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Kates* nt' jpy'rUttog. Aare^ti«uiciit..jrf4>r Inifflq.! at ONK IMM.- -A Il peraquarr lur [hi- lt*t Insertion, anil HPTI -EXT8 pcr.snnarc.(~r Mill cimliniunco, for any Jue under 9ne luonib. For ion -er fwrio-ls m 11b- ■nl Reduction,wadt iernra oqoat to tonUn«,»Ud: * Notice* In loml i-oUuno.lc a th.irt trfcfnjra, 20 »uts«llne.y 4 '• ■,.:v• DKOmON OP Tit K IJSlTKDSTATliM SVI-RISlIKCQI'flT 1. SuhscrJU ra * 1u» rio uot givo.expre** nptltv t*>: rswm»t*o uoi givo expreM npnwro . ^ *: • pj rlbisr* or.ler tho discontinuance .of' (il*r ||)Te willlliTifri may continue to til allTirefira-eiare paid, i tiers neglect orteftiso to ta&e their >ro the office to which they are dl- ire held responsible until they hare illla and ordered them dlacontinued. The hearth! of home ie beaming, With rays of rosy light, And lovely eyes are gleaming, its tall the shades of light; '; ;t; And while thy steps are leaving The circle pare end bright, / A tender voice, half grieving, Says, M Dou,t stay late to-night.” • 1’ mm of Snbeoriptlon. ONK COPY, On« - S3 OO ONE COPY, Six Month* 1 OO ONE COPY, Three Mo80 Lr:G.\L A1WERTISKMEKT8. Citation for Letter* of Guardlanehljt 95 00 Citation for LHtrr* of Administration.......^... 4 00 Application tor Letter* of PI*iul*»ion Admin- Utnter... M » 5 00 \pplt'tion for Letter* o! DUmlMion Guardian 5 23 Application for I<eav«* to Sell I .and a ft 00 Notion tv Debtor* and Creditor* ft 00 Sal mi of Lnnd, Ac., per square • 30 •idea INiriniiable Proj*erty, 10 days, peraq... 1 60 i-Utray Notice*, HO day a 3 00 Shenrt'Salc*. |*er square .... ..... 2 50 .sheriff Mortgage ti. fa. salea per tquar*. M . mH . 6 00 Tax Collector's Salc^ per square..^. 6 00 Foreclosure Mortgage, per square, each time. 1 00 Kxemption Notices tin advance),.................. 2 25 Rule Nisi'*, per square, each time.1 50 *•* The ainive legal rate* corrected by Ordinary of Clarke countr. NO 48 ATHENS, GEORGIA, I-aw XTOTZCS3. JJ K/niUAHiiEn, ATTORNEY AT LAW, \Vutkinaville, Ga. Office in former Ordinary’* office. jnu2.VlS76-ly JMJ. TII0.U80N, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Special ultcntion paid to criminal practice. For reference apply to Ex-Gov. T. it. Watts and Hon. David Clnptou, Montgomery, A1a Office over l\>*t-Of!lco Athene, Ga. fehU-1875-tf P-C^.d, Porn Hasnow. JJui'row IWw;, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Office over Talnnulgc, ilodgaon At Co. ja»4«ly Lamak Cobb. Howell Cobb. ^ A II. COBB, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Athena, Ga Office in Deuprce Building, fJ»2J-lS76.1v Alkx S. Ekwin. pRWIN A COBB, Andrew J. Cobb. ITTOKXKYS IT LAW. Athena, Ga. llice ou Corner of 11 ever Child*, tci*22-la7*l-l v l and Thotniia atrects, ■keraon «fc Co. | W. DOHTC11, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Carueaville, Ga. G. C. Tb.oi23.aj3, ATTORNEY AT LAW. WATK1NSV1I.I.E, GA. IN COURT-IIOUSE. OPPOSITE I'li'. ittru>tcd to hi* car. apO-tt MnCIJRRY, ^NUIUIRY Attoz•xi&y a-fc Law, Hartwell, Georgia, Will practice in the Suj>crior Court* of North east Gcoigm and Supreme Court at Atlanta. Aug S. Is76 tf TACUHON THOMAS, attorneys at law, Athens, Ga. Oitlfij b.»uth Went Corner of College Avenue aii.l Oiaxton Street, also at the Court House. All parties desiring Criminal Warrant*, can get • lirjii a*, any time by applying to the County Solicitor r.t this oilier. deel6-1874-tf Tho Silezvfc TuTolrxly, “ Bring tnc my broken harp,*’ he spid; “ We both are wrecks—but aa ye will— Though all its ringing tones nave fled. Their eehoes linger round it etill; It had some golden string*, I know. Bat that was Jong—how Jong, ago. “ I cannot ace its tarnished gold, 1 cannot hear its vanished tone, Scared can my trembling flagers hold The pillared frame so long their own ; We both ere wrecks—a while ago It had some silver airings, 1 know. “ But onthem Time too loti v The aoMlf strain that k(c And where or old my fingers strayed The chords they find are new and atrange, Yes, iron strings, I know, I kuow, We both are wrecks of long ago. 14 We both are wrecks, a shattered pair, Strange to ourselves in Thime’s disguise. * 4 \\ hat say ye to the lovesick air That brought the tears from Marian’s eyes! Ay, trust me—under breasts of snow Hearts could be melted long ago. 44 Or will ye hear the storm sougs crash That from his dreams the soldier woke, And bade him face the lightuiug’s flash When battle’s cloud in thuuder broke ? Wrecks, nought but wrecks ! The time was when Wc two were worth u thousand men I” And so the broken harp they bring With pitying smiles that none could blame , Aina, there's not a single *triag Of all that tilled the tarnished frame. Bat ace, like the children overjoyed, Ais fingers ramblin'* through the void. “I clasp thee 1 Ay, my ancient lyre. Nay, guide my wandering fingers—there ! They love to dally with the wire As Isoae played with Esau’s hair. Hush! yeshvll hear the famous tune That Marian called the breath of June !