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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.