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Something of Millionaire Maekay.
Mr. hf*<*ky, as most Americans are
aware, is a Scotchman by birth, his
native town being Airdrie, Lanarkshire.
I had known his fcmily all my life, and
last spring Lad many 1*33 talks with liis
brother, Rolrert Maekay, who is a mem
ber of a large engineering firm in his
native town, and is regarded as one of
the greatest practical mechanics living.
But Sir, Maekay is a very unselfish and
tnodest man, otherwise ho might have
been as rich to-day is his brother.
Though ho _ has experimented and
Invented all Ids life, ho has never sought
to reap the just rewards of his talents.
He is content with discovering new
methods of applying force and to let
other people reap the benefit. Aud the
United States are not a little indebted to
his invective genius. He-it was, in con
junction with a Mr. Gray, who first con
structed a locomotive for ascending steep
grades; aud it was from plans furnished
by him and explanations given to Ameri
can mechanics who visited him in Soot
land, that the locomotives were built
which first crossed the Rooky Monutains.
But he is one of those men, as I have
said, who set no store by such achieve
ments as these; he speaks of this new
invention as it it was a very small mat
ter. Between him and his brother,
though remarkably like each other in
personal appearance, there is no com
munity of feeling, or oven of friendship,
far less kinship. The only talent that
his brother possessed, to hear him speak
of him, was stinginess and the power to
close his l:aud on every i>euny which
crossed it. Of intellectual points he had
none worth mentioning, aud when young
was incapable of cultivating the few ho
had been endowed with. Bnt it is sev
eral years since millionaire Maekay broke
off correspondence with his father aud
mother and family. Of the manv times
he has, visited England during the past
ten years, he has never visited his family
or his native town. Two years ago,
nevertheless, he sent his secretary down
from Loudon to Airdrie to inquire after
his mother and relatives. This gentle
man put up at the Royal Hotel in great
ntate, and after he had abused everybody
about the hotel for the meanness of the
accommodation they could offer, he sent
for his employer's brother, the person I
have spoken of above. His surprise
may be readily imagined when he was
informed by Mr. Maekay that if his
brother could not condescend to come to
Airdrie in person to see his friends, he
would receive no information from him;
furthermore, Mr. Secretary was specially
instructed to inform his master that
since he had forgotten his family so
long, the latter had now no better mes
sage to convey to him than this, to-wit,
that, for all they cared, he could go to a
climate where tho temperatnre was
always above ninety in the shade, or
words to that effect. But I think Mr.
Maekay judges his rich brother harshly.
Though a man of plain speech, and en
tirely innocent of all usages of grammar
iu communicating hu thoughts orally,
he seems to possess plenty of good,
hard, practical sense, and, considering
how rich he is, he is certainly not proud;
but what he lacks in this latter respect
his wife makes up. No Queen that ever
lived could be prouder or more imperi
ous than she. —London Correspondent
oj Buffalo Courier.
A Virginia M. C.
Not long after the close of the Re
bellion Virginia sent two Repre
sentatives to the lower house of Con
gress, one of whom we will desig
nate as Judge B. The Judge had slight
backwoods tendencies and scorned the
use of many conveniences deemed indis
pensable in polite society, and seemed
especially averse to the use of pocket
handkerchiefs, preferring the thumb,
finger and back of his hand instead.
His colleague, who occupied a seat close
by, was the pink of propriety and neat
ness combined. Some even went bo far
aa to declare him old maidish in many of
bis notions. One day, as be saw bis
bucolic brother going through with the
customary maneuvers, a happy though!
struck him, which he carried into effect
the next morning by placing upon the
member’s desk a box containing a dozen
fine, hem-stiched nose-wipes. When
the Judge came in he saw the package,
addressed to himself, and proceeded to
open it with due deliberation. Taking
out one of the nicely-folded “ indfa
pcnsables,” he first gazed at it curiously,
and then shook it to the breeze as he
bent over his colleague with the whis
pered remark : “ Them’s handkerchiefs,
ain’t they?” “It seems so,” was the
response. “ Does Congress furnish
’em ?” he next inquired. “ Better ask
the Sergennt-at-Arms,” was the reply.
