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F. R. EI.LDEi\ Editor. VOL. VII. She PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. TERMS! TWO DOLLAKS -Y YEAK WHEN' PAID IN' ADVANCE. ADVERTISING. One square, (in lines, or I ess,) "first insertion $2.00; each following insertion, sl.%\ When adver:is.nnents are rniitinuetl for one month oi- longer, the t !iirge will be us folio vs : :No. of Sqs |t Month. |2 Months. I Months. 4 Month.-. ! 5 Months, i 6 Months. 7 Months. 8 Months. j 9 Months. 112 Months. 1 S.'JWj $8 sl'. 14 15} It; 17} 181 '2O 2 8.00 1 15 18 21 24 20 281 30 35 3 10.001 15 20 J 25 30 3t| Hi 38! 40} 45 4)12.00 18 24 30 30 40 42 44j 4fi| 53 5 11.00] 25 53; 36 4! 40 48 50 52(60 6'16.00; 30 i j 451 50 55156 571 58, 65 12 30.00] 50 65i 70 7- Hr.| 85 !>«»! 100 120 1.-j 15.00 65 75 8i : ! 85j 0 1 100 ! 1 Oil20)150 s ~ legal Ai-vi inisiNu. Sheriffs Sales, per levy of 5 lines.f. .....$ 2.50 “ *• exceeding 5 lines, pr. Bqr... 5.00 Sales by Adininibtiai.ors. Executors and Guardians, per quare ... 6.00 Citation -f Admii.i.-tration or Guardian ship, per square. 5 5.00 Notice to Debtors and Creditor* 6.00 , 4 Ration for leave to ell land 6.00; Citation of Dissabsi ;u of Administrator.. 10.00; “ “ Guardian 6.00 j Homestead Notice 5.00 her announcing candidates for nfiice, SIO.OO ‘ Gi'iliiu! ■ notices. Tributes of Respect, and all ! aniclesot a personal character, charged for as . ad vertisemonfs. I*RO JP JKHSSIOIN A T-i. I'vofo-ioisa!. TITE SHALL OONmt’E THE PRACTICE VV of Modidno. T-&* Our new office is at the rear of the new brick store. IJUIGGS A J ELKS, j March 31, 1871. 13 ts Medical Notice. Dh griffin f .ffers his Professional Ser- ] vices to the Citizens of Quitman and its, vicinity. Rksiiwnck. in the house formeiy occupied by j Doctor McCall. Okhck. with Col. E. C. Wade. October 20, 1871. 3m win. bewnet; ATTORNEY AT LAW, Ql I'.M.iN I'r • ' GorXTV, GFomUA. TIT IF I * GIVE PROMPT ATTENTION so all V v Civil bn-im-.-L- intrusted to his care. September 8, 1871, 36 4m JA! TER, Monun nnh Counsellor atfafe, QUITMAN, CA. Sit- Office, i.\ rim CornT Hof«n."lsu Mart'll 17, 1871. ly EDWARi) R. IIAIii)ETV, ATTORNEY AT LAW, QUITMAN, GEORGIA, Late an Jl»«t!a<e Jit- !<« Supreme ( our! I’nfi (<e! stales for Nebraska and Ctah. nuFunnxcss : MoKUlnp A Fpragiu*, (Commercial Atc-ncy) N. Y \ Ml■■■-!■'. Harden & Levy, Savannah j lion, livery 11 .Jat-ksem <lo. lion. J. 11. Alexauetvr Thom .-villi'. Ca. Meow. H. 0.l & Kiddoo CnlMrcrt, Ga. 11 .it. I lavid 1!. Harrell Inn --on, Ga. Ilftn. Jnrepli L. Cr own Atlanla. Ga.! lion. Datv-on A. U". dker i>allon.Ga Capt.. .Mm McMahon. Yic«* President ravings; Bank, .-aviinmib, Georgia. May 2d, 1871. It H. F. MABBETTV Jlfcnug anb Counsellor at Xafo, Quitman, Brooks Cos . Ga January 6. 187 1 . ly | THOMAS AVER A, Justice of the P^ace, AM) COLLECTING AGENT, QVITMA X GEORGIA pBT Will give particular attention to all claims placed in bis hands for collection, and make prompt and proper returns of the same. March 24. 1871. 12-ts I. E. SOLOMON, WHOLESALE Or !]FL O OE!?!L Commission Merchant , 173 B£7 St. Savannah Ga. lias on hand and daily receiving, Bacon. I‘lour, Sugar, Coffee. Tea, Soda, Pofash, Lye. Pickles. Sauce, Jellies, Preserves, Can Goods. Vinegar, Starch,, Sardines, Mus tard, Pepper, Spice, Matches, Soap, Candles, Paper Twine, Paper Bags, Pipes, Cheese, Butter Lard, Hams, Syrup, Molassei, Shot, Powder, Caps Wooden ware, Brooms, Condensed Milk, Raisins. Almond-, Nuts, Apples. Potatoes. Onions, Mackerel, in kits and febls., Soda, Lemon and Sugar Biscuit, Ac., Ac., Ac., &c. RECEIVES AND SELLS COTTON & OTHER PRODICE, A'd g iaraatPea to give sa is&ction to all who fav o him wit ..their buAnes . November 17. 