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weekly - ba-nner-v nKSUi BANNER-WATCHMAN OmCIALIOItOAN OP Clip of Athens and Ctarka, Oconee k Bnnke. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION!RATES: Deily, *T>; ... Sinter. SI; ..»• e»iy, T. L. GANTT. THK AUGUSTA* CHATTANOOGA RAII.ROAD. It now seems to us that the pro- ectct .lit—lint railroad, leading ftom Charleston, S. C., via Augusta, to i hattanooga, Tenn., has a lair pros pect of being built. A company stands ready to iron and equip the road as soon as graded, and hence it will only be necessary for the territory interested to subscribe enough to move the dirt. This will not be an expensive matter, consid ering the character and topography of the country through which the road will pass—opening up the fertile cotton fields and alluvial river swamps of Middle Georgia, and piercing a mountain region rich in undeveloped mineral and agri cultural wealth. The road from Augusta will traverse the old Cher okee trail, leading from that city to Koss’ Landing, on the Tennessee, now the site of the city of Chatta nooga. As is a well known fact, the Indians always avoided water courses and broken ground, and in making this trail their judgment was so well exercised that after the inroads of civilization the famous Cherokee trail was turned into government road. Take a rule and lay upon the map, and you will see that the proposed road not only avoids nearly every river, but heads the creeks and branches, thus lur nishing an artery ot commerce be tween the West and the sea board that saves greatly in mileage, and which cannot be blockaded by floods. This road will he the most important line in the South, and there is no doubt about its paying lrom the day the first through train is run. lienee we believe that the roaii will be built, and it behooves Athens to '‘keep both eyes wide open.” On an air-line, and as the route is now projected, this road will pass near the Glade, in Ogle thorpe county, through Dowdy, in Madison, cross the North-Eastern at Ilarmor.y Grove, and thence on through JefiVrson and Gainesville to Chattanooga. This route is not exactly on the Cherokee trail, but it is the line designed by the pro jectors. The old trail passes through Washington, Lexington and Ath- -'.s. It is needless to warn the people ot our city that if this road is constructed on the route now proposed—cutting ofTthree-fourths of our territory from Wilkes, Ogle thorpe, Madison and Jackson—that Athens will be ruined past redemp tion. In fact. Harmony Grove will not only be our rival,but enjoy supe- lior advantages to us. This road will take away at least half of our cotton receipts and carry them toAugusta; rob us of a great portion of our re tail trade, and forever blast our pros pecte of being a wholesale centre. On the other hand, if the road pass es through Athens it will be the making of the place, and be worth more to us than every other line that we can buiid. It puts us on a direct line between the West and the sea board, and Athens will possess ad vantages superior even to Atlanta. It is natural that Augusta will bit terly oppose building this road via Athens, for then, instead of carry ing the cotton and trade from us it will act as a powerful feeder, and as it would be the most important line in the state, Athens will naturally become the terminus for which all the new roads in Middle and North east Georgia desiring to tap the great artery would aim at. Our city could then get all the roads she wanted without the expenditure of another dollar. Hence, if the A. & C. road is built, it wdl be a question of life or death to Athens. We can not afford to lose it, and the road must be brought through here if it takes half the value of our city prop erty to get it. This is one time where there must be no division among our people. Every citizen must put his shoulder to the wheel and do his part. We must offer $100,000, and if this don't give us the road we can aff ord to make it a half million rath er man have this great trunk line pass a few miles on our east. It is high rime that our citizens were considering this question. If the road is built—and we confidently believe that it will be—Athens must have it at all hazards. If it leaves us to the left our property owners had as well tack “For Rent” over four-fifths of theii stores. Elbertoa Leader: Capt. H.J P. Mattox, who has been for a long time one of the most successful planters in this county; says thit whenever a man undertakes to raise cotton to buy bread and meat with that he will begin tolose mon ey. The assertion that there is no money in farming will not do, for we can give instances which will prove to the contrary. We will mply mention one, which is that of Mr. J. W. McLanahan, of this county, who ’but a few years ago was very poor and rented land. He is not a stout man physically, hut by his own labor, economy and good management, has made at least ten thousand dollars at farm ing, and raised a large family. He h»s always raised his own corn and meat, and always has corn to sell. About ten years ago he bought an old worn out tract of land, as al most everybody considered it, for which he agreed to pay ten dollars peracre. Everybody considered it a very high price, and doubted his ability to ever pay for it, but before the last payment was due he came up with the last dollar ot the mon ey, which he had himself dug out of the ground, and paid for his land. Mr. McLanahan is an uned ucated man, and haying no one to assist him pecuniarily or otherwise, was dependent solely upon his own exertions. Now if he can do this under all of his disadvantages, why is it that others more favorably situ ated cannot make a living upon the farm ? The Augusta Evening News gets after our senator as follows: Sena tor Colquitt spoke in Lynchburg last night to a large crowd on local option. Senator Colquitt is devot ing nearly all his time to this busi ness, pretty much as he did while governor in speaking all over the state at negro camp meetings just before his last election. But we do insist now, as we did then, that Governor Colquitt was elected to the United States senate to repre sent us in that body, and not be constantly away in different parts of the country making speeches to the neglect ot his legitimate business. The democratic parly needs the ser vices of all her representatives in the senate just at this time. We have no earthly objections to Sena tor Colquitt’s advocacy ot the tem perance cause, hut heartily com mend him for it, but the people of Georgia did not elect him ta the senate for that especial work, and he has no right to engage in any other calling to the neglect ol his senatorial duties. The demagogue- ism of the senator is a question of public comment. The New York World thinks it certain that if the seed of home rule is once planted in Ireland it will take root and grow. It believes that alter a year’s trial the North of Ireland will be as much in its favor as any other part of the country, and that no Irishman would thereafter ,Thc sufferings and deprivations’ of the,pfosants on the west coast of Ireland continue to lAive fatal re sults . One of the 'sadc&t cases yet reported was discovered Thursday. A widow named McLouglin was recently evicted from her little home at Tarnyslinnan, six miles south'of Westport, on Clew Bay, for inabili ty ter pay a rent bill of-feSlTtban $6 She was given a poor shelter in an outhouse belonging to the holding of a scarcely less impoverished neighbor. She has lived almost en tirely on seaweed since she was evicted, and had become terribly emaciated. To-day she was lound dead on her pallet of straw, having died during the night of starvation. In the approaching 'visit of ex- President Davis nearly the whole South is taking a great interest. Augusta cannot afford to lag be hind. The cause is a noble one, and every man, woman and child should go to Atlanta on that day. The railroads have offered libera! rates and anybody that desires to go can go. This is perhaps the last time that many ot us will be able to' see the grand old man. The date is fixed for the last of the month, at whattimejdue notice will be given the columns of this paper, and we will give the passenger rates at the same time.