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J at inserted t 15 cents per line for the | first and 2<* cent-per Hue for each sul^-.j it insertion. “ All eoinnrunietOopl or fetters or hiie-oe^ for rhi.Toffici ehSnld be ■ul.Wlsetl a .*Thk Dau-son Jookxai. ” L KOAL advertising rates, t- -iff #1 *••, per lew of 1 rq iitre. .. .$ 4 00 M j: Urge lesj * 00 las sile J M ,P‘‘ r V ‘ , ('.• fir bet"*r* of Administration 4 00 .jipllc l'ion for belters of pu-rdia- ship v i tolicition. for Di-mission from ministration • ••••••• 10 00 .puli.',lion for Dismisoom liom ‘finrffianship ;••••■• 600 Application for leeve 'o s 11 hand— )De f,] |S, rad) addition") -quire 4 00 Aoplicitiun for Homeetead 3 00 SVice to debtor* and creditors ... son bind sales, per qiare (inch) 4 oft ■olcoi Perishable property, per eq 3 00 E tiv Notice*, six tv days 8 oo Sallee m perfect service 8 00 Rule Nisi, per square 4 00 Rule* to establish lost papers per fq 400 Rules compelling titles, per square.. 400 Rule* to perfect service in Divorce rises on The above are the minimum rate* of legal adveriisiiirr now charged bv the Pres* of Usurps, and which we shall slricil” adhere to in the fum e. We hereby fiie final no tic?'fat no advertisement of ibis doss wil be published in the Journal without the fee paid hi adnance, oelv in cases where we have special arrangements to the contrary sCroffSjSicaaJ (SarAs. N> B. Barnes, REPAIRER of *WATCHES, CIOCKS. - .' V'rJ'w ' and Jewelry. Office on Main street Dawson, fn. Satisfaction guaranted. Charge* ,eus opable. eep 6,6'n. MI ODFItRT, JAS. O TAIiKS GUERRY & PARKS, lOoney; ano Colijijelorf at Law, DAWS IN, - GEORGIA- in the Stite and Federal <’onr'3. O tTfcdons made a ppociiit.v.— P'-nniißnes.* and dispatch uarai tied and insured Nov l*f R. P. SIMMONS, Itl'y at La!* & Ileal Tjtate /g’t, Datvson, Terrell County, Ga QPE IAL a teniion given to .‘fvivev .nciug und investigatirir titles to Real Oct. TB, tf j ,\ meSHc ke L, ATTORNEY AT 'ItAW, MORGAN , Calhoun Cos., Georgia. f.) ’'TKE-iS ,m .St.',i .t’> m cire ill 1 1 ‘J U p-nmp-ly ttitenUed to. Special arteatlen * | i | bo given to collections. T. IT. PICKETT, Alt’y A* Counselor a ( Law, ( VUCF, with Ordinary in Court House. - Ad b-jfinis* cm u*ted to his care will rec-ive promp- and efficient attention. Jain ■I. J3KCJK, A! 1 ot ne y at Law, irs:iii, C’sillioHsi < omily, , 'U practice in the Albay CireAtit <tnd else * in the jkate, Uy Contract. /*i oinjtl at*, f ution "iven to all entrusted to his t Collections a specially. Will also in* ▼estimatetitles n-1 buv or e!I real Estate fn . -fi'ha in, Bulu-r uud E.i rly C aunties, aiirch 21—if G CART LEDGE, Attorney at I^aw f \ y nL "ire close utteuiion to all busi ' ai-ss entrusted to his caie iu Albany . _ 4*l y L. C. HOYL. Attorney at Haw. Georgn. D. H. MILLER^ at I,aw, Git. tilicein OntJnary’s Office. *O3o,Sttl a *ttoi?mey at law, V-ilJ’sov, - GEORGIA. "'“r J tv. .1 .tin Con's store. Jm7 o.vxji> DS ’ JNO. a7~gladden, XOhOAX, : GEORGIA, < >"*S-• tofexaioiiol services to tlie "t-vi 'j " C ’ ~ An calls prompt!v t, ' 1 '*3ice East si J e of the public Sept 20, lf> DiiliPi ftp||, j , J t iii % JA ... . | \ ■ \ ■ V v PAKJn-'N-.v* mix'.- ••J b lit ve ] U sell the farm, Jane Aim. j buy a place in town ; j Jqhcs made an oiler y er<*i<biv—lie'll jm the money and nvn. ' bo wasn't anxious. but he had the cash to spare, ; Atiil loiumded inethatv-nowadayscash I Sides arc very rare. J i Ibo farm ain t worth much, apy-wav, the soil is might v t iii Afitl work ITie crops 1 1 yields are i hardly the puttin’ of them in: ; Besides, the pesky railroad that ! r 1 never puffin througlj this way ill cut the old place ship iu two— Jones told me so to.dav. | I.aiut afeaicd of work, you know— my dadflv alias shid/’ , ‘There ain t a single lazy hair in Xeheminh’s bead.’ There wau l no lazv hairs, I know, in that old head of his, For he did the work of three men in spile of rlmniatiz. No, an, I’m not afeard of work—of that I don't complain— I’ve tried to work with willin’ hands in sunshine and in rain : And I've alius wore a cheerful face, except at times, maybe, \\ hen them giddy, head-strong steers o’ min would ‘haw’ when I yelled ‘gee!’ Perhaps it may be sinful for a mortal to find fault With toiling hard both day and night, if he only makes his salt, But I’ve thought while cradlin’ rain lodged oats on the side-hill there, That my cross was most too hefty for a small-boned man to bear. It’s alius been my custom when a plowin’ stumpy soil To hum some good, old-fashioned hymn—it sorter eased my toil; But I tell you what, ’twits piety hard to smother words of sin j Whene’er a ' springy root ud break 1 and whack me on the shin. I mention those ’er things. Jane Ann, because I’d like to lead A peaceful, blamelesskindo’life, from all temptations freed, But as long as Hessian llies exist and tnter-bugs abound. There’ll be some tall profanity at times a floatin’ ’round. So now if you’re agreed, Jane Ann, 1 11 sellttliefann to Jotie- Ho’ll mni that what it lacks in soil is well made up in stones— And well move into the towu next week—what’s that you’re savin,’ wife, You'll never leave the good old place as long as you have life ? Well, there it goes again, I vurn! Go on and have your say— Your bound to wear the breeches, in . a uggiau\ e way ; But you’ll find Til have nfy way this time, old girl, as well as you,’ So if you’re bound to stay right here, bwgrannies— l'll st ’y too !' \ S£tttiiai-,>t Ft < in Par A Tourer ninn wl.tr woo in Alaska some fur years go foil in lev** with j the only young lady on 'ho 'eland, a j gill ol fifleiui, who was ptn-sr.-swi "1 extraordinary beauty, and w iioae hair fo lTelow her knee*. But he was una- j bWtocommuuicate the ‘‘old,old s'ury to t.er, for sho dil not understand a ' English, nor di<l he speak Itnssian. in his dile-tnrna the ai'iva.nt the pries! on his once-:n-two years ' visit was a god-send, and to hint he mud* known his love. The priest, knowing the young man to b possess ed of a high character and a fair fottune, thought it was a lucky chance for the y, ung lady o escape from a life of siC' isolation, and he willing y pei suaded the girl’s mother (her lather was dead) to consent to the match, but the young lady hers If wa* not tc be persuaded, tihe argued that she had never spoken to the young ruan who expressed such a dosiro to be her husband, aid had only set n hsm twice,*aud he had been on the isiai.il only forty-eight days, but Iter . l j c tipii s were oyer,-ruled, and the ni lin age took p ace. Af.er living in Alaska tor several months, the young man brought his hride to hi* heme in Cleveland, Ohio. She was astonished , at the fashions she saw, and dec'nred ! that nothing woud induce her to vv ar her lmir otherwise than Blowing —as she had always worn it. But lie fore twenty-four hours had passed In r mother-in-law had peisuaded her . to try the effect of braids around her broad and shapely head ; and now she dresses as much in the fashions as any lady iu Cleveland. Last year her husband went to Alaska again and brought home the Votingsister, who is eleven years of age, and promises to lie ai beautiful as the elder. Tim mother, bet eft fll both her children, still clings to her home on one of the islands of Alaska. - /Vr.'tW Tran tfipt. DAWSON. GKOKGIA, liH iiSDAY. FFBIH ARY 28 1878. Jie'stoi y >f Hilary’s Lillie. Lain (>. Thousands of the lit tie f. >1 ks have h ard of Mkry and her little latnb, but fo iv, if any, know the oiigin of ibis iiur;,my Buyg. F.,r the benefit of our young readers, v. egive the foil aw ing as the history of this interesting piece: “Mary had a Little Limit” is the true account of an incident that hap pened 61 years ego, n.>t 50 miles from the C edle id Liberty. And ‘Maty’ a delightful old lady of three score and ton. s iii lives and cherish**.