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Newspaper Page TextThe White I h*T* nc<-uily nwiffd » new lot of lh<* funu- * 'Whito Shuttle s *.nff Machlnr*. with many prro- llml *n<| Imprest m/oita. The li/bt-rua- rtn<r. durability,l**uiy *n*l r%u> of operation of « * WHITE At oner commend* it to the public. and place* it Boss Over all other Machines Vbtrwr fowr.4 The V*| tribute to thU Machi> n i* that It her |tlr**Ml In ru-ry ln»um>. In *. each (Hmhiarr Is turnbh.il with » tt»e year's writ Jbta imarantee by the (<>iu|kitny, »hf< h aukr* ihi in fh* eanwlnci «i ofthe Lmwj* merit -I Ihi* Marbine by calling *i»«l »e»inK it >«*r youn*' a. i kernerutv It t* told U»"" t- oa n •nrriu strut It. t vouM ih* call alteutioH to «uy t«nui at.H-k . f Dry Goods. Groceries, No tions Plantation Supplies etc., which can be bo'.cbt «c;j 1« * at this time. 1 also keep a full »mt cv up'1r«* «»»>«• • »' all grn- ‘ * t,U1i«a|of »i>d Mu<4.ti£ l i .v. ist i fc *r« «J »t»i • variety, and one o: tb»* b.-»t •.«ort»il st.vks o ft • Wh:»ki<-» Hr audits, M our-, '« *.»*. etc . ktpt In «t o •aarket ikdl and s*-r m-v' 1 jeuiopiM . tr.trt,etc. V« r> r. w:::i ij. It, > MEPHEXS Jaruary S3, iMMm MUYFRS By EVANS & WARREN.} Devoted to the Interests of Albany and Southwest Georgia. {$2.00 Per Ammiu OLD SEttlES—Vol. 35, No. 411.} ALBANY, GEORGIA. THU USD AY, FEBRUARY 12. 1*80. < NEW SEUIES-Vol. 14, No. 7. JAS. H. SPENCE, JR., ATTORNEY AT LAY Pearaon, foffee Co., (la. Wt" practice In »b. lh»D«ick »o4 S uthe r • dh'ial (trvu.i*, and ±» am rv in the >tate by v* ••....tract, 90~< oil. s teD'Hiwruliy. ftU-ll Z. J. ODOM, ATTORNEY AT LAY ALS.lXr, <JA. CoHectluK>a lar^ecr srtall a *fici*3ty. U fit teti prvrtup.T jil b.«:rev rutrus'td to lu-c.T MplfrTV 1-' W. T. JON FS, JI>aE W. U Al.TKli . JONES & VALTERS, Attorneys at Law, ILHAM, C.4. Gfioeoeer CettrV Kallnud Bank. j+*:g-lj Lott Warr en, A TTORNEY AT LAW ALBANY. OA. DOCTORS. W. M. I'kMuo J.T. HOLMES. Drs. Holmes & DeMoss, DENTISTS. AtBASf. - . • GEORGIA. W. A. STROTHER, M. D. ALBANY. GEORGIA. OSce over Gilbert’s Dre Store. Dr. E. W. ADFRIEjVD. R BBPECTFULLY tenders hi- *err!ce«.'.'n ‘h^Ts- rl»a* hnnehes .! V* pro<e**ion, t./ tb-c tlxea* a \!Nany and*.urr^und«nj. country. <tficv opp>.oite HOTELS . The OM Reliable BARNES HOUSE, Pine Sr., Albany, La., Abridging the Right to Vote. Attention 1ms more tlmn once been called to the argument that a strict enforeeinent of the fourteenth amend ment. such a* those States’ determin edly insist upon where the South is concerned, would abridge the repre sentation in the lower house of Con gress of at least two of the New Eng land State*. General II. K. Butler, in l# argument, on Thursday, before the Committed on Elections of the House, in a Massachusetts contested election ease, referred to the rostrie- tioii'tput upon the suffrage by Mas sachusetts in its educational qunliti- enfion. by which, it is estimated, !<*>,- 000 males above the age of tweuty- • are deprived of voting. Ma->:»- chusetts, at the simu time, receive-* credit in her apportionment of llep- resentatives for tltc«e persons, wi L I , it is claimed, is in e mfliet with lit • *piril v if not the letter, of the provis ions of tin* fonrieeiith ainriiduient.— If Ma^aehusetts was not eredih *1 with fhe-e pernnis lltr State wo i lo<e tu o Bepreseiitalives iuCongre But tin* Radical* of M.i—ndm - i need not he alarmed. In ca-e s»9 attempt to enforce the plain pr.«vi ion of the tourieenth nmon Itm-i t . the Constitution it wouMonU hen . ->ary t«» obtain a deri-n»n <*; t!u- > preme Court of the State, whieh t. nunal, it i- to be pre*u:ned. like • *» Supreme Court of the Unit' d Sta.» ant! that of Maine, would hold *); i neither constitution-. laws nor tl. people’s b illots must be permitted f -taml in the way of the -upremacy v the Radical party.—Savannah New: Lifted from OUlce. Washington. .Tan. 20.-Indiati Com- mis-ioner II i\t was removed from office to-day by Carl ScJmrz. I.a'e this afternoon Mr. Sehurz entered the Cormnic-ioner’s offiee and said : "Mr. llayf. you must go.’’ At the -atne time he handed him the follow ing letter: January 20,1830. If on. A. Hayt, Commissioner *>f Indian Affairs: It has beeomejnv duty to intorm you that the public interest demands a change in the C<»mmis>iouership ot* Indian Affairs, and that your further General items- The Jury in the ease of Rev. Her- heit II. Hayden, on trial at New II:- ven. Conn., for the murder of Mar Staiitiard, failed to agree. The trial lasted on days. Gen. tiratit has ordered his ICthan Allen t'olt, now on the farm of Gene ral Beale, near Wa-hington. to he sent by the next steamer as n present t » the Milkado of Sapan. Another important railway consoli dation has been affected—that of tie* Union l*a»-itie and Kansas 1’acift • Railways. The movement was «i.. giueered by Jay (ioiiltl, who oivt . about live—eveiiths of the Kansas IV citio stork. Mr. Uimetic SrliU) ler. it i- *.ii!l rer:-ivi* from Seril •»•-!