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B Huichins. Judge Sup. Court.
Clerk Sup. Court,
Bunk' ll ' Ordinary.
Shenft
■' grown, Treasurer. _
Br',~Gews. fax Receiver.
Bftfiier, lai Collectorr
B Maffeti, Surveyor.
H Wiboo, Corouer.
BouWTVOOmUHSIONXtUI.
B-ofoee. Chairman and Clerk, IS
B ; g cloud, J it llopKius, An
of education.
B vi>oll. School Commissioner J.
Bugce,. T- Patillo, .J. Webb
BJX’i’ E. Winn.
■ JUBTICB3.
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B p M L, Adair, N. I‘, Ist Fri-
Bdiire 400 dial —J. W. Andrews.
■ >,rMcKinney, N. p. 3rd
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H o tlawlhorn, N.P, 3rd Sat
Hcreek, 1205 dist-W. J. Baggett
■ | MeElvauey, N.P. Ist Sat-
Bagge, 404th diet —T. N.
BjP., A G. Harris, N.P.
Btturday.
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B P., J. M. Posey, N, P. Fri-
Bgfore 3rd Saturday.
■ MUNICIPAL.
HqC. Smith, Mayor.
mt COUNCIL.
H Moore; E D Herrin 8 A Townley
■Biiwd
■jUL iSD DEPARTURE OF TRAIN
from Suwannee, 5.50 p. rn
B»a tor Suwannee, 7 a- m.
Brii. and departure or maii.s.-
Bmox— Arrives 12 m, de parts
■ Monday and Thursday.
Bug Stork.—Departs 6am ar
■pm, Monday and Thursday.
Boilix Arrives 10 a m, de-
Bp ra.—Daily.
■ov River.— Arrives 12 m., de
■ti aj„Welneßday and Saturday
■ W. H. HARVKY, P. M
S CHURCHES
■in- Bev L R Barrett, pastor
■a every Sunday.
■odist— Rev M 1) Turner Pastor
■ on the Ist and 2nd Sundays,
■it School,— A T Pattillo, Supt
■ .'uuday at 3 p m
■iiTSBUN--Itev F McClelland,
■.Services on 2nd ud 4th Sundays
■ month,
■it SchoolT K Powell. Supt.
H Sunday at 0.30 a m a
■ FRATERNAL.
■iim.evii.lk Masonic laidub.—J
■eff M., S A Ilagood, S W,
■u, W. Meets on Tuesday
■or before full moon in each
■Vknon Chapter, No 39, R A
■p SpeDce, UP, a T Pattillo
■«* Friday night before the
■by io each month.
Idstt Superior Court.—N. L,
■> udge. Convenes od the let
■ is March and September.
wfe/tp M. Johnson
■ttorney at law.
■ GAINESVILLE, GA.
Hpractice in this and adjoining
the Supreme Court of the
H Huai new intrusted to his care
Hceve prompt attention.
Hn
-9 E. S. V. BRIANT,
9 attorney at law,
■ Loganaville, a.
B business entrusted to his
Hill receive prompt attention.
Httioas a specially.
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H- •i.V.'i oh MON AT
ou improved farm
H»iHD6tt and B'alton Counties
B” time at eight per
■ intsrest.
■pt,29th 1884.
B Wm.E. Simmons.
IL S. ÜBS,
B 4 Whitehall Street,
■ ATLANTA, A,
Hj Throat and Nose Wise ase
H'L July7-tf
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■ATTORNEY AT LAW.
B NORCROS.S, GA.
in the Superior Courts
us Ordinary of the couu-
aad Milton, and in
a ,ourt °f both countie*
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I mason.
K WBE!iCrviLLE > Ga.
H*. L* 8 »«<tood to inform the
generally, that he is still at
Htni *" P'We, an ' is UOW prepared
K, lra C t f ‘T any kind of work in
Hu.,,, 1 ttu > now 'iga e<i in the
BS 11 '*' of brick, ai.d wili do
°. n #hort uot.oe. Satiafac
■ ail, '*«‘e. Coutractinga spur
■ mavl3-3r'.
