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VOL. 11l
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QUITMASf, - - GEORGIA.
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QUITMAN'. GBORGIA.
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Attorneys at Law,
QUITMAN, GEO.
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Dr. J. S. N. Snow,
B E UST T I S T
OFFICE Front room up stairs over Kuy
< oil’s Store, (ris lulmiiiisterecl tor painless
ly extraetinij teeth.
to suit the times.
jail 10, ly
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W HOLF.SAI .!<:
ST ATION ERS
AND DEALERS IN
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Taper Bags, Cotton Flour Sacks.
Twines, Inks, Playing Cards, Muci
luge, etc.
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SAVANNAH - - (J A.
Du. E. A. .Turks. Du. Haiuiv Madbett.
I)rs. JelksA Mabbett,
Having purchaser! tho drug department of
Messrs. Briggs, .folks A Cos., would respect
fully notify their friends and the public gen
erally that they have just opened a NEW
DRUG STORE, in the house formerly occu
pied by Dr. Jelks as an office, which they
have considerably enlarged, and arc now
supplied with a full and complete stock of *
Drugs,
Patnt Medicines,
Perfumeries,
Toilet Article^
Oils, Paints,
Window Glass,
Putty, &c. &e.
Also a fine stock of SCHOOL ROOKS,
STATIONERY, TOBACCO, SEGARS,
SNUFF, Ac.
E. A. JELKS & HARRY MABBETT.
7-6 m
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Tlr 1 Lust Card
Kxtrnordinajy Fuslriicllons te I>>|>ut.v
Hailed States Marshals in Smith Caroli
na.
From the It r.il 1.
Giieenvii/le, S. C., Nov. I.—Mar
shal Wallace lias issued a private cir
cular to his deputy marshals, of which
the following are extracts:
Your duty will ho to institute
proceedings against ail and every per
son who shall commit any of the fol
lowing oftenees, and arrest j>r cause
them to he arrested and iir prisoned,
or bailed, as the case mav be. for trial,
before the next term of the United
States District or Gireut Court for
your district, viz.: Theoilet of any cit
izen to perform any act re juiced tube
done to quallify himto vote, if it fail to
he carried iutaexecutiou by reason of
wrongful act or oiiiisiou of any officer,
the offer to perform shall beheld us a
performance, and the person so offer
mg being otherwise qualified shall be
entitled to vote in the same manner as
if he had in fact performe 1 such act,
and any manager of election, whose
duty it is to receive such vote, who
shall wrongfully refuse to receivo the
same, is guilty of an offence for w hich
1 lie shall be*prosecuted; any person
who shall by force, bribery, threat,
i intimidation, or other unlawful means,
: binder, delay, prevent, or obstruct, i
or who shall combine and confederate
with others to hinder, delay, or ob
struct any citizen from doing any act ■
required to be done, to qualify him
to vote or from vetoing at the election, ■
i will commit an offence for w hich he
! should be prosecuted. Any person
i who shall prevent, hinder, control, or
i intimidate or attempt to prevent, hin
) der, control, or intimidate any person
! from exercising, or in exercising,
the right of suffrage who has the right
of suffrage, uuder tho Constitution,'
by means of bribery, threats, or threa
ts of depriving such person of employ- j
meut or occupation, or of ejecting
such person from a routed house,
! lands or other property, or by threats |
to refuse to receive leases or contracts
| for labor, or by threats of violence to
himself or family, such person i
j guilty of an offence for which ho j
| should be prosecuted. If two or more i
I persons shall baud or conspaire to
;g. the.' or go disguised upon the
public highway or upon the premises
iof another with intent to injure, op
press, threaten or in imidate any
1 citizen, with intent to prevent or ! m
i dor his free exercise of Ibo right or
privilege of voting, or because of his
having exercised the r :!1 1 of voting,
such person shall he guilty of a felony,
; ami should be prosecuted, &c. Any
attempt to induce any qualified voter
! not to vote pnuisnnble us above; in
terference with any officerm discharge
Jof duties punishable the same, ami
every person claiming to act under
the laws of any State, county, or town,
|or under tile order, of any Judge or
other officer of any State, county, or
1 town who obstructs. Hinder, threatens,
ior in fttiy way interferes with any
; supervisor of election, or any deputy
; marshal in discharge of any duty re
! (paired of bi n, or them, by the laws
jof the United States, or who shall
obstruct, binder, or threaten any citi
zen in voting, or going to or return
jmg from the polls, or who refuses
j when called on by any mar.dial to
aid and as Ist him in the perioriiiauce
| of lus lawful duties, shall be liable to
I immediate arrest, without a warrant,
and shall be carried betore the proper
officer to give bail or be couimit
; ted.
i The document closes as follows:
Discharge your duty firmly auu
! with discretion, and to your official
j conduct reflect credit on yourself and
vour party and your country.
