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Hightower. dec2-ly lAfIiMSBI, attorney at law, initNliVlbhEdiA. Will practice In the i V, i sot the Flint Circuit and in the Su l.cmcourt of the State. sep2S-3m ,1. S. P()PE, attorney at law, ZEBULQN, GA. U* prompt attention given to business. B I. BERNER. C. A. TURNER. BERNER & TURNER, attorneys at law, Forsyth, Ga. nrn.L practice iu all the Courts, and give spe cial attention to the collection of chums. Re fer foWm. 11. Head, Baukcr, Forsyth, Ga., Dumas A Allen, Cotton Factors, Forsyth, Ga. mchß-tf P. N. MARTIN. T. R. MILLS, JR. HI AKTIX cV MSffiLS, I T T () R A E Y S A T L A W, Griffin, Georgia. Will practice in all the State Courts of Georgia, and the United States Courts. Office, front room, up-stairs, in Cunningham building. _ mchl-6m^ Caban iss k Turner, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Forsytli, Ga \\TILL practice in all tlie counties of the Flint Circuit. jjVSBRWCi:. J. J 5. HANSON, iwr. and Life Insurance Agent. Office—brick corner east side Main Street, Barnesville, Georgia. febH. 3 m Bq. Q. /*. GqppBELL, DEXTIST, Has re-opened an office—Room it. Bank Building. Filling and extracting a specialty. Would be glad to see o’d friends an new ones too that will favor him by calling. jaull-3m Dr. Wm. A. WEIGHT, BARNESVILLE, GEORGIA, Dealer in Drugs, l¥ledieines Chemicals, Paints, Oils, VARNISHES, GLASS, PUTTY, FINE SOAPS, SPONGES, BRUSHES, PERFUMERY, DYE STUFFS, TOBACCO, SUGARS,SNUFF, Etc. SEEDS, Of the Best Quality •'ud other goods that are usual in Ills line. He ua- the pleasure of returning thanks for past fa vors. and solicits a continuance of the same, and hopes in the future to le able to satisfy those who patronize him, in Prices, Quality of Goods, etc., und feels confident that It will be to the Interest ot ,d\ to. all on him before purchasing elsewhere. I descriptions iallied on :he most Reasonables Terms. Those iii arrears must settle by ‘he first- of March. feb22-3m Hirasirs Consumption Cure ■>"t! what DrPLOYW PIERCE has to say about if. :lf ak Brother Davies—Excuse me for writing “•>' when 1 am deeply interested. I have been 'meeltss about two months. Could not read and ] ''*> in a family. Had tried many things. Got no 1 audit fr m any. Since Conference, someone sent nie, Irani \ meric us, a bottle of THRASH’S Con i' -Ht’TlvE CURE AND LUNG RESTORER,which rive been taking now this is the ninth day. lean 1 ‘ ik now with some ease. I came here among other ynngs, to supplp myself with this medicine. No llr ugeist here lias it on sale. I must have it. I want • o,l l° go in person to Messrs. Thrash & Cos. and 'U av them this letter, and make them send me, to ’l'purta, Ga., two, three or four Iwttles, with bill. am getting on finely. 1 - r sale wholesale and retail by D. W. CURRY, wn_ggist, Caitersville, Ga Call and get a trial bot t P for 3.5 cents. I|s *is |j i I i <> tlie Work ing t.’lass. —We are Low prepared to furnish all cla.ses with constant employment at home, the whole of their time, or for 'neir spare moments. Business new, light audprot -a!;.c. p. inons of either sex easily earn from 50 1 ents to $.5 per evening, and a proportional sum by devoting their whole time to the business. Boys aii’i -ills earn nearly as much as men. That axil who '■ e this notice may send their address, and test the 'dqiaralleled offer: To such as are not well satis- Hi dwe will send one dollar to pay for the trouble of writing. Full particulars, samples worth several dollars to commence work on, and a copy of Home md bireside, one of the aargest and besi Illustrated Publications, all sent free by mail. Reader if you "ant permanent, profitable work, address, oeoroe hnson & Cos., Portland, Maine. VOL. VIII. Flowers and Seeds, VECETABLE PLANTS ANDORNAMENTAL SHRUBBERY Atlanta Nurseries. Atlanta. Ga. COLE & CO., Proprietors. ►Seed a sad Plant Store Xo. 2 Whitehall street. MOSES COLE SEND FOR CATALOGUE. —— " CAMPBELL WALLACE. Medical Dispensary. Dr. Geo. T\. Marvin again ten~ tiers liis professional service to his old friends and tlie public. Dispeiiw saiy and consultation rooms, No. 1 V hite hall street, in Centennial buiU (hng, Atlanta, Ga., where patients can get reliable treatment for all diseases of the Throat, Lungs and Catarrh. The above diseases treated by inhalation. Ihe Doctor treats all diseases of long standing, such as Eruptions, Gravel, Paralysis, Rheumatism, Go* itry, Dropsy, Biliousness Diseases of the Kidneys, Erysipelas, Nervous Depression, Dyspepsia, Liver Com plaint, all Diseases peculiar to Wo men, all Private Diseases, Heart I)is> ease Swollen Joints, Coughs, Gout, W hite swelling, St, A'itus Dance, etc. Electricity applied in eases where it is required. The Doctor is per manently located, and persons who ha> e been under the treatment of oth er