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ioustmt gome gfwmral PERRY, CA. ;ja-Publifihed every Saturday by-®a rw xx\r ivryvx^TXJvr. Kates of Subscription. :Yeab, -• • 52.00 : Months, . .8L00 : Months S .50 Professional Cards. | Cards inserted at one dollar a lina per annum if paid in advance, otherwise, two dollars a line. . A. S. GILES, Attornov at X>aw PEBBY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GA. Office in the Court House. Special attention given to business in the Supe* • and County Courts of Houston County, febll, ly. VOLUME IV PEKRY, GA., SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1874 NUMBER 26. WASREK I. HOTTDJGHAM. Attorney at Law. PEBBY, GEORGIA. Particular nttmtion given to the collec- I tioll of claims in Houston and adjoining (counties. , C.J. HARRIS, Attorn o'er at Law, MACON GEOBGIA. W ILL practice law in litigated cases in the , B| jfi f counties of the Macon Circuit to wit: Bibb, | Houston, Cruwiord and Twiggs. J. A. EDWARDS, Attorney at Law, marshai.lvh.ee gforgia. W. H. REESE, Attorney at Law. MARSHALLV1LLE GEORGIA. 09-Special attention given to cases in rnptoy. DUNCAN & MILLER. Attorneys at Law, PERM and FORT VALLEY, GA. The Eobber-Govemor. Every interested statement to the contrary notwithstanding, it ia now definitely settled that F. J. Moses, Jr., will he a candidate on the Republican ticket for re-election as Governor of the State of South Carolina. It is also stated by all classes of politicians that should he run there Can be but little of his success. Such being the case, it may be well to explain to the Re- publican party of the North whatman ner of man F. J. Moses. Jr., is. That he beasts.of having hauled down the American flag from the walls of Fort Sumter, and that he ia openly charged with all sorts of crimes, is well known to newspaper readers throughout the country. Of his recent indietment for malfeasance in office and grand larceny much has been written, but as yet fcl e whole truth in relation to the matter has never been laid before the public. From Maj. Cbas. W. Buttz, the Shite Solicitor, who prosecuted the Govern or and who is most intimately acquaint ed with the whole case, the following plain and unvarnished statement is derived. At the election of Moses for Governor, and during the canvass, he became desirous of obtaining political control of a newspaper published in Colnmbia, and known as the. Union Herald. With this object iu view, he entered into communication with Mr. T. C. Andrews, one of the proprietors #%.C. C. Duncan, Perry, office on Public Square a, l. Miller, Fort Valley- office in Mattiov.-’a Hail ( 0 £ the journal named, and soon after B. M. DAVIS. Attorney atLaw PERRY, GEORGIA. •yyiLL practice in tlic Courts of Houston and adjoining counties; also in tilt’ Su pra m* Court and U. S. District Court. U. M. Attoxnoy GUNN,. at Law BYRON, 8. Wi R, R. GA. Ay-Special attention given to collections. E. W. CROCKER, Attorney at Law PORT VALLEY, GA. ^ Collections and Criminal Law a special!' Cilice at Miller, Brown & Co’b. D R. JOBSON LEUTIST, PERRY AND HAWKINSVILLE GA. H K WILL SP: ND the first half of eaeh month uitl one-fourth, or the latter half of each mouth rill be given to his practice in Hawkiusville, at Mrs. Hudspeth's. ang23 i A. M. WATKINS, CURRIER, SHERWOOD <fc CO., Broome Street, 2XT 33 "W" XORK;. BOOTS & SHOES AT WHOLESALE. Cash Saloon Re-Opened. C.V. MARKET, PERRY, GA FINE WINES, WHISKIES, BRANDIES, ETC. AT RETAIL. $S§°“The best LAGER - BEER a cents a glass. Everybody is invited to give me a call at my new store next door to my old stand. G. Y. MARKET. March 21 3 m. D. H. HOUSES, W. H. HOUSES. STONEWALL WILLS. H AYING completed the repairs of our STONEWALL, late Carr & Sone’s, MILLS, we are now ready to grind for the public, saw on shares or sell.merchantable Lumber at $1 00 per 100 Feet. <i^,Hopmg by strict attention, to give full satisfaction we solicit the patronage ot the neighborhood. April 56 «, 5 HOUSER & SON. Look! Look! Look! 