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TIIE MONROE JB&; ADVERTISER. VOL XXX!. ""COUGHS,CROUP ■ „■ HD CONSUMPTION TMpg • N jpbl§c I JPF 4 U^j OF Sweet Cum —AND MULLEIN. The ewoot (rum, oh gathered from a tree of the eaiuo name, growing along tlio small streams In the Southern States, contains a stimulating ex pectorant principle that loosens the phlegm pro ducing the curly morning cough, and stimulates thoehlM to throw off the false membrane In croup and whooping-cough. When comblnod with the healing mucilaginous principle in the mullein plant of the old Acids, presents In Tatlor s ( itEitoKEE remedy ok Sweet gum and MUL LEIN the Anest known remedy for Coughs, Croup, Whooping-cough and consumption; and so pala table, any child is pleased to take it. Ask your druggist for It. Price, S£c. and sl. Ifhcdocs nht keep It, we will pay, for one time only, ex press charges on largo size bottle to any part of tho U. 8. on receipt of $1.1)0. W ALTEB A.TAThOK. A tlnnta. fla. L W. ENSIGN. BOOK SELLER, STATIONER, NEWS DEALER, All the Standard School Books on hind. Miscellaneous Books ami Station ary lor sale at LOWEST PRICES! Subscriptions received for all 8 amlanl Ntiwspapersaml Periodicals Agent for CHRISTIAN INDEX. CENTRAL & SOUTHWESTERN SCHEDULES. ltead down Read down No.'tl. From Savannah. No 53. 10:00am l.\ ...Savannah.l.v S: 45 pm 3:45 pm ar An trust a \r 5:50 am 0: *25 p m ar Macon ar 3: 15 am 11:25 pm ar Ytlanta ar 7:3.0 am 4:52 a m ar t'olu:nlms...ar 12: 33 pm ar Kutaula ar 3: 1(5 pm 1: 15 p m ar Albany ar 12: 20 pm ar.-Millodgevillo-ar 10:20 am ar Katonton ar 12:30 pm No IS From Anjaista No 20 No 22 11:45 am lv Autr-lv 0: 00 pm 3:30 pm ar Sav’h ar o:3oam | 0: 25 p m ar Maeon i 11: 25 pm ar Ytlanta I 4:52 m ar t’olnmtms ' 11:15 p m ar Albany I N < > l Fr in i• > i Ni 52. ] LOO a m lv Maeon lv S: 05 am 0:30 am ar Savannah ar 3:3opm ! ar Augusta ar 3:45 pm i llctluevil 1 e-..ar 10: 25*am ; ar Eatonton ar 12:30 pm j No 1. From Maeon No 3. i 7:soam lv aeon lv 7:15 pm j 3:10 pm ar Eufaula ar \ 12:20 pm ar Albany ar 11: 15 pm Noo Erin i'll No 19 S:ls a m lv 51 aeon lv 7:35 pm 12: 33 p m ar Columbus—ar 4: 25 am No 1 From Macon no 51 no 53 S;ls am lv Maeon--.lv 7 :30 pm...3 ;57 am 12;25 pm ar Atlanta-ar 11 :25pm~7 ;30 am no 28 From Fort valley no 21 8 ;35 pm lv Fort valley !\ 9:45 am 9 ;20 p in ar eerry ar 10 ;35 a m l no 2 From Atlanta no 54 no 52 ■ 2 ;50 pm lv-vtlanta-lv S :10 pm—3 :55am 0 ;50 pm ar-Maeon arl 1 :45 am... 7 :35am arEufauhi ar 3:lopm 11 ;15 pm ar Albany ar 12 ;20pni 4 ;25 am ar eolumbus ar 12 :33pm Milledyeville ar 10:29am ar Katonton ar 12 ;30pm ar Augusta ar 3:45pm ar savannah ar 0 ;30 am—3 ;80pm Ji S NO 40 1 : 00p mlv —eolumbus lv 9 ;53 pm 5 :42 p m ar Maeon ar (5 ;G0 a m 11 ;15 pm ar Atlanta ar 12 :20 pm 11 ;15 pm ar Albany ar 4:05 pm Local sleeping ears on all nirlit trains between savannah aini savan nah and Atlanta, ami Maeon and Mont gomery. pullman hotel sleeping cars be tween Chicago and Jacksonville, via., via Cincinnati, without chance. The Milledgeville and Eatonton train runs daily except Monday between Gor don ami Eatonton, and daily except sun day) between Eatonton and cordon. Train no 20-daily except sunday. Eufaula train connects at eutlibert for Fort caines daily except Sunday. rerr\ accommodation train between perry and port valley, runs daily, except -oinday-, Albany and Blakely accommodation train runs daily except Sunday, between Alba ny and Blakely. At savannah with savannah. Florida ifc western railway : at Augusta with all lines to north and east: at Atlanta w ith Air line and Kennesaw routes, to all points north, east and west. XV\i. Uogki;. G A YVhitf.ui ad, Bup’t Gen Pass ALL Savannah SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY. It has been demonstrated by Mr. J. \V. Slater that caterpillars are at fActed bv magnetic currents, which hinder their development and even kill them. A study of 050 Italian thunder storms has shown Signor Ferrari that every thunder storm i- behind a depression of barometer and hy grometer. and before one of the thermometer. A Dermaii chemist concludes that on account of its great digestibility. j cheese is the most nourishing of all j foods, meat and eggs excepted. Of eighteen varieties of cheese tried, Cheddar is most readily digested. An interesting field for scientific research has been opened by Pro*. S. P. Langley by the discovery that i the heat radiated from the soil is of an almost totally different quality from that which comes from the sun. It appears that there are now in habited cave-dwellings in Saxony. They are dug iji a sand stone hill, have different rooms. light and dark, as,weir as eh limeys, windows and doors* and are said to be very dry and habitable-. 