BY J. I\ SAWTELL.
TRUMAN & GREEN!
Macon, ... - Georgia.
Wholesale Dealer* and Manufacturers of
TIN W A B. 33 !
And Dealers In
STOVES, CUTLERY, CROCKERY, ETC.
:
fY'U Cutlery l.einfc IMPORTED DIRECT from Sheffield, we are aide to sell as low or
lower than New York pi ices.
We are sole Agents for the noted
Charter Oak Stoves,
Which we guarantee the best Stove made, or will refuud the money and pay freight back to
The trade of Wholesale Buyers especially solicited, and prices guaranteed
octiG-om TRUMAN & GREEN.
£ TAYLOR. THOS. WILLINGHAM, Jr.
GRANGE AGENCY,
4th STREET, MACON, GA. •
to:
We have established an Agency in this city for the benefit of I*al
-I*oll*s under the firm name of
TAYLOR & WILL INGIIAM,
And will Store and Sell Their Cotton at Special Rates.
We will receive'and sell for them any Prodnet raised on their
Farms, and make Liberal advances on same. Send forward your
Cotton, Hay, Peas, Syrup, Etc.,
And try us octS-ct
THAT CAIVHOT Hi:
rpiTE undersigned is still in the Warehonse and Commission Business, at his new and
I colnmodions location on Depot Street, with supeiior inducements to those of former
years. To the Planters of Randolph and adjacent counties, lie hopes, by personal attentiou to
business, to give general satisfaction and merit a liberal patronage.
Lit eral advances made ou Cotton in store, for shiptu ut to his triends in Macon, Savannah
and New York.
Personal attention given to the sale of Cotton, Bagging, Ties, Bacon, Lard, Floor. Sugar.
Coffee, Svrup, Coin, Meal, Oats, Rye. Tobacco, Snuff Aoap. Pota.-h, Soda, St.arch. Candles.
Oysters Cheese, (trackers Sa-dincs, Yeast Powders, Cotton Screws, Gins, Buggies and liar
Dess, Wagons good a* the best, cheap as the cheapest, warranted twelve months. Agent for
Wilcox. Gib' s & Co.’s Manipulated Guano, and Phojnix Guano, the best Fertilizers now in
use at the pt ice.
Wagon and Siock yard, with ample arrangements for feeding and tiemg, Well, Rooms
wi'ti firsplares .umished teamsters tree.
ttepiß-41vi McDonald.
AYER'S, UAKTEK'S;
STPRONQ’S, JAYNE’S,
WRIGHT'S, PETER’S,
RaDWAY’S,
DEEM’S, COOK’S,
McLEAN’S, McLANE’S,
TUTT’S. PROPHETT’S
LIVER PILLS,
SIMMONS’
Liver Regulator,
In Powder and Prepared.
For sale by J. T. KIDDOO & CO..
Successors to J. J. McDonald.
Ci O TO
Thos. Wood’s,
(Next to Lanier House,)
Macon, - - - - Georgia,
To buy your
FURNITURE AND CARPETS
Cheaper than ever.
ALL kinds of Bedsteads from $4 to $l5O.
Walnut Bedsteads at slo—Good.
Chairs, Tables, Washstands, Mat
tresses, Window Shades,
Wall Paper.
METALIC CASES and CASKETS,
Cast, Wrought Iron, and Sheet Metal,
Wood Coffins and Caskets,
Of every description. sepll-fim
Pure
BRANDIES,
WHISKIES,
GINS,
RUMS,
WINES,
CIGARS, of
all Grades,
TOBACCOS, common and fine,
For sale at Drug Store of
J. T. KIDDOO & CO.
SlioixldLor* Braces;,
FOR
Ladies and Gentlemen,
For sale by T. S. POWELL,
Druggist, Bookseller & Stationer.
Violins, Accordeons. Flutes,
Fifes, Banjoes, Tamborines,
Jlarmonicans and Jaws ITarps ,
For s de by T. S. POWELL,
Druggist., Bookseller and Stationer.
