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Newspaper Page TextEDWIN MARTIN, Proprietoz*. Devoted, to Homo Interests and Culture. TWODOLL ARSA Year in Adranoi> VOLUME IX. PERRY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1878. NUMBER 1. THE extemporized TEER. PRIVA- - a rapidly falling barometer, following I close upon a spell of warm, sultry I weather, led us of our pleasure party of I the yacht to seek shelter as qnickly as [ possible, with an eye, of course, to [ comfort and convenience. \Vo were [ down off the coast of Maine, and slid- i ter was found for the yacht in St. I John's Bay, while we who chose sought I still further shelter with a great-hearted I host of -Bristol, And theie, in the I quaintly furnished barroom of the I quaint old tavern, an old man, to the I religion burn and bred, told me the sto- I ry which I will now relate: ■ It was in early May of 1814, while I the blockade of our New. England I States was aft,he highest pitch of its I severity. There were British cruisers I enough—mostly brigs of war, of from I twelve to eighteen gus-to effectually I close all the important rivers and har- [ bore, and he was a brave and daring I skipper who attempted to make the run j from port to sea. The suffering was I great. There were mouths during j which the family of the mother of the I writer—the household of her parents— I were almost at the famishing point. I Their homo was on the Kernebec; the | father was a coasting captain, making trips mostly between Boston, Salem I and Hallowed. During this season of I suffering he and his vessel were far' j away, shut up in Salem harbor. Hun- | dreds of families--aye. throughout the j State, thousands—were in the same [ condition of suffering,- their hose of u,>- I plies being entirely cut off. During the. first week of the month of [ Mnv, as stated above, Tin English brig- of-war appeared < ff John’s Bay, standi 1 iug in under a westerly breeze, wi'k only her topsails, and fore-s'aysail set. Just irside the- headland cf Pe’mmnqnid I point, she clewed np und dropped an I anchor, and shortly afterwards sent on I shore a boar; iu which were a lieuten- | nut aud ten men, all well nrmed. They I enme to inquire where they could find n I supply of fresh water fmffieisut to fill [• six ordinary belts. A fisherman point- I ed out a spring where they could ob- I tain all they wanted. The boat ruturn- I e l and before noon the brig s launch I. catno to the shore, accompanied by the first boat, landing .full fifty men, all I ‘-aimed to the teeth.” The E iglislitbeu had lining't ■ n shore six large water butrs, and while eight or ten of tln ir number filled the receptacles frolu the spring, tl eir eoin’- panions made an incursion inland where they hud seeinlbe dwellings of the set tlers. Never mind ttieir doings, snffi it. to say they were insolent aud over-hear ing. Iu short, they made themselves not ouly obnoxious and a terror, but ‘ really abusive. “Where are all your men?” asked an officer of a blooming damsel,- the ofli cer was in lead of four sailors *.vho were carrying off a pig. “We haven’t got any men at home, sir,” she replied; “the blockade has shut them all away from us.” “Ha! ha!” lauglnd the Briton, “if we find ’em, we'll bring them home to you; uud let ns hope they will have cargo enough to pay their wav, if they don’t, we may send them to Davy Jones’ lock- L er for their neglect, for we like fiupick- r* „• lxgs. . ‘‘So I see, sir.” The man then started on, pushing the sailors witlv’tbfe pig, on iu advance, i At a little distnnee lie turned and called back to the girl; “Tell me your name, pretty one?” She told him it was Ellen McFarland. “Well, wheujyour papa comes home - —if he ever gets into port again—tell liim to send a bill frjr liis pig to King George; and Jie miglit make it j ayable to Captain Rogers, of his Britanic Maj esty’s brig! Hesperus. Oar Captain will hi ve the pig, and he ought to collect the pay. . Good-by. Give our love to your daddy when yon see him.” Ellen McFarland’s reply to this, the officer did net hear, for she muttered through close-shut teeth: “Ah, Briton, you may see my d uldy soc nor than you either think or desire." The lieutenant pursued his way to the boats, where^ie found the water tntls- already brought down, the party put off and returned to their vessel, where the water was taken on board, the boats i hoisted, the anchor lifted, and sail again made. In the meantime, where were the i men of that Bristol hamlet. 