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Vofti| PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY -AT BELLTON, GA, by JOHN BLATS. Terms— sl.o j per air.um ; 50 cents for six znomhs; 25 cents for th r ee month?. Parties away fro u Bellton are requested to send their nt nes, with sach amounts of money a< they cm spare, frou 23c. to sl. MinCRODY'M GB AM>rA. UY. MA KG UEK WK.' The snows of eighty years had shed. Their whitest Cakes on his aged head— Homeless and friendless, he was weary of life, Os its sorrows and burdens, and endless strife. Little carhsj for rain or snow— Uehad no friend, he knew’ no foe. Brightest of sunbeam, beauteous her face, Lightness of motion, girlish her grace— Like a cloud o’er the sun, when brilliant in light, Sorrow crept into her face, just so blight. Tears Itedlmmed her bonnie blue eyes, Toward hiin she springs, and sweetly cries: " You are somebody's grandpa, now J know. Why don't you go out of the snow? 1 have* grandpa, and he sit? fn his chair. And my grandpa, too, has pretty white hair— My grandpa lakes me on his knee, Au<! I hug and kiM him. like this you see. ” As toward the child, the old man bent, the seemed to him, an angel sent— Around hfs neck, her anus she threw, And •wnrt|y the rye* of bhie— Klfh after kiss, on his lips were pressed As lightly he clasped her to his breast Ihe tears roll down his sunken cheeks. In broken and husky voice, he speaks - " Tis long years since a kiss I’ve know, Why did you kiss me, little one?” You are somebody's grandpa, that I know, If you are poor, and out in the snow— Arid some little girl would be happy to-day. If site knew J had kissed you,old aud gray— You looked so lonely, and sick and sad— ’*h' toll me, have I'been very bad? That you cry so hard, and turn away, Don't you know me? I’m little May? I kiss all grandpa?, because you They don't all have little girls like me— To love and ku« them every day. Here'.- one more ki*.s from little May.” The sunbeam is gone, but its brightness Is shed, on the care-worn face, and snow-white bead- I bort is joy in his heart, though tears in his eyes, Th;st he brushes away, as be eagerly cries! Methought men had ceased t«» lore each other, Nor still regard each ns his brother-. That kindness from the earth had tied. And left only nf* ternet* In Its stead. But, to-«iay 1 have learned that kindness is given, As the wee’est gift to man from heaven— f'usulli'”!, unsrlnsh, and sweet at its birth, But sullied bct-omes (nun its contact with earth— In childhood, the Hower of kindness is fair. In manhood, *t is marred by the whirlwands of care. How tenderly then, shoula we shicki this flower I u pr-isponi y’s sunshine, or adversity’s shower, tilt’ sent’«>r the seeds of kindness to-day— A bountiful hsrvr-t will surely repay. .Vodrrn Arrjo. LOVED AM) LOST. BY AIYRYP JEtTKRSOX. ■ And do you reject my proposal?’’ asked a young man who sat on a sofa in an elaborately furnished apartment, eagerly gazing into the face of a beauti ful young girl, whose eyes were pen sively fixed o.i some object before her. For some minutes there was a silence; only the faint ticking of a French clock on the mantel disturbed the perfect stillness which Arthur Stanley clicl not < are to break, and which Belle Parker could not, for she was painfully agi tated. “ Mr. St w’ev ” she, said, at last, turn ing tn him with a flushed face, “I re spect you as a friend, and have, always enjoyed your society ; if I have by w'ords >r manner assured you of regaid other than friendly, attribute it to my girlish folly; as to reciprocating your affections, 1 fear I cannot,.’’ For a moment he did not speak, only pressed more passionately the soft, white hand he held in his. “ But you will tell me, dearest Belle, what has so suddenly altered your af fection for me? or have I been cherish ing a false hope? When I received your reply to my letter last week, re questing your hand in marriage, I could not believe that my devoted attentions for the na«t three years had been in vain. Were those assurances that you gave me* but a few evenings ago but the impulse of a momentary passion ?” “Do not, Mr. Stanley,” she said, “ impose upon me the necessity of reviving the past; let it be forgot ten.” “ No, Belle, dearest, the past is too d< ar to me to be forgotten.” Arthur arose impatiently and turned from her. Belle watched him silently as he paced up and down the room as if in deep meditation. ■‘Belle, ha.e you no pity for me?” Arthur said more gentiy, coming to her side again. “Wehavehaa misunderstand ings enough ; do not mar my future any longer. Oh, Belle, think how I have loved you all these months and years! Think bow I must suffer in the future, if you banish me from you! You are not wise to play with me thus,” he added. “ You make me reckless—you make me—” “ Hush!” she said, suddenly. “It is n t Arthur who speaks.” "It is truth,” he interrupted. “ You are cruel to give me your love and then take it from me. Do you not know that I love you as my life, Belle, dear? What is there before me? Only a life spent in a mad, vain