Newspaper Page Text
TUTT'S
r PILLS!
I INTRODUCED, 1865.
* TORPID LIVER
u th fruitful source of many diseases, promi
*■ nent among which are
DYSPEPSIA, sick-headache, costiveness,
dysentery, bilious fever, ague and fever,
jaundice, piles, rheumatism, kidney com.
plaint, colic, etc.
SYMPTOMS OF A
torpid liver.
jjoig of Aptxtito >nd Nausea, the bowels
but sometimes alternate with
loottne**, Pain in the Head, accompanied
with a Dull aenaation in the back part,Pam
, B the right aide and under the shoulder
fclada, fullness after eating, with a diain
ellnation to exertion of body ormind, Irri
tability of temper. Low apirits, Loss of
memory, with a feeling of having neglected
•ome duty, General weariness; Dizziness,
fluttering at the Heart, Dot* before the
ijeit, fellow Skin, Headache generally
over the right eye, Heatlessness at night
with fitful dreams, highly colored Urine.
1 J THESE warnings are unheeded,
serious diseases will soon be developed.
TUTT’S PILLS
•r. especially adapted to such
oaeee, a single dose effects
such e change of feeling ae to
•etenleh the sufferer.
TUTT’S PILLS
an campenuged from snbstances that are
free frn any properties that ran Injure
Ike most delirate organization. They
eearrh, t'lranoe, Purify, and Invigorate
the eallre System. ]ly relieving thr rn-
? urged I lifer, they cleanse the blood
rent polsonoanhumors, and thus Impure
fe#alth aid vitality to the body, causing
the bowels to act naturally, without
which ne one can fool well.
A Noted Divine says:
Dr. TUTT:—Dear Sir: For ten years I hnve been
wsrlyr to Dyspepsia, Constipation and Piles. Lust
Spring your Pills were recommended to me; I used
them 7 but with little faith). lam now a well man,
her* good appetite, digest ion nerfect, rogular stoola,
wiles gone, and I hare gained forty pounds solid flesh.
Df are worth their weight in gold.
R*v. R. L. SIMPS' )N, Louisville, Ky,
TUTT’S PILLS,
Their flrit effect is to Increase llie Appetite,
sod emuse the body to Taka on Ficsh, thus the
gvitem is nonrlshed, and by their Tonic Ac
ties on the Digestive Organs, Regular
Steels are produced.
DR, J. F. HAYWOOD,
OF NEW YORK, SAYS:-
• Few diseases exist that cannot be relieved by re
storing the Liver to its normal functions, and for
this purpose no remedy has ever been invented that
has as happy an effect as TUTT’S PILLS.”
SOLD EVERYWHERE, PRICE 25 CENTS.
•flic# 35 Murray Street, New York.
%W~ Dr. TTJTT’S MANUAL of Valuable Infor
mation and Useful Receipts” will be mailed fret
on application.
TUTT’S HAIR DYE.
Gray Hair or Whiskers changed to a Glossy
Black bra single Application of this Dye- It im
parts a Natural Color, acts Instantaneously, and is
aa Harrolesr as spring water. Sold by Druggists, or
•ant by express on receipt of sl.
Office, 35 Murray St., New York.
THE GENUINE
DR. C. MtXANE’S
Celebrated American
WORM SPECIFIC
OR
VERMIFUGE.
SYMPTOMS OF WORMS.
THE countenance is pale and leaden
colored, with occasional flushes, or
a circumscribed spot on one or both
cheeks; the eyes become dull; the pu
pils dilate; an azure semicircle runs
along the lower eye-lid; the nose is ir
ritated, swells, and sometimes bleeds;
a swelling of the upper lip; occasional
headache, w'ith humming or throbbing
of the ears; an unusual secretion of
saliva; slimy or furred tongue; breath
very foul, particularly in the morning;
appetite variable, sometimes voracious,
with a gnawing sensation of the stom
ach, at others, entirely gone; fleeting
pains in the stomach; occasional
nausea and vomiting; violent pains
throughout the abdomen; bowels ir
regular, at times costive; stools slimy;
ot unfrequently tinged with blood;
belly swollen and hard; urine turbid;
respiration occasionally difficult, and
accompanied by hiccough; cough
sometimes dry and convulsive; uneasy
and disturbed sleep, with grinding of
the teeth; temper variable, but gener
ally irritable, &c.