Attention,
PLASTERS anfl MERCHANTS,
rjXHF, midersifjnecl Hep leave to call the at
-1 tention ot the I’lauters of Ran lolph and
somouiniinj' counties to 11 e filet that, they will
continue the business Of
Warehouse and Commission,
At the
FARMERS WAREHOUSE,
In the city of Cuthbert, Ga., wlieie they wilt
Cany on ilia
\V rchonse
AND
COMMISSION BUSINESS,
In all its Branches; and where they will he
pleased to see all their old customers and
friends, anti as many new ones as may wish
to patronize them. And they hope, by close
atienti m to business, and an earnest endeavor
to work for the interest of iheir Patrons, to
merit a lartre share ot public patronage
T e business will be conducted solely by
J. M Redding, as heretofore.
A lull supply of
Bagging, Ties and Plantation Sup
plies,
Will be kept on hand.
Jegf" Good L"t< and good water for stock,
and house for drivers.
Uas : Advances made on Cotton iu store
and for shipment.
JNO. M. REDDING,
ang2Btf AaRON PRICE.
The Celebrted
QCHAFFHAUSEN SPECTACLES,
SCHAFFHAUSEN EYEGLASSES,
RUBBER EYE GLASSES,
CHEAP SPECTACLES,
WATCH GUARD AND RIBBONS,
FINE ENGLISH WATCH KEYS.
By the aid of the Optometer can suit yonr eyes
with proper Glasses,
For sale by T S. PO’ ELL,
Druggist. Bookseller and Stationer.
1,. S. JACOT,
Watchmaker and
JEWE L E K .
HAVING Removed to the building imme
diately East of the Appeal Office, on
College Street, I am now better prepared to
serve my enstomers than heretofore. All
work promptly and neatly done and
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
►-S'. ' Clocks and Watches left in my hands
tor repairs, if not taken out within one year,
will be sold for repairs on the same. anrlJt
HERE;
rjIOWEL RACKS, TOWEL HOLDERS,
lIAT RACKS, CLOTHES RACKS,
AND
Picture Frames in Great Variety.
Also a full line of Gilt and Black Walnut
Picture jVloirlcling,
For sale by
T. S. POWELL,
Druggist, Bookseller and Stationer.
Eureka Diapers
For Sale by T. S. POWELL.
THE APPEAL.
Published Every Friday Morning
All Papers stopped at expiration
of time paid for.
No attention paid to orders for the pa
per un'cs6accompaiiieU by the Cash.
Rates of Advertising.
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One square, (ten lines or less.) $ I GO for the
-irst and 75 cents for each subsequent inser
tion. A liberal deduction made to parties
who advertise by the year-
Persons sending advertisements should mark
the number of times they desire them inser
ted, or they will, he continued until forbid and
"barged accordingly.
Transient advertisements must he paid for
at the time of insertion. If not paid tor before
the expiration of the time advertised, 25 per
cent, additional will he charged.
Announcing names of candidates for office,
$5.00. Cash, in all cases.
Obituary notices over five lines, charged at
regular advertising rates.
All communications intended to promote t lie
private ends or interests of Corporations, So
cieties, or individuals, will be charged as ad
vertisements.
Jon Work, such as Pamphlets. Circulars,
Cards, Blanks. Handbills.etc., will he execu
ted in good -tyle and at reasonable rats.
All letters addressed to the Proprietor will
he promptly attended to.
BETHEL FEMALE COLLEGE,
CUTIIBERT, GA.
rnilE FALL TERM begins September 7th,
1 and continuing Five (scholastic) Months,
ends January 20th, 1875. There will be a re
cess of ore week at Christmas.
Expenses, per Term of 20 Weeks :
Tuition in Literary Dep’t from sls to $25 00,
“ “ Music ou Piano, 2.5 00,
Use of Piano, 5 00,
Board, exclusive of Washing, 75 00,
Incidental Fee, 1 00,
Vocal Music, Calisthenics and Elementary
Drawing, free of charge.
THE FALL TERM
V\ ill clog-- with a Public Examination ; the
Spring Term with an Examination and Com
mencement exercises
For full information, as to Terms, etc., ap
ply to S. G. HILLYER, Jr.,
aug2B-4m President.
ANDREW FEMALE COLLEGE
CUTIIBERT, GA.
Hoard of Instruction,
A. II FLEWELLEN, A. M., President,
Mrs. A. II Flkwkllen, M.A.,
Miss Jamk Ward, M. A.,
Miss M ax it: C. Bkthune, M. A.,
Miss Fi.ora C. Keith.
