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FAIl'fLESS FAMM Hill II
‘■I have used Simmons having Liver made Reg¬
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it my only Family Medicine. My
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it. It is a safe, and
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system, and if used in time is a
O ltEAT PREVENTIVE OF SICKNESS. I
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•nul shall '■ontinue to do so.
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GRIFFIN GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING. JANUARY
A Japanese Family Tree.
The skill of these people in tree culture
is even more surprising than that shown
in floriculture. The latte** is not so novel
to the average American. lie has seen
at home the little wild rose worked up
into the huge and perfect jacqueminot.
He has enjoyed the delicious odor of the
rose peony transformed from the ranis
smelling, old fashioned plant, and is
ready to comprehend any monstrous
metamorphosis among flowers. But
wiien he sees here an old pine tree with
gnarled and bent branches, its whole ap¬
pearance the exact counterpart of the
ancient monarch of the mountain side.—
when he sees this old looking, perfectly
healthy and thrifty fir, 100, 200, and
even 300 and 400 years old, growing in
a flower pot four feet long, two feet wide
and not two feet deep, ho hardly knows
whether he be most interested in the
skill evinced or amused by the grotesque-
ness of the idea which suggested the
thing. Such a tree as this I have seen.
Its whole height was not five feet, and
its gnarled branches did not cover an
area of eight feet. I asked its age, and
was answered 400 years. Near by were
dozens of smaller ones in pottery vases,
perfect in form—some round and bright
as the denizens of the rich bottom land.
Others, queer looking, odd old liliputians,
that made one think he was viewing an
old ancestor of centuries ago hanging
from a rocky crag; that he was looking
at it through the reversed lenses of a
powerful field glass. I ask: “How old
is that?’’
“It was planted by my father fifty-
two years ago. ”
“And that?”
‘ ‘My grandfather put it in the pot sev¬
enty years back. ”
“And this other here that looks as if
it had lieen watered from the fresh water
tank iu Noah’s ark?”
‘ ‘Ah, that is a beauty—and is the prida
of my garden. It was transplanted when
no taller than my little finger by my
great-great-great-great-grandfather near¬
ly 200 years ago. He spat upon its roots.
He is a good god now, and his soul sits
among its green branches every day and
blesses his children. ” And the good man
folded his hands and looked as if he felt
that the spirit of his ancestor, now one of
his household gods, heard his pious
words. — Carter Harrison in Chicago
Mail.
The Multiplication of Bacteria*
Dr. Prudden can teach a vast deal
about bacteria in a very brief time. Bac¬
teria are minute vegetable organisms,
some of which have been found to ac¬
company and produce certain common
diseases. Under favorable conditions of
nutriment and temperature they multiply
with almost inconceivable rapidity, by
the slight enlargement of the individual
bacteria and their division across the
middle into two. These again speedily
mature and divide. It is estimated that
under encouraging conditions a single
bacterium can produce more than 16,-
000,000 counterparts in twenty-four
hours!
These bacilla, Dr. Prudden says, con¬
form in tlieir shapes to three general
types, which may be designated the glob¬
ular, the corkscrew and the lead pencil,
instead of bestowing complex technical
names upon them. It is only the living
bacteria that produce disease. A high
degree of heat kills them, but they aro
capable of resisting a considerable siege
of cold. By far the larger number of
bacteria are harmless, so far as is yet
known: but h is now a clearly established
fact that others, which can live in water
as well as elsewhere, can and do produce
deadly diseases and promote epidemics,
and these flourish best in water that is
polluted by sewage. Dr. Prudden lias
frozen the typhoid fever bacilli for 103
days, and found that a formidable per¬
centage of them survived the ordeal.—
New York World.
( «>st ot Bare Orchids.
European flower collectors have visited
all the countries in South America in
search of rare, orchids, and during six
months the present year $S,059 was
paid for these curious plants in one town
in Venezuela.—Chicago Times.
Diamonds are found at present in live
counties of California, as follows: Ama¬
dor, Butte, E! Dorado. Nevada and Trin¬
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« AT TTO\ !—The pesniae
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SMALL MANUFACTORIES.
trim ijinm.r host skews for
ITS PROSPERITY.
A Wealih of Material aud Ample Itail«
road Facilities for All Kinds
of Manufacturing.
T'he News was talking with Piesi
dent Kincaid, of the Griffin Mills,
ti e other day, when he Haiti:
“Why don’t you advocate the **s
tublisbing of mom nmonfsclnring en
terprisch here?’'
Just as if vvt had been doing
anything else for the last six years.
“That is the only thing that will
build up the town,” continued Mr.
Kincaid. “Situated between two
cities like Atlanta and Macon, it is
useless to think at present of doing
much of a jobbing trade.
