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TUTT’S
pills;
j 1865.
I TORPID LIVER
. the fruitful source of many diseases, proml
** 1 Deut amoug which are
dyspepsia, sick-headache, costiveness,
dysentery, bilious fever, ague and fever,
jaundice, piles, rheumatism, kidney com
plaint, colic, etc,
symptoms of a
TORFSP liver.
Los, of Appetite and Nausea, the bowel*
irecostivo, but sometimes alternate with
looseness. Pain in the Head, accompanied
with a D nil sensation in the back part, Pam
In the ri(?ht side and under the ahoulder
blsde, fullness after eating, with a disin
clination to exertion of body or mind, Irri
tability of temper, Low spirits, Lcbs of
memory, with a feeling of having neglected
,ome duty, General weariness; Dizziness,
fluttering at the Heart, Dots before the
eye, Yellow Skin, Headache generally
over tho right eye, Restlessness ftt night
with fitful dreams, highly colored Urine.
IF THESE WARNINGS ARE UNHEEDED,
SERIOUS DISEASES WILL SOON DE DEVELOPED.
TUTT’S PILLS
•re especially adapted to such
cases, a single dose effects
such a change of feeling as to
astonish the sufTsror.
TUTT’S PILLS
ire compounded from substances that arc
free from uiiy propertied that can injure
tbe in oh t delicate organization. They
Search, Cleanse, Purify, iimi invigorate
the entire System* l*y relieving til-eu
goraeil liiver, they elcnnac the t>!oo<!
from poUonoii* liu in urn, ni t bus impart
liealth anil vitality to the body, cunning
the bowels to net tiatiirnlly, without
which no one can fa el well.
A Noted Divine says:
Dr. TUTT:—Deaf Sir; For ten years I have been
a martyr to Dyspepsia, Constipation and Piles. Last
Spring your Pills were recommended to mo; I used
them ( but with little faith). I mil nuw ,t well man,
hive good appetite, digestion perfect, regal* r etoolo,
Cgone. and I have gsined forty pounds solid flesh,
are worth their weight in gold.
Rev. It. L. ■SIMPSON, Louisville, Kjr,
TUTT’S. PILLS,
*Their first effect is to Increase llie Appetite,
and cause tbe body to Tube on Flesh* timathe
system is nourished, und by their Tonic Ac
tion on tbe Digestive Orguus, Ungulur
Stools are produced.
OR, J, F, HAYWOOD,
OF NEW YORK, SAYS.—
'"Few diseases exist that cannot bo relieved by re
storing the Liver to its normal functions, and for
thin purpose no remedy ins ever been invented that
has as happy an effect as TUTT’S PILLb.”
SOLD EVERYWHERE, PRICE 25 CENTS.
Office 3o Murray (Street, New York.
tr Dr. TUTT’S MANUAL of Valuable Infor
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on application.
TUTT’S HAIR DTE,
Gray Hair or Whiskers changed to a Glossy
Black by a single xpplicati uof this Dyf- It im
parts a Natural Color, acts Ir.a'an nneously, fud is
as Harmless as spring water. Sold by Druggists, or
sent by express on re- pt of sl.
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45 Years Be Lore too ,'iiblic.
THE CENUIME
DR. C. EcIANE’S
CELEBRATED
LIVER PILLS,
FOR THE CURE OF
Hepatitis, or Liver Complaint,
DYSPEPSIA AND SICK HEADACHE.
Symptoms of a Diseased Liver.
