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®l)e JllcEDuffic Journal. A Real Li** Country Paper. Published Eve*! "Wednesday Morning, by WHITK £ CO M iBS. Terms of Subscription. «oopy, one year !...$2.00 copy. months 1 -®° copies, in dube, one year, each.... 1 SO Single copies ........... .......... Sets. Aifshbscriptionsinvanblyin advance BUSINESS CARDS. R. W. H. SEAL. ATTORNEY AT LAW, AND NOTARY PUBLIC, THOMSONV OA. \\J ILL practice in the Court* of V T Me Dtiffie and adjoining Couutiea. WCosTEitscnia a specialty. HENRY J. LANS, ATTORNRY AT LAW. Lincolnton, Get. * H. C. RONEY, ATTORNRY AT LAW, THOMSON, GA. GJT Will practice in the Augusta, North era and Middle Circuits. noiyl PAUL C. HUDSON, A’J TOItyJSY AT LA If, Thomson, OSfi. Wil! practice in the Superior Coopts of the Augusta, Northern and Middle Circuits, and in the Supreme Court, and will give attention to all cases in Bankruptcy. Aug. 25, 1.*74. ts Central llotel MRS. W. M. THOMAS, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA seplitf ~ AlOt drtv at home. Agent* 'JMgbd. itj) J i Outfit and terms free. T*g§ * CO., Augusta, Maine C. A. Hamlet, MAMUi ACTUBER OF AND DEALER IN HARNESS, BRIDLES, SADRLKB, &C. MAin-St., opp. Mrs. Shiver#, Thomuon, Ga. ALL work haud made of the beat #tofck that cal b%» pur«diaHed. Repairing done «t slmrt notice. Cull and examine my stock ami price# before purchasing else where. G. A HAMLET. biC-cm. JUDKINS & EHA.W, KEEP SUPPLIED NVITII FISH, OYSTERS, GIHIF, VEGETABLES, Partridges, Doves, Squir rel-:. Ducks, Chickeus, Butter, Cabbages, rotators. Eggs NORFOLK OYSTERS, ICI 10, etc, >JsrOrders from the country promptly filled. Address JUDKINS A SHAW, Mclntosh Street, next to the New Post Of fice. B2a§ Bancroft's ; EXTRA PROLIFIC HERLONG COTTON. TPHK finest and most prolific of all the | improved varieties. Bancroft’s Prolific Cotton. (A careful selection of the Dickson Prolific.) For particulars and description, send for circulars. EDWARD BANCROFT, Athgns, Ga. The above superior seed can be obtained the subscribers. WHITE A COMBS, Agents, Thomson, Ga. M.NIIH 3? 31Q0<1 'ssaaciay ! aianoa lajdH’i'svrcanviiDHNH aui rawHBMTHvraB vim r m-m rasoaHirais SEND 25c. to G. P. ROWELL A CO., New York, for Pamphlet of 100 pages, containing lists of 3000 newspapers, and estimates showing cost of advertising. PAVILION EtlTEl, Charleston , S. C. O. T. ALFORD <fc CO., Bates, *3.00 per day Proprietors. I, S. & P. C. TAUT’S Meat House, SSXfyS] Augusta Ga. Fine CAROLINA. TENNESSE and KEN TUCKY 23 B B F . Pork, Lamb, Veal, Mutton, Hog-head Cheese, Sausage. Mixed, or' AI.L PORK, as ordered, Corned Beef, Pork, and Tongues. A full Stock always on hand. 3Thc Jttcgttflfe WitM% Journal. VOL -VI. GSA3. A. LADEVEZE, DEALEB IN Picture Frames, LOOKING GLASS PLATES, Looking Glasses in Frames, PICTURE CORD AND TASSELS, Porcelaiu & Glass Head Picture Nails, PICTURE*, Illuminated Scriptural Texts, RUSTIC and OVAL FRAMES, WALL BRACKETS, WALL POCKETS, AC. NO. 16 WASHINGTON STREET, Between Broad and Ellis, AUBUTA, BA. j^o-f OK , dhQA per day at home. Samples ijpU tO tlp/OU worth $1 free. Stinson A Cos., Portland, Maine. JULIUS H. OPENHEIM, No. 143 Reynolds Street. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA., WHOLESALE DEALEB IN IRON, METALS, RAGS AND ALL KINDS OF Paper Stock, Hides, Wool, WAX, Etc H2-a$ _ _» ALBERT HAPE, Non>UvNid«nt. Dentist, n \ AN still be found ready to attend to the wants of old and new patrons, if desired, at their residences. Will also, as heretofore, practice in adjoin ing counties. Panic prices insured .and all work warranted. Office at the residence of W. E. Spcir. Please address by letter, at Thomson, Ga. CT ts To the Afflicted. IN CALLING THE PUBLIC ATTENTION TO THE Indian Compound COUGH MIXTURE --IVGU -the cure of .CONSUMBTION and Jp all diseases of the LUNGS and THROAT, I say that nothing surpasses it for Colds and Coughs, and can be taken* from old age down to the cradle with impu nity. and without danger. But the profes sional world is so full of Ambiguousues* and Egotism, that anything put before the public as a safe and reliable Remedy for certain diseases is scoffed at and pro nounced worthless and a humbug. I say try it before you condemn it, a, I will give