The Houston home journal. (Perry, Houston County, Ga.) 1890-1900, October 30, 1890, Image 1
•fOHN H. HODGES, Proprietor,
DEVOTED TO HOME'INTERESTS, PROGRESS. AND CULTURE.
PRICE: TWO DOI.LABS A Year.
roL. X'X.
PERKY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30,1890.
NO. 44.
WILLINGHAM’S WAREHOUSE.
BUT
C- PS- ‘WILLUTG-HiiM,
COTTON FACTOR,
MACON, GEORGIA.
3ood Facilities, CInse Attention to Business, Liberal and
Square Dealing. Money Loaned to those who Deal with
Me at 8 per cent Per Annum.
SeELd 3^Ee "Z"cna.r Oottoaa..
C. B. WILLINGH AM.
fOUl SHOES FROM
ROFF SIMS' & BRO, 406 Third Street. Macon, Ga.
Do Your Own Thinking
Monroe Advertiser.
BALECCOM, MY & DINKIER,
450 MULBERRY STREET, MACON, GEORGIA.
WHOLSALE DEALERS IN
torn, Oats, Hay, Bran, Meat; Sugar; Coffee
Bagging and. lies,
AND A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OP CANNED GOODS,
gf Write to us, or call at tlie store,and we will guarantee satisfaction in every
insular.
Guardian’s Sale.
Agreeably to an order from the Conrt
, Ordinary of Houston county, will be
ild *t auction at the court houso door
.i «aid county, on the first Tuesday in
.oremtrer. 1890, within the legal hours of
.ile, the following property, to-wit: All
il that one-halt undivided interest in lot
land No. (S3) fifty-three; also that un
ified one-half interest in east ono-
undividefi interest in lot of land No.'
M) thirty. All of said land lying in the
.2th district of Houston county, Ga. Sold
as tlie property of Hattie A. Wimberly,
minor. Terms, one-third cash, one-third
in twelve months, and one-third in twen-
ty-foup. months from day of sale. The
preferred payments bearing 8 per cent,
interest per annum.
LUCIA A. WIMBERLY,
Guardian of Hattie A. Wimberly.
Administrator’s Sale.
Georgia—Houston County:
James A. Smith, administrator of J. R.
Handhole, lias applied for leave to sell the
lands in Crawford county belonging to
the estate of said deceased:
This isthereforeto cite all persons con
cerned to appear at the Novemberterm,
1890 of tho court of Ordinary of said conn-
tr, and show cause, if any they have, why
chid application should not be granted.
Witness my official signature this Oct.
e 1890 J- H. HOUSER,
Ordinary,
GEORGIA—Houston County:
,T L Lowry, guardian of Annie C.
Lowry alid Humphrey-Marshall, has ap
plied far leave to sell the land belonging
o the estate of said wards.
This is therefore to rate all personscon-
cemed to appear at the November term,
1890,of the court of Ordinary^ said coun
ty, and show cause, if any they have, why
said application should not be granted.
Witness my official signature this
October 2nd, 1890. •■
J. H. HOUSER, Ordinary.
GEORGIA—Houston County:
Mrs, Lena G. Bassett has. applied for
letters of administration on the estate of
E. G. Bassett, of said county,, deceased:
This is, therefore, to cite all persons
concerned to appear at November .term,
1890 of the Court of Ordinary of said
why said application should not be
Rt Witness my official signature this Sept.
25,1890.
J. H. HOUSER, Ordinary.
By virtue of an order from the Conrt
os Ordinary of Monroe county, will be
sold before the court house door in
Perry, Houston county,. Georgia, on tho
first Taesday in November, 1890, four
teen hundred acres, more or less, of land
known as the “Slocumb place,” this year
reared by L. G. Byrd, and consisting of
lots 169,171,172 and 193, and parts of
lots 167,168,173 and 194 in the 5th dis
trict. and part of lot 193 in the 10th dis
trict—all in sai.' county of Houston.