“ No, ’tain't worth while,” remarked
Judge 8., as he gave his nose a tweak
and <lrew underneath it the back of his
bond, which he wiped on the hip of his
pantaloons; “ ’tain’t worth while. I
never use the things, nohow; I’ll
jest frauk ’em home to my wife,” And
he did so then and theae, leaving his
accommodating friend out to the tune
of several dollars, with no compensating
satisfaction, and fairly raging at the
manner in which his well-intended hint
had been taken.— Washington Repub
lican.
Expansion of Metals.
It is generally thought, says the Lon
don Times, that the expansion of bodies
on heating and contraction on cooling
hold good, as a rule, for the passage
from the solid to the liquid state, and
vice versa. Substances, like ice, which
behave differently are regarded as ex
ceptions. The researches of Herr Kopp
have shown that phosphorus, stilpher,
wax, stearic acid, stearine, chloride of
calcium, phosphate of soda, liyposulphate
of soda, and Rose's metal grow larger in
volume when fused. As to metals the
data of past observation are very dis
cordant, and on this account Herren
Nies and Winklemann have recently
studied the subject anew. Their funda
mental experiment was putting the solid
metal iuto the fused metal. In some
cases the difference of density could be
measured. They found, then, that tin
in solidifying, is increased in volume 0.7
per cent., that zinc is increased 0.2 per
-ce%i., and that solid bismuth is as much
as 3 per cent, less dense than the fused
metal. The fact of expansion in solidi
fying was also demonstrated for anti
mony, iron and copper. With lead and
cadmium the results were indecisive, (the
former presented difficulties in the prob
ably very small difference of density as a
solid and as a liquid, its small heat con
•ductively and heat of fusion, the latter in
the fact that in fusion it first passes into
• viscous state.) Thus, of the eight
metals examined six showed distinct ex
pansion in solidifying; and the same may
-occur in the two others. So far as these
experiments go, therefore, thephenom
enom in question would appear to be the
Tule and not the exception for metals.
A noted cook boasted that there was
no kind of pastry which he could not
make, whereupon a friend said there was
one kind of pie that he was sure he had
not skill enough to make “ What pie is
that?” asked the cook. "A magpie,” was
the answer
EDUCATION.
Comparative statistics as to FJc
luentar)' Throughout the
Civilized World.
In a paper prepared by the United
States Bureau of Education is included
some "nteresting and valuable statistics,
complied from the latest ollicial reports,
showing certain facts relating to the
condition of elementary education
throughout the civilized world. Among
the facts exhibited regarding each coun
try are the total population, the school
age as established by law, tho total
school population, the number of schools,
the number of pupils enrolled, and the
most interesting iacls thus to be pre
sented are given in the table printed
herewith.
It will be observed, upon reference to
the following table, that in some of the
countries the number of pupils en
rolled in schools exceeds tho entire school
population. For example, the school
population of England and Wales was
reported at 2,500,000 iu 1879, while the
number of pupils enrolled in schools in
the same year was 3,710,883. This ap
parent discrepancy is explained by the
fact that the ollicial school ago iu those
countries comprises only children from
3 to 15 years old, including those in in
fant schools. The 2,500,00 )si h o] popu
lation is an estimate, and included only
those children who wore between the
ages of 7 and 13 years. Of tho 3,710,-
883 pupils enrolled, 1,208,016 were be
tween the ages of 3 and 7 years, 2,333,-
973 were between the ages of 7 and 13
years, and 168,894 were, over 13 years
old. In nearly al! the Continental conn
tries of Europe the school ago covers a
period of only seven or eight yearn, usu
ally from 6t0130r 6to 14; an.l conse-
quently many children younger than 6
years or older than 14 years are enrolled
as pupils in the schools," although they do
not form a part of the school population.
Iu tho United States the school age
varies greatly in the different States.
Tho longest period is seventeen years,
from 4 to 21 (in Florida, Moire and
New Hampshire), and tho lowest six
years, from Bto 14 (in Texas). School
age in the United States covers an aver
age period exceeding fourteen years,
while in European countries the average
period is a litile more than one-half as
long. It would not be fair to Conclude
that, beoauso Saxony ropmted more
than 100 per cent, of her school popula
tion enrolled in public scluols in 1878,
she was therefore, in nn educational
sense, ahead of the United States, which
reported only 64 per cent, of the selicol
popidation enrolled in the public schools
in the same year. In Saxony tho school
age covers a period of only eight years,
while, as has been shown, in the United
States the period exceeds fourteen years.