IJAIN in the right side, under the
edge of the ribs, increases on pres
sure; sometimes the pain is in the left
side; the patient is rarely able to lie
on the left side; sometimes the pain is
.felt under the shoulder blade, and it
frequently extends to the top of the
shoulder, and is sometimes mistaken
for rheumatism in the arm. The
stomach is affected with loss of appe
tite and sickness; the bowels in gen
eral are costive, sometimes alternative
with lax; the head is troubled with
pain, accompanied with a dull, heavy
sensation in the back part. There is
generally a considerable loss of mem
ory, accompanied with a painful sen
sation of having left undone some
thing which ought to have been done,
A dry cough is sometimes an
attendant. The patient complains of
weariness and debility; he is easily
startled, his feet are cold or burning,
and he complains of a prickly sensa
tion of the skin; his spirits are low;
and although he is satisfied that exer
cise would be beneficial to him, yet
he can scarcely summon up fortitude
enough to try it. In fact, he distrusts
every remedy. Several of the above
Symptoms attend the disease, but cases
have occurred where few of them ex
isted, yet examination of the body,
after death, has shown the liver to
have been extensively deranged.
AGUE AND LEVER.
Dr. C. McLane’s Liver Pills, itf
Cases of Ague and Fever, when
taken with Quinine, are productive of
the most happy results. No better
Cathartic can be’ used, preparatory to,
nr after taking Quinine. We would
advise all who are afflicted with this
disease to give them a fair trial.
For all bilious derangements, and as
a simple purgative, they are unequaled.
beware of imitations.
The genuine are never sugar coated.
Every box has a red wax seal on the lid,
Jith the impression L)k. McLane’s Liver
Fills.
The genuine McLane’s Liver Pills bear
the signatures of C. McLane and Fleming
Bros, on the wrappers.
Insist upon having the genuine Dr. C.
McLane’s I.iver Fu is, prepared by Flem
ing Bros., of Pittsburgh, Pa., the market being
Full of imitations of the nan*c JJlZcLotiCf
•pelted differently but same pronunciation.
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THE DAWSON JOURNAL.
BY J. n. HOYL & CO.
Letter from Dr. John T. Lamar
Terrell Cos., Ga., July 16, 1879.
Editors Dawson Journal :
Having lately returned from a trip to
Southwest Texas, I thought possibly
that some of your many readers might
be interested in a short communication
from me. If you think so you can
publish this; if not, slip it into the
waste basket.
\our correspondent, in company with
our young friend Alex Lawhon, left
Dawson at 11 o’clock, i*. m., April 15th,
1879, and traveled by the way of Eu
faula, Montgomery and Mobile, thence
to New Orleans and Morgan City, La.,
by rail, then by steamer to Galveston,
then by rail to Houston and San Anto
hio, then by stage to Pleasanton, Atas
cosa county, where we made our head
quarters for two and a half months,
during which time we traveled* by pri
vate conveyance, over the counties of
Bexar, Atascosa, Livooak and McMul
len ; and returned by rail via San An
tonio, Houston, Palestine, Longview,
Marshall, Texarkana, Texas, and Lit
tle Itock, Ark., Memphis, Tenn., Deca
tur, Ala., Chattanooga, Tenn., Atlanta
and Macon Ga. Railroad fair for the
round trip was sll7 35. In justice to
the “Lone Star State” I will here state,
from all accounts given and from actual
observation, t guess we saw the country
in as unfavorable a time as has been
for many years, yet the people are
cheerful. On our arrival we were in
formed that there had been a drouth of
six months, and when wc left for home,
July Ist, it had not rained in many of
the above named counties. This is a
stock country, though from the coutin-
Ued drouth, both water and grass had
almost failed. In many places the peo
ple were driving their stock away to
keep them from starving. I rode forty
miles on the priarie at one time, and
never saw any water in but one place,
and that did not run ; and scarcely a
a sprig of green grass to be seen, yet 1
Was told that where it had rained the
grass was fine. I was not so fortunate
as to see that place in the counties
named. The climate is excessively
hot. During the latter part of May
the thermometer stood at 109 in the
the shade, at noon, for several days. If
it had not been for the breeze at night,
persons could not have lived there.
