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PILLS!
INTRODUCED, 1865.
I toWTiver
~ t i, e fruitful source of many diseases, promt
“ ueut among which are
DYSPEPSIA, sick-headache, costiveness,
DYSENTERY, bilious fever, ague and fever,
jaundice, piles, RHEUMATISM, KIDNEY COM
PLAINT, COLIC, ETC. -
SYMPTOMS OF A
torpid liver.
Lom of Appetito and Nauaea, the bowel*
costive, butaometimesalternata_with
Looseness, Fain in tho Head, accompanied
with a Dull sensation in the buck part. Fain
In the right side and under the shoulder
blade, fullness after eating, v/ith a disin
clination to exertion of body or mind, Irri
tability of temper, Low apirits, Loss of
jnemory , with a feeling of haring neglected
iome duty, General weariness; Dizziness,
Fluttering at the Heart, Dots before the
eyes, Yellow Skin, Headache generally
over the right eye, JRest.lessness at night
with fitful dreams, highly colored Urine,
IF THESE WARNINGS ARE UNHEEDED,
SERIOUS DISEASES WILL SOON BE DEVELOPED.
TUTT’S PiLLS
are especially adapted to such
cases, a single dose effects
such a change of feoling as to
astonish the sufferer.
TUTT’S PILLS
(••mpMfiilcH from inbstnnces that are
free from any properlie* rlmr can Injure
the most (leliratf or nni/.ut ion. Tiiev
Search, tf'lcanac, Purity, and Invigorate
the entire System. By relieving the on*
gorged lilver, they cleanse the blood
from poisonous humors, and ilicis impart
health nnd vitality to the body, ranging
the bowels to act naturally, without
which no one can foel well.
A Noted Divine says:
Dr. TUTT:—Dear Sir; For ten years I have been
S martyr to Dyspepsia, Constipation and Piles. Laat
Spring yout Pills were recommended to me; I used
them ( but with little faith). J ant now a Well man,
hTßfood appetite, digestion perfact, regular stools,
pile* gone, and I have gained forty pounds solid flesh.
They *re worth their weight in gold.
Kev. K. L. SIMPSON, Louisville, Ky.
TUTT’S PILLS,
*Their first effect is to Increase Ihc Appetite,
ami cause the body to Tube on I'lihli, thus . he
erstem is nourished, and by their Tonic Ac
tion ob the Digestive Organs, Kegulur
fttools are produced.
DR. J. F, HAYWOOD,
OF NEW YORK, SAYS:-
"Few diseases exist that cannot be relieved by te
ttoring the Liver to its normal functions, and for
this purpose no remedy h n s over been invented that
has as happy an effect as TUTT’S PILLS.”
SOLD EVERYWHERE, PRICE 25 CENTS.
Office 35 Murray Street, Now York*
%W Dr.TUTT’S MANUAL of Valuable Infor
tnution and Useful Receipts’’ will be mailed fret,
•on application.
TUTT’S HAIR DYE,
Gray Hair on Whiskers changed to a Glossy
Black by a single applicaii mof this Dye- It im
parts a Natural Color, acts Instantaneously, nnd is
an Harmless as spring water. Sold by Druggists, or
sent by express on receipt of sl.
Office, 35 Murray St., New York.
45 Years Before the Public.
THE GENUINE
DR. C. McLANE’S
CELEBRATED
LIVER PILLS,
FOR THE CURE OF
Hepatitis, or Liver Complaint,
DYSPEPSIA AND SICK HEADACHE.
Symptoms of a Diseased Liver.
PAIN 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 slight, 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 FEVER.
Dr. C. McLane’s Liver Pills, in
cases of Ague and Fever, when
taken with Quinine, are productive of
the most happy results. No better
cathartic can be used, preparatory to,
or after taking Quinine. We would
advise all who are afflicted with this
disease to give them a fair trial.
hor 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 liu,
with the impression Dr. McLane’s Liver
The genuine McLane’s Liver Pills bear
'he signatures of C. McLane and Fleming
haos. on the wrappers.
insist upon having the genuine Dp. C.
McLane’s Liver Pim.-, prepared by Flem
ing Bros., of Pittsburgh. Pa., the market being
full of imitations of the name McLane,
•felled differently buts. me pronunciation.
