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THE SEMI-WEEKLY SUMTER REPUBLICAN. ESTABLISHED IN 1854, By CHAS. W. HANCOCK, j VOL. 18. The Sumter Republican. Semi-Weekly, One Year - - -?4 00 Weely, One Year - - - - - 2.00 in advance gn All advertisements eminating from public offices will be charged for in accordance with an act passed by the late General Assembly of Georgia—7s cents per hundred words for each of the first four insertions, and 35 eents for each subsequent insertion. Fractional parts of one hundred are considered one hundred words; each figure and initial, witli date and signature, is counted as a word. The cash must accompany the copy of each advertisement, unless different arrange ments have been made. , Advertising Kates. One Square first insertion, - - - - 51.00 Each subsequent insertion, - - - - .5 tiF*TEN Lines of Minion, type solid con stitute a square. All advertisements not contracted for will be charged above rates. Advertisements not specifying the lengtli of time for which they are to be inserte will be continued until ordered out an charged for accordingly. Advertisements to occupy fixed places wil be charged 25 per cent, above regular rates Notices in local column inserted for ten cent per line each insertion. DON’T BTJY Groceries BEFORE EXAE^IHING GLOWd PERRY’S LARGE STOCK! —AS THEY— WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD ! On any article in their line, but propose to UNDERSELL! WILL PAY HIGHEST PKICE FOR Georgia Seed Rye ! COUNTRY MERCHANTS Will find that they can buy ot us Kerosene Oil, Gun Powder, Shot and Matches ! ! For less money than they can order. GLOVER & PERRY, sspfitf Americcs, Ga. THE OPERATED SEXTUPLE SPRING BED. To breathe, eat and" sleep well is the first requirement of physical organization. . s. FLEISGriMAN’S SEXTUPLE BED SPRING. [Patented Aug. 22, 1882.] Is the first and foremost to accomplish this end*, as it facilitates the first, accelerates the second, and perfects the last of these grand purposes. It is a “tiling of beauty and a joyforever.” Last witli life, perfect in its adaptation for comfort, being disconnect ed in the center prevents sagging. Made by S. M- LESTER, who will put them on, and is from long experience able to guarantee satisfaction. AGENTS WANTED to sell these Springs. Territory and Spring outfit lurnislied and large commissions paid. S. FLEISCHMAN, Patentee and Manufacturer, octll-6m Cotton Ave., Americus.Ga. Rosser & Gunnels. New Bar and Billiaril SALOON. Messrs. G. Si ROSSER and P. W. GUN NELS have opened a Har and Billiard Sa * loon in the new building of Hamil Bros., on Cotton Avenue, where they have a fine stock of pure Brandies, Wines and Whiskies ! Also the National Drink, ANHUESER BEER, the best in the land. The best Cigars and Tobacco always on hand. Onr Billiard Saloon is one of the best in the city—everything new and good. We in vite the public generally to give us a trial. In a few days our RESTAURANT will he opened, and we promise that it shall com pare with the best and beeurpassed by none. ROSSER & GUNNELS, septstf Americus, Ga. For Dyspepsia, Costiveness, Headache, Chronic Diar rhoea, Jaundice, Impurity of the Blood, Fever and | Ague, Malaria, and all Diseases caused by De- rangement of Liver, Bowels and Kidneys. SYMPTOMS OF A DISEASED LIVER. Bad Breath; Pain in the Side, sometimes the fain is felt under the Shoulder-blade, mistaken for Lhcumatism; general loss of appetite; Bowels generally costive, sometimes alternating with lax; the head is troubled with pain, is dull and heavy, with considerable loss of memory, accompanied with a painful sensation of leaving undone something which ought to have been done; a slight, dry cough and flushed face is sometimes an attendant, often mistaken for consumption; the patient complains of weariness and debility; nervous, easily startled; feet cold or burning, sometimes a prickly sensation of the skin exists; spirits are low and despondent, and, although satisfied that exercise would be bene ficial, yet one can hardly summon up fortitude to try it—in fact, distrusts every remedy. Several of the above symptoms attend the disease, but cases have occurred wnen but few of them existed, yet examination after death ba i shown the Liver