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C. B. WOOTEN,
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21y Dawson, Ga.
J. I?.
W ATI 11 AND
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Dawson, Da.,
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~J. IS. IS JUT II y
(xXJJsT SMITH and
Machinist,
nan'SO.r, •• Georgia.
K-piirs all kinds of Guns, Tistols, Sewing
Vanities, etc., etc. 2 !?•
w. C- PARKS,
attorney at Daw.
Ma> s i y uan'so.r,aa.
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a taring at l.atr and Solicitor
in Egnitg.
4 UITUWIEEE - - - «EO.,
\\J ILL practice in Lee, Sumter, Terrell
* » and Wubs'er.
J. E. HIGGINBOTHAM,
ATTORNEY AT I. VVV,
Jllorgan, Calhoun Cos., Ga.,
Will practice in all the Courts of the South
western and Pataula Circuits. June 1
BROWN HOUSE,
E. E, It ROW A & SOW,
Fourth St., Opposite I‘asserger Depot,
Jllacon, Georgia.
the Ist of July the business of this
House will be conduct.d by E. E. Uiowu
A Son, tii3 Senior having associated his son,
Wm. F. Brow;t, in the management and in
terest if the Hotel.
The hou j e contains 6ixty rooms, which are
reserved chiefly for tlie use of travellers and
transient guests. Competent assistants have
been sc- cured in every and partment, and eve
ry attention will be paid to ensure comfort
to their customers. Rooms clem and airy, and
the table always supplied with tl e best the
country affords. Porters attend arrival and
of ail trains to convey baggage
and conduct passengers across the street to
their quarters. jul>27,tf
GMIOV'ESTEEJT S Vo .,
Piano Forte Manufacturers,
490 liroadtvay, ,tV«r l'ork.
r IYHESE I’ianos received llie highest award
-L ofmerit at the World’s Fair, over the
best makers from London, Paris, Germany,
the cities of ffew York, Philadelphia, Balti
rnore and Boston ; also, the Gold .11 (dal
at the American Institute, for Five Successive
Years!! Our Pianos contain the French
Grand Action, Harp Pedal, Overstrung Bass,
Full Iron Frame, and all modern improve
ments. Every Instrument warrented five
tears. Made under the surrer'vision of Mr.
JT. 11. CROVEST£EN, who has a
practical experience of over thirty five yearp,
and is the maker of over eleven thousand
pianofortes. Our facili'ics lor manufacturing
enable us to sell these instruments from SIOO
to S2OO cheaper than any first class piano
forte. Aug. 31' 1y r
FORCES’ SHOE HOUSE,
Whitehall St.,
ATLANTA OA-,
JIAVE oq hand the largest and be*t select
ed Hodt of BOOTS ami SiIOKS
breught to this market, and as they come
direct irom the flashm Jftanufactu
will be offered to country Merchants
at New York prices, freight added.
B. W. Force formerly of Charleston S. O.
will be pleased to see his former customers.
Nov2»ly
NATIONAL HOTEL,
pearly opposite Passeoger Depot
ga.
«. F. IVENSE & SOM,
(Late of Granite Ilall,)
Proprietors.
_ F’i'ic Pianos.
I urties wishing to purchagq Grove-
Btcen’s justly celebrated l’ianps, can
*»ve trom thirty-live to fiity dollars by
■pplying early at
THIS OFFICE.
THE DAWSON JOURNAL,
Vol. 11.
W. R. & N. M. THORNTON
Practical Dentiwts,
liaii'so.r, Ga.
tlf Oflice in Harden’s new building, West
Side, Depot Street. Dec. 14,
STEVENS HOUSE,
21, 23, 25 & 27 BROADW AY, N. Y.
Opposite Holding Oreen.
OX TIIE EI KOHEAN PLAN.
fit HE STEVENS HOUSE is well and widely
I known to the public. The location is es
pecially suitable to merchants and business
men ; it is in close proximity to the business
part of the city—is on the highway of South
ern and Western travel—and adjacent to all
the principal Railroad and Steamboat depots.
THE STEVENS HOUSE has liberal ac
commodation for over 200 guests—it is well
turnished, and possesses every ntodrrn im
provement for the comfort and entertainment
of its inmates. The rooms are spacious and
well ventilated—provided with gas and va
ter —the attendance is prompt and respectful
—and the table is generously provided with
every delicacy of the season—at moderate
rates.
