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Ufl it "I I'ARTitJRVii.i.HCcurKAJrr, Established 18h.> Consolidated 1887. i j flu 41 J < Ain kkhvii.m: Ambkicak, “ ***-•> Georgia Chemical Works, Manufacturers of Hiji Urals Fertilizers and Ml Pkjlatss! o Capacity of Factory in 1876, 5,000 TO 7,000 TONS! First Ton was Manufactured Dec. 22, 1876 Capacity of Factory in 1886, OVER 30 000 TONS ! Quality, Purity and Analysis of Every Ton Guaranteed. STANDARD GUANOS: Mastodon, Lowe’s Georgia Formula, Grain Fertilizers, Dissolved Bone Phosphate & Potash, Acid Phosphate, With and Without Potash. ME II BEST ITEHIIL. SI'I,UNDID MECHANICAL CONDITION. EVERY BAS FULL WEIGHT. 0 The goods manufactured by us have no su perior as to quality, and our Acid Phosphate, either with or without Potash, has never been equalled, as shown by the following official re ports of the Department of Agriculture of the State of Georgia. READ THE RECORD ! Aell Phosphate Without Potash Acid Phosphate With Potash. Available Available Phosphoric Phosphoric Acid. Acul. Potash It. O. Season ’B2-83 15.15 per cent 13.25 per cent 1.75 per cent Season ’B3-84 15.8<> per cent 14.00 percent 1.52 percent Season’B4-85 10.80 per cent 14.05 per cent 1.10 per cent Season ’BS-80 15.05 per cent 13.55 per cent 1.20 per cent SEASON OF 188-’B7. Official Analysis Just Deceived: 18.20 Per Cent. 17.65 Per Cent. 2.25 Per Cent. The above is higher than we claim, and we reqtested the Department to review its An alysis. o file Official Ml of Revision: Acid Phosphate With Potash, Acid Phosphate Without Potash Analysis: Analysis: Moisture 7.00 Moisture 0.85 Insoluble Plios. Acid 0.05 Insoluble Plios. Acid 0.00 Soluble “ 10.00 Soluble “ .10 20 Reverted “ 1.50 Reverted “ 2.05 Available “ 17.50 Available “ 18.25 Ammonia OO Ammonia .OO Potash 2.20 Potash _ OO Commercial Value Commercial 4 alue $2<.38 Our reputation and grades shall be main tained, and these goods will be sold at figures competitive with standard high grade brands. Patronize the industries near you when you can get NOT ONLY VALUE but promptness and satisfaction. We thank the public for its past liberal pat ronage, and shall in the future guarantee the same faithful service and fair dealing. EMEU CHEMICAL IBIS, Office 735 and 737 Reynolds Street, Augusta, - - - Georgia. THE COMT-AMERICAN. LATO PURELY VEGETABLE. It acts with extraordinary efficacy on tho yivER, |(| DN EYS f J—-n and Bowels. AN EFFECTUAL SPECIFIC FOR Malaria, IJowel Complaints, Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, Constipation, Biliousness, Kidney Affections, Jaundice, Mental Depression, Colic! BEST FAMILY MEDICINE No Household Should he Without It, and, by being kept ready for immediate use. will save many an hoiir of suffering and many a dollar In time and doctors’ bills. THERE IS BUT ONE SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR See that you get the genuine with red "Z” on front of Wrapper. Prepared only by J.H.ZEILIN &, CO., Sole Proprietor*, Philadelphia, Pa. PRICE, 91.00. HALL’S HOW’S THIS! N'c of tv,.- One Hundred Dollars Howard for tiny ease of Catarrh that cannot be cured by II il ’s Catarrh Cure. F, .7. CHUNKY & CO., Prop’rs, Toledo, O. P. B.—llatl’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucus sur f: ce- < ’ the svs'om. l*iicc, 7.) cts. per bottle. Sold by a 1 diujgists. Rheumatic Cure USL CAPITAL PRIZE, $ 150,000. “We do hereby certify that we sapervise the arrangements for all the Monthly and Semi- Annual Drawings of The Louisiana State Lot tery Company, ai.tl in person manage and con trol the Drawings themselves, and that the s one are conducted with honesty, fail ness, and in good faith toward all parties, and we authorize the Company to use this cerlifflc tie, with fac similes of our signatures attached, iu its adver tisements.” Commissioners. We the undersigned flanks and Bankers will pay all Frizes dnwn in The Louisiana State Lotteries w hich may be presented at our coun ter-. J. H. OGLESBY, Pres. Louisana Nat. Bk P. LANAUX, Pres. State Nat’l Bank. A. BALDWIN, Pres. N, O. Nat’l Bk. UNPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION ! OVtK HALF A MILLION DISTRIBUTED Tbe Louisiana State Lottery Company Incorporied in ISCB for 23 years by the Logis laturelor Educational and Charitable purposes— with a enpitid of sloo,ooo—'.o which a reserve fund of over $550,000 lias since been added, lly an overwhelming popular vote its fran chise was made a part of the present State Con stitution adopted December 2d, A. D., 187‘J. The only Lottery ever voted on and endorsed by the people of any State, It never scales or postpones. Its grand Single Number Drawings take place monthly, and the Semi-Annual Drawings legularly every six months (June and Decem "‘a’SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A FORTUNE. THli:i> GHAND DRAWING. CI.ASS C, IN ACADEMY OF MUSIC, NEiV ORLEANS, TUESDAY, March 15, 1887— 202d Monthly Drawing. Capital Prise $150,000. D5-*Notlcc.—'Tickets are Ten Dollars only. Halves $5. Fifth* $2. Tenths sl. i,ist ok ritiZEs. 1 CAPITAL PRIZE OF $150,000....5150,000 1 GRAND PRIZE OF 50.000 ... 50,000 1 GRAND PRIZE OF 20,000 ... £O.OOO 2 LARGE PRIZES OF 10.000 ... 