■’. Mont!»!y for hi- "Uife of 1** t Gi• at *’ with all righ»- <*f puhl . hi book foim Theillu-tr.i- j & W>.0(K». i Mrs. Kale ( ha-o Sprague is no,. j living in Wndtingroit in ,• -mall l»u, j oif.-ant home, wliere she recentl ! uave a Mtni| tueus dinner to Mi? | Senator I 'oakling, who for tin* fir-* | iinn* in many yar-. i- spending t*n • ! " inter in \V i-liington with her l.t;*- i hand. 11 -reins like Mrs. Sprag . . ! «loes not shun notoriety, it indeed^!: • docs not court it. A German diarvman * don’t wai for the cream to “rise/* Tin y pi t • • the new cream in a centrifugal in « •bine, and completely separate fro*. SO to IM) per cent, of the cream in i!-i minutes. An American has iinprov ed on this. He coplefelv remove the c ream in fifteen minutes, and but ter is made from milk in less than an hour from the cow. The Savannah Theater was hail in IS03. and is the oldest in A merit-.. It is a massive building of brick att'* stone. It has never been remodele*. or changed in any a wuv. The archi tect of this theater was an English man, brought to America by the Blake brothers, two wealthy rice planters of South Carolina, who at that time had theii^residence in Sa vannah. A young English hide at Din mi, in services in this office are dispensed j Brittany, who had been’ cleaning her with. Very respectfully. 1 gloves with petroleum, held her glov ed hand near a candle to burn an end of cotton, when the glove caught fire, and on her instinctively trying to ex tinguish the flame with the other,that also took fire. Both hands were so frightfully burnt that amputation would have been necessary, hut the unfortunate victim expired prior to the operation. Very respectfully C. ?curitz. A committee of the Board of In dian Commissioners has been inves tigating for some time charges against Mr. Hayt. Mr. £churz. informing correspondents of the fact of Mr. Hayt’* removal, said explicitly that the charges preferred against him of dishonest conduct before the Com mittee had not been proved, and that j movement is on foot among tin* he was removed for withholding in- : Episcopalians of New York to raise formation from the department. J he | a ,- lm a „f ^.Vyjou for the endowment tar’, ot Mr. Hayt , case do not war- j 1>t - t | )c (;enerni Theolnriral Seminar! rant the jrentle manner in which Mr. iu ,i )at ,.jty. t )ne layman, who wish- LooV out. or vott ui!I lo-e r. lJar<>ai; Soliur/ relieves him. Met with his Match. The clever I>r. Uitchie. of Kdin- bnrgh, met with his mateh while ex aminin'’ a student. He said : -And you attended the class for mathematics?" •Yes.” •‘How many sides have a circle ?’’ ••’i'-.V'i,'’ said the student. •‘What arc they f’ What a latigh in the ela^s tl ie stu dent's answer produced when he said, ••An inside and outside." lint this was nothing compared with what followed. The doctor having said to this student, "And you attend the moral philosophy chi-s ' “Yes.” "Well, you would hear lectures on various subjects. Did you ever hear one on cause and cllcct ?" ••Does all etii et ever go before a . .. ! me an in-tanc*. ‘*A man vvIm-* ling n burrow.” '1 h»* (I'M-tor th**n -ut down -jud pro- » oosed no more <jtit:ith»n«. Ihtii htl!. of th ■ Aii iU't.i Ohron’clti. i /ive- th -e dt>t= from Waildsigto .. Ref •rriiig to 111** W II* of Wit bctW *"11 j ii »rra:»ii ••>ti'i-ct’* t ox. he >;ty- i.. ; box (’■ mbtne- Cicero, John ihind .!p:. j { iii-, •••mi : 11 '• ’ i» it- j -a 'I-*- - iii j i A. \V. TURNER. Jk It lj +ry.* « RUST-?H00? OAT! rou r-.u.i:. \V .a ...V.-,: ,-.i>i if r I 1.1! «ei. mi: .3 ISA!.: DA WAV. A. & if. i:- F. F. i’l’TN K V, l'ropricior T t: t ft: • m Jd-IHe ,.-r ui MfStot*. If. <■•>' n.. i . "i6li!h> * t jU • DRY GOODS AND GROCER 11 BOOTS, SHOES ii AT S, h iving tlii- .-uhp-rf, f rr ' -mv that the - .her - f-.f.d ii: u-;. a majority of the ui»*mln*r- D at i .. • * »h"- • ronte-i-,. Mr. f’ox eap.bh • f b«*iT»-r thing-. Ili* i- » «*'*hoh»r *. * in i'l» <|uetit -pc.aker. A tvtid -nc.* to ’linker mockery of tin; m >• t t-'rrJ»»*4 heiuf"* bn - blurred hi- literary r«*p »- • 'lion and paralvz»*d hi- amhition.- R**M Illly ll" 1) G taken low flight-* iltiC laruagcd him-elf. It ii- currently Ii *f Iiirti Hint 1m: diligently prepare-hi • -p* C' he- and after their delivery g« *- him i-pu-M for u • k. In hi-.a—unit upon llorr h- probably r-M r-ed hi :»*thit, but I dr, not i barge that tbh •- -o. Some of llie mo-t e.iibigi-lie v. rit ,ag 1 have ever done h ,- been ubou - C >x ; but I d*» not intend to jr'H;-e him or any o!l.» r t.i-tri w ituoti! •rt. devof««ll fHiriifiM’ «#*'.?