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Newspaper Page Textnotice. All eoromunloatlons lnt«nd«d tor r must be scoompanled with the ro eof tlie writer, not neces#arlly for pnbll- 'lion, but « » guarantee of good faith w ,»r« in no way responsible for the opinions of correspondent#. c. C BROWN, ATTORNEY at law, BandoiCTlllt, CHl . ■Tin prfl.M .c« ID tl)6Bt^t# ®Dd Office in CourtrUou** H. N. flOLLIFIELD, physician and Surgeon, BsndererlUe, Ga. 0*0# nut doer u, Mm BeyaeH aiUlaHy re on Hnrrl* ■tx##U (}, VY S- WdlfAKER. T I ST Bandersvllle, Ga. •HRMl CASH. Oiflrs »t bis Residence, on Harris str»et. oril M. IMP- B. D. XVAN8, ATTORNEY AT LAW. batches, Clocks And ' JEWELRY the mercury. [JELISHED EVERT TUESDAY A. J JERNIGAN, Pioprietob. DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, AGRICULTURE AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. $1.60 PER ANNUM. Volume IV. SANDERSVILLE, GA., TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1883. Number 17. BamtersTllle, Os. |H11.1M0- Dr. H. B. Hollifield, ulna recently graduated at the Unlver , „i m.i< lx ml and returned home, now >r« hl< iiroie«alon«l seivloss to tt«e nltlaeu Hainlrravllla and vlcmsiy Offlee wit II N HolilfleW, neat door lo(Mra. Bayne , llluery stors. O. H. Rook a# INES & ROGERS, ttorneys at-Law, 8ANRERSVILLE, QA., pntctlc* in ti eoountleaof Waahtngton, •.on,J"lin»on, Kmanuel and Wilkin* n, In i lie IJ. H. court# for the Southern Die- f Ueoigla. 1 .cl mh ngenta In buying, eelling 01 ling Heal Ketnte Thu Weil aide of Pnbllo Square. tl-tf airitan bt snaricATT. ItuV YOUU imtLiis, srcmnn FROM JERN ICAfJ, gendne wlthont onr Trade Mark, un hnnd and for (ale. TA NOSE GLASSES, ETC. Bile, MUSIC —CIO TO— ERNIGAN THE MERCURY. -for “WHATEVER IS—IS BEST.” “Wbntever la, Is best." Our feeble sense But dimly thy eteri al truth discerns Yet could we but ascend the height from whence Flows the pnre stream of knowledge, for which yearua Our thirsty soul, how near and simple then Would seem the luyst’rlee now beyond our ken. But here and there a link In the vast chain That binds us to all being oan we s.e; We hear In snatche# the celestial strain That Alls creution with Its harmony; Here, highest good we may but evil deem, And Heitvon’s own music may harsn discord seem. Nor ending nor beginning here we see Ol that which promptsall action, good will; Rends human hen,is with sharpest agony, Or makes thom with the keenest pleasure thrill. Been rightly, death, that ends this mental strife, la hut the entrance to a higher life; and pain and sorrow that so fret us here Are but as hubbies rising on life’s i-trtnm, And Instantly ns they shall disnppcar And lade away hs visions In a dream. Keep then tills golden truth before thine eyes— True life shove, beyond, thepresent lies. Aud from that loftier lilglit thou rasyest dis cern The "why and wherefore” of the seeming 111 That here u fillets thee, and so mayest thou learn That good fiom evil Ood adduces still. Then bear thou |oy. r grief with equal mind, To fortune's smile or frown ullke resigned. For this poor life Is but an episode In that fur greater life that Is to be; A lew short paces on tlie checkered road Tint stretches onward to Infinity. . When thou hast further traveled towaids the light On thee shall dawn the truth, “What la. Is right." True wisdom Mis with mind lerene to beer Our preseul lot, and lo he instant still In all weil doing, having o nstantcere To mold our act ous to our Father’# will; ThI# way lies hHppincssHUU thlsalone, • And lilts us from the dust to an eternal throue. 0I.L\8, ACC0RD1MS, Bows, Strings, osin Boxes, Etc- achine Needles, Oil and Shuttles, AU, Kivnsor MACHINES, for sale. " ls " order parts or M chines hist got broken, for which new Phcos are wanted. «T. JEKNIGAN. SCIENCE. n e * fCtr ‘° light for deep sea flabin irt >8 tlie niw steamer, Albatross, of tbe cotninission. When sunk beneath the ,c ‘r it attracts the fishes, and these are k ^ a net which is diawn up irom eath it. otf 8 by a large number of observers upon 10 l,r i'orses in diff rent parts of tbe >e , lttve been brought to ether by Dr 1,1 a very interesting manner. ' 8 ani ^ L ’ ra ? hones are, perhaps, the general favorites ; but a great variety tet colors are held iu esteem. It is 66 e ^ a * blaclt horses are little sought e *tept by Europeans. 