Whenever the above symptoms
are found to exist,
DR. C. McLANE’S VERMIFUGE
will certainly effect a cure.
IT DOES NOT CONTAIN MERCURY
in any form; it is ifn innocent prepara
tion, not capable of doing the slightest
injury to the most tender infant.
The genuine Dr. McLane’s Ver
mifuge bears the signatures of C. Mc-
Lane and Fleming Bros, on the
wrapper. :o:
DR. C. McLANE’S
LIVER PILLS
*re not recommended as a remedy “for all
the ills that flesh is heir to,” but in affections
of the liver, and in all Bilious Complaints,
Dyspepsia and Sick Headache, or diseases of
that character, they stand without a rival.
AGUE AND FEVER.
No better cathartic can be used preparatory
to, or after taking Quinine.
Asa simple purgative they are unequaled.
BEWABE OF IMITATIONS.
The genuine are never sugar coated.
Each box has a red wax seal on the ltd with
the impression Dr. McLane’s Liver I’ills.
Each wrapper bears the signatures of C.
Me Lane and Fleming Bros.
Insist upon having the genuine Dr. C. Mc-
Lane’s Liver Pills, prepared by Heming
Bros., of Pittsburgh, Ta., the market being
full of imitations of the name it lchontf
•pelted differently but same pronunciation.
PACTS FOR YOUNG MEN.
Actual Business, Students on
’Change, The Businessi World
in Miniature, at MOORE * LLSH E. -
UNIVERSITY, ATLANTA, GA. Ihe
Best Practical Business School in the country.
SHIE
TOBACCO
THE DAWSON JOURNAL.
15Y J. D. IIOYL & CO.
GEN. FORREST’S GAME OF
POKER.
Ilow His Wife Helped to Pray
Him Through.
[From the Nashville Banner.]
Several years ago General Forrest
visited the city and stopped at the old
City Hotel. That night several gentle
men called to see him, among them a
gentleman now connected with the
“Banner.’’ The room had been crowd
ed during the early part of the night,
and Forrest had received the usual at
tention bestowed on him. Now, how
ever, he was sitting off by himself, and
appeared worn and tired out. Our in
formant wishing to have a talk with
him about himself, sought him and en
tered into conversation with him.
“General,” says he, “I’ve heard you
were a great poker player in your time.
“Yes,” says the General, “I have
played some,” and his eyes began to
sparkle with the memory of old times,
and he at onee seemed interested in the
subject, for be it known that no one was
fonder than he in recounting his won
derful exploits.
“Ilow much, General, was the largest
stake you ever played ?”
“I once called $48,000 in New Or
leans.”
“Did you win ?”
“Oh, yes! I won it-”
“What was your hand, General?”
“It was three kings.’’
“But,” says he, “the hardest game I
ever played was at Memphis. Just af
ter the war closed, me and my wife
went to Memphis, and we stopped at the
Worsham House. The next morning
w r e got our things together, and I emp
tied all my papers out of my trunk on
the floor, and Mary (I’m not certain his
wife’s name was Mary, hut that will do
for the tale) went over and over them,
hunting ior something to raise money
out of. I emptied my pockets and Mary
emptied her’n, and between us we had
$7 30. After huntin’ over everything
we found that every man who owed me
was either dead or broke. I hadn t one
single paper on which I could raise a
cent outen. After we got through the
pile I looked at Mary and Mary looked
at me. ‘Now what’s to be clone, Mary?’
says I, ‘I don’t know’ says she, ‘hut
the Lord will provide.’ You see, Mary
was one of the best women in the world,
and she had a heap of faith in her reli
gion. I looked at her right straight
for a long time, and at last says I:
‘Mary, you are a mighty good woman,
and I’m going to tell you something.
There’s to be a big dinner at this
evening, and I’m invited. They always
play poker at that house, and you have
always been agin me playing, and I
reckon you are right about it. But
things have become desperate with us
and somehow I feel if you wouldn t be
agin me, but would pray for me, I could
make a raise to night.’
“Says she: ‘Redford, I can tdo it.
It’s wrong for you to do it, and Ida
heap rather you wouldn’t.’
“ But, Mary,’ says I, ‘I never was in
such a fix before. Here we are with no
money hut $7.30, and that wouldn tpay
our tavern bill. I can’t lose no more
than that, for I swear I won t bet on a
credit. If I lose that I’ll come home;
and if I win, then we’ll have something
to start on.’ Well, I argued and argu
ed with her, hut she wouldn’t say yes.
