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VOLUME I.
I NEWS GLEANINGS.
9 Florida has made an immense crop of
corn.
There are between 1,500 and 1,800
blind persons in Tennessee.
Richmond, Va., is shipping large
quantities of grain to Italy.'
The Southern Presbyterian Church
has 6,000 elders and 4,000 deacons.
The prohibition law prevails in forty
two counties in the State of Georgia.
A Southern scientist has discovered
that alcohol can be produced from
scorns.
George W. Swepson, with a property
worth $2,000,000, is the richest man in
North Carolina.
Richmond, Va., has a debt of $4,741,-
707 65, on which she pays an annual in
terest of $303,134 43. *
The celebrated Dummett orange grove
has, according to the Florida Dispatch,
been sold for SIOO,OOO.
The public library at Knoxville, Tenn.
has 1,500 new books, is out of debt, and
has $2,000 in the treasury.
A young Virginian has invented a ma
chine which turns eut 150 cigarettes per
minute. It is on exhibition at Lynch
burg.
In 1833-34 the railroad from Charles
ton, S. C., to Augusta, Ga., 130 miles,
w as the longest railroad then in the
world.
The gum of the palmetto, which is
found in abundance in Florida, makes
as good if not better mucilage than gum
arabic.'
It is calculated that the splendid
grain crops of the South will save that
section $100,000,000 hitherto diverted
Northward.
A mortal enemy of the cotton worm
has turned itp in Mississippi. It is a red
dish looking spider, and attacks and
kills large numbers of the worms.
As early as 1733 the sale and con
sumption of whisky was prohibited in
Georgia, then a colony under British
rule. The act, however, was repealed
in 1742.
The Ruebv colonv in Tennessee, in
stead of being on the wane, is said to be
growing nicely. A large number of peo
pie from Michigan will cast their luck
with the colonists this fall.
The State Democratic ticket of Texas
contains the name of but one native
Texan. Of the other nominees three are
natives of Kentucky, one of Georgia,
one of South Carolina and one of Ten
nessee.
The New Orleans Times-Democrat
from carefully gathered information,
learn that the present condition of the
rice crop in Louisiana is good and the
prospects for a large and good crop most
favorable.
The locomotive “General,” which was
the one that pulled the train that 4 was
stolen by the Mitchell raiders in 1861, is
still in use as a freight engine 'on the
Western and Atlantic road, and is in
good condition.
The process of articulating Guiteau’s
skeleton is nearly completed at the Ar
my and Medical museum. It is doubt
ful if the bones will make a first-class
skeleton. Many were found to be po
rous, requiring great care to mount.
Near Fort Valley, Ga., lives a man
who has named his children after ani
mals, having a belief that they will in
consequence live to an old age. There
are four children and they are named
respectfully, Rabbit, Coon, Fox and
’Possum.
Nashville, in its craze for marital and
natal insurance companies has capped
the climax by organizing “The Natal
Twin Association,” which will pay $2,-
000 to each member producing a certifi
cate of the paternity of a pair of twin
babies.
In the Gulf near Apalachicola, Fla.,
a Baw fish of immense size was captured.
It was fourteen feet, six inches long,
forty-two inches across the body, the
saw forty-one inches long and seven
across the center between the points of
the teeth, weighing 500 pounds.
Near Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, an
elm tree, said to be the largest in the
United States, if not in the world, is
growing. It iB 105 feet in diameter and
329 feet in circumference from tip to tip
of its branches. The size of the trunk
and height of the tree are not given.
J. H. Lester, who lives near McDon
ough, Ga., is 113 years old, having been
born in Rockingham, N. C., December
7, 1769. He distinctly remembers the
Revolutionary war, and when eleven
years old was detailed with other boys
to defend the women from the Tories.
He served under Gen. Floyd during the
war of 1812.
A horrible condition of affairs has
been developed in the “Saviour’s Home,
an institution in Little Rock, Ark.,
whidh is supposed to be a charitable one.
From insufficient nourishment many of
the child inmates have been starved
nearly to deijth, and many of them will
die, The institution is conducted by
{gg&tice of the worst kind*
THE JACKSON NHW
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TOPICS OF THE DAT.
Edison is still obtaining patents at the
rate of twenty-one a week.
Garibaldi, the Liberator, is to have
ft monument in Baltimore.
The Treasury last week received $2
conscience money from Germany.
Of- the 1,518 cases of smallpox in
Chicago last year 1,116 proved fatal.
