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Till: HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY
CONSOLIDATED JANUARY 1,1391.
VOL. XV.
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
McDoNOrriH, ■ la.
Will practice in the counties composing
the Flint J udieial Circuit, the Supreme Court
ef Georgia and the United States District
Court. apr27-ly
j AS. SJ. li BAI.K.
attorney at law,
McDonough, Ga.
Will practice in the counties composing
the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court of
Georgia, and the United States District
ourt. marl 6-1 y
E •» kka«aw,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
McDonough, Ga.
Will practice in all the Courts of Georgia
Special attention given to commercial and
other collections. Will attend all the Courts
At Hampton regularly. Office upstairs over
The Wkkki.y office.
J I'. WALI.,
ATTORNEY ,YT LAW,
McDonough, Ga.
Will practice in the counties composingthe
Flint Judicial Circuit, and the Supreme and
District Courts of Georgia. Prompt attention
givin to collections. octs-’7lt
A. ititow.v
’ ATTORNEY AT LAW,
McDonough, Ga.
Will practice in all the counties compos
ing the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court of
Georgia and the United States District
Court. _ janl-ly
p j A. PEKPLES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Hampton, Ga,
Will practice in all the counties composing
the Flint Judicial Circuit, thWSupreme Court
of Georgia and the District Court of the
United States. Special and prompt atten
tion given to Collections, Oet 8, 1888
Jno. D. Stkwaut. j R.T. Daniel.
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
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Atlanta, Ga,
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ABSOLUTELY PURE
THE FARMER’S WIFE.
I know an old-time farmhouse, miles re
mote
From shriek of steam and deafening noise
of streets,
Where one may hear the shy brown thrush’s
note,
And smell the hay field's sweets.
Therein were order and tranquility,
Where all life’s jarring discords seemed
to cease;
Far off, the world’s loud current hastened
l.y,
But there was calm and peace.
A soothing power charmed that quiet place
With gentle pressure and serene control,
A gracious woman witli a still pale face,
A sweet and silent soul.
Such placid ways were hers, such tender
arts,
As made her one of love’s own ministers;
She might almost have healed broken hearts
With that soft touch of hers.
Yet if her own heart ached —and all hearts
faint
And ache sometimes —she said 1:0 mur
muring word;
No breath of blame, or censure, or com
plaint,
From her still lips was heard.
The farmer and his man came in at noon,
Full of tlie open air’s fresh vigorous life,
And had an hour of rest, a blessed boon
Denied the farmer’s wife.
Ev’n the strong oxen rested from their yoke.
When mid-dav came, and when the sunset
dimmed;
When did she rest? At earliest dawn she
woke.
Still tired and weary-liitbed,
To lilt once more the burden of tlio day
And bear its heavy weight as best she
might,
Toiling not only daylight’s hours away,
But lute into tlie night.
To day her patient, uncomplaining breast
Forgets all grief and pain; life's golden
bowl
Is broken, gone at last to needed rest,
That sweet and silent soul.
Tear after year she walks her quiet path,
Burdened with care and toils for every
day,
And many children gathered round her
hearth
Grew up and went their wav.
Galling tier “blessed” as (heir thoughts
went back
To her mild ministry, and still, pale face,
Which the old home must now forever lack
And nothing can rcpltcc.
Faithful and patient mother, friend and
wife!
Thy name shall sIHI be dear while long
years roll; •
Thy missionseuded not with this poor life,
O, sweet and silent soul!
Learn to Forgive.
Learn how to forgive. Do not car
ry an unforgiving spirit with you
through all your life ; it will hurt you
more tliau anything else. It will des
troy tho happiness of many around
you, yet its chief feeding ground will
be found in your own heart. You hate
jour neighbor. Yonder is his dwel
ling, 150 yards away. Suppose you
pass by a wood fire, and as you pass by
you pluck a half consumed brand from
it, flaming and gleaming, and thrusting
it under your garment to hide it, you
start to your neighbor’s dwelling to
burr. if.