8 pec (s of iudia rubber yielding trees ln rtct ' nt| y been discovered ii> Biitiah . a . r * a character which iusures the edT'^i °* ** le colon y' One is nearly 0 t iT Para rubber tree, and is about' nt ' 8t ’^i Wll b a trunk diameter of me ies. The second is not scieniifi- ve as ' ta fl°wering specimens fivof Cen Plained. The. trunk is four tv .Y' m (l ' amete f, and runs up straight iich ih r ve , llt y ,eet unbranched, above 8 ea( i ®*teudg many feet more. BOTH SIDES OFJfHE SHIELD. "I never was to insulted in my life I" ex claimed Mrs. Gordon, entering the cosy sitting room where her husband sat enjoj* mg his evening paper and a cigar as only a tiled slave of civilization and business can enjoy these emblems ol modern progress, "What’s the matter, Em ?" he asked, glancing up from "political siftings" to look in some surprise at her flushed face and sparkling eyes. "One of the youngsters relrsctory 7" "Ob, no I They are both in bed long ago —the darlings I But—of course you remem- bee Mrs. Perkins' visit to us last week 7" "Perfectly well," responded Mr. Gordon, Hh some show of interest; for Mrs Pe - kins was a very pretty woman, and an agr< eable one also 'Well, do you know ehe had the imperti nence to tell Polly that 1 was so jealous she dared not addresi half a dosen words to yon daring the whole evening? Aud after yon sang together for two solid hour#, ending with a game of chess I Now don’t leugb, Ed—I am really insulted! 1 have tbe Arabian idea of hospitality, and ehe has violated it shamefully." "Pshaw I don't be foolish I" said Ed, with that masculine espression of superior wig 10m which is so exasperating to the average woman. "1 doubt it me even dreamed such nonsense. You should not believe ad you near." "But Polly never told a fib in her life." "Then it's a pity she has commenced such a bad habit in her old age." Edward I" "My dear, that's the worst of yoor ami able sex; you are always so ready to unite en masse against one woman—particularly ii she be pretty " Mrs. Gordon colored deeply. "1 don't think you can lay that sin to my ubarge, Ed; I never was euviuns or jealous in my file; can you recall an instance ol it?" "N no," waB the hesitating response, giv en a little shamefacedly; it is awkward to oe drawn Irom generalities to individual cases Then a happy thought struck him, and he hastened to give a graceful turn to bis embarrassment by adding, "That is wbv your anger at this trifle surprises me so much." "Do you call it a trifle to be held up to he ridicule of Iriends and strangers, and contemned for a weakness you never pos sessed ?’’ . That depends. Your friends know you too well to believe such tras i; why need you care for their hearing it then ? As lor strangers, they do not count until they have ceased to be such. Beside, even Mrs Pei- kins has too much sense to run about talk iDg of you.” I forgot to say lhat the remark in ques tion was made at the weekly sewing circle.' "Puew I If your reputation as an amiable wife lies in tbe hands of those estimable ladies and Miss Platt—" "EJ, I won’t have Polly insulted even by you I She is truth and honor itself. But she is plain, and not very young, and, ot course, fair game for Mrs. Perkins udmir 0r Mrs. Gordon spoke with some heat, and her bubhand looked at her quizzically. "Meaning me, littl? woman ? Now don’t be so hard on a fellow. Wbat do yon want me to do? Challenge Perkins, or kiss his wife ? I'd as soon do one as the other, you know." A sweeter tempered woman than Emily never lived, and at this sptech she forgot her anger and laughed outright. ’You saucy boy I Do the last named, of course; no doubt it will be the more severe punishment of the two. But seriously Ed don’t yon think it was very treaqherous and mean of Mrs Perkins to serve me so? And can yon blame me for being angry ?" "Oh, well, I don't know—life ie too short for quarre'i; and ske is only a pretty cut* terfly, not worth being angry with. I wouldn’t mind it, Em, if I were you; it's not worth a second thought." But ‘ Em" did mind it Somehow these pretty bntteiflies, in ma-culine opinion, are apt to appear more like wasps to the women they sting; and she forgave Mrs. Perkins none tbe more readily because she was pretiy. A good and loyal wife, fond and proud of her husband, who had chosen her without hesitation from the bevy of village beauties of which she and Mrs. Perkins, then Flora Heading, were the acknowledged belles. Emily had no occasion for jealousv, and still held her own with women even younger than herself; it galled her. then, to be accused of such an ignoble weakness, and she felt injured that her hut-hand could no-. sympathize with her mortification. "I wonder if men are as indifferent to small offenses as they appear?" she thought It is so easy to bear another's grievances I Oi course it's only my vanity that is hurt; 1 admit that; but would Ed bear a similar insult better than I?" She thought not; s>ill, as he was disposed tn pass the mailer over as one ot no conae quence, she let the snbject drop for tbe time being. A day or two later, chancing to pass her husband's place of business on her way to market, she ran in for a moment to ask some question about hie secret wishes on the subject of dieter Mr. Gordon, all smiles and gallantry, wai chafing gayly with a little woman who sustained ber pari o< tbe conversation with much coquettish archnesa. This little woman was Mrs. Per kins, and Emily paused a moment, not knowing whether to advance or recede. Neither observed her, however. “You must come and see us soon," Ed ward was saying, in the most cordial way. “Tell Perkins to come iu the evening, and we’ll have a game ot cards; my wile will be delighted—" At ibis very moment fate elected that he should look over his fair caller's ringleted bead into tLatof his wife’s indignant lace. A moment later, aud before Mrs. Perkins had noticed the sudden stop and its cause, Emi ly walked swiftly out ot the store. She was very angry. Can you blame ber? It was bad enough when Edward gently insinuated that she was quarrelsome and hasty; but to openly ally himself with her small Ion was shameful—yes, sham- fui I Sh j tried bitterly when she reached home, and for two hours considered herselt the most ill-used woman in the world ; when she had put that mood behind her, and as sumed an air of quiet displeasure and dig nity, it was dinner time, and Mr. Gordon somewhat timidly made his appearance. Sbe was quite civil to him, and devoted ,11 the time she could spate from Master Walter, ber eldest son, to some chilly con versation with the master of h» house. But be, kuowing just how much that was worth, felt decidedly uncomfortable. "Why didu’t you stop a minute longer at the stor-, Em ?' he said at last, with a des perate attempt to appear at ease. "Mrs Perkins would have been pleased to see you I'm sure." "Mrs. Perkins is very kind," replied Em ily, "1 am very sorry the pleasure is not mutual." "Now Eml You don’t mean to say that yon are ei'ly enough to resent that nonsen sical remark she is accused ot making ?" "The remark she made, if you please, Ed ward. There is no doubt on the subject whatever. And I do resent it most bittei- ly." "Well, well I women are all alike!” cried Mr Gordon, in tbe way that may always be expected from a man and a husband. Really. Emily, I'm ashamed o you I li Flora used her tongue too freely, I’m sure she meant no hatm—a joke probably tthe inquired for you most kindly this morning, and will be grieved and hurt if yon treat her coolly. 1 hope, if she comes here, nothing unpleasant will occur." Emily s eyes fK-bed. "Did you ever know me to insult a guest in my own bouse ? Bui she won't come, rest assured of that, Although she inquired tor me so sweetly and innocently this iorn mg, she knows perfectly «ell how I feel to ward ber; lor Polly, with her nsnal frank ness, told her that she had repeated her words to me, and that 1 expected an appolo- gy for them." "Phew I" whistled Mr. Gordon. "This is worse than 1 expected. It seems to me lhat Miss Pratt is a first-class misehi f-maker." “Polly has only done her duty as a friend; sbe loves me too well to hear me lightly spoken of without