- the m<*m o:y of the event. The wii'er, on a recent visit craved from her own lips the true n.toty of the afliir, and will reproduce it as nearly ns possible. ‘lt ttas wlmn I was nine tears old/ she said, ‘and lived on the farm, I use to go out to the barn < very morning wi h fa her to son t meows and cheep- They all knew me, and the c, ws, old Broad and Southern and Bnudle would low a good moruiiit; when I came to tlmir stables. Ouo cold day we found that owing the night twin lambs had been born You know that sheep wi 1 <dien disown one of the twins, and this morning one poor little lamb was pushed out of the pmi into the yard. It was almost staived and almost Dozen; aud father told me I might have it if I could make it live. So I -oek it into the house, wrapped it in a b anket, and teed it on peppermint nml uiilk all day. When nig t came I could not bear to leave it tor fear it wouid die, so mother made me up a little bed on a seine, and i nursed the poor little thing all night, fed it with a spoon, and by morning b could stijid. A ter this we brought it up by hand until it grew to love me v ry much, and would stay with me wherever l weot unless it was tied I used, before go ing to school in ’ho morning-t" see lha- the lamb was all right, aud se curely fastened for the day, ‘Well, one morning when uiy broth el- Nat and I were all ready, 'he iamb could not he found ; supposing it had gm< out to pa-tore wi'h the cows we s! II ted on. Ilied to fie n great sing er, and the lamb would follow the sound of my voice. Tins morning, af t-r we had gone some distan e, I be gan to sit.g,.and jhe jfiiub. healing me to In we a on; and bveitook us he loie we go! to the school bouse. As it happened we v era efltiy, So I went in quick y, and took the lamb in.o my seat where i went to sloop, and I cov ered it up wall my -h^wl., Yy h<-j) thj>. lecher came and the rest of the i.cholais, they did no' uottrte anything ami*-, Hid a.I was quiet until mv e ss wift caller) l.lia t paidly til It n my place, t'efure the p .tiering of lit tie ieet wis lizard coming down th aisle, ail ihe an b stood by m ready tin his word. 0! course the cllildterfc, .il int&lifdAnn ttfe teacher laughed' to •, at.rl t o pom cfua'tire had to be tprui'd out of doors. But it kept ing bulk, and at ln*t bad to be tied in the woodshed till night. “Now, th.it day rliiiie a> you-g man iri school, J< Im If ulston by name, who was on a visit to one of the hut's, and came as a spectator. lie wnsia Bust n hoy, and oin of a rid ing sslio and master, ajidVi a few days alter lie gave us the fir-' thro verses nf ihe song How or when it got into p int I don’t know,” Thu* she ran on telling of the care she bestowed on her little pet until it I rrrow to he n sheep and she w ti'd curl its long wool over n stick ; and it bore lambs nn’Tl there was a ll"i k nf fiv, al her own; and finally it 7.ns ki lei by an Sngrjr cow Then she brought nu' a pair of stockings ki.ited of yam spcn f.ora the lamb’s t.ho. 'he heels ol which had been raveled nut an* given away piece-meal as mmen j tors'. John Ronkdon died befo e entering | colb go. What he wwld Inst in him who wove into verse the immortal ized story of Mary and the Lamb no one may know. “Mv wife tells tho truth three times a day,” remarked a jocose old fellow, at the same time casting a very mischievous glance at her. “Be fore rising jn the morning, she says, ‘Oh, dear, I must get up, but I don t want to.’ After breakfast, she adds; ‘Well, 1 suppose I must go to work, bpt I don't want to.’ And she goes td lied saying, There, I have beeu fussing aIT day. and haven’t done anything." A spccelile** Since of Men. Dr. Field's book says: “This part of the wor tl w ould deiight Mr. Darwin ,by the strange races it contains some 'of which approach theanaulil tribes In the Island of Rbi" the Resident asured m* there were wild men who lived in tritas rod had no language hutetie'-. and in Sumatra the Resident of Pah nibeiig said there were men who lived in the forest with whom not only the Euiopeans but even the Malays could have no i t rcouise.