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Bush HIGHTOWER & Mm, Attorneys at Law, Lumpkin, Georgia Jan. 1, 1884. WELLBORN F. CLARKE, Attorney at Law, Lumpkin, Georgia. Will practice in Stewart Com ty. Special altoution given to collections. Lumpkin, Ga., May 5, 18b3. E. G. SIMMONS ATTO R N EY AT L AW, AMER1CU3, GA. Will'practice in all the counties ol Thi* Judicial Circuit, in the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia, ond in th* District Court of the United States, ond. in all other courts In spociai .contract. jun 28-81. MEDICAL GARBS W. A. GREGORY, Physician & Surgeon L umpkin, Ceor£;ia. O.-t,20-ly J. E. &W. F. CARTER, Practicing Physicians, LUMPKIN, - GEORGIA. Office South Side Public Square. Oct 20 ly J, A. THORNTON JK., Practical Dentist, LUMPKIN, GEOiUUA. Will do all kinds of Dental Work la a neat and substantia manner. Oct. 23-ly. LUMPKIN HOTEL, JOHN YAKBI{OU«H, PROPIIIKTOK. This old and well-known Hotel is Still open -o the public and offers su¬ perior inducements to travelers and drummers. W ith an experience of 20yearalhe Proprietor thinks he knows how to look after the comfort of bis guests. Table furnished with the best the market affords Polite attention and reasonable charges. Stock fed at 25c per meal each. Lumpkin, Ga., Sept. 1,1883. tf $100 DOLLARS A WEEK! W» can guarantee the above amount to good, active, energetic AGENTS! Ladies as well aa gentlemen, make a auccerp in the buaineas. Very little capital required. Via have a Uouaohold article a* eatable as Hour. - It Sells It&elf. It is used every day in the family. You do net need to explain its nerita. There is a rich harvest for ail who embrace this goideu opportunity. It cast* you only one cent to learn what our husiui.hs is. - iiuy a postal card and write to ns and we will send you oar prospectus ai d tall particulars FREE! Aad we know you will derive more good then you have any idea of. Unr reputation *, a manufacturing company is such that w« can '»*t aiTord tO decoico. WritwloUHon g receive yonUl fall aad particulars. give your address plainly aud BUCKEYEM’F’G CO. Siut’ioa, Ohio , GEORGIA, SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1884. CYCLONES AND TORNA¬ DOES. The terms cyclone and tornado are constantly interchanged in their use and, in tho minds of nine-tenths of tho people who have Occasion to use them, mean on* and the same thing. This is not altogether surprising when wo consider the meagre pos¬ sessions of the most of mankind ih regard to accurate meteorologies' knowledge and the general disposi¬ tion of intelligent minds to speculate about the weather. Those atmospheric disturbances properly classed under the head of wind storms may be designated us follow s: Cyclones, tornadoes, hur¬ ricanes, whirl-winds, wattr-spduis, hailstorms and thunderstorms. CyCLONES. A cyclone is not a tornado and it never esn he. The two storms are essentially different. Ibe former pos¬ sesses the following characteristics : The path of the “storm is A parabolic curve. It trends northwestward from tiie West Indies until it reaches par¬ allel thirty degrees north, when it curves to the northeast, and contin¬ ues in that direction, either at some distance off the At Ian lie coast, on its immediate border or a short dis¬ tance inland. The storm finally dis appears cocnn ward in the vicinity parallel fifty degrees north. The di¬ ameter of the storm’s path varies from several hundred to over one thousand miles. At tho immediate center of the storm there is a dead calm, a most fatal place for ships be caught. At no point without storm’s center does the air actually move or whirl in a circle, hut there is a cyclone tendency of the phere about the region of ric minima, viz : where the barome¬ ter is the lowest. Upon taking it unmber of points, located here and ;beiv in the four quadruple of