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liie Book Agent's Bride.
The town of Horsoheads, in this
Stuto, ban suddenly become fuinout
ns the scctio of the elopement of a
young lady with a traveling book
agent. Such an event is believed to
bo entirely without a precedent, and
it necessarily confers as wide a noto
riety upon tllo town in which it oc
curred as the most okdtoiate oarth
ejuake could have conferred bad it
swallowed the greater part of the
peoplo of Hogsheads, having, of
course, previously well shaken them’
It would be l’luilless to inquire in
the columns of a daily newspaper
v'l y the human mind is so constitu
ted as to uniformly dcsiro to kill a
book agent. Such an inquiry be
-1 mgs to the province of psychology —
though in no existing text-book has
it been fully and properly discussed.
The fact that men, without excep
tion, thirst for the blood of book
agents is perfectly well established,
and we may therefore reason from it,
without troubling ourselves to discov
er whether this impulse is congeni
tal, or is developed by the condition j
of civilized life. The meekest man,
when summoned to his parlor to meet
a determined looking stranger, who
instantly urges him to subscribe for
Smith’s Pictorial History of Art
Among the Esquimaux, involuntarily
asks himself whether the satisfaction
of braining the man with his own
specimen volume would not be
cheaply purchased at the cost of the
gallows; and the most gentle of house
wives, as she vel e nently slams the
door in the face of the agent of
Brown’s Humorous Travels in the
Holy Land, mentally resolves to ask
her brother, the lawyer, whether
boiling water is a deadly weapon in
the eye of tne law. How was it pos
sible that, in spite of this unanimous
sentiment in regard to book agents,
one of that fraternity Bhould have
succeeded in inducing a yonng lady
to elope with him? Of course the
pair fled secretly, in order to escape
the indignant and horifiod gaze of the
public of Horseheads. But by what
magic arts did the book agent so
completely conquer the natural in
stinct —in regard to boiling water—
of the partner ©f his flight ? It is
idle to suppose ihat be concealed his
true character. No book agent can
do that. Even if he had shuimed
any allusion to subscription books un
til the very moment when the fair
one told him 6he was his, he would
inevitably have replied, “Then let
me put you down for five copies of
Brown’s Travels, with gilt edges and
illuminated covers.” Nc I he must
have carried on his wooing avowedly
under the banner of the Great Gosh
kosh Publishing Company,” and with
his carpet-bag of specimen volumes
always at his side. When he urged
the sincerity of bis passion, he must
bare read to her the convincing
statement that “smart agents can
make fifty dollars a day with our new
subscription books,” and told her that
if she would get her parents, brother
and sisters and acquaintances to sub
scribe for a volume each, the money
would be strictly appropriated to
house-furnishing, with the exception
of a liberal commission, to be paid to
her as pin-money. Undoubtedly,
he presented her with elegant copies
of all the the works published by his
firm, and when he clasped her to his
bosom did not fail to assure her that
his heart beat for her alone, although
the fact was not perceptible to her,
in consequence of his carrying his
subscription lists in his breast pock
et. The girl may have been young
and nnaccustamed to admiration.
When her lover asserted that he
would prefer ten per cent, commis
si in with her as his bride, to twenty
per cent, and the exclusive right to
the best territory in tlio country with
out her, she may have welcomed it
ns the language of passion and ro
mance. At any rate, she listened to
his jdeading, and is now that hither
| unknown phenomenon, a book
agent’s bride.
We needt not dcvbt the reality of
the affection existing between this
unique pair. The book agent hath
eyes and enrs like other men, not to
speak of a superfluity of cheek and
tongue. May he not ako have affec
tion? and sentiments of a tender and
romantic character ? Doubtless he
will bind bis wife, so to speak, in red
silk and pl< Jewelry. It is
quite possible, that under tho influ
ence of domestic ha; pinoss lib fierc
er nature may bo tamed, lie may
cease to waylay funeral coaches in
order to urge the occupant# to sub
scribe for Robinson’s Comfort of the
Afflicted in gilt cloth, and may spare
the solitary widow whom lie would
once have compelled to subscribe for
ten copies of Mormon Iniquities.