— He himselt had never seen om ; yet sti -.iigeto say, they have p etty traffic with the outer wciid, yo! not th.ough the medium of speech, i’t ey live in ttie woods, and live by the chase. They hunt tigms not with tboguo hut with a weapon called sumpitan which is a long tube, ut of which they ! low arrows with such force and tha: are so keen of point and touched with such deadly poison that ihe wound is almost immediately fatal. Tneso tigar skins or elephant tusks they b ing off barter —net for sale—they n ver anything ‘or mousy is about the most useless tiling they could have; they cannot eat it ; nr drink it or wear it. But as they have wants thejf exehangn ye', th- v themselves are never seen.— They biing what they have to Die edge of the forest and leave it there, and the 'he Malays cone and place what tfisy have to ispo>e of, and rathe. If the offer is satiafacory, when the Ma ay-s ret urn t hey find what they brought gone, and take what islet l and depart. If not they add a few tufles more to tempt the eyes of these wild u.en of the woods ud so at last the ex hunge isaff-cted. yet .ill the while ihe sellers keep themselves invisible. This mode oi barter hi goes houesty on both sides.” The Diibo i Cilizi’n says: “Q iite , startling t-ugo ly, we 'ea• n, occurred in the neighborhood < fry m Facteiy one n gh' mst week. A in in went there wi t a load ut oo't m wliiuli he sold f r Uit> mi'Ley, aeveia hundred dollars O i his lem n hot ehecamp od for the night w ' i>i t nnie o. two ! of (tie f io‘o y, ..ud j-'* - tief ire.tet ring to his improuip ll ed Hi the iv g II • large c.use look; g winriau e mo- up a-id asked if sue oiu 1 w ,n 'te fi-eas she was vn.iy cold P. mi in m i was given, and som alter the mmi wen' to l ed in his wac-.n ; hut h-f r • going 'o sieep his utlie so.i an a negto hey who w te si'ti' g r.round the camp fire, dise.overel t .a- ihw. woman hadon a man’s bunts mi pan's, and the sen went and told | his father of the fact, which ar ,u.*o 1 his suspicion, and put him on t e a'ert. Alter some l.ttle time had ex pined, the booted woman suppniing the man and .ittlo tiny in the wagon were as ! eep, blew a whistle, when two oth-r men, with their fanes blackened and their persons otherwise disguised immediately appeared upon lie scene Horn ttie adj duing wood, and instantly cut the throat of the negro boy. Who win sitting by the fire, ki 11 fig him on ilu spot. They tl/vri started for the W'gpn, when the owner who was w I'ching their movement**, op- ncl fi e upon them With a double-barrel gun, killing two of them ■in 'Ueir t acks. The oue dressed m woman’s clothes made his escape. Upon the ex .mb,alien of the dead men it was f,,uml that they were white. I hi-y had evidently oen the mau leceivo the money at the factory fot hi*cuttm., nnd their oij.-ct w e, of coins'- the murder of the whole party aud rob bery A negro minister who married rather sooner after the death of his wife than Some of the sisters thought proper and becoming, excused him self as follows; “My dear brederen and sisters, my grief was greater dan I could bear. I turned ebery way for peace and comfort, but none came.— I sarchetl de Scripturs from Giuisee to Rebelation, and found plenty promises to de widder, but nary one to de widdfrer. So I took it dat de good Lord didn’t waste sympathy on a man when it was in his power to comfort himself; and habin a fuss, rate chance to many in de Lord, I did so, and would do so again. Be sides. brederen, I consider dat poor Patsey was juss as dead as she would eber be.” Happiness or nnhappinees of man kind depends as much on their tem peqpcnt as upon thoirfortuue. The VJ'iriiitiii Wh cw. Satutday forenoon * lit 1 fe old wr> man who bad come to town in a one i.oise wagon entered a stole on Wood ward Avenue where gents’ lurnbhiog goods are sold and asked if they- uept such a thing as a man’s