But at last she says:
“Bedford, I know your mind is set
on it, and I know you are going to bet,
whether I am willin’ or not; so I won t
say nothing more about it.’
“But, somehow, I felt when I start
ed that she was for me, and I jist
knowed how ’twould be.
“Well, I went some time before
dinner, and, sure enough, they were
at it. They had three tables—one
bad a quarter, ante, one a halt, and
one a dollar and a half. I wanted
pay seven dollars to last as long as I
could make it, so 1 set down to the
quarter table. We bet on until din
ner, and by that time I had won
enough to do better; and after we
had eat, I sat down to the dollar and
a-half table. Sometimes I won, and
then again I’d lose on until nigh
about midnight, and then I had bet
ter luck. I know’d Mary was setting
up and praying, I feft like it, and it
made me cool. I set my hat down
by my side on the floor, and every
time I’d win I’d drop the money in
the bat. We played on, and I did
n’t know nothing about how much
Id won. I didn’t keep any count,
but I know’dl was winning. Ithougbt
may be I’d won a hundred dollars, or
may be two hundred, but I didn t
know. I set there until day broke,
and then we went borne. I took my
hat up in both hands and mashed it
on mv head and went home without
taking it off. When I got to my
room there sat Mary in her gown,
DAWSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1879*
and the bed wasn’t mashed. She’d
set up all night waiting for me: She
seemed tired and anxious, and though
she looked mighty hard at me she
didn't say a word. I walked right
up to her, and pulling off my hat
with both hands I emptied it all
right in the lap of her gown. And
then we set down and counted it.”
“Ilow much was there, General?”
“Just fifteen hundred dollars even.”
“And that,” added the General, as
he walked off, “gave me a start.”
A Trance of Nine Weeks.
The physicians of this city are much
interested, and the public generally
greatly exercised, over a singular in
stance of suspended consciousness—the
case of a young lady who has lain in a
trance for nine weeks. The case has
been much talked of for weeks, but up
to this time the papers have refrained
from giving general publicity to it
through their columns. The young
lady in question has for weeks lain in a
comatose state, and for a month was
apparently asleep. After this period
her slumbers appeared to he disturbed,
her face at times becoming greatly con
torted, and her hands gesticulating
wildly. Her eyes became wide open,
her countenance betrayed no intelligence
or consciousness. Her condition up to
the present writing remains unchanged,
and ttie doctors are still watching the
case with anxiety. They have had
great difficulty in affording the patient
sufficient no'irishment, and have resort
ed to almost every method of introduc
ing food into the stomach. They pro
nounce the case a phase of hysteria,
and say that it will not necessarily
prove fatal. —jYorfork Virginian.
The Griffin correspondent of the At
lanta Constitution sends that paper an
account of an amusing case of burglary
which occurred in Griffin Saturday
night last, the rascal who did the work
being one Jake Shellton, or “ one-eyed
Jake,” as he is familiarly known. He
says: “I allude to it as an amusing
case of burglary, and it certainly merits
such a title. Reeves & Cos., druggists
here, had been suspecting thieves from
their back entrance, and in order to
frustrate any attempts in ‘hat direction
had arranged a jar of sulphuri? acid ov
er the window, attached thereto a cord,
which was connected with the window.
Raising this window would invert the
jar, emptying the contents all over who
ever made entrance. Jake concluded
he didn’t have enough worldly goods
of his own, so he decided to appropri
ate a few drugs and whatever else he
could rake in. Climbing up to the
window, he made Ins entrance by bor
ing through, but as ill luck would have
it for him, he struck the cord and down
came the whole jar of acid on his wool
ly head, completely burning off his
clothes. The fool was so frightened
he couldn’t get away, and his noise at
tracted an officer, who took him in
town. Jake says as fast as he would
grab in one place to koep his clothes
on, the acid would eat through another,
and by the time he got to the lock-up
he was about elothesless, piece by piece
having dropped off on the way. He was
removed from the guard house to the
jail yesterday, and had on nothing but
a blanket. He is not much injured by
the bums I guess the State w ill fur
nish him with a suit of stripes in a few
weeks.”
