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JACKS ON HERALD.
•ROBERT S. HOWARD,/
Editor and Publisher. )
VOLUME i.
C- W„ 13 r UjP:E^E.
G-ainesvine, Gra,,,
IS 11E AI) QUARTERS for gooff reliable goods, and the Leader in Low Prices. My stock of General Merchandise is the
- largest I have ever carried, and the most extensive and best selected stock ever brought to Gainesville. My
I3ry Goods lOQ]p^:2.^:rxi©:oL-t;
Is full and replete in every line. The most elegant line of DRESS GOODS. SILKS, SATINS, PLAIDS, STRiPES and
BROCADES ever offered here. A superb line of 1‘ LANNLLS, \\ A 1 LRPROOI S, L VSlMi'ffv.ES, JEANS, GLOI liS, Ac.
My stock of LADIES' CLOAKS will equal that of every house in tiie city together. This line is complete in all grades.
Every lady can he suited here. My
Glove, Hosiery and Corset Departments
Are f til! of the best goods and lowest prices. In Ml LLIN ER Y. II A IS, RIBUONS and Till MM INT IS, for ladies wear, I have
an elegant line, with MISS MARY DEADEN, a superb Trimmer, at the head of this Department.
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In my Clothing Department may always he found everything pertaining to a first-class clothing store. This stock is uncqual
cd in this section. “ K EEP’S'’ Shirts, Collars and Culls a specialty. No fancy prices. 1 have the largest stock of Boots and
Shoes, for Cents, Ladies and Children, ever offered to the trade in Northeast Georgia. Ziegler’s Shoes, and other noted brands
in full linos. My stock is complete in every department, and as to prices 1 will guarantee to sell anything in ray stock as low
as similar goods can be bought in Atlanta or Athens, or any other market. All 1 ask is an opportunity to convince you.
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P. S.—l buy all kinds of Country Produce at highest market prices.
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a go tSSiSMwza WRITE FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE.
ImH Spcclflaatioiw ns Follows >
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jijfSS & ttyij|wiE?—J” Jl'f polished metal pedals, and handles. etc.,
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l i / * aDd would ura.um.ut tho bou
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Length. 49ins. all trains.
Address or call upon DANIEL F. BEATTY, Washington, New Jersey.
£epf JliliHTlkuueuk
Executor's Sale.
V GREKABLY to an order from the
. Courtof Ordinary of Jackson county,
(la., will be sold, before the Court Douse
door in Jefferson, in said county, within
tho legal hours of sale, on the first Tues
day in December next, the following de
scribed lands, belonging to the estate of
Milton Matthew’s, late of said county, de
ceased, to-wit :
One tract of land, lying on Sandy creek,
in said county, containing one hundred
and ninety acres, more or less, adjoining
lands oC Brooks, Cash, Stone ami Mattox,
it being Uie place whereon C. W. Mat
thews now resides. Situate upon the same
is two dwelling houses and out-buildings,
About forty acres of original forest, sixty
acres in cultivation, about twenty acre's
of creek bottom, the balance in old field ;
all good productive land.
Also, the home place, whereon said de
ceased resided at the time of his death,
will be sold in four different parcels,
which lias been divided and surveyed, and
will be sold separately as follows :
Lot No. 1 contains one hundred and
thirty-seVen acres, more or less, and is
situated on both sides of the North Eastern
Rail Road, adjoining lands of Smith.
Creighton and others, upon which is situ
ate the two-story dwelling house, contain
ing ten rooms, and other out-buildings.
Forty acres of original forest, sixty acres
in cultivation and the balance in old field.
In one-half mile of Center depot.
Lot No. 2 contains fifty and seven-tenth
acres, more or less. Situate upon the
same is a good tenant's cabin ; about 20
acres of original forest, 12 acres in culti
vation, the balance in old field. Adjoins
Brooks, Chandler and Creighton, and is
situate in one-fourth of a mile of Center
depot, on the east side of the Athens and
Clarkesvillc road.
Lot No. 3 contains one hundred and
four-tenth acres, more or less, of which
fifty acres is in original forest, fifteen acres
in cultivation, the balance in old field.
Adjoins lands of Smith and Davidson, and
is situate on the west side of the Athens
and Clarkcsvilfe road, and in one-fourth
of a mile of Center depot.