you the name of every herb, Ac., that it is composed of. which yon can examine at your leisure: Vitullus Ovi, Amygdaius Persies, Mel, Pious l'alustrus. Andromeda, Arborea. Arctium Leppa, Inula Helenlum, Marrubinm Vulgare. Autemiftria Symphy tum, Duichwnchsener WasserdoHt, Cepha lantbus Occidcntalis, Symphytum Offici nale It is prepared at my office, No. 50 Peach tree street, ATLANTA, GA., where it can be had in any quantity. If any one using it will say that it has done them no good, return the bottle »nd get your money re turned. S. -T. BIGGERS, M. D., Cls-f*. Atlanta, Ga. For sale by Dr. A. D. Hill, Thomson, Ga. Spring Time! Again! C L E A N I T N EN empwim* BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, AC., AC., AC. JUST received n large lot of Spring and Summer Goods of all kinds, which ara use ful, good, pretty and cheap. We only ask inspection before yon spend a dollar for anything in our line. A. J. Adkins, THOMSON, GA. ONEDOLLAR WILL GET THE Weekly Constitution POSTAGE FREE TILL January Ist, 1877. It is the leading paper of the South. Red hot Presidential and Gubernatorial Cam paigns opening. Every Georgian should take the PEOPLE'S PAPER. Several se rial Stories, by distinguished authors, run ning all the time. SsTThe getter up of A CLUB OF TEN will reoeive the FBKK Daily, SIO.OO per annum ; $5 30 for 6 months; $2 65 for 3 months. Send your subscription for this great Po litical and Family Journal. Published at the Capital. W. A. HEMPHILL A CO.. Publishers, Atlanta, Georgia. poetical. [Written for the McDuffie Journal.] HOME OF THE PAST. BY XVaKAOBUKX. :o: “Mocked by the memories of home, Yet homeless everywhere ” Sweet cottage home among the hilla. With saddened lips I sing thy praise ! How fondly now doth memory ti rn To thee, thro' all time's shadowy haze. 'Twas there that Spring first spread abroad The sweet breath es her violet* low ; And there the earliest roses shed There dewy sweets beside the door. There locust* spread their graceful boughs, And lightly clasped the sloping eaves;. And wild-birdH came on early wing To build and sing amid the leaves. There sunshine touched with golden grece The dainty faces of the flowers; There soft rains fell, and silvery dews, And joy and light marked all the hours And the old garden where we walked, Beside the corn, on Antumn eves, To watch the moon glide np the sky, When all was silent save the rustling leaves; Or the faint ory of droning insect near ; Or mellowed cadence of a distant bell Broke the sweet silence of the charmed hour— • Hours to which I've said a last farewell. And sweetest of all the twilight time, When from the woodland's wintry walk, Wa gathered round the glowing hearth, And whiled the hours with happy talk ; O sad to one who sits alone It ia to muse on vanished hours; To bear life’s Bilence and its pain— To feel the thorns and miss the flowers. 0 little home among the hills ! Sweet home I loved in days of yore : Between me and thy cherished paths Sad graves their dreary shadows throw. No more among the roses oould I stray, Nor sit where fragrant shadows fall; Nor linger in the woodland paths I loved, For the blight of change now darkens all. Atlanta, May Bth, 1876. AN OLD SONG. You laugh as yen turn the yellow page. Os that queer old song you sing, And wonder how folks could ever see A charm in the simple melody Os such an old fashioned thing. That yellow page was fair to view. That quaint old type was fresh and new, That simple strain was our delight. When here we gathered, night by night, Aud thought the poetry oi our day . An endless joy to sing and play, In our youth; long, long ago. A joyous group, ,w« loved, to meet, ; When hope was high and life was sweet; When Romance shed it* golden light, That circles in a nimbus bright, O’er Time’s unwrinkled brow. The lips are mute that sung these words; The hands are still that struck these chords; The loving heart is cold. From out the circle, one by one, Some dear companion there has gone ; While others stay to find it true, . That life has chord and discord, too, And all of ns are old. ’Tis not aloue when music thrills, The power of thought profound that fills The soul. ’Tis not all art! The old familiar tones wo hear Die not