Will be divided and sold in lots and parts
of lots. Terms, one-third cash, and bal
ance in one and two years at 8 per cent
interest on deferred payments. Sold as
the property of J. S. Slocumb, to
pay debts and for 'distribution among
heirs. O. H.B.BLOODWOETH,
Oct. 2,1890. Administrator.
FAVORABLE LOANS ON REAL ESTATE
Negotiated upon most reasonable
terms. Interest payable annually at 8
and 7 per cent. Commissions low.
Apply to
H. A. MATHEWS,
Fort Valley, Ga.
H). p pg|)§@(N),
33EWTIST,
28)4 Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Ga. •
SPECIALIST. CROWNS AND BRIDGES.
MONEY LOANS
On Houston farms procured at the low
est possible rates of interest. As low if
not lower than the lowest. Apply to ’
W. D. Nottingham,
“ Macon. Ga
MONEY TO LOAN.
In.sume of;$300.00 and upward*, to bo
secured by firsi liens on improved farina.
Longtime, low rates and easy payment!.
Apply to c. C. DUNCAN,
Nov. 20tb, 1889.—tf Perry* Ga.
J. B. EDGE,
Physician and Surgeon,
Perry, Georgia.
GEORGIA—Houston County-
C W. Felder, administrator de bonis
non’of the estate of Samuel Felder, of
said county deceased, has applied for
leave to sell all the realty belonging to
the estate of said deceased:
Thisis therefore* t° cite nU porsons
concerned to appear at November term,
1890, of tho Conrt of Ordinary of Hous
ton county,- and. show cause, if aDy they
have, why said application should not bo
t granted. ... , ...
Witness my official signature tins
Sept. 25,1890.
J. H ; HOUSER, Ordinary,
f GEORGIA—Houston County:
T O Skellie administrator of tho es
tate of Miss J. U. Kellogg, of said coun
ty, deceased, has applied tor letters of
dismission from his trust:
This is therefore to cite all porsons
concerned to appear sit December term, __ __
1890 of the Conrt of Ordinary of said ■ ITT.? AN
county, and show < irase,it any they have,
Raid aonlication should not be
Offiee adjoining Perry Hotel. Can be
found at office during the day, and nt
Hotel at night. All calls promptly an
swered day or night.
jM &£&B8m
Attorney at Law,
Office: 510 Mulbebuy S'.khet,
MACON, GEORGIA.
Special attention given to business in
Houston county.
■mm. wmmmmm s
Attorney at Law.
Ferry, - - - Ga.
Will practice in all tho Courts of
this eirrenit
z.
why said application
granted. .
Witness myofficml
signature this
August 28, 11
J.H.HOUSER, Ordinary.
Houston County:
jb'ert A. Johnson, administrator of
estate of Wm. P. Simmons, of said
eouutv, deceased, has anplied for leave
to sell lands belonging to said estate:
This is therefore to cite all.person? con
cerned to appear at the November term,
1890 of tho Court of Ordinary of said
county; and show cause ,if any they have,
w hy said application should not he
^Witness my official signature this
Sept. 25, lP | a H _ HOt j SERi Ordimry.
XMAS SIFTS FREE
SIMS,
TIST,
PERRY, GEORGIA.
Office on Main street, lately occu
pied by Dr. W. M. Havis.
Pirst-elas? work. Prices moderate. Pat
ronage solicited. apl281y
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Perry, Georgia.
Office on Main Street, King house.
p MIMMF,
Attoniey at Law,
Judge of Houston County Court,
$600
in
Pebby, Geobgia.
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| Circnit except the County Court.
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IN
When current tendencies of in
dividuals are sifted and closely
scrutinized the inevitable conclu
sion is reached that comparatively
few people do their own thinking,
and that a fe;v individuals lead the
world. AVo see this fact too clear
ly manifest in all the walks of life.
This is wrong, and its results are
anything than satisfactory. In
this enlightened' era, and with the
numerous and easily accessible
sources of information, no man or
set of men .should depend upon
another to do his or their think
ing, blit should do their own think
ing, especially upon public ques
tions, and should do their own
measuring of public men.
