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A. F. HARP, Publisher.
VOLUME I.
j news gleanings.
9 tfß!ltS .eo has. forty marriage associa
-9 dons
-9 fgventv gold mines are being worked
■ in Georgia
-9 Abbeville, Ala., lias a colored citizen
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9 gjj negroes sit on tbe grand jury at
|9 giownsville. 1 enn.
9 iiifii-ta, On., hass6,ooo,ooo invested
9 manufactories.
9 thousand Choctaw Indians still
9 in Mississippi,
■ aJai't'o car factory is to be establish-
I ft at Danville, Ga.
I , lijitnnooga has the finest union de
■ tyot in tbe South.
The largest peach orchard in the
world is in Alabama.
Pepper pods weighing a quarter of a
peundgrow at Waldo, Fla.
Cedar Key,Fla., shipped 4,000 pounds
of turtles one day last week.
The eolton crop of Florida will be
jtont the same as that of last year.
Chatham county, Ga., has shipped
550,000 worth of cabbages this year.
Oneof’the licbest mica mines in the
kuM has been discovered near Athens,
Ga.
Five hundred, thousand dollars will
he invested iu anew cotton mill at Sel
ma, Ala.
The population of Birmingham, Ala.,
is estimated at from 8,000 to 12,CC0
Quite a margin.
The authorities of Madison county,
Flat, will abolish the license of $5OO for
trading in cotton seed.
Duiing the ten years from 1870 to
1880 Tennessee increased the number of
her farms forty per cent.
A Chili squash, raised as an experi
mer.t by a Monticello, Fla., farmer,
weighs nearly 200 pounds.
Senator Brown is the largest individ
ual tax-payer in Atlanta, Ga , and he
pays taxes on $829,500 worth of real
a e and personal property.
A mysterious rot lias made its appear
ance among the Tennessee vineyards, and
it is feared creat damage will be done
the heretofore promising fruit.
Within the neighborhood of Talbott’s
Etation, Jefferson county, Tenn., over
five hundred sheep have been killed'
and as great a number crippled, by dogs
in the last twelve months.
A canal to be built at Home, Ga , on
.ne Etowah river, wiil be four and a
half milts long, 2C2.9G horse power and
have a fall of over twenty-six feet. It
is intended for manufacturing purposes,
and will cost $350,000.
A. M. Page, the hero of the great
Lowndes bond robberyat Clarksburg, W.
Va„ who succeeded in getting away
with $lOO,OOO in money and bonds, lias
just been released from prison after serv
ing out seven years of an eight yeart
sentence.
An inexbaustable mine of corundum
stone, the next hardest known substance
to the diamond, has been discovered in
Butts county, Ga. It resembles tlie
sapphire, is susceptible of high poUdfl
valuable in many
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THE JACKSON NEWS.
The Season and Planting.
The season of 1882 will long be re
membered for untimely frosts, oontinued
cold weather and deluging rains. These
have not been confined to any particu
lar portion of the West,but it is general,
so that the opening spring, which prom
ised everything that could be desired,
has given later anything but what was
expected. The winter was mild; wheat
wintered admirably, except that in some
instances it was too rank. From all
that we can learn half a crop will be all
that may be expected. Spring wheat
and oats were late in being sown, and
have grown slowly, and continued wet
weather has prevented proper growth,
but yet seems not to have seriously in
jured the crop; as a whole the injury
las been confined to particular portions
of farms and to particular localities.
The worst feature in the season, how
ever, is that continued rains have pre
vented the planting, or when planted,
the cultivation of corn. It is true that
disabilities of a season are always over
rated. Asa rule the worst view of the
season is apt to be taken by farmers,
and naturally so. If the soil is wet it is
always concluded to he disastrously so.
H too dry crops are burning up. If
frost strikes the blossoms, fruit is en
tirelykilled, while succeeding daysshow
perhaps that a full crop is left. Thus
this season the outcome of fruit now
promises fully half a full crop, or more,
except as to early blossoming varieties;
the severest loss being strawberries, anil
next peaches. Winter wheat will proba
bly make half a full crop, which means
almost or quite an average crop. The
damage early anticipated from destruc
tive insects will prove next to nothing.
For the weather that was bad for crops
was fatal to insect life. So far there
seems no cause for being disheartened
over small grains, a3 a whole.
In relation to corn the matter is mori\
serious. Our great corn years are those
when the corn may be planted early
and cultivated right along. Dry sea
sons give better crops than wet ones,the
best seasons being moderately dry warm
springs, followed by warm, rather moist
weather during Juno and July. Asa
rule corn planted in June does not make
a full crop to ripen on the stalk, but if
cut up at the time of the first frost, it
will ripen sound. If the autumn is late
and warm, the June plantings may
ripen perfectly on the stalk, but this
may not be expected.— Prairie Fanner.
