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. i + The Rlavietta Journal. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING BY NEAL & MASSEY, PROPRIETORS. oPFICOER: UP-STAIRS, IN FREYER'S BUILDING, SOUTH-SIDE OF SQUARE. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION : ONE YEAR, - Lol -$1.50 SIX MONTHS, e s g 10 FOUR MONTHS, - - =O, .50 Paper sent out of the County, 15cts Postage. ADVERTISING RATES : F()R EACH SQUARE OF TEN LINES, or less, for the first insertion One Dollar, and for each subseguent insertion 75 cents. Reduction made by contract for longer time. Local Notices 10 cents per line for each insertion. All Obituary notices, tributes of respect, oversix lines, charged for. All communica tions intended to prowote the private or po litical ends or interests of individuals or corporatibns, will be charged as advertise ments. The money foi advertising considered due after first insertion. After present contracts expire, only solid metal cuts will be allowed in the Jourvyar. Business Cards. e e e e L e s " AT DR. E. M. ALLEN, m RESIDENT DENTIST, *ITHAVING enjoyed the confi dence and patronage of the community for twenty-five years, is in active practice with all necessary iraprovements and material, at prices reasonable enough to suit the most economical, Office, North-side of Square, over J. H. Barnes' old store, Marietta, Ga. T es B T Y LXNOLDgy »\’“ A'y I\_ ol.j g . e )‘ M \ 5 \ Lo e s se s e T - Jfice, McClatchy Building. - - MARIETTA, GA W o 1 "TTA, GA. . : W L - av \ (/ = ORx waR®RP \4/( DR. N. N. GOBER, PRACTICING PHYSICIAN, 'I‘ENI)HRS HIS PROFESSIONALSER vices to the citizens of Marictta and aurrounding 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‘li.\'l’li]t\' HIS PROFESSIONAL SER 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 ecalls promptly attended. ! r ™ 1 DR. H. V. REYNOLDS, PRACTICING PHYSICIAN, \\TUICX NOT ENGAGED ELSE where may be found during the day at his office, up stairs, in McClatehy 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. T DR. JOHN H. SIMPSON, PRACTICING PHYSICIAN, \l,\Hlli'l“l';\. GEORGIA. OFFICE, A¥L at Setze & Simp-son’s Drug Store. ‘ - DR. P. R. CORTELYOU, PRACTICING PHYSICIAN, w.‘\ltllf'l”l\\, GEORGIA. OFFICE, L North-side Public Square, over Wm. Root's store. Consultation Hours, 93 a. m. to 123 to 5 p. m., unless otherwise engaged. DR. G. TENNENT, Office in Nichols® Hall, first room on left. '\/Vl'l.\"l".\'ll)l‘) 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, M;\l{li‘]'l"l"\.(il‘]()l’.(;l.\. PRACTICE Z in all the Courts. Legal business so licited and promptly attended to. Office in McClatehy Building., * WILL. J. WINN, ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAVW, \I;\IHH'I"I‘.\. GEORGIA. * All legal o business solicited and prompily attended. Practices in all the Courts, State and Federal. Office in Masonic Building, South-side of Square. J. Z. FOSTER, ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW, 'T\/,l}-\’l{H‘J'l"l'.\, GEORGIA. PROMPT A attention given to all legal business. Office in McClatehy's Building, A, 8. CLAY, D. W. BLAIR, CLAY & BLAIR, ATTORNEYS AT 'LAW; \/[;\H”‘]'l"l',\. GEORGIA. ROOMS 1 24 and 2 on the left over Wade White's store. We give our entirve attention to the practice of law. Promptness is our motto. Collection a specialiy. C. D. PHILLIPS, W. M, SESSIONS, PHILLIPS & SESSIONNS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, OF["]('l‘] OVER SESSIONS, HAMBY & Co.'s store, Marietta, Ga. R. N. HOLLAND, ATTORNEY AT LAW, w;\lill‘] I'TA, GEORGIA. WILL DE i 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. NORTHCU'TT, ATTOBRNEY AT LAW, A('\\'HH'l'H GEORGIA. WILL PRAC tice in the counties of Colih, Paulding Cherokee, Bartow and others. Immediate attention given to collections Woney 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, Maricita, Ga. HOTEL EMERY, 0o American and Bumpean Plan Vine Street, between 4th and sth., Brvin Maxwell, CINCININATI, OHIO. ) 1, |4 E . - S Che Marvietta Tournal Che ddarietla Journal =)V - o~ . YOL. XVIII. Business Cards. WILLIAM F. GROVES, Cenera! In<urarce Pgent MARIETTA, GA. > = EN TN S N :) T\ LIFH ave FIRE. Prompt attention given to applications from a distance FRANK KING, Fire and Life Insurance, Marietta, Georgis, Representing the strongest Fire and Life In surance Companies in the World, with anthority to undertake town and county risks in Cobb and the neighboring counties, on ths most liberal terms. 