Lot No. i contains forty-six and ninc
tenth acres, more or less, of which t wenty
acres is in Original forest, the balance in
old field. Adjoins lands of Davidson,
Barton and Lord, and is situate on the
west side of Athens and (flarhesville road
and north side of King's bridge road.
Also, at the same time and place, will
be sold, to the highest bidder, one tract of
land, belonging to the estate of said de
ceased, containing two hundred and thirty
live acres, more or less, situate about two
miles from Nicholson depot, on the North
Eastern Rail Road, adjoining lands of
Stapler. Murray. Sharpe and lands of 1).
’)• Matthews, it being a portion of a tract
ot land known as the Davis tract, upon
which is situate a good cabin, now occu
pied by James Collins ; four or five acres
in cultivation ; all in original forest except
twelve or fifteen acres.
All sold lor the benetit of creditors and
for distribution according to the will of
said deceased. Terms cash.
J. M. MATTHEWS,
Ex’r of Milton Matthews, dec'd.
October 28th, 1881.
Guardian's Sale.
1)Y virtue of an order from the Court of
) Ordinary of Jackson county, (da., ob
tained at the October term, 1881, 1 will
sell, at public out-cry, to the highest bid
der, before the Court House door in the
town of Jeiierson, in said county, within
the legal hours of sale, on the first Tues
day in December next, the following de
scribed property, to-wit:
Six shares of the capital stock of the
Georgia Rad Road and Hanking Com pan v,
belonging to the estate of E\ L. Nibla< k.
terms cash. Z. T. NI HLACK,
Guardian of I*. L. Niblaek
Jackson Sheriff’s Sale.
WILL be sold, before the Court House
door in Jefferson, Jackson county,
(la., on the first Tuesday in December.
1881, within the legal hours of sale, to the
1 highest bidder, the following described
property, to-wit:
A tract of land, lying in said county,
adjoining lands of Thomas Philips, J. C.
DcLapcrricrc, Mrs. Nihlack and others,
known as part of the Dead survey, con
taining one hundred and twenty-three
acres, more or less. On said tract there
is a good log cabin and other out-houses.
Ten or twelve acres in a high-state of cul
tivation, the remainder in pine field and
forest. Also, another tract in said coun
ty, containing thirty-three acres, more or
less, lying on the Dog Mountain road, ad
joining lands of Elizabeth Bowls. Elisha
.Martin, S. T. Bailey and others, in origi
nal forest. Both tracts levied on as the
property of A. M. Duke, by virtue of and
to satisfy two Justice’s Court fi. las. in
favor of ii. Atkins &, Cos. vs. G. S. Duke,
A. M. Duke, V. IE Duke and /. T. Duke,
and one Justice’s Court fi. fa. in favor of
11. Atkins k Cos. vs. G. S. Duke, A. M.
Duke and V. 11. Duke, and three Justice’s
Court fi. fas. in favor of Banks k Brother
vs. G. S. Duke, 11. M. Duke and A. M.
Duke. All of said fi. fas. issued from the
Justice’s Court in the 2-13th District, G.
M., October 1-Ith, 1881. Property point
ed out by defendants in said li. fas. Levy
made by S. T. Bailey, E. C., October 22d,
1881, and turned over lo me. Notice given
J. 0. Strickland, tenant in possession, as
the law directs.
T. A. McELIIANNON. Sh’ff.
, 1 dn linisti xi tor’s Sale. I
I)Y virtue of an order of the Court of
) Ordinary of Jackson county, Ga., will
be sold, before the Court House door in
the town of Jefferson, in said county, on
the first Tuesday in December. 1881. to
the highest bidder, at public out-cry. with
in the legal hours of sale, the following
described property, to-wit :
One hundred and twenty-four acres of
land, more or less, lying on the North
Eastern Rail Road, about one mile from
Nicholson, on said rail road, in said coun
ty, known as the John 1. Parks place.
About-fifteen acres of said land in culti
vation. balance good original forest land.
There is on the same a very good dwell
ing house containing four rooms, corn
crib, Ac. Sold as the property ot John 1.
Parks, dec'd. for the purpose of paying
expense of .administration and for distri
bution among the heirs at law of said de
ceased. Terms cash.
