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g 10. THH.VH1IKU,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Wutkinaville, Ga.
OIBoe In fortnor Ordinary’s Office.
>»2&-lS76-ly .
attorney at law,
Sjiccial
for rotorenco
and lion. .
ftdiec over 1‘osVOfHco Athens, Ga.
Iel>3-1875-t!'
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ATHENS, GEORGIA, A
NO.
46
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Eratang Prayer.
I come to Thee to-night,
la my lone eloaet when no nyca can ace;
And dan to crave an interview with Thee,
Father of lore and light. ....
8o(Uy the moonbeams shine,
On tha still branches af the shadowy tress, i
While all sweet aonndr of ev’ning on the bnaif,
* Steal through the elumhering vioe. -v
Thou gav’et the calm repose
That nets on all; the air, tha birds, the flower
The human spirit in its weary hour,
Now ntthn bright day’s aioae. 'Jx
Tie nature’s time for JlYayer;
The allant praises of the glorious sky,
And tha earth’s orisons profound and high,
To heaven their breathiag bear.
With them my soul weald bend
In hnmblo reverence to Thy holy throne,''
Trusting the merits of Thy son alone,
Thy eeeptre to extend.
If I this day have driven
With Thy bleat spirit, or have boned the knee
To aught of earth in weak idolatry.
I pny to be forgiven . ,.
If in my heart has been
An uaforgiven thought, or word oi look,
Though deep the malice wbioh I scarce could
brook,
Wash me from the dare sin.
Alex S. Erwin. Aniipxw J. Conn.
pRwtN A COBB,
tTTOKNKYN AT LAW,
Aliiens, Ga.
>Hlliee on Corner of Broad and Thomas streets,
r Cver Childs, Nickerson dr Co.
feb22-1876-ly
J pa. DORTCH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Carnesville, Ga.
uplS-1875-tf
G. C. Thomas,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WATKIN8V1LLE, GA.
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yHU IIU UV . MoCUUUY,
Attomoy a-fc Zdaw f
Hartwell, Georgia,
\V .1 practice in the Superior Courts of North-
ejqi(u*'-»»!!*:» and Supreme Court at Atlanta.
Aujr 8. 1S76 tf
Father! my said would be
Pure as the drops of eve's unsullied dew,
And as the stars whose nightly course is true
So would 1 be to Thee.
Not for myself alone
Would I these Vesting of T) y love implore,
But for esch penitent the wide world Ver,
Whom thou hast called thine own.
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dcolStf.
“ riiosc peons who went with me,”
began Barbier, “ had been traders in
Mosquito, and spoke both llama and
Woolwa. Person and I knew noth
ing of them. We picked the bri
gands up while prospecting in the
woods. They declared they could
guide us to workings not lar off in
the Indian country, where naggets lie
like pebbles on a sea beach, and Per
son and I rest lved to go with the fel
lows at any risk. I spent my last
dollar iu buying presents which they
said was necessary, and we set out.
The peons led us straight'enough for
six days, talking all the time of their
discovery, and of tiie way we’d
spend our gold. We passed several i
Rama villages, where the Indians
looked askance at us, but gave no
trouble. They were just like those
we see here sometimes, except that
they weren’t drunk—big beaded,
sleepy fellows, who watch you
through the corner of their eyes, as
long as they can keep awake, without
saying a word.
“ After six days the guides brought
us to a path, two feet in breadth, I
dare say. On striking it, the rascals
showed themselves very content, and
chattered in some baragouinage of
of their own like crows at a feast.
“ -We are coming to the place!’’ they
said, and presently wc reached a vil
lage bigger than any we had seen,
containing, perhaps, two thousand
inhabitants and a king. Except for
size it didn’t differ from the others.
