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THE JEFFERSON tSt NEWS & FARMER.
Vol. 2.
THE
Jefferson News & Farmer
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S. W. ROBERTS & BRO:
Terms $2 00 pet Annum, in Advance.
LOUISVILLE CARDS.
K.W. Cardwell, W. F. Denny.
Carswell & Denny,
ATTORNEYS AT EAW,
LOUISVILLE, GEORGIA,
YT7"ILL practice in all the Counties in the
VT Middle Circuit. Also Burke in Au
gusta Circuit All business entrusted to their
care will meet with prompt attention.
Not, 3. 27 ly
J 0. CAIN 1 ' J. E. PfIT.TTTT.L.
CAIN S POLHILL,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
LOUISVILLE s GA.
May 5,18TJ. 1 i y .
IT T HARLOW
W"a,toll nvictisLeir
—AND—
REPAIB.ER,
Louisville, Ga.
Special ATTENTION GIVEN to.reno.
vating and repairing WATCHES, CLOCKS,
JEWELRY, SEWING MACHINES &c., &c.
Also Agent for the Home Shuttle Sewing
Machine.
May 5,1871. X lyr:
DR. I. R. POWELL, -
LOUISVILLE, GA. ’
Thankful for the patronage
enjoyed heretofore, takes this method of con
tinuing the offer of his professional services to
patrons and friends.
May 6, 1871. 1 ] yr
M EDTO A T.
DR. J. R. SMITH late of SandersvilleGa.,
offers his Professional services to the
citizens of Louisville, and Jefferson county.
An experience of nearly forty years in the
profession, should entitle him to Public Con
fidence. Special attention paid to Obstetrics
aud the diseases of women and children, of
fice at residence, Louisville.
Louisville June 20,1871. 8 ts.
MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENTS.
4tfc
maw spring
SUMMER G-OOBS.
I am now daiiy receiving choice aud desir
able ,
DRV GOODS.
The latest novelties in DRESS GOODS.
LADIES MADE SUITS.
I have now on hand a fine assortment of
Cassimere's Coltonadcs and Linen's
for Gentlemen's wear, which will bo offered at
the lowest prices.
GEOROE WEBER.
Bee Hivo Store.
No. I7f> Broad Street,
apr 18 ts. Opposite, AUGUSTA HOTEL.
SAVANNAH, ■ _
Ga.
possessing powerful invigorating
These Bitters arc positively invaluable in
They purify the eystem, and will cure - t
Remittent and Intermittent fevers,
and are a preventive of Chills and Fever.
it All yield to their powerful efficacy.
Are an antidote to change of Water andOiet. i
to tho wasted frame, and correct all ' i
Will save days of suffering to the sick, and 1
The grand Panacea for all the ills of life.
The Sta Mari
y?™ XPRESCBIBE it m
In Young or Old,
or Single, these Bitters are
and have often been
means of saving life.
T.R.Y.O N E BO T T LE, . N
MILLER, BISSELL & BURRUM, Whole
sal. Agents, and Wholesale Grocers and Com
mission Merchants. 177 Broad Street, A(7
OUSTS, GA. C. 11. Wright &. Son, Agents
Milledgeville, Ga. Campbell & English,
Agents Macon, Ga.
Montvale Springs,
Blount County, East Tennessee.
This favorite summer Resort
will Ye dfiene/l sos the reception of Visi
tors on the lfith of May. Tickets *TO the
Springs and return, can be obtained at all
prominent poilffa. ' r ‘ . . -
Board, per month, for May and June, $45;
for July, Augustand September, $00; for three
months $l5O.
Address for descriptive pamphlets, Ac.
JOS. L. KING, Proprietor,
april 20 rn ts Moutvule Springs
Louisville, Jefferson County, Ga., Thursday, July 18, 1872.
New Advertisements.
Dissolution
—OF—
e&p&MTJvmsEip.
The Copartnership heretofore ex*
isting between the undersigned, un
der the firm name of
SAMUEL M. LEDERER & CO.
is this day dissolved by mutual con
tent.
