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VOLUME XLYI.j
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, N 0 V E M B E R 16, 1875.
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Written Especially for the Union &. Recorder. j COuld have Seen it with me, for it
t'fmFTIVnrr r\T A TIT) *' was £ ° heavenly, so glorious, that
’ own mind could not retain it.
1 only know that when I waked there
‘SWEET CLOUD/’
ANT)
RUPERT VASE !
was still a soft halo of light around
me. The beautiful impression that
0R i lh e Saviour had been holding imme
mate, and sweet communion with my
VUhere Shall the Biame Ztest ? soul, and the conviction that I would
j soon be with him in Paradise was
by mary p. runyan. all that remained to me of this bliss-
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not
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tones of mirth to her lips. Glad-
; nees broke never the peaceful sad.-
I ness of her countenance.
The ingenuity of physician and
parents had been exhausted in devis
ing means to effect a change, but
she turned a deaf ear to every prop
osition ; they were all so at variance
with her feelings. At length she
was prevailed upon to spend
peated to me, and my heart is even
now full of the glory and beauty it
brought me, and my soul is hushed
by the melody of that peace rarely
known to earth. I think Jesus would
not have been thus gracious and
condescending to me, had I not obey
ed my parents by giving up Rupert.
Oh ! I am so glad I did ! Still I
would willingly have sacrificed my
• - i i physical energies, my moral strength
weeks with her cousin, and very dear anJ tL? gnsh f n „ fou i tain of my
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very graphic description of a trip
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lady ; and strangely enough it comes
to us by the same p'bst which brings
to us in IMS., another narrative of a
journey of an accomplished young
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©rn periodical (monthly) edited by |
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friend Nettie Richards, but even then
she returned much earlier than was
, expected, for which, at first she avoid
ed giving her reason. Oue evening,
however as they sat together in the
drawing-room with Nettie’s clear
laugh calling to the echoes about the
old mansion, Major Cloud, for the first
time, rebuked his daughter for a si
lence which he said if persisted in.
would become impolite, and request
ed her to sing.
She had scarcely commenced when
her voice and countenance betrayed
deep and painful emotion. Her fath
er hastened to her side saying, ‘‘Du
not sing my child, if it pains you
thus ; do not try to sing.”
“O, my father !” instantly her fing
ers forgot the keys of her piano, and
her arms were placed around his
neck, “it is not tho singing that
pains me, but my heart, Oh, father it
is my heart.”
She sobbed; and the blessed tears
that had not warmed her cheeks for
a long while, throbbed down upon
that manly bosom. Ho laid his
cheek against hers and said; “My
child, are you sorry you did not
oh ! Nettie, if father had only per
niitted, I w ould gladly, have wasted
all in a lifetime's attempt to rescue
him from a drunkard’s grave, but the
opportunity is past, Jesus alone can
save him now. O, sweet Saviour!
"ill thou in thy gracious power
bring him to dwell in thy pure hea
venly kingdom.”
The silver strokes of the prayer-
boil called to them at this juncture,
and Sweet Cloud leaned upon the
arm of her cousin, as she went down,
saying, I feel quite weak this morn
ing, but please do not mention it.”
Nettie could not keep her eyes from
her cousin’s face while Major Cloud
read : “He leadeth me in green pas
tures, and beside the still waters;
He restoreth my soul,” for tho girl
drank in tho words as ono drinks in
rapt music.
They had scarcely risen from the
morning’s devotion, when a cry sharp
and painful escaped the lips of Sweet
and she full into her former kneeling
posture, with one hand pressed tight
ly against her bosom. Thiice without
cessation the cry repeated itself upon
h r lips, but before the last had (lied
its burning flavor: It is wine! wine!!
that, with subtle influence, perverts
the taste, paves the avenue to the
throne of alcohol, and gilds his dark
ened courts. If we would banish the
fearful effects of strong drink from
| social life, we must sweep the poison-
| ous fragrance of wine from our so
cial entertainments, from our dining-
tables, and our drawing-rooms, Oh !
that every wave of Christian influence
might blend in favor of total absti
nence.”
"While he stood upon his balcony
that evening, with the red twilight
fading unheeded around him, a
stranger lay by the grave of his only
child, and the bloated cheek upon
the marble slab bore the irremovable
traces of death s touch.
Nettie Richards had found him
there for she neglected not to lay an
offering of affection upon that slab
each day
When they went to take him away
a well worn testament was found
pressed to his side, its fly-leaf bore
the same date that was engraved up
on the marble above the grave and
underneath it was written :
“Sweet Cloud has gone to be with
Jesus in heaven, I will go there too.
Rupert Yane.”
A sanguine light was breaking up
on the face of the sympathetic Net'
tie when she said, “lie has gone to
be with Sweet in Paradise.”
Some were astonished, some doubt
ed, many wondered, but physicians
shook their heads saying, “He drank
to the last," and, dictated by an un
changing mind, it is written, “AY
drunkard hath eternal life.”
marry Rupert? Do you, m your . away * she waB cIasped in her lather's
heart, censure me for taking the step
I did?"
