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BLACKSHEAR, GA.. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1878.
JPiWrt of Electricity on Vegetation.
Probably every one who has entered
a woAd or forest has noticed the stunted
or craggy growth of th* underwood,
and the cause of that peculiar condition
has always been attributed to the fact
that the shrubs or smaller trees
overshadowed by the foliage of the lorg*
ones and deprived of the light anA
air necessary to their full
A French paper says : M.
professor of the Eeole Forestiere, states
that his researches on the subject led
him to the oc elusions that, although a
certain effect* was to b^lattxilmhd to
it was not axuncient to sc
count for the great depreciation in the
ve R e tation. After long reflection
came to the conclusion that the large
trees acted as conductors of electricity,
and thus deprived the undergrowth of
eIeme ? j1 neoewary to their full de
velopment, In order to test his views
he tned R °* experiment® on
various plants, bnt we need only refer
, ft ltbongh not the most
stnkiug, will fully elucidate tho
Pi® he advances, the meaus he employed
* If ">ok 68 ?**? two obtained. tobaoco plants, In April, each
. three aud half
*®*gu*n« a grammes, aud
having four leaves. They were both
planted in boxes containing mold of
identical quality, anil placed side by
side in a position favorable to their
growth. But one of them had placed
oxer it a cage,consisting of fourirou rods
'me meter fifty oentimeters high, joined
at the top and covered with wire gauze,
which permitted the free circulation yf
but completely pro
tected thAeoomp«i from the action oi at
terferetjapiLf Pri ajogtrf‘ lcl until ^y* They were un
the middle of
A n fri*st» wpen the results obtained were
as follow : The plant in the open air
had attained a height of three feet five
inches, whi e the other was only four
inches; the former weighed 273
grammes aud the latter 140 grammes ;
when dried, their respective weights
were thirty grammes and fifteen and a
half grammes. Similar experiments
made with maize and wheat gave pre
cisely analogous results, SO that M.
Grandeau has come to the conclusion
that the electricity of the atmosphe. e
is equally necessary to vegetation as
sunlight, air and water.
Tlirilling Experience of Grave Robbers,
At Cleveland, O., Joiner, the grave
robber, gave in court a vivid description
of his expedition with Carlisle and Minor
for the body of Edwin French, which
was found in a Cleveland medical insti
tSsSS that
the town had boon aroused, and
tb 7 WWUld be discovered. He was
tola 4 tO ftrive . fast possible.
He told them HWay he as OS
must have his money
firi't. They told him he would get no
money unless they got something to sell
L°tJT£
money, and would as soon die in getting
the body os go home to a starving wife
and children and thus die. One of the
°* bere went U P the street a short dis
tance, and came back and reported that
it was a false alarm. Men were simply
at work on the decoration of the town
for the next day, when the president
was to be there. They told them to
drive down by a back street while they
bagged the body and dragged it through
a cornfield to the buggy. The fright
wi “ cb they received, however, induced
them to leave the grave in the condition
in which it was found by w be watchman
when he returned and dlAC • that
the bod * bad beeD r ™oved.
™ The glaciers . . of . the Himalayas far
side Rtirpass anything hitherto known out
of the polar regions, some recently
measured being tweuty or thirty miles
long and one to three wide.
A Royal Indian.
Considerable interest hns of late been
aroused in the Ute Indians of Colorado,
and a few facta about their heat! chief,
Onray, who is an exceptional Indian,
and his manner of life, eanuot fail to be
read. The Onray Time* furnishes
quite a long sketch of him, aud devotes
considerable attention to his surronnd
According to the Time*, Onray
had built for him at this place,
lhout ten miles from the Lon Pinos agency
on eminent, the Uuoompahgre adobe house river, thirty by by the gov -
finished in an forty,
furniture good style, with American
and carpets. He has a farm
of 300 acres inclosed and upwards of
sixty acres under cultivation, in hay,
vegetables and grain. The work is done
bv Indians ahd retainers. His wife
takes an active interest in the fnrra
work and does her full share of the onfc
door labor. Ha has a herd of 200
horses aud Atumft mul A .some of them being
very flue ; in addition to the
oral horse bands stock he of* 1^ jeep some aud cattle and aev
goats. His
buildings aro sl/Uchouse,four r hte extensive, cousist
ing of a corrals^Tgramirics, large dwellings,
stables, etc. Ho lias
a flno family carriage, one of the best
that could be purchased, a present from
Governor Ed. McCook, which, with a
stylish team and Mexican driver, makes
a conspicuous turnout. The farm ope
rations aud business enterprises of
Ouray have been very'suocessful, and
prove him to lie a shrewd, competent
business man. It is the oninion of all
who know anything about him* that he
desires to adopt entirely the habits and
life of the whites and out loose from
Indian customs, but the iuuate love of
power and prominenoe makes him
cling to his leadership or cliieftaitiship
with a tenacious grasp. During the
council it was observed by General
Hatch that Ouray was a bom leader and
exhibited diplomatic talents of a high or
der in managing his unruly rubjects aud
dealing with every point and question ad
vanced by the commission. His age is
forty-five, and he has but one wife and
child.