1837, is=sg, T -1 ‘ # {.l JOHN W. METCALFE, Tailor, HAS JUST RECEIVED A BEAUTIFUL assortinent uf Worsted, Cloths, Doeskins And SUITINGS of the best Forciyn and Home Manufacture ; also a Jull 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, MARIETEA, .iio i i CEORGTA, B . A. B. Gilbert, Fast Side Public Square, Dealer in Family Groceri amily roceries CANNED COODS Cash customers solicited. Barter of all kinds bouyht and sold. Ad. B. GILBERT. Marietta Jan, Ist. 1735 HEMOUVERED. Ty JOHN R. SANGES, Harness-Making, CARRIAGE TRIMMING AND REPAIRING. Shop Under MeCutcheon's Hall, MARIBITA «.c.ci. ..oih ... . GEORGIA. L.Black & Son Manufaccturers of NVITIONTI'DI TDO b PURNIITUNRK, c Sash, Blinds, Doors And Dealers in LTTMEIZE Of all kinds and Jor sale on the best of terms. Paints, Oils, Glass, and ALSO mid anatm Houss Buildiog and Repairing Thankful for past patronaye. we bey leave to state that we are fully prepared for the evection of buildings and give perfect satisfaction Wil do all kinds of work in our line in the best style and at the lowest ‘::l‘l'/'rb' Will ke p 4':»//.\’14114(/_l/ an hand Sash Bliads Doors, §c . and fill or ders for Lumber, Shop South side of Square, Muarictte, Ga L BLACIK & SON. n W. E. Gilbert DEALER IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE, Mazictta, Georgia, f'ash Customers Solicited, Goods Sold on Time At veasonals le advances above cash prices to Prompt Paying Customers. It will be to the intevest of eloge buging parties to examine iy stock, Good Goods and Short Profits, s what I yawrantee, A large stock of DIRRY GOODS BOOTS, SHOES and HATS, CROCKERY, FURNITURE, &e., &e, are always on hand. Stock of (1.0 1" N O of the latest styles and best make and Jabrie. W. I GILBIRT T. W. GLOVER, J. B. GLOVER T.W. Glover & Co., West Side Public Square, MARIET LA, .. o . GEORGIA, DEALERS IN lfl. ‘l ,(‘, "\arioc ALV roceries, BOOTS AND SHOES, Harness, Saddies & Bridles, HATY, BRAIN, PEAS, CORN, FLOUR, SUGAR, COI'FEE, SY RUP, BACON, LARD, RICE, GRISTS, TOBACCO, &c Counantry Produce bought and sold. Call and see us, T. W. GLOVER & CO L. S. COX - - , North-East Corner Public Square, Marietta. Ga., DEALER IN o s » Family Groceries, CONFECTIONERIES, CANNED GOODS, CIGARS, TOBACCO. &e. Country Produce bought and sold. Will sell as Cheap as the Cheapest. Subseribe for the Marietta Journal and keep posted in county news. “BE JUST AND FEAR NOT—LET ALL THE ENDS THOU AIMST AT BE THY COUNTRY'S, THY GOD'S AND TRUTHB” Sorera advertisements. N f el U : 6N S 8 pE P faPes wery ol £Es 4 (s '."-.‘T\Gi; ROYAL B3ti2 ) ey A i Gl ':flgul' S * il i o / . i 4 B v . i'“ t),. | .:;. Ry, G PN 0a [ S S ' W] ‘.’l« : ey § % ExS Absolutely Pure. This Powder never varies. A marvel of purity, strength and wholesomeness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in competition with the mul titude of low test, short weight. alum or phosphate powders. Sold only in cans.— Rovarn Bakineg Powper Co, 106, Wall Street, New York. lINSTITUTRE. A THE SPRING TERM OF THIS il Institution commences ~ MONDAY,JANUARY 12th. . Girls and Young Ladies will be thoroughly instructed in the branches of a complete collegze 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 and pursue the studies indicated by suchadvancement. Boys cannot be received as pupils. Terms per scholastic month of four weeks $3.00 to §5 00 Incidental fee per term of six months 50 cents. Any additional information may be ob tained by applying to the Principal. - V. E. MANGET. THE MARIETTA A r - I = < i MarBLE WORKs. == ?"»”k/ ,»:‘-;,f;/-%,.:l = ) = R el\ o P - e (&, Rl B oA |(| et P - Rl k 2 | ATE ‘ 2 g — e F ie| AL 5 Ry i é . Sy SN = SR e T SRR T sk TR S NI We are now prepared to furnish all kind of Marble Mcocrnuments, HEAD AND FOOT STONES, In any Design, of Italian, Vermont or Georgia Marble, at cur 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 of Mr. Bailey done before the war. He 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. McGLATCHY. Marietta, Ga., Nov. 19th, 1884, e T o e / 'x'rfi' SR : ‘\‘S“f v ’l' ~_ )5 A Rupture Instantly Relieved BY THE CELEBRATED FRY'S TRUSS The only Truss giving an Upward and Ins ward pressure same as holding rupture up with the hand. No thich straps worn, no pressure on the back. Ist Premivm and Med al awarded at Cincinnati Exposition, 1884, For sale by SeTze & Simpson, Marietta, Ga. No More Eye-Glasses, No % il% . Weak MORE /i &)fl* Eyes MITCHELL'S | EYE.SALVE A Certain, Safe and Effective Remedy for 1 d : Sore, Weak & Inflamed Eyes Producing Long-Sightedness, and Re storing the Sight of the Old. CURES TEAR DROPS, GRANULATION, STYE TUMORS, RED EYES, MAT- | TED EYE LASHES, And Producing Quick Relief and Permancut Cure, 4\}»:)‘ n-qvmil'\ (‘l‘vi"ll"i’l'l' \»‘hl'll H.