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A 1 ()l UME 17 ULATOR Ml W FAMILY ilDIfllE “X havo used Simmons having Liver made Reg¬ ulator for many years, Medicine. My it my only Family partial mother l efore me was very and reliable !o it. It is a safe, good disorder of the medicine for any system, and if used in time is a SllEAT rREVF.NTIVE OF SICKNESS. I of*en recommend it to my friends and shall continue to do so. “Rev. James M. Kollms, Pastor M. E. Church, 80 . Fairfield, V TIME AND DOCTORS’ BILLS SAV¬ ED byalwayskeeping Simmons Liver Regulator in the house. “I have found Simmons Liver Regulator the best family medicine I ever used for anything that may happen, have used it in Indigestion, and Colic, Diarrhma, Biliousness, fouud it to relieve immediately. Af- t.-r ratin': a hearty supper, if on go- i, % io bed, I take about a teaspoon- lul. I i:.ver feel the effects ol gupie r eaten. “OVID Q. SPARKS, G;t.” “Ex-Mayor of Macon, o.m tiKtii.u, l u . oui Z Stamp in red on front of Wrapper. H. Zeilin & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.. Soi.M KOPRiEToits. Price $1 00 H OFESSIUNAL DIRECTORY DR. JOHN L. STAPLETON, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, (HUFFIN', : : : GEORGIA, Office— Fron'i Room, up Stairs, News Build jag Residence, at W. II. Baker given place on Poplar street. Prompt attention janSld&wOm to calls, <‘ay or night, HENRY C. PEEP LES , attorney at law HAMPTON, OEOBfilA. Practices in all the State and Federal Courts.______ octOd &wly JNO. J. HUNT, A TTORNE Y AT LAW, GRIFFIN, GEORGIA. Office, 81 Hill Street, Up Stairs, over J. II. White’s Clothing Store. mai 22d&wly I) D11MLKE. N. M. COLLINS DISMUKE & COLLINS, LAWYKKS, GRIFFIN, GA. Office,first room in Agiicultural Building. Ip-Stairs. marl-dAwtf THOS. R. MILLS, TTORNEY AT LAW, GRIFFIN, GA. Will practice in the t-tule and Fcdiaai Ciarts. Office, over George As Hartnett's e .rner. nov 2 -tf. os n. sikwa ir. BUI, T. PA SIB E STEWART & DANIEL, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Over George & Hartnett’s, Griffin, Ga. Will practice in the State and Federal .ourts. lanl. C. S. WRIGHT, watchmaker and jeweler GKIFFIN, ga. Hill Street, Up Stairs over J H. White, Jr., & Co.’s. «J. P. NICHOLS, agekt THE Northwestern Mutual Life In¬ surance Company, Of Milwaukee, Wis. The most reliable In surauce Company in America, smg 2 bdly HOTEL CURTIS, GRIFFIN, GEORGIA. Under New Management. A. 6. DANIEL. Propr. L*f“ Posters meet ail trains. feblSdly New Advertisements The ftrt of Advertising ! ( one 2 ur Million Hd.we win copies i ns hrt 4lines Daily, (32 Sunday words) in weekly of or •er.e 10 Newspapers. days. The work will all be in Send order and cheek to CFO. P. ROWELL tk CO , 10 SPRCCE ST., N. Y ~ Go page Newspapei Catalogue cut liv mall for 30ots. ‘ PARKER’S HAIR BALSAM Cleanse* and beautifies the hair. Promotes a luxuriant (trowth. Never Heir to Fails it* Youthful to Bettors Color. Grey Cures scalp diseases and hair failing- hindercorns. TO? 1* best cure for Co u “’' GRIFFIN GEORGIA, SATRUDA? MORNING, FEBFUART U 1888 TRAVELING IN SIBERIA Miserable Horses „f the Yakoots—Tbs Gentle Reindeer and Hls Driver. Reindeer are much swifter and more reliable than dogs or the miserable horses of the ^ akoots. And yet these horses are not to be despised, for they supply a need that it would be difficult‘to reach with other animals. They are very hardy and require scarcely more attention than the wilder animals in that country, It is not necessary to provide food or’ shelter for them. They thrive and do much hard work upon dead grass, twigs and dried leaves that in winter they find by pawing off the snow from the ground. In sum¬ mer it would be impossible to keep up communication with the Russian outposts in Siberia without these horses of the Ya- koots. Upon them is packed the mer¬ chandise for trade with the outlying tribes, and they bring back the furs that have been gathered during the winter season. Upon the obscure trail through those wild Siberian wastes the summer traveler often meets long lines of these animals trudging patiently along, sometimes twenty-five or thirty in number, each one tied to the tail of his file leader. During the winter, however, the gentle reindeer