20,1X10 4 L ARGE PHIZES OF 5 000... 20,000 20 PRIZES OF 1,000.... 20.000 50 “ 500 ... 25,000 100 “ 500... 30,000 450 200... 40,000 500 “ 100.... 50,(XX) 1,010 “ 50.... 50,000 APPROXIMATION PRIZES. 1(.0 Approximation Prizes of SIOO ... $30,000 100 “ “ 200 20,000 100 “ *‘ 100 ... 10,000 2,179 Prizes, amounting to $535,000 Application for rates to clubs should be made only to the office of (he Company in New Orleans. For lurther inlornn.t'on wrile clearly, giving full address. Postal Notes, E.\pre-s Money Orders, or New York Exchange in ordinary let ter. Currency by Express (at our expense) ad dressed M. A. DAUPHIN. New Orleans, La., or M. A. DAUPHIN, Washington, D. C. Address Registered Letters to NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK, New Orleans, La. REMEM BER 5.&5 and Karly, \\li< are in charge of tlie diawirg-, is a guarantee of absolute tairness and intt gtity. that the chances are all equal, and that no one c*u possibly divine what numbers will draw a Piiz \ All parties therefore advertising toguarantee Priz s in this I.o'tery,o- holding out any other impossible inducements, are swindlers, and only aim to deceive and defraud the unwaiy. Askvotir retailor for the James Moans’ S3 Shofc Caulion ! Some dealers recommend inferiflk go. xls in order to make a larger profit. This is tha origiunl $3 Shoe. Beware of imitations which ac knowledge their own Inferiority by attempting to build upon the reputation of the original. None Genuine unless bearing this Stamp, JAMES MEANS’ rta<u=j S 3 SHOE. Made in Button, Congress and \i t Sr" sm Lace. Best Ca(f Skin. Unex- K celled iu Durability, CotStfvrtdk {*' Vtci" Apjtearunce. A postal card Bn \\ Sk sent to us will bringyouin fi V'.. a* formation how to get this I*'' \\ shoe tin any State or Our celebrated factory produces a larger quantity of Shoes of this grade than any other factory in the world. Thousands who wear them will tell you the reason If you ask them. JAMES MEANS’ &110 E for Boys Is unapproached in Durability. CARTERSVILLE, GA„ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1887. MOKE GOOD NEWS. CAPITAL BY TIIE MILLIONS TO FLOW INTO OLD BARTOW. The Etowah Property to he the Scene of Disturbance —A Million Dollar Roll ing Mill, Smelting Mills, Flour ing Mills to be in Operation in Eighteen Mouths. The Courant American is fully aware that its readers are eager to grasp any in formation concerning the probable devel opment of the various resources through out our county and section. It is not desired to publish anything but what may be substantiated. The Etowah syn dyeate with its headquarters in Atlanta, is alive and are rapidly making arrange ments to commence operations on their property here. They are slow in giving out any news concerning their plans, and we have to rely to a great extent upon what can be gathered from other sources. The following correspondence to the Ba-' vannah News has the true ring about it and the writer evidently is on the inside and in a position to write intelligently and truthfully. From the article it will be seen that the property will be a live bee hive in a few months, and will prove a vast benefit to the whole country. Sm Her industries and enterprises will spring up in our midst and the very fondest hopes of the most sanguine may yet be realized. Atlanta Correa, onder.ee Savannah News.] Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 17. —By far the most important enterprise that has been inaugurated in Georgia since the war is now fully under headway, and is being pushed with much vigor and determina tion by a syndicate, composed of the presidents of two banks and ten other of the most substanial citizens of this state. The origin of this enterprise is the purchase recently of what is known as the Etowah property, three miles from Cartersville and about fifty miles from Atlanta. The property consists of 17,00(1 acres of the choicest mineral and most productive agricultural lands in Georgia, a large portion of which is covered by a deuse forest of oak and pine timber. Much of the tract fronts on the Western and Atlantic railroad, and before tbe war a short railroad bui t by the owners of the property ran thro igh a portion of the tract to several mines and furnaces which were then being operated. Gen. Sher man, in his march to the sea, destroyed the road. At that time several furnaces and rolling mills were in successful op eration, the product of which was nads and merchant iron, much of which wds sold in Georgia and the adjacent states. During the war a considerable portion of the product of these mills was used in making horseshoes. The Etowah Iron and Manganese Company, which has recently acquired THIS MAGNIFICENT PROPERTY, will commence at once to lay iron on the old road bed, and extend the line through the tract so as to give ample facilities for the.development of every acrecf this im mense territory. A large force of hands will be put to* work building tbe line as soon as the survey which is now going on is completed. "Negotiations are being made for the construction of several hun dred houses for the use of tbe operators