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THE MONROE ADVERTISER.
VOL XXXVII.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov’t Report.
A BSOLUTELY PIJPE
RICHER Til AN FUR-SEALS
SEA OTTERS ARE BEING RAPIDLY
EXTERMINATED.
Ther Hear the Most Prooiotm of Alt
Kktn* —'I lielr Haluls ami How
They «rr Hunted.
A Value MARINE idly Sea and than exterminated in the the mammal seal waters is of in being along greater Bering rap- the
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northwest coast, owing to long continued
neglect on the part of the Treasury De
partment to enforce existing laws for its
protection. As a result this Government
is likely to have to undertake the sup¬
port of several hundred natives on west¬
ern islands of the Aleutian chain, who
have hitherto depended on the chase of
the sea otter for their living. The final
destruction of thin intered.n* heut «g.
T.lrto. the reduction ot |,o|,u!atioo in that
region to absolute savagery, and even to
ktnrvatnn. Already tho formerly pros¬
perous inhabitants of certain villages
have been brought to such extremities
ns to be obliged to subsist on seaweed,
being only saved from perishing by
stores of provisions contributed by the
steamer Bear and other ships.
The fur of the son otter is the most
beautiful and costly of all peltries. It
ha* as fixed a value in the market to-day
as any of the p.eeious *l5U, metals, a prime
«kiu being worth while an excep
tionally good one will sometimes fetch
as much ns *350. From the earliest
times it ha* commanded as high a price
as to-day. The Japanese prized it above
all other materials for garments as long
ago as 1000 year* before tile discovery
of America by Columbus, and mmiity
tycoons clothed themselves with* its
shimmering velvet. When tho Russians
first opened up the Aleutian Islands and
the Hudson Bay traders secured the
coasts of I’uget Sound and Oregon, they
found the natives commonly wearing sea
otter cloaks, with which they parted for
a trifle, not valuing them equally with
the hair seal or the sea lion, the flesh ami
skins of the latter being more palatable
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t
The offers of the traders made hunting
for son otters brisk, and more than Un¬
000 persons were annually engaged in
pursuit of the animal from 17-1L until
1845, when their numbers were so far
reduced as to render the industry on such
a scale no longer remunerative. Some
notion may bo got of their original plon
tifulness from thc fact that in tho year
1804 a single vessel carried to K usia
15,000 skins, worth then, as now at least
$1,500,000. The work of extermination
was carried on at a frightful rate. J) i
ting the first year after the discovery of
the FribvloV Islands, which are the
breeding ground of the furs:a!s, two
sailors killed there 5000 sea otters. Tne
next year they secured 1000. Six years
latter not a single sea otter reappeared,
and none has been there since. With
similar rapidity they were wiped out all
along the Aleutian chain and down thc
northwest coast as far south as the
southern boundry of Oregon.
Sea otters spend most of their lives at
sea. The mother brings forth a single
young one, for the safety of which she
exercises the utmost solicitude. Daring
mfancy it is carried most of the time ou
'V'\> V, U * ma: “ ma ’ w bo floats on
ui u< w u ( ui niT-tuing uses her as
a sort o ra.t to play about on. W hen
frigh eued she takes the pup in her
mouth and dives If surprised by the
hunter on land she never thinks of de
sorting the pun, but clasps it tightly in
her arms and turns her back to receive
the spear or bullet. In feeding the an
imal usually fetches a number of shell
fish to surface and eats them while lying
on it.s back in the water, laying them on
its breast and breaking and devouring
them one by one. Crabs, fishes and the
tender fronds of seaweeds form a por
tion of its diet while of sea urchins it is
particularly fond, and it is said to break
them open by ta xing one m each paw
and smashing them together
The Aleuts declare that the sea otter
. the most intelligent and clever
is of all
njyk o animals, a l 'ca'ts just ou as land. the bear Certainly is the
noliving creature surpasses it in keen
ness ot Mgat ami heating. 1 no hunters
know better than to light a fire within
live miles to the windward of its haunts,
and many an e dung and flo wing tide is
req ui red to so wash away the scent of
human ootprints on the beach as to sat
isfy tne auima o. t .e safety of landing
there. I lie natives, who seek the Is!
auds o buanuc 1 and Lhernolours in
pursuit of it during the winter, often
spend many weeks theie without making
ahre, lest the smell of it frighten the
quarry. or tie sane reason they re
lrain from smoking or viewing tobacco.
an ne u u*e o t .eir .o.v . instead ot
being scattered on or near the beaches,
must be carried inland and buried. It
is assertei tin, wuva tne sea ot.er is
hunted down m its desperation it will
sometimes dive and jam itself mto a
crevice in the rocks beneath the water,
never rising again.