upon the list’ning car; They vibrate in the heart. And now yon know the reason, dear, Why I have kept and treasured here This song es by gone years. You laugh at the old fashioned strain— It brings my childhood back again, And fills my eyes with tears. A KIND ACT’S KEWAUJ). “How can I give you up, my darling? Oh ! that I was rich ! I’d cling to you though all the world opposed our union! At times I am tempted to forget every thiug but my love, forsake all but you. What shall I do Alice ?” “Your duty, Frank 1 If your mother had other sons or daughters to care for her, then you and I might think of our own happiness. As it is, there is but one course, and that is plain enough. Cling to your mother. Aud I must go on working to support mine. Oh, it is so hard, that we are called on' to make this dreadful sacreffce ! But I cannot blame your mother. It is quite natural that she is unwilling to receive a seams tress as her daughter.” Her eyes were filled with tears, her voice with sobs, as she continued : “And, though a seams tress, I am a loving and uutiful daugh ter, and would be a true and faithful wife—” They were walking up and down the platform of the station, waiting for the cars. Frank stopped suddenly, oaught her hand exclaiming ; “Alice I can’t do it! I love you I I will marry you—” “And make everybody wretched ? No! Bay no more, Frank, or you will make me so weak and miserable, I shall be nnable to bear up. I hear the cars. Go home—do your duty, and trust the fu ture to God’s loving care.” The tram came dashing alongside them. Her hand was in his, her lips raised to receive his kiss,' for the last time; perhaps, and with “God bless you” from both, in Borrowing tones, they parted. The oars were much crowded, every seat on the river-Bide taken ; but Alice’s sweet face won her the offer of more than one before she had advanced half way down the car. She turned her head, after thanking the gentleman for his kindness, toward the window, not to enjoy the beautiful scenery, but to conceal the tears which continually filled her eyes, as over and over her mind wandered back to the many happy hours with THOMSON, feMAT 17, 1876. Frank, when both hearts were so full of hope ; and now this was the end of it. She was won from her sad thoughts by the entrance of several passengers at a station, when to accommodate an old lady, ahe coaxed a little four-year old girl who occupied part of the next seat to come and ait in her lap. Before they reached the next station Alice noticed the old lady draw her slight wrapper more closely about hej, and turn from the window with a visible shiver. The old gentleman sitting next lowered the glass with a countenance not expressive of great satisfaction, his neighbor shivered on. Alice unfolded her shswl and wrapped it about the thin, shaking form. Everybody seemeA either so much interested in the grandeur of the view just along there, or in ft and book, save by Alice old gentle men, who, when he saw how really ill she was, handed to Alice a pocket-flask, suggesting the beneficiebt effect its con tents might have, at the [same time tak ing the little child and resigning his seat that Alioe might better care for the old lady. Long before they reached New York the fever hod come on, and increased so violently that Alice, becoming very anx ions, called the oonduotor, and asked : “What shall I do ?’.’ “Who is she ? Where are her friends?” were the questions in answer, not only from the oonduotor, but passengers near, who had at length become interested. But Alioe knew, nothing of her. No one near knew e reu her name. She was then delirious and unable to tell. The conductor suggested tlj&Jiqfipital. If Alice had decided thus‘to l.jave relieved .her embarrassment, she would have been deterred wheu the hot, which lay in hers, with a convulsive moment clasped her wrist, while th;< eyes, wild aud frightened, were gazing into hers. "I eaunot desert her. Shu seems to be pleading with me,” Alice said. They hud arrived at Fprty-second street. The passengers were leaving the cars. A few lingered n montent to in* quire about the sufferer. “Your mother ?” asked some. And the good girl shook her head and answered: “I never saw her before to-day.” And to “What will you do ?l' she re turned ; 1"- - “The best I oan.” Yes, and spe meant juatj* SbeyhaAi been tempted to lea’ *crfse ‘entirely to the conductor’s disposal. "I have enough sorrow of my own, without bur dening myself with other persons,” she thought. But in a little while her gen tle heart, so tender and unselfish, tri umphed ; and slio determined, as she had said, to do the best she oould for the sufferer. The conductor procured a carriage and assisted Alioe with her charge into it. To her boarding house tbs poor little seamstress directed the driver, aud then sat down to look the case square in the face. For the board, her landlady would wait payment she knew ) but for the physician’s fees, medicine, and whatever else would be heeded, money must be had. How could she raise it ? Her in come was barely ’ suflicient’+e defray her own expenses, and support her widowed mother and invalid sister in the most humble way. Poor Alice 1 She had one article, and only one, that she could dispose of, and realize a sufficient sum to be of any help in this emergency. It wax a pearl ring— a very handsome one, sad Alice’s sole vanity. It was given her by Miss—-, who was very much impressed, not only with her skill and faithfulness, but likewise her gentle, refined manners. It was a sore trial, but Alice decided the ring must go. Immediately after putting u«.r charge into her own bed, she sought her landla dy and told her story. The good woman, although she chided her fer having taken this additional burden, called her a dear good girl, aud said : j, “God will reward you, surely, and I will help' you what % can.” Alice had but a very xhort time to de vote to the sufferer. She hurried out, disposed of her ring, obtained the service of a physician, and returned with him to take the prescription, and have it put up. Poor girl ! she had had no moment to spare to her own sorrow ; indeed, it was comforted very much, if not entirely forgotten, by her efforts to soothe and care for the sick stranger, her heart felt lighter than she ever thought it could again. Alioe had a plenty of work from tlie best class of patrons, and received liber al pay. But she was suddenly summoned to her mother, who was extremely ill. This separated her from her charge. But the old lady was convalescing ' rapidly, and the kind hostess promised to take good care of her. When Alice offered to shale with her the reward O.f her labor, Aunt Margaret, as she had asked to be called, said : “I have a little money with me, and I have friends whom I can ask to send me sufficient to pay my.board.” She parted with the sweet girl, who she declared had saved her life, with many blessings and many tears. Alise found her mother “dying,” all said, and, kneeling beside her, she re solved Dever to leave her side again. But her mother did uot die ; yet a long time elapsed before she was restored to health, and nearly all of Alice's money was spent. The winter was on them ; there was no provision for it. Their little Btook was very nearly exhausted. This was the gloomiest period of Alice's life. Oue after another attempt to earn’ a support failed. Her little sister Lilly was- very ill. At last the darkest day came. Not a dollar was left. The last flour was in the oven; the last tea in the pot. And the poor girl sat with her head buried in her hands, praying for strength and guid ance. She was aroused by a feeble voios, calling ; • “Allie ! Allie 11 am so cold !" She arose, and taking the pale, sickly little one in her arms, wrapped her shawl about her and said, with a quivering lip; “Put that wood in the stove, mother. Lilly is shivering.” “It is the last, child,” the mother be gan Baying. But Alice urged her; “Mother, Lilly ie too cold. We must warm her now, and trust to our Father for more.” “Are you so veryoold, my darling ?” the loving girl asked, pressing the little form closer to her own, and looking down into the pale, wan face to see how plainly it told of poor and insufficient food. ® “Yes, cold, and so hungry too,” whis pered tho little one, piteously. "Oh, Father in Mercy, help ms!” Alice criod. “Father of the Fatherless, hear my prayer 1” She placed the ohild in a chair closer to the stove, and was turning to