* And so they softly gather round, Rapt in his tuneful trance he seems; His fingers move but not a sound ! A silence like the soug of dreams. “There, ye have heard the air,” he cries, “That bronght the tears from Marian’s eyes J” Ah, smile not at his fond conceit, Nor deem his fancy wrought in vain ; To him the unreal sounds are sweet— No discord mars the silent strain. Scored on life's latest, starlit page, The voiceless melody of a.»c. Rmrert Kaiford. Wilbur F. Kelsey. Xtaiiord 8c Kelsey, >rney> at La w, And Counsellor's and Solicitor's ... JSqpi 'ochran, Pulaski County, Ga Special and i nediwte attention give: Equity, 1 i in to uoy business oon- lntrudcrs promptly ejected from, and titles cleared up, and wild lands look ed nfU r generally, will buy and sell lands, pay taxes fur nonresidents etc. Will practice in all the counties contingent to either the M. & B. K. R. or the Atlantic <fc and R. K. Good re* lereuce triven when desired, julv IHth.tf. Sweet arc the lips of all that sing, When Nature's music breathes unsought, But never yut could voice or string So truly shape our tendcrest thought As when by life’s decaying fire Our fingers sweep the stringless lyre. O. W. Holmes, in the September Atlantic. bread and a pint basin of cold broth, j “ This will have to do for to-night,” i ere was not another mouthful in the house) and bending down, she held the basin over the flame until it was hot, and then poured it over the bread. “ OJi, mother, it is so good,’’ said Harry; “ tastes like more,” added Fred, with a faint attempt at a joke. The weary mother talked with the . ^ bovs^i.^wearyhatf houtvendeavvijB^ what' will'll oring to put a brightness in her words, that her poor heart never knew, and then said, “Boys, it would bo warmer for you in bed, mother will tuck you up, for it is a bitter night,” and she shivered as she spoke. Their bed was only an old matress, spread in one corner; but ns their mother tucked the woolen spread around them, and they were still clothed with coats and pants they began to feel quite couiforta. ble. They talked in low whispers, but the mother heard all. Frank spoke first : “Oh, boys, I saw such a jolly shawl sold to-day at'O’Conner’s auc tion ! It was so red and so warm, oh my, and it only cost one dollar; if I only could have brought it for mother.” “ Whore's your money you earned holding horses, I’d like to know ?' qnerriod Fred. “Gone to pay for medicine and broth for Baby May,” answered Frank, anil then added in a lower voice, “Fred, I’m afraid Baby May is going to Heaven.” “ Doin’ to Heaven, echoed Harry ; “ I wis’ I tould do too, dere’s every sin’ bootiiul dere; ’trismas presents and nil.” “ Let us pray to god to take us too—let’s tell him— we’ie so cold and hungry,” added Fred. “ And have dot nosing but an old wusty knife,” chimed in Harry. Frank laughed at this speech, but the listening mother sighed, “Oil, my God, aid us in our extremity, or The great coat was laid aside, the coffee and oysters for two 'were brought and ns they ate and drank and talked they gave nover a thought to the little office-boy outside who—tho lobby door being left wide open— heard every word that they spoke. A name arrests his lagging attention; he hears his master say, “ and have you never heard a word from your wife or concerning her?” and the reply came - sadly, “Meyer,' oh, y gobcfn^aito me do if I cannot find my poor wife and helpless children ?” Cheer up, Donald, we must hunt up all the Roseoes in the city, bnt she still may have used her maiden name strange, but I forgot it; what was it ?” Delapiere—her father was French, you know. If she has taken that name I can trace her if she is living, for there are few “ Ceiapierea ’’ in America.” “ Pho 1 very few ; I know lot* of ’em.’’ It was the office-lioy talking aloud in his excitement. “ Davie,’’ called Mr. Du|>ont. “ Well, sir,” answered Davie, com ing to the door. “ What are yon talking about?” “ I couldn’t help heariu’ what you said, sir.” “ And what <li<l y<. n say—turn alvont is fair play ?” “ I—I,’’ stammered the office-boy, “ 1 said Delapiere was common door hell pealed,. “ Can we go mam ma ?’