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Preparatory to going North for my fall stock, I Will sell, for the next thirty days, my entire stock of summer clothing at ACTUAL COST. This is a bona fide closing out sale, as the goods must be sold to make room for fall purchases. This sale will be for the Spot Cash only. ZETL InT. * Excelsior OlotlhLin^Lg'' ZEEo-iajse. VOL 1—NO 7<S. TUOMASVIL.LE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 13, ’881) $5.00 RER ANNUM h w a *1 > 03 b) cj 01 H y 09 03 REMARKARLE DISCOVERIES. Some of the Curious Things Found in Egypt- The results ofclearance of the Prya- mid of Amenenihat III. by Flinders l’ctric were detailed in the Sun last spring, and it was then stated that Mr. Petrie would next attack the brick Pyramid of Illahun, which enjoys the reuptation of having never been open ed. As the pyramid in question in closes the tomb of a Pharaoh of the twelfth dynasty, Mr. Petrie went to Illahun last February with every pros pect of interesting discoveries. Inter esting discoveries were made, but the explorer left Illahun at the end of May without having found the en trance to the pyramid. The site of the pyramid chapel and the remains of an adjdcent shrine, yielded many fragments of the cartouches of User- tesen II., thus proving grandfather of Amenenihat III., but the secret of the main structure will not be revealed till next year. The pyramid chapel stands at the edge of the desert, hall a mile distant from the cast face of the pyramid. Its boundry walls arc still traceable, and its position is de fined by a square area containing a deep bed of limestone chips. Foun ded by Usertesen If. about 2960 years I!. C., and razed to the ground by Ramses II. some 1,500 years later, it was the fortune of this ancient site to be used for a Christian cemetery during the fifth and sixth centuries of our era. In excavating tlu- bed ol chips Mr. Pel lie came upon bodies clad in garments, which, owing to the dryness of ihq spot, arc admirably preserved. Some ol these garments were of fine material, trimmed and embroidered in a most tasteful man ner. Below the chnsiian graves Mr. Mr. Petrie discovered the foundation deposits of Usertesen II. in a square hole sunk in the bed-rock of the des ert. The hole was covered with a square block, which attracted the ex plorer’s attention. ‘.There was a sec ond block, in fact, beneath the first. When both were removed there were found the deposits made by the bull ders at the corner-stone laying—as we should say—4,849 years ago. lie sides some pieces of pottery there were four pairs of sandstone corn rubbers, eight bronze knives with pointed blades, eight with ordinary blades, four small chisels, four large chisels, four bar chisels, four axe- heads, three pieces of copper ore, one piece of zinc or tin ore, and twelve strings of exquisite carnelain beads, uniform in size and color and of the richest translucent red. The beads were placed there, in Mr. Petrie’s opinion, probably as specimens of the currency of the time, and he calls attention to the tact that beads are still a well recognized article of barter throughout Africa, The tools arc samples of those in use in Usertcsn’s rime. The ore—probably a tin ore— will perhaps on analysis qnablc us to identify the country from which the Egyptians got their tin at that early date. Near the chapel are the re mains ol a town of. the same period. The place is symmetrically laid out and was all built at one time, proba- b’y for the architects, artists, officials and workmen employed in the con struction of -the pyramid and chapel. In the ruins of the town, which has been cleared from end to end, Mr. Petrie found the domestic utensils and furniture of persons who lived, labored and died over 4.800 years ago. He has come upon curious traces of their manners and customs. Dozens of-in- valuable papri have been found, some of them rolled up and scaled. In one house a rubbish heap of papyri was found, .consisting, apparently, of ac counts in ruled columns and lines, and ail in an exquisitely neat, clear hand. The quality of some of this early papyri is marvelous. It is form ed of two layers of crossing fibers, but is as thin as foreign note paper Other finds were flint flakes, basket- work pottery, ivory castanets, bronze mirrors, knives, chisels and cups, wooden boxes, combs, boomerangs, spoons and bowls, spindles and thread in abundance, the stocks of bowdrills, beads, peg-tops and other toys, sever al draught boards and a beautiful alabaster cup. beneath the floors of the chambers the remains of many new born infants were found buried, usually in boxes not intended for burial purpose—a revelation not very credi table to the customs of the civil ser vants of the twelfth dynasty. With some of these unfortunate babies were found traces of affection, such as necklaces of garnets and green-glazed beads, with pendants of silver fishes. One box contained the remains of three infants and necklaces made lrom cylinders of Usertesen III. The most interesting, however, of Mr. Petrie’s discoveries, is the pottery with incised patterns, in imitation of basket work, and with inscriptions neither