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XTTORNKTS AT LAW,
Athena, GaJ
Olfica in Denpree Boilding,
f t Vii-is7«-iy
popeBnrrow,
1 attorneys at law,
offl.-e over Talmadjfe, Hodgson <& Co.
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j; K. I.UMPKIM,
Attorney at Law.
i itHcc over Childa, Nickerson <fe Co.
Athens, Georgia,
' Will practice in the Superior Court, of the
Northern Circuit. J3J“ Collections a specialty.
IM.15.1878.ly.
G- C. Thomas,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
watkinsyillk, ga.
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bosiue*. eutmsted to his care. ap9-tt
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attorneys at law,
Athena, Ga.
0(Vf in old Franklin Home Boilding Broad
Street, al»o st the Court House. All parties
desiriuc Criminal Warrants, can ret them at
anv time by applying to the Connty Solicitor
at this office. decld-1974-tf
Kobxst KatroaD.
W itict F. Kiur.
Slaiford & Kelsey,
Attorneys at Law,
And Counsellor's and Solicitor’s in Equity,
Cochran, l’ulsski County, Ga Special and im
mediate attention giver, to any business con
cerning lauds. Intrudsrs promptly ejected
from, and title* cleared up, and wild lands look-
,1 after generally, will buy and aeli lands, par
taxes for non residents etc. Will practice in all
the counties contingent to either the M. 4 3.
K. R. or the Atlantic & and R. R. Good re
ference given when desired,
july ISth.tf.
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NO. 34
ATHENS, GEORGIA, JUNE 24, 1879.
VOL. 63
ATLANTA & CHARLOTTE
Air*Line Railway.
Passenger Department-
ATLANTA
-TO—
EASTUiRN OITIJ&te* !
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
On Mml after Jane 1st, 1879, Trains will run
on thi* remd as follows, facing East:
KAflTWABD.
Arrive at Lula - 6.46 a m
Leave Lula.... 6.48 a m
wkstwa*o.
Arrive at Lula 7.45 p m
Leave I.uia - 7.46 r m
XAnWABP.
NIGHT TAKING** THAIS.
Arriva at Lula 6.23 p x
Leave 6.24 * *
WkJTWAED-
Arrive at Lula 7.51 a x
Leave 6.52 a x
GOING EAST.
LOCAL FREIGHT TRAIN.
Arrive at Lula - 12.1.5 p x
lecave 12.25 p x
WESTWARD.
Arrive at Lula - 12.50 a x
Leave 10.5 a V
thmoron freight train. •
Arrive at Lula
Leave
Cloaa connection at Atlanta for all points
Weal and Southwest. Connecting at Charlotte
.or all points East. Through Tickets on sale
at Gainesville, Seneca City, ’Greenville and
Spartanburg to all points East and West.
G. J. FOREACRE, General Manager.
W. J. HOUSTON, Geo. Pa*a.&Ticket A*’t
Change of Schedule.
On and altar Monday June 2d 1879, trains on
Northeastern Railroad will ran as follows.
Trains daily sxcept Sunday.
Leave Athens 4.05 P. M.
Arrive at Lula 6.20 P. M.
Arrive at Atlanta 1040 P. M.
Leave Atlanta 340 P. M.
Leave Lula. T.46 P. M.
Arrive at Atbens 10.00 P. M
On Saturdays this additional train will be
run.
I^eave Athens 5.00 A. M.
Arrive at Lula 6.45 A. M.
Arrive at Atlanta 1140 A. M.
Leave Atlanta 4.0" A. M.
Leave Lula 843 A. M.
Arrive at Athena 11.05 A. M.
Both trains connect at Lola with trains each
way on Air line Railroad. Passengers going
North connect closely at Lula at 6.20 P. M with
mail train on Air Line Railroad and by taking
the 5.00 A. M., Saturday train connect with the
fast Northeastern train, reaching Washington
next morning to Break&et and New York at
3.45 P. M., making the unprecedented time of
34 hours and 45 minutes between Athens and
New York. Passengers from Georgia Railroad
have ample time to take the evening train and
thereby reach the Springs of North Georgia to
Supper.
J. M. EDWARDS,
Superintendent.
Til© Llghtnlng-Rod Dispen
ser.
BT WILL CaXLETOX.
If the weary world is willing, I’ve a little word
to say
Of a lightning-rod dispenaer that dropped down
on me one day,
With a poem in his motions, with a sermon in
his mein,
With bands as white as lilies, and n fee un
common clean.
No wrinkle had his investments, and Us linen
glistened white,
And his new-constructed necktie w:e an inter
esting sight,
Which 1 almost wish his razor had made red
that white skinned throat,
And the new-constructed necktie bad com; oeed
a hangman’s knot,
Ere he brought his sleek-trimmed carcass tor my
women folks to ate,
And his rip-saw tongue a baain' for to gouge a
g u*h in me.
Bat I couldn't help but like him—as 1 always
think I.tnust,
The gold of my own doctrin s in a fellow-heap
of dust;
When 1 fired my opinions at this person, round
by round,
They drew an answering volley, of a very simi- 1
lar sound ;
I touched him on religion, and the hopes my
heart has knowu;
He said he’d had experiences quite similar of
bis own.
I told him of the doubtin'a that mode dark my
early years;
He had laid awake till morning with that same
old breed of tears.
I told him of the rough path I hoped to heaven
to go:
He was ou that Very ladder, only just a round
below.
