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CHEROKEE ADVANCE.
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"We had rather be right than to be President."
VOLUME V.
CANTON, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING. MARCH 24, 1883.
NUMBER 16.
THE CHEROKEE ADVANCE
PUBLISHED EVERY SAlURDAY
By N. If. EDGE, Editor and Manger
Office Up Stair* corner Gainesville and irest
Marietta Street—over More o f C. M. McClure
Official Organ of Cherokee County.
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Professional and Business Cards.
O D. MADDOX,
LOCAL agent
FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE CO
Office in store of J, M. McAFEE.
J. W. JARVIS, *
JEWELER AND PHOTOGRAPHER,
CANTON, GEORGIA.
Can be found at his Gallery, at an)
time where he is always naiy to do good
work at a low price. [JulylCtf
W. 1.4 6.1. TEASLY,
ATTORNEYS at LAW,
CANTON, GEORGIA.
Will give primpt attention to all bus*
Hess intrusted to them. Will practice
in all the courts 'of the crunty, and in
the Superior courts ot the Blue Ridgt
circuit. [jeu7 ly
B. F. PAYNE,
p, p. Dupree.
PAYNE & DuPREE
Attorneys at Law,
CANTON,
GEORGIA.
Li. J. UARTRELL,
Attorney at Law,
3) Whitehall St., Atlanta, Georgia
Will prectics in the U. S. Circuit and
District Courts of Atlanta, and the Su
preme and Superior Cjurt ot the State.
G. W. EVANS,
Gainesville Strict, CAN I ON, GA.
ear theJRailroad Depot.
Horses and Buggies at reasonable
prices. 4
Carriages and Horses always ready.
Will send t > any pan of the country,
with careful drivers and gentle teams.
All kinds of stock le i and well cared
tor.
'HAULING AND DECAYING
done at low rates.
Customers will be politely waited on
at all hours, day or night.
G. W. EVANS,
nov26 ! 81 til Proprlet >r.
H. w. NKWMAN, .TNO. T . ATTAWAY
NEWMAN & ATTAWAY,
Attorneys at Law,
CANTON,, : : GEORGIA,
Will practice in the Superior Court of
Cherokee and adjoining counties. Prompt
attention aiveo to all buriuets plaoed in
their hands. Office in the Court House.
H. H. McENTYRE,
T3ricU* Plasleringf*
AND STONE WORKMAN,
CANTON, GEORGIA.
I am fully prepared to do any kind of
Masonry or Plastrring at the lowest possible
rates, and solicit the patronage of theue de
siring work in mv linr. H. H. McEntyre.
STHE —
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AllHLti, Gj.
JOHN H. BELL,
Carpenter,
Having permanently located' in Cat-
ton—He ii now prepared to do all kindB
of carpenier’s woik. Building and re
pairing promply done at satisfactory
prices. Parties contemplating building,
will find it to their interest to get my
prices before closing contracts with oth
er Workmen. «J. H. BELL.
TIN 8-HOP.
J. H. STEADMAN.
Manufacturer ot all Tinware, roofing
guttering, stove pipes, gas pipes, stean
piprs and anything made of tin, etc.
Repairing.—Will repair any aud ev
erytbing trom a tiu cup to a forty hofsi-
eugine at short notice. All charges low
ami work warranted. Marietta street
Canton, Ga. [mai25 82 ly
MEDICAL C V. UD
DR. N. SEWELL returns thanks to the
citizens of Canton and vicinity, for their lib
eral patronage.
Bain; permanently located,- will continue
to practice medicine, turnery and midwi’ery.
Hoping by industry, energy aud str ct ap-
pFcatioa to business, to merit an increased
patronage end confidence.
Office in Dr. W. A. Green'S Drug Store
Residence adjoining W. H. Warlick.[n ,v9
J. IVI BURTZ,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
CANTON, GEORGIA.
Office in the Court House, [mat25 ly
COME
A,ISTD
SEE ME.
I HA VE just opened r. Complete Stock
direct from the manufactory ot Fancy
Candies, Mixed Candies, Plain Candies,
Crackers ot all eors, A Do Fresh Raising
N uta, Oysters, Canned Goods, and every
ihiDg Y/anl*d in this line. I respectful
ly ask patronage of my friends, both n
the store and job work. Rlanks, Deeds
always on h-nd.
CLAUDE
N 18, xS3 J.
C. D. MADDOX,
ATTORNEY at LAW,
CANTON, GEORGIA.
J. M. HARDIN,
House, Sign, Carriage
—AND —
Ornanental Fainter.