The mother sea otter sle psoathesur
face of the water with her pup clasped
in her fore paws. Ihe latter can never
be reared by hand. Attempts to bring
up young ones are often made by the
Aleuts, who very commonly capture
them alive, bat they invariably refuse to
eat and die oi starvation. Tne new
boin animal has a coat of coarse brown
and grizzled fur, which becomes gradu
ally darker, thicker and finer as it gro ws
older, so that at two years ot age it is in
prime condition. At five years the
FORSYTH . MONROE COUNTY, GA, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 16, 1892
c reat urc is hiU s row °» then a u*
tie . bigger . than adult beaver,
an rneasur
ing about four feet from the muzzle to
the tip of the tail. It has a white nose
and white mustache and whiskers. The
fur is glossy like velvet, with white
hairs scattered all over it. Its legs are
short, with webbed feet and nails like a
dog's. The hind flippers are powerful
swimming organs, by means of which it
can travel very rapidly in the water, and
! it is a famous diver.
J The creature is extremely playful and
will lie on its back in the water for a
j long time together, tossing a piece of
seaweed into the air alternately from
paw to paw and catching it at each toss
before it falls into the sea.
The ancient method commonly prac¬
ticed by the Aleuts in the chase of the
sea otter was the “3pearing surround.”
I As described by Seal Commissioner
I | “'"7 ! lodcbU V ’\ “«»«. "' 1 f " to r lm whom mSotm^Uon ton writer ou L
the subject, this kiml of hunt is engage l
in by fifteen or twenty skin boats with
two men in each, all being under control
of a leader chosen by common consent,
When the weather ,s moderately good
the boats start out in a long line, slowly
» Piling ,6cted over hod th the * S water a,ne where As 9^’ it ckl is f ex- a9
°»e o the animu s is discovered, ,\ asleep
j ' t] ' c bu lter wbo bas s P ied lfc
lfts hls I )adJ 0 f ° r a S1 - na * At tbc ,
“"I® »t dl *rts toward the , prey,
i 1 ^h.ch be nedrly ruck always and instautly takes alarm dlvc? before But
1 cin s -
thc J* anoc kc «P 9 n S , nt on and sto P 3 dl '
,CCtly °™ r the spot where the beast dis
a PP cared - eav,n S rin ^ with
° R, boIcs fro a lts <1” IC k-caught
breathl r ib ° other , boat9 immediately
de P|?y and scatter > formiu g « circle half
a mdu w,de arolmd tho l ,lacc ' vhere thc
se:l <dtt ’ 1 was !ast seeQ *
Thus arranged, thc hunters wait pa¬
tiently for the reappearance of the animal,
which must come to the surface for
breath in from fifteen to thirty minutes.
When this happens the boat nearest darts
, r fonvai d llke predecessor, ,
‘ m while all
, iatu * sbout an * throw up their to
i mak tbc spears
<! sea otter dive a S aiu . thu3 S iv *
it . scarcely iustant in which
ing an to
;;■ .tself and expel the poisoned air
j from its lungs. A sentry is placed over
the second diving wake as before, and
the circle is drawn anew. In this mini
ner tho surprise is quickly and often re¬
peated, sometimes for two or three hours*
until tho victim, from oft-interrupted
respiration, becomes so exhausted and
filled with gasts asdo bo unable to sink,
and then it is easily speared. Arrows
j five feet long, exquisitely made an 1
pointed with barbed pieces of bone, are
shot at the prey whenever there is an
opportunity, the regulation being that
the game belongs to the man whose shaft
strikes it first.
Contact with civilization has taught
tlie natives to use powder and ball instead
of their old-time weapons in the chise of
set otters, and, what with the in.emnt
popping of rifles wherever the animals
make their appearance, it cannot be long
before the ln<t of them is killed on the
northwest coast and among the islands of
the Aleutian chain.—Washington Star.