I told him of n y visions of the siufulness of
gain;
He had seen the self-same picters, though not
Quite so clear ana plain.
Our politics was different, and at first he galled
and winced ;
But I arg’ed him so able, ho was very soon
convinced.
And ’tu na getting toward the middle of a hun
gry summer day;
There w. s dinner on the table, and 1 asked
him would he stay f
And he sat down amongst us, everlasting trim
and neat.
And asked a short, crisp blessing, al ~ ost good
enoogb to eat.
Then he fired up oa the mercies of our Great
Eternal Frieud,
And gave the Lord Almighty a good, first-class
recommend;
And for full -n hour we listened tc the sugar-
coated scamp
Talking like a blessed angel—eating l.ke a—
blasted tramp.
My wife, she liked ‘he stranger, smiling on him
warm and sweet
(It always flatters women when their guests are
on the eat,)
And he hinted that some ladies never loose
their early charm*.
And kissed her latent baby aal received it in
his arms.
My sons and daughters liked him, for he had
progressive views.
And chewed the quid of fancy and gave down
the latest news •
And 1 couldn’t help but like him, us 1 fear I
always must.
The gold o? my own doctrines in a fellow-heap
of dust.
He wrs sprea' mg desolation through a piece
of apple pie.
When he paused, and looked upon ns with a
tear in his off-eye,
And said, “Oh, happy family!—your blessings
make nesad:
Yon call to mind the dear ones that in happier
days 1 had;
wife as sweet as this one ; a babe as bright
and fair;
little girl with ringlets like that one over
there.
I worshipped them too blindly!—my eyes with
love were dim!
God took them to His ova heart, and now 1
worship Him;
But had 1 not neglected the means within my
way.
Then they might still be living, and loving me
to-day.
Georgia Rail Road Company
craacnrxDurr’a Ottics, 1
Acavsra, Ga., Jan. 4 th, 187*. J
Oa and aftar Sunday, 8th, Inst.. Train* will
leave and arrive at Athena as follow.:
Leave ATHENS 9.15 a
Leave Wintirville 9.45 a m
Leave Lexington 10-29 a u
Leave Antioch 10.48 a m
Leave Maxeya 11.04 a m
l.eavo Wooaville .....ti-Sl A
Arrive Union Point 11.45 am
Arrive Atlanta 5.00 r x
Arrive Milledgeville 8.50 p x
Arrive Macon 5JO r x
Arrive Auguata 8.18 P ■
Leeve Aoj’uata. 9.45 ax
Leave Macon T.«® A x
Leave Milledgeville 9.08
Leave Atlanta 7.45 a x
Leave Union Point 12.55 p x
Arrive Woudvtile 1.10 p x
Arrive Ma.eye 1 JO r x
Arrive Antioch 1.50 p x
Arrive Lexington 2.12 p x
Arrive Winterville 2.47 P x
Arrive Athena Ill p x
rraine ran daily, except to and from ; Macon
which are daily except Sundays.
E R. Dorset, Gen., Paas., A(t.
S. K. Joaxsox, Supt
COURT C1UIIAI WESTERN CIRCUIT.
Auxaxdrb S. Exwix, of Athena, Judge
AuxxrL. Mircxau, of Athene, Solicitor Gen
eral.
Banks, flrit Monday in April and October.
Gierke, second Monday in May and No
vember.
Gwinnett, Sm Monday in March and Sep
tember.
^timber* ham third Monday in April and Oe-
Hail, third Monday in March and Septem
her.
Jeekaon, third
Aoruet.
Oconee,
Monday in February and
frurth Monday lx Jannar
fourth Monday .la April aadOc-
WaRoc, third Monday fat February and,
“One tight there came a tempest, the thunder
peals were dire; .
The clouds that tramped above ns were shoot
ing bolts of fire;
In my own house, I, lying, was thinking to my
blame.
How little 1 bad guarded against those shafts
of flame,
Win n crash!—tcroogb roof and ceiling the
deadly lightning deft,
And killed my wife and child ten, and only I
was lelL
‘•Since that dread time I’ve wandered, and
nanght for life have cared.
Save to save others' loved ones, whose lives
have yet been spered;
Since then, it is my mission, where'er by tor-
row tossed.
To sell to virtuous people good lightning rods
—at cost.
With sure and strong protection Hi doth#
yonr buildings o’er.
"Twill cost yon fifty dollars (perhaps a trifle
more);
What little else it comes to at loweit price I’ll
put,
Ton eingning this agreement to pay ao much
pcr.foot.
signed it, while my family all approving
stood about;
And dropped a tear open it—(but 1 didn't blot
it ont!)
That very day with wagons came some men
both great and email:
They climbed npon my buildings just as if they
ewned ’em all;
They hacked’em, and they hewed ’em, much
against my lond desires;
They trimmed ’em op with gewgaws, and
bound ’em down with wires ;
T.-ey trimmed ’em and they wired ’em, and
they trimmed and wired ’em still.
And every precious m nute kept a running »p
the hall.
My eoft-epoke guest a-seeking, did I rave and
rash and ran:
He was supping w in a neighbor, j net a three-
mile further on.
“Do yon think,” I fiercely shouted, “that I
want a aria of wire
To save each separate hay-cock ont o’ heaven's
consuming fire t
Do yon think, to keep my buildin's safe from
some uncertain harm.
I'm go in’ to deed yon ove- all the balance of my
farm P
He looked op quite astonished, with a face de
void of gnile.