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THE DAWSON JOURNAL.
15Y ,J. D. IIOYL& CO.
Letter From Texas.
Stubblefield; \
Johnson County. Texas,
August 5, 1879. )
Editors Dawson Journal:
believing that your good nature will
not object to a short letter from this
part of the “moral world,” I feel in
clined to pen you a few items that will
perhaps interest some of your readers,
b irst, I will say that I am proud of the
privilege of reading your very interest
ing Journal regularly every week, and
while reading it my mind is oftimes
called back to past associations with
kindred and friends, whom I have not
seen for nearly seven years; and by
reading your paper I can look back
with the eye of imagsnation and, for a
few moments, will be enjoying myself
with my oh, pshaw ! I had just
began to imagine that I was with my
dear old parents, when I realized tears
stealing down my cheeks as usual. I
will only say in connection with the
above that your Journal will always he
sought after so long as it can be had.
District court adjourned last week
at Cleburne, in this county, after a
term of eight weeks. Many cases were
disposed of, for the present, and many
cases were not called. This, doubtless,
will appear to you and your readers
that crime increases here instead of di
minishing. I will say, without fear of
contradiction, that having so much bus
iness on our criminal dockets is not in
the morals of this county, so much as
it is in the laws, or the enforcement
thereof. If our laws are not imperfect,
the Texas people are very sympathetic,
especially our governor, for if a crimi
nal is convicted, he, in many cases, will
be pardoned. Ido love good and sym
pathetic people, especially governors,
but I want to see them sympathetic, not
with devils, hut with law-abiding citi
zens, otherwise it would be an imposi
tion on good society.
Notwithstanding the devil and all of
his combined forces, we see “soldiers of
the cross” assembling themselves to
gether, here and there, all over this
county, making war against this evil.
Recruits are added daily on the Lord’s
side, and new companies are being or
ganized. It would do your hearts good
to see so many soldiers, with tho whole
armour of God on, inarching onwaid to
a country where there is no imperfec
tion.
The health of this county is very
good indeed. The doctors have nothing
to do hut talk of their hard times. I
am always sorry for those who are
“tight run and hard up,” but I can’t
sympathise with these gentlemen, for
they ought to have known better than
to come to this county to practice
physic. While I think of it permit me
to ask all who may see this, tell the
next doctor you see coming to this part
of Texas to stay where he can do bet
ter, unless he expects to farm, raise
stock or brake Spanish ponies to ride,
then tell them to come ahead.
Crop prospects are not at all good, es
pecially corn, peas and potatoes Cot
ton is much better than expected under
the circumstances. There has not been
a good season, with few exceptions, since
coru was planted. Vegetable crops are
an entire failure. Perhaps there will
be corn enough made for home consump
tion, if taken care of. The price of
corn has advanced from 121 nnd 15
cents to 40 and 50 cents per bushel. —
There have been tolerably good crops
of wheat made, and a great deal of it
has been shipped. Wheat is srlling at
from 50 to 85 cents per bushel. Cot-
ton promises an abundant yield, not
less than half bale per acre expected,
if the drouth does not continue, and
the prospect for rain is promising.
Railroad excitement prevails in this
county. Doubtless there will be a road
from Dallas to Cleburne. The stock
has all been taken. Over $30,000
raised in this county, and a great deal
more could be made up if required. 1
think the reason why the people sul -
scribed so liberally to this railroad is
that we have a party called the “Green
backs.’- Well, that’s all the same, for
we can get milk, honey and butter with
the greenbacks, as long as it last, but
I am afraid that if lay in a large sup
ply, the milk and honey will last lon
ger than the money. Rut nevertheless,
when these good people carry that
greenback question mto effect, then 1
going to see my kindred and friends of
whom Iso often think and speak. Then
won’t 1 have a good time ? That will be the
time for everybody to come to Texas
and buy laud. Doctors and all can af
ford to be idle then. Oh, what a gay
time we’re going to ba\ e This re
minds me of what I saw not long since
at a greenback speaking. While the
learned gentleman was so eloquently
addressirg the large assembly, and
would often express his great desire to
urbanize a greenback club among the
colored gentlemen, one old darkey, who
DAWSON. GEORGIA, THURSDAY. AUGUST 14, 1879.
gave close attention spoke out loud
and said, “Boss, is dey gwine to gib us
dat forty acres ob lau’ an’ de muld dis
time V’ What a blow! the sound of
Grbr iel’s horn could not have dumb
founded the speaker more.
