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ROBSJa-T a. HOW-ARD,/., EclCtor and Publisher. i/ VOLUME I. fcflflf UlllH’rfisClllCllts. mAfriid!# to Contractors . \\/lU-1 let* to the lowest bidder, before the the Oth day of September, ISSI. the contract for building the bridge across the Walnut Fork of the Oconee river at the old bridge location near Mad dox's mill, in accordance with the following speci fications : Said bridge to be built with one queen post truss span fifty feet and two end spans; length of end spans to suit length of bridge. Tim bers to truss span. 5 sleepers, 8 by 12 or 10 by I*2, fifty-four feet long; two bolsters, G by 12, 10 feet long, to be placed one-third the length of span apart, the same to extend across bottom of bridge under sleepers, and be supported by main rods running through from top of truss to bolster. (See plans.) Truss limbers, S by 10, length to suit one-third length of span ; to be even notched at the foot or lower end and well pinned and bolt ed with iron holts ; truss to he braced with two braces on each side, extending from lower end of bolster to top of truss, of 3 by 4 scantling; truss to be framed 3 feet 3 inches from top edge of sleepers to top of truss ; iron rods for trussing, 1 k inch best round iron, with taps and washers. Said span to extend from arch of trestle in water on south side of river to bank; on opposite side, trestle in water to be built on crib made of 10 by 12 inch timbers, notched in and well pinned at each corner#exfending up to surface of the watef and to be fr lied up wfi rock; length andwvidthj of said crib to Stnt height h’NSf trestle/ o'lf bank to be let into the ground by digging trench as deep as water will allow and filled , in on with rock and dirt. Each end span to extend from trestles under truss span well out to short tres tles. to be let into the ground three feet and filled with rock and dirt; live sleepers to each span, 8 by 12 inches; two outside sleepers to each span, at each ond of sleeper to be rodded with 1} inch iron rod, extending from mud sills up through sleepers Trestle timbers, mud,sills to he 10 by 12, length to suit heighth of trestle; uprights, 10 by 12, same length ; cap sills, 10 by 12, fifteen feet long, morticed half through, to fit on tenant on upright, and well pinned; mud sill on crib to be well pinned aud banded with iron to ciw legs, as seen in plans. Hand-rail to be placed on each side of end spans; uprights to same to be S feet apart and morticed through lloor and keyed on underside and braced on outside. Flooring, 2by 12, 14 feet long, well spiked down with forty pen ny spikes, two in each end, right and left in inter mediate sleepers. All timbers to be good heart, and if hewn, to he well and smoothly done. Said bridge to be completed in fifty days frotfi time of letting. Ilond, with t\vp good securities, in dou ble the amount of the bid, will be required imme diately after the letting, conditioned lora faithful compfyancc of the contract.- The work to be paid for when completed in accordance with the speci fications. Full and complete specifications can be scon at this oflicc.' Aug. il. ‘ 11. W. BELL, Ord’y. Jackson Sheriff’s Sale. WILL be sold, before the Court House door in Jefferson, on the first Tuesday in Septem ber, 1881, within the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder, the following property, to-wit: A tract of land, situated in the 242d District (4. M. of said county, containing seventy acres, more or less, adjoining lands of J. E. Arnold, LeeMor ri*,-Robert Morris and others. Levied on as the property of J. 11. Eads a.ul S. J. Eads, to satisfy a fi. fa. issued from the Justice's Court of the 242d District <l. M.',’ in favor of J. K.. £’ranc vs. •I. 11. and S. J. Eads. Levy made a#. il returned to me by J. Cl Williamson. L. C. Notice’ given the tenant in possession as the law directs. T. A. McELIIANNON, Sh’ff. Whereas, CL W. Hood, Executor of Z. S. Hood, 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 oaasc, if any they can, on the first Monday in September, 1881, at the regular term of the Court of Ordinary of said county, why Let ters of Dismission should not be granted the ap plicant from said trust. (liven under my official signature, this May 30. 