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THE LUMPKIN INDEPENDENT. A. W. LATIMER, Publisher. VOL. XV. She PtUished every Saturday Morning T Ell MS : O^fH. TEAM........ m .bo. MONTHS..... . resc. Rates of Advertising On* inch the insertion... $ too Each subsequent insertion 50 One inch, one month.... 2 50 One inch, three months... 600 One inch, six months..... 700 Ono inch, twelve months.. 10 00 One quarter column, one month..... 6 00 One quarter column twelve months 35 00 One half column, one mouth 10 0 One half column twelve months CO 00 One column one month....... 15 00 Jne column taelve months.... 100 00 All bills for advertising are due at any time upon presentation after first appearance of advertisement. Address all letters to The LuarxiN Inde PENDENT, or A. W. LATIMER, LAW CARDS. mmmma —mamma—mm—m t W. B. Guebrt, DuPont Uuerut. GUERRY & SON, Attorneys nt Law, AMERICUS, CIA. Practice in Federal and State Courts Mar. 23th-1886, E. G. SIMMONS ATTORNEY AT LAW, AMERICUS, GA. Will practice in all the counties of This Judicial Circuit, ill the Supreme Court of tbe State of Georgia, and in the District Court of the United States, and in all otLer july23-8l. courts by pecial .contract WtLLbUltK F. CLAUKE, Attorney At Law LUMPKiN GEORGIA. Special attention given to collection. Will bo iu Lnuipliin every Wednesday and Kolurday. At other times can be fonml ai uiy residence 21 miles from Lumpkin on Benevolence road. January 23-188G. THE PEOPLES NATIOMAL BANK OF AMERICUS. Does a Geneial Bunking Business S. H. HAWKINS, President H. C. BAGLEY, . Cashier. Americas, Ga., March 6, 1886. ALLEN HOUSE, FORMERLY THE COMMERCIAL HOTEL Americus, Georgia, Mrs. W. H. ALLEN Proprietress. GOOD SAMPLE ROOMS ON FIRST FLOOR FOR COMMERCIAL TOURISTS Electrict Bells connected with every room. Elegant Bath Booms supplied with Artesian •water—warm or cold. Accommodations, Stbictly Fikht-Ci.ass in Every Particular. Patronage Respectfully Solicited. W. H ALLEN, Agt. HAWKINS HOTEL, GOOD SWLEr'Sis’fmTcOMMER CIAL TOURISTS. Artesian Water-Warm Or Cold. Electric Bells connected with every room. Accommodations strictly first class in Every Particular. Patronage Respectfully Solicited. G. H. TOMMEY, Proprietor. Feb. 27tb-1886 J. ISRAELS, Americus, - Georgia. When yon visit Americas remem¬ ber J. ISRAELS, on Cotton Avenue, next door to The Bank of Americas. Call on him for Fine Whiskey, Tobacco, CIGARS, GROCERIES ETC. He keeps the very best at prices to suit tbe times. Orders solicited and promptness guaranteed. March 6tb, 1886. FRESH MEAL. t —> lam now prepared to deliver at the hous¬ es of my customers the Best Water Ground Meal that can be made in this section as low as it cau te bought elsewhere. My wagon will deliver on Thursday of each week for the present. Orders left at Corbett's Drug Store or The Independent office will receive prompt attention. Terms C. O- D. E. H. VOKU3. Lumpkin Ga. Dec. 2f-tf. LUMPKIN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1880. ARIZONA. Its Situation—Area and Boundaries —Physical Features, etc. ‘Where is Arizona, and what kind of a country is it 1' is a question which thousands throughout tbe United States, and out of it, are ask¬ ing daily. That, it contains rich mines and is the home of bloodtbirs ty savages, are generally accepted facts, beyond this tbe knowledge of tbe country is of the most vague and fragmentary character. A glance at the map will show that Arizona’s geographical situation is the extreme soutbwe§t corner of the United States. Its shape is nearly square, and it extends from tbe 109th degree of longitude westward to the Colorado River, and from 31—28 of north latitude to the 37th parallel. It is bounded on the north by Neva¬ da and Utah, on the east by New Mexico, on the south by tbe Mexi¬ can State of Sonora, and on the west by California and Nevada. Its greatest length from north to south'is 380 miles, and from east to west very nearly 350 miles. Its entire area is 113,947 square miles; being larger than a'.l New England and Pennsylvania combined. North of tbe 34th parallel the country may be described as an elevated plateau, crossed and seamed in its northern part by deep canons, mighty fissures and narrow valleys. This plateau an average elevation of from 5,000 to 7,000 feet which gradually decends to sea level in the extreme south west. Its eurface is diversified by massive mountains like tbe San Francisco—with an elevation of 13, 000 feet—the Bradshaw, tbe Mogol lon, with many detached spurs and peaks. Lying between these ranges are extensive grassy plains, beauti fu! valleys and charming mountuin