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JACKSON HERALD.
ROBERT S. HOWARD,/
Editor and Publisher. )
VOLUME I.
iViiul Htbetfeemente.
Jackwon 4't>univ.
Whereas, C. W. Ilood, Executor of Z. S. Mood,
deceased, represents to this Court, by his petition
duly filed, that he has fully and completely ad
ministered said deceased's estate, and is entitled
to a discharge from said administration —-
This is to cite all concerned, kindred and cred
itors, to show cause, if any they can, on the first
Monday in September, 1881, at the regular term
of the Court of Ordinary of said count}', why Let
ters of Dismission should not be granted the ap
plicant from said trust.
(Jiven under toy official signature, this May 30.
1881. H. W. HELL, Ord’y.
(1 i:oi(4l t, .Incltson t'ountr.
J
Whereas, .James L. Williamson. Executor on
fiie estate of John S. Hunter, late of said county,
deceased, applies for leave to sell the land belong
ing to the estate of said deceased—
This is to cite all concerned, kindred and cred
itors, to show cause, if any, at the regular term
of the Court of Ordinary of said county, on the
first Monday in August, ISSI, why said leave
should not be granted the applicant.
(Jiven under my oilicial signature, this June 28,
1881. 11. W. BELL, Ord’y.
A, Jackson County.
Whereas, James L. Williamson, Administrator
on the estate of Thomas Dalton, late of said coun
ty, dec’d, applies for leave to sell the land belong
ing to the estate of said deceased—
This is to cite all concerned, kindred and cred
itors, to show cause, if any, on the first Monday
in August, 1881, at the regular term of the Court
of Ordinary of said county, why said leave should
not he granted the applicant.
(Jiven under mv oilicial signature, this June 28,
1881. * 11. W. HELL, Ord’y.
| | DOKGIIA, Jackson County.
Whereas, James Greer, Administrator of Win
ney Wiliamson, late of said comity, deceased,
applies forlcavc to sell the land*and real estate
belonging to the estate of said deceased—
This is to cite all concerned, kindred and cred
itors, to show cause, if any, before the Court of
Ordinary of said county, on the first Monday in
August, 1881, why said leave should not be grant
ed the applicant.
Given under my official signature, this June 28,
1881. 11. W. BELL, Ord’y.
j IJOIMiiIA, Jackson County.
Whereas. James L. Williamson, Administrator
of M. Wiliiamson, late of said county, dec’d, ap
plies for leave to sell the land and real estate of
said deceased—
This is to cite all concerned, kindred and cred
itors, to show cause, if any, before the Court of
Ordinary of said county, on the first Monday in
August, 1881, why said leave should not be grant
ed the applicant.
Given under mv official signature, this June 28,
1881. 11. W. BELL, Ord’y.
f DOIUiJIA, .laoliMon County.
Whereas, C. M. Wood, Administrator on the
estate of A. M. hoggins, late of said county, de
ceased, represents to the Court, by his petition
duly filed, that he has fully administered said es
tate, and is entitled to a discharge—
This is to cite all concerned, kindred and cred
itors, to show cause, at the Court of Ordinary of
said county, on the lirst Monday in October, 1881,
why said applicant should not have Letters of Dis
mission from his said trust. •
(Jiven under my official signature, this June 28,
1881. H. W. BELL. Ord’y.
Whereas, W. P. Cosby, Administrator on the
estate of Frances C. Cosby, late of said county,
deceased, represents to the Court that he has fully
administered said estate, and is therefore entitled
to Letters of Dismission—
This is to cite all concerned, kindred and cred
itors, to show cause, at the Court of Ordinary of
said county, on the first Monday in October, 1881,
why said letters should not be granted the appli
cant.
Given under my official signature, this June 28,
1881. 11. W. BELL, Ord’y.
QEORGIA, Jackson County.