1881. fi YV. BELL, Onl’y. ' Whereas, JVII. slAey, Administrator of the estate of Johnson Maley, late of said county, dec’d, applies 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, on the first Monday in September, 1881, at the regular term of the Court of Ordinary of said county, why said leave should not be granted the applicant. Uivcn under my oliicial signature, this Ang. 3, ISSI. ' 11. W. BELL, Ord’y. W hercas, John A. fsodt.li makes application to me in proper form for Letters of Administration on the of Booth, late of said county, 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 Ist Monday in Sep tember, 18S1, why said Letters should not be granted the applicant. Given under in y official signature, this Aug. 3, 188 J • , 11/ W. BELL Ord'y. QKOlttilA, Jackson County. Whereas, the reviewers, appointed for the pur-, pose of reviewing the road in said county com mencing on the Athens and Lawrenceville road,* near the residence of Charles Furgerson, thence by the residences of James and Nancy Spencer, John Marlow, C. P. Furgerson. Lewis Anthen and IV. Collms, intersecting with the Watkins vdlc and Hog Mountain road at or near the resi dence of the Widow Jones, having marked out and reported that the establishment of said road as one of the public roads of said county will con duce to the convenience of the traveling public, an order will be passed on Monday, the 22d lav of August, 1881, finally granting the estab lishment of said road as one of the public roads cf the county, if no good cause to tlie contrary be shown. i '' . * . (liven under my official signature, this July 20, 1381. 11. W. BELL, Ord'y. £*EORGIA, Jackson County. \\ liercas. M. J. Dowdy applies for Letters of Guardianship of the persons and property of John W. Do wily and Joseph F. Dowdy, minors of W. F. Dowdy, deceased— This is to cite all concerned, the next of kin, A-c.. to show cause, if any. at the regular term of the Court of Ordinary of said county, ou the first Monday in September, ISSI, whv said Letters should not he granted the applicant. Given under my official signature, this Aug. 3, ISSI. 11. W. BELL, Ord'y. To Debtors and Creditors. A LI. persons having demands against Stephen 'Wilson, late of said county, deceased, are hereby notified and required to present them, properly attested, to the undersigned, within the time proscribed by law. and all persons indebted to said deceased,are hereby required to make im mediate payment. Z. W. HOOD. Adm'r. with the will annexed, of Stephen Wilson, dec’d. August 0. Q.RORCIII, Jackson County. Whereas. Martha J. Watson, Executrix of the estate of Harriet A. Watson, latp of said county, for leavedo sell ;the 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 Ist Monday in Sep tember, 18S1, why said leave should not be grant ed the applicant. Given under my official signature, this Aug. 3, 1881. 11. W. BELL, Ord’y. Whereas, T. S. Shankle and >S. S. Smith, Execu tors of the estate of D. W. Smith, late of said coun ty, deceased, applies for leave to sell the land be longing 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 September, 1881, why said leave should not be granted the applicant. Given under my official signature, this Aug. 3. 1881. H. W. BELL, Ord’y. {'JEORGI A, Jackson County. Whereas, E. J. Sharp, Guardian of his minor children, applies for leave to sell oile share of stock in the Georgia Rail Road and Banking Com pany belonging to said minors— Xhis is4o cite all conceded, the next of kin, A.C., -Ufcslittw e*Se, if*nyj'at the regular term of the Court of Ordinary of said county, on the first Monday in September, 1881, why said leave should not he granted-the applicant. Given under my official signature, this Aug. 3, ISSI. IT. W. BELL, Ord y. Jackson County. Whereas, C. M. Wood/ Administrator on the estate of A. M. Loggias, 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 first Monday in October, 1881, why said applicant should not have Letters of Dis mission from his said trust. Given under my official signature, this June 28, 1881. 11. \V. BELL, Ord’y. Q.EORGIA, Jackson County. 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, ISSI. 11. YV. BELL, Ord’y. * , T ..; iw .■ i .professional & Jousincss (Cards. JQR. It. It. A OASIS, DENTIST, June 10-’Bl. Gainesville, Ga. JOIIY J. NTRHkI.VVO. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Danielsville, Ga., Will promptly attend to all business entrusted to him. dec 17, ’BO. Die. m* it. ( \sii, NLGIIOLSON, GA., Tenders his professional services to the surround ing country. Rheumatism, Neuralgia and the dis eases of women a specialty. Feb.l3th, 1880. ly EOWA It 9> riHDI I'SOV, ATTOItNEY-AT-LAW, Gainesville, Ga. Prompt and faithful attention given to all busi ness placed in his hands. WILEY 4’. HOWARD, Attorney ami i'oiinseloi* sit Law, JEFFERSON, GA. Wilt attend faithfully to all business entrusted to his care. , , mch4, SIIIIAA A TIIOVIftSOA', ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, Jefferson,Ga, Will practice in Jackson and adjoining counties. Home Manufacture. SHOES! HARNESS!! LEATHER!!! WE are now making the very best quality of the above articles right hare at home, and they are for sale. . We do not expect to sell them merely because they arc home manufacture, but because of their excellent quality and low priced We are making regular V ; of the very best material amLwgrkiffanship, ami offering them for 25 per cent, less than the usual price. i-/. Our BROGANS cannot be beaten jn excel lence. or cheapness for the quality. . These sell only by the case. Bridles, Collars and Harness] double or single, always on hand, or made to or der. We have the most experienced workmen. All wc ask is a trial. ATKINS. CARR & CO. Maysville, Ga., June 17th, 1881. Martin Institute. Fall Term, 1881, Opens Anpst 25th. LET the citizens of Jackson county, who would secure the lowest (possibly free) tuition, pa tronize the School this fait.. The Martin Fund pays a larger proportion in the fall than in the spring. To students from other counties wc promise lower rates of Board and Tuition than almost any other Cpllcgiate Institute. For further information, apply to aug 12 4t JNO. W. GLENN, Prin. NEW ROCKS! I HAVE just put in operation a NEW SET of WHE AT ROCKS at the Long UVEillsi, and all of the machinery is in order to make first class flour. Send your NEW WHEAT right along, and I will give satisfaction. JAMES E. RANDOLPH. Jefferson, Ga., July Ist, 188 J. JEFEERBON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, AUGUST If), 1881. Facts Concerning Jay Gould. The other morning, while Mr. Cole, the proprietor of the approaching circus and menagerie of that name, was picking his teeth on the steps of that excellent hotel, the Kuss House, a tall, sun burned, baldheaded man, with pine burrs in his clothes and a stick of sassafras in his mouth, approached and said ; “ Be j'ou the wild animal man, mister?” The proprietor of the “ Double Mammoth Mastodon Aggregation” admitted that such was the fact. “Then,” proceeded the man from the mountains, “ 1 think I’ll get you to make too an offer for a large sized California lion I’ve got.” “Good specimen, eh?” asked the circus man. “Good? Well I' should say so.. Meas ures eleven feet from the tip of his nose to the tip of his tail. Caught him myself when a cub. Just four years old to-morrow.” “ Ilum—good appetite?” “ Appetite ? Great Scott—appetite ! Well, I should smile—that’s just the point—that’s just why I’m parting w ith Jay—l call him Jay Gould because he takes everything in. If it wasn’t for his appetite and the queer little things it makes him do, I wouldn't part with Gould for a fortune.” “ Savage, ch ?” “ Well, no ; I don’t know as I should call Jay savage, exactly—sorter nibbish, though, he may be. Has a kinder habit of gnawing up things, so to speak. In fact the neighbors —I live up at Bladder's Peak—have gotten to be so noisy and fussy and particular of late that I can’t so much as unchain J. Gould for a little fresh air without their getting grumpey about it.” “ There’s no pleasing some people,” said the hippodromer. “ I should say not. Now, f’rinstance, 'bout three months after Jay got to be as big as a boarding house sofa, I came homo one day from a picnic and found be had eaten up Aunt Maria, who had been left at home to mind the house—leastwise she was nowhere to be found ; and as Jay Gonld seemed sorter bulgy-like, and kept coughing up hairpins and false teeth for a day or two, wo kinder suspicioncd the whole thing.” “ Maternal aunt?” inquired the showman, thoughtfully. “Exactly. My wife took on dreadfully at first, and wanted me to shoot Jay right off. But I told her that he had probably suffered a good deal as it was, and that as most likely he’d catch rheumatism aud things from the remains,, we’d better call it square.” “ And did she ?” “ Well, she kinder got reconciled after a while, especially as Jay seemed fond of playi-ng with the children. One morning soon after that my wife’s mother—whole family lived with me, 3’ou see—didn’t come down to breadfast. As all her false