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VOL. I V r . NO. 24. Mms.DEMOREST’S ft ELI A l' L 3 PATT5 ft !3S A»itfe*««iy ono. 'hot will gtv*ap<sfx* uu r. garmrel MME. DEMOSESTS $yetem of Broad Cutting. Chart AIM) Dm* ot f>i*l «!<»<«* !nn«, HmUlr.* ur m Out and FH ptrftdlf. nf^nKr* ®a*I, poet paid, on n«c!pt • MME. OSMQRCST’Q PORTFOLIO OF FASHION3 AND WHAT TO WEAK fc * w. ssa !sr ~ 4 % omk, p**ws*J.i, fw Ji o^ft. THE Oenwrest Sewing Machine, *111* RTYLB OXLT 0 Asnsu L\j*» High • / Iinf - , t<Mrlv 60,000 anltl nod giving perfect CSTDon’t »ntl«faetl<u£. other pay companies 040.00 proit DEMOlEST, on a machine bnt buy not direct 80 good of tho as Tna maA ttfRCtimu*. Heut C. O. D. WrUc for Cinvltm. * DRMOREST FASKlOrS tuici SKWINC KACKinECO ■» If Kaat I4tb Slracl, Ftctv York Vltz’ KEYSTONE STRETCHER CARPET 3T3E I ■* ilSl fifil re In reft**!’' f'wsss:. : - ____Bom EARTH! •to fa! torfwt, Complete aaJ Rsrabto S^rctrbcr Hah. f UlfNISHKD with draw-hredti, which rfrlvclo ■P to the floor nt tho bur? I'««rd, and a Clamp ly • jrhlfh a Arm hold ia taken on tho carpot with mituoloaatdanewof toaring ormarrUig. It la prrtobod |ha handlo to tho dovlrvd plaoe hnnimor, ny ovlug an a kwr of a coitipirto miCMtmi for *11 purpt««% In pu* tin* down a carpet. Tho only Stretcher that draws tho carpet close to tUo bare %®snf hlavafarturcd and Into th® of cornets. mailaahle v »n<l wrotmht Iron, fiMtkliiK Kaoh Stretrhor a tool that will lant a Ufe time. With direction* for la nalii*. parkod Samplo in a neat wooden roed^ box, a«tt on iickstt fif|l «h Special prlMsto dealers on application. & Rogers, Warren, Pa USSPfm E ‘w i THfe JOHNSON ESV0LVIN3 BOOS’CASA y UM Ureuuisr OfMIVlIUfiaiT, Sm«4vu Aojw*tajh.i to IUmu , t* fjm ruKSfiMT* ^ T Ajpri’F.nn itlVALVBtl S TO . | -. rhyildoiup* MVterfl jatdltor*. Clergymen. , lUukers, TsosW « ,,V - Mc 4 olu.nU, read StmlanU, * wd all who l’ookj. 6HKAP£8Tt 8TRONCEST ! ’ BEST I Mad* of Iron, finishes! in Hack, with beautiful gttt ®reoB>*alation, U cannot ware, w« ut or Art. *oiv or wear oat. Each thrlf, 16 iu. muare, will heM took* 1* in mm lent of Appicton’t Cyclop. • told* mar® »pa«< than any other *«vtc*. >>« 1, -For T»!il«, to hold 1 tier of ^uka, . fit 0.00 I* * *.* *«- *• ••.Floor/ “1 cat; ie»e Vital •» .. m.oo *, *•* IJ! " ... lfl.OO 1R.OO ** S, •• ce ***t •* «, •• •• 4a •“ 18.00 \ .. , . Th* beat ill* for general w • i»Nc 31 5 ^ Chipped, carefully packed, on 1 f pric*}. %m SATISFACTION C.L’ARAXTEED. I>e»criptir* price li*t containing tcatimoniak Pro®.' inuatrwted Catnloguo of Stntlonory and hsnlUrt, nearly 900 pages, oent on receipt cd25 da, . ANDEHSON .V KRUM, t lood ttroot, Hew York, If, Xi DON’T SUFFER PAINI Put on a Deane's Rheumatic Plaster—Your Druggist keeps them—if he don’t, send us 12 cents in stamps and we will tend you one sample free. (Only one the sample regular sent to one address, as These price is 25 cents). mended by plasters are recom¬ all good physicians, and are used in the largest Hospitals .For in America. Pleurisy, Rheumatism. Nouralgia, Pains in Lungs, Chest, Dack, Kidneys, Liver or Stom arch they take hold at once and cure effectually. Plaster. Full directions on every Be suro and get Deane's Rheumatic Plasters. Made only by The Deane Plaster Co., *21 A 23 Dey St., N. Y„ U. S. A. DON’T SUFFER PAIN! j V a 1 »r 4 JJ W9; 1 m p» H i 'frlkZ&fZe, IcseznJ i on r [jJ > E. J K i M r " THE ltmusuKD Kvkuy Friday. orris is mi lmssi. FOltT GAINK8, - - - GA. Stlhscriptn.il Kates Ons copy, one vear........................f 1.00 One copy, six months,....................r*0 Or o copy, throe month,...................?>0 Those ere advance prices, and wh**n not psid until tho end of the year, * g.#-per cent. will bo Added. Advertising Rates. Ono square, (ton lines or less Bourgeois,,) on® insertion ...................................$1.