Repoets from Matamoras state that
many persons siok of yellow fever die ol
fright.
Postmasters in Texas have been
ordered to fumigate the mails before
forwarding.
The Texas cattle fever has appeared
at Auburn, New York, and street ped
dling of beef has been stopped for six
weeks.
Lord Chief Justice Coleridge is to
visit the United States this autumn.
Ho is tho peer of Gladstone in elo
quence.
Susan B. Anthony finds much en
couragement for the woman suffrage
movement, and urges the Suffragists to
persevere.
The Lady Burdett-Goutts-Bartlott has
arranged for the dispatch to Egypt of
small staff of nurses, with all nursing
appliances, tho moment their services
are needed.
The Egyptian debt is £98,398,020,
of which £72,000,000 is held in England.
This and the commerce of Egypt and
the road to India are what England is
fighting for.
The United States is not likely to be
asked to send a delagate to the confer
ence of the Suez Canal question, and
the United States doesn’t care so very
much about it, either.
Having taken a solemn pledge not to
drink at a public bar, a young man of
Toronto has his favorite tipple brought
out by the bartender, and drinks it
standing on the sidewalk.
Cetywayo has learned to eat with a
knife and fork, and his favorite dish to
begin breakfast with is a mess of por
ridge and a bottle of whisky. TK ~ ’ 7 " 1 "
ikjujj ao itwt/pming rapidly civiliZGd.
This Philosophers of Concord, who
were duped by a Western sharper, have
several things to learn yet; among oth
ers, that of not placing too much confi
dence in a glib-tongued, prepossessing
stranger.
The Boston Transcript thinks it was
not surprising that Rev. Mr. Miln had
doubts of the existence of hell after liv
ing a year or two in Chicago. He looked
upon such belief &3 the rankest kind ■
tautology
Oscar Wilde has announced liis in
tention to visit Japan. Every hoart will
bound with joy at this news. America
is anxious to get rid of all the cranks she
can, and will bid Oscar an eternal adieu
with a smile on her lip.
London Truth astonishe,; the English
with the statement that “in some of the
smaller Western cities of America there
are more telephones than there are at
presout in England.” The ordinary
Englishman, however, would not like tu
admit that. " _
Fifteen thousand men and five thou
sand horses have been sent to Egypt
from England, and about ten thousand
men from India. Wolseley will proba
bly be able to muster for. the march or
Cairo, about fifteen thousand infantry
and five thousand cavalry.
Someone writes to the Kennebeo,
Maine, Journal that “ cider drinking hac
become a great evil among the rural
population of the State, as many labor
ing men will not work unless it is fur
rrished them by the farmer, and many
farmers and farmers’ sons are too muck
addicted to its use.”
The Langtrys found the friendship
the Prince of Wales expensive, and be
tween giving entertainments at which ht
was present and the Irish land
their income of $15,000 a year melted
away. So Mr. Langtry was forced U
be contented with about a tenth of hii
original income, to supplement which
his wife took to the stage.
Is Admiral Frederick de Lutke, Rns
sia loses one of her oldest sailors and
scientists. Bom in 1797, he made the
voyage around the world with Captain
Julownin in 1817-19, and soon after be
gan that service of remarkable Arctic
explorations which got him the ear and
the applause of the scientific world.
Herbert Spencer is paying this
country a visit, the chief object of the
visit being that of the recovery of hi*
health. No doubt part of his purpose
n coming was to learn something which
would be useful to him in the division of
ihe great work on Sociology on which
he is now engaged—The Industrial De
velopment of Society—having finished
and published volumes on the Ceremo
nial and Political Development
The celebration at Ogden’s Grove,
Chicago, for the p'irpose of raising
funds to erect a monument to the mem
j oty of John Brown was one of the won.
1 tailUM of Utf
Devoted to the Interest of Jackson and Butts Oountv.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, IBS2.
century. Letters of regret were read
from many distinguished men, and
nobody was there but a few of th
neighbors, aggregating 300 persona
The widow of John Brown, who liras
in California, was there, and delivered i
short address.