And he pointed to the contract with a reessnr-
ing smile;
It waa the first occasion that ha disagreed with
me:
Bat he held me to that paper with a firmness
ead to see;
And for that thundar-atory, are the resell final
ly went,
I paid two hundred dollars. If I paid a single
How Brutes Sleep.
An Interesting Visit to a Mena
gerie at Rest.
Hew York Sun.
Halt an boar after the last visitor
passed oat of Barnmn’s circus and
menagerie in ite n cent exhibition,
only seven or eight gas jets were burn
ing in the large building. Dr.
George O. Starr, press agent of the
circa*, and ex-deputy Coroner ol
Westchester, took the writer by the
band on led him oa tip toe to one of
the monkey cages. Back in the dark
corners of the floor were two
black clusters. He scratched the
cage with his cane, and instantly a
dozen whitish spots appeared on the
faces of of the clusters. These were
the faces of the monkeys, They were
held perfectly still for a short time,
bat when another gas jet was lighted
nearer the stage several monkeys
broke «way from their companions to
leap from perch and squeal like bats.
Dr. S.arr said that the monkeys
sometimes roosted like chickens on
their perches, but such a peculiarity
wasDot observed in any of the ca,'e*.
Mr. McClean, a very trustworthy
keeper, says they often indulge their
propen ?itv for fun by pulling each
other’s tails and pinching each other
at dead of night. Then the whole
cage will set up a chatter. Monkeys
never snore, but there is always heard
a eniffing sound, the premonitory
symtoras ot consumption, of which
they generally die on account of the
coldness and chacgea of a Northern
climate. In separating into different
dusters to sleep each species seeks to
to keep by itself as much as possible.
Dr. Siarr said the pelican usually
squatted on the floor ot his
cage like a duck in its coop, bui it was
found roosting on the edge
of a water tank in the cage. Its big
webbed toes are furnished with long,
sharp, curving claws, and clutched
the metal-covered edge with a firm
hold. Its beak, new ly a tool in length,
rested along its back. When a keep
er's hand was thrust warily between
the bat's, the long beak, as i; seemed,
with a single motion m ived viciously
from its hack and struck a l>*r of the
cage against which the hand had
rested. After that it tt >od up on
guard, showing its big brown legs,
and awkwardly brandishing its
beak.
The snakes lay motionless, most of
them being in a duster. The ostrich
lifted it«elf from a squatting position
on the floor of its cage when the visi
tors approached, looked ont of one
ej e inquiringly, and tetered its long
neck np and down, as if it were bal
ancing m body with it on its two un
gainly legs. The kangaroo lay a
long lime without moving. At last,
aroused by the conversation of its
midnight guests, it suddenly lifted its
head, and with its tail gave a thump
or two on the side of its cage. Its
tail is very long, thick and powerful,
and when it is attacked in close quar
ters it is said to whirl about and use
it like :i dub. After a short time it
sat upon its haunches, and began to
yawn and to scratoh its sides with its
short fore legs, like a monkey.
paws, stretched out in front of them,
and showed their fine, large fronts,
while they blinked lazily at a newly,
lighted gas jet. Showmen like lions
en the whole, much bettei than tigers,
because they are not so treacherous;
bat they say . bad lion is worse than
a tig< r. The other day, when these
two lions were fighting over a bone,
Joseph Barret, one of the keipers,
entered the cage and took the bone
away from both of them. Neverthe
(era all lions are dangerous at times.
Before approaching within reach of a
lion, a keeper always tries its disposi
tion by coaxing words and by offers
to pet it. If it holds its head down
to be scratched, it is considered to be
in a safe mood to handle The rhi
noceros sleeps with a hoarse snore,
and resembles a huge, over-fat hog
as its body spreads out over the bot-
tom of tne cage. The one in Barnnm’s
menagerie is said to weigh 7,900
ponnds. AH of the frame work of
the wagon on which the ca-.ro rests is
made of stc-eh It is said that it would
be the most dangerous animal in the
menagerie it it should escape in an
angry mood. Though usually very
sluirgisa, it is terrible quick in action
when angry, and there is practically
no limit to its strength.
The four or five baby elephants
stood in a row, fastidiously selecting
choice spears of hay with their rest
less trunks, while Emperor and his
huge mates lay sprawled out on their
sides, their upper sides being rounded
up into formidable moan Is of flesh.
The effect of the light was to make
several of them ln'ch back word and
forward and sideways, and finally sit
up on their haunches in their clumsy,
broken-jainted fashion The seal
slee|>s on its platform, and not in the
wa’er. The giraffe usually holds its
Ioti^ neck nearly erect, with its legs
doubled under him, like a horse.
Keepers iu a menagerie divide their
charges into six classes - hay anima's,
ca; animals, monkeys, elephants, birds
and fishes. IK a keeper of the cat an
imals is killed, or it he leaves his sit-
nation, the management lo->k about
or an experienced man to take his
place. If they canuot find any, they
promote one ot the oldest and (rus
tiest hay animal keepers to the vacant
podtion'. The cat animals comprise
every th : ng of a na 1 orally savage na
ture, including the linns. The hay
animals include deer, giraffe-, and the
like. In the elephant class are in
cluded rhinoceroses and the hippo
potamL It requires a particularly
steady and trustworthy man to care
for the “cats,” which can never be
handled or changed from cage to cage
without precautions, no matter how
tame they may seem to be.
front of the mandril baboon’s cage was
C[Osed with a kind of horizontal shut
ter. When this was being removed
the creator’s paw missed a keeper’s
hand only a half an inch. It stood
on all-fours, about tbiee feet high,
and glared though the bars with its
gray, sunken eyes, throwing a queer
expression of cool contempt into its
bine cheeks and bright carmine nose.