{K» For each subsequent inset tion......... -50 Notices in local column, 10 cents for per line. Kditoriftl notices, where requested per¬ sonal benefit, 10 cents per line. AI.L I’KRMoNAT. MATTER IOTVM.K PRtCir. VRltlWUMnU. Obituaries must be paid for us otlier ad One inch card inserted in the Business Di rectory for Five I)olIa-s a year. Adrortla.inionU inserted without ?pocifica tton a* to the number nf ir.»erti»ns w ill be published cordingly. until ordered out, and charged ac¬ Bills are due whet, the advertisements are handed in kih! the money will bo called for when needed. WILL It. GRAHAM, Mauuyi’r «l v Editor* ■mrr. IRWIN &. WARWICK, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. CiTWlll Practice in Superior Courts of Pataula Circuit. tr •J. r. MANDEVILLE, PHYSICIAN arid SURGEON tf^-Orrici: it C’kxtrai. Druo Stork. O. E. CONE, I5ARBEH. Shop r.mlcr EISJDER’S Pict nre Oalicry. For Tax Itocclvcr. I la*robv announce mvnelf n eandUnto for the ufllv® and earnestly of TAX KKl-Kl solicit VEK of Clay coun¬ If ty, elected. will discharge your duties support. faithfully I my and impartially. Bespoetfullv, T. OrttiiS. K. For Treasurer. Wo place BllU’vVN, before the public candidate the name for tho of Mr. J. P. II. as a office of Treasurer of Clay oountv, capable feeling that he will make nu lament, officer, and " will meet the wLho* of tho people in every respect. “The Peoi»rk." Atimmncemcut. I herobv announce myselFa candidate for thcotttceof Ordinary of Clay County, the and earnestly solicit the support cf voters in tho election to bo held next January. If elected I shall do my uttermost to faithfully perform the duties of this office. A. J. Monies. For Tax Collector . Tho umlcrsirnoil is a candidate for tho nf llco of Tax Collector of Clay county. If olFctcd, I *il! wimwtly endeavor to faithful¬ ly di«»h»rgc everv Thai:king duty that may frionds be inotur.- for l)*nt upon ih<\ mv their kiipport in the Iasi election and assur¬ ing them that anything they may do for me in th® future will"be gratefully Respect!u!ly, appreciated, Iain 8Stt NY. K. Hahuihox,* Central Railroad of Georgia. Xoiice to Traveling BubHc: The boat ami cheapest passenger route to NEW YORK and BOSTON in via Savannah Ktul elegant Steamers theneo PHMcnger* would before do purchasing tvoll inquire* tickets first via ol other route* to th® merits of tho avoid routo dust via and Savannah, tedious by which they will a all-rail ride. Kates include meal and state¬ room on Steamer. Round trip ticket* will ho 1 )l«ced on sale June 1st, good to return until October 31st. New York steamers sails tri-wockly. Boston steamer weekly from Savannah. For further information apply ‘Charlton, to any agent of this com¬ pany. or to E T. (J. P. A. Savan uah", (ia. 1 C. G. AftOfiK*ox, Agt steamers, tfrr Savannah, liu. A . SS s. p sa* 1 ^.rtHewSB ggaa g SmseABI _ XlialBIW BWBMWBi 1 K I 5 J , tr it ^ IS BO $UfO to Cot Hood’s Sarsaparilla,mycliild. BeotUat You they <lo not give you anything els j. rciaer.:bsr it is Ae metiiciD® wUcb di«l masoa to muck good a year ago—my favor a o vjprmg Q nr ; n » mvuiumo ties which accumulate la the bloodduriug the Winter, keep up strength as warm weather cotnes on, create an appetite nad promote healthy digestion. Try Hood’s JampuRU and you Will be tonvineed ot its peculiar merits. It is the ide&l spring medicine-rc tlable, bencflcl.il, pleasiat to take, and gives fuU value for the laoucy. Beiuretoget Hood’s Sarsaparilla ^Prepared Sold by ®u druggist*, fi; *i« f»r f only vr c. i. hood a eo., a: othe«*rio». Loweii, xow. IOO Doses On© Dollar ” I r > AnK£R : 8 m m HAIR BALSAK! CHmwn and t^antlfle* th* hair. m I'ra*k!( :t a loimupt mrowth. m Never Fail® to Rntort Qr*y Sii Hair to it* '/etrfhfb! Color. .s Ourcuw^ji dU **r**mM.alr foiling HINDEF.CORNS.* tt«H*allpMll. 