hair was hanging over a chair back, and Gould crawled out from under the bed licking his chops, and with his tongue a good deal coated—mother in-law was always taking things for the liver complaint — we saw at once it was another visitation of Providence, and that the heavy hand of afflction was again upon us.” “ Looked that way, didn’t it?” “ Well, as you may suppose, the old lady —that's my wife—pranced around a good deal then, and got down the breech-loader right away. But just then arrived a gold medal from the S. P. C. A. Society, awarded on account of my forbearance in the Aunt Maria business, and so I got her calmed down after awhile.” , “ Pacified her, ch ?” “ Yes,-; T-managed to arrange a reprieve for Jay somehow. Y r ou see, I was always; fbnd of pUts, and tender-hearted, and 4tll tlmk you understand. I argued that thei poor animal didn’t know that he was doing wrong-f-merciful man is merciful to his beast, ete. That smoothed things over for another month/* - “ What happened then ?” “ Well, one day I sent Johnn3%onr youngest boy, down to the store for some sugar, and he took Gould along for company. Now, whether it was because Jay was fond of sugar or-not, I don’t know, but he came home alone, and soon as wc noticed a peculiar kind of bulge on his ribs, about as big as Johnny, we concluded that the dread archer had marked another Skidmore—my name is Skidmore— for his own. The whole family took on like mad, and Mrs. Skid was about to shove the powder keg under Jay Gould and touch it off herself when I pointed out that it wouldn’t do to desecrate our offspring’s tomb in that way. So I just had the burial service read over the lion and tied crape around his neck for thiTty days. How does that strike yon ?” “ After that time you kept the animal chained ?” “ Well, no. The fact is I set out to get a chain several times, but one tiling and another prevented, until one dai' last week I actuall}' missed the old lady herself. I looked around for her a couple of days, when some how of a sudden I sorter intentioned where she was. I gave Gould about half a pound of emetic right away, but all wc could get out FOR THE PEOPLE. % -of him was a pair of high-heeled shoes and a chest-protcctof. It was too late—too late. We put the shoes and things into a coffin and had Jay led behind the hearse to the cem etery. Wc wanted to have as much of the corpse present as possible—don’t you sec? YVe had the animal all decorated with flowers and things, as fine as you please. Folks said it was the touchingest thing that ever took place in them parts,” and the bereaved husband sighed heavily. “ Don't wonder you want to sell the beast,” remarked the menagerie man, after a pause. “ Well, I sorter do and I sorter don’t,” said Mr. Skidmore, abstractedly. “There’s so Jtiany memories and things clustering around J. G. —seems kinder like parting with one’s family burying lot, as it were. On the other hand though, now that the old lady is gone, I sorter feel a9 if the old insect had—well, outlived his usefulness, so to speak. So suppose I jus’ have this box hauled around to your show after the performance this after noon and see if we can’t strike a bargain.” “ All right,” said the manager. “ I’m going up Salt Lake way after awhile, and perhaps I can work him off for big money to some of the Mormon elders.” “ There’s a mincof money in him as a family pet,” said the other earnestly, and after striking the circus proprietor for a season deadhead the widower shouldered his umbrella and drifted sadly down the street. —San Francisco Post. What to Brink in Hot Weather. “ What is the beat drink in warm weather ?” said a Tribune reporter to an official at the Chambers Street Hospital the other day. “ Cold water,” he replied, “ but not ice cold. Ice water chills the stomach and so ultimately injures the power of digestion. One of the best drinks in the world for hot weather is buttermilk with a little ginger in it. I know people don’t like it excessively, but it is valuable for all that. If some of our high livers who suffer so severely at times would live on nothing for a week but brown bread and buttermilk they would feel like lighting cocks. Another excellent drink, and one which bricklayers use a great deal, is the old fashioned drink which the farmers use in the hayfield—water with ginger and molasses in it. It cools the system and opens the pores sufficiently for a comfortable perspira tion.” “ Is it advisable