prepare her frugal supper, when a loud knock caused Iter to turn and open the door. A business-like looking individual, without further biddiug, walked in. Presenting a chair to Alice, and seating himself, he said : “Miss Kent, I believe—Miss Alice Kent ?" Alice bowed her head in answer, her face expressing much wonder and a little anxiety, “Miss Kent, I have tho honor and pleasure of informing you that by the lxst will and testament of Margaret Browuton, you are the sole heir to her estate.” k shook her, head, with a aigji of regret escaping her lips, “Yon are mistaken. I am not the Alice Kent. I never knew any such per son.” Tho lawyer, laughing, said ; “My dear young lady, you can’t escape the burden that has been cast upon you. But if you will trust me as your deceased friend did for many years, I will try to make the burden as light os possible. In other words, I should be pleased to serve , you in any way connected with my pro ; session. I was Miss Brownton’s legal ' advisor, and wrote her will. You are | the young lady who nursed her through , her illness in New York ?” “No, no. That person was poor, vary poor,” Alice interrupted him, saying. But at length she was convinced. With her heart overflowing with joy and grat itude, notwithstanding the presence of a stranger, she caught Lilly to her breast saying ; “God has answered my prayer! My darling, you shqll grow well and strong now. Only try to keep up a little longer, and Alice will never let you be cold or hungry any more.” The keen eye of the lawyer wandering over the scene, perceived, before Alice’s ■words explained, tidings. Tak ng from his pocket book a hundred dollars, he handed it to Alice, saying : “Miss Kent, it is necessary you should come to the city at your earliest conve nience. Allow me to advance a trifle for your use until then.” “A trifle ! Why, this is a fortune. It is life to those so dear.” Alice exclaimed thanking the kindhearted, aa she bade him good bye. Scarcely had he gotten out of sight, ere Alice ran down to the village store. Lilly was warmed and well fed that night; yes, and won to smiles by the bright piotures Alice painted for her of the happy futnre. Gleeful as a child was the dear girl as she laid her plans to make so many happy. Os course the news flew swiftly enough ; and those who had treated so ooldly the poor little seamstress, smiled pleasantly enough on the wealthy heiress. Weeks grew into months, but the one for whom her heart waited came not. At length, wearied with vain watching, Al ice said : “Dear Frank, I know his heart yearns to oome, but bis mind leads him astray. Ob, be does not kuow me. Well, it is full time I were looking to my own hap piness and then, like a sensible girl, she sat down and wrote to Frank to come. Ee lost no time in doing it, you may be sure ; yet there was much embarrass ment in bis manner until Alioe, putting her hand in bis, said :■ “Talk to me as you did a year ago, Frank.” ‘ 'Can I forget the changes since then, Alice !” be asked. “I am not changed, Frank. Now, as then, I am yonr promised wife,” she •aid, her eyes full of love, looking into NO. 20 Ilia. •‘Call you mean it, darling ? How cai yon forgive the past—my mother’s nn kindneta ?” “Frank, I love you,” washer auswer as she nestled herself closer within hi* encircling arm, and then tx-gau weaving plana for tbeir future, in the happiness of which hia mother a as to share as hers. “Just to think,” she said, “of the lit tle act of kindness bringing such reward —such happiness 1” [tors.NAi> tuiiii sruAiiLAvuj PIN ANC'IKS. m Harlem. Ga., May 12, 1876, Messrs. F.imoiis : Please allow me space in yonr paper for a few remarks on the subject of the Panic; not that I presume to do it jus tice, however. By most, writers King Cotton i« charg ed with most of our woes ; and 1 must admit that, we have been governed to a considerable extent by the high price of cottou ; but, according to my humble opinion, ouly a small proportion of our troubles are attributable to the over production of cotton, the opinion of Gen. Toombs and Bishop Pierce to the contrary, notwithstanding. The first and greatest sufferers are the land holder* and laborers, mostly through their own fault. A 