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THE HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY
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I 1 EO. W. IIRYAJI,
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
McDonough, Ga.
Will practice in- the counties comprising
thi Flint Judichil Cii-ouit, the Supreme
Court of Georgia, and the United States
District Court.
T. WItKUS,
attorney at law,
McDonough, Ga.
,V ill practice in the counties composing
ih« Flint Judicial Circuit,the Supreme Court
I£ i Georgia and the United States District
•Court. apr‘27-1 y
t< KUAUA.M,
attorney at law,
McDonough, Ga.
\v ;|l practice in all the Courts of Georgia
ial attention given to commercial and
vU,*-collections. Will attend all the Court*
Hampton regularly. Offiee upstairs over
fas W KKKLY office.
u y A. BROWIII
' attorney at law,
McDonough, Ga.
Will practice in all the counties compos
ing the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court of
Georgia and the United States District
Court. ianl-ly
| Oil A I» TIE.
attorney at law,
Gate City Natioal Bank Building,
Atlanta, Ga,
Practices in the State and Federal Courts,
|| A. PEEPLES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Hampton, Ga,
Will ractice in all the counties composing
tilie Fliuf Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court
•of Georgia and the District Court ol the
United States. Special and prompt riten
ition given to Collections, Get 8,
TvkTg. P. CAMPBELL
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■- ‘DENTIST,
McDonough Ga. *
Any one desiring work done can |>c ac
commodated either by calling on me in per
son or addressing me through the mails,
terms cash, unless special arrangements
are otherwise made.
f netery, Lawn, Poultry and Rabbit Fencing,
OI’SAXDS OF MILES IN USE. CATALOGUE
FKEE. FREIGHT PAID.
\t McMullen woven wire fence co,
114, 116, 118 and 120 N. Market St., Chicago, IU.
~T t t t t f“
WM. BOLLMANN,
Watches, (: fipectacfo.
Clocks, O No 6 s Broad st.
Jewelry, (:
Silverware. :) Atlanta, Ga.
-- 4-4-4- 4- .-L,
J) I 1 Vi tkj New $l5O ; Organ* 34
1 A JM' fO stops $5O. Caralog FREE.
Daniel F. Beatty, Washington, N. J.
WOMANS WORKM?££
ii.fc.m-s* »t huiu* t oaldreM Dr. 4. B. MaECHISI ttt., LUm« S% b
C~ THE CHRISTY BREED SLICES
a day gelling the
“Wonderful Christy Bread Slicer.” Writeqnlck
for territory. Cbbistt Kmk Co., Fremont, Ohio.
B PARKER’S
HAIR BALSAM
Cleanse, and beautifie* the hair.
Promote* a luxuriant growth.
Never Fail* to Bestore Gray
Hair to ita Youthful Color.
Cure* icalp digeases & hair falling.
50c, and 11.00 at Druggisti
amadSmSMkiTm
Use Parker’s Ginger Tonic. It cures the wor«t Cough,
V.’eak L’ings, Debility, Indige*tion, Pain, Take in time. 50eta.
H!N D £ RCOR NS. The only rare cure for Coma
Stop* ah pain. 15c. at Druggist*, or HISCOX & CO., N. Y.
GRATEFUL-COMFORTING.
EPPS’S COCOA
BREAKFAST-SUPPER.
“By a thorough knowledge of the natural
laws which govern the operations of diges
tions and nutrition, and by a careful appli
cation of the fine properties of well selected
■Cocoa, Mr Epps has provided for our break
and supper a delicateiy flavoured beverage
which may save us many heavy doctor’s bills.
It is bv the judicious use of such articles
of diet that a constitutions may be gradual
ly built until strong enough to resist every
tendency to disease, Hundreds of subtle
maladies are floi ting around us ready to
attack wherever there is a weak point. We
mar escape many a fatal shaft by keeping
ourselves well fortified with pure blood and
a properly nourished frame.”—Civil Service
Gazette. Made simply with boiling water
or milk. Sold only in half-pound tins, by
Grocers, labelled thus:
JAMES EPPS <t CO., Ltd., Homoeo
pathic Chemist, London, England
English Spavin Liniment removes
ail hard, soft or calloused lumps and
Blemishes from horses blood spavins,
curbs, splints, sweeney, ring bone, sti
th-s, sprains, all swollen throats, coughs
etc. Save $.50 by use of one bottle.
Warranted the m>st wi nderful Blemish
Cure ever known. Sold by C. D. Mc-
Donald.
No such flour as Postell’s
Elegant has ever been sold in
McDonough. There is none
better.