His Roma majesty lived in a hut, sur
rounded by pigsties for the royal, con
sorts. He was not effusive, ma foi!
took our presents without a word,
but with a look very unsuccessful, if
it was meant to show gratitude. BnL
nobody interfered with uit, and, so
far as the peons chose to tell, nobody
asked what we wanted. They let us
rebuild a lint that liad tumbled to
ruin, and after a few hours nobody
seemed trouble about usd. The peons
said wc ought to slop a day or two
to disarm suspicion, while they looked
round. If we had hidden -iu the
woods, for certain the Rata as would
have discovered and murdered us. I
did not see clear, but they appeared
try. It wasn’t worth while to.oome
80 far to lose our heads, and We tiro
could have . managed that without
your aid./' :t
“ I was furious with disappoint-
meuL Person aats taring like a bull
before a fence. But Mignele had not
done, *. i
- “ • For centuries,* said he, 4 the In
dians have been picking up gold here
and in other phoes known to them.
They think gold sacred, and he who
finds a nugget is lielievcd to be favor
ed by the gods Listen! They
have a cart load stored in tbeir tern'
pie. That’s what Salvador and I
risked our lives for!
“ 4 Will they fight for it ? I asked.
“ ‘ Certainly, if they catch us.’
“ • And bow shall wo get away
with the plunder ?’
“ 4 Salvador and I have thought
of that. The question is, are you
with us!’
“ It was wholesale murder he in
tended. I saw that iu the brigand's
face. I am not more particular than
others, but the idea did no: piesent i
itself to me in attractive colors. Be
sides it was a terrible risk. Fufin,
* Wo will talk of this again !’ I said.
44 * That cau’t be allowed,’ said
Salvador, a brute of a fellow, who
counted his murders. I should think,
as girls count lovers. ‘We hang to
gether !” Then I noticed that these
copdins bad got possession of our
arms whilst we washed iu the brook.
“ Person cried out, 4 Did you say
there was a cart load of gold iu the
temple? Then I’m with yon, to
live like a prince, or die like a thief.’
I added, 'And I also 1’ for when Per*
son went over, it was stupid to hesi
tate. la a flash of intelligence I saw
then what the disputes liad been
about. Salvador wished to kill me
on the road.
“We went back to the village, our
late servants carrying the firearms.
That nigbt they told us the plan.
Next full moon brought with it the
great Indian feast of the year, be
tween harvest and seed lime. Every
body in the villtge would be drunk,
for these Raidas, when at home,
don’t allow themselves the joy of in
toxication more than once a quarter;
but then they take a fit of it. Only a
few priests would be left on guard at
the temple, which stood in a very
lonely place some miles off. There
was a reasonable chance that they
would also take the opportunity of
enjoying themselves. No one would
be likely to visit the spot, after the
first ceremonies over, for a week or
more. Even if one of the attendants
mg youths pressed apod them, bran
dishing spears and machetes. Then
eaine the warriors, dressed like de
mons, coronets of feathers on their
heads, cSEpe and waist-cloth of the
same* and long strips of gaudy plum
age trailing on the ground. They
danced and sang, rattling spears.
Those few who had guns fired with
out ceasing. They held the piece at
arm’s length, tumbled head over
heels^with the recoil, and_sprang tip
again' to load like raen bf indiarobber.
.The' royal consorts marched next,
fifty or so, dancing before the mon
arch; their feather headdress and
mantles worn like angels wings en
folding a devil. A few old men fol
lowed, bent with wisdom, and tot
tering with experience, and then the
king, dressed from head to foot in
crests of huu tning-birds, with long
feathers of the guetzal worked in
here and there like an untidy fringe.
After him, all the gamins of the vil
lage passed by, yelling as hard as they
could.
“ It may be well to cxplaia in a
parenthesis—seeing that the politics
of Mousquito are not things generally
knowu—that Kipg George is the su
preme monarch of these Indians. By-
the-bye, this naked rascal alone,
amongst earthly potentates, enjoys
the privilege of quartering ourUnion
Jack upon his flag. It was presented
to him, I believe, by Charles the
second, when the Mosquito savages
were vastly useful in our buccaneer
in': wars.