Fisheries of tiie Great Lakes.
Ceusus Bulletiu No. 173 gives de
tailed an 1 valuable information regard
j U g the fisheries of the Great Lakes,
These are the most extensive water fish
cries in the world. The number of peo
p i 0 fed, the number who make a livnm
by the industry, the capital invested, tht
returns thereon, an l the various cuter
prises closely dependent on the fisheries,
make up an important item in uerciafpur. the grand
aggregate of American com
suits. Special mention is made in the
bulletin of the wonderful productive
„ess of the waters ot the Great Lakes in
tire yield of fish. Careful estimates,
based on the known production in 1330,
1SS5, and 1889, show that in the decade
terminating with the census of 1890,
over 1,000,000,000 pounds of fish were
taken, which yielded to the fishermen
over $25,000,000. Tables are given,
showing that t>896 persons were engaged
ia 1889 in the capture of fish on ‘the
Great Lakes. These emoloyed 107 steam
ers, valued at $357,650; other vessels
and boats, worth $325,438. The appa
rat us used consisted of 3S3I pound nets
and trap nets, the value of which was
$822,919; gill nets to thc value of $408
797; seiues worth $15,089, and other ap
paratus amounting in value to $97,252.
rue capital invested in shore property
directly connected with the fisheries was
£$ 04 , 814 . These items give, as the total
investment in fishing property, fish'taken $2,832,
959. The quantity of was
117,085,568 pounds, the value of which
at first hands was $2,615,784. All these
statistics show large gains over 1880.
The lakes rank in the following order
in indusVrv- respect to the magnitude of the listing St!
Erie, Michigan, Huron and
Clair. Superior. Ontario. Thi< is a
change lrom 1880, when Ontario ranked
above Superior. The industry has
grcvVQ on every lake except Ontario,
where it has diminished. The decline in
tae fisheries of Lake Ontario is atmb
uted to the rigid enforce neat of legis
lation designed to prevent commercial
fishing. The varieties rank as follows
in regard to the quautitv taken from all
the lakes: Herring, 53.660,921 pounds;
whitefish, 15,326,488 Dounds: trout,
11,201,631 pounds, sturgeon, 2,793,
< 25 pounds; ail other species, 34,097,
S”3 pounds. Bass and trout take the
lead in value per pound, whitefish come
next, with other varieties follo wing at a
] diminishing ratio.— Rochester (Nh Y.)
Democrat and Chronicle,
BODY ATID SOUL.
Here at life’s silent shadowy gate,
O Sou), my Sou!. I lie and wait;
Faint in the darkness, blind anl dumb,
O Soul, my promised comrade, come!
The morn breaks gladly in the east;
Hush! hark' the signs of solemn feast:
The softened footstep on the stair;
The happy smile, the chant, the prayer;
The dainty robes, the christening-bowl—
’Tis well with Body and with Sou).
Why lingerest thou at dawn of life?
Seest not a world with pleasure rife?
Hear’st not the song and whir of bird?
The joyous leaves to music stirred?
Thou too shalt sing and float in light;
My Sou), thou sbalt be happy—quite.
But yet so young, and such unrest?
I hou must be glad, my glorious guest.
Here is the revel, here is mirth.
Here gayest melodies of earth;
Measures of joy in fulness spent;
My Soul, thou eanst but be content.
Is this a tear upon my hand?
A tear? I do not understand.
Ripples of laughter, and a moan?
Why sit wo thus, apart, alone?
Lift up thine eyes, O Soul, and singl
He comes, our lover, and our king!
Feel how each pulse in rapture thrills!
Look, at our feet the red wine spills!
And he—he comes with step diviue,
A spirit meet, O Soul, for thine.
Body and Soul’s supremest bliss—
What, dost thou ask for more than this?
Stay, here are houses, lands, and gold;
Here, honor's hand; here, gains untold;
Drink thou the full cup to the lees;
Driuk, Soul, and make thy bed in ease.
Thou art my prisoner; thou, my slave;
And thou shalt sip wherein I lave.