Ala sic Department,
Mrs. E. B. Russeli., M. A.,
Board and Tuition, per annum, $175 GO
Music, •• “ . •• .50 00
Everything furnished except Towels and
Bed Clothing.
Dress Uniform Black Alpaca.
Fall Term begins September 14th.
A. H. FLEWELLEN,
nug7t,f President.
Empire Nursery,
Near Georgetown, Ga.
A, J. SURLES&CO,, Proprietors,
ATLE offer for sale the present season a
V V large lot of
Well Selected Fruit Trees,
Either in large or small quantities, and at
prices to correspond with the times.
Our Select List
We warrant to he of the very best, sorts for
Southern culture, and will produce on suita
ble soil, with g"od cultivation, as tiue fruit as
can he raised in the United States.
Price List Furnished Gratis.
The Inst of reference will be given on ap
plication oct3o tf
Looking- Glasses or Mirrors,
Various sizes and prices.
For sale by
T. S. POWELL.
Druggist, Bookseller aud Statiouer.
Gall in and Subscribe or Renew
Your Subscription for the
Telegraph & messenger.
Daily and Weekly.
(NUTHBERT APPEAL,
J Weekly
SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR,
IO Monthly.
T. S. POWELL, Agent.
Druggist, Bookseller &. Stationer.
A FINE ASSORTMENT OF
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS,
For sale l>y T. S. POWELL.
Druggisis Bookeller and Stationer.
Important to Planters !
ryUIE undersigned Warehousemen in the
JL city of Cuthbert, are pleased to announce
to their planting friends that they have per
fected arrangements with buyers of cotton,
which will release them from half the usual
rates of expenses ou first month. Half of
which expenses will in future be paid ivy the
purchaser. REDDING <fc PRICE,
seplS-tf E. McDONaLD.
Ambrosial Oil
FOR Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sprains,
Bruises, etc.
At T. S. POWELL’S,
Druggist, Bookseller & Stationer.
CUTLERY, CUTLERY
FINE, Medium and Cheap. Nice assorted
For sale by
T. S. POWELL,
Diuggist, Bookseller and Stationer.
TI e Celebrated
Lazarus & Morris’
Perfected Spectacles,
For sale by T. S. POWELL,
Druggist, Bookseller and Statiouer.
CUTIIBERT, GA., FRIDAY, DEC. 18, 1874.
A L.etter to Santa Clans.
BT EMILY HUNTINGTON' MILLER.
Blessed old Santa Claus! king of delights,
What are you doing these long winter night-’
Filling your budgets with trinkets and toys
Wonderful gifts for the girls and the boys ?
While you are planning for everything nice,
Pray, let me give you a hit of advice.
Don't take it hard, if I say in your ear,
Santa, I think you were partial last year ;
Loading the rich folks with everything gay.
Snubbing the poor ones who came in your way
Now. of all times in the year, I am sure,
This is the time to remember the poor.
Plenty of children there are in our city
Who have no fathers or mothers to pity ;
Plenty of people whose working and heeding
Scarcely can keep all their dear ones from
needing ;
Now, if I came every year in December,
They are the ones 1 would surely renumber
Little red hands that are aching and cold,
You should have mittens your lingers to hold;
Poor little feet with your frost-bitten toes,
You could be clothed in the warmest of hose;
On the dark hearth I would kindle a light.
Till the sad faces were happy and bright.
Don’t you think. Santa, if, all your life thro’
Someone bad always been caring for you.
Watching to guard you by night and by day,
Giving you gilts you could never repay,
Sometimes, at least, you would sigh to recall
How many children have nothing at all ?
Safe in your own quiet chamber at night,
Cos}' and warm in your blankets so white,
Wouldn’t you think of the shivering forms.
Out in the cold, and the wind, and the storm?
Wouldn't you tlii ik of the babies who cry,
Pining in hunger and cold, till they die?
Once on a beautiful Christmas, you know
Jesus, our Savior, was born here below ;
P. t ently stooping to hunger and pain,
So he might save us, bis lost ones from
shame.
Now. if we love Ilim, He bids us to feed
All Ilis poor brothers and sisters who need.