A lover and his sweetheart recently
drowned themselves in a mill-pond near
London. The motive was given in a
letter found in the young man’s hat ad
dressed to the girl’s father: “Dear Mr.
Parkinson —You have tried hard for a
long time to part your daughter Cathe
rine from me, but you have failed in
turning her mind from me. Knowing
that you would not give your consent
to our marriage, we have been deter
mined not to part from each other, and
our bodies will be found in this pond.
We have both committed suicide to
gether, Yours, James Wni. Thompson,
July 22, 1879.” Mr. Parkinson, in
answer to the Coroner, said that the
young man had asked his consent for
the hand of his daughter. He did not
think Thompson was capable of keeping
a wife, and lie refused. This appeared
to upset their minds, and his daughter
said that unless she had Thompson she
would not have anyone else. One eve
ning his daughter suddenly disappeared
from his house, and he never afterwards
saw her alive. The jury returned a
verdict “that the deceased persons com
mitted suicide together while in a state
of unsound mind.’’
“That’s right: that’s proper,” is what
“Cove” Bennett, the convicted mur
derer, said when informed of the fact
that he had been respited, Mr. Jennie
11. Smith simply said, “Thanks.”
ACQUITTED.
George Williams Comes Clear on a
Dreliminary Trial.
[Atlanta Post.]
Just as we expected, and we predict
ed as much as few days ago. George
Williams, the negro who was brought
from Alabama suspected of being one
of the Defoor murders, had his prelim
inary trial before Justice Rhea yester
day afternoon and was acquitted of the
charge. Wesley Winter and lbs wife
both testified that Williams and his wife
and child staid all night at their house
near the Western and Atlantic Rail
road on the night of the murder, and
that he did not leave the house during
that night. Winter and his wife were
kept awake during the greater part of
the night by the fretfulness of William s
child and he heard him at frequent in
tervals during the ibght iu conversation
with his wife and endeavoring to quiet
the baby.
So George Williams who was capt
ured iu another State without a war
rant or a requisition and brought to
Atlanta and confined and secreted in
private houses and back rooms was ac
quited without a suspicion and turned
loose upon the city without a cent of
money in his pocket and hundreds of
miles from home.
The Dahlonega Mountain Signal
gives an interesting account of the nar
row escape from death of a young hoy
of that place. The little fellow showed
a degree of coolness under the circum
stances which was most remarkable, es
pecially in one .so young Says the
Signal: “Frank Parker, aged nine
years, son of Mr. J. P. Parker, Clerk
of the Court, came very near being
drowned on last Saturday. He, in
company with some other boys, was out
at the Lawrence Gold Mill, situated on
the edge of town, playing. Inside the
mill is an old shaft, ninety feet deep,
which had been abandoned and covered
over with plank, some four feet below
the surface. Frank Jumped down up
on these plank, which, being rotten,
quickly gave way, precipitating him to
the bottom of the shaft. From where
he broke through to the surface of the
water measures twenty-one feet, leav
ing a water depth of seventy feet. Mr.
Harrison, engaged in blacksmithmg in
one end of the nuilding, was at the
time of the accident seated on a bench
eating Lis dinner, and hearing something
fall into the shaft, hurried to the open
ing, and just then Frank came to the
top of the water, when Mr. Harrison
called out “helloa!” and was answered
from below with, ‘helloa yourself!”
Just at this momenta countryman
drove up to the door, who, as quick as
thought, took off his lines and gave them
to Mr. 11., who lowered them to the
unfortunate boy, telling him at the
same time to take hold on them and
and keep his head above water until he
could send for a rope. Frank iu the
meantime while swiming around found
a crack in which he had inserted his
fingers, and with the other hand held
on to the lines. In about half an hour
the man returned with a rope, which
was tied in the centre of a stick about
two feet long, and towered to Frank,
who, straddling the stick, was drawn
up. When about half way to the top
he said: ‘Hold on, I’ve left my hat in
the hole.’ On being told that he should
have another bat, tie consented to be
drawn up.”
A German clergyman, who was trav
eling, stopped at an inn much frequent
ed by wags and jokers. The host not
being used to having a clergyman at
his table locked at him with surprise.
The guests used all their artillery of
wit upon him without eliding a remark.