FRESCO & SCENIC ARTIST.
CANTON. GEORGIA,
BRICK WORK.
Hilliard Williams
Most respectfully informal! who may
wi,nt auy j jb of Brie* Work dona— such
as fi t places repaired, backs fixed, pillars,
chimneys or hourea built, that be is (id
ly prepared to do so in a wnrkman-iiku
mant.er with promptness, aud at prices
that will give entiro satisfaction. All
orders left at my house on Alabama
street, opioa ta the reudeuce of M s.
Gitchell, or at the State Indix offio,
Will r^ce tc the most prompt attention.
I ask a liberal portion of public patron-
eg... HILLIARD WILLIAMS.
GLOBE SALOON.
Fresh Fish and Oysters.
j^Meals at all hours—Day and Night,
Prepared by an experienced cook, and
customers waited on by polite waiter*.
Every attention given and all iffnia
made to pleaie.
Give me a call, opposite market house,
west side Washington ?.tr<et.
TAYLOR TANNER.
Market Restaurant.
8TALLS_2 & 3.
Meals at all hours. Batter than ever.
a LL persons wanting any kind o fcab-
/\,inet work done, such as Wardrobes
Bureaus, Bedsteads, Chairs, Ac., Ac., or Any
kind of coopering work done, are informed
that J am well prepared with tools and tim
ber at my shop on Sylvan street, t © prompt
ly execute all orders with which I may bs
favored, at the shortest notice and for rea
sonable prices. I ask tne people of Belrna
I acd surrounding country to encourage this
■ branch of industry and thereby aid home
F EDGE, 'branch of industry _
i manufactory. JOSEPH BLA&.I&.
• FIFTEEN Nil NOTES TO SPA HR.”
»t HAM.ni o. Tortre.
O youth, In life’s bright, rosy more,
Whilst emiliehttis gild ‘by «r»y
And thought, intenee within thee burn,
V Be mindful of to-day 1
The preeent thou m»yst claim for thine—
The future's « drenin most fair—
Think twice ere thou dost squander, the
Thy “fifteen lulnntee to spare.”
And, should a comrade say to thee:
We'll shun tlio narrow wny.
And sat, and drink, and merry be,
For to-morrow we’ll aw ay
Turn thou at once, the tempter scorn
Who spreads for thee a Miare;
Touch not, nor taste, hut ho a man
In “ thy fifteen minutes to spare.”
There are treasures scattered on Uie pie
Thst await a searching hand,
And coral wreaths in the billowy main
And grains of gold lu the sand;
There art" gcine of learning Biiugly hid
And bright thoughts, here and there
That may be thine to revel amid
In thy “ fifteen lutnutos to spare.’
The transient rain-drops of e day
Help make the sparkling rill,
And it, In turn, doth haste sway
To help old ocean fill.
If thou wouldst wear a atarry orown
Mid angel baud* up there,
Then earn the Jewels, one by one,
In thy " flftoou minutes to spare.’
Lion-Taming.
“Is your life insuredP” asked* Re
publican reporter of Goorge Conklin,
the lion-tamer and elephant-breaker of
the circus now in winter quarters at the
Fair Grounds.
“ No, I have not got a dollar on it.
I'm not a good risk, and the companies
won't write me."
How do you feel when von enter the
den of the lions and tigersP”
•‘I try not to think of anything, but
I soon fuel the excitement, which grad
ually becomes a delirium. Some timo
ago I was putting a family of leopards
through their performance, and, wldlo
working one of them, another fastened
her fangs on the rear part of my thigh,
and yet, through the excitement, I never
felt the pain. Indeed, it was r nlv whan
I turned round to engage one of tho
other animals that I found the brute
had mo fast, but I cowed her down.
This, however, can not always be dono,
and as an instance of this I recall the
death of my friend Herr Lengel, of
Philadelphia. I received this extract
from one of my Australian correspond
ents:
“ ‘Mr. G. A. Courtney, proprietor
and manager of tho zoological circus
bearing his name, wrote from San Do
mingo, W. I., September 10, as under:
'‘Last night at ten o’clock the well-
known lion-tamer, Herr Elijah ■koriffalr
of Philadelpeia, l’a., entered the den of
the Brazilian tigers attached to the cir
cus, and had nearly concluded his per
formance with them when ho made a
false step, and one of the tigers caught
him by tho head nnd neck, and in loss
than five seconds ho was torn to pieces.
