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MAESHALLVILLE GFOBGIA.
Ten Minnt-s Xna
In the year 1065 of the Hegira—
corresponding to the year 1867 of the
Christian era—on the second day of
the feast of Beiram, a large group of
Mnssulmen were assembled in a circle
before the mosqne of St. Sophia.—
Some were standing and others sit
ting cross-legged on carpets spread on
the sand. By degrees the group in
creased as the Moslems issued from
tiie mosqne, and and as passers by
prompted by curio .ty, remained to
see what was going on.
In the midst of a crowd of smokers
ayonng man of remarkably handsome
features, though somewhat bronzed
Altera slight salntation the young
man leaned gracefully on liis yata
ghan awaiting the orders of the Sul
tan. "
“Thy name” demanded Mustapha.
“Mehalle.”
“Thy country?”
“Jugglers have no country.”
“Thy age?”
‘T was five years old when yon first
girded on the sword of Ottoman.”
“Whence comest thou?”
‘■From the Morea, Signior,” re
plied the young man with empha
sis.
The Sultan remained silent for a
moment, but added gaily: “Since
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by an Asiatic sun was seated before a | yon can read the future, I will put
your knowledge to a test. When
people know the future they ought
to know the past ”
“You say right signioi, he who
sees the evening star rise on the horir
zon has but to turn his head to view,
the last rays of the setting sun.”
“Well, tell me how I made my ab
lutions yesterday.”
“The fi at with Canary wine, second
with the wine of Cyprus, and the
third with that of Chios.
The Chief of the Believers smiled
and stroked his beard, he was, guilty
of derrogatiugin this respect, as many
others Irom the prescription of the
Koran.
“Knowest thou that I could have
thee.beheaded?” said the sovereign,
whom the juggler’s answer had put in
a good humor.
‘ Doubtless,” said the juggler, un
dauntedly, • is you did the Spanish
merchant wb -• watered his wine be
fore he sold it to you.”
Mustapha tpplanded the knowledge
of the magician He hesitated, nev
ertheless, before asking the dreaded
question that superstitions tyrants
never fail to ask those who can read
the stars.
“How long have I to live?”
He assumed a persuasive tone and
even condescended to flatter the or
gan of destiny, in hopes of obtaining
a favorable answer.
Said be, “Thou art a wonderful
man; I will make thee richer than the
merchants of Galetea if thou wilt tell
me the year when I must die?”
Mehalle approached the Sultan,
and taking his baud appeared to study
the lines with great attention; he then
went to the window and for some min
utes fixed his eyes upon the heavens.
“The fires of Beiram are lighting up
ike cupalo of the gland mosque, night
is at hand:” said he slowly.
Mustapha awaited anxiously for hi-;
answer. He conlinned in a mysteri
ous manner: “The declining day still
cc’ipses the night of the- constella
tions. I will answer yon, signior,
when the evening star appears.”
The Sultan made a movement of im
patience, he was not accustomed to
waiting. Curiosity, however, doubt-
ess prevailed over every other feel
ing, for, turning to the juggler, he
said. “I am littlfe accustomed to wait;
t will dp so, however, if thou canst
amuse me Hll.the.hour arrives.”
“Would your Highness like to see
some feats of juggling?” asked Me
halle drawing his sword from its scab
bard.
“No, no,” exclaimed the Sultan,
malting the circle of slaves close in
about him, “leave thy arms.”
“Would you prefer a story, sig
nior?”
“Stories that lull an Arab to sleep
in his tent? No. I must have some
thing new. Of all known games there
is but one I care for, but there are
but few people in the palace who un
derstand the chess-board.”
The juggler smiled, and taking an
ebony box from a velvet bag, he pre-
sente’d it to] the Sultan, whose wish he
understood:
The stern countenance of the Sul
tan relaxed," and the board was placed
on the bowed back of a slave. Before
commencing the Sultan said, “We are
about to play; so far, good; but
sbonldst thou “lose what would I
small table which was covered with
swords and brass balls. He was dres
sed in a close jacket of green silk ad
mirably fitted to set off bis light and
graceful figure; a girdle of antelope
skin on which was inscribed myste
rious characters in silver, confined
loose pair of trousers which were
diawn close at the ankle. His dress
was completed by a Phrygian cap
from the top of which hung a small
musical belli By this costume it was
easy to recognize one of those jug
glers that the feast of Beiram drew
every year to Stambonl
The juggler performed his exploits
without appearing to notice the ad
miration he excited He took a pig
eon’s egg from a small moss basket
and placing it upright on the table
struck it with the edge of his sword
without injuring the shell.