The men of commerce, art and in
dustry who have given character an 4
tone to the Industrial Exposition of Cin
cinnati deserve well, not- only of tliei'
fellow-citizens, but of all who take a*
interest In the manufacturing industries
of the nation. There have boon evi
dences of commendable improvement in
every succeeding exhibition, and the
public have good grounds to anticipate
for the tenth a perfection of ordor, dis
play and excellence not previously at
tained. The classifications are a model
of fullness and elaboration. Its soenio
departments embrace everything in ma
chinery, manufactures aud products,
and these are classified under eighty
live heads. Gold, silver and bronze
medals and cash premiums are offered
in the different classes. Tho Exposition
openH September 6, and closes October
7. The industrial parade on the day of
the opening will be the biggest thing
ever seen in Cincinnati, aud a spectacle
wonderfully interesting, instructive and
picturesque. The cars of seventeen
wards, already organized and at work,
will extend seventeen squares. As for
the Exposition itself, there is more
space now engaged than was occupied
by the last Exposition when it opened,
and the interest aroused is extraordina
ry and universal. All railroads center
ing in Cincinnati will aell tickets at re
duced prices.
About Roses.
All roses llower more profusely if vig
orously pruned. It is best to cut the
old wood with an unsparing hand, for
Ihe handsomest blossoms will spring
from fresh growth and young shoots
from the roots will bear the largest
cluster of buds. Hybrid perpetuals re
quire to be pruned as soon as their first
flowers have faded so as to produce a
good display of buds and blossoms in
September. They have no claims to the
title “perpetual” as they never bloom
but twice in the year and rarely that,
unless they are highly fertilized and
closely cut back when they have ceased
to loom in early summer. They are
cause they have so luxuriant a growth
and possess the charms of brilliant col
orings and fragrance. Great advance
lias been made during the past few'
years in their varieties, which are now
numbered by hundreds in the English
and French floral catalogues, and our
own florists oiler them in large numbers
and at very low prices. Ten cents will
often buy a flourishing young plant
which, in two or three years if properly
treated, will become a largo bush.
“Gen. Jaequemont” is a perpetual
m hose flowers are known to all lovers
of roses and are in much demand for
winter bouquets. Among other desir
able varieties are “Arina Slexieft,”
“Beauty of Waltham,” “Boulo do
Nieze,” “Coupe d’Hibe,” “Edward
Morren,” “.biles Margot tin.” “I-a-
Franee," “Mabel Morrison,” “Mine.
Lacharme,” “Mine. Charles Wood,”
“Marie Baumann,” “Baronnede Roths
child,” and “Keynold’s Hole.” The
last mentioned was named for the
famous English rosarian who cultivates
some of the finest roses in England and
takes the prizes at" all the rose exhibi
t ons in his vicinity, and it is a rose of
remarkable beauty. None of this class
of roses require protection during the
winter, but they will do better another
yar if they arc covered about the roots
with manure which can be dug into the
ground early in the spring. Large
bushes of roses should be tied up to
stakes made either of small pine-trees
or of wood painted green. Watering
with liquid ynanure will increase the
beautv of roses at this season. That
made from the horse stable ortho lien
roost will be more fertilizing than nny
other. Do not put it on too strong,
;!se it will do more harm than good. It
is a good plan to till a half-barrel one
quarter full with manure and add a
pound of copperas to it to keep the
worms away; till it up with water and
put it on the plants twice a week, tak
ing care not to touch the leaves. Make
the water the eolor of weak coffee if
horse manure is used, the color of weak
tea if lieu manure is preferred.—Spring
field (Mass.) Republican.
A Hint About Weeds.
In harvesting Indian corn and wheat,
we cut them long before the grain—the
seed, is ripe. When the grain in either
is fully formed, the stalks are ent;
experience has shown that the ripening
process goes on; the stalk contains
sufficient nutriment to perfect the
grains, and it docs this after tlie plant
is cut away from the root. Indeed, the
giain thus treated often comes to
greater perfection than if the plant
were until the seed is fully ripe.
What Takes place with these crop
plants, also occurs with weeds. Manv
weeds, if cut up while in flower, still
have nutriment enough in their stem*
and leaves to perfect and ripen a crop
of seeds. It therefore happens that the
mere cutting up of many weeds, and
leaving them to dry upe-) the ground,
does little toward their Jxtermination.
The common purslane—or “pussley,”
for example, has remarkable vitality; its
very succulent stems will remain aliva
for weeks, and even continue to grow
after they have been deprived of the
root. It is one thing to cut up weeds
with the hoe; it is equally important,
and it should always be done in gardens,
to gather up the weeds by the use of
rakes, and carry them to a brush heap,
where they will ultimately be burned.—
American Agriculturist.
morning comes,” said little f lara,
“it iViHiiown liif) w\\m it* B dnrk there
| fell vUtv,”
Traveling bj Hand-Car.