“But there is no place better situa
ted for manufacturing. With tim
ber of all kinds on our rivers and bot
toms, almost at our very door, any
thing that is made of wood can be
easily produced.
“A one horse wagon that will sell
for 8-45 can lie made for 827 at the
outside. But instead of making
them here, we buy them in Indiana
and pay the freight on them. This
is simply one illustration.”
Iron can be brought here from Al
abama as easily and cheaply as it is
carried from Ohio to Indiana to he
made into plows and other articles.
Capt. Kincaid did not mention this,
but continued:
•“Possibly it might be argued that
it takes capital to go into manufac
luring, although really it takes very
little to start many things with. But
there are some branches that require
almost no capital whatever, and abso
lutely no ‘plant.’ Take the manufac
ture ot shirts and drawers. The
Griffin Mills make the very best kind
of checks and drills for this purpose,
and we would sell them to a manu
facturer as cheap as he could buy
them anywhere. Then all he would
have to do would be to rent a cheap
up stairs room somewhere—and
there aro plenty to be had—get a
half dozen sewing machines and go
to work. They woulJ costas little
to make them here as in Massachu
setts or New York, and the demand
is unlimited.
“This would give employment to
many needy women in the town, who
could carry them home and make
them, in fact, they could all ho
made that way, without a machine
in the establishment itself.
“I would not sell them at retail,
but to jobbers in as large lots as they
could be supplied. The business
would thus be managed with very
little time and there would be no
trouble in disposing of the goods.”
“It seems strange to me,” said
Captain Grantland, who was present,
“that the negroes do not wear more
of these goods. The) are the most
durable and serviceable for the la
borer, and would last four times as
long as the second hand white shirts
which they buy already worn out.”
“Manufacturing,” continued Cap
tain Kir eaid, “is the surest and best
way of building up a town. The
Griffin Mills alone have added four
hundred to the population of Griffin.
And tiiey are the best class of citi
zens. They spend all they make
and pay for what they get, because \
they have to. There ought to be f
more of the same class here. ’
The News has Set the arove down ;
because it is worthy of thought. It
is true that manufacturing towns
have tie most permanent and endur¬
ing prosperity because they depend
themselves. People in the
may go to other towns, but
in a town must spend
money iu the town. Trade
becomes a thing lo be depend
upon and is not fluctuating and
unsatisfactory. The manufacturer
himself, who makes a staple article
of good quality in its grade, is
much more enviable position than
the merchant who knows not what a
season may bring forth.
Look at the Wolcott chair, a com
noon but well made article, which
without advertising or tarveling
salesmen, is shipped all over the
eouutrv, and the demand is always
fester than tho capacity of the works.
There is no dull season for the mann
facturera of these chairs.
The recent failures in Griffin teach
a lesson which should bo lost only
upon the foolish. For yens past
there have been two many tnercan
tile houses in Griffin for the trade
and that trade, jast as ail over the
country, is being cot into bv the
small villages growiug up.
Why not put some of this no
profitable capital into mann factories?
More money in proportion to the
capital is generally made in sujall
manufactories than in largo ones,
and it is easy to strike ot.t without
risking much.
A BRILLIANT EVENT.
Tin.- Grant land Club Reception Last
Night.
Tho Grantlnnd Club rooms last
night were the scene of a second
brilliant reception like the one that
was so pleasantly spoken of and re
metnbered last year. The recep
tion rooms, with bright lights aud
pretty costumes, were aglow with tho
warm tints of beauty and the flash
of chivalry, and musical with the
echo of sparkling conversation and
scintillant repartee. In the billiard
room tie tables bed taken
down and a first class Ethiopean
orchestra made lively discourse for
fleet footed dancers.
A little after ten o’clock supper
was served with a menu, composed
of all the delicacies of the season, in
large part prepaied by the kind
hands of tho. lady friends of tho
club; and an hour or so later the
guests dispersed wishing long life
to the GranthiDd Club.
The following is a list of those
present:
Mr. D. -1. Bailey, Jr., and Miss
Flora Jones, Mrs. Mary Fowler and
Mrs. W. J. K ncaid.
Mr. F G. Biiley and Miss Louise
Wad Ml.
Mr, II, C. Burr and Mrs. II. C.
Bair, Mrs. C. (I Mills and Miss
Theo Bu r.
Dr. W. T Cite and Mrs. Cate.
Mr. R. T lXmiel anil Miss Rosa
Beck.
Mr. B. R. F'l mister and Mis? Ruby
Bacon.
Mr. D. G - ; i and Miss Mary
Grattan.
Mr. N. Al. Col lens and Misses Chat
tie Mitchell and Marie Hammond,
Mr. A. Si Murray and Miss Hattie
Kincaid.