—Augusta Chronicle. J. II. Williams, the humorous writer of the Norristown Herald, was once asked to write a biograph ical sketch ot himself. He answered with the following: “Was born, learned the printing trade, was mar ried, still live and am growing old at the rate of twenty-four hours a day.” A FINE CELLAR OF WINE. The application of the Philadel phia firemen for admission to the Knights of Labor will raise in many minds a question, what would hap pen if these useful public servants should ever be ordered out on a strike. We hope our firemanic friends will strike nothing worse than a prize to-day. There is something remarkable about the number of railroad booms in Georgia. They do not seem he paper booms. The people are subscribing to these roads and be coming personally interested in them. This is a healthy sign. ARTHUR'S ILLNESS. The Ex-President's Condition More Serious than Previously Suspected. New York, Aptil 12.—Ex-Pres- ident Arthur’s illness is steadily as suming a more serious aspect. His sister, Mrs. McElroy, is constantly at his bedside, and his physician pays at least two visits to the house every day. Dr. Peters did not feel at liberty to talk about his patient’s condition to-day, except to sav that he had not improved during the last month. Chester Allen Atthur, the President's son, said to-night: “My father is pitiably weak. He has not left his room since Feb. 1, but I think he has taken a favor able turn the past few days, and the prospects of his recovery are uiuch better. Strength is what is lacking now,.and our only hope is to build up hi* system. I left him only a Not tons ago I went to pay a visit to a very old friend uf my family, the Rev. Ur. Chant- toy, who taut a living in one of thooo remote, old-world villages which are scattered along the court of Norfolk. I expected the very simpket of fare in the bumble house of my friend, and my expecta tions, so far as fish, fowl, and flesh were con cerned, weir realized. But when I hod tasted a glass of lion I web eo struck with the ex traordinary let— of its flavor, its body, and its bouquet, that I was obliged to ask him straight!}' where he managed to pick up such a treasure in theme d*y* of adulteration and high prices. •Til tell you to-morrow," ho replied, “after you have visited my church.” The association of splendid port wine with •u obscure Norfolk church seemed to me a little remote, but I knew from the old gentle man's manner that ho had a story to tell, so I Mid no more. Accordingly the next morning I accom panied him to the church. It was one of those spacious, imposing edifices so frequently to bo seen in the eastern counties, built al most upon tho verge of tho sea. My host showed me a very old tomb with a battered canopy and seme half-effaced escutcheons and much delicate tracery. “Tomb of tho first lord of the manor,” ex plained iny cicerone. “Name unknown, dato unknown, but popularly called ‘Sir DickN slab.’ There are lots of similar tombs about here as about everywhere. But you don't see anything extraordinary about the structure of "the tomb itself! No? Well, I’m not sur prised at it. But look here!” So saying he placed his thumb on the top of the helmet surmounting the defaced coat of arms, and immediately tho whole of Uie front of the tomb under the slab began to sink be low the pavement, at the same time disclosing a dark vault, up which came that damp, earthy smell peculiar to crypts and charnel- houses. 'Then, stooping down and pressing the little stone helmet again, he caused the stone to ascend to its normal position. Of course my curiosity was intensified, ami I wanted to hear the story at once. But tho old gentleman said: “No, although it’s not a long yarn, it can’t very well be told as we are standing here; so we’ll have it over another glass of that old port to-night.” So, when we had drawn our chair* rour .l tho fire, and taken our first sips of the famous port, he began: “I’ve been here nearly fifty years, and when I was first appointed there wasn't a hotter place in all England for smuggling—except, perhaps, Cornwall or Scotland or Romney marsh. “I never saw my predecessor, for tho very good reiAon that tho living had been vacant for ten V'tars previously for reasons which you shall hear presently. My surprise, there fore, may l>e imagined when, in the course of my inspection of the premises, I come upon a cellar fillet! with all sorts of wine and spirit*. How’ it was that they had remained undiscov ered and untouched during the ten years* in terval between the departure of my prede cessor I could not find out, until I took into my service as gardener on old fellow who toldine what follows: “The last rector, the Rev. Mr. Allport, was apjminted here in 1K12. Not many days after his arrival he cam© into the church for some purpose or other, and, discovering a curious old register in the vestry, took it into the par bouage pew, which stands exactly opposite Bir Dick's slab, to examine. Over the vol ume he Ml asleep. When ho awakened the church was quite dark, and, ns it was mid winter, very cold. Of course he jumped up. mnozrd and not u littled awed at his position, for thore w as as much superstition in those days amongst educated folk as there is amongst tho lower classes. He was about to grojte his way out of tho j>ew, when ho was arrested by an extraordinary noise which not tho sound of rats nor of the wind, but which soomod to lie suppressed subterranean thunder. “Suddenly he saw a faint ray of light where he knew was Sir Dick’s slab. Brighter and broader it grew, and then, much to his relief, but still more to his astonishment, a human bead api**ared inside the tomb, followed by the remainder of a very big and burly human bo»ly, which was succeeded by more heads and bodies, until a group of balf-a-dozeu men stood on the pavement of tho aisle. “Smugglers of course they were, and now the poor parson was seized by a dread. Tho St. Edward’s smugglers were notorious as a desperate crew. Many of them had been pressed for the French war, had escaped, and as there was a priee on their beads, and their hands against every man's, they regarded desperate crime* as necessary incidents of their calling. “They were evidently in high spirits, and mopped their brow* as they sat, some on the tomb itself, some on the wooden seat passing round a big leathern jack of to* 01a Henry, ana toe ® n ^ >l ® were streaming out of the 'chirnch JP«rebi shaking hands, congratulate*, and fotefag each other everything 8 Dod ,.“4, their way bone to celebrate the birth of the Now Year with fun and feasting. Tim par- son and Nancy Holliden lingered behind. “ ‘Of course you can guess, aa ^» ‘why I am keeping you behind tho rest. “Of course Nancy had no idea, and looked askance at him over her mufilsr. Tho parson continued: “ ‘Well, it’s to ask you to bo my wife.’ * ‘Oh, Mr. Allport!’ said tho girl with *rell- feigned astonishment. ‘I really—oh, I I you take me so by surprise !* “ ‘Tell mo, Nancy,’ he went on, aeizing her little thiek-glovcxL hand. ‘Let mo have a happy Now Year, for I <lo love you so truly and honestly. Tell me if you will take mo as your husband.’ “The girl was silent for a few seconds, and tho young men could almost hear his heart beat during the suspense. At length she looked in his face and said: “ ‘Mr. Allport, you are very far above me. You are an educated gentleman, who might marry any of the squires’ young ladies here abouts. I am only a village girl.’ “ ‘But all that’s nothing,’ enthusiastically began the young clergyman. Nancy went on: “ ‘Perhaps not to you. But something else may be. Do you know that I am loved by another man—indeed, I was as good as betrothed to him not a month bock.’ “ ‘Yes, I know it,’ replied Mr. Allport ‘It was to Ned Blackman, the—the—* The smuggler, yes,’ finished Nancy. ‘You know it, I see. Well, I’m only a simple village girl—I know it, you know it, every one knows it But I have a heart, and Mr. Allport, I have what I’ve read most women have, a love of revenge. Ned Black- deceived mo. I will marry you on one oondition.’ “ ‘Name it, Nancy,’ said the young parson, gfcruck by the intent earnestness of tl*e girl. “ ‘That you will find out for me, or tell me if you know, their secret,’ said Nancy—‘1 mean tho smugglers’ secret’ “It was the parson’s turn to be silenlS now. “ ‘Why do you not answer me, Mr.Allport? “ ‘How do you know that I am in posaessioi* of the smugglers secret?’ he answered evas ively. “ ‘I know that you are; Ned told mo,’ she replied. ‘But he told me nothing more.’ “Tho young «n»n still hesitated, and lio trayod by tho nervous movements of hi* hands and feet tho conflict which was raging within him between resjiect for a solemn promise, by the giving of which ho had saved liis life, and the intense love ho felt for the girl standing before him. “Suddenly ho seemed to make up his mind, and, taking tho girl’s hand in his, led her Into the church. What followed imme diately my old gardener did not tell mo, for 1 believe he had a hand in the business; but at any rate neither Nancy Holliden nor Mr. Allport were ever seen at St. Edward’* again. “When I came here, ten years later, I found that the jiarsonage had never been inhabited since tho disap|>earance of the loveiV. As no body claimed the wine I took possession of it. and I very soon discovered that neither my neighbors nor tho sick poor were the lets willing to drink it for its having conic from a haunbri house. “That’s the story of my wine cellar, so sup pose you ring the bell for another bottle.”— Adapted from Frank Abell in Belgravia Met with m Kenmrkable Accident. A fireman on n railroad train near Dittao met with a remarkable accident. When the train was in motion a j sir t ridge flew through the small window aperture in the cal of tho locomotive directly into his face. His eyes were pierced and seriously injured by the bill of the fowl, which itself fell dead to tho floor.—Chicago Herald. consent to part with it. It also _ _ thinks that “an insufficient measure j few moments ago, and he was 'sit- would be followed by ' * l '“ " ' Speaking of education in the schools and colleges of the south, the Richmond Dispatch very con siderately says: “We admit that in the matter of equipment lor educa ting specialists some of* our higher institutions of learning are very de ficient—deficient owing to lack of endowment—but in the domain ol ‘liberal education’ they have been kept abreast with the times in re spect both of standard and thor oughness of work.” France enthusiastically supports Mr. Gladstone’s Irish declaration. The radicals hail it as the stepping stone to an independent Irish repub lic while Catholics and reactionaries proclaim it to be emancipation from London and the outrages inflicted by the English constitution upon Catholic Ireland. The Boston Herald ts authority for the statement that not one ear nest word in defense of the princi ple* of civil service reform has been spoken by any democrat in con gress aincc Cleveland’s inaugura- , lion. The trouble is in the brand, not the article, Mr. Herald.—Sun. North Carolina, formerly called South Virginia, vaa once sold to the King’s agent for a house and £300. a universal demand from Ireland for its exten sion, and the reasonableness of the demand would then be conceded by fair-minded Englishmen. Such revolutions do not go backward, and a just measure once in actual opera tion is certain to overcome prejudice. The most insignificant concession of home rule will, therefore, be of great value to Ireland. It seems to be clearly a wise policy on the part of Mr. Parnell and his followers to accept now the best measures they can secure, and to back up Mr. Gladstone in passing, not such a bill as*Ireland would desire, but scch a bill as a friendly English minister can wring from the British parlia ment.” Experiments are being made in Washington with what are known as aerial, torpedoes the invention of Lieut. Payne, an ex-officer of the navy, who expects to sell the right to manufacture them to the gov ernment. Only a meagre descrip tion can be given of the new inven tion, as the details are thus far a secret. These torpedoes are fired from a cannon and are expected to lodge in the rigging or across the deck of the enemy’s vessel. Before they are discharged they are closed up into a space of a few feet in length, but the act of firing draws them out like a telescope, so that they are from ten to twenty feet long. They will explode as well under water as in the air, and it is expected that they will be found very effective. The experiments are for the purpose of testing the amount of power that is necessary to discharge them a certain distance. The bill relating to the new Capi tol, which has passed the Legisla ture, creates an official commission, of which the Governor is a mem her. We cannot believe that this measure received due attention, for the unwisdom of making the Gov ernor a member of such a board ap pears after a moment’s considera tion. It is clearly improper that the Governor should be subjected to the legislative authority in any way other than the one prescribed by the Constitntion. It is of great im portance to preserve the constitu tional limitation to the powers of all the great officers of the State, and the Governor cannot be. made t member ot a subordinate commis sion without some confusion of the constitutional boundaries to the ex ecutive power. The latest proposition about' • new White House in Washington is to keep the present building as the Presidents official residence, but let the new one be his private home. This idea is suggested by the British custom of giving the Prime Minister a house of his own in London, and an official residence in Downing street besides. Of late years the White Hpuse has proven unhealthy for our Presidents on ac count of the malaria it has develop ed. They have all used antidotes, however, except Hsyei, and there te no telling what he was even in the habit ot doing behind the door. . , - . . < : oic uionxv, t»i»u guuiK ou tiu OB tO light ting upon the lounge apparently theirpipM . The Rev. Mr. Allport no very cheerful, lie was actually | coward when dealing with ordinary htinmn- wondering whether he would be ! ity, and, rt-s 1..