Blessed old Nick ! 1 was sure if you knew it,
You would remember and certainly do it!
This year, at least, when you empty your
pack,
Pray give a portion to all who may lack,
Then, if you chance to have anything over,
Bring a small gilt to your friend,
Kitty Clover.
Timely fi&hymes.
The following will be recognized
as au old acquaintance by most of our
readers, but will interest and amuse
them to read again :
Ye friends of moderation, who
think a reformation or moral reno
vation would benefit our nation ;
who deem intoxication, and all its
dissipation, in every rank and sta
ion the cause of degradation, of
which your observation gives daily
demonstration ; who see the ruina
tion, distress and desolation ; the
open violation of moral obligation,
the wretched habitation without ae
commodalion, or any regulation
for common tustenation; a scene
of devastation unequaled in crea
tion; the frequent desecration ol
Sabbath ordination, the crime and
depredation, defying legislation ;
the awful profanation of common
conversation, the mental aberration,
and dire infatuation, maniac despe
ration ; ye who, with consternation,
behold this devastation, and utter
condemnation of all inebriation,
why sanction its duration or show
disapprobation of any combination
for its extermination ? We deem a
declaration that offers no temptation
or any palliation of this abomina
tion, the only sure foundation, and
uuder this persuasion, hold no com
munication with noxious emanation
of brewer’s fermentation, nor any
vain libation producing stimulation.
To this determination we call con
sideration, and without hesitation
invite co-operation, Not doubting
imitation will raise your estimation,
and by continuation afford consola
tion. For in participation with this
association you may by meditation
insure the preservation of a future
generation from all contamination.
And may each indication of such rc
generation be the theme of exulta
tion till its final consummation.
The Schoolday Magazine has the
following collection of definitions
given by small persons, and faithful
ly reported by doting parents:
“ Back-biter—a flea. Fan—a thing
to brush the warm off with. Fins
—a fish’s wings. Ice—water that
stayed out in the cold and went to
sleep. Nest egg—the egg the old
hens measures by to make new ones.
Big a hog’s little boy. Snoring
—letting off sleep. Snow—rain all
poped out white. Stars—the moon’s
eggs. Trunk (of an elephant) - his
front tail. Wakefulness—eyes all
the time coming unbuttoned.
There is a german in Carborn
county Pennsylvania, who is father
of thirty-three children. Ilis wife
has just rejected an application of
the commissioners of charities to
put him upou the retired list.
Jack Rabbit*.
How One of Them Saved a Miner’s
Life.
While my friend Clyde and my
self were out on the hills back of
the golden Gate Park last week, a
jack rabbit came along and stopped
to look at us.
‘‘lf I had thought to bring my
revolver along we would have jack
on toast for breakfast to-morrow
morning,” I remarked.
“Not with my consent,” he re
plied.
“What reason can you give for
not consenting ?”
“A rabbit saved my life and I
have not killed one since, and never
will kill one again.”
‘‘llow did he manage to safe
your life ?” I asked.
Three years pgo I was living in
Montana. A smelter had just been
built, and it created a demand for
silver rock. I owned an interest in
a lead that had been sunk on thirty
feet. Thinking the time hud come
to make it available, I concluded
to go there, get some ore and have
it tested. I did so, and reached the
place just in timo to take shelter in
the mine from a terrible hail
storm. I lighted a candle, went to
the bottom aud went to work. I
had not been there ten minutes
when I heard a noise like a cannon.
The rock over my head shook, and
in a minute the shaft behind me
caved. Y r oti can imangine feelings
better than I can describe them
when I found myself buried alive.
I tremble, even at this distant day,
when I think of that moment. The
roof of the shaft was rock, and
when they came down they did not
pack so tight but the air could
come in. There was nothing that
I could do to release myself. I
I knew that if help did not come
from the outside I must perish.—
No one knew I had gone there. —
A road ran past the mouth of the
shaft, but it was not traveled much,
and therefore I was not likely to
attract attention by calling, never
theless I shouted at intervals all
day. The following morning 1
commenced calling again, and all
day, whenever I thought I heard a
sound, I shouted.
When night came again all hopes
of being released abandoned me. —
One thing added great bitterness to
my sufferings. I owed quite a
large amount of money, and, should
my fate remain unknown, my cred
itors would think I had tried to de
fraud them, and my name would be
stigmatized.
