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Wm. PARKER, Proprietor. J. M. FREEMAN, Editor. WAYCROB3, - - - GEORGIA Entered in the Po*t Office at Wajcroii u second-dan mail mail matter. The Largest Town Circulation. The Largest County Circulation. The Largest Gemral-Circulation. The JIkaduoiit visits more homes and ia read by more people than any othei pajier published Ju this sectipn. Organ of Vare. Official Organ Of Charlton. Official Organ of Coffee. THE CROSS MARK. The red cross mark V on the margin of your paper denotes jcSl. that, we want you to renew your subsc ription at once. This paper will be mailed to sub- •cribcrs, postage free, at the following prices: One year - - - • - . - - - $1 00 8ix months - -- -- -- - go Three months - - - - - 25 Invariably in advance No deviation will he made from the above price*. Court Calendar — Brunswick Circuit Clinch—First Mondays in March and October. AppUng—Second Mondays in March and October. Wayne—Third Mondays, in March and October. Pierce—Fourth Mondays in March and October. Ware—First Mondays in Apnl and November. Coffee—Tuesday after second Monday In April and November. Chariton—Tuesday after third Monday in April and November. Camden—Fourth Mondays in April end November. - Glynn—Beginning on the lint Mon days ia May and December, and to con tinue for two weeka, or as long as the business may require. BILL AYE AS A DUELIST. The Humorist Resents Some Re marks Made Upon Hid Hair—A Fierce Cry For Gore, rhe following copy of a letterhas been —ided to the New York World with a -view to publicity t ' VL; IT/ 4 . George W. Tidd. Editor Cranberry Palladium. Sib: My attention has just bren called to a printed statement made over your own.signaturc some time ago, in which you spoke la a light and flippsut manner of my hair. The remark was carefully worded, lyrt cnljjulitcd to cos; cbloqaj and reproach upon me in the eyes of the public. I have spoken to several friends m relation to it, .and they are of oiue opin ion in the matter. They unite in saying that the term “Mexican hairless humor ist” demands a challenge, to say nothing of the statement that “while on board a train which was robbed in Nebraska” I succeeded ia “concealing my jewelry in my hair until tho danger had jta&scd.” For this., sir, I beg to state that my ad dress is No. 231$ Rue de Bowery, oppo site the Place du Rahway Mystcrie, and to aak that you will tend me your own address. I forward this by the hands of a slow messenger boy, who will bring me your answer as rfbon as he gets thoroughly rested. I need not add that ho is my friend and will act aa my second, should you refuse to retract the statements re ferred to. You may also settle with him for this message ana your own. I will settle with you. I hope, sir, that you will excuse any thing that t may seem coarse or brutal Municipal Officers. Mayor—W. J. Smith. Councilman—Warren Lott, E. P. McCall, Geo. R. Youmans, D. A. Williams. Treasurer—W. M. Mallon. Clerk of the Council—J. 8. Williams. Tax Assessor and Collector—J. E. Butler. Marshal—J. P, Cason. Night Wafbhman—S. H. Hinuant. County Officers. Clerk of tho Superior Court—W. Wilson. Ordinary—Warren Lott. Sheriff—T. B. Henderson. Tax Collector—J. A. Cason. Tox Receivei^-J. J. Wilkinson. County Treasurer—W. S. B.iiloy. County Surrogate—Jasper Eunice. Coroner—J. T. Halo. SOCIETIES. Waycross Lodgo 305, F. 6 A. M. JIccts in their hall 2nd and 4th Wednes days at 7 p. m. Visiting brethren in the town are cordially invited. Pierce. Lodge No. 07, L. 0.0. F. Meets at their hall in Waycross every 1st and 3rd Thursday evening at 8 o'clock p. m. . G. P. Folks, N. G. W. J. Carswell, Seo’y* Knights of Pythias. Moeth Cvery Monday night in Lott's Hall opposite Methodist Church. Warren L»tt, C. C. . Joint R. Franklin, K. of R. S. Iron Hall. Local 'Branch, 301, O. I. H., meets every Tuesday night in Uhifeldcr & Co.’s Hall. \ William- Noble, C. J. John p. Cason, Accountant. A VISITATION OF CIOD. IFrom the Atlanta ConatituUon.1 Douglas, Ga., Jan. 4.