The rooms having been refurnished and re.
modeled, we are enabled to offer extra facil
ities for the comfort and pleasure of our
Guests.
GEO. K. CHASE & CO.
Proprietors.
HENRY, MOORE & GENUNG,
Manufacturers and Jobbers of
CLOTHING,
No. 622 Broailwar* opp. St. Nicholas Hotel,
NEW YORK.
Phillip Henry. Jr., formerly of llenrys, Smith
A Townsend. •
John T. Henry, formerly of Saulshury St Henry.
Alex. T. Moore, j formerly with Hanrys, Smith
Isaac P. Genung, \ &. Towuseud,
We have ready a large, handsome and well
assorted stock of
HEan rjf»iD£ CLOTm.ra
manufacthred by us exclusively for the Southern
Trade, which we are prepared to sell at Low
Prices and on Liberal terms. Our stock is ad
apted in material, style , lengths and siezs.exelu
sively for the South, ami comprises from
goods from the lowest priced to the tinest made,
a largo assortment of goods for
M'iILMIMMafML.V'S JV'EvMH.
The recent decline in woolen and eotton fab
rics will enable us to offer Clothing at much low
er prices than it has beeu sold tor at. any time
siuce IM). Cash and close buyers from the South
arc invited to examine our stock bofore purchas
ing. as we believe we can offer greae inducements.
We will bo happy to receive orders, and our
loug experience In the Southern business euab/es
us to make selections which will be certaiu to give
entire satisfaction.
Descriptive futuloguos with prices sent by mail
if desired. HENRY, MOO HE St GENUNG,
August 2,3 m 522 Broadway New York,
WESLEYAN FEMALE COLLEGE,
MACON, GEORGIA.
mIIF, THIRTEENTH ANNUAL SESSION
1 o r the Wesleyan Femile College will begin
on Mond;tv, October 7th under the following
Bo.id of Instruction.
R-v. John M Bonnell, D. D., Pres, and
Prof, of Mental and Moral Science at'd Rhet
ot ic.
Rev. Coshy W. Smith, A. M., Prof, of
Mathematics.
Rev. W. C. Biss, A. M., Prof. Nat. Science,
i Christian Schwartz, Prof. Ancient and
] Modern Languages.
Mrs. Allice R. Leak, Assistant in Literary
Department.
Miss Kate T. Clusky, Governess., and As
sistant in Literary Department.
Mons A. de Cas'ro, A- M., Prof, of Instru
m-ntal and Vocal Music, and drn-ving.
Madame dc Castro, Teacher of instrument
s’ Music.
Assistsnt in Music.
Mrr. E. T. Crowe, Teacher of Painting
PAYMENTS.
The expense of a boarding pupil in the reg
ular course of study, is about $340. One third
is due on diy of entrance in October, one
third Ist. Janum y and one third Ist. April.
Modern Lingua Music, Drawing and
Painting, extra 11, cat J Books will vary
with the class. Pay uiehts are positively re
quired in advance, and there wdl be nota
riatioa from this rule, except by special con.
.ract.
Eor further information apply to anv mem
ber of the Faculty. W. C. BASS,
See’y of Facility.
Aug9-tf
NOTICE.
SJXTY days after date, application will be
made to the of Coart of Ordinary of Cal
houn County, for leave to tell the real estate
of T. T. Sawyer, lute of said eotintv dec’d.
MANF.RVA J. SAWYER,
aog9 Adm’x.
BEESWAX!
BEESWAX!
X AAA TOUNDS Beeswax wanted, for
which we will pay the highest
market price in Gtoceriis.
Aug 14-2 m PRATT & COCHRAN.
L.e« Poatpoucil biieriffs Sales.
AY7 ILL he sold before the Court House
tt door in the tewn of Stirkville Lte
County, on the first Tuesday in Sept, next,
within the legal hours of sale, the following
properly to-wit : Lots of land Nos. 141, 148
and 173, lying in the 14th District of Lee
county, levied on by virtue of two tax 6 fas
issued by George C. Edwards vs Decatur
Jones, for his State anti county tax for the
year 1866. Pioperty pointed out by George
C. Edwards, T. 6’., August 6th, 1867.
J. G. McKINNON, Dept. Shff.
Terrell Superior Court, I
May Term, 1867. )
IT being represented to the Court by the
petition of W. 0. Carter, Administ'ator of
Robert M. Carter, deceased, that by Deed of
mortgage dated the 10th day of November,
1858, James R. Bynum conveyed to the said
Robert M. Carter, a lot of land situate, lying
and being in the towo oi Dawson, in said
county of Terrell, containing six- tenths of an
aore, more or less, known in plan of said
Town by No. (96) Ninety six for the purpose
of seeming the payment of two certain prom*
issory notes made by the said James R. By
num, to the said Robert M. Carter ; ore of
them due the 25th day of December, 1660,
for the sum of Seven Hundred and Filly Dol
lars each, making the sum of Fifteen Hund
red D illars, whic l ; notes are now due and
unpaid.