Ills jugular vein was out, his oar on tho
Tight side completely ehten off, and his
body was a mass of mangled lledi and
bone. The tent was densely pocked with
f ieoplo, and the scene that followed it is
mpossible to describe. The guard and
Also a few private individuals com
menced firing with revolvers and rifles
At the tiger, and son* killed it, thereby
Anabling tho attaches to drag the body
|Of Lengel through the compartment.
The remaining living tiger at once fell
upon tho dead animal in presence of
the audience and tore it into frag-
<ments.” ’"
‘‘Do you go armed into the cagosP”
“No, sir. Three years ago in St.
Louis during tho night the lions dragged
A performing leopard through the bars
And devoured it. When I went to the
OAge next morning (Sunday) all that
remained of the creature was its head
And one leg. That leopard was a pet
And a good performer, which drew the
people, and when I told Mr. Cole he
«aid: ‘Well, George, can you do any
thing with any of the other leopardsP’
I told him I’d try, and that afternoon I
took a green animal and worked with
her for some time. I guess I tired her
out, for she canto at mo with blood in
'her eye, so I had to kill her—it was
Hobson’s choice. 1 ’
“How did you kill herP”
“I struck her on tho head with the
butt of my whip. I can kill any leopard
or tiger that way. Did you ever hear of
'an elephant freezing to death in MayP”
“I never hoard of an olephantdying.’’
“Well, four years ago we were going
to Denver by way of Pike’s Peak, and
the weather was warm enough for your
sbirt-sleeve3, but two days later it was
so cold that one of my elephants got
frost-bitten, and it was all I could do to
get her to Denver, where she died on May
3, being literally frozen to death.”
Mr Conklin has been a wild beast
trainer for seventeen years, and his
body is covered with terrible scars, the
result of the caresses more or less
demonstrative of his animals. Although
ho has performed his lions thirteen
years, he say3 that the slightest hesita
tion or fear displayed by him would
result in a ferocious attack upon him.
He rules by fear.
“Then I am to understand that a lion
which jou have performed for years
never has an affection fur you?”
“Never—or rather Pinafore. They
know me very well and fear me, but, if
they got the bulge on. mo, I’d hardly
present enough material for the Coro
ner to work on. Ail wild animals make
directly for the throat, ami in a big cage
1 can always dodge ’em with hot irons
if they get so refractory as to endanger
my life. They are not afraid of my
firing off blank cartridges, and the most
risky thing I do is to feed, them fro r
my hand with raw meat. lhe blood
makes them hanker after warm human
blood, I suppose. I have been around
wild beasts ever since I could walk; my
father was at it before I was born, and I
have a brother in the business now. So
used to their traits and moods have I
become that I can walk into a itraaga
den among Ilona who naver aaw or
smelled me before. Joe Whittle, whom
1 trained up to the business, came to
grief and made a meal for ' Frank,’ Into
whose mouth I put my head."
“ How wasitr”
. wa * performing Frank and
George in rehearsal, ana when he put
hlS hfUUl i'fitn Vranlr'a m.v.GK tU. L h ..i«
hU bond Into Frank's month the brute
closed on him. Instead of keeping still
Joe pulled his head out tearing all the
flesh off his neok and face. We called
tohim to come out, but he refused, and
said ho’d conquer him 'or dlo right
there.’ Ho then whipped the bruto
through the drill, and was about to leave
the cap* by Umi trtfisliutr, when Frank
pounced on his leg, and tore most of it
Ho died, and I have performed the
lions ever since. In Pottsville, Pa., a
liohess took mo by the calf, and I kopt
still, turned around and beat her with
my whip until she let go. Anothor
time I had all tho meat ohowed off my
chest and my shirt-bosom dislocated;
but then one gets tisod to these slight
Inconveniences.”
It takes fonr months to train an ele
phant, and thoir breakor gives them two
lessons a day. Two hundred pounds ot
hay and four bushels of oats, together
with a mess of bread and potatoes, are
oonsnmed daily by each elephant. A
lion takes six months’ Incessant labor to
bring It into subiootion anil touch it
tricks; and even tnou omy noout ono
lion In ten Is successfully trained for
exhibition. To place one’s head into
the mouth of a lion, tigor, leopard, or
elephant requires dauntless courage,
ana even Mr. Conklin admits that tho
process Is accompanied oy decidedly
unpleasant sensations.