For several days past railroad men
on tho Buffalo division have been both
ering their heads over a strange charac
ter whom they have seen running a
hand-car all by himself, mid behaving
In a singular manner. Monday night
trilih No. 12 this stopped id atdid run
ning oVer hint; Utler trains have come
Closo upon him withiit tlto past few
days before he got bis “special" off the
track. Yesterday Officer Maliar found
him near Dalton with his car. He was
brought to Hornellsville, and now oc
cupies a cell in the lockup, Where ho
was interviewed by a 'limes reporter.
He is a young man apparently not over
twenty-five years of age, of modium
size, with black hair and eyes and dark
complexion. He said that his name
Was Martin Kiutei, add that his homo
Was in Omaha, from which place he had
come dri a first-class passenger-car.
Somewhere between Hunt’s oiitf Dalton
he purchased his hand-car of a young
man. whose mother ratified the bargain.
On being asked what bis plan was, he
replied that he thought that a nice way
to spend the summer would be to travel
Rround by himself on a hand-ear. He
had inteitdfld to didvfi gradually along
to New York, gatheriiig cilfiojlS stones
and weods by the way, and having (i
quiet, restful time all by himself. Ho
said he had no idea of this trouble
when he started, and now he was will
ing to trade his hand-car for some prop
erty in this town if lltS COifidi On being
asked if he did not know that It was dan
gerous to travel as he had h§en doing,
lie replied that there was no danger at
all. “Why,” said he, “I never let a train
get within half a mile of me unloss I hap
pen to meet one on a curve. Then I
lust lift my cat 1 off lit two seconds. If I
had some elicits in hefe 1 Would show
yon how Ido it. fam safe if a train
gets within half a block of ule before I
see it, and it is easy to get out of the
Way if a train is two blocks off.” The
young man asked the reporter how soon
the examination would take place, say
ing: “ I want to get out of this place
as soon as possible ” —Hornelisville (A r .
Y.) Times.
A Few Simple Recipes.
The Small Boy—Take dqUal parts of
noise, dirt and four hdrse-powdr steam
engine; mix with bread and butter to
the taste (the boy’s taste), and set the
mixture to cool m the middle of a ten
acre lot. If you find you have put in
too much noise (which you undoubtedly
have), turn over and knead with the
hand or split shingle.
The Saleslady -Tilts Is a very easy
dish., All thrt is i* ,4jUte
ing of frizzles, bangs' and cheap jewel
ry. Mix in an empty skull and serve.
The Politician—-Tact, one part; two
eyes for the main chance; one tongue,
well oiled, and as much cheek as possi
ble. If you have a little brain handy,
it may be added sparingly; but it does
not matter much, and most housekeep
ers consider any use of brain in this
connection as extravagant. Bake in a
slow oven, so that it need not be done
brown. If it be more than half-baked it
is ruined.
The Poet —To make a poet, take lib
erally of shimmering sunsiiine, strain
through a rhyming dictionary, and add
equal parts of lovesick adjectives,
archaic adverbs and such other words
as you may never have heard of. .Set in
a warm place, where the whole inajf be
come intimately mingled, and garnish
with long hair, seedy clothing and an
empty stomach.
The Author -Take such facts as you
have in the house and mix with twenty
gallons of gush and twaddle for each
tact, and boil down one-half. Then add
of classical allusions, threadbare stories
and übiquitous anecdotes ten parts each,
and serve in a greasy coat and bald
head. Some prefer to send to the table
in curl papers, triced with hair-pins; but
in this case the sauce must not be for
gotten, and a little politico-poetic tran
scendentalism is also a great improve
ment.
A Kiss —This is composed of equal
parts of honey, sugar, ice cream, soda
with four kinds of sirup, love in a cot
tage and supernal bliss. It can be made
jn the dark just as well as in the light.
Bake in an elliptical dish, and serve
warm.
Charity—This is usually served cold.
When warm it is very apt to spoil, and
must therefore be used at home. Take
one part heart and one hundred parts
talk, and stir together until the heart is
dissolved, and add sufficient polity and
worldly wisdom to give it a flavor.
Charity made by this recipe will keep a
longtime in any climate. —Boston Tran
script.
What the Ancients Believed.