In this table tho school population of
Russia is estimated at 15,000,000 in
rotmd numbers. This, and the reported
school population of England and Wales
already mentioned, are tho only esti
mates in tho table. Of tho 69,527
teachers reported in England and Wales,
29,716 aro certified teachers,6,6lo are as
sistant teachers, and 33,195 are pupil
teachers. Following is the tablo above
mentioned:
School I Xu other
countries. Papula - | Pupil* Xuniber
tion. Enrolled. Teacher a.
United States 14,596,183 9,573.195 ‘371,144
Algeria 53,000 51,50 1 230
Alsace-Lorraine 259,620 2 7,nil 4,0t!4
Argentine Republic.. 503.07s 116,2 V 6,893
Austria. 3,122,85:5 9,134,fiM1t 3!,1'.0
ID don 243,567 245,361 3,603
Belgium 779,076 687,74: 11,808
Brazil No report 187,915 No report
Bremen (free city).... 17,892 17,31?. 400
British Burma!) Ro report 80,292 No rep-i t
British Columbia.... 2,731 2,194 54
British India No report 616,714 No report
Bavaria 745,251 841,304 11,921
Denmark 240,5J0 2 :l 95! 3,469
Egypt, No report 167,171 No report
Eng.and and Wales.. 2,500,000 3,710,83; 69,5.7
Finland. 342,286 20,*79 682
France...... 6,409,087 4.716.9 45 110.209
ar40...77:717. ..... 349,WT0 81,440 1,205
Hamburg (c ty) 44,310 48,348 1,826
Hawaiian islands.. . No report 7,755 No report
Hungary 2,127,950 1,559,63 b 20,747
Ireland No report 1,031,995 10,480
Italy 4,527,582 j 1,981,017 47,085
Jamaica .. No report) 52,243 No report
Japan
Luxemburg 33,0 0 39,477 640
Malta No report 7,746 No report
Mexico No report 34.',0 0 Norejo t
Net he 1 lands 616,691 4-6,7-17 12,692
Now Brunswick 51,684 51,472 Nor* port
New South Wa'ea No report 123,1 5 1.824
Norway 302,060 261,62. 4,030
No*a Scotia. No report 84,35 2,011
Ontario 494,424 487,012 6,590
Portugal 615,049 193,13* Noreport
Prussia 4,396,738 4,007,77 c 57,936
Quebec No report 239,808 6,13*.
Queensland No report 41,:w. 924
Koumania 700,000 108,824 3,6 1
Russia 15,000,000 1,213.823 Nofrolport
Saxony 448,814 4.1,324 7,219
Scotland 561,600 508,452 9,477
Servla No report 22,756 627
South Auatralla No report 30,127 788
Spain 2,603,265 1,410.476 29,0i2
Sweden 765,645 598.374 9,311
Switzerland 441,794 411,754 10,156
Tasmania No report 12,453 No report
Victoria No repot t 231,16*. 4,006
Wurtemberg 295.923 Norepor- 5,887
Rapid Transit.
Uncle Mose owns several small shim
ties on Galveston avenue, which ho rents
out, but one of the tenants is rather slow
in coming up with the rent, so Old Mose
had to make him a pastoral visit. Just
as he was coming away from the house,
Old Mose met Jim Webster.
“Jim,” said tho old man, “ which am
de fastest trabbeler you eber heerd tell
about?”
“Dey say dat de ray of light trabbles
more den 200,000 miles a second, but I
nebber timed it myself,” replied Jim.
“Dar’a a man in Galveston what can
gib de ray ob light fifty yards start find
beat it wust kind.”
“ G’way, ole man. Lyin’ is ketchin,
and I halu’t been vaccinated sir.ee de
wah.”
“Hit am jess so as I tole yer. Gabe
Snodgrass, what owes me four mumi’s
back rent, can onttrabble de light.”
“Did yer see him do it?”