R. I\!. WII.I.ACE,
United States Marshal, District of
i South Carolina.
Notwithstanding troops aro quar
tered in every county the enthusiasm
: of the Hamt.oniles is unabaded. They
are determined that no riot shall (Sc
our.
A Bov's Way of Stating Things.— <
A boy’s way of stating tilings though,
i often inteligent, is generally nervous.
’ Example: A lad at Eaton Tennsylva-
I nia, entered a drug-store, bottle in
1 hand, and said ho wanted ten cents
worth of “aruiaky-money.” The
drugger told him to repeat the word,
and said, “Don’t you mean arnica or
auionia ?”
“I dunno,” was the reply.
“What is it for?” asked the drug
gist.
“Can’t tell,” said the boy, starting
slowly out. When near the door a
bright idea illumined him, and he
turned and asked the druggist: “It
your wife hit you on the head with a
chair leg, which of those medicines
would you get to take the swellin’
dawn ?”
“Arnica.”
“Then fill her in ten cents’ worth,”
replied the boy; and he gazed loving
ly at a big stick of licorice as the
was being bottled.— Harper'*
Magazine.
Lean Pigs.—The farmer whose pigs
were so lean that it took two of them
to make a shadow, has been beat by
another, who had several so thin that
they would crawl out through the
cracks in in their pen. He , finally
stopped that fuu by tying knots in
their tails.
QUITMAN, <A., THURSDAY, NOVIIMHKR Iff. fs?<f.
The Beauties of At.asky. — PeYhnps
Alaska is the most worthless patch of
creation that was over purchased and
passed out of one possession into an
other. It does not seem to have any
material or capabilities for develop
ment. It was a Rusian poor-house*,
and Russia sold the expensive charge.
All the Russians who were able to go
I got away; those who were too poor to
! go stayed. All the paupers remained,
oi course Among these were the balf
, ureeds —Russia’s crooked family.
| Sow and then a melancholy letter
| comes from some stranded corrcspon
| dent in Alaska, and the name gets in
■ the papers. Otherwise it is as dumb
as-a petrifaction and barren of news
jas the moon. A letter came lately.
.Silka is stul sitting in a quiet cornel
! of I lie ocean,behind numerous islands
j which break the waves until the wa
ters around are as calm and pnssion-
I leas as those of a lndlda’n. Kveu the
I sea about tho city refuses to stir,
i There arc no streets because none are
j wanted. There are a few alleys
narrow ways which lead to destruc
tion—abundant prostitution being
j Russian heritage. And then the nui
i vernal smell of fish. Tho clouds come
>up from the Pacific and pour floods
of water upon Sitka for weeks ami
months without cessation, and the
water runs off into the sea again, but
| it cannot wash away tho smell of fish.
! And Sitka in all there is of Alaska
! worth speaking if at all. And nobody
ever stayed tb-ei e yet to whom it was
i possible to get away. So tho letters
from Alaska always treat that miser
able patch of creation which has ever
| been a source of poverty to its ow n
ers.
Paying fok the Privilege of Pro
fanity.—August Belmont had and
j lias, i believe, for private secretary a
young man who gave him offense by
, writing a letter different from what
[ the eminent banker had directed.
Belmont looked it over and blurted
l out, “D— ii you, I retold you a dozen
! times how to do this, and you have
done it wrong again.”
i The Secretary rose with much dig
nity and said: “Air. Belmont, you
must not. swear at me. Ido not get
! salary enough to do my work faith
j fully and be sworn at besides.”
“How much do you gel V ’ inquired
the financier.
“Fifteen hundred dollars n year.”
“llow much do you want V”
“Including being sworn at
“Yes, including everything.”
"Three thousand dollars at least.”
“Draw jG/JO!) hereafter, <1 —u you,
and copy my letters exactly as I di
rect;” which shows that some men are
willing to pay for luxuries.
