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local notes.
Mr. B. H. Bay, of Macon, was in town
his week.
Mi- M. -L Moore, of Ceres, visited
Natives in town during the week.
Mr R C. LeSeuer, of Clark’s Mill,
' ' few davs in town the past week,
[tear Blasiugame made , visit . . to
Mi'S Lillie a
friends in Guillaril during tlu* past
cr
eek.
MU. Mattie Tom, of Gaillard, spent a
two the past week with friends in
ay - or 1
[noxville.
Misses Lelia and Pearl Webb visited . .
[iencts and relatives in town during the
i-t lew’ days.
I Mr. W. J. Dunn is a candidate for
roner of this county. His card will be
m d in the Herald.
Mrs. Chapman, wife of Mr. L. O.
inpman, of the third district, this coun-
died of dropsy on Tuesday of last
ek.
K[r. Claude Carnes, who has been in
l lumber business near in Jonesboro this place, few re¬
plied to his home a
p ago.
The friends of Mrs. H. S. Nash, who
is & resident of Knoxville several
> n ths since, will regret to learn of hei¬
nous illness in Atlanta. buy all the
IV right A Allen will eggs
br|u<rht to their store iu Knoxville, and
w f Il pay twelve and a half cents per
' BriDg in the eggs.
young people of Knoxville, had
an enjoyable time at the musical
at the residence of Mr. J.
Blasingame last Friday night.
Htlrs. L. R. Allison, of our town, where is vis-
relatives at Cuthbert, Ga.,
will remain three or four weeks with,
^ hope of the change being beneficial to
health.
Rev. A. P. Spillers was the first Knox-
je la dish horticulturalist of beans, which to enjoy were the gathered luxury
bn his garden two weeks ago or more.
Polly Floyd, a colored woman, who
[s tried days here and adjudged carried to a the lunatic
Aral ago, was asy-
li at Milledgeville by Sheriff Hartley
[Monday of this week.
kmong [this the finest fish far, caught by parties couple
kront, community so were a
one brought home by Mr. J.
I Stroud, weighing eight pounds, and
Lther by Mr. .Jim Dent, five pounds.
It 'terns that the most of our citizens
the past several days have become so
eh interested in cotton and vegetables
it they have suffered their attention to
drawn from the pleasurable pastime
9 sport of fishing, and the finny tribe
Leginning to enjoy a much needed
I [ks, fishing party, indudiugjMessrs. S. I). A. C.
Joe Irby, W. E. Hicks,
to and Charlie McGee, seemed to have
Bn usual good luck out on the river or
Bit lakes adjacent thereto some
■ago. B Messrs. J. II. Beeland, James
Bate, and Louis Hicks were equally as
catching one hundred or more
Brim, besides other fish.
■ this issue of the Herald will be
■i a communication from a Crawford
By Bad farmer who writes as though he
some very practical experience
■at line of business. In a great many
■aces the picture is perhaps not over-
■ There is not much exaggeration.
■ very often “just that way.” W r e
t to hear from him again on the
■ subject.
Incxville is evidently growing iu favor
n tch the ladies as a desirable point at
to do their shopping, and it is
Jis: nt to note the presence of many of
In on our streets and in the stores here
lifferent intervals. The merchants of
lixville and their clerks are always
P.v leome to extend a pleasant and cordial
to the ladies, and they consider
I part of their business to contribute
Iny way they can to make a visit from
F n as enjoyable as possible.
Ilessrs. C. N. & T. J. Pierce were off
or three days a week or two ago on
[inspecting ter counties tour of Georgia, through going son*e of the fur
as
an as “the State of Dooly,” as it has
In called. The object in view, wu
perstand, was to find a more desirable
,nt 7 and one better suited to farming
r Old Crawford. As might have been
leeted, they arrived at no definite con-
'°. n to that being a better country,
things considered, than this.
A Turkey Hunt.
