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JACKSON HERALD. ROBERT S. HOWARD, / Editor and Publisher. s VOLUME I. Professional 1 & business fords. JO!t3i J. SXIUCKLA\I>, ATT OK X EY-A T-L A W, DanielSVille, Ga., AV ill promptly attend to all business entrusted to him. dec 17, ’BO. Du. nr. it. cash, NICHOLSON, GA., Tenders his professional services to the surround ing country. Rheumatism, Neuralgia and the dis eases of women a specialty. - Feb. 13th, ISBO. ' ly nOWAKD riIOIII'SOA. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Gainesville, Ga. Prompt and faithful attention given to all busi ness placed in his hands. WILEY V. HOWARD, Attorne siftil Counselor at Law, JEFFERSON, GA. Will attend faithfully to all business entrusted t° his earc - mchi, SILMA.Y A TnOMPSOH, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, J EFFE KSOX, G A, M ill practice in Jackson and adjoining counties. iepf JwtK’rfiaemettk JVotice to Contractors. WIliL be let, to the lowest bidder, before the Court House door in Jefferson, on Wednes day, the 18th day of May, 1881, the contract for building the bridge across the Mulberry river, at the place known as the Lvle l>ridge, under the following specifications, to-wit: Said bridge to be built on a level with west bank of the river, with two spans—one a queen post truss fifty feet, the other common span length to suit length of balance of bridge; one arch, to be built in river upon a crib, length of same to suit height!) of arch and eight feet wide, with middle sill at the bottom, and of timbers 10x12 inches, notched into each other so as not to leave more than two inches space between, and pinned with two-inch pins at each corner and filled up with rock; arch or trestle to be set upon said crib and fastened by banding over end of mud sill with three-inch bar iron, bolted into threelogs of crib; two main rods of iron, U inches in diameter, to extend from through middle sill in bottom of crib up through mud sill, cap sill and one sleeper, and securely fastened with tap and washer; two other arches to be built in the same manner and let into the ground at least six feet and filled in on with rock and dirt at each embankment. All sleepers to be 10x12 or Bxl2 inches, and to lap three feet over cap sills; uprights to trestle or arch to be 10x12 inches, tenented and morticed half through cap sills and pinned ; cap sills 10x12 inches, 15 feet long ; mud sills 12x14 inches, length to suit highth of arch ; iiooring 2x12 inches, 14 feet long ; ban isters made of 3x4 scantling; uprights placed 8 feet apart, morticed through the floor and keyed on under side and braced on outside ; floor to be Spiked down with 40-penny spikes, two in each end of plank, and right and left in intermediate sleepers. Sleepers in old bridge down the -river allowed to be used in crib and all iiooring that is sound and suitable. All timbers to be good heart, and if hewn to be well and smoothly done. Bond, with two good securities, required in a sum double the amount of the hid, conditioned for a faithful complyance of the contract, immediately after the letting. The work to he paid for when completed in accordance with the specifications, and to be completed in fifty days from the time of letting. Full and complete specifications can be seen at this office. apllo 11. W. BELL, Ord’y. Jackson Cousify. Whereas, the road commissioners, appointed for the purpose of reviewing and reporting upon the public utility of establishing as one of the public roads of said county the road commencing near Pleasant Ilill school-house, on the Gainesville and Homer road, and running the traveled way over the lands of W. S. Crisler and J. O. Browning, and intersecting at the forks of the Gainesville and Gillsville roads, on the Hall county line; also, the road commencing at the Jefferson and Monroe road, near Hancock's bridge, on the Mulberry river, and being the traveled way by I. T. Austin’s, the Holliday mill place and intersecting with the Athens and Lawrenceville road near-James Thur mond's.. Said commissioners having reported said roads of public utility, an order will he granted, finally establishing said roads as public roads, on Monday, the 23d day of May, 18S1, if no good cause to the contrary is shown on or by that day. Given under my official signature, this April 20th, 1881. 