Nay ? nay ? 'I hen there are broader fields,
W hose luring path a treasure yields;
1 hou shalt the universe explore,
Its heights of knowledge, depths of lore;
Shalt journey far o’er land and sea;
And I, my Soul, wilt follow thee;
Wilt follow— follow—but I lag;
My heart grows faiut, my footsteps flag.
And there are higher, holier things?
Is this a taunt thy spirit flings?
W hat is it, Soul, that thou wouldst say?
Thou erst had time to fast and pray;
Give me one word, one loving sign,
For this spent life of yours and mine!
I held thee fast by sordid ties?
I trailed thy garments, veiled thine eyes?
Go on, I come: but once did wait,
0 Soul, for thee, at morning’s gate.
C’anst thou not pause to give me breath?
Perchance this shadow. Soul, is death,
f stumble, fall; it is the grave;
r am the prisoner; I the slave;
And thou, strange guest, for ay art free;
Forgive me. Soul; I could but be
Hie earth that soiled the fleshy clod,
1’he weight that bound thee to the sod.
Dust unto dust! I hear the knell;
And yet, O Sou 1 , I loved thee well!
—Emma H, Nason, in the Century.
THE DOCTOR’S LESSON,
'in IL FORD was driv
ing home in the twi
i light after working
ii hard all day, tired
,JtA& J and result anxious of an as ira to P° the rt
-
ant SUT ? lCal , ° pera -
tion performed that
morning. The mud
wmpSF spattered up from
the streets as he rolled along, and the i
chilling November drizzle gave to the j
familiar trees a forlorn, almost ghastly 1
aspect. His heart warmed as he pic
tured to himself a wife watching for
him, with a welcome smile, from their
cosy parlor, dinner ready, and a long, 1
restful evening before them. J
But, as he drew nerr home, no cheer
ful light streamed from door or window. .
All seemed as dark and deserted as the
dripping the boy, whose street. duty He threw to the bold reins the; to j
was
horse on his professional rounds, and i
flung open the door with an irritated,
injured feeling.
No tender smile; no symoathetic j
voice; no firelight; no dinner, appar- * !
ently.
“Elinor!” he called.
No answer.
“Elinor!”
This time a voice spoke out of the
darkness—a tired voice— j
“Do be more quiet, John; the baby is
just going to sleep.”
“Confound it! Why isn’t there a
light here? And why isn’t the baby *
asleep before this time of night?”
“He has been fretful all day ’ with his
teeth, and I have not had a chance to
change my dress.”
A wailing hurrying cry from the nursery sent
the voice thither, and the doc
tor, with some inaudible words pro
ceeded to light the gas and take off his
■wet overcoat. The house was cold, the
parlor had evidently been arranged by
Hibernian hands, an odor of something
burning stole in from the kitchen. A
pleasant receptton for a man after a long
day's work. i ■
He ran up stairs with no gentle foot
step. His wife sat by the nursery fire,
her face wore a weary expression, and
she had on the same blue gown which
she had donned for breakfast. The baby ,
at length slept in her arms. She held 1
up a warning finger as her husbaud came
blundering in, but already baby's lieht
slumber had been disturbed and the pro
cess of soothing and singing had to be
repeated for the fifteenth time.
It seemed to the young mother as if
her patience could hold out no longer,
It was provokmg to have the little one
startled from his uneasy dreams again,
She knew Bridget would spoil the din- .
ner. She had been trying all day to get
down stairs to make the house pleasant
■with a magic touch here and there. She
longed to get into a fresh gown and
brush her hair, but there had been no
time for her tc do one of these things.
Nurse was away with a sick sister, and
babies always demand more from their
mothers than from any one else. They
arc tyrannical and know and se:ze every
opporluttitj to pryve their po,\er
the anxious, half ignorant young mothers,
who are happy, after ali, to be their
slaves.
When at last the dinner bell rang Mrs.
Ford laid the baby in his crib, sound
asleep this time, warm and lovely in bis
ulter repose. She gave a hurried dab at
her wavy hair, caught up a fresh hand¬
kerchief and ran down u join her hus¬
band, who sat at the table with a decid¬
edly cross look on his face. He barely
tasted the soup, then pushed it away in
disgust.
“Burned?” asked his wife.
“Of course. Can’t you smell it all
over the house? Why don't you look
after Bridget a little?”
“Why, John, I hare hardly been
downstairs to-day.”
