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IOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
J, T. WATERMAN.
BY J. T. WATERMAN.
There is too ^notion” more firmly
fixed in the popular mind than that of-
the influence of the moon on the fall of
rain, the violence of the wind, etc.—
Scientific men, acting on the theory
that “where there is so much smoke,
there must be some fire,” have given
much attention to the subject, ■ and
have hinted at certain theories as be
ing possibly correct. Unfortunately,
theresults of different series of experi
ments -have failed to agree, and we are
as far as ever from'any reliable con
firmation of belief, except in the single
point. of the dissipation of clouds by
the full moon. " Sir John Herschelbe-
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or costivenese, dyspepsia or indigestion, jaundice,
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The day Is done, and file darkness
Falls from the wings of Night,
As a feather is wafted downward. .
From an eagle ia his flight
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DEALEBSIN
I see the lights of the village
Gleam through the rain and the inist,
And a feeling of sadness comes o’er me,
That my'sonl cannot resist;
Your particular attention is called to the facts
and figures below. Examine them closely.
Febst.—Having taken the old stand known as
Brown's Art Gallery, and refitted it up in the best
manner, we are prepared to execute the finest and
best wofrk.
Second.—Our prices, as will be seen, are greatly
below those of any other Gallery in Macon.
Third.—We guarantee perfect satisfaction in
every case, or no charge.
Fourth.—The oney Premie
Macon" Fair for tlie best PLu
awarded to us, and we are dc-t
the merit of our increasing re;
Fifth.—Our facilities are.si
duce the best pictures in MI<
reasonable prices. - \
Sixth.—Unequalled" fadfitic
Pictures, and no" trouble Or
satisfaction. Can and’ be c -av
• -.V V-
Prices of Plain Photographs:
Per doz, card size for the Album, any style, $4 00
Half 44 « 44 44 44 44 44 44 ~ 2 50
44 44 Victoria Card, 44 44 4 00
44 44 Imperial— (t 44 44 5 00
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
That is not akin to pain.
And resembles sorrow only
As the mist resembles rain.
wg&, and at
taking Babv
Hired to give
Come, read to me some poem;
Some simple and heart-Mt lay,
That shall soothe this restless feeling,
. .And..banish the thoughts of day.
Not from the grand old masters,
Not from the bards sublime,
"Whose distant footsteps echo
Through the corridors of Time.
WOR-jVl CANDY
A pleasant, safe and effectual remedy for worms
inibe human, body.
Symptoms of Worms.
Alternate paleness and flushing of counifinance,
a dull expression of the eves, drowsiness, itching
of the nose, a swelled upper lip. tongue whitely
furred and thickly speckled with red spots, fetid
breath and enlarged belly, a partial or general
swelling or puifinesa of the skin, a starting in the
sleep, and grinding of the teeth, a sensation as if
something were lodged in the throat, a gradual
wasting of the flesh, sickness of the stomach, vom
iting, a short dry congh, appetite sometimes vora
cious, at other times feeble, an unnatural craving
for dirt, chalk or clay, bowels sometimes costive,
at other.timcs loose, great fretfulness and irrita
bility of temper, pains in'the stomacb and bowels,
colic, fits, convulsions and palsy.
For directions see top of the box. It would be
well to give a small-dose of castor oil, with a few
drops of spirits of turpentine, after the candy, to
bring away tha worms. Tbis candy- gives imme
diate relief. Prepared only by
L. W. HUNT & CO.,
Druggists, Macon, Ga.
For, like strains of martial music,
Their mighty thoughts suggest
Life’s endless toil and endeavor;
And to-night I long for rest.
Bead from some humbler poet,
"Whose songs gushed from his heart,
As showers from the clouds of summer,
Or tears from the eyelids start;
Who through long days of labor,
And nights devoid of ease,
SHU heard in his soul the mnsic
Of wonderful melodies.
Such songs have power to quiet
The restless pulse of care.
And come like the benediction
That follows after prayer.
Then read from the treasured volume
The poem of thy choice,
And lend to the rhyme of the poet"
The music of thy voice;
And the night shall be filled with music,
And the cares that infest the day,
Shall fold their tents like the Arabs,
And as silently steal away.
t licans black and bine.” Notso. They
s were black before and the Democrats
• have only beaten them bine.
