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Pearl Fishing In Saxony.
The town pf Oelsuitz, on the Eisner,
has been for many centuries the centet
of pearl fishing in Saxony. In to other
parts of Saxony nor in all Gar many
were the banks so rich as here.
In early days every one had a right to
gather muscles; in 1621 the sovereign
assumed possession of the pearl fisheries
Prince Electoral Johann George appoint
ed in that year Moritz Schmirler as elec
toral pearl fisher at a salary of thirty
llorins (§12) a } r ear. An ordinance of 1701
administered severe punishments for
pearl thieving.
The Schmirler family were always
connected with pearl fishing. Moritz's
parents are known to have occupied
themselves with it Their celebrity for
skill and knowledge in this branch was
6o great that in 1740 one of them was
summoned to Denmark in order to in
vestigate pearl fisheries in that country.
Not long ago three Oelsnitz citizens,
descendants of Moritz Schmirler, were
salaried as sworn royal pearl fishers.
Salary, 140 thalers ($105), with wood and
produce, yearly. Therefore they had to
deliver to the government all the pearls
found. The Schmirlers fill the same po
sition to the present day.
When pearls were higher in price the
largest Elster pearls were valued at 180
marks ($45) each. At present the pearl
production from the Elster is not so great
in importance. Numerous factories on
the Elster shores seem to have a damag
ing influence, their waste water mixing
with the river.—Jewelers' Weekly.
Wine Father.
An absent minded city man, used to
paying five cent'fart s on the street cars,
went on a short railroad journey, lie
took out five cents for his fare, instead
of Ins dollar ticket, and sat, looking out
of the window, absorbed in thought,
when the conductor came along, calling,
“Tickets, please!”
Without turning his head, the passen
ger proffered his five cent piece.
“Ticket, sir!” said the conductor,
sharply.
The passenger gazed at him blankly
for an instant, then, recognizing his
blunder, he muttered, “Ah, absent mind
ed again!” and politely began fumbling
his hat band for the receipt check which
the conductor held ready to give him in
return for the ticket, still untouched in
his pocket.
But this man was not nearly so absent
minded as the Bostonian who met his
own son down town, took oil his hat in
response to the young man s greeting,
passed on in abstraction, and said at his
dinner table that night:
“A young fellow down on Milk street
laughed at me today when 1 answered
his bow, and for the life of me I can’t
think who it could have been, though his
lace did seem familiar.”—Youth's Com
panion.
.Strikes Did Not Worry Him.
Peter Conver, who used to run a paper
in Forest county, Pa., never had but
one strike daring his lifetime.
One day the devil was commissioned
to announce to Conver that the only
printer on Lite paper, and the only one
in the county, was on strike for back
pay
“Very well,”said Conver. "Just issue
a circular to our subscribers stating that,
on account of the death of our grand
mother, there will be no paper issued
l ora tins office for six weeks. Our sub
eoribers are entitled to this rest, any
how, and we will save expenses for six
weeks. Si e:
“After that what?” inquired the devil.
“If the printer does not capitulate by
that time, we will issue another circular
that our mother-in-law lias died, and
the office will bo draped in mourning
and business suspended for the usual
time. We can hold out as long as our
relations last.”
Then Conver would buy enough whis
key to keep him drunk for two months
at least.—New York World.
Curious Phonogiapliic Phenomenon.
In the “Autocrat of the Breakfast
Table,” O. W. Holmes shows that in “the
person t amed John," there were, for all
practical purposes, two distinct entities,
“John r.s ho thinks himself,” and "John
as we regard him,” outside of the third
problematic individual, “John ad* lie
actually is." A singular counterpart to
this idea occurs in the use of the phono
graph It is found that few persons, if
any, Know the sound of their own voice.
When several persons in succession have
spoken i i the machine, each may recog
nize in reproduction the voice of a friend
or acquaintance, but docs not identify
his own, which often sounds to him
harsh, unnatural and “uncanny.”—New
Y T ork Telegram.
Doubtful.
I have a theory about heat which I
learned as a boy down south. It is this:
A person can always stand the climate
of the month lie was horn in better than
any other. 1 was born in July, and you
can't make it too warm for me. But
when it gets real cold I want to stop
in doors. I have noticed that men
who were born in winter laugh at the
frost, but groan when the sun begins to
scorch them And men who are born
in spring or autumn always seem to bear
extremes of weather of all kinds with
only a medium amount of suffering.
Just watch this awhile and you'll find it
often comes true. —Interview in St.
ljouis Globe-Democrat.
Electric lights let down ana ng the fish
nets used about the Isle of H * very
successful in attracting large :\ < rs of
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SCHLEY COUNTY NEWS.
Hawkins ( House,
AMERICUS GA.
Jesses Aycocls; Proprietor
Located in Center of Business.
First-Class Accommodation In Every Kespect.
Carter’s Shoe Store,
AMEItICUS, GEORGIA.
Boots, Shoes, and Hats of ev
. «*• ^ ery description.
r/' m We want your trade, come
V and see us and we will treat
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you clever.
CALVIN CARTER – SON.
ZP_A_T. HI. WILLIAMS
Cotton avenue 7 Americus, Ga.
Sole agent for the famous old
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STRAIGHT KENTUCKEY
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JUG CUSTOMERS SUPPLIED PROMPTLY BY EXPRESS OR FREIGHT.
MONUMENTAL uments, Manufacturers Head-Stones- of Mon.
MARBLE WORKS Statuary and General
- Cemetery Work Furni
I ture Marble, Plumbers,
Slabs, Marble Tiling;, etc.