Arrian, who flourished about the mid
dle of the second century of the Chris
tian era, was of a skeptical frame of
mind and had a wlolef-ome distrust of
the evidence of eye-witnesses. He rid
iculed the old stores about ants that
dug up gold, and puffins that guarded
the precious melaL, and declared that
none were to be fiund in those parts
of India that were visited by Alexander
and his officers. le describes, howev
er, a learned, or nther a musical ele
phant which “beatupon a cymbal while
several others darced to his music.
Two cymbals were hung between his
forelegs, and one led to his proboscis
or trunk. He theDstriking the cymbal
which was tied to Bs trunk against the
others between his forelegs alternately,
the rest of the elephants moved round
him as in a dance, and lifted up or
bowed their bodiei as fitly and justly
as the measure and reason of the sound
seemed to require, or as he who played
upon the instrument' directed. 1 ’ He
also speaks, though from hearsay, of
an elephant dying of grief because it
had killed its keeper m a moment of
frenzy. Ncarchus, it seems, had pro
tested that he mce raw the skin of a
tiger, and that the natives averred that
the animal, when alive, was as big as a
full-grown hone, and further, that it
would leap tx>on an elephant, and
strangle it Hereupon Arrian remarks
that those he law were like speckled
wolves, only i little larger, so that ha
never saw a tber at all, but only a loop*
<M ?#ar found,
Good Things Cost.
Yes, indeed, they do. Generally that
Which wo admire and Which seems to
list pCrhitpS, to bo dono so easily has
cost all that it is Wofth. Ami tho rea
son why it docs not adorn So to hs is bo
cause we do not see when and Where
and how the work is put in.
We are riding along and looking out
upon a beautiful landscape. We admire
♦be' skillful arrangement off , trees, and
shrutibefy; find Hewers, or the smooth
and gently sloping gfobnds; This is;
indeed, lovely, wo say. How forUittatd
tho owner was to find such a place. But
someone replies, could you have seen
all this fddra and years’ ago, when it
was in a natural state, you might never
have dreamed of this. ' It lias Elk eft
much thought and hard work and great
expense to bring these grounds to their
present condition. Toll a man how a
thing lias been done and ho says:
“ That’s easy td do.” Very possible,
flow that you hare been shown how to
do it, but fiould you hato dotto it in the
first place? Tliilt it the real test.. You
listen to a man wh *se mihd is tidily
stored with fan's and thoughts and fruit
ful in combinations of tlieso varied
stores, and as ho oxpi’.'sses the thought
Which needed expression, perhaps you
Say: litiw erisy that waf done. 1 could
hath Said It. . Cottld you? Why did you
not then, before hh did? Why not go
one stop farther and give expression to
tho next thought which, so soon ns Ox*
pressed, the orator and all the people
shall say that was the right word right
ly spokdn. That is the very word wo
were waiting td heitr. When tho light
ning flashes you can see tety dearly.
And, if you act quickly, you may take
all your bearings by its instantaneous
light And such a flash of thought may
prove to you an apple of gold.
But we want more titan fitful gloams.
Steady lights are best. And he is the
truo Speaker whose light shines on clear
and true while it Is at the same time
able to throw a great flood of radiance
on the dark spot when tho right moment
comes.
Never say such things do not cost. I
tell you, if such a light biases boforo
you and does not cost him who gives it;
then it is an iqnxs faluis and will litre
him and you, too, on to destruction.
Great men aro hard-working men.
Gonitis means a great capacity for work.
“Genius will work.” The men emi
nent In all the noble walks of life have
been, aro now, great Workers. They
aro trained to endure, and when occa
sion requires, can, and do, labor tre
mendously.
You sec a train fly down tho track.
It goes easily, does it not? Swift and
Strong, without friction and without
to and insures these resultsr
So you look upon tlio outside appear
ances of great lives and see no signs of
heat, and noise, and worry, and weari
ness, anti you state your proposition
that they lead easy,' charmed lives.
Try it and see. Try to grapple with
the labors of some great legislator,
merchant, writer, or divine, for oven
one day. He who puts off the harness
makes the wisest statements. A truly
great man bears a groat load easily.
To do this gives the right to bear the
name.
Are yon dazzled by the lives of Gen
erals,. Senators, millionaires, or great
men of letters? Consider the cross
wsll ero looking at the crown. It is a
grand thing to win the crown. Try for
it. Try with all the manhood there is
in you. You are worth little if you do
not make the trial. But remember that
you only reach the high seats and wear
the crown after long, arduous, unre
mitting labors. Let no word of mine
discourage you, But try no short cuts.
Count the cost and then do valiant bat
tle. Determine to win all these good
things, but win them legitimately.
