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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-10
Good Advice.

Drink nothing without seeing it sign
nothing without reading it, and make
sure that it means no more than it says.
Don't go TO law unless you have nothing
to lose; lawyers houses are built on
fools heads. In any business never
wade into water where you cannot sec
the bottom.
Nobody is more like an honest man
than a thorough rogue. When you see
a man with great deal of religion dis.
played in his shop window, you may de-
pend upon it he keeps very small
stock Of it within. Do not choose your
friend by his looks; handsome shoes
often pinch the feet. Don't be fond OF
compliments; remember, "Thank you,
pussy, and thank you, pussy" killed
the cat. Don't believe in the man who
talks most; for mewing cats are very
seldom good mousers. BY no means
put yourself in another persons power
if you put your thumb between two
grinders, they are very apt to bite.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-10
Remarkable Masonic Incident.

hci1dGhIDlc NtScIlIC INCluCnt.
The Colorado ChiefdiR publishes the
following interesting incident vouching
for its truthfulness:
The first Masonic funeral that ever
occurred in California, took place in the
year 1919, and was performed over the
body of brother found in the Bay of
San Francisco.
An account of the ceremonies states
that on the body of the deceased was
found a silver mark of a Mason, upon
which were engraved the initials of his
name. a little further investigation re-
vealed to the beholdcr the most singu-
lar exhibition of Masonic emblems that
was ever drawn by the ingenuity ofman
upon the human skin. There is nothing
i'll the history or traditions of Freema-
sonry equal to it. Beautifully dotted on
his left arm. in red and blue ink which
time could not eGacc, appeared all the
emblems of the entered apprenticeship.
There were the Holy Bible, the square
and compass. the twenty-four inch
guage and common gavel There were
also the Masonic pavement, the indent-
cd tassel, and the blazing star.
On his right arm. and artisticallv
executed in the same indcllibe liquid,
were the cmblems pertaining to the fell
low-cratt degree. VIZ: the square. the
level and the plumb. There were also
the five orders of architecture the Tus-
can, Doric, Ionic, Corinthan and Com
posite.
In removing the garments from his
body, the trowel presented itself, with
all the tools Of operative Masonry
Over his heart was the pot of incense.
On the other parts of the body were
| the beehive. the "Book of Constitu4
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-10
Wholesome Talk,

The Augusta (Ga.) ConStjtutionaliSt
believes that the Southern heart bids
defiance TO malignant fortune. That pa
per says: "The South has been defeat
ed in battle; but she will once more
emerge as contestant in the arena of
reason and on the fields of industry.
We have to thank our Northern breth-
rem for ruins and ashes. But in the ruins
no bats and owls gibber to the moon,
grooming over solitude fiat has no
hope; and beneath the ashes our an
cient fires are still alive and still immor-
tally a0lOW,"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-10
Faccti1.

"Yankce Notions" for October, is
out, as usual, month ahead Of time
The old gentleman is as full OF Jokes
and smart sayings as he was in his
younger days-as witness the follow
ing mild specimens:
-Therc'H the Rub.-"Plain-fa faced girls
should dress plainly" remarks lady
of authority on fashion. Was there
ever a young lady who was willing 10
admit that she had a plain face?
What is the difference between a
hungry man and a glutton? One longs
to eat and the other eats too long.
"A Yankee, who arrived in San
writes home that the difference between
that city and Boston is equal to 2l1
games Of euchre, IT'S drinks, and III
cigars.
Some things come by odd names.
The most uncommon thing in nature il
styled common sense; : paper half u
mile long is ''brief;" and a melanchol-
ly dity, devoid of sense or meaning, is
"glee."
"A Pennsylvania farmer writes to
his country papcr that he cured his
daughter of the Grecian Bend by pour
ing water on her and holding her out
in the sun until she warped back again.
-"When men break their hearts. '
remarks cynical female writer. lit is
the same as when lobster breaks one
of its claws-anothcr sproutiug out i'm
mediately and growing IN its place.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-10
Corn.