Who gets the worst of it ? You find
your garments ou fire and your own
flesh burned liefore you can harm your
neighbor. So is he who carries an un
forgiving spirit in his bosom. It stings
his own soul like an adder shut up.
I know of some, who call themselves
Christians, who aro miserable because
of their own reveugefulness. Forgive
your enemies atnl get down on your
knees and pray for them, and salvation
will come into your own soul like a
flood. “Father forgive tin iu.” Sweet
prayer and blessed example.—Rev. R.
V. Lawrence.
Sometimes a man who has get out to
accumulate a million dollars, and who
has succeeded in accumulating a hun
dred thousand, grumbles so much aliout
the nine hundred thousand that he
hasn’t got that he gets no pleasure
whatever from his one hundred thous
and in tl e bank..
Mr. J. W. Stubbs, Rutland, Ga.,
says: Bradycrotine is a sure cure for
Headache.
AND HENRY COUNTY TIMES.
.mcdonougii, ga., Friday, may 29, 1891.
After Many Years.
Seventeen years ago John Gasoway,
a young druggist, of Stubenville, O.
after marrying a young lady of that
place, moved to Cleaveland to accept
a better position. He and bis young
wife boarded in a private family, and
were getting along nicely when a gold
watch was stolen out of the house.
Gassovvay was charged with the theft,
convicted and sent tp the penitentiary
for two years. After his release he re
joined Jus wife, who had been faithful
to him throughout, and had always
stoutly denied his guilt, and begat life
again in Alleghany, l’a., where lie
now is a prosperous druggist. A few
days ago a woman in the last s.age of
| consuiution, while en route from the
far West to Philadelphia for treat
ment, stopped over at Youngstown, 0.,
and wrote a letter to the postmaster,
acknowledging the theft of the watch,
and offering to make a ty restitution in
tier power. The story of the theft
and what came of it, as told by her is
strangely interesting:
In 1874 she was a book agent in
Cleaveland. One day she went into
the boarding house where Gassoway
lived, and seeing a gold watch on the
dresser could not resist the temtation
and stole it. Being a Catholic, she
went to confession and was advised to
return the watch. The woman of the
house, however, slammed the door in
her face, saying she wanted no books.
She returned to her room, hid the
watch among some papers in the fire
place, but worrying over the theft
brought on a lever which drew her
into a delirium. Her mother hurried
on to nurse her. and catching the fever
from her, died. After her recovery
she was greatly worried to find that
the fireplace in her room had been re
paired and ail traces of the watch lost.
She then went to Nebraska and at the
end of four years married. Her hus
band was killed a year afterward in a
railway accident three weeks before
the birth of their child. In visiting
her liushand’s grave 011 one occasion
she left Iter baby in a buggy for a few
moments. The child becomuiing rest
less started the horse down a hill and
over a precipice. The child was kill
ed. The letter sigued Mrs. Margaret
Lane. Mr. Gassoway was telegraph
ed for and will meet the woman at
Youngstown. liis father still lives in
Stubenville and is a highly respected
citizen.
Junes in Chattanooga.
In a sermon preached in Chattanooga
List Sunday, Itev. Sam .Jones said:
Them are only two planks in my
platform. The first one is that I am
against everything that whiskey is for.
The second is that I am for everything
that whiskej' is against.
If the devil was president of the
United • States without whiskey he
would resign his office and go hack to
hell.
lam a prohibitionist becauso I be
lieve in it and can vote that ticket in
heaven. But j’ou democrats and re
publicans will have to go to hell if you
waut to continue to vote those tick
ets.
I would rather he practical than
grammatical. I would rather lie prac
tical than a doctor, or a good author or
anv of those animals.
I pray God every day for my daily
bread, but I get my plow and hoe and
go out and look for the ear of corn.