! called Frank, and the answer being affirmative the.four boy* rushed to the door and ushered in Mr. Du pont Und Pa. Mr. Dupont raised his hands in mocVhorror as_be entered the lovely sitting-room, for Frank said in his politO voice, “Here is ray new book of animals, '.Mr. Dupont.” Fred called in his shrill voice, “ Just look Dupont uyou can’t htin!” 'Harry screamed,^ust look at dese sogers, day’s de real fighters, Mr. Dupont;’’ while Baby May put in her wee voice, saying, “ Does oo ant to tiss my booful dolly, Uulin Pont?” at which the children laughed, but caused Mr. Dupont to bring out a handkerchief —whether to wipe away conspicuous tears or not I will leave my reader to guess. Mrs. Roscoe came in at that moment, and as Mr. Dupont rose to greet her, Donald, with his arm around her, said, “ It washerprayeis that brought a prodigal home. Dear The first year of married life is a most inqmrtant era in the history of man and wife. Generally, as it is spent, so is always subsequent exis tence. The wife and the husband then assimilate their views and tlicir desires, or else conjuring up their dislikes, they add fuel to their preju dices and animosity forever afterward I have somewhere read, «ays Rev. Hr.' WiwriitkM Bridal Greeting,”- of a bride groom who glorified in bis. eccentricities. He requested his bride to accompany him to the gar den a day or two after their wedding. He then threw a line over their cot tage. Giving his wife one end Of it he retreated to the other side and exclaimed: “Pull the line!” She pulled it at his request as far as she could. He cried, “ Pull it over !” I “ I can’t,’’ she replied. ! “ But pull with all you might,” Tho world in which thon movc.t :,-[1 Iitmay, brave and wide ; Tho world of her thou lovest . , I. at the ingle ride ; ’’ - — - Khe.tt«it» for thy warm gr.eoCiir, Thy .mile is her delight;' Her gentle voice, entreating, Say., “Don’t stay late to-night.” The world, so cold, inhuman, Will epnrn thee if thou fall; The love of one poor woman Out last, and shame, them all. Thy children will cliug round thee. Let fate be dark er bright. At home no .haft will wound thcr, Then “Don’t stay late to-night.” heart, you have your re vat d.” This shouU ‘ d ll . ,e whi, " s ' 1Likl hl,sba "‘ J was all that he said as i e pressed her extended hand, hut two happy souls thought enough. Cooking By the Sun. A NEW STYLE ’of VERY ECONOMICAL COOK STOVE AT THE PARIS EX HIBITION. A very old friend in a new dress appears at tho Paris Exposition in All’s Well That Ends Well. 2Draugh.ii House, nOMtOK, WtLniN COVXTY, GKORUlA. F»n»t fins* accommodation*, first cla*n fair, fir^t class servant*, and firat claaa rooms liand- no i civ turnialird. J.C DRAUG1IN, Proprietor, july2a.3m. \. lM.lt. TT^ataixtxxalEar 5c JTowolor, At Snead* Shoe Store next door to Kee*e & Lane’*, Broad *trcet, Athens, Georgia. All *ork warranted 12 month*, sept 12-1 f. INERT. FEED UNO SALE STABLE, -a.-fcix.oxia, Goosrgiau GANN .fc REAVES, PROPRIETORS. Will be found at their old *tand, rear Frank lin House buildintr, Thomas street. Keep al ways on baud pood Turnout* and carctul dri ver-*. block well cared for when envruated to our care. Stock on hand for sale at *dl rime*, tie cl St i*. CE2TTHAL HOTEL- AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. Mrs. W. M. THOMAS, Prop’r Thu* Hotel, *o well known to the citixen* of riarkc and adjoining counties, i* located in the centre of the husine** portion of Augoata, COD j VCl ient to Post Office, Telegraph Office and Depot, mid otter* inducement* to the public unequuh d bv any other Hotel in the Oily* dec4 -*». Southern Mutual Insurance COMPAN'S', ATKE1TS, GEEOHGXA- YOUNG L. O. HARRIS, President STFAKNs THOMIS, Srrrrt.ry. Unw iwh, Aptii i. is;;, . . »;si,.vi; us Re.idem Directors. enough. I kuow five oi’ ’em sir.' “ Five Delapieres,” s;.id the visitor, * ,le ,brm of an apparatus lor cookin giasping the boy’s arm tightly. “Tell me, boy, what are their given names, and where are they ?’’ ** Well, sir, loseu your grip, please sir—there. There’s Mrs. Delapiere, she’s a beautiful woman, but so sad like and poor.’’ “ Ami the others, what of them ?