7V*nft»t,»ore*tai»dbw«>si>eforOi«'»*.!laittaos,A*. cwnUuMSA th* U >Vwrtidl* vTeure. * t . .......... Tir -g> _ FORT GAINES, GA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 11th, 1S89. BiSICTORY, -o CHTJ2CH28. flAPTTST Cnrm ii.-Bcv. 7. T. Wenver, tur. Preaching 1st mid 8rd Sundays J.‘K, in each month. Un Supt. Sunday-school Prayer 9 a. Thursday in., Paul meeting cven K — ! |MKTiiomsT Preaching Cnrxcn. —Rov and J.O. Sundnvs Lang?ton “lutor. 2nd 4th in Graham | month. f-upt. Sunday-school Ladies’ Prayer 9 meeting n. in. W. Tucs day ing Tuesday ttftorowon. evening. Young 'Regular mens’ Prayer Prayer meet meet ing Wednesday evening. school PltKSIiYTKKIAX .f. P. H. CHURCH. Brawn Supt, Sunday 9 «. in. MASONIC BINECT0BY. Darlrt and I.odok, 3rd Saturday No. 17.—Regular meet¬ ing 1st F. evenings. T. M Brown, Sec., D. Gunn, W.M. Lafavktte Chaitkk No. 12—Regular meetings 2nd Saturday evening. VV. A. Graham, II. 1*. • . W. A. Graham Council, No. 22—Regular meeting 4th Saturday evening. W. A. Gra¬ ham, T I G M. Jv of IT. Gaines Lodge No. 1S87—Regular meeting 2nd and 4th Tuesday nights W. K Lignifoot, Reporter. T M Brown, Dictator COUNTY. J BrrRr.ton II CornT.—-lion. solicitor. W J T gutlivo, Clnrko judge clerk •J T McAllister, Guerry, sberiif. .J Regular term, 4th Mondays in March and September, COL’RT OF Ordinary. —R. T. Foote, Ordinary. Eagulur meeting 1st, Monday in each month County Court— G. G. Lark Jude®. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. J. E. Pit^llin, L. S. D. Coleman, J. F. Creel, A. Foster, J. N. Bigbie, County Treasurer, J. P. II. Brown Tax Corrector, W. B. Harrison. Tax Receiver, 'X. JL Davis. Coroner, J D Owens. lCace litercaso in the South, Congressman Thomas, a republi¬ can from Jvcntucky, said recently, in an interview with a newspaper reporter, that “in the lifetime o! persons now living tho negroes in tho southern states will exceed 50, COO,000, and that they will consti¬ tute a majority in all tho southern states with the exception of two or three border states. •’ Commenting on this statement tho Washington Post oives some figures in regard to Georgia that kro interesting: Georgia had tho lar¬ gest slave population of any of the southern elates before tho war, the number being 465,689 in i860. In 1870 it had increased to 545,142. and in 1880 to 725,133, an increase of 70,453 for the first ten years, ol 179,991 for the second, and 259,441 for tho entire twenty. In 1860, the while podulation of Georgia was 591,550. In 187) it had increased to 638,920, and in IS- 80 to 915,906, an increase of 47,876 for tho first ten years, of 177, 980 for the second, or 225,356 lor tire entire twenty. Tho increase of the colored p< pnlation has been greater the in every instance, though ratio of increase has probably been smaller in Georgia than any ‘of the southern states, be cause of a largo white imigr&tion. There are somo facts relative to t ic population of Georgia that are not taken into consideration bj’ the Post. For Distance, since tho war, a great many more whites hare gone out of the slate than have como into it. T . lo a Kw years ago there , was a constant drain on t .e population of the state. For years after the war there was hard ly a day’ that tnc passenger station was not crowded with Georgians and their families on tho.r way to lexas and the West. hat wan trno of Georgia _ was •iiso true of tho two Carolines, though perhaps in a less degree, 1 hose people wore flying from the ills they had to others they knew notof nndlhe emigrant morcmciu w# ? Uld l ' d oud »ccelerated by the f* 1 0:ld , a §°. nts 'V uh l ,0 ‘ r »!