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“.HADE OF KISSKS.”
■“What are you made of, Maggie, dear?”
Mage is turns from Rover
With the strictest reverence—
(Just her grandma over!)
IS the truest, and bluest eyes,
Back of suuny lashes,
While the earnest answer comes:
“Made of dust and ashes.” _
“What are you made of, Johnny, boy ?”
Boy stands still a minute;
If there’s any mischief round,
He’s the one that’s in it.
“I ain’t dirt 1” His brown eyes gleam,
And he archly reaches
Toward the basket’s winy hoard :
“Guess lam cream and peaches.”
“What are you made of, Taddie pet ?”
Taddle’s eyes are glowing;
Two white hands put back the curls,
Two white teeth are showing ;
And the smiles, they twinkle round
Like a band of blisses,
“Cause they takes ’em all the times,
'Sped I’m made of kisses.”
THE ARNO.
O heaveus! how beautiful it is 1 Far as
filie eye can see, the poet praised river
winds along beneath us. Through fields
•where stands the heavy olive, knee deep
iin wheat, and where the blossem vine
.hangs its perfumed wreaths from branch
ito branch, or hides the bare stem which
:supportß it in a pyramid of luxuriant fo
liiage; past margins vivid with the rank
'Tuscan grass, where cream-colered oxen
Ihew their patient necks beneath the yoke,
drag home the screaking wain, heavy
with ireeh-cut hay; past the swelling hills,
velvety with rich groves of ilex; or gir
dled with gray olives, and crowned with
the memorial cypress black and still
against the evening sky; past solid stone
built farin-bouae and homestead; past
reaches fringed with tall reeds, or edged
with a dreary wast of brown, alluvial
mud, which the fierce mountain torrents
have dragged down from the treeless
Appennines —past these and many another
scene, old Arno flows into the heart of the
City of Lillies. There she lies, far be
neath us—Firense la bella —the central
glory even ol this lovely scene 1 Close at
our feet the sloping terrace gardens break
away ateeply. Rose, olender, camelia,
magnolia, and a thousand more familiar
plants—either in leaf, of flower, or blos-
Bom —arc heaped together with a soul-sat
isfying lavisness, and lead the eye down,
/by soft degrees of beauty, to where the
i spires and turrets of Florence seem to
( prick the crystal sky. Supreme in reposo
, ful majesty, the great dome of the cathe
, dral shows its giant curves about all com
■.peers. There is a sense of “peace, good
will toward men,” in those perfect lines ;
•.and close at hand rises, straight and slen
.der, Giotto’s bell tower—beautiful as an ex
piring soul. A more eager and earthly ant
ibition is expressed by the wondrous tower
.of the Palazzo Vecchio, flinging itself into
;air from the battlemented walls of the build
ting, and throwing out,midway in its height
a daring buttress to support a further
flight, as though one vaulting tower had
leaped upon another’s shoulders! There
are Santa Croee, with its beautiful daz
zling marble front; Santa Maria Novella ;
the dome of the Medicean Chapel of San
Lorenzo ; the square, lofty mass of Or San
Michele ; the ancient tower of the Bargello,
and (besides a multitude more towers and
churches) the singularly picturesque city
gate-ways, with their massive archways
and time-embrowned stone work. Across
the river, the old gate of San Niccolo is
one of the most striking of these monu
ments of time when Florence was girt
.with walls as with a girdle. Behind it
.' Vises the hill of San Miniato, with its
. beautiful basilica, and the cyprese-shad
, owed Franciscan church of San Salvadore
, del Monte. There is not a toot of Arno’s
, banks, as the river flows through Flor
. ence, which is not rich in storied memo
ries ; the attempt to enumerate even a few
,of the most interesting would bewilder us;
'Jet us only look and be thankful. Sec how
Uw Ponte Vecchio—the jeweler’s bridge—
shows quaint and old-world above the
stream. Beneath its arches the water —for
the most, part turbid and dull enough
lias caught a ruby tint from the sink
ing sun. From this distance all the city,
save those loftier structures we have notic
ed seems melting into a gold haze. There is
a press of red reafs, like a thronging crowd
on a holiday, jostling each other around
the great centres, such as the Piazza del
Duumv and della Signoria. There swings
a bride, like a thread, from shore, and
yonder is the fresh green line of the Cas
cine woods, running westward. All
around—upon the plain, the lower slopes,
and even the higher eminences—are
strewn fair villas and palaces, showing
like white pebbles dropped amoug the
gardens of the Val d’Arno. Away—away
the silent stream flows westward toward
Pisa, and the sun is sinking, sinking tliat
•way. too. There is a glory as of rnolton
veld in the heavens, and splashes of daz
zling brightness amid one long horrizonufl
line of cloud above the sun. —Temple Bar.
