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M ILLEDGE VILLE, GEORGIA, OCTOBER 12, 1875.
NUMB ER 12,
Union Recorder,
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SOURCES OF PROSPERITY.
(No 4.)
The rights of the South will nev
er be fully respected in this Union,
until her people shall put their
shoulders to the wheel iu develop
ing our resources, and putting them
upon terms of equal' ty with the
North. Self respect, self-preserva
tion, demands this of us—of our
cities and towns—our merchants and
people in every county of every
State. The constitution of the Uni
ted States has proven to be but a
rope of sand. It has been openly,
and shamelessly violated, in many
particulars to our oppression and
injury. Yet iu these great move
ments for independence, we should
be guided not by the spirit of re
venge, but the impulses of self pres
ervation.
National legislation has done noth
ing for us, but much for the North.
Let us therefore, unite our means
and energies to work out our own
salvation. Every man, every wo
man, and every child in the South,
is interested in this great work. If,
as some of our wisest economists
and statesmen have repeatedly as
serted, the South has been, for many
years, under a heavy annual tribute
to the North, and foreigners, we can
readily see what a line country we
have, to have been enabled to stand
this drain upon our resources. Thcso
sums or even half of them, appro-
pi iated as we now suggest, would
long .since have given our section
the monopoly of the manufacture
as well as the growth of cotton.—
It would have covered the seas with
our ships, more than doubled our
mil-roads, improved our navigable
rivers, erected numerous colleges,
and established flourishing schools
in every district of the country.—
We would have had our Lowels, our
Ylanchesters, and Birmingliams with
their hundred thousands of inhabi
tants. The population of the South
would now be double what it is, for
the monetary magnetism of our sec-’
tion, with its wide lands and sparse
population, would have turned the
tide of emigration here. What is
the prospect now? England and
other countries are pushing the culs
tivation of cotton with all their
mighty energies. Its production
will in a few years more, make it so
cheap that the cost of growing it in
the South will leave no margin for
profit. What then ? It we turn our
attention to corn and wheat we can-*
precept, but when a people see
that old customs will keep them in
the darkness of poverty, and new
ones will throw over them the sun
shine of gocffiJtjpRe, they will not
liesitqie long m»P^ting the new.
We will turn for one moment, in
conclusion, from the politico-econom
ical views of this article, to another
important matter. Wo allude to ed
ucation. Already our people are
| awakening to some extent to a high
er sense of its importance. “The
fate of empires depends on the edu
cation of youth." It is essential
that correct principles should be in*»
stilled into their minds while becom
ing cultured in all the varied branch
es of learning. This will generate
in them high and honorable motives
and ideas. It will prepare them to
be good, useful and practical men
and women. But there is another
view which we would present, and
that is: No nation, or people, were
| ever truly great without they w r ere
! truly learned and wise. We do not
j mean that all can be learned or wise,
| but there must be some of deep and
j original thought, to crown the State
! with the halos of intellectual pre
eminence. The pen of the thinker
! is the great desideratum for the
| masses of mankind. It enables them
| to form conclusions without the nes
l cessity of laborious years in the
high schools and universities. The
fame and glory of nations, in every
age, have existed more in intellectu
al than physical efl’orts. We may
look back to the ancient nations in
vain to find among all the monu
ments of their greatness anything
that will compare with the midday
splendor of their mental character.
We hope the remark will not be
deemed too harsh, when we say the
South has been in a state of partial
literary serfdom. The field of liter
ature is full of flowers and fruits of
exquisite ordor and delicious taste.
We hope it will grow in popular es
timation, and in a few years more,
be embalmed in the affections of our
people. Genius is not wanting in
our section. All that is needed is en
couragement Let that be freely
given and the South, besides Im
material prosperity will bo clothed in
all that constitutes the autocracy of
mind.
Georgia State Fair Notes.
From the Poultry World, an ad
mirable periodical published at Hart
ford, Conn., we copy the following
paragraph:
From the constantly increasing
and all-pervading interest which
seems to be felt throughout the
South, relative to improved poultry
and fine stock as elements of wise
and practical economy, through ilie
solicitation of many readers, the
poultry fanciers of Georgia are call
ed to meet in Macon October ISth
(State fair week) for the purpose of
forming a State Poultry Association,
having for its object the improve
ment of poultry, pigeons and fancy
stock breeding. All papers feeling
an interest in this matter, will please
copy.
The poultry department promises
to be very interesting. It will, in
fact, represent the whole South, and
include, likewise, stock from a mini
ber of prominent Northern poultry-
men. Mr. C. C. Plaisted (of Hart
ford), who has bred light Brahmas
longer than any other man in the
United States, will attend in person
and exhibit about a hundred] choice
fowls. Mr. Plaisted will also repre
sented the Poultry World during
the show.
The World also mentions the fact
that among the poultry to be exhibi
ted at the fair will be several pairs of
Pekin ducks, a beautiful variety of
this favorite bird which is still quite
rare even among the more extensive
poultry raisers.
Mr. A. J. Calvert, agent of Gaar
& Scott, of Richmond, Indiana, re
ceived a telegram from them stating
that they had shipped two engines,
instead of one, also one thrasher.
In a communication received from
Captain George R. Black of Screven
county, he says there will be an un
usually largo attendance at the fair
from that section.
A Great Diamond Found.