endeavor to for get the past, to shut you out of my heart.” Arthur ceased pleading, for he saw that be could make no impression on her cold heart, and walking to the hat rack in the hall, prepared for departure. Brlle followed him to the door, and in the glow of tiie bright moon’s rays saw him sadly depart. Belle watched him, as he slowly and " ith bowed head retraced his footsteps homeward along the lonely village road, until distance bid him from view. “ Wil! he ever return, and am I not cruel in sending him away?” she solilo quized, as -he stood in the door look ing in the direction whence he had gone »*-**«■* Years passed by, and numerous changes befell the quiet village of Irving ton on the banks of the Hudson River. Arthur, by the death of his father, ex- Jndge Stanley, had fallen heir to con siderable property, situated in Hastings, a neighboring village, and had taken up his abode there, and was now engaged in th' extensive practice of the law which his father had left him. Iwas one day while quietly seated in his office, preparing « lengthy argument The North Georgian. VOL. 111. involving a question of ownership to an extensive estate, that his office-boy an nounced a gentleman and daughter, Parker by name. ‘‘Show him in, Teddy,” which was the familiar title of the office boy. And in walked a gray haired old gentleman. His troubled expression and downcast look make it apparent that something was destroying his happiness. Arthur arose to greet him, and bade him be seated. In a tremulous voice the old man ac quainted him with his grievance: i he said he had come in behalf of his daughter, who had, a few years ago, married a man whose wealth led him to i dissipation and intemperate habits, and who made her home a misery to her. and she now sought a separation from him. | “ Perhaps you had better hear the , story from her own lips,” interrupted ; the old man; and calling in his daugh ; ter, who had been seated in the outer I office, he introduced her as Mrs. Thomp son, rite Belle Parker. Arthur bade her be seated, and she I began to relate her story, which was . simply marriage without love. After . she had finished, a slight color was per- I ceptible in Arthur’s cheeks; the refer ' ence she had made to her once peaceful ■ home in Irvington, and the many poor ■ young men of the village who had sought i her hand and heart, caused the sweet I memories of eight years ago to rush to | his brain, and almost persuaded him to reveal his identity. “ Does she not recognize me,” he thought. How could she fail to recall in I him her old lover, whom she had so ; cruelly discarded just eight years ago ? J Perhaps his trip to Europe and the cul j tivation of a beard had altered him somewhat. Arthur promised to give the matter i careful consideration, and instructed them to call again in a few days to swear 1 and sign a few preliminary papers, which they promised to do. Taking the old gentleman’s hand, the daughter led him to the carriage that was in waiting at the door, and they quickly drove ’ away. After they had gone, Arthur fell into a deep reverie, and it was some time be fore he could recover himself. He grad ually forgot the incident and resumed his study. A few days afterward, the rumbling of carriage wheels was heard rolling alone the village road, and a carriage halted in front of hie door. He recog nized at once the occupant, who was fortunately alone, and prepared to re ; ceive her. i “ You are punctual to your promise, Mrs. Thompson,” said Arthur, as he arose from his seat at his desk and offered ! his hand to greet her. She answered pleasantly, and Heated ■ herself. After explaining the law of i the case, and obtaining her signature to I a few legal documenta, Arthur’s conVer- I nation gradually drifted off to other sub i jects, and finally reached the village of I Irvington. “ Pardon me, but have you a recol ; lection, Mrs. Thompson, of a bright ■ moonlight evening about eight or nine ! years ago, when you said farewell to a I young man who had been paying atten j tion to you ?” i “ Why do you ask that question, Mr. I Stanley ?” she said, inquisitively. “My ■ recollection scarcely extends so far back, ■ and since my marriage, I have scarcely i had time to think of anything but my i unhappiness.” Opening a small drawer in his desk, Arthur drew forth a delicate little note, 1 which had been preserved with the I greatest care, and handed it to her, and ; at the same time asked her if she recog- I nized the writing. In a moment her face flushed, and, i taking a more careful look at Aithur, j she recognized in him her discarded i lover. “ Ah! Mr,. Thompson, I see it recalls to your memory an incident which time and passing events had almost oblit erated ; you still remember your answer ! to mv request for your hand and heart, the ; result of which was dooming me to the j solitary abodes of study, in order to shut ■ your image out of my heart.’’ “ Yes, Mr. Stanley, I see my folly now,” she said, wiping away the tears that were fast filling her large blue eyes. “My pride and girlish fickleness would not allow me to see it then; but their reward has come; I married a man who was very wealthy, and against my father's wish : his wealth led him to dis sipation, and instead of making my home happy, he made it very unhappy.” “ Since that memorable night. Belle. J have not forgotten you; you were the means of my ever remaining a single man, though many have crossed my i pathway, gome perhaps more beautiful i than you, in other’s judgment, yet 1 j could see no worth nor happiness in 1 them; your eyes haunted me wherever I I went.” “Forgive me!” she said. “I did not ! think your love for me w’as so strong.” She covered her face with her hands, and wept as though her heart would break. “ Then you acknowledge, Belle—par don me for calling you Belle—that you discarded me because I was a poor student, and that you thoqght no happi ness abided in poverty?” “ I did,” she said; “ but regret my action.” Further conversation was interrupted by the entrance of the office boy, an nouncing a gentleman on very important business. Arthur bade her good-oy, and she entered her carriage. ****** Months passed; winter’s chilly air ap peared, and sent to blos somed flowers. The next term of the county court was to be convened on 1 Monday, and Mr*- Thompson’s case was BELLTON, BANKS COUNTY. GA.. APRIL I, 1880. second on the calendar for trial. In the meantime, Arthur engaged himself by collecting the evidence and securing the necessarv witnesses. The day for the trial arrived, and Arthur gained his case. The following day, Mrs. Thompson ; called upon Arthur to thank and repay ! him for his services. “ No, Mrs. Thompson,” said Arthur emphatically, “ 1 should be only too pleased to render you any service in my power and that gratuitously and will ingly; there is but one thing that I re gret in reference to you, and that is that you were not as wise once as you are now.” * « * » » « Mrs. Thompson now resides with her aged father, whose life is fast declining, in the quiet village of Irvington, a wiser and a better woman. Arthur remains a bachelor, wedded alone to his profes sion, through the falsity of this woman; and although he receives an occasional friendly visit from her, he never in con versation refers to the past, bravely sub mitting to his fate of “ loved and lost.” The Shepherd Condemned. One of the distinguishing traits of civilization, indeed of Christianity, is the estimation in which children are held. Theirhelplessne^sistbeirstrength. It appeals to all that is noble in man i and tender in woman. Even those peo ple who are not “ fond of children ” are generally interested in them when they are not called upon to make any particular exertion in their behalf. They like to hear about them, and can be stirred up to great indignation about their wrongs. Men are seldom so rough and coarse that little children need fear them; and in spite of much brutality and cruelty toward them, there is always in the general heart a wide and deep strain of humanity to which their claims and their wrongs never appeal in vain. The success of books like “ Helen’s Babies;” the intense and almost thrill ing anxiety which the whole country shared over the fate of Charley Ross; the general recognition of the pathetic and softer element of human nature in Bret Harte’s story of “The Luck o* Roaring Camp,” and a score of like in cidents, demonstrate the power which the children, in spite, or rather because, of their weakness, exert over the rest of their race. The trial of the Rev. Mr. Cowley, for the cruelties and neglect of the children which he had in charge, has provoked a national interest and a national indignation, and his conviction and sentence will undoubtedly excite a national gratification. The case was essentially a bad one for him. He bad no disinterested witnesses to refute the accusations made against him by the children ; his own testimony was often so indirect and sly, that his very lawyers had to rebuke him, while the judge himself was obliged to reprove his wife for her evasive and equivocal answers. The only theory that the de fense attempted to set up was an absence of willful cruelty; that Cowley did the best he could for them; that he was short of funds and made whatever he was able to command go as far as it was possible. But the reply to all this seems to have been comprehensive. It was to the ef fect that, notwithstanding he could not sustain those inmates he was already undertaking to care for, he not only permitted, but solicited, others to enter and divide the already scanty fare. He had only to put a little more water into the milk and cut the slices of bread thinner. His object was to keep the in stitution running, in order to prosecute his claim to the $5,(00 a year which came to him if he established his case; and as two or three years of income had already accrued he bad a sordid motive for retaining the children instead of turning them over to the authorities. It was not from a hatred of children, i not from a love of cruelty and torture, 1 but from avarice, that he starved, neglected and