the meteoric disturbances, it will be found that iu the northeast quadrant tho winds are from southeast to northeast; in the northwest quail rant from northeast to southwest ; iu the southwest quadrant from northwest to southwest, and in tho southeast quadrant from southwest to southeast. Again 1 repeat, a cyclone tendency only. The barometer is u very im¬ portant factor iu all calculations nearing ttpou a determination of the character and approach of the cy¬ clone at any point in the parabolic course of the storm. Tho wind very lately reaches eb her an estimated or measured velocity of one hundred miles per hour. The maximum ve¬ locity generally ranges from Bixty to eighty miles per hour. As a rule there is no sadden, overwhelming das'u of the wind, hut a gradual ap¬ proach or increase of movement which eventually culminates in a fierce intensity sufficiently powtrful at times to destroy buildings or sink the largest ships. Cyclones occur most frequently in the mouths from .August to November. In the China and Japan seas this class of wind storms are called typhons. In gen¬ eral as to their place of origin, cy¬ clones from south of the Tropic ol Cancer, between the belt of calms and the southern limit of tho trade winds ; say briefly, in the vicinity ot ten degrees north, titty degrees west. This region coincides with the zone of constant rainfall where evapora¬ tion ia very rapid, cloud formation exceedingly brisk, the air almost con¬ stantly saturated with moisture, and condensation a regular feature of the vicinity of the Pbilipine Islands, moving thence northwestward to the Asiatic const and then curving to the northeast over the adjacent seas and islands. As to the character of the region in which they form the same remarks apply as in the case of cy¬ clones. TORNADOES. Comparing with the tornado,which is truly and invariably a Iund storm, we find this peculiar atmospheric phenomenon possessed of the follow¬ ing prominent characteristics : A path varying in ... width from a few yrtr ,J s to eighty b J rods. The general b - direction of movement of the torna do clou-1 is invariably 7 from a point 1 . ,n southwest .. . quadrant . . to point .. a • A Weekly Newspaper, Pablisked ia the Political, Social and Agricultural Interests ef Stewart County. ! in the u .rthbiiSt qnavliant. The tor nado cloud assumes tlwjfom of a Tunnel, the small end drawing near to or resting upon tho earth. This cloud,Jor the moving air of wbioh it is the embodiment) revolves about a central, vertical axis, with inconceiv¬ able rapidity, and always in a direc¬ tion contrary to the movemant of the hands of a watch. The destruc¬ tive violence of the Stofm it! some¬ times confined to the immediate path of the cloud, asjwhen the small or tail end just touches the earth. While on tho other hand as the cloud low¬ ers,‘more of it tefets upon the earth, the violence increases and the path widens to the extreme limits. The tornado with hardly an exception oc curs in thejaflernoon, just after the hottest part of the day, and general !y disappears before the going down of the sun. The £hour of greatest frequency is between three and four p. m. A tornado very rarely, if ever, begins after six p. m. Understand mo, a toruadoljcommeueing about five p. m. may continue its jjclmrac teriatic violence until nearly eight p. in., which only means that the torna¬ do cloud may be traveling after six p. m., or after seven p. m , hut it does not develop, that is, milks its appearance for tho first tirno after those hours. Wilhoui the path of destruction, even to the shortest dis¬ tances, at times even along the im¬ mediate edge, the smallest objects often remain undisturbed, although a fow yards distant the largest and strongest buildings are crushed to atoms. At any point along the sfy-m’s path, where there is oppor¬ tunity afforded the tornado c-oud to display its power, the disposition of the debris presents unmistakable signs of the revolving right to left ac lion of the wind. The violence and intensity of the destructive power increases directly as 3011 (mss from 1 lie circumference of the storm to its centre.