South Cabolha Nkws.—Barnwell is
to be tbe county seat of Barnwell county.
R. M Davis becomes editor of the News
and Herald, of Winnsboro.
The Laijgley Mills consumed, last year,
nearly HOtJ.OoO worth of cotton.
The United States Supreme Court has
decided that the Cheraw and Darlington
Railroad is the only one in the State
exempt from taxation.
The bulk of the stock necessary-for tha
establishment of the cotton factory on De
lada river, in Greenville cotlhty, has been
taken.
—-
Doueherty county is in a healthy state
of finances. She is out debt and SIO,OOO
ahead.
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The Death Penalty.
T'lli EXECUTION OF SPANN, THKWIEF,
MUKDERER.
Special Dispatch to the Atlanta Sun.]
Preston, Webster Co.,Ga , April 11. —
Spann, who was convicted last July for
the murder of his wife nnd sentenced to
be hung, was executed here to day at
11 1-2 o’clock, some three or four thou
sand persons, mostly negroes, witnessing
the execution.
The condemned man was dressed in
black —black sack coat of light fubric,
new and fitting lined pants, no vest, clean
neat shirt.
The prisoner wept freely when he was
met by the minister as he ascended from
the cell in the lower prison through the
trap door.
lie was deeply moved when he bade
Miss Eberhart, who was his accomplice iu
the crime, “good bye.”
lie walked by the side of tiie Sheriff a
quarter of a mile to the gallows, firmly re
fusing to ride.
He looked at his coffin and wept at the
sight of the gallows.
liev. J, H. C’auood attended him, and
read the 17th chapter of Job, and Rev.
Isaac Ilart prayed with him, Spann, the
while, kneeliug and clasping his hands,
with closed eyes, moved his lips in silent
earnest prayer.
Mouutiug the scaffold his confession was
read, after which he said : “This is Friday
before Easter Sunday, the day upon which
Christ was crucified” —drew an encour
aging lesson and begged all prepare tor
death.
The Sheriff adjusted the rope, tied the
prisoner’s hands behind him and placed
the black cap over his face and asked him
if he was ready; to which he replied
“Yes.”
The Sheriff then cut the small leather
strap, and the platform fell, Spann falling
fell five feet. He struggled but little and
made but very few slight movements of
the limbs. His heart ceased to beat in
about twenty-five minutes and his remains
were delivered to his friends and will be
buried to-morrow.
There was no disturbance, everything
passing off quietly.
After the execution the written state
ment of Spann was delivered to Miss Eber
hart at his request.
Two of the Misses Eberharts, sisters,
and two brothers were at the execution.
Horrible Accident in the Ports
mouth Navy Yard. —A frightful acci
dent occurred in the new Yards andDocks
carpenter shop in tiie navy yard yesterday
morning about 10 o'clock. Mr. Andrew
Sweeny, an old and respected citizen of
Newtown, who has of late been employed
a ■ hel >er on the circular saw table, while
the sa w was stopped, as he supposed, af
ter the band had been thrown oft, incau
tiously crawled under the table to secure
some cedar sawdust, and his head, coin
ing in contact with the revolving saw,
w- s caught in the teeth and cut in a fear
fu manner. His hat was torn into shreds,
at . entering the top of the head, assisted
in .itiing it lengthwise for a distance of
si.i inches. The gash went clean through
to me skull, exposing the brain to view.