The finding of a 150 carat dia*
mond in the South African diggings,
is reported to-day. The value of the
diamond discovered may be judged
not hope to rival other latitudes in from the fact that the great British j was resolved to put into
our extensive country. Corn, wheat,
pork and beef, can be made far more
cheaply in them than the cotton
States. There will be no wealth in
them to us, to take the place of oth
er cotton days, and supply our peo
ple’s monetary wants. If there would
bo no money in cotton, corn, wheat
or meat, what would our people do ?
This is a serious question to ask and
consider.
Fortunately for us we would not
be in the slough of despond. If we
crown jewel, the Ivohinorr, weighed
but ISO carats before it was recut in
1851. The Orloff diamond, the great
Russian jewel, weighs 195 carats,
and is as big as a pigeon’s egg. The
great Austrian diamond weighs 139
carats, and is of inferior form and
color, and held to be worth, on these
accounts, only $500,000. The big
gest diamond known, is said to be
long to the Sultan of Matan, on the
island of Borneo, and to weigh 367
carats, and valued at $3,500,000.
The Widow’s Stratagem,
OR:
How a Money Lover was Captured.
Elder Boyd, though a very good
man in the main, and looked up to
with respect by all the inhabitants
of the little village of Oldville, was
rumored in Yankee parlance, to have
a pretty sharp lookout for the main
chance—a peculiarity from which el
ders are not always exempt
In worldly matters he was decided
ly welLtO'do, having inherited a fine
farm from his father, which was
growing yearly more and more val
uable. It might be supposed that
under these circumstances the Elder,
who was fully able to do so, would
have found a helpmate to share his
house and name. But the elder was
wary. Matrimony was to him, in
some measure, a matter of money,
and it was his firm resolve not to
marry unless he could thereby en
hance his worldly prosperity.
Unhappily the little village of Old
ville and the towns in the immediate
vicinity contained only a few who
were qualified in the important par
ticular and of these there were pro
bably none with whom the Elder’s
suit would have prospered. So it
happened that year after year pass
ed away until Elder Boyd was in
the prime of life—forty-four or there
abouts—and still unmarried, and, in
all human probability, likely to re
main so. But in all human calcula
tion of this kind they reckon ill who
leave widows out.
Elder Boyd’s nearest neighbor
was a widow.
The Widow Hayes, who had pass
ed through matrimonial experience,
was some four years younger than
Elder Boyd. She was still u buxom,
comely woman, as widows are apt to
be.
Unfortunately the late Mr. ays
had not been able to leave her suffi
cieut to make her independent of the
world. All that she possessed was
the small old fashioned house in
which she lived, and a small amount
of money which was insufficient to !
support her and a little son of six, f
likewise to be enumerated in the ;
schedule of her property, though I
hardly to be “productive” of any
thing but mischief.
The widow was therefore obliged
to take care of three boarders to
eke out her scanty income, which of
course imposed upon her consider- j
able labor and anxiety.
Is it surprising that under these !
circumstances she should now and }
then have bethought herself of a se-
i cond marriage as a method of bet-
i tering her condition? Or again,
need we estoem it a special wonder
if, in her reflections upon this point, !
i she should have cast her eyes upon !
her next door neighbor, Elder Boyd? j
| The Elder, as we have already said, j
was in flourishing circumstances.
He would be able to maintain a wife
l in great comfort, and being one of
the chief personages in the village,
could accord her a prominent social
positon. He was not especially hand- j
some, or calculated to make a pro
found impression upon the female J
i heart; this was true, but he was of j
a good disposition, kind-hearted, and
| would no doubt make a very good i
! sort of a husband. Widows are, I 1
take it (if any shall do me the honor
to read this story, I trust they will
forgive the remark), less disposed to ;
weigh sentiment in a second alliance
than a first, and so, in the widow’s
point of view, Elder Boyd was a very j
; desirable match.
Some sagacious person, however,
has observed that it takes two to 1
make a match, a fact to be seriously i
j considered: for in the present case
i it was evidently doubtful if the wor- I
j thy Elder, even if he had known the !
favorable opinion of his next neigh
bor, would have been inclined to
propose changing her name to Boyd,
| unless indeed a suitable motive was
! Drought to bear upon him. Here was
a chance for a little managing, where
in widows are said, as a general
thing to be expert-
One evening, after a day of fati
guing labor, Widow Hayes sat at the
fire in the sitting room with her feet
resting on the fender.
“If ever I am situated so as not to
have to -work so hard,” she murmur
ed, I shall be happy. It’s a hard life
keeping boarders. If I was only as
well off as Elder Boyd.”
Still the widow kept up her think
ing, and by-and-by her face blights
ened. She had an idea, which she
execution
at the earliest possible moment.
What it was, the reader will discover
in the sequel.
“Freddie,” said she to her son the
next morning, “I want you to stop
at Elder Boyd’s as you go to school
and ask him if he will call on me in
the course of the morning or after
noon, just as he finds it most con
venient.”
Elder Boyd was a little surprised
at this summons. However, about
11 o'clock, he called in. The widow
“I’m obliged to ye; but they’ll be ex
pecting me at home.”
“At any rate, Elder,” said the wid
ow, taking a piece of steaming mince
pie from the oven, “you won’t object
to taking a piece of mince pie. You
must know that I rather pride my
self on m iking mince pies.”