Whereas, upon application to me, in terms of
the law, by one-fifth of the qualified voters of the
253d District, G. M., of said county, asking for
an election to be called in said District, that the
question of the restriction of the sale of intoxicat
ing liquors in said District may be submitted to
the voters thereof—
It is hereby ordered that an election be held in
said District, at the usual place of holding elec
tions in the same, on Saturday, the 6th day of
August, 1881; that those voting at said election
who favor restriction shall have written or printed
on their ballots the words, ‘‘For Restriction,”
and those who oppose shall have written or print
ed on their ballots the words, “Against Restric
tion," and that the managers of said election shall
keep duplicate list of voters and talley sheets,
certify atul sign the same, one of which shall be
filed with the Clerk of the Superior Court of said
county and the other forwarded without delay to
his Excellency the Governor.
July 8 11. W. BELL, Ord’y.
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“ To be Shot at Six.”
The Melancholy Fate oj a French War Cor
respondent at Tunis—From the B<dl
Room to the Place of
Execution.
From the French of Albert Millaud.
A terrible example lias been made in Tunis.
One of the special correspondents attached to
the expedition now in the field against the
Kroumirs was Camille Farcy', well known as
a brilliant writer. lie had long been con
nected with La France , one of the leading
journals. The army which lie was detailed
to accompany was that of Gen. Forgcmol.
This officer is a martinet and entertains the
most rigid ideas regarding discipline. Before
the expedition left Algiers he, in conjunction
with General Vinccndon, concocted the fol
lowing pledge, which all the journalists were
obliged to sign : “I, , promise
upon my honor to transmit no information
whatever, either by telegraph or by’ mail, or
by any other means, without first having sub
mitted my manuscript to the examination of
the officer commanding the expedition, or to
such officer or officers as he may delegate
that power to. I further agree that any fail
ure to keep this pledge will expose me to the
rigors of martial law.”
This document was signed by all the cor
respondents attached to the expedition.
When Farcy’s turn came, lie took the pen,
but it was with evident reluctance that lie
signed. When lm had done so, he said, to
Forgcmol:
“ General, I sign this document only be
cause lam forced to do so; because without
doing so I could not fulfill my duty as a cor
respo. dent; because without doing so I could
not accompany the expedition. But I warn
you, sir, that I shall speak the truth, the
whole truth, and nothing but the truth, f oucli
ing such matters as may r come under my’ ob
servation.” And with a defiant glance at the
General, Camille withdrew. The old General
gnawed his grizzled moustache to conceal his
wrath. lie did what perhaps most men would
have done—lie set a spy to dog the footsteps
of Farcy. The expedient was successful.
Two evenings after the spy detected the jour
nalist, under a disguise, quitting the camp,
lie followed and saw him deposit a large en
velope in one of the minor post offices upon
the Algerian frontier. He was at once ar
rested and conducted to Forgcmol’s head
quarters.
“Aha!” said the General, “at it already,
ray fine fellow. Well, what have we here?”
and he seized and broke open the envelope.
“ Hum—addressed to La France. Evidently’
some correspondence which you were sending
without my knowledge.”
“ Yes, General,” said Farcv, calmly’.
“ Let us see what it is,” said Forgcmol, as
he began to peruse the letter.
” General,” said Farcy’, coldly, “ permit me
to remind you that you are violating private
correspondence.”
“ Private correspondence ? Bah !” retort
ed Forgcmol. “ Very private, indeed ; all
Paris would know it in another day,” and lie
resumed his reading.
There were some severe strictures in the
letter upon the conduct of the campaign.
Forgemol’s reading was interrupted by’ oaths,
and when he finished he was purple with
wrath.
“So,” said he, grimly, “you consider your
self competent to judge of the operations of
a General in the field, do you? Well, sir,
you shall have a taste of martial law to add
to your knowledge of military affairs.”
Farcy disdained to defend himself. A
court martial was immediately convened. Its
proceedings were summary—its sentence
short: “ Camille Farcy is condemned to be
shot at G in the morning.”