“Are lions or tIgors strongest.P”
“When about tho same sizo they are
equal In strength, and whon ono attacks
the other It all depends wnteh gets tne
first grip on his foe’s throat—thov are
like bulldogs. I give a lion fifteen
pounds of beet once a day as his allow
ance.
n I pick up stray facts once in awhile,
and the average ages of animals might
interest you,” said Conklin. “A bear
lives about 20 years, a dog 20, a fox 14,
lions, from 50 to 70 years, cats 15 years,
elephants 700 years, pigs 30, rhinoc
eroses 20; horsos 10 years, although one
lived to he over 60; oamols live 100
years, whales 1,00b, cows lo, sheep 10,
ravens 100, swans have been known to
live 300 yeabs, and an ougto du n a
Vienna at the ago of 104 years. If jop
want to get at the height of an elephant,
all you have to do is to take a string and
measure twice round its foot, which
Jfives Illttl'nillllits. ■■>.» .. .1 y
“ Have you ever any forebodings that
you will dio in a eager”
“ l never allow myself to think of that.
I just go in and do my tripk and take
my chances, but I tnko nitre to keep |
my eyes upon the animals.^ There’s
one kind of animal 1 will not i
perform with, ami that is a oross-oyed |
one—Ac’s like tho cross-cved woman I
you meet on tho street, yon can’t toll
whether sho’s flirting with you or tho
man on the other side of the street.”
lynched nnd Un leached A idles.
The question is often askoih what Is
the comparative value of leached with
unlcached nshosP Tho answers have
been widely different. While some
have claimed that a bushel of leached
ashes is worth as murh as a bushel of
unlcached, others do pot vuluo them
worth more than one-third as much.
Why this dlfiercncoP Do not cultivat
ors o'servo alike, or is there a great
difference in mhos? Whilo, no doubt,
cultivators are careless in their ob
servations, nnd there is every reason to
believe that there is a difference in the
qualities of ashes, there are otlior,
qulto as Important reasons, why there
Is a great tlifferenoo of opinion us to
tho com nrntivo value of leached ashes.
Tho lirst is been so there arc other
elements of valuo In the ashes besides
potash, ono of them phosphor! ■ neld;
therefore, if lexohod ashes he am lied
to land already r ch in potash nnd de
ficient In phosphatos, it will ho soon
at once that tho results would bo more
favorable than If applied to land rl h
in phosphates and deficient in potash.
AN bile it tho unlnnchett ho applied to
the first, and louche I to t he Inst, the re
sult wo Id bo very unfavorable to tho
leached nshe*. There Is nnothor enuso
of this great dllierenco of opinion,
which is a frequent misunderstanding
in regard to the measurement. Whilo
one party understands a bushel of
leached nshe* to simply mean a bushel
measured after louche another party
means a bushel measured I cforo It Is
leached; as it requires three bushels of
tinlonche I ashes to make one of
leached, it will he scon at mve that
sin k m sundorstandlng must lead to a
great d ifierenco of opinion ns to the value,
so long as farms diner as to the amount
of diiiercnt fertilizers the soil contain!.
I nch fnrmcr, by his own observation
nnd experiment, must doeide what his
own soil is do! cicnt in, and In wluit it
has a surplus. The I est wny to do this
is to apply different fertilizers an I note
the results; by applying a bushel of
leached ashes by the side of a busliol of
unloachod. If ho.finds that tho un-
lcachcd docs the best It Is an Indication
that his land Is deficient in potash, but
if the leached does tho best it is nn evi
dence that tho potash Is not ns dolicicnt
a* tho phosphates. — Massachusetts
Plouahman.
Expensive Red-Tape.
Six years ago a dull-witted clerk in
the t^uarterma- tcr - < ouoral’s office
made nil error in tho percentage in
computing the amount of a claim duo
the Central Pacific Railway Company
for transportation. This left ono cent
duo tho Central Pacific Company. The
same error was repeated in three
separate cases, until the Government
hud defrauded tho Central Pa ilie Com
pany out of tho sum of three cents
through the clerk’s negligence. When
this mistake was discovered all the
wheels of the government wore set to
work to try and correct it. I or six-
years clerks have been hard at work on
the correction. The Secretary of War
has addressed several letters upon tho
subject, imd lhe Secretary of tho Treas
ury lias responded, and finally to-day
the procession of routine came to tho
end of the first stage. Tito re uisition
for throe cents was approved, and throe
warrants for ono cent each wore or
dered to l>e issued. Thus far it lias cost
the i.overjimcnt over £1,01,0 to reach
this p int. However, this is n t tho
end. The warrants must go to tno t irst
Comptroller, then to the 'Assistant
Secretary of Treasury for signatures.