resentment, and is loyal enough to openly enroll herself as my cham pion.” "Tut I tut I if we all espoused each other’s pett" quarrels, a pretty mess society would be in I' "You think, then, that every individual should stand alone ? That no matter how intimate the relation between two people, the insults offered to one seould be ignored by the other?" "Most decidedly." "I don’t agree with you, Edward; more, I think you are mistaken in your belief. How ever, life is loug; we shall see. And now. if you please, we will drop the subject at once, and torever.” Emily’s pretty lips were closed firmly to gether, and the meal »as conclidad in a silence which was moBt unusual in that happy little household. A month pawed quietly with the Gordons bringing only one liille social event—a note of apology from Mrs. Perkins to Emily for the remark which she “thoughtlessly, not disrespectfully" made. Emily smiled a lit tle grimly when she read tbe words, under standing why they were written . Mrs. Per - kins could not affo'd to lose both Mr*. Gor don and Mias Pratt as friends; for the tat ter, though regarded simply as a rather strong minded old maid by the men, was an nniversal favorite with the adies of the vil lags. Sbe accepted the apology, however, and now the two were as friendly as ever. Ed raw the notes, of course’; Emily was too good a wife to keep the most trifling in eident from her husband s ecu; but remem bering tbe peat, be forebore to make any 00 ntnent upon it. It was on a chilly day in autumn that Mr. Gordon, arriving home somewhat later than usual, burst into his wile's presence in sueb e bnrry that he did nut wait to remove overcoat or hat. In his hand he held an open letter, and his faos was flushed and angrv. 'Read that I" he cried, throwing the letter into her lap. Wonderingly, Emily did so. The note ran aa follows:— "Dbar Hbow.n ;—Don't let Gordon know 1 order, d my last lot of goods from yon. Re's a peculiar fellow, aud might take of fence. "Youre, Ac., Irvino Pkssibs," "Well?" said Emily, looking at her irate partner with inquiring eyes. "Did you ever hear of such impudence ?" bluttered Gordon. “A 'peculiar fellow, in deed I Don't you see—he insinuit-s that I'm envious of Brown’s trade." Emily bad opened her lips in absent to this proposition when a sudd n thought caused her to close them firmly again. Surely h<r enemy waa well deliver.d into her land I "Oh, I don’t thi.ik he means that,” she said carelessly. "Probably he was joking, or—’* "Does thie look like a joke?" was the angry interruption. "The letter may be a forgery; perhaps he never wrote it at all,” demurely continued Emily, "Never wrote it? Wbat do you mean ?" cried Edward, his angry passions rising rapidly. "I'd stake my existence on Brown; he never did a di.-honorable act in bis life.” "Then it's a pity be bH« commenced such bad habit in hie old age,” said Emily gtav.ly, though her eyes twinkled. She was a lair mimic, and her husband recognized his own words at once. “By Jove I Emily, it's too bad of yon to go back tothatl" he rxc aimed, coloring with mingled anger and mortification. Thai’s the worst of men—you are so ready to doubt each other I" continued Emily, heedless of the interrupiion. "And it that other is a handsome man, like Mr. Per'-ins, for instance, he need expect no quarter." ‘ Do you mean to say that I'm a jealous fool ?" he asked, seeing toe trap, but falling into it, nevertheless. And when sbe burst iuto tro' *tTollable laughter he strode ar grilj ro i the room, and she did not see him ferau hour. By that time, if his good humor waa not restjred, he was polite enough to conceal h's vexation. And he said no more about bisiijured feelings. But Emily was not sa'isfi -d even yet; she determined 'hat her liege lord’s lesson should be an effectual one, and her charac ter vindicated and placed at least as far above petty weaknesses as his own. "Mrs Perkins called on me ihis after noon," she said to him one evening soon alter, when the children had been sent to bed, and tbe pair wera ready for a cosy evening together, "Yes?’ responded Edward, with only a faint show of interest, however—a fact which Emily chose not to