It was then midnight. The doomed man
was placed in charge of a Lieutenant and a
squad of soldiers, put upon a special train,
and was borne swiftly to the capital city,
Algiers, where the execution was to take
place.
At 5:30 o'clock the train dashed into the
cFy. It passed under the walls of the palace
where Albert Grevy, the Governor General,
lives in state. The windows were brightly
lighted and the strains of a waltz were borne
to the ears of the prisoner. The Governor
was giving a ball.
“You have half an hour in which to pre
pare for death,” said the Lieutenant, com
passionately ; “ would you like to have me
send for a priest ?”
“I suppose,” said Farcy, “you will grant
my last request?”
“ Yes.”
“ Then let me go to the ball. I would like
to have a waltz before I die.”
The officer bowed and repaired to M.
Grevv’s palace.
“ His request shall bo granted,” said the
President's brother. “ Who could refuse a
dying man’s request ? Bring him here ; he
shall dance with my daughter.”
And it was done. The last moments of his
fife were spent upon a ball room floor.
At 6 o’clock the officer spoke:
“ The file is waiting.” said he.
“ Let us go,” said Farcy. He saluted the
JEFFERSON. JACKSON COUNTY. GA., FRIDAY, JULY 22. 1881.
dancers and withdrew. When he reached the
ground where the file w as awaiting him lie re
fused to allow his eyes to be bandaged, and
demanded permission to give the word of
command.
" May all journalists do as I have done,”
said he ; ”it is their duty.” Then folding
his arms he cried :
“ Fire 1”
The crash of the muskets rang out on the
morning air. Camille Farcy fell dead, pierced
with balls.
The vengeance of General Forgcmol was
accomplished.
- [From the Atlanta Constitution.]
Bill Arp to Commissioner Henderson.
Carteksville, July’ I.—According to
your request I send you a quart of Dallas
wheat. I send also some in the straw from
the sheaf, so that you may note the three
distinct varieties that make up the Dallas
combination. The dominant kind has a long
tapering head ; then there is the heavy bearded
head, and the other I call the swell head as
it is larger at the tip than elsewhere and seems
all in a strut. This provokes an inquiry—
would not the mixing ofotiier distinct varieties
be a protection against rust ? ,
This wheat was sent me by Nathan Craw
ford, of Lincoln. It was sown early in No
vember, on grey alluvial soil which was
badly washed by floods and heavy’ rains this
spring. The land was well turned last Sep
tember, then harrowed and the wheat put in
with a grain drill and rolled down smooth.
The hard winter and heavy rains operated to
its injury—nevertheless we have made about
filteen bushels to the acre and the grain is of
good quality. Its most valuable characteristic
is its freedom from rust and this was well
tested for I sowed contiguous to it ten bushels
of Kentucky amber selected for seed. This
had the rust bad but it never crossed the line
though there was no fence between and not
more than six inches of space.
The coming fall we shall experiment some
what by T fertilizing heavily with a compost
and see if we cannot double the yield. I
believe we can as easily make 30 bushels to
the acre on our lands as they can any’where,
and make the crop a certainty every year.
My farmer boy is of an inquiring turn of
mind, and has determined to sow one acre in
August and shear it down close with the
mower as soon as it will bear it. lie proposes,
also, to sow an acre next February and
fertilize with a stimulating phosphate and see
the result of spring sowing. He is induced
to do this because we find that there was a
little wheat left in the grain drill, and seed
oats were put on top of it and sowed on the
22d of last February. Of course the wheat
came out first, and came up and grew off
nicely’, and lias developed and matured and
made a good result.
It is a scandal to Georgia soil that its
average production of wheat is less than five
bushels to the acre, and my opinion is this is
owing not to soil or climate, but mainly to
ignorance and indolence. . If the farmers
would devote as much care and good work to
wheat as they do to the culture of cotton, I
believe that every five acres of good land
would yield a hundred bushels. This would
leave a net profit of say fifteen dollars per
acre with very little wear and tear on man or
beast.