Ur. • 1. Blasingame, of our town,
•received just a hint from Mr. Hugh
Kston a few days ago that it would
lT U ^ e to k il! a turkey out there,
1. e trip - with . all possible haste,
,
, !W
t- "un Mr. y Bankston of ammu he «tion. proceeded In eom- to
place designated, and as he had been
•soon found himself in full view of
JinnTi eXt !' a fine turkey—buzzards,
upped back i into - town in about as
t a hurry as he had left, without his
rork^n P* hls eity s .? 0 V' farm, ery busil just - v as engaged though
,, u l b<?ei * there all the week.
uc!ng Colors by Photography.
n Austrian photographer named Ve-
‘f S!K ‘ ceeded in producing a certain
7 Color ?V n,nn ing from rubv red to
it n ^ < a Ught als °’ vivid
h blue ’ a
v .ri tk! 8 ?- Fu? f r b ue en ’ have , krown, thus violet, far eluded and
i ,ZZ But eD \ l6c « men who have followed
US^ obtainable, nt? and ’ P redict that a that revolution all colors in
r ra w °rk is at hand.
«
GREAT MEN IN TUBS.
The Capitol’s Luxurious Bath Rooms
for Congressmen.
Saturday is wash-day in the House,
that is, it is the day when all the mem-
bers tak e their baths, says Commercial a Washington Ad-
letter to the New York
vertiser. Some there may be who bathe
oftener than once a week, but they all
bathe on Saturday. When they come
ou * °f the marble tubs, get into the
8weat roo “ and ar e rubbed down, they
are sprayed with cologne without cost
and come out as fine as a fiddle.
The bath rooms of the house have
been greatly enlarged. They are si tu-
ated down in the sub-basement, where
steam-heating apparatus keeps the at¬
mosphere at an even temperature, Soft
carpets are laid along the stained floor,
and on either side of the narrow corridor
are nine bath-rooms, most of which are
as large as an ordinary bed-room; lighted
by electricity, carpeted and furnished
with suitable toilet articles.
Most of the tubs are of very large size,
cut out of solid blocks of marble, and a
shower-bath arrangement is attached to
each tub. Lately, two or three old-
fashioned [tubs have been replaced been by
modern ones, and one room has
fitted up with chairs, table and lounges
where members may smoke or dream
away half an hour after the bath.
This little room is so arranged as to be
as cosy as possible, and its subterranean
location, its privacy and comfort have
made it a favorite resort for members w r ho
want to hold conferences or exchange
secrets which it will not do to w hisper
above grotind. No voice could ever pen¬
etrate from this place to the upper air
and no one could ever find these gentle¬ The
men, hid so far under the ground. is
only way to reach it from the House
by means of the elevator. A Senator
w’ho says that he has tried all the baths
in Europe and America pronounces this
the best of all. The member takes his
place in one of the marble tubs and an
attendant adjusts the temperature of the
room and tempers the water to suit his
pleasure. Then, with delicate and scented
soaps, the statesman is lathered and
scrubbed and rolled and tumbled, put
into a marble tub and left to soak with
his head just above water until all the
fumes of tobacco and the recollection of
the last night's dinner are soaked out of
him; then he is rubbed down with crash
towels, and, if he desires, he can get into
the steam bath. Afterward he can go
to the lounging room and stretch himself
upon the soft upholstered couch, to
smoke or drouse, forgetful of all the af¬
fairs of State that weigh upon his brain.
Congress provides all this for its own
comfort. It has paid for these rooms and
has fitted them up. Two men are em¬
ployed as keepers of the bath, and all
the towels and soaps are bought by
“ Uncle Sam.” Bay rum used to be
furnished for bath purposes at govern¬
ment expense, but this is no longer done.
The keeper of the bath, who gets a
salary of $720 a year, buys this cologne it
himself, and the members pay him for
or not according to their liberality. If
some fail to give him the tip, others
over-pay, so that the balance at the end
of the month is not against him, and the
supply of perfume is not cut off.
Members not only get their baths free
of charge, but they have a chiropodist. of
By his delicate skill he keeps the feet
Congress free from pain, and the foot¬
prints left in the sands of time may bear
witness of his skill.—[Commercial Ad¬
vertiser.
▲ California Town’s Pet Seal.