11. W. BELL, Ord’y. EOMtftilA. JiickNou County. Whereas, Z. W. Hood makes application to me in proper form for Letters of Administration with the will annexed of Steven Wilson, late of said county, dec’d— This is to cite all concerned, kindred and cred itors, to show cause, if any they can, on the iirst Monday in June, 1881, at the regular term of the Court of Ordinary of said county, why said letters should not be granted the applicant. Given under my official signature, this May 4, 1881. H. W. BELL, Ord’y. Gr CORC3IA, .lackfion County. W hereas, W. A. V\ atson makes application to me in proper form for Letters of Administration upon the estate of Martha A. Hunter, late of said county, dec'd— This is to cite all concerned, kindred and cred itors, to show cause, if any they can, at the Court of Ordinary of said county, on the first Monday in June, ISSI, why said letters should not be granted the applicant. Given under my official signature, this May 4th, 1881. 11. W. BELL, Ord’y. Guardian's Sale. A GREEABLY to an order from the Court of XL Ordinary of Jackson count}', Ga.. 1 will sell at public out-cry, in the town of Jefferson,-Ga., on the first Tuesday in June next, to the highest bidder, the following property, to-wit: One tract of land, situated iu said county, containing twen ty-five acres, more or less, adjoining lands of Bar nett, Dupson and others. About six acres in cultivation, balance in old field and woods. No improvements. Terms cash. • A. A. WILLIAMS, Guardian of J. M. Williams. Notice to Debtors aiul Creditors. ALL persons having demands against Thomas Dalton, late of said county, deceased, are hereby notified and required to present them, properly attested, to the undersigned, within the time prescribed by law, and all persons indebted to said deceased are hereby required to make im mediate payment. may 6 J. L. WILLIAMSON, Adm'r. To Debtors and Creditors. ALL persSns having demands against Micager Williamson, late of said county, deceased, are hereby notified and required to present them, properly attested, to the undersigned, within the time prescribed by law. and all persons indebted to said deceased are hereby required to make im mediate payment. may G J. L. WILLIAMSON, Adm'r. HHKL IBitterSl PURELY VEGETABLEtaggp m Xri si -AjaSfegi Molhcrs, Wives, Daiighters, §on., Fa> liters, Ministers, Teachers, ISn*iness Men, Earmers, Meehnnies, AI.I. should he warned against using and introducing into their 51OMES Nostrums and Alcoholic Remedies. Have no such prejudice against, or fear of, “ War tier's !*iafe Tonie Slitters.” They are what they are claimed to be—harmless as milk, and contain only medicinal virtues. Extract of Choice Vegetables only. They do not belong to that class known as “ Cure-Alls,” hut only profess to reach cases where the disease originates in debilitated frames and impure blood. A perfect Spring and Sninmrr Medicine. A TlioroiMlooil Purifier. A Tonic Appetizer. Pleasant to the taste, invigorating to the body. The most eminent physicians recommend them for their Curative Properties. Once used , ahoays preferred. Trial Size, & Oe. Full Size (largest in market) &l. TRY THEM.ji I‘’r the Sihim-ys, I.iver ami Urinary Organs, use nothing hut “ SAFE KIOAEY AXI> IAYEK CURE.” It stands UNRIVALLED. Tho usands owe their health and happiness to it. offer “ War ner's Safe Tonic Bitters” with equal confidence. H. H. WARNER & CO., Rochester, N, Y. THE TEAM! A LARGE AND COMPLETE STOCK OF BLANK BOOKS -AND Stationery, LEDGERS, JOURNALS, LETTER BOOKS, - WRITING TAPER. ENVELOPES, INK, MUCILAGE, INK STANDS, PENCILS, Etc. Churches and Ministers supplied with Books at publishers prices, by * BURKE A ANDERSON, Feb. 25 Athens, Ga. ENCOURAGE HOME MANUFACTURES. Maysvillc Shoe Factory. We manufacture all kinds of shoes ; mens’ Brogans .and Boots, ladies’ High and Low Quar tered Shoes, childrens’ Shoes" HARNESS and BRIDLES. We are prepared to make all kinds of line work. Wo work the best material in the most popular styles, and Warrant our Work Equal to any Goods on the Market. We have experienced workmen employed, for both coarse and fine work. As we defy competi tion in quality, prices and service, we hope to have the pleasure of supplying you with Boots and Shoes. BROWN & RILEY. __ Maysvillc, Ga. £@UWe