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THE SEMI-WEEKLY SUMTER REPUBLICAN.
ESTABLISHED IN 1854, I
ByCHAS. W. HANCOCK. |
VOL. 18.
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FALL MILLINERY!
A splendid assortment of
3SF El N7W E’ A Xj, Xj,
MILLINERY
AT THE STORE OF
Mb, M. I RAINES.
The Ladies and all desiring to purchase
something
*New and Fashionable I
in Millinery, will find it to their advantage
to examine her stock at an early date.
STORE AT THE OLD STAND,
Jackson Street, west of the Public
Square, Americas, Ga.
octlttf
Mew Millinery
LATEST STYLES OF
it-AVS;
TRIMMINGS,
RIBBONS, LINGERIE,
HANDKERCHIEFS,
AND
FANCY GOODS,
A NEW STOCK OF
SPJT ZEPHYR !
In all Colors, Just Received.
K/LTXI KINO.
Public Square, - Americus, Ga.
novstf
Millinery. Millinery.
Mrs. M. B. MA f HIS
Invites all who wish to purchase
HATS, BONNETS,
RIBBONS, Etc., Etc.,
As are usually kept in
First Class Millinery Store !
to call at her store on the South side of
the Public Square, and see if
she can suit them.
TiillW HITS Mil HOOTS
A SPECIALTY 1
If faithful and honest work, connected witli
moderate charges and superior goods, are
an inducement, she flatters herself that her
customers will he satisfied.
I3f Call at the second door from the open
lots on the South side of Public Square.
novlßtf Mrs. M. B. MATHIS.
ELAM S LIVEY RSTABLES
FOE SALE.
Owing to my age and feeble health I offer
for sale my Livery Stables, situated on
Lamar Street, in the city of Americus, east
of the Public Square. The long continuance
of this property in this line of business, and
the quantity of room, sufficient for all the
demands of drovers coming to this market
—having stalls and open iots, it is very de
sirable, and I now offer to sell it for the
reasons above stated. I will sell to a cash
purchaser on very reasonable terms, and on
very satisfactory figures to those who would
like time. Cali early or you’ll miss abargain.
On hand, a dozen different kinds
and sizes of Baking Powders. Sea
Foam, Yeast, Gems, Flavoring Ex
f tracts, Gelatine, Dessecated Cocoanut,
Chocolate, etc., etc., at
Dr. Eldridge’s Drug Store.
THE CELEBRATED
SEXTUPLE
SPRING BED.
To breathe, eat and sleep well is the first
requirement of physical organization.
S. FL6ISOHMAN’S
SEXTUPLE BED SPRING.
[Patented Aug. 22, 1852. L
Is the first and foremost to accomplisii 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 Coy forever.” Last with life, perfect in
its adaptation forcomtort, being disconnect
ed in the center prevents sagging. Made by
S. M-I,ESTER, who will put them on, and
is from long experience able to guarantee.,
satisfaction.
AGENTS WANTED
to sell these Springs. Territory and Spring
outfit lurnished and large commissions paid.
S. FLEISCHMAN,
Patentee and Manufacturer,
octll-Om Cotton Ave., Americus. Ga.
OLD BUG
COMES TO THE FRONT THIS SEASON
WITH
DRINKS,
FIXED UP IN ANY STYLE FOR
TEN CENTS.
OYSTERS, FISII AND GAME ON HAND
AT ALL TIMES.
MEALS
FIXED UP IN ANY STYLE AND AT
ALL TIMES-DAY AND NIGHT.
BILLIARDS
5c per game - two games for 25 cts—cash.
POOL
2J4 CENTS PER CUE-ALL CASH.
Come one, come all, and see if you don’t get
the best—nothing charged at these rates.
Best Cigars and Tobacco Always
on Hand !
BOTTLED LIQUORS
ALWAYS ON HAND IN FRONT ROOM.
J. P. CHAPMAN.
AGENT FOR
KING’S ROYAL POWDER COMPANY,
Also, PARKER’S GUN AND BREECII
LOADING FIXTURES.
