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S-gfT WR4IQ, 0 e «HY Tl-ESPAV EVKSIHU. #1.511 •0' - - “i »th»« . - - - p° ' ‘ turns must !><• Paul >" will |K “ |WI ’ O, “ A0 VK VimatcrwUl l>t* ohurg I 'mUlmtt. amt SO.- lotinsertion. c jiput w '!l ■ )11S intended foi 11 " 1 j|[ |m> euurged for rates. . n*" ml uewsv eoiuinuuioa- part of UK- county so M\nV, UOVKKNMSXf -1 natchius. Jddge Sup Court. Kin Clerk Sup. Court, ■ upkiK Ordinary. ■ p Bosby. Sheriff. ■lBro»n, Treasurer. K Tadrews. I'sx Receiver . ftyerner, Tw Collectorr fti Maflett. Surveyor, ft Wilson. Coroner. ■ 'corstveowMisstoNEHS. ft Chairman and Clerk. ■,'j K t'loud, J. K Hopkins, An ■krser. I'Toinor education. ft Wimi. School ttommissioner J ■totv T- I’atillo, .J. VVebb ft (fori, I’ K. Wian. ■ JUSTICES. H ...Mo -lUith dial—w. C, fc M 1., Cl.or, N. I’, 'si Fri ft,:.. 40fi dial—J, W- Andrews. Krirs VL Kinuey, N. P- 3rd ■LhViltldist— W. I*. Simms ,). Hawthoru, N. P. 3rd Sat ftvvk 1295 di-t \V. J. Baggett ft) | McKlvaney, N- P- Ist Bat ft-lObthdist- .1. M, Arnold..!, K Nash. N. t*.2nd Saturday. ftv662nd dist- A. Adams, J. F K,| N p., 3rd Saturday K lkl dial. —W. F, Brewer, .1. Kg Koherts. N P., Tlinrsduy U- K Saturday ftrbin's47Hdist —G. L. Knight ft j. W. Hamilton, N. P. ftp!by before Ist Saturday. ftjMointaiu, 444 .list—A. L ft„a..i P, VV. L. Andrews, ft 4th Saturday, ftrlius,s44 dist -Asa Wright, ftj. R. Nowell, N. P. 4th ■day ftrrW, 4UB— VV, R. Simpson, ft*. A. Martin, N. P. Friday ft 3rd Saturday. ftt Bridge, 571 dist —A. J. ftv.J. P , E. J. Mason, N. P. ftttnrday. ftuiee, 404th dist —-T. N. ft J. A G. Harris, N F. ftttnrday. ftord, afitltli clis —T. C. Bui ft.P, J M Posey, N F Fri ftfore 3rd Saturday. ft MUNICIPAL. ftc Smith, Mayor. ft COUNCIL. ftloore, K l» llirriu S A Townley Hittm HtiLAND DRPARTI HK OF TRAIN ■ifii'niii Suwannee, 5.5(1 p. m ■a lor Suwannee, 7 a- m. Hi ,S 1) DRPAKI IHR OF V All f ft . . HtMii unci Thursday. Hii-STcmK. Departs 0 u in ui ftpio, Monday and Thursday, ftnm.g.—Arrives 10 a m. de ft) m.—Daily. ftwltiikh. Arrives 12 m., de- Hh m..\V i- luesduy and Sutnrday ft w. h. harvky, p. m ft CHURCHES ft Rev,l I. K Burrell, pastor fttvrry Sunday Hi- Hcv M 1» Turner Pastoi H lb Ft und 2nd Sundays. ft-: Sc Hum..- A T Putt did, Snpt Sunday at 3 p m fttireßUN- It. v .1 F Met lelluml, ftimievs on'Jii.l nd4th Sundays ■Hotitli, ftttScHom. I U Powell. Snpt fttmJaj at 9.30 a nr ft FRATERNAL. fttutCCTiun Masonic laiook.—! ftnv M , S A Hagood, S VV„ IW. Meets on Tuesday lull moon in each ■won Ciut ik.r, No 3!>, R A V Spence, H P, a T Pattillo ft* F'iduy night before the if raeh month. ■smSrrKRlOH Coi'HT.— N. L. ftii' 1 ,dve. Convents on the Ist ft' 11 March and September. I-U, HUNT, ■Korney at law, ■ -Norcrosn, <;a. ■JT'''' 111 the Superior l 'oi.rts K l ’." 1 "rdiiciiry of the eoun- aim Milton, and in tcjuri „f i (u ||| unities. t .' ,, " , ' 1 t 11 attention given ■i('/ic,' M, Johnson ■Korney at law. ■ WLNKs\ ILI.K, tiA. in this umi adjoining ■«d tl, e Hoprnne Poin t of the ■ Kn 3 intrusted to his care prompt attemiou. URN HA M'S IMPROVED STaND’D TURBINE “ the best const ri -ted “"a finished, give bet *f r percentage, n ore P"wer and is so I for , 8 money per horse power, than ano other Pamihi ll!e in the world Kit \ h J K 8,111 free by VHam - BROS., York. Fa. }J»el c POE, e> and Brick* T son. «»m»cfvilue, Ga. *"s«*** t° inform the thai lie is still at Em is now prepared ny kin 1 of work in ST, , in the ’T k m i will do it not.ee. Satisfae tontraotiuga spec * inayl3-3r . briant, W LAW, ogausville, Ga. entriated to Ins prompt attention. icalty. mption. ttT“• "»’• bjiu kind aud of tu •snrttfl: •*«"»» 1• ny ruth 3V.rwO BOTTt.ES fKEK. , on this liiWMt 1* FestiSU, Row fort. Gwinnett fjl* gcrald. TYLKR M. PEEPLES, Proprietor VOL XV. REV. T. E. KENNEKLY AND FEMALE PREACHERS Mn Editoh— A few things ought to be said in reply to Bro. Kens utrley's article on “Female Preach ers,” which appeared in the Her ald, of June /he 3th, For this purpose please give me space in jour paper. He says, “(iod bless the women in their place, and it is to be de sired that they stay in their place.” ! Amen to that, but let God deter mine their