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Newspaper Page Text1-L.lL- l t S-max -lugs ii eml iu aiidlnU tfMiriwii wW _. _ or ft man's troubles; yes, but—which end? If yon have a lot of money afraid of being robbed, go and outlawed debts with it. The French make cognac for export from pototoes, and much cau de cologne monies fromtoe saxae sopreo. _ , ■ 1 OiijfM jv-ipe, exfrhrtpil *by Aelrtng'the* clams, is nourishing and acceptable to weak stomachs and good for sick folk. As Illinois man found his runaway wife working, in male attire, in a Peoria tailor shop, where her Bex was unsus- IH; fforpeft •fWHf’lsi‘3! of fortv thousand volumes there is not a aisaje vprk ^1- .liiSu LI*?-*,** f.C-vJ oXISiw A vwvsth'».v r-wsliug ia Yokohama, Japan, writes) tU>t . the Japanese ‘ limit h prosv by avoiding marriage where there is any trace of the fatal disease. Tu* duty on imper—To pay your sub scriptions promptly and under the con sciousness thut you get more for the money than can be had in any oilier way. • ” j * ’,’o«V V Aw oyster i* able to take food within It is aide .tie 5iff?when ore Its mark' NViifc- A IjyiTCTman abujlhajui wuswtolen .oCfcrrfl'tiic followlhi dtfcjfltitfroflng re wards: “ Fifty dollars fur. the thief, 3100 for the horse and thief, and $200 for the dead body of the iliiuL” A foirntMT of (Jnecn "Victoria, worked in silk upon velvet by a young French woman, Mile. Julie (brand, is on exhibi tion in Paris, and will be presented to tlie Queeu as n mark of that artist's admiration. Goiafyltpe 6>peti«er wns the dauglitur iff the- well known (Jolonel isume outrage Huhert-Spcsnccr imp of the weattl planters of Missis pp L The Colopel was a ftery-booded gentleman of the old school -In these days, ‘before the war,’ of which wej.ro speaking, HU grand tin hor was an intimate and trim ted lvivnd of Washington. His fath er a brigadierageneral in the lfisrt war with Great Britain, and the colop- el himself vvasagadnateof West Point and pne of the yaiWi^fav r*‘ “£ J(SSy mg t0mtfWier 1 *' h - 1* Rftnilv.v in ihft nicmV of % war obfliiu jjfol south o* Hio Grande. He was corn- match this high bred style of wnr make tip? 1 asked the father, with an amuard but puzzled expression. ‘ If you taw him At alldunug the last hour yon did.* ; * Whatia the meaning of it T fie is play the part of a gen tleman of the old school in a little comedy which he hasgotten up, and ““ *“#^1** private whtjeb w tir theatricals fair the" ben iAnd you and ‘ Something like thajk He wanted ana to gne him some ‘points whi!t hU arias, ’ resting bn the foriheit English suit of a former Geraldine - stood a moment, thtpbbuigjteart; loolriiu^don yf 4dipiril|^-yfh- : 4^^ Seised sifddeu fancy,' she stepped closer. Ieaning over, gently touched his with the sprig of magnolia, viiiob still held, •-■tt* jaftaragjg&tar soft, merry way r raise bin head an< week, in tin* pliroonttd more than onaa in tlio of ficial dispatches ami •brilliant miliu ry career—tK#t faJflsMw ftate Of country permitted—was before him, The “natives of the Sonth Pacific Is- j kad he chosen to adopt the military lands arc very fond of ft small sen-worm I profession; but though t.be cdonel about the size of vermicelli, which they j would have profcrrarHBgliting to pgfj he volunteered to do all that be could for me ; in the same direction.' Our ran obtain only at certain seasons. Even European residents arc said to consider ! tho “pnhola” a rare relish. A mm. at Wellesley College said to a Harvard graduate whom she was taking through the building, and who said that President Eliot of Harvard does not think much of ladies as professors: “ Well, President Eliot has got a parcel of old women as professors nnd Wellesley has a lot of youug women as professors.” ; The other day one hundred and fifty complaints of nuisances wero filed at the otliee of the Hoard of Health. People outside might tliiuk Milwaukee was a partieularly unclean plane, but they should understand that our people are very juiticular aud got on their ear about the’least thing. We presume half tho complaints were caused by strangers in the city throwing chews of tobacco on the aidewalk.—J’cek's Sun. Two young men passed before a house. At the fifth story, at an open window, n woman with a'child in her arms heat dangerously and recklessly forward to look at the gentleman who was calmly smoking a pipe and leaning from his window, two stories Mow. Tho young mar. saw the insanity of the nurse. “What mad imprudence,” suiil one of them lvetween his teeth. “Yes,” replied tho other, “to run the risk of dropping upon the pavement, nnd crushing to Moms, such a lovely pipe as that?” A rkpout from Hungary told of a criminal hung and subsequently restored to life by tho application of an electro- galvanic current in a^’spccial way; death occurring a second time from congestion of the brain next .morning. A similar oxi-criment was mifde upon the body of a man hung at Hridgeixiri, Conn. The ipirotion was restored' twit the heart's Hingi t . ing, lie resigned fiis commission in the army, and went home to his plantation in Mississippi- lie knew what a horde of hungry yming officers were clamor, iug and clutter clawing for