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VOLUME IV
SANDERSVILLE, GA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1883.
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NUMBER 30.
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MCHMtO i. HAkRIS,
Attorney at Law,
SANDRR8VL1 R, GA.
Will prsltico in nil the courts of the
middle circuit, and in the counties sur-
rounding IV shington Special ntten-
tiun given to commercial law.
"1. S. LANGIKUOEr
Attorney at Law,
SANDER8VILLE, GV
MAYOR.
0. H. ROGERS
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D. E. R, WELLS.
MAftSfiALL.
J. E. WEDDON.
A LDfiftMfifi.
VV. H, LAWSON,
Wm. RAWLINGS,
S. G. LANG.
A. M. MAYO,
M. H. ROYER.
2own 0/ 2cnnille.
Mayor—John C. Harman.
Aldermen - W. P. Davis, J. W
Hinitli, P. J. Pipkin, T. J. Reck.
Clerk—S. II. R Mftssey.
Marshall—J. C. Hamilton.
B. D. EVANS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Banderstllls, Qa.
April#: im.
c. o. BROWN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Gen. Dumont, Supervising Inspector
of steam vessels, reports the ace dents
for the year, thirty four; llvis lost, 284;
passengers carried, 476,000,000, of which
number one in 1,760,000 perched.
A recent official report says that the
mercury in South Australia often rises
in summer to 116 degrees in the shade,
and this has been exceeded on several
occasions. In January, 1862, it reached
116 degrees, and in January, 1882, it was
180—only thirty-two degrees below boil
ing-in the sun.
Thr army of pensioners amounting to
808,668 are classified as follows: Army
invalids, 198,648; army widows, minor
children, and dependent relatives, 74,874;
navy invalids, 2,468; navy widows,
minor children, and dependent relatives,
1,907; survivors of ho war of 1812,
4,881; widows of those who Berved in
the war of 1812, 21,836.
Few peop'e reflect upon the fact that
the Indians are the richest landholders
in the United States. Wo have 287,066
| of them, exclusive of .lie Alaska Indians,
holding 151,897,768 ncres of land Some
| of the tribes own 8,000 acres per Indian
The average is about one square milo to
each Indian, while n white man is not
al owed to pre-empt more than J60 acres
| of the public land.
Professional sword swallowers per-
J form, apparently, startling feats, but it
is a well-known fact that the back parts
of {he mouth are capable of becoming,
I through habit, accustomed to abnormal
contacts. By constant practice the sword
swallower accustoms his pharynx to the
contact of large objects, such as swords,
canes and even billiard cues. This ac
complishment, however, is acquired only
by gradual and painful efforts.
825,000, Abraham Jawbi, diseases of
children, 826,000. From these figures it
will be seen that those who reach the
top of the profession reap a rich rewurd
for their labors.
BandMvllle, ft.
Gov. Crosby recommends ho Congress,
through the Secretary of the Interior
the immediate cutting down of all
__ _ . pdian reservations, now covering two
VV atch.es, Clocks fifths of the area of Montana, to the
actual wants of the 18,000 Indians, and
Will practice tn tba RUU and United Matt#
Court*, office In Oourt-houtt
And JEWELRY
KEPAiium nv
J E HIT IC A TT.
Or. H. B. Hollifield,
tETHGIil HI SUEOfiOI,,
Having recently graduated at the Univer
sity or Maryland and returned borne, now
ofTcr* tils prolewlonal aervlcea to the oltlaena
oi SHiideravllle and vlelnlty. Office with
Dr. II N Holllfleld, next door to|Mra. Bayne’a
millinery atore.
H. N< HOLLIFIELD'
Physician and Surgeon,
■andemvUle, #te>
| throwing the lands open to settlement
He urges relief for the Black Feet,North
J Slogans, Assinaboines and Grosvcntres,
and also that schools for the education
of Indians in agricultural pursuits be
I established.
A few facts about the professional
tours of theatrical people are interesting.