Comparatively speaking, there is but
few cattle is that country, the most of
them having been driven to Kansas and
Nebraska and other pla es north. Beef
is worth as much in Pleasanton, by the
retail, as it is in Dawson, aud a milch
cow will sell for more money in the
former place than the latter. Butter is
worth from 20 to 25 cents a pound;
meal, from SI.OO to $1.40 per bushel;
bacon retails at 10 to 12 cents per
pound; horses (Texas raised) from $6
to $ 40, and plentiful at that. A large
American horse or mule, well broke,
will sell for as much or more than they
will in Georgia, j
The corn and other grain crops in
the counties mentioned are almost a
total failure, though the land is very
rich, and when it does rain it produces
finely. There is some cotton there, and
the farmers say, if they can get a stand
up by tbe Ist of July, they will make
a good crop, if it should rain. There
is but very little timber. I did not see
a tree in the above named counties that
would square 10 inches that you could
got 8 feet off of butt, clear of knots.
The drinking water is bad, very bad,
warm aud scarce. Most of tbe people
who are able to afford it, have cisterns,
while the poorer class have to use wa
ter from the rivers and creeks, when it
rains enough so there is any water in
them. Others have wells, though well
water in that country is very bad—can
not be drank when persons can do bet
ter, and in many instances stock will
pefish for water before they will drink
from some of the wells.
Labor, that is to say hands to work
on the farms or with stock, good hands,
can get from 12 to 15 dollars per
month—thirty days considered a months
work. Hands that work with stock stay
on the prairie with them all the time,
day and night, and Sundays, and all do
their own cooking, etc. In many in
stances they do not see a woman for a
month, or months at a time. Your
correspondent stopped at a sheep ranelie
on the Frio river two weeks, during
which time he never saw a woman or
child.
To answer the genera 1 question, “Do
you like Texas.” Yes; but I like old
Georgia much belter. Texas has some
good "farming lands, and some as poor
as any I ever saw in Georgia or else
where. Times arc as hard and money
as scarce there as it is here ; and really,
I think we in Georgia are m a better
condition than they are. Financially, I
think Georgia has been to the bottom
audis now on rising grounds, while
DAWSON. GEORGIA, THURSDAY. JULY 21. 1879.
Texas, I think, is not yet to the bot
tom. Young men will ask, “Do you
think I can make more money in Texas
than I can here 1” No, young nian,
If you will go to work here, and stick
to it as close, and undergo as many
hardships and deprivations here as you
will be compelled to do in Texas, there
will be no necessity for you to go to
that State or elsewhere. You can stay
here and make as much as any reason
able man would want.
Your correspondent had the pleasure
of spending a day in company with a
family that went from an adjoining
county to Texas, a few years ago, who
could or Would not do their own domes
tic work here, yet they lived on the
prairie in Texas, in a tent, for two
years, and all hands herded sheep,-
Now they own a good herd of sheep,
a pleasant home aud some cash. They
could have done as well here, with the
same amount of labor and deprivation.
Messrs. Editors, I ear. not close this
letter without expressing my thanks to
the good people of Texas for the kind
ness extended to me while in that state.
Roth acquaintances and strangers, with
out an exception, seemed to do all in
their power to make my stay among
them agreeable and pleasant, for which
they have my best wishes.
To the many friands of A. L., I will
say that I left him in McMullen county.
His post offiue is Pleasanton, Atascosa
county. John T. Lamar.
Sandersville Courier: Last Saturday
night Mr. Anderson Griffin, of this coun
ty, proposed to Mr. Jesse Yarbrough,
one of his tenants, to play off a joke on
some young men who had been raiding
on his Watermelon patch. The plan
was this: Mr. Yarbrough, who is a
young man about eighteen years old,
was to get the parties suspected by Mr.
Griffin to go into the patch after mel
ons, while Mr. G. would secrete himself
behind a stump near by. The agree
ment was that when the men entered
the patch Mr. Griffin would fire his pis
tol in the air and Mr. Yarbrough was
to fall and pretend that he was shot.
Mr. Griffin did shoot and Mr. Yarbrough
fell and cried out that he was shot. The
other parties ran off, Mr. G. continuing
to shoot in the air as they retreated.