• j y<»r **j.»r. lim- MU tamlnCMi, »n-l •a.itr** k'r*j iy t<>r • very Lour »»>au jou work. W-mrmi «»• In m nueh a* m« r,. heirj Mnrtp^lxl prlfito- i. rw« str.4 |>Ar:ffowhiff* P:a!l fr«*. |5 oullil fr**»\ o ruptalo ut br.rl ttaw whllt fi*u haw > florae. AJ tr+M It IfALLtn AMo, I*uril»bJ, Maiaf. Higiety The w hi-ky of U%*>Mngfoi» ha- flu r. -putulion of being (he vi|e-t in lh«* I'HtVer-e. \ AOHld udvi-e people • oinlug h* re from the South eitln r to be alDigetber -• h« r or el-*; '‘nominate mother poi-ou.” I he had eflerl- ot be ibjn ,r here mav b • h -t illu-tnp- • 1 »*; the fate on 1 riday,of u Repub lican poit»ieju:i. who, attera prolong ed -pree, itmigho-il that a mob of -.ell purvued Itilit.'and Kit. to e-eape •ne-»* “Imcii in i>nekr:im.‘’ leaped from '.ii«* tifih -lot v of the Met i opolitun Hotel, de-r -nded Upon a pile of hot- TU-- in the area, g i-ln d him-eiraimot>il ond reeogniiion, and d'md Iiide- oii-1> in the ini-pitai. 1 his i- the be-t U mperalire -pe*:.*|» u:a*b of late ; but, ai. ’no-t in the pre-eme of thi- man gled hit of humanity, the revelry at Inuum'-raMe bar-room- went widely on. and crime upon « i mii« will he •'ofiimitied at the deviltih provoca tion of the Berpenl Of tin* -till. Two Organ-. Regulate fir*t the Htomaeh, second • he liver; especially the fir-!, so a- to perform their functi'HiH perfectly and yon will remove at least nineteen t wen tie tJm of all the ill - that mankind i- |»eir to, in fhii or tin j other elimate Hop Bitter * 1 - i« the only thing that e*» his name withheld, ha^ already subscribed $2.VD0 to the fund.— Rochester (N. Y.) University is re ceiving liberal gifts. It is announc ed that $100,000 has been subscribed w !?h : n th - ] a»t >ix lin-nths. ami an equal sum lias been pledged toward an extra endowment of $2u0,000. ‘•Come gentlemen of thejnry,” said an eloquent Chicago lawyer,‘you lie; hern the witness swar he saw fheflaab and hoarn the report; you have liearn him -war lie saw the dog fall d* 1 you liev hearn him Mvar he dug tl-r* bullet out with his jack-knife, an you hev seen the bullet produced i<‘ court: but wliar, gentleman, whar, 1 ask you, i- the man who saw that bullet hit that dog?* Such eloquence was irresi-iable and the defendant won the case. AY. IV. (Corcoran, the well known Washington tntllionaire, had once re covered from di-i :i-e after his doctor and friends had given him up, hi- fiall-hearers had been selected, and every arrangement had been mad*- for the funeral. He rallied, to th* rinui?'*m« !it of everybody, and m* -teadily got better that within tw* *,! three month- he was going hLog' • *n f.» *t and attending personally t* hts mflairs. He i- now Jiim li -troaLy ihati he was hi fore his illness. A novel latlle was w itiKs-ed v, - fh *:iisv ivania barn-yard betwe • -tiM-r and a g■•tider. The latter w •« -v. tggi s in r tliroiigh the yard xvh« n '1m* sic* r tin - ;.st his horn- at him at *> !»*j I; h* w «t- t one/* olft'ied. For Sr:- •ra! mtufites tin* fight was fierce at «i e x * • i t in it, with all the odds on the sid if tin* goo-**, wh.i flapped his gro wing- in the f*ice * f lbs enemy a' d drove ldm hack. Finally the gaud •*- wa« hacked into a corner, where !*■• cotild not u-c his weapons, when h was speedily eonqiiered. A Bo-ton lady had :» terrible -cv • the other night. She was a wakem d bv hearing her sleeping hu-baml say : -Now I have him ; In* can’t c-eap:*. evidently dr(*atuilig of a burglar. He was a eoeked pi-to! directly at th" •rad!**, :u fact, straight at the hahy*-/ in ad. She i* 1 in a very quick, to" tone: ‘'Too low : aim higher.” Th -h***p< r oiieved her, and -he snatched the pi-t *1 from hi»u.Th«*re are several ’Horn!- here aboil' pr lire of mind. hilt the be-t one is, don’t Like pistol to bed w'.lii von. A woman at Nvar. N. ’I adopted girl by wlnppi .mi- and then battling tit vinegar ami -alt : lea siihdn her 1 ing In- •light on her f. <1. tied to a bodpo.-i : rubbing n rl j. -JM ♦ t in hor mouth.and | « moito * dhor toi liire-f. (>ne day .-le I told tho fluid to ; go up -t.iir- tiiul un- j ire--, pf opa,.,fo. v to being wliijqiod until lit" blood n in flown her 1 | Thor- u .is no re: toon tO f|«Jlil*| the p*'«»mi-o. and tin- girl therefore jump- New.simper Hates iomnoi'u»:iv^ regartllys? of J •ity loud om>. "d out <«! the r to tie- W»»od-. death before - eeond dot y, fled nak( and froze nearly ie wa- di-eovered. ot- Mavery Times i'oiniiig. A tew «lay- ago a oiiorn! man cnim. i/» tow ii and sold hi- eotloii, receiv ing a * lie< I. mi tie* bank for th • iiioii- **y. The bank paid him in gold. On receiving the old fashioned coin the man gaz.e/l on it awhile in a-^oni-h- ment. and going int/i the street called •<*uie of his eolored friend- to him, -Jtyiiig, “look n ’heah, nigga**,” h/*ld- ing out the shining $10 and $20 pieces in hi-: hand. “You see dat. Look like old times don't it? 1 tell you what niggas, it look- like -I will give perfectly healthy natural j time-, nhd if dis ting g lion i/» the Farmer. M.. much Can anyone improve hi- condition by u hiuiug? If not, widow not? r w e’ll ail be put back intoshi agin, sun*.” How much bear? »• I/1 rim a bare bear Ciiu iunati a«»'t • | The Chicago Times announces an advance in the price of its paper I i nub-erihrr-ef t!0 per cent *!t '•'’•»•"*- qtienee ol the heavy advance in Im* price of white paper. The daily, in cluding the Sunday edition will .1*. thirty-five ecu:* per week, and mm. ! copies six cents. This ncces*itv. i the Times puts if, ocettr- »« i p"fi * when pjcople were di'tiianding a »• - dlietioii ill th** pfi.e of -u«*-« ri| ii t and muiiy pnldi-hers. »i.