In this country there are now 227 theatri
cal cimpanies on professional tours, em
bracing, say, 4,' 86 members. The fol
lowing figures will show the expenses of
these traveling companies : Transporta
tion, 81,221,000; hotel bills, »8.8"0.000i
hauling baggage, etc , $560,000 ; salaries
and incidentals, $8,400,000; total out
lay, $12 981,000. Those companies play
on shares, receiving about 65 per cent of
the nightly gross receipt*. Some of the
leading attractions make as much as
$50,000 ayear clear profit. In order to
lessen th hardships of these profossio al
tour sts it is proposed to build special
cars for the companies iu which thoycau
live and travel. It label evod that such
a car could bo run for $175 a week. Un
der this system probably $1,200,000 in
hotel bills cou
Tun London Lancet thiaks that the
renewed and steady occurrence of fresh
cases of cholera in Alexandria affords
new grounds for artxiety and watchful •
ness, it is true that the epidemic was
stamped out, but cholera has a tendency
to sustain itself after an outbreak in one
season by a series of scattered cases lead
ing to another epidemic in the following
voason. The eases now reported from
Ale vandria are of a modified type, but
it lias been found that these are precisely
the cases which constitute tin links be*
tween one epidemic and another. The
laxity of sanitary administration follow
ing an epidemic will doubtless increase
the predisposing causes of cholera, uuU
the authorities of Alexandria cannot be
too energetic in their endeavors to re
move these causes.
Louisiana Their manager Is a Maine
man, who has been directing the estate
tor many year'. This plantation cm
ploys 149 hands In the sugar house and
cane fields. The machinery is all of the
heavy order. The Ames brothers culii
vate about two square miles of land und
all the equipments of the plantation are
perfeot., Among other c nvenionces they
have their o\VU tramway cars to convey
the cane from any part of the fields to
the mill. By the Use of improved ma
chinery these manufacturers have b.-en
that in anticipation of the assault of iu
fective organisms an effort will be made
to introduce into the body substances
which, though small in amount, aka 1 so
affect the blood and t'ssUes as to render
them unfit for the devoloDment of. the
contaglotls. Subsequent to the rssault
of the parasite the experimenter will in
troduce substances which shall effectual
ly stop Its multiplication. It is believed
that such substances have been fiund,
Alkaline sulphides, introduced into tho
body, ate said to act powerfull y upon the
con agla of marsh fever, typhoid, mill
tary fever, puerperal fever and smai’.p >x
An Italian physieian is experimetvhg
with arrerile as a preventive of malaria.
It is his Intention to collect a Lirgn
huthber of attlmals assailable by the dis
order, and, after dividing them, he will
treat one group with arsenic, and leave
the other without ireatraent, and then
determine by inoculation experiincuts
whether ar enic really possesses the
power it is supposed to possess. The re
sult of these experiments will be looked
for with intense interest.
GENERAL NEWS.
Office next doer to Mm Bayne* mUHnery
•tore on Harris ■ treat.
MUSIC, MUSIC
John Griffin Carlisle was born
September 5, 1835, in Kenton county,
Ky., just across the river from Oincin*
uati. After receiving a good academic
education he studied law with Hon.
John W. Stev nson aud Judge Wm B.
Kinkead, and began thepractkeln 1857.
He was elected to the legislature In 1869,
to the Bute Seuate in 1866, and again
in 1869, resigning in 1871 to make the
race for lieutenant governor, and was
successful. In 1870 ho was elected to
congress, and has been re-elected at each
succeeding election since.
Patti’s brevot husband is Signor
Nicolini. Nilsson
Rozeaud.
husband is
is the widow of M.
Gerster is the widow of Dr.
Gardner, and has a baby ten months
old. Scalohi is the Countew Lolli in
real life. Mme. Pappenheim is Mme.
Ahren. Ellen Terry is Mrs. Xelley.