I will not dwell on the agonies I
endured ; I am sorry I can riot for
get them.
The morning of the fourth day of
my imprisonment I heard some
thing crawl into my grave. I
lighted a candle and saw a rabbit.
There was only one aperture large
enough to admit him ; I closed it
to prevent his escape. I saw in
him food to appease my hunger,
and my hand was raised to kill him
when a thought occurred to me
that prevented the blow from de'
scending. I had two fish lines in
my pocket, their united length
would reach to the road. I took off
my shirt, tore it into strings, tied
them together and to the fish lines.
I wore a long gold watch chain ; I
tied it on to the part that would
cross the road. I then cut several
leaves from my diary, wrote on
them my condition, and tied them
on to the part that would bo out'
side. I then tied the end made out
of my shirt around Jack’s neck and
let him out. He soon reached the
end of the lino, and I knew by the
way he was pulling that he was
making desperate efforts to escape
Soon the tugging stopped, and
knowing knawing to be Jack’s
chief accomplishment, I thought he
had cut himself loose. About three
hours afterward I felt the line pull
ed and then someone called: I
tried to answer, but the hoarse
noise I made died in the cavern. 1
then pulled the line to show that 1
was not dead.
All grew still again, and I knew
the man had gone for assistance.—
Then came the sound of voices ; I
pulled the line and it brought me
food. It took all the men in the
shaft nine hours to reach me.
Avery large pine tree that stood
near the shaft had been the cause
of my misfortune. It had been
dead a number of years, and the
storm bad blown it over. The ter
rible blow it struck the ground had
caused the cave.
Jack had wound the lino arcund
a bush, and tied himself so short
that he was imprisoned outside as
securely as I bad been inside. He
was taken to town, put in a largo
cage, and supplied with all the rab
bit delicacies the market afforded.
He, however, did not thrive, and
the boys, believing lie “pined in
thought,” voted to set him free.—
He was taken back to his old gird'
ling grounds and liberated.
He not only saved my life, but
became the benefactor of all the
rabbits in the neighborhood—the
miners refraining from shooting
any, fearing it might bo him.- San
Francisco Golden Fra.
Slotv the Seas are Sailed.
Many people imagine that ocean
water is naturally salt, and will be
surprised to know that the salt
comes from rocks, and is washed in
to the sea.
The sea depends on the disinteg.
ration of rocks on land for its salti
ness. It does not originate in ocean
and seas. Rains wash it and hold
it in solution as particles are liber
ate and by violence, decomposition and
gradual action of many natural
forces. All streamlets and livers,
therefore, are constanly tranporting
salt to the sea. If there is more
than can be held in solution, then it
accumulates in masses at very deep
points, which, in the revolution to
which matter is subject, may again
be a stratum of salt somewhere re
mote from where the mass was
formed. Thus the salt mines of
Portland, and the vast horizontal
bed of pure salt in Texas, as well as
that mountain of rock salt in St.
Domingo, where collected at the
bottom of ancient seas, which aro
now dry land, remote from water.
There are places in Africa where
the process of disintegration of salt
from rocks is regularly going on,
but there is not water power
enough to force it onward to the
sen. Hence the particles are spread
abroad and mixed with the soil-
The negroes of Kalliul, in Northern
Africa, having distribution where
there is no water to dissolve in the
ground leach it. In that way they
separate the salt. By evaporating
the water holding it in solution, au
excellent aricle for domestic pur
poses is produced. Salt pervades
the earth. It exists in the- grasses
and most vegetable products on
which animals feed. In that way
they derive enough in most coun
tries to meet the demands of their
natures. They require as much as
civilized humanity. With them
salt is necessary, as with ourselves,
for keeping the organs of vision in
good condition. Stop the supply,
and blindness would be universal’
Farmers’ Boots anu Shoes.— A
farmer who has been accustomed to
wearing thick boots for more than
forty years past says that, before
wearing the boots, give the bottoms
a good coating of tallow or coal tar,
and dry it in ; then oil the “ uppers 57
with castor oil, about one table
spoonful to each boot, then oil twice
a week with the castor oil, when
one tablespoonful will be sufficient.