move gaily along at a swift and easy trot, two attached to each s^ed, and fastened by a line from the antlers of one to the sled in front of him. There may be but one driver for half a dozen or more sleds, and he sits on the right side of the leading sled, guiding his team with a line attached to a halter around the antlers and under the throat of the off leader. A steady pull directs the team to the right, and a series of jerks is a suggestion to go to the left. If, however, the leader neglects the signal, the driver jumps from his seat and runs alongside of the obstinate animal, which immediately makes a rush toward the opposite direc¬ tion. An active and attentive driver oc¬ cupies himself incessantly in keeping his team under full headway, and for that purpose wields a long, thin stick or wand with which he continually prods the poor reindeer in the rear. Eventually he gets a little sore place there by continued prodding, and pi it*; his relentless rod upon that tender spot with the best re¬ sults. The conscience that exists even in a Yakoot or Tunguse yemshik has in¬ spired him to put a wooden or bone but¬ ton upon the end of his goad to keep it from penetrating toq far. When a reindeer is tired, it lies down, and no amount of punishment will get it on its feet again until another is brought to replace it from a number of spare ani¬ mals that are always tied behind the rear sled for that purpose. No mattc-r how much exhausted the weary animal seems when removed from harness, it recuper¬ ates very rapidly while running behind the sleds, and is soon ready to take its turn at pulling. The usual gait of a reindeer team is a long, swinging trot; but when in a great hurry, which is sel¬ dom the ease with those lazy people, the driver urges his team into a gallop, and under such circumstances it is not un¬ usual for them to make over twenty versts (about fourteen or fifteen miles) an hour.—William H. Gilder in Outing. In Their First Hatties. A young Bostonian has written to sev¬ eral prominent generals asking how they felt in their first battles. Gen. Sherman says that such questions are hard to an¬ swer. Admiral Porter says his first battle occurred when he was 12 years of age, and that he did not feel much afraid. Gen. Pleasonton remarks that his first battle was in Mexico in 1846, and that he felt that the sooner the enemy was thrashed the better it would be, while Gen. Averell says the battle of Bull Run, 1801, was his first, and that when he saw the enemy he thought that a great and useless crime was about to be committed, —Now York World. Fountains in Trees. The great cottonwood trees in the swamps of Tennessee contain veins of clear, sparkling water which tastes some¬ what like unsweetened soda water and which spurts forth as if under gaseous pressure when a vein is punctured. It and is said to be deliciously refreshing, hunters are in the habit of carrying gim¬ lets with which to pierce the veins when they are thirsty. It is a point of honor with them to plug up the orifice when their thirst is satisfied, that the next comer may not be disappointed.—New York Evening World. w |“Th Ireliovs 0 Greatest moreqeick!/fUm C'i;-n on Earth othoi--------- for .’or her Pain.” kaown rem-5 any 1 Bums, Scald*, Cuts, Laxnba- \po, H kache, J'lctirisy, OuIiify, Sores, Sore Frost-bite*, Throat, 5Solatia. mi ; Wounds, Headache, Price i Toothache. bottle. Fprain*, etc. by i a Hold all (’:iution.- , nie pen ' s\r!“n(i.,n Oil bear* our I j Proprietors, Baltimore, il< i SILV-OV-J--': DR. BULL’S COUGH SYRUP Forth' cure cf Coughs, Colds, Hoarse¬ ness, Croup, Asthma, Bronchitis, Whooping Cough, Incipient Con¬ sumption, and for the relief of con¬ sumptive persons in advanced stages of the Disease. For Sale by all Drug¬ gists Price, 25 ciefa A GRANITE QUARRY I GKIFFIJf GRANITE TO BE ^LATELY UTILIZED. The Beecher Quarry, Willi its Inex¬ haustible Beds, Leased to a Foreign Company. Near the west edge of town, ^just beyond the Griffin Mills, is George Beechers place, containing about one hundred and fifty acres On it is situated the “Beecher quarry, and just beneath the whole surface of the place, cropping out in every direction, is a great and inexhaua tible bed of the best kind of granite for