«* tongues and ingenious methods. But the movement lotto West . bs ded Georgians—ospeci s “ ' ’ » n c r lhc larm«r»-are mak.ng the “°»* of lbc "' opportunities, and are sto.s ing at 1 homo Then, lor Use T yc ? rs lhero h “, b *« n » small but steady , etream of lrrugra lion from the North and North “ho t o result ne^ceusTiV of industrial taken’ prog- t when » f nMn d iho« ti /. in l ..p.,.,, )0 P n ' lation , . of e the , state is • , holding >ts As to the negroes it is not true thaMhcy larger, are increasing t^rS^c fasur than | be° ®i| IVIr S but a? S S. l7 wtfi ,a! , * ur ‘ ‘^ r th l 'at , oi lire whites. It r t |'n c ^“ a t nobody now believes in the old theory that the race is dy ingout. On the other hand it is • i mn0 J gsible to believe it is increas . .. > .. . , . • in 0 las.erioan me wiiiic race, r . n „ n , Uc ?rs«,? r he ,™ ]n lhc k ' OUth “‘“At.an.a Con^tt rwr. viition. - —i m--- One of our contemporaries comi .csiiy i-clcrs to the »'™f' U«,r e ,» oft. Mr. Ryan and a Lock tho marriage notice 0 . the pair having been printed as Rock. This is fairly matched by a wedding wedding the the other other dav day in .n \’ New v \ork city, where Mr. Wood cs poused a Mi-sPyle of «,» ike auveUR-omeni. «,1 rwli.am«nl The March of the Years. One by one, one by ono. The years march pass tllljtho march is done; The old years die to the solemn knell. And a merry peal from the changing bell 1 . tho others, by one one. Till tho march of years shall at hist bs done. Bright anu glad, dark and sad. Are the years that come in mystery clad; faces are 1 dddon and ‘ none * can ran ** merry or sorrowful each , will be. Bright and sad, dark and glad, Have been the years that wo all have had. Fair and subllo under tho sun Something from us each year has won. Has It given us treasures ? Day by day It has stolen something w® prized away; Wo meet with fears, and count with tears The burled hopes of the long-past yo irs. Is it so ? And yet let us not forget ilow fairly tho*8un has risen and set; Each year has brought us semo sunny hours, With a wealth of song and a crown Cowers Power to love and time to pray, Its gifts have been ere it passed away. We hail the new that has come in view; Work comes with it and pleasure too; And even though it may bring some pain, Wo Each passing year is a tiling of gain ; greet with song the days that throng; Do thoy bring us trouble '< ’Twill make • ,us strong With smiles of hope, and not with tears, We meet our friends in the glad now years; God Is with them, and, ns they come, They bear us nearer our r istful homo, And one by ono with some treasure won, They coiuo to our hearts till th< y a!l are gone. —Marianne Farningham. Southern Improvements. A List of Every Industry Built in the Southern Stales in the Bast Ytftir, $ gThc fo lowingjis a list of every in¬ dustry built in the Southern States in the year 1888; also every one on larged, and all that were projected Among tho leading branches of in¬ dustry the following are notewor¬ thy: The total number of agricul¬ tural projected implement during works built and tho year was 8. 2 in North Carolina, 2 in’Arkansa*; and 1 each in Alabama, Georgia, S Carolina and Tennessee; 7 brewer¬ ies, 3 c'aeh in Alabama, Jvcntucky, Tennessee and Texas; 65 brickyard 16 in Alabama, 3 each in Georgia, and Tennessee, 6 in N Carolina, 5 each in Arkansas, Florida and \v Virginia; 3 Texas, bridge works, 1 each in Tennessee, and West Virgin¬ ia; 7 boot and shoo factories, 2 each in Alabama and Arkansas, 1 each in South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas; 12 car works, 3 in West Virginia, 3 in Georgia, *3 each in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Ken¬ tucky, Mississippi, aud Texas; 84 canning factories, evenly’ distiUni¬ ted over the South; 31 cigar and to baeeo factories, North Carolina loadimng with 9: JG3 cotton and woolen mills, Afctbnma 10, Arkan¬ sas 3, Florida 5, Georgia 3t>j tucky 4, Louisiana! 6, Mississippi North Carolina 41, South Carolina 19, Tennessee 17, Texas 6, Virginia 10, West Virginia 2; electric light works 74—17 in Texas. 1* Tonnes soe, 3 each in North Carolina Mis¬ sissippi and Kentucky?