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W. E. H IKP, Publisher. 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 The act, however, was repealed in 1742.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 „ ■ . * - - • .4. 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. • min; i.miv o ... 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.