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THE SOUTHERN ENTERPRISE. VOL XXII 1855. thb: 18??. SOUTHERN ENTERPRISE, ESTABLISHED ISJS. PUB LI SHED EVERY WEDNESDAY at TIIONISVILIE, GEORGIA. CHAS. P. HANSELL. - .... Editor. IER. Published every Wednesday at *WO dollars per annum iuvaiiably iu advance. advertising rates. The following rates have been agreed upon between the publishers of the Southern En terprise and Thomasville Timet, and will be strictly adhered to. egg—” '” I §SS.S§ §§ 1 Column... ood 1 Col., j — ae-*" I ti Column- 55§ Col. Z'— c Isocosoc soi o o ! 5 c: o © © % &t*res- 8 s< l rß - I ~~ gg 5 = 5535? 6 Squares. 3 c sri 6 Sqrs. Sx2 ISSScSSo S Squares., gjodo 5 S< l rs - I gg “ n'fgs . . iHHIFs 4 Squares.. 4 aqrs. M3=g; g= g j *gg ~ Iggggggg IJ Squares- | 4 o a Sqrs. ' igs§ „ c ~ gggSSSS 2 Squares., r- Sqrs. oo ri ri o*~ ri Iggg IciescoS l Square.. I * Sqre. ooosciwjog Weiss.... Months 1“^” -vox'ri A Square iu One Inrh. Notices in local column will be measured separately—no space counted less than a square—ami charged 50 |er cent additional on * regular advertising rates. Notices of Concerts, Exhibitions, Pro fcssional Announcements, dec., See., of one square or less, one insertion..ss.oo Communications of a political character, or articles written in advocacy or defence of the claims of aspirants to office, 10 cents per line. Announcement of Candidates $5.00, cash- Yearly contracts will be made with Her chants for a certain space in our advertising columns, subject to a change of style and mat ter at their option. This will be the best mid cheapest investment for parties who advertise largely and frequently LEGAL ADVERTISING. Sheriff's sales, per levy , $5 00 “ Mortgage Fi Fa sales per square, 500 Citations for Letters of Administration, 500 “ .'* “ Guardianship.-. 500 Application for Dismission from Ad- ) .00 ministration J J OO Application tor Dismission from Guar- / _OO dianship J 000 A pphcation for leave to sell Land.... - 5 00 Su es of Land, per square 5 00 Sales of Perishable Property, per squ’e, 500 Notices to Debtors and Creditors H 00 Foreclosure of Mortgage, per square. 500 Estray Notices, 30 days 5 00 LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Administrator t, Executors, or Guardians: All sales of Land by Administrators, Execu tors or Guardians, are required by law to be held on the first Tuesday in the month, between the l ours of ten o’clock in the forenoon j and three in the afternoon, at the Court House in which the property is situate. Notices of these sales must be given in a public gazette- forty days previous to the day of sale. Sale of Pc rsonal fdbperly .-—Notices of the sale of peraitaal property must he given at least ten days previous to the day of sale. Estate uebtors and. Creditors :—Notice to Debtors and Creditors of uu estate must he published forty e. Court of Ordinary Lcace to Sell: —Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Lauds, must be pub lished once a week for four weeks. Administrators and Guardianship: —Cita lions for letters of aduiisttration must be pub lished thirty days ; for Dismission from Ad ministration, monthly for three months ; for Dismission from Guardianship, 40days. Foreclosure of Mortgage: —Rules for Fo ie Insure of Mortgage must be published monthly or four months. Establishing Lost Papers: —Notices estab lishiug Lost Papers must be published for the full term of three months. For compelling titles from Executors, wlier bond Ims been given by the deceased, the full space of three months. will always be continued according to these, the legal rei|uiremeuts, on otherwise ordered. BOOK. AND JOB PRINTING OF ALL KINDS, PROMPTLY AND NEATLY EXECUTED A T THIS OFFICE . /CHASE P. IIANSSELL, \ V JPropvictor. / 8. G. McLendon, Attorn’y at Law, THOMASVILLE, GA. P/oinpt attention given to aM business en trusted to him. OFFirr —Over Pyles A: Co.’s Drug Store jan 12.1 y K. T. NacLcaii, Attorn’y at Law, THOIIASVILLE, GA. Special attention given to the collection of claims. OFFICE —Corner Broad and Jackson streets, up-stairs. (jan 51y Dr. W. F. DeWitt, RESIDENCE. On Smith Avenue, 2d door from Hansell Street. Office over McGlashan’s store. nplG.ly THOMASVILLE, GA. Change of Schedule GEN’L SUPERINTENDENT’S OFFICE, > Atlantic & Gulf Railroad Co*,_ > Savannah, Ga., May (i, 1877. j On and after THIS DATE Passen ger Trains on this Road will ran as follows: Leave Savannah daily at 4.00 P SI Arrive at Jesnp daily at 7.10 1 SI “ Bainbndge “ 740 A M “ Albany “ 0-4(> A M Live Oak “ 3.50 A M “ Jacksonville “ 10.00 AM “ Tallahassee “ 0.2 U A M Leave Tallahassee 3.30 P. M Leave Jacksonville “ 3.00 P M '* Live Oak “ B.aOPM Leave Albany “ 7 nn and Leave Baiubridge “ 4.00 P M Leave Jesnp “ ?