observe. "Yes Sne complained of tbe dullness of the social weather at present, and said she was just dying for some music with you— jour voices h .rmonize so beautifully; so 1 have invited her here for to-morrow even ing.' Edward smiled complacently. Even a married mao is not quite insensible to tbe open liking of a pretty woman, and be kne« as well as Mrs. Perkins did lha' their voices “barmouized beautifully ;" only he would not have said it; which reveals one of the subtle differences between masculine and feminine human nature, Emdy, swinging back and forth in Uer own liitle rocker, crocheting, looked very demure and comiortable; but there was a mischievous twinkle in her eyes, as si e nivined her husbaud’s thoughts, which meant danger. "I thought you would be pleaseu," she said, as though he had spoken “We shall have a nice long evening. Flora is coming to tea, and Mr. Perkins will drop in later. I torgot to mention that he accompanied his wife. 1 "Perkins comingl Confound his impu- dencil' cried Eiward, dashing his book to the floor in sudden beat. "Do you mean to say 1 am expected to meet that fellow, Emily, after the way in which Le has insul ted me?" Emily looked at her irate spouse in bland surprise. " Now Ed I You don’t mean to say that yon are silly euough to resent that nonsen sical fetter he was accused of writing?" "Accused of writing He did write it t Brown—" And then Ed stopped abruptly, tor he recognized his own words, and began to see that Emily must soon be the winner, in a game of tit for tat "It strikes me that Mr. Brown is a first qlass mischief maker," said Emily, with ex asperating coolnrss, " He has made a mountain of a mole hill. Really, Ed, I'm ashamed of you 1 If Mr. Perkins has n-ed his pen too freely I'm sure he ment no harm—a joke, probably, which your friend misunderstood—just as Polly misunder stood Mrs. Perkins’ little joke, you know," With which Parthian dart Emily looked full in her husband’s face, and awaited far ther developments. - He wae disposed to be very angry, bat bad good sense eneugh not to speak at all for a few noon onts. He deliberately picked up and replac d bis book, rose and paced the room, then came and put' his hand on the back of his wife’s ohair. "So jou have b -en teaobing me a lesson in ail this, my dear?" be said calmly " Yes," said Emily, in the meekest of tones, well knowing she could afford to be hnmble since she had come off victorious. "Atlea-t,! have been trying to, Teddy dear. You know you said—" ‘ Never mind repeating anything else <hat I have said," interrupted Edward, with a half smile; " I’m a little tired of having my past remarks presented to me like stale couveisational losenues—which ere doubt ful sweetmeats at best, when one has to est them. Not a bad idea that, Em?" tbe smile deepening. " Well, consider the lotengM— r words—eaten. Now, what's tbe penalty?" Emily looked up at him very sweetly. " Ouiy a kins ot peace, my dear, aud the admission that men, as well as women, can oe hurt by small insults." “But what abuut to-morrow evening?" askeJ Ed, an hour later. " After all, Em. (certainly can’t meet Perkim under the circumstances—unless be apologises.” " 0 Teddy, Teddy I Y u u stupid boy I” laughe i Emily. " Have you forgotten tbe existence ot Gordon Perkins, your uncle's ntmesakeand clerk, who bought out the old stand after you left it to cummeme business on your own account? You know what a crabbed leliow he is, and bow vert keeu In looking after his own interest. 1 was his own brother Irving Perkins allud ed in that letter—not to you at all." “ Weil, well I" cried Eaward. "I have neon a fool, sure enougn. You at least, bad a genuine grievance, Em, while mine was—" “ Not worth tslking about," broke in Emily, brightly. " Let it all go, Ed; only in future, aear, we will retrain Irom laugh ing at the apparent weaknesses ot otheri- until our own strength is similarly tested." "Torpedoing” An Oil Veil. When a well fails it u usually "torpe doed" to start the well afresh. A long tin tube, continuing six or eight quarts ol nitro glycerine, is lowered into the hofe and ex ploded by dropping a weight upon it. Tbe tremendous torce of