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E. MERTON COULTER THE ATHENS DAILY BANNER. ATHENS. GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 23 1882 VOL. in. NO- 8ft WHERE THE OUXFABR NEEDLE POINTS. I beg to aUte that the reason why the needle points in the.northerly di rection is that the earth in iuelt is a magnet, attractiog the magnetio nee dle as the ordinary magnets do, and the earth is a magnet as the insult of certain cosmica! facts, much affect* ed by the action of the snn. These laws base periodicities, alt e! which hare not as yet been determined. The inherent and ultimate reason of any fact is untrue, as gravity, light, heat, etc., is not known,'further than it is in harmony with all facts of na ture. Even an earthquake is in per fect harmony with ana the direct re sultant ot the notion of forces sctiog under general laws. A condensed explanation in regard to the needle pointing to the uorthward and sduth ■ ward is as follows: The magnetio .pole* of the earth do notoomcide With, the geographical poles. The axis of rotation makes an angle of about twenty three degrees i with a line joining the former. The north ern magnetic pole is at present near the arctic circle on the meridian ol Omaha. Hence the needle does not everywhere point to the astronomical north, and is constantly variable within oertain limits. At San Fran, cisoo it points about seventeen degrees to jibe east or north, anu {at Calais, Me., aa much to the west. At the northern magnetic pole, ^balanced needle points with its \«rih end downward, in a plumb line. At San Fraxcisco it about dips sixty three dweet; and at the southern magi neuo pole the south end points directs ly down. WSgiactioa of the earth upon a magnetic needle at its sur face is of about the same force as t 1 at ol a bard steel magnet, forty inches long, strongly magnetised, at a dis tance of one foot. The foregoing is I he accepted ex planation of the fact that the needle points to the northward and south ward, Of course no ultimate reason can be given for this natural faet in nature.—Protevsor Patterson ot Uni. ted States Coast Survey. An Act. To make penal the intentional point ing or aiming of fire-arms at an other whether loaded or unloaded. Section 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly at Georgia, and it Is hereby enacted by authority of the same. That, from ami after the pas sage of this act, any person who shall intentionally point or aim a gun or pistol whether loaded or unloaded, at another, not in a sham battle by the military, and not in self-defense or in defense of babita'ion, property or person, or other instances standing upon like fooling of reason and jus tice, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punisned as prescribed in section 4,310 of the revised code of Georgia of 1878. SeetionS. Repeals conflicting laws. Approved, September 27th, 1881. Tne night One. A New Yoik clergyman, in a ser mon on courtship and marriage, snid he believed that 'there is a mate for everyone if they will but wait till the ’ right one comes along.’ The lemale portion of his congregation who have passed two score years snid they nev er heard such nonsense, and that the ■nan didn't know what be was talking about. If the tight one doesn't come along before a woman reaches forty, the chances are nine in ten that be is snowed under, or dead, or, worse still has married the wrong wotnau. "The Bnorting wild ass of the Si erras’’ is the elsgant expression the Hartford Times applies to Joaquin Miller. Joaquin may well be proud. It is a big thing to attain to sufficient importance to be called such a name as that. GEOBUIA NEWS. Perry is on the eve of a building boom. Mra. W. T. Respnis, of Pike ooun> ty, is dead. Gen. Longstreet i< taking time to fix up hit hotel in Gaiuesville for the summer season.) D. Webster Davis, postmaster at Darien, died In that city on Wednes day, after a brief illness. A worthy citizen of Barnesville, named Harvey Ditchings, was recent ly found dead near the foundry. Rome it to have an oil mill and ler. tilixer company. A