} AlTive at Savannah “ j.oh am Kophgnuo of cars between Savannah and Passengers ffOfti Suvoiuiah to Tallahassee take this train. ■ . . * Passengers for Brunswick and Darien take this train. . . .. . . Passengers for Macon take this tram. Passengers leaving Macon at 7.d0 p. gi. dai ly connect at Jesnp with this tram lot Sa\iu- Waving Macon s.t 7 30a. m. (dai ly except Sunday) connect at Jcsup with tflis train for Florida. ... , . , . Passengers fiom Florida by ibis train con nect at Jeeup with train arriving m Macon at 5.20 p. m. (dally except Sunday.) No change of cars between Montgomery and cars run throhgh to and from Montgomery and Live Oak on this train. Connect at Albany daily with Passenger trains both ways on Southwestern Railroad to and from Eufaula, Montgomery, New Oi leans, <:t Mail steamer leaves Bainbridge, for Apalach icola every Saturday; for Columbus lluusday and Saturday roowigs. Close connection at Jackgßiiyjlle danv (Smi days excepted) for St. Augustine, Palpfe ami E ’Ssln B. and A. R. R. leave junction going want. Monday, Wednesday and hnday For Brunswick Tuesday, ail^ urday at 4.40 p.m. ■ ACCOMMODATION TRAIN—WESTERN DIVISION. Leave Dupont (Sundays excepted.) at 5.00 A M A,, Y eat San 3aM Tbomaaville U-}?AM heli l 6 lUe 3JO P M fe’S; Arrive at Dugout Wav Freight train, with passenger aye. o )? l modatUs, leaves Savannah and. lv at 6 4?a m (Sundays excepted,) arriving at ba\ annali o. p. in. < Sunday a excepted.) Gbo S. Haines, Gen’l Tiekct Ag’t. 11l S. HAINES, Gen t Sup. THE STJN, 18-jr. KfcW YORK. ISTT- The different editions of THE SUN during the next year will be the flame as QWUIg veur that has just passed. ihe daily edition Will on week days be a sheet of lour pages, and on Sundays a sheet of eight pages, or 5b broad columns; woile the weekly edition will be a sheet of eight pages of the same dimen sions and character that are already familiar to ■"Sfflfcr will continue to be the strenuous , . 'ate of reform and retrenchment, and of fhmhHL“utiOß of statesmanship, Wisdom and tne suusii,- „ pretence, imbecility, and It will contend for the gove. ' l “ient ol tlm peo pie by the people and for the peop-; ed to government by frauds in the ballots and in the counting of votes, enforced by mui tarv violence. It will endeavor to supply its readers—a body now not far from a million of souls—with the most careful, complete, and trustworthy accounts of current events, and will employ for this purpose a numerous and carefully selected stall of leporters and corres pondents. Its reports from Washington, es pedally, will be full, accurate, and learless; and it will doubtless continue to deserve and enidy the hatred of those who thrive by plun dering the Treasury or by usurping what the law does not give them, while it will endeavor to merit the confidence of the public by defend ing the rights of the people against the en croachments of unjustified power. The price of the daily SUN will he 55 cents a month or $b.5U a year, post paid, or with the Sunday edition $7.70 a year. The Sunday edition alone, eight pages, $1.20 a year, post paid. The WEEKLY SUN, eight pages of 56 broad columns, will he tarnished during 1877 at the rate of flyear, post paid. The benefit of this large reduction from the previous rate for the Weekly can be enjoyed bv individual subscribers without the necessity of making up clubs. At the same timo, if any of oar friends choose to aid in extending our circulation, we shall he gratelul to them, and every such person who sends us tea or more subscribers Irom one place will be entitled to one copy of the paper tor himself, without charge. At oue dollar a y ear, postage paid, the expenses of paper and printing are barely re paid; and, considering the Bize of the Sheet and the quality of its contents, we are confident the people will consider TIIE WEEKLY SUN the cheapest newspaper published in the world and we trust also oue of the very best. Address, THE SUN, New York City. JUS. JKLiUEK. JSlmaker Jewels r. Corner Broad and Fletcher St*, TIIOMASVIIjLE, ga. All work executed promptly an 1 in tlie most workman-like-mauncr. Stock of Jewelry. Clocks, fcs. exteusive and prices exceedingly low. jail ]-fv AND FIRST CLASS WORK. Having leased the Brick Yard formerly worked by Eaves, Keys & Cos., tbe under signed now bason hand 330,000 GOOD BRICK which he will sell at the kiln or lay them in walls FOR FRONTS and other ornamental work can be accommo dated low dowu for cash. Thomasville abounds in specimens of his work, and lie is now, as ever, ready to Contract for and Execute jobs of Masonry, of every description. Those desiring first class smoothe brick Orders left at this Office. JOHN FARNEMi, 1 Thomaßville, Ga. IT PAYS! IT PAYS!! WHAT_PA YSI It pays every Manufacturer. Merchant, Me chanic, Inventor. Farmer, or Professional man, to keep informed on all the improvements and discoveries of the age. It pays tije head of every family to intro duce into his household a newspaper that is instructive, one that iosterß a taste for investi gation, and promotes thought ami encourages discussion among the members. The SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN which has been published weekly for the last thirty years, does this, to an extent beyond that of any publication, in fact it is the only weekly- paper published in the United States* devoted to Mannfucters, Mechanics, Inven tions and New Discoveries in the Arts and Sciences- Every number is profusely illustrated and its contents embrace tiie latest and most in teresting information pertaining to tlie Indus trial, Mechanics, and Scientific Progress of the World; Descriptions, with Beautitul Engra vings, of New Inventions, New Implements, New Process, and Improved Industries ot all kinds ; Useful Notes, Recipes, Suggestions and Advice, by Practical Writers, for Workman and Employes, in all the various