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FRIDAY,-JA*. iMWli
JOSEPH K. BRUITS.
We have received a large volume
ADTAXL'E W HEAt ESTATE. \ / RARE RELIOIOVB ABSURDITY.
Wo have contended ever aioce j jnJiannpolis Journal.
untitled -Tne Life and Tln.ee of we have bes. here tb.tthe resource. | « U to’
I Juec|jli R. Uroaro,” written by Her. of Southwest Georgia abould be* | gf th> Salvation army, published in
bert Fielder. The book la valuable come better known, and when I New York and dated September 0-
not no much lor the biographical farmer* sbouid raise theirown anp- rf,,..,, i“«
^Tbe dalliea are redoving the else
of the Sunday pepera.
Congressman CrUp haa had a
* neiT poat office named in hie honor
in Yrwln'county.
Congressmen are now aowing
garden need preparatory to a bar.
veal of vote re next fall.
Pendleton may do ua up ou a fox
chase, but whan It cornea to pot*
‘earn* we will stand our ground with
toy of them.
W be oonslatently proteetl ve.the
Alteon Telegraph abould advoeata
a drummer's tax for that city. Such
a tax la strictly for protection with-
It has been so cold io North
Georgia that engioaa have froxsn
on the track while taking water.
They can oo longer lay claim to
ihe**3unny 8outh.”
A luminous kty.hola is tba latest
invention for the beneflt of belated
'hoebende. Now if they will Invent
one that can be found by a man
wbd haa taken tod raueh tea,noon*
vivlal man will he made truly hap*
py-
- 1 — *
John W. Garrett, of Baltimore
cent n cheek for 94,000 asa Christ*
mat gift to the poor of that elty.
and the Marietta Journal aaya
there’a a noble aout dwelling in thit
Garrett, worthy of a bright manaioa
above.
Tbo Constitution, in figuring on
what the flamea have destroyed in
Georgia last year, puts the lose of
the Kimball at 91,000,000, and tha
great Savannah fire at 9000,000. It
is strange how figures will gst turn
c\J around. >
North Georgia papers want to
make Sergeant dales feel bsd and
ipoko fun at him in a mild and gon
tie manner. They could mako tbo
veteran flag.toter foal a great deal
worse if they would loavc him se
verely alone.
Congreasman Oriap introduced.
-Thursday,» blit appropriating $75,•
■ 000 for the improvement of Flint
rim above Albany; 930.000 for tbo
improvement of Oconee river, and
’ 990.000 for the Improvement of the
- Ocmuigee river.
fo the first issue of the Griffin
Sun in February will be commeec*
cd a aerial atory from tho pen of
Mrs. Nora L Hussey, enti.lsd
“The State vs. Bradford." Mra.
Uusaey ta well known in the Ilteia*
i tare of thla elate.
The Democrats of the Msssacbu*
setts Legialaturo are so thoroughly
* organized lhatuhe Republican ma
jority is anything but happy, and
will have to be wide awake and
punctual to accomplish anything
4>f a partisan nature.
sketch of Senator Brown as for the plica and get out of debt the price
history of the limes in which he has of resl estate would advance, and
lived and taken so active a part, time has proved our predictions
Thu atory of Scnotor Brown’s life true. Within the psst twelve
is that of a man of determined will, months the price of farm, lands in
bent upon advancing his own per- Southwest Georgia^ have advanced
sons! interests. Io his public life be 13 per cent., in North Georgia 3
haa proven himself to be thorough- per cent., In Middle Georgia 7 per
ly practical, having little aentim nt • cent., In Southeast Georgia 5 per
to waste upon the humanities, and J cent., In Rast Georgia 7 per cent,
aa a consequence we find him treat- j From this it will bn seen that
lag public questions as matters of Sooth west Georgia stand* at the
Along witli the news that threo
C roiuimmt grain brokers ol Chicago
sve been wrecked on the breakers
of speculation, comes the report
that the liquor dealers of tlint city
arc somewhat disposed to exert
tEeir influence on the American
bog question.