* i»*Iv :tU • fact, had reduei d the prim* nfiwkij paper-. T’lu* 1* >om struck new-p:ip« , i - piiblt-hers «f the wrong cn I. It may force -ome eotumoti -ruse into tin ri in r. gard to lut-im — j i itu iph s. H -o it will pay. The squeal of the I Times, which sought to overshadow its conic is a perily i hlfrfgt* Tfllmnc.] The revival of good time-—the “hu-iness boom** so-called—has given alfiio-c e.very class a lift forward ex- cept newspaper publishers. Strai ge a- it may sound, the general advance in wages and prices w hich pleases the public lunch has made harder “time'.*’for the press. The price of type has been raised, coal is dearei, labor has advanced, and whitepaper, the leading item in newspaper ex- pcnse, has been thru-t up t*» ill! to ,X> per rent., with threats on the part at the paper-making combination to put it higher next spring. Meanwhile, pubh-hers an* charging the old price to their subscribers uud the old rnt**s for advertising ; consequently the whole advance in Hie cost of puhli-h- ing a newspaper fills on the proprie tors. who have not. felt at liberty to • ax back their losses on the public. Some of the newspapers have drop ped their supplements to reduce ex penses, and a few have ventured to raise their subscription prices. The St Louis morning papers have ad vanced their rates from four cents a copy at retail to live cents, and by the week have increased their charge- five cents. Papers in other cities arc contemplating a reduction in I he kK.-* of their sheets where- their prcs.sc* will permit it. In this city the Daily Tribune has omitted a part of if . supplements, and may have to drop more them if the price of paper keeps on advancing, but will retain its old price. The Times, as a choice of evils between a reduction of siz.c and hii increase of rates, has advanced it- price one cent a day, retailing here after at six cents instead of five, and raising its delivery price to city sub scribers five cents per week, charging JO cents instead ot 25. In making the announcement of the advance, the publisher says that the cost of print ing the Times is at the rate of $100,- 000 per annum more than it was a year ago. Judging from our own experience, this statement is not far wide of the truth. All the great dai lies will he obliged either to curtail their size or increase their price if they would escape serious loss. .Sin gular as it may appear to the unre flecting reader, the more business boom* and prices inflate the worse it i* for tlie publishers. Like the table in Kasop, what is sport to the reader is death to the publisher. Contentment, ur non hurhette. Be contented, m y son. You ncc*i not be sati.-lied with what you are; you don’t want to live without ambi tion ; so long as you live strive to be something better, and higher and -tronger to-morrow than you arc to day, but don’t worry; don’t fret.— Wear your ready-made clothes with the air of a prince, until you can do better ; eat your twenty-live cent din ner with *he manner of a man who is uncustomed to fare sumptuously eve- ry ilay oil coasnc dinners, and likes this sort of a thing for a change.— Keep’-uushine in your heart and it will shine in your face. The world is always grateful to a sunuy-temper- •d man, just became he is good uotigli and gracious enough to live in if. Laugh my son if your stom- icli is so empty that you cannot tell whether your pain is iu vonr liver or your back-hone; wear your hat piiiutly if it is so full of holes that you can’t sec the grease and weather slain*, that cover it; speak cheerily, though you have to wear your over- eoa* every time your shirt goes to the l.iundry. It won’t he an easy thing to.df* right long; the days will come "hen a good indulgence in the "blues’’ would seem like a paradise; there will he hours when you would rather growl and wail tliau look pleasant; there will he times when iu spite of your strength and man hood and re-olutions, you go away I>v yourself and groan and bury votir lace in your hands and cry like a gil l. I know it, my son. lint don’t make a habit of it, and don’t let any one -ee you do it. It is a dangerous luxury, ami should only he indulged in at very long intervals and on rare occasions. Cultivate contentment; if you have no gloves, put your hands iu your pockets; if vour (•at is out it tin* elbow*, hack up against tin* fence; if you have no hat, you will never become bald. And