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Newspaper Page Textm OJLD SERIES—Vol. 37. > ALBANY. GEORGIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 17. 1880. ■! NEW SERIES-Vol. 14, No. 51. J THAT I AM niU BBABHVABVEBS , Far IheSfOrtklU Ufbt-niDQlng Abo, Sowing Sbcblae Kwdlea or all kioU, Olh. Atuchmtnb, etc. ■—Apr, abo. IMII any m ^lnJH Mock or General Merchandise, Fine Liquors, Tobaccos, Cigars, etc. ^ Call aaJ^>rioc mj food* before buying elsewhere. LAWYERS Z. J. ODOM, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ■4Z.ZM.Yr, OA. Mhrtinm. large or small, a speclaltr. WUl at* (ml pmaptlj to all busicess entrusted to bis care. W. T. JONES, • JESSE W. WALTERS. J0NE8 ft WALTERS, Attorneys at Law, ALBANY, OA. (Mkt over Centra* Railroad Bank. MlWy Lott Warr en, ATTORNEY AT LAW. r A LB VST. OA. DOCTORS* J.t, HOLMES, W. M. OsilObS Drs, Holmes & DeMoss, turn, W. A. STROTHER, 11. D. ALBANY. GEORGIA. Office over Gilbert's Drs Store. Afl onlen left at th» Drag Stott will rocdTc prompt Dr. E.W. ALFRTENP, K K8PECTFULLY tenders bis services/In theva- 1 rtau braacbes ot bia profession, to thebitizena jf Albany and surrounding country. Office opposite C—rt House, on Pine street. HOTELS The Old Reliable BARNES HOUSE, rise SI., Slkasj, 6a., THE JOHNSON HOUSE, SMITHVILLE, OA, Is the place to stop and get a GOOD, SQUARE MEAL MARKET SQUARE, SATAHHAS, OA. Rate, $1.V) tn $2.00 per day, according to location of room*. JOSEPH HERSCHBACH, April 29, 1SM0—ly. PROPRIETOR J. W. JOINER, WATCHMAKER and JEWELER LOt'ATKI. AT W. II. Gilbert, Ag’t, & Co., BROAD STREET. AND JEWELRY! STOC K COMPLETF.! Repairing a Specialty ! WCufua solicited. Yat> U, 1U0-U11 no. 23. J. W. JOINEB Southern Prosperity. Courier-Journal.) Tlie real growth of the South dates from tlu* downfall of the es»n>et-l>:ig gov ernments. Before that, when vice ami Ignorance s:it in high platvi*, law was violated, lalior was disorgauizetl and crimes of all kinds went unpunished. •Even during that period, when anarchy and despotism contended for supremacy, the great natural ml vantages in soil and climate attracted thousands of immi grants. In spite of falsifications and (mv* litical slanders, men dissatisfied with life in tin* cities, mills ami on the sterile farms of the North, moved to the South. In polithical newspapers nothin; all classes it is the l>est. The rule of the Southern Republican party would have ruined any section less favored. Tliere is not a Northern State which w ould have endured, even for one year, what many of the Southern Suites endured during the eight years of (inint's administration. They would have wel comed bloodshed am (revolution instead. The only pnrllcl to it in the North was the rule of Tweed iu New York, and that in many of the most objectionable feat ures. With the downfall of the Mark despo* tism a new era liegnu for the South, an era of growth and prosperity, the wonder ful iiimicmvs of wldcli are felt to-day in every section of tlie country. Much lias been claimed for the resumption of specie payments, but a return to better inoneta- ry systems were not |iossible when a tiiinl of tlie productive (tower of the na tion was paralyzed by misgoverument.— Specie payments are not the cause but flic ettmrquenct? of better times. Tlie United States (wovcrnnirnl and all tlie banks-of- issue an* able to mleem in s|>ecic all notes on demand, for tlielr vaults an* filled with gold ami silver. But this gold and silver was not the result of (tar ty management, nor was it mated by any (tarty fiat. It comes from the soil, from the golden fields of the West and Irion tlie cotton ami sugar plantations of the South. « No one familiar with the South, with its (tcople, with its soil, climate ami com merce, has failed to note on every hand evidences of increasing wealth. The re covery was slow, because the devastation of war w as terrific. The upbuilding of the South hail to begin from the very foundations. Barns, dwelling ami fences had to be rebuilt; exliausted land had to be enriched; farming tools ami machinery had to be obtained, ami stock of all kinds had to be purchased. This work was done silenty, but it was well done. To-day the South is richer in all things necessary to great production than it has been at any time before ill all of its history. There is much yet to be done, but what under adverse circum stances has been accomplished