also keep constantly on hand a select stock of Groceries and Provisions. Bacon, Lard. Sugar, Coffee, Syrup, Dry Goods, etc., etc. Notice to Tax-Payers! Xwill he at the following named places and dates, for the purpose of receiving your Tax Returns for the year 1881 : Randolph's, April 4th, May 2d and 17th. House’s, April sth, May 4th and 18th. Chandler’s, April Gth, May sth and l!)th. Santer Fe, April 7th, May oth and 20th. Clarkesborough, April Bth and 18th, May oth. Human’s Store, April 11th and 29th, May 23d. William Grilieth's, April 12th and 27th, May 24 th. Maysvillc, April 13th and 2Gth, May 25th and 26th. Harmony Grove, April 14th and 22d, May 12th. Nicholson, April 15th and 20th, May 11th. Center, April 10th. White’s Mill. April 21st. Nunn's Store, April 25th. Benjamin Atkins', April 28th. Jasper N. Thompson’s, May 3d. Williamson’s Mill, May 10th. Apple Valley, May 13th. Maddox’s Mill, May 16th. DeLaperriere's Store, May 27th. I will be at Jefferson every Saturday till first of June, at which time my books will be closed. •J. W. N. LANIER, Tax Receiver Jackson County, MANKOOD HOW LOST, IIOW RESTORED! Just published, anew edition of DR. CL7LYER WELL’S Celebrated Essay on the radical cure of Spermatorrhoea or Seminal Weakness Invol untary Seminal Losses, Imfotency,. Mental and Physical Incapacity, Impediments to Marriage, etc*; also, Consumption, Epilepsy and Fits, induced by self-indulgence or sexual extravagance, & c. The celebrated author, in this admirable Essay, clearly demonstrates, from a thirty years’ suc cessful practice, that the alarming consequences of self-abuse may be radically cured ; pointing out a mode of cure at once simple, certain, and effectual, by means of which every sufferer, no matter what his condition may be. may cure him self cheaply, privately, and radically. JSJaP'This Lecture should be in the hands of every youth and ever}’ man in the land. Sent under seal, in a plain envelope, to any ad dress, post-paid , on receipt of six cents or two postage stamps. Address the Publishers, THE OULVERWELL MEDICAL CO . 41 Ann St., New York, N. Y, ; P. O. Box, 45SC. JEFFERSON. JACKSON COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY. MAY 20. 1881. A WOMAN’S SACRIFICE. “You might do better, John.” Mrs. Williams spoke fretfully, as the news told her by her own son was not pleasant for her to hear. “ Better, mother!” What a ringing, clear voice it was. So strong and hearty, as if to match the tall, stalwart figure, the bright brown eyes and handsome sunny face of John Williams. Better ! And now a hearty laugh rang out. As if there lived a better woman than Han nali Coyle. “But, John, she is only a shop girl.” “ She won’t be a shop girl when she is my wife. lam not a rich man, hut my salar}' will make a comfortable home for all of us.” “ She will turn me out of doors, like enough.” “ Mother,” cried John, with a quiver of anger running through him, “you should know Hannah Coyle better than that.” Mrs. Williams' conscience gave her a sharp twinge, for she did know Hannah better than to think she would deprive a helpless old woman of her only support.” But Mrs. Williams, like many a fond moth er, had nursed such high hopes for the future matrimonial prospects of her boy that she felt only a rude shock of disappointment when he told her of his engagement. “Surely,” she mused, after John had left her for his daily routine of duty, “surely John might aspire to something higher than a shop girl.” lie was well educated, well connected, and occupied a responsible position. Just one week later Hannah Coyle came to the house where she was to have grudging welcome as its mistress, and, entering softly, went to the cripple woman's side. Crouched down among the cushions, seem ing to have shrunk to less than her misery, was the fond mother, her frame shivering in convulsive agony, her words always the same. “ Oh, John, my son, my good son, oh, Heavenly Father, let me die !” She had been all one long night so moan- ing, so sobbing, utterly desolate, utterly alone. The son she idolized* the trusted clerk, tho fond, proud lover was in a cell awaiting bis trial for forgery. He had been arrested for passing a forged check, taken in the very act of attempting to cash it at the bank. The story he had told of its possession