“ Everything had gone just as the
ittlernal cunning of our villians wished.
We strolled back to otir hut. The
fur. had begun already, and warriors
staggered about in every stage of
pious intoxication. Oue might have
supposed the town bombarded, so
fast and furious was the discharge of
guns. A spear whizzed between
Salvador and myself and stuck in a
wall quivering and gyrating. Person
bad bis beard singed with the flame
of a musket. It was time to pack,
atid we went. The live stock was
running in fright towards the jungle,
::nd we caught several chickens and a
“ The forest was still dripping with
dew when wc entered it. A difficult
march all round the village lay before
us ; for wc liad struck the woods just
opposite to our proper course
Mignele guided us without a fault.
The most desperate jovialty was
reigning iu the village, which lay
close on our left hand ad day. When
we came upon the farm-grounds,
walking grew easier ; but the after*
The In.
would star
“ All w
and wo
might bef
Miguele thpogl
case, he w»s j
After two or
to the door
for the fwte
foitpd-
should escape, Migulele declared that had far advanced before Miguele
everybody in the village would be
too drunk to understand his tale, ex
cept the boys and women. A river
flowed beneath the temple, by which
one could escape to Bluefields with
the gold, and there was always a
score of canoes lying oil the batik.
The peon’s .-olieme had been carefully
thought out, and it promised sue-
j cess.
“We were not to go near the place
until the time arrived. Meanwhile
we hung about, looking innocent;
but if ever a man carried liis con
science in his face I was be. Be
cause, mes amis, I am not a fool. It
was quite plain that those ruffians
didn’t trust me, and they clang to
my arms. What for? That was
the question I asked myself.
“ The days dragged through slow
ly enough, but they passed too quick.
The women were busy as ants, mak
ing drink, laying in provisions, look
ing np their husband’s robes. It
mas then onr privilege to see Ramas
wide awake, but they did not appear
to greater advantage. When the
to know what they were about, and! Tndian » he throws things at
lighted upon the path we sought.
‘ Now said,’ said he, ‘keep a look-out
for your lives. It’s a hundred chances
nobody comes out by ; bnt if an In
dian should appear, do you fools try
to look as if you were taking a prom
enade. I’ll account for him!’ He
still kept my gun and pistol.
“We met no one. Dusk settled
ou the woods, whilst it was still
broad daylight in the open. We
camped for the second time, and ate
our stolen kid. When the moon
rose, Mignele. called us. I had taken
an opportunity to sonnd Person
whilst the pious slept, but he was as
mad for the plunder as they.
“We traveled two miles in forests
so high and so thick that the moon-
beans could hardly reach our path.
A spangle of light filtered through
them, scarce bigger than a glow
worm’s lamp where it dropped. By
the glimmer reflected from above, we
followed Salvador, who crept' cau
tiously along. Mignele came last.
As we went duskily, stealing from
turn to turn of the path, I knew
what it is to hen robber and assassin.
CB17TEAL HOTEL-
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
Mrs. W. M. THOMAS, Prop’r
TliU Hotel, so well known to tlie <r.tixen» of
iTarko adjoining coantic*, ie located in the
ntre of the business portion of Aagoota, con**
mient to Poet Office, Telegraph Office and
spot, and offer* inducements to the public
equaled bv any other Hotel iu the City*
dec4-*C
Southern Mutual Insurance
C03MtI»-A.3Sr'5r,
ilTSCELTS, GEORGIA.
YOUNG L. O. HAHFyS, President
NTKVKNS Tlioaas Swrrtary.
Cto>» April I. l*7t, • • ■-
Resident Directors.
our lives hung on a thread.
“I had already begun to thiuk
that the peons were not acting sqnard.
They talked too much in their bar
barous patois, and disputed warmly.