building and other purposes. Capt. Grantland’a house, one of the finest and neatest residences in the State, was bnilt with granite from these quarries. The handsome little church on the hill, St. George's Episcopal, is built with material from the same quarry and is the best looking church in town. When stone has been wanted on the streets, for crossings or culverts; or for any building purposes or foundations, il has generally come from Beecher's quarry. It is a tine, hard stone, not too difficult to quarry, but lasting for ever and capable of being dressed to a very smooth surface. As a general thing, it has been free for the hauling or on the pay ment of merely a nominal turn. The owner did not need it for farm iDg purposes, and did not consider a few pieces more or less as being of any consequence. At the same time be appreciated the value of the quar ry if properly developed. Like many of the natural resources of Georgia, it has been lying doimant. And now it is to be developed to a very full extent. On Thursday, Andrew Taylor, a shrewd and intelli gent Scotchman, representing the Southern Granite Company, whose main quarries are at present at Litho nia, Ga., was in the city and leased the whole of the Beecher place except the small part where the quarry is al ready open, and excepting also the house and gardens. Besides the rent, the company is to pay Mr. Beeolier a royally on all the stone taken out. Mr. Taylor expects to move down at once, bringing a force ®f hands to commence work, and the quarry will soon be in full blast, adding another to the rapidly incieasing industries of Griffin. As we have stated, the supply of granite is almost inexhaustible, aud there is no reason why this should not be a very large quarry. The company has plenty of money, and are engaged in supplying orders for arcbitectual, monumental and street paving work, George Mecrlien, of Cincinnati, is president, and if we are not mistaken they have the con tract for paving the stiects ofCincin nati with Belgian blocks. ‘•Griffin Granite” is an euphonious phrase and will do much to further advertise the name and fame of Grif fin, the enterprising metropolis of Middle Georgia. Is It Not Singular that cousuruptives should be the least apprehensive of their own condition, while all their friends are urging and beseeching them to be more careful about exposure and overdoing. It may well be considered one of the most alarm iog symptoms of the disease, where the patient is reck ess amt will not believe that he is iu danger. Reader, if you are in tLis condition, donut neglect the only means of recovery. Avoid exposure and fatigue, be regular in your habits, and use faithfully of Dr. Pierce’s “Golden Medical Discovery.’’ It has snved tlions ands who were steadily failing. Religious Notice. Beginning with Ash VVednefdiy, the loth insl., there will be Evening Prayer in St. George’s church at 4:30 p. m., every day in Lent. A HALF DOZEN ANEUDwTES. “Heads Up”-.Belly Was Among ’Em -The Plutocrat’* PI*. The story goes that one Sunday Russell Sage slumbered at the aisle end of his own pew. A deacon cirae along with the contribution plate and nudged him lightly with it, as he held it out. Sage confusedly opened his eyes, saw a big round silver dollar lying on the plate, and was at onco leminded of the match ing for dollars that is his daily sport with fellow fanciers at his office. Sage is a fair successor of the late acior John T. Raymond in this di version. Instinctively he drew a dol lar from his pocket and tossed it down on the plate. Both heads up ! I’m winner! and he reached for the two coins. But the alert deacon covered the money with his disen gnged hand, anil whispered: What's the matter Russell? That complct ed the awakening of Sage, and it is asserted, to give a color of truth to the fiction, that he blushed in bis confusion,—[New York San. They tell down East of a poor fel low who owned a remarkably fat hog, and who also owed a rich man, The hog was about all the property the poor debtor bad worth levying on, aud the law exempted a man’s •n]y pig. One day the creditor, meeting the debtor, said: You need another pig, let me send you a nice little one. The poor man was as tonished. Why, I owe for the