J. W. STRICKLAND,
JOHN 1. PITTMAN,
Adm’rs, dc bonis non, J. T. P. rks, dec'd.
Jackson County.
Whereas, O. 11. P. Pettyjohn, Admin
istrator on the estate of Temperance Pet
tyjohn. late of said county, deceased, rep
resents to the Court that he has fully and
completely administered said deceased’s
estate and is entitled to a discharge—
This is to cite all concerned, kindred
and creditors, to show cause, if any, at
the regular term of the Court of Ordinary
of said county, on the first Monday in Feb
ruary, 1882. why said Letters of Dismis
sion should not be granted the applicant.
Given under my official signature, Oc
tober 20th, ISSI.
11. AY. BELL, Ord'r.
O.EOIIGIA, Jackson County.
Whereas. Rob’t E. Green applies to me
in proper form for Letters of Administra
tion op the estate of Caroline A. Colt, late
of said county, dec’d—
This is to cite all concerned, kindred
and creditors, to show cause, if any. on
the iirst Monday in December. 1881, at
the regular term of the Court of Ordinary
of said county, why said Letters should
not be granted the applicant.
Given under my official signature, Oc
tober 31st. ISSI.
11. W. BELL, Oru’y.
JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA.. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1881.
PI AN PF^Of
A -BEATTY’S PIANOFORTES,—" Magnificent
• holiday presents; square grand pianofortes, four very
handaomo round corners, rosewood cases, three unisons,
Beatty's matchless iron frames, stool, book, cover, boxed,
£5533. , 4 sto $3U7.50; catalogue prices, £BOO to SI,OOO,
satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded, after ono year’s
use ; upright pianofortes, £135 to £355; catalogue prices,
SSOO to £800: standard pianofortes of tho universe, as
thousands testify, write for mammoth list of testimonials;
Beatty’s cabinet organs, cathedral, church, chapel, parlor,
SBO upward -, visitors welcome; free carriage meets pas
sengers; illustrated catalogue (holiday edition) free. Ad
dress or call on DASIEL F. IiKATT V, Washington, New Jersey.”
or mPORYANT n i
want it distinctly understood that I am prepar
ed to oiler to the public greater inducements to buy
PIANOFORTES FOR HOLIDAY PRESENTS man ever before.
Why buyGrand,Square andUprightPianosandpay
manufacturers such enormous profits. Before you
decide to purchase a Piano elsewhere, stop ! Write
at once for valuable information. Tricks of tho trado
Wb ere the cost comes in ; how a $297.50 Piano cost
SIOOO through agents—profits of from SSOO to S7OO
made on a single sale. A SIOOO Piano sold to one man
for SBOO, to his neighbor, tho same Piano precisely,
for SO3O, to another for SOSO. Is this just ? I have
one price, no agents, sales are made direct, my cat
alogue has no fictitious prices—OHS FEIC3 TO ALL.
Administrator \s Sale.
EY virtue of an order from the Court of
of Ordinary of Jackson county, Ga.,
obtained at the November term, jBB], 1
will sell, at public out-cry, to the highest
bidder, before the Court Douse door in
the town of Jefferson, in sad county, on
the first Tuesday in December next, with
in the legal hours of sale, the following
described property, to-wit :
A tract of land, situated in Jackson
county, on Little Curry’s creek, contain
ing one hundred and seventy-three acres,
more or less, adjoining lands of \V. C.
Stephens, F. \V. M. Dowdy, Mrs. Alary
Bryant and the Boggs home place. Said
place is divided as follows : about twenty
acres of first-class creek bottoms in good
state of cultivation, about fifty-five acres
of good upland in cultivation, twelve or
fifteen acres in old field pines, the balance
in original forest. The above tract of
land is first-class, and is located in one of
the best sections of Jackson county. Sold
as the property of Ezekiel Boggs, dec’d.
for distribution amongst the heirs. Terms
cash. JOHN W. BOGGS,
Adm’r of E. Boggs, deceased.
e 1 dmi nistrator’s Sale.
A G REE ABLE to an order of the Court
AjL of Ordinary of Jackson county, Ga.,
obtained at the October term, 1881, I will
sell at public out-cry, on the first Tuesday
in December next, before the Court House
door in the town of Jefferson, Ga., to the
highest bidder, within the legal hours of
sale, the following described property, to
wit :
A tract of land, situated in said county,
on the Athens and Jefferson road, near
E. M. Thompson’s, containing one hun
dred and seventy-five acres, more or less,
adjoining lands of J. \Y. Nicholson, Jas.