when pros- p *ritv cotnc-—not if, hut when—yon will be prouder of your good nature in tin* dark day* of adversity, my -on, than you can he of all the honors, and all the fame and position that prosperity and success can bring you. Never worry, my mhi, don’t fret; it will make your face thin and vour hair turn gray. ' FrHKrmit l!r«*nt!i ami l*<*nrly Tc«-i|i. Arcea-il v obtained by cleansing vour teeth daily with that justly popular dentifrice, Sf)ZODON'T. (Composed of rare antiseptic herb*, it imparts whiteness to the te.eth,a delicious aro- n»a to the breath, and preserves in tact, from youth to old age, the teeth. Achtity of the stomach will destroy the strongest teeth unless its effects are eotmteractcd with SOZODONT, and this pure tooth-wash protects the dental surfaces by removing every impurity that adhere- to them. Ask your druggist for SOZODONT. fcb. 12-1-ru. An Efnron. —A little hoy who of- t« n heard Lis father, who was an ed itor, complain of the hard work lie had I * * <L* and the neglect of suhseri- bf*r* to pay for their papers, one dav Miid If* him : “I*a, wasn’t jot* an edi tor?” “Why, Sammy?*’ “Because the Bible, says lie had much trouble, and was a iffn» of norrow all the day* of bin life.” Wit anil Humor. ’Tis night. Two lovcra lean Upon the gate; A nearing form is seen— It is their fate. A piercing «i*»**m»»m from her Tin* w • Ikiu t ent. It wi-, as \ou infer, Her pa-ri-ent. '!’h * l*»ver sought In seoot, Via*! if.o hit", lie’s hoi-ltd with a bool Beyond the gate. A horse heir—A colt. Akin to love—Old m i;.Is. A dry d •- k—a physician going in > g»*t a drink. A f it man in sum uarkuc ah. . like one he feels hi- M hen Dirk Westbrook puts a ring in a liogV uo»e lie strikes ul the root of the thing. There is nothing so ctleetivc iu bringing a man up to tin* scratch as a healthy and high-spirited tlen. UaJ~“Do you buy rags nml hones here?” Men hunt—“We do stirr.*’ Fat—“Thin, be .label s, pul me ou the schkalcs!*’ Oik* good lie, well stuck to, is worth a dozen mean, little vacillating pre varications. if you must lie he man ly about it It very frequently happens that the girl who has ihe mo-t bmg to her hair, has the biggest holes iu the heels of her stockings. A young scapegrace threw a ball at his sister and hit her on the back of her head so hard that the bawl earn" out of her mouth. Willie asked his mother where the stars came from. Her reply was; “My son. I do not know.” “Well, I do.” he remarked, "the moon laid ’em.” Duo of the grandest sensations which thrills the bosom of a twelve- vear-old boy is th<! one which is warmed into life »« be sin rcptitously drives nails into u tree. “How came you to have Pitch a short nose?” asked a city dandy of a country hov. “So that 1 should not be poking it in other people’s busi ness,” was the reply. A had wife is a shackle to her hus band's feet, u . burden on his shoul ders. a palsy to his hands, smoko to his cVcs vinegar to his teeth, a thorn to his side, a dagger to his heart. The latest thing at church festivals is to serve a search warrant with the oyster soup. It doesn’t aid digestion materially, hut it renders valuable as sistance in finding the oyster. A man named Smith tiled recently in Australia, leaving one hundred thousand dollars. If any person by the name of Smith see* this he may hear of something to his advantage. During Gen. Grant’s stay iu Chica go the Tribune in.-erted a wood cut which i* called a portrait of the Gen eral. It looked like a cross between Blind Tom ami a locomotive smoko- -tack. An exchange, telling of a fire, says “a man jumped from his window in a night-dress,” and now the Boston Post desires to know what in the mis chief he had a window in his night dress for. An apology—“But, Freddie, how 1 could you ever think of rating auntie stupid? Immediately go to her and tell her that von are sorry.” Freddie goes to auntie and says, “I am sorry you arc stupid.” The subject of conversation at an evening entertainment was the intel ligence of animals, particularly of dogs. Says Smith: “There are clogs that have more sense than their mas ters.” “Just so,” responded young Fitznoodle, “I’ve got that very kind of a dog myself. Christina* iu a Alining Camp. A miner sends to the San Francis co Chronicle this account of Christ mas in the mining camp of Iriupah, San Bernardo county: “We have two regular stores, also two saloons, one blacksmith shop, three hoarding houses and two corrals. That finish es the business directory of the place. Socially we were a bankrupt commu nity. There are five families in town and two at the mines. This leaves about 150 woe-begonc and desperate old bachelors unprovided for. This is Christmas night, and there is no earthly show for a (lance. At one of the saloons three men are issuing mu sic lo a dissatisfied audience—not dis satisfied with Ihe music, but at the hopelessness of the