hog I’ve got now, be stammered. Never mind: you need another one, and I’ll send it, and he did, and the lit tie pig was pot in the pen by the side of the fat one. Id less than an hour the constable came and attach ed the fat hog and took it away, and thus the law and the rich man satisfied,—[Boston Traveler. One of the best stories I have heard of late comes from no less a reliable source than Rev. Theodore L. Cuyler, D. D., of Brooklyn, and relates to the habit of being late at church. Ho says: A plain-spoken Methodist pastor in Ohio had quite lost his patience under the interrap tion of late comers. So one Sab bath wbeu at the close of his prayer he observed the usual pioeeesion moving up the aisles, he stopped short and exclaimed: Here comes the tardy troop agair, and this time my BeUy >s at the head of them! That shot did not have to be repeat ed, and the pastor’s wife became an example to ihe flock.—[New York letter in Boston Times. How delusive is faint! General Phil Sherid sn attended the play of Faust at the Boston on Thursday evening. After the play was over twoladiis at ttie Mason street eu trance asktd Hi a Boston cab. The man in charge of the cabs replied that it would be necessiry to wait a few minutes until oue came back In explanation ha said: You know General McClellan was here tonight. His party came in three bat took five when tLty went —[Boston Times. A well known undertaker on West Side is also a preacher. He fond of a joke, c-ven at Ins swu pense. Some time ago be was to take charge of a funeral, rot as an and.. laker, but as r. minister. Being eom vt bat annoyed at a delay, he n ked the servant ,o if the family were ready They waitin’ fo: he clergyman, ixclaimed Bridget. OJ I am the Bedad, I thought you vvas the boy.—[New Yoil Tiibttui Advice to Mothers. Mbs. Winslow’s Soot ins o for children teetbiDg, is the prescription of one of the best female rnirses physicians in the United States, and has been used for forty years with failing success by millions of for their children. Daring the of teething its value is incalculable. It relieves the child frdm pain, cures eatery and diarrhoea, griping in bowels, and wind colic. By health to the ihild. Price 25 cents bottle. augeodAwlv ISM A LUCKY YEAH. Nat Only Good in Poker, bat it Good in Astrology Ala*. St. Paul Globe If you hove t he bl .tea cheer np Perhaps it has never occurred to you that years with three eights in th*m are lucky yean. They don't come often, only once in n thousand years, but it is a lucky ptison who livea to see one of them. Tbete ib on old Chaldean superstition that a year with three e ghls is one of unlimited blossiugs. None but lucky stars are io the a*cendan?y, fields blossom with abundant harvests, tho cattle are lowing on a thousand hills, shepherds leadtluir flocks through green pastures and by still waters and business enterprises prosper, everything you touch turns to gold, want and fumino skulk into their hiding places until these days of universal prospeiity aro over. Pestilence seals his lips and no foul breath poisons the atmosphere, mirth holds high carnival and for twelve moonB sorrow and sighing shall flee away. Those who have faith in this ancient superstition will derive additional comf t. from the construction of the s in thin year. There are t' * kind and one spot. It is iw. the beat ar rangement of the figurative gymboli zation that could be made, yet it ia better than will be done in the next thousand years. Beautiful Hi m u are madepailid and uLatlractive by fun tional irregularities which Dr. Pierce ‘‘Favorite Prescription” tesUntouials. will infallibly By cure. Thousands of druggists. Unfortunate AccMeaY. Mr. J. J. Spivey, from near Rooky Mount, fell from the court boose window up stairs carley last Wed nesday morning striking the stone steps at the south door and received very severe injuries. One ankle was crushed almost to a jelly while he re ceived other severe braises. Messrs. Strickland and Whitten who were ih an other room up stairs at the time, beard the unfortunate mans groans and were soon at his side ministering to his wants. The suf ter was removed to ‘.he Bryan House where his injuries received prompt medical attention. Measures were taken to carry him home as soon as possible. Mr. 8p!vey had been drinking on Taeeday and slept in one of the jnry rooms Tuesday night. It is supposed that waking up before it '.vas fully light and not knowing whete be was, he] went to the window and raising it stepped out. The accident is deep ly regretted by b<s friends as be is a good and industrious citizen.