■ood Farm
I -FOR SALE—
-200 acres of land for sale,
j, roo n dwelling, tenant
, barn and out houses,
■fe n i?. cultiT ‘ , tioii , the balance
f, * r eal well timbered, all
H,, and under fence. Situa
Lawrenceville road one
."n Snellville. Price roa
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1 W. P. MASON.
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TYLER M. PEEPLES, Proprietor.
VOL XV.
EDITORIAL BREVITIES.
The Atlanta artesian well is
getting lobe a gieat bore.
September came in like a lion
and went out like a wet dog.
There are 240 bones In a man.
Man compares poorly with a shad.
“ali I want is justice,” ssid the
tramp. -Three months,” said the
justice.
Atlanta loves a burning seusa
tiop. The topic now is the whis
key question.
A little girl described nervous
ness as “just being in a hurry all
over."
On life’s journey, without a des
liiiation, the traveler is sure to get
(obi in the wood*.
Guns ate only human, after all.
They will kick when the load be>
comes too heavy.
The man who tries to read the
average doctor’s prescriptions nev
er wonders why druggist make
mistakes.
A Pniladelphia paper calls for a
new navy. What do we want
with anew navy ? Isn’t the pres*
ent one bad enough ?
Why is a wife like a newspaper?
Because every man should have
one without borrowing his noigh
b ir’s.
Nothing is easier thin fault find
ing- No talent, no self denial, no
brains, no character are required
to set up in the grumbling busi
ness.
If the movement to establish
prohibition in Atlanta should
prove successful, an immediate ad.
journment of the Georgia legisla
tur* may be looked for.
For a wagei a Danbury man
swallowed a live frog <be other
day. The frog appeared to be
hopping mad when he found that
he had been so badly taken in.
The longer W 6 live themoie
thoroughly do we become convinc
ed that it is best for a man to at
tend strictly to his own business
and allow all other men the same
privilege.
The present General Assembly
has been a protracted and expen
sive one, but when it adjourns it
will be entitled to the gratitude
of the people of Georgia—for not
holding on forever.
Ambition lesembles, to some ex*
tent, the pedal extrimities of a
Georgia mule. The lift it gives
yon is high and very exhiliatating;
but the drop brings you back
home mighty suddeD.
It is very painful to be misun
derstood and undervalued by those
we love But this, too, in our
life must we leern to bear without
a murmur; for it is a tale often re
peated.
One of the curiosities at the
White Sulphur Springs is a poet
who wears buttons on bis vest
which cost sl6 each. He’s not a
real poet; real poets don’! know
what vests are.
The skeletoL ol a man nine feet
one inch in height has been lound
in a cave in Missouri. An ex
change thinks it is the remains of
an editor, but editors in that
State are generally a “lit*le short,’
;A tamakawk of tempered copper
was recently found by a farmer
near Sanborn, Dakota. It is a
rare relic, as the method of tern
perieg copper is a lost art in
America-
At the reunion of the army of
the Cumberland in G'rand Rapid
Michigan, an ex-private was dis
covered. When the fact was fully
made known the scene beggared
discretion.
He who does good to another
man does good also to himself,not
only in consequence, but in ihe
very act of doing it for the con
sciousness of well doing is an am
p!e reward,
In harness a man has lifted 3,s
500 pounds, this sesnlt having
been acheived .only by allowing
every muscle to act simultaneous
ly to its fullest capacity, and un
der the most advantageous circnm
gtaoees.
ORDINATION.
< >n Saturday, the 10th iasf., the
Baptist church met together, with
visiting brethren and sisters, lo or
darn brother John E. Kennerly to
the fell work of the Gospel Mioist
ry. Elder J, VV. Webb, of Walton
county was chosen to preach jbe
Ordination sermon, and selected
as a text the sth verse of the 4th '
chapter of second Timothy :
“But watch thou in all things,
endure afflictiou, do the work of
an evangelist, make full proof of
toy ministry.’’
The exposition of the text was
very instructing—contain*d good
counsel to young ministers. Afier
the sermon she Presbytery organ
ized by chosing Elder J. W. Webb
Moderator, and A. J. Webb Clerk.