Some great hunters have had a
days gunning in Kentucky, lately,
and succeeded in killing CO and 91
bird* to a side, two men iu eacli
party. They should come to
Amcricufc and take a few lessons of
oar hunters, who think nothing of
killing from 104 to ISO birds a day.
The Democratic Uouso of Re
presentative* of Ohio haa dnee for
the “oolored brother" what no Re-
pnblloan Legislature of that State
•nr did. A democratic cauou*
nominated and* Democratic House
elected Samuel Lewis, colored, ol'
Cincinnati, engrossing clerk. Gov.
deadly recommended him.
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The Pika County New* baa in
nufurntad the Idea of having lady
editor* oh the staff ol new* Journals
fa Georgia. So fkr.it seem* to work
eery trail, but for the life of ua we
•caaVaee how Mis* Chisolm stands
it There are so many disagrees-
Ue duties about being an editor
that It is trying for men. and must
b.- doubly so for ladies. |
business. Whatever may bethought
of Gov. Browq a* a politician, toe
history of hi* life and tho limes in
which be has livad mutt prove in-
teraatlng and will ha a valuable ad
dition to any library. It is for sale
at ail book stores.
The Raonlrer.Sun has seen a
sample ofmailsge taken from the
•ilo of Mr. I* Rooney: "It wasae
green and a* sweet apparently as
it was the day it was put
down.” Speaking further on
the subject, our contemporary says:
‘•It was compound of green corn
■talks cut up and packed down in
a simple pit dug in llm ground and
wallad up with plank and covered
with earth, ao as to exclude the air.
Mr. Koony saya that it makes an
excellent winter food, and that
horses, cuttle and bogs arc fond of
It and fatten on it very rapidly.
Hc has demonstrated that it Is prac-
tioal and inexpensive to preserve
green food from year to year in
this climate, notwithstanding it is
oialmed by some that the climate
Is loo warm.”
The Cuthbert Appeal has tbo fob
lowing about an enterprise of which
It is proud: “Thu stockholders of
the Randolph Comity Mauutactur-
inir company held their annual
meeting on .Monday last, when a
fill! and highly gratifying exhibit
was made as to operations for the
year. Tin- company lias a paid up
stock of 917,500, besides a sinking
fund of 90,UUO. Thu company has
hut recently doubled its capacity,
and can now turn out nearly flO,-
head of the column, Rast Georgia,
with the cities of Uavannah and
Augusta to help, coming next.
There le no question but that tbe
land* of Southwest Georgia are
the richest iu the state, which, to
gether with the moat favorable cli
mate for the growing of ail kinds
of crop*, mutt make it the garden
spot of the 8outh.
OKI HIE oFtIIE COMMISSION.
'‘Chatham," the Atlanta corres
pondent ot tbe Savannah News, lias
this l» say of the origin of the Rail*
road Commission:
Thu Railroad Commission was
not born of the people- of Georgia.
far-awaymarkst It is,A rare relig
ions a'jsurdity, and yet, in some of its
advertisements—particularly those tint
advertise soldiers’ uniforms for sale, for
men and womon—it looks as if tlioro
are some thrifty people in the army
who are not going to let the frenzy pass
by without making some money out of
it. The War Cry u of opinion that thr
terrible earthquakes and volcanic
showers that have recently brought
death and desolation to tbe earth are
sent “because nature sympathizes with
her God and is at war with man. God’s
lightnings flash and play, and the forces
of nature explode to awakr-n conscience,
though not to destroy the race. Better
that men slumld see tbe fires ot God
now, and be carried back from the
lake of fire hereafter, than that they
should feel them in bell."