who will be employed in the various en terprises that will soon be established there. The Etowah river, noted for its immense water pow T er, runs through the greater portion of the land, besides which several smaller streams, giving additional water power, traverse the property, and after enriching the lands through' which they run, flow into the Etowah. Four miles of this river show a fall of seventy feet, and furnish a water power of nearly 12,000 horse, at the lowest stage of water. The character of minerals to be found is principally iron and manganese,- while vast quantities of baryta, ochre, limestone, sandstone, talc and asbestos are to be found in every section. The manganese is of the best quality, many samp’es of w’hich yield 55 per cent, of manganese metal, and is found in immense quanti ties, so much so that the supply is be lieved to be exhaustless. Several large shipments of it have been made to Europe and there is a ready demand for all that can be taken out. These deposits of man ganese are thought to be all that there are in Georgia, and in consequence their value cannot be overestimated. To make any kind of showing in taking out this , wealth of manganese it wi 1 require the removal^of SEVERAL MILLION TONS, and then an abundance will be left to supply even the most exhorbitant de mands. The iron ore to be found od the property not on’y abounds in vast and measureless quantities, but the output from the various openings that have been made show a remarkable variety m the way of quality. The heavy growth of oak and pine tim ber, which covers a considerable portion of tbe tract, will furnish an abundance of charcoal, and several charcoal chemical furnaces will be constructed at once, so as to utilize the wood. Besides this the company will construct an immense smelting mill for manganese, and another for iron ore. Another enterprise wh'cb will be established will be A MILLION DOLLAR ROLLING MILL for the manufacture of steel rails, and seyeral other mills for the production of merchant and bar iron. Other enterpri ses, such as a mill for making nails, one for the manufacture of horse shoes, and, in fact, numberless factories for turning out all kinds of goods to be produced from iron and steel will be put up. The con struction of car works and a plant for the production of car wheels is also being favorably discussed, with a strong proba bility that both of these enterprises will be under headway within the next eighteen months. The old flouring mill, the remnants cf which are still to be seen, and when in operation before the war produced about 500 barrels of flour daily, is to be rebuilt on the most improved style. These enterprises are among the number now determined upon. As the work of development progresses, others of like importance will he inaugurated. With its magnificent water power, its boundless forests of oak and pine, and the inexhaustible supply of manganese and iron ores, manufactories and enter prises of all characters can be established there upon a sound footing and made to pay from the beginning. Mr. J. 11. Parkes, a substantial farmer near Kingston, Kentucky, has success fully trained a force of seven large monkeys to work in his hemp fields, and to break and prepare the hemp for market. They do the work quicker_and better than the negroes he formerly em ployed, and the cost is about one-fourth, It required about four months of train ing to get the animals to understand the duties required of them. But now they seem to comprehend it all, and to perform their daily labor with but little difficulty. The monkeys was sent to Mr. Pfirkes by his brother who is engaged in business in Cape Town, South America, and who had seen the animals put to similar uses by the natives of that country. Mr. Parkes will send for about ten more, six of which will be sold to John G. Taylor, another extensive raiser of hemp and neighbor of Mr. Parkes. THE ETOWAH PROPERTY. At'anta Journal.] The statements made in the Journal Saturday, iu reference to the company that have lately purchased this fine property, and their liberal plaus for its restoratiou and fuller development, have attracted much interest. The gentle men who are investing their money and energies in this enterprise are some of our most sagacious and public-spirited citizens—men who would not rush wildly into any speculation or business without good assurance of its success. Iu this instance they have the record and re membrance of for oner success to give them the best assurance. The property, as is well known, was worked advanta geously under the superintendence of the late Hon. Mark A. Cooper up to and during the first years of the late war, and his investment and facilities were by no means equal to those of the geu tlemen who propose to continue and ex tend his work. Not only does the laud bought by the company contain au in exhaustible supply of the finest ores, but its location affords superior facilities for converting it into the best and most needed iron, as well as transporting it to market. Other schemas for the greatly increased production of iron may be of the “wild cat” or speculating