It is ordered that the said James R, By
num do pay into this court by tbe First day
of the next term, the principe interest and
cost due on said notes, or show cause, if any
jie has, to the contrary, or that in defanltthcre
of a toieelosure be granted to the said W. C.
Carter, Administrator as aioresaid of said
mortgage and the equity of redemptiom qf
the said Janies R. Bynunt therein be forever
barred, and that setvioe of this Rule be per
fected on sa'd James R. Bynum according
to Law.
A True Extract Irrm the Minutes of this
Court, August 13th 1666.
J. C. t. CLARK, Clerk.
DAWSON, GLA-, FIIII>A\. , OCTOBER 4, 18«7.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Til for Tal.
* Was there ever such a jealous fel
low ? always coutrv ng some new test
to subject uty affections to 1” said Julia
Harvey to her sister. Mrs. Facny Mark-
Dam, as she banded her a letter.
It was from Julia’s lover, Cupt. Paul
Wilcox, an t fficer in the iufantry regi
ment, who wrote to prepa e her to rc
ueivo him. fie told her tbit she would
find him much changed, for ho had
been wounded in tbo leg and lost his
left arm ; that he had ielt it his duty
to siy that he should not hold her to
her engagement, though he loved her
as devotedly as ever.
Now, it happened that Julia bad a
correspondent in tbe arny, from wuom
she discovered that the captain had re
ceived no iujuries, aud that his story
was enneoettd as an additional test of
the devotodness of tie fair me.
“We’ll pay hix Lr this trick, Julia,’
said Mrs. Markham. “Come with me
and I’ll instruct you bow to give him
change in his own coin.”
Shortly after the ladies bad retired,
Capt. Wilcox, pluming himself on bis
stratagem, was ushered io the drawing
room. He buttoned Lis arm up in his
coat., and the left sleeve hung empty,
while he to ntjrfcited a halt
ing gait and put a large piece of plaster
on his left cheek to cover au imaginary
sabre cut.
In a lew minutes Mrs. Markham ap
peared.
“ Returned at last !” cried she, warm
ly shaking his band. “My dear Paul 1’
“There is not tt.ueh left of me—little
better than half,” sad tbe 6oldier. '
•‘Poor dear Paul,’ said the lady. And
how is your leg V
“Very poorly. lam troubled with
daily exfoliation of the bone.”
“Poor Julia !’ she sighed.
‘•She will be much affected at tbe
change in me, will she not ?’ asked the
brtve captain.
“Oh, dear, no ; I was thinking of the
change in her ( !’
‘Change in her ?’
‘What, —havn’t you heard V
‘Not a word.’
‘Ah, I see— she was afraid to write
to you. She has lost her beauty.’
‘Possible !’
* Yes—you know she was never vacci
nated.’
‘Nover vaet ina’.cd ?’
‘No | and she had tbe small pox very
badly. Poor Julia 1 Sbc has lost the
sight of her right eye. Her face is very
much discolored, ller nose is terribly
red.’
‘A fed nose ?'
“Yes It dee n’t so much matter
about her eyes—she wears blue specta
cle?.’
‘Hlue spectacles and a red nose !’ ex
claim'd the captuin.
‘But you don’t mind that. Beauty
is nothing,’said Mrs. Markham who
was ravishing!}- beautiful herself. ‘You
love Julia for her heart; you always
to’d her so. And as you are so maim
ed and disfigured yourself, why, you
can sympatbizi with and console each
other. You will be a very well assort
ed c uple—three arms and three eyes
between you.
‘And a red nose and blue spectacles,’
groaned the captain.
‘Hush 1 bere comes Julia,’ said Mrs.
Markham ; dou’t appear shocked. Ju
lia, my dear, here is the captain.’
The door opened and Julia entered.