If the weather should be rainy, or
you aro compelled to work in water
during the day, wash your boots
eleau at night, hold them by the
fire until they are quite warm, and
oil them while wet, and you will
have no trouble about your boots
getting hard and shrinking up so
that you cannot get them on. If
the leather should become red, give
a coat ot ordinary shoe blacking be
fore oiling. The effect of castor oil
is to soften the leather, while it fills
the pores and prevents the water
from entering. I have stood in
mud and water two or three inches
deep for ten hours a day for a week,
without feeling any dampness or
having any difficulty in getting my
boots on or off.
We give our washerwoman notice
that hereafter we want our own
clothes. Last Sunday wo put on an
other fellow’s shirt, but couldn’t
wear it at all. It was all ruffled
around the top and looked leal
handsome, but there was no place
for a collar, and it hadn’t any bosom
though we are bound to say there
was plenty of room for one. Yes,
it w’as a handsome shirt, but we
don’t have ours made that way. —
Max Adeler .
A popular clergyman says it is
interesting to observe how many
people go to the circus “just to
please the children,” and very cu
rious to notice that sometimes it
takes several able-bodied men and
motherly women to look after one
little boy or girl on such an occa'
sion,
The good of a man’s life cannot
be measured by the length of his
funeral procession.
A Georgia Iloinacr.
Sometime in January, 1874, Air.
Jefferson Clay, a respectable young
farmer of lhomas county, was in
Savannah on business ot a private
nature. His friends and relatives
knew this much, and they were al
so infomed that he might be expect
ed to return by the first week in
January.
Week alter week flitted by. The
middle of February came, and still
young Clay remained, as it was
thought, in Savannah. About the
first of March the friends of the
missing man began to entertain the
most serious apprehensions. They
were plain people, of limited means,
and little acquainted with the ways
of the world. The idea of adver
tising for the lost man never enter
ed their heads. Clay’s uncle, it is
tiue, went to Savannah and spent a
week in making inquiries in refer
ence to bis nephew, but the result
did not enlighten him in the least.
The people he consulted suggested
various explanations, none of them
very consoling. One party said
that Clay had doubtless ran away.
Another thought that he had been
murdered for his money,and thrown
into the river. ,The police knew
nothing about it.
And with this feeble and futile
attempt the search was abandoned.
Everybody gave Clay up for dead.
But there was one exception. The
young lady who was engaged to
the unfortunate man did not hesi
tate to declare her belief that her
lover was alive and would yet re
turn to his home and friends. She
had no reasons for this belief. She
trusted to intuition, and as a natu
ral consequence the men shook their
heads and even the vvoinau ceased
to hope.
The months rolled on, and when
last October came poor Jefferson
Clay was almost as completely for
gotten, save with a few, as if he
had been dead a century. But one
night, old Adam Clay, the uncle
who had searched so unsuccessfully
in Savannah, was aroused from his
slumbers by a loud and furious
knocking. With some misgivings
he opened the front door and con
fronted a haggard wreck of a man
whose tattered garments and gen
eral appearance told a tale of suffer
ing almost without a parallel.
“Great God !’ cried the old man,
‘who and what are you ?”
“I am Jefferson Clay, your long
lost nephew,” replied the stranger,
‘‘and I am as near death as a man
can be—give me food, and question
me afterwards.”
The worthy uncle was at first in
clined to think that this was anoth
case of the “Prodigal’s Return,”
etc., but be called up the servants,
and in a few moments a hearty
meal was spread before the half
famished wanderer.
Young Clay ate with the appetite
of a half-famished wild beast, and
not until his hunger was fully ap
peased would he utter one word in
response to the many questions ask'
ed by his curious kinsman.
At last, however, the wants of
the inner man were satisfiied, and
then came from the lips of the trav
eler one of the .strangest stories of
adventure ever poured into mortal
ear. We can only give the sub
stance—it is impossible to place
before our readers that wild, hag
gard man as he actually appeared ;
nor can we recall the rugged words
with wich ho electrified his solitary
listener.
