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The AlHpators fin Florida.
* —The female alligator will not allow
.the male to approach her nest He
&ea a ^ufetquoua habit of eating all the
a«ga, tfju* neceaaitating her laying
jch<ye, jrhicjh she dpea not like to do.—
Mo, whenever %he .catches him in that
neighborhood she thrashes him on
geggspl prindiplee, he has either done'
mischief,Of intends it; at any rate, he
is meddling in domestic matters and
deservfea snubbing. I’m told that it is,
jreaJly amusing to seethe big bully
jtick his tail between his legs and
•peat ok, the very image of'a hen
pecked husband,' after one of these
,CQnjngal scoldings. He is not by any
means a maid husband; and although
i»e .tnjef fcis thrashing kindly, be re-
.vep£«s himself hy watching until the
ly dispujn as he can catch. Sonne,
dligators don’t like to know their own
fathers. " "" -l/_-
. f V*** but few instances where
preatures have attacked grown men;
fhey are fond of children, and shoy
attachment to the offspring of
oftier people ,as they^do their own.—
in one instance, where .a man on
^ck^waa cro:
^ ossriig afford, he was
pjisff Jjy the leg, but when his dog
another instance, an alligator struck at
two spokes .fro^fflj^yha vtoeeto,
leaving a tooth sticking in one ; as a
mement^of the visit. He hurried <>ff
gTea ‘ ;
pose, for a dentist. “ a *
' ’Gators like dogs,
-darkieS:- : '
CURRENT ITEMS.
.,-Sumpter county boasts of a man
whose toenails are so bard he' has to
rasp them off with a file.
Wheat'is looking well in upper East
Tennessee.
, The corn crop of Tennessee for 1870.
is es^maiei at 47,5.00,000, or an ave
rage of Aveniy bushd| .per apre, r .'S?|
The entire, pres? of California is
calling on the Government for the pro
motion of raids against toe Apach
es. 'TATf-ffi X .. ~lli
W3hom Litjde,. of Clarke county, 1
killed a six months old pig that
weighed 175 pounds.
An improved telegraph—place a line
of women fifty steps apart, and com-
aifcfr-
A young lady wrote verses for a
A doctor was asked to dance the
“Lancers” He declined, bu
s>, willingness to • lance
Young swell—“Isay, boy, what do
___ _
worn thorn out™ -« ?
^py—“Wears’em at home 1” ‘'
hisdeg to’ ’■IS^hSi 'O&0 maapCdogs have : jmi
sawed, eh?”- Why mn. am, when “Hi®.
. ^ka VftsBternUgfaer^^S was regmitjy
invited to a-seat on the floor of the
House at Washington, indignantly re
fused, saying’that he Was Accustomed
toc^it'bn chairs at’htome.-
rsr, G-EOR.&X4,
.00
taken for ; th%t- > «rf c |; ; ,|»ppy > and
aron, FaT,
r T ^jys ago, and the point of a pencil ha
mislead a young and inexperienced hpd, in his pocket pierced- his side,
^eaq^ehfilm%?ynst^^k.
ito drink; he
learns by experience after having been
eaten once or twice?,; Bjtlier^ore is
'open he vrill draw-al] the alligators to
fbeipla^ i>y’^cal£itig,,and then
A»Epei?Y>ff to another plifce where
.s^tir'iiBOW^Ia clearfwrihe ^Htnsep^wn to
PPif
eyes skinned and ears up, pushing his
m
then sneaking ayay again.
^r»«2k>
mi
and
P^e Cincinnati Times office has
been apprised at $200,265 over and
above the liabilities, which are set
down at $56,023. The good will of
y&^efa}IS4),O06.')
