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Perpetual Motion. Madison, G\, Mar oh 2.— Perpetual moti>u has at last been invented, and v Morgan county man is tbe inventor. Ha ir, a well-to-do farmer of (for north <*ni portion oi thie conaly, but nt pre- • vitt declines giving Lis natno to the: public. The Lets as gathered to-day by tbe O outiiution’s repro.-'entative are aa follows: "About three years ago the gontla man in question be cam a discouraged by several bad crop and decided to try tin- West rot a farming country Ho went to Texas, and from there to Kansas, am! finally to the Indian Ter ricery. While in he territory bo be cams very much disooersged, and on® night, after a day of traitleaa toil, he lay down to sleep with a heavy heart, lie Was so thoroughly discouraged that he prayed that ho might the, as his life was a failure. lu this condition hj dropped off to sleep. About midnight he was aroused by a voice which spoke to bun in a3 cloar, dis.inoS tones as ever man heard, tabling him to cheer up, a3 a fortune awaited him. "How caa I make a fortune?” said he. ‘You can invent perpetual motion,’ said the voiea. He could not see the owner of the voice, hut be eays now that, he heard it as plainly as ho ever did a human voice. He was thoroughly awakened tv this stt&age occurrence, vnd for some time he laid i.-rake, tossing up on his pillow, thinking of what lay iti store tor Lira. Finally be dozed off again, and as be dreamed a vision appeared betore him, and in this vision be beheld the plan npoa which he has constructed this perpetual motion. The vision as i; appealed to him was seen an clearly aa a natural object could be seen. Ho trosa from his slumbers the next ruor lring with tea vision impressed upon his mind, and the s .and of the votes liDging in Lis cars: ‘You can invent perpetual motion and your fortune is made.’ 11 is drooping spirits were revived and bo set about to c-.nstruut tbs mi ekinery as revealed in the vision. H • returned to Georgia, earae bark to Lia old home in Morgan county, and has been working at hie Briume tor eoma time. A tew months tgo he completed the machinery, and it bar been running of its own accord ever Bines. lie has worked in absolnte se crecy, not revealing his plan to bat two ot his most intimate friends sn i it was merely a streak ot luck or acci dent by which your correspondent learned of this, the greatest wonder of the nineteenth century. The man is well inforoiod, is in bis right mind, and be believes he has a loaanza. All who have seen the machine in motion ray that the power can be used to ran anything in the world from a locomo tive to a plow.’’ The Medical Practice Act will go into effect oa the first day ot April of this year, and after that date no cue can practice medicine in the stato un less he has a diploma from a reputable medical college indorsed by the ssore tt&rv of the etato board ot health, and registered ia the offioa of the county clerk; or in default of this, ha must have been reputably and continuously engaged in the piactico ot medicine for twenty-tour years preceding the pa-s --ago ot' the law. The penalty for lag this law ia severe, end i as one third at the fine goes to tke prosecui i jig £.ttorny, ho will bs rigid in tom ■selling the doctors to comply with its pr>yu<iooß. Thera are probably many doctors in tbe state who can not eon* form to the reqairemdato of the law, and it ia fartnviate tor thara that they will have an opportunity to attend I nuncM uml'obfe’n a diploma t the spring session which will close iAout June Ist. W estminister Abbey. • Hero, sidaby siefe in their stale ly tomb, lie the Tudor Queens —of whom the otto burned Protestants for their faith and tho other Bent! | Romish priests to the block for their treason—of whom one defeat ed Armada equipped for the thral dom of England by thehuabandot tho ether Regno consortes et urna Maria ot Elizabeths aorores, shar ers in one quid grave and wearers of the bama uneasy crown. And op posite them lies tha other ill-fated Queen, Mary Stuart, whom Eliza beth sent to the block, and whose tomb was once supposed to be re splendent with miraclas. Here are alike tho monuments of Bryden, the Catholic, and Sheffield, Buko of Buckingham, the highly unor thodox, and Watts, the independ out. The tomb of Popham, the Roundhead Colonel, stands close beside that of Cary, the cavalier, who died heart broken at tha exa cutioa f Charles I. And here stands the statue of Milton, the mere mention of whose name in a single line of another’s epitaph was ©ns hold to defile the ajobey. Many wh t would have cursed each other when living here lie side by side at pssc®, judged not by the larger eyes of Bivine wisdom snd nation al gratitude. Man's opinionative aessis no measure of God’s infini tude, cor ought we to exclude from our sympathy those whom God does not exclude from His forgiv ing love. The censors may ba dif ferent, yot file incense is tho same; tho form may bo different, yet the faith one/ tho theology different, yet tho righteousness identical. It is a fact of which we need often to ba reminded, and which nowhere iiads as emphatic a witness as with in these venerable walls—that God is cot loader of a sect. Contest for a Husband. An edict from the empress ap peared announcing that vch-hon na-ta, the daughter of the Manchu brigadier-genera], Kwei -siang (youtager brother of the empress,) had been sekcled asihe consort ol the youthful emperor of China and that two girls named Ta-ta-la, daughters of Chanslmh, a Manchu vice-president of the Pekin board, aged 15 and 13 years respectively, had been chosen for the harem. The emperor’s marriage will take place, according to present arrange ments, on the 23d of next month, a time which the astronomical board has ascertained, or at all ev ents declared, to be propitious. The process of selecting the em peror’s consortia interesting. Af !