was so improbable that it still further injured him, and gave personal revenge an addition mo tive for his punishment. He said that Gerald Somers, the son of one of the partners of the firm, had sent him to the bank with the check. It scarcely needed the young man’s indig nant denial to contradict this story. A friend of the same employ had gone to the mother and told her tho news as kindly and gently as possible. A fierce and stout pride had kept the old lady up during that trying interview, but once she was alone, she crouched in the cush ions of the chair and moaned out the utter misery of her heart. There was no strong arm to lift her to her own room that night. There was no hearty, ringing voice to hid her good morning. Still the feeble voice, freighted with its burden of anguish, moaned its sad refrain, when the door opened and Hannah Coyle came in. No friend had broken the news gently to the young girl. But the shock came rudely on her from the columns of the daily newspapers. It was not in one hour or two that she could conquer her own grief so as to leave her own house. But when the first battle was over in her heart she went at once to where she knew John would have her go. So, when faint with her long night of mis ery, the mother lay moaning, a kind hand was laid upon her shoulder, and a voice clear and sweet, with womanly tenderness, spoke the dearest word on earth : f ‘ Mother !*’ She looked up with haggard, bloodshot eyes, and saw bending over her a face that love, pity and deep, unutterable tenderness had transformed into positive beauty. “ Mother,” the sweet voice said, “ this is not what John would wish.” The mother’s tears, the first she bad shed, flowed fast at the sound of her son's name. “Oh, Hannah,” she said, “ } ? ou do not be lieve John is guilty ?” “ John guilty,” she cried, her voice ringing like a trumpet call, her eyes flashing and her cheeks growing crimson, “ mother, how can you put the words together ? You know that I know he is innocent.” “ But he is in prison. 110 will be tried.” This was the first conversation that drew the hearts of the two women together, but the bond that knit them during the months that followed was that of suffering and sorrow that would have torn the heart of the man whom they trusted and loved during his darkest hours. FOR THE PEOPLE. It is not in the power of our pen to de. scribe the desolate home to which this news was carried. They never doubted him, even in the face of all the overwhelming evidence that con demned him, but Heaven seemed to desert them when they knew the result of the trial. Hannah Coyle was not pretty. Her fea tures were plain, her eyes soft brown, and she had a sweet mouth, that could smile bravely and light her face in their darkest hours. But she had one great beauty in long, heavy masses of hair of a rich dark brown, and of which she was fond and proud, be cause John admired it. “It is mv only beauty,” she would say, when old Mrs. Williams exclaimed at its pro fusion, “and I must keep and pretty for John’s sake. He must find his wife un altered, waiting for him when ho comes home.” This was before the crushing verdict that ended the young elerk's trial. Fortunately the old lady owned a little legacy from her dead husband, but as the weary months crept slowly along, poverty showed its ugly face in the humble home. Hannah worked faithfully at her old post until Mrs. Williams was taken very ill. Sorrow and anxiety began to have physical as well as mental effect, and the mother bow ed down, aged more in one year of separation from her son than she had ever been in ten of their loving companionship. It was impossible to leave her alone, and the situation was resigned. Nearer crept the gaunt wolf povertj”. Little articles of furniture that could be spared were sold, little comforts were denied, extra hours were given to the poorly paid sewing that replaced Hannah’s work, and yet actual hunger was staring them in the face. Nearly two years had John Williams slept in a convict's cell, when one morning, Han nah Coyle, leaving her self-imposed charge sleeping, went to one of the fashionable hair dressers. “ I have come to sell my hair,” choking back her tears and thinking—it will grow out again before John comes home.” The proprietor led her to the hair-dressing