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VOLUME IV
PERRY, GA., SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1S74.
NUMBER 19.
A. S. GILES,
Attomev at X.awl
PERBY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA.
Office in the Court House,
j Special attention given to business in the Supe
rior and County Courts of Houston County.
.- feb 21. ly.
c. J. HARRIS,
Attomev nt Ir -w.
MACON GBOBGXA.
rirnx practice Uw In Utigatcd cases in —
pit counties of the Macon Circuit to wit: Bibb.
.Houston, CraWTord and Twiggs.
J. A. EDWARDS,
Attorney at L aw,
— SfaltSHAIXYILLE GPOBGIA.
W. H. REESE,
Attorney at Law.
MAESHAELVIELE GEORGIA.
*a-Spcdsl attention given to cases in at
mptcy.
DUNCAN & MILLER.
Attorneys a.* Law,
PERRY and PORT YAT.T.EY. GA.
C C. Duncan. Perry, office on Public Square;
L iTilillcr, Fort Valley- office In Matlicw’s Hail,
B. M. DAVIS.
attorney a4 X.aw
PERRY, GEORGIA.
ntrni practice in the Courts of Houston
\V and adjoining counties; also in the Su
preme Court and U. S. District Court.
NOTTINGHAM & PATTEN,
Attornevs at Law.
PERRY, viEORGIA.
PRACTICE In the Courts of Houston and a
oining counties. Prompt attention given to ail
euslness entrusted to our care. Collectiona of
claims a specially.
mg 23. tf.
U. M. CONN,
#
Attorney at XsaWi
BYRON, S. W. B, B. GA.
jj-Speclal attention given to collections.
E. W. CROCKER,
Attorney at Law,
FORT VALLEY, GA.
^^Collections and Criminal Law a specially
Offlc« at Miller, Brown & Co's.
J O BSO N
DR.
DENTIST,
PERRY AND HAWKINSVILLE GA.
and one-fourth, or the
will be given to his practice in Hawkinsville, at
lira. Hudspeth's. aug23 i
A. M. WATKINS,
WITH
CURRIER, SHERWOOD & CO.,
Broome Street,
NTEW yore:.
BOOTS & SHOES
AT WHOLESALE.
Cash Saloon Re-Opened.
C.V. MARKET,
TERRY, GA
FINE WINES,
WHISKIES,
BRANDIES, ETC.
AT RETAIL.
«©“Thebest LAGER BEER a 5
cents a glass.
Everybody is invited to give me a
call at my new store next door to my
old stand. G. V. MARKET.
March 21 3 m.
WM. j. andeson, President W.E. Brown, Caahier.
IjCASH CAPITAL, $ll 0 000.
PLANTERS- BANK.
FQRT VALLEY, GEOROIA.
Transacts a General Banking, Discount, and
Exchange Business. . A
Particular attention given to the collection of.
Rotes, Drafts, Coupons, Dividends, etc.
DIRECTORS.
Wm. J. Anderson,
H.L. Dennard, L. M. Feltva »•
W.H.Hollinshead, W.A. Mathew
Jan. 16
T. T. MARTIN:
■Manufacturer and Retail Dealer in
TIN WARE,
COOKING STOVES,
SHEET IRON
'JON WARE,
ETCETERA.
"DEPAIBING, ROOFING GUTTERING
JLl' Ac., done at short notice and in the
best mann»r. T. T. MARTIN.
t£ Peny.Ga.
JOHN B. COFIELD.
Photographer & Portrait Painter
Perry Georgia.
WILL take all styles of pictures at the lowest
•’ prices, and guarantee satisfaction. He in»
■Fites every bo dv to call and examine his speci
mens, and to compare his work with that of any
Dther artist. In price and style of work he denes
.competition.
Gallery on Carrol! Street,
Tp StjLirB, where he has good shy-light and s
^ otherwise amply prepared to serve those who
Kay cell.
Dec. 13.
A DAY GUARANTEED using Our
WELL AUGER & DRILL in good
territory. Endorsed by Govnrnor*
of IOWA, ARKANSAS & DAKOTA
CgthgteftM. P.9I1IB, St, Lssii, Ko,J>
The Insurgent.