arts, forming a complete repertory of New Inventions and Discoveries; containing a weekly record not only of tiie progress of the Industrial Arts in our own country, but also of all New Dis coveries and Inventions in every branch of Emrineei ing, Mechanics, and Science abroad, 'l T lie Scientific American lias been the fore most of ail industrial publications for the past thirty years. It i the oldest, largest, cheapest, and the best weekly illustrated paper devoted to Engineering, Mechanics, Chemistry. New Inventions, Science and industrial Progress, published in the World. The practical receipts are well worth ten times- the subscription price. And for the shop and house will save many times the cost of subscription PATENTS. In connection with tiie Sci entific American, Messrs. Munn &. Cos., are Solicitors, of American and Foreign Patents, and have the largest establishment iu the woiid. More than fifty thousand applications have been made for patents turough their agency. Patents are obtained on tiie best terms, Models of New Inventions aud Sketches ex amined and adviee free. A special notice is made in the Scientific American of all inven tions Patented through this Agency, witli the name and residence of the Patentee. Pateuts areoften sold in part or wlijie, to persons at tracted to the invention by such notice. Send for Pamphlet, containing full directions for obtaining Patents. A bound contain ing the Patent Laws, Census of the U. S., and 142. Engravingsof incchauical movements Price 25 cent?. . „ AddreSßfor the Paper or. concerning Pa tepts, MFNN & CO., 27 Park Row, N. Y Branch Office, Cor. F. & 7th Sts., Washington, D. C. SCRIBNER’S MONTHLY, AN UNRIVALED ILLUSTRATED MAG AZINE. W 1 on issued its famous Midsum mer Holiday Nuinbarm July, :i friendly critic said ofit ; “We are not sure but'that Scribner lias touched lii^bwater mark. We do not see what worlds are left to it to conquer.” But (.lie publishers do not consider that they have reached thp yfltima thule of excellence —they believe ‘‘tnere are otligr worlds to conquer, and they propose to conquer them.” The prospectus for the new volume gives the titles of more than tiftv papers (most illus trated,) by writers of the highest merit. Uu der the head of “Foreign Travel,” we have “a Winter on the Nile,” by Geu. Mc- Clellan ; ‘’Saunterings About Constantinople,” by ChsrleeDudly \Varner; “Out of My Win dow at Moscow, by Eugene Schuyler ; “Ail American in Turkietan,’' ptp. Three serial ffloriee ale announced: ’ “NicHolas Miniurn,” By the Editor, whose story of “Sevenoaks” gave the highest satisfaction to tiie readersof the Monthly. The sfteuje of this latest novel is laid on the baiits of the Hudson, ’fbe hepo is a young man who has beeu always ‘’tied to a woman’s apron strings,” but wlio, by the death of his mother, is left alone in the world,—to drift on the ciiiyent of life,—with a fortune, but without a pi/rpOMfl. Another serial ‘Tfia Inheritance,” by M<ss Trafton, wiil begin on the completion of “That Lass o’ Rowrie’s,” by Mrs. Hodgson Buriiett. Mrs- Burnett’s story, begun in August, lias a pathos amt dramatic pqwer which have been a surprise to the pnblip. There is to be a series of original and ex quisitely illustrated papers of ’’.Popular Sci ence,” by Mrs. Herrick, each paper complete iu itself. Tjiere are to be, from various pens, papers on “Homo Life and Travel,” Also, practical suggestions as to town and country life, village improvements, etc., by well-known specialists. Mr. Barnard’s articles on various industries of Great Britain include the history of ‘‘Some Experiments in Co-operation,” ‘‘A Scottish Loaf Factory” in the November number, and "Toad Lane, Rochdale ”in December. Oth er papers are, “The British Workingman’s Home,” "A Nation of Shopkeepers,” “Ha’- penny a Week for the Child,” etc. A richly illustrated series will be given on “American Sports by Flood and Field, by va rious writers, and each on a different theme. The editorial department will continue to employ the ablest pens both at home and abroad. There will be a series of letters on literary matters, from Loudon, by Mr. Welford. The pages of the magazine will be open, as heretofore, so far as limited space will permit, to the discussion of all themes affecting the so cial and religious life of the world, and espe cially to the freshest thought of the Christian thinker! and scholars of this country. We mean to make the magazine sweeter and purer, higher and nobler, more genial and generous in all its utterances and influences, and a more welcome visitor than ever before in homes of refinement and culture. Subscription price, $1 a year—3s cents a number, Special terms on bound volumes. — Subscribe with the nearest bookseller, or send a check or P. O. money order to SCRIBNER & CO., 743 Broadway, N. Y. >?G ‘OLD HUNDRED.” ’W The Louisville Weekly COURIER-JOURNAL. THE GREAT NATIONAL FAMILY NEWSPAPER. Combines the experience, ability and mate rial resources of three old-time Louisville newspapers of national repute —the Louisville Courier, Louisville Journal and Louisville Democrat—and is fortified in the respect and confidence resulting from nearly half a century of their individual and combined success. The Weekly Courier-Journal is not a mere hasty botch potch thrown together from the daily edition, hut a complete, aide, spicy fann ly uewspapor, carefully and intelligently edited in every column and paragraph. Choice from 225 standard books, or any one of the leading magazines or illustrated periodi cals ior a mere pittance in addition to the price of the Courier-Journal alone. PUESTIt'E’S POEMS and the Week ly Courier-Journal one year for $3.00. Terms, $2.00 a year, postage paid. Liberal offers to clubs of five or more. Specimen copy and descriptive circular free to auy address, Address W. N. HALOEMAN, Pres. Courier-Jouruul Cos., Louisville, Ky. 200BARRBLS 200 Iron Hooped Cypress Barrels for the new Syrup Crop. Apply at the old Enterprise Office in Thomasville. Sept. 6,1876. 