It appeared that Clay attended
the business which had called him
away from home, and was on the
eve of leaving the city, when, he
stepped into a low grogery and call
ed for a drink. There were no oth
er customers present, but behind
the counter stood two men, of rath
er sinister aspect. The young man
was fur too inexperienced to enter
tain any fears, and, after draining
the proffered glass lie, readily ac
cepted an invitation from one of
the barkeepers to play a game of
dominoes. After that nothing was
clear to him. He fell into a kind of
stupor, and than into a deep slum
ber. When he awoke, as he ex
pressed it, a scorching sun was
shilling full upon bis face, and the
sandy bed beneath him was almost
roasting his body. lie staggered
up, and found that he was clad in a
ragged uniform of some kind, but
he was hatless and barefooted.—
When he partook of the drugged
liquor (for drugged it must have
been) his face was smoothly shaved.
When he awoke he had a long, tan
gled beard. Another strange thing
—he was penned up in one corner
of a huge stockade. By peeping
through the bars into the other part
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of the inclosure, he discovered sev
eral hundred men, evidently for
ergners, all dressed in a uniform
similar to the one he then had on.
Clay told his uncle that this scene
almost drove him frantic. He
cried out for help, and in a short
lime a dark faced little mau in a
gorgeous costume came to the pen
and spoke to him in a strange
tongue. Our hero replied in En
glish, and the officer, for such he
was, responded in the same lan
guage. He informed the prisoner
that he was in a Spanish camp of
instruction on the coast of Cuba;
that l_e was all right, and he march
ed to the front to fight the Cuban
insurgents. Clay asked innumera
ble questions; explained who he
was and bogged to be released.—
Hut the officer was in exorable, and
terminated the conversation by
walking i ft’
Two meals were sent to the pris
oner that day, oranges and bananas
being the principal articles.
At night the stockade was at
tacked by a party of insurgents and
captured ofter a lively fight. For
tunately one of the officers among
the victors was an American, and
to him our afflicted Georgian unbo
somed himself.
J lie officer’s sympathies were
touched. He took good care of
Clay; and in two weeks time suc
ceeded in shipping him on h block
ader to Key West. Arriving at
that point o’ur unfortunate friend
decided to foot it through Florida
and make his way home as best he
could. But lie was two months on
the way, during which period he
was sick a great part of the time
and unable to travel.
Our readers must imagine the
surprise with which old Adam Clay
listened to this marvellous story.
And when a few days later, it was
noised abroad among the neighbors,
the general astonishment was inde
scribable. If Clay had not been a
man of unimpeachable veracity his
storv might have been doubted, but
his old friends knew very well that
his strange account of himself was
true to the letter. lie was not tho
man to deviate a hair’s breadth,
from the truth.
Ciay improved rapidly after his
return and is to be married to his
old sweetheart in a few week’s time.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
Business Law.
The following brief compilation of
business law is worth a careful pre
servation, as it contains tho essence
of a large amount of legal verbiage:
It is not legally necessary to say
on a note “ for value received.”
Contracts made on Sunday’ cannot
be enforced.
A note by a minor is void
A contract made with a minor is
also void.
A contract made with a lunatic is
void.
A note obtained by fraud, or from
a person in a state of ijtoxication,
cannot be collected.
If a note is lost or stolen, it does
not release the maker; he must pay
it, if consideration for which it was
given, and the amount, can be prov
en.
An indorser of a note is exempt
from liability if not served with no
tice of dishonor within twenty-four
hours of its non-payment
Notes bear inteiesl only when it is
so stated.
Principals are responsible for the
acts of their agents.
Each individual in a partnership
is responsible for the whole amount
of debts of the firm.
Ignorance of the law excuses no
one.
It is fraud to conceal a fraud.
The law compels no one to do im
possibilities.
An agreement without Consider
ation is void.
Signatures made with a lead pen
cil are good in law.
A receipt for money is not al
ways conclusive.
The acts of one partner bind all
the rest.
To Make Pepper Vinegar.—
Take six large red peppers,slit them
up, and boil them in three pints of
strong vinegar dawn to one quart.
Strain it, and bottle for use. It
will keep for years.
Twelve hundred men arc at work
on anew California hotel. Tho
man who gets the contract for furn
ishing that building with bed-bug
poison will have no difficulty in mar
rying off his oldest daughter.
A Mar key preacher lining out *
hymn from memory said:
Plunged in a gulf of dark despair,
Ye wretched sinuers—come out of dar !