insures years of continued prosperity to the Southern States. Especially noticeable has been the rap id grow th of Southern manufacturing en terprises. This has come about in the natural order of things, and it is a strong and healthful growth. The South makes first what it needs most, and can save most in making* and labor and capital have not been diverted from their legiti mate channels into artificial ones by the protective tariff. As the South lias to conqiete with a subsidized New' England, It has virtualy no protection. Tlie tariff injures it in every way, enhancing the cost of living, of new materials and of machinery, and secures to us no compen sation advantages. The South should now* see that the tariff is now’ reduced to a reve line basis. Upland Rice. Mr. Clayton Groover, of this (dace is making a test of the quantify of riee that can be grown per acre, of w hat is known as the highland or upland rice. He has just two acres planted, on common poor pine land, which has been in cultivation for many years. It is believed by some who profess to be good judges, that the two acres will make one hundred bushels, while others who perhaps are equally as coin(»eteiit to pass an opinion, say, that they think there will be seventy-five to one hundred bushels made to tin* acre. Mr. Groover informed the editor of this paper, that he is keeping an exact ac count of every cx|M.*u*c attendant ii|kiii this crop, from the breaking of the land, for the seeding, to the measuring and sacking for market, and will furnish tlie exact figures. He admits, however, that he was not familiar with the cultivation, and has made some mistakes, some of which were of unnecessary expense, ami others against obtaining the highest (k»s- sihle product*. From present appearances the result will no doubt be unite satisfac tory to Mr. Groover, and prove beneficial to the {icople of this section, for rice is much easier made than cotton, don’t re quire near the time to make, gather and market a crop than it docs cotton, nor is it more than half the ex(ieiise, w hile it is as marketable, and if it is more profitable, less subject to disasters and the vicissi tudes of the seasons, there is no good reason why the planters should not to at least a considerable extent, go into its cultivation.—Quitman Reporter. Tlie reporter of tlie Kansas City Times thus glow ing]}' describes a kiss, given by Miss Emma Abbott, in a notice alKHit Paul and Virginia’s kiss; “Aha, that kiss—that long, low*, languishing, lim pid, liquid, lingering kiss! It was the calm, holy, ecstatic on threat hing of two fond trusting hearts, an intermingling of two souls sanctified by love, a commu nion of the intangible by tangible means, a blending of earth with heaven, bv which the latter bar) a manifest prc|*>nd- eranee. ’Twras such a kiss as Troiloiis, stealing by night into the Trojan camp, might fain have breathed on Cressida’s maiden lips, to tlie meldoy of tlie niglit- engalc that sang of love in tlie jdieen of the round red moon and stars that sec hut never fell. Impure Breath. Among all the disagreeable conse quences that follow' the decay of the teeth, an impure breath must he *lie most mortifying and unpleasant to its possess or, and if is the m<»st inexcusable and of fensive in society; and yet. tlie cause of it may la: easily removed by cleansing the teeth daily •*•-• -•-• tri me tier* Trees in Cities. Atlanta l»alljr Post. | A Sacramento, Cal., paper la*ars testi mony that in that city disastrious and widespread cqntligrations have frequent ly been averted, almost sold}’ through the agency of shade trees* The trees serve to prevent the passage of burning debris through the air—the embers which would otherwise la* blown from house to house and from block to block, ladug caught in the upper brachcs, and falling thence harmless to tlie ground. In the summer trees act as screens lad ween houses and blocks, moderating the heat of tires, and inter(iosing a tarrier which is seldom (Kissed by the fiaiu«*s. When was we a ,| ( | to these very praoticle considera tions tin* value of trees in breaking the force of wind, enhancing the licautv of a city and affording a grateful shade to INslestriaiis. it will lie seen that trees, plant'd along city streets, |*ay themselves selves many times over and in* niatiy differ- -lit ways. A community which nets on tlie suggestions thus