“Where’s Hannah?”
“She went to her sister's last night.”
“Oh yes; I forgot. Whafc^s this? Cold
corned beef 1 Really. Elinor, have you
nothing else to offer?”
“Would you like an omelet?”
“No.”
“What then?”
“A beefsteak, if there is one.” •
Mrs. Ford rose and went to the kitch¬
en. The girl, of course, had just
filled up the range with fresh coal, so
there was nothing to be done but make
the best of the cold meat, potatoes and
macarroni, followed by a dessert of ap¬
ple pudding and cheese.
Dr. Ford found fault with the pota¬
toes and said he wa3 tired of macarroni,
the bread was dry, and the butter not
perfect. As to the pudding:
“My mother always had wiuce pies at
this season,” said he.
This avas the last straw, and his wife,
uuusually sensitive to straws to-night,
could bear no more.
“It is a pity you ever left your
mother.”
“I think so too,” he responded push¬
ing his chair back.
His wife hesitated a moment whether
to run around the table and burst into
rears upon her husband’s shoulder or to
rush upstairs and have a good cry by
baby’s side. She decided upon the lat¬
ter course and, with quivering lip, left
the room and shut herself up in the nur¬
sery, where the fire was dying on the
hearth and the baby breathing softly, in
strange contrast to her overwrought con¬
dition.
“Well, it is provoking. Women al¬
ways must cry and fly into t passion
about trifles.”
But her husband, even a3 he thought
these words,began to feel repentant. He
remembered the teething baby and the
long day at home alone. Ir. another
moment he would have followed, his wife
upstairs and apologized for door? ttv palg. he
had given her. But the q rang,
I.UU J. ouuiiuuild CO » .O.v U ..Wl -ila.l at a
distance seat him at once out into the
wet night. And all domestic grievances
were forgotten before he had driven 200
yards.
The patient lived in a squalid part of
the town by the river. The darkness
seemed deeper in this poor neighbor
hood, the rain more soaking and the
wind keener. The river swept sullenly
by, a black, swollen tide, reflecting the
flaring lights on the bridge. But the
doctor nrnded this discomfort very lit
tie. He was in love with his profession,
ardent and young. Besides, the despised
dinner had given him new courage to
fi S bt P a, f aQd death. j
Hc entere ^ c ° ne r f “ 0f tbe (
house , to which he r had been directed ,
with a face quite free from impatience.
A woman opened the door for him—a
lean, misertble creature, with pale eyes
void of expression, Her thin hair hung
over her neck, her calico dress fell limply
from her sharp shoulders. She stared at
the doctor as he entered, and he could
see there were tears in her childlike
eyes. slowly
“Joe’s sick, she said, _ gazing
into his face.
“What’s the matter?”
“He-he’s goin’ ter die, maybe,” she
faltered piteously.
“No, I hope ncu.
“Joe s sick,” she repeated in a wms
per, shaking her head.
“Who’s come?” asked a voice from the
bed in the corner of the room. .“Nellie,
girl, who ate ve talkin’ with?”
“It is Dr. Ford, whom you sent for,”
said the physician approaching the bed.
One candle lighted dimly the untidy,
comfortless place, showing a stove and a
man with tumble hair and rough beard
lying among the pillows of his bed.
“Oh, the doctor,’’said he, with fever
ish eyes staring from under shaggy
brows,
“How long have you been ill? asked
Dr. Ford, sitting down on a rickety
chair.
“It’s a week since I gave up, but I’ve
been feeling bad a long time.”
The doctor placed his little ther
mometer under the patient's tongue and
waited silently.
“Jce’s sick,” moaned the girl, peer
ing out of the shadows.
The sufferer seemed to be irritated by
the repetition of these words and made
an impatient gesture, but as he did so
glanced pitifully at the slouching figure.
“What you most need is good nurs
ing,” said the doctor, after examining
the patient!
Tne man’s face darkened. The woman
hovered aimlessly over the stove,
“She’s my wife,” said the sick man,
hoarsely. “I know she ain’t quite like
folks. But she's peaceable and
good, not bold and noisy like other
women. I pitied her first off; then I
got kind o’ fond of her. And she"—
The girl had crept to the bedside and
stood there with her vacant, troubled
face, fumbling with the pillows. mother
“Joe,” she said, much as a
might speak her baby’s name.