place, neither I nor my Bro, K., has the right to do so, Tlmir place is w here vet God calls them by His spirit ; their duty whatever He directs them to do j whether it be to pray; exhoit, preach or prophesy—anything the spirit directs them to do, they should do it with all their might “ Quench not the Spirit” is just as applicable to the woman as the man and no man has /he right to judge what ttie spirit speaks to ■hern, than he has to judge what He speaks to me. Each individ ual must determine for himself or her herself what his or her duty is, and human nature needs uot be caulioued against being over zealous in doing good- The en couragement should aiways be on the other side. Bro. K., says again, “If Jesus had intended that women should preach He would have called one or more to be among 11 is desciples’’ To see the fallacy of such a state ment, put it thus ; ''lf Jesus had nuended that Gentiles should preach He would have called one or more to be among his disciples According to his own logic, Bro. K., has arrogated to himself the functions of a chris/aiu minister, without the semblance oi 2 ivine authority He says fur/ber : “Jesus indi cated while on earili wbat should be 'he rule or law of His Kingdom' True, and He commissioned a woman to be the first preacher of a risen Saviour. Then in Math, 27; —52 and Luke 8. I—3 we »re taught that women followed Jeeiis from place to plaee and minister* unto Him, ami I daresay they pro claimed His power to cast out devils, and to heal the sick, they being living witnesses to this power. If my Bro. K., had been there, I think he would have in terposed thus- “you women jus*, keep silent, don’t say a word , in fact you are out of p'ace ; you are out of plaes you ought to be at home looking after domestic af fairs. 1 hats what God made you for, and here you are floating around in various unfavorable circumstances, looked upon with suspicion.” Cm Master would say to him; Let them alone. John 12: 7. (but S/. Paul is quoted, Ist Cor., 14: 34-35 and Ist Tim., 2 : 11-12. The Devil never mat dents his su tleiy more forcibly than when he uses the words of inspiration to t upset /he work of the Holy Spir- I it. He very often tries this plan I to hinder /he children of men in I their return to Goa. lie needs to be watched more perhaps at this point than aiiy other. In the passages ret erred to there is not a word said snout preaching. Construe them litteraily and see what a prt diriment it puts you in. A woman must neither shout, pray nor sing in 'he church, bhe must not say a word. Ho w revolt ing the idea ! Out and out heath enism !* By such au iuterputation women would be excluded entirely from the Baptist church, for they are required to relate an experence before admiteion. Bro. K., would no doubt ngree to such a construc tion of tuese texts than I would Such au interprepation must be sought for as will accord with oiher scriptures, and with the i spirit of toe Gospel. This can oe easily done aud give the woman all the the latitude they waut. In 1. Cor., ll<i. there are given | specific direction.-«s to how women ■ are to appear, when praying or prophesying in holy assemblies Now. in a very important sense prophesying is teaching, and preaching too: as for that matter, Why were the directions given, if Paul intended to debar the women from these priveleges» Then again, read the last chapter of Roman* and see how tenderly he gpeaks of those women who had helped Irm In 1 auc 2 verses of this chapter, he commended to the church at Rome, sister Phebe who was a servant or deacuness of the church at "enchrea, and who seems to have oeeu sent out on some mission; for Pa il says, “assist her in whatsoever busines she need of vou. What sort of assistance would Bro. K’s, article in the Herald have beeu ? Read also Joel 2 :-28 ; Acts 2 : 2-18 Acts 21 : 9. A’ow by God’s help, let us fry to see wha/ Is the true tnean ing of the texts quoted in the ar tide under review These women had recently been converted from heathenism to Christianity, and it was ye«y natural for them to transcend the bounds of propriety in their behaviour ; They became dictatorial, disobedient, inclined