enforced not only min isters to its .’esthetic tastes and promotes iilturc and the love of tlie beautiful, hut reels a barrier against fires and checks the spread of conflagrations in one of the simyiiest and most common sense ways conceivable. Saratoga. A Wonderful Spring. Silver Spring, Florida, is one of the greatest curiosity of (lie South. It bull- hit's up iu a basin nearly 100 feet deep and nltout an acre in extent, sending from it a deep stream 00 to 100 feet wide, and extending six or eight miles to the Ocbiwaha Kivcr. In the spring itself sixty boats may lit* at anchor—quite a fleet. Tlie spring thus forms a natural inward |*ort, to which three steamers run regularly from St. Johns, making close connection witli the ocean steamers at Patatka. The clearness of the weter is truly wonderful. It seems even more transparent than air. You set* the bot tom eighty feet lielow the liottom of your boat, the exact form of the smallest peb ble, the outline and color of the leaf that has sunk, and all the prismatic col ors of the rainbow are reflected. Large fish swim in it, every seale’vlsible ami every movement distinctly seen, if you go over the spring in a boat you will see the fissure in the rock from which the river rushes upward like an in veiled eat- arat. A Great Order of Monks that May Remove to this Country. Kew York San,) A merchant in the city has receiv ed in a letter from a prominent mem ber of the Carthusian Order a denial or the rumor that the monks of tlie Grande Chartreuse will remove to Ireland if they are compelled to leave France. There is in the letter no ref erence to tlie still later rumor that the members of this order are to he exempted from the consequences of the general decree against religious bodies, but the corrrespondcnt, who speaks upon the best author.ty, de clares that the monks favor tlie idea of settling somewhere in the United States if compelled to leave the local ity in which they have followed their peaceful and benificent course during more than eight centuries. Tlie cor respondent goes no further into the matter than this mention of the fact that this country will be chosen fora haven for the white robed monks if they arc driven from their present habitation. The importance of this removal, should it ever be brought about, will be perceived when it is remembered that these monks man age industries that give employment to a host of people, and a livelihood, indirectly, to the peasants of a large district. Resides tlie liqueur that has made their name universally known, and that lias given them a large proportion of the means for their extended charities, they arc tlie manufacturers of a variety of medici nal preparations. The Gramie Char treuse is so called because it is the head house of tlie order of Carthusi an monks. It has bestowed its inline upon tlie wilderness around tlie mon astery, which is in a forest among the southwestern foothds of the Alps, in Southeastern France. Tlie nearest Urge town is Grenoble. The scenery is almost grand enough to merit com parison with that'of tlie Yosemilc. Patti’s Home. Patti lias fixed her country home in Rrceonsliirc, South Walts,' where slie some time since bo.ight a prop erty called Craig-y-nos Castle, and it is a curious coincidence tliatCraigy is said to mean in tlie patoin of the district, nightingale. Tlie castle, an Elizabethan structure, is finely plac ed on tlie slope of a hill, and on its improvement au<l that of its grounds the great prima donna has already expended many thousand pounds.— The castle isatwo hours’ drive from the Swansea Station, hut a Victoria, with four beautiful pet ponies, soon carries visitors over tlie ground, mid there is talk of a railroad which will give a station near the castle. A vis itor describes the mistress as singing all over tlie house ami gardens. The house is crammed w'ilh beautiful things—offerings to its mistress.— Such are the splendid |>late and ex quisite china and glass used in the table service. At this retreat the di va sumptuously entertains lierfriends and lately surprised them with a splendid display of fire works by a I .