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VOL. XIII.
MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENT.
New Store!
fgi. : %i'ky ,
T3C.9Xixy Burnside
IS OPENING
A CAREFULLY BELECTFD STOCK OF
War Goods &vjd F#Mi&r Gsocaaias,
J? *.. % - .<*, #-- *r * * -Ur
-IN r
Storeroom recently occupied by
I>r. J. W. Qnilliau, on
Main Street,
EVERYBODY INVITED!
F. A. BRAHE
70S BROAD BTREET, ... - AUUSTA, GEORGIA.
HAM JUST RECEIVED A VERY HANDSOME STOCK OF NEW
WATCHES,
JEWELRY
STERLING SILVER PLATED’ WARE.
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Would reapevtfnlly call attention to his magnificent stock of
Heed A Barton’s Celebrated Triple Plated Ware.
CttoTMML HOTEL,
Augusta Georgia
MRS. W. M. THOMAS, Pcpbjetob
|wim Ratal, w wall known to the citizens of McDuffie end adjoining counlice, ie lo-
I eatAai la the centre of business portion of Augusta, convenient t<> iVstofflce. Tele,
graph OBoe and Depot, and offer, indoceinontH to the public nuxjualled by any other
Beta) m the City
1,000,000 Galois Apftßve WMslcies.
s. b7wiught.
IVo, 534. Uroftd Ht„ AuHiista, Ga.
After an experience ©f fifteen years in the Retail Uquor Easiness feels justified
in offering to the public by Wholesale the Largest end Finest Stock ol
Liqa©rs in the Month, specialties among which ere
Brandies , Wines, Rums , Gins , &c,
California Brandies end Wince, Old Kcupperueng Wibos, North Carolina
Urepe Wine*, Finest Blecklerry Wines. Mountain Corn Whiskey.
Agent for KENTUCKY BOURBON BONEBETTONIO end OLD CROW
WffIMKEY
Oaiß Liqsor* of ell kinds.
All order# from the ©©entry promptly filled and satisfaction guaranteed.
Send yoer Demijohes, Jegs ©r Casks and have them filled end returned.
S. 18. WRIGHT,
t-10-ly-’M *34 BltOAI) HTREKT. AUGUSTA GA.
X. I. BESSMAH,
(SUCCESSOR TO J. W. BESSMAN AGENT.)
Wholesale Liquor Dealers,
90S BBOAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
Rota Agent for JOHN GIBSON’S SON & GO’S,
Celebrated Old Monoiujahcla Rye Whiskies!
Alee will k**p iu stock a full line of the LOWER GRADES of Goods, together with
Imported Wines, Brandies, Gins, Etc.
kud all other G*o4* usual U* a FIRST-CLASS WHOLESALE HOUSE, which will
h© sld at the Lowest Prices. Orders snd correspondence solicited.
COME and SEE!
NEAL, PEARCE & CO.
NO. 4. RICK ROW, MAIN STREET.
Have in ataek and are eon.tantly receiving a fine ftseortment of DRY GOODS
CLOTHING, and HATS, which they are offering at Bottom Prioec.
Boota and Sheen a npeeiaMy. We luudle the very best brands and at aston
ishingly low prioes.
Domestic, White, and New Home Sewing Ma
©
chines, which are of the best make known to
the trade.
GROCE :IEB
W© have and will hsraft*r keep in stock • lour, beat brand*, Bncon, L
Rice. Ac., A©., A complete line of fancy Groceries and Canned Goods. b
Tobacco, Cigr* and Snnff. Ws cordially invite owr friends and ths pn be to %|j
and examine ©nr Stack. We Uke pleasure in showing goods and comparing prices.
NEAL, PEARCE & CO.
NO 4, BRICK ROW. THOMSON OA.
J. H. ANDERSON. F. LOVE FULLER
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COTTON FACTORS AND COMMISSION
MERCHANTS
AT THE
OLD STAND OF R. A." FLEMING,
9)j sraEsr. - augusta, ga.
THOMSON, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, ISB4.
Cancer Cured,
Mr. John Hill, son of Mrs. A. D. Hill, of
Thomson, Ga., theJoUowing tes
timony :
Charitjr Hamilton, a seivant, whobe'oug
ed to my grandfather, has been suffering
for several years with a cancer on her nose.
She was treated by some of toe beat physic
ians, and all the old remedies used, but
nothing brought relief. At last we induced
bar to try Swift’s Specific, being furnished
from our drug store* She took about 20
lmottles, and is .now completely restored.
S. 8. S. has done the work in less time and
with leas pain than possibly could have
been done by any other remedy.
-w©©-
Thomson, Ga., Aug. 14, 1884.
Mr. J. B. Waller, a well-known farmer
of McDuffie county, says:
I used throe bottles of S, 8. 8. for a for.
ty.year'K-standing case of Rheumatism. I
was unable to do any work, but after tak
ing the three bottles, I was able to plow.