to have been extensively deranged. It should bo used by all persons, old and young, whenever any of the above symptoms appear. Persons Traveling or Living in Un healthy Localities, by taking a dose occasion ally to keep the Liver in healthy action, will avoid all Malaria, Bilious attacks, Dizziness, Nau sea, Drowsiness, Depression of Spirits, etc. It will invigorate like a glass of wine, but is uo in toxicating beverage. If You have eaten anything hard of digcsthin, or feel heavy after meals, or sleep less at night, take a dose and you will be relieved. Time and Doctors* Dills will ho saved by always keeping the Regulator / in the House! For, whatever the ailment may be, a thoroughly safe purgative, alterative and tonic can never be out of place. The remedy is harmless and does not interfere witli business or pleasure. IT IS PURELY VEGETABLE, And has all the power and efficacy of Calomel or Quinine, without any of the injurious after effects. A Governor’s Testimony. Simmons Liver Regulator has been in use in my family for some time, and I am satisfied it is a valuable addition to the medical science. J. Gill Shorter, Governor of Ala. Hon. Alexander 11. Stephens, of Ga., says: Have derived some benefit from the use of Simmons Liver Regulator, and wish to give it a further trial. “The only Thing that never fails to Relieve.”—l have used many remedies for Dys pepsia, Liver Affection and Debility, but never have found anything to benefit me to the extent Simmons Liver Regulator has. 1 sent from Min nesota to Gcorgia'fbr it, and would send further for such a medicine, and would advise all who are sim ilarly affected to give it a trial as it seems the only thing that never fails to relieve. P. M. Janney, Minneapolis, Minn. Dr. T. IV. Mason says: From actual ex perience in the use of Simmons Liver Regulator in my practice I have been and am satisfied to use and prescribe it as a purgative medicine. only the Genuine, which always has on the Wrapper the red Z Trade-Mark and Signature of ,1. If. ZEILIN & CO. FOR SALE BY ALT. DRUGGISTS. TUTTS PILLS A DISORDERED LIVER IS THE BANE of the present generation. It ia for the Cure of this disease and its attendants, BICK-HEADACHE, BILIOUSNESS, DYS PEPSIA, CONSTIPATION, PILES, etc., that TUTT’S PILLS have gained aw.orld-wide reputation. No Remedy has ever been discovered that acts bo gently on the digestive organs, giving them vigor to as similate food. Asa natural result, the Nervous System is Braced, the Muscles are Developed, and the Body Robust. OlriJ.iE* Povor, E. RIVAL, n Planter at Bay cm Sara, La., says: My plantation la In a malarial district. For several years I could not mako half a crop on account of bilious diseases and chills. I was nearly discouraged when I began the use of TUTT’S PILLS. The result was marvolous: my laborers soon became hearty and robust, and I havo had no further trouble. They relieve the engorged Liver, cleanse the Blood from poisonous humors, and cause the bowels to act naturally, with out which no one can feel well. Try this remedy fairly, and you will gain a healthy Digestion, Vlgorousßody. Bure Blood, Strfmg Nerves, and a Sound Liver. Price, 25Cents. Office, 35 Murray St., N. Y. TUTUS HAIR DYE. Gray Hair or Wiiibkkrs changed to a Glossy Black bv a single application of this Dyk. It Imparts a natural color, and acts instantaneously. Sold by Druggists, or sent by express on receipt of One Dollar. Office, 88 Murray Street, New York. (Dr. TUTT’S MA.XUAU of Fafuabfe'W Information and Useful Receipts I will be mailed FB£E on application* J HOSIiFUi Mips Old fashionable remedies are rapidly giving ground before the advance of this conquering specific, and old fashioned ideas in regard to depletion as a means of cure, have been quite exploded by the success of the great renovant, which tones the system, tranquilizes malaria, depurates and enriches the blood, rouses the liver when dormant, and produces a regular habit of body. For sale by all Druggists and Dealers generally. FOR SALE. A valuablo farm, eight miles of Americus, n a good neighborhood, healthy section, Church privileges convenient, good water, good dwelling house witli six rooms, good gin house and press, and other necessary out houses, six hundred and fifty