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MR. B. F. BaiAghr 4tJ Mir Viqinia
M. Flemister, ortGordqp, were married
on the lSlh insist. Both partira are
«-well known In Macoh. ■% J .
They have an “eaitagjcliib” In 6och-
- ran, which Is vastly wore popular among
the boys than a reading club, or a literary
I club, or even “spades and clubs.” But
j Cochran Is not the only place where free
. lunch U popular.
■ The last heard from Woods, of the
■^Hawklnsvtlle Dispatch, he was following
'• Coup’s circus around, trying to find a
4 dead man.
i Savannah has received her first white
> -1 shad for this season. It came from the
St. Johns river and was served at the
1 Screven Ilouee.
.4 The stock market in Augusta Is won
derfully excited. The National Exchange
•\lBank stock sold at 101 and that of the
Commercial Bank at 10S.
A thirteen year old daughter of Mr.
. J. W. P. Whatley, of Taylor county, was
-.burned to death on last Thursday, the
,18th. She was alone In the house, and
.her father discovered her body In a crisp
.when he returned from work.
Mr. I. B. Potter, son of Rev. J. M,
•Potter, of .Geneva, is dead. He was a
promising young man of about twenty
yean.
A A five year old child of Clay Wilson
.colored, was burned to death on the plan-
.tatlon of Mr. D. P. Montgomery, of Co
lumbia county.
Alii. IIi.atv McKionkv, of Harris
, county, is dead. Ho was seventy-nine
yean old.
Mr. James M. Mercer, ex-mayor and
one of the first -ettleis of AlLany, died on
the 23d inst.
• Isaac Ahciiie, a colored porter seven
ty-two yean old, In the store of A*. Fricd-
enberg & Co., of Savannah, fell through
the hatchway, and was instantly killed.
We have received tho November num-
per of the Southern 'Musical Journal,
published by Ludden & Bates, at Savan
nah. This is a journal of the highest or-
ler, and should lie a welcome visitor to
•very penon taking the least interest in
piuslc. Try it. The number just out,
Containing one dollar's worth of music,
Till be mailed on receipt often cents.
: The Savannah Metes has received from
ilr. J. A. Davidson, of Quincy, Florida,
j very large orange. It was grown on the
•lace of Mr. J. W. Wilkcrson, in Decatur
jaunty, Georgia, and measures thirteen
Tiches In circnmiereiice and weighs seven-
“Jen and a half ounces. The tree on which
. grew is a seedling and bore its first fruit
\st year—about 100 lino oranges. Thu
1 very good for a young Georgia orange
fee.
“j The Talbotton Railroad.—Colum
Sis Times: We leant that the directors of
V> Talbotton railroad are seriously cou-
-mplating making the road a broad
• auge. We think this would be a wise
iep, as a very little addillonal expense
;ould be required. The bed of the road
. -«i about complete, but it could be easily
ldencd. A broad gauge is much more
tsirable, and moro so in this case where
fey are to connect with one. It would
ve a great deal of trouble.
^Athens Banner: The Griffin News
/■egests that hereafter the Legislatures of
i- Southern .States cast the electoral
Tes of those States; thinks this is a pan
es for our troubles, and calls on the
*3sa for tbeir opinions. Our opinion is
t y the people should rote directly for
ident and Vice-President, and then a
■Uy would elect. That Is what ought
the law In every republican govern-
r ■ %nt—the majority should rule.
%'k want to endorse the following from
J - Griffin Netcs:
ofonel Emmett Wommack, of Coviug-
, our new solicitor general, is a lawyer
tine talent, and a gentleman of most
•JJellent character. He la thoroughly
Acated, both In literature and law, and
£ made quite a reputation at the
■*. Mr. Wommack will be able to car-
■*he side of the State against any oppo-
**i that may be brought against him and
d give perfect satisfaction to the circuit.
'* honesty and integrity of puipose is
-*rly marked'in all his acts. Such an
^er needs but to be known to be up
dated.
^ik Columbus 'Times has a dispatch
vi Butler dated November 22, which
*. D. Diftkworth was killed in Roy
's yesterday by Dubose Humphreys.
"*Je yet unknown.” Tho Times adds:
'2 are Informed by a gentleman who
A In on the train last night that the
v nilty originated in the fact that Hum
’s had taken up with the wife of
.worth, and was preparing to leave fhe
Ary with her. Duckworth told him
“•he did not care wliat became of his
. but he wanted his oWfa cl-'ld. From
”a quarrel ensued, in which Hum-
f shot Duckworth. We learn tliat
Jpliries is now at his house with a
•fee barrel shot gun, and defies the ofll-
-^f the law.”
baht News and Adeerliser: On
“ lay the gin house of Hon. Primus
of Baker, was entirely consumed
together with seven bales of cot-
* The fire was accidental, caused by
- ch in the lint room—another lesson.
'iteh Bepublicatc An old fanner
J^lie ’pea crop has been ruined by
„ ysnee. At one time the largest crop
.i ever made in Sumter county was
.'’fields ready to be gathered. The
.-s, sore pressed for cotton pickers,
e peas to take care of themselves;
X-isequence is that they have ripened,
3«And dropped upon the ground, tho
-r>et spell has come upon them, and
'•-at of them liave been ruined. This
- V a f 0 it heavily la the feed of cows
JV gs this winter.
« Tribune: And nowtlieunhap-
int who pays a big price for an old
•_ jd shivers at the rate o€$Ui or $20
,ntli, will blew the hard-hearted
_Al, who Is too mean to stop the
ut who, on the day the rent is
"^mands the last nickel. Cantbera
<c * L >ven for such Christians? Truly,
-JTIa “
AjorUy -
'"foe the
S2
'iSM
TW.
| weather, one will think of the
“Alas, for the rarity
‘ ' Of Christian charity
Unde.* the sun.”
_ ^IFFIE Journal: This week it is
^!\.duty to record the death of anoth-
, / ad prominent reslde.it of this see-
w ,-cn. Stephen Drane died at his
e in Columbia county on Friday
17 10th Inst., at about 12 o’clock m.
; ’ .ot know Gen. Diane’s exact age,
;. >as more than 80 years old at the
^ _ils death.