'fJiHE JUCTORY QRIST j^jTLL Is now newly repaired with two fine new bolting cloths of the best quality. SniUt mill, Screen and Fan aR in nice ordei, ready to reoeive the New AVheat Crop of Houston County. Let your wheat' be good and dry, and we nill give yon nice flour and a good turnout June 5, 187-1. TOOEE, PARR & DFNNAED, lm " PerD. W. Parr. : - 55 2- - - . vsr. j. ASDESOS, Diet ideal W.E. Brmvn, Casluer. CASH CAPITAL, SMOJIOO. FORT VALLEY, GEORGIA. Transacts a General Banking, Discount, Exchange Business, State, arrived in Orangeburg, and on DIRECTORS. Wit 2. Axdebsox, H.L. DEKKJLBP, k- NI. FELTiJ i ty-B.TT37.7.1 ypyrVt vlATIUTA made a written agreement with him for the purchase of a one-half int.ere - 1 in the entire political control of the paper. This agreement, which is now in possession of Buttz, and which lias been seen by your correspondent! stipulates in distinct terms that Moses is to pay 512,000 for the interest sold to him, and that 56,000 of this sum is to be taken from the State civil con tingent which had not yet been appro priated! The rest was to be paid in other State securities. In order to sn ore the paymant of one-half of tue m mey, Moses appoiuted a negro boy named Humbert to be County Treas urer of Orangeburg county. At the time of his appoit tinent, the boy was not yet twenty-oue years of ago. Soon after Moses drew a warrant on the contingent fund for 56,000 and sent it by Andrews to Humbert, with in structions to collect taxes to that a- monut and hand them over to An drews. At (lie same time Moses as sured the bc.y treasurer that he would make the matter “allright.” Reiving on these promises, Humbert, did as he was directed. Some weeks after the Legislature being in session, appro priated S20,0G0 as a contingent fund for the Governor. Immediately upon .lie bill being -passed, Moses, with his signature still wet, presented it to State Treasurer Carkozo. and drew the Whole amount! A week or so af terward Humbert went to Columbia to pay over the taxes he had collected, and settled ltis nceouuts with the State. As a voucher for the 56,000 he had given to Moses, he present; <1 that gentleman’s warrant on the con tingent fund. The Treasurer refused to accept this, saying that the Gover nor had already drawn every penny of the fund. Humbert, greatly alarmed, then called tin Moses, who told him to say nothing about the matter, and that he would protect him and see that he came out alt rigghi At the same time he advised him to go back to his office and buy school claims against the State—to be had at forty oents on the dollar—sufficient to cover the amount he was short, and that he would get Cardoza to accept them for their face value. Humbert again did as lie was directed, but on pre senting the claims to Cardoza, that gentleman not. only refused to accept them at their face value, but caused the arrest of the unfortunate negro lad on the charge o e being a defaul ter. The boy was bailed out by a friend, and Moses requested him to come and see him. Daring the inter view which folowed, the Governor tried to induce his dupe to give up the written evidence which he possessed in relation to him. At the same time he advised the boy to go to court, to plead guilty before his examination, and assured him that aftei his con viction he would at once be pardoned and set at liberty. Humbert, having no faith in Moses’ promises, declined to do as he desired. Interested par ties laid all thPse facts before the State Solicitor Buttz, whd decided to frame an indietment against Humbert for a breach of trust, fraud, and an attempt at grand lareeny, and against Moses for aidteg. advising and abetting him in the crime,; The law makes the pun ishment for all these offenses the same. As sOon as the indictments were is sued, it is understood that Moses went to Mr-. D. W. Chamberlin, one of tbs ablest Northern men in the State, and promised him that- if he would rise his official position to shield him from the consequences of any of his private actions. This statement appears very well on the surface, but, as is alleged, Moses never had any intention of liv ing ui to it. On the day fixed for his trial Attorney General Melton appear ed in court and prepared another in dictment against Humbert, charging him with a failure to return money collected to the State Treasurer. Had the boy been convicted of this he would have beeD sent to the peniten tiary, and thus made powerless as a witness against the Governor. Buttz, understanding this, and having deter mined to allow Humbert to turn State’s evidence, objected, and the ease was put off un til the next term. The sec ond trial resulted in the merest farce, as already reported. —Exchange. The Stevens Battery. So far this vessel has cost some 52,- 000,000. and her completion will prob ably cost another half million. Her length is 400 feet on the deck, or 300 feet at the water-line. The breadth of her beam is 45 feet the hull proper, and 54 feet above the armor plating. The depth of the hold is 24i from deck to keel. The intention is that the vessel shall draw 22 feet of wa ter. Her total weight when in sea going trim will be about 6,000 tons. She has eight boilers, and will burn eight tons of coal per hour. She has four engines, arranged iu pairs, each pair driving one screw. The steam cylinders are six feet in diameter, with a piston stroke of three feet nine inch- Her average speed will be from 14} to 16} knots per hour. The screws of the twin pattern eighteen feet iu diameter with a pitch of twenty-sev en feet. The weight of the engines and boilers, taken together, will be about 1,000 tons. The side armor of the shin is ten inches thick, and her turrets will be one and a half feet.