— By John P. Finlay, U. S. Signal Cor/in. -«** Odd Things ia England. The tin pail as an article of kitcb en and pantry fhrniture is qnkrj un known in England. It is seen only at oil and paint shops, and never with a cover. Coal with the English is always ‘coals.’ What we term the ‘gaiter’ they call the boot. What wo call boots they Call ‘Wellingtons.’ A barber shop is ono thing in Lon¬ don, a hair cutting saloon is another and separate establishment. The average English shave is a brutal performance as compared with the Americau. Tho patitnt must arise from tho straight-backed chair, wash his own face and brush bia owu hair. London newsboys do not cry ihnir papers—printed placard placed on the walk notifies the public, and tho boy stands by his stock in trade nLd seems to ponder over it. Their ‘l.very stable’ signs read ‘Cars on Hire;’ buggies are unknown. So is a genei-al assortment of dry. goodn and groceries in one shop. Tbo ‘haberdaeher’ keeps pins, needles, stays, takes, and all the other min utoe necessary for the lady's outfit. The woollen draper, clothes. The green grocer never goes beyond veg¬ etables, save to dedl occasionally in coals. The exceptions to this rule are with tbo co-operative stores, which deal in everything. In the sale of cooked food there are shops confining themselves to bams, corn¬ ed beef and a few vegetables, served hot at noon, and to be bought lrom two-pennyworth upward. There are small shops making a specialty of ocl and kidney pies ; some of pea and beef soups, and others cook nothing but Iried fish. ‘Crash,’ our name for coarse towelling, is an unknown term, at least in London. Program¬ mes must be bougkc of tbn theatre ushers. Molasses is called ‘treacle,’ and sold by the pound. A pie is either a ‘tart’ or a -turnover.’ The English street car a ‘train’ and the road a ‘tramway.’ A pitcher is a ‘jug’ arid glasses are ‘tumblers.’ And when you call at the bar for beer they understand you want porter. Breakfast in many families is not a set meal, but a morning Juncb, to be eaten whenever you are ready. Bus¬ iness, election and militia notices are posted r n chinch doors, and in some places tho amount of last cultection. in pounds, shillings, pence and farthings. x*i© Sensational Preach el*. From the ancient qnaint phrase of the Bible He carelessly choose* a text. And then drifts away in a lecture That leaves the true question unvexed ; But he catches the ear of his hearers, Which efton is longer than Pus, With a bric-a-brac sermon a layman Might preach ‘o’er the walnuts and wine.’ To-day he slings mud at official', To-morrow he’ll handle the ‘.proas,’ In the hope of a freo advertisement, Bo it either a kick or caress ; And he mixes the a lung of elections With pc iter of teu-taWo talk ; And ins’ead of tho milk of the Scriptures, Is profuse with his water and chnlk. —iVeic Haven Register. There ia Money in tho Busi¬ ness of Failing. ‘What! You don’t tell mo your father has failed?’ said the grocery man, as he took down the ledger. ‘Great heavens, and bo owes me $7,‘ and the man groaned, ‘Yes, pa says that's the only way he can make a dollar. I don’t know anything about the business of fail¬ ing, but as near as I can get at it, by bearing pa and bis attorney talk about it, there is ufoney in it if it is worked right, and if I was in jour place I would work an annual fail¬ ure department into my business. The way to fail is to get credit for all yon can, and Bell for cash, and yon sell the best things, have some¬ body that you owe, a relative or a fellow that you got