Mr. A. Randall and Mrs. Randall.
Ml-. J. T. Stephenson and Misses
Mollie White and Gussie Trammell.
Mr. J. A. Stewart and Miss Annie
Raudail.
Mr. R.II. Taylor and Mr-. Taylor
and Miss Susie Stewart.
Mr. T. J. White and Mrs. J. B.
Mills and Misses Emma and Maud
Johnson.
Mr. J. S. Brown and Mim ILr-ie
Mills and Etta Meyers.
Messrs. L. C.evelaud, R. F. Snick
land and -T. M. Mills.
“Fools.Hash Iu, IVhere Angel-. Fear
To Tread.”
So impetuous youth is often given tL
foiley and indiscretions, aDd, as a result
nervous, mental and organic debility
follow, memory is impaired, self confi
dence is lacking; at night bad dreams
occur, prematuro old age seems setting
in, ruin is in the track. In confidence,
von can, and should write to Dr. R. V.
Fierce, of Buffalo, N. York., the author
a treatise for the benefit cf that claes
of patients, and describe jour svmp
tons and sufferings He can cure you
your heme, and will send yon fall
by mail.
PINEAPPLES!
G. W. CLARK «£ SON.
Mason A Ha mlin ) Drw,
Packard, \
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Chickering, y Pianos.
Mathushek,
Anon,
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THE COMMONWEALH,
The News as (lathered Over Georgia.
Mrs. Justice L. Q. C. Lamar, who
has been visiting in MacoD. left for
Washington yesterday.
The i'iuey Woods Hotel at Thom
asville has upwards of 150 guests,
and engagements for quite a number
more.
Joseph ObeEnutt, of Hinebviile,
thinks squitrels aro better than chick
ons, but be is getting tired of them.
He h?s killed over 120 this season.
At Macon un orchestra of seven
pieces has beeu organized for tho
purpose of leading the singers at
the meetings of tho Young Men‘s
Christian Association.
Turner & Nelson, of Eatonton.
have dissolved partnership, and Mr,
Turner has moved §2,000 worth of
the original stock to the etoi-e room
under the Masonic Lodge.
Mrs. l’ate, mother of J. F. Fate,
of Clay county, has a pocket knife
that has been in her family for more
than 100 years, and it is thought
that tho first weaver's sley that was
ever used in Georgi i was made with
this knife.
A negro boy 12 or 13 years of age
tried to effect an entrance in the
store room cf J. W. McCrary, at
Butler, Monday uiglit about 0
o'clock, lie was discovered iu lin¬
net by \\ H Carithere, proprietor
of tho Cannon House, but made his
escape. The keys to the c< utt house
wore found at the door where he
tried to enter.
A rumor if- current at Americas to
the effect that the Americas Invest
meet Company has bought tho eu
tire real estate and land interests of
tho wealthy firm of tiarrold, John
son A Co., of that city. Such a
transaction, should it bv true, would
necessitate the changing bands of
over .*500,000. The officers of the
inv -trnent company deny the rumor
in , o.
* !
V. . J. Matthews wis seventy injur-
ed , Monday , iu Aniericus. . lie I, is !
a
conductor on the Americas, Preston
and Lumpkin railroad, and was on
his train having it turned on the
tun -la:il<*. W bile standing on tho
pimionn ut one of the cars, and
as Hi*- mbit* got near the proper posi- I
tior, me train started and ran off,
ttiivi.ving M . M iiihews from the car I
and ...... bruising him an '<i»K his luce iu knee and | j
hack.
B. L. Bloomfield has purchased 150
acre s of ! md at Barnett ?h'*'ib.
the s>**•_ • t-.i« chosen f. r .*. t »
threa s. Messrs. Bloomfield and
Cheney i. <w owns several thousand
acres of ihe most valuable land in
that section, including many fine
shoals aud wood lauds. Mr. Bloom¬
field is now in Sarannsh in tuu m:er
est vi his mills and when he returns
will begin to work on the re v build
ing. The contract will be given very
soon.
To Ear •
suffering from function 1 1 d- aogementa
or any of the painfnl disorders or weak
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treatiss, illustrated with wood cut? and
colored plates (160 pages), suggests
snro means of complete seif cure. Sent
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falo, N. Y.
Samuel Wright, <■; Albany, for
want of something belter to pet, de
voted his at: ntion to a kitten. He
afterwards acquired an owl and
housed the two together in the same
room, in tho hopes of having a nucl«
us for a happy family, One day last
week he went to look in upon bis
pets, but was surprised to find the
room as silent as the graveyard of
some deserted village. Instituting
a search, he discovered evidences
that the cat had been devoured by
the voracious owl and that his owl
ship had died of too much cat meat.
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