“Dick,” the baby seal caught in the
brush near the salt works about two
months ago, has become a great pet and
a general favorite, says the Los Angeles
(Cal.) Express. He was set free about
two weeks since, and immediately made
a wild break for deep water, into which
he disappeared in a twinkling. It was
thought he would surely join the wild
herd and never come back, but in less
than half an hour after his liberation he
came paddling up alongside the pier under
the fishermen’s poles, poked his head out
of the water, and began to cry and beg
most piteously for fish. And so now
every day, from early more to Sunset, he
spend' his time gamboling affords in deep w ater
around the pier. He a fine
chance to study the animal's habits in
his native element.
A few days since “Dick” went out
with the fishermen about four miles from
shore. When the boat stopped “Dick”
climbed in and sat down on the seat to
await developments. Soon a small, live
fish was thrown overboard and “Dick”
jumped in after it, captured it, and im¬
mediately climbed in and resumed his
seat beside the fishermen. This was re¬
peated many times during the day. At
about sundow n “ Dick” swims out to the
steam tug Pelican, climbs up on deck and
sleeps there all night. He also some¬
times sleeps on shore under the end of
the pier. _
KNOXVILLE HIGH SCHOOL.
ROLL OF HONOR.
Robert Champion, Lena Andrews,
Arthur Moore, Hattie Hicks,
Homer Grace, Lizzie Bryant,
Killie Allen, Carrie Culverhouse,
Horace Andrews, Lizzie Jones,
Durwood Sanders, Celesta Culverhouse,
Mary Allen, Frankie Wright,
Kizzie Lowe, Lula McGee,
Belle Harris. Mamie Champion.
CERES ACADEMY.
Roll of Honor.
Mary L. Harrison, Homie Moore,
Annie Webb, Carrie Dent,
Laura Harrison, Omie Harrison,
Nora Visage, Loula Vissage,
Charlie Dent, Mattie Bowen,
Jennie Dent.
CURIOUS FACTS.
New Orleans boasts the largest custom
house in the world.
Before the Revolution the Virginia
planter raised nothing but tobacco and
maize.
T. Burwell Green, of Washington, Ga.,
has a biscuit that was baked at Manassas
Junction in 1861.
Recent investigations have disclosed
the fact that the people of Great Britain
swallow over 5,500,000 pills daily.
The biological school of the Univer¬
sity of Pennsylvania boasts of a herba¬
rium of 50,000 botanical specimens.
Some enterprising Chicagoans have se¬
cured John Brown’s old fort at Harper’s
Ferry, Va., and will transplant it to that
city.
Mrs. Bornemaon, of North Passaic,
N. J., has brought suit against John
Parnell for painting the legs of her rooster
green.
“Garden snails wanted; one peck,” is
the advertisement of a New York man,
who says he wants the snails for medicin¬
al uses.
The table upon which Oliver Cromw r ell
signed the death warraut of Charles I
was recently sold to a London antiquary
for $710.
A colony of bees, in a normal condi-
tion, consists of about 80,000 workers,
or female bees, several thousand drones
and a queen.
Coffee was introduced into England in
1641, and the first coffee-house in Eng-
land was kept by a Hebrew named
Jacobs, at Oxford, in 1650.
An educated and accomplished young
woman in Michigan has split twenty
cords of wood with her own hands and
neatly piled it up during the past win-
ter.
At a sale of Chinese porcelain in New
York recently a very small rouge box,
less than two inches in diameter, was
sold for $150. Its price was gained by
its delicate peach-blow tint.
Nevada cattlemen are troubled by the
cruel trait of the magpie which leads it
to pick out the eyes of cattle. The spec-
tacla of living animals with their eyes
picked out is said to be a common occur-
rence.
Wax i3 produced by the bees eating
honey, and then hanging in clusters in
the hives as lazily as possible. The wax
appears on their backs. Other bees
take it off and manipulate it into
combs.
In the time of the conquest of Peru by
Pizzaro in 1534, the only domesticated
animal found among the Peruvians was
the llama, which served the inhabitants of
the country the same purpose that the
reindeer does the Laplander.
The production of gold in California
began in 1848, the yield that year being
$9,000,000; in the year following $40,-
000,000, and $50,000,000 in 1850. The
total gold product of that State to date
is estimated at $1,125,000,000.