'l'he burger animals are being rap idly exterminated in Algeria, and the lion of the desert is fast becom ing a myth. During the eleven years from 1873 to 1884, bounty was paid on 202 lions, 1214 panthers, 1882 hyenas and 27,000 jackals. In a paper on harbors, Prof. L. M. llaupt mentions that from New York to the Gulf of Mexico there are only four natural entrances where the depth at mean low water is over sixteen feet, while the largest ships draw from twenty-six to twenty eight and a half feet What Will Surely Do It. One’s hair begins to fall out from many causes. The important ques tion is : \\ hat is sure to make it grow in again? According to tic testimony of thousands, Parker’s Hair Balsam will do it. It quickly covers bald spots, restores the origi nal color when hair is gray or faded, eradicates dandruff, and causes the scalp to feel cool and well. It is not a dye, not greasy, highly perfumed, safe. Never disappoints those who require a nice, reliable dressing. Southern iron. The Chattanooga Tradesman fur nishes accurate figures of the output of furnaces in the Chattanooga and Birmingham districts In the month of February. The Chattanooga, Cit ico, Rock wood (2 stacks), Sewanee. South Pittsburg (2 stacks), Rising Fawn and Cherokee furnaces, turned out 5,705 tons a week—making 23,- 180 tons in the month. If this rate could be maintained through the year, the Chattanooga district would alone furnish ov°r 300,000 tons ; and if present prices are improved upon, or even hold good, there is no reason to believe the year’s output will fall much short of the amount named. In the Birmingham district the Alice, Eureka, Woodward, Alary Pratt and Sioss furnaces produced last month 10.140 tons. One ot the stacks of the Eureka furnace was not m blast. Birmingham has eight stacks, Chattanooga nine. At least two. and probaoly four, furnaces, will be put in operation in the Bir mingham district this year. This would bring the output at Birming ham fully up to that of the Ch itta nooga furnaces. The total annual capacity ot the two districts would then be 009,000 tons. This is the maximum of the present year's op eration. The year's product of the. two districts may be safely estimated at 500.000 tons. Entm tbe s m unknown cause?, at all seasons. Shatters the Nerves, Impairs IHgestioh, and Enfeebles the Jiuscles. ____ BR lsfiili xlpfL isi fa g , - 1 - p* ||A| o lp f, , eLst tonic Q .v.cicly snacompletely cure** Chills and Fevers. I iTluteriiiittent Fevers. eituTe, Litek of LnersrYN it h- a n . nl. It enriches and pari tho KE and stiTr.nhtcs the ap* And streprtdens the masclcs and cerves If d-'es n t in"tre tho t rt oth. cnase hetdTcho, or rp dice c in' i n—: 7 ur Jr • - - . FATtifcß T J- KkiU-T, the pvri .;o and £tch>-tlarly Catholic of 'rU **ns;*** c-- ; I have tv'ed Bnw T ! v li-mi Bitters vith th - * •rrrat e<=t infection for Malarii. ami its a * f and iik diseases, and will alw&vs keep it oa n*.nd a ready frien I ’’ (rOTiin? has aDovo tradethrh and tnml lines r Tnke do o'hcr. M- ISR ' ni ’Mif AL( X HATTI.'iOCE, Ln’otes 1 Hand Bock—csefn! an 4 sttr-ictive o r.- t ’ninfT.ist of princs f r r-vn's. :v.' TOVi-n coins, etc., frivc i r.v r \ A > Ur- in or IBrjldd U; aaj on recen t ot -c. .p GEORGIA Monroe county. — Laura O. Dunn, iruaroian t *f EL:- tt Dunn, has applied t-' me for leave t - -?-H one share Monroe County Building and Loan stock. T is to eiteal - : . rest t - cause, if any they have, before me on first M • inlay in April, isse,. U ] lV . a j,\ applica tion should not be <rranted. March 1,1886. J. T. .VioGINTY, Ordinary M C GEORGIA - Monroe County Mrs Elizabeth Purifoy has applied to me in supplement her homestead and cxemp ti'as pr t% id 1 ny s-ti n 2>.