hieroglyphic nor hieratic, but early Cypriote or Greek. The letters on the pottery of Illahun are distinctly Cypriote. At Tell Gurob, a town some five miles distant, founded dur : ing the eighteenth dynasty, and in decay in the time of Menepthah, the supposed l’haiaoh ol the exodus, Mr. Petrie later found pottery partly of the Cypriote and partly of the Mycenman types, with Cypriote and Phoenician inscriptions. These facts will some what astonish Greek scholars, as they indicate the presence in Egypt as far back ns 2960 B. C. ,-hgcan Greeks, who brought with them the rudiments of the Cypriote, and perhaps also of the Phoenician alphabets. It has been believed that Homer, living about 1,000 years B. C., was unac quainted with the art ol writing, and that his‘‘Iliad’' existed for hundreds of years in llie memories only of rhapsodists, who earned a living by wandering through the countries that dbnslituted the old Greek wor ld and reciting his verses to popular audi ences. This m-.y be said to be the accepted belief, the earliest dale as signed by scholars lor the introduc tion of a knowledge of letteis in Greece not going further hack than 850 B. C. Mr. IVlirc’s "discovery how ever, shows that the beginnings ol the alphabet were already in existence some 2,000 years B. C., and that the Iliad might after all, have been com mitted to writing in Homer’s lifetime. SAYS SHE’S VIRGIN MARY. The Divine Craze has Struck the Negroes of Brunswick. Brunswick, Aug. 9.—Brunswick is just now wrestling with a problem in the shape of a negro woman named Sarah Holland, who is playing the Virgin Mary racket on a small scale, but much to the discomfiture of many citizens. She came here some days ago and pitched her tent in a clump of trees in the suburbs. overshadowed r.v tiie iioi.y ghost. Each night since then she has held forth, professing to be the Virgin Mary overshadowed by the Holy Ghost, and thus being able to work miracles, such as making the blind sec, the deaf hear, the lame walk, etcetera. BULL-FROGS IN SOLID ROCK. The Infamous Trusts. The following from the Marietta .Journal is strong and clear: “Trusts are legalized thefts. They arc robbery by lawful process. They arc a siand-aiul-d.-liver, of which 110 court cun take cognizance. They in vest a few with authority to levy and collect a tax from many. They give men the power to oppress sixty million men, women and childred. They en able fifty million dollars to earn twenty million in one year. They compel people to pay interest on money they never borrowed and never bail. The leading trusts have earned from fifteen to twenty per cent, per annum on the money invested, yet they have manu factured nothing, built nothing, ere ated nothing. It owns a staple article of production and permits neither competition nor reduction in price." THE VIRGIN" COINING MONEY. The ignorant classes (lock tojicar her, and seldom it is that they fail to plank down so for the sake of being eternally blessed by the professed Virgin Mary. The excitement dur ing these meetings is intense, hut so far they have not violated the law and so have escaped arrest. TO CAGE THE VIRGIN. The bettor class of colored people, however, are beginning to sec the harm she is doing and are taking steps to stop her. Some of them speak of appealing to Governor Gordon for aid, hut the local authorities will probably stop Sarah before his aid is asked. She says that the Holy Spirit will keep all evil from her, despite what is being done to stop the ser vices.” We still insist, and repeat, that a leather strap, properly and judiciously applied, is the remedy. About 89 would cure the Vi I gin Mary of her hallucination.—Eh. Up a Tree to Pray. Another false Christ came to the surface yesterday, and like Zacharia.- of old, he hud climbed a tree on the wild idea that lie was about to ascend to heaven. This anti-Christ was Ed ward Bay, a colored fanatic of about Id years of age upon whose mind the Liberty county religions craze had worked until it had unseated it. About M o’clock yesterday morning Officer Croniu discovered Bay iq tree half preaching and half praying lait could not succeed in getting the lunatic down until Officers Ik-lford and Bussell came to his assistance. Bay was then brought down by main force and dragged to the barracks, where he was held subject to a war rant for lunacy issuing out of the court of ordinary, and about noon Deputy .Sheriff Higgins, assisted by a police detail, took Bay to the jail Savannah News. Jury Exemptions. "I'lie wholesale system of jury ex emptions in Georgia has been carried to such an extent that, in numerous instances, it is found extremely difficult j to get a jury. We give the exemptions ■ in Bibb county: i Military l-iovyc T reatment of Patients Uuder Choro - form. In France, when a patient is under chlroform, on the slightest symptom appearing of failure of the heart, they turn him nearly upside down, that is, with his head downward and his heels in the air. This, they say, always restores him ; and such is their faith in the efficacy of this method, that the operating tables iti the Paris lms pitals arc made so that in an instant they can he elevated with one end in' the air, so as to bring the patient into a position resembling that of standing on his head.