situation. There are about lortv men, whites and na tive®, assembled to* listen to the mu sic; also five maidens of Pah Ute ex traction, hut as they positively de cline to dance, their presence only adds to the general gloom. Such re marks as, “I would give $100 to be in <»ld Missouri,’ or, “I would rather be in Kansas with six bits than here with a bushel of money,” or, “I would rather he iu Illinois with a cork leg than here with two good ones,” will show the prevailing sen timent. Of course those remarks were like a railroad ticket—good for this (lav anil date only. ‘God* help Ihe rich ; the poor can beg.’” Adelina Patti is the most favored of operatic singers. She basks in roy al favor, and li»*r earnings are almost fabulous in their amount; hut her prominence and her wealth bring their disadvantages, among whieh is the daily receipt of countless begging letters wherever she appears. At Berf liu one night rceenlly, the aged Em peror actually went on the stage of the Royal Opera to congratulate the diva; hut Ihe papers whieh chronicle this publish also «o?ne letters, one of which read : “Madame, you are rich and you know what love is. Givens a fehundred marks, so that we may marry, and we will bless you ever lastingly.” If a young man who parts his hair in the center and carries a pen over his ear were to pass away, the vnran- ev could not he tilled by anything iu this world, unless it was u hick cat. Young man, diamond pins look real nice and glisten brightly; Imt wlicu font* dollars n week supports ii man and a pin both, ohm nr thv oth er i- not genuiuv. A Vision of Death. tub rnornirrtc i»nt:.nr t.iat caml •«.» AN AT1IKNS BTtTLF.NT. Mr. John T. Graves, of the class of 75 of the State University, writes ah below lo the Augusta Evening News, concerning a remarkable dream he had during his college course. Tin lamentable accident to which he re fers and of whieh his dream appears indeed a horrible prophecy, was one of the saddest occurences we have ever known, am! the solemn gloom of the fatal day on whb-h the deadly bullet #j»ed on Its mission, still iwixd • •• v * .me a pall |over the halojof happy memories that linger about the his toric Rock College: Iu the spring of 1874,1 was a rather rollicking junior at tint University of Georgia. »* I was quartered at the ol«l ItockJCol- lege building with the jolliol, bright est and most altogether irresisjhle sett of* fellows in the University. O ir home life was quite charming—Tin- four ladiVs of the house were sprigld- Iv, agreeable, and all musicians and as a number of our -ett also effe led music, the parlors were over gav and joyous and V the Jonely. text _books pined’above. About the time of which I write I had formed an admiring friendship for one ot theso ladies, a hniidsom girl of thirteen, whose nrtlcsMicss, pu rity and vivacious innocence made her a most delightful companion. In this narrative, she shall In* known as Mabel. My friend M. liked her a- well as I did and many a happy time woVc had together. It was early iu June that I had a most remarkable dream. I had retir ed rather early one night with my room mate, i&runk C.. of Columbus, a high-strung, impetuous fellow, warm hearted, nml excitable to the last de gree. We wore quite tired wUh a very trying day’s work, and left the gav parlors full when we went up stairs. I soon dropped into a heavy sleep, and Frank, waft liearlv asleep when we got in'bed. And* thus I dreamed. ******* Mabel was about to start on a long journey ; shej wasp'toTlcuvc at mid night and'I was to be her sole eseoit to the depot. At the appointed time she was ready, and’wc started out.— When we reached the little side gate leading to the* old common, over which wc usually walked, we found no callages waiting but instead, un der the two oaks just across the. road, our horrified gaze took in the out- lines of two^gigantic and terrible fig ures. They were twice ns tali us mortal men. They were clothed in robes like the old.togas of Rome. As they stood there, they lifteit their loii£ white fingers iu earnest gesticulation, carrying on a conversa tion we, could not hear, but their blazing eyes, passionate gestures, su pernatural size and appearance, liter ally rooted us to the spot with terror. At last they discovered us standing there, and, with a quick look of haughty: impatience in their fiery eyes they gazed at us one withering mo ment, clasped hands and glided—not walked—away from us across the moor. As they moved off, the air around them seemed in motion as if by the fluttering of innumerable in visible wings. They grew longer as they vanished into distance; the path way behind them was illumined with a light that I have never seen before or since, and it was not until their swelling forms were lost in the cloud** of the summer sky, that wc were able to stagger back to the house. As we reached the door I awoke with the big drops of cold perspiration on uiv body. The voices still sounded in the par lor and the lights burned iu the hall. I had slept about thirty minutes. My utter weariness overcame the ner vousness occasioned by my dream, and I slept again. Mabel bad. recovered from her fright and the importance of her jour ney nerved her to start again. We reached the gate a second time, and our straining eyes beheld the same terrible figures. ’ This time they were clothed In black. The gestures were more passionate tlian before. Their eyes gleumed.