The warm pie sent up such a de
licious odor that the Elder was sore
that called him to the widow’s. It
chanced to be just about tea time.
He was importuned to stay to tea,
and somewhat to his own surprise
actually did.
The polite widow, who knew the
Elder’s weak point, brought one of
her best mince pies, a piece of which
her guest partook of with zeal.
“You’ll take another piece, I know,”
ly tempted, and after saying, “Well, j said she, persuasively.
could not manufacture the cotton
we might wring our hands in de^ ! fourth or fifth among the precious
spair. We would be helpless and I stones of the world, and the finder
The South African diamond will rank had got on the dinner and had leis
ure to sit down. She appeared a
little embarrassed.
hopeless. What then could wo do ?
YVe could make our own corn, other
grains, and meat, in abundance, and
cotton to supply our Southern spin
dles and double, treble, and even
quadruple its value. In tho first
can now afford to
shovel and do hoe.”
‘lay down tli6
A Foot Lamp.—One of the most
interesting things in the Holy Land
. is the fact that one meets everywhere
place we could manufacture it cheap- iQ life tbe things tbat illustrate
“ an y other people on the t he words of the Lord. The streets
er than any other
earth. Our own twelve or fourteen
millions of people would be the con
sumers of our fabrics, ami our ship
ping could take the surplus to other
of Jerusalem are very narrow, and
uo one is allowed to go ont of night
without a light. Throw open your
... , , . 7n . . . , lattice in the evening and look out, _
more distant markets. This must be and will see w hat seems to be i supposing a case-suppose a per-
our hope, our life, and salvation.—. Httle J gtar8 tinkling 0 n the pave- ! son should find a pot of goldpieces
“Freddie told me that you would
like to see me,” he commenced.
“Yes, Elder, I should; but I am
very much afraid you will think
strange, at least, of what I have to
say to you.”
The Elder very politely promised
not to be surprised, though at the
same time his curiosity was visibly
excited.
“Suppose,” said the widow, cast
ing down her eyes—“mind, I am on-
Without this resource the South
would be a crumbling pyramid—a
desert of poverty. With it she could
defy malignant p'ower, mock famine
and want and present to the world a
wondrous loveliness of nature's beau
ties, blended with human happiness j “urTiemoryrwritten Yn' that same j
and prosperity. he times are hard, d three thousand years ago, “Thy
our people are noor. ami vet. the ‘ J . ... tS „
ment. You will hea°r the clatter of ' iD their cellar, would the faw have a
sandals, as the late traveler rattles a- ! to touch it, or would it belong
long. As the party approaches yon j*? them. The Elder pneked up
will see that he has a little lamp to “ 1S ^ ars -
his foot to make his step a safe one. 1 “A pot of gold pieces, widow?
In an instant the voice comes to unquestionably the law would
have nothing to do with it
And the one who formerly owned
our people are poor, and yet the j ^ - s a i amp to my feet, and a
millemal age of our section is be- j ligbt to my pa F tb .”
ginning to dawn. Factories are i h J
springing up in many places. Let !
the South rise like a Hercules, in 1 Col. J. M. Calhoun, of Atlanta,
the house couldn’t come forward and
claim it, conld he, Elder?”
“No, madam; unquestionably not.
When the house was disposed of ev
erything went with it, as a matter of
her might and spead the progress of i died on Friday evening last of para- i course.”
their erection. Let the shout go up ! lysis, aged nearly 65. Prior to the j “I am glad to hear it, Eldar. You
first and loudest for corn and meat, war he was several times a member , won’t think strange of the question,
and bring in cotton second, as the of the Legislature and four times but it happened to occur in my
great reserve for ultimate triumph. , elected and served as mayor of At- | mind and I thought I would like to
The writer would urge our people at ! lanta, having been a resident of that have it satisfied.”
present to the plan suggested iu his j city since 1852. Col. C. was mayor • “Certainly, widow, certainly," said
article No. 1. But let them keep , and surrendered the town to Slier- | the Elder, abstractedly,
their eyes fixed on the subsequent 1 man while on his march to the sea. I “And, Elder, as you’re here, I hope
and final plan suggested in the sue- | He was an honored citizen, and was you will stop to dinner with us- It
ceeding and closing nnmbers. Hab- living comfortably on an estate of j will be ready punctually at 12.”
it ig, perhaps, more influential than 1 about $40,000 1 “Well, no,” said the Elder, rising,
really, with the intention of refu
sing, he finished by saying, “On the
whole, I guess I will, as it looks so
nice.”
The widow was really a good cook,
and the Elder ate with much gusto
the generous piece which the widow
cut for him, and after a little chat
ting upon unimportant subjects,
withdrew in some mental perplexi-
ty-
“W as it possible,” thought he,
“that the widow could really have
found a pot of gold in her cellar?
She did not say so, to be sure, but
why should she have shown so much
anxiety to know as to the proprie
torship of the treasure thus found
if she had not happened upon some?
To be sure, as far as his knowledge
extended, there was no one who
would be likely to lay up such an
amount of gold; but then the house
was one hundred and fifty years old,
at the very least, and had had many
occupants of which he knew noth
ing. It might be, after all. The
widow’s earnest desire to have him
think it was only curiosity, likewise
gave additional probability to the
suggestion. I will wait and watch,”
thought the Elder.