Reflecting on the.subject of liber
ty, my mind frequently recurs to the
• . . ^
time when I became a temporary res
ident of St Petersburgli, when the
death of the Emperor Alaxander was
followed by the accession of Nicho
las to the throne. I still fancy my
self standing before the barred gates
of the city, waiting the long examina
tion which must be undergone before
a stranger could be permitted to en
ter. I stiU hear the repeated watch
word of the solitary gard, which con
tinually patrolled the streets after
dark. I imagine myself receiving my
letters, the seals violated from being
opened at the post-office, a precau
tion seldom omitted even in the
case of the most obscure individual.
It was well known immediately af-
te r the demise of Alexander, that two
regiments bad revolted in favor of
Constantine, and that many of the
populace hnd joined them. It was a
day of great import in the Russian
capital, and of great private interest
to the family with whom I resided
(that of an English merchant) whose
daughter was that day to become the
bride of a faithful ani long attached
lover, a young Russian officer of great
promise. Everything had been ar
ranged on the proceeding evening,
when the intelligence of the morning
threw an undeflued apprehension of
evil over'our hopes, and when on the
bridal party assembling, the bride
groom was missing, and our worse
fears were confirmed.
Many hours passed in fearful sus
pense; sometimes we listened to the
heavy fire of the distant artillery;
sometimes gathered anxiously round
some informant who had lately re
turned.from the vicinity of the scene
of tumult, hoping, inquiring, conjec
turing and fearing, till the cheek of
the intended bride grew pale, the lus
ter of her eyes faded, her jewels were
thrown off, then resumed, her bridal
vail discarded, then taken up again
only to be drenched with tears of the
most bitter regret.
It became too certain from all the
information we could gather that the
the regiment of our young friend was
engaged in the revolt, and as we
heard the new emperor’s guards were
everywhere bearing down the insur
gents we had little hope of his safety.
From hour to hour these apprehen
sions increased; every moment the
most exaggerated reports reached our
enr.i, till at length suspense became
agony, and doubt distraction. No
sooner did darkness fall, and the suc
cessless struggle had ended, than the
young bride entreated her brother
and myself to accompany her to his
lodgings and endeavor to learn the
fate of her lover. It was in vain we
represented the probable hazard of
such an attempt, as we must- pass
through that part of the town which
had been the scene of the contest; she
was careless of life, and only wished
to end her present uncertainty. Gui
ded by the clear moonlight of a north
ern atmosphere, we left her father’s
house and proceeded through the
now deserted streets and public walks,
only meeting here and there parties
of the inhabitants conversing gloomily
on the events of the day, frequently
interrupted and dispersed by the mil
itary, who in detached bodies paraded
the streets during the night. Often
those who had escaped from the field,
and were fearful of arrest, harried
singly across unfrequented lanes, care
fully avoiding even the hovels w hich
are constructed for the accommoda
tion of the night watch, containing
ovens, which, continually heated se
cures them from the. inclemency of
the weather..
Arrived at the great square, which
had been the scene of contest, we
found all tbe entrances blocked up by
the guards, seme of whom were con
veying on sledges heaps of the slain
(and as their groans too well informed
us, of the dying), to be committed to
their last repose in the cold waters of
the Neva. Painfully alive to every
impression of horror, we almost fan
cied we heard amid the stillness «f the
hour, the sullen plunge and heavy
dash of the waters over the deadly
freight consigned to tueir bosom on
that eventful night. We stood some
many honors gained in the service of
his conhtiy were appended to his
breast;, his face Was concealed, yet the
eyes of Matilda soon recognized him
who at that moment alone possessed
her thoughts, and wildly and ardent
ly she tried to assist his companion in
his painful task. Her lover started
at her voiee; he gazed upon her pallid
smile, bnt the agitation of this un
looked-for meeting, added to the loss
of blood from his unstaunched
wounds, soon wasted bis remaining
strength, and we were compelled to
support him, fprit was impossible to
proceed further.
Matilda flung herself beside bim,
gazed upon his countenance in tear
less agony, and besought us with
piercing supplications, to save Iris
life. “It is too late,” said he, with a
startling calmness; “I could have
wished to have spared yon this scene;
give me your hand my last moments
are approaching.” She gave it him
all glittering with jewels, the intended
ornaments of a happier hour, and as
he pressed it to r his pale, cold lips,
feeling and life'seemed at once to de
part from him; he sunk lifeless in the
embrace of his bride. She remained
for a few moments in that Cold trance,
then starting up, cast her furred
clonk from her, and pointing to her
white robe stained with the blood of
her lover, asked in distraction, “if this
oere not a merry brical?”