position in the army, and he preferred they shouldrhave them, .esperintty ttsihe saw juvispeet of »lengthy peace be fore thu country ; a period of idleness for the army, which would fret such a high soul as his .to death. He perceived • nW this; -u e lay, and went back io his plantation on the Mississippi, ami devoted himself to his family. "' ' _. The Taiter consisted of Ms only son frftft-'fllWig’fiTff. HnWlyuSmed* of course^at^erihmiseh', was ip Ips sec ond year it |V eijt Poitil; the wife was] dead long ago, and Geraldine presid pil over his honseliold. ''' ! ’ ‘ One jreaspnt why, < perhaps, there two chnrdotcra fro'the most important ones in the piece, and Syney is anx ious that we shall fully sustain them. We rehearsed alone, but father, such f-an extraordinary thing took place x.wuite we were doing so, tliat I made up iny mind to come and tell you ’ • You don’t seem to have been in • hurry,’said he, looking/ wondfcriogly At her, 4 for yon have been here half an hour.' _ The. lovely daughter hesitated a moment/ beioffe replying.. A very singular thing for her to do. 1 He wished, me tc leave him for a short time.’ .. . _ " Ah; that is it V ' Very well. I am satisfied to have you here as lone as you will stay.’ And the colonel looked with pride upon his beautilul daughter, who re called so vividly the nioilier when she vfosa bride' more than aiscortf ofye%rs before. I ti v L it t J It just like the proud young woman, who, without any appearance of ex- clteUiOnt or agiiation oi tndnner, came to dieitiioi^«it4us sulgect whieh whs reallv tlle cdui* ot h|r.' bbing-theirez ‘You say, fath. r, that you admire or ratlier ^esppeet Sydpejt very- mychf* ; ; j , j Ft i 1 CC ‘That is substantially what I said.’ ' ‘As ranch as any young gentleman of your acquaintance?.’ •’Really more.’ 1 ' I ‘Oil, speak F'he gasped, ‘ Ifas he consented r • «In The poor fellow’s , whole soul was in the question,. and she saw how cruel it was to lte> p him in suspense. He^iys he thinks we will be sim, pletons if we don’t*-marrv.’ Sydney caught tier in his arms, and it may be said the contract was seal ed then and there. The young man was always partial to the sweet perfume ot the magno. lina, but now since it is associated so intimately with his winning the love of Ills heart, there is nothing in the world of a vegetable nature to which he is so partial as a 3prig of niagnoln. DISEASE OF THE HEART. and devotees. Many from the north, where she had S]n’ii’tV couple of years and her own suuqy south produced itivriads, imi sW seamed to -cure 1 for uouv oLUtanv ~ •. ho jcolgnel _jpsed to ited withe waving hair, her brilliant complexion, her marvelous eyes, -her matdUess. .figure^ lief patrician features, and her wonderful grace ot voice aud manner. ‘IIzhe would von like him for a sou G.waMuie bad nubnWriess admireri iJT BITS OF 1XF0RMATI0S. Tolus were first raid by vessels pass ing tlie shule on the river Elbe, 1109. In England, toll-bare originated in 1267, a penny Is-ing askisl for every Wagon that passed through a certain manor, and the first Tegular toll was eolleoted a few yoara later for mending the road in Ixmdon, between St. Giles’ and Temple Bar. ; The invention of mnsio is uncertain. Ian’retins ascribes it to the Whistling of the winds in hollow roods. -Francktnua tique, and others to the singing > pf binls. And Zarlino to the sound of wa ter. If is, tewover, agreed -tliat music was first reduced to rules by Jubal, 1600 B. a . ■ • -Tn 1 average duration of--vitality in seeds of some of our eultiyatefl plaqts is as follows: Artichoke, five years; broad been, six ; beet root, fire; cabbage, five-, carrot, four; cucumber, five; lottdoe, five ; maize, two; melon, -five ; onion, two; parsnip, two; peas, fc^r or five; radish, five; spinach, five; tomato, five; turnip,- five:. egg plant, seven; endive, nine; parsley, three; strawberry, three- stead of their sigpatnTes lS tonstanf^i refer, cd to ss an instance of the igno rance of 'ancient times. It is not, how ever, invariably, a proof Of sufch igno- canco. Anciently the mark was not con fined to illiterate persons. Among the Saxons ihe mark of . the erras waa re quired to.be attached to tho signatures of those who could write, Mid to stand in the place of the signatures of. those who could not write, as an attestation of the good faith of the person signing. In those days if a man could write, or even read, it was a proof that he was in holy orders. The ancient use of the cross Was therefore universal, and was the symbol of on oath, from its sacred associations, e would leave them at any time am go with her father on a tramp through the woods or fishing in the river. Alter all, there is nothing so capti vating in a pretty woman—or any woman lor the matter—as an abso lute independence of character, an in dependence which preserves one’s sdf- respect at all limes, and humbles the The colonel turned as it struck by a pistol shot, and looked keenly at his daughter, ’ without spqafciag; fot a full minute. Geraldine herself^ seem ed^d bo picking the sprig oF”magno lia — at i the rich strive as much as she might she could not hide the fact from her father that her heart was throbbing