glens. This regiou is watered by tbe Colorado of the west, tbe Colorado Cbiquito, tbe Verde,and many small¬ er streams. South of the 34th parallel there is a marked change in the aspect of the country. The altitude is from 3,000 to 4,000 feet less, and tbe climnte is much warmer. From this point to tbe boundary of Sonora is a region of wide plains and valleys, crossed in all directions by detached moun¬ tain ranges and isolated peaks. In the southeast the mountains attain lofty and massive proportions; and the Santa CatalinAS, the Santa Ritas, tbe Himebucas, the Graham, nnd tbe Chiricabuas, are densely timbered and clothed to their summits with verdure. Arizona has keen called a mountain land, and tbe name fils it welt. The mountain system of the Territory is a contain! ion of the Rocky and the Sierra Nevada ranges. Tbe Sad Francisco Peak may be con sidered tbe apex of the Arizona sys¬ tem, and from this point the ridges and spurs extend southwesterly throughout the Territory. All the principal mountains of tho country are covered with timber and thickly carpeted with grasses, where veinR of gold, silver and copper are met w ith in every hill and peak. Next to the San Fraucisco tbe high¬ est peaks are tbe Sierra Blanca, 11,- 496 feet; Mt. Graham, 10 516; Santa Ritas, 10,315; Santa Catalina, 9,950, and Mt. Turnbull 9,500 feet. The principal rivers of Arizona are the Colorado, which washes its wes¬ tern border and divides it from Cali¬ fornia, the Gila, the Salt River, the little Colorado, tbe San Pedro, tbe Santa Cruz, the Verde, San Carlos Agua Fria, and many smaller water¬ courses. The Colorado belongs to that system of rivers which have their sources in the Rocky Mountain chaiu, and takes rank among the great waterways of the continent. It is formed by the union of the Green and Grand rivers in south¬ eastern Utah, and flows into the Gulf of California. It is navigable for boats of light draft for ovsr 600 miles, but tbe con¬ stant shifting of its channel makes navigation difficult and dangerous. The Colorado drains the entire Ter¬ ritory,and every drop of water which falls on its mountains and plains, finds its way to the great river. The river io its course forms the ‘Grand A Weekly Newspaper, Published ia the Political, Social and Agricultural Interests of Stewart County.- Canon,’ the most stupendous chasm on the globe. It is a tremendous gorge over 400 miles in length, and from 1,000 to 6,000 feet in depth cut through the eruptive rock by the river in its passage for ages from its mountain sources to the sea. This awe inspiring and mighty work of natcre, is becoming a resort ol tour¬ ists anxious to gaze npon a scene without a parallel in either hemis¬ phere. Next to tbe Colorada the Gila is the principal river of Arizona. It crosses tho Territory from the line of New Mexico, and joins the Colo¬ rado at Yuma. The Salt River unites its wAters with the Gila, a few miles west of Phoenix. The val leys of these two streams contain three fourths of ail the arable lands in the Territory Both have their sources in the Continental divide, and drain the Territory south of the 35th parallel. The Santa Cruz and the San Pedro flow mto the Gila from tbe south. The former is an erratic stream which rises in Sonora, and loses itself in the thirsty sands for more than half its course. The Verde is the principal tributary of the Salt. It is a clear mountuin stream with a swift volume of water Although generally spoken of as a •dry country,’ it will be seen that Arizoua is well supplied with wa ter. Besides those named there are many smaller streams, while in the elevated valleys and glens are nu¬ merous springs, clear and cold. The geological features of the Ter¬ ritory are as varied as the character of its snrfuce. Tbe country east and eoulh of the San Francisco,, Moun tain, is covered with the lava flow which, in ages past was poured out from the seething caldron within this lofty peak, i'be main ranges of the neutral portion of the Territory, are generally primitive rocus, but covered in mauy places by tbe erup¬ tive formations. The southeastern part of the Territory is mostly com¬ posed of granite, porphyry ami slate, together with large beds of lime, gypsum, trap, and other secondary rocks. The geological structure of the southwestern corner of the coun¬ try presents a curious medley; gran¬ ite, porphyry, slate, and quartzite, are found in juxtaposition with lime, trap and basaltic rocks. Arizona is a land of marvels for the scientist and the sightseer. Torn and riven by supendous gorges, crowned by lofty mountains, adorned with grassy