—[Meri wether Vindicator. * 4 KlH c POWDER Absolutely Pure. This Powder never vane*. A marret u minty, strength and wholesomne**. More economical thsn the ordinary kinds, and can not be sold in oorapetiton with the multitude of low teet, short weight, alum Rof*<Basova or phoephate Powder*. Hold only in car*. Powder Co., 106 Wmll Hire t, New York oot’X-d.Vwl v-Iot. c. lomn 1** nr 4th ,sr*. PATENTS r. a. LSMiin Wuhlufiee. W. C Send for circular. BUSTED HER BOILER. AfClden , on the s, G. 1 S. A. K R, Freight Yesterday. Y'esterday morning the S. G. A N. A. R R. freight started out early though not bright, ho th«* mo n w s dark and rainy: jt i iutle did she think that she would bu»i her . u while yet the rain was on the „< >s and he brought buck nil lvUi* 1 «nd torn- Nevertheless, su b ^ - .te case. A little beyond Creswell and lie fore reaching the A & F. R R cross iug, a passenger had got on and Con ductor Littleton was just collecting his fare when an explosion in front determined the passenger to walk. The whoie front end of the boiler of the locomotive blew out and left the internal arrangements exposed in a very shocking way, while the thingumbob broke and hit the do fUDny a whack that busted its herd. The bell flew off about forty yards imo a field, where it fell with a clang that called all the hired laborers to din ner for miles around. It was only after a half hour's digging that tha bell was finally extracted. The driving rods came off the wheels about the same time that the fire man, engineer and brakeman jumped into Clayton couuty, and altogether there was snch a terrifying com motion that even the sand box lost its sand and looked pale and haggard as it faced the wreck with a piece of boiler iron buried in its immobile countenance. Nobody was hurt except the fire man, Jas. S. Caraway, who was scratched in the faoe by a piece of glass from tho cab window, and Con dector Littleton, whose feelings were hurt by the abrupt departure of his passenger. The engine run about a hundred yards further to catch the man, but it was too badly bora de combat and decollete to make a sue cessful pursuit. You see, it was all & joke. Tho Central had put the old engine upon the S.G. AN. A. RR. because it was not worth anything and they didn’t want it to blow upon their own road, ot course, though it didn’t matter on this road—as long as the mortgage was not foreclosed. Not only was it one of the oldest engine* on the road, but it is said to have been run into once or twice by the West Point trains, and broke in ex aetly the same place where it had been cracked in the collision. The steam pressure was only 120 pounds. The locomotive will be repaired in Macon and sent up again to amuse the boys some more. Until its return, Capt. Littleton proposes to take editor Brown’s ad vice and hitch his hundred dollar horse to the freight, and will adopt a faster schedule. Don’t hawk, hawk, blow, spit, and dis gust everybody with your offensive breath, but use Dr. Sage's Catarrh Uem edy and end it. luke Yuur Couuty Paper. Meriwether Vindicator, i . show how much a man may lor- by not taking his county paper we may stale that one of the county teachers not being a subscribsr to the Vindicator failed to be iuformed as to tin- day nil teseheis were re , qnited io lepoit for examination ! and obtaining license to teach pub Stic s.si j >N. This gentleman and tin- patrons f b:a school have thus lost a I sir 'y hi the public school fund for this year. In dollars aud cents the community los<s from one bundl'd and fifty to two 1 r mired doii *ti. t his is quite an item and may amount to five, t. n r r . | dollars I- ih family, lit.I iue teaci.t: m en a render of the Vicdi cator tue one dollar paid for sub | scriptiou would have netted bis pa trous two or three hundred. Moral: Let every family and every school master in the county take the county paper. NUMBER *28