It may be said of Belmont, in
scriptural phrase, that curses clothe
him like a garment, for he has a hab
it of swearing.— -vetc 1 .jelr'Letter.
Salt—lrs Uses.—Hall’* Journal of
Health thus sums up some of the uses'
of salt: It will cure sic;-: head-ache,
make cream freeze, make tin; butter:
come, take ink stains out of doth ol
any kind, kill worms, make the ground
cool; so it is more congenial to cellery,
cabbage, etc. It will cease the itch
ing pain caused by irritating skin di- I
senses, like hives, itch, etc. It will
produce vomiting or stop it, aa you
like; and, we will add by way of com
pleting the list, for Dr. Hall, that it
is also used to chi ck hemorrhages, j
more especially in pulmonary affec
tions; it : i also good lor stock, such as
milch cows; when given in sum ti quan
tities once a day it increases the lac
teal flow; and, indeed, it is good for |
manv other uses, the most essential oi
which is that of putting it in our vict
uals. Don’t laugh! But sea salt is
said to bo the most effectual in its ac
tion.
Hon. B. 11. Hill sent tho following
congratulatory message to Mr Til
den :
Atlanta, Ga., November 8,
To Prceidentelect, Samuel J. Tilden ,
AVic Yorlr:
The solid tfputli rejoices that, under
vour administrrtion, she will be allow
ed to prove her devotion to equal laws,
honest government and perpetual
union. .
Sectionalism died yesterday. God
be thanked.
Ben. H. Hill.
A young man, applicant for admis
sissitin to Cornell University, spilled
ink all over his examination papers,
rubbed ut the blots with his tongue,
sucked his pen clean out the end of
every sentence, spelled the name of
the father of iiis country “gorg wasb
mten,” said that “gullns decius Bru
tus discovered America,” and that, it
was at least 679 miles from the earth
to the uioon, and nearly twice as far
to the sun, but when it was ascertain
ed that the applicant was a celebrat
ed oarsman, liis papers were marked
125 per cent., and he went into the
sophomore class. —Burlington lluirk
eye.
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A Littehal Interpreter. —Two
Duchnien travelling, took lip camp
together at night. Being much wear
ied by their day’s march they soon
fell asleep. After they had slept
some time, one was awaken by a thun
der storm. He got up much affright
ed, and called to his companion to
arise as te day of shudgement had
come. “Lie down, lie down, yon fool,”
said the other, “do you think hh how
te tay of shudgement would come in
te night?”
Tin: r.ixcriox.
Reports leave no reasonable doubt
that Florida has gone for Drew . Til
den and Hendricks by 1700 ft 2000
majority- just tho majority that Drew
predicted before the election.
That South Carolina has elected
J Hampton by about a thousand, and
Tildeu by live hundred majority.
That Louisiana has gone Demo
cratic by little short of six thousand
J majority, giving large Radical esti
mates for the few parishes to be heard
: from. These seventeen electoral votes
| belong to Tildeu, and will make his ,
j whole vote, so far, Still.
Neither Nevada nor Oregon can pos
sibly have boon beard from so fully ns
to determine the elections there. We
j believe both have gone for Tildeu and
j will swell bis vote ty 20!>, blit, there is
\ a very prevalent suspicion that the)
Radical leaders are preparing for a
grand d'etat by which they mean
I to seat Hayes or Grant in defiance of'
| the suUllages ot the people.
We are disposed to think that, if!
they moan to attempt this desperate
| act of usurpation, they will transfer j
[ their electoral votes from Ilayes to !
! Grant, because they will need a lead
er of more nerve that Ilayes, and one
supposed to ha ve a commanding in- j
I fluenee tvith the army. They will
I want one who will plunge into this
| fearful Rubicon, sword in hand, wilii
j out doubt or hesitation, about com
mitting the country finally to the pol
icy of a military autocracy.- —■Muenn >
Telegraph.
Thousands of Sunkt'i-; -A Doa of
ScrpTliti:i itatiS.ls.