I consider Swift’s Specific a godsend to the
afflicted.
Piles: :
FISTULA, FISSURE AND RECTA L
ULCERS.—
:o
/M TaesSt
No, 83 Decatur Street,
ATLANTA, - - GEORGIA,
Makes a Specialty of these Diseases.
and has cured cases of forty years* standing
Cure guaranteed. If I fails to cure you
of Piles 1 will return your money.
Address, enclosing stamp,
F. F. TABER, Box 262, Atlanta, Ga.
Griffin, Ga., Nov. 26, 1883.
I)r F. F. Taber. Atlanta,Gu.: Dearßir:
For ten years I suffered from piles. I tried
the doctors and the doctors tnedme. I
tried almost every remedy I could hear of
from old men and old women in the coun
try. I tried all the salves, ointments, greas
so and patent medicines I could hear of.
In fact, I tried almost everything except
the ligature und surgeon’s knife, which I
dreaded, but looked to as a last resort. Noth
ing did any good. I grew worse day after
day. month after month and year after year.
Wheu I came toyou my suffering lmd be
come absolutely unbearable. At times my
pain was so inteuse that I could not sit,
stand still, or lay down, but walk, walk,
walk, and suffer the agony of toiture. At
this time I had piles, fissure and rectal ni
cer. You o'fered to cure me, and gave the
guaranty of cure— 4 *No cure, no pay.” Un
der your treatment I improved rapidly, and
am ftow Well ofthat fearful disease—cured 2
without the ligature and without the knife,
and, best of all, without i ain!
‘This is the way I long have sough,
Airl. non rued because I found it not.’*
Glory ! I take pleasure in giving this tes
stimopy of your fidelity and skill, and will
ever hold you in grateful remembrance.
* E. W Hammond.
Warkknton, Ga., Dec. 22, 1883.
Dr. F, F. Faber, M. D., No. 82 Decatur
St., Atlanta, Gu.: Dear Sir: l am willing to
sigu any certificate that you want, going to
show that you have been the means of re
storing me to health from a very serious
condition of dysentery and rectal ulcer.
Send me theform o f certificate you wish,
and I will sign and return to you at once
by mail. E. I\ Heath.
Augusta. Oa., Oct. 16, 1882.
lam happy to be able to toll to-all suffer
ing from piles, that I have been soundly
cured under the skillful treatment of Dr.
F. F. Tal>er, of Atlanta, after 40 years of
intense suffering and great expense.
Dr. Taber will be Augusta soon, for the
express purpose of treating piles, and I
will cheerfully remetnmeud the Doctor’s
skill in the treatment of ail rectal disease.
A. J. Davis.
Formerly of Ga. It R. (Jar Shops.
Flowery Branch, Hall Cos., Ga.,
October 81,1888.
Dr. F. F. Taber, Atlanta, Ga.: Dear Sir-
For yean that dire disease piles- grew up
on me. I suffered - knew no rotned). A1
most anything that promised relief was us
ed, but without real benefit. By accident,
us it were, 1 heard of you as treating this
disease. I at one© began correspondence,
and soon thereafter put myself under your
treatment. After a few months’ treatment
froru which I lost not a day from my busi
ness, I feel myself to be cured and almost
like anew man for work.
Rev It. L. Campbell,
Principal Flowery Branch High Hchool.
FOR SALE.
The heirs of the late Thomas J. Hamilton
offer for sale that portion of his estate
known as the
Wrightsboro Place.
It will be sold in body or in parcels.
The object being to pay off the indebt
edness of the estate, and the youngest heir
having become of age, perfect titles can be
given under the will. For terms apply to
THOH. E. WATHON, Atty.,
Aug. 6, 1884, m3. Thomson, Ga.
From the Augusta, (Ga.,) Evening News,
January 16, 1884.
COTTON PRESSING
THE QUICKEST TIME ON RECORD!
A BALE OF COTTON PACKED IN FOUR
MINUTES.
A representative of the Evening New
stepped into the burnt warehouse o
Phinizy k Go., to see how the Messrs Hit*
were making out with the moss of burnt
and wet cotton purchased by them after the
fire. We found them quite busy, and with
a large force >f hands assorting, picking
and packing what might have once been
called the ••fleecy staple.” Mr, It. G. Hitt
informed us, on the assertion ©f Mr. Geo.
W. Evans, that a bale of cotton was packed
in six minutes. This seemed to us impos
sible, and Mr. Hitt also informed ns the
time was unprecedented To prove it to
hia satisfaction and the representative of
the Evening Newe, he had the two presses
cleared for action, and at the word from
bim the Evening News man kept time from
the start, snd as the first bale rooled from
the press in charge of Mr. Geo. W. Evans,
the watch-dial showed only four minutes
from the time ef starting, and the press in
charge of Mr. Frank Mnrray turned out
the bale in four and a halt minutes. There
were eight working bauds used at each
press. The bales weigh about a thousand
pounds each of wetootton. Following ftp
the first bale on Mr. Evans’ press, the Eve
ning News timed this also, without hia
knowledge, and when be did not rnsh it
like the brat, and the secoi and was done in
six and a half minutes, or the two in exact*
ly ten and a half miuutes on one press.