In conclusion permit me to say some
thing in regard to our young friend, H.
B. W.j a subscriber to the Journal, who
came out here last winter. He is in
the best of health and in high spirits,
or was when I saw him last. He has
taken a peculiar fancy to Texas, espe
cially to her girls. He is absent now
seeing the country,—or the girls. I
am looking for him back every day.
Something serious must have happened.
Good gracious! yonder he comes, look
ing as if he had been dead a week, hut
on enquiry I learn that love won't kill
him, if so, Henry would have been gone
“by the board.” L. Q. C. A.
•
Admitted.
[Hawkinsville Dispatch.]
We have iu our possession a letter
from Comptroller General Goldsmith
saying that a certain sheriff who adver
tised wild lands in the Dispatch last
year did charge three dollars and fifty
cents per lot as advertising fees, and
that his account has been credited in
the Comptroller General’s office with
that amount on every lot of land sold.
The aggregate, we suppose, is over four
teen hundred dollars Our actual
charges were less than seventy-five dol
lars, and the sheriff had no leceipt or
bill from us fur any larger sum.
The whole thing is an outrage, and
we cannot see how the Comptroller
could have allowed the sheriff such a
sum in the settlement of his account
unless the sheriff could have shown a
receipt for it.
The Comptroller, in our opinion,
should have demanded a voucher from
the sheriff, or have refused to allow him
such an exhorbitant sum for advertising
fees.
We have the facts and the figures.
A Romantic Marriage.
[Elizabeth City Economist, 20th ]
Several years ago, Mrs. Hanly, an
accomplished widow and authoress from
Ohio, lost her son, a talented young
man of tender years. She was at that
time in Washington, N. C., and he was
buried among strangers in the Metho
dist Church yard. Two months ago
Capt. W. H. PeiTy, of tho Government
bouy tender Maggie lost his wife, and
she was buried near the grave of .Mrs.
Hanly’s son. Soon after, Capt Perry
was ordered away on duty. On leav
ing lie ordered a carpenter to enclose
his wife’s grave. The carpenter care
lessly extended the enclosure over a
part of the young mans grave. This
troubled Mrs. Hanly, hut she was a
modest woman and a stranger, and hes
itated what to do. Oil the Ist day of
June, Mrs. Hanly and Capt. Perry met
by accident, for the first time in their
lives, at the graves of their lost treas
ures. They shook hands, talked
of their troubles, and then and there
formed plans of future happiness which
the following explains:
Married. —In the town of Washing
ton, July 5, by Rev. S. M. Davis,
Capt. W. II Perry, aged 70, and Mrs.
Hanly, aged 66.
Aiul Then No More!
[From the Nashville American.]
While walking around the public
square yesterday, Mrs, Johnson, who is
visiting here, her residence being in
Pulaski, and Sam Owens accidentally
met and recognized each other. They
were married before the war and had
been separated. Owens suggested,
“Let’s kiss;” hut Mr. Johnson, who
just then came along, demurred. “Oh,
uo, you don’t kiss iny wife.”
Owens said to her: “I have thought
you were dead, and have only recently'
remarried.”
“And I have long thought you were
dead.” said Mrs. Johnson, “and I now
have a house full of children.”
There was nothing more to be said af
ter this, and the parties went their re
spective ways.
Little Bird, daughter of a Sioux
Chief, was pretty enough to have
white lovers- John Provost, one of
these suitors, stole a horse to give to
her father, the Indian custom being
to begin courtship with a present. It
happened that the horse belonged to
Clement Bernard, who also desired
to marry Little Bird. lie tracked the
thief to the dusky maiden s wigwam,
and, by telling what his rival had
done, won her preference. Provost
immediately proved the sincerity ol
his love by committing suicide. Not
long afterward Bernard was found
dead, with a bullet hole in his head,
and it is believed that he was shot by
Provost’s brother.
Beaten at his Own Game.
Among the baggage coming down on
a Flint and Pere Marquette train the
other day was a full-grown black bear.