acres of g ay ahd mulatto land, four hundred open nrd in good state of cultivation, two settle ments on place, and a fish pond stocked with German Carp. If you want a desirable home, with good productive lands and com fortable and convenient surroundings, ap ply soon. J. A. ANSLEY, septlStf Attorney at Law. Y - A tent, wanted. . I>.r made Mill -5 INDEPENDENT IN POLITICS, AND DEVOTED TO NEWS, LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND GENERAL PROGRESS. AMERICUS, GEORGIA; WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1882. Written for the Republican. In Memory of my Darling; Lillie Sinter. Hark, I am sad to-day without her, Sad, only sad while thinking, Of the joys on earth she gave me, And the pains before her sinking. But then when I consider, And think how it ail was done, I think, oh! Lorld, ’tis better, For the victory she has won. But oh, I am sad again, Now I think of stealthy death, He, in his noiseless chariot came, And bore her off by death. Oh! I loved my little darling sister, I loved her, precious boon, And though I cannot to her whisper, I will not, no not forget her soon. Though we were so soon to sever, On her my whole heart’s rays were shed, Forget her oil! I can never, never, Ye t she is numbered with the sleeping dead She was so noble, good and kind, And always proved so true, How could I forget my sister, mine, And fail to love her, too. W hen close around her bedside drew, The family and her friends, Who did all in their power they could do, To save her from death’s fiends. The fire of her once bright eyes Grew dim in the fading light, And her angel soul was beyond the skies Ere the close of night. At half-past six she bid adieu, To those who loved her best, And the little darling’s spirit flew To heaven, and is now at rest. She was a little angel here, And we know she is in heaven, For God has said he will take care Of all his blessed little children. When our dear father said to her: My daughter you must die, With her little eyes cast up. She said, why, papa why! Because my darling you are so weak, You cannot stand the pain, And the fever from your precious cheek Has all come back again. Then she turned her little eyes, And without a murmur said, I cannot help it papa, dear, Oil, she had so little dread. She did not care for death, oh, no, She was too good and true, To even feel the sting you know, Like poor weak sinners do. She was the youngest of us nine, And the darling of my heart. I loved her with pure love divine, But 10, we had to part, Her precious little form was given, By the gracious hand of God, And though her spirit be now in heaven, Her body is ’neath the sod. My heart overflows witli grief, When I think of our bereft, And think a life so sweet.should be so brief, To all the little angel left. But like noble Mrs. Smith who said, In her angel life like voice. As she stood near the blessed child’s head, We will meet you again, little darling, and all rejoice. James R. Williams. American Fables. A Clam who was taking a ramble over the Meadows one day met a Hare, and after remarking that winter would soon be here, he added: “Oh, by the way, I wanted to say that I don’t believe in Christianity,” “You don’t?” “No, nor in the Bible.” “Is it possible?” “And I may as well add that I have become an Infidel.” “Dear, dear me!” gasped the Hare, and with tears in her eyes she argued and coaxed and pleaded and reasoned with the Clam to change his views. She was still wasting her breath when along came the Coon and called out: “Good-day to both. Why these tears, Mrs. Hare. The Hare explajned, and the Coon turned to the Clam and inquired: “Is it true that you do not believe in God or a hereafter?” “Strictly true,” was the reply. “And what if you dont?” continued the Coon. “You are simply one Clam out of billions. What you believe or don’t believo won’t affect even one blade of grass nor disturb one grain of sand. Please shoulder your opinions and move out of the path. moral. Let ’em Infidel, if they want to. P. S.