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W idrngmn. I) C , ,T'y is. 1880.
—Th < iowii is smiling at i. l * <ligr;ifitti,
’tot to (My haughty, denar. me r.i the
Pi'.risUn Minister for the ltn i of lu
Gibers. The Parisian in’ttrl looks
w> h riisfivor npon 'he rnh!'ca ,: on of
a racks, either bum crons or otherwise,
t.pnn the 8 bah of the faithful. The
igaster evidently takrs more kindly to
snob ahr.se than d< e tic rrr'ii, iris
notch as 'he Shalt still remains in E>£
land, where the most scandalous Bto
ties of his filthy habits be.v been pub*
I'sbetl and where the people look upon
him as a gr a show, something in the
line of the “bs’ry mart” or the "dog
tired child.” The truth is. J believe,
that be hill 1 the lofty resignation of the
Perisian minister, with the laundry
name, ia a lowly motive. Ever since
bis arrival here, the envoy has longed
for home. The Coresn* who fled home
in six months were as nothing to the
Parisian diplomat. But he might
nave .‘tad courage to say so, and toot
1 ave got e howling home with a tin
iin t:e 1 to his tail. America nevpr
meant to insult the grandee, hut can
not tie r sponsible lor his failure to
understand a joke.
The president’s family is located for
the summer at beautiful Deer Park,
where Benj. Harrison c n hit tho ha
I y oyer the head with as many dus
U-ts tie choose and fiud other relax
oio! s from tho burdens society impos
es on the juvenile groat. The presi
i ent has announced that he will spend
as much time with them as is possible
--only remaining in town when abso
lively incessary. No president in ihe
i -st half cegttiry has passed the entire
rummer at the White rl on so T lie
hot, stilling air of a city is not to be
avoided by a handled feet <f grass
plot in (tout of any house, and everv
president has learned this fan aud h s
sought rest and rejuvenation tu the
open country or by sea.
When one speaks of ‘he uncertain
tennio ot office under the spoils sys
tem, be dies not allude to the example
v' wtii e-haired < Jeorge Battle who was
a pool tiled from Virginia as a clerk in
the state department for forty four
years ago For more years than be
cares to remember, Mr. Bar le has had
his desk in tho room of "tJoimni s on
er and Pardows” and has acted as
keeps' of the great seal. Here ha fil s
nut ccmiuGsious for whosoever the
presidrnt sets fit to repose trust and
confidence in, and affixes the seal.
The scat cost over one thousand dol
lars. is a mammoth affair and has
a foble of its own. Ihe pressure is
applied hv tnrniug a long steel bar
with a heavy bull on either ei and, whi* h
movement screws down the hammer
with git -.t foice. The design of the
seal late: is fully designated by a law
enacted June 20, 1782.
. There hftve neen lour s a’s in use
since the foon a ion of the govern
ment, and these are preserved in the
state department. All were inten led
to conform to the law, but one failed
in important particulars. When Dan
iel Weoster was made secretary cf
B'ute he found the old s al badly worn
an l ordered anew on . By some mis
chance 'he eagle on the new seal held
only six, li s ead of thirteen arrows in
his niuKier t'atun, and the red stripes,
i t paies as they aie called in heraldry,
were twice the width of the white, in
stead of he: u equal width. The,-* n
accuracies were not corrected lot many
yaate and indeed were never objected
to by such lucky gentlemen as hap
pened fsoui time to time to find the
impress on thiir eotcmi s onr The
Jast and coir**ct seal was made. byTir
ianv, and no efioit was spared to nn
j rove th picture of rhe eagle, so that
luw no American need feel athitnedof
the piCiutj G! the pioud bird of tree
den; on his patdou or his commission,
an ilie ease n> v he.
A \Vate; oo ve.eiau his 101
yt.ui m January 1, in the province of
i'aieua, B oil. ! he Germans assembl
ed to do b.m honor, nd put . a crown
,;t launrlts on his Lit-au, which is not yet
Laid.
A Hunter's Plight.
