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TopiukoI rlpt Ion. Notices la local Colnui'o^ lew tlian i tents a line. UNIVERSITY OF ffiORSlA LIBRARY ONE COPY, ONE COPY. Six NFofltho. ONE COPY, / J.. LlSUAL ^ADVERTISEMENTS. Citation for Letterj of Guardianship...... Citation for Leltefr'f Administration *. Aliplintion lor ^tten of Dlamiwiou Admln- tatratar... ..... ,™ 3 00 Apiill’tion for ^.tten ot DDiuiuton Guardian 5 25 Appllratteu ijft jatr. to Sell Land a.... ... 6 00 Notleo to Bgbtora and Oradltora .... « 00 ^•"••fVmd, Ac., per square 0 SO rf ii*!SJ. p crla»iable Property, 10 daye, per eq— 1 SO Kalray Notices, SO daye.. .Sheriff golea, per square—11 Sheriff Mortgago A. fa. aalaa per agnate. 8 00 Tax Collector's Sales, per square. ... • 00 Foreclosure Mortgage, per equate, each tin Exemption Notices (in adranc«)_ „. 1 26 Rule Nlal't, per equate, each time 1 60 *•“ The ahnre legal rates corrected by Ordinary of Clarke county. I*AW NOTICES. 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!' -<\ - ATHENS, GEORGIA, A NO. 46 cod attention paid to criminal practic rotorenco apply to Ex-Got. T. H. Watl lion. Havid Clopton, Montgomery, Al Pope Basso*. D. C. Harrow, Ja gurrow Hro»., ATTORNEYS AT LAW, OtBoe over Talmadge, Hodgson & Co. jnnl-ly -- Lamar Cobb. IIowell Cobb. ii. conn, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Athens, Ga ‘.•flicc in Ilcnprce Building, fcl>32-lS76-ly JOHN W. OAVEN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Tocoa City, Ga. Will practice in all the counties of the West ern Circuit, Hart und Madison of me Northern Circuit. \\ ill give special attention to all claims entrusted to Ins care. oct.20.187N.ly 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. O FFICE IN COURT-HOUSE, OPPOSITE Ordinary'* Office. Personal attention toaU ‘ * ' * * ap»-ti buxine** entrusted to his care. 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. STORY OF NICARAGUA. JACKSON & THOMAS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, . . «... Athens, Ga. ... Of.Vo South West Comer of College Avenno end Clayton Street, also at the Court House. Ail part.e* desiring Criminal Warrant*, can get them iri. any time by applying to the County So’icitor at till* ofilee. declo-1874-tf Runnier U.ur .Ku. WitnuB F. Kilsxt. R.ai£or& Sz XToloey, Attorneys at Law, And Counsellor'* and Solicitor's in Equity, Cochran, Pulaski County, Ga Special end im mediate attention given to any business con cerning lands. Intruders promptly ejected iVoin, and titles cleared np, and wild lands look ed after generally, will buy and sell lands, pav taxes for nonresidents etc. Will practice in all the counties contingent to either the M. A B. K.K.orthc Atlantic <& and R. R. Good re ference giver, when desired, july lOth.tf. Draugha Souse, SION HOY, WILTON COUNTY, GEORGIA. First vlas* ucoommodationa, Aral claaa fair, Amt cla** *ervant*, and firat class rooms hand somely furnished. J. 0 DRAUGHN, Proprietor. julySS.Ein. ' rn a. ll.KR, A * j Watohmakbrit JotteIet, At Snead* Shoo Store next door to Reese & Lane’s, Broad street, Athens, Georgia. All work warranted 12 months. *uptl*2-tf. «J. SSOSSSy Watchmaker and Jeweler, (Singer Machine Office, College Avonue) JVTX2EXTS, - GEOHQI&w •T have, opened at the above place, where I _| will give strict attention to repairing and cleaning of Wa.che-s Clocks wild Jewelry. All work done in flr>t c’**s hi v le and at reasonah’o rates. Give me a call. * april 23-6m* LIVtBf, FEED HDD SHE STABLE, J liu Att—% Gooxgisu GANN A REAVES, PROPRIETORS. Will l* found at tlicir old stand, rear Frank- lio House building, Thomas street. Keep al ways on baud good Turnout* end careful dri vers. Stock well cared for when entrusted to our care. Stock on hand for sale at all time*. 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