9 Ah! they had not been idle. Captain Kobert Mc Farland—“Capr. Bob,” was the cogno men by which he was universally known —had sighted the brig early in the morning, and when he saw her stand into tke'bav, he knew she' meant to make tile shore; and he lightly gm-ssei Farland’s cot to the Muscongns shore, was not more than three miles, and word was sent over to have the schooner made ready for sailing, while other messengers were sent off to raise the j able-bodied men, young aud old—all that could posaibly be reached—to hav them arm, and report at the little inlet where the schooner Ellen lay, ai| quick ly as possible. The sun was just setting when the schooner dropped away from her moor ings. and made sail, with Capt. Bob at the helm, and yonog Bob, his son, a brave, stout lad of seventeen, at the foretopgallant erosstree3, with a good spyglass. They had raised ninety men, ail told—men who had suffered—who had seen their families suffer—who now hoped to kill two very big birds with one stone. To punish their sorment ors, and at the same time, gain tome- thing of provision and comfort for their depleted homes. They were well arm ed, ant each man held a weapon, or hud it at hand, which he knew liuw to use. And yet, the warrior trained in the schools might have smiled at the arms on which these hardy coasters placed their greatest reliance. They had mus kets aud pistols and cutlasses—and they could use them, too; but a strange and curious weapon had been strangely and -euri ;usJy enough selected for the prin cipal use at close quarters—and of course in no other way could they cap ture the brig. A blacksmith of Bristol—named Sam uel Thom—had shortly before entered into a contract to make a lot of bolts for a bridge which was to be built over one of the streams of that conhtyj aud ha had a hundred of these bolts al ready forged. McFarland, being one of the County Commi^hii.o.'s, had it fu liis mind what these bolts would be if they were entirely finished; and lie found them to be, and further more, lie had no difficulty in persuading Thom to let tlu-m go. They were just the right length—just the right diameter for grasp, aud for weigh!—with a solid head -upon the stroke end for a ktu ck-down, unit a nut screwed upon the other end to sene us a knob, or pommel, to prevent slip ping from the grasp; and a bit of serv ing with rope-yurii at this, poiqt, which each man did for himself, put the fin ishing touch upon a weir on tigains; which, in the hands of the average fighter, the broadsword would have been as a lath of wood. Capt. B ib Mctarland had been alive t iut afternoon. He had been hire, there, aud ewrywlie.se. Had the good people of that “Pint” been educated uo 11 the use of such words, ih -y would h ive itnhesitatingly declared 'lie mail ubiquitous. As it was, old Tollv Anderson hit the nail on the head when she declined.- “I’m blessed if the oupt’n ain't ev- erywlieres jist iu the same mi nit! Mar cy sakes! I never dul see anybody fly Tmonu.l quite so gggeterisk afore. I don't think I’d like tel - be iu them Britishers places—tlhit is—if Cupt’n Bob holds aout ez he lias conlm•‘Ilc’t.’ , And utht-rs were of the sofne opinion. The sun was down when the schoon er had got fairly away from the slioal- ii'.gs, aud McFarland shaped his course upon the proposition that the English man would steer direct for the month of the Penobscot. Should such prove the fact the adveutnrers could take ad vantage of. thei r inside position, and their intimate knowledge of those rocks aud islands, aud run their vessel “across lots,” aud set iu nt a considera ble distance ahead of the brig. Anil there was to be no mistake. Be fore dark young Bob, from his elevated perch, discovered the Englishman tunding leisurely to the northward and eastward. Very shortly thereafter nigLt had shut down, and though there®was a considerable bit of moon hanging in the western