3t FRANK PAINE, BOOT k SHOE Maker. Long experience warrants him in guaran teeing lirst class work. Charges moderate. SHOP —In Post Office building, Jackson street [pinb-ly THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 1877. f TIME CARD. iigßgpgiglia<Silk. Eufaula Lina Leave Savannah 4 0(J Pi M- Leave Jacksonville, Fla. 3 00 P. M ** Live Oak ** 8 50P.Mj Arrive at Thomasville 5 00 A. M Leave Thomasville 5.10 AM “ Albany 9-40 A M “ Eufaula 4.05 P ¥ Arrive a*. Montgomery 7 50 P “ Nashville 815 A'TAp “ Louisville 3.40 P. M, “ Cincinnati 8.00 P. Ml “ Cleveland 7.10 A. M, “ Chicago 7.30_ A. M. “ St. Louis 8,25 A. M. Arrive at Mobile 5.25 A. M. “ NewOrleans 11.25 A.M. Palace Sleeping Cars through from Thomas ville to Louisville, Nashville, Mobile aud Npw Orleans with only one change. Passengers by these trains save twelve hours mid two changes cars, arriving iu Louisville and Memphis ior dinner, Cincinnati for sup per, and Slobile and New Orleans for break fast the next day. Entire train through Mont gomery to Louisville. No extra charge for seats in 111 rough ears. J. B. CHISHOLM, Depot S. J. CASSKLS, City Ag’t, Thomasville, Georgia. REAU CAMPBELL, G. P. A., Montgomery, Ala T. I’. WELLS, G.T.A., Montgomery & Eufaula R. R. 13.I 3 . LINDSAY, M FASHIONABLE Tailor, BROAD STREET, Thomnsville. - Cii. VICK’S FLORAL GUIDE. A beautiful Quarterly Journal, finely illus trated, find containing an elegant colored" Flower Plate with the first number. Price only 25 cents for the year. The first No. for 1877 just issued iu German and English. Vick’s Flower and Vegetable Garden, in pa* per 50 cents ; with elegant cloth coveys SI.OO. Vick’s Catalogue—3oo Illustrations, only .2. cents. Address, JAMES VICR, ' Rochester, N. Y. EDWIN T. DAVIS t Attorney AND 6oqK)§elioi' 0 JL^bo. Trompt attention to any business in Southern Georgia, and in Leon, Jeffer son and Madison Counties, Fla. Office in McGlashan’s Building. nov 1-Gm GrOCl. , Bless OUR HOME is the name of the most elegant French Oil Motto Cliromo ever issued. Tiie motto is surrounded by one of the most exquis ite and richly-colored wreaths of beautiful flowers on dark background, and is perfectly in all its details. It is 11 x 15. We send this motto ehromo aud the BOSTON WEEKLY GLOBE, a large eight-page family, story and news paper,, with agricultural, chess, puzzle, -household, and all popular departipwlts, 3 months, for only 60 cents. Chromo and paper, 6 months for sl. A beautiful holiday gift.— Agents wanted. Address, Weekly Globe, 2:iß Washington St., Bostou, Mass. The Kennesaw Gazette, A MONTHLY TAPER, PUBLISHED AT Atlanta, Ga. Devoted to Railroad interest. Literature, Wit and Fitly Cents per year.— CHROMO to every subscrihe'f. Address IfcENNESAIV GAZETTE, Atlanta, Ga. THE MIHI Hill for isrr. On the Ist of January, 1877, the Morning News enters upon its twenty-seventh volume, anu It i*® conductors, upon a pros perous yeai. Every returiiitt™ “"uiversary lias witnessed its extending influence, and to day it is the text of the political faith of thou sands of readers. Its uniform consisteucv and steadfast devotion to priuciple has gained for it the confidence of the public, thus enabling it to contribute largely to the triumph of the Democratic party. Iu the future, as in the past, no paius will be spared to make the Morning News in every re spect still more deserving of the confidence and patronage which has been so liberally ex tended to it by the people of Georgia and Flor ida. Tiie ample means of the establishment will be devoted to the improvement of the pa per iu all its departments, and to making it a comprehensive, instructive and reliable medi um of the current news. Its stall' of special correspon dents—at Washington, Atlanta, Jacksonville, Tallahassee, and other points of interest —has been reorganized with a view of meeting every -possible emergency that may arise, and pains will be taken to make its com mercial news, foreign aud domestic, cc-Delete and reliable. As we are about entering upon the new year, we desire to call especial attention to our club rates of subscription. POSTAGE FREE. We will pay postage on all our papers going to mail subscribers, thus making the Morning News the cheapest newspaper of its'size and character in the South. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. DAILY. One copy, one year, SIO.OO Five copies, one year (to one address) 45.00 Ten copies, one yea (to one address) 80.00 TRI-WEEKLY. One copy, one year, $ 6.00 Two copies, one year (to one address) 10.00 Five copies, one year (to'one address) 15.00 Ten copies, one year (to one address) 50.00 ‘WEEKf-Y. One copy, one year, 2 00 Five copies, one year (to one address) 9.00 Ten copies, one year (to one address) 18.00 20 copies, one year (to one address) 35.00. REMITTANCES Can he made by Post Office order, Registered Letter, or Express, at my risk. Letters should be addressed, J. H. ESTILL, Savannah, Ga. Chronicle and Sentinel Is Published Daily, Tri-Weekly and Weekly AT AUGUSTA, GA. 15Y WALSH & WRIGHT, Proprietors. Full Telegraphic Dispatohes from gll points. Latest and Most Accurate Market Reports. Interesting and Reliable Correspondence from all parts of Georgia, South Caroliuii and Washington City. GEORGIA AND CAROLINA NEWS A SPECIALTY. Daily—One year, $10.00; Six months, $5.00, Tri-IVeekly—One year, $5.00; Six months $2.50. - Weekly year, $2,00 ; Six months, sl. $ $ 8 $ REID THIS ! Only Ono Dollar! For one dollar the SAVANNAH WEEK LY NEWS will be sent, postage paid, to any addressfor six months. It isoue of the cheap est papers published, uud is a welcome visitor to the couutin" ro<w, fireside or farm. It is a ueatly printed four page sheet, compactly made up, and contains the political and current news of the week ; a comprehensive summary of the telegraphic dispatches and local news, and interesting sketches and stories. It also contains full reports of the markets. Thus, those who have not the advantage of a daily mail can get the news for six months by send* iug one dollar. It is just the payer for every body interested in Georgia ami Florida. It will be well invested, and will educate your children andmake home happy. Money for either paper can be sent by Post Office order, registered letter or Express, at publisher’s risk. Address J. 11. ESTILL, Savannah, Ga. TIIK.NOS THAT NEVEIt DIE The pure, the bright, the beautiful, That stirred our hearts in youth ; The impulse to a worldless prayer, The dreams of love and truth, ■- The longiDg after something lost, The spirit’s yearning cry, These strivings after better hopes These things can never die. The timid hand stretched forth to aid, A brother in his need, * The kindly word in grief’s dark hour, That proves a friend, indeed, — The plea for mercy, softly breathed, _ When justice threatened high, The sorrow of a contrite heart— These things shall never die. The memory of a clasping hand. The pressure of a kiss, And all the trifles sweet and frail, That make up life’s first bliss ; If with a firm, unchanging faith, j And holy trust and high, jy'Tbose bands have clasped and lips have met j These tilings shall never die. i The cruel and the bitter word ’ That wounded as it fell ; j v Tkc chilling want of sympathy fool nerw f ell , f hard repulse that chills the heart jWwhose hopes were bounding high, '< wn an unfaded record kept— These things shall never die. Yet nothing pass,-for every hand Must find some work to do ; Lose not a chance to waken love, Be firm, and just, and true, So shall a light that cannot fade Beam on thee from on high, And angel voices say to thee, These things shall never die. (From th e Rxview of Antioch Debating Club. Mr. Editer —l hav thot for a long time that I would rite your paper a letter jist for the purpus of lettin n no part of my sufrin mind on a few things that I no on. U see, Mr. Editor, I belong to the jlebatiu club, and thatsa mity good institushun for young folks like me to be in. Well, u see I jest jined to learn to be a public man Tike the captin that wintto the leg islator and I hear he is thar agin. Well, we took for the subject to 'Speek on “which is the mother of the chicken, the one that laid the aig or the one that hatched it ?” As the long looked for nite cum at last and I run and give the ole mare whats harae peggy two ears of cobs and- a bundle of shucks and fed bloss and the bob-tale pig that pap got from ole man Snoddleberg, and off I went without my supper, for’l hav hearn when u want your brain clear don’t fill up your stom ie, and I was in fur the hen that laid the aig, fur I knowed she laid ar aig and she was the lawful So I wus bent on her bei, mammy and the other one the step-mammy ; aud I wint on to the schule lious shakin my fist at cvry tree that looked -like it sed she wernt; and a speekin power ful to myself jest like I wus speek in to a big crowd and Sally Stal ling (thats my sweethart) a sayin, huraw, Peleg, hit him agin. Well, arter a while I got thar and they commenced to speok and I felt mity bad and in spite of me my throat got ful of sumthin, I dont no what, and I liked to choked to deth wiieri Ley called on me, but f puled up by the back of a bench, for I had to git up aud say sum tftirf or they’ed make me pay five cents, and I tried to swallow that chunk what was in my neck, but couldn’t. I harked aud spit and gSlched and at last I got out “Mr. President, I haint got nothin to say to-nite and I hope u will ex cuse me,” and down I sot harder than thunder could bump a stump. Now, Mr, Editer, what I want to tell u about is them good bread boys what belongs to the club, fur evry time they are called on to speek they jest try to make fun of me by sayin that same speach and set rite down. Yes, aud some of these times I’ll jest quit that club and what will become of them then? My lite is gittin bad so I wijl close. No more till deth. Peleg Q,. C. Stone, fT'V.'B. —These few lines