We endeavor to calm her, that we
might convey the remains of tbe
young soldier from this dreadful
spot, but it was impossible. She al
ternately laughed and wept, increas
ing the fearful interest of the scene by
her frantic mirth.
This was one of the many strikin
examples which they who mix with
the world must witness, and would do
well to lay to heart; of human happi
ness and the hi; h st hopes wrecked at
their very entrance into port; and it
will be long before memory will c< ase
to recall that fearful nigbt, of the
horrors of which I was destined to be
a witness in t he city of St. Peters
burg.—Selecle I.
graceful, and the glittering insignia of J The Rellstnus War In Germany.
the saw, the plow-handles, the axe;
minutes in shuddering, and chill sus- pi c k-axe, the spade—anything
pense, scarcely able to support Matil
da, now almost overcome by the ac
cumulation of anticipated terrors.—
We wonld have returned, but she was
desperate in her intention. “Per
haps,” she said, “we may yet -find
bim; perhaps he even now lies fester
ing from his wounds, and our assis
tance' may not be too late; I fear not
any danger, he would have dared as
much forme.”
We pressed onward and passed un
noticed amid the confusion. Matilda
gazed eagerly round, and distinguish.-
ed even in that imperfect light a - spot
where the prostrate slain and some
few survivors wore the well-known
uniform of her lover, rushed towardit
without speaking; we hastily followed,
scarcely noticing the many heart
rending scenes which were passing
nronnd us.
The Mound-Building Megapode.
Of all bird dwellings the most sin-
ulnr I ever saw is that of the mega-
podius of New Guinea and the sur
rounding archipelago. This bird is a
member of a small but deeply inter
esting gallinaceous family known as
Megapodinse, which have this pecu
liarity, that they never sit their eggs.
They bury them in immense tumuli
that excite the astonishment of stran
gers, leaving them to be hatched by
the heat of tbe sun or by fermenta
tion. This family of birds is found
in all the islands, between Australia
and the Philippines in tne one direc
tion, and from Borneo to New Britain
in the other. My first .acquaintance
with the nest of this remarkable bird
was made in New Guinea, when ex
ploring in Manumann Kiver in Nov
ember, 1872.
While breakfast was preparing I
strolled into the bush to collect ferns.
Close to tbe river inside a dense
growth of timber, was a great mound
with a depression at the top. It was
a perfect circle, and it was evidently
artificinl, great quantities of* leaves
being mixed with loose earth. It
could have not been built by human
hands, as there was no trace whatever
of cultivation in the neighborhood.
The mound was carefully measured,
and proved to be ten feet high and
sixty feet in circumference at the
base. Onr old native guide persisted
in saying that it was built by birds.
H it I remained incredulous until we
fell iD with several mounds on Bamp-
ton Island, near the entrance of the
Fly River. These were exactly the
size of that just described. The na
tives utilized;them with bananas and
other trees and shrubs,—Lev. D Wyot
Gill. ■
To Young Men.
Some old genius gives tbe following
excellent advice to young men Who
“depend on father” for their support
and take ho interest in business, but
are regular drones in the hive, subsist
ing on that which is earned by oth
ers:
“Come off with your coat, clinch
Among these was an old soldier en- j -
deavoring to convey, by stealth, his j
wounded officer from the field; he was j
that will enable you to stir your
blood! Fly round and tear your jack
et, rather than be the passive recip-.
ient of the old man's bounty! Soon-,
er-than play; the. dandy at dad’s ex
pense hire yourself to a potato patch,
let yourself ont to stop holes, or watch
the bars, and when you think, your
self entitled to a resting spell, do it
on your own hook. Get up in the
morning—turn luuud at least twice
before breakfast—help the old gentle-
man—give him a lift in bueiness,
learn how to : take the lead,.and not
depend forever onbeingled; you have
no idea how the discipline will bene
fit you, Do this and our word for it,
you will soon breathe a new atmos
phere,-possess a new frames tread a
new earth, wake to destiny—-and
you may begin to aspire tp man
's hood.” - •' ’
Com t Gossip,
The wedding of Miss Nellie Grant
leaning^n^his ^ e™,"who' haA j» feed for Mist instant, when the
carefully enwrapped him in the folds • bridal party will sail for England,
of his military cloak; yet he proceeded | It is supposed she marries for pure
only by slow and tottering steps. His j love, as the income of her affianced is
figure was tall and appeared, to have only §60.000 g years-
The Prussian correspondent of the
London Times writes under date of
Berlin, April 4th; In consequence of
the attest of two more German Bish
ops one-third of the whole number
are disposed of. Of the remaining
eight two are likely to follow suit: be
fore long, when half the number will
have been practically removed from
office. All of them being sent to pris
on for the considerable fines they re
fused to pay, it is probable that the
new ecclesiastical court will have time
to declare their sees forfeitedloDg be
fore they can hope to regain liberty.