\wl in other maladies, sach as Ulelers, Fever Sores, Tumors, Salt Rheum, Burns, Piles, or wher ever inflammation exists, MITCHELL'S SALVE may be used to advantage Sold by all Druggists at 25 cents | L T FERRYS Q 5 Yo &% Ed 4” {ar?blgAél;fllTo ALLY ”U# i led toall upprl?g;ms FFEE‘“ L and to customers of last year without orderingit. It contains i?lustralionz, prices, descriptions and directions for planting all Vegetable and Flower SEEDS, I}lll.lih’, ete, _ D-M.FERRY & CO.°&Eoi Schedule M. & N. Ga. Rail Road IN EFFECT AUG. 17, 1884, No. 1, North. Leave Marvielh .o.io.sissouness 000 6 m Arrive Elijay.cee ccvcceceneen....l:4o p, m No 25 South Leuve ElUgay cee. ooeaneeoeeeeea.l:4o p. m drriveat Marietta ...... ... ....6:45p.m W. R. POWER. Gen. Pas. Agt, MARIETTA, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 5, 1885, N v . Che Mavietta Journal, | MARIETTA, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH sth, 1885. A sound sleeper—lHe who snores. R ————— Clark county went for prohibition by a majority for 571, and Gantt is happy. Cou g “Miss Florence, doyou love beasts?’ “Am I to consider that a proposal, sir?” was the lady’s quit retert. JENNTE—“What is a dude ¥ ‘Well a dude is a 50 cent man in asso suit of clothes.” - It “bread is the staff of life” then pound cake must be the gold-headed cane of existence. A g Menny a phool haz passed thru life with fair suckcess by taking a back seat and sticking to it—[Josh Bil lings. i e A New York journal called Man is edited by a woman. She will proba bly have to take in washing to sup port it. - i gL e Tie best way to keep a man quiet is to educate him. The less a man knows, the less he thinks others know. L gl Tue man who owes everybody can always be counted on to subscribe for every new article that comes along: and the more useless the article the more certain he is to have it. S “Murs. Nip, why is itl always see more women on the street on muddy and rainy days than at any other time 7’ “I suppose, Mr. Tuck, it is because you keep closer watch for them.” DS e A New Jersey man wants a divorce because his wife hasn’t spoken to him for mnearly two years. Some men don’t know when they are well off.— [Henpecked Editor Norristown IHer ald. On the very day that a couple of! colored gentlemen were refused the opportunity to skate in Boston rink a colored gentlemen was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Georgia. Ku klux! Ku klux ! Sl lee TENNESSER justice is the quickest on record. At noon Friday Charles Porter stole an overcoat in front of the court-house in Nashville, was ar rested in the act, indicted, tried, con victed, sentenced and at 3:25 p. m. was in the penitentiary for one year. e Itis now stated that Henry M. Stan ley, the great African explorer, wears a swallow-tail coat. We can now un derstand why he was able to travel ‘among the cannibals for years with out being roasted and eaten. No man looks juicy in a swallow-tail coat. e IN Olio a boy is liable to be fined $5O tor robbing a bird’s nest. After a boy has been fined $5O for robbing a bird’s nest, and he sees a man who has robbed a bank living in luxury and never arrested, and seemingly respected by ally the boy must feel as though he had made a mistake in not robbing a bank’s nest. “Am [ on the right road to the villinge 77 demanded a traveler of an old darkey who was working in a fiell. Yes, sah,” said the darkey. The traveler pursued his way, but presently returned very mad. 1 say,” he shouted to the old fellow, “what did you mean by telling me that 1 was on the right road to the villiage?” “I tol” youde truf; 'deed I did, boss,” replied the darkey, “but yo’ tuk de wrong direckshun, sah.”—[Drake’s Magazine. HOW TO BREAK OFF BAD HABITS. Understand the reasons, andall the reasons, why there is mno lingering doubt in your mind. Avoid the places, the persons and the thoughts that leads to the temptations. Fre quent the places, associate with the persons, indulge in the thoughts that lead away from temptation. Keep busy: idlenessis the strength of bad habits. Do not give up the struggle when you have broken your resolu tions once, twice, thrice—a thousand times. That only shows how much need there is foryou to strive. When you have broken your resolutions, just think the matter over, and en deavor to understand why it is you failed, so that you may be on your guard against a recurrence of the same circumstance. Do not think it an