plains, beautiful valleys, and lofty table lands, the topography of the country presents a picture of weird beauty and grandeur, nnequaled on the continent. Fire and flood have left the indelible marks of their visi¬ tation on the face of Arizona, but it has only added a new charm to her wild beauty, and given added variety to bill, mountuin and vale. The Need of Out-Door Life, What these young women need is out-of-door life. Not exercise in the ‘Gym’ bnt tennis, croquet, rowing, horseback riding all iu light-weight clothes and with loosened corset strings. Nowhere, writes an enthu¬ siast, is beauty so perfect as in the saddle. If woman, consciout of love¬ liness, convinced that tbe gods have appointed her a trustee of beauty for the delectation of tbe sterner sex and tbe discomfort of her fellow woman, has a keen perception of tbe environments most favorable to beau¬ ty, she certainly will not hesitate to seek the saddle as her throne, and the soft, warm, melting landscape for a background. As tbe glove fits, so must the habit, Then, well mounted with a fice rein in a firm bridle band, she is off with a dash. Good 1 The color comes, the eyes sparkle, and the tresses would prove traant to the comb. And this in the sunlight, Here 90 per cent, is to be attributed to nature and 10 per cent. to. the ar¬ tistic tailor. Get away irom half lights and dreary 5 o’clock teas. Monnt and be off. Dash around the park in pursuit of health and happi¬ ness. Into tbe saddle, young maids and matrons. You will then rival the stars, to be followed in your I coarse by the eyes of honest admira [tion. Bomance and Reality. If in the spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns -to thoughts of love, such thoughts become very se rious during tbe summer. American girls never look more lovely than at the seaside or in tbe country daring this out-of town season. Nature makes a most appropriate back ground for their natural oharms. The light robes in*which they attire them¬ selves give an almost ethereal charac¬ ter to their beauty. In the excursions on the lake or river, through shady woods or up long, dusty roadr, they are at their best, happy themselves, and anxious to make their cavaliers happy, and yet with that feminine dependence which is woman’s great¬ est attraction to a manly man. To see them is to fall in love with them. To fall in love with them is to begin a blissful romance, to which the sweet summer nights, tl:e twinkling stars, the pale moon lend their poe try. But after the romance of mak¬ ing love comes the reality of matri¬ mony, and this thought gives many a young man grave perplexities just at present. There are philosophers who wave away any discussion of the pecuniary side of marriage. They declare that it is cowdardly to count up dollars and cents when a bewitching maiden is willing to be won. They scorn the easeful knight who loves, calcu¬ lates the expenses and rides away. They assert that what is enough for one is enough for two. They point out that our parents and grandpa¬ rents married happily and brought up large families upon much less money than young men of the pres¬ ent day spend upon themselves. There is some truth in all this, but it is only a half truth. The bachelors who are now spending their vaca¬ tions and falling in love at the water¬ ing places and summer resorts, can¬ not derive much instruction or com¬ fort from it. They would not, it they could, imitate tbe economies of tbeir parents or live the lives of tbeir grandparents. Every man who loves a girl honestly,desires to marry her, but he cannot argue the financial question upon general principle. Can he afford it ? Has he or can he be reasonably sure of making enough money to support her comfortably ? If be, or she, ba worthy,tho questisn is easily answered; but the majority of young men have only moderate incomes, and we have no donbt that some of them do really prove their love to A young bachelor in New York can live handsomely upon a couple of thousand a year. The English phrase is 'live like a gentleman,’ but many in all countries expend much less. For $10 a week he can secure a large elegantly-furnished room in a fash¬ ionable locality. For $3 a day be cau breakfast and dine at his clnli, and have a bottle of claret with bis dinner. For $200 a year he can keep up bis stock of clothes, hats, shoes and other essentials. As a rule bis game at cards and billiards, bis ci¬ gars and his hospitalities either pay for themselves or are defrayed by the small wagers upon which he ventu¬ res. He has a margin of about two hundred dollars for amusements and for absolute