moretumul tuously than ever before. Suddenly be exclaimed: ‘What!’ think you heard me, father,’ said eraldine. in low voice, without trust- From Hall’s Journtl of Health. J * When an individual is reported to have died of ‘disease of the heart,’ we are in the habit ct regirding it ir evitable event, as some thing which could not have been foreseen or prevented, and it too much the habit, where persons suddenly Wl dead, to re port the' ‘heart’ as the caAse; this silences all inquiry and investigation, and saves the trouble and inconveni ence of a'repulsive post mortem. A truer report would have a tendency to save many Rves. It is through a report of ‘disease of tlie heart’ that many .an .opium eater * it lift off ;ib|o the grave, which covers at once Ins folly and r his crime; the braiidy drinker, too, quietly slides around tlie corner thus, .and is heard of no more ; in ri'Qrt. jhriP«>pqri’’<^ djsi*H9 Of i>ic heart is the mantle oi charity which the politic coroner and the sympathet ic physidins tlirow.around -the graves pf ‘genteel people,’, , . , i. At a late scientific - congress at •8t«i*bnrt£ h waarrifported that of six ty-six persons who hail suddenly died, hi iitmrtalQia r r *f mor ~ fedmdtfd riib pereons had any heart aflection whatever; one miff ItT' ‘ frortf diseMB of the heart. gestionof the lungs,’ that is, tbalop^ were so lull of blood they could not work; there was not.room for/ air enough to get in to support life.- It At No. 785 .Freeman avenue, a couple of doors above Bank street, there reside, says the Cincinnati ,Eu qtiirer, an aged and respectable Gerr man and 'wife, who make a living by keeping a family grocery add provt s(qu store. . The husband’s ‘name ia Fiiilip. Volz. ' Mr Volz is a large, fleshy, gck>d r.atured, honest, tempers ate Ge- m itq wuo is content to mind his o^tfeinesifi ahd daal pift to bis ciistomers iiy fbacominodities usually louidm a grocer^ and meat .store, save cigars, tobacco and liquor. His wife is a lady—probable sixty— aud tbc people in the neighbor hood call her ‘grandmother.’ She is very neat and clean in her appearance, aud is one of those sensible bodies that people like to talk to, either on business or merely for pleasure. ’' ' , , This good couple are the parents of one of the most wonderful specimens of humanity that the world ever saw, and certainly the most wonderful that was ever known to exist in Cincinnati. It is a man having thehead of a donkey on his shouders ft almost always hap pens that monstrosities born of either women or animals die shortly after birth, if born alive at a'l, but this is an exception to the rule, for the subject of this article is alive now, and is thirty years old. The name of the unfortunate creature is George Volt “ When visited by our reporter, says the Enquir er, tlie cripple stared at biin in an un pleasant way aud begun to kick vio lently, as though he were trying to get at the stranger, the while his hands, or what correspond to a human being’s lands, pounded each other with frighlul rapidity and apparent vicionsness. The reporter finally be came sufficiently at ease to make a close observation, and he saw that the face of the cripple was as near the shape'of a donkey as Could be, the only feature that at ‘all approached the shape 6f the ffintis homo being the nose. ThTs was hptlced to be more prominent thah that of a genuin- • specimcu of the donkey, but the date line was .eStaCfly tbc; sfMic£ The mouth could not be toldfroin a don— key’s and When it'eame to obs-rvihg the uppter pitt 'of tlie face and'head, the resemblance' was 'exact. The head is very large aed' nearly square like the dcmkdy’s. It is cbvered with coarse black, hair, as stiff and sttiight lever 6eAo'6h the Animal referred hsim'meySfpt * a^f-. moj‘ protq. tesjiect at all limes, ami hun.bl.s toe her8| Jf a8 t to lo<lk up . pride of the proudest of the lords of * Iny daughter?’ creation. It is just that sort of woman Th - g ^ mtCT1 , in lh / mm ° i ow>; but firm voice. ‘Come here my child!’ The colonel kept his seal while Ger aldine, standing beside ' is just tliat all are most anxious to secure for ns well as tlie mark generally adopted. Neoho slaveiy was introduced into the present territory of the United States during the reigp of Queen Elizabeth, by merchants of JLiverpool, England. On Jan. 31,1865, the final vote was taken in Congress submitting: to the States far their approval and ratification the fol lowing amendment to the constitution : “Article XIII. .Neither slavery nor in voluntary servitude, except os a punish ment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist ■within the United! States, or any C j subject to their jurisdiction,". On 18, 1865, the Secretary of Sfate issued hi» proclamation declaring that this amendment had been approved by tlie Legislatures of Htinois, Uboda Isl and, Michigan, NewYork, Wost VH- •gtoia, Mkme,jpma^ M-wa^nseria, l’eansylvaniay Virgmia, Ohio, Missouri, Nevada, Indiana, Lomsiana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ve'nmTnt, Teifnessq^ Arkan sas, Connecticut, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Alkbsmo, *Wrth Oarolina,-Mid Georgia—in nil, 27 oat at 36 State#, and was consequently adopted, l :*. <■ i ^ ■ A Mce lnfont. lnfiowv has its privileges. A woman was anvsted in Preeburg, Hungary, for ■reeeirinu 1 stolen■ ’goods.' She WaB' by birth a .lewcss: but six mouths previous . to ).or flaiol ti'.u hrtd been baptised iaa tuo Itomaii ‘JhtluoHi. Ci lurch. When f«ut oa trial iiIknU that sha warn no inlon’, and ic ill c<*-. ttiurri’oxa, be held answerable fo: what -*s. tiad don*-the data uf birth W Hu cording to the data of _ smions ooQl'.atiu* tb* tribunal declared the defense a gocd cst. and that she, a wbfnan of ip; m* legally, bnt 0 months * ommt with impunity.