>-V.< . f the code, ard I will pass upon the same at my oth.-v at 10 cl ak. a. in. <-n the 2nd iav of April 188 G. Jno. T. M- Ginty. 2-t. Ordinary. FORSYTH. MOXl!,ul- COUNTY, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING. MARCH 23. 1886. BRECKINRIDGE’S ESCAPE THE DANGERS HE ENCOUNTER ED IN HIS FLIGHT. An Interesting Account of His Depart ure From the Confederacy, Written to His Youngest Son Now a Resident of California. The Frankfort Yeoman in its last J number says : - The following letter | from Gen. Breckinridge to hisyoung e>t son, then just in his teens, is published now for the first time. ! flie original was given shortly after its receipt to a friend, who preserved j it until recent I '', when he gave it to j .Major Cabell Breckinridge, by tvliotn Col. Johnston, of the Yeoman, was permitted to copy it for publication. The party with Gen. Breckinridge j on this perilous trip consisted of Col. John Taylor Wood, of the Con federate Navy, and grandson of j President Zachary Taylor; Col. ; James Wilson, Richard Russell and j Jerry O’Toole, two young Florida I soldiers, and Thomas, his faithful j black body servant. Col. Wilson, to j whom reference is several times i raa le in a vein of pleasai r , was Gen. Breckinridge’s adjutant goner- I al, a most gallant officer, to whom ; Gen. Breckinridge was devotedly at- } tacked. He was captured at the battle of Missionary Ridge, and had not been long exchanged when the war closed. Since the war he has resided quietly in Henderson and Daviess counties. Col. John Taylor Wood resides in Halifax, N. S. Bkitisii Stkamer Shannon, At lantic Ocean, July. 18(55.—My Dear Boy: I have not written to you for a long time, and have thought you would all like to hear some brief account of my adventures. The siiiprollsa gooddeal, and I fear it will be a little illegible. You must let the other children and your mother read this also. It l employ any word you don’t understand, get a dictionary and look it up, and if 3*oll can get a good map on a large scale you can trace our course, and it will make 1113* short narrative more in teresting to 3*oll. Your brothers, Cabell and Clifton, have told every thing until I parted with the latter in Georgia, and the former in Florida. Col. James Wilson, Capt. Wood, and Thomas (my negro servant, a good boy whom you never saw), and myself, parted from Cabell on the 15th of -May, at a point some titty miles east of Tallahassee, and went in the direction of Gal ups v ill e„ That nHJlit we stayed at a house on the Suwanee river. They knew us and treated us very kindly. The old gentleman’s son-in-law had been an officer in my command. His wife was very uneasy about him, but Col. Wilson relieved her by the statement that her husband would reach home in a few days. I am sorry to say that Col. Wilson had no information on which to found this assurance. May 17. Crossed the river and made a good day’s ride. Max* 18.—Arrived at Gainesville; found friends whom I need not name now. A United States officer and some soldiers had been there the day before, and were expected back, and another party were patroling some of our men near by*. We found it would not to do attempt to leave the country from the' west coast to Florida, so arrangements were made to get a little boat at a certain point on St. John s river, j which was done after much trouble. May 19.—Went further down the j country, and were hospitably enter- ] tained bx* an excellent gentleman J and his family. We remained here 1 on the 2(>th. May 21. — Went a little further, and were entertained by another excellent gentleman : and 1 may say. once for all, that through Florida we received nothing but kindness. I May 22. Went a day’s ride far ther, and remained there during the 23d. On this day* our host took us out for a drive, and, being at a good stand, I killed a deer. Colonel Wilson left his stand at the sound of my gun to inquire the news, and was fined for it. From the time we crossed the Suwanee it was very* hot, and the mosquitoes and other insects countless and intolerable. While waiting at my stand for the deer I sat on an old log. and became covered with ticks or very* small bugs that buried themselves under the skin and tormented me for days, causing me to scratch until large raw places were made on my ankles and other parts ot my person. Max* 24. —Turned up the country* a little, and, moving eastward, pas sed the night on the bank ot Lake Weir. May 25.