1371. j; 2m AFTER DARK. Strange pictures are those which oft meet the eye of the wo tide ror after dark. Many a life lesson may be learned upon the almost silent street, and many a cu rious phase of character may we study i here. Food for the mind and heart, and | work for the hands are nightly found 1 upon our principal thoroughfares. Olil how painful is the eight of a de i graded spirit flutb ring in its cage and struggling to regain its former station ;in ihe ranks of society, li is bo Borrow* j till, eo helpless, so enlitlid to our truest sympathy. The drowning man has friends who woik, heart and soul, to] save him; but who among us, professed i Christians as we are, is very ready to stietcli forth the redeeming hand to this wretched sou'? Q'W many of us too,! diaw onrselvi s up in our pride, as wr sec the wayward one tossing to and fro j in Ihe sea of moral rectitude, refusing j even a pityi g look, and then turn Cold ; !y contempluoosly away, as the last ag- i lonizing cry goes forth, as the while: hand* are clasp and above the waves, and : i tin" lost one goes down forever. Humbled, ei ring In aits have Strug : gird ong and fervently to free them* selvi shorn the bonds < f the demon, hut have been met with scorn and contempt without encouragement and utterly al aiid'ined by Christian ct.artty. they have-tesigned themselves loan awful late. \Ye are tin often the indirect cause of such consequences, for we close every inviting avenue, and iinleelingly exclaim to the betrayed and wandering —"Go your own way.” A woman's highest aim is to he the obji ct of true love—to be esteemed—and to stand out, pure and bright fnun the shadows of slander and suspicion. This s a part of her nature—her strongest, holiest incentive to the truth and v line j Rut let one dark spot mar the bounty ] and character —mm false stop will lower; her from her proud station—and she is lost—lost perhaps forever, beeauco "Re-I form woman is almost disgrace,” nod j this is graven on Inn heart with an irn point and tie dread sentenc- of society. Should s'-e even make an iflat to rise,; the sen,fill look the eu ling lip— the] insinuating expression -the equivocal; disparagement, all c mbiiied to break: down the resolution formed liy an enfee bled wil ! , rvntl with a longing sigh for departed hopes, she Settles into despair I and deg red- lion. Oh, who eon lull the hearts that have I liei h redeemed from everiastisg ruin j the inhuman lining ie,w treading the I nth of life, holy >o heart and upright in spirit, and the souls that have found ; ‘sweet rest in Jesus”—and through the j influence of sympathy and the kind baud ot encouragement. What a talc of wee and lingering ag ony might one hear from that i>* ■■ r, mg- j ged and emaciab and cinature sitting there homeless and fi ieedhe s upon the linn! | cm li, beneath the gl am ot the gas lamp How pi table and forlorn is the picture this lone and starving woman- as she j sits there unheeded, with her imploring j look, ler quivering lip, tier slender, bogy , hands el ns pod upon her trembling knees! ; tier morn of life whs spent, pel haps, ’mid ; luxury and elegance of ease and alflit j cnee; her decline in want and misery. j And this pale, end haggard man, whoj stands g,zing wistfully info the hub win re fortune and mill go hand in hand --do y. n mark the clenched hands -Die hard set teeth --ni and the wild < xprm-sioi those eyes new assume? What think; you, do they illditat' ? They tell tiM plainly (sci eshed hopes, of thickening j crime, and rayless deftpuii I Tais is a ; sad wreck indeed? There hurries a stray wail-—a wither i: g dower—one who I- o's in st keeody her situation. That slarthd bewildered, look will leave her only at death’s door— ; that crouching stealthy carriage is sec hi and i ature with her and she is drawn g ; to her last hour; her sm-ses-com wan- j del ing, but death is not far off —may- hap t -morrow’s paper will tell the ram- ; munity of One more unfortunate, weary of breath, Ka-ldy importunate, gone to her ihuttli. Many a heart now longing for the eo'd erntn ace, and lingering patienl'y upon] t'-.e batik of the and. rk l iv, r growing cold and damp in its rising dews watches' with failing, aching eyes, for the beacon light which el" long will flash up from the l.oi izon that verges the gloomy ] grave. Such could lie redeemed from; the jaws of ruin and return to life and ] joy—to once more battle with their busy actualities, to rear within a structure ol ; truth and religion, and at last, when j ; “life’s shore is lessening on the lea,” go j forth to the home of the blessed, all; 'brightwith the radicuce of heavenly bliss. - i The poet I a-> said: j ‘The ptoper study of mankind is man.’ and therein embodied a religions truth i too often overlooked. VVe should all re -1 member that it is our doty t > save om ; felluwneu fr,,m ruin, for the verriest ! wretch on earth is not wholly abased, I wholly destitute nf good. Make Home Beautiful. Y T on should spate no pains in beauti fiing- your t omes and improving the roads that lead to them. TV tat a beau tiful picture is a dwelling embowered in trees, its door yard filled with fragrant flowers, the wo- and bine or honeysuckle en j circling the doors or windows. How ; grab fut to the trav Uer is a toad bee of stones and gulches, and shaded by the ‘cleanly tuaple or the graceful elm. Make HERE SHALL THE PRESS THE PEOPLE’S RIGHTS MAINTAIN, UNAWED 13Y FEAR AND UNBRIDDD EY GAIN QUITMAN, GEO., FEBRUARY 9. 