heavens, low lying clouds shut away most of her Jiglit So the schooner crept along underneath, the shadow of tile shore, and fit ally stood out to sea, and thus she stood until ten o’clock. Just then, as though the moou-sprite were in -league with the Yankee crew, the moon peeped from behind her vail of clouds, and shed light enough upon the scene to enable the lookonts upon the two vessels to see and determine what needed to be done; and this particularly favored the Yan kee, because he held the leading hand, aud was to make the game. When the brig was first dir covered, she was not more than half a. mile dis tant, and, as has already been stated, coming down before the wind, or, very “Schooner ahov!” from the brig. ‘•Aye, aye!” from the schooner. “What schooner is that?” “The Ellen McFarland, of Bristol.” “Heave to! heave to! and we’ll come alongside. Don’t be alarmed.” McFarland saw that men were sta tioned at the brig’s guns ready to firo if her orders were not obeyed. How ever, the order was after his own heart, for he was anxious to “come alongside” as was the Englishman. - The schoon er’s helm was put down, and her main boom- swung over, which effectually stopped her headway; and at the same time the brig, with helm hard aport, and larboard braces rounded in, came to the wind under the schooner's weath er quarter, having performed the ma- neuvre very-prettily—the bow of the brig juat touching the Ellen's waist without a jar or jolt. “What have you got for lading?” the Englishman asked. “Fish—a few on ’em fresh and a lots ou ’em pickled.” “I think we ’il have to trouble yon, Jonathan, for some of both kinds."— Just at that moment both vessels touch ed. Capt. McFarland had descended from the bowsprit, and was now standing at the rail, directly forward of the main rigging, with an iron grappling in his hand, and as he threw it into the brig’s fore-chains, he shouted, like a stentor: “Aye! aye! Nellie McFarland forev erI” | And from the schooner’s hold—np the fore and main hatchways—came pouring a a living throng! The way to the deck of the brig was clear and easy. Capt. Bob him«3lf meant to have been the first, blit young Bob was bj his side, and the twain struck the foeman’s deck together; aud in a twinkling their comrades were with them. What a cracking itlid crashing those iron truncheons made! The victim stricken went down as beneath the siioke of a catapault.” “Surrender!” shouted McFarland!— We won’t leave a man of yon alive ii yon don’t—surrender!” What .could the Englishmen do?— Taken so suddenly and so unexpectedly finding themselves beneath the fell strokes of a hundred iron, clubs before they could fairly open their eyes—what could they do but surrender or die? So. they surrendered. Said the com mander of the brig, as he gave liis sword to the Yankee skipper: “I camiut complain, Yon have dote 1 his tiling very neatly. Bat let mi ask you: Could I make yon an off.-r tlia that would iuduce you to let us off?” “Just one offer, sir—and ouly one,” replied McFarland. “You und your officers may jump overboard, aud I ain’t sure that I wouldn't let yon do it; but yon needn’t offer anything else?” “No,” answered ygnng Bob, as. he took the sword of a lieutenant, “when yon chaps came to our pig-sty it was whole hog or nothing, and I guees we’ll follow suit..” “Aha!” mattered the lieutenant. I think I see. 'lira sebeonor is—*’ “The Ellen McFarland/” “Aye,—that’s it. Weli, you’ve taken pay for the pig, certainly.” - There were not many hard things said, but of the feelings we will not venture to speak. Of the wounded there were a f=-w braised and cracked heads, bnt no man killed on either side. The prisoners were snlely hound and stowed away, to be delivered, in good time, to the au thorities at Portland; and of the pro ceeds of the capture be sure the 1 rave and hardy adventurers who -had made it received a goodly share, But after all. tue most joyful reward —that which came nearest and dearest to the hearts of Capt. Hubert McFar- Jand and his improvised crew—was fouuil iu .the glory and lustre of their entrance into the buy, and the thunks- giving that sounded to heaven. The ( news had spread, and hundreds had come to see the sight—-tue