to usurp authority over the men, dis~ posed to wrangle in the public as .emblies. Hence the exhoiti tion: “Letyour women keep si leuce”—be decorous , for it i 6 hot permitted unto tbem to speak" — to harangue or wrangle in con/ro versy with the men The two passages are of the same import. These are the conclusions reached after haviDg examined /he original texts and other helps as carefully as my time would allow, end I Dumbly present them to the read ers of the H f.kai.d. Let it be remembered that in the proceeding remarks, I have made no special plea for female preachers, as such but have simp ly insisted that, under the Holy Ghost they have the right to Jes cide what their duty is, and the rigJA so perform whatsoever it may be. If God calls them to preach i/ is not my business, no my Bro. Ker.erley’s to binder them. If we cannct assist them, we should let them alone 1 would not have beeu the author of the article un der review for my right arm. Luke 17 : 2 To me it is one of /he most hopeful signs of the times, that ihe church is begiuing le realize what a power woman is in helping to evangelize the world. Let us use all the agencies avail abb /e rescue perishing inoitals from eternal death, and bring them back to our Fathers honu— Enough of our poor fellow beings have already gone to Hell, still millions more are on the road t Muhiply oh Lord, multiply the number of holy, consecrated wo men aud send them out all over ihe world lo carry the glad zidings of the G' sptl. Help us preach.- ers to learn ft-otn 'iheir examples a lesson of faith and zeal. May God bless you, Brother Kener ley. My hea> t and hands are too full to engaged in a newspaper controversy, but I felt moved to say wbat I have said. Very Respectfully, J M. Armstrong. Cu riming, Ga. June, 19, 1885. NEW POSTAL LAWS. some very important changes made in the postal laws by the last congress will go iu/o effect on the first of July. Some of the changes tha/ are made from time to time by the post office depart nient itself rre of little importance to the public. On the other hand there is nothing to which the pub pays less attention tfcan changes in the postal and there is nothing about which the public is so careless. For instance | hundres of unaddressed letters and packages are dropped in the Atlanta post office every year aDd not a day passes bnt tha/ improp erly stampped, or not stamped at all are received. The new postal law, whicn takes effect July Ist, is very important to the public and will arid mater rially to the practical benefits of the postal ser vice. At present all eiters that weigh more than a half ouce are compelled to pay two ceus for each additional half ouce, or frao/ion thereof. The fu’l ounce weight applies to drop letters delivered for anyone where the carrier system is not in oper ation. Heavy letters will thus be forwarded at half their present rate. Newspapers registered ai sec ond class matter may be sent by OUR OWN SECTION-WE LAIdOR FOR ITS ADVANCEMENT LAWRENCEVILLE, GA. JUNE 30 1885. publishers and newsdealers at the rate of one cent a pound, includ 1 ing regular arnd specimen copies. Other papers may be sent by auy oue at the rate ot one eeut for eacn four ounces or fraction thereof. Tbe law provides that newspapers may be marked with pen or peucil to call attention to them, dut no figures or words may be used. But publishers who send palters at pound rates are not allowed to mark them. But the most impor/aut improve ment in the law provides that a letter bearing a special stamp costing ten cents, acd sent to any place having 4’ooo population ac cording to the United sta/escen bb, and to other places to be spev daily designated by the post office department, still be immediately provided by /be recipient li®es within one mile of the post oflice< or its s/ations in large citirs Constitution. WOMANS WORK IN THE CHURCH OF GOD. The restoration of women to her New Testament “status" in the Church seems to be at hand. What does this mean t Vt means that the Christian women of to day are taking the places and ing the work assigned them by the apostles. It does unt mean that they are to take