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@The Marietta Journal,
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING BY
NEAL & MASSEY, PROPRIETORS.
OFFICE:
UP-STAIRS, IN FREYER'S BUILDING,
SOUTH-SIDE OF SQUARE.
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Business Cards.
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DR. E. M. ALLEN,
m RESIDENT DENTIST,
HAVING enjoyed the confi
dence and patronage of the community for
twenty-five years, is in active practice with
all necessary improvements and material, at
prices reasonable enough to suit the most
economical. Office, North-side of Square,
over J. H. Barnes' old store, Marietta, Ga.
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DR. N. N. GOBER,
PRACTICING PHYSICIAN,
'[‘ENDERS HIS PROFESSIONAL SER
vices to the citizens of Marietta and
wrroundiug country. Office, North-side of
Square, Up-Stairs in the Hill Building. Res
idence at the Laneau house, one block from
Cherokee street, Marietta, Ga.
DR. E. J. SETZE,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
'l‘ ENDERS HIS PROFESSIONAL SER-
A vices in the practice of Medicine in all
its branches to the citizens of Marietta and
surrounding country. Office at Setze and
Simpson’s Drugstore. All calls promptly
attended.
DR. H. V. REYNOLDS,
PRACTICING PHYSICIAN,
'WHEN NOT ENGAGED ELSE
where may be found during the dl:r
at his office, up stairs, in McClatchy Build
ing, South-west corner of Public Square,
and at night at his residence on Powder
Springs street, one door above the Metho
dist parsonage, Marietta, Ga.
DR. JOHN H. SIMPSON,
PRACTICING PHYSICIAN,
N YARIETTA, GEORGIA. OFFICE,
AVL at Setze & Simpson’s Drug Store.
DR. P. R. CORTELYOU,
PRACTICING PHYSICIAN,
MARIE'I"]‘A, GEORGIA. OFFICE,
i North-side Public Square, over Wm.
Root's store. Consultation Hours, 94 a. m.
' to 123 to 5 p. m., unless otherwise engaged.
DR. G. TENNENT,
Office in Nichols’ Hall, first room on left.
‘ \'} EST-SIDE PUBLIC SQUARE, MA
rietta, Ga. Has removed residence to
the Ogden place on Roswell street. All
calls promptly attended. July 4th, 1883,
W. P. McCLATCHY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
MARII‘]'I'TA, GEORGIA. PRACTICE
4 in all the Courts. Legal business so
licited and promptly attended to. Office in
McClatchy Building.
WILL. J. WINN,
ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW,
D 1 ARIETTA, GEORGIA. | All legal
business solicited and promptly
attended. Practices in all the Courts, State
and Federal. Office in Masonic Building,
South-side of Square.
J. Z. FOSTER,
ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW,
MA RIETTA, GEORGIA. PROMPT
¢ attention given to all legal business.
Office in MeClatehy's Building.
A. 8. CLAY, D. W. BLAIR.
CLAY & BLAIR,
ATTORNEYS AT LAV,
'MARIETTA, GEORGIA. ROOMS 1
o and 2on the left over Wade White's
store, We give our entire attention to the
practice of law. Promptness is our motto.
Collection a specialty.
C. D. PHILLIPS. W. M. SESSIONS.
PHILLIPS & SESSIONS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
OFFICE OVER SESSIONS, HAMBY &
Co.'s store, Marietta, Ga.
R. N. HOLLAND,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
“ARIE'I'TA, GEORGIA. WILL DE
-1 vote his entire attention to the prac
tice of law in the Blue Ridge and adjacent
circuits. Office, South-side of Public Square
in the Freyer building, first room on right,
opposite Journal office.
J. J. NORTHCUTT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
A(‘\V()RTH, GEORGIA. WILL PRAC
tice in the counties of Cobb, Paulding,
Cherokee, Bartow and others. Immediate
attention given to collections
Money to Loan to Farmers !
Plenty of it, on Long Time
IT costs nothing to find out all about it.
Apply to
ENOCH FAW,
Attorney at Law, Marietta, Ga.
HOTEL EMERY,
0o American and European Plan
Vine Street, between 4th and sth,
Brvian Maxwell,
CINCINNATI, OHIO.