It so happened that Elder Boyd
was one of the directors in a savings
institution situated in the next town,
and accordingly used to ride over
there once or twice a month to at
tend meetings of the Board.
On the next occasion of this kind
the widow Hayes sent over to know
if he could carry her with him, as
she had a little business to attend to
there. The request was readily ac.-
corded. Arrived at the village Mrs.
Hays desired to be set down at the
bank.
“Ha, ha !” thought the Elder, “that
means something.”
He said nothing, however, but de
termined te come back and find out,
as he could readily from the cashier,
what business she had with the bank.
The widow tripped into the office,
pretending to look very nonchalant.
“Can you give small bills for a ten
dollar gold piece ?” she inquired.
“With pleasure,” was the reply.
“By the way,” said she, “the bank
is in a very flourishing condition, is
it not ?”
“None in the State on a better
footing,” was the prompt response.
“You receive deposits, do you
not?”
“Yes, madam ; wo are receiving
them every day.”
“Do you receive as high as ten
thousand dollars ?”
“No,” said the cashier, with some
surprise ; “or rather we do not allow
interest on so large a sum. Did you
know of any one who—■”
“It is of no consequence,” said the
widow, hurriedly : “I only asked for
curiosity. By the way, did you say
how much interest you allowed on
such deposits as come within your
limit?”
“Five per cent., ma’am.’’
‘‘Thank you. I only asked for
curiosity. What a beautiful morn
ing it is !” And the widow tripped
lightly ont.
Shortly after the Elder entered.
“How’s business, Mr. Cashier?” he
inquired.
“About as usual.”
“Had many deposits lately?”
“None of any magnitude.”
“I brought over a woman this
morning who seemed to have some
business with you.”
“The widow Hays ?’’
“Yes.”
“Do you know,” said the cashier,
“whether she has had any money left
her lately?”
“None that I know of,” said the
Elder, pricking up his ears. “Why,
did she deposit any?”
“No ; but she inquired whether we
received deposits of as high as ten
thousand dollars.”
“Indeed!” ejaculated the Elder.
“Is that all she came for ?” he inquir
ed, a moment afterwards.
“No, she exchanged a gold piece
for bills.”
“Ha! pondered the Elder, reflec
tively. “Did she give any reason
for her inquiries ?”
“N»q she said she only asked out
of curiosity.”
The Elder left the bank in deep
thought. He came to the conclu
sion that this curiosity only veiled a
deeper motive. Ho now no longer
entertained a doubt that the widow
had found a pot of gold in her cellar,
and appearances seemed to indicate
that its probable value was at least
equal to ten thousand dollars. The
gold piece which she had exchanged
at the bank appeared to confirm this
story.
“I rather think,” said the Elder,
complacently, “I can see into a mill
stone about as far as most people.”
A statement the literal truth of which
I defy any one to question, though
as to the prime fact of people
being able to see into a millstone at
all, doubts have now and then forced
themselves upon my mind.
The next Sunday the widow Hays
appeared at cburch in a new and
stylish bonnet, which led to some
such remarks as these :
“How much vanity some people
have, to be sure.”
“How a woman that has to keep
boarders for a living can afford to
dash out in such a bonnet is more
than I can tell. I should think she
was old enough to know better.
The last remark was made by a
young lady just six months younger
than the widow, whose attempting
to catch a second husband had hith
erto proved utterly unavailing.
“I suppose,” continued the same
young lady, “she’s trying to catch a
second husband with her finery.
Before I condescend to such means,
I’d—Fd drown myself.”
In this last amiable speech the
young lady had unwillingly hit up
on the true motive. The widow was
intent upon catching Elder Boyd,
and she indulged in a costly bonnet
not because she supposed he would
be caught with finery, but because
this would strengthen in his mind
the idea that she has stumbled upon
hidden wealth. The widow calcula
ted shrewdly, and the display had
the effect she anticipated. Monday
afternoon the Elder found an errand
“Really, I am ashamed,” said the
Elder, but he passed his plate. “The
fact is,’ he said, apologetically, “your
pies are so nice, I don’t know when
to stop.”
“Do yon call these nice!” said the
widow, modestly. “I call them com
mon. I can make good mince pies,
when I set out too, but this time I
didn’t have as good luck as usual.”
“I shouldn’t want any better," said
the Elder, emphatically.
“Then I hope if you like them, you
will drop in to tea often. \\ e ought
to be more neighborly, Elder Boyd.”
Elder Boyd assented, and he
meant what he said. The fact is,
the deacon began to think that the
widow was a very charming woman.
She was very comely, and then she
was such an excellent cook. Besides,
he had do doubt in his own mind
that was she worth a considerable sum
of money. What objecticu could
there be to making her Mrs. Boyd ?
He brought this question before her
one evening. The widow blushed
and professed to be greatly surprise
ed. In fact she never thought of
such a thing in her life, bat on the
whole she had always thought highly
of the deacon, and to cut the matter
short, she accepted him. A month
afterward she was installed mistress
of the Elder’s large house, somewhat
to the surprise of the village people,
who could not conceive how she had
brought him over. Some weeks af
ter the ceremony the Elder ventured
to inquire about the pot of gold
which she had found in her cellar.
“Pot of gold ?” she exclaimed in
surprise ; “I know of none.”