physicians and have not been cur ed, are invited to call, as he treats all curable diseases, and cures guarnteed or no pay. Call and see the Doctor without delay. His charges are mo derate, and consultation free. Office hours from 9 a.m. to 4 p.w feb22-ly THE OLD OAK TREE. BY GENEVIVE. Thoa art fallen, oil tivc, and iliy tall boughs, That once rose high above surrounding forms, Now lie low! Thou art fallen in thy pride— And the vacuum thou once did’st fill Remains a monument of thy greatness; 1 he sharp, sturdy crack of the v/oodman's axe, As fast as he severed the tender ties That bound the earth, re-echoed far Through the vast forest and thro’ the plain, Like solemn peals from a funeral bell. The weary traveler on the dusty road, That once would stop ’neath thy shade to rest, Will wipe the sweat-drops from his brow, And only glance where lie was wont to rest. The merry school-boy will desert tbcc too, For tlie shade is moved from off their play, house, And the warm sunbeams fall obliquely there. Warbling birds, when ou their etlierial way, Loved to light among thy clustering branches And sing a cheerful song, will now pass on, Winging their way to some more favored bower. Farewell, old tree, my heart still clings to thee, Close as the bark that spread about thee once— I do deeply mourn t'iy lots. But not alone, For like a true and noble benefactor To thy humble race, tliou did’st extend thy Shelter and support for all; so all will Join as common mourners. Long had thou stood Firm as a rock before the driving storm, Now the furious winds that have often swayed Thy lofty tops, wlu n passing through thy branches, Will breathe a sad requiem over thee. Woodberry, Ga., April 24, 1877. Editor Gazette. : We are at home once more, with a freshly supplied ink-stand, and blit little news to communicate, we hasten to begin anew our talk for so long a time discontinued. Cotton planting will be brought to a close by tlie end of the week. So me over-fond and close sticklers to gu ano may be carried “into the mid dle of next week.” The weather Ims been fair for several days with very strong winds and high temperature, all of which focalized upon mother earth lias hardened and dried her crust to an unfavorable extent for the germination of seed, and their putting out an appearance above ground. Corn looks well. There is a push, rush and whiz on every farm. With such energy—overcom ing the enervating influence of Spring, and favorable and health ful seasons anticipations could scarce ly be exagerated. But I cannot say that there are many well-founded reasons for continued propitious sea* sons. Tlie average yeaily rainfall for tins section is estimated at three and a half feet Last year we had. a fraction over forty-four inches. This year to date, we chronicle some- over twenty-five inches, and not four months quite passed. There are three long warm months, June, July and August, ahead of us. The first two as to rainfall decide effectually the fate of corn ; the last two, with part of September added, determine the yield of cotton. It is natural for one extreme to follow an other, and though September and October are generally dry with us, it is not always the case. Then why may not “blue-eyed May,” with June, July and August in her train refuse to bedim her lustrous eyes with plenteous tears, and her follow ers fail to give refreshing showers? The average rainfall per month, to date, is more than six and a fourth inches. Hence, the four aforesaid months may be dry as a deseit, and allowing the remaining four, Sept., October. November and December, THOMASTON. GA.. SATURDAY MORNING, MAY r>, 1877. the same average rainfall of those just passed, we can easily have our quota to complete tlie yearly aver age. Thus we might continue, but of what avail is science or experience as to futurity? We will dismiss the subject with the reflection “suffi cient unto the day is the evil there of.” Tligre is no such thing as ennui in Greenville. So sure as news be* comes scarce of state, and the sup ply of beaux grows short something unheard of, undreamt, unknown, will be turned up. On Friday night last, at the hour when “the last loi terer” should be “retired from the banquet,” when the enterprising, hard working and liberally patron ized merchant is closing his store, the beaux are unstrung at leaving the fair ones to their parents protec tion. There were seen first here and then there upon the streets, seven or eight figures, exactly correspon ding to the spirits of our childish im agination pictured as breaking their prison bonds of the grave. These figures seemed at a distance, to be not of this earth ; but upon coming nearer to some of the stouter heart ed, they were found to be flesh and blood, though draped in ghastly shrouds. Three of this number were