The commissioner Of agriculture says
the season for corn has been very poor
one in the Northern States, and though
the acreage over the country is about
the same as last year the crop will fall
considerably short. The acreage is a
little less in the South, and in Illinois
there is diminution of 10000 acres,
but in the States west Of the Mississippi
the increase is sufficient to make up the
deficiency. The present prospect is that
corn will command fair price at the
time the growing crop is ready for mar
ket.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-10
The Byron Scandal.

The press of the entire country, so
far as we have seen, denouncc Mrs
Stowe for her outrageous SANDER on
Lord Byron and his sister. They dis
credit the story from beginning to end
and are not choice in their comments on
tho old she hyena. Horace Greeley
alone stands by her. He believes Mrs
Stowc-says her tale is true; that he
has been aware of the facts for many
years, and praises her article highly
We know Of no punishment that would
be fit for this couple but to have them
married to each other.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-10
jeff Davis in Scotland.
The London Standard has the fol-
louin inu notico IF loft Davis.

The London Standard has the fol-
lowing notice of JEFF Davis:
This gentleman is the lion of Glas-
gov and its vicinity just now, himself
and party having established themselves
in that city, and made several excur-
sions in the ncighborhood. On Wednes-
day, en- route to Glasgow, they passed
through Dunfermline, and visited the
Abbey Church and ruins. Mr.. Davis
then paid visit to Stirling, and left fol-
Callander in the evening. The news
soon spread that the ex-Prcsident was
in the town, and as he left per train in
the evening three hearty cheers were
given by the large concourse of people
congrcgated on the platform. Mr.
Davis afterwards paid visit to Dollar
At Glasgow he visited the Exchange
where, in expectation of n visit, there
was crowded ..G,tts.tendance. The as
semGlage opened a passage in the cen.
ter of the hall, up which Mr. Davis
wall ed, and at the end of the room en-
tered his name in the visitors book
On leaving the building, Mr.. Davis was
loudly checred.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-10
T E R M S ::
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The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-10
Il. Il, A gain,
We clip the following from The G,
lumbus Sun.

lumbus Sun.
Our people should feel deeply CRATE
full to the agent of the Associated Press
at Washington. Maj. Barr has not for
gotten his old friends, and with charac-
teristic kindness has notified them that
Beast Butler will attend the Georgia
State Fair to be held at Macon in No
vembcr next After the announcement
all visitors will of course go in plain
dress and will leave their jewelry at
home. a for ourselves we do not be-
lieve that the Beast can be hired, coaxed
or driven on the South side of the Po-
tomac, but for fear of accidents the en-
crgctic and sagacious committee having
the Fair in charge will doubtless with
draw the premiums offered for silver
ware, silk dresses, pianos and pictures.
If Butler does attend. small children
and ladies in interesting conditions
should not be permitted to visit the ex-
hibition. We are surprised and morti-
fed to know that an outlaw, with no
claims upon humanity, has been honor
ed with an invitation.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-10
Another Candidate,

A writer in the Nashville Union and
american, who signs himself "Old
Wilson," urges the selection Of the Hon.
Jordan Stokes for United States Sena-
tor. He refers in glowing terms to that
gentleman, and says: " He holds lead
ing position in the legal profession, and
is possessed of culture, dignity, and un-
blemishcd moral worth. AS Senator
from Tennessee he would give credit to
the State, and represent her interests
with eminent ability"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-10
Desperate Affray in Texas.

a special dispatch from Shreveport,
Louisiana, says intelligence has reached
here of desperate fight between a
squad of United States troops and a
band of outlaws headed by one Jack
Helm, near San Patrico, Texas. The
soldiers endcavored to arrest the des-
peradoes, who resisted, and bloody
encounter ensued, in which four of the
outlaws and one soldier were killed,
and several OH both sides wounded.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-10
Cotton PrOsDect.