- crouched in the pew, peering well enough thissummer to go sal mon fishing on the Restigouche, in Canada. We don’t expect that he will be able to go out of the house even for an airing for a fortnight at Itast, but if he should gain sufficient strength we shall undoubtedly take him on a trip to Europe or some where else. Any place almost would do, so that he has a change of air and scenes.” Robert C. McCord, one of the leaders of the Arthur faction in lo- ex-l’resident this afternoon, but did not get to sec him. A member of the family told hint, that they thought the crisis was almost passed. The great dread of the physicians is kidney disease, which, ifit develops, will probably prove fatal. There were no manifesta tions of it as yet, fortunately. The ex-Prcsident will undoubtedly be taken from this city before the month is out if he has strength to g°- A WOMAN’S DOUBLE LIKE. made either by public officers or friends of the - woman- to settly -up the estate. She lelt-mo- deed, and the exact value or description of her property is yet shrouded in- myste ry* A Smaller Tunnel for Ventilation. Alongside the main Mersey tunnel a smollei one, seven feet in diameter, is carried. Thu exists solely for the sake of ventilating th« larger one, and out of it the air is sucked by exhaust fans with such force that it is said the whole body of the atmosphere is changed every seven minutes.—Foreign Letter. Two Hundred Pictures for a lottery. Rosa Bonheur, MeLssonier, (Jerome, and many more prominent French artists, hav« contributed 200 pictures for a lottery, thi proceeds of which will devoted to the erec tion of a monument at Nancy to Claude Lor raine.—Inter Ocean. A NOVEL ENCOUNTER. Five sounds Between a Baboon And a Bull- Terrior. Superintendant Brown’s white bull-terrier Bubby, and Lizzie, the Austria baboon at the zoo, had a 5- round scrap in the cellar of the monkey house, yesterday afternoon. There were only two spectators,but the sight would have made the blood ot a>|iiize fighter freeze. Lizzie, the h.boon, had been tied up in a cage in the gloomy base ment all winter, owing to a compil er tion of diseases which rendet her unfit to associate with the more cheerful and better behaved mon keys up stairs. Her moroseness of temper is attributed to dyspepsia, the result of indulging a fondness of appetite for tinware, brass spiggots and cld iron. Lizzie has also had the measles and muscular weakness of the heart, produced by physical exertions to make life pleasant for the other monkeys in the exercise of smart called slugging. In her lonliness she had no other to awaken her interest except Bob by, and her plan of accomplishing this has made some very thrilling experiences for Bobby in the dark cellar. Every time he whisked by her cage she reached out for him like a stroke of lightning from the c'outls. The discomforts of life at- tertU.ng this made Bobby miserable and yesterday he paid the price of peace by fighting it to the bitter enc'. The contest was fought according to the scientific rules of the ring,and the'baboo.i got more point in spar ing in ten minutes than she could have learned in the Schuylkill Navy Asthetic club in ten years. It was excit-ng and hair raising. Five rounds were fought. Like a good many other people that get hammered, the baboon started- the fight. Bobby was dancing around playfully off his guard, when Lizzie suddenly let out with her left and caught Bobby back of the ear. She followed with her right and follow ed with acoMar and elbow grip on the terrior’s tail. It is anoying to a dog to take unhallowed possession of his tail. The next time Lizzie aimed a left hander at him he dodged and got a grip on her elbow. Then there was mjsic, things looked dizzy, ths hair flew, howls of borrow went up and the cellar shook. Lizzie let go Bob by’s tail but he just hung on and chewed. Lizzie wanted to chew something too, but the bars of her c. ge were bars of her wishes, and if there had been no bars there would hr ve been a whizzing cyclone in that cellar, with either a dead dog or a dead monkey to moralize the cenflict. The first round lasted two minu tes, when Bobby let go his wind. He stood up gamely for the sec ond round. Lizzie sparred more cautiously for an opening.rnade sev- eial feints and caught Bobby foul once or twice. But the last round was a beauty. Tlte combatants closed again in the wind-up. Lizzie showed more con fidence, and when she let out with too long a reach to recover in good shape Bobby caught on again. He got a see-saw grip on Lizzie’s wrist and kepi out of distance of her ter rible right-hander. There was more mjsic. Bobby dodged pulled, growled, chewed and wagged his tail. After three minutes he was ordered to break away, and it was decided that he had won the medal. The fight will go down as one of the most gamely fought amaetur con:ests without gloves on record.— ilor Vsmilsl WNaktlalM. - - W« an la reeslptof a number ot ■unkatlona on a topic which Just AMT ■satin to b« receiving ths attention of m. gnat many persona It Is ths question of the treatment ot consumption, and all kindred of dlmsse, without drugs- Many yean ago. In Franca. It was decided by the leaning physicians that nething was equal to beef as an article of diet In consumption and all allmenu which tend to tu develop ment. This te now a generally-admitted foot. Much difficulty.nowever, has been experienced In the promulgation of this tenth, from the fact that many stomachs cannot digest it. The Indigestible quality Of all cod-uear oil having led to Its being abandoned In medical treatment, it was found that blood taken from an animal just killed, If swallowed, produced mar velous beneficial effects. This found favor with few. however, bat the Idea has been { >ut into practical operation, sad there are n all parts ot ths world to-day hospitals devoted to tho care at consumption, end kindred diseases, where beef oomblned with alcohol, in some form, te the chief article of food. Efforts have been made by those Interested to keep this simple rem edy from the masses, partly from self ish motives, bnt quite as much from the fact that the wonderful benefits te be received wonld be doubted by many If they knew la advance what oonatltutod the care. Another reason was, that Its efficacy depends on the presence of spirits free from adulterations and fusel oil. In the paet eucb au article hae been dtfftcnlt to procure. Now. however, tt can be obtain ed, and the commnleatlone we have referred to are from parties who are using a formula of this kind received from the Duffy Malt Whiskey Co, of Baltimore, Md. Tbe formula, which was prepared •peolally for them by an eminent German scientist, consists principally of raw beef steak and ingredients, which any house keeper can get and mix, combtnod with their pure malt whisker. which will, if rag- gularly used, add ou au average from t to S pounds In a month to the weight. On tbe receipt of a two-cent stamp, the formula will be lent, to all parties using their whiskey, under the teal of the company. From the. abundance of testimony there can be uo question as to its value. This method of treatment U in accordance with the views of the two recognized leading medical authoritlee of this couutrv, Professor Austin Flint and Professor H. C. Wood. The company has received so many Inquires concerning this formula, that they have found tt neces sary to add a medical department to their other bualuess facilities. >.. A RINGING ADDRESS By the Morgan Committee to ths Friends of ■ t Prohibition. With pleasure we give space in our oolninns to the following