Bruin had been in captivity for two or
three years, and was on his way East
for a zoological garden. His owner was
allowed to ride with him iu the bag
gage-car, and he seemed to think his
bear was the greatest animal on earth,
lie was ready to bet that bruiu could
out-hug and out-hite anything human
and was rather disappointed when the
railroad men refused to dispute that
poiut with him. lie was indulging iu
his brag when an old man came into
the car to see about his trunk. He saw
the bear, of course, hut the glance of
contempt he bestowed on the animal in
stantly kindled the indignation of the
owner, who called out:
“Mebbe you think I’m toting an old
hyena around the country !”
“I guess it’s a hear,” slowly replied
the other, “hut I see nothing remarka
ble about him.”
“You don’t eh ? Well, I do ! Meb
be you'd like to see him hug that trunk
of yours ? What he can’t shiver when
he gets his paws around it has got to
have roots forty feet under ground.”
“I’ve got a son back in the car”—
reflectively observed the old man and
then he stopped and looked at the bear.
“Your son ? Egad! Will you match
your son against my bear ? ' chuckled
the owner as he danced with delight. .
“I guess so.”
“You do? Bring him in! Trot him
out! I'll give him all the show he
wants and bet five to one on the bear!”
The old man slowly took a chew of
tobacco, left the ear, and when he re
turned he had his son Marl in with him.
Martin seemed to be about twenty-seven
years of age and a little taller than a
hitching post. He was built on the
ground, with a hack like a writing-desk
and arms which seemed to have been
sawed from railroad ties.
“Martin, this 'ere man wants to bet
five to one that this hear can out-hug
you,” quietly exclaimed the father as
the son sat down on a trunk.
“Yes, that’s it—that’s just it!” cack
led the owner.
“I'll muzzle him so he can’t bite and
I'll bet five to one lie’ll make you hol
ler in two minutes!”
“Muzzle your hear,” Was all that
Martin said as he pulled out a $5 bill
and handed it to the baggage-man.—
The hear-man put $25 with it, grilling
like a hoy in a eherrytree, and iu a
minute lie had the bear ready. Martin
removed his coat and paper collar and
carelessly inquired;
“Is this to be a squar’ hug, with no
gouging ?”
“Jess so—Jess !” replied the bear
man. “You hug the hear and he will
hug you, and the one who squeals first
looses his cash. Now, then, all ready.”
As Martin approached, the hear rose
up with a sinful glare in his eye and
the two embraced. It was a sort of
back-hold, with no sell-out on the crowd.
‘Go for him, llunyado!’ yelled the
bear man as they closed and the bear
responded. One could see by the set
of his eyes that he meant to make jelly
of that young man in a York minute,
but he tailed to do it. Some little trif
les stood in his way. For instance it
wasn’t ten seconds before he realized
that two could play at hugging. Mar
tin’s hand sank down in the bear’s coat,
the shoulder muscles were called on for
duty at the first hug the bear rolled his
eyes in astonishment.
“Go in, llunyado —go in—go inf”
sei earned the bear man, and bruin laid
himself out as if lie meant to pull a rail
road water-tank down.
“You might squeeze a little bit hard
er, my son,” carelessly suggested the
father, as lie spit from the open door
and Martin called out bis reserved
museles.
Each had his best grip. There was
no tumbling around to waste breath,
but it was a stand-up, stand-still bug
ging match Little by little the bear s
eves began to bulge and his mouth to
open, and Martin’s face slowly grew to
the color of red paint.
“Hang to Vim Ilunyado—-I’ve got
my last dollar ou your head!” shrieked
the bear man, as be saw a further bulge
to his pets eyes.
But it was no use. All of a sudden
the bear began to yell and cough and
strangle. He was a goner. Martm
knew it but he wanted no dispute and
so be gave Hunyado a lift from the
floor, a bug which rolled his eyes around
liks a pan wheel, and then dropped him
in a heap on the floor.
“Well may I he shot,” gasped the
bear man, as he stood over the half
lifeless heap of hair and claws
“Martin,” said the father, as he hand
ed him the S3O, “you'd better go hack
thar and watch our satchels!”