An incredulous bystander took the
egg to examine it, but the slight pres
sure of his fingers served to destroy
the frail object that had resisted the
blow of the sword.
This act of dexterity was followed
by others. Persons of his profession
were generally silent nml their only
power of amusement lay in their fiu-
fier’s ends; but this man possessed the
varied qualities of an Indian juggler
and an Arabian story-teller.
Oue of the most enthusiastic admi
rers was a man apparently about for
ty years of age, whose carpet was pla
ced iu the first circle, and whose infests
denoted him to be of superior rank.—
It was the Bbstangi-’Biissa, superin
tendent of the gardens and keeper of
the privy purse to the Grand Signor.
The tricks ended, the j’oang man
completed liis story and gathered up
his implements as if to depart.
“Stopjj’ said the Bosta ngi-Bassa.
“Since yon are such a magician, will
you tell me the Sultan’s favorite flow
er?”
“The poppy of Aleppo, it- is red,”
replied the juggler, without a moment’s
hesitation.
“At what time doss the Sultan
sleep?” resumed the B isttingi.
“Never,” said the juggler.
The Bassa started and looked anx
iously round him, fearing lest other
ears had. heard his answer. Then
lowering his voice he asked: “Can
you name the Sultan’s favorite wife?”
“Assarach,” he r -plied.
The Bassa put his finger on his lip
silence, und moving' away said
“Follow me.”
The young man t®uk np his la'a-
glian, and, and leaving Li > effects 1 o
to be carried by a slave, folloped his
guide toward the great door of the
palace.
The history of successive sultans
present little beyond the melancholy
spectacle of a throne at the mercy of
a lawless soldiery, ■ Mahmoud was not
the first of his race who sought to free
the seraglio from those formidable
guardians. Solyman- HI. had also
formed this perilous design, but was
put to death by the janizaries led by
Mustapha, his uncle, who came from
the Morea for the -purpose of defend
ing him, but in reality to-seizi upon
his throne. The Sultan, Mustapha,
who had commenced his reign in such
a tragic manner, experienced all the
anxiety and uneasiness which must
ever attend the acts of an usurper.—
Instead of doubling their Jay, he di
minished it; instead of lessening the
taxes, he increased them. He lived
buried in the depths of- his palace,
the care of which he confided to tl>e
Greek soldiery, notwitli- landing the
murmurs of the legitimate guards.
At the time the jugg’o.' was amus
ing il’ e subjects of bis Highness, Mus
tapha w;Ts^ ated cross-legged on a di
van, seeking to d&VC away the ennui
by watching the columns of fragrant
smoke.as they curled■ upward. The
buffoons of the palace had tried in
vain to make hiin smile. The impas
sibility of the Grand Signior gave
them to understand: that their time
was ill-chosen; they had therefore re
tired.
Shortly the hangings opposite the
divan were raised and a man stood in
respectful attitude before Mustapha,
“What wouldst thou?” asked the
Sultan.
The Bostangi-Bassa—for it was he
—replied briefly, according to the
ban upon thy silly head? A fine p ie
tore thon wouldst make under the
pelisse of Ottoman. I should like to
PERRY, GA., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, IS74.
A Diabolical Scheme.
According to an Arkansas contem-
prary, an important conference was
latelv held at the Hot Springs in that
see thee giving audience to viziers and, genator Morton> of In .
pashas.”
‘.‘It is in yonr Highness’ power to
afford yourself this pleasure.”
“Well,” exclaimed Mustapha, "I
will agree to the stake. A juggler up
on the throne! Such a sight the
East never saw!”
The game was short. Though the
Sultan played , with skill, he was check
mated. It was fairly done, and he
pleasantly prepared to fulfil his en-
gamV
“Since your Highness does me the
honor of playing against me I will
stake all that I. possess—this scimetcr
and my liberty. But what if I win?”
added the young man folding his
arms.
“Sbonldst thon win, I would give
thee a slave.”
“For a free man? The' stake’s not
equal.”