— Their great white hands rose and fell. At length they stooped to the ground and as plainly ns I see the page on which I write, I saw them draw the outlines of a grave over the exact lo cation they seemed to dispute, and that seemed the difference between them, whore it should lie. In this position they discovered us again. With a dignity and a wrath that was simply appalling the}' arose, turned their great burning eyes on us, and then, with one impose.*lifted their long fingers and pointed with terrible earnestness to tho limp figure which had fainted in mv arms; then moved away with the same unearth ly motion ns before, with the same streaming light behind them, and the same fluttering roar above them. But this time the fluttering above them seemed to voice itself in words, ami the whole air seemed to tremble with the tones of an invisible voice that said or rather breathed solemnly and slowly the words: “These are thy fates I Those are thv fates! These are thy fates!” It was repeated three times, when the voice and the figures faded into the dis tance. I awoke. The house was still. I roused Frank and made him talk to me for an hour. Ho thought it cruel, hut I would liavo sacrificed his friendship rather than have staved a\yko by myself that night. I did not tell him my dream however. At last we talked ourselves to sleep. I was in my room now ; in bed. a ml half asleep. I heard way down the stairs, a stealthy hut very heavy foot step come slowly up. It shook the house, although it made no sound. Too frightened to move I lav perfect ly still. The step approached my door. The lock turned without a sound ! The great head and burning eyes of one of the awful figures peered into tin* room. The eyes gave a long searching look of inquiry to my half paralyzed form on the bed. (I n*- nieiiil er the look to this day.) They seemed satisfied that I was asleep, nml tin* figure stooped and entered The fiery eyes lighted tho room. Tho gigantic form dwarfted everything , in it. In his arms lie carried a souie- tiling wrapped in a robe. With thi | l*e moved straight to a large trunk io I the corner of the room. | He raised the lid, then stopped, turned ami looked m me again, with a look of intense inquiry. As In* turned, a told of the robe fell away ami the long auburn hair of my friend M. dropped ovcr,hi*i arm. The figure turned quickly, laid the ntirden iu the trunk, closed the lid and then stood erect. Such a change! If the hand of Christ had touched him he could hardly have looked more changed. Ilis aspect softened, his features illumined with a «ofr r*N mnst tevivcnii light. Ilis eyes, th<.«e ’’TDjJ ‘7 e b giov. iiig with a radianu ...leem j-*y, Lis (alt form Joft . with a great vet gentle dignity, I; • stood tie re for one moment the most divne, handsome, glorious being that my i ye ever beheld, or my brain evei dreamed, and then passed out of the room and out of my sight forever. When | could go*to the trunk I did so, and found there the rigid both* o: mv friend M . stark and cold it* , i 1 .*! 1 ’ ^ lunched it, and aicolcc! A- ! did so. the string of n violin |yi> ;• in tho room snipped with a Km:-. noi8". It was M s, violin, and th string was tl.e last one on it! . ^ 1*^ *ny lamp and to«sed rustles-) v iu boil till morning. • ******* i,u Georjm thrilled with sympathy as the eh - trie wires fladied the news of poor » ~ V. Me accidental br-l! ■: that clipped the cord of life was *p, d hv the innocent hand of poor, uufwr tuna to Mabel. ihe dream aud the tragic event u.ueh fulh Led it actually occurred i.; i *, Ut Athens. Of course I have m.ide unimportant substitution , wliere the minor incidents had pasx i from my memory, hut the body ofcth dream is suhstautinllv correct, and has been frequently told .the bnvs . my sett at college, who will readily recall it when thcy.rcad it in y«»u» co I ii inns. It created quite an exciio- meut the next night at the Rock Col- ieg" when I told it. My room-male. b rank C., could not “be * hired af;e • wards t<» stay in the room hv himself. It was his custom .jo sleepy with a small arsenal under his pillow. Tin next night he dreamedJie siw one <>! the ligur. s at tin* foot of the bed, and f ir ed at it. to thecousternatioii of the hou=e. The dream is the most remarkable I have ever had. It was dreamed w three stages. I awoke three times, ami