“Yes, I guess so,” replied the son as
he shoved the hills in his vest pocket,
and he retired without another word or
a look at the bear.
That was the bear they were feeding
gruel iu a saloon on Randolph street
two evenings ago—ono man was feed
ing him gruel and another feeling along
his spine to find the facture.—De/roiY
Free Press.
•Balky Horses.
A society of the prevention of cruel
ty to animals recommends the following
rules for the treatment of balky hors
es :
First. Pat the horse upon the neck,
examine the harness carefully, first ou
one side then on the other, speaking en
couragingly while doing so; then jump
into the wagon and give tho word go;
generally he will obey.
Second. A teamster in Maine says
he can start Ihe worst balky horse by
taking him out of the shafts and mak
ing him go round in a circle. If the
first dance of this kind don’t cure him
the second one will be sure to do it.
Three. To cure a balky horse, simp
ly place your hand over the horse's
nose and shut off the wind till lie
wants to go, and then let him go.
Four. The braius of the horse
seem to entertain but one idea at a
time; thus continued whipping only
confirms his stubborn resolve ; if you
can by any means give him anew sub
ject to think of you will have no troub
le in starting him. A simple remedy
is to take a coublc of stout twine
around the fore-leg, just below the
knew, and tie in a bow knot. At the
first check he will go dancing off, and
after going a short distance you can
get out and remove the string to pre
vent injury to the tendon in your
further drive.
Tli Kentucky Election.
Louisville, August s —Specials re
ceived hy the “Courier-Jourier” indi
cate a falling off of the Democratic vote
cast at yesterday’s election for State
officers and members of the Legislature.
The Democratic Central Committee es
timates the total vote at not over two
hundred thousand—a falling off of over
fifty thousand on the Tildcn-llayes vote,
and of over fifteen thousand on the last
Gubernatorial vote. In this city alone
the vote falls over eight thousand. The
Republicans make slight gains in .the
Legislature, and defeat the Speaker of
the last House; hut the Democratic
majority is still overwhelming in the
General Assembly. The call for a Con*
stitutional Convention fails for want of
a constitutional majority in its favor.
In this city, where the workingmen
elected five of the seven representatives
two years ago, none but Democrats
were elected yesterday. The Green
backers cut no figure in the contest.
Shot at tv Deer and Killed a Man.
A fatal accident occurred on the
plantation of David Kennedy, living
near old Hickory, in Simpson county,
Miss., on Tuesday lust, hy which Au
gustus Magee, James Brown, Resa
Kennedy and Arthur Gibson took their
guns and dogs and went to a corn field
to kill some deer that wore eating the
corn and peas. F our of them took
stands around the fence, while Mr.
Brown went into the field to drive the
deer out. Gibson left the stand at
which he was stationed and rail to an
other place and got on the fence just as
the deer jumped up between liim and
Brown, when Brown fired on the deer
and shot Gibson iu the head. He lived
until Sunday night, when death releas
ed him from his sufferings. He was a
yoang man of good habits and the main
support of a widowed mother and an
aged grandfather and mother.— jV*e w
Orleans Picayune.
OUR CONGRESSMAN.
What he Says of a Certain Utter
auce and of the Future.
[Albany News.]
Repokteh. —We learn, Captain that
a certain gentleman, row in Atlanta,
has given forth the utterance, that you
have “come down” in his favor, and
that it is freely talked about in that
city and elsewhere. How about it?
Smith —l think it too soon to com
mit myself to any course. At the
proper time I will announce my views
to the party. You can rest assured my
course will be prompted by a desire for
the best interests o< the country and
our party. No one is authorized to
say I will or I will not be a candidate,
and if I am not a candidate, the party
nominee, whoever he may be, shall
have my support.
It doesn’t do to look squint-eyed at
a man with a pistol in Texas, unless
you prefer to look like a porus plas
' ter.
VOL. 16-NO 22
JEFFERSON DAVIS’ DUEL.
Recollections of a Notable 01<1
Time Quarrel.
A writer in tlie Washington Sunday
Herald gives some interesting remini
scences of the attempted duel between
Jefferson Davis and W. H. Bissell, of
Illiuois. He says:
As the facts relative to the proposed
meeting of the above named individuals
were never made public, and as one of
the piincipals yet lives, and several oth
ers who were actors in the matter sur
vive, I will set forth, to the best of my
recollection, how the challenge origi
nated, and how the affair terminated.