As soon as Parliament has passed the
new bill enabling the government to
intern or expel priests who have in
curred penalties under the new ec
clesiastical laws, the imprisoned mon-
signeurs must expect to be sent across
thef.ojtier.
Beyond a slight stir in the streets
tbe arrest of the Bishops , of Cologne
and Troves has produced no visible
effect upon the inhabitants of their
diocesan towns. It was somewhat-
different. On the 31st of March, at
6:30 p. 3i., Herr Deven i, the chief of
Cologne police, attended by two sub
ordinates, made liis appearance in the
Episcopal palace. The Archbishop
immediately got up, and when in
formed of the officer’s errand begged
to be allowed twenty-four hours to ar
range his affairs. The officers regret
ted not being able to comply
with this request, but gave him
two hours to prepare. They then
left the palace and returned to the
at eight o’clock. By that time the
house was full of priests, the street
being occupied by a large crowd.—
When the officers entered the room
in which the Archbishop was they
found him taking leave of the princi
pal ecclesiastics of the diocese. The
ceremony taking so long that he was
at last reminded that they had better
go. To this the Archbishop replied
that he did not intend to quit his
honse of his own free will at all. He
wonld only yield to force. Hearing
this the principal officer quickly an
swered that the Archbishop’s having
uttered his determination to yield to
force only, this might be regarded as
tantamount to bis really bavin:
made resistance. He would therefore
be obliged by the Archbishop follow
ing him without any more ado. *No,
sir,’ said the Archbishop, ‘you will
have to take me bodily out of the
room if you wish me to go with you.’
Upon this, at a sign from the princi
pal officer, one of the two subordinate
officers took hold of the Archbishop's
arms, and leading him to tbe door re
quested bim to proceed alone. But
tie Archbishop again protested that
he would not leave the house unless
they forced him out of it, so that the
police was obliged once more to touch
his arm and lead bim out. On the
stairs the like scene was again gone
through, the police being evidently
reluctant to face the crowd outside
with an official grip fastened upon the
Archbishop.- When they appeared at
the door, which was guarded by six
policemen, the crowd vented their
feelings in angry exclamations. The
prisoner and his three custodians then
entered the private carriage of Herr
Devens, and amid the cries of the
populace, who, however, made no at
tempt to hinder their progress, drove
to the prison. There the Archbishop
had assigned to him two newly pa
pered and furnished rooms. He is
allowed to provide his own viands,
and may receive visitors in the pres
ence of aL officer.”
Look-Bi-furc you Leap.
Bottlebnry of Camden, will never
dive into the creek to save another
Woman from drowning. -He. saw a
red-haired girl named Sparks, tumble
in the other day off a boat, and he in
stantly plunged in after her caught
her by her dress, and swam to shore
with her. As soon as they were on
dry land. Miss Sparks gave a hysteri
cal scream, flung her arms about Bot-
tleimry’s \ neck, and fainted. • Just
then the father came up with the rest
of the family, and perceiving the sit
uation, he dashed up to Bottlebnry,
grasped bis hand; and said: “Take
her, my boy; take her! It is hard to
give her up; it wrenches her old fath
er’s heart; but she is yours. " Bless
you, my children—bless you!” Then
Mrs. Sparks cried, and said she hop
ed Harriet wonld be happy, The lit.
tie Sparkses manifested their emotion
by elimbing up Bittlebnry’s legs' and
pulling his coat tails. Then Harriet
came to, and laying her head On his
shoulder, whispered, “Kiss me dar
ling;” > Bottlebnry, amazed and in
dignant, tore himself away and fled.
He was arrested that afternoon on
eharge of breach of promise, and on
the trial the jury gave the broken
hearted Miss Sparks two hundred
dollars damages. Bottlebnry has in
timated to his. confidential friends that
if any other warm-haired woman in
tends to fall over board near: him she
wid find it- to her advantage to learft
to swim.