1872. your homes radient within every social virtue, and beautiful without by those simple adornments with which nature is everywhere so prolific. The children born itt such homes will leave them with regret, and come back to thorn in after life as pilgrims to a holy shrine; the town on whose hills and in whose vales such homes are found will live forever in the hearts of its greatful children. “THE COMPOST HEAP.” “Why not make the manure at home that is used on the farm?” “Oh, : t takes so much work to tix up the sliijT, then we don’t have time to haul out so many loads as it takes to put open an acre to double the crop; we can buy the ‘Phosphates’—its so handy, and easily put out—much the easiest to put into the ground.” Well, that’s all so —but after al', there has to be work done, and lime sp lit. in making something to sell, to pay for these same easily and readily handled Phnsphati s, &c. How is it with those Northern farmers, who bun! from eight to ten hundred loads of manures, made upon their farms? They have cattle, homes, sheep, lings, &,t., and compost all their manures to improve their lands they don’t liny any Phosphates, al though toey con’d get it at half what has to be paid for it in the South. The composting of the manures that can he made upon each farm would do away with a desire for spends g so much money for the Phosphates now used—if properly attended. To make good manures upon the farm will re quire a system —a regular hand should have the control and work to do, ami, the work should he properly done, from j beginning to end. Where there is a farm with thirty to i fifty head ol cattle, with tenor fifteen] mules and horses, with the usual stock j or legs, one efficient hand with a mule I and dump-earl, would ftmi'a'i in Ihe] vicinity of a thousand heavy two-hoisei wagon loads of well composted manure j per year: that from ten t twelve leads to tlie acre, properly uppl.od, would d> tilde the crop—keeping all land where used in goad heat all Ihe time bringing up the crop larger and larger every year the application is made. There is no kind of grain but will re spond ut once to the apt lication of a g■ and compost. II a In avv crop of grass is wanted for hay. all that is re- , qiiired will he—about the middle of May --to plow and hairow a few acres of’j fa r eoru land —spread luoatcast t> the | acre, say twenty loads of this good j cotnposl —then again harrow, and ioli j it iiv i smooth and level for the scythe. j No need it< requited; l-y the middle of j Aiignsl t icre will boa crop of crab- j grass ill bloom at, least knee high, which j Can be cut, dried and put away for win ter (’■ eding, fully equal to any that can; lie obtained from tie Noithwest. The vu-hl will .ted he less tl an one ton to; the acre, and in 10 than likely at. the rate of two or three lons—in accordance to the richness of tin* compost. Toe compost heap to tl o farmer is his bank—if proper di p si's have In on I made they g 1 on impiliving, and when, taken out and put upon the land the] infill' nee wil ; show Imni year to year. (Hi" large farmer in the North used, atiemg other (nod for his stock, twenty tons of cotton seed cake, for which he counts as ati income on manur s at about SSOO. Now, the notion sod, all] the film era have, limy can easily feed l! ern to their stale, a fid bring il into the compos: heap and hack again under Ihe next growing crop, to increase the yield fully double per acm. A 1 ; immures should be well and com posed; ii lace the nee ssily of trie eom p, sr 10-.ip Com sin ks, traw, I aves, bobd.hg for mules, k'\ all must lie de eoinposi cl pttlVel :s"d; well I'd stock wi.l yield far i idler manures