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Tin- CV of ItillM. T cannot \'f; a bullet' of ili** nnill.iuiilo ol bain wliioli inlitibil lliofin parts of Texas tlinn l>v ninritiotiino j an oumunncn wlifo.li rimy seem • m;reili lilii to poisons wlio Imvu ii t livod in that Hi at*) or ti avnlml tliroui'ti it, ami j v lionronol familiar wit,li zoofogy of j tlie most fertile poriions of tlio sonti- i tropical anil torrid zones. In 1857, ilio , jieoplo of Austin and ils vicinity were nmeli cxe.ito'l lv a i<-|>ort tliat a volca no bail U jrst forth front tiro side of a mountain near lire Llano tivor, about fifty miles northwest from the capital, and not far fix rn the Colorado. The smokivissunn from it could be distinct ly seen for several weeks, when the air was calm, from any conspicuous cnii liunoo at a distance of titty or sixty lniteH. Hover a I persons visited the spot, and brought me specimens from the burning crater. 7be geological forma tions of the neighborhood are very in* teres ting. The Llano Mountains are granite. The old sedimentary lime stones ttpheaved by the granito have been changed into marbles and the crumbling sandstones have all been dis integrated and perforated by numerous invents, through which subterranean streams run and issue in great springs, like those of Austin, San Marco*, and Han Antonio. The whole region is un dennindod with caves, liko the part of K.ntueky intersected by Green river where the Mammoth Cave is situated. Into one of these an Indian pursued a boar, lightning bis way with a torch, which ho threw down upon the floor of the cave near the entrance when ho left it. The floor was heaped with the excre ment, of the countless numbers of bais which had inhabited the cavern tor many centuries, and which payed thick ly all the passages. I examined one of these eaves, much smaller, near Capt. Merrill’s place, thirleen miles northwest fiom Austin, and found this matter ac cumulated in the chambers under the stalactites upon which the flocks of bats clung while sleeping. In some places I supposed the deph of the accumulations to be ton or fifteen feet. It was com posed mainly of the wings of mosquitoes, living ants, and other indigestible parts of various noxious insects. Mingled with the niter which abounds in these caves, it forms a very combustible fuel; and it was a vast deposit of tins com pound in the extensive cavern mention ed and set on fi.ro by the Indian’s torch which formed the artificial volcano which for several weeks in 1857 alarmed tlio citizens of Travis, Hays and Burnet counties. The depth and quantity of the light ashes left by the lire made it im possible to explore the cavern without t!m risk of being suffocated and buried alive wbeu I was in its vincinity. I have no doubt that the material in its crude condition, or its ashes, would rnwko a valuable manure for the lands of that part ofTexas. A visitor at the Exposition, (lining at u French restaurant, meekly intimated when his bill was presented lhai his boil ed egg contained a chicken. The polite waiter said that he would have the bill corrected, and soon returned with a new bib, upon which the charge of 30 cents for “eggs" had given place to an item of 00 cents for chicken. This note from a Chicago girl to her lover was made public through a law. suit: “Dear Sarnie, Pap’s watermillions is ripe. Come and bring some poetry like you brought afore. My love for you will ever flow like water running down a later row. Bring a piece as long as vour arm, and have a heap more about them raving ringlets ami other sweet things. Come next Sunday and don’t fulo me.’’ Two persons were oueo disputing so loudly on the subject of religion that they "awoke a big dog which had been sleeping on the hearth before them, arid lie forthwith harked most furiously. An old divine present, who had been quietly sipping his_ tea while the disputants wore talking, gave the dog a kick, and exclaimed: “Holdyour tongue,,yon silly brute! You know no moro about it titan they do.” They were walking along canal srect, and one of them was silt mg, “1 courted her for two yearn, and now that I am married at last, I confidently anticipate a life of - edition,’’ Ire cried, as lie stnbbcd Iris toe against, the raised edge of a