nigh "-shirt. “Ceitatnly we do,” was the xep'y, as the e'erk reached for a box “Well, my old man was travelling down in Rhode Island last fall, aud he heard about ’em and saw one,” she continued, “and he’s been half ciazy ever since to own a couple. Things have come to a pretty p i-s wh u men have gut to hav6 om shirt for day and the other for night, hut Thomas is rather childish and I thought I’d git him one.” “Most-ail m- n wear ’em uow.” said t‘ e cleik as he opened the box. ‘What juice do you want to p>*y?” “YY’ell, I dunno,” she mused, as she jiicked u{ one after another and let them drop- “I didn’t say I wanted one for myse'f, did l i 1 ” “Why, no, of course not. These nie gentlemen’s night shirts, madam —three different styles.” She picked up tiie plainest one, shook i' out, held it at arm’s leng-h, and coldly said: “Young man. do you pretend to cull this garment h night-shirt for a niaii. ,) “Yes, ma'am.” “Y ui do, eh? You stick to it that this frilling and furbelowing and tucking and rtfll ng belongs on a man’s night-shir ?” “I do.” “Then you’d beltei go to driving a sand wagon, young roan !” she snap, pe 1 as she threw tho garment down. “I’ve worn night-gowns for fifty-one years, and if the day has come when a voung moonshiner like you puts on aiis to tell me that I don’t know what a night-gown is, my old mau can sleep in a fatness for all the nighi-.hirt lie’ll ever get n,e to buy! Good-day young man 1” And she went nut with a defiant g|t-a in in her eyes —Detroit Free Tress. A Mr Davis of Medfmd Ma**., a short time ago, while shaving, fell backwa'd up m (lit fl u r, and was pro nounced dead. As fie had expressed feats that he might be I uried alive, be body was kept several days ill the house and carefully watch'd. The remains wore finally buried at Mal den. A f :oi 'he funeral the widow and fie daughter, who resides in dif f'rent hocs f, 8, on a certain night dreamed that the deceased was bu iied vivo and was trying to ralei.no himself from the grave. They told theii dreiiins to each otli-r, and fina - ly caused the grove to beoppi nd lo the horror of ail, fhecovpse was found lying on its side, and the top of the oaske* broken, showing that the man had made strenuous elTotts to es c pe do ith by suffocation. A c’erguman unco preached on tlife miracle whore the exorcised devils ou tered the h'lid of swin*, and after the sermon asked a young man in the au dience if ha was a Coristian. ‘No,”.said he, ”t*ut lam ail right; I am perfectly sal's now ” “II w so? saj's Mi F “W iy,” savs tiia youth, “yon have just told ns that the devils were a ! drowned; so we are no longer in dan ! Mr. Fkn lit close hy the yiun* , man an . offered a very earnest pray, eras following: “0 Lord we read in till’ Word tht the e-wiue al ran down into the se i and we fup|:.sed they were II drowned •ut it seems one hog swam ashore and is rig lit before rue, Bird, cia: the d.-vil out of him.” A sprig Fair in Ihiutuii. We are glad to observe '.he fret that th ‘ Terrell Cos tin'? Industrial A.s-o ciatinu are making preparation* to have a spring fair. It will doubtless be a creditable one. The lairs held several ye-re ago by ‘his Association were highly successful, and t! e emu lation they exci ed amoung farmers, stock dealers ech, tended in a great degree 10 the material prosperity of the people of the co"""Tne in sp-eking of the forthcomeing ex- hibition, says: “Everybody is invi'ed to attend and pi ice articles on exhibi turn free of charge. Any proluct of ! the farm, workshop, factory, or any ! thing else of general interest, and ci! | ciliated to tnako up a big show and ! advance the interest cl the country, will be admited on exhibition Al i haay Writ s Tho IVo*l Vii'Siuiit Sanger. A corespnnrlet of a New York paper, writing from Lynchburg, Virginia, d-- scribes the “Satigcrs,” their habits and their conn ry. They aro a curious race of moun'aineers who inhabit sev eral wild counties of West Virginia. Th'-ir origin is unknown'. The pure j Bagor is a being by hintse’.f. The Digger Indian is the noire*; parallel to him, hut tho SiUger is Dot tor pliys-. itally, and lias more intelligdnuo than jhe Digger The colonies of the Sati gers were recruit*d I y deser ers from Doth armi'B during the war, and the influence of those fot feigners nmoeg them has probably elevafej thejnoial and social condition of the race. Law ful marriage is unknown among them ar.d they havo kj use for lawyers, doc tors or preachers or school teachers.