leaves the toothake, hope u are enjoy in the same blessin. Peleg. Mini* ill Finnic* s The catastrophe in the stellar system—the conflagration of a *tar —which caused so much com motion in astronomical circles a few months ago, is made the sub let of an article iq Belgravia by Richard A, Proctor, lie says that this catastrophe happened probably a hundred years ago; the messenger which brought the news to us, though travelling at a rate sufficient to circle the earth eight times in the course of a second, had traversed millions upon mil lions of miles before reaching us last November. If a similar ac cident happened to our sun the creatures on that side of the earth ’turned toward him would be do stroyod in an instant, and the rest very quickly afterwards. The hea\ ous would be dissolved ami the elements would melt with lbr vev-t heat. The question is asked wffether the earth is in this danger, and whether warning would be giv.cn of the coming destruction ? The answer may be gathered from the facts mentioned in the article. There have been other solar con flagrations before that which was madif known last fall. The first on record—observed by Hippar chus—occurred 2,000 years ago.— It was seen blazing in full day light, showing that it was many tinics brighter than Sirius, the blasting dog star. It was called a new star because it had ever been invisible, until its conflagration made its light temporarily visible. The next new star (or stellar conflagration) appeared iu the re gions of the heavens between Ce pheus and Cassiopeia three times, A. D. 945, 1264, 1572, and is ex pected to be seen on fire again be fore long. This star remained burning at its last appearance for sixteen months. It appeared larg er than Jupiter and brighter than Sirius. It did not attain this lus tre gradually, but shone forth at once in its full size and brightness as if it had been of instant crea tion. In 1556 Fabricius observed a rcw star in the neck of the “Whale” constellation, and in Sep tember, 16Q4t a -new one was dis covered inJDphinchus. In 1670 a new star appeared in the constella tion Cygnus, remaining visible for. nearly two years. In 1848 anoth er was seen which has continued in existcnce’sincc its apparent crea tion. By the aid of the telespec trascope—an instrument combin ing the telescope and the spectros cope—it was found that the in crease in the star’s light, rendering the star visible, was due to the. abnormal heat of the hydrogen surrounding that remote sun. But it could not be so easily decided whether this hydrogen was aglow with the heat of the star or wheth er absolute combustion was in pro cess. In other words, was it as a red hot piece of iron or like a red-hot coal? These star conflagrations, it is believed, are caused by con tact with other heavenly bodies— meteoric flights travelling on ec centric paths, or those in atten dance of the comets. The meteors attendant on a comet continue to follow in its path years after the comet has disappeared. The tail of the comet of 1843 must actu ally have grazed our sun. New ton’s comet nearly approached it. At any time we might be visited by a comet mightier than either, travelling on an orbit intersecting the sun’s surface, followed by flights of meteorio masses enor mous in size and many in number, which, falling upon the sun, would excite his whole frame to a degree of heat far exceeding what he now emits. We have evidence of the tremendous heat to which the sun’s surface would be excited in such a case. In 185.9 two meteoric masses came with the ■The downfall of these two bodies only affected the whole frame of the earth at the very time when the sun had been thus disturbed. Vivid auroras were seen where they had never been seen before, accompanied by electro-magnetic disturbances all over the world.— In many places the telegraph struck work, the signal men re ceived severe shocks, and at Boston a flame of flre followed the pen of Bain’s electric telegraph, which writes the message upon chemical ly prepared paper. This was the effect of two meteors. The effect of a coniet, bearing in its flight many millions of meteoric masses falling upon the sun—should that take place—can be understood. Our sun, seen from some remote star whence ordinarily he is invis ible, would shine out as anew sun for a few days, while all things living on our earth and whatever other members of the solar system are the abode of life would inevit ably be destroyed. If a comet came out of that part ot the con stellation Taurus, arriving in such a time as to fall upon the suu in May or June, the light of the sun would act as a veil, and we should be instantly destroyed without knowing anything about it. If it fell in November or December we should see it for weeks, and as tronomers would he able to tell us when it would fall upon the sun. The chances *are largely against such an accident. Our sun is one among millions, any one of which would become visible to the eye under such an accident, yet during the last 2,000 years less than twen ty such catastrophes have been re corded. ’"Mr. Prohor, moreover,' reassures us in another way. He says, in effect, that all hut one of these conflagrations have appeared in the zone of the Milky Way, and that oue in a region connected with the Milky Way by a well marked