“But,” said the Elder, disconcert
ed, “You asked me about whether
the law could claim it.”
“Oh, lor’! Elder, I only asked for
curiosity.”
“And w'as that the reason you made
inquires at the bank ?”
“Certainly. What else could it
be?”
The Elder went out to the barn
and for half an hour sat in silent med
itation. At the end of that time he
ejaculated, as a closing considera
tion :
“After all, she makos good mince
pies.”
It gives me pleasure to Btate that
the union between the Elder and the
widow proved a very happy one, al
though to the end of his life he could
never make up his mind as to the
“Pot of Gold,”
Bow Messages are Sent by the
Occean Cable.
Boston Herald ]
He (the ocean telegraph operator)
taps the “key,” as in a land telo-
graph, only it is a double key. It has
two levers and nobs instead of one
The alphabest used is substantially
like the Morse alphabet—that is, the
different letters are represented by a
combination of dashes and dots. For
instance, suppose you want to write
the word “boy,” it would read like
B is one dash and three dots ; O,
three dashes; and Y, one dash, one
dot and three dashes. Now, in the
land telegraph the dashes and dots
would appear on the strip of paper at
the other end of the line, which is
unwound from a cylinder, and per
forated by a pin at the end of the
bar or armature. If tho operator
conld read by sound, we would dis
pense with the strip of paper and
read the message by the “click” of
the armature as it is pulled down
and let go by the electro-magnet.
The cable operator, however, has
neither of these advantages. There
is no paper to perforate, no “click”
of the armature, no armature to
“click.” The message is read by
means of a moving flash of light up
on a polished scale produced by the
“deflection” of a very small mirror,
which is placed within a “mirror gal
vanometer,” which is a small brass
cylinder two or three inches in di-
amter, shaped like a spool or bobbin,
composed of several hundred tarns
of small wire wound with silk to pre
vent the metal from coming in con
tact. It is wound or coiled exactly
like a new rope, a small hole being
left in the middle about the size of a
common wood pencil. In the centre
of this is suspended a very thin deli
cate mirror, about as large as a ker
nel of corn, with a correspondingly
small magnet rigidly attached to the
back of it. The w hole weighs but
a little more than a grain, and is
enspended by a single fiber of silk,
much smaller than a bnman hair, and
almost invisible A narrow horizon
tal scale is placed within a darkened
box two or three feet in front of the
mirror, a narrow slit being cut in
the centre of the scale to allow a ray
of light to shine upon the mirror
from a lamp placed behind said scale,
the little mirror in turn reflecting
the light back upon the scale. This
spot of light upon the scale is the in
dex by which all messages are read.
The angle throngh which the ray
moves is double that traversed by
the mirror itself; and it is, therefore,
really equivalent to an index four or
six feet in length without weight.
To the casual observer there is
nothing bnt a thin ray of light, dart
ing to the right and left with irregu
lar rapidity; but to the trained, eye
of the operator every flash fa replete
with intelligence. Thns the word
“boy,” already alluded to, would be
read in this way: One flash to the
right and three to the left is B.
Three flashes to the right is O. One
to the right, one to the left and two
more to the right is Y, and so on.
Long and constant practice makes
the operators wonderful expert in
their profession, and enables them
to read from the mirror as rapidly
and as accurately as from a newspa
per.
Valdosta Times: Dave Carter fa
his name. He is a healthy man of
twenty summers, and lives in Ware
county, on the Okefenokee. While
in Waycross a few days ago he ate
a raw potato weighing six pounds
and four large ruta baga turnips,
four large onions, a pound of soda
crackers, drank a pint of rot gut
whiskey and went home hungry and
sober!
TO WOTOG MSIT.
Bev. Wm. Lloyd, concluded an
address to the students of Eastman
Commercal College, delivered at the
Opera House in Atlanta, on last Sat
urday evening, as follows:
First. Be clear, and decided in
your choice of a pursuit. Study
yourselves, your tastes and your
business tendencies and choose a
branch suited to them.
Second. Work. Having entered
your department, throw your whole
energy into it. God has made work
the law of onr nature, and no man
who understands this universal law
will expect to prosper without it.
God did not give a finished world,
bat material in the rough, and it is
for him to hew the statue out of the
marble, to fling the railway over the
mountain, and open up the rich
country beyond. Human society is
like a mosaic. Every one has his
true position in it, and when that is
taken he shall surely have his need
of home. What would be the bright
est dream of the poet’s brain with
out the types to give it to the world,
or what the use of the idea of a rail
way without a miner to dig tho ore,
and a forge to smelt the iron. We
are too much accustomed to bestow
our laurels on genius, forgetting that
the humblest artisan was necessary
to the accomplishment of the artist’s
plan. Never be ashamed, therefore,
of your calling.
Third. Thrift. I mean, learn to
estimate the value of little things,
for it fa by them that men are judg
ed. We test our eyes by small print,
not by large.
Fourth. Tact. Tact is more than
talent Tact is not another sense,
bnt it is the life of the five. The
ready touch, the seeing eye, tho quick
ear, the discriminating taste, the keen
smell. Talent is power, but tact is
momentum; talent is wealth, but tact
is ready money; talent will produce
a tragedy that will live for centuries
on paper, but tact will write a farce
that will fill the pockets of the man
agers. In commercial life, talent
will know just what ought to be
done, tact will do it; talent will make
people wonder, that it gets on no
faster, tact will make people amazed
at its progress.
