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HERALD.
J« VOL. i.
ALBANY, GA., SATURDAY, JULY 23, 1892.
NO. 29.
HUE SELE6TIH6
FUN WITH A DRUMMER.
-YOUR-
RESENTS
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Ladies’ and Gents’
TOILET SLIPPERS !
in Plush, Alligator and
Ouze. A full line of
good and re
liable
Shoes, Shoes, Shoes;
For the Ladies, Gents,
Misses and Children. All
selected specially for the oc
casion.
A full line of Leather Bags,
'Trunks, Umbrellas, etc., etc.,
at popular prices.
SIGN GOLD BOOT.
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Washington Street, Albas?; Ga.
LET’S TAKE A RIDE!
A Wonderful Rrho That la a Perpetual
Sonrrc of Joy to a Sleepy Town.
‘This meanest trick that was ever
played on me.” saida St. Louis drum
mer who was trying to l>oom a con
versation in the smoking cuhby in a
deeper, "was by an echo. The little
town is on the side of the hill and is
as sleepy and uninteresting a place
as one will find in a year’s journey.
1 got into the town on one boiling
hotdny in August about 1 o'clock,
and proceeded to rustle around to get
through business and skip out.
“The town was so infernally lazy
looking that I didn't have much con
fidence in my ability to get business.
At the postoifice corner an aged and
decrepit gray mule, with flapping
ears and solemn mien presided over
the session of whittlers, who were in
session under the big sycamore tree.
I accosted one of the group to find
out where Josh Wilkins, the princi
pal storekeeper, might be found, and
learned that he was ‘tending a bury
ing over in Catnip Holler. ’ Just as I
was about to move away I heal'd a
muffled cry of:
“ ‘Helpl helpf
“The whittlers paid no attention,
and the gray mule was giving all his
time to a fly on the end of his nose.
“Again I heard the distant muffled
cry of ‘Helpl helpl’
" ‘It’s a (lain shame about that
poor nigger,’ remarked one of the
whittlers.
“ ‘What’s the matter with the nig
ger!’ I asked, at the some time look
ing suspiciously at the wooden grated
manhole of the sewer on the comer.
“ ’Well, you see, it’s this way,
stranger. Bill Stark’s bull pup crawl
ed up the sewer from the crick and
got fast, and when the nigger crawl
ed up after him he got fast, too.’
“ ‘Great heavens I Why aren’t you
digging for him! The poor fellow
will die.’
" ‘Of course he may die, stranger,
but then it’s pretty hot today, and
ho is only a nigger, anyway.’
“‘This is inhuman 1 Come, men,
and we’ll rescue the poor fellow.’
"Just then another cry of ‘Helpl’
drove me almost to a frenzy. I gave
some change to the lazy colored men
and sent them for shovels and picks.
They came, and after distributing
the implements I went to digging
like a crazy man. Presently I look
ed around to see why the others were
not helping me, and there was not a
soul in sight. I was wild with rage,
and cried down the manhole to ask
how the man was getting along. Not
a word came in answer. 1 backed
off a little to survey the work, and
heard that same muffled sound say:
“ ‘Come off the perch I You are on
old fool I”’
“I looked around and saw the
whole town coming at me. They were
laughing and shouting, and I knew I
was the cause of a great joke. They
led me to a barroom and told me to
register in a big book labeled ‘Echo
Fools.’ There were over 500 names
of people who had been fooled. It
was one of those whispering echoes
where sound is thrown back from
the bluff to one particular spot.”-
Detroit Herald.
Th« Youngest Dickens Speaks.
Mr. Edward Bulwer-Lytton Dick
ens, M. P. for Wilcannia, has per
petrated a really capital joke in the
New South Wales parliament. That
body contains a member named Wil
lis, who is remarkable not only for
the prodigious length of his speeches,
but also for the short, snappy sen
tences in which ho delivers them.
Mi-. Dickens followed him in debate
the other night, and the first words
of the youngest son of the novelist
were:
“My father created the historic
phrase ‘Barkis is willin,’ but if ho
were here tonight he would probably
havo altered it to ‘Willis is barkin.’ ”
This exceedingly felicitous hit
brought down the house, tho gal
leries joining in the general laugh
ter.—London Tit-Bits.
