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SOME NEW ARITHMETIC. A aud otrott Fr*» Pttu. lakes in twelve shirts enttas* her line.— How many are left, and wbat aro the losers going to do about it ? What velocity must a locomotive be moving to pick up a deaf man walking on the track and fling him so high 'CWf* 1 ® comefdoWO? .. J, J «4a A mother standing at the gate calls to her boy, who is exactly sixty-eight feet distant It takes two minutes and twenty-two seconds for the sonnd to reach him. Find from this the ve locity with which a woman’s voii travel** -pcJ A woman earned forty-two cents per day by washing, and supported a husband who consumed four dollars' worth of provisions per week. How much was she in debt up to the time he was sent to tlmwork house ? A certain young man walks five* sevenths Of a mile for seven nights in a week to see his girl, and after put ting in 112 nights he gets the bounce. How many miles did he hoof it alto gether, and how long did it take him to understand that he wasn’t wanted V Two men agree to build a wall to gether. One does four-fifths of tbo bossing and the other three-tenths of the work, and they finally conclude to pay a man $18 to finish the job. Find the length and height of the wall. A woman arrives at the depot three miDutes ahead of train time. She has to kiss sevon persons, say “good bye to thirteen others, send her love to twenty-two relatives, and see to, four parcels. Shu accomplishes it all and has forty-one seconds to spare to tell a dear friend how to mix seven different ingredients into a iniucopie. How long did it take tbo train to reach Chicago ? A Ilitf Head of Steam. Topnoody made up his uiiud that he was not going to bo bossod any longer by liis wife. When he went borne at noon ho called out impetu ously, “Mrs. Topnoody 1 Mrs. Tnp- noody!" Mrs. T. came out of the kitchen with a drop of sweat on the eud of her nose, a dish-rag tied round her head and a rolling pin in horiimnl. “Well, sir,” she said, “what’ll you have?" Topnoody staggered, but braced up. Mrs. Topuoody, I want you to understand, Madam”—an ! In- tapped his breast dramatically “ I am the engineer of this estal-lisli- meut." “ Oh, you are, aro youV Well, Topnoody, I want you to understand that I"—and she looked dangen-ns— "I am tho boiler that will blow up and sling the engineer iuto the next coun ty. Do you hear the steam escaping, Topnoody?" Topuoody hoard it, and lie meekly inquired if there was any assitanco he could rondorin the houso work. ne Rot ■ Ely. One day lost fall a wholesale dealer who bad a six weeks’ acquaintance with a broker, and thought be know bis man, asked him for "a fly” on stock, and the broker good natnredly roplicd: “ Well, suppose yon buy some East- chester and Western ?” One day three weeks later the two met ngaifl,"aud'the dealer said: “ You remomber I asked you for ‘a fly’ in stocks?" ' ‘ ' ■ * ■ ’ * “ Yes, and I gave you one." “ You did that, nnd I lost $050."—j " Is that so ?" Well, you see, you didn't tell me whether you wanted to fly up or down. If you wauled to go up you should have bought silvor stock. Always give a broker full par ticulars.” HOW TO MAKE TEA. Hard water makes the most delicious less of the tannin and .re detfeftte flak* ith hard water them is i wide difference between wells located near together. But given the same quality of water, and a difference in the manipulation will make to a sensitive taste a total change in the character of ? f f\f t- 4 S boil water for a cup of too. Let our reader go home to-night and inspect his own outfit"»ml he will verify our state ment. He will find the interior of his kettle incrasted with the mineral de- extracted from the water mm wa;; “ clean," the cook but empties and fills the kettle, never thinking of the glow- ' ing crust that must now be scraped off if the kettle is to be cleaned. Water that lins stood after boiling will not how The average young man vail not hold thirty pounds of iron on bis knees, for twenty minutes, yet ho willingly kills himself trying to hold one hundred and forty pounds of girl for two hours. During the past seven tears Ger many has Beut 10,000,000 corsets to this country to squeeze our women, and thousands of gallons of Rhine wine to make onr men tight. — Kx. make u good oup of tea, a&d yet lace himself with a beverage made from water containing the debris of that which has stood all day on the range, being only filled ns often as any addition was needed. Take a clean kettle never used for anything else, fill it with fresh water, the harder tho better, boil quick ly over a very hot lire, and ponr os soon as it boils upon the tea leaves frosh from the canister. Let it stand four or fivo minutes, and then drink. How to spoil tea: If tho first experi ment does not make nn infusion strong enough, or if the pot is partly empty and more is needed, do not put any fresh tea into tiro teapot, for it will - m- lv be wasted. Teu water will l. s- solve the theiuo from the dry I- of fresh tea; only pure, fresh wn‘* .o that. The ivdilition of ton to ; . >. .»