—“ I hope that God may paralyse me, * were tho words spoken by William Burkett. At on -e Jus hands dropped to his side, his leg* refused to move, and his eye* rolled wildly around. His prayer was answered a • he stood paralyzed on tho spot, where but a few moments before ho was a id nificent type of physical manhood, tried to speak, but his tongue vro not move. Half a dozen men, who were present were render© motionless by the evident visitation of tho hands of God. When Miss Rhody Burke t saw the con dition iu which her father was brought home she screamed and fainted, and died a few days later. For years Mr. Burket had been a ferry man at the Hawkinsville road crossing of the Ocmulgce river. He was of giant your life without giving you anjr offense, and I want to be polite like other duel ists. May I. ask, therefore, that at your earliest convenience you will name a quiet place, as free from malaria as possible, where we may kill each other undis turbed. May I trouble yon also, sir, to select two as dangerous weapons as possible, and also to bring with you the surgeon who generally sews you up at such times I Tho De Nyes have always been a hot- blooded race ever since they lcfic France, and they can none of them brook an in sult or bear to be tfampedou. When I first read your stinging insult in tho paper 1 became delirious with pas sion, and although I am not related to the Knickerbockers, my breath came in short pants. The Do Nycs are pleasant people to meet, but the man who infuriates one of them is liable to'meander up the flume in an oblique manner. Pardon anything, sir, in this communication which may sound harsh or clash with the smooth and scholarly style of assassination peculiar to tho Code. I desire to meet you in mortal combat, but I want to do’it in a polished way, and I (desire to word this note so that it will read well in print, like other challenges. I have consulted several friends about tljc prospect of our meeting in a duel at no distaut day, and all of them seem to be highly gratified. It affords me great pleasure to note that I go into this thing with the hearty indorsement and god speed of all, without distinction. If you would prefer to wait a few weeks, till the weather is cooler, so that you can lie in state longer, I will try to muzzle my wrath, but would advise you not to cross my trail in the meantime. My second will no doubt inform you that I am an expert and deadly swords man and will try to convince you that it will be best not to name the sword. Do not be too proud to heed his advice. It may save your life—and mine also. ■ I hope you will not treat this challenge lightly, sir, and try still further to heap ridicule upon an old and mildewed name by suggesting soft gloves or watermelons as weapons. Let us meet as gentlemen, sir—fire and fall down, stagger to our feet, lean heavily against a tree, mutter a few* words in a*hoarse voice, gasp two times,in rapid succession, put oa our coats and go home. I feel almost certain, sir, that you will treat this note in a slighting and jaunty manner, but 1 beg that you will not do so. For tije sake of the Tidds, who were always a plain but rather pleasant act of people, and for the sake of the De Nyes, whose only fault has been their fondness for fresh, hot blued, furnished by other parties; for the sake of all our ancestors, sir, let me beg of you to assist in making this duel a success. If I have been brutal in the wording of this challenge, sir, or violated the Code, or misspelled any words, will you.please have it corrected before you send it to the printer? I ask this favor of you in all sincerity and in as courteous a manner as possible, hoping that you will grant it promptly, and that you will Tose no op portunity to do all the good you can during the next few days.' I have arranged all ray earthly affairs with the exception of paying my poll- tax' I have turned off the gas-met er and am prepared for any accident, though the police have promised to come iu and arrest us at any time'we may agree upon. In closing, sir, allow me to express the hope that you will surely be at the duel ami that you will bring your dinner. My second will offer you the choice of weapons, with an opportunity of rttrae- tiqn. If you enter into life and.its en joyments with ’ real zesf, I would advise you to avail yourself of tho opportunity . tc retract, for, although sir, I would.be a gnat deal happier with your heart’s blood, the retraction will do me just as well and you need not humiliate yourself in writing it I