— Her guns will weigh 100 tons. She is built in seven air-tight compaitmeuis, with a double hull, and with bews cellular in stractme. They are iu fac f , so constructed that thirty-five feet of them might be earned away without any material injury to the- vessel. It lias been estimated that, acting as a ram, the Stevens battery would strike a blow of sufficient force to raise a vessel of her own size ten feet iu the air. According to these calculations, the force of the blow would be equal to that of six shots from the heaviest guns known, fired simultaneously on the same spot. Lig great influence to protect him in (last-i flea tin n of Foods. A recent writer undertakes to class all foods under four physiological di visions, namely, carbonaceous, nitro- genized, pliosphorized and fresh veg etables. Of the first, he makes bread and butter the type, and to it belongs in general all articles of which flour or starch, fat and sugar, predominate; they are the fuel,' serving chiefly to sustain the animal heat by slow com bustion of the carbon given off as carbonic acid in the act of respiration —a kind of £o<k1 which consumptive people should use in abundance. Of the second class, roast beef is present ed as the type, and. in general, the flesh and blood of quadrupeds, which, when taken in one’s stomach, are r .til er simply absorbed than digested; be cause, being already muscular ingre dients, they need no elaborate.cnange to be appropriated into the muscular tissues iu order to supply their waste. This class is consequently of great value to hard working people. To the third class belong oysters and fish, of well understood adaption to persons given to brain labor. Lemons and lemon juice are by this writer made the type of the fourth class, -which is, as be thinks, good for everybody, be cause of the medicinal effect of all fresh vegetables and fruits —stimula ting the secreting organs, keeping the system pure, aBd counteracting any tendency to scurvy, scrofula, erup tions, indigestion, constipation, etc. - Cut your Hay Early. The practice of waiting until grass is thoroughly ripe before cutting, and after cutting, allowing it to remain in the field until the little juice that is left is dried out before it i3 put into the stack or bale, is simply a relief of agricultural barbarism. This system of hay-making was evidently founded ou the mistaken notion that more growth was secured by allowing the grass to stand until thoroughly, ri pened; tmd from a fear that it would heat aud mould if put away before it is thoroughly.dry; bnt the first sup position is now proven to be false, and the fears in regard to- the latter point have vanished before the light of ex perience, One of the most sound and ortho dox tenets of agricultural faith is that £ grain is not cut before it is thor oughly matured, 1 it loses substance.— his need, he would resign in Ms favor • ohr oldest "and - most experienced at the next election and do all in his j f arme rs, those whose judgment has power to have Mm (Chiimberlin) elec- ne t been biassed T>y book farming, fed Governor. The truth of this state ment is not vouched for; it- is certain, however, that on.the eveuing of the indietment of Mcses by the Grand Jury, not only Chamberlin, but Ms law partner, Mr. Melton, the present ***&, * Attorney General, together with E.B. Elliott, member of Congress from this would will assnre us that if wheat is not cut before it has thoroughly ripened^ a ground. _. . portion of this portion; the going abroad u; wind from whet mg Indian com also, if th e stalks are not cut before the ears are perfectly ripened, there is the same loss of suo- 1 stance. ~ "I the next day appeared in court and the stalks which, as we aU know are ... ,, rendered almost worthless by remain- stated to the Judge that Gov. Moses ^ uncu j. through the ripening sea- nv