' *' sues Times : Judge Willis Jones,
jo most prosperous farmers in
®~S>unty, was in the city yesterday.
s to a salesman who proposed to
'JTpsoine flour, he said be bad never
•. »- pound in Ills life. He is about
~atf r r « olJ » 110 <1 has plenty of floor to
(very farmer In this county could
•^tliere would be a great deal more
•AUtsuong them.
m.-'hah Nines: Yesterday mom-
o’clock, a colored man at work
. .yhaia’s rice mill, became sudden-
* ted with the cold and iell to the
,. IV ^'Several of the men went to him
I that he was completely be-
nd was almost rigid. A wagon
c v ' \red and bfvu sent to hie home
*" 1 ’ ,reet, where he received proper
T*’' 3 ’ and diirin* the day recovered,
, 'was blowing very sharp from
"’ e " rod west, aud the poeC^Mtow
Ad to all Its fury.
1 Ishmaelite: We have feel-
* 'I "cere commiseration for those
a *.^1) -noersts who have ertlrely
»st,ul Llie triumph of Democratic
u tliis couutiy, Just because of
'Am • ’* i of Garfield. For those whose
**) H‘s developed a willingness to
x sirsul, principles of the party, just
,»»*rw.t.
n!£c hi
eirdbat .
mrn.t
because success teems so far off, or eva»
impossible, contempt would be a more ap
propriate feeling than pity. The people
of the South have suffered for the right
long enough to have had born within
them a willingness to endure, even to the
end.
Sumter Republican: On Tuesday
morning last, Captain Smith G. Daven
port, living twelve miles east of Americas,
was robbed by two masked men of twen
ty-two hundred and some odd dollars.
From all that we can learu, it seems that
Captain Davenport had been to Columbus
and collected some twenty-three hundred
dollars, a portion of which, we believe, he
was to pay for the rent of the place he
was "living on. Tuesday morning he arose
very early and went to his stable to feed
his horses preparatory to starting to Amer
icas. As ne entered the stable-yard, two
masked men attacked him from behind a
large oak; ho was overpowered and chlo
roformed, the money taken from his per
son, and the robbers departed. In his
struggles, Captain Davenport cried out
loud enough to be heard by his son, who
ran ont with a shot-gun, but the robbers
had succeeded in securing their booty,
and made good their escape.
Toe Savannah News a ay3: Mr. James
E. Cope was elected city treasurer for the
unexpired term made vacant by the death
of Captain John R. Johnson. Mr. Cope
has been in the treasurer’s office for the
past two years, and is thoroughly familiar
with all the details, and undoubtedly will
make an efficient and valuable officer.
During the illness of the late treasurer he
had full charge, and his administration
lias given unqualified satisfaction. His
election last night was fully deserved m
every respect.
The races In Augusta brought to that
city the usual number of pickpockets,
and they have been plying their vocation
with considerable success. Four rooms
at the Planters’ Hotel were entered and
robbed on last Wednesday night, and
several hundred dollars gathered up.
Every effort is being made to capture the
thieves.
Seneca B. Burr, editor of the Fort
Valley Mirror, has been to Florida hunt
ing a wild orango grove. If he had con
sulted the latest railroad map, lie would
have found out that there were oranges
in Georgia.
Americus Recorder: Capt. Smith
Davenport was robbed of $2,200 on Tues
day morning last, the 23d. He had col
lected the money in Columbus and re
turned on Sunday. Ho left Americus for
home, and on Tuesday morning two
masked men attacked him near his house,
going to the horsc-lot, sponged his face
with chloroform, and robbed his person of
the sum mentioned above.
Fort Valley Mirror: Our young
friend Canty Davis, of Houston county,
who has just received the military scholar
ship of West Point from the fifth district,
passed through our town Wednesday en
route for his home in Perry.
Americus Recorder: One month ago
from the 24th inst., two young raeu who
had been in business m Memphis, con
eluded that the land of flowers was the
bonanza sought; so, against the advice of
friends and persuasion of relatives, they
started, and reached Thomasville, Ga., in
less than three days, where they had a
friend and corrcs{>ondent. They found
cotton dull and business easy, so they
took the run of the towns on and near the
railroad to Jacksonville, but found no
business in the line (mercantile) they
sought, and, after spending all the money
they had, they concluded to return home.
The money ran so low that at Smithville
they concluded to walk, and were seeking
work in order to pay their way to Mem
phis. They could uot steal, and to beg
they were ashamed. They passed through
Americas yesterday morning. They now
propose to let well enough alone hereaf
ter. They won’t write for money, be
cause they will be the sulijcct of ridicule
at home.
Athens Banner: Rev. Mr. Jackson,
who is called to Emanuel Church, is rec
tor of St. Paul’s, Macon, instead of Christ
Church. The Macon TcLOURArn says
the people down there like him so well
they are not going to give him up.
Brunswick Advertiser: A lady not
far from the Mills lost several broods of
chickens the past season from lice, when
the remedy was within reach. Procure a
quantity of cedar boughs and scatter them
plentifully in and around the lien house.
This is all that is necessary; the odor of
cedar keeps the lice away.
Oglethorpe Echo: We frequently see
white men and negroes sitting ride by side
and cutting wit with each other. A darky
lias no respect for a white man who tlins
lowers himself, and at the first opportunity
will let him know IL Then the white
man wants to fall on the color of his skin
and trouble between the two races is a
consequence. No negro will molest a
white man so long as lie stays In his proper
sphere. It Is only those who mingle with
them that get into trouble; and it would
be a good plan to let the darkies frail out a
few of this class.
Meriwether Vindicator: Major James
W. Banning, who had been in feeble
health for several montlis, died at his
home in Greenville on Saturday morning,
November 10th. Mgjor Banning was the
son of the late Judge J. L. Banning, and
was born the 20th of May, 1836, which
made him nearly forty-five years of age.
About I860, Major Banning married Miss
Mary, daughtber of John S. Blalock.
Mrs. Bantling died two years ago, and this
leaves five children without the tender
care of either father or mother.
Cuthbert Appeal: On Friday last a
most brutal murder was committed in the
upper |>ortion of this county. Mr. V. O.
Hammock, one of our most respectable
farmers, bought an adjoining plantation to
his home place, including crops, etc., and
sent one of life sons over to look after his
interests. While there $ dispute arose
between himself and the negro tenants
about some fodder, which resulted in
blows. The parties were eeparated with
out any serious results, and parted, young
Hammock thinking all trouble was at an
end. He subsequently returned, mad was
shot down and instantly killed by the ne
gro, who made good bfe escape, and has
not yet been apprehended. Mr. Ham
mock, we learn, oflera a reward of $250
for the arrest of the negro, which, we
hope, will he increased sufficiently by
the Governor to secure his apprelieusion.
Americus Recorder: Mr. Jonathan
Ross died suddenly at bfe son-in-law’s,
Mr. McGarah’s, near the Plains of Dora,
last night. He had attained the ilpe apa
of 81 years. He was a good citizen, and
bad set his bouse in order temporally and
spiritually, and wss ready for the audden
summons.
