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The Democrat.
A Lite Weekly Paper on Lire Issues
Published Every Friday Morning,
at Crawfordviile, Ga.
M. Z. Andrews, Proprietor,
RATES OF SURSCRTPTIOX:
Single Copy, (one vear.) , . $ 1 30
Single Single Copy, Copy, (six months.) . 75
flliree mouths,) . , . 51)
t£T Advertising rates liberal. BOOK
and JOB PRINTING a specialty. Prices
to suit the times.
. Hotel Cards.
0LIXARD HOUSE,
CLATTOK STHEKT, WEAR POST-OFFICE,
ATHENS, GEORGIA.
Rooms all carpeted. Travelers. Good sample rooms
for Commercial
A. D. CL1NARD, Proprietor.
RATIONAL HOTEL,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
E. T. WHITE. Proprietor.
This House is now complete with its
nroveinents, via.: Tlie addition of a third
story, giving seventy-five thirty-three additional with rooms,
capacity fresh now and bright and more, all the modern every¬
thing
improvements. Being situated tlie Depot and
near con¬
venient to the business houses. The Na¬
tional, newly renovated and refurnished, Travel¬
offers superior inducements to the
ing Public.
Kates, $2.00 per day. Special rates for
longer time.
rjMlE GLOBE HOTEL,
COKXER EIGHTH AND BUO.VD STREETS,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA,
Is centrally located, and within five min¬
utes’ walk of all the Office, principal Public Business _ Build¬
Houses, Banks, Post
ings, Union Depot, Opera House, Telegraph
Ofttpes and Express Office.
t %rcet cars pass the door, going to all parts
of the city and vicinity, every five minutes
during House the dav. supplied with all the
The is con¬
veniences of a a first-class Modern Hotel,
and is especially well located, and Commer¬ provided
-with all convenient facilities for
cial Travelers carrying samples.
Eacli room connected with the office by
bells. Telephone attachment with the city
ami Summerville in the olfice for the accom¬
modation of guests.
G. 8. ATKINSON & SONS, Prop’rs.
Foimerly of Clemens House, Danville, Ky.
Railroad Notices.
Georgia Railroad
-Axn
BA B'KING C.
SUI*K!tlNTESl>KNT’S OFFICE, |
Avgusta, Ga., Nov. 5th. tsso. ;
/NOMMENUING tlie following SUNDAY, schedule 7th instant, will
operated passenger
:
■KO. 1 WEST— DXll.V. NO. 2 HAST—O.VII.T.
i.v. Augusta 9;3.va in Lv. Atlanta 7:1.5 a in
• Macon 7:00 a 111 ! “ Athens S:t5 a ill
. ’ Millcdg’ll H:5K a ill. “ C’wf’d’ll 12:33 p jiui In
.** tV’sli’i’ii 10 . 45 ,a niAr Wasli’g'n 2:10
Ar.U'f’dv’ll 12:31 pm! “ “ MilU'dg'll Macon 4:45 p tn
" Athens 3:10 pm 0:45 pm
u Atlanta 3:45 imii " Augusta 3:17 pm
NO. 3 WEST—1IAII.Y. SO. 4 K AST— DA 17,Y.
L v. A ' aKa^ raaTpmriw. ndAr. G'Tdv’ll Atlama'liliinra 3:0ilam
J,v. 'Ar. Cr’t’v’li 11:52.p
Atlanta 5:00 a iii-Ar. Augusta 7:00 a,in
No connection to or from Wasliing-
1 „r on SUNDAYS.
i. K. JOHNSON. OT DORSEY.
Superiiite.iulcnt. Mav2.187il. Gen. I’ass’ger Agent.
LANDRETHS!
1784 SEEDS sold £1 BEST
If not in your town, you
can get them Card by maiL Drop
us a rottal for Oata
loftM and Prices. The Oldest and most extensive Seed
Grovers in the United DKETIIA 8*ate*.
DATU> LAN HONS* Philada..Pa.
oct.27,’S0.j-y.
