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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 fiJ 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 V you clever. CALVIN CARTER – SON. ZP_A_T. HI. WILLIAMS Cotton avenue 7 Americus, Ga. Sole agent for the famous old ITexi •2:A- ! UK- 3 roek: 9 STRAIGHT KENTUCKEY W~ juLZSIBLEW. 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 I 838 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. V B a 431 COTTON AVENUE, AMERICUS GA. Sole Agents for the Famous OILcL GrTXjno. S-px'd-in-g’ cvM wr i SMIIE ’ 3 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.” ■ wra —ai (YU h mi '-f v-x rHB* m ft J . §§_ iit ~ w-.o.lA, ^==S 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, – a 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. 1 JJ r I 9 —:DEALERS IN:— EE 1! a E % i - mr oiiaao ^,.3 T J 1 S'BaiBBwd a : v WE KEEP ON HAND ALMOST EVERY THING TO SUIT THE TRADE. BESIDES A’* 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. EK ,5 EA 3 ns * .... 1 i i A.I.: J! E3 kef t–fdb sS a ELLAVILLE, GA. Deai.ek jn ) Cfl in C/L m UJ nrsj KS Cl3 Ft, vE kLs–i 'VtA O/la •a HI FANCY GOODS, NOTIONS, ETc. La v Also, 1 erfumery, Toilet Articles, School Books, and Stationery. CLAUDE DIXON EUGENE DIXON ta EfAikisa D TO B ♦ * GrozrLoicaXj ILvYox s eIb.a"CL‘tS. AND 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