The Lonisrille Lattefy.
The Louisville Lottery has just
closed under disgraceful circumstan
ces and surroundings. The end can
not justify the means. The State of
Kentucky, in a moment of weakness,
authorized certain persons, acting as
Trustees for the Public Library of
Louisville, to draw five lotteries —
four of these have beeli spawned,
and now the fifth and last of the
ries is advertised. The last one pro
poses to sell 100,000 tickets at §50
ticket, or in the aggregate $5,000,000,
and to distribute onfr.htfff that stun os
prizes.
The best commentary on this lot
tery business, or the one that will
most forcibly strike a large body of
the public, is, that the net profits of
the first three of the series did not
exceed §20,000 to §30,000, and this
was the resnlt of gambling with three
or four millions of- dollars of other
people’s money. What the result of
the Fourth has been has not yet been
made public. Forty-five thousand
tickets were sold at $50 each or for
§2,225,000. That was the sum paid
by the credulous fools who invested
their money ia the short cut to
wealth. It was attempted to sell
three million dollars worth of tickets,
but the attempt failed . The prizes
tvere proportionately scaled dawn,
§1,112,500 set apart for distribution.
In other words, the Trustees of the
Public Library at Louisville bor
rowed $2,250,000 and paid the loan
at 50 cei.ts on the dollar. To the ordi
nary reader, the presumption is that
the other fifty cents on the dollar is
heir as an endowment of the Public
Library. But not so! Judging by
the results of the the three previous
lotteries, it will be a good thing if
the Library nets §75,000 from the
last sknffle. The “expenses” of such
things are enormous. Gambling
houses always pay liberal wages—five
times the amount paid for equal ser
vice in any other business. Then
the selling of tickets is illegalin near
ly every State of the country, and
high commissions have to be paid to
the wholesale and retail- dealers; the
risk of prosecution and the wear and
tear of character in the illegal trade,
have td be paid for at extravagant
rates. The confidence operator who
shoves a bogus check on a greenhorn
is willing to leave an immense mar
gin for the comparatively small amoun t
of gold money he gets from his victim.
We suppose that, from first to last,
the commissions for peddling the tick
ets reach 25 per ceut. of the sales.—
Then there is a bill for advertising.
The lottery depends for success upon
having its alluring schemes kept con
stantly before the public, and in every
possible locality. Printing and adver
tising probably consume 10 per ednt.
more of the receipts. Then there are
the salaries and allowances and expen
ses of the high functionaries of every
degree who are connected, with it;
and these, with countless items of de
tail expenditures, so draw upon the
profits after paying the prizes that
the unfortunate Library in whose
rame the whole scheme was perpetra
ted gets only the fragment that is
left. Putting thj profits of this last
%ttery §100,000, the Library will get
less than 5 per cent, of the money
drawn in its name from the 45,000
people who bought tickets. Of each
§50 paid for a ticket, less than §3 will
pass to the Library. The whole thing
is a fraud. The real endowment is
that of the college of managers, direc
tors, agents, and ticket-sellers, who
divide the proceeds among themselves
ns salaries, commissions and expen
ses.
It-is time tbat-public opinion should
be exercised to arrest the further
progress of this monstrous -fraud.—
There is hardly a village in the West
where one or more of these tickets
have not been sold. There is not a
work-shop, nor a mine, nor any col
lection of workingmen where there
have not been tickets seld, each man
-clubbing in his §5 to §10, to be sent
to Louisville. Iff hundreds of cases,
boys, and girls, and widows have been
coaxed to send their scanty savings to
invest in this heartless scheme.-—
C.dcago Tribune.
, Raining Gaasshoppers.
Kentucky .and Tennessee are groan
ing over the devastation of deluging
rains chronicled occurred in Hickman
during last week. One night a le-
Sweden by Candle Light.
The Swedish summer is very short
and the year has hardly my spring or
autumn. But the summer days are
very long, and the sun, after setting,
rinks only a few degrees below the
horizoD, filling the whole space during
the flight with a mystical luminous-
ness which mzkes even the pig-sty ro
mantic. At midnight you can walk
in the garden and read a letter from
your mother. And how singular the
letter is! Every word in it has a new
meaning, and so has every object
around yon. The street, the houses,
the old church, the river, tbe hills all
look so strange, and yet they all look
as if yon had never before seen their
trne shape and never before under
stood their trne meaning, and so has
every object around yon. The houses
do not press the ground with their
weight; they float in the air like pic
tures. The river does not pnsb its
waves forth through a melancholy fall
from one pebble to another; it only
turns its bands, rapidly bat gently, -to
catch the images of the stars. The
trees do not suck and heave and foil
for a bit of existence; no, they breathe,
they live, they whisper about Para
dise.