Shortly after the Mexican war Jefferson
Davis, of Mississippi, aud W. II Bis
sll, of Illinois, two conspicuous officers
in that campaign, were in the United
States Congress, one occupying a seat
in the House of Representatives and the
other in the United States Senate. In
a discussion of the relative bravery dis
played on battlefields by the respective
State troops engaged, it was asserted
that the Indiana troops ingloriously fled
from the field of engagement at Beuna
Vista- This bold assertion, was deni
ed, and in the debate, as if to throw
odium upon the conduct of other State
troops in retaliation for the charge made,
the conduct of the Mississippi troops
was severely animadverted on. This
charge touched so sensitively the. com
mander of the Mississippi troops that a
retraction was demanded outside the
limits of the halls of Congres, and on a
refusal thereof the usual preliminaries
were resorted to. Among those who
were participants in the affair were
Senators A. G. Brown, IlobertToombs,
James C. Dawson and Gen. James
Shields, Representative Armistead Burt,
of South Carolina, and several others
whose names do not recur to me at pres
ent. Some of these friends were en
deavoring to bring about ft reconcilia
tion, w hile others were making prepar-
ations for the coming morning. Mr.
Davis was then occupying rooms in the
large four-story house of the late Colo
nel John It. Donahoe, next west of the
present Continental Hotel. Mr. Bissell
had rooms around the corner, on ffour
and-a-half street. The writer hereof,
then a boy, roomed in the same house
with Colonel Davis, and was a close ob
server of what was transpiring, and was
to have been a witness to the affair, and
had strict instructions uot to allow any
one to enter without first submitting his
name to Senator Brown, who was acting
as next frieud to Mr. Davis. General
Shields was the most active party to the
affair. He it was who was a friend of
both principals, and was many times
throughout the night backward and for
ward in the endeavor to effect a settle
ment. I was put on guard to watch
the doors in the upper parlor, with the
room darkened, when about the houc of
2 a. m., a ring of the bell was heard,
and on carefully lookingout I discover,
ed the tall form of Captain Stoddard
and a short, stout man, with a dusty
brown overcoat and close fitting cap
who proved to be President Taylor. The
bell was rung repeatedly. Still no an
swer. I stepped to the rear part of the
house and notified Governor Brown
who the callers were. The principal
retired so as to avoid the mortification
of arrest, and the callers being admitted
announced that thearrestof Col. Bissell
had been consummated, and that cau
tionary measures had been taken to pre
vent a hostile meeting. The determi
nation on the part of Mr. Davis to vin
dicate the honor of his State and that of
her brave troops was so undoubtedly
earnest that tie sent his wife and two
nieces to Pennsylvania on a visit to the
home of Senator Brodhead, a relative of
Mrs. Davis. Thus was quieted this epi
sode in the events that have transpired
in the capitol of the nation.
A ten dollar bill, with the following
words writen across the face, was passed
over an Ithaca counter the other day :
“This is the last of a fortune of SIOO,-
000 left me by my uncle. Reware of
women and wine. Jasper Gould.”—
Rather let a man beware indulging his
passions until they become ungoverna
ble. Neither women nor wine are re
sponsible for Jasper Gould's poverty ;
Jasper himself is alone to blame.
—
About these days the wily vendor of
the deceitful lottery ticket circulateth
rumors and legends concerning the hon
est and horny handed workingman
drawing the $100,00') prize, and when
the cheerful and enthusiastic idiot read
eth these rumors in the public priuts
he rusheth off and siuketh two dollars
and a ha l f.
When a boy sees a nice, round,
smooth stone lying on the ground, lie
always thinks it rather mean that there
isn’t a yellow dog in the vicinity.
IN SELF-DEFENSE.
W. I’. Lovett Kills bis Assailant.
[Special Dispatch to the Constitution.]
Gkifiix, Ga., August 4.—lt was
rumored here this morning that a kill
ing had occurred in Meriwether county
near Mr. Bird Lovett’s plantation,
though little confidence was placed in
the report as it came from a small boy.