I also send you some specimens of timo
thy. the heads measuring from six to nine
inches, and some wild rye which borders our
creek and ditches every spring. Then there
is a curious knock-kneed kind of grain which
was found growing with the wheat, and seems
to be a cross between wheat and cheat. The
grain is smaller than wheat, and the heads
are nearly a foot in length. What is it? I
hope 3'ou or Mr. Newman can throw some
light upon it.
I am drifting my farm as fast as possible
into the production of grain and grass. It
has taken but a brief experience to prove that
one acre in clover or timothy is more profit
able than two in cotton. While I iiad tenants
it was impossible to change much from the
old cotton and corn schedule. When 1 wanted
to sow grass or even wheat and oats I couldent
get possession of my land for’the tenant had
it. Of course the tenant had no prospective
interest in ray hay or wheat for his lease was
for a year and he dident know whether he
would stay longer or not and I was afraid to
risk him in advance for a longer time. Never
theless I did manage to get in about ten acres
in clover and timothy, and now my barn is
full of new mown hay and the ten acres is
more profitable to me than any other 20 upon
the place. One acre in clover will bring SSO
worth of hay. An acre of cotton will make
about the same amount, but the profit on the
hay is S4O and the profit on the cotton about
$lO. With the aid of a mower and rake a
farmer can husband ten acres of hay in a week
but it takes one m:*n 13 months in a year to
get entirely through ten across of cotton. A
last year's tenant of mine moved away about
Christmas and he came back off and on until
the middle of February to finish the picking.
I had a tenant three years ago who put in
more than he could tend and had to pay a
dollar a day for cotton choppers and 75 cents
a hundred for picking, and he sold the cotton
FOR THE PEOPLE.
make the lower the price, and its an evidence
of broad humanity for our farmers to take
that self sacrificing view of it. It heats the
missionary society rdl hollotf. The only
objection to this is that the speculators get
hold of it before the heathen do. Then a^ain
o
it may be that our farmers want to keep poor
to get the benefit of scriptural promises and
improve their chances for heaven. They are
a church going people, and when the old
preacher tells ’em that it is harder for a rich
man to get to heaven than for a camel to go
through a needle’s eye, it scares ’em mighty
nigh to death, and they go right straight to
planting more cotton so a3 to be sure of
poverty.
But I talked to a renter to-day—a good,
clever, industrious man, and he said making
cotton was keeping his nose to the grindstone,
but he had to do it for his landlord required
it and so did all the landlords around here.
Twenty acres in corn and ten in cotton was
the general rule. The landlord got about
eight dollars an acre rent for his cotton land
and about six for his corn land, and of course
he gave cotton the preference. The trouble
up here is in getting labor that will work for
wages. They won’t do it if they’ can help it.
They’ want to feel free and I don't blame’em.
Every poor man, white or black, wants to
run a little farm on his own account, and in
his own way’, and go a fishing sometimes or
take his wife to meeting on Saturday if she
wants to go, and of course she does. Iron
furnaces and manganese mines and railroads
takes off all the floating unsettled labor, and
the rest wont hire as long as they can rent,
and so the cotton business goes on and will
keep going on until the landlord can hire
hands at a fair price, and run his farm him
self, and then he will quit cotton and take to
grass and grain. I reckon he will. It took
me three yea**B to shake off the thing and quit
being a fool, and may be it will take them as
long or longer.
The above contains some of my views on
the situation, which I venture to send you
because you take such an interest in us farmers.
I have a few views left, but will not impose
on you further at these presents.
Yours, Bill Arp.
for 8| cents which made a hale bring about
40 dollars, and he paid me 13 dollars for rent,
and paid 6 dollars for guano, and 12 dollars
for picking, and 2 dollars for chopping out
and extra work, and something for ginning
which left him about 7 dollars for preparing
the land and planting, and plowing, and
hauling to the gin, hauling to town, and fooling
round generally’, and the consequence was he
had to do a little stealing to keep even. What
else could the poor fellow do ?