Swedenborg’s idea of spiritual bod
ies was by no means a grotesque no
tion. It was one of the most natu
ral and most beantiful allusions the
human imagination ever gave birth
to. It was a genuine child of the
Swedish summer night. The clatter
ing and the hammering and all the
noises of the town are asleep. The
splash of the waters falling down the
cataract in the birch wood is trans
ferred into'a sweet melody, whose sub
dued notes swing in the air, now
sounding near to your ear, now echo
ing far off. But this, as all individ
ual sounds, the chirping of tbe in
sects in the trees, tbe clap of your
steps on tbe rocky path, the crackling
of the paper in your hand, are soon
hushed by the deep stillness from
which the terrace with the lonely lake
and the sombre pine forest draws near
and nearer until it covers all the world
with silence. Only one individual
sound can be distinguished, one single
drip of water fulling into a silver lake,
one single note strnck on the deepest
string of an instrument. It is the
echo of the first cataract, a hundred
miles distant, far off among the moun
tains. Distance seems here merged
into infinity, and time into eternity.
Lire L*ke Boyers.
Married people should trust each
other like lovers all their lives-—then
they would be happy. Bickering and
and: quarrelling would soon break ofi
love affairs, consequently lovers in
dulge in Ruck only to a very limited
extent But some. people—men and
women. both—when they have once
got foamed, tbink they can do~ just as
they please, and it will make no dif
ference. They make a great mistake.
It will make all the difference in the
world. Women should grow more
devoted and men more fond after mar
riage, if they have the slightest idea
of being happy as wives and hns-
bands. It is losing, sight of this fun
damental-truth that leads to hundreds
of divorces Yet many a man will
scold his wife, who wonld never think
of breathing a narsli word to his
sweetheart; and many a -rife will be
gram and morose on her husband’s
return, who had only smiles and
words of cheer for him when he was
her suitor. How can such people ex
pect to be happy. •
Ocean Disasters.
Starring Negroes.
The Memphis Avalanche says a
merchant of that city, who has been
down tbe river three hundred miles,
returned yesterday and states that the
condition of the people in the over
flowed sections is ten folds worse than
generally believed. The whole coast
country is under water, and the in
habitants have been compelled to
leave their homes and flee for safety
to the higher lands. The negroes
have left the plantations along the
nver bottoms and congregated in
great numbers aronnd tbe towns and
country stores. These people kave
ro money,.and not only are in rags
but almost on the eve of starvation.
In the early pnrt of the year the mer
chants and storekeepers advanced
supplies and provisions to the negroes
who would give them a mortgage or
lien on the incoming crop.
At some places the merchants and
citizens are issuing them four ponnds
of meat and a peck of meal per capnt
a week to those unfortunate persons,
allowing nothing for children. The
The gentleman informs ns that many
places are densely packed with refngee
negroes, that tbe citizens are in great
danger of having their bouses invad
ed and their property destroyed by
these half-famished creatures. All
who have enough money to pay their
fare lose no time iu boarding.steamers
in order to lea ve the stricken country.
Stock of aU kind has been drowned in
the bottoms, and, shotdd famine be
averted for the present, the great loss
in the future will be unprecedented
from such a source.
The above state of affairs exists
from here'to the gulf, and no one can
comtemplate the hardships and mise
ries of the people along the river with
out feeling a desire to do something
for their alleviation.
Bad on Thieves.
It is stated that the Patrons of Hus
bandry in Iowa have perfected an or
ganization for tbe captnre of horse
thieves. Each grange is to kaYe “five
riders,” who ate on a robbeiy of stock
being reported, to mount and follow
the culprits. To this end the grange
is to furhish them with funds not less
in amount than. tweniy-five dollars,;
and on giving the hailing sign of the
patrons all other grangers will enter
tain them free of cost, • turn out to
them or lend them fresh horses. Sim
ilar organizations in other States
wonld render stealing horses a very
unprofitable business.
Odds and Ends.