flag stone. His friends thought so too. Odd Jobber: “I wish I had got my brother oil this heer job with me.” Inquiring Employer; “™by my man, your brother specially' Odd Jobber: “Why, yo see, sir, he’s got a rare chock on him, my brother has. Why he’d think no more ol asking for a quart over a job like this—than nothink.” Mama (who has been quietly watching certain surreptitious pro ceedings): “Willy, who helped you to'that cake'f” Willy (prompt ly) :“llobbon, mamma.” (Mamma stonily): “Sh sh-sh, vou naughty boy, liow dare yon tell such sto ,m’Willy: “ ’Taint my fault if i! s a Tory, in a Ihdn’t pa foil SQUARE GH ANt) Pianos Retailed at Wholesale Prices I yitiUO tor %’ZitO. Ini' HtlT/!. s,7<>(> lor #3OO. for JjjPfc-YO Ttr s “Mendelssohn” I'iiiiio Company iiAVK srnrni m it■> pan piiu ks Only One Price for Cash, and a LOW ONE NO DKVIATION! We give no discounts. —vr'-pwe* We pay no f*enih’ ’ commissions, which double the prices of all Pianos. Wo look to the I’Eoi’i.E, who want a first-class Piano at a fair prefit over coal of manufacture. Wo appoint the peo ple our agents, and give them our Pianos as low as any agent can buy equally good Pianos of any other mitnufacuirer, giv ing the People, in a reduced pi foe, what is usually expended in commissions, rent, freight, traveling and incidental ex penses. The “MENDELSSOHN” PIANO CO. can sell you a 7.1 octave, rosewood case Piano, 0 feet 10 inches long, with front round corners, carved legs, serpen tine and plinth mouldings, with all im provements, including Full Iron Fra mo. Over strung Ilnss, Agrnfte Troblo, nm! Krone Ii Uratitl Action which only accompany the best Pianos of tbo most celebrated makers, at the very low price of $260, $275 or s3oo,ac cording to style of case, or with four round corners and full agraffe for S3OO, and guarantee them in every respect equal to any Piano made of similar style, or no sale. The “MENDELSOHN” Piano is manufactured from the very best ma terials, and by the most skilled and fin ished workmen. The manufacture is conducted by one of the most experi enced l’iano manufacturers in the coun try. This is no new enterprise, turning out a poor and cheap piano, made from gkken wood, and by orkuklu mechan ics. Our Piano is unsurpassed by any in tlie market for its rich and powerful tones, and its adaptation to the human voice in sympathetic, mellow and singing qualities. It speaks for itself. We are willing to place it beside any other make of Piano on its merits, either in beauty of ease, or excellence of tone, and “at half the money” of equally good instruments. “The best is the cheapest”— When it costs the least money. All Pianos fully warranted for five years. Send for our Illustrated caul Descrip tive Circular. Tlac “lYl< > 2iilelssolm ,! Piano Cos., Office of Manufactory. 30 15JU.OA DAV AY, ine2-lv New York. Unabridged Dictionary 10,000 Words and Meanings not in other Dictionaries. 3000 Engravings; 1840 Pages Quarto. Price sl2. Webster now i$ glorious—it, leaves noth ing to be desired. —Pres Raymond, Vattsar College. I Avery scholar knows Ihe value of the X'J work—-IP. //. Prescott, th< Historian, I )elieve it to be the most perfect dicliom .1) ry of the language — Jtr. ,/. O'. Holland Superior in most, respects to any other _ known to me —George P Marsh, f standard authority for priming in tsh £ office —A H Clapp, Government Hrintcr\ ]p xcels all others in giving and defining sci j entifie terms— Puesideiil Hitchcock. I ) eniarkublo compendium of human knowl edge — WS Clark, Prest. Ayr : cultural College. “The best practical English Dictiona 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 1 work at large expense. ALSO WIDTHS NATIONAL Pictorial DICTMaIf 1040 l’nges Octavo. GOO Engravings; Price $5. Ship The National Standard. Proof: 20 to 1 The sale of Webster's Dictionaries throughout tlfecountry in 1873 were 20 times ns large as the sales of any other Dictionaries In proof we will send to any person, on application, the state ments of more than 100 booksellers from every section, of the country Published by G N, G MERIIIAM, Springfield, Mass .Sold by all Booksellers mil’ll® n,w. Even-body should rcn<l the There uro lively times uueuU! To enable ev ery voter in this sqtcion to take a paper and keep fully posted on State and National Polities, wo will send the Mntnou postage paid from now until the 15th of November foroiily Send along your names and money. 