stream of stars; that the process of development is still go ing on in that region ; but that if there be among the comets travell ing In regular attendance upon the sun one whose orbit intersects the sun’s globe, it must have struck before the era of man, and that in our solar system we may fairly be lieve that all comets of the de structive sort have been eliminat ed, and that for many ages still to come the sun will continue to dis charge his duties as fire, light and life of the solar system, Tire i’nirer-Mnhinx t’nelii*. The deserts of California pro duce many interesting specimens of the cactus family, among which is the cactusgigantcus. Some time ago it was but little known, and by all.considered worthless. Judge G. W. Walker two years ago in Philadelphia, found that the prop erties of the plant, which is one mass of fibres, adapted it well for paper-making, and that it requires much less chemicals than any other substance, and that it is different and distinguishable from anything so far known, and that the cost of production much less. He shipped / TERMS \ V 53.00 per_Anni3iu, iu Advance.' on a whole carload of this plant from the Pacific States, anil con verted it into beautiful white pa per at the Ledger mills. The raw fibre bleaches into pulp as white as snow, and resembling eotton as to texture. The judge secured very valua ble patents on the material, as an improved paper stock, and within the past year built a very sub stantial mill on the Southern Pa cific lailroad, at a cost of thirty thousand dollars. This road cuts through this section for Several miles, and is run by a switch direct to the mill. To make paper the material is first carved into blocks, then pressed down a sliute to a shed ding machine, boiled in immense vats and beaten up into a-pulp in ray engines. It was afterward treated in the ushal way. Hitherto California lltt* imported nearly all of its paper froth the east, but all this will soon be at an end. It is estimated that we spend $2,000,000 annually iu this way, all of which will be saved to us under the new process. Not more than a few weeks will have elapsed before this paper will be sold to the trade. Bcanty anil Song. How beautiful is earth ? Every feature impressed with the finger of its Creator, and marked as God’s own handiwork! From the tiny flowers blossoming by the wayside to the lofty arch that makes our world one vast temple whose dome reaches heaven, one can see God’s presence. It is writ ten in living characters, breathed in notes of song. All we require to perceive it is an eye made by faith, and a heart tuned in harmo ny. Beauty and song in the flow ers opening their sweet eyes to the sunlight; in every leaf quivering in the breeze; in the. drops of dew sparkling with a thousand diamonds; in the tiny stream, like a vein of molten silver, wandering away to the distant sea. But if earth is so fair, how vainly does the mind strive to picture heaven. Earth is fair, but heaven is fairer ; earth is bright, but heaven the brightness of God illuminates; earth our abiding place, but heav en our home. Oftentim.es weary in this our earthly habitation, there we shall be at rest. No aching brows or throbbing hearts, no quivering sighs or burning tears, no sorrow to mar its beauty. Evil shall no more dwell with us; suffering shall flee away. There shall be never-fading beauty; songs, whose music never wearies; leaves that fade not and flowers that bloom eternally; green pas tures and living streams of waters; light and joy never quenched in darkness; heanty and song never hushed in tears. May we have Patience, Hope to buoy us up while Faith shall grow brighter and brighter until lost in glorious sight. The Orer-Excllcmcnt of Business. It is not without a shade of mel ancholy that we notice in almost every daily journal the record of a faltering in the ranks of business mens This successful merchant or manufacturer has impaired his health by over-work, which means too much nervous excitement, aud he starts for Europe in the hope of building up his health on a broken foundation. Another professional man is aroused from his dream of ambition with the frightful con viction that phthisic has fastened its deadly grasp upon his vitals, and the grim image cff weakness and decay henceforward fill his vision. There has been an alarm ing increase of disease within a few years, lirving its drigiu in the causes we have named, and the ef fect of it should be to produce greater moderation. What if the profits are less ? They can be con tinued longer and life made hap pier. There is no necessity for this waste of life—it is a sheer de lusion, the eliect of a foolish am bition. Better accept the heritage of poverty or a moderate success than the infallible necessity of an early disease. Good Word* About Women. “There are but two fine things in the world,” says Malherbe, “women and roses.” Lessing ex claims: “Women is the masterpiece of the universe.” Bourdon says: “The pearl is the image of purity, but woman is purer than the pearl.” Thackery writes: “A good woman is the loveliest flower that blooms under heaven.” Bolzac says:— “Even the errors of women spring from her faith in the good.”— Coltario declares: “All the rea soning of men arc not worth one sentiment of woman.” Lamartine asserts that “women have more heart imagination than men.”