Mr. G. oh returning to the house no
ticed that Mr. Yarbrough did not fol
low, but continued to Cry out, so he
went to see what was the matter. On
arriving at the spot he found that he
had shot Mr. Yarbrough’s brains out.
Mr. Griffin says it was purely acciden
tal and states that as he attempted to
raise the pistol and shoot in the air,
having one linger on the trigger aud
the other on the hammer, the hammer
slipped from bis finger before the wea
pon was raised to its proper height. He
says he had no idea that Yarbrough was
shot until he returned to him, and re
grets the accident very much. The
young man was notdead at last accounts
but there is no hope of bis recovery.
Such foolish handling of fire-arms
should not be indulged in and should
be stopped.
The Gazette says some little stir was
created in Elberton a short time since
by an effort by a negro man and white
woman to be united in marriage. Min
isters of color were only tried, bet they
refused to violate the law. White men
applied to the ordinary for the license,
and he, supposing it was for white peo
ple, issued the authority without ques
tion. The poor woman was a miserable
depraved character, as a matter of
course, but the white men who fathered
the movement were no better than their
negro victim. Some of their proceed
ings were too shocking to be related in
the strictest privacy. The Hartwell
Sun also reports a case. A negro got
out license some days ago to marry a
white woman. He managed to get them
by applying through another negro who
did not reveal the fact to the ordinary
that the woman was white. The boys
in town soon learned the facts of the case
and immediately began to search out
the affectionate couple. The negro,
however, learned that they were in pur
suit of him, and sent his license back
with a promise that he would not marry
the woman, aud upoii this consideration
he was permitted to leave the town uu
molested. The Sun suys it was ioriu
nate for the negro that lie chose this
course, as the consequences might have
proven fatal to him had he done other
wise.
A young man not long since, hearing
another speak of falling asleep in church
and being teased by the lady who went
with him, said: ‘I advise all young
men to take no lady to church at night
who is liable to go to sleep during
prayer: for, said he, I took a lady to
church and got iny head nearly knock
ed off one night just because she dream
ed I tried to kiss her.’
Thirty Dollars or a Cow.
The P>-ice that Patrick Washington
Agreed to pay for a Second Wife.
Middletown, N. Y., July 14.—Pat
rick Washington is one of the richest
farmers in Fallsburg, Sullivan county.
His wife died two years ago. Mary
Royle was a comely servant in the fam
ily of a prominent resident of this place
Thomas Flanigan was a neighbor of
Washington’s and a friend of Maty
Boyle’s Washington wanted to marry
again, lie several times said to Flani
gan that he was looking for a Second
wife. Flanigan finally told him that
if lie would give him S3O or a cow
he would get him a wife. Washington
accepted Flanigan’s proposition. Flan
igan brought Washington to this vil
lage and introduced him to Miss Royle.
Immediately after the introduction
Washington made an offer of marriage
to Miss Hoyle, and she accepted him.
She never knew his Christian name un
til the bans were read in charch. They
were married on the first day of July.
On the second Flanigan presented a bill
to Washington for S3O. Washington
said he could not pay the money, but
he would give Flanigan a four-year-old
steer, Flanigan said he wanted S3O
or a cow, according to agreement. —
Washington refused to fill liis part of
the contract. Flanigan at once brought
suit against Washington. ‘lt was tried
before Esquire W. R. Niven a few days
ago, with a jury. Fhluigan recovered
a verdict for S3O.
A Man Attacked by it Fish.
[Talbotton Standard ]
We learn that Mr. Jas. F. Simmons,
one of the best and most popular citi
zens of Redbone district had a narrow
and peculiar escape the other day. He
was fishing on Flint River near Adams
bridge and hud attempted to swim across
the river to get a batteau from the op
posite side. About half way the streaffi
he stopped on a root or tret to rest.
After remaining there a short time he
plunged off for the other shore. Just
as he made the plunge a tremendUous
fish known as the Gar, struck lfin,
catching his thigh in its mouth and
leaving an ugly and painful wound.