than those ] fed only upon pour food—hence ihe ne ci s.ty of Mi xing nil togel! er, and [Hit ting together every kind of good male rial to help out—making all ferment and become a go and fettiliz r. If a farmer wants a heavy crop ho must manure heavily—if he has a urge , rich compost heap he can do it. A lev. acres v/iil make a wonderhi! crop; tons of comp st put on will yield tons of produce to be taken ofl. That’s a fai; exchange. )' ■ D. TilK CHINESE WALL. Mr. Sew aid who visited the great wall of China during bin visit to that country, recently gave the following des eripti nos that wonderful structure: The Chin-se have been for at h ast two or three thousand y ears a wall building people, it would bankrupt N. York or Faiis to build the wal sol the city of Pekin. The great wall of China is the great wall of the woiid. It is forty feet high. The lower thirty feet is of hewn limest ni' or granite. Two : modern caniages may pass each other idm the summit, it has a parapet ' throughout its whole length, with con ’ venient staircases buttresses and g irri ] sou houses at every quarter of a mile, and it runs, not by cutting down bibs and raising valleys but over toe uneven ; cicstß of ti e mountains and down through their gorges for a distance! 1 a ' thousand inihs. Admiral Rogers and 1 ; calculated that it would cost more now to build the great wall of China through j its extent of one thousand miles than it j has cost to build the fifty-five thousand ' mib.a of railroad iu the United fctaled. The County Court Bill. A writer signing himself “Justice” in the last issue of the Southern Recorder speaks some strong words in favor of this bill, a portion of which wo make room for below. He takes his own county (Baldwin) as an illustration, but his argument will apply with great er force to other counties where crime is more prevalent. We erll particular at tention to l:is remark jin reference to ] Ihe additional expense that it is charged ! will fo'low the establishment of this Court. He says : There are two features in this bill which commend themselves to the calm and thoughtful consideration of our pen- j pie. First, the jurisdiction of said Court j of all oflensos of the laws of this State, [ where the punishment does not extend I to imprisonment in the Penitentiary.! The necessity for such a court —having summary powers to try such offenses— is manifest. They are of daily occur rence in our community, and the offender almost invariably goes unpunished, be cause I lie prosecutor prefers to pass over the offense rather than have, the criminal committed to jail, at an ex pense of 75 cents a da\ to the county, and he himself compelled with his wit ness to attend the Superior Couit, day after day and term after term, in order lo s: cure a trial and conviction. This delay is both tedious and expensive to the prosecutor and Ins witnesses, and often deters him from doing his duty to himself and the community, and the re sult is, that the crime is encouraged and the outraged law seldom vindicated. This is the evil. Where is the remedy? I answer, in the establishment of a court, with summary jurisdiction In tiy the perpetrators of such demeanors in stanlur, that justice may follow swiftly on the heels of crime. The GVnnly; Court meets this desideratum in our Ju diciary system, for it is open at ail times for the trial of such offenders—the accused having a right to demand a ju ry trial in said court, and being enti tled to a reasonable time for the prepa ration of his case; hut unless ho de mands a jury, or indictment by the Grand Jury, the court proceeds to hear evidence and to dispose of the case with out furl her delay. It may he objected that the establishment of this court will entail additional expense, in the wav of taxes, on our overburdened people. I answer that the single item of jail fees saved to the county, will almost or quite pay the salary of the ('minty Judge ! lor, (if I um correctly informed) the jail fees of one prisoner, E Imund Goolsby, J (col.) amount'd in 1811 to tin; sung; iltt’e sum of §275, and as there were! three or lour prisoners besides him in | j til, on an average during the year, 1 j think we may safely estimate thin one j item of cost to the county, at not lens | than SBOO or §I.OOO