easy thing that you have under taken. Itis a folly to expect to break off a habit in a day which has been gathering long years. ¢“BLAME IT ALL ON ME.” ’ A grand erash—a shower of flying splinters-—bumpl bump! and the coaches settled back on the rails, and the passengers picked themselves up and cried out to each other that there had been a collision. So there had. Freight No. 17 was pulling in on the side track, but the day express thundered down on her while the long train was a third of its length on the main track. Some one had blundered. Some one’s watch was off time. Some one must be held responsible for the ac cident. Under the overturned locomotive was the fireman—dead. Near him was the engineer, pinned down to the frozen earth by one of the drivers, and when he had been relieved, a doctor, who was among the passen gers, knelt beside him said : “Arm broken—lleg broken—foot crushed to a pulp. He cannot live.” Who had blundered? Who had disobeyed orders? The conductors of the two trains were comparing watches and orders, when the engi neer beckoned them. “I alone am to blame!” he whis pered. “I wasn’t due here until 10:10, and it was just 10:5 when 1 struck the freight. 1 was ahead of time—running on her time.” “So it was—so it was,” whispered the two conductors. | “This morning when I left home,” continued the engineer, “the doctor was there. Our little Jennie—our five year old—was sick unto death. In her delivium she kept erying out: ‘Don’t go, papa! don’t leave little Jennie to die!” It was like a knife to my heart to leave her, but go I must. I was leaving the house when the doctor put his hand on my shoul der, and said: ‘T'om, my boy, by 6 o’clock to-morrow morning she’ll cither be dead or better.”” . “What a long day this was to me !” he went on after a bit. “When I pulled out of the depot to-night, headed for home and Jennie, I want ed to fly. I kept giving her more steam, and I kept gaining on my time. We aren’t due till 7, you know, but 1 wanted to be at 6—aye! an hour be fore that. When thought came to me that Jennie might be dead when next I entered the door I should have pulled the throttle wide open if the fireman hadn’t grabbed my arm.” “Poor man!” they whispered as he shuddered with pain and seemed to be exhausted. “Yes, blame it all on me?’ he whispered. “No. 16 had five minutes more to get in, and she’d have made it all right, but I stole her time. And now —and now”’— ~ “He lay so quiet for a moment that j the doctor felt for his heart to sce if } it still beat. “And now—that’s her—that’s Jen nie. She’s beckoning—she’s ealling! Right down the track—over the high bridge—through the deep cut—l'm coming—coming! And men wiped tears from their eyes and whispered: “He has found his child in death!” e e o— BE HONORABLE, BOYS. Boys and young men sometimes start out in life with the idea that one’s suceess depends on sharpness and chicanery. They imagine if a man is always able to “get the best of a bargain,” no matter by what deceit and meanness he carries his point, that his prosperity is assured. That is a great mistake. Enduring pros perity eannot be founded on cunning and dishonesty. Tricky and deceit ful man is sure to fall a vietim sooner or later, to the influences, which are working against him. IHis house is built upon the sand, and its founda tion is sure to give way. Young peo ple cannot give truths too much weight. The future of that young man is safe who eschews every shape of double dealing, and lays the foun dation of his carcer in the enduring principles of truth. A BOY WHO EATS WOOL. A New London, Conn., boy aged five, eats all the woolen and worsted threads he comes across. e picks the nap from blankets and the wors ted from the chair tidies, and it is hardly required to state that he is in a constant condition of ill health. His affectionate mama does not know what to cover him with when she puts him in his little bed. His appetite is excellent, and he eats holes through the blanket in no time. In the par lor and sitting-room, when he man ages to enter those aparments, he makes the tidies and curtains look as if an army of moths had been at work. The only sure way to cure him would be to padlock his mouth and encase his hands in short iron gloves. But if they let him alone and can afford expense awhile, such food wi!l soon send him among the angels.