to drink much in hot weather?” “ One must drink more or less; it is absolutely necessary in order to produce perspiration. Without that a man would soon burn up.” “ Is beer hurtful in hot weather ?” “ It is one of the worst things in the world, for the reason that by drinking it you get the action of alcohol upon the brain at the same time with the heat. Cases of alcoholic prostra tion combined with heat are very numerous in hot weather. If one drinks beer at all he generally drinks more than one glass, and in consequence places himself in a condition where he is the most susceptible to the effects of heat. Alcoholic drinks of all kinds should, be avoided. Yet vast numbers use them;, they drink beer, wines, whisky, gin, brandy —anything and everything to allay thirst* without regard to consequences.” •• What effect does the heat have on the brain in case of sunstroke?” “It seems to stupefy the vietim. All his energies sink away ; he loses power of thought and lies in a more or less unconscious state, according to the severity of the attack. lie recovers if the stroke is not too severe. Some times he dies; sometimes he is injured permanently.” ; “ What is the best way of avoiding prostra tion by heat ?' By keeping in the shade, if possible. If this cannot be done, keep as cool and collected in mind as possible ; don’t worry, don't hurry, don't drink alcoholic drinks, and if you find it necessary to drink at all. use water not too cold, or some of the drinks I have spoken of.” Gymnastics as a Cure for Disease. Physical vigor is the basis of all moral and bodily welfare, and a chief condition of per manent health. Like manly strength and fe male purity, gymnastics and temperance should go hand in hand. An effeminate man is half sick; without the stimulus of physical exercise, the complex organism of the human body is liable to disorders which abstinence and chastity can only partly counteract. By increasing the action of the circulatory sys tem, athletic sports promote the elimination of effete matter and quicken all the vital pro cesses till languor and dyspepsia disappear like rust from a busy plowshare. “ When I reflect on the immunity of hardworking peo ple from the effects of wrong and overfeed ing,” says Dr. Boerhaavc, “ I cannot help thinking that most of our fashionable diseases might be cured mechanically, instead of chem ically, by climbing a bitterwood tree or chop ping it down, if you like, rather than swallow ing a decoction of its disgusting leaves.” The medical philosopher, Asclcpiades, Pliny tells us, has found that health could be preserved —and, if lost, restored—by physical exercise alone, and not only discarded the use of in ternal remedies, but made a public declara tion that he would forfeit all claim to the title of a physician if lie should ever fall sick or die but by violence or extreme old age. Asclepiades kept his word, for lie lived up ward of a century, and died from the effects of an accident. He used to prescribe a course of gymnastics for ever}' form of bodily ailment, and the same physic might be suc cessfully applied to certain moral disorders —incontinence, for instance, and the in cipient stages of the alcohol. It would he a remedy and principiuna, curing the symptoms by removing the cause, for some of the besetting vices of youth can with certainty be ascribed to an excess of that potential energy which finds no outlet in the functions of bar sedentary mode of life. In large cities parents owe their children a provision for a frequent opportunity of active exercise, as they owe them an antiseptic diet in a malarious climate. — Dr. Oswald, in Popular Science Monthly. A Rigid Examination. “Cap’ll,” said a colored man. entering the office of a school examiner whose skin was so black that to sec him you would think he had spent his life in boiling crows for dissat isfied politicians; “Cnp’n.” repeated the visitor, lightly tapping on the door facing. “ Wall, sail, what is hit?” “ I’sc called roun’ ter be ’zaminoned. I'se a Sessional school teacher.” " Did you know dat hit’s a mighty hot cross fire to stan’ under the range ob de bat teries of my knowledge ?” “ Yas, cap’n,” said the applicant, “ an* be ing proud of my ’complisliments I hez sought you sted ob going ’ter do omylyca white ’fessor.” “ Yer action is dat oh a wise man, qn* fur sich wisdom I zibited in do very bud ob de cdycation rose—Oh, I’se flowery— l'll struct my secretary to mark yer