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VOL. XXVII. NO 39 AUTUMN Ho for the betiding sheaves, Ho lor the crimson leave* Flaming in splendor! Season of ripened void, Plenty in crib and fold, Skies and d'ptli tint Id, Liquid and tender. Far, like the smile of God, ne@ how the goldenrod Ripples and toss I Yonder, a •rimso vn e Trails from a ne.irl-d pine, Thin as a t rea I of w ine Staining the mosses Bright ’neath Ihe morning blu JJjparkUs the frosted <K\v, ' Gem-like and starry. Hark how the partridge cock Pipes to his scattered flock. Mindful how swift the hawk Darts on his quarry 1 Autumn is here agaiu— Banners on hill and plain Blazing and flying H ail to the amber morn, Hail to the heapt-up corn, Hail to the hunter’s horn, Swelling and dying! —James Buckman, in “The Heart of Life.” SHE MISUNDERSTOOD. Many singers fail to realize the importance of distinct enun ciation, and the charm of a beautiful voice is often lost by the listener who is vainly strug gling to catch the meaning of the sm g. A young woman who consid ers herself nil admirable ballad linger one day received a severe from the criticism of an ©TF! lady who had formed one of her audience. Among other ballads tho( .<*»r had rendored ‘‘Rory O’More” in her beat style and had received much applaus*. The old lady, who sat in the front sent in the little hall where the entertainment was given, looked at first puzzled and then distressed a* the fa miliar song proceeded, and at the close of tho c mcert she waited to speak to the young women. •‘My dear,” she said in a quivering voice, “I remember when ‘Rory o'More’ first came out. I have neyer t een a sing er mys-if, but have always beep ii teres • d in music and I nni sure I never beard the words as you sang them tonight. lam not deat. My h aring is un usually good, but will you tel me where you get your authori ty for singing: He poulticed the hock, Ai d she sal ed it down ? For, though I cannot remem 1 1 r the original words, I am sur they were not like that.” The y ung women’s face whs crimson -he -bowed the old lady her copy of the song and p gut® i to t lie wor 's: He bold as th» hawk And she soft ss the dawn. MUSKRAT A MILK THEIF Farmer Young of Harmony, Pa , says the New York Preiys. has noticed that his cows conn u>a night with the appearance of having been milked. lie , got tired of it and sent his hired niau to the pasture to catch the theif. He ?pmt the day near enough to the cows to watch them, lie thought, but at night it was still evident that the cows lmd beeu milked again. He was reprimanded and B-ut back with them tbs p-xt day. At about 11 o’clock, ho says a cow went into some brush near a small lake. He crept through tile grass aud caught the theif in the act., and he proved to be a largo muskrat was haimug on to the oow’s udd -r audio be enjoying his dinner immense. Wlieu the rat disappeared into the swamp tlio cow was angry aud was driven back into the pustule with great difficulty. BUC KLK.V’h AKNK 4 SALVE The Bee; Salve iu the world for Cuts, Bruises. So.es, Sal Itheuiu. Fever Sores, tetier, < happed 11 nod Chilblain', < orris and all Skir. Eruptious, and positively cures Files, or no pay equin-d, 1 i> guaranteed to give perfejt satis'ai tion.or money refunded Price 2f cents o box For sale by A. M.Winn LawrenceviJle Gi A Nebraska editor visited the tiiliage school and was greatly inipr-srsd w !i the school ma'am. On reaching iiis sail"- turn lie penned the following of her: “She is the pnd of the town, the star of f.i> w si, the mother of inveii an 1 a jewel of rare bril y. S'ie drew u picture on * > 1 'kb ard o an o b< rg was so natural t a’ the ther uiMi’t r hoze up solid; with rare preseuc o mi. d she seized a era .on and ilm a lire place on ti e «ppo»iiu wall. The prompt t:cli n saved the school. _ Oat they all • .tight cold fit in sudden change.”—Scte cl Wh ard !