K. J olmson, Thompson and others. About
fifty acres in cultivation, balance in origi
nal forest. Medium dwelling house and
out-buildings on the place. Sold as the
property of Mieager Williamson, dec'd,
for distribution. Terms cash.
J. L. WILLIAMSON,
Adm'r M. Williamson, deceased.
, Idmiuisivator’s Sale.
JYY virtue of an order from the Court of
) Ordinary of Jackson county, Ga., will
be sold, cn the first Tuesday in Decem
ber. ISBI. before the Court House door in
the town of Jefferson, in said county, to
the highest bidder, at public out-cry, with
in the legal hours of sale, the following
described property, to-wit:
Fifty-four acres of land, more cr less,
lying on the North Eastern Rail Road,
about one mile from Nicholson, on said
rail road, in said county, adjoining lands
of J. AY. Strickland, N. B. Cash, W. R.
11. Statham and others. Aboht six acres
of said land in cult ration, balance in
original forest. Sold as the property of
Cynthia Parks, dec'd. for the purpose of
paying debts and for distribution among
the heirs at law. Terms cash.
J. AY. STRICKLAND,
JOHN I. PITTMAN.
Adm'rs of Cvnthia Parks, dec'd.
Jackson Dej/ty Shei ‘iff’s
Sale .
Y\7 ILL be sold, before the Court House
if door in the town of Jefferson, Ga.,
within the legal hours of sale, on the first
Tuesday in December next, to the highest
bidder, the following described property,
to-wit:
One clay bank mare, about 10 or 12
years old. in good order. Levied on as
the property of 11. D. Human, to satisfy
a cost ii. fa. issued from the Superior
Court of said county in favor of Pittman
it Hinton, for the u;c of the officers of
Court, vs. S. Lb Randolph, M. E. AVilhite.
S. C. Brown, T. L. Randolph, 11. H.
Brown. F. K. Turner, C. li. Turner, E. C.
Brooker and li. D. Human. Property
pointed oui. by T. 11. Niblaek, one of the
plaintiffs in 0. fa. S. E. BAILEY,
Deputy Sheriff Jackson county.
FOR THE PEOPLE.
vßv\a t\e (X KVvAecWuwvv.
[From the Steubenville Herald.J •
The Newspaper.
Ilezeldah Jones, Editor of the Flap
doodle. Draws a- Few Sketches
from Nature.
Thecffitorofthe Evening Flapdoodle
sfit in his sanctum tlie other morning,
just liei'oie beginning his day's work,
and thought lie had brought his paper
about as near perfection as possible
for an ordinary-sized .town close to a
half dozen big cities, and he was
won lei ing how he might further im
prove it. when his cogitations were in
terrupted by an acquaintance coining
in.
•• Hello, Mr. Scissors,” he facetiously
said, “ writhing up editorials with the
'hears, eh ?”
The editor tried to smile at the old
joke, and the visitor went on. “ I tell
on what it is, Jones, you have a pretty
good paper, but what do you want in a
town like this with long editorials?
Give us short ones. You can’t mold
public sentiment, you must simply
echo it.” Then he left, and Jones told
his associate not to write any long
editorials that day. as he proposed,
for once, to make the Flapdoodle just
to suit every subscriber who wanted a
change. In a half hour along came a
wicked fellow who talked newspaper
a long while, and then said he didn’t
see any use of Sunday reading, nor
any other religious matter in a paper,
and if it was libs he would bounce it
all. The editor said nothing, but when
the man went away he told his Sunday
editor not to send any matter for that,
lay. Then Jones rested and thought
for a few minutes, and a pious old
party dropped in. As he knew a good
deal about the business in its moral
aspect, he talked along, and at last
said that no newspaper could be decent
which admitted to its columns any
sensational matter, any advertisement
other than the most high-toned, an.y
slangy squibs, or anything which
could not be read without a blush by
the most capriciously fastidious.
Jones was silent, but later he went
and ordered all that matter set aside.