do not ask you, sir, to grovel. You can write IT retraction which will not compromise you at all and y*.1 one that will give me much pleasure. In the meantime, sir, I shall remain at the above address, awaiting your decis ion, and whatever it may bo, sir, I beg to remain your most obedient antagonist aud well-wisher, Willtam Db Nye, Formerly Duko of Sweetwater County and" Referee during the Modoc War. SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL. uciuuuucu uuii> it iaft.es i.i. ui a »auuu longer to heara sound than to see a sight, ana 1.21 of a second longer to feel a touch than to see a sight Chemical decomposition has been pro duced by pressnre in the experiments of two Belgian chemists. Under a pressure of G,000 atmospheres,at a temperature of 101 degrees, a pulverized acetate of copper and'lime was slowly liquefied, ana on removal of the pressure the sur face of the instrument in contact with salt was found coated with copper. The nutritive value of mushrooms has been investigated in Germany by .'C. T. Hocrncr, who shows that' to get an equivalent of on average hen’s egg a person must eat ten and a half ounces of Agariaa compatrU, or no less than four poundsPdyportu otinut; and that nine pounds of the former variety, or sixty- seven of the latter, would bo needed to equal a pound of beef. Cotton, according to a scientific au thority, is not a fibre, but a plant hair. It holds to be spun in a thread because qf peculiar twists in each hair, shown by tho microscope, especially- in polarized. light. Linen thread may be spun be cause the flax fibers have certain rough ness on their surfaces which enable them to cling together. Hence it is impossi ble to make as fine linen as cotton cloth, but it is much, stronger. Among the many masses of meteoric iron which have been described, only nine, according to Prof. W. E. Hidden, have been seen to fall, the places and dates being: Agram, Croatie, May 56, 17.31; Charlotte, Tenn., August 1, 1835; Brauman, Bohemia, July 14, 1847; Tabarz, Saxony, October 18, 1854; Vic toria West, Africa, in 1832; Nejed, Arabia, spring of 1865; Ncdagolla, India, January 23, 1870; Rowton, Shropshire, England, April 20, 1870; Mazapil, Mexico, November 27, 1885. Electric lanterns will, it is thought, take the place, in course of time, of the ordinary mining safety lamps. A port able electric lamp can now be made, * ig the following features: about , three pounds; illuminat- A. R. BENNETT. (Near Grand Central Hotel) WAYCEOSS, C3-A.. DEALER IN General Merchandise, Gents’ and Ladies’ Furnishing Goods, - • Gents,’ Ladies’ and Children’s Boots and Shoes, : Full line of Family Groceries, Com Oats Bran and other Plantation Farm and Mill Supplies. sr Saddlery, Stoves, Sewing Machines. Buckets, TubSj and Other Articles too Numerous To Mention. —-GKEVIEJ 3SAEJ A. TBIAL- A. R. BENNETT. May 85-18m ' Hardware, Tinware, •Agricultural Implements. Heavy Wagons and Harness. For Mills and Turpentine Distilleries, Buggies and Bugy Harness. Banges, Stoves, and House-Furnish ing Goods, Guns, Pocket and Table Cutlery, Powder, Shot. &c. Blackshear & Mitchell, light, ten hours; cost of repairs, charges of battery, and materials, two cents for ten hours; these facts showing that there is nothing to prevent its adoption as a substitute for the present lamps, and even for candles in many mines where they are still in use. It has been laid down by M. Chevreul that tho human eye cannot be long em ployed in the prcception of a given color without tending to become insensible and to arouse an impression simular to that S reduced by the perception of white ght, Dr. Beclaid has also noticed that when the eye is directed for a time upon a colored field, tho other eye being closed, if the eye which was open be in turn closed and the other opened a spectre of the. complementary color will be perceived; thus, if the right eye has observed a red disk, the left being shut, a reversal of this state of things would result in the perception of a green disk by the freshly opened left eye. In virtue of the same property of the eye, when two tints are placed beside each other the nearest edge of the one will appear as though deprived of all the colored rays which it may have in common with the other. Analogous effect is produced