proud brig that had so long been a terror and a curse, now m the hands of theiv own brothers ana fathers and husbands—the yankee flag flying above the meteor flag of England, and old Bob McFarlanu al her wheel, his head bare, and his gray- hair floating in the breeze as he .nod- del in response to the glad shouts from the shore. “Be sure,” said my informant, iu closing, “it was a gretft day for old Boh McFarland.” “And young Boh?” said I, interroga tively. “Never mind, sir. It don’t become present company to speak of him.” “Ah,—I thought sol"—New Fork nearly so, while the schooner looking direct upon her over the weather bow, j Ledger. J was, by her own movements through { ——— »-i « ■»■ I the water, helping to lessen the dis-1 Some Polish Botniu C.ituolic priests j tanee. The result was. that verv short- j in the province oi Grodno lately sne- I ly—.« Quickly, at all events, as Cant. I ceeded iu inducing their parishioners to for what purpose. Au idea struck ' ;vIrPar)and could make his arrange-1 abandon the use of alcoholic liquors. Capt. MeFiulaud at oi.ee. fie knew 1 iliynt:?’and fix thin-^s exactly to his li-|The local authorities complained of : that the brig-of-war h. d her regular j kius? the twain were within hailing j this to the Governer. thereupon order- I' beat..and as she had come from the! distance their relative positions being! ed aa inquiry. The priests were found 1 had come from the Kennebec, she would I same as before. On the forecastlej to have acted solely for the purpose of make her way to the Penobscot. j of the brig, upon both sides, crowded I benefiting their parishioners, bnt the Now, over in the Museyugns Bay, in j tw0 scurt , men or m0 re, curious to see j Governor of Grodno ordered them to a snug harbor, or inlet, upon the oppo-j w hal mauuer of native era it they had ; be transported to the interior of Enssia, site side of the long and narrow strip of ! overhauled. On the deck cf the schoon- j in order to give them time to reflect! land fornriug the Pemmaqnid Point, lay ! er wc . re visible just three men—one at j there on the presumption of depriving' a goodly schooner, built for the i o-.sting j the helm, oue at the l.mknnt, and the j a paternal government, by preaching! Ira le, belonging to Capt. Bob himself j skipper biipsclf.tninipet in hand, stand- • sobriety, of ike revenue from the an-; The distance .across tile land from Me- inn-let ween tie knight-heads. ty on spirits. URAN1NE. This is the most recently discovered, and perhaps the most remarkable, of all the coal tar or aniline group or colo ring substances, now so extensively us ed for the adorement of the finest fab rics. TTranine is said, by chemists, to be the most highly fluorescent body known to scienc 3. Its coloring power is astonishing; a single grain will im part a marked color to nearly five hun dred gallons of water. A most interesting experiment, which anybody may try, consists in-s prickling a few atoms of Uranine upon the sur face of the water in a glass tumbler. Each atom immediately sends down through the water what appears to be a bright green rootlet; and the tumble soon looks as if were crowded full of beautiful plants. The rootlets now be gin to enlarge, spread and combine, un til a mass of soft green-colored liquid. Viewed by transmitted light, the color' changes to a bright golden or amber hue; while a combination of green and gold will-be realized, according to the position in which the glass is held. For day and evening experiment nothing can be prettier than these trials of Ura nine, which are especially entertaining for the oonng folks. We are indebted for examples of the color to the editors of the Scientific American, wkj are sending out specimens, free of charge, to all their readers. The subscription to the paper is §3, 20 for a year, or $1,60 half year; and and a better in vestment of money could be hardly be named. Feeding Fowls in Cold Weather. —Whether it be due to caielessiisse, or to a want of knowledge of the _require ments of the fowls, wo connot say, but mauy who keep aud breed fowls adhere to the old-time practice of feeding corn, corn, corn, and nothing else, winter and summer, and then expects