The Transvan 1 Advertiser of
Soulh Africa, makes itself respon
sible for the following tough yarn:
“A well known resident in tho
Republic went out to hunt one
morning, and soon sighted a koo
doo hull, which he tried to stalk,
lie succeeded in slightly wounding
the animal, and lliert galloped af
ter it in the open. While descend
ing a stony declivity his horse
stumbled; he was thrown and ids
rille was broken. On seeing what
had happened, the koodoo turned
round and at once attacked its pur
suer, knocking him to the ground
and trying to kneel upon him,
Grasping the animal’s fore-legs
tighlly, the hunter succeeded in
keeping the buck in an erect posi
tion. The horns ot the antelope
had evidently entereil the hank to
some depth, for the face of the
brute pressed upon the chest of ihe
unfortunate man, almost causing
sullbcation. Suddenly, however,
ihe imprisoned hunter found that
the buck was making strenuous ef
forts to extricate its horns from the
veldt, hut without avail; and final
ly came to the conclusion that they
had been driven so firmly into ihe
ground as to resist all efforts of the
animal to escape. He gradually
endeavored to release the legs ot
the buck, and endeavored to reach
his pocket, in ihe hope of getting
at his knite, but in vain. In this
manner buck and man remained
throughout the beat of the broiling
day, the koodoo moaning piteous
ly the while. The shades of night
gave relict for a time, but, as the
twilight deepened, the laugh of the
hyena and the yelp of the aadvark
showed the hunter that lie had oth
er dangers to tear.
As night came on, these crea
tures, growing holder, owing fotlie
silence of the group in the veldt,
approached nearer, and the cap
tive man not only saw the fiery
gleam of their eyes, but finally had
his coat-sleeve grasped by one of
the assailants, while the hack
plunged as another attacked its
Hank. The hunter gave vent to a
cry fo drive otF the fiery carnivora,
and by dint of shouting and wav
ing his arms, assisted by the kicks
of ihe buck, lie m.uiaged to keep
off the brutes till daylight forced
them to return to their holes. The
dawn betokened another hot day,
and both man and buck were well
nigh worn out with the sleepless
vigil of the preceding night.
Shortly alter daylight the ping
of a bullet, followed immediately
by a wound over his forehead, and
the v sound of the report of a rifle
warned the hunter that danger was
nigh. Crying out frantically he
vaved his hands about, and sud
denly bethinking him of the fact,
he drew from his pocket a white
handkerchief and let it llutter in
the morning breeze. This had the
desired effect, and the stranger—
an Englishman—approaching was
soon informed of the plight his fel
low man was in. All efforts lo re
move the horns of (he buck, how
ever, proved fruitless; and, not
wishing lo destroy so fine an ani
mal, the Englishman, after giving
the captive man a drop of braqdy
from his llask, and placing his s id •
dle-ci >th under his lioad,*rode oil'
to to (he nearest farm, some six
miles distant, for assistance. Ou
returning with reins and spades,
Ihe legs of the l.nu’k were secured
and a rein placed round Hie neck
ot the subdued and terrified ani
mal.
After digging for some lime the
spades struck agaisnst a hard sub
stance ol a it:otnlic namre; ainl fnrtb
er i e v ii g rcveale cube tact that tne
right horn was embedded in a mass ot
metal. More digging released both
boras, <?aeb bearing a similar append
age, which, af.-r the humor had been
remaned, werG finally freed-from the
horn by tho nso of hatchets. The met
1, to the astonishment of ail present,
was soon seeu to be gold, and a furth
tr search led to the ime r hing of small
er nuggets. The nuggets weighed re
sjx-c ively eight pounds and six and a
halt pounds avoirdupois. The farm, a
private one, is being diligemly woiked
by several prospectors, and several
small integers haye already been uu~
earthed, while pannings and sluicingß
in the spruit have provided consider
ably more than turkel'• , ’
Wlia: the Blind Learn.