‘•You just shake a man over a coffin
and he will hit the ground a running a
mile a minute.”
“Of course, we preachers don't work
for money, hut if you would stop our
salaries we would all quit.
W« want to run the devil out
right. Not the way I once saw a dog i
run a hog—the dog was in front.
1 had rather be a man than every j
preacher in the United States.
To lie a mau is to he the biggest,;
grandest, noblest thing God ever
made.
I can take the ten commandments
and sermon on the mount, and send
la>ili the republican and democratic:
parties to bell before breakfast.
A UOUI? I III.K ACCIDENT.
—
Three Children Drowned in a Mill
Pond.
Ou Thursday, the 14th inst., Mr.
and Mrs. Abe W. Newman, with four
of their chilldren, came to Hawkins
vide in a one-horse wagon to buy
household supplies.
While Mrs. Newman was buying
such goods as were needed by the fam
ily, her unfortunate husband, as is his
usual and irresistible custom, was im
bibing freely of whiskey, and by the
time they were ready to leave town on
their return home, lie was pretty well
under the influence of the vile liquid.
The family resides eight miles below
Ilawkinsville, just beyond Jolks’ mill.
Travelers on this route usually cross
the creek at the mill on the dirt dam.
In returning from Ilawkinsville to
.heir home, Mrs. Newman was driving
the blind horse drawing the load and
Mr. Newman was sitting in the back
part of the wagon, but just before
reaching the dam he crawled into the
seat of the wagon and attempted to se
cure the linos. In the struggle the
blind horse was misguided and driven
! into the pond in water ten feet deep.
Ike Rawls’ the colored miller, and
Lewis Jerrald, colored, were near by,
and hearing Mrs. Newman’s screams,
hurried to the assistance of the unfortu
nate family. Mr. and Mrs. Newman
were rescued, but three of their chil
dren—Fannie, aged 12 years, Wiley,
aged 5 years, and Lucius, the year-old
baby—were drowned.
Johnny, aged three years, was the
only oue of the four children saved
from downing. When the wagon
went into the pond he held on the
body, which floated off with him in it.
Parties living near the pond and
neighbors of the family soon gathered
and commenced the sad task of fishing
for the bodies of the drowned children,
hut all were not recovered until about
11 o’clock at night. The horrible
accident occurred between 7 and 8
o’clock p. m.
The bl;ud horse floundered around
in the poud for several hours, hut was
finally saved from drowning. ■
The relatives and friends of the un
fortunate family fee! truly grateful to
the people of the conunuuity for time
ly assistance.
The three little children were hur
ried in one grave on Friday evening
last.
And just here let the curtain he
drawn upon a picture too sad to fully
realize and catastrophe too horrible to
contemplate .—llawkinsville News and
Dispatch.
A New Owl.
A few nights ago four ladies found
themselves alone at the home of the
Widow Berry, four miles from the
city. There was no man on the place
and they had an interesting experience
to say the least of it, early in the night.
Shortly after they retired they heard
the hoot of an owl and the cackle of
the chickens in a tree near the house.
The ladies got up and endeavored to
frighten the owl away by knocking on
the door and making various other
noises. But the owl continued to hoot
and the chickens to squall. Finally
one of the ladies, a little braver than
her companions, decided to try the ef
feet of a pistol shot. The weapon was
secured, and the lady ventured out
under the tree, and pointing it where
the chickens were still roosting, dis
charged it up in the darkness. The
“owl” proved to be a negro man, and
the ball struck him on the forehead,
making a scalp wound. The negro, to
allay all suspicion while up in the tree
stealing the Dhickens, was very suc
cesstuliy imitating the Loot of an owl.
The lady who shot the pistol and
brought down the “owl” is Miss Flor
ence Berry.— Dawson News.
A Natural Conclusion.