*’ asked the stranger. “ Well, sir, there’s Frank Delapiere, he’s the bravest hoy I ever knew, sir, buy he’s starvin’; and there’s Fred Delapiere, and Harry Delapiere, and Baby May, who is dyin’; least ways iny darlings will soon get their wish,” i ihat’s what iny mother, said this Steves* Thomab Eliza L. Newtoji, Ferdinand Phinizf 1>k. R. M. Smith, John W.Sichouoz, Yot No L. <i. llABRI* John II. Newton, |>k. Henry Hull, Align P. He a Rise*. i’oi.. Robert Teonas, iu’ 2s-wljr COME AND SEE THEM! },00 Chromes. lo dozen l*asae Partout*, In good variety. In dozen Picture Mat* the most bcautifril ever lot night to Athens, Panel Picture*. Illuminated Mottoes. Photiigrnph* of Statuary, etc. JiM teceived and for sale cheap at inn* 7-tf Burke’s Book Store. For Sale. A second-hand Wheeler & Wilson Scwinu Machine; ha* been but little used and is in per fect order. For *rle cheap, for ca*b. Apply at argtfMf. THIS OFFICE Pottery Pictures! Tho Urgrat »ml hamUotneot »»»ortment of PICTURES pc It TOTTERY DECORATION, ever brought to Athens, AT PANIC PRICES, for sale st BURKE’S BOOK-STORE. aug.13.tf. r OB WORK OF ALL DESCRI1 1 tion neatly done at this office. Just back of Bristol Avenue, where the palatial stores towered skyward, where the rich-clad walked to an fro, making costly pu: chases amid the fascinations of brilliant lights and well filled purses, runs a narrow, wretched street, called “ Dirk’s Lane,” but Scare-crow Row ” would be more appropriate, for the cottages were fall ing to pieces, tho steps decaying, tho rickety, broken hinged blinds bsatin back and forth in the gusty wind, the weather-beaten fences dilapidated, clapboards swinging, and the old broken window-panes stuffed with rags, old hats, et c. Can this be nn artery of tho great city ? Yes ; the living tide flows freely here, although pale, »ad counternances are seen; faces furrowed, and scantily clothed forms gliding desparingly through the street. Children look pinched and spectral; their thinly clothed arms and bare hands, purple with cold as they hurry along as fast as tlu-r numb feet will allow, to their wretched homes. As we enter one of the crazy tene ments, wc find that the snow has been before ns, and an involuntary chill shakes us as we see the line of cold whiteness which has been sifted through the cracks of the door. A fire burns feebly in an old grate—so feebly, that all but stony hearts must sigh for the human woe here en shrined—and upon the neatly swept hearth three children set talking. The lamp-light, flickering to its wane, re veals by its sickly flame the mother kneeling beside and old broken cradle, in which a sick child of two years lay asleep. The little hands held one of hers in a tight clasp, and unwilling to disturb the child, she left her hair just as it bad fallen from its fastenings—all about her shoulders —a halo of beauty. One was fearful that the night of death was gathering about her only daughter, the little girl of four short summers, as she looked at the guileless, baby face, she thought, |>ooi mother, that it might be so, for “He who loves little ones, carries tho lambs in his bosom, and Father,” she prayed “ save her from such a storm pathway as her mother’s has been!" Finally, os the child moves in her sleep, the little hands loosen their hold, and the mother joins the boys by the hearth. “ Mother, dear moth er, is there any bread?” asked Harry, the youngest; “ or anything mother, I don’t care what!’’ added Fred, while Frank the eldest said nothing, only taking liis mother’s lend and rubbing his thin little face against iU The mother went to the pantry and j bronght out three slices of stale and then she took from her bosom a, thin kid case, and opening it took from it a note which read: “My wife, I am sober now, but I came near killing you in my last drunken spree, and I cannot tell what I may do in my next. I cannot give up the terrible cup. I cannot pray. I may be doomed, but yon may pray if you choose—perhaps—God knows. And now good-bye, go to your father; he will be to you what I am not—a pro tector.” “ Baby May was only six months old then,” she mused, “ and I have prayed all these years for Donald, dear Donald, dear Donald,” and the tears fell thick and fast. Down ft the wharf a vessel has just dropped anchor and furled her damp sails. The passengers left the deck with quick tread bnt with sober faces; ffir the wildly-plunging waves swelling londly and darkly to the spray-swept shore, and the chilly, gusty wind possessed a depressing in fluence. One of the passengers, a man of about forty, with heavy beard and keen gray eyes, grasped his well-worn satchel, and started on his way through the wet and cheer less streets. He well knew his way, for he ignored all offers of assistance, turned