Messrs ISAAC M. FRANK and
GUSTAVE ECKSTEIN are alone
authorized to settle the affairs of the
late firm, collect all moneys due,
and sign in liquidation.
SAM’L M. LEDERER,
I. M. FRANK,
GUSTAVE ECKSTEIN
Savannah, July 18th, 1871.
Copartnership Notice.
The undersigned have this day
associated themselves together as
Partners for the transaction of a
General
DRY GOODS
business in the City ol Savannah,
under«the firm mime of
FRANK & ECKSTEIN,
AT 131 BROUGHTON ST.
where they will continue to carry an
extensive stock ot^
S TP A IP IL IS
AND
'^fpt
71 NEW ST„ .
New York.
DMT MOODS
AND
lOTI 8 H $ .
Possessing facilities to purchase
Goods
in the
Northern
Markets
on the very best terms, will contin
ue to offer such .
INDUCEMENTS
as will make it the interest of
BUYERS
to deal with us.
Thanking you for the kind favors
bestowed on the fete firm, we re
spectfully solicit your patronage in
future. Also an early examination
ofour stock and prices. : ,
Yours respectfully,
FRANK ft ECKSTEIN,
if i- . 131 Broughton St-
Parties desiring to send prefers for
Goods or Samples of Dry GoooS will
find them promptly attended to by
addressing
P. O. BOX 3S
Savatuwh Ga.
uAgust It, ly. a
REAL FACTS
FIFTY PER CENT LESS
THAN THE GOODS CAN BE IMPORTED,
And Just What Every Lady Wants-
o
We have this day received by overland
Express, a Job Lot oi
23,475 Yards
REAL FRENCH EDGINGS
AND
INSERTIN'G-S!
In JACONETS, NAINSOOK, and SWISS
which will be offerod in pieces of 6, 9 or more
yards and sold for CASH at the most amaz
ingly low and tempting prices.
We wish the public to be assured that when
we advertise
We have enough them to last more than one
day, and wish every lady in Louisville and
surrounding country, when they visit Augusta,
to examine these goods for themselves.
MULLAMY BROS.
Aprtl 20 3m.
J. Walks. Proprietor. R. H. McDonald A Cos., DrqgglU, and
Gen, Ag’tfl, Son FrnnoiMO. Ctl*, nud22 nod Si Commerce St,N.V.
MILLIONS Bear Testimony to their
Wonderful Curative Effects.
They are not * Til. Fancy Drink, mad. ot Poor
Bin, Whiskey, Proof Spirits and Refuse Li
on or s doctored, spiced and swwtensd to please the tsste,
called "Tonics,” "Appetizera,” “Restorers,” fcc., that
lead the tippler on to drunkenness and ruin, but are a tnlo
lied iolne, made from the native Roots and Herbs’of Cali
fornia, ftee from nil Alcoholic Stimulants.
They are tha GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER and
A LIFE GIVING PRINCIPLE, a perfect Reno
vator and Invigorator of tha System, tarrying off all
poisonous matter and restoring the blood to a healthy con
ditlon. No person can take these Bitters according .to
dlrectlona and remain long unwell, provided their bonee
are; not destroyed by mineral poison or other means,
and the vital organs wasted beyond the point of repair.
They are a Gentle Purgative a* well sis
Tonic, poaseeslng, also, the peculiar merit of aeting as
a powerful agent in relieving Congestion or Inflammation
of the Liver, and all the Visceral Organa.
FOR FEMALE COMPLAINTS, in yonngtor
old, married or single, at the dawn of womanhood or at
tha turn of life, these Tonio Bitten have no equal.
For Inflammatory and Chronic Rhenma-
Item and Goat, Dyopepela or Indigestion, Bil
lons, Remittent and Intermittent tFevere,
Diseases of the Blood, Elver, Kidneys and
Bladder, thme Bitters nave been most successful.
Such Diseases are caused by Vitiated Blood,
which is generally prodneed by derangement ol the Di
gestive Organs.