The Barnes Sale and Livery
Stables,
ffm, Godwin & Son,
PROPRIETORS.
i- H is new buggies and the best oi
horses, and will furnish you a turn-
ut at very reasonable prices. Ac-
pmmodations for drovers unex-
lled. These stables are close to
Jptel Mayo, on Pine street, being
ntrally located, and the best
ace in town to put up your team.
I on us for your Sunday turn-
WM. GODWIN & SON.
Punishment Enough.
The reunion of men who had been
schoolboys at the ‘ ‘Gunnery” brought
out many stories about the famous
schoolmaster who conducted that in
stitution. One of them was about a
lad who went off on a bug hunt one
day without permission. Returning
after a luckless tramp, he was sum
moned to the presence of Mr. Gunn.
The master first examined the tru
ant’s box, and after inspecting the
five good for nothing specimens it
contained, inquired, “Is that all you
got?” “Yes, sir,” was the answer.
“Well, that’s punishment enough,”
was the master’s judgment—Chris
tian Union.
Did Very Well.
Friend—Well, the hanging com
mittee accepted your picture.
Artist—Eh? Wha—? I haven’t
sent any picture. My picture “A
Foggy Morning” was to be sent, but
the stupid man made a mistake.
“What did he take?”
“An old frame with a piece of
spoiled canvas in it.”
“Well, they took it anyhow. You
know it’s an impressionist exhibi
tion.”—New York Weekly.
twiitrok. Stop. the Wedding of 75 and .ft.
A marriage whs interrupted Thursday
night by the groom becoming auiiiienly
overcome with the heat and he had to
be taken to ids hotel, where he has been
confined to,his bed ever since.
The groom in questiou is Mr. W. S.
Fowler who boards at the Eatcrprifte
hotel. Until a short while ago he con
ducted a livery stable on East Market
etreet. but retired about a year ago with
comfortable fortune. Mr. Fowler is
a widower, seventy-five years old, and
has several grown children. A short
while ago he met Miss Lillie Townsend,
a young woman twenty-five years of
age, who is employed by J. Bacon & Bons
at the glove counter.
The conrtsidp did not last long till the
engagement was announced. Mr. Fowl
er’s children, it seems, objected strongly
to the marriage and did everything in
their power to break off the match. They
were unsuccessful, however, and June
15, the day set for the marriage, arrived.
The wedding was to take place where
Miss Townsend has boarded for several
years. Everything was in readiness at
the time appointed—the guests, the min
ister and the happy conple.
Just before the lime for the ceremony
Mr. Fowler became very faint and
would have fallen bat for the support of
one of the guests. He soon lost con
sciousness and was taken to tho Enter
prise hotel in a carriage, where he was
put to bed and the doctor summoned.
His condition was found not to be seri
ous, but he was suffering from a slight
case of sunstroke.—Louisville Courier-
Journal.
An Tm|irlnnn«<l Genlua.
Alberto Lopoz, who was taken to
Yuma recently to serve a two years'
term for burglary gave bis personal ef
fects to his friends about the jail.
Deputy Bnrry was presented with a fac
simile of the Episcopal church made
out of pasteboard. Lopaz could see the
church from one of the jail windows,
and he reproduced it almost perfectly.
He borrowed a knife from Deputy Sheri
dan with which ho cut itp the paste
board. and then made paste from flour
with which to stick the pieces together.
It is a piece of workmanship to be proud
of. The greatest production of Lopaz
while confined in jail here is a reproduc
tion of the magnificent Merchanta’ ex
change bnihling in Guadalajara. The
entire affair is constructed of paper.
On the inside of the building are the
stairways, etc., each perfect in its con
struction. The prisoner must bo pos
sessed of a memory much stronger than
most men are, to remember every detail
of that largo structure for a number of
years. However much genius tho man
possessed, he has made bad use of it.—
Phoenix Herald.
Troublesome Scnls*
Tho salimm fishermen down tlie river
and bay are having trouble tide spring
from tho seals, us usual. These pests
aro multiplying rather than decreasing
and are causing great losses to the weirs.
While tho seals of the arctlo regions
have the reputation of being slow,
stupid animals, hunters killing them
with clubs, those on the Maine const
are the sharpest game to be found.
They will go in and out of the salmo
weirs, either by force or strategy, and
eat all the fish they want. They are
very hard to get a shot at, and when hit
sink to the bottom, the carcass thns
being lost to the gunner. One fisher
man remarked on a recent Saturday
that there was a small fortune in store
for the man who would invent a trap
that would catch seals and hold them.