_ ___ . T| Mme, Valeria bears the unromautic
JER Tu T It A name of Mrs - H R< Percy Hutchin80D ;
u AJXbAl A VJ | herhugbana i8 ft very matUjr of fact
manufacturer in the north of England
Sembrich is Mme Btengle in private
life, and is an Austrian P. le; she is a
proficient violin p i-yer, and sometimes
accompauies herself on that instrument
in opera, fihe is twenty four years old
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Machine Needles,
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that get broken, for which new
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HINES & ROGERS,
Attorneys at Law,
SANDERSVILLE, GA.,
m pmottoe In'the counties of Washington,
i;ffer«on, Johnson, Emanuel and Wilkinson,
the U. S. Court! for the Southern Dle-
trlot or Georgia.
r.?.! 11 V? 1 »» agenta In bnylng, telling ot
0 “®l°_«ouWest aide of PnbUe Square.
The Brooks comet of 18i2 is now vl81 ‘
ble in the evening. It is in the nort -
west, and is punning a path that wil
soon bring it into the constellation of
cygnus in which the swan is across the
milky way. On December 13th it wd
reach the maximum brightness of Isl
and by tho i4th of January will become
four times brighter. Its closest approach
to the tun will be oo January 25th, after
which it will be seen no more for seventy-
one years It has shown some remarka
ble feature unknown in any other comet.
About the 20th of September it bright
ened rapidly and threw out a considera
ble tail. The light was of unusual den
sity, and, at one time, became of a smoky
color. In a few days the tail and bright,
ness suddenly disappeared. Several
times since a feeble tail has been ob
served to form an 1 fade again.
While there are cr wds of N w York
doctors who barely make a living, some
of the most successful physicians enjoy
magnificent incomes. Among the lucky
one's may be mentioned Lewis Sayre,
who makes a specialty of deformities.
His income is about $40,000 a year F.
Valliard, the leading gynecologist,
.hakes a large sum annual y. Austin
Flint, Sr., the well known author and
practitioner, makes $30,000 out of lungs
and livers. Others run as folows :
Cornelius Agnew, eye and ear, $20,000.
r.E.Thomas, diseases of wojJftJMOO,
Alfred Loomis, fev.rs, *35,000, 1.
Hammond, neryous diseases, ^ 5 * 000 '
i M Owoohan, surgery of th« hone,
A traveler speaks of meeting a sell >ol
of porapanoa in Southern Florida. Ilis
yacht ran into the school and tho fishes
immediately left the water, flying tike
birds over the yacht. A numbei , f
fishes lmvo similar habit*. Tho gar fish
lias a habit of ri-ing in tho air and cours
ing along for a hundred feet or more.
The ordinary flying fish is well known.
One of the cuttle fishes is called the fly
ing squib. This fish sometimes hurls
himself sixty feet in the air. In New
England a spider is frequently seen flying
in the air. It ejects six little threads of
siik from its body and by flapping It
maun <-s to keep afloat. Certain species
of monkeys and squirrels are able to fly
liko birds. Recently in the Malay coun
try a frog lias been (li.covered that has a
habit of flying Its feet are provided
with enormous webs which act as para-
eh u tea. _
The ormraitteo on ways and means is
con-idered by fur the most important of
the committees. It frames a 1 tariff
legislation before being presented for
the action of the house, and to it all
bills of that nature, and all bills relating
to tho general financial condition of the
country, are referred its duty is, as
indicated by the name, ‘o look after
the “ways and means” of providing the
funds for the supportof the government.
In other - words, it assumes the position
ordinarily occupied by the husband in
the family, o providing the "where
withal” for the support of the family,
wliUe the position of wife is filled by
tho committee on appropriations, who
apend the money. To ire sure, tho duty
of the latter committee is to mako th se
app opriations j .st as light as they can
consistently be when the children of
he household—the heads of the various
departments—make known their wants.
But is not that .the duty of the wife as
well?