“She can't do nothing for me nor for
herself,” whispered the man, as he
clasped one of the fluttering hands iD
his.
“Poor thing!” murmured the doctor,
“I can earn good wages when I'm
well,” went on the invalid, ‘ and I did
the cooking and kept the house tidy
tuen. Now everything's going wrong,
She spoils all the victuals, but she don’t
mean to.
At this moment something on the stove
boiled over with a loud hiss and filled
the room with the odor of scorching
milk. The girl stared, then moved
towards the ruined mess.
“Oh, dear me,” said the sick man,
under his breath. “Don’t burn yourself,
Nellie," he called, as if to a child.
“It's scorched, Joe,” she said,the tears
overflowing at last.
“Nevermind, my girl, throw it away.
Wc can get plenty more. You see,doc¬
tor." he said in his hoarse voice, “I
can’t speak rough to her. She’s mv
wife.”
111 8 G 3 cl you a nu^e, iny man, he
good care^ a EwiU come L^Vto-mor’
row.” And with alow bow to man and
wife, now clinging together, hand in
hand, the doctor said good-night, and
went on his way.
“Thank you, sir,” called out the sick
man, much moved.
The girl only stared and wiped the
last tear from her lashes.
Two hours later a capable, kind
hearted woman was installed as nurse in
the little home by the river. She brought
with her food in abundance, and com¬
forts of all kinds.
Dr. Ford drove slowly homeward.
Though it was late a bright light shone
The com glow the parlor of wood window fire illuminated as he stopped, the
a
room as he entered. But no one came tc
meet him. His wife sat in her rocker
fast asleep. The lamp threw a radiance
over her bronze-brown hair and one deli
cate cheek as she slept with her head
against the crimson back of the chair.
Her face wore a sweet, childlike expres¬
sion, with a touch of pathos about the
lips, and her hands lay loosely clasped
in the lap of her gown of soft dove
color.
Near the fire stood a white-draped
table bolding a tempting little repast,
carefully arranged. From a slender glass
in the midst hung one red rose. The
doctor knew she had cut it for him Irom
her favorite plant. On a pretty plate re¬
posed the flakiest and most delect able of
mince pies.
Dr. Ford stooped and kissed his wife’s
fair cheek reverently. She stirred, then
opened her large eyes slowly.
“Oh, you have come. I am sorry I
was not awake to meet you. But here’s
a mince pie. I sent over to your mother
for one.”
“Hang the pie!” cried John Ford.
“Elinor, I am a brute!”
- “Oh, no, dear—only a man, instead oi
an archangel, as I once believed you tc
be. But neter mind. How do you like
my dress?”
“It is divii^p. and you arc
Eiinur. But dearest, come and sit by
me. I have just been to see a gentle¬
man. I want to tell you all about it.”
WISE WORDS.
A friend is less a rock of refuge than
a cross to be alternately sustained and
leaned upon.
In matters of love and matrimony in
especial should one prepare to be over
taken by the unexpected,
Iu reckoning the world’s benefactions
the fancy that flits must share equally
with the patience that plods.
If fine nature3 were ever „ iven to re .
Ve nge, the most effective means to such
would be favor shown to an enemy. J
aud contemplative minds will
question whether a finite life may be
long enough to commit sins deserving an
eternity of pumsament.
Rules aDd resolutions are a sort of
poor relation, expected Dot to interfere
with matters generally, but good to ap
peal to in an emergency,
Youthful defects ot vanity and affec
tation are classed a 3 moral shortcomings
only after the dark spot of dissolution
has appeared in the ideal.
Maa is not measured by whafi he doe3
not do , though in condemning some of
fenses we are apt to place the offenseless
clod above the offending f man.
^ligious . faith ..... in one s self is a laud- , ,
ab ° atu e !f b ° l f law m fp tbat superstition n <* ^pendent is the repre- upon
henslble bebef f of the civilized in the
supernatural.
There is a certain kind of jealousy
which is sweet and without sting—that
which is tacitly recognized as fictitious
All around, set a guard over a love
grown too precious to leave without
some show of mediaeval defence.—Judge.
The Great Salt Desert of Asia.