On the 2d inst., toward evening, a
j young son of Mr. A. Thompson, who
lives about eight and a half miles from
: town southward, was passing over a
hill on the farm of Mr. Oibbs Myers,
, a neighbor, in quest of his father’s
cattle, when lit; accidentally stepped
| into a small hole, and on drawing Lis
j leg out quickly, drew from it several
| serpents. The sight frightened the
j lad, and he ran home with all speed
reported his experience. He soon tv
, turned, however, with another lad,
and found that the hilltop was the
home of a community of craw ling,rep
tiles, and before they left the spot
they dad dispatched I'm tv-six. Day
af:er day this work went on, until
sunday the dead .snakes were picked
up, counted and placed"m api ■■ near
i the tuouth of tlio den. Too number
(if one thousand sewn bundled 'ami
seventy-six was coil).ted, and si 11 the
work of killing goes on from day to
. and t v.
Wo went to the place on Monday,
accompanied 1 y L. li. Smylli. and Ike
astounding sight of near two ' hnusutid
snakes in one pile met our gaze, with
i live ones still in apparently nn
diminishi and numbers upon the hill. We
killed fifteen in as many minutes, ami
had enough, while two hi lie lads'', ere
all tho tium at work. And the work
of killing lias been going on ever since,
until now we hear that about three
thousand have been dispatched, and
there are hundreds, perhaps thous
ands left! The snakes are of the
species called the blue racer, with a
sprinkling of adders, and vary in size
from the thickness of a mans linger to ;
that of bis wrist, and iti length j
from a foot to four or five feet. They i
run with remarkable speed, and at
first were cowardly, endeavoring to;
escape and not much disposed to show
tight. They are now, however, be
coming vicious, and show tight, and j
at. times get startlingly aggressive. —
('mivurdiu Enterprise.
Little Men. —Not long before his
doatli Canon Kingsley drew attention
to the stit prising Dumber of small
voting men to lie seen in an English
crowd. According to hitn it was a
sign of the deterioration of the race.
Eat there are two ways of looking at
everything, and, for the comfort and
satisfaction of small people, we would
point o it that it might almost, he taken
as an indication of intellectual pro
gress. Many - we might almost, sav
most —of the grnt men of history have
! been men of short stature, irom the
; days of that ancient philosopher who
| as the story qoes, was so diminutive
that he had to carry lead in his pock
ets to proven liis being blown away.
I Canute the Great, for example, w as a
singularly small man; Napoleon, too,
| was little; Nelson had no height to
boast of and the great Condo was
short enough. Hildebrand Grego
ry the Iteventh—tho mightiest of ah
tho Popes,zvas also quite a dimiiiu
five person. Then amongst men ot
letters, poets and philosopher*, Mon
taigne, the essayist, was little; so was ;
Pope—“a little crooked thing that,
asks questions;” so was Dry den; so
was Dr. M atts, was insisted, as wo all
know, on the mind being the stature
of the man; and so was Scarron, who
. alluding at oucc te his ill-health and
[his little size, called himself an
[“abridgement of human miseries.’
| Will any one, after snob names as
these -and the list might ho itidefi
j nitely extended —look down on little |
men with disdain ?
1 Hon. Alex. 11. Stephens visited liis
I old fried, Bob Toombs, ntAVashing
! ton. Ga., last week. Soon after the
election ho will proceed to the nation
al capital, going early Hint lie may
have abundant opportunity for rest
before the opening of the next session
of Congress. Air. Stephens takes a
walk daily, when the weather is fair,
of about .three miles.
A case of almost eonplete preserva
tion of a corpse for thirty-six years
j comes from Cincinnati. The body of
Mrs. Atuanda Kverelt, who died in
that city ill ISIO, was buri ,1 in (be
Methodist Protestant Cemetery, in
i Avondale, in a black walnut coffin,
enclosed in a sarcophagus. In accor
dance with the desire of u relative,
the body was cxlmmcd for tho pur
pose of re-interment elsewhere. The
! stone soflin was too heavy to be lifted,
'so the wooden one was removed, and
it was determined to open if. 1 iie re
! mains wee found to bo in a state of
almost perfect preservation. The llesh
appeared to have dried withpnt
! shriveling, and the grave clothes were
but slightly discolored.
Citizens of Chesterfield, Vn.. report
that beavers have recently returned
to that county in large numbers, and
cause much annoyance by their oper
ations. They have also made their
appearance in large numbers in Cmn
| berland and adjacent counties, and
along the tributaries of the Appomat
tox river. A great many of them
have been caught in traps at different
points. Many years ago b> avers were
very numerous in tins country, but
lof recent years they laid almost, dis
appeared. Their reappearance on
iheir old feding grounds causes sur
pl’.o.