The presses used are the “Baltimore Coni
pout:d Hand Power Cotton Press,” of
which Gen. M. A. Stovall is the agent in
this city.
We have a full stock of the above named
Presses on hand, which are offered at low
prioes.
M. A. STOVALL.
Sept. 3,1883.2 m
For Dyspepsia and Liver complaint, you
have a printed guarantee on every bottle of
Shiloh's Vitalizes It never fails to cure.
At HolzendorlV-
Croup, Whoopiug cough and Brouchitis
immediately relieved by Shiloh's cure.
At J. L. Hoizeudorf's.
It All Depends.
Hnve vou forirot the pnrrten where wc met!
It all depends!.vou know it all depends!
We were alone midst roses dewy wot.
The best of friends—the den*©?t friends!
The sun had foi, too soon her wenry way
Down a dork Jnne a maiden wends;
Will she return there wi ee I wait some dayf
It all depeuds! It alldopeudsi
How soft the nljrht! can you recall the hour!
It all depends! hu>h, dear, it all depends!
Aero** your window in the ruined tow’r
A j*MDlnt bonds-no fondly bonds.
Hark to her voice! dim silence to despair
Deep music lends—*osweetly lends.
What shall I see? Her fuce, her hand, her
hair?
It all depends! It all depends!
How wPI It end? in sorrow 0> In nalti?
It all depends, sweetheart, it ©ll dependsl
We mn\ be parted, we may meet again.
It all depends! It all depends!
Life such as our* may be Tube or trap.
8© fondly false- it ail depends!
Teh me once mom ! 1 can be true, cal you?
It uil depends! It all dependsl
AUSTRALIAN SPOUT*.
Hunting the Kunguroo and Horse-
Kurins, Shooting, ond Coursing,
••By Jove! look at that fruit stand,"
said A. A. Clayton, of Melbourne, to a
Chronicle roportor the other day. “Wo
have no such display as that anywhoro
in tho colonies. Tho lirst thing that
struck me on my arrival hero was tho
wealth of your fruit market. Oh, cer
tainly wo grow good fruit. The or
ange groves of l’aramatta, in New
South Wales, are famous all over tho
colonies, and there is a tremendous ex
port from Port Jackson to all parts of
tho continent. They wero tried In
Victoria, but orange culture provod a
failure iu that colony. l)o I think we
would import oranges from CnlilorniaP
No; decidedly not. Good oranges sell
there for 25 cents a dozen, and wo can
afford that."
"Avery dismal picture was drawn
of tho colony of New South Wales a
short time ago. Is it really in a bad
wnv P”
“It is. The interests thoro aro of
wool, and a friend of mino tells mo it
was perfectly pitiable to sdo the vari
ous stations. Men were continually
riding round siiooting sheop, iu order
to put them out of their misery. Thou
sands wero dying for want of water,
and iu many instances they wore driven
long distances for water. Tho country
for miles was as bare as tho palm of
your hand."
“What is vnur most interesting snort
in Australia!"'
“Kangaroolng. It U ono of tho most
exciting sports in th% world. Large
meets are organized, parties of from
twenty to thirty joining in those hunts.
They ride to tho kangaroo grounds,
I and one is sighted, the dogs are releas
ed and the horses arc given their
heads. If tho Australian horse Is well
up in his business, and if yon let him
take you instead of you trying to tako
him, ho will carry you safely, avoiding
the trees and underbrush. A good
strong kangaroo will give you a long
chase, and very often the dogs cannot
follow him. in this case, when tho
horseman gets up to tho kangaroo, ho
takes off his stirrup and strap and
knocks the animal over the head, which
effectually stuns him. Ho is then kill
ed and skinned. The hindquarters nro
given to the dogs. Yes, it Is good
onougli eating, but too strong to bo
palatable to ihoso of delicate taste.
The tail, on the contrary, is considered
by epicures to be delicious when niudo
into soup.”
“Does tho kangaroo ovor kill the
dogs?”
Yes; tho kangaroo is very powerful
with his hind legs, aud will strike at
the dogs with them, cutting them into
piccos. You know the spring they
make is irom the tail and tho hind legs.
They are wonderful creatures, for they
travel just as rapidly when they carry
their young with them in the pouch.”
“Ilow high are they?”
“Tho average size is about four and
a half feet high, but tho ‘old-iuan
kangaroo’ is of ion six feet high, and Is
very fierce when cornered, and is
known to have lipped men open with a
single kick from one of his hind legs.