*4io«r and gristmills 103, Tennessee loading with 27, Texas next with 22, Ken¬ tucky next with 15, foundries and machine shops 145 Alnlmma leading w ph 26, Georgia 53, Iu$t c'-:y and Tennessee each 17, Texas 12, Vir- . ° inia and Wcst Virginia each 10. . There ware 80 blast fnmar' projected during the year-] in Alabama, 9 in Georgia, 4 in Ken tucky> i in Mississippi, 6 in Ton ncsseo, 1 each in Toxas, ViTgima. and West Virginia; glass works 4 —3 in Georgia and 1 in West Yir ginia; ice factories 50—11 in Geor v gi a , 9 in Tennessee and 7 in Ala pama. 1'bo total number of mining and quarrying ring ccmpanica organised du the year was 217, Alabama leading with 34, Tennessee next 24,1 with 29, Kentucky 23, Georgia West Virginia 22, Texus 20, Arkansas Virgin i ia 14, Xorth Carolina 12, • U> South Carolina 12; natural pas j and oil companies, 17—1 in Arkan sas,3 in Konlncky, 2 in Louisiana, 2 in West Viiginia; oil mills 21 -7 i n Texas, 3 c ich in Alabama, North ! Carolina, and South Carolina, 2 in * ^- dia ’ 1 ''« h in “••sippi, and \ ti^ n;i ;,ioiling mills 7-4 iu Alabama, 1 each in Georgia,' Virginia and West Gcor^h! Virginia: stimet fn ’ raUways 37-17 \n 15 Tenneo-ee, the balance equally dis lri b nle d amon - other states; water W °‘ k3 the -en.ydistri od working bated | am ° n S st{Uo? i ^ /j 8 ;ablishmonts, 483-Georgia lead j n£ , w jth 95, h’c Tennessee 78, Alftbam a 61< N ort a ro!.na 46. Arkansas qq Kcntnckv «"» 36 ’o-> Texas * 3 23 Missis %r IM :. Stppt • • 23, vi Honda i m addition to the above, the miscellaneous industries built and j projected 533, Texas during leading the year aggrega tod with 66, Georgia 64, Tennessee59, Alabama mpaniM org „ Dizc a the during the year was 253. Alabama !en«l» with 39, Georgia 88, Tonnes soe ^1, Texas 28. Arkansas and Florida each 23 , Kentucky 19 , Yir ginia 1G Wcst Wirginia 9 ana and MUs.sYippi each 8, goat h Carolina 6, North Cotolina Chaltsnooga Tinais. . History of Canos. The Mexicans first us<\l cane's in America. When the Spanish conquered ! the country a qneer enstom was dneed. The chief executive of the town carried a stick with a gold or silver head. It was a kind of sceptre. The j people, of course, rarely know liow to read or write, and when any one was wanted for crime one of tho mayor’s subordinates would take the cane, find the culprit and place it horizontally up¬ on the latter’s chest. Tho proceeding was equal to a summons, and tho; man bad to appear before tho mayor under tho penalty of being cast into prison. This custom was borrowed from Spain, where it still prevails in tho more im¬ portant stations. The cauo of early American history, like that of Biblical times, was part of tho repetory of tho leaders of the church. It was the principal badge of the dea¬ con. The cane was about five feet long. One end was emhelished with a big knob, the.other with feathers, When the small boy rebelled against the straight back pew he got a rap on the head with the uncharitable end of the cauo If the head of the family got to dreaming about liis old English home and the coscy little nest in one of the shires the turkey’s plumage on the dea¬ con’s cane feathered the sleeper into life again. The Irish have always been associated with a blackthorn stick of short and thick dimensions. They used these queer little aideitrms in tho invasions of the English kings and in the religions wars. Even in its unpolished state tho black¬ thorn stick is on of the most cherished by cane connoisseurs.