■• iy empty tea)sit will increase tne cun r, but it will not make tea jierceptibly stronger in its exhilarating quality. Any one muy try the expi riraent. Put a tidilo-spuuiifiil of tea into a quart of water mid let ii stand five minutes, or 1 mil it if desired. Tlu-n odd two more spoonfuls of tea leaves to the same do- ciK-tiou. The color will be iucreused, but the ten will he little stronger in tho active principle so much desired. When moro liquid or a stronger infusion is de sired, put -the additional teu in a cup and iKmr fresh water on it; after it lias sto-id a few minutes, it muy then Is- put in the jm>I to good advantage.—Chris tian at Work. AN IMMENSE FARM. The great wheat field of California lios in Colusa county, which also con tains (Hie of the largest farms in the world. Tho county comprises a largo part of the extensive Sacramento valley, and is sixty miles in length nnd on the average forty-five miles in width. It has an area of about 1,800,000 acres, of which 1,000,000 grows wheat. Of this vast tract 477,000 acres are owned by 120 men. One owns 55,000 acres ; one, 24,000; ono, 20,000; three, 10,000; one, 15,000; throe, 14,000 ; six, 10,000; one, 8,000; two, 7,000; six, 0,000; throe, 6,000; eight, 4,000; five, 8,000 ; eighteen, 2,000; three, 1,500; thirty- six, 1,000, nnd twenty-nine, 500. The result tins been to debar immigration sad choke out tradesmen and mechanics. The largest landowner in Oolusa coun ty is Dr. Hugh J. Glenn. His farm contains 65,000 acres, and has a river frontage of sixteen nnd a half miles, nnd is inclosed by 160 miles of feuoe. Wheat is grown on 46,000 acres. The labor force employod is • composed of 715 men—225 in seeding and 400 in harvest ing. Eight hundred horses ore re quired. The yield of wheat from this farm will average 1,000,000 bushels a yeer. Dr. Glenn wns Ixim in Virginia in 1824, and graduated at the Medioat Uni versity of Missouri in 1840. Shortly afterword be married nnd commenced life with jj • iigaatw^ ,of .£110. With that he purcbiu- .1 ah ox team and crossed the plains - > Californio. He engaged in mining . . wns successful In 1850 he returns ; - Missouri with $5,(100, and bought ai rare horses to California and Mex.c He mode his first par- chase of i»ud in 1867, buying7,000 acres at $1.60 per acre, and a short time after ward purchased 7,000 scree more at about the same price. Binoo then he has been absorbing the land on either ■id4>t varying prices. An editor had occasion to use the ax- preesion, “Alpha and Omega," He was overwhelmed with delight when he found that the compositor had made it "apples and oranges." That evening the ur.-tele-d mangier lied tmm the city in wild tiie-le. Mi I) Oi f U Ik k -theVibm of- GLOVER&DUM (SUCCESSORS TO W. T. GLOVEIt) ^ ^ ^ f- fir 11 Dixon’s‘New Building, i ,, ,i i , Whore tho public cm bo .supplied, at wholesalo or ■retail, with every thing in the line of Stationery, 'a*. Paint anil tft Store. .t-iJ . i ji V* ciiUTU .esuorf i.oereVt RAILROAD, ■ 11 t»r * 7 ~T ‘ Books, Picture , j/mullm-x fkiJ NEWSPAPERS, FERIODICJILS & MAGAZINES (iff Received daily and for sale at low pricea. . r - rOv\’> PICTURE FRAMING DONE ON SHORT NOTICE. “iroWL NEW ME & BRIT' Steamship Line. li-.il l,c'/ Pure Whie Lead, Zinc & Colors, Glass Putty, Varnishes & Brushes 1 W \nv,ivM ,-usi '/fi ciomjfflO Plain and Decorative Wall Paper Doors;’ iafiies, Blinds, .fee., - i I I* i Locks, Sash-Weights, Cord, Hinges, ScrEWS, Etc., IJII A' v< JLf AS^lJLirl 0 • ffi Lime, Plaster, hair & cement NO. 5, WHITAKER STREET, - GLtk.. ST&WE OF TEXAS Captain RISK, CITY WOF SAN ANTONIO, CapUin HINES. . Leave* New York every Friday at 3 P. M.. arrlv inn in Brunswick every Tuesday. Close connection with nil points on B. & A. and M. A B. Railroads. Tlirough bills lading signed to all points