You know wo Imported foxes from
home into Victoria, just for sport, and
they have become a horrid nuisance,
especially around Geelong and Ballar
at, and the most ardent votaries of
sport have no hesitation in shooting
them whenever they have a chance.”
“l)o you ever shoot tho kangaroosP”
“Yes, sometimes; but of course
there Is not so much sport as there is
in riding. Wo tako well-trained dogs,
which round them and run them past
you; then wo have tho opportunity to
tire at them, aiming at the head, for if
you strike llteiu elsewhere it does not
take much effect, and besides it spoils
the skin.”
“What do you do with tho skin?”
“The skin is very useful. It makes
good rugs, and boots nud shoes are al
so made from it. I tell you, there is
another sport that is largely indulged
in, aud that is swan shooting. We go
out as much for tho llcsh, but it is
rnthor strong eating. There are nnv
amount of black swans to be found
in the colonies, but the white variety is
somewhat of a rarity. Occasionally
we go in for pelican siiooting. b*Jt the
bird is dying out and in a few years I
do not tliink we will have any left.
The greatest sport I think wo have is
hare coursing. The dogs are trained,
and wc have regular meets. We hnvo
a man whom wo call tho ‘slipper,’ who
has the dogs in leash and is on foot.
The judge, who is mounted, follows
close on his heels. Tney go along un
til the hare is started, but both dogs
must catch sight of tho hare before
they arc slipped, so as to give them
both a fair chance. They aro then,
loosed, tho judge follows, and the
dog that oftenest turns the hnro wins
the prize. You know that often tbo
dog which kills the hare loses the prize.
Should the hare come on a fence, the
dog that jumps it gets the prize, even
though he may not have turned tho
hare as many limes as his rival.”
“How do tho Americans compare
with the English in the colonies?”
“By Jove! you are looked on as a
very smart race. Everything or any
thing that is American is regarded as
something extraordinary. You know
we took the idea from you of having
trotting matches; before we did only '
running races. But Miller, a pugilist, |
brought over a trotting horse from tho
United States, and since then—that is !
three years now—trotting has become '
somewhat fashionable, aud I am reuliy |
of opinion that soon they will bo j
patronized fully ns well as our running
races. You should sou how our ladies
go to the races. They dress then more j
than they do for a ball or a court ro- ;
coplion. I know of one lady who had
her dress ocaucd with diamonds aud
had it deposited in the bank for safety I
to wear on a cup day, but, unfortun- j
atelythe weather was unpropitious.
In tact, we revive in our memories Ep- '
s<m <*f E.igiand.”— Ban Franciteo
Lhrmtcm.
—
Anew synchronous-multiples tele
graph system was recently tested. In
five minutes there were sent over one
wire, in six circuits, 703 words while
806 were received. In ten minutes
over one wire, using six circuits, 2,244
words were sunt, averaging about 37
words per minute to each circuit.
The Education of Girls.
That girl has tho best education,
who is tiie most thoroughly qualified in
tako enro of herself in a hand to hand
fight with tiie world. Who has a basis
of good judgment,' practical knowledge,
aud common sunso, iu which to start
in her self-sustaining career. Who is
armed with tho able weapon of a trade
or profession with which she is famil
iar, aud whose conduct is governed by
exacting principles of natural integrity.
Such a giri possesses a fortune in her
own right triiieh no fluctuations of bus
iness circlqs can depreciate, and who
will never become a drag upon opu
jlent nnd unwilling relatives. With
health and strength nnd a fair start in
tho raeo for life sho will reach every
mile-stone of success. Nor wear out,
or grow discouraged by the way; and
Hot infrequently she will outrun her
vaunting orotiier, and ovon stop to
Xiid him a helping tast'd.
‘ Tiie j t roper ly-bill a iic<!M, woll-educnt
ed girl is aware that she can do ono
thing well aud she bonds all hor ener
gies toward its accomplishment. She
concentrates all her forces, instead of
scattering them, nnd Ims something to
show for it. Sho is tho best acountnut
or the cloverest writer, or tho most
successful saleswoman, or tho hardest
worker in tho sciences—music, physio,
law —whatever her talent destines her
for. She studies with an uim, and un
derstands what sho learus. Her mind
is a storehouse, not a sieve, ami she en
deavors to absorb quality rather than
quantity, and comprehend to hor own
enlightenment what sho studies. Tho
wretched system of forced culture in
which a girl learns a little French and
Latin, a smattering of mathematics, a
Stance at polilo literature, and a great
oal of jioor piano playing, has been
abandoned In favor of a luuro sensible
curriculum commensurate with her
value as a co-worker with her broth
ers.