Americus, Ga., Sept. sth, 1882. G 2m
Rosser & Gunnels.
New Bar and Billiard
SALOON.
Messrs. G. S. ROSSER and P. W. GUN
NELS have opened a Bar 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 VI hiskies !
Also the National Drink,
ANHUESER BEER,
the best in the land. The best Cigars and
Tobacco always on hand.
Our 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 ire surpassed by none.
ROSSER & GUNNELS,
septßtf Americus. Ga.
J. A. ANSLJBY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND SOLICITOR IN EQUITY,
Office on Public Square, Over Gyles’
Clothing Store, Americus, Ga.
After a brief respite I return again to the
practice of law. As in the past it will he
my earnest purpose to represent my clients
faithfully and look to their interests. The
commercial practice will receive close atten
tion and remittances promptly made- The
Equity practice, and cases involving titles of
land and real estate are my favorites. Will
practice in the Courts of Southwest Georgia,
the Supreme Court and the United States
Courts. Thankful to my friends for their
patronage. Fees moderate. novlltf
LUMBER FOR SALE.
One hundred and fifty thousand feet of
assorted LUMBER for sale, at 75 cents, per
hundred feet. Apply soon.
novl7tf JESSE SALTER.
TO RENT.
TWO FINE PLANTATIONS, ALSO
MULES, CORN, FODDER, COTTON
SEED and TOOLS on the farms.
Apply at once io Mrs. E. BARLOW,
oct2Btf or JNO. WINDSOR.
FOR SALE.
AN EXTENSION TOP, FOUR PASS
ENGER CARRIAGE, for sale at a bargain
Apply to T. S. GREENE,
sept3otf Opposite Prince Bro.’s Stables.
Your account is due and I need the
money, so call and settle, at
Dr. Eldridge’s Drug Store.
INDEPENDENT IN POLITICS, AND DEVOTED TO NEWS, LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND GENERAL PROGRESS.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA; WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1882.
For isyspepfcia,
ZC o stive nes s, j
Sick Headache,
Chronic Diar
rhoea, Jaundice,
\ &QJ at? and all Diseases
T caused l>y De
rangement of Liver, Dowels and Kidneys#
SYMPTOMS OF A DISEASED LIVER.
Bad Breath; Pain in the Side, sometimes the
pain is felt under the Shoulder-blade, mistaken for
Rheumatism ; 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 arc 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 when but few of them existed, yet
examination after death has shown the JLiver to
have been extensively deranged.
It should be used by all xersons, 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
digestion, or feel heavy after meals, or sleep
less at night, take a dose and you will be relieved.
Time and Doctors* Bills will be 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 with 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 H. 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. I sent from Min
nesota to Georgia for 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. W. 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 ,T. li. ZHILIN & CO.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS
TUTT’S
EIifEBTSK&iT
I9 composed of Herbal and Mucilaginous prod
ucts, which permeate the substance of the
Lungs, expectorates the acrid matter
that collects in the Bronchial Tubes, and forms a
soothing coating, which relieves the ir
ritation that causes the cough. It cleanses
the lung? of all impurities, strengthens
them when enfeebl'd by disease, invigor
ates tho circulation of the blood, and braces the
nervous system. Slight colils often end in
consumption. It is dangerous to neglect
ithein. Apply the remedy promptly. A
test of twenty years warrants the assert ion that
noremedy ba3 ever been found that is n s
prompt m its effects ns TUTT’S EXPECTORANT.
A single doso raises the phlegm, subdues
inflammation, and its use speedily cures themo-t
obstinate cough. Api easant cord ial, chil
dren take it readily. For Croup it is
invaluable nnd should bo in every family.
In SrSc- and @l. Bottle*.
TUTT’S "
' PILLS
ACT PSRECTLY CM THE LIVER,
Cures Chills nnd Fever, Dyspepsia,
Sick Headache, Bilious Colic,Coustipa*
tion, Rheumatism,Piles, Palpitation of
tho Heart, Dizziness, Torpid Diver, and
female Irregularities. If you do not “feel
very well,” a single pill stimulates the stomach,
restores the appetite, imparts vigor to the system.
k NOTED mm SAYS?