This is a govsrdment of the peo
pie, for the people, and by the peo
ple, and unless men think for them
selves, to a reasonable extent, and
especially upon public questions,
how can the will of the people be
ascertained in these matters? We
would prohibit no one man, or set
of men, from promulgating or ven
tilating his views or opinions upon
any question pertaining to the
general good, but the “ipse dixit”
of no one such mau should become
law and gospel to all. For if one
man does the thinking for the
state, for the county; for the mn
nicipality, for the community, and
the results of his thoughts prove
disastrous, the fruitage thereof
falls upon all. Far be it from free
men, endowed v?ith the spirit of
true manhood, to permit them
selves to be thus dominated by self
constituted autocrats. This has
too long been one of the perils of
our political fabric. And we are
glad to know that there has been
and is being, a great awakening
among the people upou this vary
point, and that there is a stronger
tendency among the yeomanry of
the country to think for themselves
on general and public issues than
aver before in the days that are
gone. The laboring people oE the
country are being better educated
as to their personal and individual
interests in matters political and
governmental, and education on
any line naturally leads men to
thiuii on that line. But in this
particular, men should not depend
solely, nor too much, upon their
teachers, but should exercise con
stantly the.high prerogative and
privilege that belongs to every
American freeman, of thinking
much for themselves.
When any public question or
general issue is sprung and foisted
upon the people, the declaration of
no one man, as to its propriety or
special adaptability to the general
good, should command from the
masses an immediate aud ready
obedience to his nod, but each and
every man should resort to tlie
multiplied channels of information
springing out of reason and dis
cussion, and cull therefrom data
upon which to form, not an ex
treme, but a conservative opinion.
In short, he should digest these
general issues as best he may, and
evolve from them, if possible, then-
practical workings, and thereby be
prepared to act from the stand-,
point of his own reasoning and
judgment, and not solely from the
sayso of another. There is too
great tendeney, especially in the
political world, among the masses
to tie on, heart and soul, to the un
supported declaration of. some lead
er or leaders, who,- down in the se
cret recesses of their hearts, are
acting from selfish motives, with
out stopping to think for them
selves.
Prospective Proiits in Produce.
Savannah News.
Optimistic theorists in the sci
ence of agriculture have been at
Evolution.
The Churchman (Episcopal)
says: It cannot be said that Chris
tian theologians of any church or
work ciphering out a delightfully ■ of any school have been in haste
rosy future for the farmer. Basiugjto accept the evolution theory. In-
their conjectures upon tbeincrer.se | deed,” the caution, the reluctance,
of population daring the pnst ten I the almost painful aversion with
years, they estimate an increase of! which they have regarded it go-far
Moving to Town.
Fashionable London is disturb
ed because so many Americans are
becoming “out and out” social lead
ers in that great city.
Houston,‘Tex., June 20,1888.
For the public:
My wife has been troubled with
chronic liver complaint and kidney
disease for many, years, coupled
with indigestion and a stubborn con
stipation of the bowels. She has
taken three jugs of Radam’s Mi
crobe Killer, and feels greatly im
proved in all respects, and has
strong hopes of a permanent relief
by continuing tbe use of the Mi
crobe flxiller. W. Harral-
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How is the time to subscribe for
XII1-5 HOME JOURNAL The HOKE JOURNAL.
20,000,000 within the ensuing ten
years, which is quite a conserva
tive and safe estimate. But their
application of theory to practice is
only too plain in the incongruity
of supposing that our population
could iucrease to that extent with
out a proportionate increase in the
cultivated area, which would keep
us on pretty much the same in
dependent footing *we occupy at
present, so far as food products
are concerned.
This rather impractical calcula
tor seems to readily assume that
our agricultural products are de
creasing in the same ratio as the
roports show New England farms
to be successively abandoned,with
out taking into account that q
large proportion oE those hardy
and practiced agriculturists sim
ply change their abiding place, but
pursue the same calling on a much
larger scale further west, where the
returns for their labor are more
satisfactory. With the contracted
vision of the true New England
theorist, he cannot see beyond bis
own environment. Therefore he
seems to think that this continent
is relapsing into a howling wilder
ness because “Massachusetts has
to-day as much wooded land as
when it - was first settled, and far
more than a century ago.