A regular battle then took place be
tween the man and the fish and lasted
for some minutes until finally Mr. S.
got back on his resting place and his
enemy departed. Dtiring the melee 51 r.
S. threw the fish some feet above the
water but it continued tbe attack. It
is stated that Mr, S. was thoroughly
frightened, (and who would not have
been) and called lustily for help. He
has several ugly and painful wounds
given him by the fish, yet is nothing
sc-rious. This is the first time we ever
heard of a Gar attacking a man, yet
they say such is frequently the case.
It is said that quantities of Channel
catfish are being caught out of the Riv
er now. It was for this species Mr.
Simmons was fishing. He had no idea
of using hi nsclf as bait for a Gar.
Lumpkin Independent: “Nine weeks
have elapsed since a season of rain
has fallen in this section, and the pros
pect is alarming. The farmers are
very much disheartened, and the end is
not yet. The corn crop is believed to
have been cut off at least fifty per cent,
already, and unless a rain comes soon
it will not even make fodder. Cotton
can stand the dry weather better, but
still it is making a very poor showing.
Some planters who dreaded getting in
tlie grass in few weeks ago, believe now
that they had better risk rain and grass
than to be burned up.”
The Northeastern Progress is in
formed that Mr. Brantly Strickland, of
Ranks county, happened to singular ac
cident on Thursday last - Mr. Strick
land had dammed up a creek on his
premises for the purpose of irrigating
some part of his land. After the water
had risen to a sufficient depth, he con
cluded to jump in and take a bath; and
in so doing, it is supposed his head
stuck in the mud and his body went
over with such force as to dislocate his
neck. A brotlier-iu-law was with him,
and rendered all assistance possible; but
tbe poor man died in eight hours after
the occurrence.
The Cedartown Advertiser says that
the Kansas fever has broken out among
the colored folks thereabouts in quite a
violent form. A few among them who
like to be considered leaders have been
in communication with a party in Chat
tanooga who furnishes them with docu
ments, circulars, etc., setting tortli the
beauties, glories and comforts of this
African Eldorado. A meeting was held
there last week, and it is reported that
it was pretty generally “Resolved, dat
’ceptin de white peepul gibs us what
we ought to hab we will lcab dcse
parts.”
Sentiment siiul Sense.
The key to every man is his thought.
Appointments once made become
debts.
Feeling is no criterion of right or
wrong.
Adversity is the balance to ttcigh
friends.
Ignorance is a subject for pity ; not
laughter.
A knowledge of mankind is necessary
to acquire prudence.
Choose those companions who admin
ister to your improVelnerit.
Truth is hid by great depths, and the
way to it does not appear to all the
world.
Conversational powers are suscepti
ble of great improvement by assiduous
cultivation.
The friendships of youth are foundod
on sentiment; the dissensions of age re
sult from opinion.
Flowers sweeten the air, rejoice the
eye, link us with nature and innocence
and are something to love.
The business of life is to go forward;
ho who sees evil in prospect meets it on
the way; but lie who catches it by ret
rospection, turns back to find it.
Affeotions, like spring flowers, break
through the frozen ground at last, and
the heart which seeks but for another
heart to make it happy, will never seek
in vain.
It is very pleasant to see some men
turn round, pleasant as a sudden rush
of warm air in winter; or the flash of
firelight in the chill dusk; they shed ra
diance on all around them.
All useless misery is certainly folly,
and lie that feels evil before they come
may De deservedly censured, yet sure
ly t.o dread the future is more reasona
ble than to lament the past.
Mountains never shake hands. Their
roots may touch, they may keep together
some way up, but at length they part
company, and rise into individual, isola
ted peaks. So it is with great inert.
The beginning of hardship is like the
first taste of bitter food—it seems for a
moment unbearable; yet, if there is
nothing else to satisfy our hunger, we
take another bite and find it possible to
go on.
A groat mind is like an elephant In
the ancient line of battle—the best ally
if you can keep him in the ranks, front
ing the right way; but if ho turns about
he is the deadliest foe and treads his
master underneath his feet.