address issued by the prohibitionists of Morgan county, ceived in Athens brin 8U,T “ "’“‘■"■TSSj.e, Yesterday morning » Wed in Athens at the vreinl pruup through an opening in the curtains, he revolved in his mind what his next move should lie. “A notion struck him suddenly. The ves- try was within a few yards of him, and be could get to it by a door at the other end of Jio pew. Silently and cautiously he groped his way along, and in a few minutes reap peared with a white surplice. Arranging it bo that his face was completely Mhrouded, he seized the opjfortunity of a lull in the smug glers' talk, and, standing on a hassock, stretched out one sheeted arm and uttered * sepulchral groan. “Tbe effect was magical. These big, l»eanled fellows, who cared for no man, who cal republiDan politics, called on the | faced danger with laughs of defiance, were seized with the moc>t ludicrous panic, and tumbled heal over heels through the opening in tho tomb, leaving tho chufch in utter dark ness, and the parson mabter of the situation. The reverend gentleman, delighted beyond measure at the success of his move, lost no time ia getting out of the church and home. “He knew very well that it was as much as his life was worth not to keep silence about the discovery be had made. Curiosity, how ever, promised him to see for himself what earthly object the smugglers could have in making a parish church their try sting-place. So, early the next morning, he let himself into the sacred edifice with his private key, with the intention of examining the tomb minutely. To all outward apj>earance it had not lieen disturbed since the day w hen the remain* of “Sir Dick” were lowered into it. There was not a cranny in it wide enough to admit a man’s finger, and tho most vigorous blows with fist and foot failed to shake the slab in the smallest degree. Suddenly, a* he was meditatively leaning on the stone helmet above the escutcheon, the slab riowlj descended, and the secret was discovered. Tbe parson squeezed himself into the small dark sjmc©, and scarcely had he done so, when the slab rose again to its normal posi tion, and he felt himself dragged by a power ful hand down a flight of steps into uttei darkness. “He would have given a good deal to have been back at his rectory just then. “Resistance was useless, so he passively fol lowed, aware by the smell that he was amongst the chambers of tbe dead, stumbling against sutvtances which rang out weirdly hollow, ar.d more than once disturbing with his foot round objects which rolled away with a rattle suggestive of skulls. “Suddenly a turn in the passage revealed a light, and a group of dark figures who greeted him with a derisive howl. “ ‘Parson,’ said the leader, ‘you made fools of us last night, and it was darned clever of you. But look bore; we mean buxines* •You’ve found out by accident what has been a secret for nearly a hundred year* This ’ere passage is cut dean through your buryin’ ground, and as t’other end opens on the beach, it come* very nauay to us, ror tne cleverest Preventive man on the rgast, and that’s Bcorby West, of Sherringtuun, would no more think of lookin’ for a runnere’ cellar in a graveyard than in a market-place. If you're mum about it, all right, and you shall have tho finest collar ’o wine in the kingdom; but if yon split, as sure as you’re a Holy Joe we'll do for you.’ “What could tbe poor man say? So he promised that no syllable should escape his lips as to the existence of the smugglers’ pas sage. He was allowed to return, and that very evening he found a couple of hogsheads of port wine in his garden. “Now there was in the village a pretty, lively girl named Nancy Holliden. Upon her tbe Rev. Mr. Allport, who was getting tired of single blessedness in such a monotonous place as St Edward’s, began to cast affection ate eyes; for although socially she might have been considered, from a metropolitan point of view, his inferior, she was a most respectable and well-behaved lass, who lived alone with her mother in a little white cottage built al most on the sea edge. “It happened one night that the reverend gentleman surprised Miss Nancy in company with a smuggler, and judged from somo bits of conversation he overboard that there was a lover’s quarrel going on between them. From that moment he noticed a change in Nancy Holliden. Bhe replied to his salut*- tions with blushing cheeks and downcast eyes; he noticed coquettish touches about bu dress as she sat under him in church; efas was always at boms when he ca|Je4 pb her mother; be met her at times and places wheq and where least expected her. And, ashe whs by no means a hed-looking man, besides bolding tbe Hgh position of parson, be puvdo Bp Us mind that Nancy had really thrown pverheroldswoHhosrt, Apd was actually Jn lore with bim M much as ho war with her. \ *•« — In Public Schools. Since vocal music was introduced into ths public school* fifteen years ago its influenos has been great. YVo begin with children 6 or 7 years of age, teach thorn three or four tunes, and by the time they are a few months at it they can go along w>th the entire school. In four or five years thtjr are perfect masters of „ the art, and I don’t suppose there is a boy in I Philadelphia Telegraph, the seventh or eighth grade who can not read at sight any music you place before him or her, no matter what its key. Instrumental teachers tell me that it helps them greatly, and they find boys of 14 or 15 who t>egin to take violin lessons able to read the notes as well as themselves. Children who have gons through the vttcal course in the publi • schools get through an instrumental course in two quarters less than others require.—Cor. St. Louis G lobe-1 Vmocrat. MANNING S RECOVERY. A Probability that He Will be at His Office Before 8ummer. Washington, April 13.—Secre tary Manning is reported to be pro gressing favorably towards com plete recovery, and it is believed by those nearest to him that if he has no set back, he will be able to resume the general di lection ot the treasuiy department before the hot weather begins, and to take up his daily office work again immediately after the sum mer vacation. To do so earlier would be, in the judgment of his frieads, both imprudent and un necessary, in view of the condition of completeness to which he had brought the reorganization and principal aunual work of the treas ury. These favorable anticipations were confirmed on Sunday by Dr. T. A. McBride, of New York, whom Dr. Lincoln had invited to pass the day in Washington to con sider and review with him the treatment of the case and to advise as a physician and nauralgical ex pert in respect to the future. Sec retary Manning has lost a great deal of superfluous flesh since his con finement, hut Dr McBride cousid ers this very favorable to his gener al health as well as to the plan of treatment accpted, in which horse back exercise is to follow the Swed ish movement cure, together with careful regulation of diet for about for about two or three months. Dr. McBride passed considerable time in conversation with Secretary Manning himself during Sunday. He returned to New York yester day. and forwarded to us by the committee of ladies. They are laboring in. s great cause, and the columns of the Bsnner- Wxtchmxn are free to them to use as may best promote their success. The ad dress is written in the right spirit, and we say to the Prohibitionists of Morgan county that they cannot be too earnest and zealous in their cause. A great mor al issue is at stake, and