GRAY’S SPECIFIC MKDECINE.
TRADE mars The G re atTKADIMARR
English Rem.
i cUy. An un¬
m failing cure Weak¬ for I
1 Seminal
A ness, Sperma- Impo
$ ^ torrhea,
M. u —l tency, and all 4 I
. vw diseases that
H/US TAIIM-follow, of Self-Abuse as Loss a AFTER of Memory. TAIIN0.
Universal sequence Lassitude, ; I’ain as the Back,
in
Dimness, of Vision, Premature Old Age,
and many other Diseases that lead to in¬
sanity or Consumption, and a Premature
Grave.
tiif~ Full particulars in our pamphlet,
which we desire to send free by mail to
lTdd every one. all £3?* The Specific 81 package, Medicine is
by druggists at per flee or
six packages for S3, or will be sent addressing. by
mail on receipt of the money by
THE GRAY MEDICINE CO.,
Mechanics’ Block, Detkoit, Mich.
t-v?" Sold in Crawfordviile and every
where ivy alt druggists.
Nov,21,1879.1-v.
rf 1\ - 4?M // \ •vnleiMatc A "' w f** Lh»f*tri. e* W*nK A CoN>.pr**ttt T« WU'MK'K, Wonun-
1 h*»4. N*Iretion af eitfr, F.vi’r rr* of Virgin.
dr.Temf.♦»»■'»*rkv j»»erility, Adr >ct to Brill*- a
■ r-.[•. * I. *v.m!vA is. *** V.,.. -sa !.■■>«..
L.*.’ * *' 1 Wp liedural tv....... i. . 1 • ,4 di**»ve* -si..
lit* also a FrivAte Ad’jieer " or re.
•tilting from ifttpuie giuj! i s. and or. relf abuse—the
iiskll mf .t. i.r«. S ('ll. ", !.^« at
% f*. »w.. »-A -j >«»..»»•*» *►»»" •' *■* *»< "i«*y
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DR. M fTS’"o ISP S'* BIT, »» *■ <ms si„ m. I..K s,.
April 8, ’81. j-y.
$5 rrr.fr Outfit sent ?n free to those who wish to
Spttal engage the mostpieasaidand prof
b no&i*Twew7ll1u^h n e
1 y ou
everything $10 a day and upwardsis cash
ly made without ^ staying away from home
wk™fwant^ k onee ate
ing fortunes at the business. Ladies make
as much as men, and v(juug boys and girls
make great pav. No one who is willing to
work f&iJs to make more money every dav
than can be made in a week at any ordinary
wUi 'find a'shorf road to'°fort*une. Addres
H. Halpett <fe Co., Portland, Maine.
Nov.4, so.i-v.
i^*The most goods complete in Georgia stock of just
and Summer
cei\ed by C. A. A)a\ is & Go.,
xQ ’ a ’
tisemeKanother a Aixrx TirxVov^Kwoi -
column from C.
I>avis k Co., Greenesboro’. Ga.
Vol. 5.
TUTTS
PILLS
INDORSED BY j
PHYSICIANS, CLERGYMEN, AND
THE AFFLI CTED EVE RYWHERE.
THE GREATEST MEDICAL
TRIUMPH OF THE AGE.
SYMPTOMS OF A
TORPID LIVER.
Loss of appetite,Nausea.bowels costive.
Fain in the He rid ,with a duETsensation in
the back part, Pam under the shoulder
blade, fuUneaa after eating, wYth a disin
elinatidh to exerti on o f body or 03 inti.
Irritability of temper. Low spirits, Los.
of memory, wit h a fe eling of hav i ng n eg¬
lected 'some dut y, we aritiessiPissmess.
Fluttering eyesiYello of Skin, the Heart, Headache, Dots "before KestlesB- the
w
neaa at nightThiEhly colored Urine.
IT THESE W AB1CIKGS ABE UNHEEDED,
S ERIOU S DISEASES WILL SOON BE DEVELOPED.