The clergyman ate his dinner quietly,
apparently without observing the gibes
and sneers of his neighbors. One of
them at last, in dispair of his forbear
ance, said td him: “Well, I wonder at
your patience! Have you heard all
that has been said to you ?” “Oh, yes;
but I’m used to it. Do you know who
lam?” “No, sir.” “Weill will in
form you. lam chaplain of a lunatic
asylum. Such remarks have no eflect
on me.”
Augusta News: Over in Newberry
the colored people have been wild from
for some time in religious matters. The
usual swoons, trances, crazy spells and
j ells have been made to indulge in, and
added to all this, a woman carried her
child to the meeting one night, andjiay
ing become overpowered and prostrated
with fervor, actually crushed her infant
to death. The Coroner of that county
should investigate the affair, and if
proved true as related, the unnatural
mother should be brought to punish
ment, for such accidents, if accident it
was, could only result through criminal
carelessness.
Worm Proof Cotton.
Mr. L. C. White, of Jasper, Texas,
sent to Mr. A. G. Mills, Secretary Gal
veston Cotton Exchange, two samples
of worm proot lint cotton to be submit
ted to the Classification and Quotation
Committee for their views, etc., the
samples being numbered one and two.
We take from the Galveston “News,”
of August 2d, the following statement,
giving the result of the examination by
the Classification Committee, and some
interesting facts with regard to this cot
ton :
The committee, after a careful inspec
tion of the samples, report both staples
of fair length, remarkable strength and
very silky, No. 2 the best. The cotton
has been produced by Mr. White after
sixteen or seventeen years of labor and
study, by amalgamating ordinary cot
ton with a weed—the weed and his pto
cess are his secret. He is on corres
pondence with the Agricultural Depart
ment, at Washington City, with a view
to the Government paying for his dis
covery, and then making known his pro
cess, which, he says, is so simple that
any ten year old child can do it—that
its simplicity looks ridiculous to him
now. Mr. White further states that
the weed witli which this cotton is
mixed was never known to be eaten by
worm or insect of any kind.
The writer examined the cotton
growing. The stalks were large and
healthy, a brownish red color, the leaf
resembling ordinary cotton, with a very
rank weed odor, the bolls were larger
than ordinary cotton and well filled
with lint. In the centre of each boll
there is a small pod containing, evident
ly, the seed of the weed. Whcu the
boll is fully opened this pod of seed is
also opeued, and the seed drop out,
leaving the lint cotton in the boll. The
bolls will all mature within a few days
of each other. This the planter could
remedy by planting at different times.
Mr. W. says the cotton can he picked
within one hundred days after planting.
Mr. White has taken stalks of ordinary
cotton with the cotton worms at work
upon them, placed them in and along
side of his cotton, hut iu no instance
did they cut any of the leaves, stalk or
boll of his cotton. He has gathered
the worms from other cotton stalks and
placed them on his cotton with the same
result, and feels very confident that no
worm will ever touch it.
Should Mr. White’s discovery prove
to be what he claims for it, absolutely
worm proof—and upon this point he
has no fears—the value and importance
of the discovery can not easily oe esti
mated, especially iu the old cotton
belt.
Paris Slaughter House.
In paris the butchers on killing an
ox make an incision in the breast near
the neck, and the nozzle of a bellows is
inserted. A man then works the bel
lows for about fifteen minutes until the
whole carcass is swollen out like a small
balloon. The reason given for this is
that it makes the meat look better,
more plump than it otherwise Would,
and that it enables the one who skins
the carcass to get the hide off quicker
and easier without injuring it.
A novelty in pig butchery is to be
seen here on the avenue of the pig
styes iu the houses where they slaught
er the grunters The pigs are taken
into a large round-house, something
like a locomotive round-house in Amer
ica, having a cupola in the roof to let
the smoke off, and the floor being di
vided into triangular pens. A dozen
or so of pigs are driven into each pen
at a time. A man strikes each one on
the head wi'li a mallet. They fall
down quietly, and are laid in a row.
Then the butcher comes along, and
cuts each one’s throat, and a girl holds
a basin under the pig’s throat to catch
the olood, which is all carefully poured
into a large can and stirred by the gill
to keep it from curdling. This blood is
used in making the large black saus
ages so much sold in Paris. Another
girl gots along the row and works the
pigs’ front legs to keep the blood flow
ing, and twists the hind legs to dis
joint them. A man then carries each
porker to the side of the room and ar
ranges them in a methodical row, heads
all in line, and covers them with straw,
which is set on fire and burns off the
bristles that remain after the coarse
ones have been pulled out.