There was a pause, and then the
answer, “father, I do not censure
you. I am sorry you had occasion
to forbid our union, and oh! my
heart aches, and I can’t help it fath
er. But it’s pains will cease by and
by. It won’t be long mother, I know
it won’t be long and that was why
I came home so soon. I wanted to
die here father with your strong
arms about me, and my precious
mother’s affectionate kisses warm up
on my brow.” The last words were
spoken with an arm around each pa
rent, and a light flickered upon her
face that might havo fallen from an
angel’s wing—it was so like our
dreams of heaven.
“Sweet, my darling child, do not
talk so,” faltered the mother, “it
breaks our hearts to think of your
death.”
“You must not entertain such fan-
arnis.
She looked up into his face and
and into that of her mother’s, (who
bent anxiously over her), and smiled
sweetly; then murmured feelingly,
“I am going home to Jesus, I told
cousin Nettie about it.”
The fierce pain tore her heart
again, but no sooner had her dreams
of anguish died away, than she smil
ed again, murmuring : “I am going
home to Jesus, I told cousin Nettie
about it.”
Once again tho anguished cries
from her heart pierced the loving
ones, and the murmur came faintly
from the sweet lips: “I am going home
to Jesus”—the eyes wandered from
the faces of her parents, and the reas
dy smile was given this time to Net
tie. Those who looked into her face
then, knew her spirit had gone to
the calm, deep peace of heaven ; for
it was as white as the snowy pil-
, , , , . . , low upon which they laid her bright
cies, my child, saul her at her so kead. The physician ivas summon
emnly; but there was an unwanb.-t 0 d, but her sleep remained unkroken.
The Golden Tress-
This is a new novel translated
from the French, very much after
the style of Eugene Sue and Alexan
dre Dumas. There is very little of
that material known as plot in rhe
torical parlance. Tho story is a
straight forward narrative with com
paratively few* characters figuring on
the boards; and yet the interest of
the reader never falters or fails.
One feels carried along in a swift
current, expecting every moment to
go over somo tragic precipice, yet
making many hairbreadth escapes
until the final deuoument. Unlike
tho sensational novel of the day,
there is nothing immoral or debasing
in its tendency. There are vicious
characters depicted who sell them
selves for gold and the gratification
of revenge, with a naturalness truly
French, and with an openness which
at once disgusts the reader with
such vices. The devotion of Jot-
trat, a detective, to the life time
work of discovering the only child
of his love, and his greater devotion
to principle when he finds his son
is a villain and amenable to the law,
are charmingly brought out. The
book is highly interesting and is
beautifully manufactured by the
house of Claxton, Remsen and Haffel-
finger, Philadelphia—a favoritehouse
well known in the South from its
publication of very many popular
books written by Southern authors.
anxiety in his tones, an.l across h
heart a strange darkness had fallen.
“You must not entertain such fan
cies, but look up with fortitude to a
long and useful life upon earth, and
you will feel stronger—you will be
happier.”
“I entertain no fancies, my dear
father, neither am I weak, but strong:
and in the most beautiful sense of
the word I am happy. Not because
I am going to leave you, and dear
mother, and Nettie and all our
friends, oh no. But because heaven
is so fair ; there is nothing for me to
accomplish on earth, and Jesus is
waiting for me. If the spirits of the
redeemed are permitted to watch
over mortals, I shall come again to
you, that is, when Rupert joins me
there. And together wo shall love
to guard your footsteps as you tot
ter down the decline of life. When
weary we will soothe your spirit
‘with one of the songs of Zion,’ we
will comfort you with gleams of eter
nal day; when death comes to you.
we will intercept his shadow with the
brightness of our wings, and at last
we shall all be so happy together
when we rest in heaven.”
For a time, parents and cousin
could find no answer to these impas
sioned words, and after that evening
positively prohibited her speaking
of theso things, endeavoring to bi h.
her mind back to the beauty of tins
world, and to its charming light.
But the resplendent gleam she had
caught of heaven was too magnetic.
She forbore to mention it, yet it
He could offer no remedy, ho knew
no power that could disturb such
sleep as her's save tho thrilling voice
of -Jesus of Nazareth. So they open
ed the bosom of the grave, and laid
her body carefully there. The wreath
of flowers they laid upon her brow,
was bedewed with tears, yet they
knew a fadeless, imperishable, wreath
touched the spirit brow—a wreath
whose flowers were blown in the
fragrant gardens of heaven.
While they yet smoothed the dust
carefully above her, a stranger ap
proached with rapid steps ; but when
he discovered that all was over,
and heard only the clink of a spade
against a pebble, he stood still a mo
ment, then bowed his head, smote
upon his breast, and turned to the
marble slab where the ivy twined
above the mortal remains of Mrs.
Yane.
None recognized him, for a heavy
board and a slouched hat concealed
] Is face: so leaving him unnoticed
they returned to their homes.