Late reports concerning the cotton
Western Texas, represent the crop as
very promising. Many entertain the
opinion that more will be made than
can be gathered with the present labor.
The crop, though Backward, promises
an abundant Weld.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-10
Sun Stroke,

The Cincinnati Commercial wonders
whether Dana, of the New York Sun,
would have criticized the administra-
tiOn if we had succeeded in obtaining
the Office he wanted. To which Dana
replies: "If we had wanted an office
very much, the way to get it was plain.
We had only to give the President a
house or horse. But never having
made Gen. Grant any presents, we have
nothing to complain of on that ac-
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-10
SllreWI.

An individual the other day went to
one OF the drug stores in Boston and
called for pint of whisky, claiming
that he wanted to put it on some roots
for medicine. lie obtained the whis-
ky, and immediately raised the bottle
to his lips and imbibcd grown per-
sons dose of the ardent. The drug
clerk demonstrated with the customer
for his duplicity, and was informed that
it was the roots of his tongue for which
he desired the whisky.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-10
A Wide Awake,

Hon. j. A. Royce, Of Cincinnati, here.
tofore a prominent Radical, in com.
munication to the Cincinnati Enquirer
says: 81 have severed myself from the
Republican party, because it is an or.
ganized hypocrisy, shutfling dissimu'
lation, fraud, delnsion, and snare
a combination of grasping fanatics, fat
tening on the vitals of the wealth-pro
ducers and ealth-distributors of thu
country"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-10
A Real Nugget,

A nugget of gold, weighing one hun
dred and six pounds, and worth about
$4,000, was received lately in San Fran
cisco. This specimen is accompanied
by number of smaller ones, and a
quantity of amalgam, all of which was
taken out by two men in one day-the
whole being worth about $4,000.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-10
Chicago.

Chicago has one hundred and eighty
one churches and church missions, the
leading denominations being the Meth
odist, with twenty-six churches; Epis-
copal, nineteen; Baptist, eighteen
Catholic, eighteen; Presbyterian, both
schools, twenty-five; and Congrega-
tional Trinitarian, ten.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-10
The AnGOra Goat.

The Angora goat is now successfully
bred in this country; and Of the three
or four thousand wool beHring goats o.
the best breeds Kentucky claims the
largest share. Neither France nor Eng
land has been so successful as America
in acclimatizing the animal: Kentucky,
especially, is already producing worst
ed stuff from the Angora wool. and
cashmere shaWlS are the next in order.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-10
The SenatOrShiD.

a letter dated Nashville, addressed
to Washington, and from a strong Re-
publican source, says:
"Andrew Johnson is gaining ground
every day, and | consider his election
to the Senate a certainty"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-10
Chinese LabOrerS.

The Charleston NerS says it learns
from Mr.. Joseph that he has received
orders to supply nine thousand laborers
at once. One thousand will be employ
ed upon the Selma, Rome and Dalton
Railroad. Another thousand are for
COlumbio
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-10
Scared.

The following alarming interrogatory
appears in late number Of the New
York Tribune.
viii you take warning, Republicans
OF every State, that the ratification of
the XVIII Amendment is yet desperate
ly contested and in doubt?
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-10

geS% r. j. Jarnagin, of Clinton, An
derson county, who had been assaulted
and badly beaten by some parties named
Stewart, last week, has since died of the
injuries received,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-10
Thr 2ost.
Athens. Friday. sept, 10, 1860.
The Public Debt.

The debt statement for August shows
a decrease during the month of five
millions six hundred thousand dollars,
exclusive of eleven millions disbursed
crease since March of S49, 100000
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-10
Swami Lands.