Fifth. Integrity. This is the great
essential to honorable success. Be
content to wait for riches until they
come legitimately, and if they are
never gained it is better to die an
honest pauper than a gilded fraud.
With a clean conscience yen can
bear adversity bravely, or wear pros
perity gracefully.
It now remains for me to speak to
you as a Christian. Life is some
thing more than secular success, or
the main gain of riches. Man’s es
timate of his fellow’s worth may be
gold, but God measures by a far
higher rule, and as it is by God's
measurement we ultimately stand,
surely it is wise to seek to attain it.
The lifo that fa true seeks to attain
unto honor that fadeth not, ami
wealth that will not flee away.
Young men, self reliant, and God,
reliant, go forth determined that
whether you win wealth, or die in
poverty, you will at least be good
aiJ true. Make the motto of your
life, “Never say fail ”
• In Ufa'* rosy morning or in manhood's pride.
Let this be our motto, your footstep* to guidei
In sorrow or sunshine whatever assail.
We’ll onward and conquer, and never say
fail.’’
MACON CARDS.
Jio 3. JTOTMgffOH,
Has received for Fall and Winter Trade, 1874-5
Watches, Jewelry, Silrer Warej
FANCY GOODS, FINE CUTLERY,
Musical Instruments, Strings, &c.
Sole Agent fur the Celebrated
DIAMOND PS3BLE SPECTACLES,
14c.
Paiticular Attention given to Repairs on Fine
and Difficult Watches.
JEWELRY. Ac , REPAIRED, and ENGRAV
ING. Heavy and Medium 14, 18 and 22 Karat
Plain Gold Kings and Kadges made to order
and Engraved at Short Notice.
Corner Mulberry dt Second St’s,
M1C0N, GEORGIA.
(OPPOSITE COURT HOUSE.)
Nov, 10, 1874. 16 ly,
LANIERHOUSE
B, BUB, Proprietor.
Mulberry Street, - Macon, Georgia.
The above named Hotel has been recently
refurnished and fitted np for the accommoda
tion of transient as well as permanent Board-
era. Persons will find it to their interest to stop
at this House, as its central location makes it
a very desirable place for merchants and fam
ilies coming to the city for business, or lor a so
journ ot pleasure. An ELEGANT SAMPLE
ROOM has been fitted np for tbe special use of
commercial travelers.
The table always supplied with allthe Inju
ries ot tbe season, from first markets, and can
be surpassed by none in the South;
Omnibus to couvey passengers to and from
the Hotel and all trains, free of charge.
B. DUB, Proprietor.
April 18. 1872. 6m
1.3.—
T. B. ART0PE, Agent,
(Formerly Jcuior Partner of J. B. Artope & Son)
DEALER IN
Marble and Granite Work,
MONUMENTS, HEAD STONES.
Box Tombs, Vases, Iron Railing,
Copings, Building Work, Ac.,
t'.rufr Second nod Poplar Streets,
Opposite J. W. Burke <fc Co’s, rear of Ross Sc
C< leman’s.
HXACOJfT, GA.
43 ly.
Orders Sol cited.
May 17, 1*75.
What word is that of which, if you
take away the first letter, all will
still remain ? Fall.
McCONNELL’S
European House
AND
RESTAURANT,
116 & 118 Bryan St., opposite Screv
en House,
SA VAjVWA//, GA.
Board with Boom, $2.00 per day.
Boom without Board, 75c. to $1.00.
A# FERNANDEZ, Manager.
Sept. 28, 1875. 10 Om.
ADOLPH SACK, Agt,
DEALER IN
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry,
SPECTACLES, U,
Corner Bryan and Whitaker Streets,
OTAJW- PA-
Watches, Jewelry and Clocks, care
fully Repaired and Warranted.
Sept. 28, 1875.
10 3m.
THE ISAACS HOUSE,
Cherry Street, - Macon, Ga*
H AVING some of the finest room* in tbe city.
Witn meals at the tables D'llote—$200
per day, or 50 cts. to 75 cts. f«>r room, and meals
to order. Lowet rates by the week, and every
effort made to give comlort aud satisfaction to
guests.
E. IKAAC8, Proprietor.
April 2>, 1875. ly
TEOST CUTTER,
Manufacturers of
Doors, Sash and Blinds, :
AND DEALER* IN
Rough and Dressed Lumber, Build
ers’ Material, &c., &c.
J. E. ELLIS. I M. H. CUTTER.
( Wfcarf Street,
asAcozr, ga.
March 15, 1875. 34 ly.
Tailor Shop and Dye House*
T nE UNDERSIGNED HAS REMOVED
bis Shop to No. ‘23 Colton Arciae,
Unrou, Ga, He has a first-class Tailor Shop
and Dye House. Cleaning Gentlemen’s Hats
and Clothes, also, Ladies’ Dresses, Gloves,
Shoes, Ribbons, Sec , neatly done at short no
tice.
PRICES.
For cleaning a Suit of Clothes will be $3 00
and for dying $4 00; for dying Silk Dress $4 00,
for cleaning $3 00.
J. M. DAMI Sl CO.
Macon, Ga., Opposite New York Store.
July 13th, 1875. 513m.
SiM’L. HALL.