-- Tiiey live in the woods and'among'.ho rocky fastnesses, far away from high- j ways and civilized settlements Tlwir j abodes ere Fg cabins, with mud chimneys and sometimes caves and ltobsiu ihe ground. They live on game, and include iu the list which furiti-h jtheir hill ol fare laeyoorta opossums, ground hogs, squirrels, snakes, owb, crows, polecats ard oth er animals that come to their traps The women drink tea >.f sassafras and the roots of t*'e gi lden rod. In the spring they find a delicacy in brook trout, which people the mountain streams and pools. They das; ie frogs, which are about the only living things lli6 ‘bigger does not eat, while I’iied grasshoppers are a rare luxury. The Singers have a commerce, tro. They dig the ginseng root, width is p'onti ful in the mountains, steal into the nearest settlement by night and sell it by appointment with their groc°r, and steel out again with corn moa! and tuicon, of which they have learned the v due, when their small tame i* scree. The ginseng is slipped to China, where it commands n high price. So they contribute to the onmmorcepf the ou’side well I, aftar all. anil are not altogether useless human bpings. ID'Cfps far Uk- Blue*. Things wore looking decidedly blue es'erday. The westhe was a'rocioits ; the war news perph-xinJ the lad e* could no got out, aipd the mercli n's held 'heir heads low. At the hotels the dinfftjJ-ronnis r<fleeted ttie same ,ad nn-1 sorry tale. There win nr conversation, and there was i-ven a few tearful eyes at some of the t ildes. It was just such a p ; o:ure that {in*, sell ted itself to the genial Dr. Reed ns ho entered one of the leading houses yeasteiduy, and tho following impromptu remarks pertinently esca. pe l Ins 'ips in the ptosenceof a Timo s man. “The best reoipt I know, i f want lo lie miserable, is to tl'dnk about yourself, how much you havp list, how much you have not made, arid the poor prospect for the future. \ brave man with a soul in him gets out of such fret.'ul rot* and laughs ar di-courag merits, rolls up his ifhistles and sings and makes the best ot life. This ear'll never w'* inter dad as a paradise, and a man who rises a -ove f)is di-<y>urftgemenl and keeps bis manhood wll fie the better for h's adversities. Many * nobb ship bus been saved ly t 'rowing overboard its rno.st valuable cargo, an I many/* rnari ii better and more humane after he has lost bis gold.” !Ih 'I rouble. ‘ Why, dear, what is the matter ? What can you mean, you look so do p, ossed? It cannot be—tmd yet —oh, re!.eve this kilting suspense? Abxan de , have you—have you failtd?” said h 8 wife wiih clasped hands. ‘•No, mV 'lea', my credit is unim paired, Htid business is looking up.” •You don’t mean to say, dear hus band, that vour old pain in tho head lias coma back ? ’ “No.” “You haven’t had to pay the no‘e tor yonr brother Joseph? ’ “No.” “H ive you -now tell m<, dear Al exand r Bid luck —hive yt,u had r.n ottor attack of vetigo ' “No ” “N >w, I know -I exoected it, I j knew it ait the um. I felt sure it wov. and ho so: Mi. Da onnii has ask ed for Sorapliiua ? “N'>, nothing of that kind ” “Then tell me, without waiting an other miuu'e, wbht h' happened; I can he ir it ; let me know the wo.si ” “Weil, that brooches button 1 told vou about lias got tired of hanging by one thread, and here it is.” VOL. XIV. —NO 1. SliHint; Up Potato**. i tliifik that hilling up, in the way it is