Miss Pitkin wavs that the mason
• ■ho lievr married is, she never saw
the man for whom she'd be willing to
cook three meals of victuals every day
of her lde.
“Look litre Pete,” said a knowing
' darkcv to hi, companion, “Don’t
stc.n'on de railroad.” “V.'hy, Joe!'
“Kuse if de ears see dat motif of
vonri), dev will link it tun ne depot,'
and run rite in.”
Pkiwkvebasce. —The old darkey’s
definition of Perseverance was not n
bad one, and will do for a life motto.
Here it is, “catch hold--hold fast—
and nebher let go! ’
A roan took off Ins cent to show
what a terrible wound be bad receiv
ed some years past. “O” said he not
being able to find it. “I remember
now, it was on my brother Bill’s;
linn.”
The Optwvsk Buy. “I snv hoy stop
that ox.” #1 haven't got no slonpi r
•Jr ” “Well, head him then.” “He’s ;
alerady headed, sir. “Confound
vour impertinence; turn him. “He s
riylit side oat. already sir.” “Speak
to him you rascal von.” “Hood morn-j
ing Mr. Ox."
A Philosopekr.- -Two fools, a young
married woman and a bachelor, ran
off lately. The husband saw them as
lliev started in the cars, gave three;
cheers, waved his hat, hade them en- ]
jov themselves: if they could and went
home a happy man.
No wonder kernseh is up. The
Commercial iitiiletiii lias investigate!!
the matter, atuf finds that over four
hundred barrals of petroleum are
now burned nightly by political •
torchlight processions in New Eng
land. Our local refineries have as;
much as they can possibly do at pres- <
cut to till orders. —Boehm Pont
President Grant.— A Washington
correspondent says General Grant has
returned to Washington and looks
much the worse ior ins summer
dissipations, llis face is lied and
bloated, and betraves constant devo
tion to powerful stimulants. He has
aged much within the last year, and
; looks like a man who lias seen trouble
i and is trying todrown it in tho llow
: ing bowl. As tiie “boys say, lie
looks “rocky.” Doubtless tic sees the
hand-righting on the wall and begins
I to realize that
“Belshazzar's race ia ran.
His kingdom passed away:
Himself in the balance weight.
Is light aikl worthless clay."
A man ami woman at Riokforrl, \ 1.,
who were divorced from each other
twenty years ago, wore remarried one
day last week. Tiara the dissolution
ot the original tie the bride has been
married once and the groom twice.
They met one noon, failed to recog-;
nizo each other,'wore introduced by a
mutual friend remarried the
same evening.
“Busted.” —We find a very painful
item in our telegrams this morning.
I “Boss” Shepherd has “busted.” This
is a confession that he at least is sure
that Tildon is elected. He would j
never have thrown up the sponge had
he not been thoroughly satisfied that
the bottom of the Radical slush tub
1 had dropped out and that heron I ter .
I his vocation as a grabber was ended. 1
It is a confession full of meaning and
worth a thousand lies sent out by the 1
bibulous Chandler in order to give
his party frieinls a chance to hedge. ■
I The “boss” sees the handwriting on
the wall and throws tip his arms.
His fall will knock down the rest ot
the “ring” plunderers like a row of
bricks. Wo drop a tear for tho “boss, ’
and wish his creditors may get ten
cents on the dollar.--Ex.
i'cii tsu ! • " < olisimi.
Full Plowing.
V ithout elaborating the many
strong points in taxor of full plowing
a few of tlie more prominent benefits
! may be briefly dated as follows:
October and November are deemed
an excellent time for bteal.ii: ; up suit,
lor planting the following spring.
T tie wrath r then : • cool and brac
ing, and the team strung and hearty
for the work; while the weather in
spring is more relaxing and the team
less able; and spring’s work h aig al
ways limning, it. ■ arcs 1 in.c to dis
puted! tut much of the ploughing as
possible during the previous autumn.
Sod land broken up in autumn will
be quite free from grass the following
spring, the roots of the late overturn
ed sward being so generally killed by
the immediately succeeding winter
.lint not much grass will shi t :u the
‘ sirring.