(union pyrotechnist, lighting tip viv idly the woods and rocks of her love ly domain. When tlie display end ed, and the moon emerged from tlie clouds, there was a call for a song, and, stepping out on tlie terrace, wheeled, she sang, onlv bv »hc nay Is: easily removed by cleansing the , ‘ , * •••■tli daily w ith that justly popular den- a ’ 8 c I’l ,,n " ° ^ ' ritrice, fragrant SOZOBOXT. It purl- where a piano was wh ifi* ami aweetens (tie lireath, ctjols anil ft wIcmcc broken refresh** the. mouth, ami give* a |>earl- t purling of a brook over tin; peb- like appearance to the teeth. Gentlemen blew, “Horne Sweet Home.” who indulge in Hnokini' *honM cleanse ‘ — ■■ tlieir teeth with SOZOIjOXT, a* it re-j The Pope’s hair Is snow'white. Ih* ha* move* all unpleasant odor* of the weed. I a ntong and vibrating voice, and bear* Auk your druggist for it. July 8 himself witli the utmost dignity. its iiKi.iGirr* ani» i.rximia. Correspondence Courier Journal.) SARATOGA MnKNINUS. As there are no evening ilisspa- liotis, or nolle that the Indies know id', at Saratoga, the mornings nro the most brilliant and successful portions of the days. At all of tlie hotels 10 and it p. in. are llie hours Ibr saying good-night; after Hull lights are jow ered and quiet reigns. Thu morn ings here are clear, and the warm sunshine soon dispels I he humidity of the night. The music in Congress I’nrk begins at 7:30 and lasts until 9 o’clock. Ladies mid gentlemen rise early, anil the morning scenes at Con gross Spring and park is one of en chantment. Ilrowu’s Huston brigade hand lias no superior. The morniii music-stand is built against the slop ing side of one of tlie terrai which is covered with grass, and the foliage of thu trees forms a canopy over tlie heads of Hie performer The brass Instruments glitter ill tlie sunshine, the dark blue uniforms with red side-stripes and military caps, worn by tlie baud, adds to the picturesque elfects. Tlie rail! or dew drops on tlie grass and llowers spar kle like gems; tlie lake, with a spout ing fountain in the center lias a rain bow, the air is good .enough to quail', ill deep inspirations; the pavilion over the spring is tilled witli ladie and gentlemen sitting at “tete-a-tute" tables drinking tlie cool, refreshing water white chatting or reading from the morning papers. Congress spring and park is the morning rendezvous. After taking one or two glasses of the water, every one walks on tlie terraces, to the trout pond ami the deer park. Then all return to break fast, afler which they take seats on the piazzas lacing tlie gardens and enjoy a first-class concert. Not until midday do people separate. Thus it will be seen that morning is the gol den part of a Saratoga day. The drive in tlie afternoon is well worth watching or participating in, and as every one alights at Moon’s or My ers’, tliere is again an opportunity for a reunion. No wonder that dishonesty lias be come so widespread! The mode of living Im9 become so extravagant that few can tifl’ord tlie expensive way of the rich. When a man or woman begins the career of fashion, there are so many essentials that only Hie longest purses can stand it. When the purses of tlie wenk anil vain give out then they are tempted to replen ish from the purses of others. A VARIETY OK STYLES HERE. I observed a lady attired in black velvet walking at midday one ot the iiottcst days we have had. The ele gance of her attire appeared to im part to her a refreshing coolness and complacency which is unknown to those who suffer heat even when wearing tlie fewest garments, pro vided they arc plain und unfashiona ble. Wednesday night we had a ball at tlie “Slates." There had been several hops, but this was the first halt.— Tliere is a difference between tlie t wo. Gloves arc worn at balls. They arc dispensed with at hops. The ball af fords an opportunity to wear the best one lias, and compare it with tlie best of other people. Everybody is en gaged iu looking at one another, cither to admire or—well, tliere are many ways of expressing disappro bation. Sonic people don’t attempt style, so they escape ail criticism.