It would occasionally thrust ont its
chin, decked with a short, sandy beard.
It has acqnired the pet name of “Drill,’’
but it is said to be Terry treacherous,
and when it is angry it hss been known
to put forth strength equal to that of
two men. It took a ckew of what
the keeper said was tobacco, rolled it
about in its month, and appeared to
enjoy it. Dr. Starr said tl<at it could
smoke, but that it was not allowed to
have matches. The capybara, a kind
hairless South American hog, scram
bled ap when it heard a noise, and
Dr. Carver in England-
This wonderful marksman, whose
performances in various parts of this
country last year excited sucli wide
spread attention and provoked
much controversy, is now astonishing
the English people by daily exhibi
tions of his skill with the rifle at the
Crystal Palam at Sydenham, near
London. The ease with which he
The I handles his weapon, the’.rnpidity of his
Decoration Day.
firing, and the apparent impossibility
of his missing anything, however
small, or however awkward the seifs
imposed conditions may be, are j er-
fectly marvelous; and not less so is
the dexterity he displays in fliuging
the lasso. His picturesque costume
and his gr.icelnl figure and wonderful
horsemauship add much to the charm
of the performance, which will be
watched with twofold interest by
those who first make themselves ac
quainted with the story of bis life—
how, when onlv four yors old, he
was carried off by the Indians, who
killed his mother and baby-sister be
fore his eyes; how for many v- ar- he
staid amongst them,’ living the wild
lite of the prairie and wigwam, and
by constant practice with his rifle, at
length acquired an unerring certain
ty of aim which even to them a|>-
peared miraculous, so that they dubb
ed h : ra “Evil Spirit” ; Iiow, while yet
ran to its trough, over which it stood * *ery young man, he was j>ersuaded
And if any lightenin'-rodder want* a dinntr-
dialcgne
With til* restaurant department of aa intor-
pr* *
Let hhnaetlibi mill amusin' jut inside my
And I’U baatwiThundred dollars that ha won’t
have long to wait.
—Farmers Review.
One day Billy, that’s mybro her,
he and Sammy Doppy was playin’ by
a mudshole, and Billy he said: “Now
Stemmy, les play we was a barnyard;
you be the pig and lie down and wol-
ler, and 1*11 he a bull and beller like
everything.” So they got down on
their hands and knees, and Sammy
he went Into the mad and wolleied,
while BiQr bellowed like distant
Grander. Bimeby Sammy lie cum
out muddy—you never seen such a
muddy little feller—and be said:
“Now yon be pig an’ let me beHer.”
Bat Billy-he said: “I ain’t a very
good pig'fore dinner, and ittle be
time ’nuff for ton o beller when yer
mother sees ycr close.”
looking expcctnally at those who had
distnrbed it. The little snn bear was
rolled ap in a black hall in a comer of
its cage, while the first sight of the
grizzly in another corner showed it
swaying noiselessly to and fro- The
striped hyena was roaming about in
its cage. A ridge of coarse hair arose
along his back when it was disturbed,
and it. retired to the rear of its cage
to glare at its visitors. It kept up a
low but unceasing growl. It retains
the wild instincts of its ancestors,
and the keepers say that this low
f rowl can be heared nearly all night,
t howls a prediction of a storm
several hours before the storm comes.
Savage hisses were heard from two
block leopards before the visitors ar-
rived at their cage. When a neigh
bor gas jet was lighted their glistening
teeth and red gums came into view.
Their upper lips were drawn back as
they crouched on the floor, and their
short ears were bud buck until it
s?emed as if there was no room lor
any brains in their serpent-like skulls.
They are the fiercest of all the beasts
in the menagerie, and fO wild that
when they are changed to a new cage
n will not eat for several days.
rge spotted hyena was fomid
growling in the dark and twisting un
easily oo his back with bis feet in the
air. He weighs 250 pounds. He
immediately get op «nd, retiring to
the hack of the cage gland menacing
ly. A wild-cat aprarg to the rear of
its cage, when we approached, and
crouched as if for a spring. A mo
ment afterward it sat np, looking as
innocent and unconcerned aa a house
oat after it has eaten a canary. It
killed three of its b: others last sum
mer. A Jauger glanced carelessly at
the midnight party as they passed its
cage, but otherwise affected to disre
gard them. Two lions, born in Cen
tral !Pnfc two yean and a half ago ,
lilted their nozzles from their front
to settle down at Winslow, in Illinois,
where he simultaneously applied him
self to sho'astic and professional stud
ies, making rap'd progress in both ;
and how, when he had become a fair
scholar and skillful dentist, the love
of the old roaming life came hack to
him so s'rongly that he abindoiied
the haunts of civilization, an J again
returned to the boundless prairie.
The record ot hut continuous and suc
cessive triumphs in numberless
shootingvnatches in California and
other States, which at length guve
him the rig'it to proclaim himself as
the “Champion Rifle Shot of the
World,” Is comparatively tame read
ing, although the details of these per
forni.tnccs are so astonishing that in
credulity might be excusable were it
no’, tor the tact that some of the re
corded feats are now being daily re
peated. at Sydenham. Dr. Carver
recently performed before the Prince
of Wales at Sandringham, and His
Ro\al Highness was so much pleased
that he has since sent the doctor a
magnificent diamond scarf-pin.