Some seventy odd miles south of Tehe
ran, in Persia, is a large tract of land
known as the Great Salt Desert of Asia,
and a wonderful curiosity it is. A trav
eller, C. E. Biddulph, with a party vis
ited the section and gives a very inter
esting account of what he saw. The salt
tract is a great area, being covered witk
an incrustation of solid salt of various
depths, and resembles somewhat a vast
frozen lake. From the ouler edge fox
about three miles toward the centre of
the field the salt is found to be soft with
an admixture of earth. Beyond this dis
tance the salt began to assume more the
appearance of solid ice, and will sustain
the weight of horses, mules, camels, etc.
At a distance of about eight miles towards
the centre it was necessary to employ the
service of a large hammer and an iron
tent peg to break off a piece of this
phenomenal incrustation to carry away as
a souvenir.—Boston Cultivator,
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Whoso Eats Meat Cannot Sing.
One whose business it has been to find
persons suited for vocalists says he never
loses his time looking for a fine voice in
a country where fish or meat diet pre
vails. Vocal capacity disappears m
families as they grow rich, because they
eat more meat. Those Italians who eat
the most fish (those of Naples and Genoa)
have few fine singers among them. The
sweet voices are found in Irish women
j of the country, and not of the towns.
Norway is not a country of singers be
j tause they eat too much fish, but Sweden
is a country of grain and song. Tht
carnivorous birds croak; grain-tating
. birds sing.—Musical Millions.
NUMBER 31.
1892 . 1892 .
EDGAR L. ROGERS.
SPRING OPENING!
From April 1st I will be prepared to show to my trade and all
the people the
GREATEST LINE OF NOVELTIES
Kver brought to this market. There is no need to go to Atlanta or Macon,
1 prepared *° provide tortflo wants of all.
As * u local con,pet,t.on .t gives me no uneasiness. My record p aces
m0 , *« r all0vc »“ efforts ot all Lilliputian competitors, 1 have boon selling
* bo
Clothing and Dress Goods
In Barnesville for years and now 1 come with even more startling
revelations than ever.
MY STOCK OF EMBROIDERIES
In all widths are of my own inportation and the small merchants will have
to be quiet while I show and sell tho people. Don’t overlook your inter¬
ests but come and look. Yours ahead
EDGAR L. ROGERS.
Barnesville, Ga., April 1st, 1892.
P. S.—Messrs. HOWARD and COLLIER nro here to help display
the panorama of wonders, ,
FURNITURE
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION
AT
Prices to Match the Times
FOR—
CASH OR CREDIT.
WILEY L. SMITH,
Cor. Hill St. and Slaton Ave., GRIFFIN, GA.
WRITE FOR PRICES ON
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And all Kinds of Building & Material.
WE HAVE THE FAMOUS
Krustch EMBOSSING Machine.
And are prepared to make any design oi Embossed Work, A trial
will convince you that our goods are the BEST and CHEAPEST.
W. C. AYCOCK,
On Htreet Car Line, GRIFFIN, GA.
GROWERS AND DEALERS IN SEED.
We are headquarters in the South lor ali varieties of Grassos, Clovers,
Genuine Eastern Seed Irish Potatoes.
ALL VARIETIES GARDEN SEED.
Onion Sets, etc. German Millet, Pearl or Cat Tail Millet, Milo Maize,
Kaffer Corn, Early Amber and Early Orange Cain Seed, Finest variety
Melon Seed. In fact everything carried in the Seed Lihe. Call and soo
us or write for price li3t.
GEORGIA SEED CO.
Corner Second and Poplar Streets, MACON, GA,
Having greatly enlarged our shop and capacity for turning out work, w«
again solicit the trade ot Monroe.
FLOORING, CEILING,
BLINDS, DOORS and SASH constantly on hand. SHINGLES and
LATHS always in stock.
LIME, BRICK,
TERRA COTTA PIPING, PAINTS, GLASS, WALL PAPER, and a
kinds of builders srpplies can be had here at any time.
TURNED WORK.
BRACKETS and SCROLLS of endless pattern and variety.
GIVE US A CALL.
We prepared to make POPLAR FRUIT CRATES to order and
are
any quantity. PROUT.
TURNER &
BARNESVILLE, GA-j -4j m 2nd,. 1821.