A history of medicine in New Jer
sey, just publised, brings out the fact
that yellow fever ante-dates in this
country the arrival of the pilgrims,
and almost annihilated the natives in
1618. As there was no intercourse
then with the West Indies, this is re
garded as proof of the oiigin of yel
low fever in this country between the
forty-first and forty-fourth degrees of
latitude. In 1798 it prevailed to
some extent on the shores of the Del
aware, in New Jersey.
VOL. 16-NO 24
A Boy's Flglit With a Panther.
[Lock Haven (l'a.) Democrat ]
A few days since, while Mr. W. 11.
Higgins, residing about two and a half
miles from Itenovo, on the dividing
ridge between Paddy’s and Drury’s runs,
was working in his field making hay,
he saw an animal in a distant part of
the field making off with a hen. He
thought it a fox, and called the atten
tion of his son, George, a lad of four
teen, to it. George is fond of hunting,
and getting his gun he started off’ for
the fox, accompanied by his five-year
old brother and a hound. They had
not been gone long when Mr. Higgins
heard several continuous yells of the
most terrible kind. The varmint had
been treed by the dog, and its half hu
man shrieks rent the air with terrible
distinctness, like the shrill agonized
voice of a woman in dire distress. The
excited father and his field hands at
once made for the point whence came
these foreboding sounds, and ero they
hud reached the spot they met George
dragging a huge female panther, meas
uring five foet one inch in length and
standing two feet high. The boys had fol
lowed the dog to a big tree, up which
the panther had gone about sixty-five
feet. When the eldest lad saw the an
imal crouched and glaring above he felt
that it was either to be a dead panther
or a death struggle between it and him
self and little bro her. He Was a good
shot generally, but here was to be the
severest test l>is young eye and nerves
had ever been put to, and one tha
might well have tried an older and
stouter hunter. He drew the bead and
fired, feeling as he did so, he says, as if
he had been lifted clear off his feet.—
Dut there was the hungry brute yet
crouching on the limb, its eyes fairly
fit to burst in their malignat glare.
Bang went the gun of our brave young
hunter just as the panther sprang. It
seemed, said the lad, as though the an
imal sprang out from the tree twenty
five feet, then came straight down light
ing on the dog about sixteen feet from
the boys. The young hunter again
thought he had missed. Clubbing his
gun, he advanced upon the brute to
strike it, but it rolled over dead befere
he could do so. Examination proved
that the first shot had struck about four
inches back of the heart, the last one
in the heart. It was bravely and well
done, and but for the steady nerve and
true aim of the lad he and his litttle
brother would doubtless have fallen
victims to the animal’s ravenous hun
ger.
Au Arkansas Blasphemer Comes
to Grief.
Little Rock, Ark., August 12 —
Intelligence from Smithvillc, Lawrence
county, states that a farmer there,
whoso crops had been suffering from
drouth, prayed fervently tor raiu. Dry
weather continued, however, and he
changed his prayer into curses, blas
pheming everything sacred. Suddenly
the family observed smoke then sparks
issuing from bis mouth, ears and nose,
succeeded presently by sulphurous blue
flames. Ilf is now at home, where he
paces the floor constantly, unable to
eat or drink, while fire and smoke of
an unearthly hue escapes from him day
and night. His sufferings arc terrib.e
to contemplate.
He Wanted to Het.
[Norwich Bulletin.]
A little fellow rushed into the street,
recently, to look at a monkey that ac
companied an organ grinder, who was
playing in front of an adjoining block.
Never having perused the “Origin of
Man,’’ he gazed in wonder and admira
tion a few moments, and then rushing
into the house he met his grandmother
to whom he addressed this inquiry :
‘Grandmother, who made monkeys?’
‘God, my boy,’ replied the old lady in
her candid way. ‘Well,’ said the ex
citable grandson in rejoinder, ‘l’ll het
God laughed when he got the first
monkey done!’
Why it Cooked Up.
Old Phineas Rice was one of the
quaint types of itinerant Methodist
preachers. lie had a hard patch to
cultivate once, and when he made bis
report to the Conference following, he
reported the Church ‘looking up.’ The
Bishop presiding expressed his pleasure
but asked for an explanation, because
no one expected success in that parish.