— Phila delphia Progress. I SWEET SCENERY. I vouch for the truth ot the ineci dent that follows, on the authority of Cartersville’s portliest and most dig nified alderman. He told about it in the following way: “I was coming up from Cedartown on the East & West one afternoon not long since. In the rear of the coach I saw a young couple who seemed to be very deeply interested in each other. The young lady was well-dressed and had nice manners. Her eyes were bright, her cheeks rosy and her lips vermilion. ‘Her companion was a young commer cial traveller whose face is often seen in Cartersville. The young couple appeared to be much pleased with each other, and in spite of their sur roundings were indulging in soft speeches and melting glances. After awhile the young man suggested that they go out on the rear end of the coach and enjoy the beautiful scene ry. The afternoon was bright and the sun was shining across from the west in a genial way, casting long shadows towards the East. The train sped along through fields, over bridg es and around curves, and in my ad miration of the fine farms to be seen from my window, I had almost for gotten the young couple on the coach. The train was gliding along through an open field when my eyes fell on the shadows of the young couple re flected against the embankment on the side of the coach where I was sit ting. I could distinctly see the out lines of their figures and the profiles of their faces—even the motion of the young man’slips and the shadow of the yvoung lady’s eyelashes could be seen. It was amusing to look at and 1T call ed the attention of my neighbor on the next seat to it. Soon almost every oneinthe car was watching the shadows. The young man seemed to be very earnest and the young lady very attentive. Gently, and as if by accident the shadow of the young man’s arm glided around the shadow of the young lady’s waist, and the shadow of the young man’s lips were seen to “pucker” and dive at the space between the shadow of the young lady’s chin and nose. The passengers in the train became deep ly interested, and as the shadows would meet time after time a titter would run up and down the line in side the car. ‘Dippin’ sugar, said one old fellow down in the corner. “Gum suckin’,” said another. -It seemed that I could almost see the sparks of electricity fly out of the shadows on the bank as the lips came together. About that time the whis tle blew for town, and the young coup le came in looking harmless and in nocent-like, and the young lady re marked, “Wasn’t the scenery just too lovely 7 “Sweet would have been a better word,” said the old fellow in the corner in a quiet undertone, and every body laughed like he had said something funny. 1 wouldn’t have you to tell this for anything, because if you did, a certain young commer cial traveller would feel curious when he heard it.” Certainly I'll never tell it—that is, hardly ever.— Carters l ville American. THRILLING EXPERIENCE. In San Jose, Cal., not many days ago, one Mrs. William Kennedy was making anxious search tor her little four-year-old, curley-headed son who had disappeared for the moment from the family door-yard. Hurrying through the streets, looking and in quiring for the little runaway, her attention was directed to a crowd of people who were gazing, white and silent with awe, at a huge wind-mill tank, against which a long ladder was leaning. The eyes of the woman fol lowed the gaze of the crowd, and this is what she saw; eighty feet from the ground, holding on by his chubby legs and one erm could be seen the little fellow, extending his free hand towards some pigeons that were perch ed almost within his reach. His awful peril had stunned and stilled the helpless group beneath, which now parted as the mother came | swiftly towards the scene. Then her firm, quiet voice was heard raised that the child migt hear: “Come down, Carl, and mamma will give you a peach.” The child heard, and looking over his shoulder perceived his mother. Instantly he began to descend, carefully clinging, round by round, and as he neared the last, he smiled at the upturned face of his mother and said: “I'm coming moth er,” and in another moment was in her arms. - And then that crowd sep arated into small parties of one each, and melted into the distance, leaving behind them only an indistinet mem ory of moistened eyes and flutteriug pocket handkerchiefs, e — R — Merchants have two chances to make. They can either make money or an assignment. | + The MWarietta Journal, m—%‘”‘—-_‘_—*“m ESTABLISHED IN 1866. o L g P OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE QITY AND COUNTY., Sl L TR L S }" E ;II Abéfsé{;' }Editors and Prop's. oR R T JOB PRINTING in all styles of