with grays non-colored, that is to say, formed simply of white and black. The Saltan's Harem, harem consists of about one hun dred women and girls. They are vari ously bestowed in the palace. As a sign of their belonging to this special ha rem they wear a round of red cloth with a small blue tassel hanging from it at the back of the head. It is the symbol of subjection, like the fez of an Ottoman. From the observation made of this ha rem, it is certain that its inmates are kindly cared for, not merely in the every day repasts, but in the amusements which they improvise, writes 8. S. Cox in the Chicago Time*. The visitor at Constantinople who goes on Friday noon to see the Sultan enter the mosque at prayers may, if he keeps his eyes alert, notice many servants bear ing circular wooden trays going to or coming from the Palace Yilaiz. these trays are covered by a thick leather cap, and the whole tied up in a woolen cloth. They are borne upon the head of some stout servitor. From them arc furnished the meals of those who depeud upon the Sultan or are connected with him by blood. The viands are delicate, and the Sultana receives her share of them from the imperial kitchen at Dolma Bartcbe. As the journey of the dishes is sometimes many miles, the viands are not always in the best condition ’ when they arrive. Another observation about this quasi imperial harem—the Pasha who married this Sultana is never allowed to seethe rer slaves of the harem. They scat- ice a convoy of quail on the oppear- of a hunter. So, too, when the Sultana’s brothers arrive. When the Sul tan himself comes no concealment is nec essary. Ho has the supreme right of. gazing at any'of his subjects. After the Battle. Hundreds of bodies freshly smeared with blood of men who, two hours pre vious, had been filled with divers lofty • petty hopes and desires, now lay with iffened limbs in the dewy, flowery valley which separated the bastion from the trench and on the level floor of the chapel for the dead in Sebastopol; hundreds of men crawled, twisted and groaned with curses and prayers on their chcd lips, some amidst the corpses in . _ flower-strewn vale, others on stretch ers, on cots, and on the blood-stained floor of the hospital; and still, as on tho days preceding, the red dawn burned over Mount Sapun, the twinkling stars paled, the white mist spread abroad from W. M. WILSON, WAYCROSS, - OIEOIE&GKi: A DEALER nr FANCY AND FAMILY GROCERIES. SPECIALTIES: Magnolia Hams, High Grade Sugars, Coffees, Rice, Batter, Lard, Bacon, Dried Fruit, Irish Potatoes, Began, Pipes, Tobaccos, Canned Goods, Eta pyPrices on all goods warranted to be as low aa .the quality of goods can be purchased anywhere. Connected with the store is a BILLIARD & POOL ROOM All Goods Delivered Free. [novl-12m especially noted because of the brace qf revolvers which he kept strapped to his waist. He was a great hunter, and the ferry being in the midst of a swamp, ho was convenient to an abundance of game. From those who lived around him it is learned that he was fearfully profane. ■Whenever ho sighted game, and was called off from it hy an alarm from the ferry, ho would pour out such a volley of oaths as would make the flesh of or dinary men crawl. It was while in one of these profane spells that he cursed his Creator, and wound up with tho expres sion above quoted. The news soon spread through the country, and scores of people called to see the victim. He was at first com pletely prostrated, but subsequently was enabled to take a few steps, when he would fall. When spoken to lie replies ■iu aa matriculate mumble, and acts in the most idioti.-. manner. The physicians .can ascribe no natural cause for his af fliction, but admit that it is a visitation of God. The preachcra in the neighbor hood have used the incident in tneir. er* moni with great effect. own Anti-Poverty Society i limes,'* and I guess he carries 1 out.