They arc then to be transmitted to the
Bureau of Adjustment of lln'lroad Ac
counts. They will lien lie sent to tho
company, which will have to make affi
davit before th nearest Assistant
United States Treasurer that it is the
party to receive the sum. -Chicago
News.
Women’s Rights In Africa.
The Bolonda negroes in Africa beliove
in the supremacy of woman. It is with
them the law that women shall sit in the
councils of the nation; that a young man
on entering tho matrimonial state shall
remove from his own village to that of
liis wife, and in forming this relation lie
shall bind himself to provide his mother
with wood so long as she shall Eve.
Here, too, the wife alone can divorce the
husband, and the children in that event
become tho property of the mother. Tho
men cannot enter into the most ordinary
contract without the permission of the
lady superior of the domestic circle. In
the very heart of Central Africa is the
paradise that many women are vainly
striving for in American, and tho rights
she clamors for here are already granted
in this far-off country to women, and by
what we call an “uncivilized people.” A
few delegates from Bolonda might be of
good service to the cause, for they at
feast can speak from experieno# of what,
to us, are yet untried laws.
— The general agent of tho Prison
Association of New York states that thJ
most prolific source of crime un on"
1 is .. : . iL A »nmo nf VVAGI
yo ’iu
Attacked by Muskrats.
citizen, aided by two polio uncifTand a
gang of muskrats. Charlie box was
going to hih home and, when feeling
lor the gate in the dark, something
jumped at his leg and nabbed ids
bree lies. Looking down, ho saw a
number of unnll eyes sparkling like
diamonds, lie could not imagine wlmt
they wore, and, kicking thorn from his
legs, hopped over tho fount, hurried to
tho hotiNo, and came back with aligiitod
lamp and a stick. Jlr.nlly had lie
reached tho spot before tlio hungry
animals once more attacked his legs.
Ho knocked ono, and as lie did so his
light went out, and ho heat a hasty re
treat and hunted tor the police. The
officers got a lamp and proceeded to
the scene, and when they reached tho
place they bad lo do battle. Ono big
fellow, who was evidently president of
tho body, as Ids immenso sizo would
Indicate, made a jump at Officer Illack-
weldor, who struck at it with Ids club,
but missed b s aim. Tho sumo one then
jumped on O beer lloyto, who wns more
successful in tho use of his club, and
killed it by a blow on tho head. Tho
officers knocked right and left, and
finally tho rats, for some cause or an
other, i eased fighting and scampered
oil, taking refuge under tho culvert
near. A careful search of tho field
failed to show hut one dead rat. a re
markably largo one that weighed ton
pounds. Mr. Fox saw only three when
lie came out with the lamp, but about
ton or fifteen In all attacked tho
police. They were o ceodingly vora
cious in their attack on Mr. Fox, ns the
torn condition of his pants about tho
ankles indicated. - Charlotte (N. C.) Ob
server.
Diarrhea in Fowls.- Recent scien
tific researches have proved that this dis
ease is caused by a microscopic organ
ism which is developed in the intestines,
passes into the blood, and multiplies it
self there with extraordinary rapidity.
The parasite is ejected from the bowels,
and may ho taken by birds who pick
about among the dung-heap or eat the
grains that have been soiled by contact
with it. If a fowl dies, and there is any
cause to believe that diarrhea has
caused its death, the birds should be
immediately taken out of the poultry-
yard and isolated. The poultry-yard
and poultry-house should be well
cleansed, the dung removed, and the
walls, perches, and soil washed with
plenty of water. The water used should
contain five grammes per litre of sul
phuric acid, and a stiff broom or brush
should be employed. When ten days
have passed without a death occurring,
tho birds need no longer remain isolat
ed, excepting those which show signs
of prostration, depression, or sleepiness.
These simple means will be found suffi
cient to stop the progress of the conta
gion, and to prevent its return. If they
are employed as soon ti3 the disease
makes its appearance, they will reduce
the losses to an insignificant figure.—
L’Acclirnatation.
Make low Will.
It is Vary common lb hear man aaj,
“I do not ears to make a will; the Ian
will mnko a good enough will for
but the expeneneo of lawyen and bon*
ness men shows that in ninety ooaea out
of a hundred it is better tar the ownat
of a house or land or personal property
to leave clear directions in a farm which
tho law will recognize as binding os to
the disposition of his estate. At oil
events before he decides not to make •
will—to “ die intestate,” as lawyen aay
—lie should have clearly before hu
miiul what.will happen In die logoi
course after his deatn, not only os to the
division of his property, but ao to the
extra expense and delay which may bo
incurred by his failure to name boom
responsible person to act as his asooo^
tor.