Holds of HImIoui.
Little minds are wounded by the
smallest things.
Tho truly generous man is oblivions
of a slight aud never becomes angry at
a slur.
Keep the way always clear for im¬
provement, by putting a gag in the
mouth of ignorance.
Great men undertake great things be¬
cause they think they are them great; aud fools, because
easy.
The grandest of heroic deeds are those
which ate performed within four walls
and in domestic privacy.
Fortune is ever Been accompanying
industry, aud is as often trundling in a
wheelbarrow as lolling in a coach and
six.
People who have nothing to do are
soon tired of their own company. Idle¬
ness leaves the door open for graver sins
to enter.
It is a singular fact that those who
devote so much time to other people’s
business seldom pay proper attention to
their own.
Hard words are like hailstones in sum
mer, beating down and destroying that
which they would nourish were they
melted into drops.
A man who shows no defect is a fool
or a hypocrite, There whom we should mis
trust. are defects so bound to
fine qualities that they announce them
—defects which it is well not to correct,
Avoid the companion who jests at
everything ! Bnch people disparage,
by some ludicrous association, all ob¬
jects which are presented to their
thoughts, and thereby render themselves
incapable of any emotion which can ___
either elevate or soften them ; they
briDg upon their moral being an mflu
ence deeert more withering than the blasts of
the
NO. 32.
A RfTfrie, 1
Iq the golden glint of the rummer a eon—
In the erimeon glow of a day nigh done—
On the banks of a stream, with Its waters
At the side of one my heart holds dear—
How beauteous U this life !
In the past with memoriee dim or bright—
In the silvery sheen oi’ the pale moon’s light -
On the snowy hanks of a stream ice-bound—
Bereft of my loved one—all sorrow around—
How rad, how drear -this life ’
In the future with promises golden bright—
In the morn that follows the darkest night—
Now borne on the dark stream—now
the shore—
To part from my loved one—ah ! nevermore-
How dear -eternal life.
ltem.H of Interest,
A sham-poo—affected contempt.
Something of a wag—The tip of a dog e
tail.
Aucient soldiers were trained to fight
with either baud.
The common school system may be
traced back to the year 800.
The Vienna aud Constantinople rail¬
road will be 1,010 miles long.
There are over twenty thousand
stitches in a well-made shirt.
The young gentleman who flew into a
passion has had his wings out.
The Bank Clerks’ Association is uot a
seertt ubiety. They have tellers.
An operator in a spool-thread factory
will make thirteen and a half mike of
thread daily.
“A teacher who will preserve order
or break heads ” is advertised for by a
Kansas school board.
In the time of Romulus, 7S0 B.C.,
womeu were fonnd aubjeet to capital punish¬
ment if drunk.
Blindmnu’s buff is a game that gives
opportunitv to show human sympathy.
It is a fellow feeling for a fellow-crea¬
ture.
A swarm of bees took possession of
Chantry church, Frome, England, the
other day, and services had to be dis¬
pensed being smoked with one out. Huuday while they were
An old hat, that once belonged to
Napoleon I., was recently sold for thirty
five dollars—which is a good price, cer¬
tainly, when we consider that both the
Nap. and crown are gone.
Ob the corn, tho horrible oorn,
Hurtling at night and aching at morn;
Under somebody's foot half of the time,
Throbbing with misery almost sublime.
Painting, Innaming,
Hbow Big ah yoor flat—
me iue sign of the chi-rop-o-dixt!
“Find out your child’s specialty” is
the urgent advice of a phrenologist. We
have tried this and find it is not so easy.
Sometimes rock candy seems to be the
favorite, and then again there is a mark¬
ed tendency to taffy .—Stamford Advo¬
cate.
. new fnend J on to-day who ?”
1 D< ]L m a maQ was
affenn . from inflammation
* ef of the
lungs. "I should think so," replied
®uuerer. “ Hhat is it?” said the
016 jr 8 * victlm B P^* er » “ Pneumonia,” answered
*
A fisherman at Kingston, I1L, saw a
river. The --
toward the shore and he
lfc - Holes had
,n * been bored in
e * . .* ^® f«®ud live
an< mM1 e a baby
f v *?., i® ? mowing
a
Whil® the woods turn red and russet.
And the swallow akims the weir.
And the dernier rose of summer
Both poetic bosoms cheer,
^ 5 ^** waiting for tbe winter winds,
Vihieh through the forest howl,
Tae barber doth bestow a wierd
And highly hateful scowl
Upon the young man who has derided
to raise a foil beard for the winter.
—JVric York