i l o Lion Hunting. | There was an old Artib at Constan tine, Abdailah, a char’oal-buraer by trade, who wa* both bolder and a bet ter shot than his countrymen. He was proud of his achievements, and not a little reserved with the French. Lieutenenant Gerard once proposed a lion hunt to the general, and sent for Abdallah to act as guide. By way of opening conversation, when the famed Arab arrived, Gerard asked whether there were many hares in the neigh borhood. Abdallah did not utter a word of reply, but strode away haugh tily to a group of Arabs at some dis tance. Returning with one of these, he presented him to Gerard, observing contemptuously, “Here is one of your hare men.!” When 'Abdallah was in the field, he was true as steel. He had been known to grapple with a lion hand to hand, to seize Ms throat, to bite him, and never to relax his hold till the brute was killed. But how unskillfnl- ly even his hunts were managed, we may learn from an anecdote told by Gerald. A party of Arabs, under his leader ship, followed the track of a large lion through the woods some distance. They are suddenly stopped by a loud shout. “On the ground!”shouted the chief; “on the ground; remember yen are men, and that I am with you.”— Instantly the whole band is prostrate, huddled int-o a compact mass. Ab dallah is on the lookout. So is anoth er Arab. So is "a third. But sharp as they watch, the cry—“the lion”—has hardly been breathed before the brute ha j sprung, and is among them, tear ing, crunching and lacerating. All fire at once; the lion is wounded, and escapes to the woods. When he had gone, the Arabs fell to quarrelling, to find-out whose fault it was that they were taken by sur prise. All talk as loud as they can,— Each lias some new plan for prosecu ting the hunt. While they are jab bering, the bon, roused by the taste of blood, enraged by his wounds, creeps back as before, and springs up on the group again. This time the Arabs fire better. They riddle him with balls. Hedies, gathering strength into one effort, crunches a man’s head. Net result of the hunt: The lion kil led; but two men dead aud four bad ly wounded. Snell is Arab hunting. Lieutenant Gerard was invited by a tribe of these Arabs to accompany them in one of these expeditious. He agreed, and admired much the calm manner in which they discussed, the subject te council, and decided upon a plan of operation. There were two lions to be killed, both large and old. The Arab idea was that Gerard should constitute a reseive of the army; that their young men should attack the lion, and if they failed, that Gerard, with his superior weapons should come to their aid. If he disliked this, they had uo objection to let him be an advanced guard, to .challenge the lion, fire the first shot at him, and then fall back on the main body.— Gerard heard these proposals with a smile; then choosing a voting Arab, whose, face be.tokened coolness, to ear ly Ms second gun, he announced Ms intention of doing battle with the two lions alone. Great was the amaze ment of the natives; but Gerard's fame forbade remonstnuce. Gerard went forth accompanied by bis gun-bearer, and took up a strong position on a rock near the lion's re treat. From tbis he could see the lion approach, and fire with the ad vantage of a steady rest. His position chosen, the dogs were sent to rouse the enemy. Out came the lions, at fifty paces distant from each other; the foremost approached the rock.— Gerard took cool aim, sighted the shoulder and fired. Down fell the lion with both shoulders broken and helpless. His oompanion was more fortunate. Gerald hit him a few inches beMnd the shoulder; he fell, bnt rose direct ly, and bounded toward the hunter.’— So suddenly and so swiftly did he spring, that one immense bound pla ced him at Gerard’s feet, and the lat ter had j nst time to snatch his second gun from the hands of the Arab, fire point blank, and send the ball crash ing through his brain. How to Dress a Turkey. Take a board four feet long, one and half wide, bore an inch hole in the canter about eight inches from one end, saw out a strip from this end to the hole abont one inch wide, or wide enough to admit the neck of the tur key. Place tMs board one a barrel, ’with one end against your Mps. Lay the turkey on this board on its back, with its neck in the slat and and the head underneath; then, with a sharp knife cut its- throat under the board (that the blood maybe out of the way); take the turkey by the legs, draw steadily, to keep its neck in