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Haw lh Oyslfi' HiiiUle SSis NllflS. Hfr, Frank Buckhtml. who conveys n.sinieiion more agreeably limn jiny natural is*. of the day, thus uxplaina tbo ' manner in which the oyster builds lus shell: The body of an oys l it in a poor, wean ; thing, apparently' iiwnpabla of doing anything at all. Vet wlitit. a nmrvulons house an oyster builds around his deli rate frame. When the oyster is first horn , he is a very simple, delicate dot, | as it, were, and vet Ins is born tviili bis j shell upon him. For some unknown reason he always fixes himself on hi round shell, never on his Hat shell, and being once fixed he begins to grow- -but be only grows in summer. Inspect an j oyster shell closely, and it will he seen that it, is marked with distinct lines, .As the rings wo observe in the section of a tree denote its years of growth, so does the marking oil an oyster tell us liotv many years lie has passed in bis “bed” at the bottom ofllie sea. Suppose an oyster under inspection was born June 25th, 1870, lie would go on growing up to the lirst lino we sue well marked, ho would then stop for the winter. In the summer of 1872 lie would more than double Ids sine. Jn( 1872 ho would add to this house. In 1573 and 1871 ho would go on building, till be was dredged up in the middle ot bis work in 1875; so that he is plainly live and a half years old. The way in which an Oyster builds his shell is a pretty sight. 1 have watched it fre quently. The beard of an oyster is not only bis breathing organ, /. <?., bis lungs, but Lis feeding organ, by which lie coueeys die food to his complicated mouth with his four lips. When the warm calm days of June come the oyster opens his shell and by means of his beard begins building an additional story to bis bouse. This he does by depositing very fine particles of carbonate of lime, till they at last form a subsiance as thin as silver pa per, and exceedingly fragile. I lien he adds more and more, till at last the new shell is at least as hard as tiie old shell. When oysters are growing in their shelfs they must be handled very carefully, as the new growth of shell will cut like broken glass, and a wound on a finger from an oyster shell is often very poisonous. A coRBESnoNDtNi of the Columbus Enquirer very appropriately remarks: “Many are nescient ol the impletion of our glottologv and are acquiescent with a mewed thesaurus, when one so polyge nousis purveyed for their exception, by ■which they may adumbrate any iutellec tion which they uppete to use in confa bulation or employ in a monograph or a pandect. If any are recusant of this nuncupation, redargue it in the explica tion of this scantling, without the coadju vatic.V of a glossary.” It is, perhaps, needless for us to add that we have for a loo" time been of the same opinion, but hesftated to express it, knowing qf " hat fools the intelligent public is composed. Speaking of the Charges that have been made against Gov. Tilden, the Springfield an independent Republican journal supporting Hayes and Wheeler, says: ‘‘We don’t regard those a 1 ready made as furnishing reason why anybody feeling f so disposed’should refrain from voting for him.” Every charge made against Gov. Tilden lias been"blown to the winds, and he stands before the Atncrean people today with a character as pure and unspotted as the driven snow. A water nymph, by name Ida Steele, of Bloomington, 111., has challenged her sex generally for a ten mile swim down the Mississip pi river. A Miss Pauline lias ac cepted the challenge, and so has a third young lady; and the match, it is stated, will certainly c< me oil at an early day. It is predicted that “there will not be steamboats enough to contain the crowds that will flock to see the sport.” Mr. Win, Cull n Bryant, having hcen telegraphed to, at his home in Massachusetts, for permission to give 10 the public the letter ho re cently wrote to a gentleman in New