I'M. A. LOFTO.X.
C. L. BARTLETT.
HALL, LOFTON & BARTLETT,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
MACON, - GEORGIA.
Office over City Bank.
W ILL practice in the counties of Bibb, Jas
per, Jones, Putnam, Baldwin, Wilkinson,
Twiggs, Washington, Houston, Crawford.
Dougherty, Up9on, Monroe, Dooly, Macon, Lao
rens. Dodge, Pulaski, in the Supreme Court of
Georgia, and the Circuit and District Courts of
the United States,
Sept. 14,1875.
8 6m.
AUGUSTA HOUSES.
C ARPETS, Oil Cloths, Window Shades,
Wall Papers. Lace Curtains, Curtain Goods,
Cornices, Mattings, &c. JAMES G. BAILIE
Sc BROTHER, Broad Stre<# [50 ly.]
C V. WALKER, Auction and Commission
• Merchant and Furniture Dealer, 31J, 319
and 321 Broad Street. [50 6m ]
D OOR, SASH and BLIND Manufacturer,
Wm H. Goodrich, Reynolds St. [50 6m.]
ROGER!
[50 6m. j
0UN MAKER and Dealer, E. H. ROGERS,
245 Broad Street.
Sa Da HSlilj
PROPRIETOR OF
A. J. MtlSENZAHL,
Manufacturing jeweller,
Watch Repairing a Speciality, and warranted.
Cub paid for old Gold and Silver.
West Side Market Square, Cor, St.
Julian <Sc Barnard Streets,
SAVANNAH, GA.
Sept. 28,1875. 10 3m.
J. W. ICHEERER,
PRACTICAL
Watchmaker & Jeweller,
And Dealer in
Wmlehest C!#eks & Jewelry,
170 Bryan street, Market Square,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
All kinds of Watches, Clocks and Jewelry
carefully repaired and Warranted.
Savannah, Sept. 27, 1875. 10 3m
Augusta Granite Works,
Near Union Depot, Augusta, Ga.
All kinds of work neatly done at short notice.
August 3, lff^ 2 ly.
LUMBER FOR SALE!
T HE UNDERSIGNED has established
LUMBER YARD in Milledgeville,
where he will keep a good supply of first-class
lumber constantly on band, which can be had
at low rates on application to T. A. CARAKER.
Lumber also on hand and for sale at the Mill.
Bills for Lumber left with T. A. Caraker will
be promptly filled. Lumber delivered when
desired.
W. G. ALLEN.
May 5,1875. 42 8m
SAMUEL POLFUS,
3aiLoJ- and QJ^a/iej-,
No. 7 Drayton Street,
SA YAAJCA/P, GUOEGZA,
Invites the attention of the public generally
to his new selected stock of French and English
Cloths, Cassimeres and Vestings, all the latest
styles of Goods, adapted to the season, which
will bomado up to order iu the most approved
styles of Fashion. A full line of Gents Fuinieh-
iii Good*. All Goods Warranted as represented,
j,-* oa tars 10 bm.
Iept.28,1875.
CR&MPTON’S IMPERIAL SOAP
IS THE “BEST.”
TUi Soap Is manufactured from pore mate-
rials, and Mit contains a large percentage of
Vegetable Oil. i» warranted fully eqnal to the
u2ta£Lto4 Castile Soap, and at the same
rimnommaes all the washing and cleansing
nrooertIes of the celebrated German and French
LaSdry 8oape It is therefore recommended
for use in the Laundry, Kitchen, and Bath-room,
and for general household purposes; also, for
Printers Punters, Engineers, and Machinists,
as it will remove stains of Ink, Grease, Tar, Oil,
Paiat, etc., from tbe bands. Manufactured only
by ’ CRAMTON BROTH ER8,
2*4,6,8, aad 10 Rutgers Place, and 33 and »
Jefferson Street, New York.
AND MILL FURNISHING DEPOT.
• co | *5
s is i 5*
a Ui t£ Cm ^ ^
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LopiijniitM •U041INM
DR. WHITTIER,
No. 617 St. CfcarlM Street, St Louis, Mi.,
■ of ebitMlee to urrlate, bM
konevkU imlte *wm
Lk tapanlUei iitewe.
l la ekerteral My Ike Wteti off lie-
aoerL wm fMadal mad hu beet cotabUiM to mere
..ft, <wrtal» tad fbAbbMo Mac • pMtrte r*
wvrrtl RMdteBl eollefca, ftnd hevlsfYke •Bftrlomeo of
lone *nd iBMiiBfel life fa kU specialties ko ku ptrfcH
remedies that are effectual in all these cases. Bis patients
arc being treated by mail or express everywhere. So
matter orno failed, call or write. From the crest num
ber of application* he is enabled to keep his ehnrgen
low. 36 pages, giving fall symptoms, for two stamps.
MARRIAGE GUIDE,
pacta, a papular Saak which ahaold he rea4 hr e.trp-
b .1, Mo marrtoS pair, cr peraooa cn'-mriatia* Bar*
rlafc. can aSarS W 9a wtthaat It. H coatala. tha eraaw af
aeakal mania*, so Mis aahjcct. tha naattaar Dr. w.’a
laws aaparlaaaa i sin <ka haat thm ( hu to late warka
l> f SISjl sue luskl Uni aaalad. paai-raiS ter IS ate.