So far, Jones thought he was getting
things to suit pretty well, and then
another man came in,,and like the
others, knew all about the business of
editing a paper. lie was a city politi
cian, and said, “Mr. Jones, you don’t
have enough polities. Why don’t you
thrrrw out the*e farm notes, and
kitchen receipts, and odds and ends
Mold nows, and telegraphic brevities
which we get in the other papers and
give us politics? That’s what the
children cry for.” Again was Jones
silent and later gave orders for the ex
pulsion of all this objectionable matter
and waited for the next one. lie came
pretty soon, and fie had a eoflin for a
coat and a shroud for a handkerchief,
and he smelt like the dust which blows
off of a skeleton. Said he, “Jones, I
like your paper, but what do you run
that funny business in it for ? It's
silly, stale, and flatter than last year's
ale with the bottle left open. What
does a man want to laugh for anyhow?
This is a vale of tears and we should
always remember that in the un
certainty of life death may cut us off
with an idle laugh upon our lips.”
“That’s so,” groaned Jones. “I'll
cut every line of fun right out,” and
off he hurried and out went all the
funny business. As lie went home at
noon lie met a lady who said she didn’t
see what the? wanted to Qll a paper
full of politics for, because nobody
read that. “ Don't they ?” said Jones,
"then out she goes,” and when he got
hack it all went out. “ I'm bound to
please ’em all” said -the editor, “If 1
have to buy anew office.” Right after
dinner a man of business proclivities
came in and said lie didn’t sec any use
of “these silly little personals and
them short local items that didn’t
amount to anything anyway.” Tf it
was his paper he would have some
thing of a higher nature or let the place
go bare. Jones listened and told the
foreman to whack out all that sort of
stijff at once. Then he felt easier, till
a lot of pretty girls came in, and, after
making a purchase, asked him what a
newspaper was filled full of advertise
ments for ; nobody ever read them, and
one said she was going to stop taking
the paper if lie was going to fill it up
Jhat way. Jones told the young lady
he would have a paper to suit every
one, or rather made after the sugges
tions of every one. and he hoped she
would not find fault. Then lie went
and ordered out every ‘ ad.’ and smack
and smooth, and waited for the next
man. He came along pretty soon, and
said he could stanch anything but
poetry, and that was his abomination
in a newspaper, and it never ought
to encounter the columns of a local
journal, because it was meant for
magazines, and that sort of papers.
Jones took it in and went out and or
dered all his fine poetry knocked down.
Then he waited again, and a woman
came in, and said the fashion notes
were no good, because the magazines
had them all in greater quantity, and
another thing she didn’t like, was the
markets. “AY hat good was them?”
she said. “ I don’t know,” he replied,
“so I’ll throw ’em out. ’ “ I hope you
will,” she answered, and went awav.
In ten minutes the markets and
fashions were on the standing galley.
Jones began to look around, and as he
was studying, a small boy said to him
that “ marriage and deatli notices was
\ mighty thin read in’,” and Jones slung
[ them clear out into the corner. After
| this change lie wentover inUi the count-
ing room, and an old man was there
waiting to pay his subscription. “ It's
a good paper, Jones, but in this place
you only want to take notice of local
affairs, and let all the miscellaneous
and general business go,” and—-then
Jones gave the old fellow a receipt
and rusbe 1 back and took out all the
miscellaneous and general matter that
was left, and as lie took out the last
handful a Fiend came through the
office and critically examining his
surroundings, said, “The Flapdoodle
is a good paper, Jones, but I do think
you have the ugliest head on it I ever
saw. Why don’t you change it? I’m
certain 1 never would let such ahead
appear on a paper of mine.” “All
right.” said Johor, and off came the
head. “Now, Mr. Foreman,” he con
tinued, “ lock up the forms and send
them down tc the prc>s room.” The
forms were duly looked aud wentdown.
and the paper came out and was dis
tributed as usual. The next morning,
the politician, and the solemn man,
the friend, the school girl, the woman,
the small boy, and all the rest of
them were standing around the Flap
doodle office with blank sheets of paper
in their hands ; not a line, not a word,
not a sign of anything on it but column
rules, with nothing between. *' How is
this?” said each to the other. •• and
where’s that fool editor, to impose on
us in this way ?” While they were thus
talking, the devil came in with a letter
from thee litor, which the old man read
to the crowd. It ran as follows :
“ Dear friends, you all think you
know how to run a newspaper, and
when you come to me with your sugges
tions I hate to tell you differently, so
1 have followed your advice and you
see what you have as the result. If
von will be kind enough to mind your
own business half as well as I do mine,
and try to think I know a little some
thing, while you don’t know it all, I
will give you a good newspaper, and
wl enever I don’t give you your
money’s W( rtb, then come and tell me
so, but don't come telling me how I
should do my work, when I have
devoted years to it, and you have never
given it an hour’s study.