©r two inspections, at consider able intervals, the number of candi dates was reduced to thirty one, who are daughters of madarins of above the fourth rank, and, of course, ci Manchu extraction. These thirty-ona young ladies were convej'ed in carlo to the pal ace on tiie night of the 27th ult., or rather in the early morning ci the 28th, at 2 o’clock. They enter ed by the ‘-Gate of the Southern Sea,” which they crossed in boots, and were conducted to the palace, which they reached at 3a. m. A splendid banquet was then spread before them, after which they were ushered into the presence of her majesty, the empress dowager by groups of four and five. It may b* of interest to tho ladies to know that her majesty wore on one occa sion an ?.picot yellow silk dress, with a black velvet jacket. Each girl carried a tablet bearing her name and ago, also the name of her father, banner, etc., which was presonted to theemprass while the girl stood before her. After some interrogations, and in no few cases, even monitory words for having continued to shavs the forehead, her majesty formed her opinion of the candidate, which, wli9n unfav orable, was signified by handing the girl’s tablets to one of the eun uchs with the order to present the rejected aspirant with a roll of silk. The girl with the silk was then taken back to her cart, never more to participate in the imperial matrimonial competition. The selection of anew empress inflicts a serious burden on many poor men whose daughters are eli gible and must bo presented, but who have little moans to defray the expenses incidental to journey ing to I*ekin and frequent visits to the palace. Most of them pray to be put out of their misery a; the first inspection, and thos3 wli® sur vive t© the last and are then reject ed are really to be pi fed. An Indian Legend. The early Indian tribes who in nabited Mount Desert believed the garden of Eden was situated at that spot, and according to their legends, when the white man gave the name of Eden lo one part of the island, it was only coming fo its own again. Strange us it may seem the parimeval father of the Maine red man was a youth with golden hair and eyes like the hazel berry, tall and cf groat beauty. The Eve who came to him just when his loneliness was getting unsupport able, first appeared coming through tho clouds. Her first exclamation at seeing him was the Indian for “Oh, dear!” She at once cut ofi his golden locks and began i o weave them in to a strong cord, growing larger as she proceeded. At a suggestion from Mcnicko, the god of evil de signs, the man took the cord from her and bound her with it, when she ceased growing, but did not stop working. The next thing she did was to boa i down a tall, green stalk near her and gather from it its golden seeds, which she made into bread, being thus the discover er of Indian com. The couple, af ter teaching their children how to raise and use this grain, were trans lsted to the constellation of the j stars known as the Sickle, whence they watch ovor tbe>r ear hiy heme. It is thi lan step that costs. James T. Comer, Maysville. GEOjGIa Has Employed A First Class Q} lVvl'VJvv\ QvVbdrf 'Sas,'wfe A/Viv Cv ViVb s > cyjj Ww yvO c wv x With a New Stock of Hat* from New York asd Ball inure of the • styles, front the finest, to the cheapest. Also fine Dress Goods, liibrot'® 4 Laces, Kid Gloves, Embroideries, Corsets et ad kinds. Id ic.-t a -on frock ot fancy notions. Shoes, Mate and Clothing. T bac o, S:ap<o G*.--tr ies, and Harness and Leather. AH Kinds of Drugs and Patent Medicines, COMER’S GUARANTEE CHICKEN CHOLERA CURE. Standard and Pacific Keroeeno. Machine and Castor OiU, by t.r: ( a- ' 1 gallon. Agent for Athens Factory goods, and lasay more A D B “j- s Georgia Test and Acid Work’s Pore Bone, Fe man’s Sola-' ’ f fe-.-m jeal Graar.o. The best line of guanos in the united etalec, “s i ' -.. :< >a the cheapen. Breeder of fil'tesn varieties or fancy Docks, Chickens ,• i Gee.-a. Eggs for stale. 41. f~iinn el <3„ VrfWPT is -a. , —*—.HARMONY- GROVE, DEALERS IN s?n@*ißs I I b fH S fj jg f\ t-9 t sn \** p^i 4* wQsi WJswßß&a ba pJ tk A aVs£ esj "SoAA&VJ \iOw'vv> r QvVwi We Keep in stock a tall supply cf gool and fresh goods. We can not be surpassed in Quality and Durability. We bay at lov/ast market figures; wo defy competition in prices. We want only a living profit on cur sales. We do not claim to be Vanderbilts, nor do vro ■wish to accumulate their fortunes. We are receiving daily, a full supply of oar Customers every day wants. Country Produce Taken in Exchange at Highest Mrrket Prices. _ |M|| H . ~ , ||| |||| If r 1 Hardman & Qomp’ny, I-I&rMONy GsOVE -DEALERS IN es 0k 43$ | spcjs* Ci a | fr Xs f4" i '*¥* V JjgsL&irJtL Uh Odd* si id QQ W ls& da siis s Oar Lice of Stoves, Tinware, Agricultural Implements, £' c. f can not be cin letter Quality a*d Durability, Eire s l&re. VVc ai-o keep a good line 0 t g ttng for the fall trade. Call and examine our stock wi prices. 10.