Perhaps the marriage of this book
agent may bo tho beginning of the
end of tho system which he has hith
erto represented, and the time may be
near at hand when book agents, tam
cd and softouod by marriage, will
abandon their enrol vocation, and the
memory of it will remain, as does
tho memory of the buccaneers, only
in blood-curdling stories, bearing
such titles as Rcd-Bcard, tho Book
Agent of the West, or The Lives, Ex
ploits, and Dying Confessions of the
Book Agents of the New England
States.
How Alcd'aol Intoxicates.
In a late nutiber of the Edinburgh
Review is an exhaustive and careful
ly written paper upon ‘‘The Physiol
ogical Influence in Alcohol.” It is
based upon three works published in
London: Alcohol, its Action and its
Uses, by Benjamin W. Richardson,
M. D., 1875. The Origin, Nature
and Varieties of Wine, by Drs. J. L.
W. Thudicum and August Dupre,
1872; and Stimulants and Nareotics )
and their Medical Relations, by
Francis E. Anstie, M. D., 1864. As
is not unfrequent in the Articles in
leading reviews, the writer brings to
tho subject knowledge drawn from
other sources. It would be a very
good idea in the publishers of what
are known as Temperance works to
reproduce this review in a handy
form; and the more so, that it is
calm and scientific, and not emotion
al, but crowded witli facts and infor
mation. It would be interesting to
everybody who desires authentic in
formation upon a curious, and to
most minds a very complex subject.
In the present article some of tiie
most striking points are preserved,
in language divested, as far as possi
sible, of scientific terms.
When a spiritous drink is taken
into the body it does not simply run
through the digestive cavity of that
body, but it runs through the blood
before it can find any escape, and it
clings to that blood for a considerable
period, flowing with it, round and
round, through the circling stream of
its unceasiug progress. It goetfeve
where, in each fibre, membrane and
tissue, and fills and saturates each
vital organ—flesh, brain, heart, liv
er, lung, kidney, skin and secreting
apparatus. Wherever there Bhould
be blood, under the natural arrange
ments of life, there is now blood min
gled wiih the alcoholic spirits.
Articles of lood are “complex
bodies, built up from simpler ele
ments by the effort of vegetable life.”
Alcohol is not such a complex sub
stance, but it is a “product of the
downward degradation and decay of
such a complex principle 1 ” The
foods which furnish substance to the
living structure are, for for the most
part, composed with the aid of nitro
gen, and have therefore an affinity
with the vital parts of the human
structure. “The fibrin of the blood,
the muscular flesh, the cartilages and
tendons, the membranes and the skin,
the soft nerve pulp, and the brain
are all so many examples ofnitrogen
ized matter.” But alcohol is entire
ly devoid of nitrogen in any form. In
the exceptional cases where alcohol
has been found useful as a medicine
an unnatural condition of tho body
exists, and physicians should deter
mine when stimulants, as a medicine,
are necessary. The parts of the body
which possess the most energetic vi.
tality, the brain, the nerves, and the
nervous material of the spinal cord,
are principally composed of matter
of the mo6t pulpy consistence, so soft
that it might be termed mdting.
This nerve-pulp is packed into min
ute pliny sacks and tubes describable
only by microscopic aid. Through
these tiny and almost invisible films
the blood is “filtered.” The nerve
pulp appropriates such qualities cf
the blood as nourish file and build up
the structure, and at the same time
reject and throw back into the stream
their own waste particle. Largo
quantities of water enter into the
composition of this pulpy matter, and
the first evil effects of alcohol is to
withdraw this water. For alcohol
lias an “uncoutrolablo impulse” to
draw water into itself. Excessive use
of alcohol hardens and dries up the
nerve pulp in such a wuy as lo ini
pair if not spoil it for its proper office
When excessive drinking docs not
produce intoxication it is because the
nerve ptllp lias becomo insensible us
an “oiled sponge.”