Nevertheless, if these people are deter
mined to run cotton and western corn and
meal and hay, and perish to death, in the
name of the Lord I can’t help it, for it may
bo that its the best way after all to furnish
the millions of poor people all over the world
with cheap clothing, for the more cotton we
The Glory of Self-Control.
Rev. Dr. Newman preached last Sunday
at the Lafayette avenue (Brooklyn) Presby
terian church on “ The Glory of Self-Control.”
taking his text from Proverbs, xvi., 32 —
“He that ruleth his spirit is better than he
who taketh a city.” The records of the past,
the doctor said, are crowded with the triumphs
of human genius and in all lands are monu
ments to man’s glory. The stately pile, the
lofty column, the triumphal arch, are the
tokens of the world’s admiration. But where
are the monuments to him who has gained
the mastery of himself? What testimonials
of honor are befitting such a conquest ? What
Phidas shall rear for him the temple of his
renown ? God only is the eulogist of such a
man and the celestial bow is the arch of his
triumph. Self-control is neither self-destruc
tion nor the eradication of some annoying
appetite or passion. Temperance, not total
abstinence, is the law of nature. All the
appetites of the body and passion of the mind
have their origin in the constitution of nature
and are designed for human happiness. It
is their abuse and not their use which con-
stitute sin. Self-control is the harmonious
action of our whole being, in harmony with
the Cosmos. It is the highest attainment and
noblest excellence possible to man. Three
things are essential thereunto—self-knowl
edge, self-denial and self-consecration. The
great study of man is man. Each should
know what he is, what he can do, what he
cannot do, and what he can endure. Each
man should know his strong points and
especially his weak ones. The devil never
tempts some men to steal, for honesty is their
strong point. He assails us where we are
weak, and every man is weak at some point.
No armor is perfect. There is an opening
between the joints. The Almighty Father
adapts the administration of 11 is government
to men according to what they are and not
what they should be. lie smiles on one and
frowns on another. Self-control is attained
by conceding to one's self personal weaknesses
by due attention to our mental operations
and a persistent attempt to gain the mastery.
Conscious weakness is often an clement of
power. A measure of self-distrust is better
than supreme self-confidence. What fires
me? What can I not withstand? How am
I affected by the presence of this person and
of that ? These arc the great questions of
life. Some people soothe me like the strains
of an iEolian harp while the presence of
others makes me as a “ fretful porcupine.”
To be calm amid turbulence, meek amid
provocation, composed in danger is the glory
of self-control. Self-denial is twofold—the
cheerful surrender of that which is forbidden
by law and the self-abnegation that we should
practice for the good of others. Self consecra
tion is indispensable to the mastery of one’s
appetites and passions. ' A man must have
an inner life from wh ; ch shall spring the power
to control the life exterior.
A Southern Fish Pond— A million Carp in
an Acre of Water.
One of the most lovely’ places in Spalding
county’ is the carp pond of Mr. A. A. Wright
in North Griffin. Those of our readers who
have never visited it, can form little idea of
its beauty. Mr. Wright, who is a genius in
everything, has devoted to the improvement
of this place his best skill and energies. We
must confess to some neglect in not giving
more prominence to an enterprise that has
attracted so much attention and favorable
comment in Georgia, and which has even
filled columns in influential Western papers.
The pond covers an area of nearly an acre,
and is supplied with water by a large, cold
spring that boils up in the centre, and water
conveyed by’ under ground pipes from a num
ber of springs several hundred feet distant.
The dam is constructed in the best manner,
being planked up on the side of the best heart
pine lumber, with clay backing, on which is
planted Bermuda grass. Inside the pond,
near one corner, is a dry well eight feet in
diameter and ten feet deep, octagon shaped,
at the bottom of which is a large hydiaulie
engine or ram that forces water through pipes
all over the residence of Mr. Wright, where
it is used for the various purposes needed,
kitchen, bath-room, etc., keeping up a con
stant flow of water without the use of tanks
or reservoirs, having the same pressure of an
elevated tank thirty’ feet high, and also keep
ing a beautiful fountain continually playing
seven jets of w’atcr fifteen feet high. Around
the top of the dry well is a strainer or scive
of wire cloth made to order in New York,
through which the waste water escapes from
the pond (thereby preventing the escape of
the smallest carp), thence from the bottom
through a water pipe which conveys all sur
plus water and waste from the pond and ram.