DYSPEPSIA OR INDIGESTION, Headache,
Pala In the ShoalderaConghs, Tightness of the Chest,
Dlniasss, Sour Eructations of the Stomach, Bad Taste
la the Month, Billons Attacks. Palpitation of tha Heart,
Inflammation of the Lungs, Pain in ths regions of the
Eldneys. end a hundred other painful symptoms, are tha
olsprlnga es Dyspepsia.
They invigorate the Stomach and stimulate the torpid
Liver and Bowels, which render them of unequalled effi
cacy la cleansing tha blood of all imparities, and impart
ing new Ilfs and vigor to the whole system.
FOR SKIN DISEASES, Eruptions. Tetter, Salt
Rheum, Blotches, Spots, Pimples, Pustules, Boils, Car
buncles, Ring-Worms, Scald Head, Sore Eyes, Erysipelas,
Itch.Senrfs, Discolorations of the Skin. Humors and Bis.
sues of the Skin, of whatever name or nature, are literally
dng up and carried out of the system in a short time by
the use ol these Bitten. One bottle in such oases will
convince; the most Incredulous of their curative effects.
Olwnse the Vitiated Blood whenever yon find its lm
pnritles bunting through the skin in Pimples. Ernp.
tlons or Sores; cleanse it when yon And It obstructed and
sluggish In the veins; cleanse it when It Is foul, and
yonr feelings will tell yon when. Keep the blood pure,
and the health of the system will follow.
Pin, Tape, and other Worms, larking In the
syitem of so many thousands, are effectually destroyed
sad removed. Bays a distinguished physiologist, then
Is scarcely an individual upon the lace es tha earth
whose body is exempt from tk. presence of worms. It
Is not upon ths hesltby elements of the body that
worms exist. but upon the diseased humors and slim,
deposits that breed these Hying monsters of disease. No
System of Medicine, no verafagem no anthdmiaHcs,
will fne tha system from worms like these Bitten.
t. WALKER, Proprietor. R- H. MCDONALD * CO.
Druggists end Ben. Agents, San Prancisco, California,
and 33 and 34 Commerce Street, New York,
g-g.ani.l) BY ALL DBUCKJIBTB AND DEALEstB.
% /
Jgl VERY PERSON admits that a
GOOKING STOVE
is indespensable in a well regulated and eco
nomical family. Therefore do not delay in
netting one ; but go directly to .
D L FULLERTON
and buy cither the
“PHILANTHROPIST,’
“CHIEF COOK,”
o r
“COTTON PLANT.’
D. L FULLERTON,
Stove and Tin War* Dealer, near Jas. T Both
Oct.6, 23 In y.
Another “Ml Quiet.”
Recent discussion as lo the author
ship of the famous song, “All Quiet
on the Potomac,” seems to have in
spired another poem of equal or
greater merit, which is copied from
the Richmond Dispatch:
All quiet along the Potomae to-night,
No sound save the voice of the river,
Which ever seems wailing a sorrowful dirg*
For hopes that have perished forever.
And still as I listen, those low mournful notes
Are by fancy all framed into atory;
And I hear a lament for tbos* heroes and
braves
Whose names are enshrouded in glory;
Who once trod these shorn in the pride of their
might,
And swore that the foeraan should never
Pollute, by his presence, our beautiful South,
And our flag should float proudly forever !
But those forms are now still, and o'er their
low graves
The loved ouss are Ailently weeping,
While the "stars up above, with their glitter
ing eyes,
Still keep guard where those heroes are sleep
ing.”
There’s another voice in the dark river’s
flow.
Tho’ so low I must bend as I listen,
And the ripples meanwhile seem a shower of
tears.
As in the bright moonlight they glisten.
It speaks of a nation whose hopes are all fled,
Whose glory’s forever departed,
Whose garlands of fame are withered and dead.
Whose people are now broken-hearted.