—n not a prize. One. summer afternoon Geraldine and her father were sitting in the gatafle of tKc Jbog loW porch, which ox tended in; front of th Jr hoiisep The colonel waaflMqokiug jjhis cigar add the daughter, who wasftichly dressed \Vrw / gentfy “rocking* baca find forth and looking off at the yellow Mississippi, along which a high -decked steamer was laboriously plowing its way. A close observer would have seen that the beautliul daughter had some sore trouble on her mind. She was uneasy and resiles-. The svvaybig of her chair was fiifol and uneven. Sometimes she smelled of the flagrant sprig magnolia in her hand, in uervous way, and her lustrous eyes seemed to be brighter and more flash ing than usual. But the colonel noti4PJh0thi^3f 01 lie knewjtlmauperb poisejof hisdaugli ter so well,'that he ditHtot Byttovt anything short of an earthquake could disturb it. So he continued placidly smoking his cigar, while his paper rested idiy in his lap, and he looked off toward the Mississippi. Suddenly he rose up. ‘Where is Sydney?’ Itej'flirtllWhf* asked ‘I left him awhile ago, nnd he has not gone home yet. I thought wold like to sit down a few minutes with yon.’ ‘I am glad to have you, my daugh ter; but does seem tome that you " * ' •* uile- would ot itself be a good subject for an hour’s talk; it is that quality that enables a-man to fight his way. iu life againyt difficulties, adversity, calam ity, and all sorts ot opposition. You are fortunate II yon possess this qual ity, and-suit more lortun.ite if you are compelled tq nse ft., Great suc cess is pot possible without great effort. If jtdu meet'witb hoimla, no resistance in your 'eourse, "if yon float lazily down the stream of time, all things seeming to join in aiding you on toe way, and in warning you lrom every blow, ' you will live and idle without an achievement worth ^recording. What yoo need ia oppo sition, and the pluck to overcome it. If i you are a. stranger in a strange place, you must make acquaintances aud friends, and by deserving keep them. If-you are without money, -you must rely upon your own honest efforts to procure it. If you are dess titute ol patronage in your calling, you must have the pluck to work and wait ontif you secure it by proving yourself worthy of it. Are you tempted to forsake ti e path of strict integrity and rectitude ? You must stanJ firm. Does the task before you seem difficult—do you think it im possible ? : Nerve yourself for the conflict, and resolve that yon will suc ceed; human energy and persever ance will enable you to do so. I commend to you the words o' Holmes:— ■ Ba firm; one constant elemort ot luck Is genuine, solid old Teutonic pluck. Stick to your aim ; the mongrel’s hold; will slip, But only crowbars loose the bulldog’s grip; Small though he looks, the jaw that never yields Draws down the bellowing monarch of the fields. Like unto pluck if not in fact a part of it, is selt-reliance—a promi nent characteristic of all really succcs- ftil men. This quality you should cultivate. Learn to depend upon your own exertions, aud you will de velop a reserve power lh#l will serve you in every emergency. If you cling to another whom you tliiuk strorger and wiser than yourself, you will al ways lie a vine—never an oak Like the oak, you will gain strength by breasting the storm, and of your owi. might resi-ting it. You are not, however, to scorn or reject the advice and assistance I of those older and more experienced than yourself. Ou the contrary, you should accept them gladly and appropriate them, making - them a part of your 'own strength. Thus used, wisdom*’ -re ceived by pMcpflt firipi: ytbisrsr =j inorea^i rather than diminish - - T0,Vtns*J2^,atyq rtnnusf mri to th& tUjWii yowWsfilirilJuelf- ! respect. 'Tkmk well ,‘rf vowrseR'us. ,;" a M'Sw Thev I i,o not y«“ din powers. JfWdohxey. Int > | Remember what man hasdone, mao long, but are do. Remember, tob, that we all vered ■ with Kljjr. The exprea-1 ^gan }j| e on a perfect ^equality, and The fireman’s fair at Griffin was grand success, the hall being uncom fortably crowded each night. m * receipts were nearly 8900. The citizens of Atlanta held a large meeting on the ;29tb to tqrthcr the building of the Georgia Western rail road. ' ■' '* , " 11 Angnsta has a new and interesting branch of i manufacture in an estab lishment for making painw it is owned by the Georgia paint company, and is a large concern. . ' The Air Line train ran over a man riding on horse back, near Greenville, on the 29th, instantly skilling both. The man’s name was Taylor and be was drunk. The