Nearly the entire paper— twenty col
umns—is giVen up to correspondence,
and “Lancashire Lass, 1 * “Manchester
Joe," “Happy Bill Cooper in his red
Guernsey and Oipey fiat," “Shouting
Annie." and other stmts, give testimony
as to the progress of th* war. Here ore
s few extracts: “We closed a week of
hard fighting, with twelve souls. On
Sunday five gave the devil the sack,
and mode up their minds to serve
Jeans." "A glorious time. Cloved
with two souls." “A dear man ‘came
lock to Jesus at knee drill." “We
i: >d a God-glorifying time, led by Cap-
tain Coojicr and Happy Nellie. Score
lour souls saved." Captain Coojs-r
writes of a blcss.-d * hallelujah pivtuc." 1
A convert gives thanks that, “instead of
On the I Hits ot July, 1877, in the i tm head lieing too l>ig for his hat in the
Constitutional Convention in this j corning-, it now fits him nicely." “The
city, Judge I). B. Usirell present- c devil Ims buds licking at this station
ed the “Memorial of the Board of during the pari week. The knee drill
Trade of Amcricus on Railroad ) “.f. s w,oJ- Lord, make us what our
m .«■ »» .„,i I title lUVK %r© nre—-real anvil "drivers.
Tariffs and Oppress on, and the j Wo wi „ look witu umo fo terrat for t! ,,
jatc Dr. Cooper, of that city, was report that Captain Blower, of tbe Hal-
its earnest and eloquent advocate
on tbo floor of the convention. Out
of this movement, and the later ac
tion of tbe distinguished member
of tho General Assembly Iron: Sum
ter county, grew the Railroad Com-
mission. I beard every word ofthe
debate in the convention and the
General Assembly, and know that
tbe wboio matter was ot local ori
gin, and that the commission baa
ration anny, who opened the campaign
in Indianapolis yesterday, will send
from this fighting ground.
DESECRATION OF THE TIME-
HONORED.
Philadelphia Record.
The commercial vandal is abroad in
all lands. Natural attractions, tiuiu-
honored associations, the Masterpiece*
of art—ail are bent to thecoimnonplace
*crvi«i of Mammon und made to serve
not met the purpose r,.r which it as adjimrta to merr'money-getting. The
was originally designed. It is n« I 0 * ta l ™ et ”/ H««‘*»w*ne..highest
Suitor Hi. Co,.mi,.loner,, no, .0. | - ±
result of a defective law. 1 - -
uni ignoble service in turning tho
' ,, * * . “ „■ i wheels of a great sawmill. Along
The Washington (D. C.) Gazette. Niagara’s stupendous gorge the itcripii-
a Republican paper, makes the fob I tetic advertiser bus blazoned on almost
lo„,n» eomplolA .boo. Mrt.1
appointments in Uuorgia : I the malediction of England's greatest
A few days ago, it is said, Mr.! P 0 * 1 hardly avails to save htamolderiiig
Speer went to the postmaater-gen. i '. rom '’- v •eibaeokinR
end und to the 1 resident in person i ,. nl „f „ shakesponro hr calipering the
. und urged the appointment or one , ,ii,m>n*inn<c Ins skull
0l»0 pounds of yarns weekly, which | \V. T B. Wl'son a* postmaster at { n is the fnshion to tear away ancient
is equivalent to a cash receipt of; Atlanta, mid succeeded in Ids mis-1 landmarks und devastate familiar land-
nearly 81.500. | sion. Asa result \V. T. B. Wilson j scapes, although nothing may lie gained
i wits pledged to appoint A. i’nrk
Hon. Henry B. I’ayne, who is to j Woodward, a full-fledged re,I hot
bo the new senator from Ohio, la
about seventy years old, waa a
Douglas Democrat in the Charles,
ton convention of 1800; is a pro-
tcclienitt now; he ta an able taw.
yerand immensely wealthy through
Ilia wife, wbo inherited much oi tho
land on which the elty of Cleveland
now stand*. Ue ia above medium
aiac and aparc; be ie grev, baa well
developed features and blue eyes
and a pleasant address.