“I went to de front doali, and jess as
his wife opened de front doah I se ;d
Gabe slide out de back doah. ‘ls Gabe
at home?’ says L ‘He’s done gone to
Houston,’ says she. Hit am fifty miles
to Houston, and he must hab made de
trip while I was a-lookin’ at him slide
out de back doah. Jess fetch on yer
ray ob light, and ef it don’t hah to hump
hitseff to eateli up wid Gabe Snodgrass
when I comes for de back rent, den Ise
a fool—dat’s all.”
Wood Preservation.
The improved French method of pre
serving wood by the application of lime
is said to be found to work well. The
plan is to pile the planks in a tank and
put over all a layer of quicklime, which
is gradually slaked with water. Timber
for mines requires about a week to be
thoroughlv impregnated, and other wood
more or less time, according to its thick
ness. The wood acquires remarkable
consistence and hardness, it is stated,
on being subjected to this simple pro
cess, and the assertion is made that it
will never rot. Beech wood prepared
in this way for hammers and other tools
for iron works is found to acquire the
hardness of oak, without parting with
any of its elasticity or toughness, and it
also lasts longer.
An old ladyTsay* it is remarkable the
number of people willing to take foreign
missions, and she fears the home mis
lionarT cause will suffer.
Mistakes of the Stage.
A blunder committed by a supernu
merary may give an actor much annoy
ance, but a mistake made by himself is
even more provoking. Mr." Cooper was
once performing in the character of Vir
ginius. After stabbing his daughter to
save her from the polluting touch of Ap
pius Claudius, Virginius stands over her
dead body, holding aloft the bloodv
knife. Appius commands his liotors to
seize him. The frenzied father shrieks
out, in tones of desperation—
“lf tliev dare
To tempt the desperate weapon that is mad
delicti
With drinking my daughter’s blood, 'fhj efc
them.
Thus
It rushes in amongst them!
Way there, way!’*
Then dashes at the advancing lictors,
he cuts his way through and escapes.
By some unaccountable freak of tho
tongue, however, when he heard the
command of Appius to seize him, in
stead of exclaiming, “Thus it rushes in
amongst them,” he yelled out, iu tho
most inteuse rage, “Thus it mushes in
arungst them!” and dashing off tho
stage, left the audience convulsed with
irrepressible laughter.
Iu the same play, when the female
slave, instigated by Appius Claudius,
makes oath that she is the mother of
Virginia, Virginius brings his daughter
forward, and, appealing to tho citizens
iu the Forum, exclaims:
‘‘ls thin the daughter of a slave? I know
’Tis not with men as shrubs aud trees, that by
The shoot you know the rank aud order of
The stem; yet who from such a stem
(pointing with scorn at the woman)
Would look for such a shoot?”—
laying nis hand tenderly on the hoad of
his child.
Iu delivering these lines the tragedian,
Mr. John R. Scott, with great earnest
ness aud feeling onoe made the followiug
strange transposition of the closing
words of the text:
“Who from such- a shoot (pointing to the
woman')
Would look { taking his daughter by the hand)
For such & stem?”
Then followed a dead silence. The
actor was quite unconscious of the blun
der lie had made until a slight demon
stration from the audience gave him an
impression that something had gone
awry, when the sternness of his features
gradually gave way to an unmistakable
smile, and the wholo house, performers
aud all, buret into an uncontrollablo fit
of laughter.
I will venture to add yet another inci
dent of a somewhat similar character.
In tho tragedy of “Macbeth,” when
Malcomo’s army is seen approaching the
castle, one of tho officers of tho usurping
Thane rushes into his presence crying
out, “There is ten thousand—when
he is cut short by Macbeth’s contemptu
ous and indignant exclamation of “Geese,
villain?” to which tho messenger replies,
“Soldiers, sir.” Now, on the occasion
alluded to, the man came on in hot haste,
and said, “There is ten thousand—,”
when Macbeth, turning fiercely on him,
cried out, “Soldiers, villain?” “No,”
said the messenger, in a tone of bewil
derment; “no, no. Geese, sir.” Aud
then the two actors stood staring at one
another in blank dismay, while peal on
peal of laughter burst from the audience,
in which the tragedian, unable to pre
serve his gravity, at last joined. Order
having been restored, an attempt was
made to go on with the scene, but the
first line to bo uttered l>y Macbeth being
in reference to the affrighted appearance
of the messenger, followed by an indig
nant inquiry as to who the soldiers were,
it was too much for both actor and au
dience; the laugh recommenced, and did
not cease until the curtain fell.