The bounty upon them doesn’t seem to
do a bit of good.—Bangor (Me.) Com
mercial.
No Buyer tor Raleigh's Yougllall Bouse.
Sir Walter Raleigh’s Irish home in
Youghall, County Cork, which belonged
to tho late Sir John Pope Hennessy, M.
P., was put up for sale by Messrs. E. &
H. Lnmley, in the Auction mart, To-
kenhonso yard. Tho house is a fine
specimen of Elizabethan architecture.
It was there that Sir Walter smoked
the first pipe of tobacco in Ireland and
received an unexpected bath from a
faithful servant maid, who, on seeing
the bine smoke emerging from her mas
ter’s mouth and curling around his head,
thoqcht Sir Walter was falling a victim
to spontaneous combustion and threw a
pail of cold water over him to extinguish
the conflagration. Only £1,250 was bid
for the property, which was according
ly bought in by the auctioneer, who
said he could not think of selling a his
torical mansion liko it for such a figure.
—London Telegraph.
Telephone' from ParlB to Bordeaux.
At 8 o’clock yesterday afternoon tho
new telephone line between Paris and
Bordeaux was opened. Complimentary
messages were exchanged between the
presidents of the chambers of commerce
of both cities, and the minister of com
merce, and the mayor of Bordeaux. The
telephone works exceedingly well, every
word being clearly heard. Before con
cluding the Elyseo telephone was hitched
on and a complimentary message sent
through from Bordeaux to President
Carnot, to which he replied in suitable
terms.—Galignani Messenger.
MlilloH*. Consumption Cure,
This is beyond question the most
successful cough medicine we have
ever sold. A few doses invariably
cure the worst cases of cough, croup
and bronchitis, while its wonderful
success in the cure of consumption is
without a parallel in the history of
medicine. Since its first discovery it
has been sold on a guarantee—a test
which no other medicine can stand,
If you have a cough we earnestly ask
you to try it. Price 10c, 50c and $1.
If your lungs are sore, chest or back
lame, use Shiloh’s Porous Plasters.
Sold by H. J. Lamar & Sons. (1)
iHHf INDSTINCT PRINT I
THE FIRST MESSAGE.
tk. Day. Whan Ik. Telegraph
Dnhnewn Madias.
. 1844, the Whig oonven-
net in Baltimore and the eyes
the country were upon it. By
that morning Professor Morse had
established telegraphic communica
tion between Washington and An-
apolis Junction, where was sta-
ioned the assistant of Morse, who, I
understand, was Alfred Vail. All
that afternoon Professor Morse and
I were alone together in the little
room in the Capitol. A gratifying
message had come from Annapolis
Junction that everything was ready
at that end of the line, and that
there could be no doubt of the suo-
, of our plan to convince ell
doubters that the electric telegraph
woe a wonderful invention, which
would revolutionize tlie transmission
of news.
It is half a century since that day,
and yet I have a vivid recollection of
the dramatic incident with which it
culminated.
To this day I can see plainly the
narrow, disordered room in which
we were, with its wires and jars and
chemicals, and in the midst of it the
weird figure of the great inventor
who was utjout to realize his one
hope, after so many years of disap
pointment and delay. He was very
quietly dressed, his coat muffled
about his throat, auil his long hair
tumbled about his forehead. He ap
peared tu be nervous and apprehen
sive.
The grave question to be settled
was whether, the electric current
would reuiaiu on the wires with suf
ficient strength to work the signals
through so long n distance as forty-
four miles (for in those days a metal
lic circuit wus used). Even those
who believed that the instrument
had done its work over a short cir
cuit of a few miles doubted its com
mercial value over long distances.
At this Into date the wonder to me
is that «> few persons took any in
terest whatever in the proposed ex
periment I was in tho room many
times preceding this trial, and I re
call that there were few visitors and
uo anxiety whatever to learn how
Professor Morse was progressing
with his work. A general opiniou
among those who hail heard of tho
proposed attempt was that it would
not succeed. It was too absurd to
discuss.
Late in the afternoon, suddenly, tho
Instrument on the table began to click.
Eagerly Professor Morse bent for
ward over the strip of paper that slow
ly uprolled from the register. The
paper halted, moved ahead, stopped
and moved again in an irregular way,
till finally Morse rose from his close
scrutiny of the paper, stood erect
and looking about him, said proudly,
’Mr. Kirk, the convention has ad
journed; the train for Washington
from Baltimore has just left Annap
olis Junction hearing that informa
tion. and my assistant has tele
graphed me the ticket nominated.”
