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VOL. IDRjO. 8. jliciamian Visitor KVTix BoiILLYV Proprietor. I cash subscription rates. Inc copy one jr**r. $ J 50 Hie copy f' x rtontll* 1 00 ■ne copy three month* 5 I Anv one furnishing fivt; sUbscrtlM-vs, with H; money, win tecrive ft copy flrcc. ■ subscriber* wishing their papers changed ■ , or , e po (office to another, must state L of the post office front which they K'l, it changed, a* well as that to Which Her wish it sent. 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Ihcriffe sales, per inch, four weeks.. .$3 50 ■ “ mortgage fi fa sales, per in*, H weeks. w**• oou RUtion for letters of administration, V guardianship, etc., thirty days. 3 00 ■otice to debtois and Creditors of an I estate, forty days 5 00 Innlieation for leave to sell land, four I'ieek* 4 TO Isles of land, etc., per in h, forty days 5 00 | “ “ perishable property, per in*, | ten davs ....... .< .7 1• • * •' 2 ®® ■pplication for let ters of dismission from | suardian*hlp, forty days o 00 llppiieation for letters of dismission from __ I administration, three months t oO fstablisliing lost papers, tlie full space I of three mouths, per inch . • 7 TO Compelling titles from executors or ad [ mlftistrators. whete bond has been given by the deceased, tile full space of three months, per inch. --y- ■■ -.v,7 00 !tray notices, thirty days 3 TO [tale for foreclosure of mortgage, four months, raontlily, per inch.. 0 TO Rale of insolvent papers, thirty days. ■ ■ jj Homestead, two weeks - 00 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, ~ ' ■ ■ A.I .. 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, | : ’* v ; . 1 wwr 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. * y v 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. .. ... ii I, ■ 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. - '***““’' % jtont artft Borisittli. <* j 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;