Our friend Person tva* one of those
fellows who believe that fix foot of
fool’s flesh, will earry itself through
anything. One could not advise with j are -
him. “The day arrived at l;u»t. At
“After looking innocent a day ojj'| midnight before, the king and all bis
two, we took our guns and our pan- warriors left the town. Miguele told
his wife and often misses; but when
roused to a sense of manhood by a
prospect of drink, he stands up and
pounds her like clay. They are brave,
these Ramas, but they tire dead to
the feeling of chivalry. It almost
reconciled me to the idea of killing a
few, to observe what brutes they
around the temple,
noihiug. There
f priests inside, but
it unlikely; in any
mined to risk it.
words we crept
i, and groped long
Not:u could be
and a clasp of
the hgnft -^S’iel#directed ns to put
onr shouitUVs to the wood. We did
so. mattered, and with
a crash the door gave way.
“I fell back. The sleeping men
sprang to their feet with a howl.
Salvador cut one down, but the In
dian gripped him by the naked heel
in his teeth; the other got Person by
the throat, Miguele ran his machete
through him, bat he held on until
the giant flung him bodily against
the wall, toppling the idols down
with a l attle. Then the others turned
to Salvador, who was yelling with
pain and fear. But suddenly an
awful boom! The great drum of the
temple rang out, seeming to'rock the
solid walls. Mignele leaped towards
the sound; Salvador mid Person,
struggling with the Indians, dragged
him across the file, which threw up a
fountain of sparks as the red hot em
bers scattered; a reel, of burning
skin and feathers choked us, but all
was still now. ‘A light!’ cried
Miguele,.hoarsely. ‘In twenty min
utes the Indians trill be here!’ ’
“ Salvador paused with the match
in his haiid, whispering, ‘ Hush!’ A
faint humming noise reached our ears.
‘ Quick, boubre ’’ cried Miguele. -‘It
is the river ’ But as he spoke, a roar
and a yell announced the Indians.
They had followed us 1 I rushed out
and ’round the temple. The path
was lull of them, hurrying and shout
ing. Tbeir spear-points glittered.
Person, I think, was after me, but a
huge warrior pinned him in the dusk.
At the other end of the building the
path opened. I could just see it. I
ran along, leaving the din of hell be
hind. Half-a-dozen pistol shots rang
above the Indians’ yelling, and tbeu
rt.ili/ UiO-e4ss$®BB%-^.
I ran fifty yards, and came to a
river suddenly. It flowed clear and
white as glass iu the moonbeams, but
a black shadow of the iorest on each
side bouuiied it Half-a-dozen canoes
lay there, with paddles inside. I
sprang into one, cut the rattno fasten
ing, and dropped down under the bank.
But what man or what crew could
escape Mosquito Indians on the water?
As soon as they got a light they would
miss me, and then I was caught, as
sure as death. I pushed across the
moonlit water, and paddled up. Thete
was a bend just above the boat-place,
and I had jdst passed it when the In
dians came running down. I caught
a branch, and lay still. Shouting to
each other, they leaped into canoes,
and shot <lor. it the channel like a flash
N'o on* thought of searching up
stream, fur where could a man fly but
toward Bluefields ? A loud and
angry throng remained on the bank,
and I could see bow drunk they all
were. Before the boats had passed
beyond sight, some began to stagger
back. Presently the big drum sound
ed again, and the rest followed. It
was life or death. Pulling cautiously
by the branches, I went up. Long
before I got out oj hearing a horrid
noise proclaimed that the Indian
woman had reached the spot.’’
That was Barbiet’s story!’’ con
tinued the old digger. “ He had a
fearful time in the woods, as you may
suppose, seeing an Italian iu every
bush. As near as he could calculate,
it took him four weeks to reach Liber-
bier’s story, he didn’t tell the whole of
it, and that he ought to be hanged if
there isn't. Anyway, he had better
not come to Libertad again.’’— Alt
The Year Round.
Separated By Spirits.
A TEXAS MAN LEAVES HIS WIFE BE
CAUSE SHE IS VISITED BY THE SPIR
IT of a former wife.