ea-li time resumed tho thread of the dream connected!v. When M. was shot, two days afterward, he fell with my pi>tol in his hand, and in the position and spot I had occupied a moment he fine. It wa« the old, ohl story a pistol believed to be unload ed, a hidden cartridge, • death wound. • Taken in connection with this trag edy, preceding it so closely, the inei- denG ot this dream have a shade of prophecy thatjs interesting. John'Temple. Knocli Arden Case. . Enoch Arden has been outdone in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Some time prior to the war a young couple rn*;i ami loved. After a short courtship they were married and lived happilx together. \Y ben the war broke out the husband shouldered a musket in defense of his country. Letters came regularly for a time, and then censed, word was sent home that ho was tak en prisoner, and soon after the dread news that he was dead. The news was considered so authentic that the government allowed the widow n pension. After a reasonable time she listened to the pleadings of another •‘iiit u* and married him'. The second husband proved to be a worthier drunkard, and she got a divorce on the ground of in tempera nee. X**t content with her bad luck, she con cluded to marry again, her third be ing even worse failure than her see- oml husband. After the third aban doned his home the first unexpected- ly timictl lip ;1I!(! resumed his re-.no;:- sibilitics. To the KiiiTdit or the Sirs Sir: When I lie ti r -1 Xapoleon conceived the idea of elevating himself to th imperial throne he set out on his tras - els with numerous', attendants ami irreat display. When some of tin- Mayors of some Flemish towns, pr<- pared no doubt, urged him to “com plete the happiness of the world in exchanging his precarious title for one better suited to the loitv destinv to which he was called,” what did K replace this? In a tone of feigned anger, lie said it would be umvorihv of lnm to usurp an authority which must affect the existence! of' the re public. Cats'll* affected the same re- lueta nee. Napoleon III. Chrongh'hD friemb. arranged while President a grand en try into Paris after an absence not s ► long, of course, as Grant’s, and it wa- so.orderod that the employee* of a!i sorts of manufactories «houhl marert in the procession, the streets lined o** each side with -40,000 of the Xalionr! Guard, and 4*0,000 more of horse ami tool, dazzling the eyes of the Pari sians. Many of the populace cried “Vive 1 Emperour” throughout the route, and i» was made to seem like the will and the widi oftlic Parisians that the President should assume the purple. 1 he writer of this was present, and was desired to walk and observe the countenances of the people, and es pecially of the National Guard, who were known to sympathize w itti them. Not olio cried "Vivo 1’Einporeur,” or looked, like crying it. But wo all know it w ms done. Tho ignorant people of the United States may still be led by the -aim* tivnehcivusmeans to erv hurrah for Gram ! The trouble in Maine, which ought to a waken every intelligent citizen to the dangers of corruption, and the trickery used in devoting Hays at the last Presidential election should serve to warn every American; and yet those very troubles and difficulties may he used to make us believe that force is necessary to preserve order, and th** fir-t to censure that force can oomph te the catastrophe. Is there intelligence enough or i*ir- tue enough left t-.» am* us, oris histo ry again i«* repent itself? P. Point. “C’nfloe, i* that the second bell?” ime'», dnt’*j do second ringin’ of do hisn bell. We habn’t got no •cr oud b®ll in dis cio hotel. -OUR- Fa!l and Winter y y y y y greatly FRICKS, Tu order to ntaka p »«a» ft®- our immense *tock of For bargains, call early and see us.J FASHIONS —AT— D. W. PKICE’S TAILOBJHtt listalillslimont, l©tot Central Railroad Bask.) Please call and examine Sam ples, Plates and Patterns. No Bogus Alato-ial! Good, Iloucst Work! D. AY. PRICH, Merchant Tailer. Albany, August 2S, 1S7.MI (Next Door lo Postofllce.) Washington St., Albany, 6a; Cheapest, Largest and Bast Assorted Stock of HARDWARE! CHOCK KKY. CHINA, HI.A«3- WAiiE, TIN WAItBand HOUSEFURNISHiNG GOODS IN THE CITY. Cook Etoves-Bcst Makes. Iron, Steel. Nails, Powder, Sh«V Rope, Put 1 erv. Plows. Plow Stocky and all kind- Plow Material. Su^ar Mills and Kettles. IVuMpctfi’lly in and *th* puWi* *uvra..y u o«.li« u a U io-e h.i\ basin* i .-.vwt.ar* Not to be 'Undersold l bt*fo tti- »M*st r*yt»*d ’ .nit .iiul fttriO -«:( »• all &W ilie pul tic, »enct (m s.rtir .MUro’sHul w.* *il *■•*•*! }«»u 1^11 purlieu Us* amt crivat* tortus five; * mph - Vmih gA a No fme rmi »*m «h«*n make tip votti tor yourself dr. »«’FORGE tUUKsiOji A CO., Tonlmad, >f*K *u a l4-lj

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Albany news. (Albany, Ga.) 186?-1880, February 12, 1880, Image 1