THE STAR STORE
Jackson, Ca.
Larger Stock,
Better Assortment,
Later Styles,
Newer Novelties,
Choicer Grades,
Finer Qualities,
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Lower prices,
Truer Bargains,
_ Better Values,
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Closer Figures,
Greater Attractions
ALL BBEVAIL AT THE
STAR STORE,
JACKSON. GEORGIA.
About the Cost.
Wbat is it goiug to cost to run an
enterprise of that kind ? Many of my
readers who have been interesleo
enough to read what 1 have had to say,
in relation to getting up a reliable or
ganization iu the form of a Stock
insurance Co , have doubtless thought,
that they would like to know, how
much is it going to cost to foot up the
coutingent expenses that will necessari
ly accrue, in running a big business of
that kind. In reply to that enquiry we
would say, there need be but one
officer, whose time would be so heavily
drawn upon, as to make it necessary
to pay him a reasonable salary for his
time and services. It is not the object
nor iuteotiou of this enterprise, to
create a number of lucrative offices to
be sought after like the President’s
cabinet.
We want to get up a reliable, plain
respectable business like system for
helping a poor man, in case he has the
great misfortnne to lo se his only plow
mule, and is without a single dollar, to
pay for another one. Who is it that
would be willing to sell a poor mau a
860 or 875 mule on a credit, when he
was only a tenant, working on rented
land. None. By going into this compa
ny and carrying a policy of $6O, on his
mule that was valued at 890, for
which he paid only $3.50, (all things
haying been done fair and square,) he
would be entitled to jast $6O. Now if
he had $6O to pay down for another
mu.e, bis neighbor who had a $75
mule to sell could afford to take the
I risk in crediting him for $l5. But
with narry dollar to pay down, how
would that poor fellow coDtrive to get
’anything to continue his plowing.
Me thinks I hear some of my read
ers say, this would be a good thiug,
but then I don’t know, 1 am afraid
somehow or other, I don’t knowhow
this new enterprise would work. I am
afraid that there would be more poor
meu’s old mules that would die, thau
| any body elses, and that would be a
heavy tax on us, who own a better
' class of mules, .ban most of these poor
, men can afford to own. That is where
I the trouble comes in. Did you not sell s
mcdonough, ga.. Friday, December 22. isoa.
that old mule to that poor man a year
ago, aud you told that poor fellow that
she was a No 1 tip top mule, that she
would do him good service for 8 or 10
years. But all of a sudden you have
found out that that old mule would be
sure to die. If that poor mau was to
have her insured in the same company
with your mules. Now whoever this
raudom cap fits, he is going to get
mad sure, aud he would not go into fel
lowship with such a company to save
every poor man’s mule in the county.
I was not hitting at you my Bro. I
would never have taken you to have
beeu made out of that kind of selfish
dirt. Now in order to arrive at a reli
able and correct basis upon which we
can safely calculate, let every man in
the county who has lost a plow mule
during the present year, report it to
the clerk of the superior court who will
keep a complete list, giving the name,
age aud nature of the disease with
which she died, I mean either horses or
mulrs, aud then we can approximate
very nearly the number that would he
likely to die next year Will you do
this fellow countymen and oblige ev
ery body ? W. T. G.
See the Horld'xFair Tor Fifteen
Cental.
Upon receipt of your address and fifteen
cents in postage stamps, we will mail you
prepaid our Souvenir ok the World’s
Columbian- Exposition the regular price is
Fifty cents, but as we want you to have one,
we make the p. ice nominal. You will find
it a work of art and a thing to be prized.
It contains full page views of the great
buildings, with descriptions of same, and is
executed in highest style of art. If not sat
isfied with it. alter you get it, we will
refund the stamps and let you keep the
book. Address, H. E. Bucklen a Co., Chi
cago, 111.
Try tea for Dyspepsia.
How many sides are there to the
question, “Should the South raise her
own meat ?” Here is the answer found
in one paragraph in the market report
of the daily papers : “During the past
week Chicago shipped 42,000 sides to
the South.”—Hartwell Sun.
A spleudid, new $l5O. bicycle, pneu
matic tires, can be bought at half price
t The Weekly office.
MINOR MENTION.
A Paragraphic Penciling of Pass
ing Events.
“Christmas.give!”
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No paper next week.
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Pretty little sprinkle of snow Sun
day evening. First of the season.
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Pile up the Y’ule log, “on with the
dunce, let joy be uuconfined.”
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i Cheaper to boy cotton <4 the present
prices than to raise it. $
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McDonough’s cotton seceipts are
ahead of this date la6t year.