oompauy has been organised with a capit^ of *30,- A man named A. C. Broaeli was arrested in Maeon and carried to Jones county to answer the charge ol murder. James Blnodworth, of Grffiin, Is reported to have fallen heir to a leg acy of fifteen thousand dollars, left by a relative in England. It is thought tiie embarrassment of Tnppan, Bro. & Co., of White plains, is only temporary. They have belli the sympathy and confidence ot their community, Freddie MoCominons, a boy of nhuul 13, living near Penfield, was killed by a runaway mule, be becom ing entangled iu the harness, ou the 14th inst. There are eleven trestles between the Chattahoochee river and Sweet water creek, and not another one tor the next fifteen miles going west on the Georgia Paoific railroad. Mr. Isaac Steel’s wife, of big Sinn' y, fell dead at her homo on Wednesday of last week, while walk ing about, apparently in good health. Her sudden death was a shock to the entire community. Thieves entered the stores of Can tilena <fc Tyera and u. A McKinley at Milner, an Wednesday night, with the aid of a piece of railroad iron, and robbed them of several hundred dol lars, worth of goods. Levi Taylor, colored late of Bo- liugbroke, visited Col. J. J. Rogers’ potato hill at Barnesville. The col onel had bell and wiro connection lie- tween the Imuse and the hill, aud art the enterprising nogro knew it he was nobbed. In Paulding county, nne day last week, a negro man drove a yoke of oxen and wagon into Brown’s lord, on Puinpkinvine creek, and all were drowned. The oxen were found a con siderable distance below, lodged on a fish trap. The body ot the nenro has not yet been found. An old negress, aged seventy years, who has a broken arin, fractured thigh, blind in both eyes, dumb, deal, of scrofulous-ores, wilhno wool on the top of her head, nor place lor the wool to grow, knock-kneed, spevined, box- ankled ,slab-sided mid otherwise af flicted, was recently convicted in Polk euperior court tor the murder of her grandchild, and sentenced to the penitentiary for life. Telegraph and Messenger: Rev. P. W. Edge, of Jeffersonville, Twiggs county was in the city yesterday, and reported a genuine case of small pox in the county, about eight miles from Macon. The same case was reported to Captain Massenberg on Friday, and to Dr. P. It. Wright, by othev persons from the locality. The sick man says lie contracted the disease in Macon, and that there aro several other cases here. We could not find Dr. Blaeksbcnr to ascertain the truth of the report, but saw Dr. Wright, who says if there is a case here he does not know ol it. DeKslb News. It is said that a lady of this county, living in Cross Keys district, gave birth to two chil- dnn (twins) some lime in October, 1881. They were quite small,weigh ing three and five pounds respective ly, but perfeetly formed and appa rently healthy. The strange part of the matter is.that from the day ot their birth until sometime In the month ot December they showed uo animation and scarcely 'any sigu ol life beyond respiration, and appeared prcoisely as if asleep. Daring all this time they took no nourishment, ex cept a very little sweetened milk forced upon them, and all efforts of the mother to get them to nurse prov ed unavailing. At the end ol about two mouths afhei their birth the twins apparently waked up aud became as lively as any children,. and are now living and thriving. They were weighed at the beginning and also at the end of their long sleep, and their weight was precisely the same eaeh time. READY FOR KING FROST. A Glimpse or a splendid I’ast.' Dcmerest’* Monthly: Five hundred years hefore the birth of Christ there was a city in Italy called Sybaria. It waa a magnificent piece, and the wealth and luxury of its inhabitants was so great that the name Sybarite exists to this day aa a pseudonym of a devotee of sensual pleasure. It was at eae time so populous thnt it could send 800,000 men into tho field, yet Us sunals urn lost and its great men unknown. All the information we learn about it is the fact of ifs greatness, and that its ruins are