Thu unfortunate man had his injuries
tenderly caied for by Surgeon Bates ; af
tei which he was carried home, in New
to wi, and now lies in an extremely criti
cal and sulfering condition. In ante-bel
lum days Mr. Sweeny was the florist of
tin commandant. —Norfolk Journal, Gth.
Tennessee News. —The Grand Com
mnndery of Knights Templar will convene
in Clarksville on the 14th of May.
The English citizens of Memphis intend
to reorganize the St. George’s Society.
Chattanooga is agitated over the tem
perance question.
The taxable property of Davidson
county is valued at $25,000,000.
The cost of the shipments from East
Tennessee to the Vienna Exposition
amounts to $1,300.
W. P. Itathburn has been elected presi
ideut of Roane Iron Company.
The latest comic song has a comic jin
gle for its refrain, recalling the punni ug
chorus of “I saw Esau kissing Kate.” Thus
it runs:
“Say so, Sue, Bau-cy Sue,
Never leave me to sigh so, Sue :
If you love me, Saucy Sue,
Wouldn’t it be better to say so, Sue,”
■ ■
Riding on a Dead Congressman’s
Pass. —A. M. Goldstein, of Washington
City, is shortly to be tried on a charge of
traveling over the Union Pacific Railroad,
last session, on the pass of Representative
.Speer, which discovery led to a demand
for explanation, and finally to inquiry by
the grand jury.
* *•
Alabama has just buried her oldest in
habitant. Mr. Lewis Cargele, born in
North Carolina in 1765, died in Jackson
county, Ala., on the 6th day of April, aged
one hundred and eight years.
The Columbus Enquirer has been sold
to Major Calhoun, of Philadelphia, a gen
tleman of much experience in newspaper
matters, as manager and writer. Major
C. is expected to arrive soon and take
control.
Yesterday afternoon a lad by the name
of Hall, engaged at the planing mill of
Bower & banders, Atlanta, was unfortun
ate enpugh to get his hand caught by a saw
which* tore It very bad, requiring, proba
bly, amputation.
That celebrated Columbus darkey.
Blind Tom, has now a rival la a laborer
on an Indiana Railroad. He is said to
execute admirably on the piano the most
and ticu’t airs heard for the first time,
* hough he cannot read a bar of music
The prize soap man and banjo nigger is
in Griffin.
MACON, GA„ SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 1873.
Fslmmonsl
L >ar jMannr
For over FORTY YEARS this
PURELY VEGETABLE
LIVER MEDICINE has proved to be the
Great Unfailina; Specific
for Tuvan Compi.aint and the painful offspring,
DYSPEPSIA, CONSTIPATION, Jaundice,
Bllllous attacks, SICK HEADACHE, Colie,
Depression of Spirits SOUR STOMACH,
Heart Burn, Jfcc., Ac.
After years of careful experiments, to meet a
great and urgent demand, we now produce
from our original GENUINE POWDERS,
Till! PREPARED,
a liquid form of SIMMONS’ LIVER REGU
LATOR, containing alt* its wonderful and val
uable properties, and otter it In
OAE DOLLAR BOTTLES.
The Powders, (price as before) SI.OO perp’kgc.
Sent by mail I.W
tar CAI'TIO.Y !! J&t
Buy no Powders or PREPARED SI MMONS’
LIVER REGULATOR unless in our engraved
wrapper, with Trade mark, Stamp and Signa
ture unbroken. None other is genuine.
J. 11. ZEILII At EO.,
MACON, GA., and PHILADELPHIA.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS,
jan 81-528
MERCHANTS
AMD
PLANTERS
WILL FIND IT TO THEIE AD
VANTAGE TO CALL ON US
BEFORE MAKING THEIR
BILLS.
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WE HAVE IN STORE,
100.000 LBS. BACON CLEAR R.
SIDES.
25.000 LBS. BACON SHOUL
DERS.