abused them. To secure himself in a comfortable position with a snug little capital afterward, he was not only willing but anxious to gather about him a flock of unfortunate children and expose them to the sufferings entailed by neglect, privation and even starva tion. To this extent, at least the jury, judged him guilty of willful cruel'y, and the verdict will probably receive, so far as the public is informed in the case, general approbation. The Mistakes the World Sees. Os all profession in the world there are rone in which the mistakes made are brought so prominently before the . public as that of journalism. A mer- I chant may make mistakes in his figures, j in hie pr ces or weights or measures, but I it does not appear where every person in I the city and vicinity can see it. It is I not proclaimed to thousands of r yes the I next morning, nor published where all I can know it. If a doctor gives a wrong prescription it isn’t known by everybody. But in journalism every such blunder i< seen aud noted by thousands. A word mi'pelled, a letter out of place, an un grammatical sentence or misstatement of Lets overlooked in the hurry and bus .tie of rapid work, is pourc?d on by cri'ics and the journalist informed that tuch mistakes are inexccstble. Mademoiselle Alice de Gilberton de Breuilles, a young lady of distin guished family, has just fallen a victim to her love for mountain climbing. She resolved, without a guide, to ascend the Pic du Larmont, in the Pyrenees. She had mounted gome distance when her foot slipped and she fell into the abys-, below. SOUTHERN NEWS. The library fair at Atlanta netted $2,113.09. Atlanta talks of putting up grain elevators. A NEW map of North Carolina is being prepared by the State Geologist. The new court-house at Atlanta is to be surmounted by a first-class city clock. Nashville sends to Petersburg, Ya., for an architect for .her centennial buildings. The ice factory at Montgomery, Ala., prodtt'ces congealed water at a cost of twenty-five cents per 100 pounds. Gas-works are being erected at Spar tanburg, S. C., and water-works and the telephone are in contemplation. Twenty-five drays were seized at Charlotte, N. C., in one day, for unpaid licen-e. A mild form of small-pox has at tacked four negroes at Byron, Ga. They have, been quarantined. The Little Rock Gazette says there is enough stone in the Fourche Mountains of Arkansas to build a larger city than New York. MosesD. Hodge, D. D., of Richmond, V»., is pronounced by the Atlanta Con rt.itulUn to be perhaps the most eloquent minister in the South. At the last term of court at Abbeville, S. C., thirtceh persons were sentenced to the penitentiary for periods of from one year to imprisonment for life. The Memphis gas consumer pays his $3 50 with commendable serenity,while the gas octopus rakes in the $3.50 with still more serenity. Co) tIMBUS, Ga., boasts of being the birth-place of Blind Tom. A full brother of Tom is a day laborer, as a yard band, ut thr Engle and Phomix Cotton Mills of that city. The value of the oranges shipped from Columbus, Ga., during the s ason just closed was $17,2)4.40. Columbus is th' d ipping port for a considerable portion of Florida. Gov. Roberts, of Texas, is more than seventy years old, yet nt a recent leap year ball he danced, dressed in home spun, with seven young ladies. The next day he commuted two death sen tences. At Macon, Miss., Monday, Sam Bow ler, who murdered Col. .1. A. Reed, a white man, while executing n writ of seizure on his (Bowler s) pronerty, was convicted and sentenced to be hanged on Friday, the 2d day of April, 1880. TliECity Council of Knoxville, Tenn., reduced the salary of the Mayor from SI,OOO to SIOO per year, and now that official is trying to block the wheels of city legislation until this sweeping act of reform is rescinded. A package of fine tobacco sent by a young lady of Asheville, N. C., to Rich mond, to be sold, brought $5.25 per pound, when it was learned that the fair shipper intended to devote the pro ceeds to the relief of the Episcopal Church at Asheville. The importation of wines and liquors is on the increase, as every foreign vessel brings a more or less quantity of these luxuries. Three days ago the French ship Alphonse et Marie No. 2 arrived with 1,20) casks of wine and brandies. — Neu> Orleans Timet. The Muscogee correspondent of the Columbus (Ga.) Sun writes: Many have not half as much labor as they wanted. I think there is fully twenty per cent, less labor in any settlement this year than last. There is but little daily labor in the country now. A new steam rice-pounding mill is to be erected at Savannah. Already over 800,000 bushels of rough rice arc an nually brought to that city to be cleaned, and, with increased facilities, it is be lieved that a large increase will be made in this amount. The number of mules and horses which have been sold at the several livcry-stab’es in Montgomery during the present season is about 6,00 ), or prob ably more. Three fourths of this num ber were mules, and the remaining one fourth were horses. The large quantity of improved farm machinery which has been sold to the farmers recently by dealers in this city is taken as an indication that our farm ers are improving their methods of agri culture, and reducing, as far as possible, the cost of production.