At the recent anniversary exor
cies of the New York Institution
fertile Blind at Ninth avenue and
l'hirty-fourth street a class of a doz
en blind pupils gave a remarkable
exhibition of calisthentic exercises,
in which several movements were
made in concert with no guide to
the memory but monotonous mu
sic. All ihe pupils but one went
through the exercises without mis
take. The except ion was a litlle
girl who got one movement behind
all the time, fo the great amuse
ment of the spectators. Of course
the child was unconscious of the
stir she was creating. One of the
teachers saw her dilemma, and
started afresh, and then she went
on keeping lime with the others.
The incident served to illustrate in
a striking manner how difficult is
the task of teaching a class of blind
pupils to work thus together.
This training of the memory is
shown in other departments of in
struciion. In music ihe pupils must
read with their lingers and memo
rizein this way each musical com
position that they play. In bask
et making they must distinguish
the colors of woods by the various
degreesol roughness that the ages
impart to the wood. In sewing
they must remember what they
have sewed.
The institution is open lor visit
ors every Wednesday—-the morn
ing is the best time to go—and the
250 inmates may be seen at actual
work. The instrumental music,
especially on organ and piano,
taught by Supt. Wait’s system of
point musical notation, and the vo
cal music taught by the same sys
tem always are interesting. The
institution has received at various
times very considerable gifts from
wealthy families of the city. The
institution receives $250 a year
from the state for each pupil. It
expends about SIOO,OOO a year,
and has about $225,000 of invested
funds besides extensive buildings
and grounds.
The course of education compris
es a kindergarten, common English
education, music, cane seating,
mattress making, piano tuning,
sewing, knitting, taney needlework
and physical training. No intelli
gent person can witness the profi
ciency of these blind people with
out reflection that when they leave
the school they are eve i belter
equipped to battle with life and to
earn their daily bread, than many
pupils who have their eyesight and
have received an ordinary educa
tion.
New Millinery Store,
James T. Comer,
Maysville, ’ GEOiGIa
Hus Employed A First Class
Oviv, Q.wl S WvWvwVw -
vvt fvvk _ j
With a N*>w Stock of Hits from New York a*d Biltirnote of the latest
styles, t'oir he tine-r to the cheapest. Also fine Dre*s Goods, Ribbons and
Laces. Ivid Glo'.os, Embroideries, Corsets t all kinds. In fact a Complete
tock ol fancy notions. Shoes, Mata and Clothing. Tobacco, Stuple Grocer
ies, aud Harness and Leather. All Jiißda of
Drugs and Patent Medicines,
COMER'S GUARANTEE CHICKEN CHOLERA CURE.
Standard and P eifie Kerncene, Machine and Castor Oils, by the bo*l! cr
gallon. Agent (or AI hens Factory goods, and many more. A. D Boone’s
Georgia Test and Acid Work’s Pure Bone, Femaan’s Soluble Bone and K‘to
ica! Guano. The nest lino of guanos in the united stales, pric. aas cheap as
•he citeapo-r. Breeder of fifteen varieties ot fancy Ducks, Chickens and Geese.
Eggs for sale. • 44.
Gunnels, Power & Go.,
* —vHARMONX - GROVE.—-—,
DEALERS IN
Plantation Supplies.
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Wo Keep in stock a full supply of good and fresh goods. We can not he
iin Quality and Dnranility. We buy at lowest market figures; we
defy ootnpoti'ion in prices. We want only, a living profit on our sales. We
do not claim to be Vanderbilts, nor do wo wish to accumulate their fortune-..
W are receiving dailv, a full saipplv of our Customers every day wants.
fcjgßT" Country Produce Taken in ExohaDge at Highest Market Prices.
Hardman & Comp’ny,
HarMONy GrOVE
DEALERS IN
HardwarE & OutTrY.
Or L ; ne of Soves, Tinware, Agricultural Implements, Etc., can not be
rounu in better Quality and Durability, Elsewhere. We also keep a good hue
ot nuns for the tail trade. Cah-aud examine our stock and prices. 19