— Others know that much is expected of them, and- they try not to disap point. It is a custom'on ball nights for every one to assemble early in tlie parlors and halls. Tlie ladies gen erally make their toilet beforu ten and spend nn hour in the society of their friends before going to the ball room. This is the best part of the evening, for the handsomely-dressed Indies arc well displayed, and there is some life and animation in the sccne. Everyone gets lost in the ball room, people sit around in stiff rows, tlie girls consider themselves fortu- tunntc if they have one gentleman to dance with. The same couples dance together all the time. iiilton’s uorueous hotel. The Grand Union has nil tlie splen dor of a residence for royally and only royalty. In all of its appoint ments tliere is a display of what can lie accomplished with an unlimited amount of money. A thousand or tiftceu hundred people arc lodged, fed and amused without a percepti ble effort. Hut Judge Hilton has surpassed the .Grand Union iu his own hole] named Hie Windsor. Since last Slimmer this house has been re modeled and refurnished. It. is in tlie Qiiccii Anne style within anil without. The rooms are luxurious beyond anything ever before attempt ed except for private residences. (>n a side table in one of the private di ning rooms is n dinner service of sil ver. When private dinner parties are given this silver is used, and all the appointments of the tabic are in keeping. It looks as though Judge Hilton has more money Ihnii he knows wlint tn do witli, for he has owned Hie Windsor five years, and although it always could 'accommo date about JIN) persons, it lias never Imd one hundred lodgers at any one time. Even after sinking money four or five summers, the Judge, just for Hie fun of the thing, has put $20,000 more in the investment. As it costs about, fifteen dollars a day to live at the Windsor, only about fifty persons are found who are willing to spend so milch for extra splendor. A PROFESSIONAL BEAUTY. It is a man. Tlie man is a Kentuck ian. The Kentuckian is Nicholns Smith. No woman creates such a sensation ; no other person is so fre quently pointed out, or draws forth such comments. Like the English professional beauties, our pride of Kentucky dresses ami poses for ad- iniraiion. Long dark curls fall up on Ids shoulders and frame his face; his languishing dark eyes are full of —alertness to catch admiring glances; his manly liirni is rind in crentn-liiit- ed woolen goods; his sombrero rest ing on tlie classic head roealls Don Juan, or koiiio other Spanish lady- killer. A gentleman once told mo that lie traveled in tho West with Nick Smith, and, as they were be yond tlie influence of society and nd- iniring women, that lie found Mr. Smith one of the most charming com panions lie ever met with. lie laid aside his vanity, egotism and conceit and showed himself ns a talented and cultivated man. Mr. Mnitli and his wife have a cottage here. Miss Gu- hrirllc Greeley is with them. She is a classic beauty, and docs not show any consciousness ot her charms.— Mrs. Smith has an infant three iiinuths old, and goes very little ill society. A limit Storms. Heujamiu Franklin first, made the observation, a hundred years ago, that all so-called northeast storms came from the west. This observa tion of our greatest philosopher has been since so absolutely verified as id constitute a law. All grcalslornis iu Ibis country move from llie west iu a general easterly direction—iisii- ually a little to the north or east.' Nearly all of them originate in that section of tlie country marked on the limps as tlie Western plain—the high tnl/le-laml between tlie meridian of t>5 deg. on the east anil the Rocky Mountains oil the west, comprising Hie area occupied by Montana, Dako ta, Nebraska, Western Kansas, In dian Territory, New Mexico, West ern Texas, and Northern Mexico.— The origin of a storm in this region maybe stated as follows: The air over a large sandy area, becoming ratified by the intense heat of the sun’s rays and rapid radiution from tlie sandy surface, begins to ascend ; the moisture-laden nir of she Missou ri and Mississippi valleys mid the Gulf of Mexico on the one hand, and the cold current from the Rocky Mountains on Hie other, rushes in to take the place of that which is ascend ing. We have thus produced nn easterly wind on tlie front or eastern side of the area of ascending air, and a wes terly wind behind, or on the western side of it; to the south, north, and intermediate points, tlie wind will blow toward tlie centre from those points ni-ouud this nrca toward the centre. Now, if the earth were fiat and at rest, and the air over this sandy area equally heated, tlie wind would blow in straight tines from the cir cumference toward tlie centre; as cend and spread out at the top;there would be no motion forward or backward of the whole body of air, bud this condition of things might exist forever. But, owing to the configuration and motion oftbeearth. Hie laws of heat, and its influence iu evaporation and condensation, chnuge is soon impressed on this ini tial upward and centric motion of tlie air, and the collection of phe nomena which we term a storm re sults. Col. A. It. Lamar.