to-day under the bed ot a river in southern Italy. It seems there was a quarrel amongst the rulers of this inightv city, ami the discontented joined with their enemieaj' the Crotouintes, who succeeded in capturing Bybaris, drove out its inhabitants, and, to make its ruin complete, changed the course of n river so that it swept over the re mains of the once mighty mqnioipili- ty. To-day the mins are covered by a bed ol slime and earth from sixteen to twenty feet deep, and soon the Work of bringing the remains to light will be undertaken. It is believed that the memorials of a very distant past will bo brought to light equal to, it not exceeding in interest, those of Pompeii. A Ullitn Nuke Idiots. N.Y, Herald. Delegate Post of NVyomiug Ter ritory, has introduced a bill in con gress which is to bo hoped will not be passed. It is called‘a bill to re duce tho internal revenue tax on o’garettee,’ but a more appropriate title would be *n bill to m.iko luna tics and idiots and forolber purposes’ —the 'other purposes’ being to fill up the cemeteries and make millionaires of the undertakers. Mr. Post must bo an enemy to the human race. He could not if he tried hit upon a more certain method of killing off a large portion of the rising generation and of making idiots ot the one that is to follow it. The cigarette annually kills thousands and thousands of children and young men, and those whom it does nut destroy physically It mental ly mins. The tax on them should be increased, not reduced. It would be well to place it so high as to put these poisonous packages beyond the reach of the small boy. Rich lien who Are of Js'o Use. It can hardly have escaped public attention that the richest men of America have no desire to perpetuate their memory by leaving bequests for the creation or aupporl of colleges, libraries, museums, hospitals, or liter ary, artistic, scientific or charitable institutions ol any kind. They are pertectly willing that the public should do anything and everything for their pecuniary advancement while they live; but they show no disposition to do anything for the pnblio when the come to die.--Afem- phit Apptal. M. MYERS & CO., Would announce that thoy^va jnat received a full llnao|f^ v -^ Black & Colored Cashmeres, and Faaaoy Brass Goods, VQLMsiJrS dLtfB CLQ&MS. In New Designs. Pull Line ot Blankets, ‘(Quilts, Balmorals and Slipwls. A complcti line ot jj . WObLHN tnVDEIRwBAR, A new lot of NOBBY HATS, MEN’S, IiAIJIES’, AND CHILDREN’S RUBBERS. SHOES, i SHOES, SHOES, OF ALL KINDS- HANDSOME STOCK OF CLOTHIN* + &, 0VERCOAT8- Come and scene and be oontlnoed. Respectfully, V • :uac. nrrsRs c& ocx ■LEGE AVENUE, ATHENS, GA. IN G-JHJOKGIA- A Literal and Absolute Fact. Special Bargains-!. 100 Dressing Case Suits, coinplcic $7-5 00 worth $100 00 00 44 44 44 44 60 00 worth 75 no 40 French Dressing Case Suits, complete 55 00 worth 65 00 100 1-4 Marble Bureau Suits 25 00 worth 85 00 100 Plain 44 44 20 00 worth 25 00 - 25 Parlor Suites—7 pieces 85 10 worth 50 00 20 44 44 Raw Silk . 50 00 worth 75 00 10 44 4 4 4 4 4 * all colors 75 00 worth 100 00 100MsrbloTables........ 5 00 worth 7 50 50 Bed or foldlngdoungea 12 50 worth 25 Hat racks 7 50 worth 25 44 44 Marble 10 00 worth 10 Pier and Mantel Mirrors 45 00 worth 15 09 10 00 15 00 75 00 "Tim handsomest line of Fine Chamber and Parlor Suites, Sn the finest fabrics, fron 1 y VISITOKS CORDIALLY INVITED TO WITNESS THE GRANDEST EXPOSITION OF FURNITURE In tho south, and at prices beyond all competition. Don’t be induced to buy until yon get my price*. 50 Elegant Walnut Basks—Vary Low. This advertisement is not copyrighted. Other dealers permitted, through courtesy, to copy U, oven at quotations a shade lower, P. H. SNOOK dcjG Atlanta, Ga. ANDREWS, HITCH & CO. DEALERS IN 1 AND Gents Furnishing Goods We lavo a large stock ot Clothing (n Business and Dress Suits, OVERCOATS, ULSTERETTES, &c. Everything in the way of First Class Furnishing Goods. Give us a call. Order* by mail promptly filled. ‘First-class Gtods at law Prices’ onr motto. ANDREWS. HITCH & CO., deed 16 WIIITE//ALL 8T., ATL.INTA.IGA.