A Williamson county, Tennessee,
’ negro, died the other day, at the age
of one hundred and forty-four years.
It is astonishing. how freedom is
; killing off the young negroes of both
sexes.
*
Secretary Robeson calls Grant “a
t full-orbed soldier, statesman and lead-
, er.” The orb refered to may be the
moon, and as the moon has a couple
■ of boms, the simile is not inapt, only
; there is not near enough “horns:”
Yallandigham says: Let us have a
■ Democratic President, and in looking
for one let us-not seek to know where
1 a man stood some years ago, but
" where he stands now.” Can it bet-hat
1 there is-something in Val’s record that
■ he would willingly have forgotten.”
The Germans before Paris intended,
it is said, to bombard St. Dennis, the
sepulchre of the Kings of France.—
Thus is it that in the course of this
destuctive siege of the French capital
nothing is spared—neither the lives of
the living nor the bones of the
dead.
The war between Prussia and
; France is a big thing; but it is abso-
l lutely noth.’ng in comparison to the
■ war that is going on between Cincin-
; nati and Louisville. The latter is
continually poking the ribs of its ad
versary, who does nothing bnt torn
over and grunt.
Cincinnati has been depopulated of
cats by a commercial traveler who ad
vertised in the name of a Kentucky
firm, offering S18 a dozen for
them.
A young clergyman, having buried
three wives, was asked by a lady, how
he happened to be so lucky. Madam,”
replied he, “I knew they could not
live without contradiction, and so I
let “them all have their own way.”
The latest about Mr. and Mrs. Jenny
Lind: “A happier and better matched
pair, says a Boston lady, is hardly to
be found in - England. They reside
near London, in elegant style sur
rounded by all comforts of life.”
Roderick B. Butler, of Tennessee,
whose trial, under an indictment for
forgery, commences in "Washington to
day, is charged, with defrauding pen
sioners, by signing their names, in
drawing pension money, without au
thority.
Gov. Baker, of Indiana, recommends
a modification of the divorce laws of
that State," so that Actions for divorce
Delimited to bona fide "residents of that
State. Cortld anything be more self
ish ! The Governor is sensible of the
fact that his people have a good thing,
and he.wants them to have it all to
themselves.
'Grant’s head cannot be called, by a
term thatis more appropriate than the
National - Vacuum.
The Mexican people are still at*
tbeir old amusements, earthquakes
and volcanic eruptions.
Hon. John Covode left a wife and
nine children, with only a million and
and a half dollars to support them.—
Poor orphans!
Chicago has one hundred and fifty
churches, and they are found insufficient
to marry people as rapidly as the
epurts divorce them. "
Gen. Sheridan, who has for some
time, been pirouetting around Europe,
has lately turned np at the Patti Pol-
Georgia,
interest, will be charged os other adver-
lements.
Advertisers are requested to hand in their
rors as early in the week as possible.
The above terms will be strictly adhered
NOW IS THE TIME
janlft-6m
[“ Set aside a liberal percentage for adver-
ling. Keep yourself unceasingly before
e public; and it matters not what business
in are engaged in, for, if intelligently and
dustriously pursued, a fortune will be the
suit”—Hunt’s Merchants’ Magazine.
“After I began to advertise my Ironware
idy, business increased with amazing ra-
dity. For ten years past I have spent
10,000 yearly, to keep my superior wares
First-class Pictures
HOME-MADE FERTILIZED
it “wonthold water,” or on which you
can’t hang a powder-horn.” At the
South, a “wet moon” is one which
“lies on its back.” It is supposed to
be “full of water,” and as its center
fills up, the water is forced over the
edge, and it rains. When we consid
er that the moon is a sphere and that
its apparent shape depends only on
the manner in which we see the sun’s
light upon it, it becomes even more in
comprehensible that any connection
should have been imagined between
its appearance and the amount of the
rain fall What we call the “changes”
of the moon are purely arbitrary. It
changes constantly, and as much at
one time as at another, and there is
no reason for supposing that it will
rain more or less at that particular
part of its change that the almanac
makers have, for convenience, selected
to indicate its “quarters” We often
hear it said that we may expect rain
or fair weather) pretty soon, “be
cause the moon changes to-night;” so
it does; but it changed just as much
last night, and is changing constantly,
TOMC LITER SITTERS.
ifore the public. Had I been timid in ad-
irtising, I should never have possessed my
rtune of £360,000.”—McLeod Belton,
irmingham.