*‘I would add to it my finest cour-
r.” --
“I need him not, my feet are swift
er than an Arab'steed.
What wonldst thon, then?”
I have a fancy,Aiublime signior.—
Until this day I have been nothing
but a wanderer, wearing the dress of
_ juggler. Were I to complain of this
I shxrald be ungrateful, for this garb
has ever seen me free and happy. J,
however, denounce - it. I become
your slave; I will sing for you Indian
rinns, and, above all, I will divine for
- will ask
custom of the seraglio, “A juggler j none but you. Iu return I
stands without—he might perchance j but one thing, it-is, if I win, to allow
amuse your Highness.” j me to wear yonr royal mantle but for
The Sultan made on impatient ges- j tea minutes, to sit upon the divan
tare In the negative. I surrounded by slaves, and to place
“This man knows many things.—; upon my head that dreaded turban
He can read the future.” j wlmse fame has reached the ends of
“Let him come in.” i the earth.”
le a “ 1 ‘Thou wonldst sit np- cended the throne!” trumpeted by the -
Mustapha loosened his girdle, took
off his pelisse and laid down his tur
ban, while a slave assisted to invest
Mehalle in the royal garments.—
These preparations completed, the
Saltan, dressed only in loose fitting
trousers and a richly embroidered
vest, approached a clock and placing
his hand upon the dud-plate, said:
“when the hand shall mark the hour
of eight, I shall have paid my wager,
and then I will appoint you my ostrol-
ogei.”
The juggler ascended the divan,
and having placed his scimeterby his
side, he ordered the doors to be thrown
open that the waiting courtiers might
be admitted. The apartment, which
the dim light of evening rendered ob
scure, was immediately filled with
muftis and ulemas, agas of janizaries
and pashas, great officers of the'Porfe
and foreign embassadors. He next
ordered a new relay of gnarcls to re
lieve those on duty, and then the with
drawal of all the personal attendants.
It was the work of a moment. As the
fresh soldiers were marching in, a
sign from Mehalle caused the flam
beaux to be lighted, when in the' daz
zling flood of illnmination, he stoed
erect, received the homage of the as
sembly, and fixing more firmly oq Jiis
head the scarlet feathered turban, the
emblem of power, he cried, in a com
manding tone, “Let the standard of
the Prophet be raised on St. Sophia I
The people will salute it from afar at
the fires of Beiram.”
At these words an officer stepped
forward to exeento the orders, but
Mustapha, who had been sitting aside,
at first amused and then alarmed,
arose to prevent him.
“Haggi Mohammed!” thundered
the ad interim Sultan, “obey!”
The nga bowed and retired. Me
halle added, “Let the imanms repair,
to the mosques and offer up petitions
for the new Sultan! Cadilisqnier,
have the tomb of Mustapha be opened
iu Scutari!” The Sultan tried to
smile. “Keepers of the treasury,”
continued Mehalle, “distribute arnoi g
the poor of Stamboul the hoardings
of the late Sultan. ”
“Enough, buffoon!” exclaimed Mus
tapha, in an agitated voice, on seeing
how readily his servants Obeyed these
strange orders.
“I still command,” replied Me
halle, with calm self-possession,” the
clock has not yet struck the hour of
eight. Art thon, then so impatient
to know the fate that awaits thee?”—
The courtiers were at a loss to under
stand the mysterious scene. They
looked with terror on this bold young
man, invested with the insignia of
power, and the Bostangi was aston
ished at seeing nis master tremble be
fore a ntiolling juggler.
“Mustapha,” continued the divin
er, “1 am abont to tell the time of thy
death, for the evening star has risen.
Mufti advance.”
The president of the oumela came
forward. The diviner proceeded,
“You who read every day the book
of onr Prophet, and explain it to the
people, tell me how avarice and usury,
drunkenness and murder, perfidy and
cruelty should he +? unished?”
“The mufti replied in a low grave
tone, “By-'the Koran any of these
crimes are deserving of death;”
Thon hearest, Mustapha? It is the
Prophet who condemns thee.”