She had painted hev face most artisti
cally ; a pair of blue spectacles concealed
her tine black eyes, but the marvelous
feature of her face was her nose—it
glowed with all the brilliancy of a car
buncle.
‘Ob, dear Paul,’ sa : d she ; ‘poor dear
Paul ; how much you must have suf
sered !’
‘I have one arm left for you to lean
upon,’ replied the captain.
‘But you are lame. We can never
dance tbe schottische any more.’
‘I di n’t know but I can manage it,
all but the side steps and hops,’ said
the captain ruefully.
‘But don’t you find me hideous?’ ask
ed the fair ore.
“Not exactly,’ said the poor captain,
‘the tip of your nose is rather a warm
color, to be sure.’
‘Oh, tbe doctor says it will settle in
to a purple, by-and-by.’
‘Oh, bo docs, does he ?’ said the cap
taia abstractedly.
‘Do you think I should look better
with a purple nose ?’ asked Julia.
‘Speak not of ir,’ said the captain
‘But tell me when you heard of my in
juries, were you not inclined to relin
quish my hand ?’
‘Ni t for a moment.’
‘Then forgive my deception,’ said the
captain. ‘Here is my left arm as sound
as ever. I have no wound upon my
cheek; I can dance from dark till
dawn.’
‘How could you be so cruel!’ said
Julia. ‘lt is my turn to ask yon wheth
er you are still willing to fulfill your
engagement, with me ?
‘Wiib all my heart,’ said the captain.
‘I am grieved for tde loss of your beau
ty, I confess ; but your heart and mind
are dearer than your person.’
Excuse me for a moment,’ said the
lady ;‘I must retire for a lew mo
ments.’
In an inslant she returned radiant in
all the glory of her charms.
‘Paul,’ said she ‘how do you like me
now V
‘You are an angel,’ said the captain,
holding her in his arms. How oould
you treat me so cruelly with the red
nose and blue spectaoles ?’
‘Not a word of that,’ said the beaty.
‘We have friends in camp who exposed
your jealous folly, and it was only ‘lit
for tat 1’
‘I deserve it all,’ said the captain;
‘And here, 1 avow, lam cured of my
jeulousy forever.’
When they were married!, wbieh fol
lowed as a matter of course, they were
pronounced tbe handsomest couple that
ever submitted to the matrimonial
noose.
DEAD BROKE.
BY TUB “FAT CONTRIBUTOR. '
We found a man seated on a curb
stone, near the post lest night
muttering to htmaelf apparently, as
there was no one else to mutter to. We
felt constrained to ask him wbat he wus
doing thete ?
‘ Iluiu't doin' nothin,” was the re
ply.
“Where do you belong !”
“Don’t b’long nowhere, an nowhere
don’t b’long to me !”
‘ Who are you ?”
“I'm Broke.”
“Well, suppose you are broke, you
have got a name, haven’t you ? W hat
is it ?”
“I tell you I’m Broke—Dead Broke
that’s my nerne. and tbut's my natur
My father was Broke cefore me. If
he hadn’t been, I wouldn't be Broke
now—at least, not so bad—my mother
was a Peasely, but she wanted a hus
band and she got Breke—that’s my
dad—and Broke got me I’ve been
Broke ever 6inee.”
For a few moments the unhappy D
Broke buried ills face in his hands, and
seemed lost in the most doleful reflec
tions. Then, raising his bead, he ex
claimed bit'er’ y.
“I wish 1 bad been born a colt 1”
“Why do jou wish you hud been
born a co’t ?’’
‘ Because a c n lt ain’t broke until he
is two or three years old. I was Broke
the rnotnen' I saw the light, and I nev
er got over it. It is hard to be broke
to young ’’
“How did your parents come to call
you ‘Dead Broke?’ ”
“Well, ye see, as soon as I was born
®omething seemed to tell me that I had
got to be Broke all my life, unless I
could get my name changed by act of
Legislature and that, you know, would
bo an impossibility.”
‘•How an impoßsihi’ity ?”
“Are yousiich a blockhead ns to
suppose that a man can get anything
through the Legislature when ho is
broke ?”
“You’re right Goon ”
“When the conviction forced it r elf
upon nty infant bruin, confused os it
was by recent experience, that J must
be Broke all my life, I fe't that there
was nothing lelt to live for, and lost all
consciousne-s at once. (I have found
only part of it since.”)
“He is dead 1" cried my mother,
wringing her hands
“Yes,” gtoaned my father, “dead
Broke’*
“I rtvived, alas ! but Deaa Broke
became my name, and l buve been
dead broke ever since.