The spokesman for the churcu pre
sented Brother J. E. Kennerly,
the candidate, who was faithfully
examine*? by the Presbytery on
the Articles of Faith, and found
to be sound. Then the candidate
related his Christian experience,
and impression to preach the un
searchable riches of Christ’s Gos.
pel. Like other ministers of past
ages, of a ready and willing mind
but Lave been shrinking from the
full work, for several years, proba
bly saying like Moses of old, “O,
my Lord, lam not eloquent, but I
am slow of speech, and of a slow
tongue.” And as Jeremiah said,
‘‘Jh, Lord God, behold I cannot
speak for lam a child,” And Isi*
ah said, ‘T am a man of unclean
lips, and I dwell among people of
unclean lips. ’
There may be a shrinking from
the work of preaching from these
causes, but the truly called-of-
God ministers are made willing by
the H oly Ghost, and made to cry
out, “preach Christ and him ci uci.
fled 1 must, or die!” They are
ma H e willing and go at it with
that zeal and energy lhat charac
terized the minister of God in
ages. As men were impressed and
taught of God then, so in like man
ner it is now. Like Paul, “O,
wretched man that I am!” we
have tliis treasure in earthen ves
sels. The treasure itself is beyond
all price—cannot be bought with
money. The material of this
world cannot relieve tne burdened
minister. Nothing but the work
assigned iim can do it- And thus
he is compelled to go right mto
the work, educated or uneducated*
literally, The :<ord has. in our
opinion, prepared many illiterate
men to preach His Gospel. These
were taught of him, and it is //is
will ?o separate men to the work of
the nrnistry, who have lasted that
the Lord is gracious, and whose
lips have been touched with a live
coal from off the altar. So that
their words are burning words. O,
what love, burning zeal for the
Muster and all th at are His.
After the Christiau experience
on uis impression to pr ach the
Word, the Presbytery unanimous*
agreed to go on with the ordina
tion. Prayer and the laying on of
hands, and delivering the charge
and presenting the Bihle. Now
we commend cur brother, J. E.
Kennerly, to tha churches, as a
firm, staple young minister, be
lieving him called of God, who will
contend for the Faith of Christ,
The Presbytery consisted of
ministers J W Webb, J P McCons
Del, E L Langley, and A J Webb
Decons A J Harris, and W P Ma-
son.
J. W. Webb, Moderator.
A. J. Webb, Clerk.
Snellville, Ga. Oct 10th 1885.
•‘You see,” said the farmer to
the lightning rod agent, “it ain’t
lightnin’ that I’m afraid of; its
thunder. Thunder oilers paraly
zes me. 1 don’t want’no lightnin
rods.”
“Well,” admitted the agent. “I
think, myself, that thunder is the
most dangerous of the two. What
you want is thunder rods,”
J “Have you got thunder rods ?”
“O, yes ; the brass tipped rods
are for lightning, and the nickel
tipped for thunder; but the latter
cost a little more.”
“I guess you kin put up a few
of them thunder rods,’’ said the
farmer. “I don’t mind paying a
little extry so long as I feel safe.”
St. John has called on the Presi
dent. So has Blaine, but Ben
Butler has not been at the White
House to see how his scalp looks
cut and dried.
Our Oum Section—lie Labor For Its Advancement.
LAWRENCEVILLE, GA. October 20 1885
THE TEX AS TARANTULA.
The Texas tat nu tula is a pro
nounced brunette spider, with a
body aud polonaise shaped like
that of the ordinary spider. It
has six legs, which, when spread
out, cover almost ns much space
as ihe hand of an ordinary man,
he is very reckless in swinging
around two curved fangs, which
destroy his usefulness as a pe’ for
children. The entire bedy of this
cheerful insect ,\s covered with
short black tmir, and he w ears bis
eyes on the top of bis head to see
that nobody takes a mean adviiu
tags of bin..
I shat! never forget the first uud
only time I ever toyed with a tar*
antula. I was a mere boy, Lut
the tarantular was an adult. He
was the first tarantular I had ever
seen. I con-idered it a duty I
owed society to exterminate tlve
insect, but before doing so it, oc
curred to tease him a little. I
bad no intention of teasing him so
much as I did. 1 had a penchant
for worrying insects. I forgot
now where I got that penchant,
but I distinctly remember haviog
it on the occasion of which I re
fer.