A comical effect was ouce produced-bk-
Charles Kemble (as Shy lock,) by
posing sevetmi it-Wefs in
the phrase, “Shall I lay perjury upon
my soul?” and making of it, “Shall I
lay surgery upon my poll? No, not for
Venice!”
Why He Changed Ills Mind.
The following is an actual occurrence:
A “broth of a boy” died on the Hill,
and Mr. Moriarty dressed himself in his
best and went to view the “corroupso.”
He had anew shiny black heaver hat last
St. Patrick’s Day. Entering tho abode
of sorrow, he held tho glossy tilo care
fully before him, crossed the floor and
deposited it with great care upon a chair
at the head of the coffin. Then wring
ing his hands mournfully, he turned to
the weeping mother saying:
“Shure, Mrs. Malony, ids a great loss
ye Lev been til. I'm full of dlie sorrow
furyez, but dhe Lord's will be dune.”
Then turning to the corpse, Mr. Mori
arty delivered himself thus: “Och, purty
bye, Tommy. Why did yez die. And
amt he purty in his new sliirrt ond shute
ov clothes. An’ won’t we miss him from
dhs Comer fwhere ho used to slitand
waitin’ fur dhe girruls. Luke at him,
layiu’ there so swate, purty. Shnro, oie
niver saw a purtier eormpse. But the
Lord’s will be dune an’ I must go.”
Turning away he found that a huge
woman was sitting rocking and weeping
in the chair where he had deposited his
precious plug hat. Speaking in a sweet,
low voice, he inquired:
“■ Have yez seen me hat?” No one-re
plied. A little louder, “Have any iv
yez seen me new hat?” No reply. With
still greater Voice: “Fhere fame new
high hat?” The big woman reached
around under her and pulled out a con
certina-looking concern made of black
beaver, and tearfully remarked: “Is
dhis yer hat, Mr. Moriarty ?” He reared
himself up. He jammed his fist into the
wrecked beaver in a vain attempt to
straighten it out; ho gnz</d upon the
corpse and shouted: “Yis, dhat’s me
hat, and d—d be dhe day I iver kem in
till see sieh an ugly corrupse as this wan.
It’s dhe ngglie.st iver I saw, an’ a good
riddance.” Then ho walked out. — Jer
sey City Journal.
He Was Just Out.
Some of our city stores are constantly
annoyed by children coming to the door
and asking for cards, empty boxes and
that sort of things. The clerks are, of
course, down on the yonngsters, and the
warfare never ends." The other day a
little girl opened a store door, and stick
iug her head in called out.
“Say mister, have you got any empty
boxes?”
“No,” said the clerk, not very politely.
“Got any cards?”
“No.”
“Got any almanacs?”
“No.” tffi.
“Got any empty bottles?” vSp
“No.”
“Got any pictures?” *
“No.”
“Got any sense?”
“No- yes— no—yes —you miserable
little wretch,” and the clerk flew out the
door, but the youngster was up in the
next alley making faces at him, and he
came back madder than he had been
since his salary was reduced.—Steuben
ville Herald. _
It is impossible to do more than half
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them well. He who hunts two hares
leaves the one and loses the ether,
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ON HUMAN FLESH.
Vevay, Ind., Aug. 12th, 1881.
Pk. 11. J. Kendall & Cos., Gents:—Sam
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bird it on himself, and it didfar better than
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Utters to expel werxs. Truse bitters can
no griping sensations whatever. Bare wur.
destroy, r. it cure: S.irofnl.i and all Se-m'ii
UfDfaesre*. Rose or St. Anthony'., p'ire. Pim
pies or Face Grubs Postuie B 1 debes, Bei .
Tumors, Tetter, II in r-. Silt Rheum, -e l
Head, Ring Worm, U.eer-, Sorts Rheuma
tism, Mercurial Dccic, Sen algia, frre u
larities of the m uses, j t .nil, .e, A c i •
of the Liver D/spensia, Etna nation and
General D.-b.lity.