■ urnal. A city ordinance of Chicago require that iruit, herrie* and v go table* shall have the quau fity | latuiy marked on package, *o that it may ba n»ad ’ by the purchaser, The Gwinnett Herald. APPOINTMENTS OF THE NORTH GEORGIA! CONFERENCE. The following are the ap pointmenti: Located —Dr. I S Hopkins and C II Carson, by their own request. TnAxsFEUtiKD—I) M Edwards rom the Pacific conference; W T Car't u, from the Memphis conference, to this conference Athens District —J B Rob ins, presiding elder. First church, J W Hoidt ' Iconen street, M H Dillard City mission, F L Church Whitehall, J M Sewell. Ath ns circuit, B Sanders. Wat -tinsville J S Askew. Lexing ton, A J Hughes. Winlerville, C L Pattillo.- Greensboro, S Shaw. Green circuit, F .1 Mashburn. White Plain* and Siloam, BE L Timmons. Nor wood, J S Embry. Crawford ville, L P Winter. Waahing tou, A W Quillian. Broad River, R B O England. Little River, J K Rosser. Oglethorpe missiou, N E Mcßrayer. Wes leyan Female collsge, J 1) Ham mond and W B Donnell. North Atlanta District— Presiding older, W B Stradley. Atlanta First-church Walker Lewis, Atlanta Payne Memorial W W Briniflold and ,! H Little, Atlnuta Grace W F Quillian, Atlanta Merritt* avenue R W Righam. Atlanta St. James T 11 McCarty, Atlanta St. Luke Clayton Quillian, Edgowood R T Dubose, Epworth 8 11 Led !b«tter, Atlanta Height* .1 E Rorve, Marietta J W Quillian, Aowortli Elf Wood, Cobb cir cuit J L Ware, Woodstock II M Strozier, Battle Hill and Mi-sion W ,1 Wood, Canton sta tion J N Snow, Bolton circuit L W Rive-s, Holly Springs L I) Coggin, Walesca Mission R W Rogers, Wesleyan Advocate W F Gl“un, Preach-we Aid Society C A Evans, Reinhardt Normal c> liege president R W Rogers, general colporteur £ M Stan ton- South Atlanta District— Presiding older, W P Lov> joy Atlanta Triuity J W Roberts, Atlanta Walker Street J T Gib son. Atlanta St. Paul H L Ed tu mdson, Atlanta Park Street J T Daves, Atlanta Asbury L P Ncese, Atlanta St. John’s H J Ellis, Atlanta Nellie Dndd Me morial and West Atlanta T W McClesk y. Kirkwood and Eas' End H W Joyner, East Atlanta circuit R A Seals, East Point W A Dodge, Jackson W M Winn, Fayetteville L Warwick Inman W C< Davis, Flnvilla J A Sewell, Jenkinsburg J W Hunt, Locust Grove J N Myers, Stock- j bridge A B Weaver, McDonough | F S Hudson, College Park P A . Heard, agent orphan's home H | L Crumley, secretary board ed ucation K J Bigham. Augusta District —Presiding elder, J F Mixon. Augusta St. Jolius T II Keu dull, Augusta St. James J II 1 Mashburn, Broadway S R Eng land, Augusta Asbuiy W Dun bar, Augusta St. Luke's F R Spencer, Augusta Woodlawn J R Lewis, Richmond circuit F D Cantrell, Grovetowu J V M j Morris, Appling T II Timmons, I Harlem E II Gibson, Thompson J M Tuuilin, Messeua J T Rob erts, Warrentou K F Eakca, Culverton Crawford Jackson. Sparta J S Jenkins, Hancock W A Farris, Milledgeville W R Branham. South Baldwin Mis-j sion E W Joues, Ralwin circuit J M Lowry, Payne Institute R L Campbell professor. Cabbolitox Dirt Presiding eld»r, M J Cofer. Carr llton, Willis S Pierce. Carrollton ct., Artwmus Lester. Bowden, B T Searcy. Whites burg and mission, R C Clecker and one supply. Douglasville DJ My rick. Winston mission, D C Brown Austell and Li thia, S A Harris. Tallapoosa •i cuit. H L Gray. Roosville and ui ssion, H W Morris Bu hanan, J D Turin r. Pa. der Springs, A G Shankle. Vil la Riea and T-raple, F Waltou. Draketown aud minion, J W Taylor. Glenn, JS L Sapping ton. Hutchesoo high school president, R C Clecker. Daltok District —Presiding | alder, A W William* Dalton First church L G Jekutou, Dalton Mamilten LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7th 1897. Street E A Gray. Whitfield II D Pace, Summerville and Trion ; W T Hunnicutt, Spring Place; circuit J W Bailey, Murray cir cuit George M Bakes, Fair-, mount circuit T P Graham. Fairview Sanford Leake, Cal houn M H Williams, Adairs- 1 villo 0 L Kelly, Tilton and! mission J L Perryman, Stiblig na C E Hartman, LnFayette J F Davis, Cliickamnuga .J A Thurmnn, Rossville mission J H Pace, Lylerly M L Troutman, Ringgold J O Grogan, Kingston J J Ansley, Tunnell Hill. T E Davenport and W G Hauser., Fairmount College president J A Sharp, Professor I' L Stan ton. Dahlonkoa Di*t.