their fowls to do well, to lay plenty of eggs,- and to keep in goed health. They may, and no donbt will, get lat on suen food, when given iu liberal quantities, bnt then that is not all that is required. Iri summer the fowls require iood which will not cause the production of much fiit, heating nature to successfully re sist the cold, although it should be giv en Dot too liberality, or else they will become too fat; and the food should be changed at regular intervals to obtain the best results. During the winter months it will be found to be a good plan to warm the grain and other food before feeding it, aud not leaving the fowls to run out in the morning before the weather has become warm. This latter is very necessary wiili Leghorns and other large-combed birds. A sup ply of meat scraps, or a mush made of corn-meal with a fair proportion of finely-chopped meat, should • be given during wiu’er, to supply the absence of bugs, worms and hoppers which the summer affords. The State debt of Tennessee is the question of most serious concern in the politics of that state. The bondhold ers appear to have been very liberal m offers of compromise, but even these were not aggreable to the people and the legislators. There are now two propositions pending. The last proposition of the holders of the bonds Is to take as a compromise the fnll amount of their debt with four per cent, interest. The other proposi tion is sixty per cent, of the debt with six per cent, interest. The Nashville American says it seems to be generally understood that Gov. Porter, following out the particular line of financial poli cy that has marked his administration, will recommend to the Legislature a compromise of the State debt at sixty cents on ike dollar at four per cent, in terest, or fifty cents on the dollar at six per cent, interest, both being prette mnch the same in effect, with the bal ance m favor of the low rate of inter est. —-t The verdict of the jury in -the cases against Gen. Sheridan for seizing the Killona plantation appears to have been another instance in which the law was was made to fit a political pnrpo.-e. As we understand it from the brief notices seen, the court deeided that Gen. Sher idan’s military order for taking posses sion of the plantation was illegal, bnt it nevertheless gave judgement in his favor on the ground that as an inf i/ide al (the character in which he was sued} ha helped to put the rightful owner in possession. That may be good law ad ministered in a political Sense, but con found ns if we can see the consistency of it The London Times is of the opinion that the reported arrival of Yakoob Eahn at Jellalabad cannot yet' be re garded as complete submission of the Afghans, as a nation to the English terms, bat may bo-accepted as a sign of willingness of a large and powerful section to treat with the British. In spite of absorbing natnre of Edi son’s labors on the electric light, he has found time to so far improve his telephone that it is expected to make practical vocal communication across the Atlantic cable; that, too, with a cciver without a magnet. THE POTENCY OF MATTER. - Consider the cycle of operations by which the seed produces the plant the plant the flower, the flower again the seed, the casual line retaining with the fidelity of a planetary orbit to its origi nal point of departure. Who or what planned this molecular rhythm? We do not Enow science even fails to in form ns whether it was ever “planned” at ail. Yonder butterfly has a spot of orange on its wing; and if we look at a drawing made a centnry ago of the an cestors of that butterfly, we probably find the self same spot upon the wiug. For a century the molecules have de scribed their cycles. Butterflies have begotten, have been born,, and have died, still we find in tLem molecu ar ar chitecture reproduced. Who or what determined this persistency of recur rence? We.do not know; bnt nre stand within car intellectual range when we sav that.there is probably notbiug in that wing which may not yet find its Newton to prove that the principle in volved in its construction is quariative ly the same as those brought into play in the formation of the solar system. We