It is natu-al that those who have
been deceived by the various nostrums
that are continually offered to the
public should demand a more substan
tial testimonial than the simple de
claration of those who are interested in
the sale of a medicine. Recognizing
the justice of this demand, the Swift
Specific (S. S.) Company, of At
lanta, have cniboided in pamphlet form
a few of the more noteworthy testi
monials that have come to them un
solicted. This pamphlet, together
with other interesting matter, they
will take pleasure in sending to any
address. Write to the SaS. S. Com
pany, Drawer 3. Atlanta Georgia.
The Salvation Army is again march
ing on Aroericns.
How They Got Rich.
Rufus Hatch raised and sold garden
truck.
Thomas A. Edison began as a tele
graph operator.
Jay Gould was a surveyorand school
teacher in his youth.
Senator Matthew Stanly Quay earn
ed his first money sawing wood.
Henry E. Abbey began as a cornet
player in a theatre at Akron, O.
Daniel Fiohman was an errand hoy
in the New York Tribune counting
room.
Judge Noah David was born on a
farm and realized his first coin selling
eggs.
Henry Clew’s early life was spent as
a porter in a woolen house at $3 a
week.
General Russell A. Alger earned his
first money doing odd jobs for the
neighbor*.
Calvin S. Brice’s first labor was over
law Ixioks in a country law office in
Ohio.
Russell Sage was a clerk. He learn
ed frugality in his brothers grocery
store at Troy.
President Harrison found his first
dollar in the toe of his stocking on
Christmas morning.
Henry Villard, who has had many
ups and downs, as a railroad man,earn
ed his first money as a reporter.
Vice President Levi P. Morton earn
ed his first dollar as a clerk in a village
dry-goods store at Shorham, N. M.
Sidney Pillion, the President of tho
ITnion Pacific railway, commenced as
errand boy in the New York Central
railway.
Daniel Doughtery, the silver tougued
orator, made his first money handling
the ribons over Ids father’s bus team in
Philadelphia.
Augustine Daly was originally a
newspaper man. John Stetson a pro
fessional athlete, Tony Pastor, a clown
Harry Miner a policeman.
Banker Eugene Kelly, who is worth
$5,000,000, earned his passage to this
country by driving a jaunting car in Ins
native place, County Tyrone, Ire
land.
James Gillespie Blaine taught school
in Western Pennsylvania for his fiVst
dollar. T-iater he became a jiewspaper
man, and naturally grew rich and fa
mous.
Chauncev M. Depew. was admitted
to the bar in 1858, and he said it was a
long time before he caught sight of his
fiist dollar. Now he lias over SIOO,OOO
coming in every year.
Unwelcome People.’
Those who stay too long when wo
are busy.
Those who point Out to us our own
faults.
Those who have a chronic desire to
borrow money.
Those who embarrass tis with too
much politeness.
Fussy people who have a large idea
of their own importance.
Those who neglect their own busi
ness to attend to that of other peo
ple. m
Those who always take their troub
les along and leave their joys behind.
Those who always want to talk about
things in which they take no inter
est.
Those who never have anything to
talk about hut themselves and the
weather.
Those who agree to everything we
say, and never have any opinions of
their own on any subject.
A Pulpit Anecdote.
Some days since, we chanced to he
in company with several eminent divi
lies, who were relating numerous amus
ing anecdotes of the pul pit. Among
others, the foliowieg struck our fancy
as one deserving a record :
“I was,” said the reverent gentle
man, “attending divine service in Nor
folk, several years ago, during a season
of some excitement. While the offici
ating clergyman was in the midst of a
most interesting discussion, an did lady
among the congregation arose, clapped
her hands, and exclaimed :
“ ‘Merciful Father, if I had one
more feather in my wing of faith, I
would fly off to glory.’
“The worthy gentleman thus inter
rupted, Immediately replied:
“Good Lord, stick it iu and let her
go ; she’s hut a trouble here.’
That quieted the old ladv.