The flushed face upon the approach
of inebriation is among the earliest
signs of tho disturbance of these del.
icatc “filters” in their work, the face
being among the parts of tho body
exceptionally supplied with blood.
Tho “restraining” or filtering work of
the pulpy substance is impaired, and
lienccc tho unnatural reception o!
blood into the pulp celis. If this un
uatural process is repeated or be
comes habitual, the blotchod, red,
swollenand pimpled face is the result
of keeping the nerve pulp saturated
with alcohol and the delicate mem
branes, thickened, dried and dyed
red, show through the skin.
The first stages of intoxication are
shown in the want of command over
the lower lip and lower limbs. The
nerve pulp of the spinal cord is touch
cd. The muscles foci the torpor,
trembling and shuddering follow.
Next the nerve pulp of the brain
comes under the evil influence, and
the control of the judgment and the
*i 1 disappear When a man is what
is termed “dead drunk,” the paraly
sis of the higher nerve-centres and of
the brain is carried to its full end.
All inlets ol the senses are closed; al
cmsciousucss and sensation are de
stroyed, and all power of voluntary
movement is effaced. The heart, the
seat of life, toils on. If an enormous
quantity of alcohol is swallowed at
once, a-s in the cosc of foolish wa,
gei s, the toil of the heart soon ceases,
and the n a.i is dead indeed. But in
ordinary instances the torpor save
life, as it stops the drinker just at
the point when further drinking
would kill him outright.
With this general view of the ef
fects of alcohol, and the manner in
which they are produced, it is easy
to understand why headache, sleep
lessness, nauseau, palpitation of the
hiart and tho “trembling delirium”
accompany and follow the excessive
uso of alcohol. A poison in the
stomach can be pumped out or void
ed. A poison in the blood must wait
removal till the efforts of nature ef
fect it. But when nature itself is
abused and impaired, its recupera
tive powers soon becomo destroyed.
The effects of continued alcoholiza
tion upon the liver, kidneys and
stomach it is unnecessary to describei
as they are well understood. But
where the mischievous process be
gins, and how it is continued, are
points new to most non-medical read
ers.
Our Oiiu. .
Ready money—-Quicksi 1 v er.
Sleight of hand—Refuting an offer.
What is that which unites by < i
viding, and divides by uniting ? Scis
sors.
Which are the two hottest letters
of the alphabet? K—N. (Cayenne.;
What never flies without both its
wings are cut off? The American
Army.
A countryman reported that he
couldn’t find a word in the dictiona
ry, because, “the blessed book didn’t
got an index.”
The Missouri pigs arc so fat that
in order to find out where their
heads are, it is necessary to make
tnern squeal, and then judge by the
sound 1
Dr. Livingstone has gone to Lijiji
jiji, as was reported. The latest
news from him Staten that he was at
Txyxyxyxy. Ho was in a destitute
condition, having no change to note,
and no notes to change.
“John, I saw your cousin Isaac a
few weeks ago, and he had just re
ceived a terrible fall, which cut ,
gash in his arm.”
1 ‘Ah, poor fellow 1 What did he
fall on ?”
“Well, really, I forget now, but it
strikes he 101 lon Tuesday morning.”
“Josh, does the sun rise in the
west ?”
“Never!”
“Never I you don’t say so 1 Well,
you won’t catch me emigrating west,
if it is always night there. I’ve a
cousin who is always boasting how
pleasant it is to be in that region,
but it must be all moonshine.”
“ You cn do anything if you have
patience,” said an old uncle who had
made a fortune, to his nephew, who
had nearly spent one; “waier may be |
carried in a seive if you will ony
wait.”
“How long?” asked the joctulcnt ]
spendthrift, who was impatient fi r
the old man’s death.
“Till it freezes,” was the cold re
ply-
Your Dwellings
Your Stores
Your Stocks of Goods
Maui' Gins and Gin Jjfuuses.
From Loss by Fire.
JtL, AC. C3,
General Insurance Agent,
!Jw feist §§ epeisentei,
settlement:! Piute anil fCossrt § aid at mtj ©flirt
Singer Again Triumphant.