—Went farther totiie east. May 26—Came about midday to •St. John's river at a point nearly east of Lake Weir, and found the boat and three persons waiting for us. Our delays after leaving Gaines vilie were allowed time to get the i boat and bring it to the proper place. It was a small open craft, about seventeen or eighteen teet long, with % place in Iront to - step " a very* small mast , Cliff’ will explain so as to use a sail when there xvas wind, by holding the end of the rope in the hand. When we were ail in there was not much space between the gunwale and the water. 1 thought it might do for the river, but it seemed a very frail thing to go on the ocean in. We emharke 1 at once and began rowing up the river That night there was a than der storm and much rain, which drenched us thoroughly* as we lay in the boat, but it cooled the air a little. Ji , 17th. —Pulled at the oars all day* and passed the night on the river, where the mosquitoes were not so troublesome as on shore. 29th—This morning one of the party left us to return home. He had been very kind and useful. We now engaged a man to secure the on ly xvagon in that desolate country, and to meet us that night at a point twenty-five miles further up the riv er. There xvas no trouble in getting oxen, as large herds of cattle are grazed in that country* and sold to the northward. The, man met us punctually* at night, and we got the boat on the xvagon GDhnuly to start at daylight across the country* twen eight miles to Indian river. Drain ed hard all night. John's river is the most crooked aud bewildering stream 1 ex*er saw. Its general course is almost due north, but fre- ! quentiy* the boat’s lil&ad pointed to every point of the compass, and we were offen puzzled and led astray* by false channels Jhat ended in nothing. It abounds in cranes, pel icans and other xvader fowl, and great numbers of crqcoddos, which sunned themselves on the bank and slid into the river with a sullen plunge on our approach. Somtimes they* would swim across our bow with their black scaly backs just vis ible, like a gunboat low in the water. 1 shot one with my* pistol, and after we got him ashore it required three more balls through the place where his brains should have been to finish him. lie xvas about thirteen feet long, and had under his throat a lit tle bag containing a strong musk, which we cut out, Col. Wilson intend ing to present it in a smelling-bottle to some female friend; but it was mislaid afterwad. We caught some fish in this river, and found some sour oranges in a deserted orchard, with which, and some dark and dir ty brown sugar, we made a very* miserable lemonade.; 30th.—Marched (all on foot now) eighteen miles. Haft great trouble with the boat, which could not. be fastened securely on the xvagon frame. The road ft it could be call ed one) xvas full of roots, which racked everything sadly* and several times the front wheels ran away from the hind ones, bringing the end of tho boat to the ground with a heavy* thump. pLis night the mnsqmi.oc* were .• bud that we built a fire and sat up nearly* all night in the smoke. The large fiies have bitten the oxen, xvliieh are bloody all over the head and neck, especially, and the driver fears that one of them can not go on. lie is black, ana the flies torment them more than the white ones. 31st.