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CUTHBERT, 6A. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1884.
NO. 32
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James G. Matlie*^ Proprietor of “TlfE EilfPITiR DftY COOPS
STORE,” CnthlM-rt. Ga.. is now receiving a large ami •veil assorted
Stork of FANCY DRY GOODS, NOTIONS. CLOTHING. HATS,
ROOTS, SHOES. TRUNKS, SATCHELS, UMBRELLAS. *c„
which I otter to the trailing public al prices that defy coin|ietitioa.
1 solicit a Ijiicral share of your patronage, ami will certainly secure
it if you wiH only step Into Iny store and see the many REAL BAR
GAINS 1 am giving away daily. I was in New York at the time
when money matters pressed down most heavily upon the people, nnd
with the CASH in hand I knocked down the best DISCOUNTS that
could lie offered, t*airi’therefore prepared to give you PRICES that
,*ill aell the Goods. '31 i i ‘ |
MY MOTTO IS
to do you all the good I possibly can by selling
The Best of Goods at Bottom Prices—
M* 1 *** money, and thousands of friends’ by dealing honestly with
everybody.
If you want Goods come to
“The Empire Store”
to buy them, and I will save yon money.
Very Respectfully,
sept 4- JAMES C. MATHEWS.
MN M. REDDING SCO,
WAEEHOITSE AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
■9*'.
Wo aro still in the Cotton business ami extend a hear
ty invitation to all to
Store Their Cotton With TJs.
Our long cxjjci'icnoe in the business enables us to
guarantee! satisfaction, and we promise to save you
money, if you will let us..handle and sell your Cotton.
All weask is a trial, and you will Jbe convinced of this
fact. Before selling your Cotton be sure to call on us
and |lost yourself as to- prices.
5 sell tHe
Celebrated Pratt Gin,
• whichjis tlis best Gin made. We sold over twenty-five
hundred dollars worth of these Gins last season, and we
take pleasure in referring you to any of our numerous
customers.
If you want a
First-Class Engine, Saw Mill,
or any kind of Machinery, call and see us and get the
most favorable prices and ternJjj
Thanking you for a lilieral patronage in the past, we
are, . ,. Respectfully.
I f ' J. M. BIDDING & (D.
July 31-3m.
GERffiilidff
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CURE
liou sness. SickHeadache, Turpi•
■ser and Bowels. Indigestion
rsgeTiria^ Sour Stomach. Spleen
rtigo, Bad Breath, Malaria
.undice, andrurih^ and Enric.
a Blond without nauseating th
"’mnch cr weakening the system
Iasc; 1 tn 2 Bams an going ta bee
Xusteturrs 6 Pn w.
id by Druggists ST irCUIi, ■
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Ga. june 3 M»m.
Wm. d, kiddoo,
ATIOKUA Al' I.AW.
Cuthbert, (1 a.
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practice at any place in th«-
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special contract.
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DENTIST
CUTHJJERT, GA.
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FFICE West side Public Square,
over P. Harris' st«re. febl7-lr.
A. QVM)K HLTiE CURE FOR
WEEDEN & DENT’S HEADACHE MEDICINE.
Every family needs this* remedy. People who have used it
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Tor Fifty Times the Cost of it.
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H.E iillii IIH i:
If the complaint is caused by Indigestion, this remedy will
in less thau an hour, make the stomach behave itself and go on
with its business, thereby curing the Headache. If the
Headache is caused by excitement, or Nervous Weakness, or
Neuralgia, this remedy will
Cure it in a Half Hour.
It does not Constipate or cause any other bad symptoms.
It Leayes the System in Splendid Condition.
We are the only makers of this remedy. Trial bottles 25
cents; also put up in 50 cents and $1.00 bottles.
WHOLESALE DIRiTJO-O-ISTS, ETJJF.A.TTX^A., ALA.
•pril 10 6m
For sale by J. W. STANFORD, Cutkbcrt, Ga.
A HIGH-TEMPERED GIRL
“No, I won’t T’ naid Theodora
Reed, impetuously; I won’t! 1
won’t! so there’s an end of the
metter.”