upon /hem the functions of the pastorate. Our Lord and his apostles did not impose its burden upon them, for reasons that are obvioes and un changing. It does no/ mean that we are to have »n “iinperium in iraperio,” in tbs Church, its wo men running on separate and in dependent lines. It does not mean rha/ /here is to be any mas teriai modification of the polity of the Church affecting woman's offi - cial relations and sphere of ser> vice. The Church as it is furnish es a field in which she may exer cise all her powers in the service of her Lord. The New Testa - ment “status" of women in the Church may be understood by reading the sixteenth chapter of the Epistle to the Romans. Wo men ware the servants of the Church, net more units to swell its census They had charge of business of the Church suited to them and needful for it. They were helpers of the apostles in their work of saving sonls; and in one notable case, at least, a woman was an apostle's instructor in the way of the Lord. They knew and taught the way of salvation. They prayed and prophesied in the as sembli6B of the saints. (See First Corinthians xi. 5) They were neither dumb nor idle; their hand and voices were ever ready to make quick response to the call of duty in bearing testimony for Christ and in the ministrations of love and help to his followers. They exerted r spiritual power all iheirown. They labored muib in the Lord, and t heir names come down the ages linked with those of the apostles. We have watched with friendly and hopeful solicitude the prog ress of the new missionary move ment 01 ganizeu for our women at ,iur last General Conference. Our hopes have been fully realized, and our fears happily dissipated. Our women have done well, and learns ed rapidly. The direct and visible fruits of their labor vindicate th® wisodm of the movement, and at test Ibe approval of the Head of the Church. The arm" of their organization already embrace Mex ico, China, and Brazil, and other enterprises are being planed. Every step /hey have taken has been marked by prudence and energy, and their balance sheets have been full and clear. But the deepest significance and highest valneof this movement will oe overlooked if we confine our view to these aspects of it. Its reflex influence upon the whole Church must be taken into the account. This ifluence is happy and wide-spread To this fact ,es tiniony is borne from all quarters. There is not a single Southern Me/hodist pulpit that has not, con sciously or ur consciously, felt the impulse given by theawarkened Christian womanhood of the Church. Scarcely a home among all our people has failed to catch something of the stiuiulous of quickened thought, and the glow of awakened feeling front what these women are doing aud say ing. Some are tilled with a great joy to find this mighty lever is in these last days to be useed to turn the hearts of the heathern toward our Christ. TYtey rejoice tha 1 . t' e way is opening as never before for woman to work for woman in the dark places of the earth. Every prayer meeting catches a warmer feeling and a higher to-»e from the preseuceof ifiese womeD, who have caught the spipit, an I are in sympathy with the mission of their Mrster. They are leaven ing the whole body of the Church with their ’ufiuence. Rejoicing in /hese tokens of the restoration of woman to uer New Testament “sta/us” in the Church we are not pained by fears that the movement now begun will overleap its prr per bounds. Thu divinely chartered religious rights of womaii are not more plainly defined man their utcessa ry limitations. While reaching forth an eager hand to claim her privileges as a worker for her Lord, she will not blunder by grasping at shadows. Her sphere and function are wide enouga to till an angel’s heart and hands,and she has no occasion to go beyond them. It is enough tha/ hence* forward the power of Christian womanhood will be fell in the Church us it was in the first days of its triumph aud goly. [This article, written by th- Ed itoriu 1881, is republished now by request.