The Marvietta Journal.
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Business Cards.
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WILLIAM F. GROVES,
Ceneral Insurance Agent,
MARIETTA, GA.
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LIFK ave FIRH.
Prompt attention given to applications from a
distance
FRANK KING
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Fire and Life Insurance,
Marietta, Georgiea,
Representing the strongest Fire and Life In
surance Companies in the World, with authority
to undertake town and county risks in Cobb and
the neighboring counties, on ths most liberal
terms.
1837, 1884,
JOHN V. HMETCALFE, Tailor,
HAS JUST RECEIVED A BEAUTIFUL
assortment of
Worsted, Cloths, Doeskins
And SUITINGS of the best Foreign and Home
Manufacture ; also a full line of Trimmings.
¢ Your orders solicited.”
INEW STORE!
INEW GOODS!
Jas. W. Hardeman
DEALER IN
Family Groceries,
Canned Goods and Country Produce,
East-Side of Public Square,
MARIETTA; .........ccon cooeeee.. GEORGIA.
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A. B. Gilbert,
LEast Side Public Square,
Dealer in
‘ € . &
Family Groceries
CANNED COODS
Cash customers solicited. Barter of all kinds
bought and sold.
‘4. B. GILBERT.
_ Mavrictta, Jun. Ist. 1885
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JOHN R. SANGES,
Harness-Making,
CARRIAGE TRIMMING ‘AND
REPAIRING.
Shop Under McCutcheon's Hall,
MARIBTTA, i siiiie i GEORGIA,
L.Black & Son
Manufaccturers of
FURNTTURE
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Sash, Blinds, Doors
And Dealers in
LUMBER
Of all kinds and for sale on the best of terms.
Puaints, Oils, Glass, and
Burial Casoes.
ALSO
owae . s
House Building aod Repairing
Thankful for past patronage. we beg leave to
state that we are fully prepared for the erection of
buildings and give perfect satisfaction Wil do
all kinds of work in our line in the best style
and at the lowest prices Will keep constantly
on hand Sash Blinds Doors, §c . and fill or
ders for Lumber. Shop South side of Square,
Marietta, Ga L. BLACK & SON.
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W. E. Gilbert
DEALER IN
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GENERAL NERCHANDISE,
Murietta, Georgia,
Cash Customers Solicited.
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Goods Sold on Time
At reasonable advances above cash prices to
Prompt Paying Customers.
It will be to the interest of close buging partics
to exramine my stock, Good Goods and Short
Profits, is what I gyuarantee. A large stock of
DRY GOODS.
BOOTS, SHCES and HATS,
CROCKERY,
FURNITURE,
dec., &e, are always on hand. Stock of
CLOTHING
of the lutest styles and best make and fabric.
W. E CILBERT
T. W. GLOVER, 2B oLovem
T.W. Glover & Co.,
West Side Public Square,
MARIETTA, ..cic oo ioioso 00000 es GEORGIA,
DEALERS IN
‘ . . .
Family Groceries,
BOOTS AND SHOES,
Harness, Saddles & Bridles,
HAY, BRAIN, PEAS,
CORN, FLOUR, SUGAR, COFFEE, SY
RUP, BACON, LARD, RICE,
GRISTS, TOBACCO, &c.
Country Produce bought and sold. Call
and see us,
T. W. GLOVER & CO.
L. & LUK
North-East Corner Public Square, Marietta, Ga.,
DEALER IN
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Family Groceries,
CONFECTIONERIES,
CANNED GOODS, CIGARS, TOBACCO,
&c. Country Produce hought and sold.
Will sell as Cheap as the Cheapest.
Subscribe for the Marietta Journal
and keep posted in county news.
“BE JUST AND FEAR NOT—LET ALI, THE ENDS THOU AIM'ST AT BE THY COUNTRY'S, THY GOD'S AND TRUTH'S”
MARIETTA, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 26, 1885.
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INSTITUTE.
7 THE SPRING TERM OF THIS
Institution commences
>° MONDAY, JANUARY 12th.