—Suppose they don’t go to Heaven—what of it? A Bridal Couple’s Experience in a Bath Koom. A newly married pair, who arrived on their honeymoon trip at a celebrated Scotch watering place when accommo dations was ata premium,had a mattress spread for them by a compassionate inn keeper in one of the bath rooms. In the middle of the night the house was alarmed by loud shrieks proceeding from the nuptial chamber. What was the matter? Well, this: The young bride, wishing to ring for a servant, had caught hold of what she supposed to be the bell-rope and pulled it smart ly. Unhappily for her and her spouse, it was the cord of the shower bath over their heads, and deluge of water as would throw a damper upon the most devoted of honeymooniug couples. Her husband, in dismay, caught frantically at another cord on his side of the extem porized couch, but the only response was an equally liberal deluge of water, this time nearly boiling hot. The un happy pair then screamed in unison. When the servants came, they found the floor of the room flooded with water and the wife was perched like a monkey on her husband’s back, uttering the most lamentable cries, while her good man was fumbling about in the dark, trying to find the door .-London Times. The presence of spongilla fluviatitis in most ot the city water in the land is regarded as a sufficient excuse by many for the insertion of four tablespoonsful of spiritus frumenti in a small tumbler of aqua pur a—Norristown Herald. BRASSER’S SON CLAUDIUS. Mr. Brasser, who lives on North avenue, has a son about twelve years old, named Claudius, and the other evening this boy received permission to allow a neighbor’s boy to stay all night with him. The old people sleep down stairs in the sitting-room, and the boys were put in a - room directly above. When they went up to bed Claudius had the clothes-line under his coat, and the neighbor’s boy had a mask in his pocket. They didn’t kneel down and say their prayers like good little boys, and then jump into bed and tell bear stories; but as soon as the door was locked the Brasser boy remarked: “You’ll see more fun around here to night than would lie on a ten-acre lot!” From the closet they brought a cast oil' suit of Brasser’s clothes, stuffed them with whatever came handy, tied the mask and an old straw hat on for a head, and while one boy was careful ly raising the window, the other was tying the clothes-line around the ‘man.’ The image was let down in front of the sitting-room window, lifted up and down once or twice, and old Brasser was heard to leap out of bed with a great jar. He was just begining to doze when he heard sounds under his window, and his wife suggested that it was a cow in the yard. He got up, pulled the curtain away, and as he be held a man standing there he shouted out: “Great bottles! hut its a robber!” and he jumped into bed. “Theodor Brasser, are you a fool?” screamed his wife, as he monopolized all the bed clothes to cover up his head. “Be quiet, you old jade, you!” he whispered, “perhaps he’ll go away!” “Don’t you call me a jade!” she re plied, reaching over and trying to find his hair; “git up and git the gun and blow his head off!” “O yon do it!” “Git up, you old coward!” she snap ped; “I’ll never live with you another day if you don’t do it!” Brasser turned np the lamp, sat up in bed, and cried out: “Is that you, boys?” “Mercy on me! git up!” yelled the wife, as the straw man was knocked against the window. “I’ll blow his head off as clean as milk!” said Brasser in a loud voice, as he got up. He struck the stove three or four times, upset a chair, and reached be hind the foot of the bed and drew out an old army musket. “Now, then, for good!” he contin ued, as he advanced to the window and lifted the curtain. The man was there, face close to the glass, and he had such a malignant expression of countenance that Brasser jumped back with a cry of alarm. “Kill him! shoot him down, you old noodle-head!” screamed the wife. “I will, by thunder! I will!” re plied Brasser, and he blazed away, and tore out nearly all the lower sash. The boys up stairs uttered a yell and a groan, and Brasser jumped for the window to see if the man was down. He wasn’t. He stood right there, and made a leap at Brasser. “He’s coming in!—perlice!