The Two Pictures—Brunswick Ad-
terllser: At’ Irosburg, Vu, Mrs. O. T.
Cliapman realized from two geese, within
four years, in feathers, goslingsond grown
geese, one hundred and fifty dollars, and
still bad two geese left, as many as she
started with. We give the experience of
a lady friend of ours in goose farming on
St. Simons. She bought eight geese in
the fall of 1877, spent $3.Z5 in food, care
fully watched them for eight months, aud
got feathers enough for half-grown pillow,
raised no goslings and lost three of her
first stock. So she abandoned tbe enter
prise, charging up to loss account forty
per cent, ot the original investment.
LaGranoe Reporter: Dr. H. H. Cary
has shown us a specimen of syrup made
from the common sorghum cane, aud also
a specimen of sugar made from corn
stalks. These specimens were made under
the snpecvfelon of Gen. LeDuc, the United
States dwtim fesl oner of agriculture, Wash
ington, D. C. The.syrup is exceedingly
tine, very much resembling tbe maple
syrup of tbe Northern States. Gen. Le
Duc has succeeded in making an excel
lent article of sugar from the sorghum
cane in the ratio of about fifteen hundred
pounds per acre. This has all been
done by a chemical process not hitherto
understood at the South. The sugar was
made from the rtailu of the common
maize or corn, and is a good article of raw
sugar. Tbe ears of corn were fully out
of tbe roasting-ear stage ■ u rim stalks
were ground, and one tbonsan.. pounds to
the acre was made. Hero is an opening
for a new industry in the Pouth. The
manufacture of the above articles can be
made more remunerative than tbe culti
vation of cotton orotiier Southern crop*.
Gen. LeDuc regards this discovery of
great value.
Brunswick Appeal: We have been
requested by several persons to announce
a safe and easy way to relieve car ache,
that so often disturbs grown people as
well as children. Fill the bowl of a com
mon new clay pipe with cotton lint, upon
this pour a few drops of chlorofonn, care
fully insert the stem In the ear, and «ov<$-
the bowl with the Ups and gently blow
through tho stem into the ear. This
causes a vapor to be forced from the chlo
roform, which is very volatlzable, upon
the affected portion of the organ, and re
lief in most cases is almost instantaneous.
Employing HANDS.-Ogletborpe Echo:
In conversing with a prominent and suc
cessful fartujr the other day wo gained
some points that may perhaps be of Inter
est to our readers. He said no planter
could afford to pay hands oue-halt of the
crop for labor; that he gave one half of
the cotton, but only a third of tbe grain
and other yields, requiring the negroes to
clear and keep up good fencing. Ho sel
dom has a hand to come out behind, and
they generally have their grain aud some
money clear. He buys supplies and goods
at wholesale for cash and resells to his
hands at 25 per cent, profit. He knows
from their crop exactly how far to" run
them, and as he has a landlord's lien
never loses life money. Oar • informant
says this is the only way farming can be
made to pay In the South, but a planter
roust have money to practice it. When a
negro becomes uuruly he takes him aside
and administers a dose of hickory oil.
Athens Banner: On the 19th Inst., the
gm house of Capt. James Jackson caught
fire from an unknown cause, and the
house, with six hales of cotton and about
two thousand bushels of cotton seed, was
consumed. No insurance.
The Darien Gazette, in its timber splin
ter column, gives the following:
There have been several million feet of
timber down within tho past week, and
there is a probability thot large drifts trill
bo coming down now all the time.
The demand will be good all tho winter,
aud lots of timber will be sold. Mr. I)
M. Monro cleared on Friday the British
hark Glenalvon, Captain Richards, for
Aberdovy, Wales, with a cargo of MOUOOQ
feet of hewn timber, valued at $3,120;
37,000 feet of sawn, valued at $450; 10,00*
feet of deals, valued rt $120. We am told
that there is a large quantity of timber
out and ready to be brought to market.
Wc are satisfied that the high prices will
rule the market from now until the season
is over, and wo would therefore urge the
timbemicu to contiiiue to cut just as fast
03 possible. Scab timber is scarcer than
ever, aud tho price Is consequently high
Square timber has been coming down
pretty freely and the prices have fallen a
little since our last report. This is owing
to the large drifts and big purchases that
have been made within the past few
weeks. This slight fall amounts to almost
nothing, as vessels are now coming Id,
and timber will bring high prices from
now until the season closes.
FAME SC AIL FOB MACON.
I
To Be or Not toBe,Tbo* la «b* fian-
Uea.
The merchants and citizens of Macon
generally take great Interest In the fast
mail system, and the question, “How much
will we be benefited?” has been often
asked? Under tbe present schedule of the
” . n sivui uv j**** is.v4 uu tun
Macon aud Western railroad tjife city will ing in the fuU fluah of
Mow to Get a Lesson.
That there Is a right and a wrong way
of doing a thing was most forcibly im
pressed upon our mind while listening re
cently to the venerable Dr. Lipscomb ad
dressing the young ladies of the Wesley
an Female College in this city. The
point was how to get a lesson. Wo give
only the impression made upon our own
mind, and not the Doctor’s words and
method.
Tho brain in young people is tender,
impressible, receptive. Hence, tho acqui
sition of facts should bo conducted iu the
most qnict manner possible. Tho eyo is
the main avenue through which knowl
edge Is received from books; therefore
there should be no distracting surround
ings to call off the eye ft iin the book, be
cause it disturbs the whole process of
studying.
This is in direct opposition to the old
methods of getting a lesson when we were
compelled to study In concert, and ofteu-
times aloud, in a crowded school-room.
Under this method tho impressions upon
the mind were vague and confused. They
wgro so intermingled with our surround
ings that memory failed to get a clear im
pression. Under the “still method,”
everything that enters the brain takes a
definite shape, and the impression on the
memory is distinct and clear. This is so
rational in its teachings that we wonder
that more students do not avail them
selves of this method. Anything
that iuterveoee between tbe eye and
the lesson to be acquired is to be
avoided, for its effect is deletori-
ous. It will require au extra effort ou the
part of the student to regain what has
been lost.
Again, the aurroundings should not
only be perfectly quiet, but tbe body and
every mnscie In it should be kept perfect
ly still. One is as Important as the other.
The needless waste «f nervous power is
very damaging to the young brain. It
produces effeminacy of memory, aa well
as weakens the body. In order to get a
lesson well, therefore, the pulsations of
the heart should be regular and natural.
