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Intolerable.
The denizens of Dawson street,
near Jackson, are regaled every night
by the howling ot a miserable cur,
who, evidently, instead of baying the
moon, bays each particular star, and,
as a consequence, it is one continuous
series of yells all night long until early
in the morning, making night hideous
for those who are unable to sleep by
reason of his terrible voice. He is
ably seconded in his effort to destroy
the human race' by his associate,
an old cow, who, as soon as the dog
leaves off by reason of $hcer exhaus
tion, takes up the concert and lows for
her absent calf, until milking time.
Between the efforts of the two, lile has
become a burden to these who are so
unfortunate as to live within ear-shot
of the musical couple. Now, is there
no remedy, as to the dog, at least?
Having borne’the infliction as long as
human endurance will permit, we
shall have an effort made to cover his
case. As a means to this end, a
special act of the legislature may be
necessary, but the circumstances will
fully warrant it. A dog law, something
like this, might cover his case :
Be it enacted, etc. That any dog,
who shall, contrary to the peace and
good order of any community, howl
all night, upon conviction, shall have,
for the first offence, his tail cut off im
mediately back of his ears, and upon
second conviction be fined in the sum
of one dollar, the amount to go to the
informer.
2nd. That any one harboring such
dog - shall be deemed guilty ol main
taining a common nuisance, and be
fined in such sum as a jury made up of
the suffering community may desig-
nate. ; : f • .
3rd; Tliat any person who shal
maintain moreman *oi<^ dog on his
premises shall be amenable to the
sarpe penalties as the dog, provided it
can not .be made to appear that the
said dogs arc of value, and not kept
for their musical qualities only.
Burglary.
On Tuesday night some bold bitt-
glar enteicd the residence of Mr,' 8.
Samson, while ho was quietly sleep
ing, 'and stole his clothing, watch,
money and keys thnt were in his cloth
ing. Mr. Samson says if the burglar
will bring his keys back and leave on
his front porch, he will be under
many obligations, and even pay a re
ward for them. As this is q very rea«
sor.qblp ilpmqml, wo hope the light-
fingered gentleman will take his
re piest under favorable consideration,
and endeavor to match Mr. Samson’s
generosity.
"Guess Who?”
If "Guess Who?” who sent the
communication from Moultrie, under
date of July 22d, will send his real
name, tlie*qrtlcle will appear. “Guess
Who” violates two well established
rules: He writes on both sides of the
paper—this always makes a printer
swcqr, and they do onough of it with
out encouragement—and falls to give
his uame. Correspondents will learn,
sometime in the next century, per
haps, that those rules must be com
piled with in order to secure the in
sertion of a communication.
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Mr. Kedar Powell, of Cairo, was in
town yesterday. He informs us that
Mr. Byron Wight is running his
evaporating establishment on full
tinie in Cairo, using 75 bushels ot
peurs por day, for whioh he is pay
ing 40 conts per bushel. This will
prove a most remunerative business,
and we arc glad to chronicle Mr.
Wight’s success. Tkomasville must
have an establishment of large capac
ity by another season. ,
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Grave and large joint ooramlttees
have been appointed by the legisla
ture to investigate the elevator in the
new capitoi. It docs not go up and
down, and the solons are going to seri
ously inquire as to why this is thusly.
They want to be elevated. Soinp of
tjipip uill |ie plpvatcd by their con?
stitucqbj at the next election.
A New Invention.
A patent has been allowed Prof. II.
N. Felkel, of DeFuniak Springs, on
his improved tellurian. The points
of superiority in this apparatus are: 1.
That it exhibits automatically, and,
at the same time, the respective mo
tions of the sun, earth and moon; the
relative rates of their motions; the
elliptical orbits of• the earth and
moon, and the inclination of the
moon’s orbit to the ecliptic. 2. That
it illustrates in a. more simple and
striking manner than any other in
strument of the kind the procession of
the equinoxes by exagerating said
phenomenon. 3. That it shows the
revolution of the moon’s nodes just in
the manner in which that phenomenon
occurs in nature. 4. That, by al
tering the position of the instrument,
the motions of the sun, earth, and
moon may be shown vertically and
horizontally, so that the student may
see that there is no absolute lip and
down. 5. That all phenomenon
connected with the moon may he ex
hibited by hand, the operator not
changing his ppsition, without work
ing the entire machine, by simply
loosening a thumbscrew, which throws
out of gear the automatic movement.
Ot course, it is to be understood that
the construction of the apparatus is such
as to illustrate all the other phenome
na exhibited by machines of this kind,
such as a rotation of sun, earth and
moon on their axis, the inclination
of the earth’s axis, and its parallelism,
etc. In brief, the invention onu
merates twenty-five different phenom
ena which nwy bo illustrated by this
device. The machines arc manufac
tured iu this place under the direct
supervision of Prof. Felkel, and arc
>tten up in excellent style, and with
view to their durability.—Nows.