Amerieus Sumter Repub- llth has received a sample of Chinese tea grown by Mr S P Od»ra, of Dooly county, trom plants furnished by the natioual agiicultural deportment. He says the plants are now three years old, in a very healthy condition, bear ing profusely. Mr H B Plant, president ot the 8a- vaunah, Florida and Western rail way, having been asked directly, by the citizens of Albany if ho bad pur chased the Brunswick aiid Albao;. road, replied that he knew nothing about the purchase beyond wlmt i:e heard in the newspapers. Hon C A Niitting. br Macon, is critically ill. On the 28th inst., he was in u comfortable chair in the sit ting room at his residence, talking ol general things to Mrs Nutting, who arising to go look out a window, after hardly a moment’s absence, returning, was shocked to find Mr Nutting in a perfectly insensible condition—all an imation completely -dead, his head drooping lifelessly to one side. He then remained , seemingly lifeless until the next morning, when respira tion again became visible. In tlie laded pages of a novel found in the garret of Major Francis Ward’s old borne, at Eatouton, Ga., has been ibund a long love letter with a lock of hair from William.H Seward, late United States secretary of State, to a lady whose grave has long been over run with gra-s. Seward, h young roan with fed bait* and reserved in manner, went from a college in. re sponse to an. advertisement, to be Manx soups are better on (he day after they are mode, provided' they are not warmed- too qttwuy, or left too long over the fire after they nave become hot. * Boston Coooxsrrr Pie.-—Take one as custard pie. One nut, makes two If broomalaro wet'18 * toilb'g Was onoe a week they wffl beootM_Tery tough, will not cot a carpet;' will last much longer, and always sweep like.:# new broom. To bekovb rust from -a Btove-pipe, rub with linseed Oil (a little goes a good way); build a slow fire at first till it u dry. Oil in the spring, to prevent it from rusting. •! To matte the hands soft: Take equal portions of glycerine and oloohol; mix well; before retiring at night wash the hands in warm water and rub well with the lotion. FiiOtm Gems.—These are made by taking a cup of sweet cream, one beaten egg, and.sturing in fine floor until a lit tle stiffer than griddle cakes. Bake the same as Graham gems. _ ' J - - ■ 1 a cup of butter with a cup and a half of grohnlstod sugar; add a pint of crashed strawberries and the beaten whito oi an egg. Nicafor batter puddings. To euro hoarseness, hako a lemon or sour orange for twenty minutes in a moderate oven, then open H at Otie end aud dig out the inside, and sweeten it with sugar or molasses, and eat. To saise cows for the dairy they should not bo allowed to become fat at any stage of growth, and shbuld be brought to dolf before two years of age. Every breeding develops large milking powers. Experience of two seasons, one wet and the other dry, is that prairie sod, no matter how early tnmed, rots better, is more free from weeds and gross after a crop of flax, than uncropped sod broken in May or June. 11 Spiced Goosebehhies. —Remove stems and blossoms from ripe, gooseberries; wash and boil down in a sump mode of three pints of sugar to a pint of vinegar. When very thick add ground.cloves.and cinnamon. Carefuljaot to btrrff.'. 11 -' 1 1 Corbant Jail—Pick from the stems, woeh^put into A pr&errolg kettle nni boil- gentry twenty minutes, skimming treat sonieo!’ your call**r4 with rudi IU 1 I wiiulln i niaKe qSaers ol «wa^ltUI)ltIm 1 hwV li0 i-’ C''inlueiited the colonel, with a little sniff at the curious expre-siorinhc flung at tiirti; I jn ji: l,i i .»._ 1 «..ar.j tor Svd II Have you accepted him?’ I could not do that until I had first received your permission.’ ‘Does he love you?’ _ i Geraldine laughed, in spite of her> self. I Lave strong impression that he. would scarcely ask me to marry him. unless he thought pretty well of me.” Of course—of course; but you love him?’ ‘With my whole heart and sou!!’ There was a fervency, a depth of ;, <iw»4he exclamation, accom- . t>y tbe flushed cheeks, the liu^. ,cye and tremulous liand that rested in the palm of her lather, which spoke her soulful earnestness. ‘Well it that’s the case,’ said Col. Spencer, throwing away his cigar ‘all I’ve got to say is you are both confounded simpletons it you don’t get married—there!’ This was a consent with cousidera- bleT'mpbnris. Poor Geraldine ! The proud, 1 brave girl broke down at last. She knew it would be a terrible sacrifice for her fatln-r to yield hei to another, and the had the gravest doubts of ever receiving bis consent, but^ he |.weiA promptly and willfcgl. ’ day cause# of this ‘congestion of the lungs.’ a disease which, the figures ab/e king tpsp, kilfe three titpps^a many person <C»bort ■warning ngr Ap oplexy anJ'lieart disease tojjettler. Cold feet; tight slioes, tight clothing; costive bowels;; sitting still until chilled through after having been warmed up by labor or a long; basty walk ; going too suddenly from a dose heated room, as a loqnger or listener or speaker, while the body is weak- aned, by, continual application or ab stinences, dr healed by-the effort; of a long address ; these; are the fiuitinl cause ofsudden deatb in the form ot congestion ot the lungs,’ but which, bejpgffsfiely reported as disea es of the 4tf»r&jffd "grVff Iff anJ.