The position should be one of ease, with
■no cramping of the vital organs of the
body. There should be no obstruction to
the electri ccurrent as well as no waste of
its power.
The memory is the receptacle, and the
eye tbs conductor of the truth on the
printed page to tbe inner recesses of tbe
mind. The facts contained in the book
are Ant received by the optic-nerve, thence
conveyed to the retina of the eye, and
from theneeio the brain, where It is stored
away in memory’s cells. The propelling
motor is tbe nervous power. All inter
ference, therefore, with this method of
acquisition deranges the whole system,
which, to overcome, will require Intensi
fied power. This b a waste, and the re
sult often is an enfeebled memory and
truths only partially acquired. Perfect
quiet, both as to body and surroundings,
is essential to the proper aequfeition and
retention of any truth. It is only thns
that we can concentrate our winds upon
say subject.
Tbe Doctor condemned In unmeasured
terms the habit of walking and studying,
characterizing it as a criminal waste of
nervous power, and an overtax of the men
tal fkcultlea. The mere act of walking Is
exhaustive to the body. Then the effort
to fix the eye upon the book is a great
•train upon the nerves, and to keep It
there demands a still greater effort, for the
mere motion or Jostling of the body in
walking renders It difficult to Keep
the eye upon the . line. Thus,
In walking and studying, you have three
waste-pipes for the escape of nervous
strength, when all should be husband
ed for the proper acquisition of knowl
edge. If these pernicious habits were
abandoned, how many more boys and
girls would ooroe out of our colleges with
health unimpaired.
When we -grow older, and our brains
become hardened and habits ot mind
fixed, then we can walk and study with
impunity.
aprovenseat.
Capt. J. D. Hudgins has just had com
pleted a splendid new dwelling on Bassett
Hill. It fe a two-story, nine room struct
ure, and fe a model of architectural beau
ty and finish. Mr. Enoch Fountain was
the contractor, and he bas performed hfe
work in a manner that will reflect great
ciedit upon bfe judgement as a builder. |
receive the New York mall, which form
erly arrivedintbemorning, at7 o’clock on
tho previous-evening, or about twelve
hours sooner. The mail, however, reaches
Atlanta from Now York at 9:30 a. m,,
and, could a train ho run to Macon, leav
ing Atlanta at 9:45 a. m., we would re
ceive tho mall at 1 o’clock p. m., or to
time for correspondents to open letters
and reply on tbe same day<
A representative of tho Telegraph, in
a conversation with a director of the Cen
tral road, was luformed that Mr. Wadley
was making efforts to have Macon's mail
brought via Augusta; that he bad made a
proposition to the Georgia road that if
that company would put tbe mail into
Macon over tho Macon and Augusta road,
the Central would deliver that for points
beyond Columbus.
It will be remembered that tho fast mall
service fe divided at Richmond, one brands
going down to Charleston; it fe over this
branch that It is now proposed to bring
Macon’s mail, and should arrangements
to that effect be perfected, the mail would
be delivered here by ten o’clock a. in., or-
only thirty minutes later that it will
be received in Atlanta.
The fast mail service goes Into opera
tion to-morrow.
THE FAST MAIL.
Arrangements completed and tbe
Schedule to Go Into Effect To-Day.
Special to the Telegraph and llestenger J
Richmond, Ya., November 27.—Com
mencing on November 28th, a specific
arrangement between tho Post-Office De
partment and the great lilies of Southern
railway travel, viz: tho Piedmont Air-
Line and the Atlantic Coast Line, for a
last Southern mall upon additional and
quickened schedule goes into operation;
and the benefits its yields in the transmis
sion of mails likewise extends to passenger
travel over theso especial lines. The time
reductions from Eastern cities average
To Richmond, eight hours; to Wilming
ton, eleven hours; to Charleston, twelvo
hours; to Savannah, sixteen hours; to
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta, thirteen
hours; Atlantr, fourteen hours; with the
advantage of direct connection at Wash
ingtou or Baltimore train all Western
cities to Florida aul the Southern sea
board. The return service is iu all
1ST* THE GULCH.
Mr, E.S. Griffin's Fatal FatL
Early on Thanksgiving mom intelli
gence was received in this city of tho sud
den and tragic death of Mr. E. S. Griffin,
Jf., of Twiggs county. The news was a
shock to his many friends in this city with
whom he bad parted on the previous even-
r=
spects equally as expeditious.
A. Pope,
General Passenger Agent Piedmont Air-
Line and Atlantic Coast Line.
Serious CnUlnar In Maeou.
We leam that a terrible cutting affray
took place in Macon about 12 o’clock
Saturday night, in which Mr. Daisy
Prico was dangerously wounded. It Is
said that ho and a gentleman named
Pittman got into a difficulty iu which both
wero seriously cut, and it fe thought Mr.
Price’s wounds may prove fatal. They
arc both residents of Macon and the aflair
fe much deplored.—Augusta News.
We were just thinking about compli
menting the New* on its success and en
terprise as a four-year-old, but this item
took all the breath out of us. Just as we
were discussing the matter, Mr. Daisy
Price walked into the office and wanted to
know who told Bill Moore that story. Ho
says he had not beard of it until he saw
it in tho paper, and he examined life
clothes, and he could find no rents made
by the terrible kuife, aud his undergar
ments and ho -eouid find uo blood
on them, and it puzzled him
to see bow in the world
lie could be so badly cut up aud wound
ed, and uot know it. He remembered, at
last, that on Saturday night ho was at
home with bfe family, where every other
honest man ought to bo at that hour, but
newspaper men, and that he hadn’t seen
Pittmau to liave any talk with him for a
mouth, and that lie was never in
better health in his life than he is to
day.
Seriously, Mr. Price fe not that kind of
a man, but fe one of the best business
roea in Macon. He greatly regrets that
this unfounded atory has been so widely
published. How such a fabrication
could have been gotten up fe a mystery.
AouMMMota Car She Vcsk-MladM.
In response to our suggestion of a few
days since, and to a package of exchanges
forwarded to the asylum, the superinten
dent writes as follows to the Telegraph
and Messenger:
“Allow me, In behalf of our afflicted
charge, to thank you for the papers
Such acts of kindness are appreciated by
the patients aud myself. Papers and peri
odlcals have the tendency to break the
monotony of asylum life, aud often lead
the distressed and deranged mind into
pleasant and healthful channels. Your
weekly packages will be very acceptable.”
We publish the reply hoping it may
lead others to remember those who are too
soon forgotten. -
A Card or Tbaaka.