the powerful explosive tears the sand rock upart and loosens the imprisoned oil and gas. Nothing is heard ou tbe surface save a sharp report like a pistol shot, but the ground heaves percep tibly, and pietty soon the oil comes spuria mg out ia a jnt that breaks in spray above tbe lofty derrick. The "torpedo man” is one of the interesting personages of the oil region who is seen with most satisfaction from a distance, lie travels auout in a light vehicle with his tubes and bis nitro glycerine can, traversing the rough rouds at a jolly round tr.it, taking tbe chances ol un accidental explosion, aud whistling or singing as he goes. Sjmeiimes the chances are against him, and a blow of a wheel against a stone set# tree the terrible force imprisoued in the white fluid in his can. There ia no occasion for a funeral alter such an accident, for there is nothing to bury. Man, horse and buggy are auni- uilated in a flash, and an ugly hofe in the ground and a cloud ot smoae are'all that is left to show what has happened. The torpedo company buys a ue« horse and hires a new man, and (here is no more dil* cuity about one transaction than tbe other. Toe business of "torpedoing ’ wells is in tbe hands ot a sing e company, which hits made a large amount of money from a patent covering the proc -bs of Ueing explo sives uuder a fluid. Must oil producers regard the patent as invalid, bt cause nature supplies tbe fluid in the well into which -he mtrffsglj cerine tube is lower-s’; bnt the c>uri8 nave sustained the patent. Some times well owners "torpedo" their ksbIIb s ealthi y by night to avoid paying the high price charged by the company. This operation is called "moonlighting," aud muny law suits have grown oi t of it. Recruited i. om Pover y. Most of our coted men have made their money since 186u. Before that time tbe majority of them were poor, and their prospects of winning fortunes were not greater then than those of thousands to day. The ranks of weulth are all the time recruited from poverty. A new class ot rich men will come up during the next quarter o( a century, and it will be com posed chiefly, if not almost emir* ly, ol those who are row struggling to make bo>h ends meet. In eveiy department of trade and manufacture vigorous and enterprising young men are lorging ahead, not became they have capital in money, hut because they have capital in brains and energy. A man with a ntw idea of practical value, and wh - knows how to use it, never had a better chance than he has now. It is said lhat the scorpion, when aur- rounded by a circle of fire, tarns and atiac* itself to death. Probably it feels sotnaMung 1 like the young man after he ii jihad, whose only ambition is to get oui p silent st trs and kick bimselt over a Rockland Courier. Mutton. Sheep were formerly kept for the fleece and nothing else. It is not many yean ago that this was the universal c nclusion, and when the fleece had been sold it whs almost considered a streak of luck to get rid of the carc .ss. And in those days the conclusiot alluded to was especially a correct one Sheep were no bred for tbe shambles. They wer • bred for nothing, in fact, but were kept for wool, or rather kept ^emselves fot wool. A moqe sorrowful looking animal than the sheep of those days could not be ound. tffe remember that it was a common raying in tome of the Eattern states a few years sinoe, that when land was too wretch edly poor to produce anything, it would keep sheep, and sheep were kept in consiaeraole numbers upon ju*t such land. It ia no wonder that under suob circumstances, the meat of the animal was unfit (or consutrps tion Skin ard bones and fleece made u;> the sheep, and necessarily even the fleece whs only an apology tor wool. In time, however, tne fact that wooi could not be produced out of nothing, ana that good, even wool, couiA not be grown upon an animal that was fed one day and starved the next, began to impress itseli very generally upon tne minds of those who kept sheep, and that resulted finally in see ing that such sheep husoandry as we have described was utterly profitless. Very gen erally, therefore, lh»re was a disposition manifested to improve the fljeks ot common sheep, with tee sole idea, Ui wever, ol pro ducing wool. Tbe fine wools were in d • mand, and those ah > had any ambition at ail in the direction ot sheep husba-idry bent their energies to the breeding of flue wool sheep, The Merino was the tavurite, a< d is yet and always will bs a valuanfe bre-o. The breed has been brought lu tbe h i hn tatidard ol excnlleuce, aud while i 11a place particu-ar-y us own, and n ■> judicious breeding a-.d proper trealu. 