every friend of temperance must gird on his armor and not relax a muscle until the last ballot is deposited. There can be no division or half-way ground on this question. It was only by a firm and united stand, without compromise or quarter, that victory was won in Clarke county, and our friends over in Morgan must adopt the sarni- tactics if they succeed. The fol lowingaddress to the friends of Prohibi tion has been issued The undersigned hare beet, designated by the W. C. T. U., as an executive com mittee, to promote the cause of prohibi tion in Morgan county. \Ve have hoped for a law of registratiotion of voters, but in this we have been disappointed. Let us do the best we ean without it . Friends of temperance in Morgan rally! for the issue you have desired so long to meet is near at hand. Let us meet it couragely, wisely, well. Let us be good tempered and prudent, yet firm and resolute. Only be as determined for prohibition as its opponents are against it, and we ask no more. We want organizations and work; let every friend of the eause go to work. Appoint meetings in your neighborhood, and secure speakers. On election day. May, 5th, lay aside business and give the day to humanity and right. Have as many workers in the field as our opponents will surely have. If they work for a bad causa, should we not for a good one? Don’t be afraid of being over-zealous; the camplaint everywhere is that we are not taking any interest in the election. Let good temperance men be among the man agers at ajl the precincts. Remember thall if all the three managers are not either frec-holders or justices of the peace the election will not he legal. Follow the law; be sharp and acquaint yourself with it The law requires lists of tax defaulters to he furnished at all the precints. These the tax-collectors will and must provide. Go to the polls early—open and close by law. Let no man be caught by the talk of “taking away our rights;" prohibition don’t take away a man’s right to drink taki MERRY MOMENTS. Strength of Material in Walls. It is computed that a twelve-inch wall of hard-bur mxl bricks and good lime and sand , „ .... mortar could l*> built 1,000 feet high before ! barbershop. One had rod hair and the “The battle is not always to the strong,” said the J udge as ho awardod the butter premium at a country fair. Two heads are better than one—On a freak in a dime museum “Heaven Revealed” is the tittle of work recently issued. Anothe cook book most likely. A ^few days ago two men were in the tho liottom layers would l>e crushed. If Portland cement were added to the mortar the height might reach 2,700 feet.—Arkansaw Traveler. Fainting the Portrait of the Pope. To the young Italian artist who is pointing his portrait Pope Ixxi recently said: “Taka another look at me! Am I not much younger than that! Mon Dieu! you must not make aa old man of me.”—Exchange. The Romantic Story of an Ohio Belle Who Lived Many Years as a Man. San Francisco, Cal., April 9.— The application of Peter Elehe barne, of San Jose, for letters of ad ministration on the estate of Char lotte Parkhurst, in Santa Cruz county has made public a remark able story of a woman’s dual life. Early in the spring of 1S4S the peo pie ol Sandusky- were startled by tbe discovery that Miss Charlotte Parkhurst, only daughter of Frank Parkhurst, a prominent citizen, had eloped with the town postmaster during the night. The distracted father searched for his Lottie lor months without success, and finally concluded she had come to an un timely death. A few years after this the California gold fever was at its height. Railroads were un known. Stages were the only- means at hand for transporting mi ners to different points in the gold fields, and experienced drivers were in demand. Their perilous exploits with mustang teams were told in cabin and by camp fire. None of these bold pioneer stage drivers were ottener mentioned than Was vonng Charley Parkhurst. To know One-Eyed Charley, as he was call ed from the fact of having lost art eye in a fight with highwaymeii, was to respect and admire him for quiet, courageous character. Tiring of stage driving Parkhurst sought more congenial pursuits and was made time station agent for the stage cotnpany, ’ when coaches plied between this city and Wat sonville. At one time he was put in possession of and held a disput ed tract of land now valued at $20,- 000, when the struggle over the property was so bitter that only a brave, determined man was bejiev- ed equal to the task of holding it, After an eventful career in C>li fornia Parkhurst was found dead in bed oh Dec; 29, 1879. Then the startling fact was revealed that ■Chirley Parkhurst was a woman Subsequent investigation establish ed beyond doubt the identity oi the famous-jehu ' with Charlotte Park hurst, the eloping belle' of Sandus ky. A singular circumstance is that until now after Hie lapse of... . ^ Anport ^otved tia b. would mak. over six'years no effort has been: -fctarofrnal SpUt ** tee jirh hand on Year’s Evo—zn znqflrtoaa data, be nxv Etdorsd.-wbenfiosae and goodwill would be QMnMtfe/tia hearts of women a* of moa feared. Tberlngers hod done teeir dutvin “I WANT YOUR MONEY.” But He Didn't Oet It-Daring AtU&pt to Rob a Merchant. Alexandria. Minn., April, 6 — About 10 o'clock Sunday night, while numerous people were on the street a vicious character stepped into tlie general merchandise store of J. C. R'ckmann, and asked for chewing tobacco. While being waited upon by the proprietor who was alone, tbe stranger covered Mr. Rickmann with a revolver and said: “I want your money.” Richman quickly reached tor a weight, when the villian fired, 'he ball striking him below the left snoulder, ami is supposed to have entered the lung, the wound is pos sible fatal. Ih a moment citizens rushed in, sttracted by the report and cry ot Mr. Rickmann blit the man had ei capcd. Price Peterson is suspected A special police drove to his home Monday morning and made the arrest, hut the prisoner escaped ftom the house befoie being shackled, carrying a bullet with l.im. Abont 125 well armed citizen have come out. A report has been received that- they have him corailed in the Home City woods. At present Rickmann is quite easy. The viRjage president has offered $300 for the arrest of the guilty person. A message was re ceived last night saying that he was wanted in Detroit, Mich. Word has also been received from the woods calling for more help. It is proposed in congress to in crease the appropriation for carry ing the foreign mails from $375,000 to one million dollars. POWDER Absolutely Pure. ' • ■ -7, ";j- i * *ti‘; >r ▼ atIm. ▲ TisrYel ot purity rreuifth sai wrtiolesoaenes*. More economic* haattke oniintrjr Ktn<U, an-i cannot bo sold i* 1 cua petition urith toe « Altitude of (oir left, sho jr»:<ht *!u u >r p'i xpti ite pow lers. Sola on JtJYAL BAKtNi POffCERCO. I W*U«k N V, sasKUwl other was baMheaded. Hed hair to bald- head —“ You were not around when they were siting hair?” Baldhead—,‘Yes, I was there; but they only had a little red hair left and I would not take it,” An honest but rather illiterate old far mer, while addressing a school house, audience on temperance confessed, that he had been a driking man. “But my friend he said, “I never drunk to success. A boil in the kettle is worth two on the neck. The most forward women look the mos* backward on the street. The Texas and Pacific bridge over the Trinity river at Dallas, Texas is ninety feet above the water level. A negro walk ing across the bridge