Theodora was *>-BJ
pear marmalade, with n
handkerchief
Ccnci fashion, over
brown tresses, a bnge checked
apron enveloping her trim httfr
figure, and sleeves rolled np above
the elbow.
Deacon Powers stood opposite,
nervously feeling of
chin.
Theodora wBsynm
ty, with limpid, hand eyes, rings
of brown heir straying like led*
silk over her tem|4ee end may
lipe.
Deacon Powers wm elderly nnd
wrinkled, with an indescribable
sharpness in bis face, as if it had
worn away in contact with the
world.
“It's getting to lie nn imposi
lion,’’ said Theodore, brusquely.
“Last week wc had two tract dis
tributnrs here, and week before
that old Dr. Doddington and kis
wife and three children stayed
here five days, so that it should
be convenient for the semi annual
convention. In fact, I don’t re
member a single month without
company since we have lived at
tlie parsonage. And we have no
girl now, and papa has the nears!
gin; so you must tell this young
clergyman to go somewhere else.
I won't have him here!”
“But, ray dear MiM Reed—”
“I'm not your ‘dear Miss Reed’ "
•‘aid Theodora, vehemently. “If
I was, you would try to spare me
v little of all this annoyance. Yes,
I know I am the minister's ‘laugh
cr, and as such, am expected to
have neither feelings or prefer-
nce, nor sensibilities of any kind.
But I'm human, after all; and I
let-line to keep a perpetual free
hotel for every one who comes in
his direction.”
“Your predecessor. Miss Reed
—the lamented Mrs. Smiley—was
never averse to entertaiuing the
taints,” reproachfully uttered the
leacon “Her door was ever open
mil her amiable hospitality—•”
“Oil, yes, I know!” Mid Theo
dora. “And she died at forty. I
intend to live a great deal longer
Ilian that. She wm killed by
sewing societies and company,
:iud Dorcas meetings. I've had
enough of that sort of thing, and I
mean to stop. If the church-peo
ple wisli papa to entertain all cre
ation, they must raise his salary
—that's all.”
“But, my good young friend—”
At that moment, however, a
third |ierson unexpectedly appear
ed upon the scene. The door be
tween tbe parlor and kitchen,
which had, unperceived by Mias
Reed and Deacon Powers stood
slightly ajar, opened—a tall, frank
faced yonng man stood there, with
a decided color on hie cheeks.
--Deacon Powers,” Mid be, “pray
assure this young lady that 1 will
not trespass upon her bMpitalilj.
Perhaps we bad better go on to
the next place at once.”
There was something ia hie air
and manner which caused the dea
con to si-.oot ont of the kitchen
like an arrow from the bow, and
the next moment Theodora
alone.
She colored and bit her lip
“It's alt trne,” she Mid, every
word of it. But I'm a little sorry
he heard it. Perhaps he vaw't
to blame after all.”
And Theodora went vigorously
on w : th the pear marmalade, nn
til the- old clock ia the corner
struck eleven; and then she poor
ed out a enp of chocolate, and ran
upstairs to her father’s room.
Mr. Reed was sitting before his
study table, with his temples rest
ing on his hands, bin elbows
among tbe chaos of books and pa
pers. Theo went to bit tide at
once, and laid her band on his
head.
“Papa,” the Mid, wistfully, “is
your neuralgia worse?"
“Very much worse, Theo,” be
said, lifting his pain-glazed eyes
to tier eager, questioning yonng
face “I do not believe that 1 can
preach to-morrow; I do not believe
thatl can ever prepares sermon.”
Theodora looked aghast.
“But, papa,” Mid she, “what
can you do? Old Dr. Denton is
oat of town, and—”
“My dear,” said the poor cler
gyman, pressing hia hands to hie
throbbing temples, “yon mnst
semi a note to Mr. Ileprey, and
ask him to officiate in my piaca,
as a special favor.”
“Who ia Mr. Harvey?” asked
Theodora.