neither to the right nor the left, but straight ahead to the prince street. He then slackened his pace somewhat, and as lie ne t red the town, ball, be scanned the numbers closely. “ No. 785, 786, 787, 788— here’s the numbers, surely, but I’m not snre of my men.” He ran up one flight of stairs ami bis eye met in which neither gas, coal, wood, nor fuel, and uot even electricity, is em ployed for the purpOfO. The only agency- used is the heat of the sun, the solar rays being concentrated by means of condensers, and reflected by means of radiators until sufficient beat is engendered to boil an egg, and even to cook a small loaf or piece of meat. The idea of thus utilizing the solar rays is as old as the sun itself; lmt it lias not hitherto been brought to such practical perfection ns to place this sort of heat within reaeh.ofihe public at large. Wheth- iuorpin’.’-’ 4 I my, and a purse of gold * is youre,” - * - • I don’t want the ggkl/.-ir, hut they will, sir, if ymfve got it, j»n<l I’lMead you quick if Mi*. Dupont 'says sto,”— | “ Yes; go Davie, lad, and nuty God bless you, Donald, in your nndertak- "‘u-" , |g They wound about ar-grent deal, Mr. Roscoe thought; but soott all the buildings were left behind, and they went with quick feet down crooked Dirk’s Lane. “ Here’s the place, sir,” said Davie, and Mr. Roscoe held out some shining gold witb. lhe remark, “ Take It child,” bnt the quick-witted child was gone, and Mr. Roscoe tapped gently on the shaky door. It was opened a littie way, and a gentle voice, full ot tears, asked “ wliat is wanted tf “ Does Mrs. Archimedes of the Roman fleet an chorcjl in the harbor of Syracuse by means of the heat reflected frem a number ot uiiri01 she true or false, the vfry fact of the story having been ttrculatcd is proof of the exis tence *f a desire to make use of such methods of focusing the heat of the sun’s lays on any particular object. Only | few years ago the proposal ivived by a Frenchman, who his government a plan for ig an enemy’s fleet by means ling mirrors at n distance ot a -These are install jes of the de- 9 efforts Jof man’s genius, tutions, but more useful have been jlie attempts of Prof. Ericsson to drive a steam engine by vapor But, vain was all the efforts of the bride to pull the line so long as lier husband held on to tlie opposite end. But when lie came round and both pulled at one end it came over with great ease. There, said lie, as the line fell from iho roof, you see how hard and in effectual was our labor when we both pulled in opposition to each other; but how easy and pleasant it was when wo both pulled together. It will be just so through fife, my dear. If-we oppose each other it will be always unpleasant to five. Let us always pull together. In this illustration, homely as it may be there is a sound philosophy. Husband and wife must naturally bear and concede if they wish to make home a retreat of bliss. One alone caunot make home hap py. There must be unity of action, sweetnes of spirit and great forbear ance and love in both husband and wife, to secure the great end of hap piness in the domestic circle. The Teaching of Grammar. Delapiere live hero?’’ inquired tho muffled voice. “ i 'am Mrs. Delia-' dest mile stru Lew produced entirely by the concentra tion iif the Min’s rays on a boiler of w’afiw ;Dtn<l now there is exposed to piere; is there any service I oan ren- j view nr* '.he Paris Exhibition an ap- der you t" “Let me in", please, the : pan^ns for cooking by the "same night is so bitter. “ I cannot, sir,” agi itcy.< Experiments on a small ih<k«gn, “ Dupont drKaynttndrAx. '*x b«; re(pasjcil» answered site trying to close thedoor, “I have neither fire" nor food; so please look a little farther.’’ Mr. Roscoe pushed open the door, stepped in and bared his head. ** Lu cia, my poor, poor, Lucia,” and the strong arms opened. “Oh. Donald, darling, have you come at last ?”|and the brave heart, which had borne so ninch, fainted with joy. No words can describe the glad re-union—it. would be tolly to at tempt it—so I will only say ;liat the bell rung out its twelve strokes be fore either husband or wile sought rest; for the backward ground had torneys at-Law.” Yes—he is all right so flir—he touched the bell. “ Is Mr. Dupont in ?’’ “ He is walk in, please | invited the office, boy. “ Whim h no?” abruptly asks our caller. “ In bis sanctum,” an swered the boy; “ what uame dr ?” “ Tell him an old friend wishes to ipeak to him.” “ lie’ll not come for that sir; there are so many imposi- tors, sir, thnt lie’ll never come with out your name, sir.” “ Ask him if he likes filberts, boy.” “ That ’ud be a queer question sir.” “ Ask him queer or not.” “ Mr. Duponl,” said the boy, enter ing the pleasant retreat of tlie bach elor lawyer, “ a queer man has just come in, and it’s he, sir, not I, that wants to know if yuur honor likes filberts.” “Filberts, filberts.” mused he; “ filberts,” and n light broke over his face, “ bring him in,” and as the boy rose to do his bidding, he arose, and quickly following, greeted the new comer on the threshold. '‘Don- old, boy; can it be?” Ralph, oh, Ralph,” and the two embraced each other with such fervor that they might have been called David and Jonathan^ wife how her praywrs had reached him a year before his return, how lie had struggled and fought and finally conquered King Alcohol with God’s help, and then had decided not to come lmck empty-handed; -‘and, darling, God lias prospered me. 1 have enough, honestly earned to give you comfort once more.” Four weeks rolled by. In a fair suburban cottage. Lucia Roscoe sits in a low, softly-cushioned rocker. Baby May, a happy convalescent, Sits' in her lap, nursing a doll-liaby nearly as large as herself. It is evening agaiu; again three bays are chatting in front of a grate fi*n, but this time they are kneeling upon a large velvet rug, and Davie, the orphan office-boy is kneeling with them. ** Dis yonr home for ever and ever, Davie; isn’t you glad, dis bootitnl home ?” “ We’re going to have a grand supper to-night, aren’t wn, mother?” asked Fred. u Yes dear ” answered mamma, and then site pat Baby May down while she went t j the cozy dining room to see if all was in orde r . Dinah was putting J^he last touches to the prettily-laid table, and the front scale-have been made with perfect success; bilt the duration of sunshine even'in la belle France is so uncertain as tppri-vont the hopes tff any prac tical benefit being derived from the cltv*f invention. In England, where a week of unclouded sunshine is an unheard- of phenomenon, the appa ratus would be still more useless. But Yrf tropical England, in those portions of the British Empire which lic-un^er the equator, in the West Indies, in Fiji, in India, in parts of Australia, and in Africa, the intense heai'bf the sun’s perpi mlicular rays might be turned to practical account lubsiitute fir the undesirable linplion ot fuel, adding its heat and smoke to'the ove laden atmos phere,— Colonies and Lulia- I have been sendiu’ my darter Nancy to skool, aud last Friday I went over to the skool to see how she was getliu’ along, and I seed things I didn’t like by no means. The skool- inastcr was lamin’ her thiugs entirely out of the line of eddycation, aud, as I think, improper. I set a while in the skool house, and lieerd one class say their lesson. The lesson that Nancy said was nuthin but the fool- ishest kind of talk. The ridiclist word said was “ I love.” I looked at her for being so improper, but she went right on and sed, “Thou lovest and he lovest.” And I reckon you never lieerd such rigmarole in your life—love, love, love, and nothin’ but love She sed one time, “ I do love,” Bez I, “ Who did you luv ?” The skolars lafled, but I wasn't to be put off, and sed, “ Who did you love, Nan cy ?’’ The skool-master said he would explain when Nancy had fin ished the lesson. This sorter pacyfied me, and Nancy went on with her awful love talk. It get wus and wus every word. She sed, “ I might, could, or would love.” I stopped her again, and sed I reckon I would see about that, and told her to walk out of that house. The skool master tried to interfere, but I would not let him say a word. He sed I was a fool, and I made him holler in short order. I taikt the strate thing to him. I told him I’d show how hede larn iny dar ter grammar. I got the nabors to gether, and we sent him off in a burry, and I reckon thar’ll be no more gram mar tcachin’ iu these parts. “ Gif tier Glieese a Vair Chance.” The man swaggered into a tidy lunch house over the Rhiue, flopped into a chair, slapped his feet upon the table, shoved his hat on the back of his head, and called for beer, bread and limberger. Proprietor hustled around and filled the order himself. The ninn picked up a bit of cheese on a fork and smelled of it derisively. “Take that away,” lie said, “and bring me some decent cheese. It’s limberger I want—this is no good.” “ What’s the matter mit dot g tiecse, iiiine frieude ? Vas id doo sdrong? I huffsoom dot