A Titusville reporter has heard
Mis3 jEellegg y- a^ng, and likens her
notes to.thS “smooth, unctuous triek-
of the oleaginous commodity from
ry. house you find more or less swamp,
ot
. ana in evi
JkoiMUTflO# 'J‘>
gator.
very much because some traveler had
.io,i0i99$&R,al%ato&' "Hevliveff near
and killed snakes, frogs, you
(*hfc t 0ii,d
..a
31
1 wild
IMMiP
preventing young childr'en frc/in stray-
" Yhomi’
’ is very mm
maligned, however, every theft of cat
tle is laid on his slimy back, and' that
|b,
woods and the entrfis-;(^irdEif!i^';taknb
.. ' piikand ieftSeirinaJ ;ffis>eyes : toe o& :
the top of.
to see the'efceature swimming aloijg
.rwith only Msbyes floating above ijjSie 1
jiuiffice. Heicomes ashore to sleep in
ihpaundnhb,{and paying attention Uo
—-"jus deep, becomes so'dead to a}l sbiind •'
that a steanfbdfefS * nlfijl ^co23£ alopg
pide,' then hia astonishment when a
A if
It is not strange that Dio Lewis
should he dsejfly impressed with ,the
importance of health when his name
A charitable Cincinnati man keeps a
dr. bit 8ogs olmmed at his front door, \
so that poor people who stop to ft
thus jbe’ :bite£’ bcracaammodated^.without
fly taking the .trouble to go in the
house? * . - .. !
Edwin E. Campbell, now in 1
..the r
in-, -ins-editorial ca
pacity, ^ot less than 39 newspapers.
Originally a pn^jpaj. printer, t lie has
' ; .^iefedWiaBolia Journal sajs:,“Y[e
now belieyg^gi. too dpetrine of ! total
.cnrioM depra.vity.. j.gog» ^etkasustolen toe
~ .pnjbiJtoRPf fcfiafc PSSPed by the edit
or of the Leavenworth Independent,
r«*f nis^ ^
©ABBOTS,
MATTINGS,
WINDOW SHADES,
WALL-PAPEB,
MATTBESSES,
EEATHEBS,
• SOFAS, •
' r . SETTOEaSS, :
WARDROBES,
BUREAUS, Ac.
, A large Btock of
Do not insure with a Company yon know
Nothing nhout.
THE COTTO'N- STATES
PARLOR AND BEDROOM SUITES, LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
For Sale Low far Cash.
rU -,i
—OF-
i One Thousand Maple Bedsteads,
From $6.00 to $15,00.
Fisk’s Patent Metallic Burial Cases and
Caskets,
Tlie best articles in the market, pt Low Price*
Also Cqflhis in' Hose wood, Mahogany, Cedar,
uiit, and injijalionfi.
THOS.WOOD.
• Kext to Lanier House.
•-•siliA \’i$v
MACONJ
' si Jl
GEORGIA.
aoi
Aixthorteeft Capital,.
$2,000,000
0 500,000
■ $800,00O
doc23-3m
m
MACON. GA.
. c »• •• batibariusi. * r ' -
Every bobyTakes It!
r ojien||^g . .of the barerfoot sea-
yjh: ^^prr^pf jpditor, who has been
bullet wakbsThim upj and’toe hiried^^ aji/^astera tour, announces
io his reader, as the most remarkable
piece of totedhgeneff" gained in his
travels, that there are actually newspa
per men .on the Atlantic coasf i
have n'ot been- called on to kill any
one'fer. several years.
'The Vandals
tie water,
are sometimes very ludiQj:pug ( —Z,tppi'«-
‘-f-fjf — !'
f a^yi?/*3H c Fi(« a @@a.aea
Of all the dreary places, deliver us
from the dreary' farm houses, which
so many people caj| homo. Bars f«aj£
ftont gate; chicke^ ^Rt^-bpfpre'
toe door; pig pens elbowing, the
* .Chouse iu the
cared for t or po trees ^ all;; cheer
ing slirubs; no neatness; no trimness.