The inmates of the Bibb Conrty Hos
pital, desire to return tbeir heartfelt
thanks to Rev. Robert Jackson, of the
Episcopal Church, and the kind lady ac-
panying him, for the delicious refresh
ments furnished them on Thanksgiving
Day, and to assure them that tbeir kind
ness will not soon be forgotten by the un
fortunates.
“Inasmuch as ye .did it unto tho least
one of these, ye did it uuto me.”
A GcinlMTlualuclTlac.
Daring last Thursday, while the pastor
was absent, the ladles of the First Street
Methodist church took possession of the
parsonage. In a short while sundry bas
kets ami v ait!rs,heav:iy iadened,began to
arrive, and in a short’.:mo the larder was
amply supplied with everything to satisfy
tbe appetite of man. Among other house
hold gifts that were useful and attractive
was a well-filled purse.
This act of usurpation was submitted to
cheerfully, and the astonished pastor, on
hfe return, was completely overcome with
thtacxhibltlon of the affection aud thougbt-
fttlncss of bfe people. And In return he
offered up bfe thanksgiving, not only to
hfe people, hut to the Good Father, who
prompted the hearts of hfe people to tills
movement. He would publicly express
hfe appreciation of this kindness.
We are glad to know that the officers of
this church have requested tbe return of
their pastor, Rev. P. 8. Twitty, for. anoth
er year. He has been fslthfnl, and these
tokens are bat tbe evidence of the peo
ples’ appreciation of that faithfnlneas.
The circumstances attendant upon the
occurrence, as near as wo can ascertain,
are as follows: Mr. Griffin had been fii
this city making purchases and started
home in a four seated-huggy, in which
were two little negro girls and Mr. Bud
Lingo.
The buggy was drawn by. mules and
contained quite a load besides. All went
along smoothly until tbe party reached
point but a short distance from Jefferson
ville. Night had overtaken them and
driving became difficult. The lines wero in
the hands of Mr. Lingo, and unconsciously,
he drove the team out of the road and
straight into a terrible gulch, whose bot
tom was twenty or twenty five feet below
the road level. Over into this pit went
buggy, mules,.men and girls in one con
fused heap. There was a minute’s fright
ful struggle, from which emerged
Mr. Lingo and oue of the girls. Mr.
Grilfiu was under the wreck.
One of the girls ran to the residence of
Mr. Bullock for help, which soon arrived;
and the body of the unfortunate mau was
lifted from the gulch dead. An examina
tion showed several limbs to be broken
bat whether his neck was also broken, It
was impossible to tell. Hfe head was
bgdly bruised, and It fe thought death en
sued from the weight of the vehicle fail
ing upon it. Neither the mules nor the
wagon was seriously injured. ‘
The funeral of Mr. Griffin occurred yes
terday. He leaves awifo aul seven child
ren. His father was formerly sheriff of
Twiggs county, was a delegate to the late
Congressional convention of this district,
aud a delegate to the late gubernatorial
convention.
A IfeBD.*
Mr. |i. S. Daolup for Majfrr.
.Editors Telegraph and Messenger:
underatand that Captain W. W. Larues
has concluded to withdraw from the race
for Mayor. I suggest as the best man for
the position, Mr. S. S. Dunlap, now aider-
man for the fourth ward. I, in common
With many citizens, have watched with
iiterest. i(r. Dunlap's course since his
•lection to'the board of aldermen. He
lias, as chairman of Ilia finance . pnmmip
tee, been jealous of tbe city’s rights and
interests and has shown himself a. clear
headed business man of excellent judg-
ment. It fe to his management ot our
finances that we are indebted in a large
measure for their present improved condi
tion. Taxpayers cannot do batter than through the book, and as-1 read the pas-
TbanlasivlnziDay.
The day was suitably observed by our
Baptist friends, who assembled in large
numbers in their houses ot worship, and
engaged in appropriate religious services
At the First Baptist church there
was a very respectable congregation,
and, after songs of praise and pray
ers ot thankfulness, Rev. Dr. Warren
preached a very appropriate and excellent
discourse, of which our reporter took brief
notes. The text was from Isaiah 25:10—
“O Lord, thou art my God, 1 will exalt
thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast
doiio wonderful things.” The reverend
divine said it was only the child of God,
who believes that the Lord God Omnipo-
tcn'. reigns, who can praise Him; and then
went on to display the special reasons we
have for observing this day as a thanks
giving day. ,
1. For our .political blessings. Onr
country is at ease. Under the protec
tion of our own civil laws, wc live in en
tire security, as to our personal security,
the rights of prosperity, and our civil
government. Wo feel no political oppre:
slon in this land, and should, therefore,-
render thanks to God for these great
blessings.
2. For national prosperity. The long
financial embarrassment has measurably
passed away. We enjoy unusual pros
perity. The harvest has been sufficient,
and, iu some places abundant. The
prices for the products of the soil hare
been remunerative. Thero have been
and yet remain, iu abundance, “bread for
the eater and seed for the sower.”
3. For our'religious blessings. There
Is no religious persecution, nor any intol
erance for opinion's sake, ecclesiastical or
legal. There fe an increasing reverence
for the divine authority, and tbe power of
tbe Bible is more felt in its moral eleva-
tion, as It comes to ba moro read by the
people. God is carrying on a grand work
to tbe Sabbath-school and missionary de
partments of human labor—far grander
than they know or conceive Jwlio hear
an occasional sennon only, or who a'0
not familiar with the religious literature
of tho day. Intelligent Christians know
what they have to thank the Almighty
for, and they feel like rendering these
thanks; others, who are not informed, do
not know, and cannot be expected to give
thanks. Appreciating tbe principle of
living in sympathy and co-operation with
the grand moral achievements of the day,
ho was thankful he lived in the nine
teenth century, and beheld the ready
reapers and the ripening fields. (He then
proposed a thanks-offering for the benefit
of the poor, and a liberal collection was
taken up.)
Thanksgiving services were held at the
Mulberry street Methodist church. There
was a fair congregation present. At the
appointed hour, Rev. G. G. N. McDon
nell opened the services with reading the
Scriptures, singing and prayer. Rev. Dr.
Smith read the second Scriptural lesson,
after which Rev. P. S. TwlUy, pastor of
the First Street Methodist church,pi etched
the sermon. Hfe text was in the 22d
Psalm, and 27th and 28th verses. Hfe
topics were our national blessIngs,our ma
terial prosperity, and otrr personal wel
fare.
A11 of these points were elaborately
treated and forcibly presented. Occasional
passages were very fine specimens both
ot composition and oratory, and the con
gregation went away feeling that they had
much to be thaukful for: more than they
had thought before.