“My name hns been fatal to me all
through life. The smallest boy in school
always broke me in playing marbles. I
broke more windiw« than any oth-r
toy in base ball. I always broke down
at recitations, and had my head broke
every day by the schoom eter. When
I left school I weal to clerk it fir a
broker. One day there was a heavy
deficit in the accounts I was afraid
he might think that I had something
to do with it—so I—l broke. They
caught me though, and put me in jail,
and I broke out.”
“Out of jail ?”
“No, and n it, broke out with the
email pox /’’
“What did you do next ?”
“After tho court had disposed of my
case, I was allowed to go into the bro
kerage business again.”
“How was that?”
‘•I broke stoue in the penitentiary,
dog on it ! After I got out I broke ev
erything. I broke my promise, broke
the Sabbath, and broke the pledge ”
“Were you ever married ?’’
“Yes. Matrimony broke me up
worse than anything else. My wile
was a regular ripper. She broke up
my furn ture and the dishes, nearly
broke my back wi h a flat iron, and fi
nally broke my heart.”
“By running away.’’
“No, dog on it, by sticking to me.”
“You have had a hard lime of ir, I
suppose.”
“All owing to my name. But lad
as I dislike it, it's mine; I came by it
honestly. You wouldn't think any
body elso w< uld wan’, to be in my
place would you ? but there are thou
sands ex imposters all over the coun
try, trying to pass themselves oft' for
me.”
“In what way?’
“When they tell their creditors that
tbev are ‘dead broke.’ ”
There was another pause, during
which the unhappy possessor of an un
fortunate name could be heard to sob
At length he broke out:
“It will be a simple and fitting in
scription for my tombstone, though.”
“What?”
“Daad Broke.”
Trick# of a Juggler.
The far-famed Robert Heller, who
is now delighting crowds by his weird
performance, cannot be satisfied with
his legitimate triumphs before an aud
ience, but occasionally does a neat
thing for his own amusements, very
much to the surpri e of those who hap
pen to be present On Saturday last,
while passing an itinerant vender of
cheap provisions, Mr. Ileller suddenly
paused and inqu red :
“How do you sell eggs, aun ie?”
“Dein eggs,” was the response; ‘dey
oxn a pdcayune apiece—fresh, too, do
las one of ’em ; biled ’em myself, and
kpmvn dey s fus rate ”
“Well, I’ll try ’em,” snid the magi
cian ns he laid down a bit of fractional
currency. • Have you got any pepper
and salt ?”
•‘Yes, sir, di re dey is,” said the sa
ble sn'eswoman, watching her custo
mer with immense interest.
Leisurely drawing out a neat little
jK'itknife, Mr. Heller proceeded very
qtret’y to cat the egg exactly in half,
when suddenly a blight new t*enty
five cent piece wits discovered lying
imbedded iu the yelk, apparently as
bright us when it came from the
mint.
Very coolly the great magician
transferred tho coio to his vest pock
et, and taking up tmo her egg, inquir
ed.
“And how much do you ask for this
egR ?’’
‘ De Lord bress my soul ! Da*, egg ?
T)e fact am, boss, dii egg is worth a
dime, shuar."
“All right. ’ was the response; here’s
the dime. Now give me the egg.”
Separating it with nn exact precis
ion that the colored lady watched ea
gerly, a quarter eagle was most care
fully picked out of the centre of the
egg, and placed in the vest pocket ol
the operator, ns before The old wo
man was thunderstruck as well us she
might have been, and her customer
had to ask her price for the third egg
two or three times before he could ob
tain a repiy.
“Dar’s no usetalkin,’ mars’r.” said
tho bewildered o’d darkey. “I can’t
let you hab dat sr egg, nohow, for less
dan a quarter. I declare to de Lord
I can’t.
“Very good,” said Heller, whose
impert’irab’e features were as solemn
as an undertaker, “there is your quar
ter and here is tho egg. All right
now.’’
As he opened the last egg, a brace
of five-dollar gold pieces were discov
ered snugly deposited in the very
heart of the yolk, and jingling them
merrily together in his little palm, the
savant eooly remar-e 1:
“Very good eggs, indeed. I rather
like them ; and while I am about it, I
believe I will buy a dozen. What is
tho price ?’*
“I say price !” screamed the amaz
ed daughter of Ham. “You cruldo’t
buy dem eggs, mars’r, for all de mon
ey you’s got No dat you couldn't
I’se gwine to take dem eggs all home,
I is; anti dat money in d'm eg rs a'l
b’longs to me It does dat Couldn’t
sell no more ob dem rggs, nohow.”