may even take a step further., aud affirm that the brain of man—the organ of his reason and sense—without which he can neither think nor feel is also an as3?mblege of molecules, acting and re acting according to low. Here, howev er, the methods pursued in mechanical science come to an end; and if asked to deduce from the physical interaction of the brain molecules -the least of the phenomena of sansation or thought, we must acknowledge our helplcness. The association of both with the matter oi the bf-dn may be as certain as the asso ciation of light with the rising of the sun. Biit whereas iu the latter case we have unbroken mechanical connection between the sun and the organs, in the former case logical continuity disap pears. Between molecular mechanics anil conspiciousness is interposed a fis sures over which the ladder of physical reasoning is incompetent to carry hs. We must, therefore, accept the observ ed association as au impirical fact, witkon* being able to briugit tinder the yoke oi rt priori deduction.— Tyndall, Teichinoiis Poke in Chicago.—The health officer of Chicago has been re cently directing Lis attention to the ex istence bf trichinae iu pork. The re sults of his investigation are interesting and significant. It was intended to ex amine one thousand animals, but on ac count of the urgency of an early report the average of the first hundred were taken as a sample. This gave a propor- tian of 8 per cent of the animals infect ed. It is worth while mentioning that the hams were in all cases apparently free of the disease, and that the ten derloin is the most viLcted part. Some hogs contained thirty-five to the cubic inch. As a comfort to lovers of pork, however, it should be stated that the animal is destroyed at a comparatively low temperature, so that no ill flflect follows the eating of well cooked meat Pickling does not destroy the vitality of parasite, but the employment of sul phurous acid in the lime kilis it at on ly a small additional expense. The ac id is easily removed after the pickling process.—N. Y. Bulletin. SUGAR-CURING HAMS. New Advertisements. First sec that the hams tire perfectly: cold after the hog has been slaughter-:' PicUlOS and Organs at FacIO * ed.- Wheu no more animal heat re-j fy Rates, mains cut ont the round bone so as not j to leave the ham too thick, then rub j ^^^dSKopucnoN sale, commencins Xov. ii *.v i» « i *1 i, i-wu magnificent instruments from be^t well \rith common suit, and leave them tors to be placed, fo • - in a small tub for three days, j turning them over in the salt now and I then. If left in tin it is apt to rust. | snm^ig 1 and that will not make the hams look .15 days test t C years written puar- introductio A Chinese finferel of an odd ckarac ter took place in a far West city, a few days ago. An American band headed the procession, which was composed of Chinamen wearing badges and o:Lt-v decorations denotaing their rank, while to a large covered vehicle that foil iwed the hearse were seated a number of fe male musicians^--a regular Chinese band, in fact. The noise made by the Celestial musicians was such that after they came tip and passe d, not an ■ other Dote from the American baud was lit ard. Behind the native baud came a wagon leaden with roast pig and all manner of good things eatable and drinkable tc be left al; the grave. Strips of paper pierced in three place? with cresent shaped. holes, in rows of five, were strewn*by thousands along the whole route of the precession. Col. Dennis Kearney accuses Mr. Hayes of breach of faith. He says Bntherford promised to send a special message to Congress on the Chinese question, bnt failed to do so. He de nounces the President as a condemned Ananias. There is, says tne Augusta Chronicle, a homely proverb that Mr. Hayes ought to have remembered be fore giving the agitator an audience. There is a feeling in San Francisco averse to Scott and Gould’s becoming the Pacific Railroad kinga. The Morn ing Call says: “Our railroads are in mnch better hands for San Francisco than they would be were they controll ed by Goald and Scott. And yet we are confident that GoulJ and Scott wonld just as lief wound the feelings of San Francisco