boys well into their teens, and their identity was brought about in one instance by the distinguishing fami ly characteristic of a not undergrown foot; in another by ano less re markable feature, which the mask could not even cloak beyond recog nition, a nose long enough to not on ly drive install ter to the bottom of its owner’s business, but—had it not been grafted just as it was, in a guileless stock —suggested its capac ity of sniffing each changing scene into that of several of its neighbors. Many have tried, but in vain to as certain the names of the young la dies. There are to be found plenty of tlie sweet creatures who have much to say of the “phantom par ty.” Simply this and nothing more. There were some very ludi crous occurrences. One of the ven erable citizens exercised the prerogai tivc of kissing one of the lady ghosts, but imagine his chagrin when lie discovered that he had imprinted his most artistic oscillatory caress upon the downy lips of one of tlie boys. I am of opinion that the aim was not improperly taken, and—since the soldiers that guarded the dead body of our Savior were bribed to say, when He was risen from the sepul chre, that His Disciples came by night and took Him away—that one of the boys was persuaded by a—re quest (of course) to depose that it was lie that had been kissed. These ghosts, as a very timid young doctor ventured to suggest, were “great sticklers to fashion. They have their ascension Robes pinned back. ” The well directed aim of several sharp pin points brought the M. D. to his usual deportment that has cyer distinguished him as chairman of the Prudential Committee. One half is not told, and the most amu sing part too, but is not “a letter a dangerous thing to write?” Just here I am reminded of Col. Pope P. ias having been visited by some fe male beggars. Col. P. took up an idea that a young bachelor farmer living a hermit life amidst the cane brakes of “Pappy’s creek” and the frogs of Flint river was the veritable Warbeck. Was it not universally known that Col. P. is a most pious and exemplary Methodist, and to hint such a thing would endanger my reputation for veracity, I would almost say that he violated the Dis cipline, judging from his emphatic expletives used in conversation with tlie same young man who had writ ten him up. I felt sorry for the un fortunate young man. and inwardly (but under breath to myself and Ma ker) 1 said “it was not that young man, but I.” But he did not seem to notice what I said. He might as well have accused me. To say tlie least of it, he frightened me into the resolve, which see if I keep not, to leave him respectively alone, not withstanding 1 could tell a good joke or two about his curing his milkeow bv trying to extract one of her up per front teeth, and greasing tlie Court House lightning rods to pre vent his angoras’ climbing thereup , and his trial last y ar upon an exten sive scale of raising chufas for the purpose of manufacturing from them “a cheap, brilliant, non-ex plosive lamp oil," sugar-cured hams and smoked beef tongues. Like fae quenched Greek fire, the lost books of her Ilomer and Darwin's missing link, they shall never, so far as / am concerned, be resurrected. Re qmescat in pace. Just now all GYeeneville is astir preparing for tlie Show to take place in .Masonic Female College on Tues day night, theßth of May. The pro gramme consists of songs, tableaux, charades, minstrels, dialogues etc. It is under the immediate auspices of the Brass Band, aud is intended as a means of supplying a deficit with their bankers. Greenville has uevci beet) the witness to a poor enter tainment given by any of her citi zens.— , \Y e will probably Have one week court, organizing on first Monday in May, and will doubtless be in ses sion at time of the show. The peo* pie feel as though it was returning to old times in having tlie old Terms of court in February, and August, instead ot May and November. Col. Harris leaves for Atlanta this week. We are glad to see Dr. Dixon out again, lie has been confined e-lose ly at his home for the past few days with a wound on his foot which he cut with an axe. Warbeck. Deep Ploughing. After discussing the advantages of deep ploughing at some length the Journal of Pr. greSA adds the follow ing reasons in favor of deeply work ing the soil; 1. It gives full scope to the roots of vegetables, causing them to be come.more fibrous than they would become in a packed soil, and hence to afford the g ‘owtli far better op portunities of feeding. 2. It admits the air directly to the spongioles of the roots, without which no plant can have a healthy growth. 3. It raises the temperature of the soil in spring by admitting the warm air and warm rains. 4. It enables the soil to absorb largo quantities of fertilizing gases from the atmosphere. 