IE 0 cLga,x‘ J JVCillex- Georgia, Dealer in Italian Tennessee, and
(SUCCESSOR TO MILLER – McCALL.) American Marble, and
Foreign and Domestic
Foreign Office—C araiiaJ Itai.y, New York Office 714 Water St, Granite.
Estimates Fur Ashed
314 Jackson Street and contracts made t'oi
all kinds of Building
_A_MERICUS Or A. Stone
Iron Railing-for ceme
tery Enclosures a Spec
ialty.
H. D. WATTS.
"Wholesale and ~~F?,eta.iI
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Liquors and cigars a specialty.
Corner Lee and Forsyth Streets, AMERICUS, GA
. j., The people of Schley County are especially invited to call and get my prices when visiting
Americus.
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431 COTTON AVENUE, AMERICUS GA.
Sole Agents for the
Famous OILcL GrTXjno. S-px'd-in-g’
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Distilled by Thompson Willson – Co ..Paducah Ky.
“Listen to my tale of woe, But their mother was Mdse,
Johnnie, and his sisters too, early dew, To her husband’s surprise
Got snagged in the orchard at And with little money and no ado
Poisoned blood in their systems quickly Made them healthy by taking Wool
[grew. dridge’s Wonderful Core.”
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Wooldridge's Wonderful Cure Co., Columbus, Oa,
Gentlemen:— It affords me more real pleasure than I can write. to snv that one-balf dozen
bottlesof tsiege'of your W. \Y. C. have worked miracles in mveuse of Blood Poismi, originating daring
tho linoxville. more than twenty years ago. During that lnemoriPi.'e tune, i was
severely poisoned times by vines of some kind, which caused mo to break out, bimilnr to measles, from
two four each nut.’ year since, making me almost deathly sick for two or three days each time
before breaking I used every remedv that I could possibly procure tog-id myself of the
miserable pnslortune. Consulted our best, physicians and procured remedies from them, all of
whit h seemed to do mo nevgood, and 1 concluded that all medi -ino was it fraud, so lar as my case
whs concerned; W. an I made up my mind to try Hot .Springs, w hen a friend suggested the use of
your W. t'., with a proffer of my expense, to Hot Springs if it did not effort a cure. I accepted
his propoi.it.on, and am to day, in my judgment, i s sound a nutu as lives, ami weigh fifteen
pounds more Ilian l did before ( oiumenciug your W. W. C. W. M. TUMLIN,
Columbus, Oa., March 10,1S30,
W. W. C. for sale by all Druggists. Manufactured by Wooldridge’s Wonder
ful Cure Co., Columbus, Ga.
REMOVAL NOTICE
dLancellor –; Pearce
Have removed to their new three story building;,
1132 – 1134 Broad street. COLUMBUS GA.
OPPOSITE THEIR OLD STAND.
They have twice the stock of Clothing, Hats, Umbrel
las, Trunks and Shirts ever carried. Have also added a
complete line of men and boys Shoes.
rp oo Many 1J Goods. Titov t! lust Be Soli.
NOTE SOME PRICES
50 Suits at $9,00 cost you $13.00 elsewhere,
100 Suits at 12,50 cost you 15.00 elsewhere.
75 Suits at 15,00 well worth 20,00
100 Suits at 18,50 well worth 25,00
200 Boys Suits at $2,00 to $3,50 worth $3,00 to $5,00.
The best $3,50 fine shoe in the South you will pay $5,00
elsewhere, we mean busineess. we have too many
goods. They must he sold at once.
Chancellor – Pearce,
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WHOLESALE and RETAIL HEALER IN
Groceries and I?a?o-vr:i.s±ora_s.
Under Rankin House; Corner Broad and Teutli Streets.
Columbus, Ga., m, vj ISt, 188!
To the People of Schley and adjoining Counties.
I keep constantly on hand a well assorted stock of
groceries, plantation and family supplies, of every de-'
script ion.
I have near the depots, a large brick warehouse, with
side-track facilities, where my heavy goods are stored,
and the economy and convenience of receiving and for
warding, enables me to give as low, if not lower prices
than any one.
I will always have in season a good stock of Iron ties,
twine, Cotton and jute bagging, enough to supply the
wants of all.
An experience of twenty two years in the grocery trade
helps me to anticipate the wants of the trading public,
especially the farmers.
Special attention paid to filling orders by mail.
Your patronage soiiticed.
6 Jan. 1 W. J. Watt.
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FULL LINE OF GROCERIES, WILL BE FOUND, HATS, SHOES, CLOTHING, COFFINS, CAS
NETS, FURNITURE. ETC., AND WILLSELL'GOODS AS CHEAT AS ANY MERCHANT IN
SOUTH WEST GEORGIA. SOLICITING TRADE, IT IS OUR OBJECT TO FLEASE ALL, AND
GIVE VALUE RECEIVED FOR YOUR MONEY.
MURRAY – WILLIAMS,
EnnKvioLE, Ga.
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FANCY GOODS, NOTIONS, ETc.
La v Also, 1 erfumery, Toilet Articles, School Books, and Stationery.
CLAUDE DIXON EUGENE DIXON
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GrozrLoicaXj ILvYox s eIb.a"CL‘tS.
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WE KEEP EVERY THING USUALLY FOUND IN A COUNTRY STORE, AND SEED
AS LOW AS THE LOWEST. HIGHEST CASH PRICES ALLOWED FOB COUNTB*
PRODUCE. WE SOLICIT YOUR PATRONAGE