Founder of the Christian Church.
Alexander Campbell, the acknowl
edged founder of the Christian sect
named Disciples of Christ (often called
Campbellites), was the son of the Rev.
Thomas Campbell, a Presbyterian divine
who emigrated from England to America
in 1807. Alexander was born iu County
Antrim, Ireland, in June, 1786. He was
educated in the University of Glasgow,
where he remained until 1809, when he
followed his father to America, and set
tled in Washington County, I’a., near
Bethany, the site of Bethany College,
West Virginia, which he organized in
1841, and of which lie was for many
vears the President. For a short time
after coining to this country he was
pastor of a Presbyterian Church, but
having adopted the belief that Christians
should accept no creed or declaration of
faith but the whole Bible ho and his
father left the Presbyterian communion
in 1810 and organized a church at Brush
Run, Pa. In 1812 he and his church
declared their belief in immersion as the
.‘only form of Christian baptism
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Devoted to tlie Interest of Jckson and Butts County.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 188-2.
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Latil by tn my silent chamber,
I beat'them stirring below ;
Voices I love are sounding clear,
And steps I know are in my ear,
Still passing to and fro.
And I ask my heart, Shall I never more
Of my own will pass through that door?
I n-k, Oh I is it forever
That I have ceased to be
0110 of the group around the hearth,
Sharing tlieir sorrow or their mirth?
Am I from henceforth free
From nil concern with the tilings of life,
Done with its sorrow, and toll, and strife?
Shall they carry mo forth in silence,
With blind and scaloil-u|) eyes?
Shall they throw the windows wide tn the air
And gather mementoes here and there,
As they think, with tears and sighs,
“ This she was fond off--this she woro,
But she never shall need them any more.”
— Litiell't Living Age.
Hard nnd Soft Water.
You often hear of water for household
purposes being called “hard” and
“soft.” The reason why some waters
especially spring-wator, are “hard’
is owing to the mineral matters dissolved
in them. Rain-water is never “hard,”
because it is nearly free of solid m vt.ter.
The reason you had such an uncomfort
able wash and shave this morning ai
your friend’s house was owing to the
water being largely charged with lime
and magnesia. When the soap is rub
bed between the palms in water of this
description, the stearic acid in the oil oi
the soap combines with the lime and
magnesia, and forms compounds which
the water cannot dissolve; and henc<
the provoking curdinoss you observed
For the lather to be a perfect one, coin
plete solution of the constituents of the
soap must take place, and in pure watei
this would bo the case. But some water!
are permanently hard, while some art
only temporarily so. Permanent hard
ness is caused when the water is chargee
with sulphate of lime and magnesia, anc
temporary hardness by carbonates o
lime and magnesia. Pure water dissolve!
the sulphates, but not the carbonates
Then how do the carbonates come to bi
in the water at all? The reason is this
All natural waters, but especially spring
and well water, contain more or less fret
carbonic-acid gas in a state of absorp
tion. and, whe i thus charged, are capa
ble of dissolving the carbonates; bul
whenever this g.u* is expelled from thi
water, say by boiling it, the carbonate;
are at once deposited ; and this account
for the incrustation in the kettle; ani
when this takes place the water becomei
quite soft. The boiling does not nffec
the sulphates to any degree in this waj
in water that is permanently “hard.’
Temporarily hard water can bo madi
soft by more moans than boiling alone
If a tubful of it at night bestirred u(
with a little “slaked” lime and allowec
to settle, in the morning there will be f
white deposit at the bottom of the tub,
and the water will be found to he quits
“soft,” because the.ltnae added wil
combine with the free carbonic-aoid ga
in the water, and the whole of thi
carbonates will become deposited, i 1
virtue of their insolubility in water wit h
out this gas. jj
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after being pas-ed through ajBBB
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A Steam-Blow at Work.
A Fargo, Dakota, letter to the Boston
Journal says: “ Aftor all that has been
done with reference to bringing out a
steam-plow in this country, it remains
for an ingenious Englishman (o invent
and place in suceesslul working a steam
plow. Mr. J. G. Allen, of Leeds, En
gland. agent for John Fowler & Go.,
the manufacturers of steam-plows at
Leeds, is accomplishing some excellent
work on the Aurora farm, belonging to
Captain Thomas W. Hunt, at Blanchard,
Dakota. It is attracting a great deal of
attention, and farmers are coming loug
distances to see the plow at work. Two
enormous traction engines are placed
about 300 to 500 yards apart. Beneath
each engine and belted to the boiler is
a steel drum about live feet in diameter.