Jt is a remarkable girl, but it is said
to lie a fact thst at Elberton there is a
young lady who has never eaten a
plate of ice cream nor drank a glass of
soda water, leraonad *, or milk »hake.
COOKKD II Kit U1I1LI).
Rumors of >lll Awful Crime Commit
ted by a Negress In Wilkes County.
A special to the Atlanta Constitution
savs there are terrible rumors afloat in
some sections of Wilkes county of a
horrible crime committed by a negro
woman—a crime which has never been
investigated. The details of this crime
arc revolting, and iu view of the fact
that no official investigation lias been
made, the general truthfnUnes* of the
story may he doubted, although it is
common talk among the negroes.
The story is that, a negro woman liv
ing near Delie, murdered a small child
and cooked it like meat.
She then gave what she called “a hot
supper,” sold the meat of the child, and
called it tender veal. She received
sls for the sale of the meat. The tie
groes asked what sort of meat it was,
and a little child said it was her little
sister that “itiammy” had killed. One
negro carried one of tho hones of tho
child to a doctor, and he said it was the
Ihiiio of a human.
Report says that the negroes ate eve
ry morsel of the child, in the belief
that they were eating veal, and a'ter
the supper there was a d nice, while
whiskey flowed freely.
The woman ivho had thus killed and
cooked tho child refused to eat any of
it. This strange abstinence was re
marked by her guests, who became sus
picious, and all sorts of reports were
in circulation. The strange part of
tho story is, that while the negroes are
talking loudly of the matter iu some
sections, they haye not given the name
of the woman accused of the awful
crime. The talk, however, will lead
to an investigation which will clear up
tho mystery.
One negro said he would be willing
to tie a rope around the woman's neck,
put the rope over a limb of a tree, pull
her just off the ground, and tote light
wood knots to burn her to death.
An Ingenious Light.
The Mining--and Scientific Press
suggested this plan to obtain a light
instantly mid without danger of setting
things on fireq Take a long vial of
the clearest glass, put into it, a piece of
phosphorous about tho sizo of a pea.
Upon this pour some pure olive oi!
heated to the boiling point, the bottle
to be filled one-third full; then cork
tightly. To use tkc light, remove the
cork, allow the air to enter and then
recork. The whole empty space in the
bottle becomes luminous, and tho light
obtained will ho a good one. As soon
as the light becomes dim its power can
ho increased by opening the bottle and
letting a fresh supply of air to enter.
In cold weather it is sometimes nec
essary to heat the vial between the
hands to increase the fluidity of the
oil, and one bottle will last all winter.
This ingenious contrivance can be
carried in the pocket, and is used by
watchmem of Paris in all tnagizenes
where explosives or inflammable mate
rials are stored.
Not a Liar.
“I subscribe for as many papers as I
can read,” said a man whose patronage
was solicited by an editor. “I would
like to read your paper, hut I already
have more reading matter than I can
read, so it would be a waste of mon
ey.”
The editor went to the post-office
and asked the postmaster how many
papers the man received through the
mail
“None,” was the answer; and the
editor, returning to the man’s place of
business, exclaimed :
“You have lied to me, sir.”
“How so ?”
“You declared that you subscribed
for more papers than you can read, but
ttie postmaster says that you don’t take
any papers.”
“Well that’s all right.”
“But it makes you out a liar.”
“Not necessarily. I can’t read”
Might Give Him a Delicate Hint.
“That young man that visits you
likes to be here, doesn’t he?” said a
fond parent to his daughter, at break
fast the other morning. “Yes,” she
replied ; “I beleive lie is happy when
here.” “I should think so,” contin
ued the old man ; “why, he’s here a
good deal more than I am, and I live
hero.” “Shall 1 tell him to make his
visits less frequent ?” insinuated the
girl. “Not in those words, my dear,”
interjected the father ; “I wouldn’t be
brutal to this young man, but you
might give him a delicate hint; ask
him if he wouldn’t like to chip in for
the rent or something like that.”