Tho YVorhl’i Award Again Received
“Tlie W ; s’i<a sFRvo i Rf _
Sewing Machine Sole* for 1574-;
The table of Sewing Machine sales for last year show
that our pales amounted to 241,679 Machine*, being u
arge increase over the previous .year. The table shows itfrulx At*
that OUR RALES EXCEEDED THOSE OF j4NT OTII- I Y\
RR COMPANY for the period named, by the number of llfl
148,852 Machines, or nearly THREE TIMES those of any
oth-r company. It easy be further stated that the sales FvV J -
of 1878,as compared with those of 1872, show a relatively IJL■
larger increase, beyond the sales of other makers. For I A
on sauce, in 1872 we Bold 45,000 machines than auy other Jk JT jlyri &
company; whereas, in 1872, the sales were 113,25-1 ma- §
hinee in excess of our highest competitor! and in 1874,
14$,Si2 Siding ten Ika Aj Dtber Ctuqany.
Test The ginger before Purchasing Any Other.
XEBMS EASY, PAYMENTS LJOI T.
i TYIK SINGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY
No. 173 Broughton Street, Savannah Ga.
C. A. VOSBCROII, Manager.
Branch Offices —ln Atlanta, Athens, Augusta, Macon, Columbus, Thoiuasville.Gn
liarleston and Columbia, sc, Jacksonville and allaliassoe, Fla
aT 23. SITIPP Agent,
Columbus, Go, Octet an- Bth, 1875 At 99 Broad street, Columbus, Gu
jr. is.m. :e .as e® *
No 94, Broad Street
roi JJMBUS, aEOBOlA:
(SUCCESSOR TO 11. MI DDLEBKOOK,)
Manufacturer & Dealer in
SADDLE S A! HARIS.
Tmrites,¥alissß r
Carriage Trimminp, Leather ami Leather BeH in, Rivets, Enamelc rt
CLOTHS OFALLKINDS-
II, MrODIjEBIIOOK, tho old proprietor, has his office with rae, and will bo pleased
to sco all of his old friomis. All of my goods are manufactured by skillful workmen andcunuo
Tail to give good satisfaction. All kinds of repairing done at short notice.
Columbus, Ga., Octobor 6tb, 1875.*3w
Wm. It. Bedell. ~ H. A. Ware, Jr.
& wmi,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
110 ovii m is o e is
Also Leather and BUo Finding*. All Good. Wnrrnntctl.
NO- 148 BROAD STREET. : = COLUMBUS. GEORGIA
"ITJ'o havo romnvod Into our NEW STORE at our OLD STAND, with a fuli lino of NH
| I BOOTS and SHOES of ALL VARIETIES, anil invito our friomis and the public to
CALL AN’D EXAMINE 01 K STOCK. BEDELL & WARE.
Columbus, Ga., October Bth, 1875.~3in
I, Xj. HARRIS. do hereby issue this my Proclamation: That the cot
ton crop being exceedingly short and money extremely scarce, and having p well selected
stock of ,S4;O .000 worth of goods, consisting in part of
Foieigii anj bomeatic Dry Good*, Clothing of the LutfHt and Bent StyU‘B, l> s
Uoods, Hats, Roots -and Shoes,
with everything usually kept in a first-class store, which must be sold at grG&tly roducod
prices, in order that all may have an opportunity of supplyingflthemselves with tha abso
lute comforts’of life. SPECIALTY made in clothing, Cassimere suits from $6
upward. Call and satisiy yourselves that 1 mean business.' “T ■ Pio,
Cjlumbus, Ga., October Bth, 1875—3 m No. Hi, Iroa l street
W. J. WATT. ’ J. A. WALKER, CU AS. 11. WATT.
Watt & Walker,
W3H©3AiLE MB MTM.
GUIS & COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Corner Under Hanls.in House
IT five the Lurj£t3ttt ftiul llewl .Hliock oi'(irocri in the City
of Ooltimlmms Cmifeintlnir of
lUCON SIDES, BULK SIDES. lU\CON SHOULDERS, BULK SHOUL
DERS, BULK HAMS, BACON HAMS.