The Albany News mentions a con-
sideralilo exodus of negro from that
city into the country, and aaya that
tliev leave* need of cooks, washers,
etc. Nevertheless, we think that
the movement was one in the right
direction, if the negroes have gone
into the country to work on the
farms, instead of dragging out a
half-hutling and precarious exist-
enee in the city.
bourbou, bulldozing Democrat and
the brother-in-law of Howell, the
managing editor of the bourbon
sheet, the Constitution, and who
wsa summarily removed for auffi
cient reason Irora the office of chief
deputy United Slates marshal by
Col. O. I’. Fitxsimons. Mr. Speer
knew that a Democrat was to be
appointed assistant postmaster
when ho asked for Wilson’a np-
by the performance save a temporary
slaking thirst for change. Your gen
uine vandal is never so happy as when
engaged in improving out of existenre
some glorious old structure of historic
fame. He would make a brewery of
Westminster Abbey, a machine-shop of
the Pinskotbok, and a cotton-mill of
the Trianon. Seeing only the utilita
rian side of things, lie wonders that liiv
projects should meet witli opposition
where an unmistakable advantage in
dollars and ceftta would result to those
who kick against him. It is seldom
that resistance is cffectnal, for tho de*
pointraent. Republicanism cannot sin- for changed combined witli com
bo expected to prosper in a state * J —* ~
where tbo Democrats have control
of the Federal appointments.
Mr. John Forrester, of Leesburg
has act bis brother farmers a good
example. He has nearly 4,000 ihs
of homc.rnieed pork in his smokc-
rnercial advantage constitute a double
incentive to reform in the old.
BOUGHT HIS OWN piotcrr
Car. Now York Kiwi
I heard a atory the oilier day which
is too gissl to kis-p. At a recent ex
hibition a picture by an almost un
known puintor was exposed nmong tin-
vest. It was not a very good picture.
bouse. Our reporter w.s permitted j I w ■«»>«"come w m*. ,ne place, oi
last Saturday to take a refreshing I announcement, “Sold.” At almost the I ,1 “’ ni «kt attendants in the restaurants,
view. A friend ot ours said he ! time the tag was put on it, the painter ®. Vr>tcr saloons and gin mills that have
could cat chitlins ns loin- -is from i •'ailed on the secretary of tbe academy J?*" 11 a “ m *kt- Scattered
, , t. - .f'., I and after a hesitating preliminary aske.1 throngli all these classes and among ali
here to Macon *nd take another , b|ln if t |,e selling rommissum of 10 m-r l W 'T *'"* , hott " are seen the
plateful nt every etatior. i riond ! Ilot ,- w i„.-,si to fi ou it. ! n,e ”‘anics that have lx-eu doing extra
John could supply him with chitlins; “By no means." answered the leerc* '
and sausages too. Two preachers tary ’
THE SHETLAND PONT.
* DtXIXL'TtTK STCED WHICH I* THE OW-
bPlIIXU OF CIBCDHSTAXCE*.
Henry Kvenhed In “Focsstry*
The “Kheitie" is *q animal which for
many generations has been bred and
trained under special and peculiar cir
cumstances, and hence hia physique aud
general character, bis hereditary in
stinct. and intelligence, hi* small size
and hi. purity and fixitr of type.
A pony belonging to a breed which
lias had to piehita zigzag way down •
steep declivity during many generation,
mu.: lie sure-footed. By the same rule
a poiiv, whose groom* and playmate*
include * dozen juvenile*—the
children of til* neighborhood,
who roll about underneath him
or upon his hack—must be
gentle, and the same pony, living on
theKathold of sir sometime*, rather
than on herbage, moat be hardy. The
pony of tba Hhstland tales is in tact tbe
offspring of circumstance*. Heisths
pet of the family, gentle as tho Arab's
steed under similar training. He will
follow bis friend, indoors like*dog;
and lick the platters or the children'*
faces. He nss no more hide in him
than a cat, and no more bite than •
puppy. Ue i* a noble example of the
complete suppression of those vicious
prnpensitiss tost some of bis kind ex
hibit when they are ill-treated, and oi
the intelligence and good temper that
may 1k> developed iu horses by kind*
There i« no precedent for his running
sway, nor for hi* becoming frightened
or tired, even when lie lias carried some
stout laird from Lerwick to hi* hon«o,
many Hootch mile, serose the hills. He
move, dowu the rugged hillside, with
admirable rircumspm-tion, loaded pan
nier fashion with two heavy "cawdes" ol
peat, picking lib war step l>y .top, some
times .blow ays.