Girls and Young Ladies will be
thoroughly instructed in the branches of a
complete college course. The number of
pupils will be limited, and for the present,
the lowest grade of pupils received will be
those prepared to read in an ordinary fourth
Reader und pursue the studies indicated by
such advancement. Boys cannot be received
as ’Fupils.
erms per scholastic month of four weeks
$3.00 to $5.00 Incidental fee per term of
six months 50 cents,
An&' additional information may be ob
tained by applying to the Principal.
V. E. MANGET.
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Marble Monuments,
HEAD AND FOOT STONES,
In any Design, of Italian, Vermont or
Georgia Marble, at our shop in rear of Ma
sonic Building. We defy competition in
quality of work or prices.
McCLATCHY & BAILEY.
As to the skillful and artistic workmans
ship of Mr. Bailey, specimens of his work
can be seen in the Marietta and Episcopal
Cemeteries. The monument over the grave
of Governor McDonald is the work ot
Mr. Bailey done before the war. Ie has
just left the employ of prominent marble
works in Tennessee to come to Marietta to
open a marble yard, and your patronage is
solicited D. F. McCLATCHY.
Marietta, Ga., Nov. 19th, 1884,
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For sale by SETzE & SlmpsoN, Marietta, Ga.
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And Producing Quick Relief and
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Also, equally eflicacious when used in
other maladies, such as Ulclers, Fever Sores,
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descriptions and directions fnrl;»laming all
Vegetable and Flower SEEDS, BULRBS, etc,
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The Marietta Journal.
MARIETTA, GA._,
THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 26, 1885.
Noah was not only a socialist but
an arkist.
sl e ligsiie g
Tue Gordon county election re
sulted in a victory for whiskey by
124 majority.
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THERE is a prisoner in the Tipton,
Tenn., jail who is allowed many priv
leges. On Sunday he attends church
regularly, and after services returns
to the seclusion of his dismal cell.
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When a man gets ahead of you in
life it is an easy matter to run him
down if you don’t catch up with him.
—Burlington Hawkeye.
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A scientific gentleman in London
is trying to produce cats without tails.
This should not be a very difficult
undertaking if he hasa good sharp
cleaver. |
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A great many Maryland farmers
will plant peanuts largely this year
instead of watermelons, which they
think will pay far better. For the
last two or three years no money has
been made in growing watermelons.
Frank Abner, 15 years old, is
charged with murdering his grand
mother, Mrs. Ross, near Rock Creek,
IIL., afew nightsago. She reprimand
ed him for truancy, and at midnight
he rose and buried an axe into her
brain, killing her instantly.
DR — e
Last Friday night, at Linden, Tex
as, the residence of P. B. Kenkead,
the county treasurer, was entered by
two masked men, who struck Mr.
Kenkead a severe blow on the head
with the pistol and then robbed the
safe of $l,OOO in money and $22,000
in State securities.
H. C. Barnes, of Kershaw county,l
S. C., was knocked down and robbed
in New Orleans recently. He was
hit with a sandbag and knocked sense
less for a time. He was robbed of
860 in cash, a fine gold watch and
chain and his railroad ticket. Even
his pocket knife and shirt buttons
were taken.
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A great sensation has been occa
sioned in Russia by a Hebrew con
gregation at Odessa accepting the
New Testament. As its members do
not crook their fingers in the orthodox
manner in.making the sign of the
cross, they are not looked upon with
favor by the Russian ecclesiastical
authorities.
“Auntic Wilmore,” as she was fa
miliarly called, or Nancy Cass Wil
more, as her name is said to have
been, died in Wilmington, 111., last
week, at the age of 116 years. She
was undoubtedly the oldest person in
that State, ifnot in the United States.
Her last words were: “Not my will
but thine be done.”
A young lady in New York com
menced using arsenic about a year
ago to beautify her complexion. The
experiment panned out to her com
plete satisfaction. She succeeded in
securing a white complexion, but just
at that point the drug began to put
in some of its fine work, and an inju
dicious dose lett the silly girl a
corpse.
A
Mg. David Dixon, the distinguish
ed Georgia farmer, died at his home
near Sparta on the 18th inst. Ie
had just returned from his customary
horseback ride and, feeling badly,
went to bed, when he was seized with
a chill and died in a few minutes.
He was about 75 years old, and had
achieved great success in cotton
planting and was widely known.