per annum. Be sides the fees of the Judge of the County j Court, in civil and criminal cases go in to Ihe County Treasury; and when we remember that he has jurisdiction of all eases arising out ol contracts or torts— where (ho aiuatinl involved does not. cm coed §loo of cases arising under pos sensory warrants, ti e eviction of intru ders, the foreclosure of th us, Ho., wo see at mini that the revenue which the] county will derive from this source is; considerable. Htivetl by Salt. The Pittsburg (Mo.) Register gives! ilie following: A lew days ago Win, Hamilton, resi-j dent near tli Missouri Pacific Railroad, j went into the limber about a mile off to j shoot squirrels. Nothing being heard ; of him al! night., several neighbors the j next morning went in search ol him. About three o’etoek in the afternoon tloy found him up a leaning tree, thirty! lee! from the ground, fa-land unable to extricate himself. After some trouble j lie was taken down, and it was seen that one foot and ankle were badly torn and bleeding. He raid that about three o’clock (ho previous day he came across a large l,tack hear, a-,d shot at. but missed him. T c hear made for him with all his might. IT: ran, and finding the hear gaining on I him. threw away his rifle, and partly ] climbed and partly ran up a leaning ] sycamore tree) with the bear following right, at his hoe's, Tim top of thie Gee ] had been broken off and was .hollow, lie i thrust one of his logs into the hole to ] keep himself from falling, hut roon found lliat his leg was last, lie tried to ex ! trie ite I itnself but could not. The he ir !in the meantime had torn his boot off, ! and was gnawing and eating the flesh i from the foot and ankle. Mr. H.nulton ; took his p icket knife out and cut at bru- in’s eyes; but with one sweep of bis paw j the bear stiuck the knife from his hand, j with a part of two of his fingers. Mr. Hamilton could not see no help, and gave up to and e, exa cting to he eat en up alive ly the bear. But soon a ■ happy thought truck him. That tnnrn- : j. gl e had put s me salt In his pocket to salt some cattle he had running in the timber. He took a small handful and spiinkl-d it in the b( ar’s eyes. It had the desired cffi;Ct. The bear shook his head, growled, and went down. He soon returned, li wevor. bin, a little more salt drove him away the second time, and to Mr. Hamilton’s expressible delight In- UutUd off into the forest. How did people get in the habit of shaking hands? The answer is not far to seek. In early and barbarous times, when every savage and semi-savage was his own law-giver, judge, soldier and policeman, and had to watch over his own safety, in default of all other pro tection, two friends and acquaintances, or two strangers desiring to he friends or acquaintances, when they chanced to meet, offered each other the light hand —the hand alike of offenso and defense, the hand that wields the sword, the dag ger, the club, the tomahawk, or other weapon of war. Each did this to show that the hand was empty, and neither war nor treachery was intended. A man cannot well stab another when lie is in the act of shaking hands with him, unless he he a double dyed traitor and villain, and strives to do him a cowardly blow with the left while giving the right, and pretending to be on good terms with his victim. A Bki.lk’s Conquest at Washington.— Some gifted quill-driver ought, to take up the annuls of the National Hotel, that abounds in comic and serious events. For many years it was the headquarters and grand rendezvous of political pimps, journalists’ and prominent social actors and actresses of past generations. The volume of register alone that must bo extant, would be as valuable as patent office reports, and as interesting as those of the Agricultural Bureau. There was a time when Presidents elect went from the National to bo Inaugurated, and lovely belles sweq.it through the parlors captivating beaux known to the Union. The thought brings up one of the last named mot, whose entrance to the' ball room was the ovation to a Queien —a fair girl from the West, and at whoso luet these called statesman of the dry bow ed in love that approached adoration. She in:irrii el one of these statesmen, and a rival hello, her superior wit, but not equal in beauty, said commenting upon the event : “You wonder at the match because yi u do not understand it.” “What do you moan?” “1 mean that she marri.'d one term in the S nate.” “Wiuit a small ambition; only six years out of a life-time.” “Six y. ata makes up a woman"s social life. After, it is a living tomb in a nur sery; and then she has her chances.” 