As lie said this he beckoned to the
mates. Mustapha tried to posh by
the divan, but was seized by the
slaves, who had learned to recognize
the symbol of power which Mehalle
wore, and the cord'was passed aronnd
liis neck. -
“Thy hour has come! I am the son
of Solyman, who fell, fifteen years ago,
in this very palace, pierced by wounds
from thy sword! Thou hast counted
the heads of every member of my
family. Thon hast confounded the
son of thy master with the child of a
slave. I am the evening star, I am
the Saltan Amnrath!”
As he spoke the young prince made
a stop forward. His lofty brow, his
features, voice, manner and command
ing dignity of person inspired a deep
emotion in the assembly.- Kgegjp mo- jug.
ment the cry went up, “Long live Am
nrath!” and at the same moment the
body of Mustapha fell lifeless on the
marble floor. _
The clock had struck eight. Be
fore the hour hand once again passed
round the dial, largees; had been pro
fusely scattered among the populace ,
diana, Senator Clayton of Arkansas and
the deposed Chief Justice McClure.
The object of this conference was t>
divise a scheme for stimulating riots,
assassinations and outbreaks between
the whites and blacks, so as to influ
ence the elections and Congress.’
Monstrous as this purpose is, there is
nothing in the character of the per
sons mentioned that would lead us to
believe that they are two virtuous to
take a part in it. Morton is a thor
oughly unscrupulous politician, and
we have had abundant evidence, in
his course in Congress, that he will
not hesitate to tske any advantage to
accomplish a political end. Of Clay
ton it is only necessary to say that no
blacker reputation disgraces the an
nals of carpet-baggery. McClure was
the man who concocted and carried
out the election frauds by means of
which Baxter was co anted in for Gov
ernor and Brooks counted out, and
it was he who afterward de
clared Brooks to be the legitimate
Governor when Baxter failed to be
come his corrupt tool. Such men
.then, as Morton, Clayton and McClure
are none too good to conspire togeth
er for relighting the fires of section
al Bate. It is very easy to foresee the
programme. Radical emissaries
throughout the South will be instruct
ed to incite the negroes to insult and
attack the whites. .Of course this
will bring about retaliation, and then
by concert the Northern Republican
press will howl oat that the rebels are
murdering the poor defenseless blacks
and that the spirit of rebellion is still
rampant in the South. Already we
see the premonitions of this frand-
Thqi Republican State Convention of
Pennsylvania, at — Harrisburg, on
Thursday last, put into the platform
a resolution that
The frantic efforts now made by
the Democratic party tc bring on war
of races in the South * *-,* show that
the mission of the Republican party
has not ended.”
The cry is raised, just as it is always
raised prior to the Autumn elections
iu the North, that the-blacks are in.
danger, and, therefore, that the cor
rupt and malignant Kepubliean party
must be continued m power to pro
tect them. We believe that this howl
has lost most of its effect on the North
ern mind; still it is proper that the
The Rattlesnake's Enemy.
Of all the enemies with which the
rattlesnake has to contend, except
man, tne hog is the most destructive.
public should be warned . bi5forehaH.d: ojijf jn an thought his way was the
best, and forthwith forced a hole
thit a fresh issue of “frightful on'
rages” is impending. As for the
diabolical scheme of Morton, Clayton
and McClure, it is the . duty of, the
Southern whites to take- instant meas
ures to expose it. When the negroes
are aggressive, find out who is behind
them egging them on. Let the - con
spirators be exposed first, and then,
if it is necessary, to strike afterward;
the public sentiment of the whole
country will nphold the South.—-N.
Y. News.
Berlin’s Matrimonial Bns'ness,
Berlin is fast outgrowing slow inatj
rimonial machinery. The diplomacy
of the mother and the harmless art of
the daughter are giving way to the
more simple and more expeditious
system of matrimonial agencies. An
English reader would have some
trouble in conceiving the progress
made within a year or two by that
extraordinary business, and not
even a German can forecast its future
possibilities. It is not enough that'
there are women who, in seductive ad
vertisements, made known their be
nevolent .purposes, and who, in modest
apartments and in a private* way
bring the anxious together. Not even
the slender vail of that decree of pro
dishness is now thrown over the traf
fic. There are now great offices,
with their managers, their matrons^
their ledgers, and heiiarchy of clerks,
and which offer applicants of either
sex their choice from two or three
hundred candidates. They issue their
catalogues, like the old book shops
and omit no important details. Thus
the candidates will be classified some
thing like this: “Two hundred and
fifty maidens from the bnrgeoises,
one hundred and seventy-live of wid
ows of the same class, ninety maidens
and widows from the aristocracy, with
fortunes,” etc.; and on the other side,
“Three hundred gentlemen, merchants
and that class, one hundred govern
ment officials, fifty country land own
ers,” etc. And recently the business
Iimm risen to the dignity of its own.