From statistics issued from the
American department of agricul
ture for the year 1889, he gathers
the impression that there has been
a great decline in the yield of crops
as well as prices iD the United
States during tbe past ten j’ears.
But he seems graciously disposed
to admit that prices are gradually
recovering, aud values have some
what enhanced of late. That in
duces him to think the farmer has
a good chance to sell on a short
market at pretty much his own fig
ures, which is altogether too good
(for the farmer) to be true. At
the same time it would be a sorry
day for the general public if a far
mer or any other producer really
had the power and privilege of fix
ing his own price upou his own
produce. Train robbing would
then be too trivial to attract atten
tion. Keeping production close to
the regular cousumption creates a
healthy demand. But dearth brings
wi}h it distress more or less dire
ful.
Assuming that tbe population of
this country will, in 1894, be 72,-
000,000, this buoyant calculator
goes ahead to cipher that the sta
ple crops will require an erea of
226,800,000 acres. Than he pre
supposes that only 12,000,000 acres
will in that time be added to the
cultivated area and he promptly
finds a deficiency of 4,000,000 acres,
which he thinks will increase year
by year until the fanner has things
pretty much his own way.
Abont that time he thinks we
will begin to import cereals to feed
our people.
But before we do anything of
that sort we had better stop feed
ing our cerials to the farm stock
and exporting the surplus. Be
sides, we might stop burning them
and allowing them to go to waste
in the field because there is no de
mand for them.
-If our population should so in
crease as to consume what is. now
wasted on the farm, that alone
would add greatly to the vealth of
the country.
Though our population may in
crease ever so fast within the next
ten years, there is no good reason
to fear thet the farm products will
not “keep up with the procession,”
so to speak.
to emphasize the fact that bit by
bit it lias at length made its way
into many minds of unfaltering
Christian faith. Instances and il
lustrations of this observation pre
sent themselves continually. In
the current numbor of the Fort-
Macon Telegraph.
A hundred years ago less-than
one-twenty-fifth of the population
of tbe United States was urban
Now one-sixth of the people live in
thirty-five cities of 75,000 popula
tion and over, and more than one-
fourth of them in cities of ■ 8,000
population nnd over. Never has
the drift from country to town
been so rapid as during the last
ten years. The census shows that
iu the older states some of the
country districts have actually lost
in population, uot only the natural
nightly Review, for example, we I increase going to the cities, but
read that Cardinal Newman, when Lut many people who had been
he was so old and “his fingers so
weak” that he could hardly hold
his pen, wrote- to his confidential
friend, Lilly, (the uncompromis
ing Roman Catholic evolutionist)
to express the mingled fear and
gladness with which lie had read
the proof of a chapter of ono of
Lilly’s works. This is what he
said : “I have been wanting to tell
you with what great pleasure I
identified with rural pursuits.
This can only mean that under
present conditions the cities offer
greater rewards than the country—
better opportunities to make mon
ey, to obtain an education, to gain
social or political- pramiuenee, to
get all the things that satisfy a
man’s ambition, gratify bis tastes
and add to his comfort. As long
as this is true, or ths people be'
The Girl Who Woos.
have read your proof. It is a re- lieve it to be true, the drift from
markable result of Darwin’s work. I crountry to town will continue, and
A negro school teacher in Tyler,
Tex., under fourteen indictments
for forgery, pleaded guilty iu each
case and was sentenced to fourteen
years in (he penitentiary.
Owingto exposure I have been
indisposed with acute rheumatism
about six months. My skill failed
to afford me any relief, and I was
induced to try Bull’s Sarsaparilla,
and must confesss that it entirely
cured me. It is decidedly superi
or to all other preparations of Sar
saparilla.—B. B. Allen, M. D.,
Brandon, Ky.