GOLDEN OIL
Far Dea'ness, Ei'aeh-, Weak an l Hoi-.
Eyes, Cataracts ou the Eye, >;ni Near-sigh
eJoets.
Smith’s Magic Corn nml Pile Salve
Hare rare for that trouhleto ,-ie disease—
Piles—blind, bleefiu< or itching Pd s, o
sores and ulcers, removing the pun in a ew
minutes. Will a's > reon? " ora • Tanis-i
--and Wsrw. Neva 'fi:*
V ?
The complete independence of man
and wife, where property is concerned,
is nowhere earned to such a point as
among the Indians of Central Amer
ica. Every day the husband buys his
meals from his wife, who purchases from
him raw material for the table,
MEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
SIOO,OOO DOLLARS
IN
BOOTS, SHOES l HATS I
"r
Slaughtered in Boston in One Day
Under the Auction Hammer.
Tarver, Cashin & Co.’s
BUYER IN THE RING.
Baad Pftees and Wondtr.
s?
1 f" £ a, . r M'BSBg Fox Gaiters at 65c worth 100
800 Pair Misses’ Kid Button at 99 c wort h Aco '
Children’s Shoes in Spring Heel From 4-2-13 Best Qualities.
- LADIES’ SHOES,
na £“- r H!* 8 ’ Boot) at $ 95c worth $ 1 50
1 9?in r S rßln T> B 1 a1 "- Bt 100 worth 125
1 ono P*- r f'j! 68 , £?? at 75 worth 100
7?? J>T f ™ galß. at 90 worth 125
700 Pair Ladies* Kid Blx Toe at 190 worth 250
000 Pair Ladies’ Kid Button Boots (big bargain) 260 worth 400
a Genuine Bsrgain and you should not fail to see them.-®*
MEIN’S SHOES.
P*! r Men’s Calf Skin B'i-ies at $ 75 worth $ 125
*2O Pair Man a Congress Giiters at il 00 worth 150
805 pjiw Mfln’o T?r> l! bn 1 125 werth 250
895 Pair Men 8 English Bal*. at i 35 WO rth 2 00
ill p'*- r 9n ! B S sn u Shoes at 4 91) worth 600
BJ3 Pair Men s Hand Slewed Boots at 550 worth 800
#©*loo,ooo Trunks andjTraveling Bigs to be sold Very Cheap.
GIVE US A CALL AND PRICE OUR SHOES AND YOU WILL BE CON
VINCED THAT WE ARE SELLING THEM CHEAPER THAN
EVER IN THIS MARKE T.
TARVER, CASHIN & CO.,
DAY & TANNAHILL,
AUGUSTA GEORGIA.
Wholesale Dealers* in
CARRIAGES, WAGONS, SADDLERY, LEATHER, OOAOH MATERIAL
BELTING, EIC., ETC.
n . v H Tl i ffimi l T W OA tbe , Ut of Mr. S. H. Sibley in the firm of
WB r *pectful.y solicit the patronage of the publio for the
tueofofveh idea Tor" the" spri n'g trade'* ~ r assort*
Extens'n Top Victorias
KOuXAWAYS,
Sump sears.
Top and No-Top
BUGGIES,
We have the Ag-my for Wilson. Gi ds& Ji.. Philadelphia Wagons ana Osrt
the best work for Plantation use on sale .ue United St3„es. Also Agents, for
the OM Hickory WagOD, which rank) next, and the Patent Hay Rack Bidyf
We continue the Manufacture *t our One Harm Wagon3, so favorably known to
the planters of this vicinity. Also, a full stock of : Harness, flue Saddlery, Oak
and Hemlock Sole Leather, Harness, Skirting and Bridle Leather, Calf Skins,
Sice Findings. Best quality Hoyt’s Oik Tanned Belting anl Gum Belting and
Packing. The best Lacing ever brought to this market. Wagon Material, Axles
Springs, Bilts, Shafts, Spokes &o. Fine Trank', Satchels, Buggy Umbrellas.
Children’s Carriages, all styles.