—Scientific American. Il.iuril ol' Kiliu'iition. I Hiiitists Railway Mail Clerks ‘1 A potta-euries 1 Hot-tors 1, Itailroa.l Engineers Hi Ministers of tin-Gospel V Telegraph Linemen I'otice :: Itotnl Commissioners 2 Tom!., When to this is added the exemp tions in the other 137 counties in Georgia, it will be seen what .1 long list it is. The legislature should rem edy the trouble. It is to be hoped that the bill which has already pjssed one house, looking to this end, will become a law. “Mow still and calm the moon is,” exclaimed Amy feelingly. “Yes,” replied George ; “it is sober uow, bill it will be full in two weeks.” Patron—“This set of teeth you made for me is too big.” Dentist—“Yes, sir. Sit down in the chair and I will enlarge your mouth a little.” A Remarkable Discovery on the Columbus Southern. Columiius, Aug. 9.—Dr. T. 1). Mc- Kown, of the Chattahoochee Brick Company, was in the city to-day. lie attends the camps on the Columbus- Southern road, now located between Retifroe’s Gap and Gobbler’s Mill. He informed me this morning of a won derful discovery which has been made along the line .between these two points, and which may lead to fine results.- The country is very hilly, the hills being sharp peaks of very unequal height and forming a kind of chain for a considerable distance. A number of convicts are now engaged in cutting these hills. phosphate discovered. One of the cuts is about one hundred and fifty feet long and thirty -five feet deep. Within the past few days an amount of soil resembling rich phos phate has been turned out. The soil contains skeletons of very curiously tormed animals, totally unknown in these parts at the present day. Oyster beds have been discovered, and sharks’ teeth of various other animals have been found in abundance. 1 ROGS IN SOLID ROCKS. The most curious discovery ol all was two live green bull frogs taken from an excavation iq the solid rock. How they got there and how long they have been there the doctor could riot give any idea. One tiling is certain, that this country must have formed part of tlie sea bed in nasi ages, large quantities of sea shells have been found at different points in the cut, Here is a field upon which some ex perienced geologist might build up a name. Porry's Terrible Fall- In our last issue wc made brief mention of the collapsing of a balloon in North Carolina, at a height of 700 feet, and the terrible downward shoot of l’rof. l’erry. The following is the press report of the accident: Charlotte, N. C., Aug. 9.—There was an exciting scene at Mount Holly fair grounds this afternoon. Professor W. K. Perry, the celebrated aeronaut, ol the American Balloon company,was to make his marvelous leap to the earth alter ascending to the height ot three quarters of a mile, descending by the aid of a parachute. At five o’clock, everything being in readiness, the dazzling feat was attemp ted, in the presence of fifteen hundred people. The crowd watched the man climb into the air with bated breath. When the balloon had traveled up wards about seven hundred feet, the crowd discovered that it was bursting ; gas could be seen shooting out, and soon the canvas cloth began to drop. As Professor Perry was holding on under the parachute, he was not aware of liis terrible situation, -'i'lie crowd became frantic with excitement. Veils went up and pistols were fired to at tract the turn’s attention, but all of no avail. Soon, however, all the gas and air in the balloon was exhausted, and twitchjng, jerking and whirling, it be gan to tall downward. It was too late to loosen the parachute from the wrecked balloon, but for some distance it was successfully engineered. The balloon causing the parachute to cap size, all came down with a terrible crash to the earth. The crowd rushed around to the unfortunate man, and every attention was given him, but for twenty minutes he did not move or give signs of life. The fall is variously estimated at from one to lout hundred leet. Pro fessor L’erry was brought here to-night and is being treated by the best medi cal skill in the city. Many ot his hones are broken, but physicians think it is possible for him to recover. He weighs 1S0 pounds. li p. 111.—At this hour the chances for Professor Perry’s recovery are not good. Physicians think it is hardly probable that he can recover. Mrs. Amateur (accompanying the gardener over the new farm) —“What is that plant, Davis?” Davis- -“Milkweed, ma'am.” Mrs. Amateur Ttcu minutes later, bursting excitedly into her husband's den)—“.Jack, there's no earthly need of our keeping so many eows; this place is overrun with milkweed, and we may as well economize a little.” PRICES! m ion ran AT-. LEYY’S - : 3 . - i - -—-Aitil'ilA . . Our Mr. Levy is now in New York making Fall purchases, and he has sent us word to KNOCK DOWN PRICKS on all sum mer goods, and make room for our immense Fall and Winter stock that is coming. So, from now on, all Spring and Summer <•’ 0 0 d s H’o at old “Knocked Down Prices. Remnant table full of choice bargains every week. Lovys Drj Ms Hoist Mitchell House Corner.