York in favor of Hayes and Wheeler, has sent answer back that he decidedly objects to its publication, bui for what reason he docs not say. After his recent clam or for reform, he may well be ashamed ot his letter in favor of Hayes and Wheeler. Taft is about to issue a circular defining the duties and rights of United States marshals in the com ing election in the South. The rights of the people are not to bo considered. The duty ot a United States marshal is to mind his own business, but it is not likely that Mr. Taft will find a .Republican precedent for laying down that principle. The Board of Health has estab lished a quarantine at Mcßean on the Central Railroad, and at Elies- j lie on the Port Royal Railroad, j Persons from Savannah will have to be quarantined thirty days be fore entering Augusta. No deten- 1 tion ou through travel. SQUARE GRAKx) Pianos Retailed at Wholesale Prices MM> tor §OSO for §275. §7OO for SSOO, §9OO for §3AO THE “Mendelssohn” linno (\nipiiny it \ vi't trriiu K n a ltn pax l'liicßs Only One Price for Cash, and a l.ow ONE ni> deviations We give 110 discounts. Wo pay no agents 1 ' commissions, which double the prices of all l’ianos. Wo look to the i’Eyi’l.E, who wim t a first-class Piano at a fair prdit over cost of manufacture We appoint tie* peo ple our agents, and give them our Pianos as low as any agent can buy equally good Pianos of any other mnaulaciurer, giv ing the People, in a reduced pii-e, wlial is usually expended in commissions, non, freight, traveling and incidental ex penses. Thu ‘‘MENDELSSOHN” PIANO GO. can sell you a74 octave, rosewood case Piano, 6 feet 10 inches long, with front round corners, carved legs, serpen tine and plinth mouldings, with all im provements, including Full li’onPrn me, Over Sfriinu Rfia, Agrntte Treble, and Feenelt Grand Action which only accompany the best Pianos of the tnosl celebrated makers, at the very low price of 8250, $275 or §3OO, ac cording to slyle of case, or with four round corners and full agraffe for 8:150, and guarantee them in every respect *<]ita! to any Piano made of similar style, or no sale. The “MENDELSOHN'’ Piano is manufactured from the very best ma terials, and by the most skilled and fin ished workmen. The manufacture is conducted by one of the most experi enced Piano manufacturers in the coun try. This is no new enterprise, turning out a poor and cheap piano, made from <!keen wood, and by ure'KMti: mechan ics. Our Piano is unsurpassed by any in the market for its rich and powerful tones, and its adaptation to the human voice in sympathetic, mellow and singing qualities. It speaks for itself. We are willing to place it beside any other make of Piano on its merits, cither in beauty of case, or excellence of tone, and “at half the money” of equally good instruments. “The best is the cheapest.”-—• When it cots the least money. Ail Pianos fully warranted tor five years. Send for aur Illustrated and Descrip tive Circular. The “Alemtelssoiisi’’ Prams Cos., Office of Manufactory. 5G lIItOA IHV AY, jaeSS-ly. New York. Unabridged Dictionary ; 10,000 Words ami Meanings notin orlun , Dictionaries. 3000 Dngraviugs; 1810 Pages Quarto. Price 812. Webster now is glorious—it, leaves noth ing to be desired.— Pres Jiamnoud, i Vassa.r College. sebolnV knows the value of the A work—lP. 11. Prescott , the. Historian. J >elieve it to be the most perfect dic.iioun 3ry of the language— Dr. J. C. Holland Superior in most respects to any other known to me— George P Marsh. r JMie standard authority for printing in tsh i office— A II Clryp, Govervme.nl Printers all others in giving and defining sei jj entific terms — Pucside.nl Hitchcock. r>emarkable compendium of human knowl \) edge— IF/S' Clark, Prcs't Agricultural ! College. “The best practical English Dictienu ry extant,’’ —[London Quarterly Review October, 1873.] A NEW FEATURE.—To the 300 illustrations heretofore in Webster‘s Un abridged we have recently added four pages of Colored Illustrations, engraved expressly for the work at large expense. 