— Montgomery A'L vertuer. Butler County, A'abama, claims to have the smallest human being known to exist at ihe present time. 'I he name of this liliputian specimen is Miss Can ady, of Oakey Streak. She is fifteen years old, and is scarcely the size of the usual two-year old child. She has not grown any since her second year, owing to a long attack of aicknew l . At the last meeting of the Petersburg City Council the Finance Committee reported a sale of 3,235 shares of pre ferred stock of the Petersburg and Wel don Railroad, owned by the city. It was sold to pay the bonded debt of the city ; falling due August 1, next. The amount realizedby thesalc, which was confirmed i by the Council, was $163,000. I The Nashville American mentions a few signs of progress in Tennessee, as follows: A mammoth cotton compress in course of construction at Jackson; an ice factory started at Chattanooga Satur day; Columbia is also to have an ice factory; the Roan Iron Company at Chattanooga and Rockwood is employ ing over 1,200 hands; the. Nashville cot ton mill running day and night. Five little stone-cutters are whack ing away on the marble for the Custom house building. It would take them about one thousand years to finish the stone necessary for that purpose. Unless the United States looks into the matter j the present generation will be long in ; the grave before the the Custom-house ■ is finished.— Memphis Appeal. ; Some lively buisiness has been done i in silver during the past few days. Ten , thousand odd dollars in currency were I taken in yesterday and $11,571 in stand i ard dollars. '1 he last sum was derived from the customs, Silver fractions are running heavily, especially quarters and halves. The small coin comes in lumps of $10,600 at a time.— New Orleans Times. They are just beginning to find out in Virginia that Sir Walter Raleigh was never in that State. In North Caro lina it has been known from the first i that he was never on this continent, j never at Roanoke Island, as some sup i posed, and never in Wake County, I where the present town-the capital— | stands that is named in his honor. In the pastoral regions of Texas one thousand head of stock cattle, as is us ually found on ranches, will double the number within three years. This al lows for losses from age, diseases and ac cident. The net increase is at the rate of thirty-three and one-third per cent, per annum. This accounts, in part, for the fortunes accumulated in a few yean by cattle raisers. >Some of the cattle men ; are immensely wealthy. The gambling mania has full sway in the city, and the keno rooms do • pay ing business. The mania seems to per vade the uppc-r-crust and the under-crust of society, and the young man and the old gather in the rooms and the genial “ keno men” gather many a penny from the better part of the city’s denizens. — Austin ( Tex ) Statesman. Haddon & Co., of Bainbridge, Ga., have just caused (a’ sensation by obtain ing the contract on the lowest bid fur nishing the pine flooring for the great bridge extending from New York City to Brooklyn. The contract calls for 1,112,000 feet of yellow pine and 264,000 of white oak lumber. The Georgia bid for the yellow pine contract was only $19.50, the lowest price that has been asked in the vicinity of New York for many years. The Mississippi House of Representa tives refused to pass the Senate bill granting the release of the penitentiary j to the present lessees at sl.lO for each I convict per month, and adopted a sub stitute, appointing a commissioner to let out the same to the highest bidder. A long and angry debate of ten hours’ duration followed. The substitute pro vides that convicts be worked on public works, and that lessees shall not charge beyond SSO per head for convicts so cm ployed. Pointe Coupe (La.) Pelican: Our negroes who were foolish enough to go to Kansas have written to their colored friends to send them money to return to Pointe Coupe. This, our colored people emphatically refuse. They say that, if these deluded darkies could go to Kan sas, they may return the best way they can. home, of them suggest that they should work their way back. Indeed, some have expressed the wish that these modern pilgrims should remain in Kan sas. Isa few days the construction of two hundred freight cars will be commenced at the Georgia Railroad Shops in this city. One hundred of these will be box-cars, fifty coal-cars and fifty flat-cars. The construction of this large number of new cars is necessitated by the great increase of businessof the road. Gen. Alexander says there is a great demand all over the 1 country for more freight cars. The busi ness of the Georgia railroad is much greater than it was at this time last year. Four first-class passenger coaches for the road are now building at