recently was over taken by a train and was so scared that he leaped from the bridg went plumb down into the water, and after half a minute arose and swam ashore unhurt The parent who never tells a child tha* he loves it except when about to give it a good licking makes a terrible mistake Some one wants to know where the idea oY rowing originated. Why, from the fishes of course. Havn’t you ever seen a shad roe? A Tennessee man had invented a new lemon squeezer. If it will squeeze lem on pies out of dried apples it will fill a long felt want. Kulalie’s wedding dress cost £2,000. The Queen of the Belgians selected the lace tlouces in Bussels, and oh how hap py she must have been. “What was the matter with my poem? You sent it back.” asked the young poet, “was it too long?” Old editor, “No, too thin/ It is a strange thing that the man who knows exactly how to run a newspaper is always engaged in some kind of busi- uess. A Brooklyn girl is developing a healthy bread around her rosy mouth. She will not tell who she caught it from. An old deacon from the countryy who attended a fashionable evening party re turned home and said that Boston women were like Western cattle they were never properly dressed until they were dead. In St. Louis, the other day, Henry Am mel killed his mother-in-law in a dispute over the possession of a two dollar “God Bless our Home” motto. Mrs. Belva Lockwood says that the trained skirt is in its origin a badge of ser vility. It will be difficult, however to train society to this belief. Many a man doesn't realize that ho has had a swell time at an evening party until he attempts to put hi& hat on the next morning. A little boy asked father, a few days ago if it was wicket to say Rotterdam. inga that Hon. John^H!^* u . tlie only surviving priv^^S wsr, was enrout* to fUl * £ ! North-Eastern. A confer 0,1 Hj many friend* of this di.t,w*, * 11 tleman vu zt once held, to^ 11 *^ fit and means to receive hin.: *>it befitting his rank ^<\ J. E. Cox was appointed assembly, and C. WashingJ^ 01 M requested to act a, secreu,. , *» l moved and seconded that a -L ' ** I be taken up, and the sum of fij, 1 I whs at once subscribed. The C * su I and secretary were authorized the entire amount of the coll, aecuring for Athens' dutingZ^M tor a reception that would lay ’ i * , l Roman triumphs in the «h»d < ***' some delay a team consisting „f cared mule and a hickory. with ‘, * ! *c wag.n was hired of a countryIT**' two cents oer hour, » a d . sharp the cavalcade left Bzld"' 1 ^ Fleming’s corner for the depot'‘' was promptly reached at 12:35 7“ 11 the double-screech of the “ nounced the news that there wi,'’!* 1 '' usually distinguished cargo on^ I Private Hughes was at once t»; f . I session of by the committee of t w „ together with his trunk consigned , rear seat in the wagon. There perfect ovation tendered the pro c .' | as it dashed up College avenue rate of ten hours a mile, tnd n- fiery, untamed, long-eared U,,/ was bedecked with flowers by an , n /| siastic multitude. As we gr, lo !'L the cavalcade has not a, yet rei.hH^I top of the water tower hill. J> r ~ Hughes will register at tlie Hot.;. Baldwin. A public reception will J tendered him to-morrow at 11 o cloth ‘ Gunne's. Power& Co.,are etenm>.| to make the milliuery deparimeo; | i heir largesL'.re one of tlie train | w#t | of Harmony Grove. This ilqurtn^l is presided overby Mrs. Gum.n, Mrs. Garricht, two of the beat oiii||„, in North East Ga. IN THE GOOD OLD TIME. How Beaux and Belles Faired After Church . for the Walk Homer Borllrgtoa Reporter. We always sat on the rear bench at church, anil when the doxology had been sung and the benediction had beeii pronounced, we “slid out.” This is the Latin for going outside and ranging ourselves in rows just beyond the door and on either side of the walk leading from it. When the girls came out, one st a time, we watched our chances and asked the momentous question: “Can 1 see you home to-night?” so low nobody but the girl could hear it, and then walked off with her as proudly as if we had conquered a nation—un less we got “the mitten,” sometimes called “the sack,” for short. “A good looking girl often ‘sacked’ as many as a dozen of us here before she got through with the exercise of the evening. The less desirable girls came out first, and as all of us were bent on car- ,y ing off the prize beauty, were per mitted to depart for home unmo lested. Some of them occasionally looked out of the corners of their eyes at us, as much as to say, ‘Mo lest me if you want to,’ but we suf fered them to depart in peace. When the belle of the evening came to the door there was a gen eral sigh outside, and those nearest her all tendered their arms. She would cast her eagle eye over the calf-pasture and pick out the one who held highest favor in her eyes, take his arm and lean lovingly up on it, while the other boys found themselves alone in the silent dark ness with no more girls to ask and no more girls to go home with and make them afraid. Slowly and sadly we took up our weary bur dens and wandered toward home, trying to think of some charm that would enable us to overthrow our successful rival. whisky, but takes away his right to sell Don’t be caught by the specious argu ment of “high licence.” Why prohibit by law all other evils, and put high licence only on this evil? How would it look to put high licence on stealing, or any oth er evil prohibited by law. Don’t be led to think prohibitition will ruin trade. Eatonton’s large cotton receipts, while prohibitoa prevails disapprove it. Let us save our boys from being the customers of saloons. The soloons must have cus tomers or they will close doors. Who shall furnish them ? Will they be your boys? Fathers, consider well how you vote—your vote may licence liquor, and cause your boy to dy a drunkard. Moth ers constitute yourselves into committees of one and work at home on those who mustdothe votings. Y'oung men, put yourselves right on the record—start life with no such record as licencing liquor to be made or sold. If saloons are good for the peace and happiness of families and the prosperity ef communities, let them be multiplied. If not let them be done away with. Friends, go to work— victory is in our power. With God and conscience on our side, with our wives and mothers and sisters to aid us and smile upon us, with ourboys to save from drunkards graTes, why should we not succeed? In tbe language of another, in time of great crisis, let us say, “with mal ice towards none, but charity for all, at God gives us to sec the right, let us do the right.” .Tauks P. Wade. S. A. Bt-uxir. 1’. M. Atklsson. SPECTACLES. Parties wanting spectacles or glasses can have their eyes exaoa, and glasses fitted Wv calling on l)r. Km enherg, a skilled optician, »t his offi« cl Michael Bros.’ store. AN EXCELLENT SPEKE. Yesterday morning, Col. J. V. Uerrcl addressed the students in the Iirmw nian hall. His speech wu filled vj I good advice to the young men. and [ ed that he bad never lost his lore for i [ University and the old Demoitheniit John Scroggins, of Jackson count 1 will open a barroom just acrbutal Madison county line. < A NARROW ESCAPE. ' The other day Judge Mitchell hong: I a paper of strychnine to kill soar n grant cats that had been serenading his I at night, and put it away un » shelf oil. I ready' to use it. The poison was fourt I by an inquisitive little negro, whowul just in the act of ewzUowing it whe: discovered and saved. LEATHER MOTHS. A Destructive Little Insect Peculiar