Every Mother Will greatly add
to her own xtrenth and comfort by the
five use of Parker’s Ginger Tonic:
while its invigorating properties that
soothe the nerves and induce refresh
ing sleep, are imparted throagh the
milk to her nursing babe, making the
little one quiet, contented, cheerful,
and happy—the best way to make the
fretful oidld a “good baby." It is
also a moat comforting remedy for tbs
Aged, the Feeble and Convalescent,
it builds up and sustains the strength,
soothes the nerves, banishes mcianv
oWy, and is mcomparably superior
to wines or liquors, while it does not
intoxicate. Boy from yonr druggist
R. T. Brumby Athens Ga., atl'OO
bottle, or a sample bottle at 15 cts
pd test its mentr
Extract from Washington City let
ter ot Mr. James R. Randal to
Chronicle and Constitutionalist:
Mr. Stephens showed me today the
monthly statement of Master Gwinn
IL Nixon’s standing at the University
of Georgia. He was first in all of his
studies—perfect in the whole carries
lum. My old friend. Major Nixon,
has cause to be proud of his boy, anil
Mr. Stephens, the youth’s patron, has
the highest hopes of his future ca
reer.
The decoration . of Confederate
graves at Arlington yesterday was a
most gratifying success Nature had
provided a lovely day and the city ol
Washington sent forth 2,500 of its
most worthy people. Crossing the
aqueduct at Georgetown, we reached
the Virginia shore, which is here bold
and verdure clad. Winding np a
woody steep, we presently reached
the wall that inc'.os s the Federal
Cemetery, once the home of Robert
E. Lee, and now the rightful propeis
erty of bis son. It is generally con
ceded that Custis Lee will reestablish
his claim, but waive it for early 8400,-
000. The Government has made this
domain cue ot the ra >st grandly
beautiful in the world. The walks,
lawns, flowers and groves of gigantic
oaks have been improved by every
levice ot art stimulated by unlimited
command ot money. The mansion
is pretty much as it \va- left, and is a
spacious Jand comfortable one, but
nothing more. It is bare of every
thing except numerous maps of the
countrv, a few old articles ot furni
ture and some tawdry mottoes gush
ing over the beauties of loyalty and
hiileousness of reltellion. The best
thing in this line is over the main
gate fronting the road from Wash
ington. It is taken tr»m Theodoie
O’Hara’s famous poem, “The Bivouac
of the Dead,” an l the truly loyal
man who placed it so conspicuously
little dreamed perhaps that it was the
production of a “good oM lrebel.”
I am sorry to say that the line “On
Fame’s eternal camping ground” is
marred by the omis-hm of the apos
trophe in “Faina’s.” The artist was
evidently a friend to Gen. John A.
Logan m;d an enemy to Lindley Mur
ray. On the reverse side of the
main gateway is some, hing about
“sainted dead.’’. This struck me so
forcibly that I went for the official
record of the Federal martyrology
and found that among these departed
“Saints’’ were no less that 3,757
“contrabands,” that is captured ne
groes who were probably killed by
kindness, as thev never fell by weap
ons of war. The colored soldiers
are not buried along with the white
ones. They keep each other 'compa
ny remote from their friends and
brethren of a lighter complexion.
There are many arms an 1 legs bui ied
at this place, and, if the gossips here
about 9peak truly, not a few animals’
who were utilized by the contractors
for burial as “unknown soldiers.’’
How much per head fell in the field
and hospital and sleep here I do not
know, nor does it mailer much now.
The interments in all, of whaiever
character, are 15,505. Of these, tfion-
gands no doubt were brave, honorable,
patriotic men, and may their graves
be ever green and their me nories im
mortal! But I beg to reverently
separate them, in the record of
‘sainted’’ dead, from animals and con
trabands, not to speak of Hessians.
In this cemetery repose fifteen Con
federate officers and 290 Confederate
private soldiers. Every one ot their
graves is marked by a wooden head-
board, many of which are rapidly
decaying, and all ot them are inscribed
wit li the word that Great Britian ap
plied to George Washington, “rebel'
li >w true it is that.
“Treason doth never prosper.
What’s the recson ?
Why, when it prospers, men don’t
call it treason.’*
It was for the purpose of decorating
these “Rebel’’ graves th.it hundreds
of Jthe best people ot Washington
went forth, It must have been an
occasion of special significance to Gen.
Phil. Cook, who ied his brigade near'
er to the Federal cap tal than any
other commauder, and now within its
confines many of his valiant Geor
gians, surrounded by tlier ancient
foemen, sleep the sleep ot the brave.
The exercises were opened by Dr.
Cuthbert, well known to many of your
reader-, especially in Aiken, Augusta
and Beech Island, as a faith;ul minis
teJ of Christ. Ilis pi a er was that of
a good man, who love-1 all of the cre
ation of God. Hon. J. C. S. B nek-
burn delivered the address. It was a
very beautiful and temperate one,
full of noble sentiments and correct
principles. I was glad that he paid a
glowing compliment to Mr. Magiuuess,
the delegate from Montano, who spoke
on ‘’Decoration Day” at the Soldiers'
Home, and by parity of reasoning,
condemned the brutal insolenoe of
Heifer, of Ohio, who harangued at
Arlington on the same day. After
the speech of Mr. Blackburn, the vast
assemblage flocked to the bnmble
Confederate graves and covered them
with floral tributes. It is a bit of
history worth recalling that Mrs. C.