place, raise it from the board that it may not be braised, and commence at once to fto£”°Ahd 2T d^tbM » nll ' oat the . taii ? nd . feathers, r“The Freemasons of Italy have he in Some the present week the an election of administrators of the affairs of their order. It appears by the r, ■ aud by the time it is done kicking will find that they will come off nearly § The _ ~ om, and their number as TMs loss is not confined to j When dressed, carry to the house, j well as initiation of members, is con- lay the carcass upen the table in posi- j stantly increasing. Steps are about . , , . | to be taken for the building m Rome tion, wipe dry, and w^en yon S et j n f a t em pi e) 0I a central place of meet- if any should be taken out at- once. The Neruda Fashion Reporter. The fashion reporter of an Austin City, Nevada, paper described the bell of th» masquerade ball in the following astonnd’ng language: “The most gorgeous, stunning, high-toned, richest, firstest-classest, Mcest, or any other adjective for costume* in the ‘outfit,’was that worn by Miss Fran kie Clarke. She was the highfalntin est, gayest and gallnsest dressed gal in the room. She appeared as a page, and she was a page that no man would leave to any other man to read. Both in costume and action she was as per fect as a big sunflower.” A couple of days after the'appearanoe of tbe no tice, into .the editorial room of tbe paper stalked a young man. His brow was wrapped in thunder, Ms body into a Suit of tweeds, and his hand clasped a big lump of hickory. He pulled a paper out of Ms pock et, and pointing his finger to the par- agrah, said: “I want ter see the man as wrote that ere.” “I aitt the indi vidual,” replied the person. “Wat did yer go and do it fer, that’s what I want ter know?”. “Oh, because I thought you’d like to see your girl made out one of the most bewitching females that was ever sent on earth to keep a man from his hash and r rive balmy sleep from his pillow.” .“Now look here. Ever since that was published I can’t get a word out on her. She sits in front of the lookin’-glass and keeps ft gazin’ on herself, and a puckerin’ up her mouth, and a actin’ as if she was a blasted sight better’n anybody else. I want this ere thing fixed, or there’ll be an editor’s situation vacant.” He loohed significantly at the club. For a mo ment the reporter stood in profound thought; then his face brightened, aud he said, “I’ll fix it in next week’s paper. After yon’ve seen the next issue, call and teil me the result.”— The young man left. In tlie next week’s issue appeared the following paragraph. “A Correction.—We made a grave mistake in our issue of Last week. In our description of the masquerade ball, we accidentally substituted the name of Miss Frankie Clarke for that of Miss Georgic Walter. Any one who is acquainted with the first- named lady must have discovered the error. Tt is true she appeared as what was intruded for a page bnt she looked more like a boot-black in hard luck. She is rot good-lookin her actions wer.e absurd, and every man iu the room kept as far from her as possible. She thinks of moving out of this community, it’s unappre ciative. When she goes, she will be escorted out of town by a brass band. The people of Austin will gladly miss htr from among them.” The next day the young man eh tcred the office. Iu his hand he bore a rifle, and his belt wa3 ornamented with a big six-sbeoter and a tremen dous bowie-knife. He sailed up to the reporter. “I look warlike, don’t I? I don’t feel a bit like fightin, you bet. You jest ougliter have seen her when she read that correction. Why, she just danced a jig with madness, and she sot down and cried, and then she came up and threw her arms around my Deck, and said: “Arthur, do you love me?” “You bet your best bonnet on that,” said L “Well, never expect me to speak to you again if.you don’t go and kill the fel low watwrit that slander.” In course I promised. And here I am to kill yon,” He laughed long and heartily. After a time he quieted down, and the reporter said: “I suppose in order to make it all right between yon and your girl, I’ve got to become a corpse. I’ll do it. Sit there a minute and I’ll fix the business. He sat down at a desk. and. scribbled away for a few minutes, and then returned wi*h -1 sheet of paper on which was written Obituart.