But the more I was pleased, the
more I was frightened as you ex
press tbe belief that the first men
had tails. This is temerarious.”
The whole note, down to the very
last word, is characteristic; but the
mixture of apprehension with in
tellectual satisfaction is character
istic of a class and a period, while
his finely chosen “temerarious” is
characteristic of the greatest mas
ter of English who has lived this
century. Hardly less characteris
tic of a similar state of mind is an
expression used by Bishop Thomp
son of Mississippi in a volume of
lectures published last week. The
Bishop says:
“If any man chooses to believe
that something in tbe shape of a
mau roamed the earth for centu
ries even without rational speech
rational sense, or anythin,
which essentially differentiates man
from a gorilla, I will leave him to
his belief. I think it myself
very foolish belief, and it has not
to sustain it one atom of evidence.
But I do believe, because it is
quite reasonable, and Moses puls
it so, that man was just an animal
as he was first created. * * *
And that animal being made, “God
breathed into his nostrils the
breath of two lives, and man be
came a living soul.”
Enidently Bishop Thompson nei
ther admires nor denies tho evolu
tion theory as a whole. He makes
no reckoning whatever of the
mode of creation, provided only
that creation be understood to have
been the act of God, and not of
any blind force, physical or other.
He thinks it “reasonable” to be
lieve that man, as he was first cre
ated, “was just au animal;” yet he
is unwilling, and thinks it “fool
ish,” to admit the comparatively
unimportant detail that man may
have continued “for centuries even”
to be “just an animal as he was
created.” Thus, bit by bit, and
with manifest disrelish, the hy
pothesis of evolution, if not adopt
ed, is less and less indiscriminate
ly denied by men of high place in
the church, and of unquestionable
Christianity; objections, if raised
at all, are raised against mere mat
ters of unpleasant details; and with
the passing generation, even these
lingering signs of antipathy seem
to be dying out; faith in- God is
not dying out; Christianity is not
dying oat; and from the very heart
of evolutionism there begins to
come strong support of faith and
Christianity.
the discomfort of the rural popu
lation which cannot, through fore
of circumstance, join iu the move
ment, will increase.
Tlie conditions which have
brought about this state of affairs
are, to n lavge extent, artificial
created by legislation. For a gen
eration the policy of protection
has prevailed, and the essence of
that policy is discrimination
against the great self-sustaining
industries in favor of the weak and
naturally unprofitable oues. It
cannot iucrease the product of la
bor, but can divert the profits of
one class of producers’ to another
class. Farming is the great self-
sustaining industry of this coun
try, and it is mainly, from it that
the wealth must be taken to sustain
weak, unprofitable industries, and
make the persons engaged in them
rich. So far has this policy been
carried that the natural relative
positions of farming and certain
other industries has been reversed,
farming having become uprofib*-
ble, or nearly sc, while industries
naturally incapable of sustaining
themselves enrich everybody con
nected with them.
This policy oE the federal gov-
eminent is the main cause of the
tendency of population from the
country to the towns, taking tlie
country as a whole. In the South
other causes add their influence.
One of these is the existence of
laws intended to protect the land-
owner, but which, in rendering
tbe transfer of laud in satisfaction
of debt difficult and expensive,
make real estate coparatively
"worthless in the money markets.
A young bachelor is an odd fel
low, and some woman is always
trying to get even with him.
I may as well be frank at once
and say I do not like the maid who
does the wooing, writes Ruth Ash
more iu the Ladies Home Journal.
She is nsurping the privilege of
her knight, and if 1 were he I
would turn and flea “But,” says
Ethilinda, “he needs encourage
ment!” Perhaps he does. But
not too much of it When you
want to give an invalid something
to increase his appetite yon do not
offer to eat for him; instead, yon
offer a dainty bit, a little spicy, or
little acid, thnt quickens the
taste and makes- a great hunger
come. Treat your sweetheart in
tbe same way. Let him be con
scious that yon are pleased with
his liking, but do not for a minute
take away his prerogative aud do
the wooing.