1 What do yon jnean?'’ “Did you never n ail the story of the philosopher who undertook the task of making the Pasha's donkey read the written wonls of the pr iphet?” "I never (I’d; tell ni".” “The philosopher, like al! philosophers, was poor. At times he was hungry, at nil times be was ragged. He offered | the Pasha to tench hin donkey to read in live years. But during the difficult i tail he was to he clothed in purple and line; linen, fed on the beat, and lodged ill; a palace. If Ini failed, the penally wis j deatli. One day an old fiicml met him j lending fe nlt tlie royal donkey to the] "■rove where the: lessons were supposed | to he given, and lie: said, VLm.dy you ile>; not expect that ims to read?' The phi- I iseplier, putting his thumb to Ins nose, witii'e 1 one of his ]oiV!i'"l oy sand said i nothing ‘But,’ continued the friend, ‘il ; you tail at r <• end oflivi' yearn yon i",!. surely lie Hlraughd.’ ‘.My friend,' re-] kjio iileel tiiu philosopher, ‘you forget that | ill that lime Ihe ass may die.’ They are lie>r chances, ’fhe Senator may die. — The Capital. FemMEiihV a very large, well-known, am! somewhat noted hilly goat roamed at, large in the streets of Washington, j and the ucwspnpt r boys, boot-blacks, and other street imps goneral’y ui.idi common Cause against him. Henry , Olay Id; dto roe dumb animal-j abused or worri'-d, and on one occasion while poshing down the avenue, a large] moved eif ilm-io mischievous urchins were at their usual sport. Mr. Olay, with his walking stick, drove them away,! giving them a sound lecture in tlie mean ! while. As tlier scattered and scamper ed ia every direction, Billy, seeing no ; one hut Mr, Clay wit l in ri noli, non! -a charge on him. Olny dropped his cam' ami caught lii.s goatship by the horns. Tlie- goat would rear up, being imady ns high as the tall Kn stuck ion himself, and the latter would pull him down again This sort of sport soon became tiresome', and he con'd conceive of no way by which he com 1 free himself from the two horned dilemma, set in his despera tion he sang out for the boys to know what to do. One e.f the smalle-st. in the crowd shoute:'! back : “Let g<> ami run, you and -d fool!’’ Clay always rnainlniii jed that though ho signed the treaty ol peace at Ghent, jet that ragged boj i knew more than he and and. ! Testing Death.- -A new awl very I simple me thod for diuUitgnisliing be tween real itnel apparent death ban been recently discovered by M. Eabordo. i V’heu a sharp steel needle—not Cas'd with steel-—is driven into tlie; tissues o! a living man or animal, in a short time ; it loses its metallic lustre, and becomes dim —or, in scientific 1 align ige, becomes oxidized: while- a similar neesl'e may res : main an hour oi metre iri tie* lis.-io-s ed a dead person without undergoing any apparent change. Hence, the oxidation i Ol nei!i-nxi'lall"H ot the ueiedlo affudsu ; decisive prool whether death is real or i only appaicnl. | $2. n 0 per Annum t lnrdTutiesam! Wlia! CaunesTliem We are fast becoming a nation of schemers to live without genuine work. Our boys are not learning trades, our' farmers’sons are crowding into cities, looking for clerkships and postoffices; Imrdly one .American girl in each hun dred will do housework for wages, how ever, urgent her need; so we are sond— ing to Europe for workmen and buying of her artisans millions worth of products that wo ought to make ourselves. Though our crop of rascals is heavy, wo do not grow our hemp: though we aro overrun with lads who deserve flagella tions, we import mir willows. Our wo men (unless deceived) shine in Europe* 'an fabi ics; our men dress in foreign clothes; the toys which amuse our littlo cliildrtu have generally readied us over the sea. Wo arc like the farmer who hires bis neighbor’s sons to cut Ids wood, feed his slock and run his errands vviiilo his own boys lounge at the grog shop, play ing billiards, and then wonders why, in spite of !