4LSO WtBSTEM RATIONAL Pictorial BIGTIOXaRI 1040 Pages Octavo. 000 Engravings. Price 85. National Standard. Piioor: 20 to 1 Tlie sale of Webster's Dictionaries throughout the country in 1873 were 20 times as large as tlws sales of any other Dictionaries In proof wo will scud to any person, on application, the state- ; merits of more than 100 booksellers from every section of the country Published by G C MEIiRIAM, Springfield, Mass /Sold by all Booksellers Cmillf RATES. Everybody should read the 3LK There are liv-oly times uneau! To enable ev ery voter in this sctcion to take a paper and keep fully posted on State and National Politics, we will send the Mtimoii postage paid from now until the 15th of November for only -$1,25, {send along your names and money. 73t W. T. CURISTOPHBH, a-lp Fort Valley, Ga. wTebuet ~ jaa.~g;jL£* AMERICU3, ----- GA. mHANKFUL for past favors I respect- I fully solicit a continuance of the J- patronage of the good people of Ma rion. Prices reasonable, and extra in ducements offered those uta distance to visit iny office. Booms on Lamar St, 1 two doors from E 0 Black’s Shoe Store. September Bth, TlililitilMPi; FOR ISB6. On and after Ist Janmffy, 1870, our JAammoflt Week y, The Great Family of Oeoigta, corlaijiing 01 col umiia, oid thi- ii t hi no South, wili bo ton■ 'I -ii -,o: .hoisa:_ SA tt -f O'ct and post ago. Tms is bn a small ad vance on cost of blank paper. Weekly toi six months, $1 and postage is 20 cents a year. The Somi WApltfy \\ ill bo titwiiiGvil to lli iiKb J’OLLAu^ a Vl‘Hl* Rll.t 1 JlOslHgt* ‘jn chnis. For mx months $1.50 mvl pbs'.qgH. Daily Editkri Ton Do Hat ;i year and Five Dollars for six months* Two Dollars ami Fifty Genu* for three months. The sliring events of ih® Great Cen tennial Year of American History, which inelinie tho 1 hevidential jr|e, > ill render 1870 one of ilm most memorable in our annals. fCvoiylyxl V in this region will need the 1 eu-ghaHi, and wo have put down the price to ac coinnio ate their necessities and pecu niary status. CIj[SBY; JONES & HEESE. 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S* M-BIXBY CO, JUaniuncliiring t hemigts, 2-2 m Nos. 173 & 175 Washington St, New I’oiSfc' N. G. PRINCE, J. K. PRINCE., c. & j. Yu prince, MVi SiiTy &AV& FIIB STABLE dealers in i. Horses, Mules, Carriages, Bug gies, &c. Horses. Buggies, Carriages and Hacks to let. at reaso. able rates—Good /Sheds and Lois lor Mock D.overs. Cotton Avenue, Americus, Ga. N nvtp:ip3V Advarti.3 omont ii uiinn aits, Savannah, Ga. sfWMPMMs&h ''™r —‘>v V* i TDK POLITICAL CAMPAIGN 01? 1870 which include* National, State ami county dee* tioru*, and which will undoubtedly he the most active and hotly contested of any rineo the ino movable canvass of]8(i0 is now fairly opened The National Democratic Party will this year make a hold, vigorous, and doubtless successful struggle for the maintenance and supremacy Of those principles which are vital to the prosperity of the llcpublie and essential to the well-being of the people. In addition to the Presidential election, the people in Georgia and Florida will elect new Stale governments. In Florida the campaign promises to he unusually vigorous, and there is a probability that for the first time since the war the people of that Radical-ridden State Will elect a Democratic State government. In these campaigns the people of file South are deeply interested; and every intelligent citizen, who has the welfare of his country and his section at heart, should acquaint himself with every detail of Ihc great work of redemption and reform tha ! is now going on. To this end he should subscribe to and assist in circulating the Savannah Morning News, an independent Democratic news pa per,ofproc on ne ed opinions and fearless in their expression; a paper that is recognized everywhere as the best daily in the South. Its editorial department is