Badness lingered in all bosoms,
1: ut a great desolate silence filled the
mansion of Major Cloud—a silence
broken only by the lieart-sobs of Net
tie Richards, and the moans of the
bereaved parents.
Before the day had closed Nettie
nt again to the grave to weep,
and there discovered the stranger,
the slouched hat beside him and his
cheek lying against the moist clods.
He mflved not/until an exclamation
of surprise escaped her lips ; then ho
tarted up quickly, and she reeogni
seemed that she would never cease zed Rupert y ane . How sadly chan-
Who Made Up the Indian Ring?—
This question is answered in this
way by a Washington dispatch dated
the 24th:
Samuel Walker publishes a review
of the report of the Red Cloud Com
mission. He claims that the commis
sioners have adopted the artifice of
a special pleader, and have suppress
ed important testimony. The con
tractors, McCann and Slaving, who
were so assailed in the report, Mr.
Walker alleges, were never members
of the Indian Ring, but acted inde-
per ^Gntly of it. For this reason, the
ring was hostile to them, and while
those two contractors may have com
mitted frauds to the extent of $120,c
000, the ring proper has stolen more
than $2,000,0i >0. Mr. W alter charges
that the ring is composed of Delano,
senior and junior; the Smiths, Com
missioner and Solicitor; Wheeler,
Hosier, Wilder, Dodge, and Baid-
win. Walker insists that the claim
of the Commission, that Saville and
Bosler are innocent, is absurd.
to dwell upon tho delightful thought
that she was going soon to eternal
bliss; and three months later, she
spoke of it again, even more confi
dently ; but it was only to Nettie,
for her fond cousin alone would
listen. And as Nettie Richards heark
ened that last time she believed,
ofr there was a singular aud impres
sive arnestness in the voice of Sweet
Cloud.
“After I am gone, Nettie, father
and mother will be very sorry they
did not hear me. I know it is hard
for them to believe, because they do
so much regret to give me up ; I feel
sorry for them, especially father.
O, Nettie! whenever you look upon
wine giving its color in the cup.
ged he was; his face was bloated,
his eyes bleared, and his countenance
darkened. She placed her hand with
in the one he extended in salutation,
and then they sat down by the grave
and with the light of a golden sun
set fading around them, they talked
sadly, solemnly of the past, present
and future.
Rupert had blackened his soul in
crime, but when they parted that
evening there was a soft falling of
te. rs upon tho grave of Sweet Cloud
and the breath of prayer swept over
a new resolve written upon his heart
—a resolve to reform.
Again, other years had breathed,
had sighed, and were in the embrace
when you see it passing from friend of an insatiate past. Major Cloud
to friend, tell them of the wasted tal- stood upon the balcony, but there
ents of Rupert Yane, the unhappy was no fair cheeked maiden upon the
BE CHEERFUL
[Newr.an Star.]
The happiest man we ever knew
was Williford Brown, of Campbell
county, some twenty years ago. Ho
had a wife, and eleven children un
der 12 years old. He lived in a cab- I
in with one room and a loft in it, j
worked for farmers for ono bushel of j
coru or ten pounds of bacon per day. 1
That was his regular price no mat- j
ter what the price of corn was. At I
that time it was generally worth fif.« j
ty cents a bushel, but whether it was
forty, or a dollar it made no differ-,
ence with happy Williford. He
couldn’t read, write nor cipher, but
he said the price of an honest
day’s work was a bushel of com, and
a bushel of corn would make ten
pounds of meat. That was his simple
arithmetic, and he would not vary
from it. He was a good worker
and the neighbors all liked him, so be
was seldom out of a job. Of rainy
days ho would make baskets, and of
Sundays he went to church, and none
sang louder nor more devoutly than
happy, Christian Williford. Many
a time we have seen him going to
mill with his bushel of corn on his
shoulder singing along as happy as a
lark. He loved his wife and children,
and every addition to his family sent
a pang of joy to his heart and made
him sing louder than ever, and love
his wife better and better.
We saw him the other day : he is
an old man now. He was cheerful
and happy as ever, but a shade of
sadness came over his face as we ask
ed about his family. He said his
wife had gono to Heaven, and two
of his boys were killed in the army,
and he lived around among the bal-
ance, who were doing very well and
treated him very kindly. The neigh
bors say old Williford, with his six
ty five or seventy summers (for he
never knew how old he was, though
he told us twenty years ago that he
’lowed he was nigh on to fifty), can
do as good a day’s work as any man,
and is never easy except when at
work.
Oh, ye croakers of high and low
degree ! thinkest thou ye will ever en
joy the happiness on earth, or get
as near the throne of God in Heaven,
as simple, ignorant, happy Williford
Brown ?
The Chronicle & Sentinel of the
9th says:
Personal.—His Honor, Judge
Bartlett, of the Ocmulgee Circuit, is
presiding over the Richmond Supe
rior Court this week, by invitation
of Judge Gibson. Judge Bartlett is
one of the best judicial officers in
the State.