^exitaWe i event, throw people off their guard, I instead of 'pointjng Iheiri plainly to the true causes, all of whicMafe avoidable, and very easily fK as a- general rule, fit*miff ft® been one* mtelfi- tsti arirrrrN x e w ii a ar'd not sha—the lotveir sno-the tower portion oi tne tace is there is no royal road to success, doverfed *«iw % Aort growth ot hair, jy| en n Q^ horn great, and, iu this which to ^Reared ■ by the mother at country especially, we may all take regular intervals. The body; of tl.e I j n gjiyjng that there is a fair, cripple ir also covered *itln»lohg 6 ben field, iti® equal chances for all, growth ot long, lufl, coarse hair. and' special -favors fori none. Tlie an examination. . victory in the end is far -the most The reporter noticing the fact that deserving, persevering, self-reliant, the upper part of the head between tbe ! and courageous workers. ears was much lamer than the rioa’Cr 1 —»«- — part, at first tiiought that tliis was THE RABUN GAP ROUTk due to the growth of hair. In order 'i .. r.-i- . > allowing to thaw very gradually,, change to a very warm-room wod iwnpmmv/jo to satisfy himself on this point he ad- Uiifhe Northeastern railway combimt- vanced towsurds; George to place. fa» Uon> with A capital, of 810;000,000'lo bands upon his held.. As room as be ^5^ a South Atluntip connection by got-wttinn range be received -a. couple wa y 0 jf Rabun Gap, reported from of vicjons kicks from one 61 the snoit- Augusta in the NeWs and' Courier stei’sfeet. - Mrs, Volz Also Advanced ygg^rday, naturalty excited some at the same tilde she Also Was kicked, curiorityriu’ this domtnbhhy. altliough The reporter, however, puooeeded in. I a <uijrTpnt ipqii^iy among railroad getting his hands on -George’* ihead, riicii frolefl to throw atjy llhgbt od the and'found that the shape noticed [nubjeot. -" "" ‘ ' ■ the shape of tbe sknll and was not Mr. John H Foher, the reoeiver caused by the'bafr. All of the ifiaiis ^ ^ Squth Carolina railroad, said nv upward. As tlie visaori stood that.he k;iew nothing about tne pros king at tbe objcct bofore hun, jt l combination, and'could hot tell NO EXODUS. „ 'u'inffrtnce, wtiicS, in reality; was assumed, tliough her father did not asiawnn * Well, he is the only siiryiviag. son. taiu was one ot stool; and Bydiitjf’sf leqits and. manhet- make me Jee)i sme lje is .'simply an- other edition of fn.sMUL ; has a fine education, is mrrtily* lobkino, rind is W !kj jnjrtl'P wor!d. lie has practiced law <»uly two years, aad has a reputation as , . __ thl HvMar«rf« I . Never miml about that,’he replied, soothingly, ‘I know it will be • your Iiai>piness to do so." I e«u?d^"neVei forgive tnyeelf if I stooil in your way I shall fix you in a bouse to suit my sifC^vd tlieii^T' M-W*™ mn about five-fil'ths\olq^ tjiuC, If*eMei Jor'botb undertalfe to ihwrfcrff’ wrtf I shall put you both out oi th* More .than, any one- who conies bore ?’ asked 'the--daughter, holding tbc toagnolk.^alnrid ber nofp.'-whde shu glanced iurtnwly at her uasuspi- leave him, but he said : 1 ’Comb, .laughter jSydnev,!: UnihW is waiting fbryoitr answer. Go and I know he »iUj' was the ,laughing utterance of Gentdi^ie, -os she tripped away Sydney Williams w-as but a short displace off. As the lather turnip his liead.to follow his daughter, he saw the man’s head, covered with its; thoiigh that wqs haxdly possible under' the circumstances. --iwjr■./. As Geraldine passed beyond she caught sight of her lover, ana turned bruptly and approwdied so softly that ,e 'did not hear her. It is said there is more drunkenness ........... ___ .... . In Savauuak on sunOay than any other f 'WbJ' ian’t' h^ ;i 'He bad thrbwn his head'IbrwSrd! day in the week. grow looking at the object kept swinging ito head from side to I What corporations or'Interests would side, 1 and the expression of the face l represented in it, or what tlie q*ol- preciseiy that rot tbe donkey. j C n 0 £the new roqte would ,bq if it h mil Un ennkaa I .* • « * I .’as** i in • • The Southern papers are unable to ascertain anything about tbe reported colored.exodus movement, which, it apfiears, was based on tbe information furnislied by a Philadelphian, who claimed to have just returned from Alabama and Louisiana. Tbe Ala bama papers do not seem to know of anything of the kind going on in that Slate, and the New Orleaus Democrat says: ’ll there is any basis fo| the statejnent as far as it concerns Louisiana it is nut vi tble to tho naked eye. - The colored people who went to. Kansas eighteen months ago have reported their experiences to their friends at home, and there is-Utile likelihood of another movement of the kind, even if it was less pleasant and profitable to live here than it is.’ Tbe Democrat says ordinary planta tion hands are not to be expected to flee from 82.50 a day. That is the price they now command in the sugar fields of St. Jame*, and, perhaps, other parishes. AN INDIGNANT CANDI DATE: ’ ■- Jl ' It was.no the afternoon of election #«*• «• fis strilcirs ff herito.dfvoted an old i»M|Mi.iU : llfw^a. fbs-uit end of-Galveston Wand )' ‘Yea I voted him once, but the op- positibh' gobbled him Up afterward and voted him again.’ ‘They scoundrels did, did they V rmponded the candidate, with an out burst of virtuous indignation. 'It’s* fraud on.the righu ot the people to vote a erazy man more than once. I say, Bill, ste rf. yofi can’t recapture him and vote him a time or qo more in wanliinatflbar' oo*. Something must he done to restore the parity of tbe -ballot—Galoeeton News. George cmnot talk at all. He makes I Bh' ou |d be ” established, VVlien no sound tliat approaches to the bn* New‘York recently had' heard some man speech. George’s mother in- t a!k ; of a route being surveyed tfifough furiuetl the reporter that he had inf- }hu ifttfuntaint tlritf I 1 ** auspices of ficient intelligence Ito oomprefaend l Atlanta and Charlotto Air-line rail- enough to hav* his wants- supplied, L- oa d, but he was uuder the impres- which were few. He expressed n^ ctJ tfi ;i ttlie survey would not bo the wish for a drink nr-something to eat g am b r mn e as u, al hkely to be fbilow- by a sign: GeorgeVhanda were men-| eil by the combination. Through tinned above. There are really no what .gap the Airrliqe survey would hands but the stumps of there or four U, e j- e did not know, but he fingers in the aggregate are attached thought it would touch the' Air-line to what would.be called hands if lie gomewbero about Mount Airy, werea perfectly formed human being. ^ Northeastern railroad of Georgia, The shonlders are very narrow and U, y w bicb it» propoeed to make Urn the spinal column .is pot sufficiently I B eW'COUuectkm runs'from Athens Qai,, strong to enable George to; stand up j ^ a station on the Air-line road, long at a time. He crawls when he The length of the line is thirty-nine wishes to move about. One of his legs an d the road is a very good istbatol a human, but the other i 8 1 piece of property. It was finished shapeless. George is powerless to wag a ^ut the year 1876. The original his ears. He eats the ordinary foo* 1 design ol the proj^ciow of the Hue tliat is served oo tlie table- Mrs. Yolz ^ to run h right through the moun- ststed that his appetite was good nsU- U^ns, l.ot.a lack of funds pre veil ted ally, and that lre vw allotted # place | completion. There has never been at tii* family board. .SnnifiUa>eaJ>b L^y harimmy between the Nurthea** refused to eat Ito* rtnbstantial ^ood of tera w ,d the Georgia road. The an every day meal and he was then Georgia road has a line to Athens, fed on cake or-some other delicacy. 1 canning out lrom TJuion Point for a *" — v * ~ - - ' 1 distance of about forty miles; and al- principal of the Eaton ton academy, liecau-e he was in lamily trouble and wished to l« forgotten at home. Afterwards he was reconciled to his family aud returned north j but years L’.n he ; had bei, r n .governor ot k, I., made.p rrilgriinage to r' jabch^nird' iov-so hut tiie only had djed younp,- sn*' ' Seward only found a^ftive-whicli held likAMiMm ASfiy sifflpft’ nAiy^ftoe properhright. ' bio war, says die writ O', might have v been averted, if upon life congression al desk of him who had gathered in bis hands the power of: Ktis and -death bad been placed a sprig of acacia, with the words, “ from the grave of the Margaret of your youth.” A SHAMELESS DA UGHTER. Washington Cor. Baltimoie Herald. Then Mrs Edith Ward, wife of a well known politician, and who was dressed like a princess, being weight- led down with diamonds and costly jewelry, swept through the throng into the witness hex, and. the clerk called the name of ‘ Mrs. Annie WAi-d. ’ The Bailiff brought up from the dock a pale; little woman dressed to black and t heavily- vetted, ( who ,waa weeping copiously. ‘Wbftt charge do yon make against this w.6- tiiAii,’ asked tlie Judge. '‘Vagrancy, promptly an*wt-fed- the arisocratic Mrs Edith SVard. Do you know hei?’ ‘She is my mother, I am sorry to say.’ This was said with the most cruel; sneer imaginable. The great crowd present was'shocked j and a rour mtir of sharae'Wetrt tbittugh the-rooni. The Judge pitied the -poor weeping lady whom the heartless daughter wished to get rid of, and discharged her. He was interrupted by Edith two or three times, and htiaHy repri manded her severely The younger woman drew up her skirls in sweep ing past-her parent, and, amid a sub dued hiss, went out to her carriage. The old lady is said to hare been : pos sessed of litrrnry talent and ot exceed ing good family. HORRIBLE MURDER. The Detroit Free Press illustrates though this is the terminus of the the race fot wealth by speculation. It I Northeastern road,-the twolines have says: “ Ft person had obtained con-ialwayabc«n wi coinpvUtion. , trol of 100,000 bushels of wheat on I Iff answer to the question if the Saturday & week ago, which could | combination is made what effect will have been done by putting up a mar- it have upon Chaflrtton, Mr. Fisher "in of one cent per bushel, he would ^id tliat it woflld be a benefit to Save made 83,000 by Monday *nd Charleston so faras the. ahipraent of would have n-ceived back his margin Produc- d is conceruwl. Jf less the broker’s commi»jo«i. Th» thpNorthero road^houldbe btmght would be• very reasonable- profit for oroMitroltelby the'GeofgntroSd *-d a day’s work at doing-ufftbing. |> **m-wco l afa'‘A»*oa «h.mld be made, Held on liH Tnewlay ♦J.VOO ol hjs *« miglit^.