lAbdy.ei*# “ ’ T '
walk, ar.d a pleasaptjlcqjfiftj^roupd it,
don’ t cost a great deal ' Thwy lean be
- t pecured little by liftlei'dt. ,i bdd I ‘'times,
and the expenso hardly felt. And .if
■j* ..j too time comes when it is best to sell
kxi>: $ho" farm, - fifty djcfilars- so-' inTOSted.-i j
demanding attention of the utolbst
promptitude and assiduity frozp all
who could approach
then found that while women and chil-
dren were buraingin oilrdrenched cars,
;led bodies were- sinking jtbrough' •
na saSnsensibly yield to . a higher price for
•< such a" farm, whcirhc' thinks^the
..•*2*$lejj»nt surroundings it offers to his
\ ^ .jpicjmd children.- . Farmers,ybeautify
. and. adorn your farmsp set "t)ut“ orch-
• arda shrubbmy, ’ shade Seesj^T&y,
! “ ^lawns; build good fences; put up good
» - gates, aud paint- or -whitewash your
*% pntoouses ahff fences. 1 -, ,
. sSfWI*a:'» *N-S» ?-« m > .♦ -
^ A PHi'stciAN being asked b^ a pa_-
tient if He'toought a little spnitstnow
and then would hurt iiim much,- re-
“I 4p hot know that a little
ocpaslpnaily wouldhurt yoii much; hut-'
if you don’t take any, it won’t hurt
you at all” C
“If we had read of a railroad acci-
„ „—wounded
teTfl. Ymfi. tti
mir&ie&epgSfhM 3t|fltogtstrnnks{
andJhaaialroMl mfficiiils apd ibandain
^HBpfcsd^of^toasalrs, etc., we
would have grieved to confess a ptoof
of bargisfi^igi'-— • ' ama
the calnmnious reproaches withal toi
mlge toe oppressions On : toe
South:ortoeit politicians in Congress.
papers
exhibited
by the inhabitants and railroad p
pie of the - populous and cultival
Valiev of the Hudson. No event: has
?teeSed'.i5%;$oiito ifor wMch
‘Christian ♦ people, of? tois Christian
nAtiomf-'. could bludi a deeper'red. “
. *, Jton^iOH Made -EAsr^We read in
The Grand Jury of Chatham county
refuse to reocommend the levring of a one of the religious journals that
tax td> raise $3,000 for $e ^District church, now in'course of construction
Court. The jury popsiaer it a^,‘ffun-
gus” upon tfye judiciary, and cannot phrd with conveniences and luxuries,
’‘'recon}it} end any taxation upon an al- and, in fact, all toe modem improv-
feady overtaxed people for the siip-
pprt of this woitolsss piece of machine
ry. They further recommend that
, tie Senators andRepreseatativesIfrom
that .county.be requested to; .have toe
pnt AHminiatr«tinn:dBi«irMtnliiimiT{atA'
England.-” The d(-sire will certainly
be grafified. England: can bare noth?
jpg to do with toe present Admtoistrar
tion without
t feeling humiliated: . luxuries. There is nothing like tak-
'■ . . • - iusr things easy. ■ ■
E v.^oi —- 3^!* - . X. ;x
A womaq^to glay cougto, losoi, !hos "—
given birth to fifteen children in four- A. mother .out West recently ad-
|»en years : " Ijave ho inteBigence dressed her daughter tlpm: “My daugh-
p to how the husband and father is.j ter, you are now fifteen years of age,
getting along; bu* ft be still lives, he j engaged to be married, and without
j* doing a thousand times better than j a freckje on ypur faee, ' I have done
in Now Newark, N, J., k to be. sup-
Hfeidfc' Adjoining toe - vesfay is to be
built-a church parlor, which is to be
furnished like a modern drawing-room,
with piano aud‘ elegant furniture.—
Beneath this room will be situated
act establishing the same repealed. the cu
hr.: \ • * •.* -b.-.o ^.Ji .n
AUl. RU
An exchange declares that “the pres-, “big dinners.” While the gooff peo-
, , with a hotel range,
■ i -°
conveniences for getting .up
e were about it, it is a wonder they
did not add a billiard saloon, a smok-
ingj&oto» a reading-room, and a gym-
FAMILY. BITTERS:
(Copyright
Ffflljsprai^ Ms dfro.
JORSA^PTBYrAbli I)R,UCKJI8TA
nxmFACToasD bt
D. C. BRADY A CO.
Ebufsvi£lb; kt.