the art neatly, promptly and cheaply executed Give us a trial and see, N 11 WEALTHY NEGROES. There arelo3 colored men in Wash mgton who are worth $25,000 each, fifty-two worth $lO,OOO each and near ly 1,000 who pay taxes on $5,000. George W. Williams, ex-member of the Ohio Assembly and author of a history of the colored race, is worth $40,000. Frederick Douglashas $200,- 000 and now lives in and owns a house opposite Washington, formerly own ed by a man who so hated the blacks that he refused to sell anything to one ot them. John F. Cooke, tax collector of the District of Columbia, himself pays taxes on $250,000. John M. Langston, United States minister to Hayti, has 875,000. John Lynch, of Mississippi, who presided so ably at the Chicago convention last sum mer, is very wealtby. So is Congress man Smalls. Dr. Gloster left $l,- 000,000, besides a four-story drug store in New York. Jobn X. Lewis, of Boston, makes the clothes of the Beacon Hill dudes and did a busi ‘ness last year of $1,600,000. He was once a slave, and, ragged and bare footed, followed Sherman and his troops in their march to the sea. Cincinnati has a furniture dealer ‘whose check is good any day for $lOO,- 000, although twenty-five years ago he was a Kentucky slave. The late Robert Gordon, of Cincinnati, owned thirty four-story residences at the time of his death. One day he en tered a Queen City Bank and asked for government bonds. The cashier did not know him, and when he hand ed out his check for $150,000, the cashier appealed in astonishment to the president of the bank. “Give him the bonds,” said the latter, “his check is good for three times that.” San Francisco has fifteen colored men assessed above $75,000 each. Detroit has a colored druggist with a big store on Woodward avenue. Jones, of Chicago, is worth half a million, and Buffalo has several negroes who pay taxes on $30,000 each. Robertson, of St. Louis, who lately died, owned a barber shop whose fittings cost $25,- 000 and was acknowledged to be the finest shop in the world.— Philadel phia Press. LIP READING VS. ARTICULATION. The New York institution for the instruction of the deaf and dumb has adopted a simple method of applying phonic analysis to the instruction of the deaf, recently devised by the principal of the institution, by which with the eye the patient may observe the motions of a speaker’s lips and other organs of speech so accurately as to discern the words uttered, not by the context, or guess work, but by absolute recognition of their phonetie elements. It is found moreover, that the deaf mute who masters this sys tem of lip reading is enabled to speak within a shorter period ard with greater precision than under the old system of teaching articulation.— New York Herald. Delicate Women. I have been using for a month or two in my household Swift’s Specific, the greater portion of it having been consumed by the female portion of my family and with the happiest re sults. It acted like a charm on my wife, who had been in bad health for a long time, and for whom I had paid hundreds of dollars for doctors and medicines. It began to build her up from the first dose. Another female member of my family took it with equally satisfactory results. It is certainly the best tonic for delicate ladies that I have ever used, and I have tried them all. I have no doubt that want of exercise, close confine ment in poorly ventilated houses, sewer gas poison and malarial poison often produce sickness among our wives, daughters and sisters, and I believe Swift’s Specific is the remedy for all this sort of blood poisoning. I know many of the best families of this county are using it for this purpose, and I have never known or heard of any failure to give entire satisfaction. I have known the remedy a long time. I know it to be entirely veget able, and the best tonic and altera tive, especially for females. F. L. Joxgs, J. P. Quitman, Ga. General Debility. For several years past my wife’s ‘health has been exceedingly feeble— a general break down of the nervous system. She was greatly reduced in flesh. No remedy seemed to do her any good. In the spring of 1883 I induced her to try Swift’s Specific. The first bottle gave her hope and twenty bottles produced wonderful results. She gained thirty pounds in flesh and it renovatud her whole sys tem. It is certainly the greatest ton ic in the world. T. J. Hiecalns. Indian Springs, Ga., Nov. 8, 1884. Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mail ed free. Swirr Seeciric Co., Drawer 3, Atlanta, @a.