—boys! —ho—perlice!” roared the old man The tattered curtain permitted Mrs. Brasser to catch sight of a man jump ing up and down, and she yeiled: “Theodorous, 1 am going to faint.” “Faint and be darned! Boys! Per lice!” he shouted, walloping the sheet iron stove with the poker. “Don’t you dare talk that way to me! shrieked the old woman, recover ing from her desire to faint. “Po leece! po leece!” now came from the boys up stairs, and while one con tinued to shout the other drew the man up, tore him from limb to limb, and scattered the pieces. Several neighbors were aroused, an officer came up from the station, and a search of the premises was made, not so much as a track in the snow was found, and the officer put on an in jured look, and said to Mr. Brasser: “A guilty conscience needs no ex cuse.” “That’s so!” chorused the indig nant neighbors, as they departed. As Mr. Brasser hung a quilt before the shattered window, he remarked to his wife; “Now, you see what an old condu rango you made yourself!” ■ “Don’t fling any insults at me, or I’ll choke the attenuated life out of you!” she replied. And the boys kicked around on the bed, chucked each other in the ribs, and said: “I’d rather be a boy than be Presi dent!” A Medical Curiosity. Jean Condoist has been brought to Paris as a medical curiosity from the Haute Caone. According to a medical contributor to a Parisian contemporary, this youth, aged nineteen, took a start on the 17th of May, 1884, being six feet three inches high, and found one morning that he had grown an inch. Every week since then has he register ed himself, and on the 14th of Septem ber this human beanstalk had grown nearly five inches; he grew five inches more before the 20th of January, 1882, and seven more before March 15, and he now stands seven feet ten inches. All this has been accompanied by great pains in the back, and he stoops con siderably; but since last June it is his legs only that have grown, and his feet are already twenty-four inches long. Siioopciulykc Stop Smoking. Brooklyn Eagle. “My dear,” said Mr. Spoopendyke rumpling his hair around over his head and gazing at himself in the glass; “my dear, do you know I think I smoke too much? It doesn’t agree with me at all.” “Just what I have always thought!” chimed Mrs. Spoopendyke, “and be sides, it makes the room smeel so. You know this room—” “I’m not talking about the room,” retorted Mr. Spoopendyke,with a snort. “I’m not aware that it effects the health of the room, I’m talking about my health this trip, and I think I'll break off short. You don’t catch me smoking any more,’ 4 and Mr. Spoopendyke yawned and stretched himself, and plumed down in his easy chair and glar ed out the window at the rain “How are you going to break off?” inquired Mrs. Spoopendyke, drawing up her sewing chair, and gazing up into her husband’s face admiringly. “I suppose the best way is not to think of it at all.” “The best way is for you to sit there and chackle about it!” growled Mr. Spoopendyke, “If anything will dis tiact my attention from it that will. Can’t ye think of something else to talk about? Don’t ye know some sub jects that don’t smell like a tobacco plantation?” “Certainly,” cooed Mr.Spoopendyke, rather nonplussed. “We might Falk about the rain. I suppose this is really the equinox. How long will it last niv dear?” “Gast the equinox!” sputtered Mr. Spoopendyke. “Don’t jiou know that when a man quits smoking it depresses him?—What d’ye want to talk about depressing things for? Now’s the time to make me cheerful. If ye don’t know any cheerful things, keep quiet.” “Of couse,” assented Mrs. Spoopen dyke, “you want subjects that will draw your mind away from smoking like you used to. Won’t it be nice when the long winter evenings come, and the fire is lighted and you have your slippers and paper.” “That’s just the time I wan’t a cigar!” roared Mr. Spoopendyke, bounding around in his chair and scrowling at his wife. Ain’t ye got sense enough to shingle your tongue for a minute? The way you’re keeping it up you’ll drive me back to my old habit in less’n hour,” he continued solemnly, “and then my blood will be on your head!” “Oh, dear!” sighed Mrs. Spoopen dyke, “I didn’t mean to. Did you notice about the comet? They say it is going to drop into the sun and burn up—.” “There ye go again!” yelled Mr. Spoopendyke. You can’t open your mouth without suggesting something that breaks me down! What d’ye want to talk about fire for? Who wants fire when he stops smoking? Two minutes more and I’ll have a pipe in my mouth, and Mr. Spoopenkye groaned dismally in contemplation of the prospect. “I’m glad you’re going to stay at home to-day,” continued Mrs. Spoo pendyke, soothingly. “You’d be sure to catch cold if you went out; and by and by we’ll have a piping hot din ner.