Two large weeping willows stand in the cen
tre on two islands built octagon shaped and
sodded with blue grass.
The willows arc the largest and handsomest
in the county, and are exceedingly ornamen
tal. Around the pond, on the dam, arc other
large w’ceping willows, which make the place
look cool and pleasant. On the upper side
are planted a row of magnolias and weeping
willows, and in the pond, spread on the sur
face, blooms the beautiful yellow water lilies,
yellow lotus, curcutian recurrata, calladium,
esculaqtums, and a variety of other ornamen
tal aquatic plants. In the depths of the pond
swim the largest and finest carp in the State,
ranging in size from the tiny ones to those
twenty’-threeand twenty-four inches in length.
Of all sizes there are a million of carp in the
pond, and in them a very handsome profit for
Mr. Wright.— Griffin ( Ga .) News.
A Wonderful Lake.
The greatest wonder in the State of lowa,
and, perhaps, in any other State, is what is
called the Walled Lake, in Wright county,
twelve miles north of the Dubuque and Pa
cific Railwa3 r , and one hundred and fifty miles
west of Dubuque City.
The lake is two or three feet higher than
the earth's surface. In some places the wall
is ten feet high, fifteen feet wide at the bot
tom and five feet wide on the top. Another
fact is the size of the stone used in the con
struction, the whole of them varying in weight
from three tons down to one hundred pounds.
There is an abundance of stones in Wright
county, but surrounding the lake to the ex
tent of five or ten miles there are none. No
one can form an idea of the means emploj’ed
to bring them to the spot or who constructed
it.
Around the entire lake is a belt of wood
land half a mile in length, composed of oak.
With this exception the country is a rolling
prairie. The trees must have been planted
there at the time of the building of the wall.
In the spring of the year 1856, there was a
great storm, and the ice on the lake broke the
wall in several places, and the farmers in the
vicinity were obliged to repair the damages
to prevent inundation. The lake occupies a
ground surface of 2,800 acres ; depth of wa
ter as great as twenty-five feet.
The water is clear and cold, soil sandy and
loamy. It is singular that no one has been
able to ascertain where the water comes from
nor where it goes, yet it is alwa} r s clear and
fresh.
A Philadelphia man, being slapped in the
face by his wife, turned white with rage, stood
still for a moment as though irresolute, and
then, procuring a gun from an adjoining room,
committed suicide.
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\Y OwvAWyvw^s.
A woman has become flic regular pastor
of the Baptist church at Wheaton, 111.
The oM Lyman Beecher house at Litchfield,
Conn. v has been moved, and is now added to
a private institution for the insane.
A Judge in New York has decided that the
revised New Testament will not do for
witnesses to swear upon in his Court.
The Rev. Mr. Vcttcrling, a Detroit pastor,
got drunk on an excursion steamer, was caught
kissing a girl, got a violent blow from another
whom he tried to kiss, and was finally
arrested.
Out of a population of 305,000, Rome has
only 375 street beggars, according to the last
municipal report; ten years ago every tenth
person encountered in the street was sure to
be a member of the fraternity.
The drains leading from the Philadelph'a
Mint yielded about SI,OOO worth of gold and
silver at the last annual scouring. The re
covery of metal by that operation has amount
ed to $21,000 in nineteen years.
To-co-bc, chief of the Shoshone Indians of
Nevada, drives a spanking pair of trotters
attached to a handsome carriage. He has
made some successful ventures in mining,
and is an extensive breeder of cattle.