The frosts of winter will disinte
grate tlm plowed land, so that it read
ily crumbles into fine particles in
spring, and a deep, mellow seed-bed
is easily made, ’.i be chemical chang
es and in -difi cations resulting from
atmospheric action during the winter,
develop latent fertility in the upturn
ed furrows, which, together with the
i mellowing influences, materially in
creases tho eii p.
Most kinds of insects are either i
wholly dei iroyed, or their depreda
tions materially cheeked by late fail;
plowing; especially tiic common white
grub and cut-worm.
Corn stubble land may 1 e plowed
late in tail, and thus be ready for very
early sowing in spring, lhereby gt ing
bar to insure a good catch of grass;
Hu roots of the new seeding gi Ring
hold well, or being well established
before the droughts of summer come.
Where tile soil is line grained, and
j unctions, and close, or where there is
a hard-pan of good quality, deep
| plowing may bo at rou e resorted to, !
with decided advantage. 'Where the
subsoil is poorer, the plowing may be
advantageously deepened by degrees,
say an inch at each new breaking up. j
But in by far ti.o majority of eases,
deep plowing may bo practiced at once
indeed it maybe the rule, with
safety, while shallow plowing may be j
llm exception. Blow, say ! , 10, 11 or
12 inches deep in November. •The
subsoil turuedviip v. ill grow several
shades darker by spring. The frosts
ami atmospheric influences of winter,
will mellow the soil, llm inorganic <■;
emcnis and all latent fertility will be;
made more active h.r benefiting the
crop. In spring spread the manure,
and plow it in, or otherwise work it
in or mingle it with the soil, to the
depth, say of 4 inches, a little more or
less, and you have tiie very best at
tainable condition for realizing good ,
crops. Deeper plowing may thus be
practiced than would at all times be
safe or oxpediut, if the plowing lie de
layed til! spring.— /{onion Cullicn.'w.
A Simple Remedy for inimlrntf- ;
There are doubtless few persons,
especially among gentlemen who do
not suffer from the inconvenience of!
dandruff. Physicians seems not to,
• consider it of sufficient importance to
engage their attention, and the poor
victims are left either to , ractice their
virtue of endurance, or for a cure to
I Irv some of the many nostrums nd
vertised in the public prints. The in
, tolerable itching which frequently nc
! companies iho troublesome complaint .
is not the only unpleasant feature, as
; to persons of any pretentions to neat-;
ness, the appearance of the white
scales on tho coat-collar and shotii- 1
dors are very objectionable. The wri
ter, during a number of years, tried
the different alcoholic solutions of
castor oil, and many other prepara
| tious without permanent benefit, and
as a last resort was led to adopt the
plan of cleaning the scalp with borax
and carbonate of potass,a. This prov
ed effectual, but after a persistent
treatment of some months the hair
became sonsi! ly thinner and perhaps
would have disappeared altogether.
The belief that dandruff arises from a
disease of the skin, although physi
cians do not seem to agree on this
point., and the knowledge that the use
j of sulphur is very frequently attend
ed with very happy results in such
j diseases, induced me to try it on my
own case. A preparation of one ounce
, f tlowir ot sulphi r an 1 oi.o quart of
water was made. The clear liptiid
j was poured off, after the admixture
, had been repeatedly agitated during
intervals of a few hours, and tho head
[ was saturated with this every morn-
I ing. In a Jew weeks every trace of
J dandruff had disappeared, the hair
j became soft and glossy, and now, af
| ter a discontinuance of the treatment
for eighteen months, there is no indi
cation of a return of the disease. 1
do not pretend to explain the modus
operundi of the treatment, for it is
well known that the sublimed sul
phur is almost, or wholly insoluble,
and tho liquid used was destitute of
I taste, color, or smell. The effect
| speaks for itself. —Journal oj Pharma
\rg.
i An officer in tho French army has
recently died who had met with Abd
cl-Kader on the battlefield without
j attacking him, which he might haw
easily done. Being blamed fi r this
afterwards, his reply was, “At teat
time I was but second lieutenant.
Hud I killed him tho war would have
I been over, and .1 would nut
j have been a captain now.”
flit' President Licet
•mm 1 .1. Tildeu, our President
cue:, is iii many i . -peels one of tho
strongest men who have been called
<“ that of.-e by the people. Tor eight
years we have bad as President a man
ignorant <>i the science of polities,
amt with that quality ofHtubboruueue
Wni n ohomiute accompanies a cir
euii lined intellectual capacity and
a mind uutrained to reasoning. Be
i ire hun we laid Andrew Johnson,
who also suffered from the lack of
11! * >d ' discipline and the studious
ha. i 1 t i ,i philosophic political think
•r - • * !ere him vis Abraham Liu
celn, a political genius and a man
cc-t ai .r larger than the ordinary
mould.