—It grieves us to be com pelled to annonnee the sadden death of Mr. Chas. Keller, the young and talented fasMon editor. In a moment of mental aberration he had sLandered an estimable, accomplished and bean tifnl young lady named Miss Frankie Clarke. Yesterday her betrothed cal led at this office and asked for the anther of the slander, and when he discovered him he shot him dead on the spot. This paper will be unable to give fashion gossip hereafter. We find it impossible to fill tbe place left vacant by Mr. Keller. Though errat ic, he was a man of kindly heart, and could listen more attentively to stale stories and drink more bad whisky than any other man in Austin.—R. L P.” “That’s your sort,” said the infuri ated lover. “That’s the thing to a T. Come along, Mr. Corpse, and hist a little ligLtmng.” The lady was. satis fied when the paragraph appeared in in the next issne of the paper, her lover was regarded as a hero, and the Austin paper ceased to give reports of fasMonable balls.-- The Brain Under the Microscope. The amount of original scientific in vestigation going on even in this country is greatly beyond thecommon impression on it The first thought is that original investigations are not open to every one, the field of science seems so thoroughly tilled already. Bnt for those who have eyes there is alwas something to sec. Dr. Kemp ster. of the Oshkosh (Wis.) Insane As- sylnm, whose investigations were em bodied in a recent paper before the Illinois Microscopical Society, has been examing the brains of the jin- sane persons under the microscope and taking photo-micographs of cere bral scenery. To make his inqnest as thorough and consciencioos as pos sible he learned photography, so that he conducts the whole investigation, from the post-mortem examination to the mounting of his views. It is certainly an interesting ques tion, whether the brain or any portion of our bodies shows a trace of insamty which we call and miicall a n e.ital disease. Dr. Kempster was never found in medical work bnt g. single case reported of an investigation of tbis character. He has in the past six years made microscopic examina tion of the brains of 49 lunatic*, and he discovers decided difference be tween sane insane brains, and between different classes, acute mania pre senting quite a different aspect from dementia, and from other descriptions of lunacy. What the. phenomena are which he discovered we need not detail in then- precise and technical language of sci ence. It is impossible to determine whether these marks indicate the cause of the ' disease. The usual course of insanity, however, we take no be this: First, the soul-disturb- as by a groat grief, then the physical lesion.’Bnt a dose|ofJmorphine or a lick may produce’ the same physical lesion and, inverting, the order, occasion insanity backward. Dr. Kempster advances no theory or explanation of his work, and de clares himself simply anxious to bring out the f-icts in each case and let them stand for what they will. If the law could be laid down with precision that the remaius of a peison will indiciite sanity or insanity, it would have an important bearing upon many cases. The “insanity dodge” in murder trials seems as yet safe from exposure from this sonree, since the brains of a living person cannot be submitted to the micro scope without a personal inconveni ence not less embarrassing than hang ing itself. Sulphur. There is no remedy and assistant so easily aud cheaply obtained, so harm less to fowls, nor so satisfactory in its results as sulphur. It being in the system of animals to a small degree, there is a greater affinity for it than there otherwise would be. It can be administered to the fowls by having it in a small box, so that they may help themselves, or by mixing it with their food once a week, or as often as there are indications of vermin. Penetra ting, as it does, to every part of the system, all parasites are quickly and surely destroyed. Also, gapes are said to be prevented in chickens.— Fowls need it more than most others, their reathere containing between four and five per cent, of sulphur, Their eggs also have also a small quantity, which is noticed by a silver spoon com ing iu contact with a boiled egg being discolo el. Applied externally to the fowls when on tbe nest, to the nest it self, or mixed with the soil in the dust ing-box, it is equally efficacious in de stroying vermin. To be used as a famigator of build ings, it is necessary to remove the fowls, close the room or house, mix a little saltpeter with the snlphnr iu an iron vessel, and apply a match to the mixture. ■ This should be done in the morning aud the doors and windows opened in the afternoon for a thor ough ventilation. Lard mixed with sulphur in proper proportions and applied as often as is necessary to the feathers and neck and back of young and old turkeys, is a very good safeguard against the rava ges of foxes. For our own. profit and the com fort of the fowls, let ns then use sul phur or remedies of a like nature. Lying Epitaph. 