In Memoriam.
We, the committee appointed t»y the W.
M. of Okapilco Lodge 272, F. A. M., to
draft suitable resolutions upon the death of
our aged brother, J. A. Reese, submit the
to lowing:
brother Reese was hovn lit Putnam eoun-
tj, (Ja., Aug. Huh, Im.io, an«l died July Hth,
1H89, In Brooks county, (in. Bro. Reese
moved from his native county to Stewart
county, during his boyhood days, where he
lived for several years, then iu different
counties of his Stale until 1800, when lie
came to Brooks county.
Bro. Reese was twice married, lint to
Sarah J. Cox, by whom seven children were
horn, five yet surviving- ‘t'hc second wife
was Jane Kandy t Only one child by this
marriage.
Ilro. Reese joined the M. E. Church South
in his early manhood, and lived a true and
faithful member until death, never being
loud in his professions, hut always full of
the blessed assurance that he was a “child
of a King*”
Bro. Reese suffered much bodily affliction
during his late year?, and especially the Inst
year of hit life, but ho never murmured, ot
ten saying to his pliysican: “I’ll bear my
suffering for my Master's sake. I can’t think
him unjust or unkind; I’ll soon go where all
is ease, joy and comfort.’’
# As a Mason, Bro. Reeae was an honor to
tho craft; true and faithful: always laboring
for his brother’s good. As a father and
husband he was kind, indulgent and affec
tionate.' As a neighbor (for bis means) none
surpassed him in bis attcnt’ni^to the poor
and distressed.
lie was buried July 9th, at Lebanon, the
church where he had so long worshipped,
with Masonic honors*
Resolved, 1st, That in his death Masonry
has lost an earnest advocate, the%<4mrch n
strong support, and the community at large
a bright and shining light, ‘
Resolved, 2d, That we bow in humble
recognition to the will of HFitn who doeth
all things well, firmly believing that our
loss is Bro. Reese’s ctenul gain.
Resolved, 3d, That we tender our sincere
condolence to the bereaved widow and or
phans.
Resolved, 4th, That a copy of these reso
lutions bespread up>n a page in our Lolge
book, and ft copy be transmitted to the fam
ily and the ThomasviUe Times-Kxtksi’Risk.
B. Beaty,
W. H. Giiison,
v, & J. Frank Harrh,
Committee,
tjuUttmu papers plea*o copy.
The negroes in Liberty and oflier
counties in the black belt arc imitat
ing Bell, the false Christ. There are
not less than three or four negroes
among them one now
PlftiW \o fet flblo to raise the dead.
One thing is certain: they are raising
Cain.
A Good Education.
Tlie lute Kihviird Kverott condensed into n
single [mragrnpli ids estimation ol wlmt
constituted n f-ood education. Here it is:
To read the Tlnglisli language well, to
write with dispatch a neat, legible ham!,
and he master of the first four rules of nrith-
tnetic, so as to dispose at once, with accu
racy, of every question of figures which
comes up in practice. 1 call this a good
education. And if you add the ability to
write pure, grammatical Knglish, I regard it
as an excellent education. These are the
tools. You can do much with them, hut
are hopeless without them. They are
the foundation and unless you begin with
these, not wit.li flashy attainments, a little
geology, and all other oiogies and osophies
arc ostentatious rubbish.’’
Yet, after all your “oiogies,” the
three U’s, if thoroughly taught and
understood, form the surest founda
tion for n successful career. Then let
its stand by the three Il's.
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Turning out Tanner.
The periodic talk of bouncing Tan
ner, comes from Washington again
yesterday. Like the "Old Man of the
Sea” Tanner sticks to Harrison like a
porous plaster. The administration
is finding it a most difficult job to
shake him off. O, for just one hour
of Grover Cleveland, at the helm.
He’d bounce Tanner so high that—
well, it would take him some time to
light. The telegraph furnishes the
following, under date of the 22d,
touching Tanner’s present status:
Meanwhile Corporal Tanner is practically
deposed, Dr. McMillan, representing Secre
tary Noble, I icing practically in charge of
the ollice. It was Dr. McMillan who first
brought Corporal Tanner’s recklessness to
the attention of the President and Secretary
N'olilc by showing them n calculation prov
ing that if Corporal Tanner's system ot re-
rating should be npplied to all the present
and pending pensions it would demand from
the treasury nsuin equal to the present na
tional debt.
The hill to create a state board of
health was discussed in the Senate
committee of the general judiciary
Wednesday by a ‘number of physi
cians. The doctors of the allopathic
faith think the hoard should lie con
stituted entirely from among their
number, but the eclectics think they
ought to have a representation. The
state charters the eclectic colleges, and
thereby recognizes that persuasion of
physicians. The eclectics clnim an
equal representation on the hoard,
but they will hardly get that, as they
hardly number more than one-fourth
of the doctors of the state. As now
constituted the bcaid will consist of
eighteen physicians. The idea of a
state hoard of health is generally
commended, and the bill will un
doubtedly pass after the committee has
perfected its details. It provides, al
so, for county boards of health in
each of the B57 counties. The state
board is to have full control of health
matters in the state, and in times of
epidemics will be a very powerful
body.