WST A farm at Newcastle-on-Tyne,
England, comprising about 2350
acres, has just been sold for $450,-
000. The buyer also takes the stand
ing timber at a valuation of $50,000;
and 30 acres of grazing land were
bought by the same purchaser for
$17,000.
fate of Sweet Cloud, and the misery
of my father. Remember this dear,
‘when I am gone,’ for I shall very
soon leave this world.”
“Tell me dear cousin," said Nettie,
“why you persist in the belief that
you will die, while you seem to re
tain your usual health, and your
cheeks still hold their soft bloom ?
Why do you say more seriously than
ever, ‘I shall go very soon?’”
“Nettie my cousin, you all know
that I havo a diseased heart which
should remind me constantly that its
beating will soon cease, but in ad
dition to this, while at your mother’s
—it was the night after we heard
that horrid rumor, that Rupert had temperance
i been taken from the street in a state woman from
! of intoxication, I had retired in a
mostpitiable frame of mind, Oh, how
my soul struggled in prayer ! it seem
ed like all the suffering of a life time
had come, in that one hour to crush
door step. His wife, too had gone
to strike the chords of the golden
harp, and he was very aged with sor
row as he stood there. The wild
winds up among mountain crests
touch snow no whiter than were the
thick locks he pushed up from his
temples, and upon every lineament
of his face was imprinted a verifica
tion of that woe pronounced upon
“him who givethhis neighbor drink.”
His afflictions had not been sent in
vain, for the contents of a decanter
had ceased to blush upon his table ;
wine had not given its color in a cup
of his since Rupert went away. In
stead, the Major had become a great
lecturer, dissuading
the manufacture of
wines, and man from distilling
stronger drinks. On one occasion
he had said quite warmly :
' Strong drink wears the cold glare
of a criminal determined on
Cnme
jnfi) but in my sleep, peace came, its kindred, fire marks the eye of a
and I was favored with a beautiful ferocious animal as he leaps fearlessly
and most impressive dream. I wish upon his prey, and untempered by
I could tell it to you, or that you I sweets, the pure palate would detest
IJOW DONKEYS ARE CAPTURED.
Monkeys are pretty common, yet
as all the families are remarkably
cunning, has it ever occurred to the
reader how they are taken? Pitfalls
will take a lion, and the famished
monarch will, after a few days’ star
vation, dart into a cage containing,
food, and thus be secured. But how
are monkeys caught? The ape family
resembles man. Their vices are hu
man. They love liquor, and fall. In
Darfour and Senar tho natives make
a fermented beer, of which the monk
eys arc passionately fond. Aware
of this, the natives go to the parts
of the forest frequented by the
monkeys, and set on the ground
calabashes full of the enticing liquor.
As soon as the monkey sees and
tastes it, he utters loud cries of joy,
that soon attract his comrades. Then
an orgie begins, and then in a short
time they show all degrees of intoxi
cation. Then the negroes appear.
The few who came too late to get
fuddled escape. The drinkers are
too far gone to distrust them, but
apparently take them for larger spe
cies of their own genus. The ne
groes take some up, and these begin
to weep and cover them with maudlin
kisses. When a negro takes one by
tbe hand to lead him off, the nearest
monkey will cling to the one who
thus finds a support, and endeavor
to go off also. Another will grasp
at him, and so on until the negro
leads a staggering line of ten or a
dozen tipsy monkeys. When finally
brought to the village, they are se
curely caged and gradually sobered
down; but for two or three days a
gradually diminishing supply of li
quor is given them, so as to recons
cile them by degrees to their state of
captivity.
—An old farmer, living in the
State of Vermont, was in the habit
of loaning money at a usurious rate.
He was, moreover, a strict church
member. One day a neighbor called
on him for the purpose of negotiating
a loan. The old farmer informed
him that he could have the money
at tbe rate of nine per cent. “Nine
per cent!” exclaimed the astonished
neighbor; “why that can’t agree with
your principle of Christianity. What
will the Lord say when he looks
down from above and sees-you charge
nine per cent, when the legal rate is
only six?” “Ah! but,” exclaimed the
farmer, “when the Lord looks down
from above, the figures will be re
versed, and the nine will look just
like a six,"
SO!$ETIjlNG ELSE THERE.
A pair of little feet clambering up
the steps of a shady piazza; a pair of
little hands bearing a small, well-
filled basket; a sweet child’s face,
i rosy and earnest. The basket was
j rested for a moment upon the upper
I step, and a pair of soft, gray eyes
j peered through the half-closed blinds
of the nearest window. The hall-
door was open and a lady came from
the room to welcome the diminutive
messenger.
“Good morning, Dewy; pretty
well loaded, aren’t you? Shall I
take it?” And she extended her hand
for the basket. The little fellow
gave it to her, also the kiss for which
she had bent smilingly.
“Aunt Ria, it’s for Uncle Fred;
but my mother says you can have
some of it,” ho said as he pattered
after her into the pleasant sitting-
room.