—” “That’s it!” squealed Mr. Spoopeu dyke, bounding out of his chair and plunging around the room. You’d got to say something about a pipe! I knew how it would be! You want me to die! You want me to smoke myself I into an early grave! You’ll fetch it! Don’t give yourself any uneasiness! You’re on the track!” and Mr. Spoo pendyke buried his face in his hands and shook convulsively. “I meant it for the best, my dear,” murmured Mrs.Spoopendyke. 1 thought I was drawing—l” “That’s it!” ripped Mr. Spoopen dyke.— “Drawing! Y’ou’ve driven me to it instead of keeping me from it. You know how it’s done. All you need now is a lightning rod and a dish of milk toast to bean inebriates’ home! Where’s that cigar I left here on the mantle? Gimme my death warrant! Show me my imported doom! Drag forth my minature coffin!” and Mr. Spoopendyke swept the contents of the shelf upon the floor and howled dis mally. “Isn’t that it?” asked Mrs. Spoo pendyke, pointing to a small pile of snuff on the chair in which Mr. Spoo pendyke had been sitting. “That looks like it.” “Wall!” yelled Mr. Spoopendyke, grasping his hat and making for the door.—“Anothei timo I swear off you go into the country, you hear?” and Mr. Spoopendyke dashed out of the house and steered for the nearest tobac co shop. “I don’t care,” muttered Mrs. Spoo pendyke; “when he swears off again I’m willing to leave, and in the meantime I suppose he’ll be healthier without his pipe, so I’ll hang it up on the wall where he’ll never think of looking for it,” and having consigned the tobacco to the flames, Mrs. Spoopendyke gath ered har sewing material around her and doubled clinched an old resolution never to lose her temper, no matter what happened. And now the young lady who has been off on her uncle’s farm, working like an army mule at churning and mending clothes, comes back to the city, and the society paper announces that Miss Eva Golddust, of East For tieth street, has returned from an ex tended tour through the northern part of Maine.— Puck Danger of Hurried Funerals. In a popular city of Northern Italy, the wife of a distinguished jurist was seized with epileptic spasms, which to all appearance ended in death. The physicians recognized all the evidences of dissolution; her leatures were distort ed, cheeks and eyes sunken, the lips blue and bloodless, skin cold and flabby —a phenomenon which from hour to hour, became more pronounced. Fin ally, even the spots that usually pre cedes decomposition were observed, and as the weather was very warm, it was thought advisable not to delay the burial. The woman was laid in a wooden coffin and deposited in the fam ily vault. Those who are acquainted with the arrangement of the Italian cemtteries know that the individual coffins ave placed in niches, one above another, somewhat as the folios ar ranged on the shelves of a library. The niches are lined with marble slabs, but lqft entirely open. The vault itself, on the contrary, is securely closed by heavy wooden doors. In such a niche the coffin in question was placed. A year later,another member of the jurists family died. The following day he went himself to the cemetery to see which niche the new coffin should be placed in. When ho opened the doors the skeleton of his wife, enveloped in what remained of her shroud, fell into his arms. A caieful examination re vealed the following facts: The woman had burst off the coffin lid, and then gone to the door and made an effort to force open it also, but in vain. The double door would, of course tend to deaden her cries, and then the guardian of the cemetery lived on the opposite side of the inclosure. She must have lost consciousness during her efforts to force the doors, for she had fallen against them, and her Habiliments had caught on one of their iron fastenings, and in this position she had finally died. There was however,abundant evidence, everywhere, in