Ihe insect was sitting down by
the side of the road, quietly ab*
sorbing tne beauties of nature. I
startled him from bis reveries by
punching him familiarly on the
back with my little cane, as if he
was an old friend. The insect
raised himself upon the tips of
his toes, and humped up his back
somewhat after the manner of a
fretful cat.
The oehaVior of the insect amus
ed me so much that I disturbed
his reverie again. This time he
jumped up and down, slung his
arms and legs around impatiently,
gnashed his teeth and went ok
like a congressman whose veracity
has bean impeached in the beat of
debate. Then he calmed down
again.
Owing to my per chant for teas*
ing animals I stirred him again.
The brute jumped right at me.
He made two jumps. He fell
short of my bare foot on the first
jump, I was not there when be
made the second one. When he
made the second one I was away
off. that moment a barehead
ed boy was cleaving the air a half
a mile distant. In after years 1
have often smiled to myself when
I have thought how surprised the
tarantular must have been when
ha discovered my absence. I was
very much frightened, but my
hair did not turn white wilh sud
den fright I ran so fast thar it
didn’t chance 40 turn wLiie,
but my velocity was so great that
some of my hair was worn off by
the friction caused by my rapid
flight through the atmosphere
1 also lost xiy penchant for
teasing insects. I must have di op
ped it while I was running, and,
although thirty odd years have
elapsed, I have never gone back
to the spot to look for my lost
penchant. The fewer penchants
of that sort a boy has Ihe less
trouble be will get into - Who
ever found that penchant of mine
is welcome to it.
1 have frequen-ly *1 eased tarant
ulars with a stick since these hap
py days of my boyhood, but I
have always taken the precaution
to pat the insect with the Hat side
cf an ax before teasing him with a
stick.
The taranuia is a desparado
among ins»cts. with the difference
however, that the desparado is
most dangerous when in liquor,
while the taranular is perfectly
harmless as long as he is under
the it fluence es alcohol, and the
bottle is corked up tight and put
on a shelf in a museum or in a
drug store. The tarantular is no
respecter ox persons, as an army
contractor ascertained, after he
had sat duwn on one, and was
badly bitten twelve miles and a
half from the moutli of the Bio |
Grande river in the year after the j
war.
The bite of the taranuk is not
as fatal as has been represented.
Death itself rarely ensues, but the
man who is bitten for a dav or so
regrets that such is ihe case, and
he is very apt to n»» language to
expressing his feelings that should
not lit repeated in a family news
paper. The tarantular lives by
himself in a hole in the ground.
His diet consists of bugs and in
sects o$ different Ends, and be is
rarely seen norih Red river, ex
cept when he is sent through the
mail in a paper box. Shortly af*
ter the war ilie Federal soldiers
scut many live t.rautulars to iheir
friends in the north, aud it often
happened lhat the box boing bro
ken, distributing the mail became
sreb % lively pastime thai in some
P O poles were used for the pur
pose, so I have bteu I old.—Alex.
Sweet, in Sunday Telegram
CAPTURhToh A FIRE BUG.
On Wednesday moaning last
there was considerable excitement
among >ur citizens, caused by iho
announcement that the ccrn cribs
on the place of Mrs, Ciudderella
Gay, a widow lady residing about
tour miles from town, bad been
fired by an inceudiury and, togeth
er with their conterls, burned to
ibe ground. The report was true
and suspicion rested upon a while
man named Jack Graham - It
seems that in the spring time of
this year, a wjiite man, Jack Gras
ham by name, came to this county
fiom Pulaski county. He rented
a place belonging lo Mrs. Gay, for
the use of which he was so pay
her two bales of cotton, Matters
went along smoothly enough umii
the tune for gathering the crop,
when Mis. Gay discovered that
Graham was hauling away the cot
ton and showed no disposition to
pay the rent. According she had
a distresn warrant sued out and
levied upon r bale of cotton which
Graham had sold ;o Alt. J. 1\
Rogers at Ready Springs. This
procedure did not meet with Gra
ham’s approval, and on the even
ing of the 2!)th of September he
went to the house of Mrs- Gay
aDd abused her severely, using
rough language He told her
that she had “got the wrong sow
by thu ear,” and “d—n her he
would fix her.” Leaving the
yard, he sho'. the dog and went in
the direction of the cribs. In a
short while thereafter, a bright
light shoo np, and before the
neighoorß could reach the build
ings they weie past saving. Gra
ham was in town on the, afternoon
of the 25th, and, it is said, made
threats while here which go still
further towards concerning qim
with the crime.