—Ex. ------- M B,). Ol. -------- . .. Arctic Sledge 8>og«i, Kamsehatkan dogs are probably the most sagacious of all feral types, nnd are employed and trained iu tho most care¬ ful manner for the multitudinous servloc required of them. Soon afterbirth tlioy are placed with their dam in a deep pit, that they may see neither man nor beast, and after having been weaned are con¬ demned to solitary confinement for six months, at the end of which time they are put to a sledge with other dogs, and being extremely shy and frightened withal, they run as fust as they can until they becoms blown and cowed After this trial trip they arc remanded to their pit, where they remain, off and on, un¬ til they are thoroughly tired and sledge broken. This severe education sours their tem¬ per amazingly, and makes thorn anything but companionable. Drivers are fre¬ quently obliged to stun them by a blow on the nose before unharnessing them on account of their savage nature. Be¬ sides drawing sledges they tow boats x\p the river in summer and keep their mas ters warm iu winter nights. Thoy aio remarkable weather prophets, and dis¬ count the Signal Service Bureau, for if if when resting on a journey they dig. holes in the snow, thero is certain to 1-e a storm, They aro of the husky type, Shaggy, with erect, curlv, bushy tails and not very sharp nose* and ears. They live exclusively on fish, which they catch fo; themselves. In winter their ration comprises forty frozen herrings per day.—Forest ami i&vtuoa. ---- . Uruziiiim Mistletoe. >r • * 1 jo u jrt in Brazil writos r to *! t.c-a J pap er tcllingeftho wp of nfiTtletoo H 144 ho found Rowing on telfgnmh wires near R '° J«»cir^ a i r ^bon fic first saw it . ho ho ht lhat l -! , « had left weeds J hanging to tho wires*but a nearer inspection, andlne height ^ the wires convinced him thatthe 'TP ‘ rcnt wc ods were thousands of !| fUe nuslietocs fixed wires. Many species of this plant grow in Brazil, and come, called l " r ‘ 1 3 V /cods ' bonr bc, ' rica which are C!Ucl1 posited P' <m the tclograph Tho seed wires arc and do l » k o root. They are short lived, of o° Drs <'. but tho constant deposits ^ sood cloUlM ‘ ! >e " ire with this oar,,,us -«*• --— At L.0range one night last week, a gentlemaa from an adjoining county, being delayed over, took quite an interes in looking th e sights of town. He the acquaintance of several of tho -’. they y thin km </ he e needed neeata a a littlo little \ COQcl udtJ to test hl3 B reed. xClilt5g blin taere , was ^ 1)0 a balloon ascension o^erbeyond the cemetery, he j accompany him, the othert went f around and amv * ^ a bttle in advance of the stranger. It f *«>%■ The •*>** * ?-* bush opened tire, the companion fell, au d shonted to the young man to run for his life. He took the advice, aud immediately. him One when or he two jumps bered up, cat across the cemetery at aspeed tunt would have b lOWC d a race horse, ne«e? ttmcnmg **-'•*-■** ■'"' U °^ r * At William Je.Tri^. a ^t'aoXr ol'ChriSmldi'v f or which he waa arrested and brought l*efore Judge Pibburv. The bond was aaarised at ^200 for appearance ut the ^ty court yesU-r,lay. .He deposited ^d^M^VSeri^faiW amount »ith the^liankof 8 t theVuJ ‘iirfeitett B n u P! >eaVanWth^elore ONE DOLLAR A YEAR; Oaths and Affirmation#. London Globe.] «r The following summary of the forms of oaths in uso in foreign lcgialativo . assemblies • is extracted Pom the reports received at the British Foreign Office at tho time of tho Brad laugh excitement : So Bavaria—I swar * * * help me God and his Holy Gos pol. Denmark—I promise and swear * * * So help me God and His Iloly word. in the of Greece—I swoar name tho Iloly and Consulstantinl and Invisible Darmstadt—I Trinity. * Hesse swear * So help me God. ►Saxe Coburg and*Baden—I swear So help me God. Holland—I swear. Bo help inc God. Portugal—I swear on tho Iloly Gospels. Prussia—I by God, the swoar Almighty and Omniscient * * So help me god. by tho Al¬ Saxony—1 swear mighty God. Sorvia—I swear by or.c Cod and with all that is according to law most sacred and in this world dearest * * So help me Goa in this and that other world. Spain—After swearing on thegos pel, thepresidont says: “ Then may God repay, but if you full may he chi1n.it from you. “ Swcdon and Norway—I (presi¬ dent or vico-prosident