“Did she,” laughingly responded
1 the lady.
“Yes, ma’am; I asked her. And
1 she said I must tell her if Uncle Fred
! is any better. Is he?” he queried,
j speaking low and trying to edge
! himself up on the lounge,
j “Come in here and see, Dewy,”
1 came in Uncle Fred’s own voice from
the bed room adjoining. Dewyquick-
: ly slipped from his perch and almost
j ran across the room.
“Oh, L T nelo Fred, you am better!
j ’Cause yesterday you didn’t speak to
me; you had your eyes shut.”
“Yes, Dewy, I am better, but I
must not kiss you yet, pet. Just let
me hold your hands. Now, Aunt
Ria, let us see what’s in the big bas
ket the little man tugged all the way
up the hill.”
Aunt Ria took out a dressed chick
en, some fruit, and a jar of cream.
“Something else there,” said Dewy.
Aunt Ria shook the napkin and
glanced again into the basket. “I
don’t see anything else. What was
it, dear?”
“Something you can't tako out,”
returned Dewy, very gravely.
Uncle Fred laughed quite heartily
for a sick man at what he considered
his small nephew’s joke. “I suppose
you mean the bottom of tho basket,
Dewy,” he said.
“No, Uncle Fred, I don't,” replied
the child with decision. “It was
something my mother put in there.
It was a prayer.”
“It was what?” asked both rela
tives at once.
“A prayer. I saw my mother put
it in. You can’t take it out, but God
can.”
“What a strange notion,’’ said
Aunt Ria.
“Well, I guess it's so,” murmered
Uncle Fred.
“Course it’s so,” repeated Dewy.
“I saw my mother from tho win
dow. ’Fore she put on tho napkin
she looked up so”—turning his sweet
face upwards—“and said something
low, and I know it was a prayer.
That’s the way she does lots of
times, and she puts a prayer in my
crib every night.”
Dewy’s mother had told him to
return immediately ; so, after taking j
“just one peep” at his baby cousin,
who lay asleep in another, room, he '
departed. His active, earnest foot
steps were still sounding upon the
stone walk when his Uncle Fred re
marked: “That putting in a prayer,
asDewy calls it, is just like Madge,
although I never gave it a thought
before. I really believe she never
does the least thing without praying
over it. She is a good creatme, if
there ever was one; yet when we
youngsters were all at home togeth
er, we boys used to tease her unmer
cifully sometimes about her religion.
Grandmother used to say,” he ad
ded, after a brief silence, “that
Madge was the extreme good or bad
luck to others,’ and once she startled
us all by declaring that whoever was
ill among the neighbors either died
immediately or began to convalesce
as soon as Madge had assisted in at
tending them, though it were only
for a night, I noticed that thing
particularly, and it did seem so; but
I believe now that nothing more
supernatural than her prayers was at
the bottom of it.”
The invalid remained in a deep
thought and with closed eyes so
long that his wife thought him sleep
ing ; but suddenly he looked up,
his brow troubled, his lips worked
nervously.
“Maria,” he said, “I have never
yet dropped a prayer into our baby’s
cradle. I am a miserable, ungrate**
ful wretch; and if I ever get to heaven
it will be because a sister’s prayers
have kept mo within the reach of
mercy. I think her prayers must
have saved my life once before; your
care and her prayers will raise mo
from this illness; but now I believe
it time that I began to call upon the
Lord for myself. Dewy has given
me a key,” he resumed, after a brief
interval, “that unlocks Madge’s
whole life, and I view her character
now in its true light. I used to re
gard her as absurdly conscientious,
but now I know that she is a child
of God.”
The key which Dewy in childish
simplicity and trust gave so earnest
ly to his uncle that bright summer
morning has brought to the eye of
the latter more than one beautiful
revelation. God did take the mute
petition from that little basket, and
he changed it into anthems of praise.
The praying sister soon clasped the
brother’s hand in hers and pointed
out the path that led to the precious
cross. The heart of the sister and
wife was also won by Calvary's sim
ple stoiy, so old and yet so new—so
wonderful.”
“Something else there,” they fre
quently say to each other, “or, if
there is not, there ought to be;” and
Dewy’s remark, once so perplexing,
has aided them more than any other
uninspired word to perform cheer
fully the duties expected of those
who humbly follow Christ.—Chris
tian at Work.