Dr.Tctt ’.—Dear Siri lor ten years I havo
been a martyr to Dy pepsia, Conptipution and
Tiles. Last spring your pills were recommended
tome; I used them (but with little faith). lam
now a well man, have good appetite, digestion
regular stools, piles gone, and I have
gained forty pounds solid flesh. They arc worth
their weight in gold.
REV. It. 1,. SIMPSON, Louisville, Ky.
Jhfiicc- r Murray St,, New York.
( bil. TUTT’S MANUAL of Useful\
' Receipts I'KLB ou application. /
TAYLOR’S
SMILING ROOM
IS HEADQUARTERS FOR
SOMETHING GOOD
—TO
SAT AND DIRI^iK!
The Best Cook in the city. Meals
Served at Short Notice !
Come One, Gome All.
novtcf
J. J. HANESLEY’S ~
REfflimT WKIIIY.
I would cull the attention of farmers and
all others wishing a good meal, to the fact
that lam still running my
RESTAURANT,
Under the Barlow House, where I will ser re
you up a warm meal at any hour. Oyste s,
Fish and Game served in their season. I
also keep a full line of
CONFECTIONS !
Fruits, Cigars and Tobacco!
Americus, Ga., Sept. 20, 1882. tf
DAVENPORT’S
Belle of Americus,
Davenport & Son
Are Sole Agents for BELLE OF AMERI
CUS. It is made of the best Uavanna, long
fillers, is not flavored or doctored and the
only 5c Cigar in the market that ]s as good
as an imported cigar. octG-am
FAimiaw and I'AUnziU’ sons
J. V. MeCurdy A Cos., PhlUdel.hlli, l’ft. ,
THE PRESIDENT.
Who sails upon the salty sea,
And everywhere he travels fx-ee,
And not a cent of fare pays lie?
Tho President.
Who journeys gayly ever where,
And dines and junkets here and there,
And finds no lack of time to spare?
Tho President.
Who saw Bill Chandler steam away,
Inspecting votes from day to day,
Without a cent of cost to pay?
The President .
Who saw that navy yards were filled
With skillful workmen and unskilled,
A big Republican vote to build?
The President.
Who, as he freely travels on,
Must stop before his tour is done,
To hob-and nob with Rohberson?
The President.
Who snears at Blaine’s unpleasant fix,
And helpsMahone in politics,
Amt winks at Hubbell’s dirty tricks?
The President.
Who runs the party’s old machine,
Amt holds the throttle, all serene,
Amt does not keep it overclean?
The President.
Who wants the people’s votes and praise
To lengthen his official days,
But ought to try to change his ways?
The President.
—X. Y. Sun.
WV ft cTy.IuX.V&Y.O'B ft.
THROUOH THE TWILIGHT.
Lily Vennor was late home from her
work on this particular night.
A dismal February night it was
with a grey fog above through which
the lamps shone like yellow dots of
sickly flame.
Lily Vennor was a milliner.
It was hard work and it was poorly
paid, but Lily Vennor bad known what
it was to be without employment for
weeks at a time, and was thankful even
for Mr. Murry’s four shillings a week,
and with a stipulation that an hour or
so overtime should not he objected to.
The poor are generally worsted in
their bargains, nor was our little hero
ine an exception to rule. But the work
was over at last and Lily was in the
outer room tying her curls under the
brown felt hat whoso tasteful loops of
ribbon had been turned so often, and
folded her worn shawl across her shoul
ders.
And as she took up her dinner bas
ket she heard the gay voice of Marry
Reid, one of her fellow workers, saying
merrily:
“St. Valentine’s eve!”
“You don’t mean that you have for
gotton it, Ida?”
“ Why, I expect a dozed valentines at
least to-morrow.”
Lily Vennor glanced up at Mary
Reid as she spoke.
“A dozen valentines!”