Rev. Dr. Key closed the exercises with
singing and prayer.
They Deello*.
Macon, November 20.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger: In
your paper of yesterday a list of names
for mayor aud council are published,
among which my name was suggested as a
suitable person to represent the third
ward. While appreciating' tills mention
of my name, I must beg leave to decline
the place, as I could not, under certain
circumstances, be a candidate for this or
any other office.
Respectfully, P. T. Baktbuu.
Macon, November 20.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger: I
notice a card In your issue of tbe 26lb an
nouncing me as a candidate for alderman
from the third ward. I am not a bandit
date,and never expect to be, fbr-any office.
Very respectfully,
Willis F. Price.
Pastoral tlusse.
Tbe congregation of the South M*cou
Baptist Church liave recently called a
new pastor, Rev. A. B. Vaughn, k grad
uate of Mercer University, and for some
time located at Irwintou. Tbe reverend
_ .. „ -, Bsbbsrs Sa Tawa, gentleman fe now in the city, and it laea-
An! you don’t know but what they will ported that under hfe charge the church
pick your pockets; so buy a pocket-book, will be greatly benefited in many ways,
anu your cash will be much safer. Lamar, He Isa young man of flue ability, and a
Rankin 4b Lamar keep them at all times, very pleasing pulpit orator.
intrust their interests Ip his hands.
This suggestion is made without the
knowledge of Mr. Dunlap.
Respectfully, Taxpayer.
To the C itizens of Haeon.
A report having reached me, which is
calculated to injure me In the approach
ing city election, and at the 6aiue time
mislead some of my friends, I wish it to
be distinctly understood that I have not
forgotten the pledge which I took some
time ago in the “Woman’s 'Christian
Temperance Union,” nor do I ever ex
pect to be so unfaithful to them and un
just to myself, as to violate a sacred obit
gatiou which I voluntarily undertook.
Being temporarily engaged, iu an at
tempt to support my family, I liave not
had any opportunity of personally contra
dicting tlie above report to my friends,
both whito and colored, and adopt this
means to deny such rumor as untrue.
I am a candidate for the office of city
treasurer. I desire to state distinctly that
I am not running lor tlie honor attached
to it, but for a support. I have not nor
do I propose to use any funds to secure
the position, having none to spare.
I most respectfully ask the support of
all classes of my fellow citizens.
Chas. J. Williamson.
PROPOSED ALDEBHAKIC TICKET.
Election Saturday, December lllb.
First ward, C. Mastcrson, G. M. Davis,
W. L. Higgins; second ward, Joseph Dan-
nenburg, James L. Kennedy, P. Fitzger
ald; third ward, T. C. Hendrix, George
R. Barker, G. B. Dettrc; fourth ward, 8.
S. Dunlap, W. F. Cannon, O. N. Dana.
While uot authorized to announce all
of the above gentlemen a3 candidates.
We are satisfied they will make a harmo
nious board and work together for the
best interest of the city, and if they will
consent to run wo are assured they will
meet witli little opposition
Married.
On Thursday morning, in Talbotton,
Miss Mary Lou Little to Rev. J. T. Bruce,
of Madison. The bride is a graduate of
Wesleyan Female College, and well-
known in this city. Miss Lizzie Can
ning, of Macon, was an attendant at the
wedding. After the ceremony the bridal
party left for Columbus, where a recep
tion was tendered them at tho residence
of Hon. W. A. Little. Mr. and Mrs.
Bruce passed through the city ou Friday,
bound for their future home.
Red RIdfus Hood.
Mrs. John B. Cobb lias arranged an-
other of those popular juvenile perform
ances for Friday next. Like all enterprises
which mature under the superintendence
of this lady, tho entertainment will be
grand success. Bed Riding Hood is the
name of the charade. We will, prior to
tlie evening mentioned, have more to say
concerning the affair.
A Complication.
The police hare been, for several days,
working up a case involving tho good
name of a well known young gentleman of
south Georgia! It numa tbe gantieiusu
got upon a good-sized spree in Macon on
Thanksgiving Day aud went oil with the
valise and overcoat of a friend. Having
sobered of! and made icstitution cf the
property sought for, the matter has been
settled.
Tbat Hllver bervice
Which Mr. Roland B. Hall intends giving
to some one of bis customers has been re
ceived, aud fe now ou exhibitiou at his
store, 17 Cotton avenue, where he has for
sale a most complete and elegant assort
ment of holiday goods. nis store seems
to bo the centre of attraction lor the ladies,
at present.
HUm.
Tho members of the Democratic Exec
utive Committee of Bibb county are re
quested to meet at tlie court house Mon
day, 2Uth inst., at 12 o’clock in. A full
attendance fe especially desired.
S. C. IlOOE,
Secretary.
A Card.
To the Voters of Maeon: For reasons
satisfactory to myself and to the friends
with whom I have advised concerning my
caudidacy for mayor, I hare determined
to withdraw from the contest for that of
fice. Very respectfully,
w. yy. cum
Craig vs. Central Railroad.
This case winch has for about ten days
engaged the attention of the court, ended
yesterday, to tho surprise of many, by the
plaintiff dismissing hfe case after the jury
nad retired. The verdict brought in by
the Jury does not, of course, go upon rec
ord, the case having ended, hut it was, we
learn, already formed, and was altogether
in favor of the railroad. The case was a
suit for damages for aa alleged malicious
prosecution.
Caught Smuggling. •
New York, November 27.—Ulrich
T. Jarks, late quartermaster and now
third officer of the Pacific mail steamer
Acapulco, Just arrived in port, was arrest
ed last evening in the street by a customs
inspector, charged with smuggling goods
and four bottles of bay oil found in ids
possession. A search was made of the
vessel to-day and resulted in the discov
ery oreighteeu more bottles, which were
also seized. T. Jarks was taken before
the United States Commissioner, when he
waived examination aud was held in
$1,000 ball lor the action of the grand jury,
The oil fe manufactured by S. DeTascher.
distiller, at St. Thomas, W. I., and tho
import duties are fifty cents per ounce.
Each bottle contained tweiity-two ounces,
and oue ounce will make a barrel of what
1s called bay rum. Customs inspectors say
despite their surveillance over vessels
coming from St. Thomas, thousands of
dollars’ worth of this oil is smuggled into
this port, and It can even be bougnt -In
this market at considerably less than the
cost of importation. It fe understood that
another libel will be filed by the district
attorney against the Acapulco.