Walter Wilson went to his wife, at Little
Rock, after several years of separation, and
sought a reunion. She would not believe that
he was sincerely repentant, and laughed at
his declaration that he couldn’t livo any
longer without her. lie convinced her by
killing himself in her presence.
An attempt is to be made in Philadelphia
to enforce the law against carrying concealed
weapons. Policemen are to search every mail
whom they have any reason to suspect, and
arrest those on whom pistols arc found. The
Mayor, who is responsible for the movement,
believes that it will do much to prevent
murders.
Adam Wilkes is not ugly, yet he has a
mania for hiding his face, lie engaged a
potter to enclose his head in an earthenware
glo'>e, which fits rather snugly around his neck,
and has apertures corresponding with his
eyes, nose and mouth. Wearing this protec
tion against the gaze of the people, he has
for a month wandered through Indiana.
Ilad the late eccentric Duke of Portland,
who built a series of palatial apartments,
libraries, galleries, &c., underground, lived
in this country, bis action would have been
rational enough. Let any one descend, in
the hottest weather, into the subterranean
passages of a great, substantially built edifice,
and he readily comprehends what comfort
there would be in having underground cham
bers.
It has been the practice of the Interior
Department to hand each Indian reservation
over to the religious teachings of one parti
cular denomination, so that the oonvorts
became Methodists, Baptists, or something
else, purely according to chance and never
from choice. This is now to be changed. Un
der the new arrangement the Roman Catholic
Church will go into the field with a large forca
of priests.
A Dakota ranchman became convinced that
life was not worth living, but desired to hear
all that could be said on the other side before
committing suicide. His only companion at
the ranch was a bo}', whom lie gave one hour
in which to dissuade him from his purpose.
The youth used all the arguments he could
think of, and read some appropriate passages
of Scripture, but failed to change the man’s
mind. At the end of the hour the misauthropo
shot himself.
The post office at Lyons, Ohio, was robbed
some time ago, and since that time the Post
master, Carrnon, lias been watchful for
burglars. About 2 o'clock or* Saturday
morning he saw a figure on the roof of the
house and fired the contents of a carbine
throught its head. Examination showed
that he had killed his fourteen year old son,
who had gone out on the roof in a fit of
somnambulism or to seek relic! from the
heat.
At a Fourth of July pic-nic in Louisiana
the game of throwing rubber balls at the head
of a negro as it was thrust through a hole in
a canvas attracted attention through tho
wonderful dodging of the living target.
Nobody had yet hit him, and he had grown
over confident, when a drunken fellow offered
$5 for five throws with a stone. The bargain
was made, and the crowd eagerly watched tho
dangerous sport. Three times the negro
dodged the missile, but on the fourth it struck
him squarely in the forehead, fracturing his
sknll.
Fourteen heavy-laden freight cars broko
away from a train on the Chicago and St. Paul
Railroad and started down a grade of eighty
feet to the mile. A locomotive went in pursuit,
and made a brisk chase, but gravity proved
too much for steam, and the runaway cars
were soon thundering along at the rate of
sixty miles an hour. A telegram was sent
forward to clear the track, but it could not bo
obeyed quick enough by one train of cars,
from which the occupants escaped just in timo
to avoid death in one of the most violent
collisions that ever happened.
Dr. Thomas D. Spencer argues, in the
Popular Science Monthly, that in most cases
death is painless. “It is a physiological
process,” he says, “ and ought to be free from
suffering. When the fiat of death went forth.
Nature kindly provided an ame9thetic for the
body. As the end of life draws near, the re
spirations become slow and shallow, inter
rupted now and then by a deep, sighing in
spiration, as though the lungs were vainly
endeavoring to throw off the palsy creeping
over them. As the intervals between the in
spirations grow longer, the blood becomes
saturated with carbonic acid gas—the samo
as that formed from burning charcoal, whoso
deadly fumes have so often aided the suicido
painlessly to destroy life.” Dying is there
fore very much like gently falling asleep.
NUMBER 2'2.