order, but of tho stability and success of this there can be no doubt. To Atlanta, especially, this enterprise promises to be of great benefit and ad vantage. Its proximity and the superi ority of its iron product will contribute largely to the support and success of the manufacturing enterprises already es tablished and those yet to be built up in our citjx It is on increased manufac tures, both of the smaller and larger kinds, that Atlanta must mainly rely for continued growth and trade, and this splendid enterprise will bo an important factor iu promoting aud sustaining them. By all means, aid aud encomage it to its full development. IS IT A WONDER? A Most Startling Statement l>y tlie State Commissioner of Agriculture. In a supplemental report receutly is sued by the State Agricultral Department we find the following item: “The aver age cash piica paid for bacon iu the state during the year was 8 cents per pound, while llie average price on time, payable November Ist, was 11 {- cents. The average price for corn was G 9 cents, and the time price 93 cents. “The farmer purchasing supplies on time pays in tins way about 42 per cent, on bacon and 344 per cent, on corn for about four months time, which is equiv alent to rates of iuterest of 12G and 104 per cent, per annum. In this, taken in connection with the fact that little more than two-thirds of a provision supply is produced in the state, is shown oue im portant reason for the hard times expe rienced by the farmer. These materials may be profitably produced at home, and the mouey that is expended for such supplies outside of the state, is an un necessary aud damaging drain upon our resources.” In connection with the above report the Americus Journal comments as fol lows : “No wonder farming does not pay —the farmer. It seems, however, to pay the supply merchant very well. If a farmer can come out even at tlie end of the year aud pay such an interest, then farming in Georgia is the most profitable business we know of. But farmers for the past three years have not come out even, aud it is little won der. In any other class of business they could not liav held up three months. The commissioner cf agricult ure does well to call attention to such important facts.” NO ESCAPE THAT TIME. Youth’s Companion.] In the early history of Indiana there was a time when the inhabitants suffered from the depredations of a desperate gang of horse thieves. Many of the offenders were captured, tried and proved guilty, yet through some defect in the indictment, escaped punishment. Naturally, the people complained of this, for they got neither satisfaction nor protection. About this lime General Marston G. Clark was appointed judge, to till a vacancy. He was not learned in the law, but he had a stern lover of jus tice, and, as the following anecdote proves, the people did well in trusting their oause in his hands : Court came on ; Judge Clark on the beucli. The jail at this time was full of horse thieves. The penalty was not less than thirty-nine lashes ou the bare back. The grand jury returned indict ments against each of the prisoners. Judge Clark—We will try John Long first, as he seems to be a leader in this business. Sheriff, bring him info court. The sheriff brought the man in. “John Long,” said .the judge, “stand up. You are indicted for stealing an Indian pony. Are you guilty, or not guilty?’’ Counsel for John Long—may it please the court, we plead in abatement that his name is John H. Long. Judge Clark—That makes no differ ence ; I know the man, aud that is suffi cient. Counsel—We then move to quash the indictment. Judge Clark—State your objections. Counsel—First, there is no value of the horse laid ; second, it is charged iu the indictment to be a horse, when it is a gelding. Judge Claik—l know an ludiau pony is worth ten dollars, aud I shall consider that a gelding is a horse ; motion over ruled. The prisoner then pleaded not guilty. The jury was impanelled ; the trial was short ; verdict, guilty ; sentence, thirty nine lashes on his bare back. Asa last resort, Long’s counsel moved an arrest of judgment, on the ground that it was not charged in the indict ment that the horse was stolen iu the territory of Indiana. The judge promis ed to consider the point, and give a decision the next day. Meantime he ordered the sheriff to keep the prisoner safe. But privately he told the sheriff to take LoDg into the woods, clean out of hearing, and give him thirty-nine lashes on his bare back, well laid on, then put him in jail again. “Keep this to yourselves,” he added, “and bring the prisoner into court in the morning.” Tho order was obeyed to the letter, and, next morning. Long was in the box agaiu, his counsel ignorant of what had takeu place. Judge Clark—l have been thinking of the case of Long. I think we will grant him anew trial. Long, springing to his feet, cried out, “Oh, no; for heaven’s sake! I have been whipped almost to death already. I discharge my attorneys, and withdraw their motion.” Judge Clark—Clerk, enter the judg ment on the book and mark it satisfied. The other prisoners were brought in, in succession, and convicted. No