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H«w a Hal i» Nadr.
Youug uuu, put on your
derby hat to go to church, or perhaps
to go to|a picnic, doesit ever occur to yoa
that a poor little bunoy has died and
been dyed that your hat might live?
I don't believe it does. I doubt if vou
aver knew that your hat was made' of
fur. T did not know it until the other
day.
Of course, if you are a sort of a
young American,’you believe in evolu
tion of some kind ; but here is a chap
ter which I think will give you new food
for thought.
First the hare—poor little fellow—
he is just on the point of eating his din
ner ; but does he get it ?
Suppose you were asked whether you
would be made into a hat before dinner
or after, which would you choose ? Hut
he does not know in his. sweet inno
cence. Well, let him eat his dinner
uiul enjoy it.
Then he ii killed. Just how does
not matter. We won't investigate the
slaughterous part of it; enough that lie
is killed, and his skin cut up into strips
about one-eighth of an inch wide.
These strips go through a process some
thing similar to being drawn through a
knot-hole. This takes the fur off.
Then comes a queer kind of machine,
by which a strong current of air is i
made to blow against a wet revolving
copper cone to which it sticks, matting
together, as is the nature of the fur to
do. until it assumes a shape over the
•cone, like a short, stumpy, very old
fashioned umbrella, without any stick ;
then by plunging into very hot water
aud works the hands as a potter works
his clay, this shape is thickened and
shrunk until it gets to a consistency in
which it is held together, and might
look on a man’s head something like
a respectable cabbage leaf. I believe
bunny is fond of cabbage. You know
the old saying, “A man is what he
eats,” and this seems to be a case in
which bunny almost becomes a cabbage
leaf himself.
Then the shape is dyed and presspd,
and smoothed, and flattened, and curled
up, and bound, and before you know
it, you are wearing bunny on your
head, what is left of him. Don’t for
get him now, for the good turn he has
done you, will you ? And don't dese
crate poor bunny’s perennial shade by
wearing uuderneath that derby any un
seemly object. Remember theie may
be a good deal in a hat. Let yours
contain no bricks, but brains.— St.
Louis l y o»t Dispatch.
Weutlier Hint*.
"■Ml*'lllev. I.' ft Hicks makes
these predictions:
A disturbing astronomical cause is
central on April Ist, the period will
end about the 4th. cool weather and
frost for several days will follow.
From the lltli to 17th of April show
ers will abound, with a heavy storm
possible during ‘-danger days.” The
heaviest storm of the month mav be
certainly expected during the period
begining about the 22d and ending
about the 28th. Except the phenome
na to vary in character, according to
the general progress of the season,
from South to North. All storms, of
whatever character, at this time will be
hard Frost will follow.
We fully tested the predictions of
1887 befo. e using those of 1888, and
believe we have done our readers and
the general public great service thereby.
We should state, perhaps, that the
Jovian peri- d to which Rev. Mr. Hicks
refers is “at the bottom” of our bad
weather for the past years and will be re
sponsible for its continuauce during the
present year. He explains it by* sta
ting that the planet Jupiter is nearly
twelve of our years in going around
the sun: that is twelve yeare on earth
is one year on Jupiter. As there is two
equinoxes every year—one every six
months—for the year, so there are two
equinoxes every Jovian year—one in
about every six years—for Jupiter.
J'lie'e Jupiter equinoxes causes a gra
dual and continual excitation of the
electrical element of our earth, and for
the whole planetary system 1 sting
more than two of our years for each
equinox of Jupiter. This is what he
calls the Jovian period.
According to his theoiy, in which he
has the fullest confidence, dttrin" the
Jovian period there is a greater Read
iness in the meteorological elements of
the earth to express themselves in every
kind of phenomena common to our
globe. The regular storm periods
caused by the equinoxes of the smaller
planets, and shown in the storm chart
are not obliterated or changed l.y the
Jovian period, only these regular storm
periods are found to be much more
active and continuous, they are simply
reinforced and intens-fied by the steady
pressure of the Jovian period.
Rev. Irl R. Hicks, of St. Louis, is the
pastor of the Olive Branch Congrega
tional church, hois forty years old and
lias from the time he was a bey been
singularly foud of studying and specu
lating upon weather changes. Years
ago be arrived at the conclusion that
astronomy held thejexplanatiou of all
the weather phenomena as seen bv the
inhabitants of the earth. —Southern
Cultivator.
Four times has the white house been
draped in mourning since President
Cleveland became occupant —for Grant,
for Hendricks, for A rthur and for ’
Waite, showing a singular fatality
among great men.
'l’he Uml Siuusuiuar; War.