TUTTS PILL8 are especially Bucb.change adapted to
such cases.une dose effects
of feeling as to astonish the sufferer.
They 1 net-ease the Appetite, and causa the
body to Take on Flesh, thus the system Is
nourished. and by tbelrTonle Aetloaon tbs
Itlgestl, e Orleans. 25 Regular Stools hi-, arepro- W.T.
duced. dice cents, as Hurray
TUTT’S HAIR DYE.
Gray Hair or Whiskers changed to a Glossy
Black by a single application of this Dr*. It
bold Imparts Druggists, a natural ecu;by color,’acta Instantaneously, of f|.
by or express on receipt
Office, 38 Murray St., New York.
G Dr. TITTS KINTAL of Valuable I r form alien and fe
^CmTuI Receipt* will be mailed FBEK on appllratioa.p
A pril 8, >81. j-y.
GoNjC u.si.:
Sell Prcmms and Maanfacnircrs Under Contract ot me
s t£>. WO
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ah AH ha Hi* luij’’'•rirnenl*. i»r~r, m .»i.. i.»o!.H.,i’*ic™„-,„^^ f nlit IlnNier i’o 4a»T£S r «
the King. Wri-Sit Cc x -J lUwHt fh-U 1U. i;uijiL.vvl ou it) j
—nc better guar.-'.niau can hr £ iv »,
Tills Shipped klyle«rOrgan Is tuimlly Directfor Cutalogtwl at about ~ $100. S98. No beb
Wroriiva»Ur lvn«4in;.tr«irn>nt can t>». mn<i.>. notlring to
Ay It. Cbufcli, Hall, Chapel and l'urlor Orjjana. ijli utid upward*.
1,000 gatitly tiaiUied. ’I HULL STRINGS, Weight wluii boxed,ove*
lh». Seven and oue-tlilrd octavo, full agralTi m’alo, r-^cewood
MM, allround corners, beautiful varyrd K-ga And tyro, honvy eer
•eirtine end lop motiHinpi all rm-.nd the cwt’, tack' Cnlthcd Eaino a*
frorrt Full iron franes, heavy extra brace?, Improved n.-w maI«,
Pteu. h grand action, fret dc-k. carved pedal,Mild rosewood mould
Infs, forte, ivory in irblf-fi key front*, Improvement capped hammer*. Tbiaia atiingnlficouU’lano
every that la Ray way Umdi to the per¬
fection of this instrument has been added. *
We sell DIRECT *n«l for < 4811, consequently nre able to sell
Uils beautiful I’iano for less than halfwbat it ordinarily nxko.1 by
opeaU for »n inferior instMiraMit. lUuiemln r t^.s piano lm*
»r.d one t?i!rd octaves and threa rtrir^s. is nn extra large «ix e has
four round comm and is a full rosewood Thin styU «I ,
mvnt is usually Catalogued nt from $V0 cam. $1,000. Uieteu
t >
Shipped W« Oa»r*rtt.e HI. Directfor-S286.
I1u» to W u .-vj t» m., mad to
wreeent ** Imiidwrne *n »r.vennuice ** t old for Ihro# than*
lbU ammint, *nd v # WARRANT4 Ju writiojyfor Five Years eet
mftr t* the First Nntkmal or Homc NaliconnUak of this rtw’n* to
»wr**pON#tb!l!ty. Bead for 4 tUlo|v«*. Anr.usa J
The Meriden Purchasing Co.,
Meriden.. Conn.
oct.27,’80.tf.
HOSKTTElli
31
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mk pm 1 & Wr mm,
- em I 'L
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STOMACH EB __ S JfG
!
Why Suifor NcrdlefKly i
With iui the me convulsiri! ci * £. spadincdio tortures of '
fever and ague am: ! bilious remittent, when
Hostetter’s Stomach BiUc acknowledgrcti ■
j to be real curative of rs, lariai fevers,
eradicate a nia will
the cause of so much suffering, No
less efTectlve is tiiis benignant nlterati vc in
cases plaint, of con.stifiation. n.stinalion. dyspensia. dyspepsia, liver com
rhewmaiism. and in priicrnl trriu <\c
and nervous weakness. I or. : .tic by aii Drug
gists and Dealer;; generally.