mo tion to quash, or iu arrest, was afterward made. The prisoners were whipped and discharged, carrying with them the news to all their comrades. Not a horse was stolen iu that part of the territory for years afterward. THE TEX AS l FFEREKS. A Plea For i heir Belief From tl£ La uies' Benevolent Altl Society of Henrietta—A Chance For the Charitable. To Elitors Coui ant-Ameri'a-.n.] Will you allow me space iu your valu able paper to make an appeal for tbe sufferers iu Western Texas? I know there are a great many who are opposed to the people of this country asking for help, but the truth is, they must have it, they can not live without it, aud I see those who are most opposed to seeking help are the ones who do the least to relieve the people. I now ask the peo ple of the United States to send clothing to this people. They are greatly need ed ; men, women aud children of the laboring class are uot half clothed, and fully oue-third are uot half fed. I know families that are depeudiug upon the charity of their neighbors, aud ouo widow told me yesterday she had only one gallon of meal, had lived on bread alone since Christmas, aud did uot have a change of clothing. One old man told me he had on all the clothes he had in the world, and that he could not change his clothes if he were to die. There is uo money in the country, no food and no clothing. If you will box or bundle your cast-off clothing aud semi it, with freight prepaid, to me at Myrtle, Tex., I will distribute the same to the people. The Ladies’ Benevolent Society of Hen ri eita have appointed me their agent to solicit contributions. Will you interest yourself in this mutter? You can do a great deal if you will, aud God will re ward you, M. E. I vie. Myrtle, Clay County, Tex. LOUISIANA LAW. Tho Slayer of Joint Kirkpatrick to be Pardoned. There seems to be some very caustic strictures from different papers of Louisi ana in regard to the disposition of the case of Dr. Ford, the slay er of John C. Kirk patrick, formerly of this place. The New Orleans Item, a newspaper that stands high has the fo’lowing: The following from the Boston Demo crat of the sth inst., will shock the moral sense of the people terribly, and cast an other shameful staiu upon the reputation of Louisiana through its officials. The Item does not believe it possible that the Boaul of Pardons could in any manner be even approached through such influ ences as the Democrat so unqualifiedly asserts ; hut for public credit and individ ual fair fame that, paper should make known the foundation of its terrible charge, in order that no vestige of suspi cion that it is true may he permitted to linger in the mind of any honorable hu man being at home or abroad. We quote : dr. ford’s trial (?) The following special to the Shreveport Times tells what has become of the Ford- Ivirk Patrick case. “New Orleans, Feb. 2. —Dr. Ford, through counsel, plead guilty of man slaughter, which was accepted by the State’s attorney. A pardon will speedily follow. I consider that the case was ad mirably conducted. “W. P. Ford.” Just why Dr. Ford should speculate upon tbe chances for a pardon is one of the many things the public will never un derstand. This case will go down in the records of the State like the Ford case in Missouri (for the assassination of Jesse James), the murderer pardoned before the trial of his case, and will only show how shallow the law is in Louisiana. The real fact is, Dr. Ford was promised imme diate pardon through the influence of money or he would never have entered the plea of manslaughter. TAKE YOUR CHOICE. Just How Prohibition is Working in At lanta. Corstitution. From the f blowing expressions of the present mayor aud the last mayor of the city the public can satisfy itself as to the working of prohibition in Atlanta. There can now bo no further doubt concerning the question, as everybody will agree with the two mayors : Ex-Mayor Hillyer, Mayor Cooper (auti) (pro.) press letter. press telegram. The truth is, there Chicago, Feb. 10. is not one-tenth of —Mayor Cooper, of the drunkenness' in Atlanta, Ga., ae- Atlanta that there companied by alder used to be in the men and other offi days of the bar- cials of that city, ar rooms. Tho reform rived in the city in the drinking hab- yesterday. They its of the people is have come specially unmistakable, aud to examine into the in the very highest improvem en t s in degree gratifying, fire extinguishing Taken altogether, apparatus, aud iu tlie prohibition law tend to purchase is to-day better en- some chemical en forced in the city ot giues. The party Atlanta, than is the will exteud its tour law against conceal- 1 to Baltimore aud ed weapons, or any New York. Talk of that class of mis ing with a reporter demeanors. What for a local paper, we have achieved by j Mayor Cooper, who prohibition is worth lis an anti-prohi bi all, and a thousand tionist, said he did times more than if'not thmk any good has cost us iu the had been aecom struggle to carry it. piished by tlie new Ever siuce its adop-; prohibitory laws, tion prohibition has All members of the been a very decided party declared that benefit in