Yes, tlxex'c was every probability
that she would receive as many as that.
She was a dark eyed, brilliant com
plexioned young beauty, with a pretty
Greek nose, a dimple on the left cheek
and teeth as white as sliced cocoanut.
She would bo one to marry early and
escape from this bondage of toil and
poverty; and for a moment Lily too
wished that she was beautiful.
And then came a second thought.
St. Valentino’s eve—ami she had
promised Midge and Edith, the two lit
tle twin sisters at home, a valentine
for this year when Midge had submit
ted to the ordeal of vaccination, and
Edith had been so docile at the task of
learning to make stockings.
For Lily Vennor, girl though she
was, had already been burdened with
the cares of life.
Her fathor had married a second
time and lost his wife, leaving Lily at
his death with the charge of these two
little ones, Edith and Margaret, com
monly known as Midge.
It was a hard task indeed, but Lily
did not quail.
She accepted simply as she would
have accepted any other decree of Prov
idence, and the two little orphans had
learned to love her with ail their inno
cent hearts.
And now she paused in front of the
brilliant show windows with her worn
purse in her hand, trying to decide up
on some particular sort of valentine
which would be pretty enough to suit
the children and not too dear.
So she went into the shop, humbly
awaiting her turn, and bought two
six penny valentines, which the clerk
superciliously tossed toward her.
“I should like two postage stamps,”
said she meekly.
“Stamps! This ain’t a post office!”
echoed the clerk.
Lily pointed to a printed placard in
the window—Stamps for Sale Here—
and tho clerk grumbling under his
breath, gave her two stamps.
The next morning, however, little
Midge and Edith danced up and down
with jov when the postman left the
two valentines at their door.
“And hero is a valentine for you,
Lily,” said Midge, “only the envelope
has not got such pretty gilt roses on as
mine and Edith’s have.”
Lily was standing with her hat on
as the child ran up to her.
“A valentine for mo?” said she.
“But I believe you are mistaken, lit
tle Midge.”
She opened the letter with a sensa
tion of wonder as to whom it possibly
could be from.
For she got so few letters that the
very sight of an envelope in a strange
hand was enough to startle her.
“From Doctor Ingraham!” she said
to herself.
“He will call here to see me this
evening. Oh, dear! I knew how it
would he. He thinks it strange that I
have not said anything about paying
him for his attendance of Midge and
Edith when they had scarlet fever.
But he does not know how poor we are,
And ho does not know—how should
he?—that 1 was going to his office this
very week to ask for the bill and try
to save up until I had enough. Oh,
dear! oh, dear! What am 1 to do?”
She laid out the children’s rations on
the table—a bowl of milk and two
liberal slices of bread for each—and
cautioning them not to go near the
fire went to her daily work with a heart
within her bosom which felt like lead.
Mary Reid was talking in a high
soprano voice about the valentine she
received.
Lelia Payne and Sarah Howell were
giggling over gilt and tasseled epistles,
directed in masculine hands, but Lily
went straight to the forewoman.
“Mrs. Dobbs, can you lend me ten
dollars?” said she.
“1?” said the forewoman in sour sur
prise.
“1 necu it very, very much, and if
you lend it to me to-day—this very af
ternoon I mean-—I will pay you in turn
my next two weeks entire wages as
they come in.”
Mrs. Dobbs did a little mental arith
metic in the recesses of her brain as
she stood there staring with those llashy
eyes on Lily Vennor.
Yes, the interst was not so had.
She supposed it might pay and so
she lent the ten dollars for a term of
fourteen days, Sundays and holidays
to be included.
And Lily, mustermg up what cour
age she had, stopped at Dr. Ingraham’s
office on her way home from work.
“I won’t give him the trouble to
call, for of course it will he a disap
pointment to him to know that he can
not get this whole hill,” said she to
herself. “But I will pay him the rest
as soon as ever I can, and I hope he
won’t be natch vexed for he was so good
to me when the little ones were sick.”
Poor Lily Vennor!