In crossing boggy spots, where the
water is retained and a green carpet of
squat iu gras, might deceire some .tceds,
: und tiring them headlong to grief in the
j spongy trap, ho carefully smell* the
1 surface, and is tliu. enabled to cm-um-
| vent the danger.
I In tlm winter the Shetland pony
wears u coat made oi felled Imir, and
specially suited for the occasion. Hi>
thick winter garment is well adapted
.or protecting him against tin- fogs and
dumps of the climate. It is exceed
ingly warm and comfortable, tits clow
to the wearer's dnp|ier form, and is not
had looking when new. But w hen the
coat grows old toward spring, at the
season when thr new one should ap-
|s-ar, it become* the shabbiest garment
of the kind that yon often see. Its very
amplitude aud the abundaueeof the
material render it more oonspienons
when it peels and hangs for swiiile
ragged and worn out, ami then falls hit
by bit till tlie whole of it disapiiears.
sr. f.rpTess new~~york.
L'or. Han Francisco Chronicle.
Along Third avenue, on the surface,
tho open horse ears, tho biggest evot
built (liomciv tilings with two hcm-hei
hack to back up tho middle und the
passengers hack to hack facing the side
walks), pass to nml fro crowded with
men nml women, and overhead all night
long the strain trains on tho elevated
tracks thunder liy witli tln-ir loads. A
lialf-doreii other car linns also run all
night elsewhere in the city, and if you
ride in one vehicle after nuothcr on one
after another of these lines you will find
that instead of lieing among |N-ople wlic
never sleep you are simply in tho midst
of so many pooplo of so many occupa
tion* that overy boar sees a now set to
bed and a now set out of bed and in the
streets. The newspaper offices are busy
till 3 o'clock, tho gas and electric light
ing companies keep men at work all
night, the bakers are to be aceu busy in
tho cellars just lieforo daylight; 'the
criminal classes ami devotees of pleas
ure turn into bed when tbo main body
of working peoplo aro at break
fast; the brewers’ hands, the
market men, the nowaboya and
newsdealers and the letter carriers or*
harrying to their labors beforo sunrise
the milkmen havo Iw-en at tbe railroad
do|mt nn hour earlier yet, getting their
supplies; later than any or these come
the grocers to open their shops and get
their goods out on tho sidewalks ahead
of the earliest of the housewives, and
(when the other stores are opening) tho
day hands come to take tho places ci
Swept into the Stream.
°** —
Ua tl.« deck of. Me HheMn.) «cw,‘b w ., rtMj
«* cjrdXsrk.t-n pU.nr. inutaaiua bj
f hi. m tk. waters th. boot «-*> 0 ,, r
'•wed Is s rweengiT Iron the Kerth: “W|, ua j
- j. twelve years aid I killed my Bist bnr an .
tew td*oUUon lay father we. then cuniay out „|
I foriwl ilwl grew illrecdy ercr the wau-r. of t tai a
a-nda That we. t mighty good pianistiai,, .mi
there ««• right wssit uf l-mr. them, lee, Ua;
Hist use thtwund acre. U | land went mtolhe HU.
•laalptu rear. *go."
It ia puttier so -train span the figure la my
hstgrast rdnm<*f yeaihfalhap.. wemsuly bum.
y sod manly etmiyth ere •wrpe.ls Ihe a*m.grsy
-very year laio the gnsi, larhld) lermak »f die.
■swiend drain. Ya*Urtsmld lot Weo. dThsih
lawrlesdUgram a* wallwsloM. IWIssm
sundy 0-0 rara.aaa er too wueld la drfntd ihdr
-wn mtciraia—Inc moat prawlwt. of hmtth. Him
one, nil I. teue. taerwac it .tail.. h*i wise*.
emasH sr loomec* the HmpMiliha- mfahl a.