73t h W. T. CUIIISTOPHKIi, a ip Fort Valley, Un.^ wTemet 13 Seaa $ i e* ft, AMEIIICUS, ----- GA. mHANKFUL for past favors I respe et- J fully solicit a continuance of the al patronage of tho good people of Ma rion. Prices reasonable, anil extra-in ducements offered those at a distance to visit'my office. Rooms on Lamar fefc, two doors from R C Black’s Shoe .Store. September Bth. TElii. llll’li & M.lfflEll I'OR ISTfi. Cni'piftt lUsM’llsm! ( )n and alter I nL January, 1873, our .l/ammoth Week y, The Great Family Paper of Georgia, containing (it col limns, and llm largest in the South, will bo sent to subscribers at $2 a Year, and postage. Tuis is but a small ad vauce on cost of blank paper. Weekly Ibi six months, $1 and postage is 20 cents a year. The Semi Weekly win in: seduced to TiiiiKi', dollars a year and postage—2(l emits. For six months $1.50 and postage. Daily Edition Ten Dollars a year and postage. Five Dollars for six months' Two Dollars and Fifty Cents for three months. The stiring events of the Great Cen tennial Year of American History, which include the Piesidential strug glc, vill render 1870 one of the most memorable in bur annals. Everybody in this region will need the Tituxiita in, and wo have put down ttic price to ae commn-'ato their necessities and pecu niary status. C LISBY, JONES <St REESE. Jan2B-tf. IT: PAYS . IT PAAfEU ' n IT pays overy manufacturer, mechanic, in ventor, fanner or professional man, to keep informed on all the improvements and discoveries of the age. It pays tlie head of every family to introduce into his household a newspaper that is in structive, one that fosters a taste for investi gation, and promotes thought and encourages discussion among the members THE SCIENTIFIC AMEBIjCAN which has been puhlisneu weekly 1< Who lust thirty years, does this to an extent beyond j that of any other publication, in fact it is the only weekly paper published in the Uni ted States, dt voted to manufactures, median: ics, inventions and new discoveries in the Arts and Sciences. Every number is profusely illustrated and its contents embrace the latest and most in teresting in formation pertaining to the indus trial, Mechanical and Scientific progress of (lie world; descriptions, with beautiful en gravings, of le w inventions, new implements, new processes, and improved industries of all kinds; useful notes, recipes, suggestions and advice, by practical writers, for workmen and employers, in all the various aits, form ing a complete repertory of new inventions and discoveries* containing a weekly record not only of the progress ol the industrial arts in our own country, but also of ali new dis coveries and inventions in every branch of engineering, mechanics and science abroad. The Scientific american has been the i'oiv most of all industrial publications for tlio past thirty years. It is the oldest, largest cheapest and the best weekly illustrated paper devoted to engineering, mechanics, chemistry new inventions, science and industrial pro gress. published to the world. The practical receipts arc worth ten times the subscription price And for the house and shop will save many times the cost of subscription. Merchants, farmers, mechanics, engineers, inventors, mahufaeturers, chemists, lovers of science, and people of all professions* will find the Scientific American useful to them It should have a place in every family library study, office and counting room, in every reading room, college and schftol. Anew Yulume commences January Ist, 1870. A ynar’s numbers contain $32 pages and several hundred engravings. Thousands of volumes are preserved for binding and refer uncc. Tun oh, s.l ‘iOnyt iir by mail, including po; Discount to clubs-. Special circu lars giving club rates sent free. Single <<>p_ ie.s liuiilecl on the receipt of 10 cents. 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BIXBY & Go bi is n *!tact icring Ctiemtsts, 2-2 in Nos. 173 c\: 175 Washington St, Now York N. G. PRINCE, J. K. PRINCE. 