It whispers of laurels all faded and tore—
Os banners all gory and tattered—
Os armies that proudly defended onr own,
But whose hoits are now vanquished and
scattered
Hark ! another sweet voice—’tis the gentle
night wind,
Through the forest leaves softly ’tis sighing;
But it speaks to the heart of glories nndimn
ed.
Os bright hopes forever undying.
For it says, "Anchor net to this perishing
eai .h”
The chains which as soon may be riven,
But remember, while mourning the sorrows of
life,
There is happiness, freedom, in Heaves !
Those heroes now tread ths shores of that
stream
Which flows through the city of God,
Their brows are encircled with heavenly light,
Their garments washed white in Christ’s
blood.
They belong to the army of martyrs on high,
The sword is exchanged for the crown;
Their freedom is won, their victory complete
Their weapons forever laid down,
All quiet along (he Potomac to-night,
No sound save tho rush of the river,
And the beautiful voice of the geutle night
wind,
As the forest leaves tremble and quiver.
From the Marietta Journal.
A SCRAP OF HISTORY.
The old aphorism that “Republics
are ungrateful” and that “mankind
generally are envious of the good
names of their fellows” especially
when won by meritorious action,
have been instanced in the beggary
of Belisarius and the ostracism of
Aristides: The approbation of good
men is greatly to be desired, but is
evanescent, while the approval of
ones own conscience, tor the proper
performance of duty, is a consola
tion that be carries with him to the
grave. This is ever present and
sustains one under the reverses of
fortune and the frowns of fate, the
other passes away from the memo
ry of men and however imperious
the duty, or perilous theperformance
the occasion loses its importance,
and the action grows dimmer and
more dim until the mention of it
may be thought irksome, and its
performer an immodest egotist if he
mention the matter or claim a merit
for the doing of it.
These thoughts occurred to me
last winter on hearing a member of
the Legislature, a native Georgian,
and a Democrat, suggest that the
State of Georgia and particularly
the Democratic Patty, owed a debt
of gratitude to Dr. Angier for doing
his duty (which by the way would
have been criminal in him to have
neglected) in protecting the interest
of the State, in exposing the rob
beries of Bullock and his gang, and
that he ought to be re-elected to his
present position if he desired it. I
tried to ask myselt as to the extra
merit a public officer could claim
for the performance of that which
he has taken a solemn oath to do?
And further, what risks has he run
or danger dared in the doing of it ?
True the handling of a large amount
’of money is very tempting to an
-avaricious, unprincipled man, but to
one who has sought the office, and
contracted with the State to serve
her for a settled salary, if the temp
tation suggests itself) it is waived
away without an effort or even a re
gret. No man however, not soured
with envy, will withhold the meed
of honest praise to him who passes
through the danger of these temp
tations without having some of the
dust of office slicking to his clothes.
Small sums claimed by him over
and above the stinted salary allow
ed by the State to her public ser
vants, in the shape of interest on
deposits or rather a bonus from the
Banks for the use of the public
money, or extra pay for signing
Bonds authorized by law, notwith
standing the warning of his con-
science that the signing of those not
at the time proper or authorized by
law. But lo return to the main
proposition. “That the Stale would
be guilty of ingratitude if the pres
ent incumbent was not rc-electeil if
he desired it.” Now, while I would
accord to him every commendation
a grateful people could bestow, i
must ask are there no others in the
Stale, native and “to the manner
born” to whom Georgians should
feel grateful and bestow favors or if
you please rewards for faithful per
formance of duly ? I have a re
collection of a scene which occur
red in my presence in the “old Cap
itol at Milledgeville a little over four
years ago. The Convention then
sitting in Atlanta, after passing an
ordinance to raise a tax for pay of
ils members, discovered that the
money would be tardy in coming in
and ordered, by Resolution that one
of its members, whom it had made
financial agent should go to Mil
ledgeville and draw Forty Thousand
Dollars to find themselves in vict
uals, clothing and refreshments un
til the tax could be collected; and
to make the matter sure they got
Gen. Pope to endorse the Resolution
with his order to the Treasurer to
pay the money.