The reckless squandering of onr pab-
lic domain excites general complaint
Last year 20,000,009 acres were dis
posed of The public domain acquired
from Francd, Spain, Texas, Mexico,
Russia, aud by cession from the States
was about 1,852,310,000 acres, costing
8322.000 000. Of this outlav the gov
ernment has received back about
$200,000,090. The sales have been 200,-
000,000, wh le- 370,000.000 acres have
been given away. Nearly all tho land
remaining in tho bauds of the govern
ment is of little valuo compared with
tho territory disposed of. Under the
timber culture law and the homestead
act, it is claimed that a criminal negh
gence of administration has placed mil
lions of acres in tke hands of land
3 mrks. Bona fide s ttlers are
minority, and vagabond squatters and
ti ,iber thieve are numerous. In Alaska
a 8 eitler instead of being confined to 160
acres is allowed under various laws to
take 1,120 acres. So even in that re
gion the land is being too rapidly taken
Northern men who rushed into cot
ton planting ip the southwest directly
after the war, lost heavily, but those
who turned their attention to the cul
ture and manufacture of sugar were
...ore successful. Three bom and heirs
oi Oakes Ames are now running u«
Millandon plantation ob the weal side of
the Mississippi, three miles above Gretna,
Texas contains three lunntic asylums
The average in Toxas is one banging
to thirty murde rs.
The Penitentiary farm in Montgom
ery is ordered for sale.
Fauir dry ng promises to bo a leading
industry in Piedmont, Va.
Boone county, Ark, is filling up with
immigrants from Mississippi
Fourteen negroes will occupy seats
in the Mississippi Legislature.
A valuable vein of iron ore lias been
di-covcred in Farquier county, Va
A citizen of Micanopy, Florida is
about to set out forty acres in olives.
The Birmingham machine shops wilt
employ six hundred able bodied men,
Arkansas has a district of eight coun
ties i i which there is not a single saloon
At tlie end of the year Alabama will
bay a surplus in the Treasury of $250,-
000.
The farmers of Alabama are said to
be more economical now than ever be
fore.
The Crump void mine, ne.u C-inrlnl'i
N. O , has been sold to Boston capital
ists.
Busiiels of pearl buttons are being
turned out by the button factory daily
at Rhe\ county, Tenn.
NmBthousind pounds of Guavn jelly
have been manufactured by Ca t.iiw
Terry, of Yalalio, Fla., this season.
Theue are 2 090 Germans in Charles
ton, and they are said to exert a very
beneficial influence upon the commu
nity.
9 he new bridge being bui t across the
Chickasahay river, cas of Shubuta,
fell recently, when it was nearly com
pleted.
The orange crop of Louisiana this
year is much larger Chan was antici
pated. 1 he quality of the fruit is ex
cellent.
The United States Fish Commission
has made Atlanta its distributing point
for the Southeast, and lias established an
ag ncy there.
A party o f eighty-five Bostin m inu-
facturers have arrived in.Raleigh, and
will proceed to investigate the ro.-oarce-
of North Carolina.
Wmi the completion of the now ai
tesiao well at Charleston, S C, the
water supply will bo increased to 809,-
000 gallons, about four times whnt it
s now.
At a dinner given by the Medical
Club in Montgomery, Ala., last week,
the guests appeared in knee breaches,
black silk stockings, patent-leather low-
cut shoes and hue - lea.
Mr. A. M. Dicioles, of New York,
lias been in Augusta, Ga. pr Bpeoting,
wi li a view to establishing a 5 ‘,000
spindle cotton factory, for the manu
facturimr ol fine fabrics.
North Carolina will levy no State
tax next year. The Western North
Carolina Railroad company will pay in
to the treasury $G00,000, which sum v ill
carry the State government.
The John P. King mill of Augusta
commenced baling goods yesterday for
the market. The mill has 26,500 spin
dles and eighty looms, and is very com
plete. The company has a capital of
$1,000,000.
The birthplace of Admiral Raphael
J. Serames, in Washington, Ga., was re
cently sold for $8,000. The Semmea
family were among the founders of tae
Catholic chureh In that town. It is a
quaint old chapel, which stands next to
ilieiv homesteads;
enabled in the years ’79, *80, ’81, ’82, to
get a larger percentage of juice each sue
cessive^oar, thus: Sixty-two and 2 lOths
pounds t. 100 pounds of cane; 04 and
9 lOths pounds to 100 pounds of cane;
07 and l-10th, t.nd 69 and 7 lOths This
may be all eACeptional p antation, but
there is n > reason why tile conditions ef
Us operation should not become general
n the sugar growings etioil.