5. It acts as a drain in excessive wet weather, causing the water to settle down and escape through tlie subsoil, or immediately along the surface. (>. It leads to more rapid decom position of dead vegetable matter in the soil by bringing it directly in contact with the decomposing gases, thus speedily converting it into plant food. Balky Horse*. The following devices have been successfully tried to accomplish the desired end; Tying a string around the horse’s ear close to his head Hitching the horse to the single tree by means of a cord instead of tlie tugs ; the cord fastened to the horse’s head. Fill tlie mouth full of some disa greeable substances. Tying a stout twine around the leg just below the knee, and then re moving it when he has traveled some distance. Never whip a balky horse, for the more lie is whipped the crazier he will become. Let every thing be done gently, for boisterous words on ly confuse him worse. Treat him in the mild manner that you would a crazy man, and you will succeed. About Women. Miss Matilda Toedt, the well known violist, is on her way hither ward from Europe. The women of Minnesota who are twenty-one years of age and citizens of the United States now have the right to vote for all school officers, subject to the same requirements of residence, etc., which are made for male voters at general elections. Mr. Beecher is reported as saying that “Men and women before mar riage, are as figures and ciphers. The woman is tne cipher and counts for nothing till she cots the figure of a husband beside her, when she becomes of importance herself and adds tenfold to the sum of his.” The late Caroline Hastings of Pel ham bequeathed S3OOO to the town for the establishment of a High School, one of the conditions being that the school should be kept at least six months of every year, but at the last town meeting the town voted—lo 4 to 82—not to accept the legacy. Germany has one of the best man aged systems of benevolent work in the world. Its centre is in the city of Berlin, and it covers tlie empire with a network of branch associa tions, three hundred and eighty-one in number. Its total membership is nearly thirty-four thousand, and the badge worn by this army of charity is a i ed cross on a white ground. The Royal Free Hospital, of Lon don, which contains much more than the neccessary number of beds, has resolved to admit women stu dents for clinical instruction, so it is now possible for women to have their whole course of study, preliminary and clinical, in London. Two la dies have already received diplomas in the King and Queen’s University, Dublin, and the London University has just decided to admit women to medical diplomas. Some of the recent staticians tell us that there is an almost complete equality in the world’s sexes. In France the balance is most nearly attained, where for every 1,000 men there are 1,007 women. In Sweden, to 1,000 men there are 1,004 women, while in Greece, to the same number of males there are but 993 Greek wo men. In Paraguay there are only 1,- 000 men to every 5,08.0 women, a state of things mainly due to the rav ages of the Brazilian war. Lucy Hooper draws this portrait of the Empress Eugenie: “She has grown immensely stout, dresses in ugly English-made black gowns, paints her face pink and white, blacks under her eyes, and wears a very palpable wig of light yellow hair. It is sad to have the image of grace and sweetness and delicate Beauty, once called up by the mere name of Eugenie —now replaced by such a vision—a painted and be wigged old coquette, a sort of royal Mrs. Skewton." Kate Claxton. wc are told, has been offered one hundred dollars a night and her expenses to star through the country as “the Daught er of the Flames." It is a remark able fact that Miss Claxton's grand father was one of ihe victims of the burning of the Richmond Theatre in 1811. Miss Glaxten has had three escapes from fire—m Brooklyn, in W ashington and in St. Lotus. Removing tlie Political l>in bilitie* of a Confederate General. Pierce M. B. Young, a recent rep., resentiitive in Congress from Geor gia. was a Confederate general, and a graduate of West Point. He came to Washington soon after the war, seeking to have his disabilities re moved. He is a fine manly tellow, and seems to have accepted the re sults of the war in good faith. He went to Tliad Stevens, and Thad began to play with him. as lie some times did with those whom lie in tended to make his victims. He said ; “You are a graduate of West Point, I believe ?” “Yes sir.” “Educated at the expense of the United States, I believe, which you swore faithfull to forever defend ?” “Yes sir.” “You were a brigade commander m tlie raid into Pennsylvania which destroyed the property of so many of my constituents ?” “Yes sir.” “It was a squad