A strange domestic disturbance,
located in a family whose place ot
residence is on Sfln Jacinto street,
fell prey to a Dallas (Texas) Herald
reporter the other day. The cause
of the trouble in this otherwise hap
py home is novel indeed, being out
of the usual order of such matters.
The gentleman and his wife live
alone, and while he fondly cherishes
his better half, as she docs him in re
turn, they are both of the opiuiou
that they will be compelled to sepa
rate, which, should it occur, will be
one of the queerest causes that has
ever come to light.
The wife, whom he married several
years ago, has within the past few
months developed into a spiritual
medium; and so troublesome has
this become to the husband that he
admits that, in order to peace and
comfort, he will be compelled to
leave bis wife whom he adores above
all other creatures ou earth
She, too, looks at the matter in
the same way, and is free to confess
that there will be no peace for them
until the separation occurs.
The spirits manifests themselves
unbidden by her, and, while they do
not particularly frighten, prove, nev
ertheless, a source of great annoy
ance to her and her husband.
The furniture is hauled about the
house, the bed ou which they sleep
is tilted, and a thousand other mis
chievous pranks are played by them,
greatly to their mutual annoyance.
At first the husband was horrified
by these nightly visitations, but he
soon came to regard their visits as a
matter of course, although his dis
like to them constantly increased.
The spirit that causes the greatest
diiorbahe^ 3 that of Jr jgtmjl wan
Uxo Old Herne.
I have gone—I emnnot always go, you know;g
Beat ’tis so—
Home across the distant ridges of the yean,
With my tears;
-md the old honae, standing still on the eld
ground,
There I found.
In tho parlor, In my fancy, I could trace
Father’s faoe,
And my mother, with her old accustomed air,
Bitting there,
While beside them brothers, sisters, true and
good,
, Silent stood... .
Through the stillness swam the -ong of summer
bird,
And there stirred
On the wall the leaf-flecked sunshine, and its
glow
Faded alow,
Bnt from all tho loving lips I watched around—
Net a sound.
Then I went np stairs alow entering 'mid their
glooms
All the roqins;
And I trod with softened step along the floor,
Opened doore;
Bnt I never heard a voice cr met a soul
In the whole.
Of the breaths that stirred the draperies to and
fro
long ago,
Of the eye* that through the easement used to
peep
Oat of sleep,
Of the feet that in these chambor* used to ran—
Now are none.
Of the sunshine pouring downward from tho
»ky, ,
Blue and high, /
Of the leafag* and the onciunt garden plot.
Brown and hot,
Of the streamlet, and the shingle, and the tide~
‘these abide. /
But beyond it» azure Taulting overhead
Arc my dead.
Though their grave* were dug apart in many
lands,
Joining hands,
They have gathered and ore waiting till I come.
That is home.
—[ From the Preabyteriaa.
his4 000 Poubfrqsp -<We*l topics an
Its capacity will be about 1,200
barrels a day.
The largest flour mill in the world
is now being built at Niagara Falls.
The consuraplion of pencils in this
country is at the rate of about 250,-
000 a day.
wife, and which insists on their sepa
rating, having communicated to the
medium the fact that it will never
give cither of them peace or quiet
until they do so.
The gentleman is a respectable cit
izen and bis wife a most estimable
woman, and they had kept the entire
matter a secret, hoping that the an
noyance would cease, bat the spirit
iu question becomes more violent
each night, and he and his wife have
mutually agtecd to live apart fo-
awhile at least.
will double
, . . tad. Fortunately, he was carrying
Camarades, the sensation is not ^ t^g an ,i so
he did not
nikins early one morning and set off
into the woods. The peons led us to
a creek, where, with infinite prectiu*
caution, they washed a little mud.
■ ■■ j a HTlr * *
Yov'so L. G. H a seta,
John II. Newton,
Pa. Hexbt Hull.
Alius P. Peaeino.