—
' L i ®00 mm MILL un I’rr.r/mpmo IICkM’S.
;
Geokota Rah.^d Company. ) | |
Office Gjssebai. Bassesckh Aokxt.
I
^ D MILE IICKE IS, eood m«t nmin l
1,,i e amt hvanr nes, at i WEN l Y-F1V"I.
IR>LLAR& each. These tickets, will t„. :
j issued tu ^dividualb, fuitib or fatBilica^ hut
not to firms and families coifibined
'——---—---— 2fav*.lW9. General passenger Agent.
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An experienced city Milliner oi
department' ^ at^tT °*A Davis^&^'f 7%
esboi , the -Wb of April. Ladie’s
a ]| take notice of this. -
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Chi ids Suit-, ( liiids Overcoats,
ftll Overe^' ’ Kvlmhing ‘very*cheap.
r. A.Davi- A Go.
The Democrat.
CRAWFORDVILLE, GEORGIA, PRIDAT, MAY 13, 1881.
Poetrv. j
——•—
VERNAL FAITH.
.
VV SVsbYnnSffhe wave,’
And woMand
Thought burrowed in tlie churchyard mold,
And fed on dreams that haunt the grave
But now that heaven is freed from strife,
niSff2£,SKK!2SWSStfe Above tlie shining asphodels.
Wha^ flower that drinks the south wind’s
What sparkling leaf, wliat Hebe morn,
But flouts the sullen gray-beard Death,
And Laughs our aretic doubts to scorn ?
I’ale scientist, scant of healthful blood,
Your ghastly tomes one moment close;
Pluck freshness from a spring-time bud,
Find wisdom in the opening rose.
Mark the white lily, whose sweet core
Hath many a wild-bee swarm enticed,
And drew therefrom a honeyed lore
Pure as the tender creed of Christ!
Yea, even the weed, which upward holds
Its tiny ear past bower and lawn,
A loveliei faith than yours unfolds.
Caught from the tar faint winds of dawn.
—Paul 11. Hoyut, in Harper.
Miscellaneous.
Facts for the Curious.
Somes of tlie nerves cf the human
body are so fine and small that six of
them are only equal to one liair of the
head in size.
Roughly computed, about 108,000,000
tlie world’s inhabitants speak Eng¬
; about 00,000,000 German ; about
French, and, about 45,000,000
uish.
Tlie Burmese Bible is so bulky that it
conveniently be carried about.
vernacular is extremely large. It
proposed to reduce the size of tlie typo
uroduee a portable Bible like those
many of the Indian tongues.
Tlie stages and theaters of tlie Gteeks
Romans were so immense that the
to be heard, were obliged to hare
to metalic masks, contrived
great 4 mouths, to augment the nat¬
sound of the voice.
Tlie oyster in tlie uncooked state, or
wanned, is self digestive. But 1
advantage of this provision, is whoK
lost by cooking, for the heat employed
destroys tlie associated fer
and a cooked oyster has to he di
like any other food, by the en
own digestive powers.
Another of tlie Blue Laws in ye olden
: “No one shall run on tlie
o’r walk in his garden, or
except reverentially to and
meeting. No one shall travel, cook
make beds, sweep house, cut
or shave on tlie Sabbath day. No,
shall kiss her child ou tlie Sab
or fasting day.”
In the manufacture of lead pencils tlie
is ground to almost impalpable
mixed in a paste with water,
into a long coil-like wire, by being
through a small hole (just as! wa¬
is issued from a syringe), straight¬
and cut in lengths and baked like
The “hardness” is due to an
of clay. The pencil is made
two halves by machinery, at a cheap
rapid rate.