In young, childish, ignorant natures
there is constantly a blind trust in some
unshapen chance ; it is as hard to a boy
or girl to believe that a great wretched
ness will actually befall them, as to be
lieve that they will die.
Strong, skillfull men arc often die
gentlest to the women and children: it
is a pretty sight to see them carrying
little babies as if they were no heavier
than little birds : atid t.llC babies always
seem to like the strong men best.
Odd Folks here and there are de
scribed in the newspapers. Itoxbury,
Mass., has an eccentric tramp wholives
in a cave during the winter, and spends
the summer in making begging excur
sions to neighboring towns. He never
savs a word, and his dress consists en
tirely of old bootlcge fastened together
with leather strings. A small wagon,
drawn by two goats, and containing a
helpless, shrivelled man, attracted at
tention in Hagerstowm, Md. He said
that he had travelled in that manner
for many years, and called himself “the
American Tourist.” He is entirely
helpless. Ilis wife and *our children
accompany him, and attend to his wacts,
getting their living by tlie sale of tem
perance songs and other small articles.
Jefferson Stevens, who lives near Sul
phur Springs, Ky., concludes that he is
gifted with peculiar powers, of which
lie lately gave a street exhibition. He
held a forked dogwood switch, like those
used by wizzards, in bis mouth, and
told the crowd to ask any questions
they pleased. A pair of tramps turned
up at Dos Moines, lowa—Peter Car
lisle and wife—-who were on their way
to Leadville from the Pennsylvania
coal regions. They had pushed a hand
cart all the way, cotaining their baby
girl and a few household utensils. Car-
son Carr, of Moodie, Cal., will on no
account walk a step, but always runs,
no matter if the distance is only a few
feet; while Mrs. Main, of Chicago, will
neither walk nor run, although physi
cally able to do either, because she
thinks her legs will drop off if she stirs
them. The story comes from Pitts
field, Mass., of the discovery of a can
nibal, who for years has lived near that
city. He says that early in life lie ran
away from home and went to sea. He
was early shipwrecked on one of the
South Sea Islands, where cannibalism
was practised and idolatry was the wor
ship of the natives, llow long he re
mained there he does not know, but he
learned to enter into their savage rites
with a good deal of zest, and he con
fesses to have acquired a taste for cau
ibaiism.
-♦
A lady is kßown by her actions In
her daily walks through life, whether
she be a millionaire's daughter or a fao
tory girl.
VOL. 16-NO 19
Arrival at Vienna of the l>ooly
Comity Safe—The Sensation
Ended.
We arrived at Vienna abotit nootl oil
Thursday last, and found a large crowd
gathered abolit the COUrt house. Tjiere
Were tWo attractions—one Was the Im
mense iron safe that has caused such a
sensation throughout the State* and the
other was a case iii the Ordinary s
court.
The principal attraction was the safe*
and about a dozen men were engaged in
assisting Fed Leonard, tile contractor,
iii getting it into the court-house. One
side of the building had been taken out
by caipenters, and strong timbers plac
ed under the floor to support the s,fe.
Getting the safe into the building Was
a tedious job* but we knew all the
time that Fed Leonard Would move it
there if he had to build a railroad to do
it.
'The saffe weighs eight thousand five
hundred pounds, and cost nine hundred
and seventy-four dollars, including rail
road freight to Montezuma. Fed Leon
ard contracted to deliver the safe in
Vienna and place it ill position yi the
Court house for one hundred and twen
ty-five dollars.
The safe is seven fe6t and one inch
in height, five feet and ten inches in
width; and three feet and one inch in
depth. It is probably the largest safe
owned by any coUnty iii Georgia. It
was purchased for the purpose of keep
ing the redords of the ctninij. There
are fifteen large books of records of
deeds and mortgages, besides other
records. Within the walls of this great
iron safe these records Wou'd forever re
main Undisturbed by fire or human
hand.
The Ooilnty Commissioners, Win
Suinmerford, John Collier and Wi L.