—Reached Indian river at a point about fifteen miles below its head. It is here sex*erai miles wide, and, unlike most rix*ers, narrow as you approach its mouth ; but it is in truth an arm of the sea. feeding the tide to its very* source, with scarcely any current, and its water too brack ish to drink. It is separated from the ocean by* a narrow strip of land not more than a mile in average width. The boat xvas launched and found tolerably* water-tight, not withstanding the thumps and xvren clies it had received. The oxen had suffered most of all, and the black one xvas literally* eox'ei’ed with blood, flie driver said lie would probably* die (1 did not think so), and screwed S5 more out of us on the chance of it. This xvas the only* person in Florida who dealt closely xvith us. He xvas very* ignorant, but keener and more provident m all parts of a contract than any Yankee 1 ever saw. I think lie knew me, but at parting he raised both hands and eased his conscience by* declaring that he “knovved nothing about us ; that he xvas a poor man ; that it xvas a plain business matter, as anybody could see, and that he xvas not re sponsible for consequences. We made some progress down the river, camped on the west bank, aud ob tained indifferent water by digging m the sand. June 1. —Made gooft progress xvith oars, occasionally using the sail. This night xvc slept in the boat, tho heat very oppressive and the mos quitoes most tormenting. I can not give you any* adequate idea of these insects. They* attacked us not two or three a time, but in swarms in eessantlx*. the whole night long. Both hands were kept going, and still they* bit. With his arms tied and his face exposed. I am sure they* would kill a man in two nights. I am glad I did not take Cabell with me ; he would hax*e died of brain fe ver. 2d.—Made good progress. About 4 p. ni. it rained harder tUan I ever saw. The water came down in sheets, and we could not see twenty* feet from the boat. We were now within ten miles of- Indian River Inlet. where the Yankees were watching the river, and we prepared to pass it in the night. Approaching , cautiously xvith muffled oars, we saw a tire on the bank which we suppos ed to be the guard tire. The night was dark, and keeping the middle of the stream we glided past without being challenged. 3d.—Ten miles below the inlet we cooked some breakfast and ob tained Mine water bx* digging again in the sand. We also got a few green limes from a little orchard which was the only sign of a former settlement. Our first purpose xvas to go out at ‘-Jupiter Inlet;’’ but learning it also xvas blockaded we thought it too hazardous, and finding a place twenty miles above, where the distance across was not more than fifty yards, we dragged the boat over and launched her on the Atlantic. A large steamer going south passed within a mile of the shore, but did not take any* notice of us. I should liax*e mentioned that some hours before Colonel Wilson had a shot at a deer that xvas quietly looking at us from the bank of the river. From the manner in which it bounded off, stopping occasionally to look back at us, the colonel thinks it possible lie may li.ix-e missed the animal. We coasted down during the night, passing a boat which Colonel Wilson was sure belonged to the blockudors, and soon after sunrise on the 4th went on shore about fifteen miles beloxv “Jupiter Inlet,” xvhere lie got some fresh water from Lake Worth and a supply* of turtle eggs. 1 will tell you some day all about the hab its of the turtle. Having lost much s'eep. we lay down and rested until 5 ]). in., xvhen we all got into the boat, and after Captain Wood had read prayers we headed her for the Bahama islands. The wind was di rectly* against us and we could not get out of sight of land. On tiie stli saw a large steamer coming down the coast right in our tracks. We made for tho shore, and all of us (except one left with the boat) went over the sand ridge into the chapparel. The steamer passed within a half mile, and pres ently* xve returned to the boat; but we were too quick about it, for the steamer saw us, and to our conster nation she wore around and steamed straight for us. I thought xve were gone, tor it would have been dread ful to hax*e been left on that coast without a boat; still 1 took my pis tols and satchel and went into the chapparel. The steamer came with in three hundred yards and lowered a boat full of men, ar med with cut lasses and pistols. Captain Wood and another went