Several of the leading scientists ot
Europe have recently discUseed the g-rm
theory of coritHgious disease from various
standpoints, the opinion 1 expressed
The board of health of ilew York
city has been endeavoring to stte out an
injunction against the sole at auction of
"Ping Suey teas,’’ which are well known
to be adul erated. The Importation of
Ping Suey teas amounts to one bird of
all the teas that arrive iu the New York
market •
The cotton weighers of Galveston
county, Tex., have filed suits ag lr,st
merchants in the city of Galveeton
claiming damages because the merchant*
had employed private parties to do their
weighing of cotton. The cases will be
watched With interest, as they involve
some very important points.
A member of the National flutter,
Cheese and Egg aiaociation, in eesaioi
at Cincinnati, said in the course of au
address that the annual value of tbe
butter product of tho United States is
1302,0011,0 0; the cliO-'no pro-luc 1
$36,000,001, mid eggs and poultr,
amounted to about tbe same.
As Mrs. Whiting steppsd out of tier
residence in BiOan Rouge one night re
cently, she felt something windin
around one of her lower limbs. 8h
screamed and shook oil the reptile,
which, when kMed, was discovered to
be two feet in length, and of the sfeciea
known as the highland mocoaaln, which
is very poisonous
The shipment of cattle from Massa
chusetts to Florida, without any change
of cars, is a considerable undertaking,
but it has been successfully done. On
Monday the first through car of cattle
passed over the Charleston and Savan
nah railway. It was consigned to John
Bradford of Tal ahassee and contained
thirty-.ix head of fine Ayrshire and
Jersey cattle, valued at $1,800.
The deputy commissioner of internal
cvenue says that the internal taxes
already collected for the present fiscal
year are at the rate of $128,000,000 per
annum. He estimates that th# collec
tions for the entire year will amount to
about $180,000,000. This estimate in
cludes between six and seven millions
to be collected in special taxes in April
nd May, but does not include an in-
reose which is anticipated for spirit#
orced out of bond.
Christmas Dimer,
nrtt, or yam-
koy, w . , ..
White potatoos, mttBlw).
Sweet potatoc*. roasted.
Macaroni and ohceso.
Celery, pickle*, cold slaw.
Boll* and bouton hrown bread,
Mince and pnmiikin pier.
Sweet oidor.
liaiein* and nuts.
Black coflfee.
Our bill of fare is a simple one, and ot
course as mauy additions can be made to
it aa desired. Thu first article to mnhe
are the pies. Make the paste of one
quart of flour, one half-pound of sweet,
good butter, the same of laid, and one
small oup of cold water. Chop the but
ter and lard tip into tho Dour, until ua
fine as powder, wet into a stiff dough,
knead into a ball, nnd roll deftly ami
quickly into mthiu sheet, always rolling
from you. Fit on the pio plntos,
For the pumpkin pies take one pint oi
stewed pumpkin, straiuod through a
sieve, four eggs, one quart of milk, a
little made, cinnamon and nutmeg, aud
three-fourths of a oup of sugar. Beat
well together and bake in a moderately
hot oven without a ooVer. Before pnt-
t mg on the table aprinkio with powdered
sugar.
If you have not minoe meat already
made buy from a good grocer, nnd mix
with it a little sweet cider. Fill tho pie
plate# and put on a thin eruat, Before
serving place in the oven to best.
Tho turkey should be ordered or
bought a few daya before Christmas.
Have him plump and firm, also tender.
To test a tender turkey, lift tho wings,
aud if the skin breaks easily, he is ull
right. As boou as you g#t your turkey
home dress it aud place in salt, and
water, first washing it in several waters,
and in the last mixing in n toaapoonful
of soda. Two hours will roast a ten-
pound turkey, if your fire is brisk.