The origin of the word “Canada” is
curious. The Spaniard* visited
country previous to the French aud
particular search for gold and sil- j
and finding none they often sang
themselves “Aca nada”—there
nothin* closely,' hors 1’lm Imli’ins the' wlio
learned sentence
its meaning. The Frencli arrived,
the Indians (who wanted none of
Spaniards on the same errand; were
to inform them, in the Spanish
“\oa Aoa nada” nada. Tlie l e French t< rencn <
knew as little of Spans!, as
Indians, supposed this incessantly ,
sound was the name of the
and gave it the name of Cana
Fifty years ago tomatoes were called
apples and were considered poison¬
It is calculated that sixty tons of steel
annually consumed in the npmuf-ac
of Steel pens. j J
One of the wonders of the C'atberdral
Cologne is the chapel of the three
. which ... contams . . the ... skulls . of the
“three wise men of the East,” set in
precious stones. ;
There is no tide perceptible in the
Mississippi river after you have passed
U P about tllirty roi!es from its ,D ° Utb ’ '
and the tide only rises from one and
a a p n.ut a if t t° 0 two two feet rent at at Balize lianzc. The inenum num
ber of tributaries (tho Olizo* Missouri,
and so op) whioh help to flood the M is
sissippi anfl swell its volume of water,
gives It that downward current which
overcomes every resisting influence, even
^ tidal.
Catgut, it is stated, was user) in tl.o
earlier watches in place of chains, the
latter, it would seem, being first attach
ed to such mechanisms in the golden
or aCOTn sha PP ftd wat <* RS of IIans
Johns, of Komgsberg. Some of this
Maker’s timekeepers had small wheel
lock pistols to serve as an alarm, addi
j tion that would go far to upset the
| equable f temperament ot “«***" and delicate
| e * chronometer.
■ tol. Ironsides, who lived in India
ly in this century, relates that he met in
^' s ^ ra ' e ' s an * la 'rcd man,
■
; of X"lZ an enormous T„ZZZ elephant flanked by six
camels of the largest breed. A curious
j Freuch work, published in Paris in 1745,
entitled Hie liacts Toward tlie His
’■4<k> of Wonders Performed at Paris,”
mentioned an Englishman who, at the
i fair of St. German in 1724, leapsd over
■ fbrtv people without touching any of
them.
“V\ Bad Cold or Distressing Cough.”
— Dry, parched, sore throat, pneumonia,
bronchial ami asthmatic attacks, weakened
and debilitated state of tlie system, all these
dangerous symptoms are cured by “ Dr
Swayne's Compound Syrup of Wild Cher¬
ry.’ The first dose gives relief, and the
S^‘,S,f,r."“T,! “ Swayne’g Pills" should U Sa lie taken , S.“d«".t to keep
tlie bowels free. They are excellent fol
torpid liver and bilious complaints.
138 Cathedral St. Baltimore. It is
wit™ real pleasure that I add my testi¬
mony to the great virtues of Nturalginc
as a Specific for Neuralgia and Head
ach 1 ^. Such a remedy is a blessing, and
all sufferers should keep it on hand.
J. It. liidgely, to Hutchison & Bro.,
Druggists. Proprietors, Atlanta, Ga. Sold by alt
Josh Billing-s’ Philosophy.
Without faith, we are like one legged
men, tricing to walk without the aid ov
kane pr'krutch.
Thare iz no wreck like a broken liarte,
when the light ov the soul goes out, tlio
sun shines, the birds sing, aud the flow¬
ers bloom iu vain.
It doutpay to giv advice, if it proves
true, those who follow it take the k red it
to theipselfs; if it proves untrue, you
will be kust for it.
Mi idea! ov dignity iz, intelligence,
honest)’, and politeness combined, not
afratle to lull’ nor ashamed to weep.
Men kan git along without tbo help ov
l»t nmii^but a man kant git along
!/iie .mi ai ov man
fe hut few az wizt* ax they are
filL-d, (Hid none so cunning as they rule
thetiaelfs.