Graham, received the safe on the sth
inst., and Fed Leonard was honorably
discharged and his bill ordered paid.—
Hawkinsville Dispatch 10 th.
Keep fodh
[N. V. Herald.]
The heated season has arrived; there
is no false alarm about it this time.
Old Sol, the manager, is hero to stay,
and as his official mouthpiece* the ther
mometer, is above bribery* there is
nothing to be done but endure until
the fiery old tyrant goes back south
agftin. It is not necessary to bo all
the while Uncomfortably hot because
the sun shines, the pavements glow and
shade trees are almost unknown ill the
city. Correct habits of btdy and mind
will antagonize and generally overcome
the most persistent efforts of the sun.
To begin, avoid heating food; most peo
ple allow the palate to determine what
they shall oat end how much, which is
as foolish as to allow the family fire to
select such fuel as best pleases
powder, nitio glycerine, etc. Do not
increase your physical temperature, par
ticularly that of your head, by drinking
alcoholic beverages; when water does
not suffice as a drink consult a physi
cian instead of a barkeeper. Use water
externally with frequency; no one
can get ridof superfluous heat through
a skin the pores of which are tightly
sealed. If you have a great many
cigars that ought to be smoked be
fore they grow dry and tasteless give
them to your enemy; it Is better that
bis liver should be deranged than
yours, for a torpid liver induces a
weak, hot head. At least once a day
take exercise enough to cause free
perspiration, the man who perspires
the most is always the coolest; the
soldier in drill in woolen c'othing un
der a hot sun, with the thermometer
in the nineties, is more comfortable
than the lounger in white linen and
sun umbrella who looks at him. Ip
you have a first rate thing to get an
gry about lay it carefully away until
cold weather. Do not worry; it is
frightfully heating as well as physi
cally extravagant. Sleep regulaily
and full hours, resisting the tempta
tion to sit up late because the evening
is the only cool part of the day. A
hundred other suggestions might be
offered, but the above, if followed,
will enable many a heat-stricken
mortal to imagine that this is not so
dreadfully hot a Summer after all.
A young Chippewa htmter was shoot
ing squirrels in the woods that border
bake Huron, in Ontaria, when a large
pine fell upon him, knocking him down
and crushing his leg. He could not
rise nor remove the tree, which was
lying across his broken leg. To lie
there and starve to death seemed all
that was left to him. In his dilemma
he took out his knife, cut off his leg,
bound it up with his sash, dragged him
self along the grouud to his carioe, and
paddled home to his wigwam on a dis
tant island. There the care of his
wounds were completed, and he is slill
alive,
A Cunning Wife.
The Chicago Tribune says that a
yoUng Wife of that city, who is anxious
to keep her husband at home of even
ings, flatters him about the exquisitely
dainty proportions of his feet, and in
duces him to wear boots about two sizes
too small for him. He is on his feet all
day long in town, and when he comes
home at night, she has a soft chair and
a pair of loose, cool slippers for him and
by the time he* with great drops of ago*
ny pearling on his brow* has got off his
boots, he comes to the conclusion that
there is no place like heme aftet* all,
and has no desire to go down town to
the lodge or sit up with a sick friend.
A Law that Should he Repealed,
The act of the last Legislature in
changing section 4323 of the revised
code of Georgia so as to allow the jury
trying a case of murder to recommend
confinement in the penitentiary for life*
virtually abolishes capital punishment
in this state. This we feel sure was a
mistake, and orie that should be correct
ed at the earliest day practicable. The
abolitioil of capital punishment has
been tried hi other governments as well
as in several of the States Comprising
this union, and in every case, so far as
we noW remember, a tew year’s expe
rience Was sufficient to shoW the error.
Geotgia will be no exception to the rule.
So says the Gainesville Engle, and
the Index says Amen ! If one mur
derer had been hanged at the beginning
of this year, half a dozen valuable lives
might have been saved. As matters
now go, citizens are shot down and the
murderers are spared that they may shoot
some more. The “Penitentiary for
life” is simply laughed at, but nobody
laughs at hanging. —Christian Index.