AND RAPIDLY INCREASING,
..at ,K022 3ia <i i V A CD
Deposited ifith tte J5t*te of Georgia,.,..,,,,
Deposited with the State of South Carolina,-w. .. : •; • •
FOR THE W1CPBITY OF POLICY HOLDERS.
m
.$100,000
,;$30,006
J2m_k;
Man, woman and child in Houston county should
know that Day & Gordon soil the cheapest and bent
goods.to be found this sido of the moon, if any
body can go £o the moon to trade, we advise them
to do so; but if they have to stop-anywhere short
t SottojA isj
•j' £>: i. Tf
That wants to inspoet the most elegant assort
ment of Dry Goods that ehe ever beheld,- should
don’s, vrhsro aha most osrtaixdy
Can- Find
• ' . U-T{oab j
AcTtiilnstoft WBati tolmj, ud thafc-too at tlia
uyloireatpricei. Thajr bar* tiu but Prista at
HiS3^r‘Blc4dlea : A-tHE[^£paas''atl2,q cental
Wooden-ware, eta, eta (If yon wan; to know?
Is in eluded in “eta,-*' come and eeeforyonrseli
^wtod alwiyaintend lb ^
70 \£hes» Are^^et -ftoen'Skem thepramhna nitte, u many CuBpsaioR have
do«d, but were obtained by an fiseeswuit cf 30 per cent upon the guavanteetl <stpital of
to# stockholders. These amount* axa deposited entirely beyond the control of me Com-
p ay; they do not enter into ita businem, and cannot be taken up nntil every pto> y
issued by the Company is paid np or cancelled. This affords security superior to vu.
J 3
’O’A’- -I;
, .^resident
.......Vice President
— Secretary
.........Actuary
JOHN W. BURKE, General Agent
J. MERCER GHE^N, .Medical Examiner.
W. B. JOHNSTON,..
’#§?iiESD£TT : Y
GEO. S, 03EAR,. • •
C. F. McCAY,......
W. J. MAGILL,..
. Superintendent of henries
r\ -= i r'
A Good
Jtaadj.msde dotking, Boott,
Shoes, Hmta, Cajaiand Gents’ lUndshtag ffoSur
which, in qnalltj and prloe. are warranted to suit
any reasonable nun. Now. young man, if job
want to play havoc with the hearts of the ladies, he
y> Sn£?<np:M<^up»ro?*r tc@orf<m'B.‘...
Every married lady ahoatf-see to it that her,”
«I ¥
Husband
AH . G ^
f*Y
. lay duty.’
ffiiY.:or vjormrTA- r.jji'*J
Doss his trading with Day fc GOrdon. for' Urfr.
is cartainiy the store at which (h« tee; *o-ein are
sold at vey low prioaa There is no mistake ahoat
it; they maan what they cay—if yon want proof of
it, call and 1 aae taem.
Now let the whole popplaoa of Noortcn eannty
!3 Kill
Immediately
• To Say k Gordon’s, far they may rest assured
that they will nva money by ae doing.
THE FOLLOWING COMPRISE SOME OF THE UNAlRrWERABLE
AI3&OS0 m ■ . 1 ■ - - ~-Y- .-T
ARGUMENTS WHY EVERY ~ —“
i . ,7. •;
'X^i-rr-sr MEDIATELY APPLY “FOR A POLICY OF
LIFE INSURANCE
1. The changes and fluctuations taking ptaee and liaWo to ooeur in oopwuareial aft
V.%.
T»e Uhtoliidfflitrottabpci i - •
3. The uncertainty of crops and of prieep, , • '• ' ‘ r/A
4. The absence of requisite capital to meet the loans end disappointments which may
of distress which, in most cbm, must follow toe loss of the head
provision for than eonting««es. which e life Insurance Policy
occur
5. The
the
eLfforde to er«ary fiuaily, in a good Company.
THE COTTON STATES LITE 1
;JT'£AvI«I liKT Cl I AST
Therefore a poliev in the Cotton States life" ___ . _
will guard your lov#ff ones from went or pecuniary ffubws, gt the evi
tune or your death. « : f' j
. ?ji y-ii flc-' 1 *. % C V;
'. ■ r- *: • y:,7’- -
of your mufor-
■
tm^Year,
rr
1,800 Policies m i
jc, z r t Bt
.<>■> A.tftaa.ro.zo'.7i
Upon the livae.of mu of the me •t preaninmt mfu to Pw* Alaha»e, Smith Ou-
oliua and Flonila.