Permanent relief "for" dyspepsia, sour
stomach, biliousness, and all diseases of a
disordered liver can be had by using Port-
aliite, or Tabler’s Vegetable Liver Pow
der. Price 50c. White’s Cream White
Vermifuge fe tbe best worm killer. For
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Pond’s Extract is the neatest known
remedy for curing diseases of an infiam-
matpry Character aud stop;ting hemor
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it. HabpiRess goes hand iu hand with
health, therefore tills beneficent agent docs
much for the people in never failing to in
spire the afflicted with cbeertu! confi
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appreciated, because it does so much for
its Comfort. It fe truly an exalted physi
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When you visit or leave Mew York
city, top at the Grand Union Hotel, op
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upwards. Restaurant unsurpassed at
moderate prtc . Street cars, stages and
DEAR B©Y.
A Touching Story or Cblldfch Love
aua Sympathy.
Father Had gone over to tlie next town
ship to a committee meeting, and had
taken mother with him, so Dorcas aud I
had the whole care of Mabel, a pleasure
tbat did not often fail to us. She was
sitting in her little rocker, with tho white
kitten in her lap and one little red cheek
pressed against my knee? as aha iooif^#i in
my face while I read. Dorcas was sewing
as usual, but more interested iu the read
ing thau Mabel, who could riot understand
a word. Dorcas was twelve, and had never
read Jane Eyre, and I was tired of telling
her the.story in snatches. We were hali
sage where she comes to St. John’s dnor,
Dorcas laid her work down to listen. I
had reached tne climax where the old ser-
\atrt closes the door upon her, and St.
John appears on the scene and speaks as
one having authority:
“Who or what speaks ?” I asked, terri
fied at the unexpected sound, and incapa
ble now of deriving from any occurrence a
hope of aid. ,A form was near—what
form, the pitch-dark night and my enfee
bled vision prevented mu from distinguish
ing. With a loud, long knxk the new
comer appealed to the door.
At this supreme moment there came a
sudden, loud and peculiar knock at the
dour, so close to me that I involuntarily
caught Mabel, while Dorcas seized a chair
and stood in a pugilistic attitude, with a
face as white as snow. I was the first to
recover—I am nineteen—forlfelt that the
home was left in my care, so I roused up
old Susan, who was asleep in the kitchen,
and we asked cautiously through the pan
els who was there, hut received no an
swer bnt a low moan, and I felt sure it
was some one in distress, so I opened the
door, a little bit at a time, and at last
looked out, but could sea nothing.
Tho wind whirled the dead leaves in
great heaps and sifted them orer the' door
step; there was a mound of them lying
there, and under it something stirred. My
heart gave a great bound.
“Bringthe light, Susan!”
Old Susan brought the light, shading it
with her hand. I stooped, trembling all
over, and touched something. It. gave a
moan and sat up 1
It was only a boy, after all; a poor, sick,
wasted, small boy, that seemed to be
starving. We carried him Into the house,
aud tried to make him talk,, but he did
not seem to understand what wo said,
and moaned and cried as if in great pain.
“What shall we do with him ?” I asked
iu despair. “I do wish father would
come, he will have to stay all night now,
so you may as well put him iu tlie little
room, Susan, and make him comfortable,
poor little feilow!”
He was such a pretty boy, even in rags
ami sickness; he was so thin that his
bones actually seemed worn through, and
hfe great biack eyes stared frightfully; be
was too sick to hold life head up, and Su
san carried him into the little cornet
room, and undressed him as she would a
baby, while Jlabd stu.nl by the door and
said, “pitty boy,” iu her small bird-like
voice.
When father and mother came home we
met them at tbe door, and Dorcas and I
both tried to tell the story at the same
time.
“Well,” said father sternly, “as I under
stand it you htve taken in a lazy tramp,
who, when we are all fast asleep, will
get up and let bfe friends in to rob and
murder.”
Mother had disappeared in the bedroom.
Now she came out and sa'd:
“He is very ili indeed, Jephtha. It would
not surprise me if he died before morn-
in?. lie is burning up with fever.”
‘•Small-pox, most likely,” observed
father.
“Maybe its diphtheria,” cried mother in
alarm. “Ob, girls, how could you? Just
think of Mabel?”
“Should we have left him out there to
die F” asked Dorcas.
“’Taln’t nothing but a cold,” said old
Susan. “He’s ouly starved to death; be
sides, you haiu’t no need to tear. Some
yarb tea, and a night’s rest will fetch him
’round all right.”
He had the “yarb” tea, and many a long
night’s rest, but he was never any better!
As Susan would say: “Nothin’ but starv
in' did it;” but bo had starved a little too
loug. Nature did not reassert hers<l’,
and “Boy,” as we all called him, could
not take hold again of the lifo he had so
nearly dropped!
“It ain’t in him,” said old Susan, “’pears
like he gets wliitcraud whiter every day.,’
At first, while he seemed like a sick boy-
tramp, we always kept away from him,
except mother, who took tho best care of
him; then one by one we drifted In to see
how lie was getting along, and at last the
little corner bed-room was our rendezvous,
and Boy, sitting up white and wasted, Its
centre of attraction. We knew from the
first tbat he would never get well, and we
tried to find his friends, but lie seemed to
be alone in the world. This much we
could tee for ourselves he was of gentle
blood, and had been used to home care,
but he spoke a foreign tongue and but lit
tle of that. All day lie would sit bolslcr-
up, and play with wan fingers
with Mabel’s toys, and when we found
hfe sickness was not contagious, we used
to put our darling on the little bed, where
she would sit ana talk to him in her baby
lingo by the hoar. Sho is such a happy
child, it seemed as if she charmed pain
away with her cooing baby fondness. The
first thing In the morning it was “boy” or
“p'tty boy,” and the last hour of her bed
time when she would kneel with his thin
hand in her soft curls and say her little
make-believe prayer that we taught her,
she would lisp “dear boy.”
But there came a night wheuBoyseem-
ed loth to have her go and clung to the
little dimpled hand and kissed it with
pale, cold lips, and then she threw both
little arms about hfe neck, and iu her
pretty, beseeching tone, said, “By-by, dear
boy.”
It was her first whole sentence, and
we were so proud, and she was to say It
again to him the (fist thing in the morn
ing, but when we took her in to see “dear
boy,”
“He had gone home at evening
And found it morning there.”
Poor Mabel she did not know (do we
any ot ns know?) what bad changed her
little smiling friend, who always reached
out glad bauds to her, into that death-
while marble, and abe looked at it won-
deiingly, with unrecognizing eyes, but
when we took him away she looked on
sadly, and no sweeter hymn was sung for
him, than her softly murmured “By-by,
dear boy,” as she watched them bear him
away.