“I don't know,” sighed Mr.
Reed. “I only know that he wm
Ur be at Windfield this
Meet probably he will be at tbe
star hotel.”
“Very weH, papa,” paid Theo
does, feigning a ckrorfblnesYuat
aha wm very Car fhwq feeling.—
i, there’s
I’t feet yourself
the least bit in the werid. ami 1
will tee that ail
8> she igp down etaim and act
herself to thinking.
A anhntitntr meet be (bund for
Urn pal pit. ami km* it wfe twelve
She eet metmf en
« little
note, min nailing the dietioasry
morc than naee to make ante of no
errors, and carefWlly copying the
whole, becaaseof a spattering lit
tle blot which fell, m if, “of mal-
aforesaid,” directly acroM the
second line.
“Dean Mb. Hravxr:—Will you
grant ns the great favor or preach
ing m papa's place to morrow? He
is very ill of neuralgia, and is un
able even to prepare a sermon.—
We shall be greatly obliged if you
will dine with ns to-morrow after
church. Tntooona Reed.
And after satisfying herself that
it was ail quite right, she carried
it herself to the Star hotel.
Mr. Hervey was not in, hadn’t
been in since morning.
But they would give him tbe
note directly on his arrival; eo
Theodora hurried home again, and
in the coarse of the afternoon, a
little colored bey from the hotel
bronght a card, on one side of
which wm engraved, “Henry Her
vey,” while npon the other was
written the words, “with tbe
greatest pleasure.”
And the minister’s daughter,
“on hospitable thought intent,”
roasted a |iair of cbiekens, collect
ed the ingredients for n ralad,
made a peach-pie and baked a loaf
of bread, wbicb was light and
shite as sea foam.
“I'll show him that the country
girls understand good housekeep
ing,” Mid Then to herself.
Mr. Reed wm notable to leave
his sofa tbe next morning, so Theo
pot on her pretty blne-and-whitc
muslin drake and the gypsy list
with the roses that became her
delicate complexion eo perfectly,
and went to Church, niter first
seeing that the table wm all eprra<!
for the cold dinner, and the coffee
pot simmering on the stove
Tbe church wm full.
Mr. Hervey wm a rising Inmi
nary ia the theological horizon,
end almost every one in Windfield
had beard of him, so there was no
lack of an audievee.
But to Theodora's ineffable dis
may, the tall yonng man who
walked so composedly out on tbe
platform wm no other than the
frank faced person who had stood
on her kitchen th res hold, only tbe
day before, and overheard her dia
tribe on the anbfect of nndesired
guests.
Under the shadow of the roses
she turned redder stilL
“Oh, my tongue—my unlucky
tongue!” she Mid, frantically, to
herself, “I always knew it would
lead me into trouble! What mast
he have thought?”
And, m may be inferred, Theo
dora's devotion*—albeit, she was
in reality a sweet, sincere little
Christian—did not do her mnch
good that morning.
Mr. Hervey came across into
the parsonage when life sermon
was over, nnd held ont hie hand
to Mashing Theodora.
“We meet again,” Mid he with
a smile. ’ P
“I can't help it.” hurst oat Tbe
odors in desperation. “I' meant
every word I Mid, Mr. Hervey; it
was all true Bat—bat it didn’t
apply to you !”
“I understand,” he Mid, quiet
ly. “I wm a little nettled at the
moment, for I merely wished for a
temporary shelter while they were
refurnishing my room at the Star
hotel. But I can eMily see, now
that 1 have thowght the matter
over ie a new light, that a minis
ter’s family mast be Mdiy pester
ed with volunteer guests. Pray
think no more of it, Miss Reed.”
And be spoke so frankly and
pleasantly that Theo became quite
at bar ease, while he carved tbe
chicken, and she prepared the
crisp lettaoe and limpid oil for the
salad.
He wm taken ap to Mr. Reed’e
sick-room after dinner, mad had
a pleasant chat with him before
the afternoon service.