Only to Athens. While in the store of Baldwin & Flem ing, yesterday, we were attracted by the senior proprietor picking little worms and bugs from beneath the inside sole ef a new pair of shoes. They had bur rowed in the leather and were consum ing it liko saw-worms would pine bark. In reply to an inquiry Mr. Baldwin ex plained that these little insects are firat a tiny white worm, but afterwards turn to a brown bug. The first time he neticed them in his stock was two years ago, when on taking out a box of slippers they were found to be ruined by the leather moths. They make their ap pearance beneath the inside sole, next to the heel, and would gradually bore their way through the shoe and render it worthless. They are never found in new stock, but only in shoes that hare been packed away through the wiuter. Camphor and like preventives have been tried, but no effect is had on the moths. Messrs. Baldwin & Fleming wrote to dif ferent large shoe houses to find out what would stop the ravages of these pests, and were surprised to learn that it was only in Athens that the leather moths has ever appeared. In fact, a Boston shoe manufactory seemed to doubt the exis tence of such an insect. Every season they entail quite a loss on our shoe deal ers, as the goods attacked by the moths are either ruined or so injured that they are sold at a bargain. The moths seem to prefer, too, the finer quality of goods, and we noticed where they left brogank unmolested to attack a box of $7 shoes. LING SING. The above named gentleman was born of rich, but honest parents near the vil- liage of Yan-tum-kiva, and spent his early childhood in catching rats for his Imperial Highness, Chin-ah-lin-foo, but from his lowly position as chief rat catch er and assistant sweep out, he stands to day as an example of what man can do. And now he has risen to the exalted office of Lord High washee washec ex traordinary to the citizens of Athens. A RELIABLE ARTICLE. For enterprise, push, and a desire to get such goods ns will give the trade satisfaction E. S. Lyndon & G. W. Rush the druggists leads all competition for Dr. Bosanko’a Cough and Lung Syrup, because it is the best Medicine on the market, for Coughs, Colds, Croup and Primary Consumption. Price 50 ceeta and $1.00. Samples free. AFTER THE BOBBERS. The General Superintendent, Mr. Sad- ellei - , of the Southern Express Company, and Mr. Crosby, the Traveling Messen ger, she in tbe city looking after the sto len diambntts. Mr. Nusely, the Messen ger on the North-Eastern Railroad, re ceipted Capt. Wm. Williams, the ex press agent at Athenk, for the diamonds,’ and was receipted by the express agent on the R. & D. R. R. at Lhls for them. Ithi8 not yet 'Keen ascertained at what point the diamonds were stolen, but the j supposition is that they were taken at Lula. MOST PERFECT MADE ifo Annoritm, Lima or At AH. PRICE Elmo POWDER CO.. CHICAGO. I The North-Eastern railroadii down new cross-ties. Fsttiqfl HARMONY OROVE WILL JOIN. In conversation with some of the I!l-. I mony Grove base ball players they u; they are anxious to join the North<x I Georgia league and have a club alvinl in practice. Gunnels, Power a Co., "f IUrmoi Grove, keep constantly on hand s l»rJ and well assorted ninth of merchandise. The-' 'hiogdeps' 1.filled wihnoi hing but the latest l (Hi tlie stock is large un i tiiessM.itm-iti:l| best that can be loun! in the uorth-ia 1 market. Call a - Gunnel , I‘o*erA'o[ before purchasing. A DUEL IN THE M0USTAWI There is getting to be quite s waM'joi I in the mountains around Tallulah, duel will probably he the result St Merritt, a young lawyer of MsyinDt I feels that a Dr. Smith, of Clayton. Ribs: county, has done him some dtmige r.: I unless friends interfere a duel will bets* I resnlL Mr. Mersitt is a brillianttousi I lawyer and aa brave as a lion, uidwhn I he considers his honor assailed will fi;b: I ts the death. We hope it will be 1 bly adjusted. THE WORKING WORLD. The Working World is out of troub le, out of litigation and out of tho hands of a receiver. The differences between Mr. Woodward and Mr. Florence, the two gentlemen who are couducting the paper, have been amicably eetted, and the receiver has been dischargod. The paper will be conducted hereafter by Messrs. Woodward and Florence.—Con stitution. JD8T LIKE HIM. If there is one man more than another that appreciates the newspaper, it ia our energetic friend Mullane, and if there ih one man more than another that appre ciates more titan another it’s such a man as Mullane, with the characteristic lib erality for which he is proverbiaL Ho ornamented some of our straw hats on yesterday, which ye reporters appreciate and acknowledge. A CHINESE PAPER. Mr. Sol. Solomon, formerly of Athens, sent a Chinese paper to the Banner- Watchman printed in the hieroglyphics of the Chinese. Ling Sing is the only person in Athens that can tell anything about it. TRULY HAPPY. None are truly happy but those who are busy at some kind of useful work either of the hands or head. Skiff, the jeweler, is always busy at some useful work with both the hands and bead, and about as happy aa the average of human ity,. „ i - -■ OCONEE'S ELECTION. Ordinary Thruher has issued the or. der for the prohibition election in Oconee to come off on the SOCh of May. The order will appear in the next isatie of our. weekly. ‘ I mi , - 1 -- FLATAU SOLD OUT. "i- f,) S. Platan has fold out his store on Clayton streettb Hodgioa^ Brec,sbd piU go into another business. an qutlifled te rets for meaWn of I General jUsexablr, Mint beo fit* la ■’ I office, as required by General Loral Opiloa Oct ■ approved September I8tk 15*5. An elect)*? I hereby ordered to be held ot u*pl»«5oi ^| log election* *nr member* of the Ge**nl£ I ■embly, on tho 10th doy of May next (U hfl I within torty day* after th* reception •* | poll tion) to determine whether or I 8pirituou* Liqsor* as ore raeati*c*d in«: w * section of sold oet. shall be sold wjt*‘» ‘' | limit* of sold eoosty of Oconee. j*- aprilMwU. B. E. TR&AiKER. Or HE HIDE MORE ill nil IH OTHER B\ “My business necessi.aies ap»<j l!,,: of exposure upon me, and Ud mnW, owing to this fact, I was attacked vP n very severe case of inll*mm*:ory rht» matism.” “The physicians called It as It seemed to make a specify °j joluta. What t Buffered from this dreac disease can better be imagined t aa described. A person who hu never an attack of Inflammatory rhenmatun can never appreciate the excruc 8 pains and the agony which a him being can stand and still live. “I did everything I could to ca - myself. I tried every means inmyp® and every remedy left me *» b * worse than X was before. I could not re" my hand to my head, and it !ook»d even if.I was rid of the disease, test effects would cripple me lor life- “About fonr weeks ago I w** P*!* ded to try HunnicuU’aRhesoatictu^ and my relief was almost in«t* nt8 “ f ° I am now on my fourth bottle, »n tbe time itia finished, X will be *» wn ’ a man as there is in Georgia. “‘Have I any objection to tbe pu ation of these facts ?’ Not tbe least world, and I only hope tbit they meet the eye of every person ' an t was, and that they will b * lieT *j f ‘ M and be cured, and I want to «*y . here that I wonld not, for one th dollars, be to-day in the condltloo when I began using the remedy * made me whole again—Hu Rhemnatio Cure. ge „, “ I also have been • *rea« ^ from Indigestion and -dyspepsia, in fact, sod 8,nC#I J thetuTof tea cure, W. W .drh.v.«ptodandtonPdd^ tion and appetite as I ever hfo * Theabove’reaiarWsw*re*Md 7 ,