*».ptotbt «wt afflzrt- tlie iq. profit would have been wiped out, Mid AjHilto probably by ftf}* ■££ joat liis mtrrstn and shtiMlAngti elite I sensed it would be impossible to form beside*. 8till people only look on the b^J ,j OJUi'«4 jikfgftietis iriri ^btite roily gainhjg side of. the matter),aad thou- j-*tell d%ffaed«oceivi«otw.--^Wtelton Rev. Mr. Milner, of-Atlien*.-travels I a brofessor in.Vbc \Y' sixty i presdi-M VYe learn from the Cuthbert Ap peal tliat, on Friday last n most Lrutal murder was cdinmitted in the upper portioh of Randolph county. Mr. V C Hammock, one of the most re spectable farmers of the county, bought a plantation adjoined his home place, including crops, etc., and sent one of his sons over to look after his interest*. While theke' O' 1 dispoti arose- between him and a negro tenant about-vome fodder, which resulted in blow# Thi? parties were separated Without any serious' results and par ted. young Hammock thinking all -trouble was at an end. He subse quently returned and was shot down and jiistapi^ killed by the negro, who made good his escape and has not yet been apprehended. - Mr. Hammock offers-a reward of 8250 for tbe arrest lot the murderer which the Appeal hopes will ibu increased sufficiently by tlie Governor to seu.Mre his appre hension. ' ' | ' . i . ' ' -s-itnii .Cieiiiiit n* FACTS FOB THE CURTOUS. The date af-tbe earliest eclipse of th* month of aftttuns,- this 'tori and moon did not meat harmoniously in F«i&”„orto that part ot the heavens defined by two starstotfle cdiistellatfon of the Scorpion, has been deternSned by Rot. Von Op- polzer, of Vienna, to ■ have been th* morning of Oct. 23, 2137 B. C. A cobbespondent pf the London Times gives the following singular but interesting information, % the benefit of those who are interested in the study of the transmission of hereditary qual ities : The following oases are taken ftem-vlist of seventeen • candidates for of the brothers and the sister ,boiog deaf and dumb. 2. O. D. has foor brothers and ono sister, two of the brotheribfefog also deaf nnd dumb. T 3TE. ?. has two brothars ahd one-sister. 1 Father, mother, two brothers,; grandfather. tfR uffotes and an aunt are deaf and dumb. A. batld pen man can write 'thirty words'in a minute. To do thi» he must draw his pen throngh the space of a ^od, sixteen and-*- half--foet,-- An forty min utes his. pen travels a furlong..;We make, on an average, sixteen curves or tnrns 'of’ the pen in writing each word. Writing thirty words in a minute, vp must make 480 to each minute; in an hour, 28,800; in a day of Only five hours, 144,000; inn yenri of 800 days, 43,200,000. The man who made 1,000,- 000 stroke# with his pen was not at all remarkable. Many men, newspaper writers,- for instance, make 4,000,000. Here we have, in the aggregate, a mark of 300 miles long to be traced on paper by snob a writer in a year.- The proportions of the human figure are six times the length of the feet. Whether the form, is slender or plump, the rule holds good. Any deviation from itis si departure from the highest beauty in proportion. The Greeks made all their statues according to'this rule. 1318 face, from : the -highest point of the forehead, where the flair begma> to tfle chin, is one-tenth of th* stature. The hand, from toe wrist to the middle of toe forefinger, is the same. ■ From toe top of toe cheat to the highest point of the forehead i* a SeventoT 1 ' If to* face, from the roots '61 the hair to toe fihin, fa divided-info totes' equal parte; toe -.first division determines toe place where the eyebrows meet,. and the second, the place of the ‘ nostro*. The ‘ height from toe feet -to toe top faf the head faith* distance from the extremity of the fing ers when the arms are extended. papers are publishing long ac counts o! the palatial residences oi the VandcibiltH jost codiiifeted. J = Thi Nevr" < lTork Blhr ! sky*'the'■ stable of Wilfiwfi IH.ih ImfatebmiT than the private residences pf -inapy pf, h : s lew pretentious neigh born, a^ni, pov erty to rags, as UVurvi-jrs the paTstiitl *t r- hnifidihga bt'tlie niflUoriaire’s favorffe steed, vainly -endeavor* solve the ;problem tj tfle great inequality. ,iti the distribution of .wialtfi, end, won<jt;r 11,3X1 a,. Fnfa*. rVJ >' alitwti) As a general tofog we are too chary in praising and encouraging the efforts 61 toe young, too free in criticising and de preciating them. Many a child’ s powers m various directions arethrustb^kinto dfottoirt&ey mestti^t^^StoMnick- ly adopt the s«nto*nfa,of their elders, and soon learn lo put.t&e same value on their own potars toatotben do. - Tb* psrdaWtoe teatoer,, spd tow mnployer can easily teach lessons of self-deprecnv- 'tion which may cling through life, rirnd forever prevent the development pf pow ers that, andar more favorable auspioes, ‘cheeritdimMMMuamanhimd wholesome .Wfotrih perceptflflapqyw.in, foe, iwprid. Th* wih*crop of CaUfornia fa'! per cent, larger than last year.