— Otway exclaims: “Oh, women ! lovely women ! Nature made thee to temper. We had been brutes without you.” To which Mark Twain adds: “But for you we should be nothing, for we should not be here,” Sonic people imagine that it is very difficult to get rich. Nothing, however, could be more fallacious. All that is required, is to earn a dollar every time you spend ninety cents. Mrs. Partington says that j ust before the late war circumstances were seen round the moon nightly, shooting stars perambulating the earth, the desk of the sun was cov ered with black spots of ink, and comics swept tlie horizon with their operatic talcs. Everybody said that it profligated war, and sure enough war did come. NO. 29. luxury and Fatigue. It is luxury to get thor oughly tired. The only way to hilly enjoy rest and sleep is to get tired first. Many persons have an idea that idleness is pleasure.— There cannot be a more erroneous notion. Idle persons.enjoy noth ing. A sense of languor haunts them through the day, and of rest lessness through the night. Nor on the other hand, does mere phys ical exercise qualify one for the highest enjoyment of repose. It is the happy combination of men tal and bodily labor, requiring recreation for hqth bpdy apd mind, which alone qualifies one for the complete realization of the luxury of the change to rest and sleep And it is only from such sleep that we awaken greatly strengthened and refreshed. Did 1 ever, ever love any other girl ? ’ repeated a prospective bridegroom in answer to the tear ful query of his intended. “Why, darling, of course not, how could you ask such a question ? You are my first, my only love. This heart knew no wakening until the sun shine of your love streamed in and awoke it to ecstacy.” And then he kissed her tenderly and went home, and said to himself, ‘I must hurry them things out of the way right off' or there will be a row,’ and he collected together a great pile of letters, written in all kinds of feminine hands, with lots of fad ed flowers and photographs, and locks of hair, and bits of faded ribbon, and other things, and when the whole collection had been crammed into the kitchen grate, he drew a deep sigh and said to himself, ‘there goes all that is left of fourteen undying loves—let ’em. flicker.’ A writer in Scribner has an. ar ticle on the subject, “How to keep the boys on the farm.” He evi dently means well, but he doesn’t touch the point. To keep boys on the farm, the. farm should be well paved, and lighted with gas, and have a band stand, and billiard ta bles, and its own bar and race course. We hope our farmers are just as anxious as they appear to keep their boys on the* farm, but they don’t seem to take any defi nite action. —Danbury News. Good I nngungr. Young people should acquire the habit ot correct speaking and writing, and abandon as early as possibly any use of slang words or phrasesi The longer you put this off the more difficult the acquire ment of correct language will be, and if the golden age of youth, the proper season for the acquisition of language, be passed in its abuse, the unfortunate victim will most probably be doomed to talk slang for life. You have merely to use the language which you read, in stead of the slang you hear, to form a taste in agreement with the best speakifrs anj poets in the country. A Detroit woman has been thinking over tlm matter a good deal, and she has concluded that the host way to keilp furs through the summer is to put them in a refrigerator. —Detroit Free Press. The difference between happi ness and wisdom is, that the man who thinks himself most happy is so, while he Avho thinks himself the most wise is generally the re verse. There is no work of art which can do greater honor to the talents and taste of a married woman, and which she ought more readily polish, than her—daugh-* ter. They who, when about to mar ry, seek their happiness in the mere gaining of fortune and per sonal beauty, evince a heartless disposition, and their folly is often punished in their success. Straws swim upon the surface, but pearls lie at the bottom.— Showy parts strike every common eye, but solid ones are only to be discovered by the most accurate observers of the human human heart* A clergyman recently. aroused*! his sleepy audience by asserting in’ the most positive manner that “not withstanding the hard times, the wages of sin had not been cut down one iota.” When you see a bee backing up toward you, spreading his coat-tail as he comes, and there is no other avenue of escape, cut your throat from ear to ear. The baby has got anew tooth, but the old lady is laid up with a cold in the head,” remarked a gentleman to a defeated candidate. “What do I care?” was the reply. “Before the election you used to take me aside and ask me how my family was coming on, and I’ve been hunting you all over town to tell you and that’s the way you talk to me. But it don’t make any difference, I voted for the oth er candidate anyhow.” A youth refused to take a pill. His crafty mother thereupon se cretly placed the pill in a pre served pear, and gave it to him.— Presently she asked : “Tommy have you eaten the pear ?” He replied: “Yes, mother; all but the seed.” i Subscribe for the Enterprise ; 1 §2 per anuum.