The Financial Agent, who by the
way is the present Treasurer, pro
ceeded to Milledgeville and presen
ted the Resolution with its military
endorsement at the Treasury. 1
happened to be present, and I wish
you could have seer, the quiet smile
and polite manner of the old Treas
urer when he handed back the pa
per and informed its bearer, that he
had no money in the Treasury ap
propriated for that purpose and that
he could not pay it. The Finan'-
cial Agent seemed rather sat back
and to think that he might not be
believed when he went back and
told the Convention that the Treas
urer had dared to disregard their
Resolution and disobey Gen. Pope’s
Order, so he requested and the
Treasurer gave him in writing, his
relusal in these words, as near as 1
can remember, seeing them in print
in the papers at the time, “The laws
of Georgia, the oath of office I have
taken to support them, and good
faith to my Securities prevent my
obeying your order to pay money
from this Treasury under Resolu
tion of the Convention now sitting
in Atlanta, Very Respectfully, &.c.
Well, sir, 1 wa3 also present
when, Gen. Pope being removed.
General Meade took command in
Georgia, and on the refusal of Gov.
Jenkins to draw a warrant for the
payment of the Convention, issued
an order removing him and Treas
rer Jones from office. I saw Gen.
Huger and Capt. Rockwell when
they were y introduced by Mayor
Williams, and the Treasurer rise
to receive them. At his request the
officers took seats. The General
presented the order of removal. The
Treasurer received, read it and re
marked, ‘Having no power to re
sist you, sir, I have nothing to say
but that here is the office and its
furniture, the vault key is in the
door.’ ‘How much money is in the
vault ?’ asked General Ruger.
‘None,’ was the reply.—‘Where is
it then?’ ‘That I can’t tell ?’ Don’t
you know ?’ ‘Yes, sir.’ ‘Then you
won’t tell?’—‘That is it, if you oblige
me to say so.’ ‘We can find means
perhaps to make you tell.’ ‘You
have the power, sir, to use those
means, but having determined on
my duty in this matter, I can give
you no other answer.’ ‘Well, sir,’
says Ruger, ‘I shall hold this matter
under advisement, meanwhile Capt.
Rockwell will relieve you from
further duty in this office.’ Capt.
Rockwell inquired what clerks were
necessaly in the office and request
ed to be shown how the Books of
the Treasury were kept. Col. Jones
asked his clerk to open Capt. R. a
set of books of two or thee years
back on a desk in the front office,
‘Old Books!’ said Ruger. ‘Where
are the Books of this year?’ ‘Pardon
me, General,’ said the Treasurer,
‘until I make my settlement with
the State of Georgia as required by
law, the Books of this office are my
property, and upon their proper
preservation depends my reputation
and perhaps the fortunes of my se
curities and of course I must refuse
to deliver, or exhibit them, except
to those who put me here.’ Again
a hasty threat burst forth and was
answered in the same firm, quiet
manner as before. For several mo
ments not a word was spoken, eve
ry thing still. I scarcely breathed;
at length a bright manly smile pass
ed over Ruger’s face and with genial
frankness turning to tbs Treasurer
he said, ‘How much money have
you under your control?’ and was
answered in the same spirit—‘A
bout Four Hundred Thousand Dol
lars.' 'What are you going to do
with it?’ 'lt was appropriated to
pay the interest on the public debt
and take up a few State Bonds ma
turing this year.’ ‘Will it require
that amount to do it?'—‘Yes.’‘Are
you sure it will be devoted to that
purpose?’ ‘I a , unless its deposito
ry is discovered and a seizure
made.’ ‘Well, go on,’ said Ruger,
‘I see no reason to disturb its desti
nation, l am here as temporary or
Provisional Governor, don’t know
how long 1 shall remain, but your
State shall suffer nothing in public
or private by any act of mine.’ The
two then walked out ol the Treasu
ry together and I could see that each
had inspired the other with that sin
cere respect that true genilemer. al
ways entertain for those who prove
their gentility by their bearing. A
few weeks thereafter, Col. Jones
was arrested by order of Gen. Meade
and parolled by Gen. Ruger to the
limits of the Slate.—He remained in
arrest until the session of the Legis
lature in July, 1868, when the pies
ent Treasurer was elected by the
‘Piebald Assemblage’ of that year.