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How to get a five dollar preseut
with a fifty cent piece is Mow the ab
sorbing problem.
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Several Henry county farmers have
as much as a hundred bales of cotton,
and more, yet on hand.
We understand there are probably
more tax defaulters in the icounty this
year than last.
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Santa Claus busy selecting and lay
iug away supplies for several days, to
meet his appointment on tipie.
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Uncle Billie Miller took two days
off last week, for the first time in fifteen
months, and spent last Frufev and Sat
urday in Atlanta. Uncle ipillie is one
of the most faithful mail oarriers ever
on his route, and was justly. entitled to
this brief vacation. He reports a fine
time in the gate city.
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Mr. Lon Johnson, of McDonough,
has secured an appointment at the
hands of Congressman Cabi*ess, in the
Government printing office at Wash
ington. Mr. Johnson is | a worthy
young man and will do himself credit
among the thousands of tj'pos in this
great priut shop.—Jonefeboro Enter
priae. i ■<*•: >
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Nothing being said about McDon
ough’s city election, though it occurs
in less than a mouth. Isu’t it about
time to stir things up a little, boys ?
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One of our subscribers from a dis
tance remitted his dues last week, and
enclosed an extra dollar, which be
stated was to renew “just for spite.”
May many more become spiteful in the
same way.
Send The Weekly to some distant
friend, if you are at a loss to make a
present. You could scarcely find any
thing else to last a whole year for one
dollar, and perhaps at the same time
be more acceptable.
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After a man runs for a little city of
fice, worries himself day and night, loses
Bleep and rest, undergoes great mental
aud physical strain, subjects himself to
criticism and harshness, engages in hot
tempered disputes with those opposed to
him, says things wise and otherwise,
makes a number of his old friends ene
mies, spends twice the amouut of mon
ey in an effort to get elected than he
would receive as a salary—the question
naturally arises, where does the profit
come in ? Surely it is better to be a
private citizen aud a tax-payer, than to
pay the price for office.
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The Itev. Sam Jones thinks this
couutiy is in a bad way. “The Demo
crats act the fool, the Republicans act
the rascal, the Populists act the baby,
aud the devil seems to be in a quan
dary over the situation. The preach
ers are non-committal, the church on
the fence, and the women talking, the
young folks courting, the baby crying,
the dogs barking, the cows lowing, the
pigs squealing, etc.”
Dr. W. F. Cook, the new presiding
elder of this district, has moved his
family to Atlanta, where they will re
side during Dr. Cook's incumbency of
the charge. They have lived iu
Newuan the past four years, where the
Herald and Advertiser says they leave
many warm friends, whose best wishes
will follow them wherever they ga
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Maiviu Tamer, the little son of Mr.
W. G. Turner, uow holds the blue rib
bon as the champion wild goose hunter,
having killed three at one shot, we learu
jast week. It is only within the last
two or three years that wild geese have
been known to be in this section at all,
but a large drove of them, fifty or six-
ty in number, are using up and down
South river, this season, aud are at
tracting numerous hunters.
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The Weekly job office turned out,
a neat eight page circular for McDon
ough High School last week which has
; beeu the admiration of all who saw it.
Moral: Bring your job work to this
office if you want the cheapest aud best
to be had.
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Commissioner Daniel requests us to
announce that Saturday, Jan. 6, lias
j been set for the examination of public
I school teachers. R -in 'mber and gov
ern yourself accordingly.
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Mr. Hard Elliott was carried up to
Conley last Sunday to receive a course
of treatment by Dr. Cowan at his wa
ter cure sanitarium. Much sympathy
is extoudtd Hard in his soro affliction,
aud his many friends now hope to hear
j of his early recovery.
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Quite a disappointment greeted the
school teachers last Thursday, when
they gathered in full force to receive
the balance due them from this year’s
school fund. An unavoidable hitch
caused another delay in their payment,
by which they were considerably rais
put, and Commissioner Dauiel was kept
busy most of the day explaining the sit
uation.
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The bill providing for co-education
in the normal school at Athens was
strongly opposed in the legislature, but
went through nevertheless and the girls
will hereafter have the same chance
that is offered to the young men.
The most important measure beariug
upon the schools was, however, that
of Mr. Calvin, which provides for the
payment of school tax direct to the
treasury and for the quarterly payment
of the school teachers. The latter point
is one that has attracted great atteu
tion and was particularly impressed up
on the house by the governor in his
message.
The bill reducing school boards from
five to three and payipy the members a
regular salary, the Same as other offi
cials, was one of the interesting and
important measures that went through
this session.