DR. ULMEH’S
LIVER CORRECTOR.
AlARK.
F or diseases arisixg;from disor-
ganized state ot tbe Liver, such as
Dyspepsia, Ob-dructionsof the Viscera, Slono
in the Gall Bladder. Dropsy, Jaundice,
Acid Stomach, Constipation of tbe
Bowels. Sick and Nervous Head
ache, Diarrhoea and Dysente
ry, Enlarged Spleen, Fever
and Ague, Eruptive and
Cutaneous Diseases, such
ns St. Anthony's Fire, Erysip
elas, Pimples, 1'ostules and Boils,
Female Weaknesses, Affections of the
Kidneys and bladder, Files and many other
disorders caused by derangement of the liver.
This preparation, composed as il is of some of
the most valuable alteratives known, is invalu
able for the restora’im of tone aud strength to
the system debilitated by disease. Some of our
best Physicians, who are familliar with the com-
position of this medicine, attest its virtues and
prescribe it. It is a pleasant cordial.
PREPAREDJBY
B. r. VX.MER, as*
SAVANNAH, - - - GEORGIA.
Sold by all Druggists, Price, $1.
For sale in Milledgeville by B. R.
Herty, Druggist.
Aug 17,1875.
6 3m.
S. S. PECK,
Machinist and Millwright,
Famishes to Order
STEAM ENGINES, BOILERS,
Circular Saw, Grist
and Flour Mills,
Also, the Celebrated Leffell Double
Turbine Water Wheel, Hydraulic
Bams, Pipes, Pumps, and General
Machinery. All made of best Mate
rial, at Manufacturer's Prices.
TOORK8BORO, GA.
N*. 13, CeteiralK. K.
Oct 2(j, 1874. 13 ly.
The Great Reputation ,
which Dr. Pemberton’s Fin'd extract of Stilliu-
giu (or Queen's Delight) has attained in all sec
tions of the country as a
GREAT AND GOOD MEDICINE
and the large number ot testimonials which are
constantly being received from persons who
have been cured by its use, is conclusive proof
of its great merits.
This Great Health Restorer
is a positive specific and cure for Dyspepsia,
Liver Complaints, Constipation, Headache, Diz
ziness, Pains in the Back, Kidney Complaints,
Jaundice. Female Weakness, Lumbago,Gener
al Debility, Gravel, Gout, Scrofula, Cancerous
Humor, Erysipelas, Salt-Kheum, Ringworm,
Pimples ana Humors on the Face, Old Ulcers,
Rheumatism, Mercurial end Syphilitic Affec
tions.
It removes all Mercurial or other poisons from
the Blood, and soon restores the system to per
fect health and purity. That Pale, Yellow,
Sickly looking skin is soon changed to one of
beauty,freshness aud lieaUh. It w>U cure any
chronic or long standing diseases, whose real or
direct cause is bad blood. A trial will prove it.
Thousands have been snatched as it were from
the grave by its miraculous power, who now en
joy nealth and happiness, where once all was
misery.
It invigorates and strengthens the whole sys
tem, acts npon the secretive organs, allays in
flammation, cures ulceration, and regulates tbe
bowels.
Br. Pemberton’s Stillingia or
Queen’s Delight gives Bealth,
Strength and Appetite.
purifies the Blood, and renovates and
invigorates the whole system. Its medical
properties are alterative, tonic, solvent and diur
etic.
For testimonials of wonderful cures, send to
tho Proprietor, or call upon your Druggists. Tho
genuine is prepared only by.
Br. 7. S* PEMBERTON,
- Chemist, Atlanta, Ga.
For sale by all first-class Druggists.
Office of George Adair, Wall Street, J
Atlanta, Ga., July 16,1875. J
Dr. J. 8. Pembei Ion—Dear Sir: I have need
your Extract of Stillingia for a chronic skin affec
tion of many years standing, which made a euro
after all other remedies had failed. 1 have
known your Stillingia used in the worst cases of
scrofula, secondary syphilitic diseases, rheuma
tism, kidney aud liver affections, with great
success. In fact, I have never known it to fail
in the most desperate coses. 1 consider it the
greatest blood purifier known- l'ours truly,
J. C. EVANS.
For sale by B. R. HERTY', llillegeville, Ga.
July 27, 1875. 32 ly.
FRENCH’S HOTEL,
ON THE EUROPEAN PLAN,
Opposite City Hall, Park, Court
House and New Post-Office,
sraw YORK
All Modern Improvements,including Elevator
Rooms $1 per day and upwards-
T. J. FRENCH Sc BROS., Proprietors.
J«ly27,1875. 1 W
SttSD FOB CATABOGlfEtf.
Jane 1. 1875. ^ W
P. P. TOALE,
Manufacturer of
DOORSj SASHESj
Blinds, Flooring, Ac., 4c.
Dealer in
Paints, Oils, Ac.
Sole Agent for
The Natiaaal Mixed Paint Co.,
The Great American
FIRE EXTINGUISHER CO.,
Page Machine Belting Co.
IBV9 TOR PRICES.
OFFICE AND WAREKOOMS,
Km. 30 A 33 UsyBC A 33 A 35 Piack-
■cr Street*.
FACTORY and YARDS,
Ashler ■iver, West Bed HraaA Street,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Sent. 21.1875.' 9lJ.