- HI he nsmeles ea « prapaelilea la Cade See.
'one. A. tha hate W-au-ro rtvace, shleh ee of-
t-fl Send the ellleasleag their ehorae, erlm hi *
-wmanulaaprtum.ee all -at allot am. wq he
rserdia In, pur- hlond aid a eeath gruap of db-
-rv imwt ad todvim romody wr dim
•ie. <a PkgKSa'I TO Jell’. It goo to tho
•sareoeof poia o*d woekueea. lamp am ta Ma
vttaa, • ha hasp, ktdaay^ ataeuih and heart br-
inilmrwopti ataoh,saddlraaat la sa—wowl.
Tu Tania Ip oar. how-nr, aa Utoala.nl, hat
up« a drain too euang drink. Harass d.apep
AYER’S PILLS.
A Urge |*of«>rtkm of tta ilbumy, wkkk
e»U9 human Buffering re»uli from deraAgG-
nuMit of the Btonuiclip boveUp and liter.
eWr.u’ft Cathaktu Plum act dlraeilj apoa
Uin*o organ*, and are eepceialljr dmigaed to
cur** tin* illeMEoe c»u*c«l by tbolr deraaga*
meut, iuctudiug CoMtlpalUm* luxtlsta
tion. D)i|N*|Mlap llratlarlie, Djwetny,
ami n h.w*l of t'thrr allmeult, for ell of
aliL’U they am a safe, aum, prouiyt, aud
>l**N«i«nt rrn»ri.ljr. Tin* ciifuilrr we »»f Uu*m
PiLLM by eminent physi.Hi.it* Iu mgalar prao-
i'm, unmintakably tin* mtimatl<« in
aukilt they aro Uekl by |1m aurdkai|»rufee>
r 4ou.
Hlti*- Pii.m am fttmjeuBiW **f vegetable
-<i!apet:ti>e*p * d»iily, .m«l are .abiksluteljr free from
Coital or dny *»;!icr injarloue iiigredicnr.
■ am inTHituinn w me, nim
%re nt) •'••fifitaut companion. I bate been
t N-tfip i>u(ferer from llraUache, ainl four
.'in* urti the only thing 1 ooaltl look to
ir relief, Una doee will quickly move uijr
• *wrle taml free my bead from pain. They
the uetett alfccllva ami the phynUr
imtv over l«mn«l.' It It a pJcHMirc ia nte to
«aek In tlmlr nralee, and I alaaye do to
* iit'ii occNHiou offere.
W. Ie. Haok, of W. Ira Page k Itro.”
Krai'LI!n Mt., l(lcluii<mp|,Va., *luiie ft, 1MC.
•♦f ban* u*»«l .WkjUa Tillm In number-
**»* Iwtanceit as recotumcudm! \>y >vu, and
•sve never known them in fall to M«v"tnfdi«b
.lie tMital rcsull. Weenustsutly keep ibnu
•ii hand at our bom*, au.l nrlte them aa a
ileatiuil, safe, aud roliatOo famltv inedtciu«.i
*<>K IM.HfKI-SlA they arc invaluable.
Hie HKV. FK.fNrfS ||, IfAMUiWK, writing
•uni AHti*tti. says: •• Kor nomo years
•asl I have beott eubjcei to comtt|*ii«*u,
Inin Which, iu anile nf tho fiw *•» mrdl-
Incs of vnrhuia klmla, I auffereil Im’rcasiiig
iM*^nv«‘iileuce, until some months T
wgeii iMkiiig Avkit'a Pills. They bava
uUroly cm-rected the rt*llvn' Intbu. and
mve vaetly tmpinvctl my goiuwal liealth.''
AVKit'e •‘.i riiAUTir Pif.ie* correct Irrcgti-
irlth-a or. tho bovrrU, aUumluto tlm h|»|m*-
Ue mill illgeailoii, aud by their prompt nml
iiomugii .ictlon giro tone nml vigor to tho fc
vlioic pliyaleal ownminy.