10.000 LBS. BELLIES.
50.000L85. FLOUR, all grades.
500 ROLLS 2* BAGGING.
10.000 LBS. ARROW TIES.
10 BALES TWINE.
JOHNSON & SMITH.
JOHNSON & SMITH,
Have, and are offering at very
low figures:
100 BOXES TOBACCO, all
grades.
100 BBLS. WHISKIES.
150 BBLS. SUGAR.
50 BBLS. MOLASSES.
100 BALES HAY.
1.000 BUSHELS CORN,
Together with a full stock of all
all goods in our line of business.
Opening; for the Summer.
HAVING rented the house and grounds of
Mr. N. Binswanger, on TflnalT Square,
will open it as a place of resort during
spring and summer. The best Lager Bee
Me always kept cool and nice, as well
finest brands of Wines.
I be pleased to see all of my fr
the public generally an next Bonds
wii: be thrown open. The'strictes'
be preserved. E. M
aplVlwfrsatsu
Don’t Rg is!
WE nre now In receipt of a fresh and invi
ting stock of
CHOICE
Fill Groceries
* Consisting in part of the following:
Fresh Fulton Market Beef,
Ferris’ IV. If. Hams (unexcelled)
Choice Beef Tongues,
Ifeeker’s Self-raising Flour,
Fanned Fruits and Vegetables,
Fresh Crueller*, ,
Etc., Etc., Ete.
PARCHED
Rio and Java
COFFEES,
GROUND FREE OF CHARGE.
Oolong and Im
perial Teas,
AT 70 AMD BO FTS. PER Ell.
OISIfcMAJV
GROCERIES
A SPECIALTY,
Segars! Segars!
“ PUTZEL’S DELIGHT ”
AND
“ PUTZEL A JACOBS’ FA
VORITES”
Are the most popular Segars in town.
Try them and you’ll smolu; no
others.
OUR PRICES ARE LOWER THAN EVER.
GIVE US A CALL.
PUTZEL & JACOBS,
Second fit., Damour’s Block.
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IMPORTANT TO
CAPITALISTS!
1 HE City Bank is authorized to receive sub
scriptions for the State Bonds authorized to he
issued by an Act of the last Legislature.
Tho Bonds to have the following strong
points to commend them to such as are seek
ing investments:
They hear eight per cent, interest.
They are free from all taxation, and irrepcal
ablc provision is made in the act of authoriza
tion for the prompt payment of the interest
and the Bonds as they fall due.
Wall street says the State of Georgia has
credit since the report of the Bond Com" f
*1872. . i?soi'
Georgians, hurl back this Übe\
fame by promptly taking up t..
interest of your State.
mar2l . C. A. NUT’
Change o*',
ON MACON ANIJj
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w. <fc E. P. TAYLOR,
Cor. Cotton Avenue and Cherry Street*
DEALERS IN
FURNITURE, CARPETS k US,
OIL CLOTHS, WINDOW SHADES, etc.
V rWr’'' i| ‘
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Metalic Burial Cases & Caskets,
Fine apd Plain Wood Coffins and Caskets.
by Telegraph promptly attended to. 79tf
IMPROVED GU GEAR.
NEW.
SUPERSEDES ALL- OTHER HORSE POWER
IT IS NO HUMBUG !!
TIIE settling of tho Gin House floor lias no effect on the Gearing. King Post of Iron and all
the work bolted to iron.
IT IS MADE TO LAST, AND TO RUN TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT. LIGHTER THAN ANY
OTHER POWER IN USE.
Cali tvr.(s see for youaself.
I bui.u a Portable Morse Power that challenges all other MAKES, but it will not do the work
with tin. same Draft that my PATENT GIN GEAR will.
All kinds of Machinery made and repaired at
UOFKFTT’N IIIOM WORKS
croflß7B A talilß
MULF 1^
Clover and Crass Seeds. _ j convenience of their’friends and patrons, and
RED CLOVEIi, -
CIUMSON CLOi I I’K \Unj!^
Volume II. —Number 1