A great western editor declares
that the next advance in journalism,
which up to this time has been noto
rious for the quantity of news, will
be a diseriminating taste as to the
quality. No less a poet and newspa
per man than William Cullen Bryant
said that the character and success
of a journal were dependent more up
on what was suppressed rather than
what was printed, of the vast mass of
matter offered for publication.
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A tramp was sentenced in Palmer,
Mass., a few days ago to one year of
vagrancy. While endeavoring to
make his escape througha brick wall,
the janitor appeared in the door who
left his bunch of keys hanging in the
door. It was the work of a minute
for the tramp to jump out of the
door, lock up the janitor and make
off. He has the keys which unlock
the jail, court room and banks of the
‘town,
SPEER CONFIRMED.
Emory SpEER was confirmed as
Judge of the Southern District of
Georgia on the 18th inst., by one ma-J
jority, and Senator Brown giving the
decisive vote in Speer’s favor. The
Senate sat in executive session on
his case nearly four hours. Most of
the time was taken up by Senators
Brown and Colquitt. Senator Col
quitt made a long speech, reviewing
the evidence he had submitted before
the judiciary committee, and stren
uously opposing Speer. e declared
‘that the people of the district over
which he would preside were almost
unanimous in opposition to his con
firmation. He said Speer was unfit
in character and attainments for this
office, and to force him upon the peo
ple would be an outrage. Senator
Colquitt denied that he opposed
Speer because of his politics. Though
Speer had figured somewhat in polit
ical affairs, it would be pretty hard to
tell what his politics are. He said
he based his objections solely on the
lack ot legal and moral qualifications.
He concluded with an appeal to the
republicans to look beyond the fact
that this was the nomination of a re
publican president, and of one who
claimed to be a republican, and to
judge of him on his merit as a man.
Senator Colquitt was very emphatic
in his remarks.
Senator Brown made an earnest
speech in support of Speer; so did
Hoar. - Senator Vest, of Missouri,
spoke against Speer.
Vote stood 30 to 29. All the dem
ocrats except Senator Brown voted
against confirmation or were paired
against it. Four Republicans oppos
ed Speer. They were Hale, of Maine;
Jones, of Nevada; VanWyck, of Ne
braska ; and Plumb, of Kansas. /The
case caused the most spirited contest
known in the executive sessions in a
long time.
All honor to Senator Colquitt for
the part he took in this contest. Of
the two Georgia Senators, he alone
represented the true demoecratic sen
timent of the people of this State.
A DEADLY THRUST.
AT Shelbyville, Tenn., Perry Col
lins and Sam Scott, relatives, went
home drunk and quarreled at the
supper table about a bet of ten cents.
Collins threw the coffee pot at Scott.
The men went out doors with drawn
knives to fight it out, Mrs. Collins,
who had been an agonized witness to
the difficulty, doing all she could to
prevent it, ran in between the two
men just as each made a deadly
thrust at the other with his knife.
She received both the stabs, one in
the heart and one in the neck. She
turned and walked back into the
house and fell dead. Her children
screamed, and the men having made
friends, rushed in to view their dead
ly work. They were allowed to at
tend the funeral of their victim and
rode together in a spring wagon to
the grave. They were then placed in
Jail.
BRISTLING WITH NEEDLES.
A remarkable case, now puzzling
several physicians, has just been de
veloped in Manor Township, Arm
strong county, Pa., a few miles from
Pittsburg. A daughter of George
Weaver, a dairyman in that locality,
recently began suffering from a jag
ging sensation in her arms and body.
The pain finally became unbearable,
and a physician was called in to ex
amine the case. He discovered a
number of needle points just under
the skin and removed them.
This afforded the young woman re
lief for the time being, but a day or
two ago she began to feel symptoms
of more needles in different parts of
her body, and cailed upon Dr. Jessop
of Armstrong county, to remove
them. He extracted six from her
right arm, four from the muscles and
two from the flesh at the back of arm.
Their removal seemed to cause the
patient intense anguish.
~ Altogether twenty-four needles
have been removed from her body
and they are still appearing on her
breast, side and arm. In reply to a
question as to how the needles came
there she said that she believed some
one shot them into her flesh.