Sensible Gorman parents liavo al
ways brought up thoir daughters to be
producers us well as consumers in the
domestic economy. It is ouly the
American parent who made tho kitch
en tmattraetlvo to his daughter, aud
gave hor no possibility of employing
her talent, except in tho few lady-like
departments sanctioned by conserva
tive custom.
The time Is coming, nay, linn alreniTv
como, when a sign reading “Smith &
Daughters," will merely indicate that
all Mr. Smith’s boys wero girls, ami ho
had educated them as ho would havo
done if thoy had been boys. And tho
Smith girls instead of dawdling nrottnd
tho paternal mansion tint 11 somo young
men could bo found for husbands, have
wisely gone into business with their
lather, and have never found tirnu
to bo disconluntod with tbeuisolvos.
When Edison, genius aud inventor
ns ho is, had given two wcoks of hisvulu
nblo time to going up ami down on the
Nmv York Elevated Railroad, trying to
discover what made its noise and a
cure for it, he gave up tho job. Then
a little woman took it. She rode on tho
cars three days, was denied a place to
stand on tho rear plalfonn, laughed at
for her curiosity, and politely snubbed
>v conductors and passengers. But
stio discovered what caused the noise,
invented a remedy, which was patent
ed, nml site was paid a sum of SIO,OOO
mid a royalty forever! ller name is
Mrs. May Walton, and site lives in New
York City. This is what she says of
her education:
My father had no sons and boliovod
in educating his daughters. 110 spared
no juiins or ex|>onso to this end. My
father’s brother onco said to him.
“Why do you waste so much money on
your girls?” To which my father re
plieil, “My buys ail turned out to be
girls, and I am going to give thorn ns
good an education that they may turn
out to be as good as boys."
As good ns boys is hero used in a
general sense; as gooil ns some boys
would l)u a very poor recommendation.
Any girl who understands her own ca
pabilities will do tier work ns wull
as it is possible to be dono. No boy
can do bettor than that Work is with
out sex. Certain ijeparlmcnts of labor
are claimed exclusively by boys nml
men because thnv hnvo a legendary
right to them. No coni)>etitio>i has en
tered tho lists ngninsl them. If n wo
man can make a good horse shoe she
can open a forge and mnke shoes. No
one has the right to say slio shall not.
Thoro are men who are milliners,
dressmakers, and who sell drona goods,
nnd they do these tilings so woll no ono
disputes their right to them.
'/ho girl who has educated herself to
fill somo niche in the mercantile world
may marry and never carry her knowl
edge any further than her own nursery.
What then? She is woll lilted to teach
her own sons nnd daughters tho rudi
ments of commercial knowledge, to
counsel and advise with hor husband,
and if left a widow to take care of her
uwu estate. There is no vaster lioritago
of ignorance aud uselossness than the
arrny of thrcnd-nnd-needlo accomplish
ments which for geuuratlons lias been
considered the correct dower for a ladv
like young person. Consider your girls
an responsible fellow-citizens, and edu
cate them accordingly.
Tils Altii.l-icnn I’inn Supply.
In tho Unilnd Status tbn problem that
has long agitated Europe has begun to
present itself, aud the question, “From
whence aio tho American people to
procure their future supply of construc
tion timber?" is constantly being asked
by the doalors of this republic. The
question may readily be answered.
The lull mountain ranges of Mexico
are covered nearly to their summits
with u growth of excellent white and
pitch pine. The tops of the innumer
able (oot Mils are so garnished with
grand pine forests.
Tiie same may also bo said of the five
Oentrni American republics. As the
traveler recedes from tiie coast, at
auout tiflv miles from the ocean, the
lands which gradually slope iqiward
present an almost temperate flora to
tiie eyes of the astonished beholder,
while many pleasing contrasts may bo
observed; for instance, tho larch, pop
lar and sycamore flourish beside the
tamarind and tho frondose cciba. The
oak and the laurel mingle their nrauclios
with tlioso of tiie nispero nnd tiie zapote,
while the same fertile soil gives life to
the cypress und Hie cherry, tiie apple
und the banana, the plum nnd the
coffeo trees. At an altitude of 2.500
feet above the sea tho pine and other
conifuiu: first appeared; at an elevation
of 6,000 this gvuus ntinins its greatest
size, but at the bight o. 8.000 it assumes
a stunted nnd dwarfed appearance.—
Mlw Urltawi Tivio-hcinoo'iU.
> m* •*■
Tho city of Bamberg is the first to
practically imply llio law against the
public distnrbance of piano playing at
untimely hours in tho case of a girl,
who. greatly to the annoyance of the
neighbors, practiced at an open win
dow. The code prescribes a fine or
adequate imprisonment. The muni
cipal court let tho fair culprit off with
$1 and costs.