The Matrimonial Journal, issued
weekly, contains the advertisements
of these agencies as well as of candi
dates themselves, notices of books
and miscellaneous matter well calcu
lated to set forth the beauties of mar
ried life and to enconrnge the waver 1
Destroyers ; f the Confederacy,
Under this title t: e Hon. Barnwell
Rhett, of South Carolina, brings out
in thot sterling dbrotHly The Sonth-
An old sow with a litter of pigs to pro- j urn Magazine a veiy interesting ably j
vide for will hunt for reptiles with a i written article setting forth at -ome
perseverance and sagacity truly aston-1 length very clearly the blnndcrsof the
isbing, tracking them by their sceut to j Confederate Administration which
•heir hiding places, and neyer letting Constituted the prune causes of onr
them escape
In the West in early times, and now
throughout the country, if rattlesnak 'S
become troublesome in any locality, ■:
drove of. hogs are turned into their
haunts, and the snakes soon disap
pear. The hog, when it sees a rattle
snake, instantly erects its bristles and
back, and commences rattling its tusks.
The. snake accepts the challenge and
prepares for defense.
The hog seems to understand what
parts of its body are invulnerable- to
poison, and so gets down upon its
knees, and in thus awkward position
deliberately crawls, bj a sidelong
motion, np to tbe enemy.
The, snake darts forward, and the
hog dextrously catches the fangs in
the fat-of the jaws; the blow is re
peated, and tbe hog having been bit-
ton on one cheek deliberately tarns
the other. This the animal continues
to do until the snake has not only ex-
h .usted, for the time being, its poison,
but also its.strength.
The hog tlien deliberately rises from
its knees, and, regardless of conse-
bnences, seizes the serpent near the
head and pnttiug its fore feet upon its
squirming body, • strips the reptile,
tbrongb its teeth thus tearing the rep
tile to pieces. If the hog, as is some
times the case, happens to be very
jean, and the poison fangs thereby
strike circulation, it will die from the
wound, but this conjunction rarely
takes place.
How to Tap a Bo r K g.
A few days since, says the Sueramen-
to Union, an elderly*gentleman, who
had got out of work and considered
in age to do hard labor, concluded to
start a grocery store. He secured a
stock of goods, and yesterday morn
ing, while- preparing the opening of
the establishment, concluded that he
would tap the kegs of beer on the
previous day. A friend who was pres
ent, seeing him approaching one of
the kegs with an auger, iuquired
what he was going to do, and learned
that he intended to “tap the beet-;”—
Git | questioner suggested that the
proper way was to place the faucet
in position, and drive in the cork
which the revene stamp covered, but
downfalL Mr. Rhett’s article was
evoked by that frothy address of Mr.
B. H. Hill before the Historical Soci
ety iu Atlanta some months ago, whose
bitter attacks on those statesmen who
differed oh any important measures
from-President Doris, provoked the
eubsevnent controversy with Hon. A.
H. Stephens, and whose extravagant
enlogiums on Gdn. E. E; Lee’s great
and pure name disgtisto! the most ar
dent admirers of the latter. The lat
ter reminded nsiuvariably of Wolcotts
line eharacteriising the- fame of Bos
well, the toady eulogist of Johnson:
“A tom-t t twittering on on eagle’s boot."
The article brings forward as the
tllteC great 1 : d :-.g errot o’ Mr. Da-,
vis’ administration conducing directly
to the failure of the Sonthern cause
Conscription, Impressment and Sus
pension of the Writ of Habeas Corpus.
Mr. Rhel.’s L'stor : c.;l stntem. nt of
these acts and their surrounding cir
cumstances leave n > donbt in regard
to the poteucy of these unfortunate
measures. Such was the impression
of Mr. Stephens and many others of
the leading and most intelligent men
of the S mth at the time; statesma
who endeavored to mollify or avert
these measures, but who were unable
to control the intlexibjc will of Mr.