Wo buried him iu our own lot in tbo
cemetery—selfish kindness—because Ma
bel loved him so, aud over his grave we
raised a simple memorial; no name, no
age, only this—
“By-by, Dear Boy.”
I have taken Mabel up there several
times, but she only played with the dead
rustling leaves, and she never seems to
think of him now. Happy children! they
so soon forget.
I wrote all this a year ago. Oh, can it
be “only one year, one little year,” and
now there it another grave by that of
“dear boy’s, 1 ” a little grave, only half as
long.
“You’d scarcely think so smalt a thing
Could leave a toss so large.”
Oh, Mabel, Mabel! by-by,darling. Just
before she went to sleep she lifted her
heavy eyes—those sweet violet eyes we
all loved so much—and murmured some
thing we could not hear. I bent down
close, close, for oh, I knew then our dar
ling was going, and heard her say, as if to
herself, “Dear Boy,” but in such a glad
voice as if she saw him. And we thought
►he had forgotten! We had entertained
angels unawares.—Detroit Free Press.
Eoslaeat Dr. W. F. RSswart.
Health Commissioner, Baltimore, writes:
* * * “I confidently recommend
Colden’s Liebig’s Liquid Extract of Beef
for consumption, debility, weakness, etc.
1 have tested it with universal success.”
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H. H. JONE4,
Editor Xeoon (Ga) Telegraph.
CAUTION.
A* there are a camber of imitations offer*
ed, »• woiii.l cau'ioa tbe public ui>: <o allow
sumo other comp' ll id to ba paluied eff under
a similar sousdtag name, wiih tho assuranco
that it is as good. Boar iu mind tbat iho
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en a great blessing. Readers, a single
trial will convince you that this is no
catch-penny medicine. Ten years’ test
has established their merits.
Home Hints.—I believe In lending and
borrowing, especially lending, to a limi
ted extent; but I believe also in returning;
borrowed articles within a 'reasonable
time. A recent newspaper contained tho
suggestion that a regular time should be
appointed every year for the return of
borrowed books, and proposed that tho.
month of February should bo appropria
ted to that work. That being the Short
est month in the year, would scarcely
give sufficient time for sorno persons to
make the necessary searches aud repairs,
and return to their respective owners tho
accumaiated borrowings ofthepast. Onco
balanced, the yearly accounts might be
settled in February but it would
bo well to set about tbo matter at
once. It is vexatious in tbe extreme to
look for a book and have a vague, recol
lection of lending it sometime ago, hut
unable to remember to whom. Various
unsuccessful attempts have boon made in
our library to keep a record of the outgo
and income of books, hut they all fail,
and we are suddenly “brought up stand
ing” by the need of a non-appearing vol
ume. Still, in borrowing, too, I aui very
possibly at present residing in so fragile a
structure that it 1s unwise for me to throw
stones, so I only make tbe mildest sugges
tions.
A New Use for Cork.
The new cork floor covering-Linoleum
—has ingratiated Itself so rapidly into
public favor that it is superseding all ap
pliances heretofore employed for the pur
pose. Its most remarkable feature-is its
“extraordinary durability;” in this respect
no other floor covering can compare with
it. It is equally. desirable for dining
rooms, halls, churches, and every variety
of building. Kept by all first-class carpet
dealers. Tiic only genuine article has
“Linoleum” on the hack of every square
yard.
Norwegian Trains.—In the slowness
of trains the Norwegians excel the Dutch,
and yet the latter, for this merit or defect,
according to the time, nerves, and fancy
of the Individual traveler, may place
themselves at the head of other European
countries. But here all comparison ends,
for while the Dutch possess but a small
territory, sufficiently intersected by lines,
Norway, with Us great tract of country,
has scarcely any railways at all. Nor fe
it probable that she will be much belter
off in this respect. The land is so thinly
populated that railroads could never pay.
From the hilly nature of the country their
construction would cost much, while the
people are poor. And lastly, the present
mode of traveling is all they need. Time
fe of less consequence to the Norwegians
than to other people, because they have
less, to do. They do not rush through
life as we do, for instance, giv
ing to oue day the work of six. . They
breathe; tha remainder of the civilized
world is, for the most part, breathless. If
they liave a hundred miles to travel,
they can as well devote a week to it as
half a dozen of hours; or, if they cannot
they wisely stay at home. So that trav
eling iu Norway fe very much what it wa»
in England a century ago. A little slower
aud more leUurtly, perhaps, uot than
then, for nowhere in Norway will you
come across the fine sight of a coach and
four come tearing up hill and down dale
at express speed. The averago rale of
progress is about four miles an hour; aud
do what you wili, taking one tiling
wijh another,you cannot yet much beyond
this. Their railways, by comparison, are
not much better—of stately speed, per
haps, hut irritating.
TUTTS
AS AN ANTI-BILIOUS MEDICINE*
ore Incomparable. They stimulate tho
TORtiLD XJVEK.inyfeoriUe tbe N EBV-
oua SYSTEM, friye tone to the DIGES-
TI VEORGAN8, create perfect direction
and regular movement of the bowels.
1 AS AN ANTI-MALARIAL
They hareno equal ;_actma aa a prevent;
i vo acd cur® for Bilious, .Remit tent, Intor-
mittentVTyphoid Fevera, and Fever and
Ague. Upon the healthy action of tbo
ttomach and Liver depends, almost
wholly, the health of the human race.
DYSPEPSIA, ^
It la far the care of tfala dfesate and its <*■
tendon ta, HICK-HEADACHE, WEBF-
bUSNESS. DMPdCTiafCT. OQg-
£TtFATIO»r^i-E&r*c- • that_thrae
Fills have Kataedaurtt a wld. reputation.
No rem&iy waa ever dtaoovcred that acta
bo speedily arid genti/oritbc digestiveor*
them tone and vigor to aa-
aimUata food- This aoootnplimhed. the
NERVES are'BRACHBT'the BRAIN
NbffBJSgEP, aaflSTSb^Y BO-
B t78T.~Try thfeTacrody fedriy and yoa
will gain a Vigceoca Body, Pure Blood,.
Strong Merrea, and a Cheerful nririd. '<
Price the. SSHarrvtt* K.t«
TUTT8 HAlft DYE.
<;bat Ktino>
urU » r>-tunI CoSotTium* an* lutant^aaoulz.
Sola b/ Dnuan>uerMati>/*i!>roaioares*,|rtorai.
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