And now, Mr. Editor, let me ask
when we lack of gratitude for offi
cial duty faithfully perfumed; where
is there better occasion for its exer
cise, than rewarding the brave man
who risked imprisonment and prob
ably his file in saving the money and
credit of the Stale, even when urg
ed by good friends that he could
not suffer in person or reputation by
yielding to arbitrary power. Sup
pose for the sake of the argument
that each, had done the same duty
and braved the same dangers. 1
hold that the meed of praise or (if
you think it due) gratitude should be
bestowed first, on the first sufferer
for duty’s sake. The former Treas
urer was removed, deprived of his
office to which his fellow citizens for
the fourth time had elected him as a
tried, capable and faithful officer, to
make way for the present incum
bent, elected by the ‘Carpet Bag
gers,’ scallawags and negroes, for
whom great merit is claimed and
gratitude is invoked because he did
not help Bullock, Blodgett.’ Kimball
&. Cos., to steal what remains of our
poor old Georgia. Mr. Editor, there
is said to be reason in all things.—
The present Treasurer has held his
office almost four years, has drawn
the salary allowed him by law
$2000.00 per annum; according lo the
report of the Comptroller General,
last winter he drew on Conley’s
warrant $7415.26 interest on depos
its of public funds. Prof. Orr says
on the School fund, which he appro
priates to his own use under Resolu
tion of the last Session, ‘that the
Treasurer should not be held ac
countable for interest on deposits,
and he has (according lo Gaskill) re
ceived remuneration from private
parties for singing Bonds which he
seemed lo thin!; it improper to sign,
all which extra pickings brings his
pay for services to over four thou
sand dollars per annum. Finally 1
would ask did the present Treasurer
lose by the war? If any thing, I have
never heard ofit. Col. Jones’ dwell
ing and out houses were burned, his
slock driven off, his furniture des
troyed and his plantation devasta
ted, while he in obedience to the or
der ol the Legislature had taken the
Treasury of Georgia to a place of
safety out of the reach of Sherman
and his maruders, and which he
brought safely back to Milledgeville
without the loss of a dollar.
But what is the use of talking?
What 1 write is lo be read by South
ern Men, Georgians, Democrats and
ponderered on. Right is right and
wrongs no one. Fiat Jcstitia.
Gen. Jubal Early on Office Seeking.
—Gen Jubal A. Early has written
a letter declining the use of his name
for Congress in the Lynchburg Va.
district. He says:
“If ever there was a time when
there was truth in the words of the
poet who has said 'the post of honor
is a private station,’ that time is
now, and it is none the less so be
cause of the trials attending that sta
tion in our impoverished land, while
office, especially under the United
States, is generally attended with
large emoluments. The great bane
of our country at this time is the
wild hunt after office, and 1 shall
certainly not add to that evil by my
personal example.”
The New York Tribune has an
elaborate artiele showing the death
rate in seventeen leading cities of
America and Europe, in 1870. In
New York it was 28.S to the 1,000;
Philadelphia, 22.72; Brooklyn, 24;
St. Louis, 21.3; Chicago, 24.5; Bal
timore, 25.65; Boston, 24.33; Cin
cinnati, 18.39; New Orleans, 27.55;
San Francisco, 21.57; Montreal,
31.5; London, 24; Bombay, 19.2;
Vienna, 29.8; Liverpool 3I I; Man
chester, 27.3; Edinburg, 26.3. Ac
cording to this statement Bombay is
the healthiest city of the lot, and
Cincinnati next. Montreal is the
sickliest. New Orleans was heal
thier than New York in 1870, The
average mortality of all is about
24.92.
No. 11.