“Yon have done me a great fa
ff, sir,” mid the rider clergy
man, when at length he parted
from his gnest. “And we sho«M
it n privilege ■ my little
girl end I—if yon would make it
your home at the parsonage dur
ing your stay in town. Should
wa not, Theo?”
Theodora bang down her head,
ltd turned pink to the very roots
of her hair.
“Yes,” she said almost iaandi
bly. ‘Only—1 am Mhamed to
my an. Oh, papa,” hiding her!
» ob hie shoulder. “I have be
haved eo badly! I never should
have taken it for granted that Mr.
Hervey wm like the rest!”
And then, infinitely to Mr. Her
wbafc story of her iwtirrieu with
Deocsn Powers.
Mr. Reed smiled, as be stroked
Then’s head.
“My little girl ie only a little
girl,” said be, “and sometimes
forgets that the tongue ia an un
ruly member. But site will im
prove as she grow* older.”
Mr. Hervey spent the summer
Windfield. He was revising
the proof sheets of a theological
volume, and liked tbe quiet and
seclusion of the little village.
“Perhaps, too, be liked some
tking else about it. At all events,
although he did not make the
parsonage hie home, he spent a
great deal of hi* time there.
“Theo,” eeid he, one day—they
had become fast friends by this
time—“you have tested so many
of the petty trials and annoyances
of being a minister's daughter
I wonder if you would ever con
tent to be a minister's wife.”
“Well said Theo, half laughing,
half blushing, “it would depend a
good deal npon who the minister
“Suppose it was Henry Her-
V«Jr
“Do yon really mean it?" said
Theo, suddenly growing grave.
“It is strange, isn’t it,” said he,
“that I should lose my heart to
such a little termagant as you
proved yourself the first day I ev
er mw you? But it is e foregoue
conclusion—I am entirely at your
mercy. Sweet Theo, will yon be
my wife?”
And Theo placed her hands in
bis, with a lovely look of xwe and
happiness, and answered:
• I will!"
Deacon Powers could not com
prehend it at all.
“If he marries such a high tom
pered girl as that, said the dea
con, “he does it m his |terii. Why,
I never wm so berated in my life
as 1 was that day at the parson
n
egv*
“Bnt, pa,” said the deacon's
daughter, “every woman finds her
master soon or late. Now, I think
Theodora Beed has found hers."
—Helen Forett Graces.
XeriemVe!
Wearied from the laltors of the
day, on going home find that they
cannot have the desired and ne
cessary rest, for tbe little darling
i* still suffering, and slowly and
pitifully wasting away by tbe
drainage upon its system from
the effects of teething. If they
would think to nee Dr. Biggers'
Huckleberry Cordial. tlieGRKAT
SOUTHERN REMEDY, loss of
sleep and bowel complaints would
be unknown in that home. For
sale by all druggists at SO cents a
bottle.
A Serial Mistake.
What ia my opinion of fast
young..jam? It isn’t as good as
it migkt be. end still it is better
than the anbject merits. I sat at
my wimlow the other day. and 1
noticed four or fire ‘bloods’ stand
ing in frontof a Mloon from wbicb
they bait just emerged, wiping
their lipe. I knew they were all
society men, and presently I saw
a pretty young lady of their ‘set’
ling down the streets toward
Now, thought I, if that
giri foul the proper nerve she
pmethose feUww«hgr as
weald any other set of loafers
whose characters were as good ut
theirs, bnt whose social position
by. accident of birth, was less ele
rated. I wagered with myself,
however, that she would not do it,
and I won the wager. 8he spoke
to them as sweetly and womanly
as if every man in the lot was as
pure ami good as she was. If
they bad been women, instead of
men, and slie had known them,
how quickly she would have cut
them from her list of acquain
tances and how haughtily she
would have miuldied them! These
fast young men frequent saloons,
loaf about tliuir front doors,
spend an evening in a gambling
den, associate with disreputablc
■nen, only removed from the crim
inal class by ‘influence,’ get
drunk as often as they please,
swear like a mad teamster, have
more or less ‘lady friends’ tliey
dare not recognize in public
places and so on down a long list
of fashionable eccentricities, nnd
yet they have the gall to apply for
places Of trust in the confidence
and respect of decent women and
men, and the starting part of it
is, they are accepted, as fit asso
ciates for mothers, for daughters,
for sons, for husbands, for fatli
era. They may say they arc not
bad at heart, but are merely
‘sowing their wild oats.’ Con
ceded; hut in the name of all that
is good and respectable, why are
they not excluded from homes un
til this so called necessary ‘wild
oats’ |>criod is past *W ild oats’
is a very contagious kind of veg
ctable, and because a few must
sow them, it does not follow that
the seed must lie spread broad
cast ami giow up into a crop of
ruined homes, dishonored lives,
and eternal destruction.—Farm
er's Friead.