—Presiding elder, Ellison R Gook. Dahlonega W II Cooper, Dfth lonega supernnmeraryG Hughe, j Dahlonega supply W F Howard, i Lumpkin mission Z Speer, Cleve | land A F Nunn, Clayton mis sion Rob Sibley, Itaburn mis sion G P Gary, Blairaville J T i Tyson, Ellijay W 0 Butler and | supply, Jasiier W E Tnrpley, 1 Dawsonvillo I) M Edwards, Clarksvilje and Tumcvville M H Edwards, Young Harris W F Robison, Blue Ridge and mis sion W G Arnold, Demorest \V R Stillwell, Young Cave mis sion T C Hughe*, Ball Ground W W Gaines. Voting Harris College president W F Robin son, Birmingham Mission A A Sullivan, Green Collegiate 0 C Spence. Klbehton District—Presid ing elder, J R King. Klberton B F Frazer, Middle ton G I) Stone, Bowman J <> Quillian, Hartwell T -I War lick, Hartwell mission J W Pot ter, Roystou F R Seaborn, Carnesviile W A Simmons, L.»- vouia W L Hamby, Toccoa J 11 Aden, Toccoa mission J W Go* ber, Danielsville If F Branham, Jefferson J W Stipe, Harmony Grove G W Giiner and A J Si urs, Lincolnton E G Dune gan, Lincolnton and mission W S Gaines, Mayavill# J It Speck, Sunday school agaontC A Jame son. • Gainesville District—Pre siding elder, M L Uuderwood. Gainesville J M White, Sec ond church and mission W F. Colley, Hall circuit J W An* tin, Flowery Branch J F B*v liss, Buford H L Embry, Hosh t'ii J P Erwin, Cumiuing W C Crawley, Winder 'V B Dillard, Bethlehem circuit A M Pierce, Lawrenceville J E England, Lo ganville T VV Rogers, Monroe Ford Mcßae, Snellville mission L H Braswell, Norcroea and Prospect C D Weathers, Alpha retta John A Burks, Roswell John G Logan, Duluth G C Marks, Beltou and mission J C Atkinson, Daeula J M Fowler. Guirrix District —Presiding older, W W Wadsworth. Gridin First church T J Chris tian, Griffin llanleiter mission H B Mays, Orchard Hill J E Russell, Milner It P Martiu, Zehulon M M Waldravm, Con cord mission to supply, Bartles ville W 8 Stevens, west Mon roe II A Hodges and I B Hoi laud, The Rock inissiou D H Trammel, Culloden J T Rich ardson, Thomaston f'G llugiies, Forsyth W T Irwin, Forsyth circuit E K Akin, Seuoia L M Lyle, Jonesboro C 8 Owens, Hampton W II Speer. LaGkaxue Dut.—Presiding elder, W R Foote. LaGrange A C Thomas, West Poiut H M Quillian, West Point circuit T 8 Edwards, Hogans ville H R Davies, Grantvilio G W Yarbrough, Rocky Mount mission W K Kenuedy, Newuau W F Cook, North Coweta mis sicn R G Golden, Turin G W Morgan, Franklin F K Smith, Palmetto and Fairburn W T Bell, Palmetto ci cuit L H Green, Greenville and Trinity l F Pi roe, Mountville J I) Milton, Cbipley J M Bowden, Pine Mountain 8 S Cowan, Woodbury A 8 Harris, La- Grjngo Female college H M Smith, professor. Oxford Diwtbiot —Presiding elder. J S Bryan. Midway J E Dickey, Oxford circuit O C Simmons and W A Candler, Convi-rs circuit J A Reynolds, Newborn A C Can trell, Social Circle G W Duval, Madisou P M Kyburu, Morgan M H Eukee, Rutledge circuit W J Carlton, Bbadydale S D Ech ols, Eatoatoa J I. Moon, ks.t Patunra W T Caldwell, weetl I Putnam 0 S Wright, Monlie lb T C Betterton, Mouticcllo cir cuit T R Kendall. Jr., Clinton i G W Far , Covington J A Tim merman, Conyrs H .1 Adams ' Lithonia circuit J J’ Lowe and 1 i R A Eakcs supply, Stone Moun j 'lain and Clsrkston .1 A Speei.l [Decatur J R MoCbsky, Emorv College W A Candbr president, Morgan Calloway, J McGnth, .1 E Dickey and C C Jarrell professors. Rome Disthd f—Presiding el der, J H Eak-s. Rome first church S R Belli, Second church 8 II Dimnnd* Third church C M Verdell,North Rome circuit A II 8 llugg. west I Romo VV L Singleton, Howard Street A A Tilley, Cave Spring j VV C Fox, Silver Creek circuit 1 J N Crow, CednrlQwn C C Carey, ICedartown Circuit .) 1’ Burgess, : Rock mart VV A Harris, Dallas ! J F Eakee, Floyd Springs G L | Chastain, Mission .1 A Spray- I berry, Carteraville II P Allen, Piedmont Institute E W J»al-j lenger. T vnikers —J G Chastain 1< g East Columbus conference and stationed at Spokane Falls; S E I’Wiggins to East Columbia con i ferenoe and stationed at Pandlc 1 too, Or®.; J I, Pattillo to Flor ida. VOUNO PREACHER* ADMITIED. The following yomig preach ! ers were admitted on trial: North Atlanta, A A Sullivan. South Atlanta, Joseph G j Cbriatain. Dahlonega «'i«tr*i>». A M W Gaine-i and )l t I- r * Gaines. »iainesville utM. i i. .) dm '\ Ail-tin. Oxford district, Sterling P Wiggins, Goo. Mcl'i-riin Kukes, J Haralson Pace, Zebckiah Speer. Rome district . Julius A Spray berry. The