I he bamboo does not blossom until it
attains its thirtieth year, when it pro-
duces seed profusely and then dies. It is
said that a famine was prevented in India
in 1812 by the sudden flowering of the
bamboos, when 50,000 people resorted to
the jungles to gather the aeed for
food.
No one knows who invented or made
the first umbrella. They are figured in
the carvings at Persepoiis, and old china-
ware shows the Chinese shaded by them.
When first introduced into England by
Jonas Hanway, about 1776, the hackney
coachmen and chairmen raised a great
clamor against them, thinking that they
would ruin their business.
The Sound of Light.
One of the most wonderful dis-
^overies in science that have been made
within the last year or two is tike fact
that a beam of light produces sound,
says the American Art Journal. A beam
of sunlight is thrown through a lens on
a glass vessel that contains lampblack,
colored silk, or worsted or other sub¬
stances. A disk having slits or openings
cut in it is made to revolve swiftly in this
beam of light, so as to cut it up, thus
making alternate flashes of light and
shadow. On putting the ear to the glass
vessel strange sounds are heard so long
as the flashing beam is falling on the
vessel.
Recently a more wonderful discovery
has been made. A beam of sunlight is
made to pass through a prism, so as to
produce what is called the sftlar spec-
trum or rainbow. The disk is turned,
and the colored light of the rainbow is
made to break through it. Now, place
the ear to the vessel containing the silk,
wool or other material. As the colored
lights cf the spectrum fall upon it sounds
will be given by different parts of the
spectrum, and there will be silence in
other parts.
For instance, if the vessel oontains red
worsted and the green light flashes upon
it, loud sounds will be heard given. when Only the
feeble sounds will be
red and blue parts of the rainbow fall
upon the vessel, and other colors make
no sound at all. Green silk gives sound
best in red light. Every kind of ma¬
terial gives more or less sound in differ¬
ent colors, and utters no sound in others.
The discovery is a strange one and it is
thought more wonderful things will
:ome from it.
_
Freight „ . , . rates 7 English railways av-
on
srage two and a half cents per ton per
mile; in America they average less than
one cent.
H. WRIGHT. w. f: ai.lsn.
T.
WRIGHT & ALLEN,
-DEALERS IN-
Dry Goods, Groceries,
Hats, Shoes,
HARDWARE AND PLANTATION SUPPLIES.
We can furnish you with High Grade
Fertilizers, the best on the market. Try
them. Best quality Corn, Hay, Oats, Bran.
Our stock of Ladies' Goods is complete, and
we extend a cordial invitation to call and inspect
same. You will be pleused with what we have
to StlOW VOU.
CRAWFORD SHERIFF’S SALES.
^ EORGIA— Crawford C o u n t v. —
^ James A. Moore and John J. Cham¬
pion, executors of James Roberts, de¬
ceased, have applied to me for letters of
iismission from their executorship. Un-
issgood objections are filed, I will
graut them letters dismissory on the first
Monday in June, 1890. Witness my
hand officially this the 4th day of
Maich, 1890. O. P. WRIGHT,
Ordinary.
[■ ~ EORGIA— Crawford Coun t y.—
** W. K. Eubanks Executor of Eligah
Eubanks, deceased, has in due form ap-
plied to me for letters of dismission from
his executorship. Unless good objec- said
tions thereto are filed, I will grant to
W. K. Eubanks such letters dismissory on
the 1st Monday in June, 1890. Witness
my hand officially. P. WRIGHT,
O.
Ordinary.
AEORGIA— Crawford County. —W.
IJM. Taylor, administrator of estate of
Rufus Carter, deceased, has administration applied for
letters dismissory from the
°f sa id estate, and such letters will be
granted on the first Monday in May next,
unless good objections aretiled. Witness
m y kaud officially, this January 2 i th,
1890. O. ------------ P. W RIGHT,
jan 31-13 Ordinary.
p EORGiA —Crawford Couniy. —A.
UG. Sanders and James M. Sanders,
executors of the will ofThos. J. Sanders,
deceased, have applied to me for letters
dismissory from their executorship;
therefore all persons concerned are here¬
by required to show cause, if any they
have, on the first Monday in May next,
w hy such letters should not be granted,
Witness my band officially, January
27th, 1890. O. P. WRIGHT,
Jan. 31—13t Ordinary,
D_ _ EORGIA— Crawford County. — H.