1 took a walk through the cemetery yesterday, and I have been in a brown study ever since.- Cushman’s tomb stone stands np there n foot above all the rest, and on it I read: “Let- us meet Mm in Heaven.” I don’t know who ordered that epi taph, but I used to live beside Cush man. Many’s the time I’ve kept him from ponnding his wife when he was drunk, and went bail for him when li estole a horse and wagon, and was on the jury when he was sent to the State Prison forstealfiig bay. He was killed in a saloon row. and if I ever “meet him in Heaven,” I shall ask him whether he climbed over the fence or tnnnelled under it. Davidson has a very nice headstone wilh a pair of clasped hands upon it, and these words: “too pure for earth, Gone to his Heavenly rest.” I was much affected at reading the lines, bnt I coniun’t help but wonder if he repented setting fire to the rail road sheds, and of several other little matters, which caused him to make the acquaintance of the jailer. It is possible that he was “too pure for earth,” bnt I know men who will bet ten dollars on it. 1 hatcher has a monument with a lamb on top, and hte loving wife has put on the words: “I shall meet him hd there.” I don’t know what they put the Iamb on for. Lambs don’t carry the dispositions which Thatcher hntL I could cover that monument wi lt chalk marks if I should commence to rem ember tbe times I had seen him come home, throw his wife out of doors and play smash with the furniture. Wasn't I present when he hit Billy Madden’s left ear off in a fight? Wasn’t I around when he broke bis sou’s ribs? Wasn’t I there when he gouged Jack Spray’s right eye out? And now Ms- widow is trying to live so that she might meet Mm “np there.” If she should look around and fail to see his beloved phiz in that region of eternal bliss, she need not think strange of it Peterson’s tombstone held me a great while. It is of costly Italian marble, with an urn ou top, a hand with the fingers pointing upward; and it bears the words: “Gone before—blighted by earth’s wickedness. We shall gather with him on the other shore.” I remember when lie was blighted though it’s a long time ago. He mi dertook to lick a fellow that wouldn’t vote his ticket, and he was knocked over a chair and his skull fractured. The coroner said it was the worst blight he had seen in six months, don’t kuow, hot his nnmerons family will “gather with him on the other side,” but I have my doubts. If they should ever see Mm again, or if they think they will, I know of several gro cers and butchers who will give ’em ten per cent, to collect old accounts of twelve years’ standing. I found Deacon Werner’s tombstone also. It bears a stem, solemn look, jnst as he used to, and it says: “Heaven’s gates shall open to us who are like him.” Perhaps they will. Whether they do or not I shall always remember how he sold me a blind horse when I had sore eyes: how he raised the house rent on the widows; how a Jus! tice fined him 820 for thrashing a poor bound boy; how he put chicoiy in his coflee and hay- seed in his tea, and how regularly he used to pass t':e con'rlbution box to the rest of ns, bnt forgot to put in anything Mmself. If the gates of heaven are going to le laid wide open to those of Deacon Warner’s class, I want to put in *ny time in Michigan.—M. Quad. Sates of I i? ? Ill 5 '!!] 5 1 jp fU ? hi Hr ll f 1 : : l : 11 175 2.. .. 2 300 3.. .. 3] 450 4.. .. 4] 5 75 ?£ Cell * ‘ H Coll 1 Col 15 7 w 8 75 10 25tl7 90j21 wj-sf w, « w 9113 OO 16 00 13 75 29 00\ 'dS 00 43 00 65 no i5**21 00 27 00132 00[48 00|58 00(75 00j 110 00 3100 37 00 2900! 42 00 B. T. BABBITT'S Pure Concentrated Potash Of double the strength of any other • SAPONIFYING SUBSTANCE. I bare recently perfected o new method of packing my Potash or Lye, and am now packing it only in BALLS, the coating of which will saponify, and does not injure the Soap. It is packed in boxes containing 24 and4S lb. Balls, and in noother way.— Dir ctions in English and German, formn- king hard and soft soap with this Potash, accompanying each package. B. T. BABBITT. 