Another thing that shonld bo urged
ns the most evident method of making
money easy U promptness in paying
A ’Waiting Maid's Revenge,
A woman of great wealth tolls me
that Blto is comjielled to give tip a
dwelling which lias newly cost about
$200,000, on account of tho successful
vengoanco of a sorving maid. The
mistress is old, and as nervous and no
tional as onlg persons of fortuno can
afford to be. The sorvant ono of tliosi
young, protty, volvoty French crea
tures who are now fashionable in Non
York luxurious households, especially
as attendants upon rich women. She
was discharged for some misdoing, but
was to remain until the end of her
month. It was in this interval that
sho invented a retaliation, which has
proved the most ingenious and rtt’uc
tive that I over hoard of, excepting
those involving tho perpetrator in dan
ger of punishment. The house had a
commanding overlook of Central Park,
npd tlw girl taqw that, these fields
wins* dotted over with placos whoro,
suicides had been committed. No week
jiasses without at least ono voluntary
departure from tiie park to eteruity.
Tho lakes are handy for drowning,
the trees for hanging, and tliosocluded
bowers for tho uninterrupted use of
jdstoi or kuifo. It is a question with
mo whether the soil-murderers all go
thoro for tho purpose deliberately. It
is not likoly that tho leisure of tiie un
fortunate, wlion spent asido from tho
hustle of city business, becomes so
lonesome that death seems profornblo?
The French maid wont into no such
abstruse consideration of '.lie subject.
She was aware that her mistress was
abnormally nftoeted by anything wierd
or tragic. So sho told iier of ihe nu
merous suicides, pointed out from the
window many sjiots whoro this poor
devil had hanged himself, where licit
ono had died by drowning, and where
tiie oilier had blown his brains away.
She added, with a shrug and shudder,
that she fancied she could see, ’o
nights, the ghosts of the self-slain haunt
ing the places of thoir crimes. The
old woman was horrified. She could
not look at tho park, which hud pre
viously been a solace to hor eyes, witli
out descrying tho points which tiie girl
had invested with grewsomc interest.
She fondly hopad that tiie wretch hud
liud, but on sending a man to a news
paper office to imiko an examination of
tho files sho found that tho tragedies
in tiie main had boon correctly located.
After months of mental torture, sho
lias gone to Newport for tho summer,
aud will nevor return to her house
alongside Central Dark.
A Monkey's Fear ol Firearms. j
He was greatly frightened at a gun
that 1 shot off ono day at some spor
rows. Ho Idd at once in the straw of
his cage, nnd never left it until the gun
was hung up again. After that 1 had,
sidy to touch the stock to make him
tiido again, when nothing could be I
toon in tho straw except a pair of sharp:
3j*es watching all my motions. Just
x touch of my finger or of a eiino upon
tho cock of the gun was enough to do-|
orive him of all quiet I used to otirryi
sumy watch chain a little pistol, on’
which a percussion cap would mnko a.
tolerably loud report. Tito monkey had’
not yet found this out, nnd silting on
my knees would amuso itself with lick
ing tlio silver barrel. One day in his
presence I put ti percussion cap on tits
nipple of tho jilstol. The monkey ob
torved my movomonts with great at
tention, but without scorning disturbed
by them. Blit w*ien the cock, boing
raised, made two clicks, Molly dropjiod
Ilia eyebrows, whllo lie continued sit
ting quietly. When the explosion took
place his fright was unbounded. Cry
ing loudly, and full of anguish, ho fell
from mv knees, ran across several
rooms, lea|ieil out of the window,
clung to a water-pipe, slid down to tho
street, and hid himself in a ditch in a
neighboring garden. His nervousness
lasted a long while, ami I had to take
off’ my watoil chain to appease it.
From k'tat day he was in such fear of
tiie little pistol thnt to take hold of tiie
chain was onougli to mnko him disap
pear in tho straw. But ho very soon
learned liy experience thnt tho source
of the detonation was not in tiie oliuiu
but in the jiislol, and could easily dis
tinguish it from the other npjicndngcs
of tiie chain, of which he was not afraid
at nil. Sitting on tho straw in Ills cage,
ho would attentively watch my move
ments wliilo I was handling tiicso ap
pendages. Tho eloper my fingers np
jiroached the formidable object, the
greater became Ids anxioty, and with
his eyes rivetod upon the instrument
nud witli tense ears, he would dance
continuously in tho cage, all ready to
go under tiie straw. Flo would assure
himself beforehand, for greater securi
ty, that the cago door was well shut;
undone day, when tho bolt had not
boon pushed iu, he leaped out from tho
cage, which did uot seem safe enough
for him, aud went and hid himself un
der the bed in the next room. As 1
gradually removed my hand from tho
pistol, 1 would receive chuckles of nj>-
probatiou; aud, with his lips pushed
forward aud tho muscles of his oar
moving by jorks, lie would mnnifost a
very great joy. —From “My Monka/s,"
in Popular lie-icncc Monthly.
Fuu In Ohl England.