13. C. & j. it. PRIME, usmv, s&3il£ —AND— j DBALKItS IN I Horses, Mules, Carriages, Bug gies, &c. I Horses, Buggies, Carriages and Hacks to let at reasonable rates —Good Sheds and Lots lor Slock Drovers. Cotton Avenue, Americas, Ga. Nowtpapjt’ ATvjrtin.nmi 7 ii mill bis, Savannah, Ga. Sit] ■t'lki Ip $ &*4 $ $ A S"”“ J-j''’ I'/® THE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN OK 1870 which include* Natiomd, State and county ehc tionfi, and which will undoubtedly bo tho mod active and hotly contested of any rinco the mo morabie canvass of 18150 is now fairly opened Tho National Democratic Party will this year make a hold, vigorous, and doubtless successful struggle for the maintenance and supremacy of those principles which arc vital to tho prosperity of the Republic and essential to the well-being of tho people. In addition to the Presidential election, tlie people iu Georgia and Florida will elect new State governments. In Florida tho campaign promises to bo unusually vigorous, anil there is a probability that for the first time since tho war the people of that Radical-ridden State will elect a Democratic State government. In these campaigns the people of the South arc 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 the 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 new.-paper,of pronounc 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 new.- and local departments are marvels of in dustry and completeness. Its department of Georgia and Florida affairs is not confined to a mere barren summary of events transpiring in those States, but is enlivened by comment at once apt. timely, and racy. The ample resources of the establishment will be devoted to furnishing the readers of the MORNING NEWS with the latest intelligence from all parts of tlie world, through the press dispatches, special tel egrams, and bv means of special correspondence: aud through tbes--. agencies tho paper will he the earliest chronicler of every noteworthy inci dent of the political campaign of 1870. SUBSCRIPTION : Daily, 1 year. .. SIO.OO ** 0 months 0.00 “ 3 months 2,50 Tri-Weekly, 1 year 0,00 “ (> months 3.00 “ 3 months .. 1.50 Weekly, 1 year 2,00 “ ( months 3,00 “ 3 months ,5o Specimen copies sent free on receipt of 5 ct.. Money can be sent by Post. Office Order, Registered Letter, or Express, at. our risk. j. H ESTSLL, Savannah, Ga. The (Icorgia Daily Common wraith IS PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING (Except Sunday) By the Common-wealth Publishing Company ATLANTA, OKOItOIA. Ami is edited by Col. CabV IT. Stvi,ks, late o tlio Albany News, with eflioicp.t assistants. The Common wealth gives the current news of the city, State and elsewhere, market reports, and vigorous etlitorials on Municipal,Political and General sub jects. The coming canvass, State and Na tional, will bo closely watched and pro perly presented, while the Mechanical and Agricultural interests of the State will not be neglected. It has a large and rapidly increasing aireniation. Teems—One month, 75 cents; Two months 51,25; Pom mouths, 82.0n; One year, iUl.bt). COMMONWEALTH PUBLISHING CO., Atlanta, Geohgia THE Guthbert Messenger. o Offers great inducsmenlsto advertisers desiring the trade ol Randolph and ad joining counties. Our Sitbscriptiou list has greatly increased within thc last twelve months. Acknowledging onr appreciation of former favors, we most respectfully so licit continued patronage, believing that future transactions will prove beneficial to both parties. Address J. L. Tucker, Pror’b, Cuihbert, Ga. IIIILVII WEEKLY TIK ColTmi's3'O.Si, C3r£V. T K WYNNE & J. H MARTIN PEOPBIETOBS AND EDITORS, To secure a still wider circulation in this centennial year—a year ot most important events and exciting popular issues—we oiler THE WEEKIY TIME at the following club rates: For ten or more copies, $1.50 each. To any one sending us live subscribers at regular rates for single copies, a copy of the VYokh' will be thrown in. The Times has the best and fullest tele graphic dispatches -especially in its reports of Georgia and Alabama news —of any paper in the State. This is no empty boast—we re fer to our columns daily for proof. Our commercial dispatches are now ample and re liable. Price of the Daily Times, $8 per annum, SI for six and $2 for three months. WYNNE (k MARTI NR the. 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