only) swoar before God and his holy gospel oatli * * * I will be faithful to this and soul. Switzerland—Li tho prcsonco of tho Almighty God 1 swear * * * So mo God. United States—I do solommly swear * * * So help mo God. In Bavaria non Christians omil tho reference to the gospol. In Holland and tho Uniud States af¬ firmation is optional, In Prussia and in Switzerland affirmation is permitted to thoso who object on Austria religious grounds to tho in oath. In a promise is oath. every Bel¬ case substituted for an In gium and Italy the adjuration is used without any Thcistio refer¬ ence, and in France and Jl'oumania, the German Uoichstng and for dep¬ uties in Sweden and Norway neith¬ er oath nor affirmation is dornand cd. »•«* lie Gels No Sleep. There is ono man in tho legisla¬ ture who of gets biS'busy very littlo brain, sleep it on is account so repvtcd. This man is Hon. \V. C. Glynn from Whitfield. In conver¬ sation with a reporter ho says: “ Restless?—I J'avc not slept for weeks, months. I do not know — I can not remember—what sleep is. I think of sleep now ho as some wished. consu malion devoutly’ to about Sinec I came to this hotel six or sevon weeks ago, I have slept; have not enjoyed such a for gctlnlness of myselt that I could say it was sleep. Tho spirit ol ilfi rest has followed me here watched through night night with me. I suppose I marched a thousand miles these halls, “ he said, said ing by' a sweep of bis hand miles cf winding halls of tho mense hostelry’, “I havo steps with tho night watchman on his endless rounds; I havo started on my lonely sentry’ march as soon as the house became hushed, as sleeper aftof went to his coveted rest,-how I envied them !-and have paced on and on through tho mid¬ night, into the * wee bit hours ayant the twal, ‘ and dawn found ino still restlessly searching for rest in the long dim halls. Sleep has fled my I have tried everything. There is, I believe, but one remedy'. Clear the mind of business, banish cares and calculations and thought, make outcasts of the contempla¬ tions ot tho past and hopes and dreams of the fmure, 16t the present, unburdened, unincumbered with thought, be ail in all; let the dead past bury its dead, and tho morrow take no thought of itself. The mind and body may sleep. Then sleep.may be tempted back and al¬ lured again to yonr pillow. - ■ «♦« Wild Western Ways. Brother S. B. Thayer, who rc ccntlp resigned the editorship ol sho Dexter Gazette to go West and discovcric8 In lhat part of lhc land w hieh caused nim to marvel. ie j, onic coTrt ♦ },«♦ housed? U r>or entering the elegant, an con riuouse ac Cd v.arun\me, i c Ill., he was astonished at tho spcc tac’o of frCc-and casy justieo that him. The spectators wero complacently smoking inuL- pipes a „d cigars ; the jurors were q r j 0 usly engaged in lire samo di version while tho counsel wore “ceimen oi ’ manhood/ physVcul’i^' h?» u' m'hic lone black hair hanging down over hi. shoulders, his feet elevated upon t. (desk of uf, costly lips nsing Italian the marble, and from smoke of r choice X Ia v* fl , ina , to mingle will that of decorated the jurymans arches corn-cob in th« richly above. W« like the Maine style better. llow Laird Saved TIimself. lew congressman who :omo to New York are better kuown than .1 nmes Laird ot Nebraska. \\ hon here lie is a wel¬ come visitor at iho loading dubs. I pon a \isit herb robofitly ho was guest at tho University Club, and lie told thero how ho saved hitnseM from losing four a renominatidn to con- gross years ago. JIo had tarried in Washington until am thin a few days of the con vent *on. r: tho menntimo several - had nppenroa ill . Laird represented a cowboys’ district. One of tho op¬ posing candidates had beenmo ex eoedinglv populah With tho gentle¬ manly “ beet jabbers, ” who secuw to hold tho balance of power Lpon his arrival, howovox, Laird