To this drum i3 attached a steel cable
about three-quarters of an inch in
diameter, 500 yards long, and capable
of sustaining a weight of thirty tons,
which drags the plow to ami fro across
Hie field. The plow is a frame-work of
iron resting upon two large wheels; on
each side of this frame are firmly fixed
six plows with colters that cut six fur
rows sixteen inches wide each time the
machine crosses the field. On the ar
rival of the plow at the end of the fur
row the gauge changes position, and the
plows that have been in the air are low
ered and ready to start back. One man
is sufficient to guide the plow, and,
seated over the body of the machine,
directs one of tiie two large wheels in
the furrow last turned by means of a
hand-wheel. Each engine is of about
forty-horse power, and weighs about
sixteen tons. When the plow reaches
one side of the field ihe engine on that
sides moves ahead eight font, the opera
tion takin- three and one-half minutes
only, and the plow is started back"to
the other side of the field. The plow
will break front twenty-five to thirty-five
acres per day, according to the soil,
location, and lav of the land, etc. It
also does harrowing.”
K Brave Man.
At Brother Barnes’ mwt'n; last
nicht, there was an episode in which a
coToretl brother and the highest judicial
officer of the State gave a public exhibi
tion ol'tho fraternal rchU&WH exiuing
between the white and coroted races in
Kentucky. While the evangelist stood
with outstretched hands asking: “Who
will trust the Lord?” Judge ’lliomas
F. Hargis, of the Court of Appeals, was
moved to confession and took his .‘mat
on the front row of chairs. Shortly
after ther.s passed down the aisle a
penitent, blacker than the midnight
eyes of the sable goddess. Then came
others who Brother Barnes observed
were careful to choose seats as far away
as possible from the dusky brother.
Stopping right iu th# midst of the sing
ing, Brother Barnes said: “My dear
friends, you see
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Funeral Flowers.
During the past five years the beauti
ful custom of sending floral tributes to
the funerals of deceased friends has
grown wonderfully, and now the casket
that incloses the remains of a loved ono
is niraost invariably surrounded with
handsome floral tributes in various de
signs, showing the esteem in which the
depavted is held. Out of this another
beautiful custom has grown. ’ Every
Easter Sunday tho chancels of the
churches, especially the Episcopal
churches, are filled with handsome me
morial pieces, placed there in memory
of loved ones gone before. Yesterday
afternoon a reporter visited some of tho
leading florists of the city and ques
tioned them on the subject of memorial
flowers.
Mr. E. Pieser said that tho florists
made their own designs, from which tho
wireworkcr made his frames. Each
florist tried to protect his new designs
for exclusive use, but sooner or later
they were copied by others.
“ What flowers are used principally in
this work?” asked the reporter.
“ Carnations in the winter and bal
sams in the summer. Other flowers are
also used, but these are the principal
ones from which memorial piece? are
made.”
“ What do you use in lettering?”
“In summer we use immortelles and
in winter violets."
“What fa the processs of miking up
those designs?”
“The wire frames are filled up with
wet moss, and tlie flowers are wired
onto toothpicks and stuck in. The work
requires considerable labor, care, and
taste ”
“ What are tho principal dosignsP”
“The ‘Gates Ajar’ is a favorite de
sign, also the ‘hour-glass.’ Then there
are sickles, scythes, chalices, crowns
and crosses, Bibles, crosses, wreaths,
hearts, stars, anchors, lyres, harts,
broken columns, etc. A handsome de
sign is the ‘Faith, hope, and charity’—•
cross, crown, and anchor.”
“ How do tho prices range?”
“In summer from $3 to $l5O, and in
winter from $5 to S2OO. Where special
designs are ordered the price is in
creased. Wo made tho design of the
engine and tunnel, which was given re
cently at the funeral of a prominent
railroad official in this city. It cost
S4OO. We also made a floral lodger for
the funeral of a young bookkeeper.
That cost $100."
“ How long can these designs lio pre
served P”
“ We can keep them for eight days if
necessary, in good condition, bill when
they leave us they generally fade within
forty-eight hours.”
“ Has the demand for those pieces in
creased lately P”
“O, yes. Since Jan. 1 last there has
been a very large demand for funeral
flowers nf all kinds. Wc have used
The Hungarian Plains.
At lirgF the plains softly undulating
are dimpled here and there with shady
hollows; while like golden islands in an
ocean of vivid green lie long stretches
of yellow colza and ripening corn. On
the gently rising upland yonder a dark
round speck appears against the sunlit
sky; gnrdually it elongates, and we hear
a voice singing in a quivering treble
some national idyl. It is a husband
man emerging from the hollow and
trudging homeward along the crest of
the undulation. Then all is silence and
solitude once more, till coming to a
standstill at one of the primitive wells
by the roadside, we hear the distant
rumble of a wagon as its wheels grind
heavily along, the driver of it singing,
as it goes, a melancholy ditty in the mi
nor key. Then one by one the villages
and solitary farms lying on the horizon
die away, and we enter the boundless
plains. How lonely wo feci, and what
tiny atoms of creation, with no objects
to measure ourselves by save birds of
prey, and the white clouds sailing far
tip in the great, blue, glorious sky! Our
carriage, though imposing only in the
matter of size, proved very comfortable,
its ponderous hood shielding us from tho
heat of the sun, save where, taking
mean advantage of weak places in its
constitution, it shot fiery arrows in up
on us, scarcely less piercing than those
that pour down upon the head of the
traveler in tho desert. The sun reflects
itself in tho white and (lusty road.