P. Culver was the lady who first ob
tained permission from the Federal
Government to decorate CotfMerate
graves at Arlington. It is also wor
thy of mentioning that General Belk
nap, then Secretary of War, gracious
ly accorded this fovor. Belknap t|
now a fdlen man, without office and
power. Hia day of glory i done, his
son has set, his name is clouded The
insects who basked in his presence
when he was the hearer of light have
deserted him. Of this unfortunate
individual I would speak a kind word.
Standing ou the eph-udid height at
Arlirg on, git died about with tbe
gayly bedecked with its thousand
temples and matchless Capitol—npon
this spot sacred to death and victory
and not unmindful of defeat, I. a
Rebel of Rebels, though the humblest
of tny fellow countrymen of the Sooth,
dare not say to General Belknap that
he shall uot be utterly cast down.
When the story of his unhappy life
shall be forgotten, so far as it is pain
ful to him, one honorable deed shall
never die.* So long as tbe hand of
beauty or charity shall pluck one
flower for the graves of the Southern
soldiers who slumber here, so long
shall it tie told that one man in high
position rose shove the miserable bigs
otry of his surroundings and gave
Intangible Wealth.
A series of calculations was presen
ted to the California Academv of
Sciences at its last meeting, by Mr.
Alex.Del Mar, which involves some
very curious and instructive results.
It appears that the real and personal
property in the United States has
been valued upon twelve occasions,
iuterva's between 1790 and 1878—
each valuation having been made at
the period to which it r- lates. These
various valuations were now, for the
first time, brought together for com
parison. After having been reduced
to money of the same purchasing
power, it appeared that the amount
heartily a privilege that his master j of tangible wealth per capita in the
once dented. So, when any Southern
man is disposed to make mockery of
him who can no longer defend himself
or defy attack—now when there is
“none so poor as to do him reverence”
—let the mantle of charity fall gently
upon General Belknap, who, whatever
he may be to others, proved himself
a respecter ot Sonthern valor in the
dust, and gave to Southern women
the precious b >on ot remembering
and houoring their sacred dead.
J.EB.
T HE WORLD’S WONDERS.
A Change in the Earth’s Cen
ter of Gravity.
Pa’ssing Tnbough Epochs of Elev
en Thousand Years, and as
Equally Long Summer.
Mr. G. Hilton Scribner, ex-See re a-
ry of State from New York, has been
'iving to the Troy Times his views
on the momentous geological changes
througn which he passed, and is still
passing Mr. Scribner found a ready
solution of many of the difficulties
which perplex the geologist. The ep
ochs through which the globe has
passed are but largely, if not wholly,
he believes to pass through long win
ters and summers of 11,000 years
each. “During its winter,” says Mr.
Scribner, .“each hemisphere is sub
merged under the ocean ; i s vegeta
tion compressed into coal-beds; its
whole surface covered with marine
le|H)9!ls and sediment transported
and scattered by ocean currents; and
thus enriched, it rises again after a
long wint- r of 11,000 years, to be
renewed in life, clothed with vegeta
tion and beauty, to became the thea
ter of activity through a vast sum
mer as long as its season of repose.
Sixty-five colybeds in horizontal lay
ers, one above auother, have been
opeaed in the British islands, which
makes it probable that at least sixty-
five ef these long years have passed
since vegetation grew up in the earth."
This wonderful change in the ocean’s
level is brought about, Mr. Scribner
argues, by a change in the earth’s
center ot gravity, and this again is
caused by the ’ a-t accumulation of
ice around the pole of hemisphere
which is passing through its long
winter. “We have supposed this
center of gravity of the earth,” he
says, “to be shifted southward, by
the erases enumerated, about two
miles, or 10,000 feet. This would
increase the depth of water in the
Southern oceans 10,000 feet, and
would decrease the depth of water
in the Northern oceans 10,000 feet,
in older to keep their surfaces equi
distant from the earth’s center of
gravity, or upon a water level; but to
increase the depth of the ocean in the
Southern hemisphere by an addition
al 10,000 feet would be to submerge
nearly a|! the lands in the Southern
hemisphere, and to increase the depth
of the ocean by 10,000 feet north ot
the equator would result in draining
oil vast continents in the Southern
hemisphere. This is the exact condi
tion of things which the earth to-day
presents.’’ Mr. Scribner cites vari
ous facts which he believes to be con
tirmatory of these views, and finally
sums up as follows: “First, the
North pole is toward the sun while
the earth parses slowly around the
longer portion of Its orbit. Second,
the South pole is toward the sun while
the earth moves more rapidly around
the shorter portion of its orbit.
Third, this gives to the Northern hem
isphere about tour days more of
warm and fonr days less of cold
wea her than the Sonthern hemis
phere receives of each. Fourth, this
k-eps the ice thinuer and with nar
rower limits at tbe North pole, and
produces vast accumulations of ice
about the South . pole. Fifth, this
changes the center of gravity ot the
earth to the southward of its center
ol buik. Sixth, thiscauses the oceans
to flow from the norib, draining off
vast continents, to tbe Southern hem
isphere. and there submerging* others
of equal extent; and, lastly, extend
ing the limit of the banana, the vine,
ot grain and of wood 500 miles 5far
ther north than the same varieties
are fouud south of the equator. All
ot which, if not acieiitifi -ally accurate,
is at least an interesting contribution
on a most fascinating a bject.