vas vreshor,’’ said the German, anxious to please. “ Naw ! That’s what I want. This cheese is no ’count at all. I want something I can smell clear across the room. Trot it out, aud be lively. This don’t stink a bit—fetch in the rankest you’ve got. I’ve got a Dutch stomach if I was born in America,” and the man smelled at the cheese, aud threw it down in digust. The proprietor bowed over the table and also snuffed a few times. He then turned an injured look on the captious customer and persuasively said : " “ Dot vas not fair, mine friend ; dook down deni foots off der dable and giff de gheese a vair chance.” —Cincinnati Bieakfast Table. Is Friday an Unlucky Day. The First Locomotive.—The average citizens will be taken by sur prise when told that the first locomo tive eogine ever placed on a track on this comiuent was “ steamed up” and started just fifty years ago tlie 8th day of August. The trial trip was mad* at Honesdale, Pa., by the lourbridge Lion,” an engine built in Stourbridge, England, and the oredit.-fbr this pioneer enterprise be longs.^) the Delaware and Hudson Caqol Cora|iany. Mr. H. Allen, now 77 yrijks of age, and a resident of South Orange, N. J was the man who pulled the first throttle valve on that day, ‘and to whom the charge pf build ing the engine was entrusted by the cogipanjf’wben he was seat to En- gland. Friday, long remembered as a day of illomon, has been an eventful one in American history and Ameri cans ought not to be afraid of it. Friday, Christopher Columbus sail ed on hi? voyage ot discovery. - Friday,.ten weeks afterward, he discovered America. - . Friday, Henry VII. gave Johaand Sebastian Cabot the commission which led to the discovery of North'America. Friday. St. Augustiue, the oldest town in the Uuited States, was foun ded. 1 . . , r-- « -i' • • Friday, the “ May Flower” with Pilgrims arrived at Princetown, and on Friday they signed the august compact, the forerunner of the present Constitution. 1 Friday, George Washington was born. 4 ■ ■* Friday, Bunker Hill was seized and fortified. Friday, the surrender of Saratoga was made. •< '■'-*■- Friday, the surrender of Cornwallis occurred. Friday, the motion was made in Congress, that the United States were, and of right ought to be; free and independent. l«vttu>U.bl ~JkS*IS' notifying published, and »Ue papers are lent to the former direction, they are held responsible. 5. Any person who receives a newspaper aud ^makea um ot it, whether ho h« ordered It or not. Is held In Formor : Georgia 'Judges. j ,The Meriwether Vindicator has been bstentng to some of Judge Warner’s reminiscences recently, -nml priute the. folio wing among others; .. Speaking ot" Senator Lamar of Mississippi n few days ago, Judge Warner said his father. Judge Lamar was a man . of very decided abiiitv and a most excellent judge. Juii.^e Lunar perished by his own hand at Milledgoville.' his .himie, oif the 4th of-July, 1834, being only 37 years of age. Judge Warner in company with-the Superior Gfynrt judges of the State, ten in number nt that time, dined with Judge Lamar only a day cr two prior to his death. In 1834, there being no Supreme Court, the judges of the Superior Courts met once a year in Millcdgevil'e iu con vention to discuss mooted ]>oiiits . nd secure uniformity in the administra tion of the laws throughout the State. Judge Lamar being a resident of Miliedgeville, his hospitable and ac complished lady invited tlie judges, at tlie head of whom stood the grent W. H. Crawford, to a dining at her abode upon the conclusion of their labors. The invitation was accepted, and Judge Lamar did the > evasion with such grace and dignity ns to delight his assembled friends. During the convention he delivered one of the most famous opinions to be found in the reports of the State. It is known to the profession as the case of Brewster vs. Hardeman, and Judge Warner thinks may be placed upon a level with the best productions of tho American or English bench. This gifted jurist not having reached t'ne meridian of his powers, with his future all bright and promising, had scarce bid his brethren of the con vention adieu when the sad tidings spread over the State that lie had taken his own life. W. II. Crawford, eight years a member of President Monroe'.- .-..hi- net, ex-Miuister to France, ami, until stricken with paralysis, the leading candidate for the presidency, waa. , -dnrir-ritrih-idf'-'tfie ’ecnTt'chtfftVi.' 