( Henry County Weekly, Established 1876,
( Henry County Times, Established 1884.
She Chattered.
It was on a street car. Two lady
frieuds were chattering away as only
ladies can.
“Oh! I’m to have some new dia
monds !” suddenly exclaimed one.
“Is it possible !”
“Yes. My husband is going to make
$5,000 all in a lump next week, and
he says I may have SSOO to put «uto
diamonds.
“Dear me! Is it a speculation of
his r 1”
“Yes. There’s a man who wants to
sell him a piece of Woodward avenue
propel ty for $15,000 and he can turn
his bargaiu over to Mr. Blank for
$20,000.”
“How nice!”
“The dickens it is ?” growled a man
across the aisle below his Ineath. “So
it’s her husband who is after my lot,
and he can sell it to Blank for $5,000
more. I rather guess not, old man
not this year ! I’ll hop off and hunt
up Blank and have an option in half
an hour.”
Italy is raising a row hccauso eleven
of its citizens were killed, and de
mands that the families of those men
shall bn indemnified for the loss to
them of the profits of their labor.
The world recognizes the demand per
se. Yet the United States lus 80 per
ceut. of the families of population rob
bed as effectually as if by the same
way, and so called statesmen claim
that it is not only fight, hut that any
remedy to protect them is unconstitu
tional. Thore is no hope except in
the people, and they liavo only to rise
in their majesty and demand it. They
are rising and making the demand.
They will see that it is carried out. —
The Allianco Herald.
A negro child on Mr, W. B. Orr’s
place, in the Sixth district, was burned
to death a few days ago under circum
stances so shocking as to be almost in
creditable. The child, a mere infant,
was loft in charge of two older children
while the parents were engaged with
some outdoor duties. The child begau
crying, whereupon the older children
took a shovel and filled its mouth with
hot cuibers. When the parents re-,
turned the child was dead, and the pal
let upon which it reclined was in a
bright blaze, having caught irom the
live coals which lay scattered around.
A more shocking instance of juvenile
barbarism we never heard of.—Now
nan Herald and Advertiser.
At the Harris house in Fort Valley,
Friday eveuing, a ball was in progress,
and among the gayest of the young dan
cers was Mrs. Whitfield, the proprie
tress, who formerly resided in Thomas
ville, where she is well known and much
esteemed. While the festivities were
at their bight Mrs. Whitfield was soen
to stagger, and the next moment fell to
the floor a corpse, death having resnl
ted from heart disease.
An effort has been started to erect a
monument in honor of the immortal
hero, Hon. Jefferson Davis. It is in
charge of the Southern Frees Associ
ation and the f'onfcderate Veteran’s
Association. The South will join in
the work with willing hands.
A Butler, l’a., genius proposo to
sink a hole in the ground to a depth of
10,000 feet and produce heat enough
to pipe over the entire city. The
scheme hardly seems plausible, but
stranger things have been accomplished.
The name “Indian” was given to
the inhabitants of America by Colum
bus, from his belief that the country
which lie had discovered was au exten
sion of India, the country known to
occupy the extreme of the Eastern
hemisphere.
The railroads own 211 ’OOO,OOO acres
of land which is an area larger than six
States the size of lowa. Since 1861,
no less than 131,600,000 acres have
been given to the railroads'
Telling an untruth is like leaving
the highway and going into a tangled
forest. You kuow not how long it
will take you to get back, or how
much you will suffer from the thorns
and briars in the wild woods.
It is uot so much high crimes, such
as robliery and murder, which destroys
the peace of society, but the village
gossip, pickiug between neighbors, and
meddling, are the worms that eat into
all social happiness.
Six miles off the Ladron Island, in
the Pacific ocean, a Russian vessel tcok
soundings a few weeks ago, ami found
a depth of five rades, the deepest spot
yet found in any ocean.
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