Another notable measure was that
abolishing monthly teachers institutes.
The annual institutes remains as they
are, but ‘.be bill disposes of the month
ly sessions, which for a variety of rea
sons, had excited opposition in all parts
of the state.
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There are 9,000 bales of cotton in
the McDonough ware bouse, most of
which, it is said, belongs to the farm
ers.
For several weeks we notice the
above item g;oing the rounds of the
Stale press. As it is about 5,000 bales
more than our entire receipts up to
date, the brethren ol the quill have
been led into palpable error in giving
publicity to the statement. However,
Henry county farmers are “better
fixed” than those of most any other
section of Georgia, and numbers of
them still have cotton “piled up”
around their doors, not yet having sold
the “first bale.”
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It is announced that Judge J. »S.
Pope, of Z ebulon, the gentleman who
is remembered as having made the
close race against Judge Hoyuton some
years ago, will be a candidate for the
judgeship of this circuit at the next
coming election before the legislature.
He is a good man, and can bring con
siderable infiueucc and popularity to
bear in bis race
In this connection, we will state that
we have heard numerous expressions
highly commending Col. E J. Reagan,
of McDonough, for the place. Without
the slightest intimation as to whether
■ Col. lleagan desires or would accept
! the judgeship of the Flint Circuit or
| or not, we take the liberty of here say
-1 ing that lie has numbers of friends
everywhere who would he highly grat
| died to see him honored with the judi
cial ermine. It is conceded that there
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is not a better qualified la wyer in the
entire district, and should he ever con
sent to make the race, he would have
' a backing that would be hard to over
come. He not only has strong friends
all over the state, but besid< s hie
thorough qualifications for judgp, his
I record as a public servant is one of the
very best.
Col. Reagan is one of tlie coming
young men of Georgia, aud we repeat
—bis friends every where would delight
to honor him.
IcELREE’SWUIE OF CSRDUI for W.«k Nerv.t.
Bring in your Job Work.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U S. Gov’t Report.
DqV\| Baking
Powder
ABSOLUTELY PURE
Juilse llritnliani’s Views.
The following interesting interview
with Judge Joel Branham, of Rome,
appetyed in the Atlanta Constitution
last week:
“What do you think of the political
outlook?”
“Now that’s a nice question to ask
me. You know lam out of politics.
Most politicians are deranged; they are
diseased with an inordinate desire for
office. If they would work they could
live well and be happy with their fam
ilies at home by the fireside, at least 1
reckon they could, though in some cases
their families might get along better in
their übsence. An industrious man in
private life looking after his wile aud
childreu, instead of huutiiig for fame (?)
is like the sunlight after the rain, he
makes everything around him glad, and
he ts glad, too, but the politician, poor
ciazy man, he is to he pitied.’’
“Who do you want for governor ?”
Atkinson ot course. He is qualified
for it, and in my opinion is entitled to
it. Ile has rendered the state and the
democratic party very great service in
the 'ast eight years of his public life.
He is a lawyer, and a good one. lie
came from the farm to the bar and to
public life, lie is the author of a number
of important laws, of which the tiuhlic
is reaping the benefit. Among thorn
the measure that gave to tho people the
electiou of the commissioner of agricul
ture. This measure Ins greatly menu
sed the usefulness and elficicny of that
department. He is the author also of
the bill which established the Georgia
Normal aqfl Industrial College. This
was the most Important advance made
iu years iu the interest of education in
Georgia—the training and education of
teachers for the common schools—a
long delayed act of justice to the women
of the state. He is now president of
the board of trustees of this institution
and since its establishment he has given
his energy to it, without compensation
and he has made it a great success.
As chairman of the Western and Atlau -
tic railroad committee iu 1860-91 he
originated tho measure under which the
commission was appointed that decided
finally against the claim of the state
road lessees for betterment, and he rep
resented the stato before that comrnis
sion. He introduced and passed the bill
to place telegraph and express compa
nies under the control of the railroad
commission. There are a number of
other important measures introduced
by him and which he lias advocated
and aided in passing that are of great
service to the people. He helped to
increas the scho)l fund from a few hun
dred thousands to $1,250 000. His ca
reer and executive ability as speaker of
the house of represeuatives are well
known. He is a young man vigorous iu
' mind and body and of excellent moral
cbaracier. Now don't you think that's
a pretty good record?”
Continuing, the judge said:
“You know most people are for the
fellow that’s going to be elected. That’s
the way with the average politician.