‘Going through the Rye’ issngges
ed as an appropriate song for the
temperance crusaders.
Any candidate for office in Omaha
who wears a shirt collar is considered
a bloated aristocrat.
A Columbus clergyman has twenty-
two children which take up fonr pews,
and his church wanted to deduct the
rent from his salary.
A Yankee in Yenice when shown the
Bridge of Sighs offered to bet that
America had many bridges twice its
size.
A "Western editor apologises for the
deficiency in the first edition of his
paper by stating that he was detained
at home by a second addition to Ins
family.
Boston pays annually §140,000 for
profesional church ringers while 140
congregations are anxious to be al
lowed to ring without charging one
cent for it
A Dooly county granger climbed
up » tree to shake out a coon. Then
the dogs heard something heavy foil
and went for it. Between dressing
the rents in his flesh aud mending the
rents in Jiis dress his wife has her
hands full;
A small boy in Atlanta tbe other day
created a sensation by transferring a
card with'the words ‘take one’ from
pile of almanacs to a basket of sample
oranges.
La Mothe was not a great writer,
but full of resources; so lie got tbe
Parisian aiilhoriti.-.-v to prohibit the
sale of his book, anil every .copy was
soon disposed of.
A Charleston man was fined ten dol
lars for assisting in relig.ons worship
with a jews harp. Th.: deacons and
judge were inexrrab'e notwithstanding
de pleaded scripture precedents.
A performance of educated flees is
tbe sensation in Berlin. R'cently one
of the best performers, obeying a nat
ural instinct, leaped into the bosom of
a lady of high rank who wa« standing
near. The good natured Duchess re
tired to another room, but soon re
turned with tbe insect between her
finger and thnmb. It was not the
right flea.
The world is full of people anxious
to boss a job at a dollar a day, who
would scorn to go .o work themselves
fer three times the amount.
Rates of Advertiring.
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3 4 50 5 75 6 75 12 00 1!
4 5 75 7 25 . « SOftt fiWl
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T. J. CATER & SOR,
PERRY. GA.,
Are now receiving their
SPRING & SUMMER STOCK
DRY GOODS,
CLOTHING,
BOOTS, SHOES,
CROCKERY,
ETC., ETC., ETC.
A LSO ’
ON HAND:
30 | casks choice smoked SIDES;
with SYRUP,
SUGAR and
COFFEES
HICH "WE OFFER FOR SAl.
W 1
FAIR PRICES.
F. S. CATER.
D. H. HOUSER.
W. H. BOUSES*
How to Handle Frightened Horses.
There are some good suggestions ns
to the management of frightened hor
ses, in the following, especially about
curing them by degrees of all fear of
any object, and being calm and qniet
yonrself; but we should question the
policy of giving loose rein when they
shy at objects: Almost invariably the
damage done by frightened horses is
directly traceable to injnrion.s man
agement. In tbe first place, the idea
o* lorcing a horse to “get used” to
something he is frightened at, is very
wrong. If a horse is afraid of the
cars or any other object, tbe only way
to enre him of it is by degrees. Drive
or hitch him a safe distance from them,
and then pay as little attention to him
as possible. Do not make anything
of the matter yonrself, and he will
gain confidence rapidly. When your
horse is frightened, never display any
fear op nervousness yonrself, and
make the matter appear as light
as possible. If yon make agreit
demonstration about holding him, it
is certain to magnify the cause in the
mind of the horse. Never let your
horse see that you are afraid of him,
nor try to cure his fear by force or
rough treatment, for either course will
be certain to increase his fear.
Be firm, calm and kind, and you
will be astonished at your o wn success.
Many horses are disagreeable drivers
from the habit of shying at objects on
the roadside or in passing another ve
hicle; this is in most cas»s a mere hab
it and can be qnickly cured, simply
by making the horse ashamed of bis
own fear. When a horse shies, if the
circumstances will possibly admit of
it, do not pay tbe least attention to
it, do not pull him severely on the
rein, -and never hit with the whip when
past the object, bnt let the lines re
main loose and let him shy as for as
he pleases without any apparent at
tention. No other course than that
we have tried will so quickly and ef
fectually cure a horse of- this disa
greeable and sometimes dangerous
habit-. In the case of a runaway, dan
gerous results can often averted by
quiet calmness, and seeking to restore
your control by degrees, instead of
by some sudden exertion. Never hal
loo, or by any. means let th^ horse
know you are afraid, although there
may be ample cause for it Th*
horse deserves credit for more know
ledge, affection and memory than is
generally given him;'- :•>'■ ~vV.'jsi-'i
STONEWALL MILLS.