Investigation recently made in
the war department at Washington,
shows that the late American civil war
was relatively the most sanguinary on
record. Though the Federal and Con
federate returns are not altogether ex
act, the war office is able to give a close
approximate estimate of the killed,
wounded aud missing in the federal
forces. According to the statistics 29*>,-
82.5 Union soldiers lie buried in the va
rious national cemeteries. Including
losses of which no account can be taken,
the war cost the North 320,000 live*
or more than one in nine of all those
who entered the service.
The two opposing armies met in ov
er 2,000 skirmishes and battles. —
In 148 of those conflicts the lesson the
Federal side was upward of 500 men,
aud in'at least ten battles more than
10,000 were leported lost on each side.
The combined losses of the Federal and
Confederate forces in killed wounded
and missing in the following engage
ments were : Shiloh. 24,000 ; Antie-;
tarn, 28,000; Stone River, 87,000;
Chancellorsville, 28.000; Gettysburg,
54,000; Chickamauga, 33,000; Mc-
Clellan ’s peninsular campaign, 50,000;
Grant’s peninsular campaign, 180,000,
and Sherman’s campaign, 135,000.
Waterloo was one of the most des
j perate and bloody fields chronicled in
European history, yet Wellington’s
casualties were less than 12 per cent,,
while during the Americas war the loss
at Murfreesboro, Atlanta, Chickamau-
ga, Gettysburg and other places fre
quently reached, and sometimes ex
ceeded 40 per cent., and the average of
killed and wounded on one side or the
other was 30 per cent. If the figure
of the Confederate losses would be ac
curately ascertained, the total deaths in
the late war would probably surpass
I 500,000,' It is not a little curious that
; the losses and captured men of the Fed
orals—who were victorious in the
struggle—almost equalled the whole of
the Confederate forces.
Women nml Moat Kliuu-.
>Sixty-one women in all have made
the ascent of Mont Blanc. “The fact
is testified,” says a correspondent of
Galignani, “by the antique register re
ligiously kept at the office of the guides
at Chamonix,, as everybody may see
for himself. The hodk is a more faith
ful record than one might expect. Just
as on some ill fatetl precipice on the
Alps a wooden cijiss marks the spot
where a too adventurous climber lias
met his death, jA here a lugubrious
cross is set agaifist the name of every
victim who bus failed to reach his jeur
vierst <iir4<#»nd the oft recurring>f(yrmu
la, ‘Requiescat in pace,’ may perhaps
account for the reluctance with which
the book is shown to intending excur
sionuts.
“The first female ascent of the giant
ef the Alps wa* made by two French
women, one of aristocratic and the oth
er of plebeian birth. Their example
was quickly followed in after seasons
and in the end the record stands as fol
lows ; English women, 32; French
women, lo ; Russian women, 4 ; Amer
ican women, 3 ; Swiss women, 2, and
Prussian, Danish, Hungarian, Italiau
and Austrian, 1 each. Eleven of these
ladies accompauied their husbands.
The mania for making ascents, through
evil and good report, has this year been
rather conspicuous, the excursions to
the summit having numbered thirty
nine as against an average of eleven.
The French on this occasion have ta
ken the lead, followed not very close
ly by Englishmen and English women,
and still further off by Americans and
Germans. Most of the French who
have ventured forth to the summit are
members of the Alpine club, while.those
of other nationalities depend for the
most part upon their own resources or
the counsel of guides.” — J J all Mall
Gazette
Mr*. I.austry's Father.
Mrs. Langtry’s father, recently de
ceased, is thus described by the Londou
Star : -The very Rev. William Cor
bet Le Breton, dean of Jersey, will be
kuowu to all times as the father of ilrs.
Langtry. He had a curious life, and
our pages would glow' or blush if we
were to tell a tithe of his adventures.
He had the same strange beauty of
face and figure that belongs to bis fa
mous daughter. He was tall, stately,
muscular—a most imposing figure.
Mrs. Langtry, with that keen eye for
an advertisement which has made her a
successful actress exloited him iu reeeut
years in a most amusing way. W hen
she was on a provinc pal tour iu Eng
land she used to go during the
day with her lather, dressed i- gaiter*
and spotless clothes supplied from her
otvu purse. This produced excellent
effect.”
And tli<- Hattie Proceeded.