James R. Stevens, a farmer, resid
ing a short distance above 'l'renton,
N. J., visited that city on Saturday
night and left his horse and carriage
under a hotel shed until after night
fall. On returning to the quiet of
his suburban home he was mystified
by finding a newly-born infant snug
ly wrapped in the rear part of his
wagon. He was utterly unable to
account for the cherub’s sudden ad
vent, unless it had fallen with the
snow from the skies. The little
stranger was kindly cared for by Mrs.
Stevens, and its foster parents are
now anxious awaiting a claimant.
EASY THINGS.
’ There are some boys who do not
}like tolearn anything that is hard.
‘They like easy lessons and easy work,
‘but they forget that things which are
learned easily are of comparatively
little value when they are learned.
A man who confines himself to easy
things must do hard work for small
pay. For example, a boy can learn
to saw wood in five minutes; any boy
can learn to saw it in the same time ;
any ignorant person can learn it just
as easily ; and the result is, the boy
who has only learned to saw wood, if
he gets work to do, must do it in com
petition with the most ignorant class,
and accept the wages for which they
are willing to work.
~ Now, it is very well for a boy to
‘know how to saw wood. But suppose
‘he knew how to builda steam engine.
‘This whuld be much harder to learn
‘than sawing wood ; but when he had
learned it he would know something
which other people do not know, and
iwhen he got work to do other people
could not come and get it away from
him. He would have a prospect of
steady work and good wages; he
would have a good tradeand so be in
dependent. Boys should think of
this, and spend their early days in
learning the thing they need to know
in after years. Some boys are very
anxious to leran; but this is not al
ways best. Itis often more impor
tant that boys shsuld learn. When
they are young they can earn but
little, but they can learn much, and
if they learn things thoroughly when
young, they will earn when they are
older much more than enough to
make up for the time and labor which
they spent in learning what to do and
how to do it.
APPALLING FATE OF A YOUNG LADY,
A horrible story comes from Spring
field, W. Va., of the burying ofa
young lady (Miss Mary Cox) alive.
She was taken violently ill, and the
attending physician decided that she
was suffering from neuralgia and pre
scribed morphine—one dose to be ad
ministered at once and another in
twenty-four hours. By mistake the
second dose was given in a short time
after the first, and in an hour or two
thereafter Miss Cox apparently died,
and in two days was buried. At the
funeral one lady insisted that she
was not dead and wanted a physician
sent for. But no attention was paid
to this, and the night after the burial ‘
the dogs of a man living near the
graveyard stationed themselves at the
tomb and kept up a persistent howl
ing. The strange action of these dogs
led to the openjng of the grave early
the next day, and to the horror of all
it was found that the girl had been
buried alive. The lining was torn
from the sides of the casket, and the
pillow was in shreds. The poor girl
had literally stripped the clothes
from her body. Her hands and arms
were torn and bleeding, and the lips
were bitten through, and handfuls of
hair were torn from her head. The
girl had come to life, and evidently
made a fearful struggle to escape.
The awful affair fills the community
with horror.
NOT SO BIG AS HE THOUGHT
A bright little fellow, about three
years of age, was very anxious to go
to walk with his father.
“No,” said the latter, “you can’t
go; you're too little.”
“Oh, no, papa,” he said stoutly,
“I’'m a big boy.”
“All right,” said his father, “come
along.”
On the way home the little fellow
became tired, and wanted his father
to carry him
“I thought you were a big boy,”
said his father, pretending to sneer.
~ “I was a big boy when I started
out,” he said, “but I'm a little boy
now.
He was carried the rest of the
way.—Merchant Traveler.
Knoxville people are still bragging
about the hog killed in that city some
days ago, which weighed 1,205 pounds,
or about 200 pounds more than an
average horse. It is now claimed
that the ponderous porker was not a
native of East Tennessee, but belong
ed to one of the F. F. Vs, and tipped
the hay scales at 800 pounds when
he was exported from the Old Domin
ion, and that he was really a native
of Kentucky and was sent to Virginia
in his “pighood.” The honor, there
fore, will have to be shared by at least
three States. |
The cocoanut will not flourish away
from the seashorc, salt water being
absolutely essential to its growth.