He is anxi us to know which way the
wind is going to blow, aud generally
makes a mistake, falls behind I lie wind
and drops in the mud and wonders how
the ‘blamed current’ left him so quick.
Now, let me tell you, if you are for the
fellow that’s going to lie elected you had
j better go for Atkinson. He’s a demo- 1
crat. Mg mau in Georgia, in recent
years, has done more for the party than
he has. He was twice elected chair
man of the democratic executive com
milt<e aud for four years, at a sacrifice
of his private interests, he has devoted
his time, energy and means, withoni
stint, to the success of the party. For
! governor we want a firm man of strong
common sense and a well balanced mind.
We want backbone aud bruin, or what
is called executive ability, which means
; patience, honesty, intelligence and a
liim determination to do right. Com
| bine with these elements of character,
I experience iu legislation aud state affair
' and you h .ve what is required to make
a good governor. In 1894, when the
j campaign opens, we will need a demo
i crat with a good ii-c >rd aud a man i i
the prime and vigor of life to lead that
contest, and I think Atkinson is tie
man.
5 CENTS A COPY
The Editor’s New Version.
1 Now as the editor sat at meat, a
certain man cam) uuto him, bearing a
dish aud food thereon, and said :
“Boss, (which is, being interpreted,
Muster), does yo’ like ’possum ? And
the man was an Ethiop.
2 The editor, answering, said,
Art thou wholly a fool ? Knowest
thou, then, any of the Scribes, that
eateth not ’possum ? Who sent thee
to me ?
8 The Ethiop answered and said,
Gemmens.
4 And the editor took and did
eat, for he was an hungered. And
when he was filled, he returned
thanks, saying,
5 Blessed is the man who inven
ted ’possum, and blessed are the ma
sons of the lodge that is called Council,
that did refresh me after labor. Be
hold, this thing shall happen uuto them.
1 hey shall sit down in the evening
to make merry, and when they rise up
early in the morning their hats shall
not be to small for them-—Amcricus
Evening Press.
A Sensible Farmer.
The Fort Valley Leader quotes a
sensible Houston county farmer as fol
lows: “I don’t care how much they fuss
about finances iu congress. There is
but one way for the Southern farmer to
control the money shark, aud that is to
let his money alone. As long as we buy
on credit and borrow money to raise
cotton our money matters will always
be controlled by those who have mon
ey to loau. The lands iu the South
will produce an ahuudauce ofeverthing
that is necessary for the food of man or
beast, and when we b3giu to raise a
suppy of these things and stop runuinig
to banks to borrow money that we can
do withou’, and wo will not give a con
tinental whether the curreucy is on
gold or silver basis. Then our surplus
crop of cotton alone will in five years
enable the Southern planters lo get all
the gold or silver that (they want—•
without borrowing a cent.
Ask Your Friends
Who have taken Hood’s Sarsaparilla
what they think of it, and the replies
will be positive in its favor. Simply
what Hood's Sarsoparilla does, thut
tells the s'ory of its merit. One has
been cured of indigestiou or dispepsia,
another finds it indispensable for sick
headache or biliiousness, while others
report remarkable cures of scrofula,
catarrh, rheumatism, salt rheum, etc.
Hood’s Pills are purely vegetable.
The house has passed a bill fixing
the fees for witnesses for the State in
criminal cases, when they reside out
of the county, at $2 per day, and
four cents a mile for actual miles trav
eled in getting to the court house.
A negro preacher was recently
hanged at Midville, Ga, for the mur
der of a brother minister. He preach
ed his own funeral sermon on the
gallows and assured his hearers that
he was bound for the promised laud.
A man in Illinois is making a good
living by writing to hard driukers
that, if they will send him a dollar, be
will impart to them an iufalliable
cure for druukenuess. When they
comply with his request he sends them
a neatly printed card bearing the words :
“Don’t drink anything but water.”
A woman in Portland, Me., deposi
ted !f3OO in a savings bank in 18G 4
and has seen the amount grow to 51,2G8
by the accumulation of interest.
The Alliance warehouse at Athens
lias been placed in a receiver's hands.
There is a shortage of §20,090 and
many faimers are dismayed and enraged
at thoir losses.
The W. la Boyce Co , of Chicago,
want a good hustling boy or girl in
every town in the United States and
i Canada to sell their famous weekly
! illustrated paper, the Saturday Ui.ade
and the Chicago Lebgek. They arc
to be ‘•i-ld on the streets, in shops,
stores, etc. Thousands of hoys are
uow making money doing this, as it is
an easy matter after once fairly started.
No expence to begin. Send name to
above address, and receive instructions
and stationery.