He was arrested and placed uo*
der bond of §l,oto to a/aait ac
tion of the grand jury,
Mrs. Gay, as we have before
said, is a poor widow lady (her
husband, Mr. Henry Gay, having
recently died,) and a daughter of
Mr, Juo. VV. Gilder, of our town.
Graham has made accounts du.
riog the year with several of our
merchants and they, no doubt, will
receive nothing in payment. He
is said to be a bad mau Nine or
ten years ago he was tiiod in Pu
laski county for the murder of a
muu by the name of Lee, but was
acquitted,—Dublin Gazette.
JUST A HI NT TO BOYS.
I stood in a store the other day
when a boy came in and applied
for a situaiion.
“Can you write a good hand
was asked,
“Yaas.”
“Good at figures 1
“Yaas.”
“That will do—l don’t want
you.” said the merchant.
“But,” I said when the boy
was gone. “I know that boy to
be an honest, industrious boy.
Why don’t you give him a
chance ?”
“Because he hasn’t learned to
say ‘Yes, sir,’ ana ‘No, sir.’ If he
answers me as he did when apply
ing for a situation, how will he an
swer customer- after being here a
month t”
What could I say to that? He
had fallen into a bal-it, young as
he was, which turned him away
from the first sit nation he had ev
er applied for. —Ex
. im • ————
There is nothing more pi j tut
esquejio modern politics than a
Mugwump on his way back home.
I Well, may the nine muses sit up
on the fence to see him goby.
SPLIT OPEN BY aN EARTH
QUAKE.
There is great excitement, in
Longacre township, Beaufort conn
ty, in regai d to an alarming nat.ur
al phenomenon which is rapidly do
velop'ng itself. On the night of
September 18 shocks of groat vio
lence were felt in that city. The
scene of the disturbances is in the
the vicinity of Sliilo church. Are
liable coloied man who lives near
by aud who was awake on the
night above mentioned, says he
felt tue trembling of the earth
very perceptibly, and on the follow
ing morn ng it was discovered
that a mysterious chasm had made
its appearance directly across the
public road near the church, rneas
uring a foot in widtli aud Kill
yaids in lengi h. The surround,
ings seemed to bo in an unsettled
condition. In u short time it was
observed that the chasm was grad
ually widening and extending its
course, showing that borne unusuat
convulsion of nature was in prog
ress. As there was no further vio
lent agitation at that time, the as
fair lentained little known.
The so called rent or chasm is
now again assuming very serious
proportions, and is continually
widening and lengthening and act,
ually direaiening the surrounding
section. It has deviated from its
former course, which was an east
erly lo northerly direction, cross
ing a small embankment and run
ning in a z'gzag line about fifty
yards from the church, Several
attempts have been made to obtain
an idea of its depth, but they have
been unsuccessful, owing to the
shape in which it runs. There
are various ronjectures as to the
origin of such an unnsaal state of
things. iSorue attribute it to an up
hbaval of Ihe earth caused by
earthquake shocks.—Raleigh, N.
C, Special.
THE PRESIDENT TO MARRY.
“On his recent trip to the woods’’
slyly remarked a well kuown New
Yorker tc day, “(be President inot
an acqunintance, a young 'widow,
whom the gossips have not vet
named, but who is undoubtedly
nearer his heart than any of the
misses who have been mentioned
as his fiances. 1 ’ The meeting was
arranged by Dr Ward, who holds
himself responsible for the whole
business.
This widow is about thirty, is
given to emponpoint, and will tip
the scales at about 166 pounds
f-he has no childrer, aDd enjoys a
comfortable income from a snug
little property inherited from her
mother. She was in Washinton
last May and bsw the president
twice without attracting any atten
tion. There is no doubt that the
President ana the widow are much
interested in each other, but the
President is a little ~hy about tell
ing sister Rote, don’t you see !
The widow belongs to an excel
lent New York family, but Miss
Rose may or may not approve of
having the acquaintance continue.
The President told an intimate
friend confidentially the other
evening that he never fait the need
of a wife so much as since coming
to Washington. The President
and Miss Rose are totally unlike
in their thoughts an actions, and
the latter is wholly absorbed in
her literary labors.