Uuited States, had not increased dns
ring a hundred years—in other words,
that there is no more property per
capita now than there was a century
ago.
When it is remembered that we
enjoy many comforts and luxuries to
day which were unknown to men of
the past generations, the correctness of
this result st ems open to questiou.
But, ou the other hand, when it is
recalled how many items of worth an I
expense we are enable to dispense
with now, which requisite in earlier
tin es for the purposes of production,
its substantial truth becomes apparent.
For example, a ten-acre lot under the
modern system of cultivation will
support as many people as a thirty-acre
farm might have dune under the an
tique and wasteful processes formerly
in vogue. One ship under steam will
carry as much freight in a given time
now as four sh'ps under sad could
have done a centnry age-. An ounce
of silver paid for freight will now
carry a bushel of wheat a thonsand
miles to market; in former days the
same expenditure would hardly suffice
to move the wheat twenty miles.
We have grown richer in reproduct
ive power ; but, on the other hand, we
have been enabled to dispense with a
good many forms of tangible proper
ty and to substitute for them better
and cheaper ones. The lumbering
stage coach and six, the wooden plow,
the dis’ aff, the expensive and unwieldy
loom, the groaning bea-t of burden
and a host of other agencies of a past
age of slow production, have given
way to the railway carriage and
the steam implements of a prodnc'ion
which has grown to be infinitely more
rapid. Tlie average amount of tan
gible capital has diminished or rather
has not increased in value; while its
capacity, under man’s superintends
ence, to produce new wealth has
b come greatly enlarged.
in 1790 the average anual productive
capacity of each individual in this
country—measured in dollars of to
day's purchasing power—was about
8110 or 8550 per family. It now
amounts to upward of 8150 or 8750
per family, Brain work now accom
plishes what lumbering engines were
required to effect in the good old times
ot Ben. Franklin. Men’s capital is
becoming idealized, etherealized, con
verted into intellectual tissue. It is
becoming more and more removed
from the reach of Lux gathering. It
is being converted into thought, skill
and invention—in a word into intan*
gible wealth.
These considerations open a wide
field of thought. They l»eg the ques
tion a; between taxation upon tangible
wealth and taxation npon the capacity
of production ; the former tending to
remain stationary, the latter to in
crease. They suggest the increased
encouragement of agencies to acceler
ate this movement, and thus to place
the means of livelihood more and more
under the command of the individuals
and less and less within tbe power of
mere tangible wealth It is half the
work done to ascertain iu what
direction social reform is just and
practicable; and viewed in this light,
statistical observations to which atten
tion has here been called m ly prove
to be of no inconsiderable value to
society and its well wishers. —Hard
ware Reporter.
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5. An/ pereott who metises a newipaper end
stakes use ol It, whether ha has ordered It or not
is bold io law to be s snbacriber.
A Novel Fkatube Presents itm. lt
to those who use Parker’* Hair Bal
sam, in the discovery ot its rare and
remarkable merits. Many have writ
ten ns expressing their delighjL in the
fact that it works like a charm. Its
disinfectant properties in chemical
combination rendering it healthful,
deanring and healing are bearing fruit,
and the beautiful hair it produces, with
the clean, hsal'hy scalp, entirely freed
from Dandruff and falling hair, are
achievements for which we have rea
son to feel proud. A patron assures
os that he has used twelve different
Ilair Preparations and that Parker’s
Hair Balsam surpasses them all. To
hair that baa become gray £or faded,
it restores that beautiful natural color
myriad dead" of the Federal armies of youth, and produces a vigor.and
and the hnrablc remnant of Conlcdcr laxnrianoe that surprises every one
ate heroes, where the lordly Potomac Buy a bottle from yonr druggist B. T.
pours its sparkling water, in libation | Brumby Athens Ga., and test its mer
to die gorgeous city that shines afar, its,
Good Results are always pleas
ant to contemplate, as every dyspeps
tic sufforer who ns- s Parker’s Ginger
Tonic’ will attest. To obtain from
this remedy the most gratifying re
lief when distressed with Headache,
Low Spirts, Nervousness, Wakeful
ness, Palpitation of the Heart, Liver
Disorders, Costiveness, Pain in the
Stomach, Heartburn, Cramps, etc,
is a pleasant experience that surprise
no less titan it comforts. Another
feature of this remedy is its powerful
specific action on the skin and mucous
surfaces of the throat and lungs by
which it unfailingly cures the Worst
cases ot Cough Cold and Sore Throat.
It cures in a wonderfully short time,
removes all soreness from the lungs,
and protects the Feeble from Con
sumption. Bay a 81 00 bottle from
your druggist, R. T. Brumby & Co.,
for a sample bottle at 15 cts., and tests
its merits.
She Couldn't do it.
[Cincinnati CoiBtrweia'’* ’Wilmington (O.)]
Dispatch.