PiiKiMnr.ii nv
>r. J. C. Ayor A Co., Lowell, Ma39.
Sold by all I>riiggl»t«.
„ . . “Wi* liav© to aoconut for every
Olti liabils Will cling A man wero " vin i? on that smokehouse : picture which is suM, ami turn in tlie
o. . »• .a" ! during the cold snap.—Camilla commission. Besides, what does it
near Staunton, \ >., the other day, Clarion * i matter to you? Aon got u goodpric,-
|tut up two bucks on the block, and ; 1 for the picture and certainly should not
could hardly lie pcrsnudctl that it The largest living animal is tlie j f
w*s unlawful tosoUthom. At least rorqual wbals, 102 feet in length: vou ^ i*i H mglit it mvseif." *
that is what the associated press I ‘ h ® ^ r “ s ' \
.. . » | - Whales ami elephants live to the { '*!or an mlvrrtiscmcot.
(ttapatcncs tell us, out tlie talc is greatest age, 130 years; May flics ! I don’t know whether tho investment
probably a mate to a similar one
from Alabama, published some
months ago.
Private Frank Smith, of 14,000
Andertonville flag fame, it lector-
ing in tho Northern states about
tbe great work he did iu docorat.
ing tit* Andenonvill* grave*. He
i* meeting with good sauces*.
Frank is a good boy, but be want*
• national reputation awful bad.
The nuabar of bill* which haa
been introduced in tbe Heuae of
Representative* ao Mr this session
is 8,910. Congressmen will have
the shortest, only a fen hours.
The most intelligent of the lower
animals, ahead even ofthe Australi
an bush men and others, arc the
ants. ■
The Japanese persimmon is being
successfully cultivated in all parts
ot California. The tree ia highiy
ornamental, a prolific bearer, as
hardy aa the pear and fruit early.
The fruit la delicious, and often
weighs a pound. Its seasonis from
October to March when other trait*
are scarce.
— ^
The Griffin paper* gave Sergeant
Bates and hi* son a very cool re. j
ception when b* arrived in Griffin,
has paid him. It would bo interesting
to lcarlt if it hits.
THE TITLE ABBUHIITf.
San Fnim*ro News Letter.
Wo have no objection to a mndnrato
i amount of titles in this great and glori
ous republic, but this week we wero in
troduced to a deputy superintendent
ex-grand eminent rice olutncollor and
supreme dictator ot tho honorable Pal-
estinie Knights of Haladin. We treated
him to beer, and he borrowed, confiden
tially, 23 cents on tbs strength of bis
being a psst grand stag-antler doe-stuf
fing, oak-hunting druid. We tumble to
this harmieM device, and herebv pro
claim ourselves henceforth substitute
slaughterer for the occidental order of
bloody beef.
IIVA'A’ FENCES I.Y GEOGRaPUT.
no time to get into mischief If they I but the reason the reception was so j . .
undertake to make themselves sc-1 *ool waa because egg* were thirty j geography. Her mother pointed
quainted with the contentaorthiaj ““tsadoien.
great number of bills. i
■ *.— —■ , At an election for municipal effi-
Thc citizen* of Atlanta oontrib. I etr * "> Georgetown Saturday. Dr.
ttted about |4,000 in money, fuel, j Bledsoe was elected Mayor ami M.
out to her upon the map the states,
rivers, towns etc. Edith proved a re
markably spt scholar, and seemed to
understand it ail. “Ya.," -die said,
“that’s a riber, and that's a town, and"
-running her fingers along the lines of
provision* and clothing to her poor 1Albritton, J. T. Gibson, W A. latitude and longitude— 1 "them's tbe
and destitute. This was magnani- j Jordan and G. A. Whitaker coun, *jw fences, mamma, yunning av’y-
moil* indeed.
oilman.
| where.’
work ut night, the railroad and steam-
boat bands coming and going to and
Irom w ork at irregular bourn, the police
turning in <me by ono and turning out
in squads, the city’s laborers that clean
tlm streets at uiglit, and tbo thousand
ntnl ono others who, singly or in hand
fuls. reverse nature's laws and sleep and
work in hours contrary to those of the
groat body of mankind.