It issues peliaiae upon all the moet popular plans of bMuraoee; gives ita peliey holff-
ers every advantage thay can get in any Company Ncfth pr South. It is now raceaae-
ob » .. a
GEO. S, OBEAB, Sccrctwy, Maoon, Ga„
- m- »■ JOBSQS ; A«tot, P«U7. 6%
THE MORNING NEWS
la. ia all respects, a Democratic journal, faithful
to DUm&atie principle., and earn.* in the advo--
cacy of Democratic meararca. Itbaliavaathattha
snsecaa of its psrtyie naceamry to tha salvation of
the country. Its reputation aa a news journal win
be a* heretofore. In Domestic, For
eign and Commercial IntelUgenee, literature. (
itia set aaipaaaad by any paper iptheoonntry.
Ita whole Character is compraheniivefr stated in
saying that it U a great Democratic and Family
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
Let Everybody Subscribe for it at raw
of the South. To every buapiess man, its Market
Intelligence alone is worth many times Its sub
scription.-’- ^ ‘ '
Com W. T. THOMFbON, with able assistant*,
has control of the Epitorisl sad News cel-.umis;
while ita corps of Eepprtara are "reliahla in everj-
: . T E R If S :
’*er,
[ouf!
Three 2doutb»,...
Six Mouth*,...... Y.V.It.—. .\. 5.00
THE TRI-WEEKLY NEWS
Is published every Monday. Wadheadhy and Sat
nrday; and is made from the daily editions
- TEEMS: --ii"- '
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SiX
Three Months,
.... $6.fX>
S.».i
L6i ;
THE WEEKLY NEWS
Is lacned kvary Friday. Is designed Or country
readers, and aentains a careful summary of thr
news of the week, with the principal nlitorialc.
t news, the latest dispstchrs, aud full
-report*. - •
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tilx Months, - l.‘JO
A Paper for the Fanner!
APaper for the Mechanic!
A Paper for the Merchant l
A Paper for the Professional Man!
• ffA Paper $br th,e Family Circle!
A Paper for EVERYBODY!
No attention paid to orders unless accompanied
by the money.
Postmaster, e»otywhar« are authorised to set as j
Agents. , j -
Money can be sent by Port Oflico order or Ex
press at our risk.
JT WILL COKTAnr
JLuJL
Address
J. H. ESTTLL.
lllvCsy Street, Savannah.
Every Fanner. Ougkt to Have It!
THE
SOUTHERN FARM & HOME
A MAGAZINE OF
Agriculture, Manufacture
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
XkpETJiPegliP WITH
NUMEROUS ILLU-STRATIONS.
J. W. BURKE A CO...........Publishers.
GEN. WJlL M BROWNE,.. Editor.
PUBLISHED MONTHLY AT MACON,
; . GEORGIA. r
ffingle Copy One Year, i. $2.06
ThPrtCopias "•*“ .. ... 5:60
Five Copies, • ................ 7.50
Sind# Oopy Six montbs,....Loo
i u&Z. tovuiiabtyto ftdvanca.
Lat* Opinloru of too Proa*.
rSoutharuVarm and Home. pnblished by J.
W. Burks k Co., Macon Ga., edited by Otn. Win.
Jf, Browne, is on «nr table. We have carefiuly
watched this monthljr from the flnt to Urn pres
ent nnmbar, and regard ii as among tbs first pub
lications «f its chaaracter in tha United States.
Every'farmer should have acopy. Terms $2 per
B.-^Chriatiaii
NEWS FROM ALL QUARTEB
Literature of the Highest Order,
a-m^ i’UAT Y«1T Yowt Can’t Hcot!
JJ2T It will be the organ of tha
HOUSTON COUjVTT AGRICULTURAL CLl
And- every number will contain articles of interest to the PLANTERS. Io Is
wifi he
UNCOMPROMISINGLY DEMOCRATIC,
Relieving that toe success of the Democratic Party is the only hop# of saving tto ■
from *Tid social ruin, end of restoring it to ita former condition of to®-!
perity and freedom from tyranny and oppression. Nevertheless, IT "'ILL NOT!