The ladies of W ashington would
rejoice to soe the President wed
ed to a good wife, but perhaps two
or three belles who have set their
caps fer the President would be
sorely disappointed.
‘•What a grand wedding we will
have,” exclaimed one of the attach
es of the White House, “if this :u
mor proves truel”
The President, by two moves,
has become entirely separated
from all of his old bachelor com
panions, and has no chance for .he
delights of club life, as in old Buf
falo days. All his chums of yoro
are hundreds cf miles away, and is
it any wonder that the President
keenly realizes the utter lotielines-'
of his life t Since the 4th of March
the hurly-burly of\>fliciai life has
kept his mind fairly occupied, but
it is quieter now, and homesick
ness can reach older hearts than
leven the President’s. —Washing,
ton letter in San Francisco Post.
JOHN T. WILSON, Jit., Publisher
SAM JON ES O N SAM SMALL.
Mrs. Sam W- Small has just res
calved a letter from Sam Jones in
reference to her husband's good
work in SL. Joseph, Missouri;
whore the two evangelists are now
conducting a most successful tent
meeting, A portion of it publish*
ed below will be read with inter
est. He says :
“Yon have additional reason!
each day to praise Cod, it yon
could only see and know each day
how brother Sam grows stronger
and more nselul. He is indeed a
co-worker with me in the gospel.
He conducts the (i u. in. and 2 : 30
p. m. services each day to the sat
isfaction of the vast congregation
and the good of the souls of men
How glad I am when I see him
stand before the vast audiences
each da/ a champion for the right!
I do not believe that, in thu histo
ry of ylmorican Christianity, there
lias been a greater power than he
brought to Christ, He is trustful,
humble, prayerful and studious; he
will succeed. Tne people hang
upon his words aud ure deeply
moved by Ins earnestness. When
the people know lie is going to
preach his crowds are as groat as
mine arc, atul the congregations
seem indifferent as to which one
of us preaches. I have boeu at
it thirteen years, lie thirteen days.
The meeting is spluudiu, aud has
promise of very rich results.
THEY DIED FIGHTING.
‘ The Two Republics” of too
chy of Mexico, tells this story:—A
w’ld stoiy comes in from l’eriban,
Michoacun. Three well mounted
and well armed men stopped at an
inn <0 pass the nigh A Ttie woman
who kept tL o place advised the au
1 lion ties that three suspicious
men had called at her house. The
President of the city council and
the judge, with a few citizens,
went to the house to see the sus
picious characters. But the three
men locked thsmselves iu their
room and refused to be interview
ed, A crowd of ci:izens was col
ocled, but when they appeared
they weie greeted with a volley
from the three men. An assault
was the made upon the room, and
the prisoners breaking out of the
door fought their way through the
crowd, using their revolvers and
daggers. The crowd followed
closely after the fugitives and
many shots were exchanged.
Finally one of the fellows drops
ped; even while (lying lie turned
over and fired on Lis pursuers. A
second fell a few steps further on,
fighting hard. The third shelter
ing himself behind a rock, made
it warm for his pursurers, and
though often wound* 1, fought ou
with scarcely enough strength <0
draw his rifle lo his shoulder.
Galled on to surrender, he on'y
rep’ied with a bullet, which re
lieved the president of his hat,
The crowd closed in around him
as the death mist Mas passing
over his eyes. Still h« tried to
pull the trigger of his rifle for a
parting shot, but life and strength
failed him. The corpses were
buried iu Peribun. They were
supposed to be a part of Marcial
Brave’s bandit troop. During
the fight tti6 citizens had fired
*2OO shots, and of these nearly
twenty f had taken effect on the
bandits, who were torn to pieces
by the terrible storm of lead.
Several of the citizens were woun
ded. The bandits died like legal)
dary heroes.
WILD DOGS.
Week before las', as 'Squire
Howard, of the 7th district of
Worth county, was in search of
hogs near a cyclone track, ne dis
covered a wild dog under a clay
root. Closer inspection revealed a
swarm of puppies, l’rt caring his
gun, he returned aud threw fifty
eight buckshot among them, kill
ing the mother and six puppies
This is the third time during the
past four years that wild dogs
have been killed in Worth county.