Jest Ter Leek.
A novel spectacle wm witness
ed last night, says the St. Louis
Republican of Aug. 28, on Frank
lin avenue in tbe neighborhood of
Eighteenth street. A yonng lady
of very qireposseasing appearance
was running westward at the top
of her s|ieed. Pedestrians stopped
and turned to sec what was the
eause of her excitement. Some
twenty yards before her w:
hunchback of advanced years,
and, as she neared that individu
al, it became apparent that be was
the otpect of her pursuit. When
she was within five yards of him
he espied a street car going in his
direction. He suddenly jumped
into the road and began running
through the mud with consider. 1 !
hie agility after the receding car.
Determined not to be bulked the
young lady skipped through the
mud after him. Shesncceedcd in
overtaking the deformed man just
as lie was stepping nn the streel
car, and immediately she was with
in arms reach, she slap|ied him
heartily on the hump that rose
from between his shoulders. He
turned, astonished, and she blush
ed and looked embarrassed. “On
I beg your pardon,' 1 she faltered.
Tlie street car bore the man away,
and the young lady, breathless,
turned and retraced her steps. A
reporter followed her unlit she
was met by a matronly lady, who
angrily exclaimed:
“Esther, what in the name ol
goodness do you mean by such
conduct?”
“Oh, mamma,” returned tin-
giddy creature, “it was such a
splendid opportunity to touch tlu-
btinip for luck that I could not re
sist the temptation, and you know
I have had no beau for three
weeks.”
Nate aTCeri Tewoe.
An enterprising base ball man
ufacturer has got a new ball,
wliicb he calls the “Election." It
is evident, therefore, that when
some crippled clubs come togetli
er, say seven or eight, the election
ill lie thrown.
A victim of a bank failure lias
written a poem about tlie man
who wrecked the institution. As
tbe latter fellow was already im
prisoned, I think tlie swindled dc
imsitor might have spared hiui
the nnkindest ent of all.
The man who runs fur Congress
often finds that be might have
walked and saved his wind.
“I'll be Mowed if be buys me,”
Mid the cornet, as the man asked
the prise of the instrument.
Indiscreet females are all tbe
time sueing men for trying to kiss
them. Just let a fellow succeed
once, and see bow - this sort oi
thing will be for mm.
Baggy trousers are a kind iff
male bags that never go oat of
fashion with Unde Sam.
A Philadelphia giri (hinted right
in front of an ice cream mIooo.—
When will the rash creatures learn
from experience?
BusineM men may complain all
they please, but taade is always
good among politicians, for there
is always a chance to sell each
other ont.
“Oh, maf’ exclaimed a little
giri, glancing a* the steam gauge
oa a stationary engine, “it’s 80
o’clock. I didn't know it
gut an late as that.”
TwMsdBsnes.