conference meet* next year in Augusts. HOG MOUNTAIN ITEMS. The people arc a bout done gathering their crops and sow ing wheat and now preparing for Christmas. Mr. and Mu. T. J, ( on per Lawreneovilb- this week. Prof. Jackson has a fine echool at this place. Mr. 1.. C. Bowman passed through our town tl is week on ; his way to Atlanta. Mr. Bradwcl! of Daeula lias moved to this place. He’ is .welcomed in our midst. R, M. Bell < f this place ha* moved to near Chestnut Moun ;tain. The sociable given at 8 8. j Burell s recently was enjoyed by all. - If Madam Rumor is truthful | thoro will be two weddings hero isoon, * Best withe* to the Herald. 'THE DISCOVERY OF THE DAY. Aug. J. Bogel, tin leading j druggist of Sh iv- put, La., says: “Dr King’s New Dis oovery is the only thing that | cures my cough and it is the i best seller I bavr.’’ .1 F, Camp bell merchaut ofSaff.ird Ariz., writes: “Dr. King’* New Dis covery is all tlnti claimed font; it never fails, und i* a sure cute i for Consumption, C ugbs, aud Colds. I cauuut «.iy enough for it* merit* * Dr. King’s Now Discovery forConsutuptiou, Coughs, aud ("-old* i* not nu ex |>eriiueut. It ha* lieeu tried for a quarter of a century, and to-day stand* ut th* bead. It uever disappoint*. Free trial bottles at A. M. Winn A- Son’s Drug Store. A DUKE’S RESPONSES. The Duke of Cumhr dtie, fatb er of the present don-, was re markable for hi* ha'ut of rank ing loud respou*e* bis own invention to the service iu church, “Let us pray,” said the cler gyman. “By all means," said the | duke. The clergyman began the! prayer for rain “Nogood so long »* the wind is in the ea-t.” “Zaeeheus stood torfh and said, ‘Behold, Lord, the half of my lands I give to t « poor. ’ ” “Too much, too much: don’t mind subscribing, but can’t stand that.” To two of ths coinniindmant* which need not b* in- listed the responaes wore: “Quit* right, quite right, but very difficult * luetinns,” and ‘ No, no; it »<«, my brother Ernest did that,"—Pearson’s Monthly. writer We will admit that we make mistakes. Some people never try to do anything fbr fenr of making a mistake. II is with sadness we chroni cle the death of Prof. Josph 8. Dobbins, one of our most res pected citizens. He leave* a dear wife and daughter to mourn his loss. Death? ah 1 Dentil had no sting for Mr. Dobbins. He knew that the e dipso and darkness at the end ' of life’s little dream meant but the opening wide of the pearly gates of everlasting joy. And j so we feel that another name is enrolled among tho starry immortals, another heritage u | carved out for eternal fame. SNELL VILLE. W. J. Stnnsell spent last week with relatives near Mc- Donough, Henry county. T. C. Rutledge spent Sunday m Atlanta. j Jess. Cofer is spending this f week in Rome. Clever. 1.8. Pat" of Carl was down shaking hands with hit friends Tuesday, We are very proud indeed t> welcome Rev, 8. H. Bra»w*! back to the Snellville work Mr. Braswell is an able preach , or and has served our church years. J j A. I. Stansell and wife arl 'visiting relatives in Henri NOTES AND COMMENTS/ A Boston woman wlm di*d recently had more than $2 4 (Kg> stowed away in her bustle. Pret ty good finaneial backing for a woman. A doctor say* that persona who attain their thirtieth year without suffering from any se rious disease are likely—all ! thing* being equal—to live till they an* at least To years of ' age. A single forest (ire in Penn svlvania ha* just destroyed go,000,0(H) feet of t imber. Thu* are the forests of the country being destroyed, and the svils of treelessness brought upon the country, with no profits to 'shew therefor. And now comes a scientist who asserts that tho human system is full of microbes, and that one is healthful just so long as ene’s microbes are m good health. If that's the case, it clearly is u mistake to wage i war on these little fellows; bet ter treat them well. A number of farmers in Ala | linnm pledged themselves to sow from five to twenty bushel* of wheat this fall. “This move incut,” says tho Atlanta Con stitution, “which, if persisted in. will Oman ipaie our pockets from the necessity of paving tribute to the West, and our i stomachs from the thousand and one