of men under your direct charge and under your personal command that burned my rolling mill?” “Yes sir.” Young thought he was gone, but seeing that the old veteran had come into the possession of the last fact, which Young did not dream he knew, it was impossible to deny the truth of his question. Thad roared out: “"Well, I like your and and im pudence. I will see that your disa bilitiesare removed. Good morning.” And the next day the bill passed the House. ESrigEaaiii Young’* lid'tiiuy. Mr. Geo. Lowery, of Haverhill, Mass., is one of the few survivors of the body of teamsters, for the mur der of whom, while under Mormon escort, Brigham Young is alleged to have issued an order on the 19th of April, 1855. Mr. Lowery is very positive that the ordei had reference to the party of which he was one, and not to the party so brutally mur dered at Mountain Meadows the Sep tember previous. Tlie survivor states that be was a teamster in Gen eral Johnson’s expedition against Utah in 1857. He and eight other teamsters separated from that com mand and started for California. They got lost in the mountains, wandering about for a month, final ly coming out into Molada Valley, where they were captured by a Mor mon Sergeant and taken to Box El der City. From thence they were taken to Salt Lake City. At that point a party of forty-two teamsters were gathered, who wanted to go to California, and Colonel Lee, then in command there, gave permission for their departure, turning them over to Captain Smith, with an escort of seventy-two men, proposing to ac company them to Castle Rocks, a distance of 150 mile_>. Before star ting they accidently heard of the order from Young for their massa-. ere at a point 100 miles away, but concluded to arm themselves and tike the risk. They purchased guns and ammunition of apostate Mor mons, the guns being taken apart and secreted with their ammunition in sacks of flour, constituting part of their supplies. The party of forty two wore only allowed to take one double barrelled gun and a revolver. The teamsters and their escort had separate camps, and at the end of the first day’s march, on entering camp for the night, the teamsters prepared their guns and were ready by morning to give one hundred and twenty-one shots without reload ing. in the morning the Mormons were astonished to find an armed party in charge, but moved on in another day's marcii, which took them fifty mile awav. On the morning of the third day the Mormons announced their determination to leave the party there instead of accompanying them to Castle Rocks, and did so, return ing to salt Lake City. Had the teamsters hqen unarmed they would doubtless have been slaughtered in obedience to Brigham Young’s order. They proceeded in safety, reaching California in June£ 1858. An English paper states that ex- President Grant is expected in St. Petersburg at the end of June or the beginning of July, accompanied by Mrs. Grant, his youngest son and his daughter, and the latter's hus band. Afterwards lie will pay a vis it to Moscow. Olive Logan in writing of Eng lish husbands says,“ In spirit the lazy and obstinate ‘gentleman’ who flings himself into an easy chair and bids his wife got up out of here and bring him his boots, is the same nar row-minded, ungenerous tyrant the Digger Indian is when he packs the load on his squaw and tramps him self un trammelled by her side.” The Board of Education of Chica go is endeavoring to force book pub lishers into allowing pupils in the public schools a discount of 30 per cent, from retail prices. Remedies Again*! Worms and Insects. The insect question is a very im portant one., they will destroy us if we don't destroy them. The follow ing models I use as occasion de* mauds, and never fail : Melon and cucumber bugs like radish leaves better than any other kind. I sow a few radish seeds in each hill, and never lose a plant Earth-worms, white grubs, and in fact, all soft bodied worms are, eas ily driven out by salt sown broad cast. You can do no harm with ten bushels to the acre, but a half bushel is ample. Dry slacked lime is also effectual. Potato hugs find their “anti" in Paris green—one ta blespooi.full, Hour ten spoonfnlls, water, one bucket; mix and keep mixed, as the Pans green settles : ap ply with a watering pot. For cab bage worms apply dry salt, if the plants are wet, or strong brine if they are dry. Turnip liies are destroyed by tine slacked lime, dusted over the fields. But the whole tribe of depreda tors are wonderfully Kept down by making friends with the birds. L'hey are the natural enemies of all insects, worms, grubs, etc. In fighting vermin, we must not try to oppose nature, but to rather follow her plans, and assist lie; if she fails.