'Jext. I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of un derstatfding; And, 10, it was all grown over with . thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. Theu I saw and considered it well: I! looked upon it, and received instruction. ■ — Prov. , XXIV, 30—32. So has our poverty come. Who has I controlled the most of the farms since I the war, but “the man void of under- ; standing?” And the most of the farms I conducted "by this class have the walls broken down. As long as we trust this class we have but little nse for fences, as the stock has passed away with the fences, and will continue to remain us long as the hewers of wood and drawers of water have control of the farms. With all the hue and cry of over-pro duction of cottou, the crops do not exceed the crops previous to tho war, with all other crops far in the rear Again : The credit system. The most experienced farther cannot succeed if he undertakes to ran a farm on credit, pay ing from 150 to 100 per cent, per annum, and how much more if he nndertakeß to run to the ignorant tenant. Now the question arises, who is to blame for this extra charge on credit—the merchant or farmer ? Certainly the farmer for em ploying the man void of understanding to run hit jarm, also the framers of the Constitution for enacting a clause provi ding for the Homestead Law. Repeal this law and let one be enacted to punish usury on credit goods its on money loaned, and I warrant Success if all the Anglo Saxon race, men, women, boys and girls will go to work, then we will have fewer cross-roads merchants and one-horso town lawy : rs. By your permission moro on the subject. 60 Yeabß. Eiolt Years Without Eating.— There is a young woman named Mary Fancher, residing at the corner of Gates avenue and Downing street, Brooklyn, who has, it is asserted by her physician, Dr. S. F. Spier, taken uo food for eight Tears. She is twenty-five years of age, bright and intelligent. Asa girl she was a close applicant to her studies, and was wout to abandon her meals to pon der over her books until the strain upon her intellectual and physical strength overcame her. She also sustained inju ries by being thrown from a horse. Subsequently she fell off a Fulton ave nue car, and was dragged along the street for a distance of forty feet by her crinoline catching in the car. She was then afflicted by absolute ner vous prostration, and has since been con fined to her room. Her legs are twisted aud her hands are drawn up behind her head. She sleeps but little, and is said to be endowed with clairvoyant faculties. She works embroidery iu colors with great facility, and has made slippers aud smoking caps with initials worked iu them. The doctor is positive that there is no deception in the case, aud has used everV effort possible to deteot any sign of imposition, but to no purpose. The cose has baffled the skill of hundreds of physicians, who have examined it. —New York Herald, 23 d. There ia probably no city in the world that turns oat such a variety of manu factures in a week as Birmingham, Eng land. Iu a week she makes, among oth or things, 14,000,000 pens, 6,000 bed steads, 7,000 gnus, 300,000,000 cut nails, 100,000,000 buttons, 1000 saddles, 6,000,- 000 ooppet or bronze coins,"2o,ooo pairs of spectacles, 6 tons of papier mache wares, more than £30,000 worth of jew elry, 4,000 miles of iron and steel wire, 10 tons of pins, 6 tons of hair pins and hooks and eyes, 130,000 gross of wood screws, 500 tons of nuts and screw bolts and spikes, 60 tons of wrought iron hinges, 360 miles’ length - of wat for matches, 40 tons of German silver, 100 dozen of fenders. 8,500 bellows' and 800 tons of braes and oopper wares. AdwertlMtng Rates. •us square, flftu insertion..l erf Koah subsequent in5erti0n............ 75 'hie square three months... 10 Ofl' iJus square six m0nth5..,.....-.