Make a dressing of bread crumbs, but
ter, pepper, salt, sage, thyme, sweet ma-
jornm, ouo egg, aud wet witli a little hot
milk. A little chopped sausage nnd
onion is liked by many. Bow the turkey
up tightly, aud dredge witli flour. Baste
at first with butter aud water, afterward
witli the pan dripping. Fried oysters
laid about tho dish, when the turkey is
served, is au improvement.
The cranberries should bo boiled until
very tender, then strained aud sweet
ened, To mako them jell, add a very
little gelatine dissolved in worm water.
The upplo sauce should lie made of
tort apples, and not sweetened. It may
be stuffed also with gelatine, aud both,
if made the day before Christmas, will
save labor.
The white potatoes should be disbod
as soon os done, and piled in a pyramid
with a tiny tuft of parsley sticking out
O. W H- WHITAKER*
DEN TIST,
BandtnvUln, Qa.
TIMMS OASB.
offlen at tils Itaatdsaen, op larris Mfi.
April M, USD. .
SECRETARY LINCOLN’S REPORT.
Tho I'ropnant N-w Or*nnlr.ittl«in ot
iiiCiilH-Onr llof*ne*le*n NeaenanU
The Secretary of War reports the ex
penditures ot tho department for 1 the
fiscal vear ended .Tune 30, at $49,791,055
of which $15,059,837 was for public
works, ineluding rivet and harbor im
provements. The appropriation* tor tbe
11-cal T-*ar 1884 amount to WMM952,
of which $1,925,344 is f*U imblio Wfcrks.
Tho estimates for tbe fiscal year eading
June 30, 1885, arc as follows; Salaries,
contingent expenses, and postage in-
eluding one-third of tho estimate of the
Mu per in ton dent of the State, War, and
Navy Department Building, fB;322,-
078.33; militufv establishment • fmmy
nnd Military Adademy), #27,186,162.41;
public works, including riv<>i\audImrbor
improvements, $11,649,049.A3inusoel-
laneons objects, including HlgnaTBervioo
$3,278,920.42: total $44,886,208.78.
The Secretary approves the rpoom-
meudation of Gen. Sherman that a new
organization be adopted for the regi
ments of infantry, «o that each anal 1 be
composed ol twelve companies, making
three battalions of four companies each,
onoh oompauy having one hundred men;
nml that iu time of peace two of these
battalions bIioII lie maintained.on a per
fect war footing while th# other bat tal Ion
mny be a mere skeleton, withitostemple-
ment of officers, ond.be tiaed M » nu
cleus for reoruits. Tho great advantage
of this change, he says, ns suggested by
the General, is. the important one of be-
I ing able to put n largo and effective
I force in the field tijion abort notice, by
i merely enlisting a sufficient number of
additional private soldiers, the officers
' and organization being always ready to
receive them. * ' " ' ..
The Secretary also oonoua»,in the
recommendation of tho Adjutant-Gene
ral that Congress be asked to authorize
the retirement of enlisted men who have
served faithfully for not leas than thirty-
ftvo years, with full pay of the grade
lield by them at tho time o! retirement.
He also reviews his recommendations,
made last year, that offloers at -remote
posts bo permitted to employ enlisted
men for domestic purposes where ser
vants cannot bo obtained, upon the ap
proval of the proper department com
manders, and that the per diem allow-
the
roost the sweet potatoes. Keep
celery in water nntfi the time of serving.
Boil the macaroni iu water until ten
der, drain, then place in a deep dish,
mix in a tablespoouful of canned toma
toes, grate a little choose over tho layer,
then put on another of macaroni, and so
on until the dish is filled. Cover the
top with grated obeese; aud plaoe in hot
oven for ten minutes. Serve hot. This
is a delicious dish.
Serve tbe eider with the pie, and the
rnisius and nuts afterward, ending with
a very small enp of black eoffeu, which
is made by taking a teacup of coffee to a
pint of water, boU for ten minutes, am]
serve without milk or suaar.