Col. KoaeaT TEONA*.
m-SS-wly
Steves* Thomas
Elisa L. Newton,
John W. Nicholson,
ns that they had gone to the temple,
there to offer np a baby or two; I
felt more and more like an execution
er handsomely paid for doing ret ribu-
Such a show there live justice. At dawn they returned
! that Person cried: • You brought it and the force began. It is expected
as a compliment from strangers that
COME AND SEE THEM!
lO^owuUa aa FartouU,In good »«ric*y.
10 doEon Picture Mats the moat besBtifol
ever brought to, Athens.
Panel Picture*.
DlnrahuCed UoMoea.
- ln ,v7 if. Burke’s Book Store.
brought
with you rascals!’ 4 Come and try
for yourselves!’ they said, climbing
up the bank, and so we did-. We
washed and found more than thc?y.
‘ Notre fortune, eat Ikite!’ cried we.
•Let us talk!’ said one of the peons.
«We sat on the bank, all four.
‘This is nothing,’ began the eldest,
Miguele. ‘Before we could wash
out fifty ounces, the Ramas would !>»
upon us. They know that so Well
that they don’t trouble. If we es
caped this king, he’d raise' the coun-
they should go into the street and
admire the king’s greatness; so we
went- First marched a score of
priests clad in mantles made entirely
of gnetzal feather ; some of which
were so old and moth-eaten as to
show generations of .wear. After
them came a lot of wild Indians, fiill-
dressed in a leopard’s tail apiece,
making noises on a sort of flute—-the
tlj^^pae of jap. enpoiy, Miguele do-
dared. Three or lour hundred home
agreeable.
“Suddenly Salvador came to a
halt. ‘The temple is lltcre!’ mut
tered Miguele behind me, and we
crept into the bush whilst Salvador
rccomioitered. He turned presently,
and took Person by the arm, whis
pering—we followed. Before us,
hidden among trees that met above
its roof, stood a low dark building of
logs on a tuound. I could see little
of its size and shape, for all was dim:
a red glow shone betwixt the timbers,
'as of a mouldering fire inside; a sick
ly smell hung on the air.
“ Westole up, mounted the steps
of turf, and peered through the
chinks. A fire on the ground showed
partitions of skin-hangings. Between
the shadows they ca*t, black shape
less things glimmered under the
walls. Two meq lay asleep before
the fire; jFeir bracelets glistened.
When , we had Rooked lapg and care
fully, Miguele dretg u* apart and
whispered. We went round and,
two on each side, to seek other
crevices. I thought for a moment
of slipping away into % bush, but
wimt would bq/tUegoOK^ of that?
Luck At Whist.
starve ”
Did the Ramas come after him to
Libertad ?■” I asked.
“ No. We heard nothing of them.’’
“Frankly, now, Barbachella,’’ I
said after a long pause, “do you
believe the story ? Didn’t any of the
diggers think it strange that there
should be an Indian village within six
Jays of Libertad, whqre the value of
gold is not known ?”
Well, I don’t know,’’ answered I
-Barbachella meditatively. “A re-
responsible man would not be hasty
to say what there is ot- there isn’t in
the forests of Mosquito. But there
were some who looked askance at
Barbier wheu he came bad from the
woods one day with a bag of dust—
which don’t gidsr on trees in Chon-
tales—and paid his debts and said he
wak going home. A washerwoman
swore she’d seen him crossing the
brook with a heavy load. And they
talked alter htfd gone, how his saddle
bags were heavier than a mule coaid
carry. It’s generally thought in Lib
ertad—I may say as much as that -
that if there was any truth in Bar-
We take the following concerning
whist match from a Connecticut
paper:
An interesting match of 1,000
points atjwliist was completed recent
ly by four gentlemen in this village;
the winning pair making 1,003 points
to their .opponents’ 994. The most
remarkable feature of the matoh was
the persistent ill-luck of the . winners
till just at the close. The defeated
side had the lead from the very first
till their score had reached 990, at
which point they were passed for the
first time. The total number of games
played was 134, the winners making
95 to their opponents’ S9. At the
twenty-fifth game the defeated side
was 90 points ahead; at tho one l un
dredth.only 7 points; at the one huu
dr.d and fiftieth, abeut 60 points; at
986 they were still about 30 points
in advance. It was then that luck
turned over to the other side, who;
passed them at 090 and won the
match only 9 points ahead. The best
hand held contained 8 trumps; the :
liigiie t card in one hand was au 8; in
another a nine. Only one ‘slant’—the
eutire thirteen tricks—was made dur
ing the match. The side which had
been winning all the way through on
ly to see Fortune jilt them just at the
last, retired somewhat disgusted we
are told.