- 1* 00 One square twelve months 40 00 Quarter column twelve months 40 00 Half column six months 60 00 Half coluxm twslvo months 74 00 Ono column twelve months 125 <*f ■W Ten lines or less considered t square' All fractions of squares are Counted as fail squares: Religion of our Presidents. IVa-diington was a vestryman in thsT Episcopal church. Adams was a member of the parish ia braintree. His attendance at worship' was not very constant. effefsuu Was an avowed skeptic, and a devout follower of Dr. Priestly. Madison and Monroe were moderate churchmen: John Quincy Adams was a Unitarian. Jackaoh joined the Presbyterian church after he left offie. He paid close etteu .ion lo the sermon, and made a profound bow td the pillpit as he rtstifed. Van Bnren was trained in the Reforms ed Dutch school, attended the Episcopal church when ho attended any; Harrison cared very little lot religion* matters. Tyler wrs loose in regard to Sunday and vor hip, Polk, though not a professed Christian, was a regular attendant at public vo: • ship in the Presbyterian church. He occupied the pew opposite the one Jack son sat in. Gen. Taylor seldom went to church. Fillmore, more than any other of the Presidents, was an open and decided Unitarian. He gave his influence and support to that seek Pierce attended the Bresbytefiad church every Sunday morning. Buchnann attended the Presbyterian. He walked to oliurch ; went up the aisle iu a shuffling gate; dodged into bis pew ; and, seated in the comer, seemed wrap ped iu his own thoughts, paying no attention appearantly to the service. Lincoln attended the Presbyteriuf church once a day. Grant ia a trustee in the Methodist church. Resisting the F.vll One.— Ata camp meeting, not long ago, a man in a thin liuen suit seated himsel! on one of the rickety benches beside a fat man who oo<> cupied full one-third of ths concern. When the services Were ended the fat man arose, and the gentleman in thin liuen suddenly begun twisting about in a! surprising manner, while his counteuaao* wan significant of mortal anguish. His actions attracted the attention of some of the brethren, and.one of them, a solemn visaged individual, who looked ns though he had just swallowed a pill, approached the writhing body, and laid his hand on the man’s shoulder and said— “Brother, if you are resisting the promptings of the Evil One, strive man fully, and yon will triumph at last. Re member, Jacob wrestled with the angel, and—” “I dunno but he did,” interrupted the agonized man: “but if Jaoob bad the seat of his trowsers and a little of his meat caught in a condemned crack he wouldn’t feel like rasliu with an angel or any other critter!” A Trunk which Gets ’Em. —.Saturday morning there came over the Great Wes tern road, on its way west, a trunk which made the hair of the baggage-master stand right up. It was thirty-four inches long, three feet wide, and was tr?a<te of solid boilor-irou, an eighth of an inch thick. The handles were iron, riveted on with great bolts, and the lfd fastened down with an immense padlock. On one end of the trunk was painted the Words i “She can stand it I” and on the other >’ “More coming!” The railroad men groaned aloud as they walked around “them trunk” and viewed it ffoffi every" angle, aud two omnibus men, who thought the owner was going to stop over, mode tracks out of the depot.— troit Free Pre*». A paper company in Holyoke, Mass.,- has manufactured an immense ream of paper for the Centennial. The sheet* are six by eighteen feet, the ream weighs about a ton, the value of the 480 sheets is $1,500, and if cut into ordinary sheet* of note paper they wotxkl make 600' 1 000‘ sheets.- m ~ A terrible story is told in the MosdoW Gazette of a party who we#e traveling on sledges, not very far from the oily of Moscow. A troop of wolves attacked them, and one person out of twefity-fotfr succeeded in making bis escape, all the rest being torn to pieces, Mr. Roach, an aged citizen of GHlfUer county, a revenue prisoner on a frivolous charge, whom the United States Marshal offered to relieve for' $f 00, died » the Atlanta jail Friday night. There or* 14,000 tame ostriches a< Cape Town Africa’, and during 1575 there were sold at Port Elizabeth alone $600,000 worth of Ostrich feather*: France intends to have an Internation al Exhibition in 1878, and $24,000,000 have been already voted for the pre liminaries.- A gentleman near Palatka, Fla., has an orange grove of 6,000 trees, which last year yielded SBO,OOO worth of orange*. Under the new time table, - the rtfri by rail between New Orleans and MeHf York' is reduced to sixty-two berate.