out in our boat, meeting them some fifty* yards from shore, and by dint of looking stupid and offering them turtle eggs, and professing to be hunting, fishing and wrecking along the coast, he quieted their suspicions. He accounted for our coming across the ridge by* say ing xve had gone for water. At last they left, much to our relief. It was a United States transport steamer. , —Still head winds that pre vented us from getting out of sight of the coast. About Ba. m. saw two or three old tents on shore; found in them a few Seminole Indians, who had come there to hunt and fish and gather turtle eggs. We got from them a small quantity*ot “kun tee,” as they call it, which, when cooked, was a little thicker than a pancake and ten times as tough. Some hours afterward xve met three persons going up the coast, and ef fected an exchange of boats by pav ing a S2O gold piece. The new boat was no longer than the old one, but had more beam and was stronger. Col. Wilson was so pleased with the exchange that he expressed a strong conviction that xve would soon trade ourselves into possession of a steam er, and xve all took heart so ranch that xve resolved to head for Cuba; but first xve worked that night into Key* Biscayan in search of food and water, going in by* an entrance called on the map Boca Ratones. We worked nearly all night, getting often aground on reefs and sand liars, though I don’t think the boat drexv more than i foot and a half. After daylight on the 7th xve found a small trading house near the head of the Key, where xve obtained some flour and pork, which xve cooked at once. It \*as the first bread xve had tasted for a week or more, oar little stock of meal having been completely* ruined by* getting wet and heated. We went down the Key* xvith a fail wind for about twenty miles, and then about 4 p. m. tried to get out to sea; but we became entangled among the inlets and sands, and suf fered from the mosquitoes, which were xvorse hero than at any* other place. At length, after much pull ing, xvading and wandering, we got out about 11 p. m., and at midnight were out of sight of land. Capt. Wilson, while steering, when three miles from land, succeeded in thump ing the boat on a coral reef, but happily there xvas xvater enough to carry her across without staving her in. Before morning the sea became rough. The two young men xvith us xx*ere lying in the bottom sick, Thomas was worn out and asleep; Capt. Wood xvas forward and at- tending to something; I was very tired and just losing myself in a doze, and the celebrated Cos). Wilson was steering : suddenly I was arous ed by* a wave going over me and half filling the boat, which leaned over until the gunwale was under water. At the same moment I observed that Capt. Vi ood was overboard, arid looking around I saw Col. Wilson, as stiff as a stancheon, holding on like grim death to the rudder aud the sail rope. It xvas his grip on the latter that was about to sink us. 1 knew just enough to shout to him to let go the rope, which he did. and the strain being taken off, the boat finally righted. Capt. Wood tortu nately* caught a rope as he xvent, and tad scrambled on board. Col. Wilson expressed his gratification at the general result, and explained that lie had thought it his dutx' to hold everything tight, lest “it might <xet some advantage ot him.” We steered across the gulf stream, and by the north star for the coast of Cuba. I had also a small pocket compass. During the Stli and 9th we went before a good breeze, but with ilie sea high enough to keep us uneasy. On the evening of the 9th the wind and sea rose, and during the xvliole night the xvaves ran very high. It seemed to me that she must go under. Capt. Wood looked very grave, but he held the helm him self through the night, cool and collected, lie told me afterwaid that the chances were against us that night : that we certainly* would have perished in tiie other boat, and that in nineteen years experience yf the sea fie had never fell in greater peril. Toward morning the sea went down a great deal, and about daylight xve came bump upon a United States merchant ship and boldly* demanded