Lot it bo assumed that a property
owner, whom, for convenience soke, wo
will coll J. t>.. ofter tho legal fashion
hat a wife and three children, the young*
est of whom is not yet twenty-one yean
old, and let ns suppose that ho will
loave real estate (that is, houses, load ot
ground rent,) and personal estate (that
b, stocks, bonds or money.) The law
will then, it) the absence of a will, di- ,
vide his property thns: The widow will
havo one-third of the penonal estate
absolutely, and the income of one-third
of the real estate fur her life. The re
mainder of the property will be equally
divided among (he three children; bat
as tho youngest is a minor, a guardian
mast do appointed for him by the
Orphans' Court of the oounty. Maw
this is a very simple and favorable ease
of in testacy, because most men wish
that their children shall inherit equally;
but even here there ore several questions
which J. D. must oak himself before ho
daoidos not to make a will, for instance.
1. Do I wish that my wife should hove
more than one-third of my estate t
2. Do 1 desire her to be the guardian
of my minor child?
8. If one of my children is a daughter,
do I wish to give her a larger share than
her brothers?
If J. D. answers yea to anr of those
questions, ho must make a will.
Let us suppose, however, that J. D.
is satified with the law's division of his
estate. Tho next question oonoerns the
settlement of his personal property.
All debts, funeral expenses, sot, must
be paid from this, and the remainder
divided among his wife and children by
a person who, if appointed by the will,
no
culled au Administrator. Au executor
need not outer security ; an administra
tor must. This security is in many
cases obtained with difficulty and ex
pense. Docs J. D. desire his wife ol
friend to whom will be committed the
settlement of his estate to be put to this
additional trouble? The writer hm
known more than one instance, among
people of narrow means, where wives,
possessing the entire confidence of theil
husbands, have been unable to take ont
“letters of administration,” as it is
called, because they ouuld not get th«
necessary security.
In short, all the evil oonsequenoes
pointed out can be averted, if J. D.,
will go to a lawyer aud instruct him to
draw u short will. Let us suppose that
he deuires his property divided as the
law divides the estates of intestates.
Then the will would run something like
this (unless J. D., is one of those clients
who like nourishes and red tape, and a
forest of legal verbiage):
“This is my last will and testament,
I devise and bequeath to my wife, A. D.,
oue-tliird of my real estate for life and
one-third of my personal estate abso
lutely. Tho residue of my real and
personal estate shall be equally divided
between my three children, F. D., G.
D. and H. D. I hereby appoint my
wife, A. D., guardian of the person nnd
estate of my son, H. D., during hil
minority. I empower my executor,
hereinafter named, at liis discretion (ot
upon the request of my wife and chil
dren), to sell my real estate, or any
thereof, and make good title to th ‘
chaser thereof. I appoint mv t ,
A. B., of the city of Fhiladelpnia, exe
cutor of this, my last will end testa
ment.”
He must sign his name at the bottom,
and he should have two or more wit
nesses. •
This is a very short aud meagre will j
and usually other provisions would be
added, expressing more in detail the
intentions of ths testator; yet these feu
lines would save money aud time, and
possibly incalculable vexation or trouble
Philadelphia Public Leper.
—An exchange says that “to wear
patched clothes is no disgrace,” but it
looks like pin struck with a club, and
_ we wouldn't do it if—if wo were en-
nion and boys i.! the game of pool | gaged in other business.—Saturday
for drinks. —N, i'. Hum,
American.
1U CUM-
S£
mend,
Manufacture of Paper*
Paper stock of all kinds is now in use.
In Franco paper is made from the hop
vine; in Scotland from jute. The ma
terial is inexhaustible, but the process of
manufacture is too expensive. Wood,
straw, esparto grass, and various other
vegetable products have been pressed
into the service. The liop stalk, as
yielding textile fibre possessing qualities
of length, suppleness anddelioaoy, is the
best substitute for nun yet discovered.
—A Connecticut man being much
bothered by burglare gave his mind to
circumventing them. His patience and
ingenuity were rewarded the other
morning by finding a marauder in the
seventeen foot-deep hole whioh he dug
under his store in front of his safe; but a
neighbor of his who missed, his whisky,
was not quite so luoky, for he is now in
jail waiting to Bee whether both of the
young fellows who drank a doee of
equal parts of oroton oil and liquor he
had "fixed up” for them will die from
he effects. One of them hat,—Nt*
Mavtn JUffisitr.