“Dr, Ingraham’s pretty little broug
ham was at the door when Lily went
>n his office and Dr. Ingraham himself
stood at the table in his fur-trimmed
coat, pouring some mixture from one
vial to another—a tall, dark man with
eyes a black as sloes, and a heard as
long and soft as floss silk.
He glanced up with a smile as Lily
entered, and something like a flash of
color crossed his cheek for a moment.
“Sit down, Miss Vennor!” said he.
I have just finished my visits for the
present. In five minutes 1 shall be
ready for home practice.”
Lily had turned pink and white by
turns as she clasped the ten dollars in
the palm of her hand within her worn
little muff.
“I—l will not detain you long,”
said she, and she waited with folded
arms and a height that seemed to her
positively commanding.
“I received a note from you this
morning,” she said.
“Yes, and why did you not wait for
me to call?” he said quietly.
“I was ashamed to pat you to the
trouble,” said Lily in a low voice. I
knew of course the object of your call.”
“Did you?”
He elevated his brows slightly.
“And 1 knew very well that 1 had
not the money for you,” she added in
desperation.
‘“But here is ten dollars, and if you
will let me know' the whole amount I
will endeavor to pay it by installments
as best I can.”
“You are mistaken, Miss Vennor,”
said the Doctor.
“My motive in calling had nothing
whatever to do with the collection of
my bill.” #
Lily looked at him with innocent
surprise.
She did not understand him.
“I had a question to ask you,” said
the Doctor.
“About the children?”
“No, about yourself.”
“Y’cs, and 1 will ask it now, Miss
Vennor,” he said, earnestly, “in those
weeks when I came daiiy to your house,
and saw you stand like an angel at the
bedside of those little ones, I made up
my mind that you of all women came
nearest my ideal of sweet womanly
perfection. And I vowed witliin my
self to ask you to he my wife. So now,
Miss Vennor —Lily—you know why 1
was coming.”
It seemed like a dream of unreal
bliss to Lily Vennor, that homeward
walk through the twilight with Bruce
Ingraham’s arm to support her, his
beloved presence so near to her.
She had been a toiler in life’s shadow
ever since she could remember, hut she
was coming into her heritage of happi
ness at last.
Little Midge and Edith were looking
nut for her over the stairway as she
came home.
“It’s Lily,” cried Midge in an audi
ble stage whisper. “Our Lily! But
she is not alone. There is someone
with her. Oh, Eddie, 1 suppose it
must he her valentine! Old Mrs. Nor
ris says that everyone has a valentine
to-day.”
“Y'ou dear little prophet!” cried
Doctor Ingraham catching the little
child up in his arms. Y'ou are right!
It is Lily’s valentine.”
“Doctor Ingraham!” exclaimed
Edith slowly.
“Well, if 1 was to choose a valen
tine out of all the world for Lily, ]
should say Doctor Ingraham.’'
And Lily, in a voice nearly a whis
per, added:
“So should I!”
IMITATION OF LIQUORS.
How Whiskey and Alcohol are Made
Brandy, Gin and Hum—Adulter
ated Wines that Escape Detection.
The business of imitating liquors -•
a veryextensivo industry in the Unite and
Slates, i’tiere are at least fifteen or
twenty firms in New Y'ork City whose
only business is the so-called “imp rove
nient” ot alcoholic liquor by the addi
tion and suhstition ot various foreign
materials. They claim that these ma
terials are in no way of a deleterious
character—rather healthful, in fact—
and that tho difference between the li
quors they produce and the bona fide
originals is quite a matter of the imagi
nation. Each firm has its peculiar
methods and formula!, which are not to
be divulged. These methods, however,
are well-known to chemists, who con
sider this forgery of intoxicants as a
dangerous practice and the results ob
tained often harmful. The intoxicat
ing elements in liquors is alcohol, the
percentage of which contained in a
liquor determines its intoxicating pow
er. This is, however, more or less
modified by the presence of other in
gredients.