room, and hid his amazement at the superb profusion under a hard, half contemptuous smile. When left, only three shillings had been laid for her closely cropped head ; yet, that wotild keep life a little longer in the feeble frame of John’s mother, and Hannah was thankful. She was rapidly walking home, when she was attracted for a moment by a crowd, and her feet seemed paralyzed as she heard a man say, “ I saw his face. It is Gerald Somers.” “ Is he much hurt ?” “ Fatall} f , I should say. One of the horses put his foot on his breast.” Hannah never paused to contemplate pos sibilities. She forced her way through the crowd into the room where the young man lay waiting for death. “ You cannot go in.” “ It’s a matter of life and death. I must see him before he dies.” On a sofa covered with a sheet lay the handsome, dissipated son of the merchant prince. Kneeling beside him was the father, and the physician stood at the head of the couch. They had thought all consciousness dead when a clear voice spoke the dying man’s name. He opened his eyes wildly and the clear voice spoke again in words of most solemn import: “ As j’ou hope for mercy in the next world, tell the truth of John Williams’ innocence.” He gasped convulsively, while his father looked inquiringly at the intruder. “ John Williams,” said the dying voice, feebl3 r , “ was innocent. I did give him the check as he said. I wrote the signature.” “ Gerald,” cried the father, ‘‘ls this true ?” “ It is true, as I hope for God’s mercy.” There was a moment of silence, and then the old man turned to Hannah : “ Who arc } r ou ?” “ John Williams’ promised wife.” “ Go. I will do you justice. Leave me with my son.” She bowed her head and went slowly from the presence of the dying man. James Somers kept his word. He was an upright man, and sacrificed the name of the dead to right that of the living. lie never took John back. The sight of his face was too exquisitely painful, but he paid him his full salary for the time of his absence and found him a lucrative position. It was the day of the coming home. Mrs. Williams, in her arm chair, was smil ing upon John as he caresseed Hannah’s cropped hair. Very grave and pale his sunny face had become, but he smiled as his mother said : For trial onl}' separated them more surely and terribly. Twelve intelligent men, after hearing all the evidence, pronounced a verdict of guilty, and John Williams was sentenced for ten years. “It was for me, John, she sacrificed her splendid hair. I can never tell you all she sacrificed for me, but that speaks for itself.” Clasping Hannah in a close embrace, he said : “Do you think now, mother. I might do better ?” “No, if you could marry an empress.” She thinks so still, and John agrees with her, though lie has been married three years and Hannah’s hair is as superb as ever. The Age of Judas. “Am Brudder Artichoke Hurricane in de hall ?” softly inquired the President of the Lime-kiln Club, as tho triangle ceased its echoes. Mr. Hurricane was there. He rose from his seat and walked slowly forward to the President’s desk. “ Brudder Hurricane,” continued the President, “ 3>ou war down on de Central market de odder day. Instead of buying a piece of sturgeon and a head of cabbage and gwine home about 3'our biznes, you stopped an’ got into an arg3’inent wid Dujau Smith about de aige of Judas when he betrayed de Savior. Am I k’rect bout dis ?” “ Yes, sah.” “ Arter de argyraent had continued for some little time, and when it becum sartin dat you couldn’t agree, you called Smith a liar, an’ he called 3'ou a human hj’ena. Your loud voices brought a crowd, an’ a purliscman finel3’ ordered you off de market under penalty of arrest. Am I k’rect, Brudder Hurricane ?” “ Yes, sah.” “ Well, den, let me ask you what differ ence it makes to you whedder Judas was 25 or 75 years of age when he sold out ?” “ I doan’ spect it makes an\* difference, sail.” “II Judas had uebber libed at all, would not you have jist as much work and jist as good wages as now ?” “ I ’pose so.” “If dat same Judas had deen 500 y’ars ole when he took dat money', would you have to pay any more house rent dan now ?” “No, sail,” “ Den it seems to me dat you made a plumb up an’ down fule of yourself. How does it seem with you ? “Jist dat way, sah.” “ Werry good ; you kin resoome yer seat. Wliem a man am satisfied in his own mind dat he has made a fool of hisself, dar’ hain’t much left to argy about. Bea leetle keerful in de fucher. Let de Opostles strictly alone ; it won’t make any difference war’ twelve or twenty-four of ’em. Let de ole Prophets alone. No matter how many dey numbered, or what dey prophesied, de price of cowhide boots will not be less clan free dollars while you an’ your children exists. Arter dis, go yer own bizness, regarless of Judas Iscariot, Daniel in the lion’s den, or any body else who has been buried over 100 y’ars.”