64 to 84 Washington St,, N. Y. JOHN B. COFIELD. Photographer & Portrait Painter Perry Georgia. Y\ r LLL take all stylet* of pictures at the lowest prices, and guarantee satisfaction. He In vites everybody to call and examine his speci mens. aud to compare bin work with that of any other artist. In price and style of work he dehos competition. Gallery on Carroll Street, otherwise amply prepared to serve those who may call. Dec. 13. BETTER & CHEAPER THAN COFFEE BUY AND DRINK T ThR United Staten OBagM rp i cheapest. ■■■■ GFNUINEFIKST CLASS; THEY F.ARNOT THE Dried Dregs of New York Hotels and Chinese Tea Shops, but are warren t h! to be what they are represented They are sold in pound tin cans at 31 and $150* For Sale in PERRY only by DR. J. C. GILBERT. mar 21 f DAY & GORDON, Want everybody to know That they hava just received one of the choicest SPUING AND SUMMER Stoclta Freemasonry in It: lr. Toads Eating Bees. A Missourri .correspondent writes: I have read that toads do little or no damage to the bee keepers, bnt I late ly fohnd several -on the front board of my bee Dives, and one I watebed, and within fifteen minutes saw him eat four ItalL os aiid two flies; then I exe cuted and dissected him, and found his stomach perfectly crammed with Italian workers. This was a very small toad and could not have had les? than twelve bees in his stomach, toad twice as large would likely eat twenty-four bees and three meals a day {I think I am right) make seven ty-two beas for one toad in a day, and a small family of fonr would make Food for Young Chickens- Chickens want no food many hours after they are hatched, as they are then digesting tbe yelk of an egg, which constitutes their first food, and acquiring strength to run about. A letter from Rome, May 16, says: away with 238 bees a day. Pretty my calculation may be dav. . Certain that, when a toad it is to get his meal at the entrance < stand Ms trial the same as any sen, bnt the eaHoscs in weight-and through, call in your wife and yon may teg, so as to perfect tbe organization other citizen, and that he did not wish ; richness. be sure oi her approving smile. ; of the order.” bee hive, he wont look for bugs or worms. But the the most sei ions thing they can do is to gobble up young queens returning home from their bridal trip. Let those who have their hives near the ground loot oct for toads. Handling of Cotten. In the Cotton Exchange Convention at Augusta last week, a resolution was adopted, urging upon producers great er care in gathering and hanlding cot ton, such as will prevent the rninous mixture of different grades—clean and trashy, wet and dry cotton in the same b-de, resulting in loss to the producer and the buyer; that producers be en joined to provide suitable thelter for cotton; that different exchanges pro vide for and enforce the prosecution of cases of fraudulent or falsely packed cotton that may come to their knowl edge; that the several constituent v soeiations herein represented memc- rialize their respective Legislature to enact laws to compel railroad compa- ries to issue receipts for all produce offered them at their regular stations for transportation, and thab they- be required to provide snch shelter and platforms as may be necessary to pro tect the same from exposure to the weather or depredations of cattle DRESS GOODS. STAPLE DRY-GOODS, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS AND CAPS, FANCY GOODS ETC EVER BROUGHT TO I’EKRY. Also, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, CROCKERY, Etc. A LL our goods will be sold at the lowest living prices. Call at once at the comer block; And there j enU see our splendid stock. apl 25. tf GINS! GINS!! GINS!!! To the Patrons of Husband ry and Farmers Of Houston and Macon Counties.' Gin Repairing Done in all its branches. Satisfaction Guarranteeu to reliable parties or no charge. Farmer’s of Houston can leave all order# with W. L. Rainey at Ferry. Farmers of Afacbn can leave orders with W. L. Vanlandfegham. Marshallville. have the best of retereaces- fal inducements to Grangers. May 9. 3m W, J. GOLDEN, Toombsboro. HhHHmK be fed with soft food and very grain. Unquestionably, the best is aa r-gg beaten np with a tablespoon- , f«I :>f milk and heated iu an oven or by the fire until its sets into a‘soft costard Chickens fed or pa fed on tMs make wonderfnl pr _ If they are to make large fowls tbey are to be fed soon after daylight; if. as is too often the case, they are left hungry for three horns in the mom- ing, they are always stunted in their growth. Tfiey must be ted tin thing, and while they are votiDg every two or three hours during the l-’.v.