Whiskey contains from 40 to 50 per
cent, ot alcohol, the balance being wa
ter, with a trace of tannic acid, from
the barrels, and of fusil-oil, developed
by fermentation. Whiskey, though
used as the basis of many of tire facti
tious liquors, is not itself expensive
enough to make it worth while to imi
tate it. It is, however, in'common with
all alcoholic liquors, improved by keep -
ing, and to give it the smooth, oily
taste of age various expedients are re
sorted to. A fresh barrel of raw whis
key is taken in hand by the expert,
who converts it in a few hours into old
rye or Bourbon by a judicious admix
ture of oak shavings, burned sugar and
glycerine. Sometimes Ire takes away
tire crude taste by passing an electric
current through it. Much of the high
est priced whiskey sold in the best
places is made in this artistic fashion.
Bourbon is generally supposed to con
tain more fusil oil than rye, but this is
not necessarily the case.
Brandy is made by the distillation of
fermented grapes—sometimes from the
juice alone, and sometimes from the
skins, seeds, and juice together. When
made from the juice alone it is nearly
colorless, has a very agreeable odor, and
a slightly acid, aromatic taste. It con
tains from thirty-five to fifty per cent,
of alcohol. There is probably uo liquor
so much imitated and adulterated as
brandy. The commonest method ot
imitating it is by adding to plain grain
whisky certain proportions of various
ethers, which are sold iu mixture as
“brandy essence,” burned sugar, spices,
tannic acid, and acetie acid, Nine
tenths of the brandy that is drank never
a . grape-skin. Gin is made by
distilling alcohol with juniper-berries,
its distinctive taste and odor being due
to the presence of a small amount of
oil juniper. The amount of alcohol
varies from thirty-six to forty per cent,
the residue being water with less than
1 per cent, of the juniper-oil. The gin
commonly sold as the real article is,
however, made by simply adding a
small quantity ot this oil, or more iro
quently oil of turpentine, to common
whisky, together with sufficient water
to reduce the strength of tho spirit to
about thirty per cent, of alcohol. None
hut the most expensive brands of gin
are made in any other way. Different
brands contain slight additions which
give them their peculiar flavors.
The best rum is made by the distilla
tion of fermented molasses. Often pine
apples and other fruits are sliced and
thrown into the still to give flavor
The molasses used consists of the wash
ings and refuses from the sugar-houses.
It contains 80 to 85 percent, of alcohol,
and is not much adulterated, except
with certain flavoring ethers, designed
to imitate “real Jamaica” or other
brands. The main constituent of ab
sinthe is oil of worm wood. It is made
by the distillation of alcohol with wa
ter, absinthium, (wormwood), and va
rious spices, such as fennel, anise and
coriander. The resulting liquid is
diluted more or less, tho various brands
differing greatly in the amounts of
water and other substances present in
each. It is most frequently made by
the simple admixture or oil or worm
wood with alcohol and water, various
essential oils being added to give pun
gency. Distilled absinthe well pre
pared from fresh materials should be of
a bright green color. Its effects are
well known to be of the most dangerous
character, and result in nervous ex
haustion and partial or complete paraly
sis of the heart. There are whole wards
in the hospitals at Paris devoted to dis
eases produced by this fatal drug.
YVines are the most complex of li
quors, and afford great opportunity for
adulteration. The detection of such
adulteration is frequently very difficult
True grape wine, when properly made,
contains from 0 to 12 per cent, of alco
hol and either no sugar or quantities
varying from a trace to 10 per cent.
Fragrant ethers, glycerine, tannic acid
and acetic acid, and other ingredients
enterinto its composition. Wines may
he roughly divided into two c'lasses—
red and white; also into sweet and dry.
Red wines are made by the fermenta
tion of the grape-juice together with the
skins and seeds, from which they de
rive their color. White wines may be
made from the juice of red or white
grapes fermented without the seeug aim
skins. As good claret is made 'in
America as the European, but the dry
white wines we have not theoxporienc
to produce of equal quality with the
imported. Many sweet wines are made
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without fermentation by simply adding
to fresh grape juice due proportions of
alcohol and sugar. These are very in
jurious.