some xvater, which j we got. They stared very hard at us, but noexplanations xveredemand ed or given. Being weary I laid down this morning (the 10th) and slept several hours. The hot sun poured down on mo, and I woke really sick, with an odd feeling in my right ear, from which lam not yet wholly* free. A few hours after dark xve sighted a light house, and knew that xve must be near some point on the Cuban coast. Captain Wood and myself were asleep at the time, and Colonel Wilson steering. That enterprising officer lan the boat nearly on the light-house, and then concluded to xvake us up for consultation. She was put off at once, but in a few minutes (the colonel steering) she struck a coral reef and thumped heavily*. With much trouble xve got her off and steered westward along the coast during the night. At daylight we saw a town al the head of the bay*, and, steering for it, found ourselves at sunrise on the 11 th of June in the harbor of Cardenas. At my request Col. Wood read pray ers, and 1 am sure xve all felt pro foundly grateful for our deliverance. I must postpone to another time an account of alter events; and indeed 1 am not sure you can read this, for the weather is rough and there is much loud talking in the cabin. We are jm t entering the English channel, and expect to reach .Southampton at 2 p. m. to-morrow, where this must he mailed at once to go by* the New York s!earner. London, J uly 38, 11 p. m.— M:tj. *llelm and my serf have just readi ed here, and J must close abruptly, for the letter must, be mailed at once or lose a week. I hope your con duct, my* dear son, xvill always be such as to make me proud of y*ou. 1 am anxious to see your dear moth er and all of you, and hope to do so soon, (iive much love to all friends. Your affectionate father, John C. Breckinridge. Master Owen Breckinridge, Lex ington, Ky*. *Maj. Charles F. Helm, of Newport, Ky., Confederate Consul at Havana. Bitter Bread. Complaint is frequently made by those who use baking powders that they* leave in bread, biscuit, or cake raised by them a disagreeable, bitter taste. This taste follows the use of all impure baking powders, and is caused either by* their containing alum (introduced to make a cheap article), by the impure and adulter ated character of other ingredients used, or from the ignorance of their manufacturers of the proper methods of combining them. These baking powders leave in the bread a resid uum formed of iime, earth, alum, or otherdeleterious matters, not always, though frequently*, tastable in the food, and by ail physicians classed as injurious to health. The Royal Baking Powder is free from this se rious defect. In its use no residuum is left, and the loaf raised by* it is always sxveet, light, and xvliolesoine, and noticeably free from the pecu liar taste complained of. The rea son of this is because it is composed of nothing but absolutely pure ma terials. scientifically* combined in exactly the proper proportions of acid and alkali t > act upon and de stroy* each other, while producing the largest amount of raising power. We are justified in this assertion from the unqualified statements made by* the Government chemists, who after thorough and exhaustive tests recommended the “Royal for Governmental use because of its su periority over all others in purity, strength, and wholesomeness. I here is no danger of bitter bread or biscuit where it alone is used. Fred Douglas, the colored orator, steps out of the position as recorder ot deeds for the DistrictofColumbia, and J. C. Mathews, a colored poli tician of Albany, N. Y., has been appointed by the president to suc ceed him. The office pays between six and ten thousand dollars annual ly. Just why the president should jump over all the democrats in the district and light on a colored man over in New York state to fill *his position, is a little puzzling to a good many democrats. It may have been a judicious appointment, but it does not appear so to us at this dis tance. (fOYAI Bin! ;jy POWDER Absolutely Pure. This powder never varies. A marvel of purity, strength and wholesomeness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and