vigorous, thoughtful, and consistent, while its news and local departments are marvels ol in . Las try and completeness. Its department of Georgia arid Florida affairs is hot confined to a mere bairen seminary of events transpiring in -tjiosoljtatoi, hut is enlivened by comment at apt, iiui ■ v. and lacy, dElhc ample fe.wurees of the establishment will to furnishing the readers of the MORNING'NEWS with the latest intelligence from all parts of the world, through the press dispatches, special tel egrams, and by,means of special correspondence; and through dies • agencies the paper Will be the earliest chronicler of every noteworthy inci dent of the political campaign of [B7O. yru-rniOTjoN : Daily, 1 feat Slo,fo ( fftoiitiis s.ofi “ G mouths 2,50 Tri-AVeekly, 1 year 0.00 “ t> months .. o. 0) “ 3 months .. 1,50 Weekly, 1 year.. 2,U> “ 6 months 1,00 “ 3 months .5 > Bpc imcii copies sent free on receipt of 5 ct.. *5 ■ Mui.ey can bo sent by P-*st Utfice Order, Registered Letter> or Express, at our ri-k. 1 J. H-ESTiLIL, iSavflunah, Ga. I The (Georgia DailyOoiiimouwealth I/, PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING (Except Sunday) By the CoMMoKWKAiaat Pthmshiko Compact ATLANTA, GEORGIA. Andi, edit el by do]. C.vftv li'- Ktvi.es. late o the Albany News, with eliiciciU assistant,. The Coimnouwonlth gives the current news of the city, State and elsewhere, market reports, and vigorous editorials on Muuicipul,Political and General sub jects. The coining ■canvass, State and Na tional, will be closely watched and pro perly presented, while the Mechanical and "Agricultural interests of the State will not be neglected, Ic has a large and rapidly increasing circulation. Terms —One month, 75 cents; Two months SI 25; Fom months, £2,On; One year, $6.1,0. COMMON WEA LTIIITIIi LI SHIN G CO., Atlanta, Georgia THE Gutliberb Messenger. Oilers great inducements to advertisers debiting the trade ol Kautitolpli and ad joining counties. Our Subscription list has greatly increased within the last twelve months. Acknowledging our appreciation of former favors, we most respectfully so licit continued patronage, believing that future transactions will ptove beneficial 1-0 both parties. Address J. L. Tcckeb, Prop’s, Cuthbert, Ga DULY AM) \ST,I:KI.V TIMES. Oolxa-zaa/touisi, GSr-ct. T K WYN NE &J. H fidAIRiTiN rnorniEi'oßs anj>. ew.-j.-uiw. To secure still wider circulation in (his centennial yon?-ft year-of most important events afid dxefting popular issues—we offer THE WEEKIY TIMEa at the following club rates! For ten qr more eopips, Si.so each. To iiuy one sending os iiva subscribers at regular, ratep for single copies, n copy of the Weekly will be thrown in. The Times hat he- befit and fullest t.ele grapUicriispatchcs —especially in its fgports -6 ,f GeorgiA alid Alabania nows—of ally paper in the Stale. This is 110 empty boast—-wu re fer to bur columns daily ToV proof. Onr commercial dispatches affe now ample and re liable. Price of the Daily Times, $8 per annum, Si for six and $2 for three months. WYNNE & MARTIN. jggT’/Subsribc for the Argus- -It gegpis the cheapest and lust.AH General Insurance Agent vfhe fßciit via.:..Jitiip ictm'.■car:.!. Your Dwolliiius Your Stores Your Storks ot Goods Worn’ Girts ami (lia Mausos. From Loss by Fire. Settlement's |llmlemui §’iud lit my (Office Legal Blanks! Legal Blanks! tPCBUi Q&tbW. AT TH33 iBmS JOB OFFICE. toi We liave on hand and for salo at, the Argus Odli’f l , a large nunihfir of r.ngal Blanks, v. lnch we offer at One Dollar per Quire, Cash "They consist of the fol lowing named blanks! Garnishment Affidavit and Oond. Summons Garnish ment Attachment- Sciere Facias. Sill of Indict ment. Directions for taking Interrogatories And Interrogatory-Commissions. State Warrants. NV ; eage Fi, Fa. Executions. At tachment for Contempt. Magistrate’s Summons, Fi Fa and Subpoena, cup. Couil Subpoena. Summons before Grand Jury. 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