The following is the origin, history
and use of the red cardinal hat:
Innocent IN’ at the council of Lyons in
124.% conferred on the cardinals the distinc
tion of the now lumens red hat. The special
meaning of the hat is that the Pope places it
on the head, the sent of the Brain, to warn
the cardinal that he must give learned and
loyal counsel to the government of the
church, while its color signifies that the
wearer must be prepared to shed the last
drop of blood rather than betray his trust.
The hat U now one of ceremony only, and
serves Imt twice—once when the cardi
nal receives it in consistory ami next when
it rests on his catafalque at his obsequies.
It is tlivii suspended I'coiu the ceiling of the
chapel or aisle of the church in which he is
buried. The form of the hat is round, with
a low crowr^ and wide stiff brim, from the
inside of which hdng fifteen silk tassels.
Commissioner of Agriculture Hen
derson, of Georgia, telegraphs to the
New York Herald that the prospccls
for a good cotton crop in this state
have been slightly improved since a
month ago, the chief obstacles Licit',,
poor stands, and the small size of
plants, He thinks the corn crop will
un good, and says it is nearly made.
He is apprehensive that excessive
rains will prevent an average cotton
crop.
High License.
The defeat of the prohibition
amendments in Rhode Island, New
Hampshire, Massachusetts and Penn
sylvania will not injure the cause of
temperance in the United .States.
There are thousands of temperance
people iu every state who are opposed
to prohibition as a remedy for the
suppression o' the liquor traffic. They
are satisfied that in this case prohibi
tion does not prohibit. And then
there arc millions of temperance peo
ple in both parties who look upon
state or national prohibition as viola
tive of the fundamental principles
of our democratic form of govern
ment. They consider it an encroach
ment upon their personal and civil
rights as citizens of a free country. So
that for all practical purposes we may
regard the prohibition movement as
dead.
But the great question of temper
ance will never die. The state
has the right to control (lie liquor
traffic. It is its duty to prohibit, and if
possible, prevent drunkenness, which
is productive of so much crime and
misery. The temperance sentiment of
the country favors high license as tfic
best remedy for the suppression of
some of the evils of intemperance in
our large cities.
The friends of high license point to
Minneapolis, Minn., as a proof of the
advantage of that system, both as a
means of lessening the traffic and as it
source of revenue. It is shown that
in the spring of 1884 Minneapolis,
under a* 3100 license, had fjPO sa
loons, paying into the oity treasury
$50,000 a year, whereas at present,
under a 81,000 license, tho saloons
number only 21!0, and the city re'
ccivcs $2150,000 a year.—Augusta
Chronicle.
Mrs.-Margaret Quinn, who died in
New York on Friday last, was the
oldest person iu that city, being 104
years of age. .She wits in full posses
sion of her facilities up to two days
before her death. She never wore
spectacles, and could see to thread a
needle as well as one of Iter great
grandchildren. To the last she never
failed to enjoy her daily walk about
tlie neighborhood. She climbed up
and down two pairs of stairs without
any apparent effort.
Representative Hart, ol Green;, lias
a hill of much importance to the
farmers of the stale under way in the
1 louse. The evil which lie proposes
to remedy is a great drawback to the
farmers and should have been provided
(or before new. It is a bill to be
entitled an act to regulate and define
the liability of a person illegally em
ploying the servant, tarm laborer,
cropper or tenant of another.
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The legislature should guard closely
against ore contingency in the West
ern and Atlantic railroad business:
do not, in any event, shape tilings so
that there would lie the povihiUhj of
tlie state having to take the road and
run it. This would be ruinous.
At last accounts John Sullivan and
John Barleycorn were having a mill in
New York, barleycorn appears to be
a better man that Kilrain. Sullivan
cannot stand before John B. long.
The latter downs him on the 10th or
12th round every time. He hits Sulli
van right square in the mouth every
blow.
Atlanta, Ga , July 22.—To-day in
the House a luge number ot tlie
members who went home on Friday
iiad not-returned, and only such nut
ters were taken up as could be dis
posed ot with a small House.
This is tlie old, old story.
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Kilrain's friends now claim that he
was drugged. It was not drugs, but
Sullivan’s "digs” that knocked Kilrain
out.
The annual protraeted meeting of
tlie Big Creek Baptist church com
mcnced yesterday and will continue
several days.
LEVY’S
Has Made a
Bid CUT
IN ALL LINES OF
To "'continue’’ unti
closed out.
Our remnant table
is ful of choice BAR-
gains, and will be all
Summer.
E^^Still left, a few
of our 3-1 cts. Ging
hams, worth 10 cts.
Levys
Dry Ms to