brands of patent tlonr, i i which the essence of wheat hit* either been wholly destroy ed or substituted for kaolin or some other mixture of equal weight and fineness.” “Whon will the farmer* of the South realize,”ask* the At lanta Journal, “that they lose million* of dollars a yffar by sending their cotton to niurket in such wretched condition ? The Macou Telegraph estimates tuat the tare which will be ex acted on the present cotton crop will cost the Bonth at leas' if12,000,(HK.1. This is u<»t so exlravagaut estimate, as fi per cent , or twenty-five pound* out of every 500-pound bale, i* taken out to compensate for the deficit of bailing, which subject our cotton to so much damage. At It cent* a pound this make* the fanner pay « penalty of $1.30 a bale for the slipshod method of packing cotton in the South. Instead ot improving our system of j bailing cotton, it grows worse.” j SOME READABLE CYNIC ISMS. Prejudices, not priueiplas, govern the world. Individuality inspires after*, tio ; not intelligence, A good vice is the best quali fication for good fellowship. A woman gives little aud call* it love: a man give love and calls it little. Dress has bi*en given to wo man to conceal her defect*. The modern woman has many privileges, few petticoats and uo principles. The height of good maimer* is to treat women with so much respect that they will never sus l»ect your contempt. Success amounts to little; if you succeeed, you merely turn your friends into enemies ami your enemies into friends- The standard by w hich we measuri things now is no long e. whether they are good but whether they are profitable. FURIOUS INSECT. a RVTTehuly’th atJkn.ioyh only EIVE HOURS OK I,IKE. 11l is in August that the nat irnlist* observe tlm marvelous nsect which is nor::, reproduc es and dies in the period of a niigle night, on the bank* of the Marne, of the Seine, and of [lie Rhine. It is tho ephemcre if which Sirammerdam has written nml which is spoken of in Aristotle. Tile life of this insect does not. lust beyond lour or five hour*. It dio* toward 11 c’- dock in the evening, after tak ng the form of a butterfly ibout six hours after midday, [t i* true, however, that before eking this form it has lived throe year* in that of a worm, which keeps always near the border of water in the holes which it make* in the mud. The change of this worm in the water to an ephemera which flies is so sudden that one has not the time to see it. If one takes the worm in the water, the hand cannot bo taken away before the change is made un less l>v pressing the worm slight ly in the region of the chest. By this mean* it can be taker, from the water before the change takes place. The ('phonier®, after leaving the water, seek* a place where it can itself of a tine membrane or veil, which en tirely covers it. This second change takes plaie in the air. The ephemera assists itself with the points of it* little nail* as firmly a* it can. It tnak*** a movement similar to (hat of it shiver, then the skin oil the middle of the back I break* apart, the wing* slip out of their sheath, as we some times take off our gloves by turning them inside out. After ; this stripping the ephemcre lx - gins to fly. It takes no nourish ment in tho five or six hour* which aro the limit of its life. ! It seems to have been formed | but to multiply, for it doe* not i leave it* state of a worm until jit is ready to deposit its eggs and it dies as soon as they arc J deposited. . In three days' time one see* 'appear nud dio all specie* of Inphemerei, They la*t some [times until the fifth day," for tho reason that some malady I has affected some of them and : provent* thorn from changing I at the sniue time us the others. —Exchange. WHAT IT MEANS. When we advertise that we will guarantee Dr. King'* New Discovery, ElectJic Hitters, Hucklen'* Arnica Salve, or Dr. King’* New Life Pill*, it mean* that we are authorized by tho proprietor* to sell thesejromedie* on a positive guarantee tiiat if purchaser i* not satisfied with results, *n will refund the purchase price. These remedi es have been sold on this guar antee for many years and there could bo no more conclusive evidence of their great merit Ask about them uud give them a trial. Sold at A. M. Winn »t Son’s Drug Htore. A DETERMINED WOMAN. A very old woman died the other dav at Belleville. 