peaches last:
that amount this year.
During the past year the United
States sent one hundred and five mil
lions yards of cottou goods abroad,
ten times more than was exported
the year before.
The skull of Capt. Jack, the Mo
doc chief who was hanged lor the
murder of Gen. Cauby, adorns the
library of the Jewett Scientific Soci
ety at Lockport.
Senator Voorhees expresses the
opinion that present indications point
to the Hon. A. G. Thurman, of
Ohio, as the coming man for the
Democratic nominee for President.
The tallest story of the St. Lonis
heat is the statement of the Globe
Democrat that live chickens were
hatched from eggs ou their way to
market, while packed in close paste
board boxes.
Daemon ov tub catted statvs sbpxehX cbCs*
8ubscrlt»erc who d«» not giv-3 expre*» notice to
the contrary, *ro considered wishing to continue
their xubecriptlons. -
i. If suhscrihera onlcr Uit* Oitfcoutlnuance of
their periodical*, Ihc'imHiscontlnoo to
•end them until all arrearages arc paid.
S. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their '
periodicals Crom the office to trhieb they are di
rected, they are held responsible ilntil they hare
settled their bills and ordered them discontinued.
4. If •ofaeaeibe^.^oT^ toother plaecs without
notifying publishers, and the papers “are eent to
the former direction, they are held responsible.
5. Any person who receives a newspaper and
makes use ot it, whether he has ordered it or not,
is held In law to be a subscriber.
Some Facts to Remember
About the Sun.
The sun is 320,000 times, as large
as this earth.;
The sun is 400 times as far off as
the moon.
A lady who weighs 100 pouudtt
here would weigh 2,700 pounds if
on the surface of the son.
Tho heat given off by the sun
would melt 237,200,000 cubic inches
of ice every scoond.
t* -The.diameje^f UKt earth Lears
the same jut distance from
the sun as the‘breadth of a hair to
125 feet
A railroad train traveling without
stopping, at the rate of forty miles
an hour, would get to the sun in 2G3
years.
The sun is believed to become some
250 feet smaller every year.
This contraction would be suffi
cient to generate the enormous quan
tity of heat which it radiates.
Another theory is that comets and
meteoric matter, falling into the sun,
may be its ailment to offset the tre
mendous loss which combustion cer
tainly involves.
It would require the combustion
of thirty feet of coal over the entire
surface of the sun every second to
generate the same heat.
The stai s are supposed to average
larger than our sun, and to have plan
etary systems like this.
The nearest star is 250,000 time 8
as far off as the sun.
It takes light 8‘minutes to come
from the sun, but it must have re
quired 50,000 years to come from the
farthest visible star.
When tlie eleven-year storms on
the sun occur, the magnetic needle
on the earth is variable, and some
times considerably deflected.
The earth is flying around the sun
at the rate of 1,000 miles a minute.
The sun and all the stars arc mov
ing through space accompnni- <! by
their planetary system at a rate va
rying trom 20 to 200 miles a second.