cannot he sold in competition with the mul titude of low test, short weight, alum or phosphate powders. Sold only in cans. Royal Raking Poxvdek Cos., 106 Wall street, New York. UiJ^CIVSAN’S ■TOBACCO i REWBEPIES Tho Great put Wed I on! Discovery of the age. No family ought to be without them. THE CLINGMAN TOBACCO OINTMENI THE MOST HFFFI'TIVK I’RFPAKA. Ti ON on the market for Pilos. A NUUK <UUU for Itchinsi Pill's. Has never failed to Rive prompt relief. Will core Anal Ulcers, Abscess, Vistula, Tetter, Salt Rheum Barber’s Itch, Ring worms, Pimples, Sores and Boils. Price 60 els. THE CLINGMAN TOBACCO CAKE NATITUE’N OWN BKiIIEIIV, Cares *K Wounds Cuts. Bruises, Burning, Erysipelas, Boils, Carbuncles. Bono Felons. Ulcers. Sores Sore Eyes, Sore Throat Bunions. Corns. Neuralgia Rheumatism, Orchitis. Gout. Rheumatic Gout. Colds, Coughs, Bronchitis, Milk Leg. Snake and Dog Bites. Stmgf of Insects. Ac. In fact allays all local Irritation and Inflammation from whatever cause. Frier 26 cl*. THE CLsNCMAN TOBACCO PLASTER Preimml according to the most scientific principles, of I lie PI’IIKST SEDATIVE IN<*RED I ENTS, compounded with the purest Tobacco Flour, and is specially recommended for Croup. Weed or Cake of the Breast, and for that class of irritant or inflammatory maladies. Aches and Pains where, from too delicate a state of the system, the patient is unable to bear the stronger application of the Tobacco Cake. For Headache or other Aches and Pains, it is invaluable. Price !.*> ct*. Ask your druggist for these remedies, or write to the CUKfiMAN TOBACCO CURE CO. DURHAM. N. C.. U. S. A. Bramblett & Bro„ UNDERTAKERS FORSYTH, GA. HAVING purchased the stock of under taker’s goods recently controlled by the late F N. Wilder as agent, we are pre pared to carry on the the undertakers busi ness in all its details. We have added a new line of goods to those already in ; t >ck, with new and complete stock of goods, ele gant new llearse and good reliable team, prompt and careful attention we hope to merit the patronage of the public, Burial Ilobes for gents and ladies, much nicer and at half the cost of suit of clothes. The Hearse will be sent free of cost with coffins costing <2O and upwards, where the dis tance is not too great. li HA.MB LETT & BRO. aisniiciii SOUTH WASH and DENTIFRICE Cures G on. I leers. Sore Month, Sore Throat, Cle -rises the Teet'i and Purifies the Breath ; used end rccomm'-Gd and hv i *adinsr dentists. Pre pared hv TANARUS) ts. .1. P A V,. M Hoi.nrs. Dutists. Macon. Ga. For Sale hy afi dru;rj:i ds and dentists. Hilliard Institute] FOISSVTII, GEOKGIA. 1886. Spring Term begins 11th January, Ends Oth June. Fall Term begins lltli August,_ends 20th November. Pupils rnav enter at any time. No deduc tions made in Tuition from time of en tering till close of Term, except in cases of -icknes- or by previous arrangements. It is of great advantage to the Student to en ter at the beginning of each Session. expenses: Board in good families, §IO.OO per month. Payable in advance. No deduction for less than one week. tuition : - month. Grammar Grade 3.00 per month. High School Grade 4/J0 per month. Payable monthly in advance. An Inci dental Fee of 50 cent* i-ybarged per Term, payable in advance. A reduction of Iff per cent is made when tuition for whole Term is made cash in ad vance. The pro rata of Public School Fund will be credited upon any account at any time during either Term, except where special reduction- are made, when there will l>e none made. No reduction in eases of with drawal before close of each Term, unless by previous and special arrangements, or pro tracted sickness. faculiy: V. E. Op.r. B. A., L. 1.. Principal. W. K. Stansell, A. 8.. Assistant in Math | ernaties and Languages. O. H. B. Blood worth, Esq.,*Govemmetit | al Science and Mercantile Law. W. P. Ponder, M. D., Anatomy, Physi ology and Hygiene. Lieut. S. B. Head, Commandant. Mrs. B. S. Willingham, Assistant Gram j mar Grade. Miss Ilsttie Dunn, Assistant Primary Grade. For further information address V. E. ORR, Principal. Forsyth, Ga. XHIRER 9. Ha.; made some of the Most Won derful Cures on record.