“Advertising, like Midas’ touch, turns
erything to gold. By it your daring men
nw millions to their coffers.”—Stuart
It is not a wliisky drink, but is a compound of
vegetable tonics with .pure -stimulant, and is rec
ommended in all cases where a tonic and gentle
laxative is needed. In dyspepsia, indigestion, de
bility, languor, head-ache and costiveness, these
bitters are especially commended. As a preventive
of chills and fever, it will be found to be a valua
ble medicine, bj* gently stimulating the liver and
assisting nature to throw off miasma. Take one,
two or three doses a day—just enough to produce
a full, healthy action on the bowels. If you have
cause to use bitters of any kind, this is what you
want. Prepared only by
L. TV. HU>’T & CO.,
Druggists, Macon, Ga.
SOMETHING ABOUT GREAT MEN.
Bismarck.—Vulgarly termed “Old
Biz.” A modem hero, but very illit
erate. He formerly signed his name
with a capital B, above and beneath
which were the words “his mark.” He
was consequently called “B his mark,”
which was soon corrupted to Bismarlc.
He played for Prussia, and made a
count; he is now toying with Paris,
and expects to make a dukedom. Then
he will emigrate to Cincinnati, and go
Into the bologna-sausage business.
Plutarch. -
"Wliat audacity is to love and boldness
I war, the skillful use of printer’s ink is to
Sccess in business.”—Henry Ward Beecher.
[“Tlie newspapers mode Fisk.”—James
isk, Jr.
“ Without the aid of advertisojnents, I
)uld have done nothing in iny specula-
nns. ~ . t- .
A. J. BIDDLE, the well known proprie
tor of Biddle’s Photographic Temple, Ma
con, Ga.,—the same Biddle who photo
graphed for the Army of Tennessee, under
“Old Joe,” respectfully informs the citizens
of Houston county that he will establish a
branch Gallery in Perry, on January 15th,
1870. Having given the picture business
Dawson, Georgia, December 6th, 1870.
Messes. L. W. HUNT & CO., Macon:
Gents:—Your favor of the 1st is at hand. In answer, I will say that my Home-
Made Fertilizer produced as well as either of the others used, (the Etiwan ami Chesa
peake. ) They were all used alike—planted the same day, in the same field, and cultiva
ted alike—ull distributed from the same machine, with the same guage. In the sprint*
and early summer I decided m Sivor of the Chesapeake, but later in the season the
Home-Made caught up with it, and I am not sure hut excelled it in fruit-producing. The
coming season I shall use no other except such as I compound myself I also com
pounded a ton for Mr. John Moreland, of this county, and enclose his certificate of the
result Yours respectfully, ' C. A. CHEATHAM.
I have- the most complete faith in
jniec’8 ink. Advertising is the royal road
business.”—P. T. Barnum.
A STANDARD COUGH REMEDY.
H. J. I.AMAIt.
HUNT;
-I only knew this gen
tleman by reputation,
spoken of in the plural number,
tarch’s Lives” is a common expression,
■ but how many there were of him I am
; not prepared to say.
General Duke of Wellington.—
An officer of the British Army. Mr.
Longfellow makes honorable mention
of-him as the “Warden of the Cinque
Ports.” Cinque means five, and he was
the director of five principal points
usually denominated “Five Points.”—
He lived to a ripe old age and died.
Julius Cesar.—Son of old man Ce
sar. He was bom at Borne in his in
fancy, and on arriving at the estate of
manhood, became a Boman. He was
a fighter and a warrior of some note. :
His friend Brutus one morning asked
him how many eggs he had eaten for
breakfast; he replied, “Et tu, Brute.”
His friend became enraged at being
called a brute, and stabbed him quite
dead.
Mahomet.—Author of the Koran, an
exciting romance, which he wrote in
the Mammoth Cave at Mecca. He was
the author of a religious creed with
which he stuffed Turkey, and tried "to
get up a broil in Greece, but failed.—
Many of his early followers suffered
great persecutions; seme of them were
burnt at the stake. He had three tem
ples—one at Mecca, and one on each
side of his head.
Gux Fawkes.—A warm-hearted, im
pulsive Englishman, who believed the
Parliament too good for this earth,
and devised an expeditious method of
elevating the members to a better
1 sphere. He was interrupted in his
good intentions, but for which circum
stance he would doubtless have made
a greai noise in the world. He. was
executed for his benevolence, and^was
afterwards burned in a place called
Effigy.