111., who had a singular history. Thirty year* ago aha was u pret ty woman, fond of society. Sh« married the second tiu)«, ami bar luiaband. who wm» a widowar, wanted bar to wear the dr***e* of hi* tirat wife. The new wife refused. When her own dresses wore out, she made her rags into covering. In the sutnmei she went without shoes, and in the winter she tied rag* about her feet. For thirty year* aim spoke to nobody hut her husliand, and never left the house. She was firm in her determination, and her husband would uot yield. A high hoard fence was built around their home, and the two secluded themselves from the world. Neither would give wuy to other, and neither gamed anything hy it, except the rep utation of being cranky. The huehnnd died a few year* ago, and now hi* victim fellow* him. HOW TO CHOOSE A PIT. In order to make choice of a puppy from among a number of others it ie beat to leave the choice to the mother heraelf. In carrying them hack to their bed the tirat the mother pick* up will always be the host Fuat men generally wive slowly. 1.00 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE ABOUT ADVERTISING. Advertising may lie done in a thousand ways. Any method which tells anybody about any thing is advert ising. Advertis ing mnv be done by word of mouth or by word oi type. Ad vertising is anything which con veys a message about a busißeis or a product . If a man opens a itore and tells his friends about it, he is advertising the store. If he prints his announce ment on cards arid hands them to the passerby, he is advertis ing the store. If he put* his sign above the door or goods into his window, he is advertising the store. If he makes a hundred dupli cates of this sign and nail* them on fences or dead walls w here jxiople can sec them, he is advertising. If he joins a church or club •>r secret society his mini® and business will Iceome known, and he will still 1c advertising If he causes hi* «gn or hi* card to hs reproduced and prin ted in a newspaper, lie is doing the same thing tliHt In.-did when he tacked the -*ign on the fences or handed the card to the pas sers-by. He is putting hi* sign into the house of every reader of that paper. This hypothetical man is a retail dealer, lie is iu direct contact with the people to whom he seeks to convey the news of hi* enterprise. The principle is exactly the same with the maker or handler ot goods that aro to have a more than local sale. Of all the way* of advertising the heat, most certain and cheapest v is that if using the columns of h gis.it uew*pa]ier. Intelligent people with money to spend always read the pa pers.— I’res* and Printer. ALL SORTS. Polite art for farm 'i - s—Feiie- ing. Ought to have to fits—A sho-- maker. According t»> the records at the Capital, Mr. Edison bn* taken out 711 patent*, and yol he ho* to get up ogaiuat the door-jamb like the rest of ns when lie wants to scratch bis t Siack. If you have been tricked into putting tip fruit by the “oold process,” don't eat it, throw it away. Lqpk nut for th* man who re pairs sewing machines and finds (?) from $o to $lO worth of repairing to do ou machines already in good repair. If one wraps tho horse blank et around hi* leg*, on topjof the lap robe, the drives will not be so cold, and the horse will not linve to stand unprotected from the wind because one has for gotten his blanket. Youths’ Companion tells of a little girl who, «n her birth day, shook a couple of cuius in' her pocket, remarking, “My dollar would not jingle if it were not for my peuny.” Farming ofttiuiea seeuia toyield only pennies where other pur suits bring dollars, but it is whst makes all other kinds ot business jingle. The country prospers when the fannwixi pros per. Freehty burind lime weigh* ! eighty jHiunde to the bushel. ; In slaking it atxsorhs about .7 pounds of water and in the new j form will measure eluant three bushel*. It is well to keep I ihese figures safely stowed away in the memory when talking i about liming land. Fifty bush i "Is of slacked lime