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NEW CROCKERY AND CHINA STORE E have just opened an immense stock of Crockery , China and Silverware, Glassware , Wood and Willow Ware , Baskets in Endless Variety, Lamps of Kinds, And Novelties too Numerous to Mention. Our stork embraces everything to be found in a well ordered CROCKERY and CHINA ivtore. Our motto is: “First class goods, low p;ices and polite attention.” Our place 1033 West Side Broad St., Columbus, Ga. l'wo doors below Brannon & Carson’s Drug Store. Mr. R. W. Williamson will be in charge. I. L. POLLARD & CO. WHAT ELECTRICITY, INTELLIGENCE AND SCIENCE ARE DOING. A Marvelous Change Since our Boyhood Columbus , . Ledger. « * , In youth , there . always , our J was something . . . and , repulsive , . uninviting about the , dreary , , little , shops , most of r the doctors , of „ day occupied. . _ 1 he our ‘ extent of their “furniture and fixtures being limited . chairs, , . rickety . , ° to two a lounge , and a few bottles of drastic drugs, , always rusty , lancet, and , per b a , haps . of r toolli , pullers ,1 on a a pair small shelf, just to the , right . . of . a saf- r fron , coloreil half-of-a skeleton, . . which ... grinningly . , . hung there. , ,,,. 1 nese , bones ° heirlooms, , , having served . are a gen of . doctors . . the dou- , eration oi two in ... ble role , of illustration . and . education, . ami , . aud . to the , to imprest awe-inspire innocent beholder. We were , born in and , this , . . fair . . the country, J is a pic ture of „ the , practitioners . . surroundings , as we saw them. It , was an eye-open therefore, when . first . er to us, we summed up .* courage & to examine into and , physi- - a orogressive ‘ surgeon s . belongings. Columbus . . has . cian s f ot . the , best arranged i offices of , some this , . charecter probably , , , to be , found r i America. L Par excellence n • this * • lo in line is one we visited a few days since. In this progressive and thought¬ ful age the educated physician no longer jumps at conclusions from cursory pulse-beat, or a chance coat¬ ing of the tongue, a careful examina¬ tion into the cause of the disease is his first move. Diagnosis is the great secret of success, then perfect appli ances and a clear head and a steady hand to execute, ’ go b to make up a essiul . and , physician. , . . suc< surgeon “lie who foUow* one thing in life, a*;d ° n, y one, May hope‘o atireve it e e life be done.” So said Owen Meredith and so say we. No finer illustration of this can be produced than in the physician’s life. He must devote his time, his talents , and , his . • this ,. . energies to one love ot his life con amore. Neither a farmer or merchant be but march- ing along with his profession apace or ahead of it. We had often heard of the perfection in pliances to be found in Dr. Seth N. Jordan’s J office, 7 and asked the favor examination . of it few days an a since. It T cheerfully . , .. accorded , , r „. was us. reception . docorated , ^ , rooms are par . lors, the , . filled with operating rooms all .. the . aids . . the , ioth . century gives— electric . . appliances, .. thermic . . . assistants, mechanical . . , devices, . . microscopical . . and . chemical , . , each ... apparatus, m its own place, , abound. , , .... Whatever m . research , could ... vention or give seems ^ to be aggregated here. Cheerfulness c , . mixed . °.° with ... the , is science in arrange and , if .. . . have . leg ment one is to a cut off, . looks possible , for . , be it now it to done . in a . laugh. . TT Happily r for man ° .... kind local . and inhaled . , . . and , ansesthet- , have robbed . . , of , most of r its . ics pain . Research . . doing , . much , sting. is to make medicine ... a certain science, I he countless uses that ...... electricity, heat and , mechanism , are , being . put to in . surgery shows , the . world ,,, s pro gress. ° If you would educate yourself, and find _ , Dr. ... Jordan T , with • , tew can a moments leisure, take word , tor our . and , . how surprised . , will .... be it see you his . of . . ^ Car¬ in suite rooms, just over ter’s drug store. Life has its ills and woes, but study and well directed efforts are conquering many of them. We but do a duty when we call at¬ tention on oui own account to what we have seen here in our midst (■o to See Him. i t will pay you to call at the shoe store of W. R. Bedell, in Columbus, when you need shoes. He has an entirely new stock exhibited in an entirely new store, that is arranged in an en drely new fashion, and although he is no new man at the business, he , , , let , his • shoes , to A . get t propose jf j ow prices will move them. In the line of school shoes, work shoes and ladies shoes his stock is re P^ e ^ e with bargains and he can of fer special ‘ inducements on any of thes goods . i t will pay .you o go see him before making your winter CREATION’S LOWER ORDERS. A wild deer ran about the streets of Thorpe, Wis., for some time one morning recently, Its life was protected by the game law. A Lawrence county (Pa.) hen, failing to hatch any chicks, has adopted a litter of kit¬ tens, and clucks vigorously at them when they become playful. Edward Davenport, of Atlanta, Ga., saw a large snake with a little king snake wrapped about it just back of the head. It had choked the large snake to death. The dog of George Marion, of Rensselaei, Ind., began barking at a hole in the ground. Marion dug down and killed 123 blue racers and twenty-seven bull snakes. A little alligator was shipped in a box from Florida to Boston. When ho arrived he was apparently ytiff dead. After a warm bath he revived, bn'o for six days he had not eaten & thing. James Hamilton, of Philadelphia, has a cat which gave birth to six kittens which were joined together a la Siamese twins. It would have been a nice thing for him if the kittens had not got to quarreling among themselves to find out which was the kitten. The quar reling resulted in their death. Capt. Tom Brabson, a well known farmer living on the French Broad river, near Boyd’s creek, Term., is the owner of a white mule 45 years of age. The venerable beast was in the harness until two years ago, when was retired on a pension. He has been in r:^.^^a^ U,il ' ty ' In Brief and to the Point. « Dyspepsia is dreadful. Disordered liver is misery, Indigestion is a foe to good nature. digestive apparatus The human is one of the most complicated^ and wonderful things in existence, It IS¬ easily put out of order. Greasy food,tough food,sloppy food bad cookery, mental worry, late hours, rregular habits, and many other things which ought not to be, have made the American people a nation of dispepsia. Flower has done But Green’s August this a wonderful work in leforming sad business and making the Ameri¬ can people so healthy that they can enjoy their meals and be happy. Rem ember :-No happiness without health. But Green’s August Flower brings health and happiness to the dyspeptic. Ask your druggist for a bottle. Seventy-five cents. nmm lodge no, m, a. o. u. w. Regular meetings ou first and third Tu sdays in each month. H. C CAMERON, M. W J. L BLACKMON, Recorder. W. J. WATT, WHOLESALE GROCER, f 1000 Broad Street, Columbus, Ga. Having ntered into rheWholesale Business with a largely increased trad? has necessitated t’ne l*«ildimr of a commodious and roomy Bdck Warehouse on the railroad with side-track facilities I buy my goods for cash in load lots and unload the cars into mv own warchou-e, thus tn king a saving in storage ami draya:e. L have in warenou-e and in store and a p epuvd to offer to the trade a A FULL LINE S GROCERIES id At prices which defy competition. Col E G Kaiford, so well anti favorably known to the public, is with me as Traveling Salesman, and will call on the merchants alont: the lint s of road leading to the city with samples and prices. Those who would buy advantageous!} to themselves are solicite 1 to try me before purcha ing elsewhere. 1 want your trade, and am sure I can get it if you will give me a fair trial. I have in my Warehouse several c»r loads of superior Texas Rust P oof Oats, by ike sack or car load. «s^”Specirtl attention paid to the filling of orders entrusted to my care W. J. WATT. __JK Attention Farmers. Ninety days time at cash price, on< n'fltmi >1 Gin — 45 siw and Good P W»!i r>i»v for n^e in g<tj < or it LLIN ! EFFEld Fr. SETH X. JORDAN, Operating Surgeon and Physici| Broad St.„ Columbui A CARD. The publisher has arraii with Mr. B. F. Hill to ! vass the county north of mountain in the interes. the JOURNAL. He call upon subscribers w time is out or who are ir for subscription, r : ' ES - , RS thOSC WHO CIO not take COUntV paper, and We asl i Him a natient paticni hearing neai mg !' | liberal treatment. He • ceiot lLCeive anu re icceipt subscriptions, . and COlltrai; prirf advertising or job He will also write up interesting features of neighborhoods he visits his ready pen will make t letters of much interes; our readers. Every ma the county should subsc for the JOURNAL and; hope many will be induce do so by Mr. Hill’s efforts PAINT YOUR BUffi Ready-Mixed Pairi Any Color. ’ COST YOU Any person can put it on nicely; nice assortment ol PAINT White Lead by the quantity. S. G.