Bonaparte I.—A harem-scarem sort
of a fellow, who occupied a position of
considerable responsibility in tire
French nation. The impression went
abroad that he was ambitious; which
damaged his reputation materially.—
He gained the respect and admiration
of the French nation,-because; happi
ly, he was not a Frenchman. ' "When
asked if he thought he could govern
France, he-replied, “Of Cprs-I-ean.”
"The dose of his life was not as bril
liant as its beginning,"hot there was
more of it in a narrow compass.
Peter the Hermit.—-Pete was prin
cipally notorious jor stirring- np a -little
difficulty between, .tile Christians and
Mahomedans, which extended over a
EpALlRSjISli
HIS PICTURES. CARNOT BE EX
CELLED .
He is always
“Plu-
>RE MEDICINE'
By any in the State. Every description of
Picture known to the profession taken in
the highest style of the art Bemember the
time; he will open his gallery on the 15th
Let" all avail themselves
day and night, from one end of the
century to the other; it always makes
the full change, from new to old, once
in every lunar month.
of next January,
of this opportunity to get good pictures; no
inferior work goes out from Biddle’s Gal
lery. dec 28-tf
la a pleasant. safe and effective medicine in couglis,
cold*, fioreues of tlie throat, chest and lungs-,
bronchitis* etc.
Every case of consumption commences with a
cough, excited from the individual having taken
INTS.OllS
^ ... lg taken
cold. Tile-diseases of the air passages arc of giek*.
interest to every intelligent being. The delicate
organization of the lungs, their constant activity,
and their being exposed to contact of air'of such
different temperature, and winch contains various
irritating matters snspeiided in it, render them
especially liable to diseases, and those of mOst se
rious character. ■
For those diseases we offer Frof. Loud’s Cough
Mixture as a remedy. If you catch a cold, do not
wait to let'it get a deep hold, but take the remedy
at once. To show, the estimation in which this
medicine is held, we append a few certificates ;
It Glare Ready and Entire Relief,
Nearly four years ago, when suffering from ase-
verc cougli, I was indued by Mr. Loud to try bis
Cough Syrup, It gave such ready and entire re
lief that I take great pleasnre in recommending it
to such as may lie in a similar condition of suifer-
ing. : E. W. Wabeen.
Macon, Jan. 32,1870.
The Annexation Project.
The St. Louis Democrat, the leading
Republican paper of Missouri,, in a
late issue animadverts severely upon
the eagerness with which General
Grant is pushing the San Domingo
annexation scheme. It saysr
Does President Grant really suppose
that Jhese extraordinary efforts to put
through a measure so unpopular will
add to his- personal strength? This
scheme has now been ventilated.—
What we have long known was the
real motive in the San Domingo plot
is no longer concealed. It means
war. After San Domingo comes. Cuba,
the rest of the "West Indies, and the
conflict of foreign, powers, it is calcu
lated, wifi, certainly reelect Grant.—
Long ago this scheme was ’ privately,
and confidentially talked of by persons
who seek. the. re-nomination of the
President, and talked of as it were
his own. His. message enables, every
body to judge for himself;
Handsomest Stocks
he and his laborers taking all-the stock V There is ho plantation in the country that
does not afford, ample and the richest material to be used as a basis. The chemicals
necessary to utilize its material are well known, and can be obtained in abundance. The
enterprise and energy of a few practical men have, the p'ast season, proven that as good i
or better com or cotton can be made from the Home-Made Fertilizer, as may be yielded
by any of the nostrums sold at such extravagant prices.
Experience shows that where lot manure or other rich deposite can be obtained, it
answers a better purpose than dry swamp, earth: In that case, eight (8) barrels of the
lot manure should be used with the quantity of chemicals bones, etc., instead of five
(o)barrels of dry muck. This improves the qualify*, and lessens the price of the fetili-
zer, by increasing the weight. Some have added pure Peruvian Guano to the compound
in the proportion ol lot) to 20Q pounds :but five or six bushels of cotton seed have been
found to be of equal service as the Peruvian, and much, cheaper. In all cases the ,ones
and Plaster of Paris should first be well mixed with the Lot Manure or rich earth, and
then the barrel of mixed chemicals dissolved in a little water, and thoroughly incorpo
rated. The chemicals, Bones, Plaster of Paris, etc., sola by ns we guarantee to be of the
very best quality. We call particular attention to our preparation of Bones, as it is
Bone dissolved in Sulphuric Acid and dried with Bone Charcoal As there will be an
active demand for these chemicals, parties who wish a supply should send in their or
ders early.