THE BIG.SEES OE LONDON,
W, A. C.-offut
I nut going to Amsterdam to-morrow
to get a glimpse ot tbo international
show. London ta too large. I hare
found out that I can’t see it if I stay
hero forever. It coven 132 square
mites, and I oouldn’t get through tlie
streets in ten years behind Maud H.
Its gin palaoes and boor shops would, if
putln a line, reach seventy-five miles.
There aro 400,000 gas lamps iu ita
streets. Twentr-seran miles of new
streets are added every year. Every
day 160,000 strangers come into the
city, and 193 babies ar* born. I begin
to feel crowded, and shall get oak
COHNER-STONES
Boston Courier.
With reference to the ooming ages,
our present custom carries with it an
almost appalling suggestion of possible
misunderstandings as to these timea,
for what a horrible injustice it would
bo if we should happen, two or three
thousand years hence, to be dug up
and judged by oar corner-stones.
DYEING FLOWERS.
Mr. Neabit, the famous analyst, has
discovered s process of dyeing flowers
by absorption through the stem*. A ——.
bouquet recently earned by the princess to s™Yt*i
ot Wtdes, composed of large lilies, was i
tinted in this manner in oalicale bins '"***-
end pink tones.
Ayer's Sarsaparilla.
CTilMmt Willi Ron- Kyis, So—
YOUNG,
10, AND
vfiODLE-
AGEO.
ilk* mini, limy
jr tin uk*. t
trM by all DrafftH*; SI, <tk bMU— tor SA.
1884. THE 1884.
“C0NSTITDTION.”
r,rlh» iwstyrar it will kt twiter
•'*; -rty tlwi.ito It aw twl.r invas-sd i
Itiolsn In n mv tniiUios, prann
u-i.ii-l. smJ s—lsSs ul.Uk u * L *._ ■
thri tlnma«4tf
,Ti K L. , H\ r SSnSsy Coastltati-s, S
«rlllli.lMWrslia fnlltrllun — r.nnd In
u “• Mch ** tu w
• *to, e.
*9 Jo, j
ssnn ihnMw jrrer wilk 1J.000 mbwriWn who
Ki-
■nailer uf the miv.lest in tercet | 0 tho f«rm>r.
At Lt«» tb«B 3 Cent* a Wnek)
ihf f rent baJ^ct of neve ami gmslp nrtll W ami
One Ynir. \ |t m
8t* UoatiMr » • «■
In Clnbe
Ii
With
J" Mate °f i*". "•* 1 Si
In dnbfl ot Two ay. —h | 00
kith nn astrniaMr to lbs iwur nu t(Ur
nsirs japer to th. —ui up ot Club.
THE YEAROF I8M
fill bo on, ot tho mont horartinHa our hl.tory.
owm,or '
..Very iinnottant ttonoo an to ho liicd hi thr
National and Stain rto-Uono. Tho CoaUilallcn ta
l , *Ss“r « worklrodUioa will carry Ihtrallnt
M*?*}* HW is hw sltopt to th* public, and
»IU stead MumnMtthainphNi nr OaoMctntle
praMpiit *
SabHribo now nod h—ln witb thanowrOnr.
Addrras; TUB CONSTITUTION.
Atlanta k O*.
JAMAICA GINGER
CORDIAL
IS A SPLENDID TONIC 11
Cart* Bysprpsta, todlgesUou. Cramp
Colie, Fain in the Stomach and BowaU
Colds, Chills aad Fever, Diarrhoea and
Dysentery, and all Malarial Diseases by
stimulating th* stomach and bowels into
healthy aeUvity. TryooaboUla.
Bold by Dr. John E. Ball, Americas,
On. apriUOly
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