praciico.il, is, as a general rule, in jurious, ex cepting mi very wet land. Ifli rl cultivated properly, and to the light depth, I claim that the crop whi r* no hilling up in the usual way is done, will ho nearly double that hilled up, - because those hilled up do net rsor-ivo the proper amount of moist ure. Should there be abundant rain to suit potatoes planted on the leel, it would Scarcely reach those on hills- Modern hi built as if to ward idi' all the moisture possible, and com- pel ihe poor potuto to eke- out exit* tance in a heap of dust. I have often wondered when opening out a how the po'atoys grew at all. My ex perionae impotato growing is, that the pioper way to plant is <>u the level, and then after -this 's dohe, mulch the ground well wi'h some manure to sine as much moisture as possible in jhe ground. Hetuetimosit is necessary to draw up u litde earth where the tubers are pressing up through tho ground, bu‘. I would only pat ou sufficient to cover. In drills,‘l would plant one good seed-eyo every fifteen or eighteen inclios, and jnjhills, two or three eyes at the most. Asa gener al rule, I think potatoes 'are planted too thick, and too much seed put in the ground, and frequently we fiod peop e reserving all the small trash of the pit or bin for seed, us ing the medium sized potatoes* Lxhbax, Goderich, Out., in the Country Genii man. “Tlisii’s Hie Way Papa l>oe.” A friend gave me lately the experi ence o! a skillful professional man in about tlie folliwiug words'. “My early practice,” rail the doctor wassuccssn ful.'and I soon attained an enviabln position. I married a lovely girl; two children were born to us, and my do nieslic h complete. But I was invitad often to social partie* whero wine was freely circulated and i soon boo,uie a slave to its power* Betoiu I was aware of it I was R drunkatd. My nobl6 wife never taunt ed me with a bitter word,n9ver ceas ed to pray for my reformation - We became wrefehedty poor, so that my family was pinched for dai'y bread. “One beautiful Sabbath my wife, went to chutch and left me lying on a ioungc, sleeping oil my previous nights debauch. I was aroused by hear I something fall heavilvto the floor. I opened my eyes and saw my little boy, six years old tumbling upon the car pet: His cider brother said to him; ‘Now got up and fall again That’s die way papa docs; lot’s play vre ara drunk’ I watched the childjrs he per sonated my beastly movements in a way that would have done credit to an actor. I arose and left the house groaning in agony and remorse. I waked off miles into the country— thinking over my nboininable sin and the example I wassetting my children. Iso o mily le-olved that with God’s help I would quit my cups, and I did; No )ee ure I ever heard from Mi - G.iugh’tn ivcd my soul like the spectacle of my own sweet boys ‘play ing diiink as papa does.’” A Minneapolis boy wus sent by bia teacher, a woman, to the superinten dent to bo whinpt and. The lad suspected the c i.tents of the note and hired a boy he melon the street to deliver it, giving him ton cents.,The superinten dent didu’: discover till after thecasti gattou was over that the boy he had floggel lial not seen the inside oft school house tor a month. Pe r young thing! She fainted away at the wash tub u nd her pretty nos went kerelosh into the soap suds. Some said it was overwork ; others however whispered that her beau had peeped over the back fence and called out ; “Hullo, ihore Bridget, is Mias, Alice at home ?” A dentist tried his first operation with gas upon a robust colored woman. After she had used up all the gas in the uflicu she wheeled in the chair and shouted ; “Hurry up and on am thor bug of that sweetened wind.” A firm reeenly sent a lot of Jbills West for collection. The list came back with the result noted against each name, one being “Dead.” Three mouths after the same bill got into a | new list and came back with tht 1 name marked “Still dead.”