It was in the wilderness on the
morning of the first fateful battle—
May 4, lSfi4. General Grant’s strong
face never wore a more determined, in
scrutable look. The array of General
Lee was drawn up and impatient for
conflict. A slight picket fire was heard
dropping along the edges of the serrie.
lines. With that cairn, imperturbable
manner which always distinguished
Gvneral Grant in a great crisis, he turn
ed to one of hi» aids and said : “Is His
torian Badeau present?” “He is, gen
eral.” was the prompt reply. “Then,”
said the great warrior, “let the battle
proceed.” And it proceeded.
The CSrave or Governor Hurl) .
In Green county, adjaceut to Wat
son’* spring, ou the Fontenoy farm, in
shameful neglect and forgetfulness, re
pose the remains of an honored ex-gov
eruor of Georgia. The locality is at
tractive, fertile and picturesque. It
seems to us that the legislature of
Georgia should institute measures for
the preservation of this last resting
place of a departed statesman aud hon
est public servant. It should he put
in order, he beautified, and a monu
ment should be raised to marie the
state's appreciation of his distinguish
ed life and services. W e most earnest
ly call tire attention of those who are
probably to legislate for the people to
the imperative need of official action
early in the session, looking at least to
the rehabilitation o-f this neglected
tomb, if not to the suitable commemo
ration of the services of its eminent
dead. —Greensboro l/erahl.
I lic Wiluess IViu Hnsuanl.
“You can take the witness,” said
the prosecuting attorney in a trial be
fore an Arkansas court to the defend
ant's lawyer.
“Judge,” exclaimed a young naan in
the bsck part of the room, standing up
on a seat and waving his hands wildly,
“don’t let him take her. That witness
has been engaged to me for more’ll
three yearsCAicru/o Daily Tri
ll mi e.
tiienrgie's 4 old.
Georgie comes down to breakfast
with a swollen visage. M h ire upon
mamma says to the four-ycar-old :
Why, Georgie, darling, don’t yon
feel well ? Tell mamma what the mat
ter is.”,
Georgie (full of influenza, replies)—
No, 1 don’t feel well. Hofn of my
eyes is leakin’, and one of my noses
don’t go.— Harper’* Bazaar.
Almost I’roe
Jailor Birdsong, of Macon, Ga., jail
hearing a noise in Murderer Wool
folk’s cell, quickly investigate], and
found that Woolfolk with a saw, made
from a watch spring, had sawed off |ii«
double irons. This is the third—al
most successful attempt —the murderer
has made to get away.
Dumley—Brown and I have entered
into a compact not to drink for a month
under a forfeit of SSO
Featherly ( with a puzzled look.) —
But how will you know if either break*
the compact ? p
Dumley—Why, if Brown takes a
drink, he will tell tne of it, of course.
Featherly (still puzzled)—Yes, of
course, Brown is all right; but how in
the world will be know if you take a
driuk ? •
“You can talk as you please about
the foolishness of the bustle,” observed
the snake editor, “but I notice that
women are more active since the in
{troductory of that article «f wear than
! before ?”
“Indeed ?" replied the horse editor.
“Yes ;it makes them hump them
-1 selves.”
Teacher—l at* afraid. Miss Hopper,
j that you will find difficulty in passing
i your final examination if.you are alt
sent from school so much. Is there
auy good reason for it ?
Senior Girl—Oh, yes, indeed. I’m
having my graduating dress fitted.
X Good liivewtiucnt—Three
llmidrrd (o Onr—Head.
Quitman, Ga., May 16, 1887—M.
,A. Briggs—Dear Sir :—Mv step son,
16 years old, has been sick for nine
years, suffering with sallow eomplek
| ion, thin blood, loss of appetite, great
| weakness and swelling of his feet, legs
I and stomach, llis face was bloated,
j puffed and watery looking (dropsical)
It is complexion being very pale and
; yellow lie bad no regular appetite, and
was too weak to work, not having wor
ked six months, all told, in nine years
1 1 had spent S3OOO and tried six or
1 seven doctors, trying to cure him but
all failed, t offered one doctor $l5O
to cure him but be would not take the
case. 1 heard so much about Nunnbet
ter Tonic Pills. I got five bottles (for
$1) and gave them to him. He is now
entirely well and has worked steadily
for three months in the field, and I con
sider him finally cured. Your pills are
a paying investment for sick and puny
people. Yours respectfully,
. H. Coopkk.
Sold by W. 11. Smith. Gallon him
for a free sample of Briggs Nunn bet
ter Liver Pills and descriptive matter
of Tonic Pills.
Kht'iiniatlnin
Usually settles in the back or limbs
1 and often so completely overpowers its
victims that all business and labor have
to be abandoned. Our readers should
remember that Hood’s Sarsaparilla is
not recommended as a positive specific
for rheumatism; its proprietors doubt
if there is, or can be such a remedy.