confidence in, to get on bis ear, and get out an at¬ tachment aud close you up, or else make an assignment to a fellow who stands in with you, aud let him offer the creditors ten cents on the dollar iu notes payable in six, twelve and eighteen months. By the time six months are up, you can buy the first note for fifty cents on the dollar, aud you can fail nguin bofore tho oth^r note com os due. Pa says there is more mouoy ih it than iu running a bank, and he is awful anxious to have the thirg fixed up in time for him and ma to go to Florida fur the win¬ ter, so they can get back iu time to go to Saratoga next summer. I ask¬ ed pa if it was honest to fail when tna had property enough iu her name to pay all debts and have plen¬ ty left, an! pa said ho and ma was two different persona. I thought a man and bis wife were one. Well, a fellow learnS something every day, don’t he? S-iy, yon would be a total fuilnre on general principles, and if I was in your plrtde I would have some style nbout me aud bust. You can never amount to anything going along the way you do, and nover geU ting ahead any. Let me tell pa’s law¬ yer that I can get him a job put¬ ting you through bankruptcy on shares.’ ‘No, sir, never,’ said the grocery man. ‘I have always paid a hundred cents on tbs dollar and I always will. It is true I cannot put on much style, not as much as some I know who have failed, but I can loos everybody iu the face and—but, say, Henry, you might tell your pa’s lawyer to come in here this aflernoon, and will have a talk with him.’ >-*-*^-—___ The LcMPKiN Independent publish es an article entitled ‘checking vs. drilling cotton.’ We have no heart to read such articles because they look to the increased production of cotton, whon all of us know that there is twice as much raised by old methods as the world is able, or will ing, to pay a renumerutive price for. Whv not have it cotton vs. corn, or corn vs. oats, or wheat or sugar cane, or pompkiDs,or bacon, or potatoes,or anything ... to . eat . and ... live instead . . , on, of . tbo , everlasting , . idea of cotton? „ Guano, and so on, will it a lew years more close up the accounts of the pale king in this country of poor land and impecunious farmers It is a sad fact that our people woik ^ bard ef and harder every year; and live closer and clover every year, and still come out poorer and poorer every yearl Why is it? The answer Is ‘Cor to*!! Guano!! When our people be come willing to raise feed wheat, oats, rye, barley, clover, hay, hogs, caltle, pens, anything to feed themselves on. they will do better, and then it will be a matter of indif* ference to them whether cotton is 1 ‘drilled or checked.’—Columbus Times, Pearls of 1 Thought. Flattery is a sort of bod money to which our vanity gives currency. There is no better excess in tie world than the excess of gratitude. Animals feed, men eat; but only men of intelligence know how to eat. Tho truest mark of being born with great qualities is beiug born without envy. Poverty destroys pride. It is dif¬ ficult for an empty bag to stand- up¬ right. Letters of introduction are not al¬ ways successful to get a man into so cietyany more than eloquent obitua¬ ries to get a man into heaven. Many are ambitious of saying grand things, that is, of being grand¬ iloquent, Eloquence is speaking oat, a quality few esteem and fewer aim at. A more glorious- victory cannot bs gained over another man than this that when the injury begin on his part, the kindness should begin on ours. Words of pfalcs are almost as nec¬ essary to warm a child into a genial life ns acts of kindness aud affection. Judicious praise is to children what tho sun is to flowers. Generosity is tho wealthiest feel¬ ing of tho heart. Fee! as you would aid suffering if you could, and you will have nearly all the self-satisfac¬ tion that you would