No man has a true appreciation
for good things too easily obtained.
Man is yet a little hit of a savage,
aud the hunt is always a delight to
him. Your eyes may reflect his
love, but they need not announce
yours first, thereby sending crut an
invitation. My dear girls, ask al
most any man you know what his
favorite flower is, aud, after he has
thought, he will tell you either the
violet or the rose. One grows sur
rounded and protected by green
leayes, and to get it perfect—that
is, with a stem—you have to reach
down and pluck it carefully, but in
a determined way.
The other is guarded by sharp
thorns, and though it stands up in
a most dignified way it resists, ex
cept by its encouraging sweetness,
the one brave enough to take it
from tho parent tree. Yon can
learn a good lesson in a flower gar-
Democrats North aud South.
den; yon see tbe hollyhock plants
Atlanta Constitution.
In his Rochester speech Reed
made the assertion that the major
ity of democrats lived south of
Mnson andDixon’s line.
This is a big mistake. The
democratic vote at the last presi
dential election was as follows:
North: California 117,729; Col
orado 37,577; Connecticut 74,920;
Illinois 348,278; Indiana 261.013;
Iowa 179,S73, Kansas 102,745;
Maine 50,481, Massachusetts 151,-
S55; Michigan 213,469; Minnesota
104,385; Nebraska 80,552; Nevada
5,326; New Hampshire 43,382; New
Jersey 151;493; New York 635,757;
Ohio 396,455; Oregon 26,522;
Pennsylvania 446,634; Rhode
Island 17,530; Vermont 16,788;
Wisconsin 155,232. Total 3,617,989.
South: Alabama 117,320; Ar
kansas 85,962; Delaware 16,414;
Florida 39,561; Georgia 100,499;
Kentucky 183,800; Louisiana 85,-
032; Maryland 106,168; Mississip
pi 85,471; Missouri 261,974, North
Carolina 147,902; South Carolina
65,825; Tennessee 157,779; Tesns
234,883; Virginia 151,977; West
Virginia 78,677. Total 1,920,244.
It will bn seen from these fig- •
urea that tin- democrats of the
north outnumber their southern
brethren almost two to one. Speak
er Reed must be aware of this
fact, but he lias long since shown
that he h a.-: ini regard for either
fact or figures when they stand in
his way.
It is well to keep this feature of
-the situation before the people in
planning for the campaigh of 1892.
On Glade mountain, West Vir
ginia, resides the “Coincident
Tetter and Boils.
Sophie France, aged 60 years,
has sued Solomon Oviattj also aged
70 years, for §2,000 • for stealing a
kiss. Both parties are from Ohio.
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For years I was afflicted with an
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outward applications, without :iny
beneficial results. In addition to
the Tetter, Boils commenced
breaking out all. over my body,
causing me so much pain that I
had to quit work and go to bed. I
then decided that I had started
wrong, and instead of using exter
nal treatment I ought to go to the
seat of the disease and purify my
blood, as it was obviously bad
blood that caused both the Tetter
and the Boils. I took several blood
purifiers without, any good effects.
Abont tbe time my case was de
clared incurable I commenced tak
ing S. S. S. In a few weeks tbe
Tetter was cured, and one by one
the boils disappeared, nntil I was
entirely and permanently cured.
This was three years ago, and since
then I have been free from any
skin eruptions. My skin is now,
and has been for three years, as
smooth ns any ones. S. S.- S. not
only cured me oE the Tetter and
Boils, but also restored my appe
tite and general health, causing me
to iucrease. in weight, ;oid improve
iu every way.
M, S. Pollock,
New London, O.
May C, 1S90.
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-
and know thnt they are the for
ward beauties of the world of flow
ers; you see the lilies with their
bowed heads, and nre convinced
that beauty without faith'is of lit
tle worth; you are aware of a dainty
perfume, and know that tbe little
lady whose qnalities surpass her
charms—the mignonette—is near;
you can see the masculine girl in
“Johnny jumpup3;” you can see
the positive one in the gaudy sun
flower; you can see the aggressive
one in the scarlet geranium, and
yon can think or them all aud con
clude this, the ones worth having,
sweet of perfume and restful in
color, are not the ones that obtrnde
themselves on your vision, and say,
as do some flowers and some maid
ens, “Take us.”