* Pay as You Go. The best of all rules for successful house keeping and making both ends of the year meet, is pay as you go.” Beyond all countries in the world, ours is the one in which the credit is the most used and abused. Pass books are the bane and pest of domestic economy, a perpetual plague, vexation and swindle. Abused bj T servants at the store and the house, disputed constantly by house keepers and dealers, they are temptations to both parties to do wrong. “ I never had that “We neglected to enter this “ I forgot to bring the book Never mind, we’ll make a note of itand so it goes. The worst of it is, that housekeepers are tempted to order what they have not the means to pay for, and when the month or quarter comes for settle ment, they are straightened. A family can live respectably on a very moderate income, if they always take the cash in hand and buy where they can buy to the best advantage. Then they will be careful first to bu3' what is necessar3’. Extra comforts will be had if they can afford them. But it is bad policy to bu3' on credit. No wise dealer sells so cheaply on credit as for cash. The First Fifty Dollars. The # first fifty dollars that a 3'oung man honestly earns, and saves over and above his expenses while earning it, will ordinaril}’ stamp upon his mind and character two of the most important conditions of success in after life—industr3 r and econom3\ It is far better f<*r him that he should earn the first fifty dollars than that-it should be given him. If ho earns it he knows what it is worth, since it represents to him a great amount of effo*. If he saves it while earning a much larger sum, be acquires thereby a habit of economy’. Neither of these valuable lessons is taught b3 r a pure gift. On the whole, it is no serious disadvantage to 3'oung men to begin life poor. Most persons who have become rich in this county were once poor, and in their poverty they gained habits from the stern necessity of their condition which in the sequel result ed in riches. Those who are born with “ sil ver spoons in their mouths,” and spend their earlv r life in idleness and prodigality, seldom excel as men in the practical business oflifc. S terms, $1.50 PER ANNUM. ( SI.OO for Six Months. Isn’t there a seeming incongruon9ness in describing a total abstinence lecturer as at work in the moral vineyard ? The colossal works begun five years tgo for the improvement of the port of Genoa have been successfully completed. An exhibition of works of art was opened at Yeddo, in Japan, on the 15th of March. It is to close on the 30th of June. It con* tains many French pictures. A colony of eighty-four persons at St. Peter. Minn., is composed of one woman and her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchil* drcn, with their husbands and wives. Shakspeare's works are being rendered in to the Malo-Russian language by a well known writer in that dialect, M. Kulish, who has already completed a translation of six of the plays. The supply of water received in Rome by the aqueducts from the Alban hills is mag nificent, but it does not ascend to the top of the highest houses. It is now proposed to put up works to accomplish this end. The Prosecuting Attorney of Columbus, Ohio, bent all his energies to the conviction of Lef Thomas, a supposed robber, and ia now bending them to secure his pardon, be ing convinced that he is innocent. The Princess Dolgorouki, the morganatic wife of the late Czar, is instructing her finan cial agents to invest largely on her behalf in American securities, in which she has already placed between two and three million dollars lowa is not pleased with the boys sent from New York by philanthropists. The newspa pers declare