THE BEST WAGON
—ON WHEELS —
IB MANUFACTUBBD BY
FISH BROS. & CO..
RACINE, WIS.,
WE MAKE EVERY VARIETY OF
Farm, Freight and Spring Wagons,
And by confining ourselves strictly to oue class of work; by employing nono but the
of WORKMEN, using nothing but FIRST-CLASS IMPROVED MACHINERY and the VERY
BEST of SELECTED TIMBER, and by a THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE of the business, we hare
Justly earned the reputation of making
“THE BEST WACOM ON WHEELS.”
Manufacturers have abolished the warranty, but Agents may, on their own responsibility, give
the following warranty with each wagon, if so agreed:
Wo Hereby Warrant the FISH BROS. WAGON No to be well made in every partic
ular and of good material, and that the strength of the same is sufficient for all work with fair
usage. Should any breakage occur within one year from this date by reason of defective material
or workmanship, repairs for the same will be furnished at place of sale, free of charge, or the
price of said repairs, as per agent’s price list, will be paid in cash by the purchaser producing a
■ample of the broken or defective parts an evidence.
Knowing we can suit you, we solicit patronage from every section of the United States. Send
for Brices and Terms, and for a copy of THE RACINE AGRICULTURIST, to
FISH BROS, d c CO., Racine, WU
H! Tito. larifwallsr’s lari forts
Broad Street, Near Lower Market, Augusta, Ga.
Monuments, Tombetmea and Marble Workeeslerally, alway,*
hand and mile to order. A Urge selection r.ify tor lettering)
and delivery at short notice. Several bunlred* t new daiigiH o •
lie m ist modern style of Monuments furnfahei at a lower prise han ever befor -
i thin market, and of the best workman ship. Simlar to that of tao new O> n•i
rate Monument recently erected by me in this city. [mar 3 ! 82
•
WE ARE PREPARED TO EXECUTE ALL
JOB PRINTING
IWITH NEAINESS AND AT THE LOWEST PRICE!
Cards, Bill Heads,
Note Heads, Circulars, Pamphlets, Hand Bills, Etc.
We>iI£UPLIOATE AUGUSTA or ATLANTA PRICES.
All we that you cal) at the Gboboia Homj Journal Office and ex;-iu
oat B{*?imeaa and Prices.
Easter Pilgrims at the Jordan.
The earliest of the immersion
was in the Jordan. That rushing river,
the one river of Palestine, found at last
its fit purpose. Although no details are
given of the external parts of the cere
mony, a. lively notion may be formed of
the transaction by the scene which now
takes place at the bathing of the pil
grims at Easter. Their approach to the
spot is by night. Above is the bright
Paschal moon, before them moves a
bright flare of torches, on each side huge
watohfires break the darkness of the
night and act as beacons for the success
ive descents of the road. The sun
breaks over the eastern hills as the head
of the cavalcade reaches the banks of the
Jordan. The sacred river rushes through
its thicket of tamarisk, poplar, willow
and agnus-castors with rapid eddies, and
of a turbid, yellow color, like the Tiber
at Rome, and about as broad. They dis
mount and set to work to perform their
bath; most in the open space, some
further up among the thickets; some
plunging in naked; most, however, with
white dresses, which they bring with
them, and which, having been so used,
are kept for their winding sheets. Most
of the bathers keep within the shelter
of the bank, where the water is about
four feet in depth, though with a bottom
of very deep mud. The Coptic pilgrims
are curiously distinguished from the
rest by the boldness with which they
dart into the main current, striking the
water after their fashion alternately with
their two arms and playing with the ed
dies, which hurry them down aud across
as if they were in tho cataracts of their
own Nile; crashing through the thick
boughs of the jungles which on the east
ern Dank of the stream intercept their
progress, and recrossing the river high
er up where they can wade, assisted by
longpoleß which they have cut from tha
opposite thickets. It is remarkable,
considering the mixed assemblage of
men and women in such a scene, that
there is so little appearance of levity or
indecorum. A primitive domestic char
acter pervades in a singular form tha
whole transaction. The families who
have come on their single mule or camel
now bathe together with the utmost
gravity, the-father receiving from the
mother the infant, which has been
brought to receive the one immersion
which will suffice for the rest of its life,
and thus, by a curious economy of re
sources, save it from tHe expense and
danger of a future pilgrimage in after
years. In about two hours the shores
are cleared; with the same quiet they
remount their camels and horses, and,
before the noon-day heat has set in, are
again encamped on the upper plain of
Jericho. Once more they may be seen
at the dead of night; the drum again
wakeß them for their homeward march.