Great and good work merits and will in
duo time receive a great reward.—
Golden Buie.
Treatment of Sunstroke.
Sunstroke is caused by excessive heat,
and especially if the weather is
“muggy.” It is more apt to occur on
the second, third, or fourth day of a
heated term than on the first. Loss of
sleep, worry, excitement, close sleeping
rooms, debility, abuse of stimulants,
predispose to it. It is more apt to at
tack those working in the sun, and es
pecially between the hours of eleven
o’clock in tho morning and four o’clock,
in the afternoon. On hot days wear
thin clothing. Have as cool sleeping
rooms as possible. Avoid loss of sleep
and all unnecessary fatigue. If work
ing in doors, and where there is arti
ficial heat—laundries, etc., see that tho
room is well ventilated.
If working in tho sun, wear a light
hat (not black, as it absorbs heat),
straw, etc., and put inside of it on the
head, a wet cloth or a largo green leaf;
frequently lift tho hat from thohead and
see that the cloth is wet. Do not check
perspiration but drink what water you
need to keep it up, as perspiration pre
vents the body from being overheated.
Have, whenevor possible, an additional
shade, as a thin umbrella, when walk
ing, a canvas or board cover when work
ing in tho sun. When much fatigued
do not go to work, but bo excused from
work, especially after eleven o’clock in
the morning on very hot days, if the
work is in the sun. If a feeling of fatigue,
dizziness, headache or exhaustion oc
curs, cease work immediately, lie down
in a shady and cool place; apply cold
cloths to and pour cold water over the
head and neck. If any one is overcome
by the heat, send immediately for the
nearest good physician. While waiting
for tho physician give tlie person cool
drinks of water or cold black tea. or
cold coffee, if able to swallow. If the
skin it. hot and dry, sponge with or
pour cold water over the body and
limbs, and apply to the head pounded
ice wrapped in a towel or other cloth.
If there is no ice at hand, keep a cold
cloth on the head, and pour cold water
on it as well as on the body.
If the person is pale, very faint nnd
pulse fceDle, let him inhale ammonia for
a few seconds, or give him a tea-spoon
ful of aromatic spirits of ammonia in j
two tablespoonfuls of water with a little I
btcoir. — A h:U> Yor-. Hoard of Hr.n'r .
Soap is readily soluble in alcohol, and
the fact it utilised in the making of i
liquid and trsnaparant aoapa,
The Wrong Verdict.
A fresh anecdote erf John T. Ray
mond, never before printed, is related
by one who was a member of his dra
matic Company and who is now in this
city. It Was itt 1877 that Raymond, as
the' immortal Sellers, was doing tho
Western nouiitrv. At Evansville, Ind.,
the ltouso was filled, and the audience,
the critics say, was cn rapport with the
actors. The play went along swimming
ly Until tho denouement was reached.
This it is well known, occurs in tho jury
geefle which closes tho drama. At every
village a hOw jury is obtained from tho
popitlace. Leading persons of the place
aro sometimes honored with a position
in the box, and it was so at Evansville.
The collection was one of the finest ever
on the stage—doctors, lawyers and such
like. The foreiriitft Was a six-foot Ken
tuckian and a Judge, too. He bad for
years adorned the Dench, and wits nev
er known to quail in public. It was
from his mouth that “not guilty” was
to be received, and ho had been duly
cautioned Ms to Ills lines. As goon as
the verdict is rendered Sellers throws
lip his hat, hugs the accused and per
forms inafiy Wonderful side plays, alter
which the curtain descends. At Evans
ville Raymond did his prettiest, gyra
ting before tho Judges like a mailman
am! "fixing tho jury” in his inimitable
manner. When the caso had closed
and the jury were expected to rot,urn
the CUt-ftiid-drled verdict of “not
guilty,” the foreman —litis six-font Ken
tuckian and a Judge to boot—was at
tacked with stage-fright and startled
everybody by shouting:
“Guilty!”
“What?” inquired tho disconcerted
Sellers.
“Guilty, ' 1 said the forgetful foreman,
thinking ne was doing himself and the
Evansville party proud.
In vain Raymond giggled; the ver
dict was plainly “guilty.” Theroloro
the play couldn’t go on as it was laid
down; there was no chance for that
throwing or. hugging. Tho audience
was not slow to catch the mistake, aud
a wave of hearty laughter began to
sweep over the parquotte. At last Ray
mond soeing tilings to be in a desperate
state, began to “fix" tho jury again,
and buttonholing the big foreman, whis
pered the proper verdict in his car.