the vault, of her having been conscious for a considerable length of time. As Sensible us 3lost Duels. Sheep’shead, although hardly a flat tering epithet or term of endearment, is not regarded between man and man in this country as an insult of so deep a dye that the stain inflicted upon the honor of a gentleman to whom this compound noun may happen to be ad dressed can only be washed out in blood. That such, however, is the view taken of its German equivalent, “Schafskopf,” in the fatherland, is conclusively demonstrated in the fol lowing lamentable occurrance: In the ancient city of Oldenburg, one Herr Jansen, an elderly barrister, called up on an acquaintance, the upper story of whose dwelling was occupied by an in fantry Lieutenant named Fisches, the proprietor of handsome pointer, upon which he had sportively bestowed the name of Shafskopf. The dog was ly ing stretched on the doorstep as Jansen came up to the door, and at tl at very moment the Lieutenant, thrusting his head out of his second-story window, •shouted at the top of his voice, “sheep’s head, come tip, will you?” Jansen took the summons to himself, and. in stead of entering the house, waited by the door until Fischer made his appear ance, when, exclaiming: “Sheep’s head yourself,” he lent the Lieutenant a hearty box on the ear. Fischer, who was in mufti, retorted with a walking stick, and the result of this misunder standing was a hostile meeting. Jan sen fired first, inflicting a slight flesh wound upon his adversary, whereupon Fischer, in no way ruffled by his hurt, stretched the too-hasty advocate dead upon the ground with a bullet through his heart.— London Telegraph. To wash a venison is to ruin it. When you slice the steak from the haunch they ought to be clean. The inside cut may be soiled from transpor tation; then you may rub it clean with a damp towel. A venison steak should be broiled on a clear hot fire, well salt ed and with a very little pepper and eaten plain with a little hot butter in the dish. A good sauce is made with a couple of teaspoonsful of currant jelly a mustard spoonful of celery seed and some of the gravy from the venison steak, served as hot as possible. Hot plates—very hot ones—are*a necessity for games of all kinds, and most especi ally venison.—JY. I'. Herald. “You are lcoking had,” remarked Snowberger to Colonel Percy Yerger. “What’s the mattter?” “The doctor says my lungs are affected and that I must not take more than three drinks a day.” “I would try some other doc tor.” I did, and lie said the same thing.” “Well then, if each one of them said you could take three drinks a day, that makes six drinks.” “I never thought of that before. I’ll see the rest of the doctors rn Austin, and if they all say I can take three drinks a day, that will make about sixty drinks a day, and that is as much as is good for an invalid.— Texas Siftings. “I would like to be excused, your honor,” said a Chicago man who had been drawn on the jury. “What for?” “I owe a man five dollars, and I want to hunt him up and pay it.” Do you mean to say you would hunt up a man to pay a bill instead of waiting for him to hunt up you?” Yes, your honor.” “Do you belong in Chicago?” “Yes, Sir.” “You are excused. I don’t want any man on the jury who will lie like that.” „ | LOUR DOLLARS PER ANNUM. NO. 17. How Mercury Salivates. Recently a young man stepped into the drug store at Dublin, Ga., and ask ed for chlorate of potash to use on the mouth ot his brother, who, he said was salivated. “How did it happen?” we asked, thinking it a good time to point a moral that would put a check on popular mis apprehension about calomel and cold water. “Oh,” said he, “he took calomel and, without thinking, put his hands into colii watgr, and it salivated him.” “The cold water had nothing to do with it,” we told hitn, and asked if his brother had eaten any fish. “Yes,” he replied, “he ate heartily of fish after taking the calomel, and I suppose the fish caused the calomel to salivate him.” “No, the fish had no more to do with it than the cold water.” “What then?” “It was the large quantity of salt (chloride of sodium) on the fish, com bining chemically with the calomel (chloride of mercuiy) and forming a bi-chloride of