Mr. S. R. Stewart of Macon,
Ga., a well known and trustwortliy
gentlcman, makes the following
statement: “My son, who was be
tween three and four years old,
was all drawn up with rheuma
tism. His Imnes were twisted,
and he was all doubled ont of
shape. He suffered intense pain,
had lost his appetite, was cross
and fretful. He was reduced to a
mere skeleton, and had to be car
ried abont on a pillow. As th&e:
cases of rheumatism, where tlie
Imnes were twisted and the joints
were all crooked, had for years
baffled the skill of the most emi
nent physicians, I determined to
use Swift’s Specific, as I had
seen testimonials from men whom
I knew to be trustworthy, of sinii
lar cases it had cured. I used two
large size bottles of S. S. 8. ac
cording to directions, witli tlie
most Mliafastory results. My son
commenced improving with tin-
first dose of the medicine. His
sufferings diminished daily and
his ap|ietiteincreased: lie became
cheerful and in good spirits.—
Gradually be regained use of his
limits, the twisted bones and joints
straightened out and in less than
two months he wm entirely cured,
and eonld walk and get about as
well a* any child of liis age
Beware of imitations of Swift’s
Specific, got ton np by -unprinci
pled parties to deceive tlie public;
some of these frauds bear the lie
on their fecqt purporting to be
vegetable remedies, when they
are really nothing but strong eola
tions of mercary and potash.
Treatise on Blood and Skin
Diseases mailed free.
The Swift Smciric Co., Draw
er 3. Atlanta, Ga., 196 W. 23d St,
N. Y., and 1209 Chestnut St.
Phils. _
A man leaning over a fence in
Kentucky asked another man who
wm riding past with n shotgun
across his saddle: “Where are
you going?” “There is n little so
cial gathering at tbe grocery.
Suppose yon come along.” “Can't
dq it” “Why not?” Hy six
shooter is ont of order and I
haven’t sharpened my bowie-knife
inn week. Good luck to you!
Take care of yanmelf.”—Texas
Siftings.
Hew to Hare a Luring Wife.
If you would have a loving wife,
he as gentle in your words after as
before marriage; treat her as ten
dcrlv when a matron as when a
miss; don't quite make her the
maid of all work and ask her why
she looks less tidy and neat tiian
when “yon first knew her;” don't
buy cheap, tough beef, and scold
her because it does not come on
the tabic porterhouse;” don't
grumble about squalling babies
if you cannot keep upa “nursery,”
and remember that baby may
“take after papa” in his disposi
tion; don't smoke sod chew to
bacco, and thus shatter your
nerves, and spoil your temper,
and make your breath a nuisance;
and then complain that your wife
declines to kiss you; go home
joyous and cheerful to your wife,
and tell her the good news you
hare heard, ami not silently put
on your hat ami go out to ti e
“club” or “lodge,” and let her
afterward learn that you si>cnt
tlie evening at the opera or at a
fancy ball with Mrs. Dash. Love
your wife: f»c patient; remember
3'oti are not |icrfcct, but try to be;
let whisky, tobacco and vulgar
company alone; s|iend your even
ings with your wife, and live a
decent, Christian life, and yoar
wife will be loving and true—if
you did not marry a heartless
beauty, without sense or worth;
if you did, who is to Maine if you
suffer the consequences?
“How many of jour parents,
children say grace?” asked the
Sunday school teacher. “Please,
mum, what's them?'’ asked an
over grown girl in a last j-ear's
hat. “Why, Maggie!’’ exclaimed
tlie teacher; “is it possible you
don't know what grace is? Doesn’t
your father sav something before
you cat?” “Oh! - ’ responded tlie
girl witli a glow of intelligence,
“yes, mum; he does, he always
says, ‘Don't make hogs of your
selves—that’s all the butter there
is in the house.’ ”
■ • w —
American Editor—“So yon
would like a position on my pa
per?” London journalist—“Yes,
sir, I have bad mnch experience
in Lon'on, sir.” “It so happens
that the only position vacant is
that of paragraph writer. Arc
yon pretty good at paragraphs?”
“Oh, yes, sir; I ’ave three para
graphs already written at my
’©tel.” “Well, fetch them over.”
“With pleasure, sir; jnst as soon
as I can ’ire a wheelbarrow.”—
Phil. Call.
Live Temperately.
As roles for temperate living
are generally intemperately acted
upon by many people-, it is almost
useless to make any health sug
gestions. Every sensible man
ought to know what ia best for
him in the matter of eating,
drinking and exercises, bnt when
he does know lie frcqnently sets
in opposition to his judgment.