POLITICAL PAPER, IN THE STRICT MEANING OF THE TERM hat ri
We preaent ffaa table of contenta' ef 'toe last
umber of the:Southern:Farm and Home, pub
lished at Macon. Ga., to show oar made* what
■hH
taoT morp value.'to any farinar who canraad- thaii
tha money nectssary to secure the magaxine the
entire year.—Georgia Clipper.
Farm and Hlme, published by J- w - Burke
Jk Cn Ae, ia flottap np in thm l2SUd$02&CSt
Ty lXr'Y -I v ■, rJ ** ' -inrs
style, and ia fhU of the most useful and practical
information. Jbet the farmers if this section^aub-
onea for this moat valuable Agricultural
. Price *9-00 *-»ar ti i ^kupotat tome
i money.—Sparta Times and Planter.
The 8outheru Farm and Home.—We take p’
uoneof tbs
Ha Editor, Gem
ta due of tha clearest thinkers and
abiart WTiterajta toe Southern couhtay/and tha ty-
pogr^hical sppeeraace of .toa Farm and. Home
will oomnare favorably with any of tha cublica-
' tions ef toeday.—helms Times ud. Hsssengu.
candidate for the “ soffragea ” of the Southern
planter and fuser. It ia published at Mecon, Ge,
ry J. W. Burke k Co., and edited with rare ability
by Gen. Wat. M. Browne, a well known journalUt
of excellent lHersry reputation: Itr pages are
ABei with practical matter, and handsome illns-
tsatseos embellish tech number.. It vu com
menced In November IMS, and baa aatained a
prominent plaee —j the agricultural periodio-
~ * - , .' -'
With a view ed putttag this excellent nucleine in
the hands of #v«ry family hi Houston and tha ad>
joining ennttae,.-fa propoaa to dnhit with tha
Houston Home Journal,
an teHewa; iU/ ro7 •£*i~S.:,r,r .
ONE COPT IOCTKEBN FAEJf AND HOME.
*. x-JOB . j. -
ONE COPY HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL,
For S&50, Cask.
Add.ess J. W. BUBXE k 00.. Macon.
tW !■: .XAThiX r«4f
JOURNAL FOR THE HORS AND FIRESIDE.
i • ■ .. - *,. t
ySr- It will be our endeavor to admit to cur colamas nothing that will cfe
luste of tile most ftttfiffjou*—nothing tl»t cwfid not by prad with perfect pnrpridj: -
FAMILY GIRCLE.
gth ft will #j)a at g high atahdau^ is fittmtnrA and v3? eade#ror to ewlto* 1 -
trash which finds pphlicily ia loo many of our papeza.
ysr It willl take a stand for what it behaves to bo the RIGHT SIDE in *3 P*
which come before the public; aud will ADHERE TO THE BIGHT, wilhwtf
tavor, regariee* alike of'to# fieRety of frieads and the hatred of foes.
i will ever
be open to all comma**
jar- It will
pi# inaoqg whppi it (tocnlatam «»A »to <
of interast to ita readea,
par- It will coqtain*
•p qpc^x x«. *js it - tw ° o f? x» "S’^ sff sr
And wfll give FROM ONE-THIRD TO ONE-PALF MORE BEADING MATfiS-
moat qf the Country Paper* ip to^ State.
Then Let Everybody Rally to it^ Sypport!
We have.not the fitoe to eeH on ovary nmarin thewrenty and ask his to snl*e^
don’t wait, but come «p of yonr oF»8peordl‘ Reader, if you take it -jcrsa&'
work and ...
Induce Your Neighbor to Subscribe!
And" iloq’t b$ eatigflad to atop with ONE, hut
TO &** A-
' W . ' ■ i:Z ts- BO
sending FIVE SUBSCRIBERS AND $12.50, wfll receive to# HOI^
XAL ONE YEAR FREE. Come along, then; if jotj ffo not get the fall Tftl3e
momor, it will be refunded. Addreto * ;
Ternt*.
Any c
j. j. wat^rma^,
besx -
£•§??? s nBHHiasm