WAVING completed the repairs of our
11 STONEWALL, late Carr & Jona's,
MILLS, we nre now ready to grind for the
public, saw on shares or sell merchantable
Lumber at $1 00 per 100
Feet
fogjloping by strict attention, to for*
full satisfaction we solicit the patronage of
the neighborhood.
April 26 4t. HOUSER A SON.
NEW GOODS!!
JUST RECEIVED!
AT MDS. TURNER & EVANS’
LADIES’-HATS,I
MISSES’& BOY’S HATS,
CENTENNIAL RUFFS
TRIMMED BONNETS,
FLOWERS,- RIBBONS,
FEATHERS & MANY
OTHER ARTICLES
To nnmerons to mention.
No 3, COOK’S RANGE, Peny, Ga.
II14tf
THE BEST INVESTMENT
YOUNG MEN.
W HO wish to obtain a thorough Practi
cal Business Education, and prepare
themselves for the duties of Aetna! Business
Life, imder the instruction and advice of
Experienced Accountants, should attend
A New Mo or.
Duel between Girls. A tllirlks ^
Two girls in Madrid recently fallen diso6Tered a motive P° wer 38 sn P erior
each other in a hand to hand contest i s * eam as ’’team is to the human
The antagonists, each about twenty: breath, capable of being bottled up
yeors old and remarkably handsome, j for generations. It is a mechanical
repaired one Sunday morning to a vil-; arriiugetaent {or decomposing water,
liage five miles distant where thev ate ! ... ....
sumptions breakfasts at different ta . | "itLcmt vegetation or electricity, aud
bles. They then closed the window , the remarkable power produced, over
bhewerp..
Since the beginning cf steam nav-j stripped to the waist, aud requested ; 10,000 pounds to the square inch, is
igation, thirty-three years ago fifty- j their companions to withdraw. The y j so „ n . h a ’ oove the capacity of steam
~ ... ,, one steam-ships have sunk to the bot- then attacked each otner with navajas I
of grasshoppers Tell, with the j tom Q f the ocean. The first was the j cutting and slashing until both fell to ' g lia ges that he is now constructing
president and theJast the Europe. the floor mortally wounded..
guege3 with which tomcasuro.it.-
iSTANDARL INSTITUTION,
AXD LEADING
Business School in the South.
CONDUCTED ON.
ACTUAL BUSINESS PRINCIPLE.
Supplied withbunkingand other officers,
combining every know facility for impart-’
ing a thorough practical and systematic ’
knowledge of the science of accounts, in the ‘
shortest possible time, and at the least ex-"
pense. Students received for Telegraphy.
No vacation. Students admitted at any
time. Circulars containing Terms, etc.
mailed on application. ‘ ’ ’
Feb. 28, 1871.
B. F. MOORE, A. \L
lr
Superior Court.
At the approaching May Term of
this Conrt the dockets will be called
in the following order:
1st. COMMON LAW DOCKET.-
2u, APPEAL" DOCKET.
3rd. EQUITY DOCKET.
4th. CLAIM DOCKET.
5th. CERTIORARI DOCKET.’-
CRIMINAL Sc MOTION DOCKETS'
to be called as may suit the Court:
The Clerk will have the foregoing
published in The Houston Hqjix Joub-
NAi> each week ’till the next term- of -
this Conrt. B. Hmj.,-
Marcfi 6, 1874, Judge." -
A true extract from tbe minutes.
D. H. CcxmECj ©ferk. -
B, T, BABBITT’S
Pare ConcentratedPofasfr
OR. XjYJfcl.
Of double the strength of any other-
SAPONIFYING SUBSTANCE:
I have lec-imtly perfc-ct«F-»*ew>»atbod of 1
ing my Potash or Lye, and’ ata now'
packing it only in BALLS, the coating of "
which will saponify, and does not fojura'
the Soap. It is paekedfo boxes euntainiag.'
24 and 48 lb, Balls, aDd in no other way.—
Dir chons in English and German,- for-ma- -
king hard and soft soap with this Potash,*
accompanying each package.
B. T. BA BBITT,
64 to 84 Washington St^ N.-Y*