material!drunkenness is as prosperity; but of prevalent ns ever very much greater aud that no tliirs benefit in the moral ty man need suf well-being of the for the want of people. liquor. In a Delaware jail yard last week ten prisoners, stripped to the waist, stood, shivering in front of a pillory and whip ping-post. Six of them were colored men. All of them were hard-looking cases. They had been convicted of bur glaries and thefts and were to be pun ished under the Delaware law. The first man punished was a white man who had been convicted of stealing a horse and wagon. He was given twenty lashes with a cat-o’-niue-tails. The next man was given teu lashes for steal ing some clothing. Each prisoner was given a dose of the cat and some of them had to stand in the pillory for a while. A motley crowd walched the infliction of the punishment and jeered at the cul prits. Fortune Favors Faith in a St. Louis Man. Many persons are made happy by the Louisiana State Lottery Company. Last drawing Fortune smiled upon Mr. Cor nelius Becannon, a prominent and es teemed citizen of St. Louis, Mo., who has great faith in this Company. For years he has invested in eyeiy drawing, and nine times out of ten he has drawn a prize. Last month he “went it a'one,” and came within one number of the capi tal. He this month purchased another ticket, and happily got one-tenth of No. 01,060, which drew $150,000, and at the office of the Company, was given a check on the New Orleans National Bank.— New Orleans Picayune, Jan. ;32. SENATOR JOE BROWS, OF.GEORQI.V. Utica Observir After fini-hiug a course of studies at . the Yale law school Brown liuug out his shingle at Canton, Ga. The first year he made 51,200. His practice rapidly grew and he was soon making $2,000 ! and then $3,000 a year. It is said that in all his law practice he has never lost a cliout, and he is one of the best jury ; lawers in Georgia. He invested hit ; savings and made more money in specu lation than in law. One of his first in- I vestments was a piece of land which he | paid $450 for. A copper mine was fouud | upon this, and he sold a half interest for j $25,000. About this time he married. His wife was the daughter of a Baptist preacher named Gresham, who is said to have brought about $25,000 iuto the family. It was in the Georgia stato rail | road that Brown made a large part of his fortune, though he has made good investments all his life. Early in his career he began to invest in lauds. These lauds have steadily grown in value, and they are of a character which makes their owner land rich instead of land poor. Brown owns the half of Colorado City, Texas, a town of 7,000 inhabitants, and he did own the whole of it. He has stocks and mines in different parts of Georgia, and he has made a great deal out of coal mines. He lives in Atlanta very plainly. His house is an old-fash iuned brick structure, with no attempt at j ornamentation. It is situated on Wash ! iugton street, the most fashionable i street of Atlanta, and is not worth more than $5,000, appearing in strange con trast with the residence of Ins sou Julius, adjoining, which cost $75,000. The ground about Senator Brown’s house is worth $50,000. Joe Brown has six children, and they are strikingly different from him. Juli is is the eldest, who has the $75,000 house above spoken of, is a small, dudish fel low of 10. He has made a fortune, and liV es to spend it. He is now living in line style in Cuba duiing the winter on account of the weakness of his lungK. Joseph M. Brown is the superintendent of liis father’s road, aud George Brown is just coming of age. Oae of Brown a daughters married Hr. Connolly, a prom inent physician of Atlanta, and Miss Sahio Browns speuds the winters with her parents at Washington. Elijah, another son, is treasurer of the l)ade Couutv Coal Company. The boys are all college bred, add Joseph M. inclines to literature. The Brown family is noted in Atlanta for its qniet, uuosteutautious charity. Mrs. Brown and her daughters are always doing little kindness, aud as for the old gentleman, Brown is good to his friends, though he hates his enemies. A friend ef his told me not long ago that Brown gives away a good deal to his friends who were formerly wealthy, but who are now reduced. He has given $50,000 to the BapMst Seminary in Georgia, and $50,000 for the payment of the board of poor boys at the State Uni versity. Waylaid and Sliut. At Homer Tuesday, Tom Armor was waylaid about dark, and mortally shot by his cousin, Paul Armor, while in the road on the way to liis father’s house. This affair is the culmination of a grudge between the parties, occasioned by the fact that the wounded man recently took part in the pursuit and capture of Bill Armor, a brother of ot Paul, who is now in jail at Wallialla, S. C., charged w'ith horse stealing, and who, within the last two or three months has become some what notorious in that section by his re peated acts of lawlessness. A warrant was at once issued for Paul Armor and placed in the sheriff’s hands, who imma diately set out in pursuit of him, and he will doubtless be captured soon. It is a curious fact that the body