Dr. Rice was equal to the occasion, and
added: ‘Well, Bishop, the Church is
on its back, and can’t look any other
way.’ There was a roar of laughter all
over the Conference.
mm ♦ —'' -
Five thousand bathers at Coney Is
land ! The shares don’t go there because,
there is too rnrvch to do.
FliW Bagging
Celumbus Enquirer-Sun : About tho
cheap flax baggings we fear there is
again to be trouble, and wo warn plan
ters in time. Of the intrinsic qualities
of this bagging we are not informed.
We know the New York cotton ex
change pronounced bales of cotton cov
ered with it unmerchantable. After
wards this was rescinded partly—to the
effect that where the flax was well rot
ted and there were no shives such bag
ging was merchantable. The restric
tion has never been removed from the
lower, cheap grades- It is best policy
always to cover bale? well and with
good, heavy bagging, for thereby a bet
ter piice is obtained for the cotton;
cheap stuff stains and tears. When tho
material is such it has to be removed,
the planter must pay the charges. Our
recollec! ion is that all the exchanges
followed the ruling of Now York.
We have been handed an official cir
cular from the Charleston exchange.
That body on April 18th, 1879, adopted
the following:
Resolved, That a circular be issued
by this exchange, to be distributed by
the factors among their friends in the
country, stating that some of the larg
est marine insurance companies are
threatening to refuse risks on cotton
covered by so-oalled flax bagging, and
that the necessity of abandoning its uso
be again brought before tho planters.
This circular is now being distribut
ed generally by the secretary, and wo
presume other organizations a e doing
likewise. We give planters the infor
mation, that they may exercise their
own judgment and consult their own in
terests in the matter.
Peculiar tics of Sonio Animals.
Cats are affectiouate; they love young
chickens, sweet cream and the best
place in front of tho fireplace.
Dogs are very faithful; they will
stick to a bone when everybody else has
deserted it.
The donkey is an emblem ol patience;
but if you study linn closer you will
find that laziness is what is tho matter
with him
Monkeys arc imitative; but if they
can’t imitate some mischief, they are
not happy.
The eagle is the monarch of the skies;
hut the little king-bird will chase him
to his hiding place.
Hens know when it is going to rain,
and shelter themselves; but they will
try to hatch out a glass egg just as hon
estly as they will one of their own.
The elephant has the least, and the
rabbit the most eyes for its size; and a
rat’s tail is just the length of its body.
Tho roof of a thoroughbred dog’s
mouth is always black; to is the bot
tom of a cat’s foot who is a good mous
er.
The serpent and the crab change
their clothing each vear; and the rac
coon lives all the winter long on the
memory of what ho ate in the sum
mer.
—SI ♦ ■*-
A Novel 1 tail way Ganger.
The night express from Nordhau
sen, Germany, to Berlin
passes about 11 p. >•
through the GnunewaLl, and has
been several times in danger of be
ing thrown off’ the rails by the deer
which wander on to the line from the
forest. It is supposed that the lights
excite their curiosity, and they fre
quently remain iinmovab'e watching
the approaching train with heads
tossed np, as if in hostile defiance. —•
The engine drives pass the danger
ous place with whistles screaming,
but they do not always succeed in
frightening the animals fiff the line.
Two Coming Inventions.
S. R. Cockrill Vice President for Ar
kansas of the Mississippi Valley Cot
ton Planters’ Association, announces in
a communication published iu the V icks
burg, Herald that, before another year
passes, two great inventions of the
deepest interest to the South will bo
perfected. Those are the picking of
cotton by maehiuery—mules and iron
fingers and the dispensing with the gin.
ginnery, press, balers, etc., and conver
sion of the cotton picked during the
day into thread by night. A halo of
cotton,’ says Mr. Cockrill, standing in
the field in October or November in the
morning, may be put into thread by
night and sold for sloo.’
Slept With a Rattlesnake.
A Jackboro’ (Tex ) dispatch to the
St. Louis Globe Democrat says: Miss
Walker, aged 16, living with her fa
ther, eight miles from here, retired to
bed and slept all night with a tremen
dous rattlesnake, several feet long,
which crept roto her bed About day
light Miss Walker turned upon her pil
low, when the snake struck her in the
forehead with his fangs and instantane
ously coiled around her throat. She
screamed and feinted. The reptile was
finally killed, but it is believed Miss
Walker cannot live.