Ten thousand acres Of swamp lands
in Saline county, Mo-. were recently
sold at prices ranging from 81 to s. per
acre. Three thousand acres unsold
were bid in by the County Court. tho
offers having fallen below the minimum
price fixed by the court.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-10

by" Longston, the Fentress county
murderer at present confined in the Jail
at Knoxville under sentence of death.
has turned maniac and is trying to howl
himself clear of the penalty due to his
monstrous crime.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-10

BayH The Supreme Court of Georgia,
now in session at Savannah, has just
rendered decision that notes given as
consideration for slaves are not re-
coverablo by law.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-10

By" a Minnesota railroad conductor
lately stopped his train to hunt prairie
chickens, and caused his passengers to
miss all tlrcir connections,
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-10

n3y" The Radicals of some of the East
ern States make fools of themselves up
on the temperance question. They had
as well get drunk on whiskcy as on IA
natical opposition to it.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-10
After Rutler.

Gen. Butler was at Marthas Vine
yard last Sunday, and the correspon-
dent of the Boston Adrertiser relates
that "when sinners were invited to
come forward and be prayed for, sister
singled out Gen. Butler and earnestly
entreated him to come up to the altar
a jealous brother, on his knees, also en-
treated him to go forward, while the
clergyman who had charge of the meet
ing said if the General would only
come up to the altar he would keep the
meeting open all night" Our Yankee
friends were losing their labor, as it
would more than exhaust the whole
plan of salvation to save B. F..
Bay~ Four kinds of milestone, resem-
bling French Burr, have been found in
Georgia. Also, plenty of iron ore of
every grade.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1869-09-10

B:yn Bud Carter, the notorious out
law of White county, has been shot
and killed.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-12-30

the world is sufficient to propel fleet of
one hundred and four Great Easterns at
full speed continually. This power could
only be generated in average steam en-
gineering practice by the combustion OF
four thousand six hundred and eighty tuns
of coal per hour.
When we reflect that the human family
is small in comparison even with the
great class of mammalia, of which it
forms part, and that many OF the same
class as the whale, the elephant, the rhi-
nocerous, hlppopotamus, giraffe, etc, have
hearts of very much greater size and
power than the human heart; and when
we conceive of the enormous additional
work performed by the hearts OF reptiles,
birds, fishes, mullusks, and insects, and to
this work add in imagination the power ex-
pended in the movement of the respiratory
apparatus of animals, and voluntary mus
cuar movement, necessary to obtain susie
nence for these animals, we may gain
some feeble conception of the enormous
expenditure of mechanical power required
to sustain animated existence on the earth.
Scientific american.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-12-30
Live and Dead Weight OF Animals.

THE amount of meat obtained from
domestic animal sold by its live weight Is
very variable. and experiments have re
Gently been made in Liverpool Ia ascertain
the proper allowances Ia be made. From
the statistics To be derived from the public
SLAUGHTER houses or abattoirs of Paris aud
Brussels. il appears that the race and the
condition of the animal, besides many
other circumstances, affect the result, anu
that certain animals yield as much as ~
per cent of meat, while others only give
50 per cent. The mean weight OF meat
prnluced, however, is calculated at D per
cent of the live weight in beef cattle. In
the case Of sheep, the proportion is from
40 to 30 per cent. From experiments
made. il appears that the different pro
ducts ohtqned from oxen and sheep are
as follows: An OK of the live weight oi
,322 pounds yields meat. s1l.4 pounds
skin, 1l02 grease, ~; blood, Dol feet
and hoots, % head, Il; tongue, 600
lungs and heart. 1913. liver and spleen,
20 O5 intestines, 66 -; loss and evapors
ton. 154.39-making the total OF l,52'
pounds The products from sheeP
weighing 11O2 pounds are as ioiio"s
Meat. - 1 pounds skin, ia grease, o.oi'
blood. 30S feet and hoofS 22ol head,
| 4 los tongue. lungs. heart, hver, and
snleen 40s rntestines, 6.6l,; loss and
eTaporation, 19s36 making the total of
HOP pounds.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-12-30
A Real Estate Incident.