“ lain yours truly.
“ llezekiau Jones,
“ Editor Flapdoodle .”
Then these good people looked at
their blank paper and their blank
faces, and not one said a word except
the profane man, who remarked,
“ Damme, the editor is right; let’s go
and mind our own business,” and
Jones crept out from behind the
counter, and that evening issued a
tip-top paper, chuck full of ail sorts of
personal and local items, and news,
and everything, and there was peace
in that town for the space of a long
time.
A Physicians Advice of How'to Gain
Health.
Harrisburg, Pa.. March 30. 1881.
Nothing is more charming and at
tractive than a thoroughly healthy,
perfectly formed woman ; a bright
eyed, rosy, laughing, joyous, happy
faced girl, one who finds keen pleasure
in merely living. An invalid wife or
mother is a constant object of svmpa
thy in an otherwise contented house
hold. Happy the home whose women
folks enjoy perfect health. In my
practice I have always recommended
sickly women to use Brown’s Iron Bit
ters. In case of irregularities, dys
pepsia, indigestion, heartburn, nausea,
sour stomach, nervousness and ex
haustive debility, I find it exceeds
all other remedies as a true medicinal
tonic. It never fails to gently soothe,
refresh and strengthen the general
system, and especially those parts
made weak by continued distress : and
what satisfies me most is, that the
cures, altogether in some instances
gradual, arc always permanent. —M.
D.
Tho Decendants of the Bounty Mu
tineers.
The story of the mutineres on the
ship Bounty, who settled ou Pitcairn
Island in 17U0, is one familiar to
ever)* school-boy, but interest in the
tale has been revived in San Fran
cisco by the’arrival there of Daniel
McCoy, who is a grandson of one of
the mutineers, and lias lived on Pit
cairn Island all his days. Being seen
by a reporter, McCoy stated that the
community which be has just left is a
model one in point of morality, and
that the general condition of the in-
habitants is good. No liquor is al
lowed on the island, and the religion
of the community is the Episcopal.
At present there are but ninety six
persons there, but on Norfork Island
there is a popnlation of 700, the pro
duct of an emigration from Pitcairn in
1856. About one half the laud on the
island is cultivated, and the crops of
grain, vegetables and semi-tropical
fruits, together with the poultry and
goats raised by the islanders, supply
them with an abundance of whole
some food. They have no horses nor
cattle. The inhabitants are simple
in their tastes, correct in their relations,
industrious, frugal and religious.
Their chief recreation is singing.
They observe Sunday with great
strictness, and never indulge in gam
ing. card playing, or dancing.
An O’d Lady writes us : “I am G 5
years old and was feeble and nervous
all the time, when I bought a bottle of
Parker’s Ginger Tonic. I have used
a little more than one bottle and feel
as well as at 30, and am sure that hun
dreds need just such a medicine.”
Sec advertisement.
Who Punches the Coins?
THE AMOUNT REALIZED FROM TIIE
BORING PROCESS.
A reporter asked James N. Samson,
the veteran detective employed at the
sub-treasurv. to what the government
detectives attributed the sudden in
crease in the number of clipped and
punched coins, which has attracted so
much attention of late. Mr. Samson
said it was perfectly well known that
nine-tent tis of the punching was done
in this city by Cubans.
A number of silver e< ins were clam
ped together in a roll, and, in less
time than it takes to write an account
"f it, a hole is drilled through the lot.
The value of the silver obtained by
punching a hole of usual size in a coin
amounts to about one twenty fifth of
the value of the coins, so that every
roll of twenty five quarter dollars, the
value of one quarter dollar is obtained
in a moment by running a drill t hrough
the roll. Air. Samson says, also, that
many of the punched coins come from
.Mexico and South America, where
our silver coins circulate freely, and
rarely escape mutilation.