Whereupon tho big six-footer mildly
stammered out:
"Not guilty.”
The hat went up, the lucky accused
was congratulated, aud the curtain rung
down amid the laughter aud applause
of the audience. That big Kentuckian,
however, was never again foreman of
any of Raymond’s juries.— New Haven
(Conn.) Union.
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They are ymmg married people and
have just gone to housekeeping, and the
neighbors who assemble at their I rent
windows to witness the harrowing sight
of their parting for the day declare that
the following is a verbatim account of
their conversation;
“Good-bye, Charlie; now be careful
the street cars don’t runoff the track
with you and kiss me, Charlie there
was something 1 wanted to tell you—
let me see Was it hair-pins? No, I
got them- w-h-a-t could it have boon?”
“I’m due at the office, pet,” says
Charlie, bracing up and looking very
handsome and manly j “was it some
thing to eat?”
“ Why, of course it was; there isn’t a
bit of mashed potato in the house, nor
a mouthful of bread and butter. We
want half a yard of beefsteak— see; and
have it cut bias so it will lie tender
and a loaf of sweet-bread, Charlie, and
a strawberry short-cake, dear, nnd -
and anything else you think of, dear.”
“But, my little wife,” says Charlie,
looking very wise, “ these things must
all be made before wo can eat them.”
“ Must they? oh, dear, and 1 never
learned to do fancy work! I never
crocheted a biscuit lit to cat, and I
couldn’t paint a tomato to save my life.
Oil, < lharlie, go to the ready-made stores,
do. there’s a darling!”
He did; nnd they hint a picturesque
meal of lobster and strawberries with
baker’s rusk and lemonade, but Charlie
lias written to Ins mother to come at
once and make them a long visit, they
ore so delightfully situated they can
make it pleasant for her now, he says.—
Detroit Dost and Tribune.
Only One Life.
Too many farmers appear to be only
skirmishing around during tho present
life without any of the real enjoyments
which this world offers to everyono who
will gather them. In the first placo, if
he does not marry a good wife (and
there are a plenty of them running around
loose) the fatal mistake is mauo which
can never be remedied. If a man in
tends to lie a farmer, and through that
channel of industry enjoy all of the
comforts and pleasures of life, he should
surround himself and family with as
many of the conveniences of life as his
means and industry can command. He
Bhould keep in mind that on his farm
and with his family is the best place for
contentment and happiness. And the
best way to be happy is to make his
family happy and his home pleasant.
Every hour needlessly spent away from
the home of domestic happiness is just
so much lost in the great sum of life’s
comforts. One life—one homo—one
wife—one aim—and one end to all of
life’s struggles and hopes. Without
happiness all work is a burthen, and
life a failure.— lowa State Reqislcr.
Peril* of Saoiago.
Young girls should not be allowed to
meddle with sausage, which has lately
been the cause of trouble both at the
East and the West. A Boston girl put
au extra “a” into her sausage, and was
so harshly reproved that she tried to
commit suicide. In Chicago a girl spelt
it ‘‘sossige,” and was severely repri
manded by her teacher. The misspell
cr took tlie reprimand so much to heart
that after recess she failed to appear.
An immediate search was instituted, and
it was discovered that the sensitive
young creature was at a matinee. Wo
are indebted lor these fearful warnings to
the Chicago Tribune, which Mver telja
in? thtaf wfejMi if art warti? to**
—Ohio manufacture ~ ‘ '
ion pounds of plug tobacco last year.
—There are fifty-two breweries in
Brooklyn which produce 4,000,000 kegs
of lager annually, and paid a revenus
of $1,000,000. —A'. Y. Times.
—The corn crop of Texas this year is
estimated at 140,000,000 bushels. The
value iff the agricultural products of that
Slate is $91,071,998. ('hicatjo Tribune.
—Ninety-three thousand acres have
beon planted under the now arboricul
ture act in Kansas. Preference is given
to the cotton tree on account of its rapid
growth.
—Two ninety-foot lathes, said tube
the largest in the world, have been
made for their own use by the South
Boston Iron-works. Each lathe con
tains 000,000 pounds of iron, and is in
tended for boring out cannon. —Holton
Post.