11, made an auunol ol Considerable Carcase, ., can never De made a prime uiuiton sucep. (Julli comparatively r coulty, however, tbe .nought ol breeding for muuou, was secoi.il at best, and bad no gcueial existence. Tin people didn't waut uiu ton, oetause they didn't know wuat muiion wag. Whet special a tentiou began to be given to the larger breeds, tbe dema> d lor mutton was created, and it is constantly increasing. Indeed, to day tbe demand is far i i excess to tbe supply. In all our large cities there is a steady m >rket, aud when a larmer woo ia located close to a large coy, aud is mvorauly situated lor tue business, neglects 10 keep mutton breeds, he is acting very uuwisaly. Curiosity. The countryman who visits our cities is accused ot bavtug more curiosity coutern- tug sights and soueds than tbe city man displays. But this is not true. Uudouoteuly he villager ts most intensely interested in the affairs of bis neighbor. Undoubtedly, also, his neighbor, with extravagant wari ness, takes heed unto tbe villager. But that tbe villsgrr or the tarmer possesses this trait or quality of curiosity in auy decree more than his cousin in the city is an open question. The villager, it is true, walks down the fashionable city thoroughfare oack to tbe street, lace to tLe show windows, mouth agape, perhaps, aud eyes wide open. Even to do I. Roughly, carelessly and sometimes rudely ir tbe villager jostled and pushed aside by tbe incurious city man to wnom all this is olu and stale. But further oowu tbe street a cluster ol twenty mtu rnpede tbe way. Now there are fitly, cow the startled rustic beholos upwards ot oue hundred and eigh y mtn crowded about some object iu the sirtet. All eny men, messengers, salesmen, brjkers, clerks, stu dents, artists, literary men, a gentleman ol leisure, oue or two dudes, possibry a tramp or two—all the tramps are city men. Tue villager forgets the windows in his greater aitraciiou; be hurries on. eager to see ibe fignt, the murder, (he suicide, wuatever tbe uuusual horror may be, that has power to gather in one cIobc mass two hundred or more busy and iuenrous city men. He elbows his way through tbe dense mass aud heartbroken with disappointment, see.- three men digging a small hole in the ground to find a leak in th- gas main Something the villager wouldn't cro-s th- street to see. He is the first man to edge his way out of tbaurowd. Agaiu, Rusticu- Debolds auoth. r crowd, larger aud more xcited than the first Again he runs see, and lu I ihs banker, the broker, the clerk and the pnach- r by the scure and hundred, gather about a horse that bus s ipped ou the pavement and fullen in hi- haruess. Short tune dues Rusncus linger at that attraction. He has se< u Lor.es iul bsfore and he knov. s how to get them to their leet again without sending for a policeman All ol which proves tdat curiosity is not monopolized entirely by our country cous ms. A Hot Climate A Britibh officer’s wife in Birmah de scribes tbe elimate by this incident tnend gave my husband some owl's egg which he left in a plate in the drawing ~oom, the coolest place in tbe.boose, being in the centre and sorimmillii ijr other rooms. The eggs veie ft tnble in the < w -uer, aud were faMgMk Some days THE MERCURY. Entered as sseond-elsaa matter al tbe I deravtlle Poslofllce, April 0, UHL Sandemllle, WaAhlnjrtoR Coaatf 9 tL PUBLISH ID BT A. J. JERNIGAN, Paorainron a mb Psiliubs. Subscription. ,.SV■ par Tsar CHAFF. A California man ohoked himself to death with a tape measure. The coroner's verdict was that he died by inckea— Hmlington Free Tress. "Your sin will surely find yon out," said ho good man to his wayward son"' Don’t care, dad, replied the young reprobate,' so g as nobody finds out my sin."