Wecliplhe following paragraph
from the Cincinnati Enquirer of the
3rd instant:
A young New York journalist is
about to formally introduce canoe
trave'ing to the United States, and
to undertake a voyage that will ex
ceed anything heretofore attempted
by canoeists. The Dolly Varden
canoe was built, to order, in May,
1572, by Waters, Balch & Cos., of
1 roy, N. Y., for Julius Chambers,
of New York city. She is of 1-10
tons burden ; weight of boat, 56
pounds ; rigging, 10 1 4 ; baggage,
10 34 ; and galley, 4$ pounds.
Weight of ciew 128$ pounds. The
hull is of paper, with cedar deck.
She is rigged to carry a sprit-sail,
jib and mizzen, and fitted with am
ple accommodations for cooking and
sleeping on board. The Dolly Var
den is the pioneer cruising canoe in
America. She left New York on
May 2lst, and St. Paul on the 29th,
for Lake Itasca, where she will de
scend the Mississippi to New Or
leans.
Aiming High.—A correspondent
says he is most pleased with th«
Advocate , because “its aims are
high.” Yes! We do aim to incul
cate that the business of farming is
not only, not inferior to none; but
that it is beyond question superior to
all. Lawyers, Doctors, Ministers
and Merchants have so long decried
the baseness of the farmer that they
might place themselves on the top
round of the social ladder that they
have really begunto think that their
scholastic qualification is superior to
the good hard sense which the farm
er digs out of the ground with his
corn and potatoes. And what is
even worse; the farmers themselves
have submitted to the insinuations
and acquiesced in the conviclion.un
til they are in doubt as to whether
they are entitled to any credit for
feeding the world, and clothing the
world, and for furnishing the best
scholars, the best lawyers, the best
preachers, the best merchants from
the pure invigorating, moral atmos
phere of the farm house.
A.nd while we “aim high” we
propose to present oui reasoning in
a practical common sense, matter of
fact style so that he who runs may
read.
Os all the hotels in the world the
very oddest is a lonely one in Cali
fornia, on the road between San
Jose and Santa Cruz. Imagine ten
immense trees standing a few feet
apart and hollow inside; these are
the hotel, neat, breezy, and roman
tic. The largest tree is sixty-five
feet around, and contains a sitting
room and that bureau of Bacchus
wherefrom is dispensed the thing
that biteth and stingeth. All about
this tree is a garden of flowers and
evergreens. The drawing room is
a bower made of redwood, ever
greens and madrona branches. For
bed-chambers there are nine great
hollow trees, while-washed or pa
pered, and having doors cut to fit
the shape of the holes. Literature
finds a place in a leaning stump,
dubbed “the library.” If it were
not for that same haunt of Bachus,
it is certain that the guests ot this
forest establishment would feel like
nothing so much as dryads.
Alaska. —Secretary Seward’s
Arctic speculation is going to turn
out well, after all. Alaska, in addi
tion to its furs and fisheries, is dis
closing great mineral wealth. Gold
and silver quartz have been discov
ered on Indian river, which runs
through the suberb of Sitka, and
gentlemen who have had some ex
perience in mining, believe the coun
try to be rich in the precious metals.
Amber hss also been found there.
Indians from the interior who visit
Sitka frequently bring specimens
of amber, but they are entire
ly ignorant gs its value, They also
have ornaments of gold and stiver
which they have manufactured in
their rude fashion from the native
minerals. Large'quantities of ivo
ry have been found in Alaska. A
trader says that millions of poatids
of it can be picked up on the shores
of the lakes ot the Aleutian peninsu
la. Most wonderful of all, it is said
that the climate ia growing Warmer
since the country baa been annexed
to the United States.— Exchange.
min —_
To relieve from thg terrible effects
of running a’nail in the foot of a per
son or horse, take peach leaves, bruise
them, apply to the wound, confine
with a bandage and the curd is as if
by magic. Renew the application
twice a day, if necessary; but one '
application Usually does tbs work.
This has cuted both mail and beast
in a few hours when they wfcrt ap
parently on the point of having the
lock-jaw. This recipe, remembered
and practiced, will save many val
uable lives.