They have their camps among the
fa[ieu timber in cyclone tracks and
are very shy of human beings. No
doubt these brutes are the chief
depredators on sheep and hogs.—
Albany News,
•m «•« »
At_y man who puts his life in
peril in a cause which is esteemed
becomes ti e darling of all men.
G WINN KIT HERALD.
A WIDK-AWAKK COUNTY NKWSi’AI'EK.
JOB PRINTING
A SPECIAL FEATURE
Book work, legal blanks, letter
■» ads, note heads, bill heads, poe«
t )s, cards, envelops—everything
is job printing line done in nea
U d tasty style aud on short no»
ta e. Prices low aud work guar
anteed: Call on us.
1 1 . .1 _l._ l JB"" l !ig" • ""J
Entered at Uih I'ohi Ofloa at l.aw*
reuceviUe, as second class mail mat
ter.
NO 33
SELECT SIFTINGS;
Thirty six persons died in Lon -
don last year from starvation,
The Emperor Domilian occupied
his leisure in catching flies.
The temples in Dahomey are al
most ectuely built of human
skulls-
The principle of the stereoscope
was known to Euclid, described bv
Galen 1,500 vears ago, and more
fully in 1508 A. D., in the works
of Baptist Porta
Columbus found the cotton
plant wild in Hispaniola, in other
West India Islands and on the
Continent of South America, where
natives used it for dressing and
fishing nets.
Eugiaving is very ancient. The
oldest records are cut in stone*
seme in relief and some in intaglio
The hieroglyphics of Egypt aro
cut in the granite monoliths and
on the walls of the tombs and
chambers.
In days gone by neither sowing,
planting nor grafting was ever un
dertaken without a scrupulous at*
tention to the increase or waning
of the moon. It was thought that
the increase of ihe moon made
plants fruitful, and under the full
moon they were in their best
strength.
General Washington was very
proud of his coach horses, and had
them carefully groomed. Before
using them on special occasions
he had thalr teeth picked and wash
ed and their hoofs polished and
varnished. The shoes a ere solid
silver.
Before the reign of King Alfted
slaves could own nothing in Eng
land ; under his legislation they
were permitted to dispose by will
of what was given them, or what
they could earn in free hours. He
forbade, also, any masters who
had incurred a fine oa amend
from buying off by the sale of man
as well as beast.
Much mystery was in bygone
days thought to hang over the ori
gin of pear(s, and, according to po
•tic orientals, “Every year on the
sixteenth day of the month Nisan,
the pearl oysterys rise to the sur
face of the sea ar d open their
shells, in order to receive the ratu
which fsllfc at that time, ar.d the
drops thus become pearls.”
During the reign of Catherine
11. of Russia, Palatin, & peasant,
made a musical repeating watch,
about the size of an egg, which
bad within it a representation of
Christ’s tomb, with seutinele on
guard. On pressing » spring the
stone would be rolled from the
tomb, the angel appear, the holy
women enter the sepulchre and
the same chant which is sung in
tne Greek church at Easter eve ac
urately performed.
A queer way of employing ants
is reported by and English Gentle
man who has been traveling thro
tne of the provinces of China. It
appears that, in many parts of the
province of Canton, the orange
trees are infested by worms ; and
to rid them* elves of these pests
the natives bring an/s into the or
angeries from neighboring bills.
The ants are trapped by holding
the mouth of a laid bladder to
their nest s They are then placed
among the branches . ' the orange
trees, where they form coloniei,
xnd bamboo rods are laid from
tiee to tree to enable the ants to
move throughout the orangery.
BABY HUMOR.
A little girl dnw» on locust
streett made some fun for the
neighbors recently. She saw a
rabbit run across the back yard,
and called :
“(J, mamma ! mamma 1”
“ lUhat is it, dear ?"
“Turn bea awfy quick-”
“Why, darling, what is the mat
ter ?”
“Dea am a ’ittle dog wifout a
handle on hem.”
“Ab, MrDeidritch, got a baby
at pnur house ?
“Yes, Mr. Murphy."
“Girl ?”
“No, sir-ree; not this time.”
“It’s a boy then ?
“Oh, somebody's been telling
you.”