started out for one of tho round¬ ups. Tho cowboys cliango a good . deni during each year, and Laird found that about half of them were "■ strangers to him. 11 0 was dressod in the latest sty* 1 o, and the cowboys concluded lhnt ho was a diido. Among lief others Avho shared this be was a eattlo herder who had lately arrived from Texas, JIo made all sorts ot tun of tho congress lyan, and finally became offensive. Laird resented this troatmonf, and challenged the man to a duel. It was arranged It at they stand off 100 yards anti exchange shots at each other with pistols. Tho cow hoy fired first, and tho throe shots ho aimed at the statesman missed tho mark, Then Laird prepared to tiro. . “Now, "said tho congressman, “ 1 "’*11 not try to kill you upon tho first shot, but I will try to send,. bullet’through 4 _ a tho cro w 11 of hat. ” Ho did just as ho said and theft coply remarked to the now tremb¬ ling cowboy that the next bullet would pierce his right eve. Bo I ore ho had timo to carry out what ho had said, tho cowboy begged lor mercy. “ 1 took you for a dude, but yon have proved yourself a thoroug bred, ’ exclaimed tlm cow puncher. “provided “ J will lot you olfl” said Laird, that you will not treat tho next well dressed man you moot as » dude. ” Thb follow promised; and tho incident made tho cowboys solid! for Laird.—New York Star. Four Percy; soft, “Calliope, thrilling ” lender said the, youth, iri gazed loudly in tho tones, as ho boautifu! face of tho girl who ant beside him on the crimson crush-plush tidy dccoratod sofa, “ Calliope, ” and lm pressed tho snowy, Telrety and shapely hand which he had token in his, and which wos not with drawn, “the time has coma for a perfect understand ing between us. i can no longer live in uncertainty. I must know my fate, Drifting, about in tho 1 Dismal swamp’ of doubt nnd suspense is making r*y life a tortur*. I must deelare my*, self. passionately, Calliope, I lov« yon, tenderly; and it ig for devotedly, you to say wk<*ther that lovo is to be my happiness or misery. Tell Hie, Calliope, uweot est, dearcofct, fairest, tell me, ean you roturn my affection?" “ Oh, Algernon, murmured tho beautiful maiden, a deep blush overspreading her lovely and ext pressivo cloudlet countenance, us the shad¬ ow of a pnasses over tho silvery surface of a stream on a sun¬ ny June day, “ this is so sudden. ’* “ Oh, answor me, ” ho t • imp’orod, “ do not s|>are my feelings, death is preferable to suspense. " fclho turned away her faco to con' coal ho* confusion, as she, replied; in tones as soft, sweet Rnd musical, as ever trembled on the strings of the lyre of Orpheus : “ it is useless fer mo to deny tha<* you havo made a deep impression on my heart, and—and—but let that admission contont yon. Maid cd modesty forbids me to say more. “ Oh, my darling,-" he exclaimed, as he passionately kissed her hand, “ you have made mo tho happiest, of men. But thero is one thing about whieh I wish to be satisfied have I a rival in your affections? " You havo not. ” “ Tuero is iu/tliiiig between P«>rcy Yardslic and you ?“ *» But Absolutely lie nothing." *- w- loves you, and swears ho will win you. ” is—” “ Jic not afraid, ” she said, “ luj “ Poor ? »» “ VVor8o than that. ” r ‘ JIo is what ? ” and in broatfilcJsfi excitement ho awaited her answer. “He is—"and placing her ro.-y lips close to his ear while her color came and went, revealing in he** faco the lily and tho rose, sho mu» - mured in a voice as soft as the sigh of a zephyr—“He’s in tho sc up." —Boston Courier. OOoTicreTot „ _ public Ovc.* 5UU lands w«ro ontorod in tb« sluto of Ain •><■>»» year, and the govoro ment got more than 8300,000 for it. riicy were mostly long-reglectod m i nura | ' nn d timber ' lands ’ the T «« of which , is now becon Ing boU l e«’ appreciated, aud tho l oik of ^bem were purchased by C'Omptf. uies or syndicates.