Disipiine iz the spinal kollum ov suck
cess.
It ain’t every one who kan afford to
be munificent, but thare iz no man so
poor but what he kan bo charitable.
A tru gttnUcnuiu iz one whoso karaek
ter is honesty, and whose habits arc be
nevolence and politeness.
Gossip is generally a cheap substitute
for lieing, but if it has served to make
people karefull ov what they say, or do,
it iz not entirely wasted.
Thare are rnenny tilings that wo had
better accept than try to disprove, when
a man insists upon it that the world iz i
square, and never wa/. round, i giv it j
and right don’t up; this make seems miserable. to make him happy, j
me ;
Tbe two most suckcessfull insekts are
the ant and the hernet; tko one trusts
to iudustry aud pashunce, tlie other to
nerve and dispatch—take yure .choice,
gentlemen,
R YL n0 truhble to learn from exper
ience, to remember tlie lesson iz. the dilli
kulty,
i lie devil never brakes an appointment,
and he never wants enny better show
than to be told, I Will see you later.
kovev Amupgtbe a grate affektashun polite and refined, for what i t d ley is-1
;
'» «t J ov these people prob
J 16r
■
I’mm common *e se.
Stubborness is not strength, but it lmz
" ^ rnenny it
^ t!« aUrftutt
^y, and stroke our wins
kers ackordingly.-Ez. ,
A (frankfort [Ky.] Physician write*:
Home months ago the daughter of one of
our prominent consumptive. citizens She was nronqitnced much a
Jiopeie.s.s Was very
reduced in flesh, terrible eougi;. her life
{SJ.'rYotise of Wild Cherry,” “Dr! Dwayne’s which C'o.mpound’.Syrup she did In
a
short time she was free from an tPMen and
^ sym , )t()m[ji an(l irt uow 10 *y and
healthy. ITice 25 cents and 8l00ahott!e
Philad’a. WMy Sold by druggists. by Dr. 8w»yne
& Son,
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deti a J7elif.fTSm rel'ef from all M t^r^'oes “*® lr * 0 ®* by j;''® the'use
”f Lvdia E. I IJ4KHAM s \ KOEiABLE
Compound., peculiar Hie great remedy SofuI for to diseas- Mrs.
<>g to
Lydia E. Binkham 233 Western Avenue,
f-j'fi n i Mass., for [lamphlets.
m
Knowledge in aNutebslt
A cubit is two feet,
A fathom is six feet.
A span isl0£ inches.
X space is three feet,
X palm is three inches.
^ lea «« e is thlee m j 1 * 8 -
A great cubit is 11 feet.
No. 19 .
There are 2.759 languages,
Oats 32 pounds i>er bushel.
Bran, 35 pounds per bushel.
Two persons die every second.
Sound moves 734 miles per hour.
A square mile contains 640 acres.
A storm blows 38 miles per hour.
Coarse salt 84 pounds per bushel.
A barrel of rice ? r °° weighs M ? “L’""'”', <500 pounds.
A barrel of pork contains 3ft0 pounds,
An acre contains 4,800 square yards.
Rapid rivers ilow about 7 miles per
hour.
A barrel of flour contains 190 pounds
Slow livers Ilow about 5 miles pci
hour.
A firkin of butter weighs57 pounds.
Timothy seed 45 pounds iter bushel.
A hand (horse measure) is four it,ch
es.
A rifle ball moves 1,000 miles per hour.
j A hurricane moves eighty miles an
j hour.
-rueftrstlucifor mutch „» !„
1829.
Til* 1 he lost i- ll .,i l.,,..,., noise railroad railmml was hnllt built in 111
182G.
Electricity moves 228,000 miles an
hour.
A moderate wind blows 7 miles an
hour.
Gold was discovered in Caliafofnia
in ’48.
The first steamer plied the Hudson In
1807.
The average of human life is thirty
one years.
A mile is 5,280 feet, 1,700 yards in
length.
Advertising Cheats.