Davis. istory will as wc believe and.
trust, accord to Mr. Davis the most
patriotic intentions, but such inten
tions and the wisdom neces ary to
give them the most effective potency
are often widely apart Snch is Mr.
Rhett’s idea.—Recorder.
CURRIER, SHERWOOD d CO-
476 & 67S Broome Street,
2NT U W
BOOTS & SHOES.
AT WHOLESALE.
VM. J. ASDESOX, r-CEidcnt W.Ej Brown, Cashier:
CASH CATITAL. $100,000.
PLANTERS’ BANE.
FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA.
Trnnsarta a General Banting. Discount, anil
Exchange BmfiiMfc
Pirtirnlir attention given to tho collection i
Notes, Drafts,' Coupons, Dividends, etc.
DIRECTORS.
Wm. J. AxDEiist>a,
H.L. btitSAlsDi Lilli FfXTiJ I
W.H.noLU.NKBKin. W.A. AIathew
Jan.1G
. A We'ghty Argument.
If any one foubts says the New
York World, the desirableness of
Democratic rule for the States of the
Sontb, let him be invited to an in
spection of the figures, showing a rel
ative cost on the Democratic and on
ken by officers of State, and tbe
proclamation, “His Highness, our
vorv magnificent lord and master,
is now skulking in Canada) the expen
ditures of the Executive Department
for one year were 3357,537; under the
Blaek slaves, armed with drawn j the Sultan,
scimeters, surrounded
single example presents tbe ar-
the imperial! on the throne of the Caliphs! Dost; public crier before the mosque of St. gu^t “against Radicalism in the
* ! . . . . .1 i j I O u:.. 1 '1-c.11
sofa when the juggler was introduced. I thou not fear the weight of this tur
> Sophia.
South, in a nutshell.
'through the top of the keg. Of c nrse
the beer ascended like a fountain as
he withdrew ilie auger, and he en
deavored to suppress it by placug his
hand over the hole, and failing in this,
by inserting his finger. As a lastirc-
s.irt he sat down upon it, calling loud
l y for some one to hand him a faucet,
but meanwhile the beer had forced
its way through his pants, climded up
ward, and was oozTtig ont everywhere
ern erging from his waistband, and
even at his shirt collar-, and the by
standers were langliing so hard that
they were unable to do anything, even
if : they had dared to venture within
the area of beer spry. It was noi. un
til every drop of liquid had left the
keg, that tbe old man felt warranted
in getting up.
Six Score Years Old.
An exchange asserts that Mrs. Ka
tie Shepp, living in the Massanntteu
Mona tain, near Keezletown, five miles
east of Harrisonburg, Ya., has reached
her one hundred and twentieth birth
day. Mrs. Shepp was married in the
year 1774, at the age of twenty. Her
husband, who has been dead about
sixty years, w;is in his twenty-third
year at the time of his marriage, and
he was a wagoner in the war of the
revolution. Mrs. Shepp remembers
many of the incidents then occurring
in the vicinity, and relates them with
great gusto. The paper quoted from
continues: She contends that the last
war was not-.iing in comparison, as the
Confederate and,Federal soldiers were
too well dressed and fed. The old la
dy’s mind is perfectly clear, and she
does the work of the family she lives
with, as well as her own sewing, and
has never used ’spectacles. We think
she would be a decided feature at the
coining centennial exhibition at Phil-
adelphia, and her age age can be ver
ified by documentary and living proof
beyond a donbt;
Seel Ciu.br.
Some Tennessee farmers have insti
tuted “beef clubs.” Sixteen mem
bers are required, each one of which
furnishes a beef about two years old,
which is fattened in the order provid
ed for it by a drawing of - lots at , , ,
linen cementtof the season. At the ( e r ie ! eK old } a SmC "
appointed time the animal is skught- and unaffected in her manners
ered, the meat is divide* into sixteen of a s ™ 1 ’ « tc ?
.. . , face, she moves through life as though
portions, and each member is enarged _ , - * „r
Mystery cf Hair Snakes
The common belief is that these
creatures are a transformation of a
horse-hair that has remained for some
time in the water. “When a walk
ing-stick,” says Dr. Slack, “become a
worm tl ei will a horsehair he a snake.