Any excess will kill if persisted
in. Intensity of mental effort has
made many men famons ami put
them prematurely under the sod.
Humboldt, Newton, Titian,
Michael Angelo, Milton and Gen
tile arc great names. They lived
long because they took life easily.
Rapheal, Byron nnd Schiller were
great men, but they burned their
candles at both ends. Tliey lived
in a blaze anil expired in a blaze.
We must set our faces against
excesses of all kinds—excess of
food, excessive drinking, even of
water, excessive fatigue, exces
sive mental effort, excessive ex
citement—whether from worry,
grief or pleasure, and even exces
sive rest. Tlie judicious use of
the nerves, muscles, digestive
powers and mental faculties will
keep a man from either wearing
out or rusting ont.
“A Single Fart is Wonta a Ship-LMii
uf Argument.”
Mr. W. B. Latlirop, of South
Kaston, Mass., under date of Jan.
7, 1884, says: “My father had for
years an eating cancer on his un-
ler lip, which had been gradually
growing worse until it bad eaten
,-iwny his under lip down to tbe
'ums, and was feeding itself on
the inside of his check, and the
surgeons said a humble death
was soon to come. We gave him
nine bottles of Swift’s Specific and
he lias been entirely cured. It
lias created great excitement in
this section.”
A neighboring paper, reporting
a recent social, says: “Tlie open
ing piece was rendered by a mule
quartet.” The reporter wrote it
a “male quartet,” bnt the compos
itor knew better.
Augusta is pushing her claim
for tbe Southern poet that is to
be eetablasbed-fior th© quartering
of Federal troops.
The Progress of
No observing man can fall to
note tlie progress lli.-it temperance
has made in the past few years,
not only in our own immediate
section but throughout the land.
Whisky drinking is on the de-
inc. It is not fashionable now
at conventions nnd parlies ami on
public occasions to fill your skin
with “red lickcr.” Hundreds ol
the old toilers who arc high toned
gentlemen, but who as a matter of
habit and conviviality, took s
lozen drinks a day, are now
oft.” If it is sad it is neverthe
less true that between Qnitinan
and Atlanta you will scarcely
meet a person (unless he is from
Albany) who will ask yon to
“smile.” It is right that it should
be so. This decided improve
ment in the matter of temperance
argues also an improvement in
tlie moral and intellectual tone of
our |>cople. Tlie liakit of taking
a drink together as an evidence
of friendship is fast going oat of
style, and we rejoice at the
change. Fanaticism has had no
hand ir> the temperance reform,
except to retard it. It has been
In-ought about by that sober, sen
sible, conservative and liberal
means called “moral suasicn."—
Quitman Free Press.
It is said that Beecher's old
paper, the Independent, is light
ing Cleveland a great deal harder
than it is fighting the devil, and
that the parson intends to deliver
a lecture on current politics for
the purpose of killing tlie paper's
infliu nee in tlie campaign.
When Forres came into the
eo *
room unexpectedly Sirs. F. gave a
scream and exclaimed:
“You frightened me half to
death.”
“Did I?” was the unfeeling re
ply. “Suppose 1 try it over
again.”
Mr. 1$. W. Wren, general pas
senger and ticket agent for tbe
last sixteen years for the State
Road has resigned his place tn
take a similar position tor the
East Tenn., Va. and Ga. Road.
His salary is largely increased.
— — mom
Wiio wrote the Most, Dickens,
Warren or Biilwcr? Warren
wrote “Now and Theo,” Bnlwer
wrote “Night and Morning,'’ and
Dickens wrote “Ail tbe Year
Round.”
The founder of Lynchburg, Va..
according to a correspondent, be
came also the founder of tbe term
“Judge Lynch,” by reason of hia
summary mode of ridding Virgin
ia of horse thieves.
A poet asks: “Where will wo
find content?” He should stand
by and wateb a connftjr editor
eating weekly pie.