■ is best efforts, lie sinks an nually deeper and deeper into debt, un til iho hcriffclonns hint out, and he starts west to begin anew. Wo must turn over anew leaf. Oar boys an:] girls mast 1«> taught to love loh r by qualifying themselves (o do it efficiently. We must turn out fewer professionals am! more skilled artisans, as well in food- growers. Wo must grow and fabricate two hundred millions in value per annum, Hint wo now import and so r iduco tlio foreign debt that wo have so long and s> sm'Ce.xofiilly aug mented year by year. Wo must qualify nr clever beys to erect and run l'aolo | ries, furnaces, rolling mills, tanneries, I machine shops, etc.; 10 open and work mines, improve and fashion implements and double tile present product of their father’* farm. So shall wo stem the tide ( I debt that sets steadily against our shores, and cease to be visited and ami yed by hard times. Ivory i» Alaska.—Upon every stream in Alaska that cruises its way to the ocean are being found vast, quantities of fossil ivory; the lowlands and lakes aro tilled with tun!::: and lonics of elephants of an age long past, and a race, zoolog ically speaking, long since extinct. This ivory is not found in isolated localities or masses, but over aim ist the entiro couotiy from the mountains to the oo«an, and in snub abundant q uilitiiM that ship ioa Is of it. are being e Heeled and sent to ihe markets of the world. Upon the Y ikon river there are such great u iinumts to be collect! and that there aro now a large imniber of persons engaged in collecting the name, and they are re ceiving largo eoinpoasalion I ir their la bor. In the e loc ililies are also found mill • of the moat ext-en-dve beds of tlio liae.-t quality ol liituoiiii as c-ial yet o;n n and on tin: cnntiue it, and in them tlio ie:n :in iof a flora and nylva entirely tropical ia its i- e igidz at lorms. Tneso fheiK :: eui to point to an a o’ when oils coldest regions were nto i the homes of the fauna and Horn or a truly warm 1 iti- I.tidy not I- -s intense tintn that now at the equator. What i: IsT.ixiuAtroN'?— -Ft is poison ing with a'colio! whether in gin, rum, whisky or wine. Tiic word “ intoxicate!’ is deiiv.-l from f> itin and (freelc terms, u. and to and 'si ;na'e the p b .on In wliieli daggi rs and arrows were anciently dip p.-d, in order to render their wounds fil ial. When the poison of alcohol (and all leading chemists and t..sinologists class alcohol among the poisons) is fil ls in int i the system it seizes upon tlio brain and, as already said, to the extent to which it is imbibed it disqualifies it for service. Truth cannot then be prop* oily weigh.'d, duty estimated, or any great moral question clearly decided. Flow long will timber last when corri pletely iaunot ~ and in watei? This qnes ti a r Ivi : a partial assw. rat least in the example in the pies of the bridge built by ti : emperor Trojan across tlio Duoolio, One of those piles wore taken up and found to be pot rill Ito llie depth nt ihrci-bm; ths ol an itndi; but the rest of the wood was liul i different from its ordinary slate, though it bad been driv en moic than sixteen c nturies. The ] piles under piers of old 1. >n lon hridgo : hod <li iv u about (j!)0 years, and, ! hi 17 Id, itdidun t appear that they were I n.liter ui ly decyed; indeed they wore h,u ml to he St Hi :icii!ly sound to snpp at ih i ma siv. superstructure. They worst | chi. fly elm . Dm ax'y ok thru out Away.-— A good story is told ol a well known New York politician and railroad manager. Daring bis absence from borne his good wife gave birth to twins. lie was Kilo implied of Inn-confinement, no par ticulars being given, and immediately hasten’d home. Knowing lie might be expected, the j noise borrowed a third baby of about ! the Slum: age, and placed it in the crib v. i:h the twins. Immediately upon reach in:' home our friend hastened to bis wife s chamber, and oiferiii ; to her, congratu lations ached to he sli '-vn the baby. The an rue, who had served r.t similar occa sions in his family, raised the Cov. ring and exhibited to li rn the three babies, j opening bis eyes with surprise, and . thoroughly taken back bv the view, lie i turned to his v. In :r and exclaimed: 'Good I L lid Mother, did a:iy of them gel av, ay?’ no. g