mercury (corrosive subli mate). This corrosive sublimate formed in the laboratory of the stomach is what did the mischief. When you take calomel avoid salt and salty food as you would the most deadly poison. When sick people eat salty food they are apt to drink water freely, and if salivated they lay the blame on the water. The only wonder about it is that so many escape with life. And for the reason that all who take salt and calomel in the stomach together are not killed outright, some scientific men are doubtful as to the foregoing theory.” Considering the prevalence of calo mel-taking in this community and the misapprehension of most people con cerning the nature of this potent drug, We thought the above remarks might not be inopportune. The Visionary Robin—A happy Robin was one day chanting a Requiem over the Deceased Summer in the For est. Having finished, it said: “And now I’ll away to the Balmy Land where all the year the Magnolias are full of Humming-Birds, where—” In response to the Bang of a gun in a Small Boy’s hand, the .Robin conclud ed not to go South, and two days after it was Sold for a Quail on a Railroad Lunch Counter for a dollar. Moral— Don’t sing too loud until you are out of the woods.— Hack. “Yes, my boy, there are 53,200,000 people in this country, and you are only one of them—jest one. Think of that once in a while, when you get to won dering what would happen to the world if you should die.” FOR SALE. kJ Casy cottage, five rooms and qP"J l tJ .pantry, kitchen and servants house, splendid water, good garden, in ex cellent repair, will rent for at least 1510 per month. 1 9() A Four room house qnd good Lpiy VyV/out buildings, in one hun dred yards of the Public Square. D J 1 (i( 1 Cash will purchase a cen (s IjAUI/ trally located Store House, renting now for §2lO per annum. One of the best localities in Americus. A splendid farm two and a half miles from the city, containing 550 acres, improve ments fair, well timbered and finely water ed, excellent spring near the house, in good neighborhood; a number of tenant houses on the place so that it can be easily divided into small farms for renting. Fish pond already made. Excellent place for daily, truck and general farming. iTrice, §5 per acre. , Also, 250 acres three miles from town, healthy and finely situated and splendidly watered, One of the best places in Geor gia for a dairy, fruit, tisli and vegetable farm, On the market for a short while only and §1,900 cash will buy it. Also, a desirable city place 3% acres, six room house and good outbuildings, conven ient to business, good neighborhood and a pleasant home. This is a bargain. Price, §1,200—8-100 cash,balance one and two years. .1 list outside of city limits and free from city taxes, a.very desirable home. House of four rooms with hall between, good kitch en and servant house, 4K acres of ground on the place, and as line a well of water as can be found in this section. The place is high and healthy as any in the country. Owner wants money and will sell this choice place for §9OO cash, or §1,050—5500 cash, balance in December, 1883. I want to buy 200 or 250 acres good land, from six to eight milesdueeastof Americus. I have applicationfora2ooacre farm near town, also for one of 100 acres. If you have real estate to sell, or wish to buy, call on me. FOR SALE OR RENT—A good place, convenient to business, in a good neighbor hood and at low price. WANTED—Property of all kinds to dis pose of, and buyers for any sort of property. LOTT WARREN, Real Estate Agent and Broker, novltf Hawkins’ Building, Lamar St. GUANO AND SUPERPHOSPHATE ! FOR SALE ON TIME. WILCOX, GIBBS & CO.’S GUANO, BOWKEIt’S COTTON FERTILIZER, NASSAU GUANO, All for sale—all standard goods. Also, Wilcox, Gibbs & Co.’s Superphosphate- Price, §32.00 on twelve months time. All who have used it pronounce the Superphos phate a letter A fertilizer. JOHN N. HUDSON, novlotf Americus, Ga. LAND FOR SALE Tour and a half lots of land In the Four teenth district of Lee county, Ga., for sale. Lying on Muckalee creek, six or seven miles from Starkville, and adjoining what is known as the Lee Jordan farm, Part rich hammock, and part first-class pine land. Titles good. Address, T. L. KENNEDY, novß.lm Opelika, Aia.