Spoiling an Elopement.
[Albany Evening Times.]
Mr. and Mrs. Owens live on a farm
near Wilna,jJetfersrtrt county, and until
recently the humble course of rural
life had with them been reasonably
smooth. Lately* however, Mr. Owens
has looked with favor upon Mrs. Shaw*
wife of a neighbor* and Mrs. Shaw was
not Insensible to his partiality. Last
week they planned an elopement. Ow
ens in. t Mrs. Shaw at an abscure place
in the village, with ahorse and carriage,
intending to drive to Watertown and
there take the Cars. Mrs. Owens got
an inkling of wlia was going on, and
walked out on the road they were to
pass over, hid behind a fence and
watched through a thicket for the com
ing of her lord Soon her diligent
eyes were rewarded, fot Mr Owens
and Mrs. Shaw came Spinning down tin}
road at a rattling pace. Mrs. Owens
leaped the fence, spang to the roadside,
seized the bridle and ordered them to
slop. Dumbfounded by (lie appearance
ot the indignant woman, Owens reined
in his horse. Mrs. Owens tan behind
the carriage, seized the woman by the
hair, and dragged her out, after which
she turned her attenti m to Owens, and
pummeled him until he called a truce.
She then compelled him to turn the
horse about and get in the carriage with
her, whereupon they drove homeward,
leaving Mrs. Shaw alone by the road
side.
“Abotit i month ago,” says the
Atlanta Dispatch, “we published an
interview with Bob Webster, an At
lanta barber, giving Bob’s version of
his parentage, and that the great
Massachusetts Senator was his father.
The article was extensively copied,
and it seems the result will be ducats
in Bob’s pocket. An enterprising
Boston mau conceived the idea that
it would be a good card to engage
Bob for a series of lectures in Mass.;-*
cluisetts and other Northern and Eas
tern cities, and hence entered into a
correspondence with Hob looking to
the accorripllshuient of that purpose*
11 >l> was agreeable to t lie proposition
and in a short while will lay down the
razor and Ills lathering brush and
start out i;i the role of lecturor. Hob
is already having Ins lecture prepar
ed. It vi ill be a general and scatter
ing effort, touching on his own life,
birth and parentage. Hob will cut a
dash as a lecturer, and we expect
shortly to see in the Boston papers
flaming notices of the scion of Web
ster, holding forth to a Boston audi
ence. At any rate, the idea is a nov
el one. and we would not be surpris
ed if Bob made some pocket change
out of it. The Boston man will get
the most of it,”
Bitten itv a Tarantula.,—Maggie
Street, of Joplin, Missouri, was bitten
on the arm by a tarantula last week:
The sting was severe, and she s’ruck
the arm with her other hand, which
frightened the venomous animal, and it
stung or bit her arm twice more be
tween the elbow and shoulder before
she Could knock it off. The spots were
blue, and the arm swelled rapidly. She
went into convulsions. At latt accounts
she was better, but stiil very ill.—=
Joplin Herald.
A contemporary wants to know, says
the Norristown Herald, ‘why women
never sleep in church V And it is diffi
cult to tell whether it is because they
go to bed so much earlier than the men
on Sa urday nights, or because of the
dread of waking up and finding their
mouth opeu to the extent of ten inches.
The theory of virtue is good, but the
practice is much better;
Tlie Dawson Carriage Works.
Having more than doubled my ca
pacity within the last year, my estab
lishment now stands second to none
in of,orq*a, as to room and facilities
for manufacturing the greatest amount
of wir with the least possible expea sei
All these advantages enable me to pro
duce at a low figure, Dexter Queen
Baggies, (something new) Whitney
Spying Buggies, McVaw’s Celebrated
Side Spring Buggies Four passenger
Phivtons, Double Buggies and Wag*
ons with improved Springs,
warrant my work.
T. J. Hart, Proprietor.