Some of the sun-spots (craters)
are 100,000 miles in diameter, and
-them wGtild easily swallow up
ole of*the planets, Jupiter
hlyTnhkmg a-mouthfuL- -»•
Maedler’s curious and brilliant
speculation is that the star Alcyone
is the central sun of the universe,
and that our sun and the visible stars
are swiuging around in its orbits
measured by millions of years.
Senator Beck, of Kentucky, is 53
years old, weighs 222 pounds, and
has never taken a dose of medicine
in his life. He has left for the plains
on a hunting expedition, and says
that he can yet walk his thirty miles
in a day provided that some one will
carry the game.
A writer to the Tampa Tribune
claims that Florida is rich in mineral
resources. He says that coal, bard
and soft, iron, petroleum and bi-sul-
phuret of iron, certainly exist there,
and that the Legislature could not do
better than make a liberal appropri
ation for a thorough geographical
I survey of the State.
Probably the oldest married couple ‘
in the country are Mr. and Mrs. ? Some ^ »«co th« most
Robinson, of Mountain City. Texas, j popular song of the day was “Old
who have lived together eighty-two
A ton of coal yields about 8,000
fitet of gas.
Of the 5,000 voters in Lynn, Mas
sachusetts, about 3,500 are shoe-ma
kers.
Seventeen sclulptors and eighteen
painters from the United States are
now residing in Koine.
A number of pteam road wagons
are at present undergoing tests in
WiaQonsin, among the tests being a
two hondred mile journey over the
roads of the State. If one of the
vehicles answers all the requirements
of the judges, its inventor will re
ceive $10,000 from the State Treas
ury.
years. They are 103 and 102 years
old respectively.
The popularity of the four per
cent, loan is shown by the fact that
$37,000,000 of it have been taken in
small subscriptions. The total sub
scription to tlie loan has reached
113,000,000 in five months.
Mary Benton, of Eaton, Durham,
England, is in her one hundred and
forty-eighth year. She cooks, wash
es and ironB, threads her own nee
dles, and sews without spectacles.
What a deal of gossip that woman
must have heard in her time ?
It is thought the Texas cattle drive
this year will foot up 300,000. By
the introduction of blooded stock the
quality has been greatly improved in
the last four years and these plain
fed beeves are getting the best prices
in Eastern markets.
Congressman Whitthorne wrote to
a friend in Washington that he in
tends to take measures at tho next
session of Congress to expose and
bring to justice the men who were
organized in the conspiracy to rob
the Freedman’s bank.
The “Floridian” says an ox went
into the water at Lake Jackson and
was attacked and his leg broken by
an aligator. The ox bellowed and
struck for the land, dragging the ali
gator with him. Attracted by the
blood and the noise, other aligators
came to the attack, and as the ox
tossed them in the air with his horns,
be incautiously backed into the wa
ter, when a huge aligator seized him
by the nose and drowned him.
Rosin the Bow.” It was written by
Col. W. H. Sparks, formerly of
Natchez, and was called “Old Rostim,
the Beau.’’ Old Rossum was a par
ticular friend of the Colonel. The
Colonel is now about eighty-three
years of age, and, it is said, ives on
his plantation in Louisiana. His old
song is again becoming popular.
A favorite age with Congressmen
—milor-age.
If % mau is kicked by a V>w, can
he not Ik: said to get a free milk
punch ?
We would suggest to his Satanic
majesty that kerosene has no equal
as a fire-kindler.
Fashionable Mother—“Maria, I’m
almost discouraged; how many times
have I told you not to say tater, but
pertater ?”
What politics is to a man, shopping
is to woman; and while the former
works up the ward, the latter works
up the wardbore.
“Madam,” said a physician to a pa
tient, “you have grown wonderfully
thin of late.” “Yes, doctor, I am
getting more and more emancipated
every day.”
Precepts are poor stuff tew briug
up young ones on. It iz like send*
ing them down cellar without any
kandle tew larn them. to see in the
dark—Josh Billings.
An enterprising Iowa
named his daughters Tune
so they will wait fur
have got a first nt
mony to begin with