He hesitated, holding in his hand the
mysterious message, and then said,
“Tlie ticket is Clay and Frelinghuy-
sen." -John W. Kirk in Scribner’s.
Be •Covering Umbrellas.
At the present time there ore
many large factories sending out
thousands of umbrellas, and there
ore signs in the dry goods stores
which read:
“Umbrellas ro-covered while you
wait."
This is done very neatly. The man
in charge of the umbrella depart
ment takes your old umbrella, meas
ures it, selects a cover, disappears a
moment, and returns with a new
article which he hands you. It is
the old frame handsomely fitted to
a new silk- or alpaca cover, as you
may select, and you are surprised
that it should fit strango ribs so
neatly. But there seems to be a per
fect agreement, which is apparently
a nice trick of the umbrella trade.—
Detroit Free Press.
Chlneie Kugngementa.
“A Chinese engagement dates its
beginning from tho enchange of rod
cards between the parents of the
contracting parties. These cards in
many districts are immense docu
ments almost the size of a horse
blanket. They are important for the
reason that they are used as evidence
in case of disagreements in the fu
ture. We seldom hear in China of
broken engagements. Yet if a quar
rel cannot be settled peaceably re
course is had to the law, and the
judge usually imposes a fine upon
the party who has broken the con
tract.—Exchange.
Boa Constrictor Better Than Veal.
The celebrated naturalist, Buck-
land, declares that a boa constric
tor’s fle6h is fine eating, and that its
taste and color could hardly be dis
tinguished from veal.—St. Louis Re
public.
Answer Iku Question.
Why do so many people we see
around us seem to prefer to suffer and
be made miserable by indigestion,
constipation, dizziness, loss of ap
petite, coming up of the food, yellow
skin, when for 76c. we will self them
Shiloh’s Vitalizer, guaranteed to cure
them. Sold by H. J. Lamar A Sons. (2)
tnternettonnl Heat Racing.
It is possible that there will be an in
ternational rowing match arranged be
fore the close of the rowing season of
18M. For sumo time past an informal
correspondence hoe been carried on be
tween the president of the Oxford Uni-
veraltv Boatclub and the rowing men
of both Harvard and Yale colleges in
the United States. The medium of
communication was Mr. Chase Mellln,
an old Brosenoae oar, who is at present
residing in the states. The idea was to
bring Oxford agaiust the winner* of the
Harvard-Yale match. Harvard has al
ways expressed a willingness to ratify
an International match if such a thing
was possible, and the only hitches likely
to occur were the locale and the time.
In an interview with R. O. Lehmann, the
coach of the Oxford crew, that gentle
man says i
The Oxford University Boatclub Is
very anxious to arrange a match with
the winner of the Yule-Harvard match
this year. Informal communications
have, 1 believe, come from the other
side of the Atlantic, and have been an
swered by Mr. Fletcher, who is now
president of the O. U. B. C."
Mr. Lehmann thought that a race
might be arranged on the river Thames,
between Putney and Mortlake, in the
month of September, and that Mr.
Fletcher and his companions expect to
get a favorable reply is an open secret.
It is a well known fact that a joint com
mittee of Harvard and Yale has favored
this project for some years, and it was
the Intention of the Americans to invite
a representative crew of English college
rowers to Uhlcago next Beason to take
part in the national regatta there. It is
more than probable that the winners of
the Harvaril-Yale race will meet the
English rowers on the river Thames this
year, and then ask for a retnm contest
next year at Chicago.—London Sporting
Life.
Worth Twenty Thonannd Dollars to Him#
1. N. Locke, of Wayne connty, Ind.,
was formerly an active trader. In May,
1872, he was in Chicago and bought a
lot for a small sum. He put the deed in
an envelope and placed it in his pocket
with other papers. A few days after
ward he lost tho envelope and all its
contents. He advertised for it, but real
ly oared only for the notes, thinking the
lot of little value. John Ritchey, a vic
tim of softening of the brain, was wan
dering aimlessly on the street the day
Locke loBt his papers. He found them
and laid them away, and even after his
death no notice wns taken of the sup
posed worthless papers. A short time
ago John Ritchey found tho pnekugo
and gave it to Mr. Locke, and through
his attorney his claim has been estab
lished, Had the deed remained con
cealed a few days longer the twenty
years would have expired and no claim
allowublo. It is a lot in the boulevard
addition, and the parties occupying it
have given Mr. Locke $20,000 for a quit
claim.—Chicago Letter.