on tni3 point as they wonld bribe a Congressmen. able, terms liberal. Oct 25, td. Two members of tlie house of Bepre- senfatives died at Wasliingion within three days. They are Mr. Williams of Michigan, and Mr. Beverly Douglass of Yirgiaia. Hon. Gilbert C, Walker, of Virginia is also repoeted to be quite sick, re- [ AH these gentlemen are Demo crats. unpleasant taste to the ham. the salt has extracted all the blood throw aw*y the brine and add the fol lowing: For two hams of' eighteen pounds each take one pound of moist brown sngar, one pound of common salt, two ounces of pulverized salt-petre, and two teaspoonfuls of fine cayenne pepper. Sprinkle over first half of the saltpetre; rnb well, first with the salt petre, ther with salt; fill up the hock as “ts.rice.potat. fnll of salt as it will retain. Then sprinkle over half the red pepper and sngar. Turn over the hams and pro ceed with the under side as directed for the upper. This done and all the ingredients well rubbed in, put the hams into something large enongh to hold them and the liqnor which will be formed. Keep tlieein always covered with salWuid turn them over every day. After they have lain in this state three or four days pour over them a quart of the best cider vinegar, and leave them in this brine one month; bnt be sure and turn them over often in the brine. If they are only intended for pickiod haras, not to be smoked, take them out of the brine or pickle at the end of the month, put them to drain till perfectly dry, then powder with coarse flour and hang in a dry place. The same bune will do to use again, but for the second set of hams, if cured in that pickle iliere must not be much salt used. If the hams are to be smoked, have them well drained when taken out; hang up for two or three days in dry weather before smoking, brushing off ull the salt which adheres. Smoke from three to four months. Hickoiy wood is the best to use in smoking meats. When done take them down and sprinkle with black pepper over them, wrap in thick paper and then put each iu a strong bag, canvas or cotton sheeting, white wash the bags after tying the hams, and keep them hung up in a dry, cool place until needed. The Bural New Yorker says there is no better way to keep hams through summer than to hang them iu the smoke-house, which will not be needed for smoking in the sum mer, and keep it perfectly dark. If one has no smoke-honse hang in a dark room, pntting each ham into, a canvas bag closed, sewed np, and whitewash, the bag thoroughly; and rub them all over with wood asnes, pack closely in barrels and eover with wood ashes. When! w£oie^,nS’o^ vaD - ur ‘ h: gV Th0 Grcat What Boyal Children Do.—The education of Qaeen Victoria’s erand- clirildren is conducted on the principle that the Prince Consort introduced in to her family. Particalury is this true of the children of the Crown Prin cess of . Germany. They have to rise i arLy and retire early. During the day they have punctually to perform their duties, and to keep strictly the time allotted to the various branches of study and recreation. They break fast at eight with their parents; and the time between ten in the morning and five in the afternoon is devoted to their lessons with an interruption of ftlie hour for dinner. Accomplishments, such as riding ?nd skating, receive rhe same attention as art and science, h eir meals consist of simple dishes, of n kich they have their choice, without being permitted to ask for a substitute if what is placed before them, does not suit. Between meals they are not al lowed to eat. Only inexpensive toys are placed in their hands, and the princesses dres3 themselves with the aid of waiting maids. jail l)«?pot of 1112 South. FARM FOR SALE. of estivation. Good new buUd- 5, JK,5?r\ c ’ ea "r d -■ A nevMvftilius stream of Ses!^^ 0UI i. d!UT ‘ }. a °' chard of Romani to acres—bear well. Hole*, cattle, cows eora and fodder. Also wagons and a splendid assortment of farming utensils—for sale if purebaser desires. The present crop—1G bnsbels eacre, 1 bale coiton to acres wheat, ” L ‘?:P°t atoes .g r oundpe a s. etc—aguali y good. TOih ordinary manuring, smali tracts of land cuu- fe?s V , U I^ ed to maSe a !