Tite lady mentioned in the dis
patches of last Sunday’s Commercial
as having entered into an agreement
with her husband to hold her tongue
ten minutes in each qu-x-ter-hour for
l, 113 consecutive quarter hourVfailori
in her task. At 3 o’clock cn Tuesday
afternoon, as she was completing her
917th quarter-hour, and her backer,
were feeling sure that she would win,
a neighbor lady, returning from a
shopping expedition, passed aiong the
street io frout of the window, wear
ing her new purchase, a beautiful
shawl. Now, the lady who. was hold
ing her tongue should have tightened
her grip at this supreme moment, and
concentrated her thoughts on some
thing else than this new article of
dress belonging to her neighbor; but
it is said that the ruling passion is
strong even in death, and that in
grained habit is unconquerable; and
these axioms were proven, in this in
stance, for the tongue-holder, unfort
unately for herself, leaned over and
whispered in the ear of a lady by
stander, “What a horrid shawl!’’
She immediately saw her mistake,
but it was too late. The judges at
once declared in favor of the husband,
the crowd filed slowly out of the
bail Jiog, and the first match on record
of tongne-bolding against time w:is
over. One lady at least will attend
church this summer in last year’sjlnn-
net.' The husband is investing tbe
$10 he saved in strong pi 'g tobacco.
He says he never before enjove 1 such
peace and quietude ns during the
last nine days. And now the other
m. irriqji men of Wilmington are hop
ing that the tongue-holding fever
may become an epidemic, and strike
the country with emphasis.
Enjoy Life —What a truly beau-
fnl world we live in 1 Nature gives
us grandeur of mountains, glens and
oceans, and thousands of means for
enjoyment’ We can desire no better
when in perfect health; but how often
do the the majority of people feel like
giving it up disheartened, discouraged
and worried out with disease, when
there is no occasion for this feeling,
as every sufferer can easily obtain
satisfactory proof that Green’s Au
gust Flower will make them as tree
from disease as when born. Dyspep
sia and Liver Complaint is the direct
cause of seventy-five per cent of such
maladies as Biliousness, Indigestion,
Sick Headache, Costivencss, Ne. vuus
Prostration, Dizziness of the Head,
Palpitation of the Heait, and other
distressing symptoms. Three doses
of August Flower will prove its won
derful effect. Sample bottles, 10
cents. Try it. For sale by R. T.
Brumby «& Ckv, Athens Ga.,
The Proposed Isthmus Canal.
—A Paris dispatch state, that M. de
Lesseps has already commenced the
formation of a company to construct
the proposed title water interocenDic
canal from Colon to Panama, across
the Isthmus of Darien, the route se
lected by the International Congress.
A first subscription of 400,000,009
francs will be opened simnltaneonsly
all over the world about September
next. It is to be an essentially popus
lar loan, without government aid or
guarantee. AL da Lesseps, it is fur
ther s’ated, will go to Panama via
New York to take"out the first spade
ful of earth on the 1st of January,
1880.—San. Hews.
An Astonishing Fact.—A large
proportion of t he American people are
to-day dying from the effects of Dys
pepsia or disordered liver. Th.c re
sult of these disease, upon the masses
of intelligent anti valuable people is
most alarming, makirg life actually a
burden instead of a pleasant existence
ot enjoyment and usefulness as it
ought to be. There is no good rea
son f >r this, if yon will only throw-
aside prejudice and skepticism, take
the advice of Druggists and your
friends, and try one bottle of Green’s
August Flower. Your speedy relief
is certain. Alillions of bottles of this
medicine have lieen givenaway to try
its virtues, with satisfactory results in
every case. You can buy a sample
bottle tor 10 cenis to try. Three dos
es will relieve the wortt ease. Posi
tively sold by all Druggists on the
Western Continent. For sale by It.
T. Brumby & Co., Athens Ga.,
Why Will You
Allow a cold to advance in yonr
system and thus encourage tnore seri
ous maladies, such as Pneumonia,
Hemorrhages and Lang troubles
when an immediate relief can be so
readily Attained. Boschtis German
Syrup has gained the largest sale io
the world tor the enre of Coughs,
Colds and the severest Lang Diseases.
It is Dr. Bosch ee’a famous German
prescription, and is prepared with
the grettest care, and no fear need
be entertained in administering it to
the yonogest child, as per directions.
The sale of this medicine is unprece
dented.; Sinss first iottodocad there
has been a constant increasing demand
and without a tingle report ot.' afci>
ore to do its work in any case. Ask
yonr Drnggist as to the! troth i of
these remarks. Large size 75 cents.
Try it and be convinced. Sold by
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A Clover Dog.
An illustration ofcanine intelligence
was given by <» blind man’s dog in
Baltimore. The man carried a large
staff in his right hand, while his left
hand held a strap which was attached
to a collar around the dog’s neck.
The dog was a Shirk brown and of the
painter species and his face and eyes
portrayed almost human intelligence.
He w.dk.-d leisurely along, and when
approaching a point where a large
crowd almoet impeded farther prog
ress, waited ant'd an opening presen
ted itself and then continued on bis
journey. At times the dog would
wait for a group of persons to disperse
in order to pass by, bat quite fres
quently, after waiting several min
utes for a clear “ field,” and seeing
no prospect for the dispersion of tbd
group, would start aheati and can-folly
pick a way through the crowd for h a
master. _
Before the Cadi a Mahoinme Jan w: a
brought up for burning down a Chris*
tian’s house. “Where is the com
plainant?’’ “May onv souls be asacr u
fire but he is in the other world!
He was burned np with bis honse.^
“The Koran,” said the magistrates
'provides that where the complainant,
is unable to appear, if his abiding
place be known (he culprit shall be
taken there and confronted with him.
In the present case the plaintiff docs
not appear and is knowu to be in ths
neat world. Let the law be executed—
ditto the prisoner,” Gone to meet hi*
ribtim.