The torches again go on before; behind
follows the vast multitude, mounted,
passing in profound silence over that
silent plnin; so silent that, bnt for the
tinkling of the drum, its departure would
hardly be perceptible.— Stanley's Chris
tian Institutions.
The Brooklyn Bridge and Its Builder.
Roehling was the greatest bridga
builder in the world. He started the
making of wire cordage in America and
built suspension bridges to carry tho
nqueduof s of canals across rivers, and en
gineered the Pennsylvania railroad
across the mountains.
The Brooklyn bridge, between towers,
is 1,695 feet long. Behind the towers
there are 940 feet each side, back to the
anchorages. The whole length of the
bridge and approaches is 6,000 feet. It
is one of the widest bridges in the world,
eighty-five feet, with a promenade thir
teen feet wide, two railroad tracks and
it*
The rock on which the towefifHlMft*
about ninety feet below the surface of
the water on the New York side and half
that depth on the Brooklyn side, tho
most stupendous thing about tie struct
ure. Each tower is 134 feet long by
fifty-six wide, and at the top these
dimensions are reduced to 120 feet by
forty, or the size of a very large house.
Each tower is 268 feet above high water.
It is 1,336 feet from the beginning of the
causeway on Chatham street out to the
anchorage on the New York shore. The
architect of the bridge received his death
wound almost at its inception, standing
on the upper framework of Pulton ferry
slip as a boat came in and threw its
weight against the piles, which yielded
and crushed his foot. As if the spirit of
the old ferry, about to be supplanted
had revenged itself an the innovator i
They buried Roebling in that summer of
1869 at Trenton, N. J., near the spot
where poor John Fitch, the watch
maker, eighty-two years before, had
storied the steamboat. But Rocbling’a
true monument is the Brooklyn bridge
towers, and between them in the nervee
and tendons, trembling like a weaver’s
web, plies the shuttle of his soul. You
can hear his own words, if you are rever
ent, calling to the ships and steamers
beneath : “It will be the greatest engi
neering work of the continent, and the
greatest bridge in existence. Its towers
will be national monuments 1 it will for
ever testify to the energy, enterprise and
wealth of the great communities it over
hangs I” Upon the portal of tho bridge
they might also inscribe his motto : “I
have no i'ear of honest difl'ei i uoo ni opin
ion, it is only cavillers that I dread.”—
New York Tribune.
Bachelors in History.
In antiquity it was considered un
patriotic to remain unmarried. Hence
bachelors were subject to peculiar dis
abilities in the Spartan and Roman code.
They were obliged to pay extra taxes,
and under Augustus they were barred
from the inheritance of real estate, ex
cept from their nearest relatives. Only
one of our Presidents was a bachelor,
and he was a failure. Bachelors are
not as successful in life as married men.
It fa said tiiat one of Washington’s as
sociated patriots in tho revolutionary
struggle was a celibate. All bad the in
fluence of marriage and social life.
Hence the tendency against wedlock
which marks the present day is among
the worst features in society. Speaking
of marriage, it should boa complete
union of affections id of intellectual
powers. It maybe dded, that a man’s
wife Bliould to a certain degree ho his
business partner. She should know
something o f his risks and financial diffi
culties, and in this way the burden of
life is often divided. Walter Scott con
cealed from his wife his connection with
the Bannatynes, which caused his ruin.
It is one of the best features in -General
Grant’s character, that he takes his wife
along and gives her a full share of tlioso
dignities and honors which spring Irons
national gratitude.
The theory that a submerged body
can be raised by firing cannon over it
was recently proved in Chicago. A.
plumber named Leonard had jumped
off the wharf and drowned himself, and
his friends got ont the artillery and raised
him by firing over the spot where ha
had gone down. He thought it was
water pipe bursting.
PHiETONB
AND
SPRING WAGONS
In All Styles.