Amid the roar of the spectators, the
benighted African started to her dom
icil to “smash dem eggs,” but with
what fuceess we are unable to relito.
Summer and M inter Plowing.
A great many farmers favor break
ing up ground in the Fall and Winter
for Spring crops, upon the idea that
the action of the w inter upon the soil
is lavorable. A writer in tt.e Cincin
nati Enquirer takes the opposite view.
He rays;
Plowing late in the Fall and iluring
the Winter, may, in somo instances,
be beneficial, in others, injurious. As
a general rule, the principal reason
that can be given in lavor of the prac
tice, is that the work is performed at a
time of leisure, and the farmer is re
lieved from the pressure and hurry
which wou'd attend tbe crowdiog of
all his plowing into a fiw days ol
spring. Loose gravely and sandy
lands are not, probably, injured by
plowing ; but compact soils, tl plowed
in the Fall, are sometimes so beaten
down by the heavy ra’n» of winter and
Spring, that more labor is actually re
quired to bring them to a condition for
crops thjn if they had not been touch
ed till n ar the time oftowing or plant
ing
The idea that anything is gained by
the decomposition if sward by late fall
plowing, is we are convinced, a mis
take. On the contrary, every one who
has had the opportunity of observing,
may have seen that swurd which is
broken up after the weather hns be
come warm, and the grass somewhat
started in S| ring, rots much sooner
than that which was plowed in fall or
Winter.
Clayey soils, which have been w ’ll
drained, may be greatly improved by
Fall plowing, if it is done in the right
way. The ground should be run in such
a direction as will most readily turn off
tho water from tho field. Let two fur
rows, as deep as can well be plowed, be
turned together in the form of what are
called “back furrows,” and the whole
field be plowed io this way.
This will expose a large portion cf
the soil to the action of the frost and air.
The ridges will be dry, tod tbe soil be
ing frozen and thawed while in this
state, it will become loose and friable,
and on cross-plowing the ridge, when
the proper time arrives for seeding, the
soil will be mellow aod in excellent cod
dition for a crop. This oourse has pro
duced good crops of grain aDd vegetab'es
on laad which would yield little or noth
ing in any other way.
The agents of the Government have
leased the Uaoe Track in Atlanta for
five years, at SIOOO per year, and we
learn from the Atlanta New Era that
nn appropriation of $160,000 has been
made for the erection ol barrntks
The same authority sais “a'l posts in
Georgia are to be discontinued except
Savannah, At'anta and Dahlonega.’
A Methodist brother recently had
occasion to preach a di-course against
the doctrines of immersion, but oonldn’t
find the text until, with great shrewd
ness and good sense, he Lit upon this :
“Beware of divers I and strange doc
trines.”
No. 30.
Tbe Spider hi Web.
[From Ga a »cl’s Family Paper. J
llow wonderful is tho tunuity of the ft i
ry-liko linos, yet strong enough
to enable the »eriai voyage to run
through the nir andcatch bis prev which
ventures within his domain. It is so
fine that, in the web of the gossamer
spider, the smallest of the tribe, are
twenty tubes, through which is drawD
the globules, the gummy matter it em
ploys in spinning, each of the thickness
of about one tenth of an inch. It takes
one hundred and fifty of theso viscid
globules to form a s ogle spiral line; it
baa twooty Imr circumlocutions to go
through, which gives the number 3,360
We have thus got tho average total
number of lines between two rada'i of
the circle ; multiplying that number by
twen y-six, tbe Dumber of radaii which
the untiring iusoot spins, gives the to
tal amount of 87,360 viscid globules be
ll ro the net is cr inplcte
Tho dimensions of the net of course
vary with tbe species. Some will be
composed o f as many as 120,060 lines;
yet even t> form (Lis Det the spider
will only take five minutes ! Wonder
ful, iDdeed, is the pr o:ss by which the
6pider draws the thread from its body
—more wonderful than any rope or
siik spinning. Each of theso spinner
ets are covered with rows of bristle-like
p lints, so very fine that a space about
the size of a pin’s bead will cover a
thousand of them. From each of these
points or lubes issues a small but slen
der thread which unites with the other
tLreads, bo that from each spinneret
proceeds a series of threads formiog one
compound whole ; these are situated
about one-third of an inch from the
apex of the spinnerets ; they also unite
and form me thread, 624 of which are
used by tbe spider in forming bis net.