Several attempts have been made ol
late yeais to break up the systematic
punching of cons but with little suc
cess. Only two convictions for the
offense have been made in ten years.
Mr. Samson remarked that while the
business of punching and filling coins
was almost wholly in the hands of the
Cubans, the business of sweating gold
coins by shaking them up in a buck
skin bag is attributed by the detectives
to the denizens of Chatham street.
By shaking a bag containing 1,000
eagles for three hours the result in
gold dust will be worth S2O.
Air. Floyd, the chief clerk of the
assay office, said that the government
rules relating to light weight gold
coins were defective and tended to
keep such coins in circulation. When
a gold coin loss than twenty years old
is abraded to more than one-half per
cent, of its value it is stamped with an
‘L’ at the sub treasury and returned
to whoever offers it, instead of being
sent to the mint. The object is to
force the holder to take it to the assay
office or mint to be sold at its real
value, instead of which it goes into
circulation again.
The trouble is that Congress has
never made any provision for redeem
ing mutilated or even abraded coin.
Many persons think that all pieces
that have been worn down beyond
recognition in actual service should
be redeemed at par. The difficulty is
to tell when a piece ha3 been worn
smooth through use, or brought to that
condition by sweating or other arti
ficial means. Mr. Floyd considers that
the mutilation of silver coin does not
need government interference, because
unlike the abrasion of gold, the muti
lation of silver coin can be detected
at once, and it rests with the govern
ment to drive such coins out of circula
tion. — New York Evening Post.
Dyspeptic symptoms, such as retas
ting of the food, belching, heat in the
stomach, heartburn, etc., promptly
cured by Brown’s Iron Bitters.
Successful Moving of a Large Hotel.
At a recent mceti ng of the Engineers’
Club, of Philadelphia, the secretary
read a detailed description of the mov
ing of the Hotel Pelham, at Tremont
and Bcylston streets, Boston, for the
purpose of widening Tremont street.
This hotel is built of freestone and
brick, 9G and G 9 feet frontage. The
Boylston street wall is supported on
eight granite columns 12 feet high, 3
and 4 feet square. There is a basement
and seven stories above the sidewalk.
Height above tramways on which it
was moved, 9G feet. Weight, 5,000
tons, exclusive of furniture, which was
not disturbed during removal, as also
were not the occupants of the stores
on first floor and some of the rooms,
the various pipe connections being
kept up with flexible tubes. Careful
experiments with models showed that
if the lower part of the building was
firmly braced, there was no danger of
shifting in the parts above. The
general arrangements consisted of
heavy and substantial stone and brick
foundations for iron rails and rollers,
and the building was forced to its flew
position by fif y-six screws, 2 inches
diameter, half inch pitch, operated by
hand against timbers arranged to
uniformly distribute the pressure
against the building. Much care and
ingenuity was displayed in the details
of the arrangements and work. Two
months and twenty days were occupied
in preparation. The moving itself was
begun on August 21, and finished on
August 25, but the actual time of mov
ing was but 13 hours and 40 minutes.
The greatest speed was two inches in
four minutes. The hotel moved about
one eighth of an inch at each quarter
turn of the screws. The whole dis
tance moved was 13 feet 10 inches.
Four thousand three hundred and fifty
one days’ labor was required for the
work. The whole cost was about
$30,000. This is the largest building
that has ever been removed, although
larger have been raised, which latter
is a much simpler and less risky opera
tion. The complete success of this
undertaking is shown by the fact that
cracks which existed in the walls prior
to removal were not changed by the
operation. Paper was pasted over
them before commencing, that an}'
change might be seen.
Warner’s Safe Kidney and Liver
Cure.
S TERMS, $1.50 PER ANNUM.
) SI.OO for Six Months.
How He Got In.
The other night a young man from
northern Arkansas and a young lady
from the southern part of the State,
met at a hotel in this city and were
married. After the ceremony the
young man went out and sat in front
of the hotel while his wife went up to
the room assigned as the bridal cham
ber.
“This thing of getlin’ married is a
lifetime business,” he said, address
ing a man who had just been divorced
from his wife. “ I regon you have
found it so,” he added, turning to a
single man. “ Wall, I regon I'll go up.