Stoner in Trust for a Cat.
In Paris there is a cat whose future
welfare hus become quite a question of
public interest. The animal belonged
to a Mme. Dubrai, and his mistress was
so fond of him that she left u sum of
money in trust to the mayor of the
third arrondlsement, in which she re
sided, for the use of the scholastic fond
(Caisse dos Ecoles) on condition that a
certain amount shall go toward pussy's
maintenance. A trusty person is to ho
nominated by the mayor, who will under
take to houso tho lucky cat and givi
him three meals a day, consisting of
such delicacies as lights, liver and
heart. It is estimated that after this
charge has been met there will only be
about 200 francs a year left for the fund,
and the question now agitating public
functionaries is whether that sum is
worth tho responsibility to he incurred.
-Paris Letter.
Take Possession
Of one of our $25.00 Oak bed-room
suits. You’ll get more satisfaction
out of it in a minute than you get
out of any other suit you know of
or we know of in a month. About
such a purchase as this there can’t
be any questionable or doubtful
feature. You are. in a strange
frame of mind if you don't want
your money’s worth; you are of a
still stranger turn of mind if you’
don’t immediately confess that
your bed-room is as complete with
it as it was formerly incomplete
without it. If you want to be
suited in a suit, this is the suit to
do it.
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There Is No Place Like Home.
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This is more particularly the
case if among the attractions of
your home is one of our Reclining
Chairs. Nothing is too good for
the place you live in; if you want
the best anywhere, you want it
there. There’s nothing homely
about these Reclining Chairs, but
homely is the home that hasn’t got
them. They would be cheap at a
good deal more than we are asking
for them; they couldn’t be any
cheaper without sending somebody
into involuntary bankruptcy, and
that somebody wouldn’t be the
buyer. Are you a buyer? If not,
you never had a better time for
becoming one.
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Queer Antlci of Clouda.
Tuesday afternoon, during the rain
and hailstorm, a cloud was observed a
few miles south of this place that acted
very strangely, to say the leoet. It was
quite near the ground and seemed to be
violently agitated. Suddenly the cloud
seemed to burst asunder, one part going
to the northwest and only forty or fifty
feet from the earth. One of the sections
passed over or through the tops of some
tall poplar trees and shaved them off as
if a gigantic mowing machine had
passed that way. A heavy hailstorm
also passed over a narrow strip of coun
try near there, and at Sand Slough there
were nilcs of them still remaining in
spots lata Wednesday morning. Very
little hail fell here, and it was so small
as to be scarcely noticeable.—Lemoore
(Cal.) Leader.
A Church Shed for Bicycles.
The Center church committee is going
to set aside one of the horse sheds os a
bicycle shed. Not a few persons who
attend tho Sunday and week night meet
ings ride to and from the church on
bicycles. Now they have to leave their
bicycles ontsido, where the small boys
tamper with them and where, in caso of
sudden shower, the machines would
be injured. The shed will bo inclosed
and conveniently arranged for the stor
age of bicycles. So far os we can learn
the Center church is the first in the
country to provide a bicycle shed.—
Manchester (Conn.) Herald.
Forestalled.
Lady—Splendid weather today.
Lieutenant—Donnerwetter 1 That’s
just what I was going to say.—Main-
zer Zeitung.
Miniature hoars’ tasks and the shells
so much affected by gypsies are both of
very ancieiit origin. What they signify
can be easily found out by any one who
cares to inquire.
It’s No Light Matter 1
To get what you exactly want in
furniture at exactly what you can
afford to pay. Give us a chance
to help you out. If we can’t do it,
it can’t be doue anywhere. Now,
here is a plain, straightforward,
flatfooted proposition: We agree .
to sell lower than the lowest, no
matter how low it may be. If your
resources are slender, we will put
within reach of your pocketbook.
what has hitherto been out of it.
If you don’t think we will make
good what we say, let us quote a
sample figure. Here it is: A Par-
lar Suit for $25-°°, and everything'
else in proportion.
If you haven’t all the money to
pay cash down, we will sell you
on installments. A
We do not offer you Furniture at
10 per cent, above New York cost,
but we offer it to you at a reason
able profit above factory cost.
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