But icanv people who were most se
verely afflicted, state that they have
been positively cured by Hood’s Sar
saparilla. The disease is often the re
sult of impure blood—hence the power
of this great medicine over it. Its suc
cess iu many sever* cases justifies us in
recommending its use to all sufferers
from rheumatism. Ino JV.<u.o Q„:.
Ilollar.
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Macon. Georgia.
Applicttl ion l*oi- I.fitter* of Art.
■uiNlMtrtilion.
/ i ICORIi 1 A, —HENRY CfoUNTY.—To al
\T whom it may concern ; John Bryans has
in due lorm ot th ■ law applied to the under -
signed for permanent letters ef administra
tion on the estate of Klizaheth C. Crumbly,
late of said county, deceased, and I will pass
upon said application on the first Monday
in May. 1888. (liven under my hand and
official signature. Wm. N. NELSON,
March 234 1888. Ordinary.
i 1 BORGIA,—tfftNRY COUNTY.—To nil
\T Whom it May Concern ; Whereas J.
G. Dunn has ii, due. form applied to the un
dersigned for permanent letters of adminis
tration oil the estate of Mary E. Johnson,
Ifde ot said county, deceased This is to
cite all person concerned to show cause if
any they can why letters of administration
should not lie granted to him on the first
Monday in April, 1888.
Fell. 25th, 1888. Wm. N. NELSON,
lm. Ordinary.
Api>!l«-Hlioii to Stoll I,suit!.
/GEORGIA,—HENRY COUNTY.—To all
vT whom it may concern : Albert T. Gray.
Executor of Albert Gray, deceased, lias in
due form applied to the undersigned for leave
‘V sell tbs lands belonging to the* estate of
said deceased, and said application will be
heard on the tir«t Mondnv in May, 1888.
Win. N. NELSON,
Ordinary.
This March S.'hL 1888.
Applirafion for Letfei% of’ %«l
in i ii i»t ration.
/ 1 ECHO I A.— HENRY COUNTY—To all
whom it may concern: Andrew Con
kle and Kellet Cookie*, have in due form of
law applied to the undersigned for perma
nent letters of Adrniniatratidn on the estate
of Mrs. Annie Conkle, late of said county,
deceased and I will pass upon said applica
tion on ihe first Monday in Mav, 188*.
Given under my hand and officio 1 signature.
Wm. N\ MELSON,
March *23d, 1888, Ordinary.
Sheriff’s Sale for May.
Will be fold before the Court-house door,
in the town of McDonough, Henry county,
Ga., on the first Tuesday in May, next, be
tween the legal hours of sale the following
described property, to-wit :
Land lot number one hundred and seventy
seven (177), in the second (*2nd) district of
Henry county, Georgia, containing two hun
dred two and a half (202}£) acres, more or
less. Levied en as the property of Jane
Brown, to satisfy a tax fi. fa. issued bv ;
Z. E. Harlan, Tax Collector of Henry coun
ty, agrinst said Jane Brown. Tenant in
possession legally notified.
Also, at the name time ami place,
the following deacrlbed properly, to-wit : one
hundred (lbb, acres of land on which Thom
as Guest now resides ; hounded a* follows :
On flie north and west by lands of Tucker
Childs, on the south by lands ingrnhim, on
the east by lands of J. J. Crumbly. Levy
made to satisfy a fi. fa issued from Justice
Court of the 4b?Jtb district G. M., in favor
of the estate of J. L. brock against A. J.
Peek. Levy made by J. 0. Allums, L. C., ,
and turned over to me this March the 29tb.
Tenant in posseUgion legally notified.
Also, at tin* same time and place, the fol
lowing described property, to-wit : One
hundred (100) acres, lot number forty-two
(42) in the Sixth district sf said c >unty of
Henry, bounded as follows : on tin* cast
by lands I William Lewis, on the south and
west by lauds o‘* l). K. Starr and on the
north bv lands of Jiio. A. Kerry being
east half of said lot. Levied on as the f rip
er! y of W. S. Berry to satisfy a fi. la. Irom
Henry County Court, in favor of G. I*. Shel
ton, Executor of A. Austin against E. L
Hanes, principal, and W. S. Berry, security.
Levy made by J. B. Mayo, County Court
BalifT. and turned over to me this 2flth of l
March. Tenant in possession legally noti
(Mid * X. A. GLASS,
Sheriff.
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lins on hand im Immense Slock of
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Of All Grade? olid Kind.-, which he is Disposing of at Figures as Low aw can Ik* obtained
in Any Market in the State lit* is also selling tin: Beat Make of
Sewing Machines,
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