—Canada Farmer. \ Reporter’* Vengeance. V difficulty arose between a Chi cago reporter and a native of sunny Italy who kept a peanut stand in that city of big fires and keen enter-* prise. One day the reporter, with the daughter of a millionaire hang ing on his arm, passed the stand of the Marchese, when the latter e.x clasmed: “Hi a, cully, wiier.-a-you a pay me zose vifo scudi, hum?” What happened after that the Chicago Tri bune relates as follows: The report er went,to the office and took an oath on the assignment book to be aveng ed—*o be fearfully avenged: then he wrote a little item headed “City Uo mance,” in which he stated that the Marchese was an eccentric Roman prince who had given all his estates to the,church in penitence for hav ing murdered his brother, who was his rival in the affections of a beauti ful Countess, and that by economy, pokcr-dice and speculation in subur ban lots, he has accumulated a for tune of nearly $300,000 in Chicago, Then he smiled a fiendish smile, and induced the city editor to give it a big display head, a.id went on his way rejoicing. That poor Italian nev er knew what ruined him. When he got to his accustomed station next morning there were about two hun dred men waiting for him, to barrow of him on ample security at 10 per cent, a month; to get him to become a partner with SOSO in a well estab lish'd business that would pay $20,“ 000 a year if the additional capital could only be secured; to sell him some Calumet real estate; to get him to endow a theological chair in the Oshkosh Cosmopolitan University; to sell him a trotting horse that could show 2:G4 everyday in the week (price $150), and for other pur poses 11 is knowledge of English was very imperfect, and lie was an excitable man, and when the elev enth speculator came up and asked him to lend him $15,000 to start an oleomargarine quarry ho blacked his eve, and in the confusion that arose j the portable stove was sacked and the j peanuts scattered to the winds of | heaven. The police restored order, and then he was notified that if he persisted in collecting such crowds around him and becoming a public nuisance, ills license would be revoked. Then the collectors for charitable and religious societies began to besiege him, and i while he was driving them away with a club iiis last lot of peanuts burned. Then a delegation from the Chicago Commune visitsd him, and when he refused to divide, according to the principles of liberty, fraternity and equality, fell upon him as a traitor, aud mashed him as fiat as several pancakes. After the police surgeon had sewed on lrs ear and stitched his nose together, the Marchese started for home, wheeling his cart, which had only half a shaft and one wheel left, and surrounded by a bevy of anxious mothers, who wanted to se cure him and his title and his S3OO,- ! 000 for their daughters. After a while he placed himself under the protection of the police, and about 10 o’clock the coast was sufficiently clear for him to venture out. When he had nearly reached home he was sand-bagged and gone through by a highwayman, who had tracked him all day, and who, when he only i found two nickels and a door kev oil 1 the Marchese, sand-bagged him till he was black and blue and sore all over. After lying senseless a while, he managed to crawl to his lonely hovel, and lound’that a gang of enter prising buiglars had already been there and torn up the floors, and ripped up the bed, and smashed up I the furniture, aud dug up the chim ney with pickaxes, looking for his $300,000. The poor Italian had merely strength enough to crawl to j the river and pitch himself in, and as the reporter was going home about 2a. m., and the splintered peanut cart he knew that his ven geance was complete, and, hurrying back to the office, pnt a little item in the “Personals” to say that the Italian Marchese and millionaire, whose wealth had been described the day before, had purchased a palatial residence at Naples, and left Chicago rjAHE GREAT HARD TIMES I'ATJL 1 J 1 The Beat, the Cbe*pe*t end the moat pojot- I 4 lar. You czn’t afford to be wiUnot CRICKET HEARTH. It is a tuiunmoth illustrated j>; >r (aixe o| Harpers Weekly.) Ailed with the choicest reading for old and yr juf. Serial and abort to rs—, afcvtrfe ea, poems, useful knowledge, wit an h’uuor, “an awers to correspondenta,” puzzles, game I, “jr puta. - aongs.” etc. Ijreljr. entertaining, aroudnß and tn •tructire. The handaomest, boat, and cheap est paper of ita class published. Only $1 per }x*f, with choice of three premiums; the beautiful new chromo, “Yea or No?” size loxl'J ihchett; any one ui the celebrated novels by Charley Dickens, or zn ele gant box of sationery. I’aper without premium only "3 eta. per year. Or we will send it lour months on trial for only 25 cents. B-yspecimen copy wnt on receipt of stamp. Agents wanted. Address FYM. LUPTON k CO., Publishers, 37 Park Row, X. Y NO. 21. the evening before to occupy it and, spend the remnant of his days in op ulence. Such was the reporter's vengence. Kerosene l.nui|. Flic following directions for using kerosene lamps arc issued bv a fa mous lamp manufacturer, and cveiu worth publishing for general infor mation: 1. Dry the wick before the fire. 2. Use nothing but best oil. 3. Fill the container with oil each time before lighting. Cut the wick the same curve as top of jonc. 4. When the wick is well satura ted with oil, light with wax tapei, turn it below cono until the flame appears only about half an inch above cone, put on chimney, and then turn the pinion slowly until the flame is the required height. 