have had if you really had relieved distress. Clippings For The Curious. The founder of tho Rothschild family, Meyer Anselm, was born in Frankfort in 1743. The vise was invented by Archytas of Tnreutum, a disciple of Pythagor¬ as, about 420 B. 0. A Chinese picture recently exhibited at Tolcio shows that Chinese anglers used reels :u the eleventh century. The olive wan introduce! into Ath¬ ens in 1550 B. C., and wits fix-st planted in Italy about a thousand years later. Arabic was tho legal language of Spain until tho fourteenth century. Spanish did not become general un¬ til the sixteenth. Tho Orientals declare that at the time of the rising of the Picoiades, the camel sees tho constellation be¬ fore it is visible to the human eye, and will not lie down in any other direction than with its head toward the east. After bringing down a buffalo, the first thing the Mussulman shikaree tries to do is to get up to it before it is quite dead, and ‘bullal kur’d’ it, i. e, cut its throat, at tho same time say an orthodox pray or. If they do this it is all right, but it not, then they will not touch its flesh. Tho Romans introduced their ounce our avoirdupois ounce, into Britium The present ounce was brought from Grand Dairo into Eu¬ rope about the time of tho crusades, 1035, and was first adopted at Troy¬ es, a city of France, whence tho name. It is used to weigh gold, sit-, ver, and precious stone. Beautiful Answers. A Persain pupil of the Abbe Sicord gave the following extraordinary an swers: ‘What is gratitude?’ ‘Gratitude is the memory of the h&art.’ ‘What is hope?’ ‘Hope is the blossom ol happi ness.’ ^ * 8 ^iff eren oe between * 30 P5 a,uJ - ‘Desire tree leaf, hope . is a m r is a troo in flower, „ and , enjoyment , is . a - j . J tl . e0 n rnit -What is eternity?’ ‘A day without yesterday or to morrow; a line that has no end.’ ™ two ends . H path which begins in the cradle aud ends j n the tomb.’ ‘What is God?’ ‘G® ne ®® ssai 7 BciDg, the Son ft theEye’of 1 Justice^ the" WMchmake^ 0 f uu ivarso, the Soul of tbo world.’ ^ r8 - bus written a poem to R bow that the only happy woman is dead. It may be possible that tbo only happy man living is her bus band, but we shall not Write a poena to prove it. Terms $1.50 Per AnmiftK Sunbeams. Barnuni’s great white elephant hymn for next Season will be ‘Just as Siam, without one flea.' In spite of all that carl be said in favor of Adam and Eve, they wore undoubtedly a shiftless pair. Tea, Augustus, I lote you. Now you must go and sen father 1 ‘No, ; dovie, not- yet ; that is fatbhf than I wont to go just at present,’ A sensible farmer says he’d rather sell milk than eggR, because he hits never yet been aide to find a pump that could help the hens in the slightest. Teacher—‘Now, children, which one of you can tell me what a conso¬ nant is V Bright boy—‘J can. It’s a portion of land surrounded by wa¬ ter.’ Teacher—‘Can you toll me wbic-b ia the olfactory organ ?’ Pupil frank¬ ly answers—‘No, sir.’ Teacher—‘Cor red.’ Pupil goes off in a brown study. ‘In this issue,’ said an exchange, ‘is an article headed ‘What will the coming girl weftr?’ We rather think, however, she won’t wear anything— when she comes.’ ‘Didn’t you say that young Snif fens only gets ten dollars a week ?' ‘Yes. Why ?’ ‘Well, I see his wife wears diamonds.’ ‘Oh, but he works in a jewelry store.’ •Yes,’ said Mrs. Egomoi, ‘I used to think a great deal of Mrs. Goode, she was always so kind to mo ; hut then I’ve found out that she treat# everybody just the same.’ ‘Yes,’ said Mrs. Upperten, ‘I know the telephone is a great convenience, but I shall bavo it taken out of the house. The things are so dreadfully common you know.’ The traveling showmen are exhib¬ iting three skeletons of Guiteau—his skeleton when ho was a boy, hi* skel¬ eton before he shot Garfield, and his skeleton after he was hanged. ‘I always sing to p'easo myself,’ said a gentleman who was humming a tune in company. ‘How nice it ia to be so easily pleased!' responded a lady who sat next to him. ‘Your father is worth at least half a million,’ firtid he to his jealous sweetheart. ‘That is true,’ she rnur inured. ‘And yet you doubt my love,’ he replied, in an injured tone. - -- A Level-Headed Indian. ' In the city of Halifax there dwelt a lawyer, crafty, subtle as a fox. An ludian of the Miami tribe, named Simon, owed him some money. The lawyer had waited long. His p» ticnce at last gave out,and he threat¬ ened the Indian with lawsuit, pro¬ cess and execution. The poor red man got scared and brought tho money to tho creditor. The Indian wailed, expecting a receipt. ‘What are you waiting for?’ asked the lawyer, ‘A receipt.' ‘What do you know about a re¬ ceipt? Can you understand the na ture of a receipt? Tell me the use of ono, and I will give it to you.’ The Indian looked at him a mo¬ ment, and then said : ‘S’pose me die ; may go to keben ; mo find the gate locked ; me see ’Postlo Peter ; he sav. ‘Simon, what do you want?' Me say ‘Want to get in.’ He say, ‘You pay Mr. J. dnt money ?’ What me do ? Me Lab no receipt. Me hab to hunt all ober hsil to find you.’ He got a receipt. Conundrums. N W-’ky should potatoes grow hotter than other vegetables? Because they have eyes to see ithat they are do¬ ing. When is a baby not a baby? When it’s a little cross. A duak before two ducks, a dnek behind two ducks aud a duck be¬ tween two ducks; how many ducks wore there iu all ? Throe. -\vhy may- stone cutters teasona bly believe there is no such thing as granite? They never saw it. Why should work people imitate ^9 wind? The wind is always busy, and like a cheerful operator, it whis¬ tles at its work. Where may we hope never to meet a friend? Wbilb we are asceudijg tho hill of prosperity. NO. 1. „ Y» IHJSINESS DIRECTOK M. CORBETT, DEALER IN t 1 'I PERFUM3SY, FINS SOAPS* Fancy and Toilet Articles* Cct.I6.-ly CORBETT OOnMEtT.l’rop., HOUSE, M. Lumpkin, - Georgia Every Attention Given to the de comuiodatioH <f- comfort of Guests / Oct.V-1 E. M. SHERAM, MANUFACTURER OF PLANTATION WAGONS, Plow Stocks, Etc. Blaclsmithing & Wagon RepaibesS. Oet.20 ly A. H. SIMPSON, DEALER IN Family fr.Y GroGeries,Harflfar®, STAPLE COCOS, SHOES, && Coffins, Burial Cases, Bedsteads, ♦ Chairs E.c. 3? W. W. STOKES, Dealeb In Family & Fancy Groceries GAINED GOODS, T0GACC0, Cigars owl Staple Dry Goods. Get 16 ly W. A. DEALER GREGORY, IN Fancy & Family Groceries, GAINED GOODS? G0WFECT10N ARfES, STAPLE DRY GOODS, Tobacco, Cigaiis, Unijit, Tinwahe Em Oct 20 1. M. k W. If. GRIFFIS, —DEALERS IX— Faily Srocorles, WljsHes, BEER, WINES, TOBACCO,- CIGARS* Splendid Billiard and Pool Tables. North Side Public Square. W.8. OllLIS 9 DEALER IS ■ ,* Groceries, Plantation Supplies, Country Produce Etc* South Side Public Square. Lumpkin, Ga. Jan. 1, i883. FIRS INSURANCE, Insure your dwellings, Furniture/ Merchandise. Gin Houses, and othef* property. None but first-class Cohw panies represented. Rates low. J. B. Eichabdson, Agent Sept.2*th-1881-t£. - 5 “ Slieraffl & Miller, —DEALERS IN— COFFINS, CASKETS ANIL Burial Cases Can furnish any style of COFFIN wanted at.reasonable prices. JB®“Itepository at Shebam’s Shops. Lumpkin, Ga., Sop 1/ Slum CARRIAGE Aud Blacksmith Shops* ) Having purchased the above well-* Jtnowft Shops from Mr. D. W. Surles I am now prepared to fhafrdfacCure' to order any kind of Wagons or Buo-r oies that may be ‘wanted. Skillful -•mechanics are employed and the best of materi d will be used in all work. Special attention given to repairing/ all work promptly attended to. Terms Cash. C- A. SURLEfel. Lumpkin, Ga, Feb. 1, 1884. Globe otton £l*tate>‘ The Best Now In Use I Call and see its perfect wcftK. fi. B: EVBVtu rT, Agcsft. 4 Lumpkin, Ga. Jw 20.