is now more susceptible to benefit from medicine than at any other season. Hence the im portance of taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla now, when it will do you the most good. It is really wonderfully for puriiying and enriching the blood, creating an appetite, aud giving a healthy tone to the whole system. Be sure to get Hood’s Sarsa parilla, which is peculiar to itself. STAY SHOTS. A wonderful gold mine has been dis covered in Sonora, Mexico. The miners get pure metal by breaking the quartz with hammers. A man who imagined himself a tele phone, and who has been trying for a year to shout “hello!” in his own ear, has been sent to an asylum at Flatbush.JL. I. A large cake of ice cut from the Illinois riyer, near Ottawa, contained the body of a man frozen in the middle of it. The dead man was Joseph Johnson, of Peru, Illinois. There is a dog at Magog, Quebec, that will mount the toboggan sled, go down the slide, draw the sled back, and go down again as many times as his owner commands him. The village of Knittlingen, in Wurtem berg, will celebrate this month the 400th anniversary of the birth of Johanna Faust, the iarnous “sorcerer” and progenitor of Goethe’s immortal hero. In Montana during the winter cowboys make a living by killing mountain lions, for which a bounty of eight dollars per head is paid. The animals are ferocious and some are very large. Including new editions, there were published in Great Britain last year 755 works of fictions and Gl6 religious books, the novels exceeding in number the pub lications in any other branches of liter ature. Jim Brown eloped from Tin Cup, Col , with a woman who was described in a local paper as a “fat blonde.” Friends telegraphed the fact to her and she return ed and smashed a pitcher over the editor’s head. Of five people who on their dying beds last year confessed to great crimes, on‘y one told the truth. In the other cases it was shown that the ••confessors” could not possibly haye had anything to do with the crimes. A young mm of Montreal i3 moon blind, and cannot see at all in the evening. He contracted the blindness a few years ago by sleeping on the deck of a ship in the full glare of a trouical moon. Such cases, while very rare, are not unknown. One of the girls working in the mills at Bidderord, Me., gets more letters than any other woman in the town. She is the youngest of thirty-two children born to the same parents, and twenty-three brothers and sisters who still live write to her every week. A deceived woman is the lady who uses cosmetics, face lotions, white lead, bismuth powders, arsenic, etc., in the be lief of enriching and beautifying the com plexion. It is but temporary, and ulti mately destroys the skin beyond the pow er of nature to restore. Stop it! Stop it now, and use only Dr. Barter’s Iron Tonic, which imparts the vigor and loveliness of youth. Job work exeutel with nearness aud despatch at this oflice. 51.50 Per Annum.-sc. a Copy. G EOIt*G IA G LEA NIN GS Notes Nicked From Exchanges, Who steals my purse steals trash, but he who deprives me of the use of Cous sen’s Honey of Tar, makes mo poor in health. When I have a cough, cold or disease of throat or lungs, I want Cous aens Honey of Tar, because I have seen it tried ter those ills, with unvarying suc cess and know its virtues. Ed. A large amount of bread is consumed by the patients of the Lunatic Asylum at Milledgeville. Every morning the baker* makes 3,344 biscuits, 530 loaves ot bread and 2,400 pones of corn bread. All this is eaten at one meal. Nobody in the Skit* l , however, grudges it. The asylum is the State’s noblest charity, and its manage ment lias the hearty approval of all the people. White’s Cream Vermifuge is good for the chaps certain, when the chaps are troubled with worms. When their pres ence are indicated in the stomash by the usual unmistakable symptoms, onlv give the Boys and girls a dose of White’s Cream Vermifuge and worms will follow as surely as night does the day. Remem ber White’s Cream Vermifuge will expel worms. The East Tennessee are spending for rock-ballasting track between Atlanta and Chattanooga $1,200 per mile. They aie paying farmers 20 cents per cubic yard for rock delivered on the side of track. Farmers are taking advantage of this ho clear their fields of rock. They have also purchased a mountain of rock near Rome, which they are quarrying and putting on the track. The track is rapidly being ballasted, and presents a pretty sight to the eye ot the traveler. Jackson county ha3 given to the world one’ol the most remarkable suits in the annals of litigation. It tvas filed by D. J. Anglin vs. John Osment, and was for the recovery oi two acres of land, valued at sls and lying in Clarksboro district. The best legal talent was emp’oyed on both sides, and the case tried five times at an enormous expense to the county. The court costs alone tooted up over $400; that was but a mite compared to the other ex penses incurred. The death of the de fendant at last put an end to the case. Sam Jones says: “If I wanted to get good square judgment on something I had done, I had rather go to a newspaper office