Above tlie soil on ulthr.r oi<to there is a
flickering motion of the air like tho haze
from a lime-kiln. Everything is hot and
dusty; not an insect is seen hovering
about tho low bushes which now
and then skirt our pathway. All
nature is taking its siesta in tlie dreamy
noontide, and nothing is awake but tho
scarlet pimpernel that with wide-open,
unblinking eye looks straight up at tho
blazing sun. Wo now conio to a marshy
district, where a lonely heron is con
templating its lovely image in a small
still pool, and then away we go again
—out into the broad purblo patches of
newly upturned soil, bauds of emerald
corn, and speckled streaks of tobacco,
witli its large red and green leaves, and
on through cool labyrinths of maize,
till we come to vast tracks of uncultivated
land, where wild horses with flying
manes go scampering across its surface
with the natural grace of untamed
things. As day advances and tho
shallows of the clouds begin to lengthon
across tho plains, a breeze springs up and
plavs about us softly, rustling tho large
white, surplice-like sleeves of the drivers
garment, but not sufficiently strong to
stir his black anil flowing looks, which,
weighted with some unctuous matter,
rest calmly on his shoulders. Our
nearest town is Ve.szprim, hut at tho
pace wo are at present going wo are
scarcely likely to reach it before nighty
fall, if then. But what does it. matter,
when wo have the whole of to-morrow,
and the next day, and the day after t hat,
aye and our wjiql” Uves. to dofivi
HRS'! |I.M per Annina.
NUMBER 46.
PITH AND POINT.
—ln some parts of South America
the banana skin is converted into a ma
terial of which ladies’ dresses are made.
This is probably the kind that the lady
slips on easy.— Yonkers Statesman.
—You can never entirely discourage
a New Jersey man. When he comes
down to his last dollar he picks up a
spade and goes out to dig up some of
Kidd’s buried treasure. — Detroit Free
Press.
—“ Is this my train?” asked a traveler
at the Grand Central Depot of a
lounger. “I don’t know,” was the re
ply. “I see it’s got the name of some
railroad company on the side, and ex
pect it belongs to them. Have you lost
a train anywhere?”— N. Y. Graphic.
—lt is stated that a railroad brake
man has become an operatic tenor, and
has been engaged for next season at
SSOO a week. He won’t have to learn
the Italian language, you see. He has
merely to speak his lines as he does the
names of stations and everybody will
think he’s speaking Italian. — Poston
Post.
—The peculiar costume of the dwel
lers in Arizona is thus graphically de
scribed by a “tender-foot;” “In ordi
nary weather he wears a belt with pis*
tols in it. AVhon it grows chilly he putt
on another bolt with pistols in it, and
when it becomes really cold ho throws a
Winchester rifle over his shoulders.”
—Seth Green savs fish can pot shut
tlieir eyes. Fogg says this explains why
they always succeed in keeping off his*
hook. Whenever he goes fishing, the
fish are all oyes and no mouth, and
every eye wide open. Ho thought they
kept*their eyes open out of pure eussed
ness; but, now that he knows that they
can’t, help it, ho simply despises where
he hated them before.— N. Y. hvle
pendent.
—Well, my little girl,” said a New
Haven gentleman, to a friend’s
“preoiouseat,” “aren’t you going to sing
for me?" “No, sir. I’m not a
singer.” Now, I thought you were a
little singer.” “Oh," no! 1 only sing a
little to my dolly.” “But I’ll bo your
dolly.” “You’re too big. I guess
sister Jennie wouldn’t mind if vou was
hors. She said you was just splendid.”
Sudden rattling of tho dishes in the
back room—where Jennie was busy.—-
New Haven fteijister.
—“The latest agony,"says Jeents, “Is
tho way I felt this morning. My wife
asked me for aXX bill—a twenty, you
know—and I cut tho matter short by
telling her that it could not be did, for
the simple reason that I had only a
matter of a dollar or so in my pockot.
•I know you’d tell mo that,’ she said,
‘and it’s true, too.’ And, as I looked
up in amazement, she added: ‘I
looked in your pockets last night. I’ve
got the twenty.’ Oh! boys, how I felt!
;ut what could I doPV^
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