—Aw York Neve. HOT WEATHER SUITS. Country Merchants who cater to a trade that they are anxious to hold, can hai no better medium than our Fashionable Clothing Having all out Suits made under Personal Supervision, and con sulting always the prevailing requirements as to Fabrics and Cut. we are able to offer superior in ducements to the trade in the way of Job Lots and Extra Drives, always the latest Metropolitan Fashions! ^"Special Sizes in Suits to fit Fat, Thin, Short or Tall men. ^Fl Our C. O. D. System Mas out most careful attention; rales for self-measurement sent free on request Suits sent to responsible parties with privilege of examination before pay ing. Money refunded in every case where satisfaction is not given. OUR SPRING AND SUMMER SUITS, BATS-Soft, Stiff and Straw, UNDERWEAR, NECKWEAR, FURNISHINGS, ETC., Excel any Similar Stock South Prices always the Lowest Consult us before buying. 161 Congress St., • • SAVANNAH, GA B. H. LEVY A BRO. MONEY TALKS AT WAYCROSS! jan!0-13m-vogo Wholesale Dealers and Manufacturers’ Agents, WAYCROSS, GA. UHLFELDER A CO., Waycross, Georgia. Fomitnre of all Styles Mil Qualities! -(»)- CHAMBER SETS, IN PINE, POPLAR & WALNUT. (.)_— Mattresses, Springs, Matting. ETC., ETC. -(»)- |£P~Please call and Examine our stock and we will Convince You._^Ff Agents for LUDDEN & BATES S. M. H. Pianos and Organs, on Easy Terms may 20-12m MILLINERY, NOTIONS REDDING & WALKER, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Tnrning Rags Into Rngs. I was waiting for a train at Red Bank last week when there came trudging along a descendant of the law-giver with a heavy bag on his back. It was full of something knobby, and as he stopped to rest I asked him if he had been raiding a muskmeloa patch. He grinned and opened his bag and showed me that it was full of balls of carpet rags. Hu had been gathering them up from the farm houses. giving cheap trinkets, ribbons and other favorite feminine gear^n ex change. When lie took them home to Essex street his sons would weave them into rugs and sell them. There was money in it, he said. There was a profit on the trade and a profit on the sale of the rugs. And having rested, he went plodding off through the red dust, a type of the paticut persistency of his race. He proposed to walk as faT as Perth Amboy and fill another sack if possible before he wasted any money on a railway ward into tbe battle, glows with the true ” said he, “lias to fce his fervor of fighting ardor. There is a . illuminated the East; long, crimson cloudlets darted across the bright blue horizon; 2nd still, as on days preceding, the powerful, all-beautiful sun rose up; Russian Comic Songs. The Russian comic songs, says Archi bald KoTbes, are full of “snap” and verve, and they always have a rattling chorus, in which every one within hearing joins, while the singer accompanies the strains of liis chorus with a ludicrously fantastic breakdown, in which he seems to dislo cate every bore in his body. The plain tive melodies vibrate a strange pathos, that swells the heart of the listener, even although he may understand nothing of the words. And the grand chant, with which the ma&sive columns moved for- Druggists and Apothecaries. PAINTS, OILS AND VARNISHES, Perfumery, Soaps and Brushes Wholesale Agents for P, P. p. Our Prescription Department ia under the care of one skilled in the theory and practice of pharmacy, and customers may rely oa the careful preparation of pre scriptions. [novlO legend of a battle song so heartstiri that it inspired Mennonites to violate their tenets and fight like men possessed. Orders for Fancy and Plain Job Printing receive prompt at tention at this office. Bail * ™ GENERAL MERCHANDISE. C. C. VARNEDOE, VALDOSTA, GEORGIA, I» headquarters for Millinery and Dross Goods in thb section of Georgia. II i... in .tore and is conotontly receiring »U the lateot design* and norolties in thnt line. He b headquarters tor CTTSTOZMI - UVE-AriDZE SHOES. He b also headquarters for General Merchandise, and nil other articles found in an elaborate establishment dealing in specialties and first class goods. Orders by mail promptly attended to and satisfaction guaranteed. ac[.9-12-m JOB PRINTING Of Every Description Neatly Executed at this Office. ORDERS WILL RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION. GIVE US A TRIAL! Cason & Miller, WAYCROSS, QA. GRAIN HAY SALT AND BRAN, BY THE CARLOAD. Orders from* the country solicited and prompt attention guaranteed. oc20 ly J. S. WILLIAMS, Attorney and Counselloral Law, WAYCROSS, QA. Will practice in the Brunswick Judic ial circuit and elsewhere by contract. ADVERTISE IN THE HEADLIGHT.