4 BIG TREE FOR Ti^E CENTENNIAL.
A section of one of the big trees
of California is on its way to Pliila-
delphia for exhibition at the Centen
nial. It passed through Omaha, and
the Bee of that place thus describes
it: ‘The tree from which this sec
tion was cut grew in the Kaweah
and Kinfjs River Grove, near the
line of Frenso Tulare counties, Cali
fornia, on the west slope of the Si
erra Nevadas, at an elevation of
6,500 feet above the level of the sea,
forty-five miles from Visalia, the
nearest railroad station. The age
of the tree, as indicated by the year
ly rings, was about 2,250 years, the
rings being so close on the outer
edge that it was almost impossible to
count them. The height was 276
feet. The diameter, at the surface
of the ground, was 26 feet; ten feet
above the ground diameter was 20
feet; 100 feet above the ground,
where the first limb projects, the di
ameter was 14 feet; and 200 feet
above the ground the diameter was 9
feet. It was perfectly sound and
solid. The bark averaged one foot
in thickness, and in some places it
was 16 inches thick. The bark of
some of this species of tree is 3 feet
thick. The estimated number of
lumber feet that it would make was
375,000, and the number of cubic
feet about 31,000, enough to make
lumber and posts for sixteen miles
of ordinary fence. The weight of the
wood when first cut was seventy-
two pounds per cubic foot, making
the iveight of the lumber producing
portion 2,232,000 pounds. It took
two men ten days’ hard work to fell
the tree, and when it fell it broke in
several pieces. This section was
taken from the tree ten feet above
the ground. The diameter at the
base is 20 feet. It was hollowed
out into a cylinder, and then cut
into sections, making when put to
gether the body of the tree complete,
the wood thus left being from six to j
eight inches thick exclusive of the
bark.”
Planting Trees.—If thu roots of
trees are dipped into water just before
planting the earth that sticks to
them will give immediate support to
the small fibres.
A Heroine by Mistake.—One dark
night, not long ago, a burglar enter
ed a private residence on Broadway.
On ascending one flight of stairs he
observed a light in a chamber, and
while deliberating what to do a large
woman suddenly descended upon
him, seized him by the throat, push
ed him down through the hall, and
forced him into the street before he
had time to think. “Heroic Repulse
of a Burglar by a Woman” was the
way the stc ry was told the next day.
But when friends called and congrat
ulated her upon her courage she ex
claimed: “Good gracious! I didn’t
know it was a burglar! If I had,
I should have been frightened to
death. I thought it was my husband
come home drunk, and I was deter
mined he shouldn’t stay in the house
in that condition.”—Lexington Ga
zette.
AUGUSTA HOUSES.
C ARPETS, Oil Cloths, Window Shades,
Wall Papers. Lace Curtains, Curtain Goods,
Cornices, Mattings, &c. JAMES G. BAILIE
Sl BROTHER, Broad Street. [i0 ly.]
C V. WALKER, Auction and Commission
• Merchant and Furniture Dealer, 317, 319
and 3-‘l Broad Street. (’it) 6m ]
OOR, SASH and BLIND Manufacturer,
Ws II. Goodrich, Reynolds St. (60 6m.J
D
G
UN MAKER and Dealer, E. II. ROGERS,
245 Broad Street. [50 6u).J
PROPRIETOR OF
Augusta Granite Works,
ffear Union Depot, Augusta, Ga.
All kinds of work neatly done at abort notice.
August 3, 18'5 * 2 ly.
MISS F.B. PERKINS,
(FROM BALTIMORE,)
Ladies’ Hair Dresser,
Keeps constantly on hand and makes to Order
at the Shortest Notice every description of
Hair Work, such as
WIGS, BRAIDS, CURLS, Ac.
348 Broad Street, opposite Planters’ Hotel,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
Oct. 5th, 1875. 11 3m.
El. BROOKER,
COTTON FACTOR AND
Commission Merchant,
McIntosh, below Reynolds Street,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
Will ?ell cotton for ONE DOLLAR per bale
commision, with Usual storage.
Oct. 5th, 1875. 11 3m.
TIMMERMAN A WISE,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Petbr Ried, of Bridge of Caley,
Blairgowrie, has sent four stamps to
the English mint to pay for coining
foiqium two pennies, one with two
heads and one with two tails. Ho
adds: “N. B.—It is for tossing that
I want them.”
An Indianapolis dog has made
himself famous by an attack of the
fever and ague-
The Democratic victories in Mis
sissippi, secures the election of Hon,
L. Q. C. Lamar to the U, S, Sen
ate.
233 Broad St., AUGUSTA, GA.
Oppotite Central aud Globe Hotels.
Oct. 26,1875. 14 1m.
i, 6, mm,
Furniture Dealer,
147 aad 149 Broad Street,
AUGUST A, GA.
1 CAN SHOW THE LARGEST ASSORT
MENT OF
FURNITURE
in the eitv, and my prices are aa low as any
hoase in' the hade. Call and examine my
stock.
Oet. 26, 1875.
14 3m.
SAMUEL POLFUS,
TJailae and SBrafier,
No. 7 Drayton Street,
SArAXjVAH, GEORGIA,
Invites the attention of the public generally
to bis new selected stock of French and English
Cloths, Caeeimeres and Vestings, all the lateat
styles of Goods, adapted to the season, which
will be made np to order in the most approved
•tylea of Fashion. A fall line of Gents Famish
ing Goods. All Goods Warranted as represented.
Sept. 28,1875. 10 6m.
POETRY RUN J^D.
I stood up' -n Uie ocean's briny shore,
And with a fragile reed I wrote
Upon the sand—
“Agnes, 1 love thee!"