Sated by a finesse.
The sneeze was one of the old-faah
{onod whoop-ee-oo-whoop, three-times-
tliroe order. I was surprised to see mv
friend, the Captain, step forward with
eager spryness, and hear him shout
with tho joyfulness of a man who hat
made a discovery:
"Why, how do yon do, Major?”
The two men clutched each other
and shook each other by the hands and
shoulders, and finally mode me under
stand that they hadn’t seen one another
for nineteen years. The. Major bad
changed greatly, and he asked, in bewil
derment, now the Captain knew him.
“By your sneeze,” was the answer.
“There is no other Bneeao like that in
tliis country, you know. And when I
beard it ring out I remembered that
time at Guyandotte, you know, and
knew Major Mitchell was before me."
Then turning to me the Captain said
“That was our flret scouting expedi
tion early in the war. We landed in the
evening to look np some guerrillas who
had made a dash that day to the steam
boat landing. The regiment divided,
and the men went scampering over the
country in gleeful recklessness. Soon it
became very dark, and both battalions
lost tlieir way. Moving forward in line
one battalion came suddenly on a body
of troops formed to receive them, with
skirmishers out. Neither officers nor
men were dear as to what' the regula
tions called for in snob a ease, and there
was u hurried and exoited conference.
The troops might be onr own men, but
they ignored every challenge, and we
knew that they like ourselves, were
ready to fire. There was a minute of
terrible suspense, everybody in donbt.
Then suddenly there rang ont from the
ghostly line in the distanoe the Major’s
double shotted sneezo. In was like the
ringing of a joyful knell, and in our
relief both battalions fairly danced as
the roar after roar of laughter succeeded
the sneeze. It was a narrow escape
from a mistake too common then, of
one Union regiment pouring a murder
ous fire into another. The Major’s
sneeze saved os."—Chicago Inter-Ooean.
Hoys, Learn a Trade.
A Warm Reception.—Two Mormon
missionaries recently presented them
selves at the door of Farmer de Armoud
iu Franklin County, Indiana, and asked
to stay over night. He told them they
could not be entertained. They insisted
on remaining. He went ont to tho barn
and brought in a corn-Rnife. "If you
stay I’ll cut your heads off,” said he.
They left.—A’enCuc/fc.v Journal.
Learn ii trade even if yon are In a
position which may seem to insure you
against want as long ns you may_ live.
You mny not follow a trade for a living,
but time invested in learning a trade,
and learning it thoroughly, is tho laying
away of ft enpital stock on which you
may find it very convenient to draw
some day. Life is snid to bo an uncer
tain existence. It is, so far ns woalth is
concerned. Yon may bo a rich man to
day, but by some unlucky investment
which made grent promises at tho start,
and failed, you are made a poor man.
With a good trade, under sueli circum
stances, yon luive nothing to fear. You
have on exhaustions reserve fund to draw
from. Not only learn tho theory of a
trade but learn its practical worth, and
learn it thoroughly. In the carriage
makers' convention in New Haven,
Conn., after the committee on appren
ticeship had reported in favor of re
storing tho old system of indenturing
apprentices until they reach their ma
jority, Mr. John W. Britton, of New
York, said: "Oue of tho serioua wants
of this country, and our trade, is good
boys. Our boys are deteriorating, as
are our men. Tho greatest difficulty
that we experience in New York, is that
of getting boys who have brains and are
willing to learn a trade thoroughly. The
example of men who have made millions
In a few years, is held up before our boys
in Bohool, and the boys become inflamed
with the notion that they must make
their millions and be able to found cross
roads colleges before they die. So they
eschew trades aud become poor profes
sionals.” America to-dfty depends upon
Europe for lier most skilled and finest
workmen, simply because her young
men slight tho minutia of the trade they
go to learn, aud merely obtain a superfi
cial or genernl knowledge of it. We
have too many professional men in tbe
country to-day, and us tbe speaker above,
referred to says, our schools love tp
dwell too much on tho achievements of
professional men. A man with a trade,
a trade well learned, next to tbe farmer,
is the most independent, and roost to be
envied among men. He is prepared for
any emergency.