No magnet is truer to the pole than
is the root of the cocoanut tree to
the ocean; for when the root breaks
through its husks it points directly
toward the sea, no matter in what po
sition the nut is placed in the ground.
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DON'T HIT THAT POST.
’ The funeral ceremonies were con
cluded, ard the remains of the late
wife of DeGruntle were being car
ried in the elegant casket to the
hearse.
Just as the bearers neared the
hearse one of them stumbled and the
casket struck against a post. At
once there was a commotion in the
casket, and a faint cry was heard.
The bearers returned to the house
with their burden, and on opening
the casket it was found that the un
fortunate woman was not dead, and
had come near being buried while in
a state of unconsciousness that had
lasted several days.
Two years afterward Mrs. DeGrun
tle really died, and for a second time
the funeral services were being held
over the body. At their conclusion
tne casket was taken out as before.
As the bearers were walking down
the path to the hearse the bereaved
husband suddenly rushed oat of the
house and shouted:
“Take care, there! Don’t let the
casket hit that post.— Boston Sunday
Times.
[ Tue OLp, OLp STORY.—Augustus
and Clara had become engaged after
the usual manner of young people
who haven’t anything else to do, and
Clara showed a disposition after some
time to dissolve the tie.
“Augustus,” she said one evening,
“let’s don’t be engaged any longer.”
“What's that for?’ he inquired
with some surprise.
“Oh, I'm tired, and besides it was
only a sham engagement on my part,
anyway. Here’s your ring.
“Don’t trouble yourself about the
ring, Clara. It is only a sham dia
mond anyway. I bought a half doz
en for three dollars, just to use in
little emergencies like this. Good
by; don’t tell any of the other girls
about the ring please,” and he went
out.— Merchant Traveler.
The prune industry is attracting
much attention from the orchardists
of California, and the fruit grown is
in no ways inferior to the best im
ported. Perhaps the largest prune
orchard in the world is situated one
mile from Sarotaga,Cal.,and contains
16,000 trees. It was recently sold for
$72,000. Itis situated on a gentle
slope from the foot of the mountain
to the Los Gatos road, and can be ta
ken in at a glance. Near byitis the
famous Rice orchard, containing fruit
and nuts trees of almost every known
variety ; also the ’Banion & Kent
orchard of 80 acres, for which $llO,-
000 advance is said to have been offer
ed and refused. Canned prunes are
among the new delicacies in the mark
et, and there is no other fruit that
excels them in tempting flavor. They
are destined to be heldin great favor,
and will command a good price.
Malarial Poison.
The drouth in Southwest Georgia
last spring dried up the wells, and
we were compelled to use water from
the creek on the plantation. The re
sult was that all were troubled with
chills and fever. I carried with me
several bottles of Swift’s Specific, and
as long as I took it, I had perfect
health. As soon as I ceased taking
it, I, like the rest, was afflicted with
chills. When I resumed its use, I
was all right again. We have used
it in our family as an antidote for ma
laria poison for two or three years,
and have never known it to fail in a
single instance. W. C. Fur Low.
Sumter Co., Ga., Sept. 11, 1884,
A Cripple Restored.
Some two years ago I received a
boy (Lona White) into the Orphans’
Home, near Macon, from Columbus.
He was one of the poorest creatures
I have ever seen—nothing but skin
and bone—crippled and deformed by
Scrofula, which had attended him
from his birth. About eighteen
months ago I commenced giving him
Swift’s Specific. After several bot
tles had been taken and no visible
results to be seen, I began to despair,
but continued the medicine. At last
signs of improvement in both body
and mind. He is now about four
teen years old, and is onc of the
brightest boys I have ever known. I
honestly believe that he will ulti
‘mately outgrow the eftects of this
loathsome disease under the influence
of Swift’s Specific.
The two cases of erysipelas which
were treated some two years ago with
S. 8. 8. show no symptoms of return
of the disease. L. B. PAYNE, o
Supt. Orphans’ Home, So. Ga. Conf.
Macon, Ga., Nov. 1, 1884, .
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mail
ed free. !
Swirr Seecirio Co., Drawer 3, Atlanta,
Ga.
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Emory Speer has been swori in as
Judge of ihe Southern District.