ou above roads. Freight aud passage as low as by any other line. For passenger and state rooms apply to It. W. MOUTH WICK* Act, Juucl-ly Brunswick, Ga. Green Grocer, AND DEALER IN Country.Froduce GROCERIES, CANNED GOODS, TOBACCO, CIGARS, STANDARD AND FANCY CRACKERS, CANDIES, NUTS, FRUITS, Etc., All of which are offered for cash at reaaonablo prices. • I MEAN BUSINESS! Store comer XewcMtle end Monk Street*. I ) BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA. D. D. ATKINSON, DENTIST, ' f BRUNSWICK, - - GEORGIA. Office up stairs in Crovatt’s new building. Jy23-1 Dr. R. B. HILL’ Offer* bla professional services to the citizens of Brunswick. Can ba found, during the day, at Uia office, next door to Hoharts’ Drug Store, near tbo Poat Office, and duriug tlie night at bit residence on G<H>rge Street, Dixville, near old M. A B. It. It. depot. decl7-tf ASBESTOS HOOPING. - 1 ISyflUK AT OFFICE OF Le Baron Drury, BRUNSWICK, GA. SPRING & SUMMER SCHEDULE, GA. &-FLA. INLAND STEAMBOAT CO. Making close connections with Ocean Steamship Co. to and from Now York, and with Philadel phia, Baltimore aud Boston ateaiuers, and at Brunswick with B. A A. and K. T., V. A G. Hall roads to all points. STEAMER DAVID CLARK Leaves Savaunah every Monday afternoon for 8a- tilla river, touching at Brunswick every Tuesday af ternoon; returning, leave Brunswick lor 8avannah every Wednesday night. STEAMER FLORIDA Leave* Savannah every Tuetday and Saturday night, leaving Brunswick lor Savannah directly af ter loading. All the boats of this lino bring freight lor Bruns wick and all stations on B. & A. It. K. Passengers for Florida can take passage at St. Si mons Mills on steamer Florida Wednesday and Sun day mornings, aud City oi Bridgeton Tuesday aud Saturday. aprillC»-:im W. F. PENNIMAN, Agent. W. F. PENMAN GENERAL “ fjj v 3 Merchandise Broker, BRUNSWICK, GA. Merchants wishing to make orders for goods ar.j requested before doing so to get quotations on same from me. Will furnish on application tho lowest market rates on goods delivered here, such as Grain, Hay, Meats, Flour* etc.* etc. I represent at present at this point— KENTUCKY FLOUR CO Louisville KENTTCKY MODEL STEAM BAKERY.. .Louisville 8. H. RICHARDSON & CO., Grain, Meat... .Chicago B. .JONES. General Groceries Ciucinnat MIAMI SOAP k OIL CO Cincinnat Etc., Etc., Etc. feb4-ly Schofield’s Iron Works, Macon, Ga, ■ MANUFACTURE PORTABLE AND STATIONARY ENGINES AND BOIL ERS, SAW .MILLS, GRIST MILLS, and till kinds of Machinery and Castings to order. X-B-Sm i u. ATTENTION- given to repair work, we have now opened a WHOLESALE HARDWARE HOUSE, i. S, SCHOFIELD & SONS. JEWELRY W. F. D0ERFLINGER, PROPRIETOR. JEWELRY, WATCHES, Etc,, Etc., Repalri of all kind* done on short notice end Satisfaction Guurametal. » < Having a co*ror*n>en, I am prepaid to do all work with dispatch. g^Bos*' Patent ot Stiffened-back Watches made a specialty. —- W. V. DOLUFLINGER, Agent, Monk *treeti n*w hotel building, febl-ly Brunswick, Georgia. CITY BARBER SHOP, J. SI. CARTER, Proprietor. BF AVISO, nAIR CUTTING AND HAIR DRESS- ING done in the very latest and moat approved style. LADIES ASD CHI LURES' S HAIR CUTTING A SATIslAirrIaNFQOAffANTtEb East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad MACON & BRUNSWICK DIVISION. Taking effect Sunday, February 20, 18*2, Passen ger Trains ou this road will run as follows; ± . NO. L LmvaMaocn 7:60 PM Arrive at Jeaup 2:40 AM Leavo Jeaup 3;00A M Arrive at Brunswick 6-30 A M NO. 2. Leave Brunswick 8:46 P M Arrive at Jesup 11 ;00 P M Leave Jeaup 11:45 P M Arrive at Macon 7:02 A M NO. 3. Leavo Macon 7:00 AM Arrive at Jeaup 1:10 P M Leave Jeaup 1:46 PM Arrive at Brunswick 3:60 P M NO. 4. Leave Brunswick 10:30 A M Arrive at Jestip 12:60 P M Leave Jesup 1.40 PM Arrive at Macon 7:60 P M Connecting ut Macon for ail PRINCIPAL POINTS in the NORTH AND NORTH 1YE8T. ^ fX ‘ mIDA J. M. EDW.iBDS, J. J. GRIFFIN. Superintend Asa't rt. p. a. C. P. GQpDYEAR, ArroaxtY i at liUv/ fir * v Over Mich« Uou’a Provision Store, Gloucester Street, BRUNSWICK, GA. PARKER'S GINGER TONIC or any Weaknet*, you wil BeHt Medicine You Can Vae for RcHtorfng Health&Strengtb, Far Mtjicrior to Bitter* and other Tonics* as it builds up the system but never intoxicates. 50c. and ft -\ onc genuine without signature of Hiacox a Co., X. Y. Large saving » buying dollar sue. Florestnn A ki-.#.i- V^lJr ° n htfflr FntfTMt iVrf.nM. M.» t>T . LOlQgnQ, pOUti la brfutMty it n >b4