With the instrument which nature baa
given him, the claws of Lis ieet, the
spider guides and arranges the g'utin
ous thread as this seemingly inexhausti
ble fibre is drawn from his body, and in
terweaves them with each other until
tho web is complete. In this way spi
ders are weavers of a supple line, whise
touch, for quicknoss and ti icuess, sur
passes that of any spinning jenny.
Site Wouldn't ftlarry a Tie.
Titanic.
A young man eimmcnced visiting a
young womar, aDd appeared to be woll
pleased. Ooe evening be called when
it was quite late; which led tho young
gi 1 toicquire where he had been.
“I had to work to-night.”
“What! do you work for a living ?’’
she inquired in astonishment.
“Certainly, ’ replied the young man,
‘I am a tneebanio ’
‘I di-liko the name of a mechanic,’
and she turned up her pretty nose.
That was the last time the youDg
man visi'ed the young woman. He is
now awealthy man, and has one of the
best women m the country for his wife.
The lady who disliked the name of a
mechanic is now the wife of a misera
ble fool—a regular vagrant about grog
shop, and a soft, verdant, silly miserable
firl is obliged to take in washing in cr
sr to support herself and children.
You dislike tbe name of a mechanic,
eh ? You, whose brothers are but well
dressed loafers We pity any g : rt who
has so little brains, who is so verdant,
so soft, to think less of a young man for
being a mechanic —one if God’s Dob'.e
men—tbe most dignified and honerable
personage of heaven’s creatures. Be
ware young lady, how you treat young
men who work for a living, for you
may one day be mcDial to one of them
yourself.
Far better discharge the well fed pau
per, w th all his rings, jewelry, brazen
nrss, and pompi sity, and take to your
affections the callous handed, intelli
gent, and industrious mechanic.
Thousands have bitt rly regretted
their folly who have turned their backs
to honesty. A few years have taught
them a severe lesson.
Profanity.
Why will men, but more particular
ly Mason., take tbe name cf God in
vain? What possible advantage is
gained from it ? and yet how mamy of
the fraternity, who have proclaimed
their trust in God, knelt before the
Great L'gbt, and followed to its close,
as participants, our magnificent ritual,
are daily guilty of this sin against the
Eternal Ooe, an offcoce to decency
Oo this point the North American Ke
view says;
There are among ns not a few who
feci that a simple assertion or plain
statement of obvious facts will pass for
nothing, unless they ewear to its truth
by all the names of tbe Deity, and
blister their lips by every varietyof hot
and sulphunous oaths. If we observe
such persons closely we shall generally
find that the fierceness of their profani
ty is in inverse ratio to the affluence of
their ideas.
‘ We venture to effirm that tbe pro
fanest men within the circle of your
knowledge are all affl ctrd wi'h chronic
weakness of the intellect. The utter
ance cf an oath, though it may prevett
a vacuum in sound, ia do indication of
sense. It requires no genus to swear.
The reckless taking of sacred names in
vain is as litlto characteristic of true in
dependence of the thought as it is of
high motal culture Id this breathing
and beautiful world filled, as it were,
with the presence of the Deity, and fra
grant with its incense from a thousand
alters of praise, it would be no servility
should wc oatch the spirit of reverent
worshipers, and illustrate in ourselves
the sentiment that the “Christian is
the highest men.”
A celebrated wit was asked why he
did not marry a young lady to whom
he was so attached. “I know not,’ said
ue, ‘except the regards we have for each
other.”
A Child's Sympathy.— A child’s
eyes—those clear wells of undefiled
thought—what on eathc*n be m r«
beautiful ? Full of tope, love and cu
riosity, they meet your own. In pray
er, how earnest! in joy, ho.w spark
ling !: in. sympathy, how tender !. Tbo
man w ho lias never tried tho compan
ionship of a little child, has carelessly
passed by ooe of tho greatest pleas
ures of life as one passes n rare w>w or
without plucking it, or knowing its vab
ue
Oh, < h ldhooj ? how pleasant are thy
day dreams ! how pure, how delight
ful thy enjoyments ? We look baek
upon thee w ith plea<iuro, for our bup
[piest hours are ussotioied with thoe;
und yet wo somotinofcs sigh, wbil*
memory busily retrospects the j list,
because those peaceful hours have tied
forever.
