their bad
taste and odor if cooled iff fbik way,
and if not used too freely, no taste of
it will be acquired.
To Rknovatk FnAtH*i Bwxi —
Old feather beds tofty be renovated
by the fcafeful housewife irt the toU
lowing manner: Put tirertf oft a clean
gross plat dnring a ltcaty sfrOwer;
let them become thoroughly wetted;
tdril them on both sides. When
quite dry; beat them with rOdft. This
will lighten the feathers; and make
them more healthful to sleep on. This
process removes dust and rejuvenate#
the feathers;