« M. Burnett, administrator on estate
of Mrs. Martha Stembridge, deceased,
has applied to me for letters of dismis-
sion from the administration of said es-
tate, and same will be granted on the
first Monday in July next, unless good
objections are filed. Witness my hand
officially this April 1st. 1890.
O. P. WRIGHT.
Ordinary.
G EORGIA— Crawford County. —W.
J. Slocumb, as administrator of the
estate of 9. P. Williamson, deceased, has
applied for letters of dismission from
said trust. This is therefore to cite all
persons concerned to show cause, if any
they have, within the time should prescribed
by law why said application not
be granted. hand officially this, the
Witness mv
31st day of March, 1890.
O. P. WRIGHT,
Ordinary.
EORGIA,— Crawford County.
Appraisers appointed to assign and set
ipart a year’s support to Mrs. A. Y. Han¬
cock, from the estate of G. S. Hancock,
deceased, have made their return: Said
return will be made the judgment of the
Court of Ordinary of said county on the
first Monday in June next, unless good
objections are filed. Witness my hand,
officially this April the 28th, 1890.
O. P. Wright, Ordinary,
NOTICE.
I will be at the following places for re-
easing tax returns for the present year,
1890:
Tabors, 26th of May.
Rogers, 27th of May.
Sowells, Point, 28th 29th of May. of May.
Sandy Knoxville, 10th, 17th and 81st of May.
Webbs 2d of June.
Hammocks, 3d of June.
Beasleys, 4th of June.
This is the last call.
R. H. Knight, R. T. R.
April 28th, 1890.
Frank _ , Jackson, T , _ of . Sampsonvi.le, _ ____ Erie .
County, Penn., can place his arms
against a wall and reach seven feet
eleven inches. He has remarkably long
arms. Jackson is six feet high. The
best reach on record is seven feet.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
R. D. Smith. W. P. Blasingame.
SMITH & BLASINGAME,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Knoxville, Ca.
Prompt and faithful attention given to
all business entrusted to their care.
MONEY CHEAP AND EASY.
-(O)--
If you want CHEAP AND QUICK
MONEY, on easy and liberal terms, you
can get it by calling on
TV. P. BLASINGAME,
Attorney at Law,
Knoxville, Ga.
DR.W.F. BLASINGAME
laiflisrTisT,
Knoxville, - - Georgia.
I respectfully tender my services the
Practice of Dentistry to the citizen]! £nd of
Knoxville and surrounding country, tdj patroni
will spare no effort to secure
competent work and perfect satisfaction.
Charges Reasonable.
KNOXVILLE
HIGH SCHOOL
SPRING TERM.
Opens Ja n nary 13
Closes ... June 27
FALL TERM.
Opens September 1.
Closes December 19.
Rate of tuition for All Classes, $2 per
month. A pro rata allowance will be
made for Public Fund.
Each pupil will be taught by the most
modern methods.
I cordially solicit your patronage. Fur¬
ther information will be cheerfully fur-
uished by
C. C. POWER,
Princiual.
THE HARRIS HOUSE,
KNOXVILLE. GEORGIA.
Always open to public patronage. We
try to please our guests. Comfortable
Room and good Fare. Free hack to and
from Depot.
Z, T. HARRIS,
Proprietor.
There was nothing so striking in the
Case °f the man who came to the dis¬
pensary the other day suffering under the
hallucination that he was surrounded on
all sides with cherries, says a St. Louis
doctor to a Republic reporter. He was
the victim of mania-a-potu, the result of
a continued devotion to whiskey flavored
with cherries preserved in maraschino,
The prevalent idea that jim-jams always
takes the form of snakes is a mistake.
The hallucinations that beset victims to
alcoholism are innumerable. I was
called once to see a man who imagined
that a stream of boutonnieres was pour¬
ing through a hole in the ceiling of his
room, threatening to suffocate him. An-
pther man iVas haunted by an old gray
g oose large, fat man believed him-
seI f a bounding gazelle. The appear-
ance G f snakes and demons onlv occur in
rare cases, but whatever the delusion the
mental torture is the same.