one on de sheep skin stifikitov know ledge. D.is-am figurative. We’s out oh sheepskins, an' in der place sub stituted coon’s skins, tanned by an Atkin saw nigger and ketched by a justice ob de peace. Do hit strike yer in de atomic ob recognitions ?” “ Yas, cap’n.” “ Wall now, ter de zamination. Secretary, git down dat brass pep wid a dogwood hold er an’ fetch hit hcah, fur I, in decordance wid de strucktions, is gwine to toat dis man through de new groun’ ob knowledge, wliar de briars am thick, an’ wliar dar’s many a toe nail lyin' raung de grubs. Now fur de first. Docs } ? er unerstand gogafy ?” '• O, yassah, dat’s my holt.” “ What does 3’er know of grammar ? Keep yer raouf open, fur I’sc de eddycational dentist, zamining de teeth ob yer lamin’.” “I eats up grammar like a man handin’ greens.” “ Wat about de sciences ob phlebotomy ?” “ I walks all ober dat science on stilts.” “ What does yer know ’bout “Do-quilt ob my, bed am patched wid hit.” - |“ Misfer Secretary,” said the examiner, turning to that functionary, “ gin dis man a double stifikit. Recommend him ter de peo ple cz de ablest man I hez zamined dis yeah. Dar's ycr paper, sah ; an’ remember dat de cloud ob etfdj’cation am a black one. A man that shows sich a familiarity wid science as you does is boun’ one day ter put his foot on a white man’s shouldor, reach up an’ take de gown obsperiority from de peg in de ward robe ob life's great competition. Let’s see ; five dollars for de single dorsement, an’ five dollars an’ a half for do double dorsement. Gimray ten dollars.” The money was cheerfully paid, and the man with the blotted coonskin went out into the world to engage in the tournament of letters. Business Before Pleasure. There is a sagacious Newfoundland dog in Norwich. He will take the basket, in which is a note, and go to the market, get meat, vegetables, or whatever the note calls for, and carry it safely home. But he has a daily task assigned him which he performs, rain or shine, and that is to carry his mistress her dinner. She keeps a millinery establish ment and does not go home to her noon-day meal. Rugularly ns the day comes around the dog may be seen trotting along Main street at about 11:30 with the basket in his mouth looking neither to the right nor left, but going straight to the store, where he sets it down and watches it until his mistress comes for it. And he is so well known, too, among the Norwich dogs that he is never molested. But on Monday a stranger dog undertook to have a little racket with him while he was loaded down with his commissary stores. lie hung to the basket, but stopped long enough to get a good look at the cowardly cur that had interfered with him, and then started off on a run to the store, where he dropped the gasket, and immediately returned to the street and begaj* to search for his assailant. He found him on Franklin avenue, and proceeded to chastise him in true canine style. In al>out half a minute he sat down and watched that cur put in his best jumps for the hill-tops of Voluntown, giving a ki hi at evciy leap.—iAo//br,/ ) TERMS, $1.50 PER ANNUM. ( SI.OO for Six Months. ¥ OavWveVvw^s. An eloping couple at Hartford were a black man ot 30 and a white girl of 15. Some of the parents at Cambridge City, Ind„ blew up with dynamite the saloon in which liquor had been sold to their children. Several pious women united in a week of paryer for rain at Eaton Rapids, not because there was a drought, but that it might spoil a track for horse racing. Among tho curiosities of the census of British India are the extraordinary profes sions which some persons declare they pursue. In Allahabad 974 described themselves a* “ low blackguards.” Three hundred dissenters from established denominations residing in the neighborhood of Charlotte, Mich., have organized the Liv ing Church of God. Twelve of their number arc at work on anew Bible.. A dying thief was compassionately released' from the Rhode Island State prison, and sent to pass his remaining days at home in Providence; but before his death he crawled out and robbed seven bouses. A sheep dairy for the manufacture of cheese has been started near Chattanooga- Sheep cheese is a popular; article of food in Austria, and this enterprise, beginning witb 1.000 sheep, is under tlie management of an Austrian. The people of one Kent ticky town, at least, do not approve of lynch law. When a mob entered Paris to hang a murderer, an larin was rung on