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'\\'oT HERALD. ' KVtIiV TUESDAY EVENING pC HIP TION RATEB; *1.50 ,*' - - » - - «iO must Ik* P»»d *» will !-» d.AOOUtlu lw chars <'■" iuscrticii, and sth' ftf** IH ||| insertion. ■ intended for oi'oonn (w onarged for rate*. 11’ »ud newsy ooiuiuuuioß “nJy part ‘ ,f u,e oouutjr 1,0 Heral fiir©ct»r j. UOVaBNkKNT- 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. Bfiictfille, 407th dist-W. C, B p M L, Adair, N. I‘, Ist Fri- Bdiire 400 dial —J. W. Andrews. ■ >,rMcKinney, N. p. 3rd R Bl tl,'a,3Ui dist—W. D. Simui 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. KrJ, 550th die—T. C. Bur- 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. ■tR-ly 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 |J> l. hunt, ■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* B*»uei C POE. mriast r r and lirvk* 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 ■ -'Pplyto 1 W. P. MASON. He.: a Gwinnett Co Ga ©wittwff mm TicraW, 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.”