—Ed. Nashvilie Advocate. OUT OF WORK Why are so many boys and young persons, and older ones,/oo ( out of work? 7’here must W some cause. Hers are some of them: 1. Because they are lazy, and will not work. 2. Because they are Loo proud to dirty I heir liagers, and are leok ing for a genteel job. 3. Because they have never {earned to do any kind of work. 4. Because they are unreliable and will quit woik to go to a cir cub, and can never be depended on in an emergency. 5. Because they drink amen/ spirits, and are thus not desirable ttnployes. (>. Because they use Tobacco, and so defile themselves, and be come a stench and nuisance. 7. Because hey are luo inde pendent and saucy to tlioir employ era 8 Because they are fearful of doing more work than they get piy for. 9 Because they are careles-, aud waste stock, damage work and squander time belonging to their employers. 10. Because they would rather work foi higher wages half the time than for moderate wages all the time. 11 Because they swear and talk'vilely, and corrupt the man uers of thouse around them. 12. Because they are impudent, to ‘heir survivors or tyrahnical to those whom they dare abuse. 13. Because they stay out late at nights, at parties and amuse •nenta, and come late t. work aud are unfit for service. 14. Because they watch the clock more closely at the end of the day than at the beginning. f« A TRICK ON A SEMINARY* One of th 6 most fashionable young ladies seminaries in Phila delpbis was visited on Wednesday by two young sisters of charity. They were well received by the lady principal, who showed them through the dormitories »nd final ly allowed them to open a sub scription among the young ladies pupils “for sweet charity’s sake.’ The young ladies subscribed lib erally, aud some of them even in sisted on a blessing and a kiss. They received both administered with a fervor that greatly impress ed the recipients. The sisters as highly pleased, and took their de parture across the lawn to the out er gate, where they had left ‘heir | carriage. The curionsity of several of the young lady students to see more of tbe good nuns cause them to approach the gateway by another and shorter route. There saw what horrified them, for in getting into the carriage the boots and r>antaloons of men wore exposed under the black draperies of tits sisters. Every effort was made to keep the matter quiet, and /he story teached publicity through the clutw. Two prominent socie ties for dispensing charity received SSO each in bank notes by exp rtas yesteiday morning. The affui 1 is allegedi to have been the result of a bet in cue of the clubs in /bis city made between a party of glided youths. It is estimated that SI,OOO a side was wagered that (he seminary could not be visited ai.d thoroughly iuspectvd in any way by peasons of the male sex—Washington Star. JAY GOULD’S RIVAL, Jay Gould came back to town yesterday and carried his sun burned Dose into the freezing at mosphere of his private office at the corntr of Broadway and Rec tor streef, where the ticker welcom id him home again with a chirp and a buzz. “Let the portcullis fall!’, he cried to the trembling minion who stands ‘Uiard at the ou/er door ud there was rattling* of chains and bolts and a clash as the iron gate wos shut. “Well, Wash anything new’” asked the Wizard. “Yes, sir, you have or will have a great aud powerful riva/, who has a towering ambition to pose befote the world as the Money King of the West. Mr. Gould's ruddy face became pale- he clutched at Mr. Connor's perspiring palh and besought him not to agitate him urnecossarilly when the weather was so warm. Mr. C.'oooor tried tc laugh, hut the mirth was too forced to reassure his chief, who demanded the uame of the catifT. When Mr- Connor meutioued Phil Armour, of Chica go, Ivir. Gould almost fainted. “I will give him a whirl that will make hint wish lie had stuck to the butcher business,” muttered the Wizard of Wall street, and then he listened with knitted b.j.v while his confidential clerk told how Armour had recently been elected a director of the St. Paul Company, had investigated its affairs, had come to the eoncl ustou that its stock was too cheap, and had resolved to enter the specula tive arena in full t rmor Wall