per acre might do good, but fifty bush- I sis of stone lime on sandy soil 1 would be likely to make it bar j ren for several years. The following i* a copy of a sign in a remote county. The Atlanta Constitution unearthed it: ' . A Few Brito Scltolard* J* ! . Takin to Lerti ' Keadin, Spailin an’ Figgerw : A traveler, noticing the sign, »*ked the principal where n* Iliad graduated. The principal iKiintosl to a cotton field near by and said: “ltigbt over tliar, sir, behind a one eyed mule, under a July suu.” - Philadelphia Editor —I un derstand you have bought a newspajsir in the west. I* it a well equipped office? Old Friend ( from the w**t) |—l should imile. There are seventeen winchesters in the ; composing room and two gat [ling guns at the head of the i stair* —Press and Printer. “A man may guy, And a man may lie. A man may pull uud blow; But he can't get trade By sitting in the shade, Waiting for bneineaa to grow." Royal make« the food pure, wholesome and delicious. POWDER Absolutely Pure OQVAi aaviNQ PQwOfW CO., NfW VQ*K. THIS LAW IS NEEDED. N'o Dill lias been introduced in tile legislature during its present. session from which greater benefits could arise thau that which was introduced a few days since by Mr. Pierce, of Houston county, making it a misdemeanor to hire another person's croper, servant or farm hand. This bill should speedily become a law, which should be rigidly enforces!, for of all prac tices that are annoying and damaging to farmers especially is that which is so freely en gaged iu of hiring hands that are known to be working for others either under verbal or written contract. —Gainesville Kftgla. Greensboro Herald Journal: Whv should not the people •elect all the judges, solicitors and kindred officials. Haven’t the people sense enough to know go<sl men from bad? If not and an era of corruption will be engendered thereby, then the power to elect those who are to rule over them should lie taken from the people entirely and power be given to the leg islature to elect the governor, county officers, etc., with right also of choosing their own suc cessors. To argue that the peo pl« are not coin tie tent to choose one class is to argue they are not competent to choose the other. TIPS TO THE COOK. j Slice bacon thin, put iu a pan m single layers and cook iu the oven until slightly brown. It will be an agreeable change from frying .J J|Stir salt, about a teaspooriful ' to n gallon, in your cream, and it will prevent its.hecoining so ! sour. In cooking peas, use a spoon ful of sugar to a quart and s«o if they’re not better. In canning berries don’t cook them to death; when they have all become thoroughly hot through it is enough. They will not get soft as when cooked ♦o long. Seal your fruit as hot as possible, w rap your cans in several thicknesses of pajier and keep in a cool, da-ik place. Make a strong tea of hickory bark , use a tableapoonfu! to a pint of molasses made of sugar, oookod with it. and you will have an excellent substitute for maple syrup. IT STOOiTtHK TEST. A public writer bad a parti tion wail fixed up in his study •ed ordered the carpenters to make it m such a way that no sound could penetrate through it. “The best thing will be to fill it in with shavings,” said the tnau, aud set to work. When he hud finish'd, his employer went and stood on oua side of the partition and called >ut to the tnau who was ou the other side: “Do yon hear me, Jantke?” “No sir,” was the prompt reply. ODD ITEMS. Corsicana, IVx., has a mili tary company composed *ot| wo men. It is called the Garrity rifles. It is estimated that the French government will expend altogether 107,000,000 francs >n the exposition of IfNX), of which Baris will contribute 20,- 000,000 A religions clambake is the late*t novelty. They had one up ill Heuaselftel county N. V, recently that added SIOO to the Sunday sihonl funds of a Metho dist church. So Muvon, who recently re ee ved hi* diploma from (lobb l diversity school at Lewiston, Me., is the first lioir to an Af i ru-an throne who ewer graduated from au America! college. C. I*. Ford, now l agJHF master in I he t inon st atiojfl^B - fl t ;Ini . „ I. Ui| the V, at ti] t lie |