'He ’ pvas then presiding Judge of the Northern Circuit. The other judges were: C, B. Strong, first Circuit; Win. Law, Eastern ; Lott Warren, Southern ; J. W. Hooper, Chero kee : G. E Thomas, Chattahoochee; W. H. Holt, Middle; L. Q. C. Lamar, Ocmulgee; Chas. Dougher ty, Western, and iiirain Warner, Coweta. Judge Warner at that time was 30 years old, the youngest member of the convention, and the only oue of them all that is still living. ■ If flie"* newspapers are to be Facts Worth Knowing. A correspondent sends us the fol lowing assertions, which he claims aie absolutely the truth: There never was a woodcock seen on the Pacific coast. There never was an ocean steamer that ever burst the boiler. There uever was a dog ' went mad west of the Rocky Mountains. There never was a beech or syca more struck by lightning. There never was an eel caught on the Pacific coast. ’* There never was a locomotive or a steanu-r struck by lightning.—la. An African Financier. A night or two ago, a knot of col ored citizens were standing at a corner discussing ihe financial affairs of- the government. A variety of views were advanced on the subject when one speaker took it up alter this style: “It don’t make no difl’ence what sort of money dey makes, nobody ain’t gwine to give me none of it; but I's gwine ter have my share as long os I kin work for it. Ef dey makes gold money, I’11‘git my sbere, or ef dey makes silver money. I’ll git my shore of it, or ef dey mnkes j wiper; money; I’ll git my shere ef dut; bat dey may make nuy kind of it by de ship load and you and me will never git n cent dat we don’t work iur, Doy talk believed^ women arc the coining journalists of the country. The leading editorial writer of tlie Chica go Times is' said to be Mrs. Margaret Buchannan Sullivan; Mrs. Sara A. Hubbard is tlie literary and scientific writer of tlie Chicago Tribune, Mrs. J. B. Lyman edits tho Home De partment of the New York Tribune, and Middie Morgan is the cattle and stock repqcter of tlie New York Times, rides a horse to perfection, and makes admirable speeches at agricultural fairs. IIow they Honored Him.—A London magazine says that a light of British science was lately visited by a Kentuckian admirer, who said:— “Sir we admire your writings, and have shown it. We had no academic distinction to confer on yon, having no university; but wo have done our liesf. Wo a re a racing people, and have named, our- best, stallion after you.” - ’ • A ' —: — , .. about makiu’ money plenty, but it ! g>t to be so plenty, d.t ’ j£jbe dmfyowl wife of a -Danbury lupris the hired iturse of his second wife’iW’y- A. daughter of Brigham Young has an actress, under the name of Cecilc Grey. quicker wit, better judgment, greater self-possession than man, but there are very, very lew women who catlap- pear at ease and look pleasant when unexpected callers suddenly surprise her with a set of of teeth in each band and none in her mouth. And it is pretty difficult for the callers to look unconcerned under such circum stance?, too.—Burlington Uawkeye. T The Chinese claim to have inven ted the .telephone in the year 968. anybody is gwine ter give it away One thing certain, de guverment ain’t gwine ter give jer none.” m This is about the frue philosophy of the financial question.—Telegram. k —f ■ . 1 /.ie UWtqs The cotton crop will net the Uni ted States this year 8200,000,000. Five hundred people died in HaJ vana last month of yeHow‘S?v&\ Putty one-half of the whitd popula- tion of Memphis have decamped. modern writer declares that American men are gradually decreas ing in statue, and' that two or three generations hence, tlie women will be taller. He attributes it to the use of liquor and tobacco stunting the growth of -the boys. It not only shortens the *- height, but also the length oflifo. Washington Post: Old Alvin 4-dams, who founded the Adams’ Express Company, ‘used to carry currency himself between New York qnd Boston in a carpet-bag. He was the only.honest carpet-bagger that l^ia qver been heard cf. It is a mis take to supposfy-iliat he Was the hus- b*njl of Eve. - -u ■ Ttypre is in-'Coffee county, Ga., a boy aigcd< fourteen years who weighs 456pound8. i . Typhus fever has killed more Rus- sitms.sir.ee the war than Turkish bnl- lefo lulled in actiati. > editor who has recently visited the. New, England Suites says that nether at Yal« nor Harvard did he 9< ?- e fay qgiorvjd studeuts, ncr was tho African bfpther visible in the churoh YhUe people, si -r could he ,trape the; existence 01 my colored statesmen in the six Nov England Legislatures. - i* ‘