We must relate here real estate joke
on Kansas City, related to us on Il train
and voucned for. An Eastern man visited
Kansas City to invest his money. Like
all Eastern men he wanted IA corner lot,
and an agent went out to show him one.
The price was high
But" said the buyer. cannot build
on that lot There is bluff forty feet
high upon it, The lot is useless"
"Do you see that ravnc lot down
theres" asked the agent, pointing 1t out.
"Yes."
"WelI, the man who owns that lot will
give you $1,000 for this bluff to fill up his
lot"
This sounded very we'll and the buyer
said he would see. That day he went To
the agent for the ravinc lot and asked the
price He was told, and the figures
sounded high
"But 4 cannot build upon it without
putting the building up on stills forty feet
high"
The agent winked slightly.
ado you see that bluff lot up there ?
he asked.
"Yes."
"Well, the owner Of that lot will give
you $4,000 for the privilege of putting
his earth down here"
The buyer thought this sounded vcri
well, but he concluded not to purch;s'
just then.-Er Erchange
FIVE hundred persons made living Ia
New York by telling fortunes
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-12-30

Clifford, fiercely. "Faiher doesn. u
any of you little ones in the tool hoIissww Il.
you know he don't"
Benny nodded al didn't. It was
right here, and it broked 1t wa good for
nothing" he repeated.
Clifford did not say word more Il
was he who had taken the shovel from
the Toulouse and dropped il carelessly
ON the walk. He went TO his mother in
despair.
Ma" said he, "would az many things
rs this happen every day if you didn't
pick up after meg"
Yes; you haven't left your things
about to-day any more than usual" she
replied. "GOd has put certain things for
each of US to do, and if we shIrk them,
somebody has oar work as well as their
own, or else it goes undone 1t is always
"DO you really suppose, ma, hanging up
my cap is part of Gods work for mesn
asked Clifford, doubtfully.
81 am sure of it. And it is as much
your duty to do that as it is the duty of
your father TO preach Christ's gospel and
visit the sick. This is what Jesus himself
says about it: He that is faithful in
that which is least is faithful also in
much"
This was not all new 10 Clifford, and vet
he seemed to hear il for the first time.
He had never really flt before the trouble
his disOrderly habits made for others. SO
he sat looking very sober for long time
Then he drew deep breath and said
cheerfully.
IL guess | can break myself if | try
real hard, and | have made up my mind /
will, tO0."-Ihe Childrea's Hour.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-12-30
Potash Necessary i'm the Soil.

PROFESSOR NOELKER thus speaks Of
the use of the superphosphate of lime on
soil not well supplied with potash "On
one of the experimental plots of the
Escrck Park | used mineral superphos-
phate alone, and. TO my astonishment, no
effect whatever vas produced by its APP
pIication. This is an interesting result,
seeming, as it docs, to indicate that the
great deficiency of potash, which is
characteristic of the soil in that expert
mental field, entirely prevented the dis
play of the usual functions which We
know perfectly well superphosphate of
lime discharges on land of "A better charac-
ter than that at Escrick The superphos-
phate Tor, rather, the phosphoric acid in
that manure did not act simply because
potash was not present 10 form part of
the substance of the clover plant. You
can, think, readily understand that.
Place before "A man all the dry food which
tends to enticc Tn" appetite, and al the
same time withhold from him drink. and
YOU will find that he cannot assimilate the
dry food You may give him every de
scription of dry food that can temp. him
To eat, but if you keep from him for any
long time that unimportant substance, as
we are too apt TO consider it-thOugh IL Is,
in fact, a most essential thing-water, he
will ultimately perish. Potash is non-es-
sential as regards many clay soils, because
many clay soils cont ain abundance OF pot
ash: but it is most essential on poor sandy
soils because, generally speaking, these
soils are very deficient in the necessary
amount of potash which is required Ia
bring clover crops TO perfection. The
mixture of potash, salts, and supcrphos
phate yielded the largest weight of clover
and rye-grass per acre which Was obtained
ON amy OF the experimental plots. Further,
il was astonishing To notice that not only
was the weight of the first cutting larger
in the case of this particular plot than on
any of the others. but the second cutting
also yielded a much larger quantity"