The mail wave rol'ed by and blotted out
The fair impression.
Frail reed ! cruel wave ! treacherous sand!
I’ll trust ye no more :
But with a giant hand I'll pluck
From Norway's frozen shore.
Her tallest pine and dip its top
Into the crater of Vesuvius,
And upon the high and burnished heavens
I'll write—
“Agnes, I love thee!’’
And 1 would like to see any
Dog-goned wave wash that out.
Notwithstanding the over supply
of petroleum in Pennsylvania, new
wells are constantly being put in
eperation. In June, 47 wells, with
a daily production of 1262 barrels,
were finished, and July added to the
list 98 wells, with an aggregate daily
production of 2573 barrels. August
1, 114 wells were in process of being
drilled. One 200 barrel well, anoth
er yielding 75 barrels, and five others
50 barrels each, have been struck
since the first of the present month.
It is an established fact, however,
that new wells fall off in their yield
about one-third within the first thir
ty days. |
MACON CARDS.
Established brer 30 Tears Ago.
MIX & KIRTLAND,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer, in
Boots, Shoes and Hats,
Morocco, French and American Calf Skins,
Leather Finding., &c., Sea.
All orders promptly and carefully filled at
3 Cotton Avenue & 66 3rd Street,
MACON, GA.
MIX & KIRTLAND.
Oct 12. 1875. 12 3in.
T. B. ART0PE, Agent,
(Formerly Junior Partner of J. B. Artopedc Son)
DEALER IN
Marble and Granite Work,
MONUMENTS, HEAD STONES,
Box Tombs, Vases, Iron Railing,
Copings, Building Work, &c.,
Corner Ner.sd suit Poplar Btrerta,
Opposite J. W. Burke & Co ’a, rear of Ross &
C< Ionian's.
XKACOST, GA.
Orders Sol-cited
May 17, 1875. 43 ly
THE ISAACS HOUSE,
Cherry Street, - Macon, Ga.
H AVING some of the finest rooms in the city.
Witu meals at the tables D'Hote— $2 00
per day, or 50 cts. to 75 cts- for room, and meals
to order. Lower rates by the week, and every
effort made to give comfort and satisfaction to
guests.
E. ISAACS, Proprielwr.
April 22, 1875. ly
ELLIS & CUTTER,
Manufacturers of
Doors, Sash and Blinds,
AND DEALERS IN
Rough and Dressed Lumber, Build
ers’ Material, &c., &c.
J. E. ELLIS. ? M. H. CUTTER.
{ Wharf Street,
MACOXT, GA.
March 15, 1875. 34 ly.
SAM'L. HALL.
WM. A. LOFTON.
C. L. BARTLETT.
HALL, LOFTON & BARTLETT,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
MACOXT, — GEORGIA.
Office over City Bank.
W ILL practice in the counties of Bibb, Jas
per, Jones, Putnam, Baldwin, Wilkinson,
Twiggs, Washington, Houston, Crawford
Dougherty, Upson, Monroe, Dooly, Macon, Lau
rens. Dodge, Pulaski, in the Supreme Court of
Georgia, and the Circuit and District Courts of
the United States.
Sept 14,1875. 8 6m.
MACON SAVIN6S BANK.
CAPXSA&
No. 42 SECOND STREET,
(Opposite Triangular Block.)
C HARTERED BY ACT OF LEGISLA
TURE of Georgia, and approved by the
Governor.
This is the first regularly Chartered Savings
Bank ever established in this city, and it offers
inducements to Farmers, Mechanics, Clerks, La
borers, Women, Children, and all classes, both
whit, and colored, to deposit their savings,
which they have not had in the past, viz : SE
CURITY AND PROFIT Has been iu opera
tion only eight months, and har four hundred
and fifiy-seven (457) Depositors. Interest at
seven per cent, paid on all sumsfrom $1 upward,
and compounded semi-annually.
OPEN A BANK ACCOUNT AT ONCE!
The fact that you have money in the Bank
will add to your self-respect.
Persevere in the Habit of Saving 1 !
Feelings of honorable independence will grow
as yonr Bank Account increases.
The Bank is open daily from 9 ». s.to 1 p.m.
and from 3 to 4 r. M., and on Satardays from 9
x- m. to 1 r. m., and irom 3 to 8 p. u.
J. M. BOARDMAN. President-
H. T. POWELL, Cashier.
DIRECTORS:
W. A. HUFF, W. P. GOODALL, B. P.
WALKER, H. T. POWELL, J. M.
BOARDMAN.
Oct. 12, 1875. 12 6m.
THOMAS WOOD,
DEALER IN
FURNITURE,
Carpets, Window Shades,
WALL PAPER AND MATTINGS.
Elegantly Finished Metal Cases and Caskets.
ALSO
Caces, Coffins and Caskets,
in all Woods. Orders by Telegragh promptly
attended. . _ „
Next to “Lamer House,
MACOXT, GA.