A pole thirty foot long nnd four or fivo
Indies in diameter was laid down with
one half of its length secured on tho
shore, the other half being over tho
water. At tho water end of the pole a
large box was suspended with a greas
ed jjig ill it. Seven men tried for half
and hour to get at tiie pig by walking
till! greased pole. They would tako a
step or two and tumble bead over heels
into tiie water. The crowd roared with
in tighter. Finally one of the men
walked about half the distance out and
made a juiu|i, so that he was able to
got bold of tiie stiiug on tiie box which
ojioued the trap-door ut tho bottom and
lot the pig into llio water. Then ho
had to jump into tho water himself,
catch tiie jijg nnd bring it ashore. As
the pig was gtensod Inis was no easy
task. Put tiie fellow filially succeeded,
end walked off with the animal, which
lei everybody know it was alive by
shrieking all it could Kent Corro
'<pondi.net Brooklyn Union.
Jamaica is said to be ono of the most
accommodating climates in tiie world.
A writer to the New York Pott says
that if, on landing at Kingston, tiie
thermometer is 86. there is always a
cool sea breeze, so that Hie lieui is' not
oppressive. Half an hour’s ride iu a
sircet car to Half-Way Tree, wiiere
llio governor resides, will bring the
visitor into a climate ten degrees cool
er. At Gordon Town or B|)uulsli Town,
both easily accessible by road, and the
latter by rail, the atmosphere is fifteen
degreos cooler, and at > Maudevilie the
nights sre sufficiently cool to render a
quilt und blanket on the bed very com
fortable. Tho climate is splendid, but
the hotels aro poor.
In Tembroke, Mass., is said to be
standing, in good condition, the oldest
bouse in America. In the year 1628 it
was built of flat stones laid in clay by
two pioneers named Barker, (rout
Fly mouth, . . s—-1 '
Mrs. N. Everett, of McDonough, has
just given birth to triplets, oue girl aud
’two Hoys.
Atlantn Ims twenty-six Methodist
churches.
Within the past twelve months 2,155
miles of railway have been constructed
iu the Southern States. During the
same period the industrial development
of these States lias been rapid os shown
by an inoreaso of over #200.000,000 in
their wealth,
Johu Coleman, who had been attei 4 -
ing to the switch on the Central Railroad
bridge at Mnoon since Jauuary, dropped
dead at iiis poat Thursday afternoon
about half past 2 o’ckiok. Mr. Coleman
had boon iu bad health a long time ond
was troubled with au nffeotion of the
heart.
Miss Lula Hurst, the "Georgia Won
der," passed through Chattanooga Fri
day, on route to tho Pacific coast.
Saturday Dan Tliomposu killed 41
feet of sunken at one blow in Big ludiau
crook swamp, near Perry. A large u.oo
cason snake, 4 feet loug, was killed, and
within this snake was found 37 other
snakes, enoli 1 foot long.
Three thousand negroes, it is said,
wero iu ntteudanae upon tho district
meeting near Greenosboro.
The Darien Gazette says: “The ter
rible news of the nouidental death of
Captain Burke Spalding, of Sapelo,
reaches us. While out hunting yester
day liis gun accidentally went off while
crossing a log, the contents cutering Ins
head, doubtless killing him instantly,’’
He was a brother-iu-law of Hou. Pojie
Barrow, of Atlieus,
There was a rather young marriage at
tho Athens factory Suuduy. The couple
were Mr. Ed. Davis aud Miss Fannie
Nelms—tho groom beiug only sixteen
and tiie Lritle fourteen. The ltev. Mr,
Quiliian officiated.
A mammut.li beoliive has been discov
ered in the bosom of tho noted peak
oommouly called “Old Baldy,” situated
in Sau Bernardino county, Cul. The
beeß at work in this wild mountain hive
aro almost innumerable, and they have
in store a gigantic mouutniu of pure hon
ey, which is estimated to be 150 feet
deep nnl 100 feet wide, and contains more
than 500 barrels of the genuine article.
Albany Medium : This week our en
riouity department has reoeired an addi-
tion iu the shape of a magnetic egg, a
donation from C ipt. John G. Laßoqne.
This egg is little larger titan partridge
fruit, and its magnetism is oouflbffl to
one tnd of it. Placed in nuy other posi
tion it will immediately revolve until it
rests upon tiie mnguotic eud. Hundreds
of people liuve seen it, bat none have
been able to expiuiu the source of this
“extraordinary power.”
Lumkin Independent : A few days
ago a gentleman iu notioing tiie large
uuniber of elderly people in Lumpkin,
ealtod to mind fifteou citizens of this
county whoso combined nges footed up
1,240 years, or au uveruge of 82 years.
Lumpkin is tiie healthiest town in Geor
gia.
J. N. Story, of Wortli county, a few
weeks ago while hunting, came apoufive
largo deer in n bunch, and brought dowu
three with two allots from his Winches
ter. Mr, Story is nearly 60 years old.