that '* they come from the purlieus of the great cities, and are impregnated with vices,” and call on the Governor to stop such immigration. The oldest postmaster in the Union is Ed ward Stabler, of Sandy Spring, Montgomery count}’, Md. Me has held that office fifty-one .years, and has been under eighteen Post master Generals. lie is 87 years old, and still lives in the house in which he was born- Herbert Bismarck, for whom the diplomatic cloak of his father is intended, has been in duced by the remonstrances of his family to abandon the wife of Prince Corolath Benthem, with whom he ran away. The erring lady is in Venice, living, or rather, it is said, dying in a small hotel. One of tho youngest church edifices in the > United States has the oldest steeple. It is the Episcopal church at Tacumsa, Washing ton Territory. The building is of logs and ’ the tower is a tall fir tree which has been cut off forty feet from the ground, on the top of which is a cross and bell. The rings of tho tree show it to be 300 years old. At the depot in West Cornwall, N. Y., re cently, people were stupefied at seeing a young woman attempt the difficult feat of entering the car through the window. She had never before seen a railroad train, having lived in the inland country, and said she thought that was the regular method of ingress. She is about twenty years of age. Joseph K. Emmet, who is reported by cable as having been put in a lunatic asylum at Liverpool on account of alcoholism, has been financially the most successful actor in the world. He is equally popular in the United States, England and Australia, and can make contracts readily with managers wherever he goes for seven performances a week at SSOO each. At the close of the recent trial of the Ni hilist conspirators both the Empress and Count Loris MelikolT begged the Czar to com mute the sentence on them and proclaim the Constitution which Alexander 11. had drawn up shortly before his death; but the Czar re plied that he must fulfill the oath of venge ance he had sworn before his father when 110 was dying. At the Czar's recent residence of Gatchina a subterranean passage leads from his bed room to the stables, where a number of horses are kept saddled day and night. Sentinels are posted at intervals of twenty yards all round the building. The imperial bedroom, which has two windows protected at night by massive iron shutters, can only bo reached from the outside by passing through three spacious ante-chambers, in which are posted eighty Cossacks armed to the teeth. The General on service sits in an easy chair, and his Cossacks on a divan which runs round the room. At the General’s right hand is an electric apparatus, which rings a bell in every guard house within the palace grounds when the Emperor is about to retire to rest. Be fore shutting his door he removes the outer handle, so that no entrance can be effected till he himself personally opens the door from the inside. Unlike his late father, he cannot endure an armed soldier in his bedroom.. The habit of opium smoking is common all over China, but it is in the comparatively un known half of China, west of the 1101. U meridian, that it is most prevalent. In some parts of western Hu Pei and eastern Szechuen it is all but universal; there are few adult 9 in any station of life who do i\ot take an oc casional whiff, and the verytstreets of tho towns and villages reek with opium fumes. The practice is there indulged in the most open manner, and no more stigma or disgrace attaches to it than to smoking tobacco. Mr. Watters, the British Consul at Ichang. made careful inquiries last year into the origin of the practice, and he found that it had been indulged in for several hundred years before either the present reigning d3*nasty or foreign merchants and their opium were ever dreamt of. The custom generations ago passed into the family sacra, and at funerals in the west of China, among other gifts which are trans mitted into the next world, by burning paper fac similes of them in this for the solace of the departed, is a complete set of opium smoking requisites—pipe, lamp, needle, &c. By the people the habit, so far from being regarded as a curse, is looked on as a sine gua non for a Chinaman who wishes to make the best of both worlds. NUMBER 13.