It. has become so common to write tlie
beginning ticle of an elegant, interesting ar¬
and then run it into some adver¬
tisement that we avoid till such cheats
and simply Call attention to tlie merits
of Hop Bitters In as plain honest, terms
as possible, to induce people to give them
one trial, as no one who knows their
value will ever use anything else.
Provitlcnce Advertiser,
An Agricultural Groad.
1. l)o not cullivntu poor land. It is
a feeble mother which can give no sus¬
tenance.
o If your land is poor you must link
if (| l8 . m , a of cultivation to your ability
to manure—let it* bo ever so little
you w „, bfi the gainer by it.
3 Exert yourself to produce manure
0 n the farm. Suolt manure is flour
wliieli makes the lonf, and a comtner
C |«I fertilizer is only a leaven to it.
Home made manure costs some lnbor
and but little money, while commer
cirtl fertilizers will bring yon in debt,
and are a kind of food which mother
earth cauuot entirely rely and fatten
upon. We are not their enemy, but ae
tive friends, when judiciously used, and
can be iiad without too great a strain on
tlie farmer’s credit,
4 ji ri „g to the aid of your manure
pj| e fallow crops, and try to clothe
- he , J()Sora of lnothei . earth with thB
green verdure of grass, from which live
stock oau be led.
5. Keep as muoh stock as cau be well
fed, for this adds to the manure pile and
their increase, and a few fat carcasses
afford a big interest on the investment.
0. Diversify crops as much as [>ossi
ble, and do not rely on one staple.—
This will make your manure and labor
j, ay ;l |>rcxlit iu some places when they ail
f u (i ; n others.
,, ^ Manure * man urn! manure ! ami
^ le]y on the farm
j j j, to liro q ueo it will “put
U1 your pooket.”
n0 " ni>rovem,,nt
of tlio land.
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Valuable Intereet Ratee.
Basis Commercial Year of 300 days 30
P* r montl1 ’
4 ^ -Multiply the principal by
4h e rw ‘ u,rad nuraber of day8 ’ d,v,do 1,y
72. ,
fiperoent.—Multiply by the number
of days, divide by 0, and point off three
F 'Ig'ireH f lr01 f m d ugiu. .
8 pe, cent.— Multiply by the number
of (lays and divide by 47.
9 per cent.—Multiply by the number
0 f ^ ayg divide by 4, and •’ point off three
, figures fro.m , tl.e right. ...
10 per cent.—Afu(ti;>ly by the nutqbor
12 days, per anfl cent.—Multiply dirhjp by :48. by the number
of days, divide by 3, point off three fig
«res from the right,
15 per cent.—Multiply by the pumber
0 oi f days aajs a.ntl an i «Uv uiv.ue i tle t.v i y-■*. 24
18 Jwultiply by tUo nuoiwi
of days, divide by 2, and point off the
figures from the right.
20 per cent.—.Multiply by the number
of days and divide by 18.
Tlie interest in eacli case will be in
dollars and cents.
Ladle* who Appreciate Elegance and
purity arc using Parker’s Hair Balsam.
U is the best article sold for restoring
gray Imir to its original color and leau
, tv.
The Democrat
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all fractions of squares will ha counted as
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j tract Advertising.
American Manners,
I Marriage keeps men out of mischief-,
' so does a ball and chain.
\ Every man’a house is his castle but
every uiaa can’t be king of Ashantee
When it comes to descending a ladder
i “• lr " M * «-*■«» w* *
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j To avoid bein" cheated in * ho™.
! trade be sure that ^ >0 f i W ! * ^ b * Q
’
luU ., y worthless
j “Downy” way pf putting jt-Men am
i geese, women are ducks, and birds of a
,lock to £ atl| cr.
Favorite music for a soldier—A march.
For a hunter—A xhottische. For
horseback ride—A galop.
Tbonghtfor a Freshman's Theme.—
Beauty and Bushfuluess are often united t
yet tlie loveliest maiden is admired fop
her plieek.