Mr. li* a tl eharn.cler of his
: .1 o - Thomas Jefferson. Ho
has b, en from bis boyhood a close
P">:i:r'd • bo.'i ver and a careful polit
)csl sm .lenr. He has the ability, so
e -ent.::. in a Governor, of grasping
questions iii tli--‘r bivdtli and aHo of
bakiu;.;' them in their details, llis le
gal exp( : i■ nc • b:i. be; n that, of a
c‘ un i lior in gi'eitt o; ('rations rather
tnaii as a pleao r or a routine lawyer.
IDs clear head, astute perception,
si ut;d jti ig. incut, e nimoD sense, and
*■ U exec.itivo e.ij .icily have been
piic - I by tho organizers of corporate
enterprises of the country-, and llu
has ior ye:.: i la a accustomed t *
deal with operations vast in their
-c po ai.d nquiring for ilieir iutelli-
except ional power
Giui ski i.
Tnere i ■ not a man in the country
m ivc I u!L.;r v.ith !lm lu- 'oi yof our
: O toe diversified interests of the
country, its public men, ami the tone
of theJicop.-o oi ti! .!"h•rent sections
a:nlwho ha a m*. u‘i ■ * • ,> ■ \. *vs i a
. regard to them, than N.- u-i J. Til
den. He is * ... ,mI dh a come.uaalive
man. No one need Join any rash ex
periments under ins iiiliiiiiiistiutiou.
I No one netd tlx uible at tiie possibili
ty "1 his making assault on the results
;n iurve I by the war. He is also a man
"'Bo * K capable of using the strong
points of his adversaries to liis advan
> ' 1 iOC-OMi' 1 ill;;- V. hat i.i SOtlud
111 thffir policy in that which lie will
himself pursue. Wo foresee for Mr.
il l 1* n an administration which will
b com. iii.itorv, 1 n! not yielding, and
doubt not that bis career at Washing
ton will be undisturbed bv rancors,
and micmhittcred by enmities, except
s mil as !m .shall un de from individu
al oiiieinls whose corrupt practices ho
■shall expose ami punish.
Mr. Tildt n will . > into the White
House with an >b!e ambition to win
lasting tune as the IV.-sklent who
harm.mi;;. 1 a country distr irted by
sectional animositiea, who made
stronger than ever the bonds that
held together the Union, and who
helped to swell tin tide of his country
men's prosperity. His aims are states
manlike build, and In, training well
fits him tortile high place to which
tiie people h ive elevated him. .Sam
uel.!. Tilden will d.jitbtless go down
to history as on • of opr s rongest
Presidents.- .V. !'. Sun.
C ; ~::x \ ie ix in \ s Dress on Spiders’
V> i is. 1 lie l.mprcßs of Brazil has
present.‘.l the Queen of England with
a dress the equal of which lias never
been stem It is woven of spiders’
webs, mid is, as may lie imagined, a
work ef art as regards quality and
beauty. ; lie handsomest silk cannot
compare with it, but if call onlv be
admired ami hardly imitated. There
have already been many attempts to
make u.-e of the threads spun by
spiders, but up to the present the
experiments have not ! ern satisfactory
enough to any tut her effor
ts m tins direction. In the year 171*)
it was discovered that to make a
piece of silk if would require the webs
of . )0,0(ii) spiders. ’The Spaniards
; bad already tried to use the spider’s
threads, and make gloves, stockings,
and other urtielt s of Ilia sort, but
even these are so troublesome and
yelled so little profit, that in spite of
: the fabulous prices paid, they were
obliged to abandon the trade. In
certain parts of South America gar
kiuenfs made of these threads are worn,
buttin' spiders in these lands are
unusually largo. It is likely that the
i above mentioned dress was made of
the threads ef the smaller species of
American spider. There is, therefore,
some hope that the time is not far
distune when, thanks to the progress
oi modern industry, fashionable ladies
may have the satisfaction of wearing
ele".nt silks of the same delicate text
ure.
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