—The crop of Indian corn is one of
the most important and valuable in t lie
United States. Tito crop of 1880 was
estimated at 1,717,000,000 bushels; th
wheat crop of the samo year was esti
mated at 498,000,000 bushels. It must
be considered the staple crop of tho
Western and South western States. lu
1880, Illinois produced 240.000.0(H)
bushels, as against 60,000,000 bushels
of wheat. The acreage of corn in Kan
sas tho same year was 2,995,070 acres,
and the product 108,701.927 bushels,
agaiust an acreage of 1,520,659 acres of
winter wheat, with a product of 17,560,-
259 bushels.
—lt is estimated that nearly 2,000,-
000,000 pounds of paper are produced
annually; one-half of which is used lor
printing, a sixth for writing anil the
remainder is coarse paper for packing
and other purposes. The United States
alone produces yearly 200,000 tons of
paper, averaging seventeen pounds per
head for its population. The English
man comes next with about twelve
pounds per head; the educated German
takes eight pounds; the Frenchman
seven pounds, whilst the Italian, Span
iard and Russian take respectively three
pounds, one-half pound and one pound
annually.— N. Y. Bun.
—The English aro tho best customers
for American canned salmon. Most of
tho Sacramento River salmon go to tho
Atlantic cities, but Liverpool draws the
bulk of its supply from Oregon, cither
direct from tho Columbia River or
tlirouirh San Francisco. The Fraser
River’salmon all go to England direct
from Victoria. Last soason the Fraser
River sent 146,000 cases to Europe. It
is expected that as many more will be
canned there this season for the samo
market. ThoC’olumbia River sent 380,-
7/Hlcaxaa.direct to Europe for . the year
th roo carbons have linen cJtiftTWi
from the Columbia Kiver for England,
with 98,480 cases. —Chicago Times.
As Sensible as Most Duels.
Sheep’s-head, although hardly a flat
taring epithet or term of endearment,
is not regarded between man and man
in this Country as an insult of so deep a
dye that the stain inflicted upon the
honor of a gentleman to whom this
compound noun may happen to be ad
dressed can only be washed out in blood.
That such, however, is the view taken
of its German equivalent, “Schafsknpf,”
in the Fatherland is conclusively demon
strated by the following lamentable oc
currence: A few days ago, in the an
cient City of Oldenburg, one Herr Jan
sen, an elderly barrister, called upon an
acquaintance, tho upper story of whose
dwelling was occupied by an infantry
Lieutenant named Fischer, the proprie
tor of a handsome pointer, upon which
he had sportively bestowed the name of
Scharfskopf. 'i’lio dog was lying
stretehed on the door-step as Jansen
came up to the door, and that very mo
ment the Lieutenant, thrusting his head
out of his second-floor window, shouted
at Ihe top of his voice: “Sheep’s-head,
como up, will you?” Jansen took the
summons to himself, and, instead of
entering the house, waited by tho door
until Fischer made his appearance,
when, exclaiming: “ Sheep's-head
yourself,” he ient the Lieutenant a
hearty box on the ear. Fischer, who
was iii mufti, retorted with a walking
stick, and the result of this misunder
standing was a hostile meeting. Jansen
tired first, inflicting a slight flesh wound
upon his adversary, whereupon Fischer,
in no way ruffled by his hurt, stretched
the 100-hasty advocate dead upon the
ground with a bullet through his heart.
—London Telegraph.
Just an Average Sample.
The occupant of an office on Grand
River avenue sat at his desk, when a
mild-faced stranger entered, and passed
the time of day, and asked:
“Would you let me sit at your desk a
moment and use your pen?”
“Certainly.”
“Can I use a sheet of your papcrP”
continued the man, as he seated him
self.
“Ob, yes.”
“Thanks. You may hang up my hat
if y)u will. I can never sit for any
length of time with my hat on.”
Ills hat was given a place on the
rack, and for ton minutes he was busy
writing. As he finished he asked for an
envelope, and when ho had sealed it he
said:
“Pardon the liberty,but can you spare
me a stamp?”
He was given one, and after he had
licked it on he weighed the letter in his
hand and remarked:
“I’m afraid that’s too heavy for
three cents. Perhaps you’d better put
on another.”
A second stamp was handed him, and
he then observed:
“I’ll leave the letter for you to mail
as you go down.”
“Very well.”
“And as it is an important missive,
allow mo to suggest that if you should
go to the post-office on purpose to mail
it, l would take it as a great favor.
Thanks for your kindness. Please reach
my hat, and as I suffer a great deal
from the >un, I will borrow your um
breWiuwUU pm< toll way agaia.