Dinged if I don’t sorter hate to go up
thar, too. lint I never was afecred of
a man, an’ I don’t see why I should bo
afeered of a woman.”
lie went up and rapped at the door.
“Who’s there?'* demanded the girl.
“ It’s me?”
** Who's me?”
“Don't you recognize ray talk,
honey?”
“ No, I don’t.”
“ It’s your own wide awake and liv
in’ husband. Let me in.”
“Go awav from that door; you
shan’t come in hero. 1 ain't got ac
quainted witli you yet.”
“ Say, let me in. Them fellers down
stairs are laughin’ at me. Open the
door, fur I'm sleepy and he yawned
like a man waiting for a night train.
“Thought you said that yon were
wide awake.”
*• I was awhile ago, hut I’m power
ful sleepy now. Ain’t yon goin’ to
open this door?”
“ No, I ain’t.”
,’ Why did yon marry’ me?”
” Cause I wanted to.”
“ Wall, why don’t you let me in?”
“ Cause I don’t want to. *
“All right, old gal; I’ll shell out fur
home and leave you to pay the hotel
bill. I never seed the woman that
could pull the wool over iny eyes.”
The latch clicked and the door open
ed. The hotel bill had frightened her.
“ It won’t do fur a woman to buck
agin me. Icmme tell you, fur I was
rriied at the cross-roads an’ went to
m 11 early'.” —Little Rock Gazett.
Mr. Walter F. Adams, of Westboro,
Mass., writes: ‘‘For years I suffered
the horrors of dyspepsia and indiges
tion. They seemed to weaken every
organ of life, and completely shattered
my nervous system. At night when
I lay down I felt I could not live until
morning. Heartburn pained me most
terribly’. I tried Brown's Iron Bitters ;
it suited ray ease precisely; and now
ray stomach digests any kind of food,
and my sallow complexion and other
symtoms of ill health are all gone, and
at night I enjoy most refreshing dream
less slumber.”
The Two Suits Into Which Two
Governors Get Themselves.
Yesterday the Willimnnticcompany
did some work against time in which
the old father was vanquished. One
of the features of the day's doings was
to be the making of the two suits of
clothes from the seed cotton. Bright
and early a number of people went
out to the grounds to.see the process.
A little after sunrise a few individuals
on hand for the occasion, stepped into
one of the patches on the grounds and
almost in a twinkling the cottoq was
picked and ginned. Attwenty minutes
to 7it started on its way. Entering
first the Kitson picker, at 7 o’clock, it
went to the Foss & Pevey cards;
thence to the railway head, built by the
Lowell machine company. Then it ra
pidly found its way to the speeder built
by the City machine company, of
Providence. From there it went to
the Fails & Jenks frame, and was soon
what the observer was ready to pro
nounce thread. This was taken to a
Crompton loom and the process of
weaving commenced. The crowd that
had watched the course of the cotton
as it passed from stage to stage grew
until the aisles were blocked up. Every
body wanted to see the work going on.
As soon a3 the cloth emerged from
the loom it was taken to the dye house
of N. Spencer Thomas, and died. As
soon as it was dried it was taken to
the Wheeler & Wilson exhibit, where
the suits were cut out—one for Gov
ernor Colquitt and one for Governor
Bigelow. The silk which had been
furnished by Clteney Brothers, and
which was of American manufacture,
was ready. The making of the suits
wa3 commenced. The cutting was
done by Atlanta's favorite tailor, Mr.
Grossc. whose taste and ability guaran
teed perfection in his department of
the work. The button-holes were
made at the rate of two a minuto by
11. L. Phelps, of New York, on the
National machine company’s button
hole machine. As tho day closed tho
suits came completed from the hands
of the tailors, and in the evening the
governors wore handsome black suits,
made from cotton that at sunrise
bangled, dewgemmed, from the stalks.
So much for fast machinery.
Two Irishmen, fresh from the old
country, where they have no such var
mints, were bothered mightily one
night by the incessant attacks of tho
mosquitos. They lay on the bed and
lit the lamp, which they found attract
ed additional hosts of the enemy.
Putting out the light they crept under
the bed, thinking they might get a re
spite here. A firefly then cane into
the room, when one of them exclaimed
in despair—“Och, murther, it’s of no
use ; there comes a fellow after us with
his lantern l”
NUMBER 40.