A Kansas miller drowned himself in
his millpond because a dam he had just
built failed to collect water enough to
turn the wheel. He exhibited good
Feuse. Some men would have gone
home and jawed their wives and kicked
the dogs clear across tire room.—Nor
rUtown Herald,
stations on cofltte martial or military
boards be restored. „
Tho Secretary specially invites atten
tion to that part of the report of the
Chief of Engineers which re re*# to the
defences of our seaconst and lake iron-
tier. Ho says:
“While our defeuoo for many year#
must depend upon the completion of
liarlietle batteries designed for modem
guns aud upon our system of torpedoes,
the u.io of armor hne not been over
looked, and plans have been prepared
for tho application of tho turret system
to some of the most important harbora.
Our seaconst, with its grent cities and
important harbors, is dolouceless to-day
against the attack of tlie modern iron
clad, and it is humiliating even to
imagine tho mortifioatiou, loss of life,
property, and prestigo to whioh we
would bo subjeoted should war come
suddenly upon us, as the history of
nations shows, may happen at any time.
“For many years no appropriations
have been made for continuing the con
struction of onr forte, and tho barbette
batteries, designed for ttie country’s de
fence, are incomplete and rapidly going
to ruin. It appears to be not only a
matter of pruaeuoe but of absolute
necessity thut these works, so ioflg de
layed, shall at once be eommenoed imd
pushed to a speedy completion.
“Attention iH invited to the necessity
for electrical rooms and cable galleries
for tbe most important of our se nooast
works. However well developed our
torpedo system may be, it will be com
paratively useless so long as our instru
ments for firing submarine mines and
our connecting cables, are unprotected
from the enemy’s artillery. There
should certainly bo no further delay in
constructing these comparatively inex
pensive, but absolutely necessary, ad
juncts to tbe system of torpedo defence."
Tho attention of Congress is invited
to the subject of giving substantial en-
couragament to tho formation of militia
organizations in every State and in tho
District of Columbia, by liberal appro
priations to supply the necessary arms,
equipments, tents, ammunition, ana
other ordnance stores. "Witn our
small standing army,” the Secretary
says, “our main dependence for public
defence must be on onr mititia; and the
wisdom of the comparatively small ex
penditures which would encourage their
organization and their efficiency in drill
and discipline seems apparent.” Ho
strongly recommends the passage of the
act reported from the Senate Military
Committee in the lost Congress, by
nhicUitwas contemplated that, in lieu
of tlie annual sum of $200,000 provided
by the act of the 28d of April, 1808, tho
sum of $600,000 should be annually ap
propriated.
Nbably Bukied.—A ghustly story is
reported from Mscheuo, in Bohemia. A
man, who was apparently dead, hod just
been lowered into the grave, when the
mourners were horrified to see tho collm-
lid begin to move, and the linen shroud
gradually appear, until the corpse at
i&bt B&t up. Tlie muu Buid thut lie liud
throughout his illness heard all that had
been said. He was aware they thought
him dead, but he was unable to make
any sign. From the graveyard the man
was taken home, and there is now every
prospect of lus recovery.
“Well, no one was to blame but
pn. He thinks he can do every
thing, and “when ho 'trie’s it and gets
tangled, he lays it to me. We went
onion 1 he street with our tomahawks,
when pa went in to brush himself, aud
disbanded, and went to our reservation,
and piece reigns again, and the Boston
girl lias gone home with, an idea that we
are all heathens out west.”
Planting Fnurr Trees. — Sufficient
mm been snid on autumn planting in for-
n.t r months. How long it’May be con
tinued will depend upon the season.
Wherever tho soil is in good condition
trees may still be planted, but by no
menus should they bo Bet if the ground
is partly frozen and unfit to comeincon-
i tact with the roots; In such condition
Cleanoh brushes in water iu whioh j of the soil it will be better to heel-in the
there is a teaspoouful of ammonia. | trees until spring.
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