If parents were really as anxous that
their children should love G<ul us that
they should Jovo themselves, they
vvuu'd use the uaine means for excit
ing th’» ove ; they would not so much
enforce it ms a du'y that Ue should
he loved und thankful, as lead the
child to do so of h's own accord. They
would endeavor that He should be as
sociated in their minds with every idea
oi cheerfulness and enjoyment, and
bus lay the foundation of a pure, ra
tional, und efficient religious principle,
the only source of permanent happi
ness.
To Preserve Quino-s VYholb.—»
Tho large quince makes the finest pre
serve, Having pared them very thin,
put them into a stewpan, fill it with
bard water, lay tie parings over tbs
quinces, and let them boil over a now
fire until they beoomc soft and of a pink
color ; take them from the pan with a
skimmer into a pan cl cold water, to
preserve tbe light color. Take as ma
ny pounds of lump sugar as you hav«
pounds of fruit, dissolve it in a little t f
tbe water in which the quinces were
boiled, clcarify it over a gentle fire;
put in the quinees, bill them for a few
minuter, set them on one side to be«
como cold, boil them again in the same
manner; the next day boil them until
they are transparent, and after they are
taken out cf the syrup, let it boil until
it assumes a jelly-like appearance on
cooling a little of it in a spoon or sau
cer.
To Purify a Fink. —ln hot weatn
er it is almost impossible to prevent
sinks becoming foul, unless some cbetn
ic’.l preparation is used. One pound
of copperas dis olved in four gallons
of water, poured over a sink tbr»e or
four times, w ill comple’ely destroy the
offensive odor As u disinfecting agent
to scatter rounj premises infected
with anv uop'esant odor, nothing is
better than a mixture of four parts of
dry plaster of Paris to one part of fino
eharcoa by weight. A'l sort* of glass
vessels aud other utensils may be ef
fectually purified trom offensiv®
smells toy rinsing them with charcoal
powder, alter the grosser impurities
have been scoured off with sand and
soap.
A Brooklyn Presbyterian who has
great f ith in the catechism, and teach,
es it wi h n pertinacity that would
chal’engo the admiration of a Lutber
or Calvin, was putting the yougest of
four through a course one (day, when
the questi u came up;
“Who tempted Eve
’J he little fellow, after a few moments
thought, with an air of confidence ex
claimed :
“It’s the gentleman who lives in hell.
I’ve forgotten his name.’*
When Dr. Johnson asked the widow
Porter to be his wife, he told her can
didly that he was of mean extraction,
that he had no money, and that he bad
an uncle hanged.
The widow replied that she cared
nothing for his parentage, that she had
no money herself, and though she had
not had a relative 1 anged, she bad
ti f ty who desi rvtd hanging. So they
made a match of it.
In anticipation that the yellow fever
may reach Mobile, and the place be
abandoned by the government officials
General Spinner. (Jn'ted States Tress
urer, has, from prudential reasons
thought proper to withdraw all gov
emm ut funds deposited there, and
place them in some city further
North. ______
Returns to the Attorney General’s
oflice show that large numbers of
Southern people are taking the oath
under the recent amnesty proclama
tion.
The corner-stone of the new Cathe
dra! of the Holy Cross, which is des
tined to be the largest Roman Catho
lic Cathedral in America, was laid in
Boston cn Sunday. It is expected
that when completed it will have cost
$1,500,000.
Oakes Ames, ot Springfield, Massa
chusetts, has been awarded the con
tract fi r ex'ending the Union Pacific
Railroad eight hundred miles west
ward from Cheyenne City at the rouod
sum of fifty millions.
With pleasure we announce that tbs
liberal suppoit and encouragement of
the good people of Southwest Georgia
has enabled us to reduco the subscrip
tion price of the Journal to Two Dol
lars per year—making it one of tbs
cheapest Family Newspapers in tbe
Southern States.
Every man di posed to read s news
paper can pay this small sum.
In order to keep up our business, wo
will be compelled to have the Cash in
Advance in every instance.
An old lady announi cd in court at
Atlanta that she “had no counsel,” that
“God was her lawyer."
“My dear madam,” replied tbe judge,
•‘he does not practice in this eourt.”
An irrscible gentleman lately fongbt
a duel with his intimate friend, because
he jocosely asserted that be was born
without a shirt on LB back.