street has aiready had tids ings of this giant from the West whose wealth has in recent years reached such vast propotions that the Chicago grain inaiket affords too little scope for its use in specii latiou. It was I’hil Armour who was awarded contracts by both England and Russia for millions of cans of preserved meat when those two nations were preparing foi war. “Little Phil" is distinguished by a speculative intrepidity that has H uccessfully engineered several great corners in grain in the West and should he bring tha/ same audacious spirit to bear on the Now Yoik stock maiket ihere will be a revival of business unknown in years. Phil Armour is a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, of winch he is the social and financial support, just as Deacon Wb : te is to Plymouth Church of Brooklyn. His wife is a talented and beautiful woman, win. lives in a palace on Prairie avenue aud devotes much of her /ime and many thousands of dcD lars to charity. It is the dream of her life to reign /he queen of New York society and tha/ her husoaud should be Kiog of Wai 1 street. George Riddle, of Carrol conn ty Mo, has /weniy /wo daughters. He lives just on the outskiis cf civilization, yet whenever a dress maker locates within twenty five miles he moves further into the woods. s Charles Francis Adams is re ported as in oad condition menial ly. He is seventy-seven years old. JOHN T. Jr., Publisher GEORGIA NEWS. Covington is now lighted up at night with gas. Cobbcouuty will vote for fence or no fence July 1. A savings bank is to be started in Athens this fall A minister of Albany carrier an Irish potato in bis pocket as a cure for rheumatism. A registration law for Cobb eoun ty will be one of the laws the Lgislature will be asked to pass next mou/h. Mr. Jefferson probably owns the ojdes/ mule in Quitman county, it is for three years, and does ghod service every day. Tbe people of Monticello and Eatonton are advertising their ap plication for a charter for a rail road bet ween those places. Mr. D. N. Creighton and Miss Cobb were married in DeSoto Thursday. The gaoom is about 60 years of age and the bride 17. A huge rattlesnake with 49 rattle was killed on Mr. J. R. El lis' place in Quitman county, a few days ago by one of his tenants. It is rumored that suits will oe instituted against the Town coun cil of P-lbertoD for damage in widening out the streets of town. Athens Banner Watchman :— < There is a tree at Mi. Dick Har grov’es whose shade at 12 o’clock measures aft action less than half an acre. This is reliable. An election was held June 15 for the purpose of bondiug the town of Hawkineville for the pay* uient of its debtH. On June 13 a mee/ing was held 'll Datnelsville which is expected to create great excitement on the prohibition question. It is expec. ted ;hat the election will be held about August 1. Mr. Anthony /friusau, of Thom* ac county, had a very narrow es* cape last week. He was plowing and a pmu ttee fell across his plow stock breaking it to pieces. Ha saw /he tree in time to to get out of the way. A negro preacher in Ocouee says he found an egg iu his hen nest with a scriptural quotation on the shell, and the negroes are greatly excitqd over it, and say that judgement day is near at hand, Many are quitting work and spending their lime prayin. L. F, PsttersoD. .Sheriff of Do calur county, has returned from Florida, having in charge a negro named Drew Guyton, who about four pears ago, shot and killed anotuer in Baker county unwed Jehu Bell The murderer was caught at Chipley, Fla. Wednesday night at Brown’s station on the Macon & Augusta rail road, the steam gin and grist mill belonging to D W. Brown was entirely by fire. It is sup posed tha 1 the fire was caused by the carelesness of some negroes who wherein the Militate at nigh’- Athens Banner-Watchman; It is death to drink water from the public wells on /he street, and they should st once be filled up The town spring is no better- Those drinking founts on the street should pe put in a', once, before disease aud death sweeps over /lie city. Dawsen Journal : about twen ty dead hogs were removed from the streets last Saturday