Wilmington, Del. — Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle. The largest quantity of loose tobacco ever sold at Richmond, Va., on one day, was sold last Wednesday. One lot of Published Every Thursday at BETjIZTON, (GEORGIA I RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. Oaeyear(s2 numbers), $1.00; six months (26 numbers) 50 cents; three months (23 I numbers) 25 cents. Offiee in the Smith building, ea t of the j depot. NO. 13. bright leaf, grown in Southwest Virginia, and North Carolina, weighing 75,000 pounds, was sold at the Centre Ware house at prices ranging from $12.50 to S7O per one hundred pounds. Most of it ranged from $35 to S7O, and was raised by Capt. A. M. Alexander, of Asheville, Buncombe County, N. C. At. the same warehouse three fine one horse plows were given to persons having piles weighing over 1,030 pounds obtaining the highest price. ; i i :•> Little Rock Democrat : Sheriff C. T. Ebx, of Upson County, Ga., passed through k the city yesterday, with a man loaded down with chains. The prisoner was a murderer, a fiend in human shape, who, on the Ist of March, 1878, took the life of his wife, eluded the officers and escaped to Texas. Ever since then the officers have been on his trace, and at last their efforts were awarded by cap turing the villain, at Forney, Texas. His name is Andrew C. Irvin. In Texas it was something else; Fox is a good officer, and takes his man to Thomaston, the county seat, llpton County is in Middle Georgia. Houdoun’S statue of Washington in the rotunda of theHtate-howsc was made under the direction of Jefferson, one of his Revolutionary compatriots, and an other one, Madison, supplied the inscrip tion. Ihe old stove, which its fabricator stiles “a warming machine,” ornaments the same locality after ninety years of existence, and having afforded comfort to the honorable Burgesses of William - burg, as well as modern legislative solons in Richmond. H has on the sides in raised figures, “1770,” the year in which it was presented to the colony of Virginia by the Duke of Beaufort.— Richmond ( Va.) Commonwealth. The first African Baptist Church at Richmond, Va , has 8,000 members; but this immense aggregation of Christianity does not prevent a terrib’e church quar rel, which is shaking the congregation to its foundations. It sex'ms that two sisters were found fighting for supremacy in the favor of their »|leor, pastor, and this is how a pious old brother summed up the matter for the Commonwealth: “De membersis still consequencing on Bruddor Holmes, ’bout daX ar afiar wid de wimin, but as yit no rececdins her bin menced gin ’im. He sac is clar. howsomdever, dat if de sisterin gin deir evidence dat'she’s guilty, dere is plenty folks in de church what will go for bouncin’ Brudder Holmes, suah.” Giles Virginian; J. M. Peters, of this place, made this week, for one of the convicts employed by the New River Railroad Company on the New River Railroad a pair of shoes which, we think, are about the largest ever manufactured in the State, or, in fact, anywhere else. These shoes actually measured fourteen and a quarter inches in length and five inches across the bottom. Four and three-fonrths pounds of sole leather and two and three-fourths pounds of upper leather were used in their manufacture, and they weighed, when finished, just five pounds. Mr. Peters'bill for making them was $4-50. Nashville American: Messrs. W. H. Cherry, Wm. Morrow, Tiros. O'Connor and A. M. Shook closed a trade Monday for the ground, forty acres, at Cowan, on which they propose to erect, at once, two iron furnaces, (hot-blast coke) at a cost of $200,00 >. These gentlemen, owning the most of the stock in the Tennessee Coal and Railroad Company, including the Sewanee coal mines, have made up their minds to go to making iron on a large scale. They have at their mines, in operation now, 200 coke ovens, and they are building 200 more, so that in less than six months they will have one of the largest coke ' works in the United States. As the coke has been tested for several years, no risk is taken in erecting the furnaces. Journalism on Wheels. An editor in one of the North Georgia counties owns a portable print ing offiice. The editor is a first-rate blacksmith, and occasionally changes his location, stopping in any neighborhood where the farmers are disposed to furnish him with work, and as soon as he gets bis shopincood running order, he ssis up bis old Ben Franklin hand press, buys a gallon or two of syrup, a few pounds of glue and casts a roller. Then he buys a dozen quires of paper, and in a few days “The Thunderbolt of Freedom” makes its appearance, claiming a large circulation and offering superior induce ments to advertisers.” A tramp found a woman alone in a Virginia farmhouse, and threatened to kill her if she did not give him five cents. “ Well, here it is,” she said, showing the coin, “ but, I guess I’ll shoot it to you,’ and she dropped it into the barrel of a shot-gun. The fellow did not wait to get it. A home for infirm Israelites is to btt established ft! Cleveland, Ohio.