P. G. Walker, of Madison, re
cently received ten new §2 hills,
from a bank in that city. Id an
idle moment he wrote his name
upon every one of the bills, with
his address, adding some little
motto of his own. The incident
ised out of liis memory for the
time, and was recalled recently by
the reception of a letter from some
gentleman in New Orleans, stating
that he had one of the bills with
his name upon it, also the inscrip
tion: “To be of service I mnst be
kept moving.” Mr. Walker has
heard from four of the bills—one
from some one in Kansas, and an
other from ajyoang lady in New
York, who wished to open a corres
pondence with Mr. Walker. Ifci*
needless to say that Mrs. Walker
objected.
Insinaiice Against Diiease.
In certain instances there have
been arrangements made between
n physican and the head of a fami
ly that a fixed amount should be
paid for each day the various mem
bers of the family continued in
good health. But sbonld sickness
enter the household, the physi-
Franklins,” a family which is, in
one respect at least, the most pe
culiar in the whole cedntry. The
Franklins are a family of coinci
dences. The father and mother
were married on October 14. They
have had nine children, and all of
them were born on October 14.
Five of the nine children are-dead,
and, strange to say, every single
one of them breathed his last on
the fatefnl 14th day of October.
The name of the head of the fami
ly is Joshua Franklin. He was a
Confederate soldiea, and Alas cap
tured twice, and had two brothers
killed in the war between the
states. All four of these mishaps
and misfortunes of war occurred
on the memorable 14th day of Oc
tober. In the neighborhood where
the Franklin family live, and in
feet for miles outside of their im
mediate latitude, tho “Frankiins of
Glade mountain” nre looked upon
with superstitions awe. It is said
that not a single human being who
knows of the mystery surroniuling
the family can be persuaded to stay
in the house or about the premises
on either the day or night of Octo
ber 14.
dan’s usual stipend was discontin- *«£
tied. Such an agreement is found
ed on common sense, for we don’t
want to be made well, we want to
be kept well. There is a great deal
of unnecessary sickness resulting
from a want of careful attention to
bodily requirements. Keep the
blood pure, keep the functional
habits of the body regular, coun
teract tbe effects of exposure by al
ways baring a bottle of Dr. John
Bull’s Sarsaparilla in the house,
and using it in anticipation of an
attack of illness, or when the very
first symptoms are manifest. Dis
eases . will not trouble you if you
will heed this good udvice. It is
au excellent preventive of disease
and decay, as well as a safe cure.—
Marian Banner.
Rev. J. O. R. Corlis, pastor of
the Methodist Church at New
Gretna, Burlington county, N. J.,
writes very encouragingly, as fol-
fows:
Dr. G. "W. Kirk, Dear Sir: Abont
four years ago I took a heavy cold
that resulted in a stubborn catarrh.
It increased in severity, gradually
extending down to the pharynx
and larynx, thence to the bronchia.
The back part of my throat was
covered with ulcers; my voice lost
its strength aud resonance, some
times fading Away into aspirations.
To go out into cool air was to be
filled up with phlegm ;.nd 1RUCOUS
until it was no pleasure to 1
the house. I tried remedies c
nal and remedies patented,
no relief; the disease still increased
iu malignance. Iladam’s Microbe
Killer was suggested to me, and had
some one other.-tbau yourself had
charge of it. I;would have dimissed
it from my miud. Having coufi-
there must be something in it.”
A faithful use of the remedy has
convinced me that there is salvation
in it for every catarrhal £
feel improved in everyway; hei
much improved, voice strong, '
charges much less profuse, ulcera
healed, hoarseness gone, can get a
full breath of air—in short, can say
the remedy is all that is claimed
for it. Yours.
J. O. R. Corliss.