Oct. 12, 1875. I 2 3m -
“NATIONAL HOTEL.”
(Nearly Opposite the Passenger Depot.)
MAOON, GA.
H AVING been thoroughly renovated, en
larged, improved and refurnished through
out, continues open to visitors, on
Terms Graded to Snit the Most
ECONOMICAL,
With every appointment complete, and accom
modations FIRST CLASS in every particular.
The present management extends a hearty in
vitation to travellers and the public, to give the
NATIONAL
a trial, pledging every effort to give aatiafae-
tion. The tables will be a apeeialty.
THOMAS RYAN.
Nov, 2,1873. 15 ly.
ULMEn>s
LIVER CORRECTOR.
trade
S3
SO
S
%
F OR DISEASES ARISIXG’FROM DISOR-
ganized state of the Liver, such as
Dyspepsia, Obstructions of the Viscera, Stone
in the Gall Bladder Dropsy, Jaundice,
Acid Stomach, Constipation of the
Bowels. Sick and Nervous Head
ache, Diarrhoea and Dysente
ry, Enlarged Spleen, Fever
and Ague, Eruptive and
Cutaneous Diseases, such
as St. Anthouy's Fire, Erysip
elas, Pimples, Pustules and Boils,
Female Weaknesses, Affections of the
Kidneys and Bladder, Piles and many other
disorders caused by derangement of the liver.
This preparation, composed as it is of some of
the most valuable alteratives known, is invalu
able for the restoration of tone aud strength to
the system debilitated by disease. Some of our
best Physicians, who are familliar with the com
position of this medic:ne, attest its virtues and
prescribe it. It is a pleasant cordial.
PREPARED ]BY
B. r. U£MS7v, M-
SAVANNAH, - - - GEORGIA.
Sold by all Druggists, Price, $1.
For sale in Milledgeville by B. R.
Herty, Druggist.
Aug 17,1875. 6 3m.
The Great Reputation
which Dr. Pemberton’s Flu'd extract of Stilllu-
gia (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 gieat merits.
This Great Health Restorer
is 4 positive specific and cure for Dyspepsia,
Liver C‘ mplamts. Constipation, Headache, Diz
ziness, Pains in the Back, Kidney Complaints,
Jaundice Female Weakness. Lumbago, Gener
al Debility, Gravel, Gout, Scrofula, Cancerous
Humor, Erysipelas, Salt-Rheum, Ringworm,
Pimples amf Humors on the Face. Old Ulcers,
Rheumatism. Mercurial and 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 and health. It will cure any
chronicor long standing diseases, whose real or
directcause 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 uealth and happiness, where once all was
misery.
It invigorates and strengl hens the whole sys
tem, acts upon the secretive organs, allays in
flammation, cures ulceration, and regulates the
bowels.
Dr. Pemberton’s Stillingia or
S iueen’s Delight gives Health,
trength and Appetite.
It purifies the Blood, and renovates and
invigorates tbe whole system. Its medical
pioperties are alterative, tonic, solvent and diur-
etio.
For testimonials of wonderful cures, send to
the Proprietor, or call upon your Druggists. The
genuine is prepared ODly by.
Dr. T. 8- PUKSUETON,
Chemist, Atlanta, Ga.
For sale by all first-class Druggists.
Office ofGcorge Adair, Wall Street, J
Atlanta, Ga , July 16, 1875. ,
Dr. J. S. Pembei/on—Dear Sir: I have used
your Extract of StilliDgia for a chronic i-kin affec
tion of many years standing, which made a cure
after all other remedies had failed. I have
known your Stillingia used in the worst cases of
scrofula, secondary syphilitic diseases, rheuma
tism, kidney and liver affections, with great
success. Iu fact, I have never known it to fail
in the most desperate cases. I consider it tho
greatest blood purifier known- Yours truly,
J.C. EVANS.
For sale by B. R. IIEUTY, Millegeville, Ga.
July 27, 1875. 32 ly.
FRENCH’S HOTEL,
ON TIIE EUROPEAN PLAN,
Opposite City Hall, Park, Court
House and New Post-Office,
NEw -STOB.K.
All Modern Improvements, including Elevator
Rooms $1 per day and upwards
T.J. FRENCH it BROS.. Proprietors.
July 27, 1875. 1 ly.
Send for catalogues.
June l, 1875. 45 ly.
P. P. TOALE,
Manufacturer of
DOOSS, SASHES,
Blinds, Flooring, A'c., Ac.
Dealer in
mp? nmm-
Paints, Oils, Ac.
Sole Ageut for
The National Mixed Paint Co*,
The Great American
FIRE EXTINGUISHER CO.,
Page Machine Belting Co.
8BXTD rOB. PRICES.
OFFICE AND WAREROOMS,
H tl , aa Sc 33 Ilajrae 4k 33 & 33 Pinck
ney Slreel*.
FACTORY and YARDS,
Ashley River, West End Brand Street,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Sept. 21,1875. 9 ly.
AND MILL FURNISHING DEPOT.
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