L. W, HUNT & CO., Druggists.
MACON, .GEORGIA
IN MIDDLE GEOEGIA
\o Our Patrons, To Dealers, and to the
General Public.
Afforded Immediate Belief.
Macon, Ga., January 5“ 1870.
Messrs. L. "W. HUNT &; CO.:
G;ENTs:—Understanding iliat you liave engaged
in tiae manufacture of P.Xoud's Cougli Syrup, it
affords me pleasure to bear testimony to its mer
it. lavas sufferingirom a very troublesome cougli
when Mr. Loud presented me with a bottle-of his
Syrup, the use of which afforded. me immediate
relief. My mother used a small portion left by
me, with similar beneficial results.
. Respectfully, yours,. J-O. CUnb.
AND FINDINGS
No. 8, Cotton Avenue, MACON, GA.
Dr. J. C. GILBERT, Agent at Perry. ]
Gen. C. D. ANDERSON, Agent at Eor
N. T. JOHNSON, Agent at Maxshallvil
Respectfully invite the attention of wholesale
and retail buyers to their large and well assorted
stock, which comprises everything in the shape of
ladies’, gentlemen's, misses', youths’ and boys’
wear, of all the very newest styles, among them
the best-makes of Philadelphia, New York, Boston,
New Haven, etc. We feel confident of suiting
customers, both in quality'and price, and there
fore invite a call: dec28-3m ;
From Mayor G. S. Obear.
Macon, Ga., FebraaryT, 1870. .
Messrs. L..W. HUNT i: CO.: I
Gents:—Mr- P. Loud having referred you to me
relative to the merits of his Cough Syrup, I lake
pleasure in stating that when suffering from a very
severe cold and-distressing congh, which destroyed
my rest, Mr. Loud noticed my cough and present
ed me with some of his Syrup, which afforded me
immediate relief, ani enabled me to rest quietly,
a thing I had not been able to do for several nights
before. I therefore esteem the Syrup a very valu
able medicine. Yours, very respectfully, ga
Geoege S. Obeak.
Frank Blair.
General Francis P. Blair has taken
his seat, as United States Senator from
Missouri. Just-before his election by
the Legislature, he made a speech be
fore that body and referred to his let
ter to CoL Broadhead as follows:
“My letter Contends that the milita
ry should be made to undo their usurp
ations at the South. I say so still. And
you have only to withdraw them from
the -South; and their work will "be un
done. The carrion . crew of carpet
baggers who are gorged upon the plun
der and drunk with the blood of the
vanquished people of the South, will
disperse themselves in an instant if not
sustained by the "bayonets of the Fed
eral Government. There is no item in
that letter that I take back. I sland
by it.- T believe, in the construction erf
the Constitution of the- United States
by. the Supreme Court, thatthis recon-
i is unconstitutional" My hope
to Congress, if I should attain
THOMAS J. CATER
COMPOUND EXTRACT
DRY-GOODS, CLOTHING,
DRUCS, MEDICINES
BO OTS AND SHOES
Erysipelas,* Tetter; Scald-bead; Ring-wormi
n j® 1 ** Tumors, Sores, Syphilis, Mercurial Pois-
and for ' .' . ■ v
PRKDFma THE BLOOD. 7
no particular disorder is felt, people
> Ule MooifieeUby ana allisv^ll,
of Me disordered, therl
^^5 health. Sooner or later eome-
in going
that high position, is That I may aid in
withdrawing the troops from those
■Southern States, which are held "there
to saddle upon the backs of that peo
ple a pared -of carpet-baggers and
cfUilnwno’S fnTlmrprl Tvc' an iommwnf
Paints, Oils.’Vafhisties,
GARDEN AND
The'Hermit was an itinerant lecturer,
and, had he lived, in our day, would
have turned lps attention to humor,
thereby saving a deal of bloodshed.—
The Crusades turned out like the au
thor of the creed they were intended
to annihilate—a false profit.