5. The wick must Lo always be low the cone when burning. 0. The flame must never be al lowed to remain less than threequar ters of an inch above the cone, or the lamp will smell. 7. Cleanliness is imperative to the well burning of the lamp. Keep all perforations perfectly free from wick cuttings, paper ash, etc., all burners take to pieces to gain access to interior. The ten thousand liquor dealers in New York are in a troubled state of mind. An amnesty is proclaimed by the Spanish Government to soldiers and officers of every grade who participa ted in the Carlist or Cantonalist m* surrections if they surrender within thirty days. A list of the incompetents of the Treasury department has been pre pared and is filed with Secretary Sherman, to enable him in the forth coming anticipated discharge to know whose services Uncle Sam can the most readily despoil so with. The claim of Georgia for $200,000, refund of excess of amount paid for the Western and Atlantic railroad to to the United States as confiscated property, has been decided in favor of the State. The amount will be paid out of the Treasury by act of Congress. The French society for suppres sing the abuse of tobacco, bolding that smoking among boys is perni cious to their health, has prepared a petition to be presented to Parlia ment, asking for a law to prohibit youths under sixteen from using the weed i.i public places. The United States Navy now con sists of seventy-one steam mcn-of wur, carrying from two to forty-six guns each, besides twenty-three sail ing vessels, twenty-four iron-clads, two torpedo-boats, twenty-seveu. tugs and small steamers attached to the various yards and naval station.-, makinga total of 147 vessels; though notone-half of this number can be regarded as efficient sea-going ships. The Louisiana commission is at work “on the salvation part of the job,” as Harlan says, but after the thing is oyer, Packard bounced and Xicholls settling down to work, the country will discov cr that the commission, after spending a large amount of the people's mouey, had nothing whatever to do with the salvation of Louisiana. The firmness of Nicliolls and his constituents is the “salvation part of the job’’ in Louisi ana.—Courier Journal. The French papers describe an in vention for driving a horse by elec tricity. The coachman is to have under his seat an electro-magnetic apparatus, he works by a little han dle. One wire is carried through the rein to the bit and carried to the crupper, so that a current once set up goes the entire length of the ani mal along the spine. A sudden shock will, we are gravely assured, stop the most violent runaway or the most obstinate jibber. The creature, how ever strong and vicious is “trans formed into a sort of inoffensive horse of wood, with the leet firmly nailed to the ground.” Curiously enough, the opposite effect may be produced by a succession of small shocks. Lnder the influence of of these the veriest screw cau be cii dowed with a vigor and fire inde scribable. During the month of February the Vienna authorities inaugurated a novel and remarkably interesting application of pneumatic tubes for the purpose of maintaining unison and regularity in widely separated time-pieces. The inventor is the Austrian engineer and electrician, E. A Mayrhofer, who, after .vainly trying to solve the problem by means of electricity, finally hit upon the new system. From a central bureau in the city, connected with the InU perial Observatory, these pneumatic tubes extend in all directions, laid alongside the gas mains, and branch ing off to the public clocks. By means of a simple apparatus in the latter the authorities in this bureau are able to exhibit the tine astronom ical time on the clock dala in all parts of the city, a movement of tin* hands occurring once a minute. At present only the e ; tv clocks have been brought in connection with the new system, but it will rapidly be extended, until it embraces tiie time-pieces in all the schools, pub lic institutions, hotels, &c., and in those private residences where it , may be desired.