tho church bells, tho residents turned out in force, and the lynchers were* chased away. A resident of San Jose, California, sent to- New Yoik for three pairs of blankets, the' finest to be had for money, and now Califor nia newspapers arc jubilant over the fact that, when they arrived, one pair was found to bear the braud of a San Jo9e woollen mill. A young man of western Massachusetts, went to Amherst to get a marriage license,, and his prospective mother-in law accom panied him. in order to sec to it that he got hack in time for the ceremony in the evening ;~ but at Amherst they got drunk together, and were in jail at the hour appointed for tho wedding. In .Alaska, northwest of Behring’s Strait,, alternate layers of ice and soil arc found in. the cliffs bordering tho ocean. In the face of the precipice is, first, a surface of solid ice: upon this foundation is a layer of soil jtwo or three feet thick, and bearing luxuriant vege tation ; a little beyond this tho bank rises again by a second layer of ice, on which rests soil yielding, like the first, a vegetable growth- The wife of a municipal officer died at Henderson, Ky., and her husband left the last offices prior to interment to two,pf her friends. After the coffin lid had been partly fastened, he could not resist taking one more look. 110 discovered that the jewelry' which lie intended to be buried on her wa9 gone. That was two years ago. 110 said nothing, and lately* de tected one of the friends wearing the articles. He said to her: “I give you three days to leave town,” and she went. An Austrian chemist is said to-have de vised a soporific, of which a feir drops sprinkled on the head and face will stupefy a man in a few seconds. He gave it the name of “ Tamer,” and offered to sell the se cret of its preparation to the Austrian Go vernment. But the Government has not only refused to purchase it, but has ordered the police authorities to formally order the in ventor to discontinue his experiments, and to abstain from using in any way his invention or communicating it to others. A jury in Berne, Switzerland, expressed regret that the Court was unable to give a man and woman named Zysset a death sen tence, capital punishment having been abol ished in that country. The Zyssets admitted having murdered five of their children, and there is good ground for believing that they put seven to death. They killed them to escape the cost of keeping them. Their plan was to starve the little ones to death, unless they cried too much; then they strangled them or knocked them on the head. Three women were standing side by sido in a dry goods store of London, Ontario. One hung her umbrella by the handle on the edge of the counter, and moved away. An other laid down her pocket-book where it fell into the umbrella unseen, and when it was missed the third woman was accused of steal ing it, searched by an officer, and finally re leased without being able to relieve herself from suspicion. The umbrella was rolled up, with the lost money still in it, and only after a lapse of a week was the truth revealed. Two babies were born in the same houso at Oakland, Tenn. The mothers were sisters, closely resembling each other, and the infants were l)oth girls. In the excitement of the occasion the little ones got mixed, and this happened before they had been dressed, or in any other way marked for identification. There seems to be no way out of the uncer tainty, for three months have passed withont developing any resemblance to the father in either case ; and if the children grow up, as they seem likely to, with the physical characteristics of their mothers, nobody will ever know their exact parentage. The presont agreement is to decide the qfle3tion by lot. While all the world nowadays knows of the torpedo, invented and named by Fulton, as a machine to blow up ships, comparatively few know that it takes it 9 name from a fish, of marvellous electrical properties, which was anatomized by the famous surgeon John Hunter. The torpedo is found in the Medi terranean, the Bay of Biscay, and the south ern English and Irish waters. The ancients employed it as a therapeutic agent. It.is be lieved to use its extraordinary powers to be numb a big enemy or to capture a smaller fish. It loves to lie in sand, in which it will bury itself by flapping its extremities, throw ing the sand over its hack. Tread on it then and you will be prone in a moment. It is NUMBER 26.