for it than any other court of jus tice. I know the justice of journals, their integrity and purity of their motives. I know that they probe into men’s charac ters. No man whose character Ts pure need fear all the press in America. The way to be safe from so-called newspaper attacks is to l.e a Christian. The repoi ters are the best detective force in this country. They have brought more crimi nals to justice and punctured more shame than all agencies combined.” A rumor by way of Atlanta is to tLe effect that Senator Joseph E. Brown has disposed of his interest in the lease of the Western aud Atlantic railroad to his son, Mr. Joseph M. Brown. The Senator, the rumor continues, is much alarmed about his health, and finds it necessary to with draw from active business. The rumor will doubtless cause renewed speculation as to the probability of the Senator’s with drawing from politics. It goes without saying that in the neighborhood of At lanta the anxious seat is already filled with patriots who wouldn’t mind spend ing a season or two at Washington.—Sa vannah News. Mrs. Elizabeth Talbot Belt, of Georgia, sued Attorney Nelson G. Green in the Su preme Court chambers, New York, to-day before Judge Andrews for the return of Confederate bonds of $1,000,000 face value, but really worth little more than a nominal pi ice. The bonds were the pro ceeds of the investment of $1,000,000 worth of Mrs. Belt’s property by her trustee, cx Governor Jenkins, during the war, as she alleges, without her consent. She is bringing suit to recover the amount from the executors of the trustee in the Supreme Court of Georgia, and claims that the bonds are of great value to her. Green contends that he had a lien upon them for unpaid services rendered, and declines to give them up without guaran tee of payment. The decision was re served. For several mornings in Atlanta a negro named Thomas Gay has been no ticed calling around at houses and private rooms, having upon his arm a large ham per basket. An officer stopped him and examined his basket, and found that it was a perambulating saloon. Within the basket were two large bottles of whisky, four wine glasses, a bowl of sugar, a bot tle of bitters and teaspoons. There was also a tin bucket of water and a towel. In the bottom of the basket was a wooden frame with holes, into which the bottles, glasses, sugar-bowl, etc., were fitted. The outfit was complete and the liquor sold by the saloonist was of the best, lie dis dained selling such horrid mixtures as Agaric, and his straight rye and cocktails were as fine as could be obtained at any saloon in New York city. Gay’s home were examined, and fifty jugs of whisky were found therein. The negro's outfit was not large, but complete in every re spect, and he was probably supplying to a large number of regular customers and making quite a handsome revenue. Camilla Clarion: “Last Thursday night while Tom Wilson, a negro laborer on Mr. G. \V. Bagg’s plantation near Hopeful church, in this county, was sitting quietly by his cabin fire, the muzzle of a gun was pointed at him through a crack undei his door. At the sound ot a bursting cap he sprang to his feet only to receive in his leg a load of number five shot from, the deadly weapon. His leg was badly shat tered and his thigh bone broken. The poor fellow died from the wound on Sun day night. Wilson had a few days be fore escaped to Decatur county in compa ny with the wife of Wilson Taylor, a ne gro living near Hoggard’s mill, in Baker. The errring pair were brought back un der a warrant and the trouble adjusted by the wife returning with her husband lo his home across the river. It appears that she again left him and fled, and it is supposed to the arms of Wilson. The enraged husband sought revenge and wreaked it most feaifu ly. He is report ed to have said that in the barrel of liis gun which missed fire he had a heavy charge of buckshot. ‘I aimed dat load at his heart and if she had fired I would have got him.’ Taylor was arrested by Sheriff Swindle below Hoggard’s mill aud taken to Albany jail on Monday.” The young men of Talbotton have a temperance organization quite out of line but at the same time a very effect’. one. They have a judge appointed by a quorum of the members, and any member can act the prosecuting lawyer. Any evidence, whether circ rmstantial or otherwise, known by one of the mem bers to the effect that one of their num ber has taken a drink of intoxicating liquors must be brought up by an ap pointed sheriff aud stand his tri il. Witnesses are summoned, and he goes through his trial as a criminal would bo forced to do by the laws of the state, and if he is fouud guilty he must buy a suit of clothes for the prosecutor, the value of which to be the judge's sen tence. The other day one of the boys was arrested ou circumstantial evidence and placed before the stand. After a long and interesting trial the jury pro nouuded him not guilty. He was the proudest fellow you ever saw when he heard the verdict. The prosecutor, whose maiu evidence was that he looked like he had had a drink, seemed some what disappointed in not getting his suit of olotluug.