—Boston Transcript. A yonng lady being told at a recent fire io siand back or else the ho>e would be uruzdonher, replied: “Oh, 1 don’t care; hey are striped on both sidas, any way."*— Columbus Spectator. Love for the sea is felt when one leai s over the rail ot a ship, looking over thedeep due ocean, feeling ready to give np every, thing lor it,—New Orleans Picayune. " Fortune knocks at every man's door once in a life," b\u iu a good many cases the man is in a neighboring saloon, and does not hear him — Pmladelpuie News. Among ladies just now the favorite musi cal instrument is the viulin. tueir woman's nature prompts them to epjjy so many smugs to oue'e oow.—Lowell Oitiiv i. " Where is the girl of long agof' sings Joaquin Miller. Wesaw her the otner d »y oaq. But sue isn't a girl a-iy more. Sue uad gray hair aud a wort on ner nose, had no teeth, and wore specs.—Saiein Sun, oeam, "Anxious Enquirer" asks us how he uay " learn to write well." Write it w-e-l l uy son. i'uere oe tno#e who write it with me I; but tue best auiuore uoub.e tbe fina onsouaiiL—Toronto Grip. A female correspondent complains lha uer nusbaud eats onions, and suure*. Now a m .it wuo would suure witu an oniona liavuiej bream euou d go soaie«uere and aria Ue-ert.—Wheeling L.-aUer. Wueu a man s wife comes in and sees uirn, r.zjr iu baud, aud wun his lace all iaiuer, aud asus mm, "Are you sUaviu*?” Ts a pruvoaing tiling iu hu to auswer, ' No, I'm clausing ihestovel"—S.rajed. Rumor hag it that ' Pinafore” has been oue into Cumiis. Peihaps it runs in tuis wav: M« uooie, neo e imog ride ou bug p-md." ' Woesee ueole ?'• “Ouy til," oue -mine, someihuue.—S.. Louis Spirit. A young lady iu Peun Yan, N. Y., wears -welve uiamoud rings on oue finger, tine mould also wear a gold baud arouud her ueud, to prevent the crack in ber eauil Iron becoming w.Uer, —Norristown Herald. "My dear," said R utter, at the tea table, looking up Irom ins evening paper, ‘this Creucu-Cuiuatrouofeiooksserijjs. ’ "Yes,' auswered Mrs. H.Bridget broke tbe haus die off' me sugar Dowi to-day, but I didn't miuk you woule not.ee it so soon,"—Boston Courier, "I wish I knew what would prevent my feud from d,stressmg me," said Mr Lymph ‘My dear fellow," exclaimed Fogg, "come aud stop awmie at our boamiug bouse. I can as-uro you that all the lood you get tutre wouTdistreesyou apartiole."—Boston Posi. Did you ever notion the warning "Paint" posieu on a door, that you dtdu t teet the matter with your finger just to find out whether u tsu t ury erougu to take down me sign? You prooajly never did. It wuum De couirary to uuman nature.—Roch ester (N. Y. ) Espies*. He who sleeps by day will hanger by atguL ludus ry am de peg ou which Plenty baugs her hat. Argymen, mages mree enemies to oue trieud. Man who go to law muB expect to eat detr taters widout sail. De biggeei balloon can be paused in b Oar 1 wueu de gas am out. De rattle of de empty wagon can be heard turner dan de tumble ot de loaded one.—uetroit Free Press. Managem nt of biok Children. Ibe vicissitudes necessarily incident to au outdoor auo pumitive mode of life are never the first causes ot auy disease, though they may sometimes betray its presence. Bronchitis, unwa Jays p< rhaps the most Ire# queut ol all iuiauttle diseases, manes no excep iou to this rule; a dralt ot cold air ui»y reveal the latent progress of tbe dis* oruer, but its eaus i is long confined in a vitiat'd and overeeaied a mosphere, and its pioper remedy veutiiaiio: and a mild, pnhgu loosening (,acchariue) diet, warm sweet milk, sweet oatmeal porridge, or uuuey wmer. Sslect an airy tftd room and do n-it be afraid to open tue winnows; among the emidren ot the Indian tribes who bravd in opeu tents tue terrible w.nter of tue Hud-on Bay territory, bronchitis, croup, aud dipihena are wholly uuknown; aud what we call "taking cold" mignt often oe more correctly described as taking hot; glowing sto.es, aud even open fires, in a night nursery, greatly aggravate the perni cious etfecis ot au impure atmosphere. •

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Mercury. (Sandersville, Ga.) 1880-1???, July 31, 1883, Image 1