Waycross Reporter; Two of the ne
groes who were engaged in |>lacing ob
structions on the railroad track just
above Albany on the night of the 24th
of August iu order to wreck the train
which was to tako the soldiers from Al
bany to Dawson have been arrested.
One of them is a (ire,ichor.
Tiie Lumpkin liidupcii-lout: “Sever
al days ago when tiie water was drawn
from Mr. Overby’s mill pond a party of
fisherman srined tho creek just below
tiie mill. In tiie lot of fish caught was a
German carp that weighed eighteen
poimds. About three years agj Mr.
Overby placed a few carp only fonr inch
es in length in bis pond, and this extra
fine specimen caught shows the won
derful growtli of this species of fish,
Mr. R. J. Grimes left one of the soi los
from the carp at this office, wli’cli is
nearly as large us the bottom of au ordin
ary inkstand.
Miliedgeville Chronicle : Mr. Jim
Gregory aud some ladies, while watching
a durk and threatening cloud, accompani
ed by high wind, nt his iiome iu Baldwin
county, a few days since, saw a veritable
stinke writhing und squirming iu the air
overhead and falling ill a slanting direc
tion to the earth. They saw it strike
tiie ground in a Held near by, and imme
diately ran to tiie spot and f.Jiowiug it
as it tried to oseajie, succeeding iu kill
ing it.
McDonough Weekly : Charles Wil
liams, a negro hoy about 10 years old,
was arrested snd lodged iu jail lust Mon
day for placing obstructions on the
track of the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Goorgia Railroad, He was arraigned
for trial in tiie County Court last
Wednesday, hnt owing to his extreme
youth Judge Dixeu decided that lie was
hardly accountable, aud upon hia fa
ther promising to administer a souud
thrashing for tiieoffeQse, lie was allowed
to go free. The flagellation took place
at tiie depot, und was administered pub
licly, to tiie satisfaction of all concern
ed,
A young lady in Athens Ims a dress
that oust #250 in Paris.
Burglars secured #IOO at C. E. Ram
sey's residence ut Liiicolnton Sunday
while he was at church witli his family.
Tiie Gainesville match factory is pay
ing about 30 percent per annum on the
investment. Tho faotory makes about
5,000,000 matches per day, and has more
orders than it can fill
The story told by the dying woman at
Alapaiia, is printed in the morning
News, proves to have been correct. The
mail with her was John C. Little, of
Gainesville, who deserted a wife at that
place. i
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GEOKOIA RAILROAD COMPANY,)
Office General Manager, >
Augusta, Ga., April 6th, 1884 )
Commencing Sunday, the othinst.,
the following Passenger Schedule
will bo operated:
FAST UNE.
NO. 27 WEST Daily.
Loaves Augusta 7:40 n. m
Leave Thomson 8:49 a. m
Arrive Athens 12:80 p. m
Arrive Atlanta 1:00 p. m.
NO. 28 EAST Daily.
Leaves Atlanta 2:50 p. m
Arrive Athens 7:15 p. m
Leave Thomson 6:55 p, m
Arrive Augusta 8:06 p. m
NO. I WEST—Daily.
Leave Augusta 10:30 a. m
Arrive Thomson 12:01 p. m
Arrive Camak 12:2 r p. m
Arrive Macon .. 6:45 p. m
Arrive Washington 2:45 p. in
Arrive Athens 4:40p. m
Arrive Gainesville 9:15 p. ra
Arrive Atlanta 5:45 p. ra
NO. 2 EAST—Daily.
Leave Atlanta 8:25 a. m
Le<>ve Gainesville 5:30 a. ra
Leave Athens 9:35 a. m
Leavt Macon 7:10 a. m
Leave Washington 11.20 a. ra
Leave Camak 2:00 p. m
Leave Thomson 2:23 p. m
Arrive Augusta 3:56 p. m
NO. 3 WEST—Daily.
Leave Augusta 9:00 p. m
Leave Thomson 11:66p m
Leave Maoon 7.10 p. m
Arrive Atlanta 6:40 a. m
NO. 4 EAS T—Daily.
Leave Atlanta 8 50 p. m
Leave Ihowson 4.23 a. ra
Arrive Augusta 6.20 a. ra
Truins run by 90th Meridian time—33
minutes slower than Augusta time.
'Train No. 27 will stop at, and receive
passengers to and from the following
stations, Duly:
Eclair. Berzelia, Harlem, Dearing,
Thomson, Camak, Crawfordville, Union
Point, Greensboro, Madison, Rutledge,
Social Circle, Covington, Conyers, Stone
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Traiu No. 28 will stop at. and receive
passengers to and from the following
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Camak, Crawfordville, Union Point,
Gr .-enosboro, Madison. Rutledge, Social
Circle, Covington, Conyers, Stone Moun
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