■**» farm, Of- December 1st. Prices rcason- M. W. HA VIS, Perry, Ga. LUMBER! near PERRY. I will furnish on short notice lumber ont of the very beat timber and at the The Lowest PHoes. All Lumber First-class Mill two miles north.of Ferry near Ma con road and residence of Alfred Nel son. Cull on or address W. T. GULLEDGE, Agent for Murray & Harris. Nov 21 lm r«ACON, CA., MRS. S,L. WHITEHURST,Proprietress TERMS: Pei* Day, $1.25. Break fast, Supper and Lodg ing, $1.00 Per week, $7 00. C c. ANDERSON, • AiroasF.r at Law, Hawkiusville, Ga. 03- Will practice in the courts of Pulaski, Hons ton aud adjoining counties. ELI WAEBEX. B. JI. DAVIS. W ARREN & DAVIS, ATTOJISETS at Law, Perry, Georgia. At office formerly occnpied by Warren A Griae. WUi practice in copartnership in the counties of Houston, Crawford, Taylor, Alacon, Doolj, Pulaski Wilcox, Dodgo, Telfaii and La wrens. dec21 ‘77 ti Notice to Debtors and Creditors, All persons holding claims against the lati John C. Ituinph are notified to reader iu au account of their claims, and all persons indebted to said John O.Eumph, are requested to settle at once witu L. D. KUjIPil, Admr, of John C, Humph. I IMPLICATION FOR ADMINISTRATION. Uecbou,—Horrsrov Conan: Thomas Lane has appli oi for administritiDa on thi estate of Win. H. Lane,late of said county de ceased: The Use Of The Electeic Light in Agkicultuia*,—The electric light has! c ^“ d: . - ■^ s _ ,| This is therefore to cite all persons concerned to D3en pn w to a novel nse 111 France, and appear at the January term lKl'j of the Court of one calculated to greatly benefit the ^ agricultural community. M, Albiifbfc l iapo2Laal signature this Nov- 15.1*HPi lights np the corn field? of Mormant . ulLE i, Ordinary. D. H. Houser has applied for adraimstraiion on the eotate of John O, Staley, late if said county de ceased This is, therefore, to cite all persons concerned to appear at tue January term 1*79 of th*x Court of Ordinary of said county, to show cause, if any tb*y nave, why said application should not he granted. Witness mj official signature this liov, 15, 187s. A. b. G1LKS, ordinary. and Petit Bourg, by utilizing the light, j GEORGIA—Houston Count r:- He attaches a Gramme machine on the engine employed for corn entfing, affd months on the mast an electric light. Br this means every part of the coun try is as visable as by daylight, and the work of harvesting grain goes on con- Unuous’y by the-aid of fresh hands, . ^ Houstoncbcsrr. Thus, in threatening weather the entire I u . crop can be saved without loss or dam- D ,' M: - S t° canilb applied for exemption of patina v . ,. - t . , , auJ setting apart aud valuation »f homeauad. age to the farmer. It ls also to be re-1 aad f pa««upoa the ialio u io o clock a m membered that many farm hands in "328?# ^ l^Gius. OMu»rf." the hottest days of harvest are prostra-1 . ted by the heat, and in the co lnes; of A pplication fob dlsjiissiox. the night cacao nearly doable wo-k „ — col-nty: O J wu.n. | E. W. Johnson and W. P. Brya:i|, idmini«t.'» of John Bryant, deceased, have applied for lisawn from their trust: > therefore to c;te all x»er3ona concerned to at the -rl-ircn term 1?579, of the Court of f staid county, and bUow cause, if any why sa.d application should n ° he offii-ial h iatare thia Nov. 15lh, 187 A *S. (il-LES, Ordinary* Commissioner Eauh waals an extra I appropriation of S75.00D to be laid in a rigid collection of the revenue the moonshine districts. He that the receipt? in the Nashville, the Loaisville-nnd in three North Carolina districts, where an ample force of ex-. pert revnae officers were pat at woVk, j GEOEGIA—Houston County: justly increase ! expenditures. He is j "william»nd j, d. Th'.cpe, excmIL’. u»--x»v= now preparing to )aid the eastern and : Hanlm Tharpe of mid miuuty deceased, hare ap.’ western Kentucky districts and the eas- concerned to tern it-mse.s-. I C iil.stnc:. lie propo.v S : appear at the January Term 1872 of the Coart of Or- tp thoroughly owiran wh.it he calls ‘ £a ' t ? .vretme irany tmtj- , “the d ::j«! di-sprmie region” of the'. iiiooI.ii.iut.T~. ! 3. 'hysjj ] applicali.m shonjil not be granted, ic-1 my al signature this Sept 27, 13'8, A. o. GILES, Ordinary .