Champagne is made properly by fer
menting the grape juice partially in
casks, then drawing it off into bottles,
and allowing fermentation to proceed
very slowly, the time required varying
from one to three years. By this means
a wine is produced which contains from
J to 9 per cent, of sugar, and heavily
charged with carbonic acid gas. Much
time and skill are required, and though
some good champagne is made in this
country, we see but little that is palat
able of the native product. Of all liq
urs champagne is probably the easiest
to imitate. All sorts of things are used
as ingredients, and a man is said to
have taked a prize once for an imitation
ot which lie confessed the basis was
coaloil. A barrel of champagne may
be made by mixing twenty gallons of
catawha wine, twenty of water, two of
angelica (California sweet) wine, two
gallons of syrup. Honey is frequently
used as well. Such a mixture as this
can, however, be readily detected by
the most uneducated taste.
There are imitations of grape wines
which contain uo grape juice whatever,
but the more usual method of imita
tion is to take poor, cheap grape wines
nnd add thereto alcohol, water, spices,
glycerine and vegetable or aniline col
oring matter. Most of the wines sold
in this country is discolored more or
less, but most of it has as a basis,
some real grape wine. An artificial
champagne is made by charging
sweet white wine with gas. Strange
as it may seem, the artificial wine
made in this way is quite as good
as the real,provided that the wine taken
s a basis is sufficiently good, and that
it is carefully made. This will be de
nied by any maker of so-called real
champagne, but expert wine tasters are
frequently at a loss to tell the differ
ence, and chemists say that it is not
material. Claret is so cheap that there
is not much imitation. It is mixed
more or less with water and alcohol and
tinted with vegetable colors. Ports,
sherries and other strong wines are all
more or less “fortified” by the addition
of alcohol or brandy, and the same may
be said of a number of sweet wines.—
Cincinnati 'J'imes-Star.
Can Tills Be True ?
“I would like to have au advertise
ment inserted.”
This is a slogan that would resurrect
a dead man behind a newspaper counter
and the cleik turned as if moved by an
electric current, and ejaculated:
“Yes, sir; want the top of the column,
I s’pose?”
“No, 1 am not particular,” said the
advertiser.
“Want it inside, next leading edito
rial?”
“Either page will answer,” replied
the other
“Want a cut of a death’s head and
marrow hones, or a sore leg to make it
attractive, ora portrait of the adver
tiser with long hair and a turn-down
shirt collar?”
“Clear type, black ink and white
paper are good enough for me,” was the
response.
“All right; want head-line in type an
inch longer than Jenkins’ ad. in next
column, or will you have it put in up
side down, or your name in crooked let
ters like forked lightning all over it?”
“No; a plain, straightforward adver
tisement in space of four inches will
answer tny pturpose.”
“Good enough. Want about ten
inches of notice fiee, don’t you? Fami
ly history; how your grandfather black
ed W ashington’s boots once; mention
of yourself as a member of a circulating
library, church, fire company, co-opera
tive store, base-hall club, and other im
portant public positions?”
The customer said he didn’t care for
any notice.
“Of course,” said the clerk, “you
want a free paper sent to each member
of the firm; one for yourself, and the
privilege of taking half a dozen copies
off the counter every week for the next
year or two because you advertise?”
The gentleman expected to pay for
his paper, and asked the price of the
advertisement.
The delighted clerk figured it up, and
then asked:
“If we send you the bill around in
about a year, you can tell the boy when
to call again, can’t you?”
“No, I will pay you now,” said the
other, taking out a roll of bills.
Tho newspaper man’s eyes bulged as
lio said: “ !: <
“Ah! you want to ask for seventy r
five per cent, discount and twenty-five
per cent, off for cash?
“1 am ready to pay a fair price for
value received. Tell me your regular
rates and here is the money.”
A beatific expression spread over the
wan face of the worn clerk, and he mur
mured: '
“Stranger, when did you come down,
and when do you expect the Apostles
along?” —Bouton Commercial Bul
letin.
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Teethina (Teething Powders) is
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NO. 21.