LARD in tierces, Lard in buckets and kegs.
FLOUR of hII grades, including the celebrated SILVER LAKE brand,
he best in tlio world
Slagging and ties,
Salt, Sugar, Mackerel, Soap, Cboese, Coffee, Oysters, Sardines. Crackers, SoJn
. Starch, shoes, boots, and
STAPLE DRY GOODS
Such as, Osnabnrgs, Sheeting, Shirtisga, Checks, Stripes, Yams and Pants
Goods. Hlso, a well selected stock of
WHISKEY from sl.lO to $5 per Gallon
and of any per cent. Proof that may he desired.
Our Slock of SUGAR includes every Grade and Trice,
and our lot of SYRUP cannot he equaled in this city. It includes nil grades of
New Orleans in barrels and half barrels; also several hundred barrels of choice
FLORIDA SYRUP, which is superior to anything in the market, and much
cheaper in price. It lias a delightful flavor and rich, clear color; aud selected
expressly for our trade.
Cash customers can always save money bv giving us a before purchas
ing elsewhere.
WATT & WALKER
Columbus, Ga.,Oot. Bth, 1875.-ct
SADDLES AND_ giRNESS,
ock of Saddles, harness, Bridles, dollars and everything in that line isgtho target/
in tlie State. ySV Xam now offering
I#“SPEeiAL INDUCEMENTS,^!
Ta. Wholesale and Retail Buyers.
ALL KINDS OF LEATHER ON HAND. BEST LEATHER BELTING.
OIL CLOTHS OF ALL KINDS. CSaTLA f >IES’ A GENTS’ TRUNKS
and SACHELS a SPECIALTY, BEST HARNESS and MACHINE,
OILS, SADDLERY and HARNESS HARDWARE, WAGON
BREECHING, TRACE CHAINS, BACK BANDS.
WAGON and PLOW FAMES. <te.
AIIKImU of Repairing Neatly anti Promptly Executed, aud new Work made le
ORDER.
My practic il knowledge and undivided personal attention to my business enables me to
sell better goo Is and at lower prices than any other bouse.
I respectfully ask you to examine my stojk and prices, ns I am determined to pletwo to
both price and quality of goods.
"W. XT ZBLUJX-a T
Oct ber29 et 102 Broad Street, Coluuibns, Go.
mm ii mf McisT,
NO. 135 Broad Street, Columbus, Ga.
O
Has on hand a full sfc*ck of every thing usually kept iu a Drug Store.
Farmers supplied with Drugs at GKKaTLY REDUCED PRICES.
Twelve Pounds Soda for SI.OO, etc.
Large lot of Lamps, and every thing sold
Cheap for Cash.
Columbus, Ga., Octobor
MERES IT IS
THE GREAT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
DRY GOODS CLOTHING & SHOE
HOUSE OF SOUTHWEST GEORGIA!!
T. WHEATLEY,
Successor to KENDRIcK & WhEATEY.
The Largest Stock in the City.
Lower than the Lowest.
Ifnaso&l IMacemeats Baling tie next SO
Bays!
SMMi €ABM-.
Millinery and Fancy Goods!
Splendid Stock of Tall ond Winter Good*
——-Just received at
Mrs. M T- ELAM’S,
W s Side ot Publie Square, Americus, Georgia. Ladies visiting America*
are respectfully invited to call and examine my goods before purchasing
leewhere. My Stock lias been carefully selected in New York in person,
and embraces all the LATEST and MOST FASHIONABLE NOVELTIES,
Hats, Bonnets Ribbons, Flowers, Feathers, Laces, Hair
Goods, Hosiery, Cloves, Corsets.
in great variety. A fine lot of fashionable jewelry. Brackets and picture
frams. Ready made clothing for ladies underwear, and infants costumes.
Goods lor holiday presents. Remember the place and do not fail to give
me a call. HRS. M. T< ELAM]