by the town authorities. The hogs had died with cholera, which is raging in both town and county. A dupi ber of dead ones have to be re moved from the sleets nearly every morning. Worth County Free Trader; On last Tuesday, iD a fracas out at Messrs. W. & L. .vfeNeil’s still about five miles from town in which two negroes were engaged, one received a load of bird shot in his arm and bscb. Dr. Perry says the negro was preity well peppered but not serously hurt. Social Circle has called a meet ing her citizens on the 4th of July to take s/eps toward extending the Northeastern railway to Colum bus. GWINNETT HERALD. A WIDE AWAKE COUNTY NEWSPAPER. JOB PRINTING A SPECIAL FEATURE. Book work, legal blanks, letter heads, note heads, bill heads, pos® ters, cards, envelops—evervthing in job printing line done in neat and tasty style and on short doi tice. Prices low aud work guar anteed: Call on us. Entered at the Post otltci- at Law renceviHfc, us second elans mail miil ter. NO 16 EDITORIAL BREVITIES Wisconsin is to try tobacco cult. ure. There are ripe tigs in the San Diego (Cal.) marker. A man with two hearts is on exhibition in tbe Kingstone Hospital. There are 700 Chinese scholars in twenty-nine New York Sunday schools. A Chicago preacher Hays the criminal lawyer is tit only to be his own cilent. There are said to be about a thousand bicycles in constant use in Washington. Rats carried oft'ninety chickens from a hennery in Win ded, Coon., one day last week. The United States are said to consums more lemons than all other countries combined. A five pound calf was born at Castletou, Barry county, Mich. It is belie Ted to be the smallest calf ever born. A young man at Cambridge, Mass , has beeu fined for assault ing a young lady wi/U a sunbeam, reflected from a looking glass car-. t ied in his hand. A. E, Harnish, the sculptor, has nearly completed in Rome the colossal statue of Calhoun, wnich is to be set up in Marion Square in Charleston. An eagle kept m V ienna, Aus tria, died after a confinement of 114 years. Swans on the river Thames have been known to live lSOyeats and won. Lorenzo Snow, a Mormon dig nitary, has bald a family reunion where eight wiveH snowed in tweu ty-three daughters deep, with nineteen sons crowding in to din ner, and wheu the correspondent left it was still snowing. New York merchants encourage their customers in the practice of buying the C. O. D., rs a matter of conven ience to both sides. It saves the sellar tha salaries of ca-h-girls aud does away wit 1 ' long waits for change. Pliny White, the famous confi dence man, has just been anested in Boston, and will probably be taken to New York and tried for swindling a man out cf a miserable little SI,OOO. He has been many years in the business, and his “ills gotton gains” arc to he reckoned by hundreds of thousands ol dol lars. Abram Hanson, a negro boy of Lawrence, Kan., can pick up a piece ol' clay aud model it in a few minutes u» almost any sorm that suggests itself to his nurd, with a life likeness truly astounding. From tiie common clay there found in abundance, without cools of any kind, without models or de signs, he forms meu aud beasts with a wotul 'i ml reality and no inconsiderable artistic talent. Gen. Bragg, of Wisconsin, is a good man, but the man who holds fast to the faith is a better one. Every Republican who indorses the Oh'o {latform should be class ed as an offensive partisan. No one bnt an offensive partisan can indorse such a document. American India war bonds have no place now in the market. The chief of the Bulls (Sitting Bull) has gone into the dime sho-v busi ness, an 1 the Big Bear has taken to the woods. Tne Tennessee crop and wentn • er report states /hat 13 and 17- year loensts appeared in nearly twenty counties in that State be tween Muy 18 and 39, and yet no damage to vegetation was report ed. Gen. Logan nas wisely pnt off his Baltimore reception until Sep tember. when be will have return ed from the summer boarding houses. It is thought that his appetite will then enable him to do the banquet full justice. One fifteenth of the legal voters of Massachusetts are veteran- of the civil war.