A man should never blush when con
fessirig errors, for he proves by his avow¬
al that he is wiser to-day than yesterday,
—J. J. Rousseau.
A beautiful woman, with Lite qualities
of a noble man, is tlie most perfect tliiug
in nature. We find in her the merits ot
both cases.—L« B rai/cr.
Bleisetl be the man who first invented
sleep, and blessed be heaven that he did
not take out a pattern, and keep his die
COvery to himself.— Cervantes.
A middle-size boy with a composition
on “Extremes,” remarked that “wa
Hliould endeavor to avoid extremes, espe¬
cially those of wasps and bees.”
“Father,” said a smart boy, “the
lecturer nt the hall to night said that
H 10 lunar rays are only concentrated
luminosity of the earth’s satellite. What
do you say to that ?” ‘’All moonshine,
my son, all moonshine .”—Sunday School
Messenger.
A story is told of au old gentleman
who always took notes of his minister’s
sermons, and on one ocoasion read them
to the minister. himself. “Stop, stop !’*
said he, at the occurance of a certain
sentence; “I didn’t say that.” “I know
you didn’t,” was the reply; “I put that,
in piysolt to make sense.”
1" tlie spring the little song-birds
UH1S ' <: the glen;
| Spanks Umbo? and 55°eT“
j Pull I 11 of the business spring the bees the antt; are bumbling
are
I" t 1 * 0 *P r ‘og the nverage young man
nys two {Mira of striped JWQtB,
On a tombstone in the graveyard at
Selma, Ala., is tlie insoription. “Stop
traveller, as you go by, as you are now,
so once was 1, as I am how, so shall you
bp, prepare for death and follow me.”
Some visitor at tlm cemetery upon read¬
ing the above, wrote : “To follow you
I am not content, until { know which
way you went.”
“Now, I tell you, there’s nothing par¬
ticular about mo,” said the fat man by
tlie stove. “I ain’t one of those kind
who is always finding fault with n»r
victual* and that sort of thing. 8o
long’s a meal is w*U cooked and served
hot, and there's enough of it, and It’*
nice aud licit, I’m satisfied, and I don’t
go growling around tlie women folk*,
1’in one of those men who can put up
with anything in the shape of eating, a*
long’s It’* good and nice .”—Portsmouth
Times.
“I’ll takn a mil ’ ” nld * aw **« m “»
.
i oa f f >> tt ie saw said while they were roll
they were rolling it by taking a tura
over.—[lhchnmd r Baton. Phase dough,
nut j„ m ble these statement*, gentlomen.
Strauss. Heading such pun.
mtgfit )„ 0 ite men to do waffle «U.
Home Sentinel. Enough of thi* suHiect.
A u rcvolr, farewell, tart ta l
During the cross-examination of a wit-,
ness tie was asked where hi* father waa;ta
which question, with a melanctmly air,
lie responded : “Dead sir—dropped off
very suddenly, sir.” “How came he to,
drop off suddenly ?” was the next qnes
tioq. “Foul play, sir—the sheriff im¬
posed upon ld« unsuspicious nature,
getting him to go upon a platform tft
look at a select audience, suddenly he
knocked a small trap-door out from un-.
dur him, and in falling ho entangled in
a rope, from the effect* of ffhWk h« ex¬
pired,’*
A darky came to a Gaiv«eton Jjuetic* oJ
ttie Peace and asked for » warrant for
the finest of 1 11 ^ vy.ftlxjicr. *Yn«it s
done V* “I|« stole rqy chickens; <Wr*a.
de fedders iu liij yard." “How do you
know those feathers belonged ta your
chickens?” “I kip prove it by Col.
Jones, but I doesn’t Ilka to, have bim
brung into court, cr y se lie i& ftp. modest
like.” “What’s the tpatter with.Col.
J ,° ne8 y ” 7 °S S’^
eber since . l stole t his chiekmft &lpfeatQ
confidence in de man as soon, as be loolca,
me squar in de face. "