As the form r nrracle has not tak
en place since the departure
of the Iserealites from Egypt, it is
safe to conclude that the latter trans
formation has not recently been made.
A dry hair placed in water will absorb
the moisture, and from the nenqua 4
expansion of the exterior layers will
become contorted; so also, would a
piece of two inch rope, yet we have
never lifcard of the latter having been
accused of possessing vitality. The
hair snake is a living creature, endow
ed -with organs of locomotion and res
piration, and capable of propagating
its species. Scientifically it is known
as “Gordins acqnaticns,” the generic
name being derived from the Gor
dian knot, iu allusion to the tangled
appearance often presented by a mul
titude of these animals. The specific
name “acqnaticns” is not so appro
priate, for they thrive out of water.”
Dr." Slack has taken Gordii six inches
m>length from the body of a grass
hopper. They have also been found
in the stomach of insectivorous birds.
-Turf, Field and Farm.
H w to Pull To th.
A peculiar dental operation has
just come under our observation, A
certain citizen had an upper tooth
which was loose and troublesome, so
he resolved to extract it by. fastening
a string to it; but after a trial, finding
the operation painfnl, he hadn’t the
grit to grin and bear it. He thought
thought if the tooth could be extract
ed by some sudden mode, the pain
would be put transient; and after ma
ture deliberation he hit upon an inge
nius plan to jerk it out in a jiffy. Pro
curing a flat iron he tied it to the
other end of the cord attached to his
tooth, then shntting both eyes he let
the iron “drop,” which descended
plnmb ou his pet corn. After hop
ping about the room, wildly on one
foot, groaning in very angnish of
spirit reciting choice passages from
profane bistory he finally calm
ed down sufficient to hnrl the flat
iron over the fence, and swathe
his sore toe in camphor and
cotton. But he palled the tooth, and
with it a peice of gnm the size of a
beefsteak.
The "Widc-w cf St aewoll Jackson-
In a letter to the Augusta Constitu
tionalist, from the Warm Springs, N.
G.', the following paragraph occurs:
“Among the most notable visitors,
I will first mention with a reverential
bow the widow of the immortal Stone
wall Jackson, who reached here in
company with her little daughter
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A LL onr goods will be sold at the lowest
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And there j onll see onr splendid stock,
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A Gcod Whitewash.
To make whitewash that will
not-
Kow aPxiastStopped aPr5»iPight. ' wash off by the rain, one peck of lime
Two men in Shenandoah Pa., ar- j should be slackened in five gallons of
ranged a prize fight to come off If st; water, in which one pound of rice has
Satnrday. The stake was 3100, and ! been boiled until dissolved. rru " """
was placed in the hands of a woman,; water should be
Father Riley, hearing of the arrange
ment, went to the stakeholder, took, .... ,, , ... . .
possession of the 3100 and told the j pound of salt should be added and tbe]
fighters to figlr. But they didn’t. 1 wash heated to a ooil when used.
The rice
used hot, and. the
mixture should be covered up closely j
until :be lime is slacked. Then
Help the Distressed.
Geosgi hi:! Gbaskhe,— Seei'ys Office.
Macon, Ga., May lUh. 1«74.
T O THE PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY
or Georgia; — An appeal has been
made to onr Mister by the Worthy Mas
ter of the Louisiana State Grange, fur help
for the destitute Agriculturists of his State.
We herye, in conformity to our obliga
tion, and in harmony with tiie Genins of
onr Order, you will at once forward to E.
Taylor, Secretary, such sums, to be thus
appropriated, as you may be able to con
tribute, A full list ol all contribute ns will
appear in tbe ‘ Georgia Grange.”
By order of L. F. LmxcaroN.
•J- S. Lavetblu.
•J. K. Echols,
if, Executive Committee.
Cheap Travel.
return lirlicts to and firm any cr
station on tbe Central or Soutbwrvpter- rtarlreid?
can be purchased for ONE FARE-
Said -tickets will be sold ’be 33rt of Ba-
•1 toreitiim unultiie i&rt
- i- rr- ri' o oa-dhor-
f- r: Fbr-rt
: Sr- *: t *. -re ^•liionod
*.:• ti-.-u.u frrra* she
cember next and be
ef January 1ST5. C-
ized to sell rcrtui :
ts relL T?:e \
^ i to provide teem??*’,
j at the station or i ay
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