—This able Geor gian is now in New York, holding a very rcsponsponsiblc position at tlie headquarters of Hie national demo cratic committee. We know no bold er thinker, none truer to its interests or more tried in democratic faith, or a writer of more vigorous masterful English, lie led the press of Geor gia during tlie times of reconstruc tion into that course which redeemed the state from republican rule. AVe have known him to receive several orders of General Meade to the pur port that his toue must be modified or the paper he edited would be sup pressed. He “modified’’ for awhile, then came out strong as ever until ev ery democratic journal fell iu line and the party won.—Columbus En quirer. A Parisian’s Curiosity Satisfied. —A retired Paris tradesman, advanc ed iu years, recently took it into bis head'to buy a coffin. Once ih his lodgings, lie thought he would try how one felt in it. He got iu and lay down, lint bring old mid stiff, lie could not get out again. Tliere lie lay for several days, when his hall porter, weary at not seeing him, knocked at his door. Hearing gronns, tlie porter broke the door mid found Hie state of tilings described. He broke the side of the coffin and re leased Hie old man. AVitli tlie aid of wine and beef lea, lie was restored to health. “Let’s Stella a few facts about tlie stars,” said the astronomical profes sor to bis pupils. “Comet’s time to begin.”—N. Y. News. Refrain, au dacious star, before you Saturn.— Boston Commercial Bulletin. That would, indeed V’cniis from pun-nia- king.—N. Y. News. Say, fellows, do your Mars know you’re out?— Camden Post. AVIiv, certainly, Juno well enough ; she sent us to in-A r csta dollar in a thermometer, so she could see how tlie Mercury stood.—N. Y. News. Uranus to Earth, but we sel dom Dipper Meteor lots of puns out of the press. -Boston Commercial Bulletin. No good Preaching. No 111:111 can do a good job of work, preach a good sermon, try a law suit well, doctor a patient, or write a good arti cle when lie feels miserable anil dull, with sluggish brain and unsteady nerves, und nnne should make tin- attempt iu such a condition when it can Is-so easily and cheaply removed by a little Hop Bit ters. See other column.—Albany Times. J. AV. SHEFFIELD, A mcriciiN, (ia. WHOLESALE AMD RETAIL DEALERS ZM HARDWARE! TIWWA'R'E, CriQm it Stotss, HOUSEFlfRNISHING HOODS! BUILDER’S MATERIALS, &c. v SPECIALTIES: Table and Pocket Cutlery, Buggy & Wagon Wheels AND Timbers, Plow Stocks and Plow Hoes. AA’E ALWAYS KEEP OX HAND Rubber Belting, Lace Leather and Belt Hooks, NAILS, IRON and STEEL, Guns. Pistols, Powder, Shot, Caps & Cartridges And in fact EVERYTHING that ought to be found in a First-Class Hard ware Store. AVe respectfully invite you to call and see our stock. SHEFFIELD & BELL, Next Door to Gilbert’s Drug Store, BROAD STREET, Albany. Ga. Imported and Domestic FRUITS, GANDIES, AiniDD FANCY AN UlllAllOf FAMILY TOBACCOS, GROCERIES. FISH, OYSTERS, &c Next Door to Po*toffice, WASHINGTON STREET, ALBANY. GA 0. J. FARRINGTON, ■CHANT TAILOR, iu trillinKhain.s Biitldincr, upstair*. Will rut ami make Coats, Pants aDd Vests in tfrsK’lass style and ! cheap as any house In the State. I keep always on huul a full Hue of Cloths. Como id examine my goods, and have your Spring Suita made right away. Respectfully, O. J. FARRINGTON. mcb2f»-tr ATLANTA, GA. HUFF & BROWN, Prop’s. First-Class in Ever? Partianlar. Wit EX YOU OO TO ATLAXTA STOP AT THE MARKHAM. HEADQUARTERS GREEN AND DRIED FRUITS. SAVANKAH, - OA. Circular TVo. 8. Office of THE RAILROAD COMMISSION. Atlanta, Ga., June Id, 1830. PON a full showing ot two month's business by the CoInmhtiN A Kmue Railroad, the allowance per rent.on ‘’Standard Kates,” is continued as the maximum rates a* to Cotton. Fertilizers and l.timWr; and on all oilier classes 1100) one hundred percent, on the “Standard Kales” is allowed si a JAMES M. SMITH, Chairman. R. A. BACON, Secretary. junclSIMt ir

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The Albany news. (Albany, Ga.) 186?-1880, August 17, 1880, Image 1