Since then, however, I have received
fmn an eye witness the facts connected
with a most terrible tragedy in which
J. K. Reynolds, a farmer of Meriweth
er, met his doom and death at the hands
of Mr. Warren P. Lovett of your city.
The facts as told me are as follows
and may be relied upon as correc' , com
ing from a gentleman of high standing
and, as I say, an eye witness to the
shooting: Sunday afternoon about five
o’olock Warren P. Lovett, Wallace
Trammell and J. E. Throne, were rid
ing over to pay a social visit to Mr.
Bob Thompson, and just after turning
out of the main road into another lead
ing to Tnompsou’s they met Mr Rey
nolds, Upon seeing him Mr. Lovett
stopped his (Lovett’s) horse aud said to
Reynolds:
“You have circulated a report on
me which you know to be utterly un
true, and now 1 want you to correct it
to Mr. Trammell and Mr. Throne, which
will be satisfactory to me.’’
Reynolds replied: “ Yes, I started
the report, and God damn you, I’ll kill
you too!”
Whereupon Reynolds proceeded to
draw a pistol and Lovett jumped out of
the buggy. Just as Lovett had gotten
out on the ground Reynolds fired, but
did not hit him. Lovett then returned
the fire the ball from his pistol taking
effect in Reynold’s left s:de, about
three inches below and beyond the left
breast. The bullet ranged through his
stomach and lodged in his right hip.
As Reynolds fell he remarked ’hat
Lovett had got the best of the fight but
that he would fix it so Lovett would
suffer. Reynolds died about 4 o’clock
this morning. lie lmd repeatedly
threatened Lovett’s life, which reliable
men will testify to with readiness. The
killing was strictly in self-defense, My
informant says every man he has seen
expresses themselves as being glad that
the community is rid of such a villain
as Reynolds was. All think Lovett
did right. This is the general opinion
prevailing in Griffin also. \Y ill send
further particulars as they come in.
Mr. .1. G. 3‘arks, ol Dawson.
[Albany News.] ’
This accomplished and genial young
barrister spent several days in our city
last week. Mr. Parks is one of the
best lawyers of the State, bis legal
ability being acknowledged fur and
near. As an orator, for one of bis
age, he can’t be excelled. A thorough
geptleman, courteous and gentle in his
demeanor with all, he is deservedly
popular. His name is spoken promi
nently in connection with the next Sen*
atorship of his distric'.
Mr. 1 ’arks’ accomplished wife, nee
Miss Eola Allen, accompanied him,
and enjoyed the sojourn with her rela
tive, Mrs. J. D. Cheves.
It has often been asked why were
mosquitoes made? This conundrum has
never been satisfactorily answered.
Mosquitoes see ji altogether out of place
at summer resorts, where they most do
congregate, as nearly everybody can be
bled there to their perfect satisfaction
without the intervention of mosquitoes.
However, a Florida man has a good
word to lay for these pests, and he says
it in the following letter to the Savan
nah, Ga., News :
“A novel feature of the cattle trade
is the co-operation of the mosquito in
'heir management on the range. One
of the largest owners said that without
the aid of the mosquito throe times as
many men would be required to herd
and gather. Out of the mosquito sea
son the cattle get as wild as deer, but
under the influence of these pests they
congregate, become docile and easy to
manage.”
A distinguished physician who had
spent much time at quarantine said tin t
a person whose head was thoroughly
washed every day rarely took conta
gious diseases, but where tlic hair was
allowed to become dirty and matte!, it
was hardly possible to escape infection.
Many persons find speedy relief for
nervous headache by washing tiie hair
thoroughly in weak soda water. I have
known severe eases almost wholly cured
in ten minutes by this simple remedy.
A friend finds it the greatest relief in
cases of “rare cold,” the cold
toms entirely leaviug the eye and nose
after one thorough washing of the hair.
The head should be thoroughly dried
afterwards, and avoid draughts of air
for a little while.
“Doctor, you must really prescribe
something for me ” “My dear lauy,
you need no medicine—only a little
rest, and then you’ll be as well as ever.”
“But, really, doctor, surely I ought to
be givon some medicine of some sort or
other. You’ve only felt my pulse: ex
amine my tcugue.” (Ho does so ) “Pre
cisely, madam; your tongue needs rest
too.”