luxuries. Being an American, he expects to earn more money next year and the year after, or to hit upon some lucky specula¬ tion in Wall street which will eDrich him. But, for the present, his in¬ come is about a couple of thousand a year, and he is perfectly at his ease with it until he comes to think of sharing it with a wife. Then how small it seems 1 How poor he is 1 Why, one-half of it would be eaten up by tbe rental of a flat and the wages of a servant of all work. Bread and cheese and kisses are all very well in novels, but nobody conld exist npon them as a daily diet No man who truly loves can be satisfied to make tbe object of his affections worse off by marrying her. He cannot consent to have her turn washer-woman for bis sake. She may be ready to do so; the most sen Bible women promise this to them solves while Cupid mocks them; but, 1 if he were weak enough to agree, bis i wife would no longer be the dainty girl be now adores. Life is hard enough at the best, without making it harder by demanding sacrifices ot ease, of comfort, of society, of refine¬ ment npon tbe altar of Hymen. Our girls possess common sense as well as beauty, and they' should render tbe matrimonial problem less difficult by proving that they, too, know the value of money,and to make tbe most of a little, and how to elm oat dollars by tact and taste and skill. If young men were convinced that in marriage they secured a true helpmeet, a part¬ ner for life, instead of a talking doll, to be petted and costumed, or a pretty bird, to he caged and fed, here would be more matrimonial al¬ liances this summer than are likely in the present state of the money market. Flirtation is tbe fashion, but the old, genuine love is too ex¬ pensive to be experienced except by wealthy people. All Sorts. A frigid smile—Iced champagne. Miners at dinner rest on their ores. Boston’s directory is the champion for Smiths. Roscoe Conkling is said to wear a night cap in bed. Full-dress bathing suits are now cut cn mackerel. The French dictionary is filling up with English words. The heated fut woman with her little girl is a hot-and tot* A book on etiquette might well be called a work on haughty culture. A man^has not necessarily got a cold when he talks horse at a race track. A 75-year-old Michigan lady has just finished a quilt containing 2,950 pieces. A Wisconsin cow has died from chewing tobacco. Did you heifer hear the like? Lady Dilke is a brave woman, who actually thinks she can still clear Sir Cnarles. The sins an old man confesses with the greatest relish aro thoso he never committed. A girl does not want a chaperone who has a chap of her own on a Sun¬ day afternoon. Mrs. Sarah C. Bull has published in England a memorial of her famous husband. Ole Bull. Cows may be coaxed to give their milk, but the milkman cannot be pre¬ vented from watering iL Did it ever occur to you what a funny thing a postage stamp is? Even the department can’t sell it af¬ ter they cancel it. The Lowell Citizen says the mock turtle never has to bo fed. Oh, yes, it does; it has milk fresh from the cow twice a day. It is stated that a young girl in New York is a skillful locksmith. She is probably one of those whom love laughs at. It is n base hit for a ball club to strike a miserly old man for $5 on the ground that he is to be made an honorary member. A cheese factoiy is to be started at Caraccas. -- Thought Marriage Might So¬ ber Him Up. Doesenberry was so full when he went to get married that he wanted to whip the minister, and offered to bet that he could pull one of tbe pil¬ lars from under the church roof and bring the whole structure tumbling iu on them, a la Samson. Minister to weeping bride— 5‘Did you know this man drank when you accepted him ?’ Weeping brido—“Y y yes, sir.’ Minister —“Did you ever see him full before ?’ Weeping bride—‘Y-y-yes, sir.’ Minister—“Then why do you want to marry him V Weeping bride—'I thought tnayb® that marriage might sober him up.’ Minister—‘Well, marriage does usually sober a man np. But in this case it seems to have made him all tbe drunker. What is he worth F Weeping bride (with alacrity) — “Forty thousand dollars. Minister—‘Ob, that makes a differ¬ ence. Here, Deacon Williams, hold tho groom up until I get through with this ceremony.’ Terms $1.50 Per Annum, A Five-Cent Shave. In my rambles about New York I have stumbled into some queerpl&ces. One night, recently, I dropped into an Italian barber’s in Centre street. I say dropped in advisedly—what¬ ever that may mean—for the shop was in the basement, and t slipped on tbe top step.. The concern was on the five cent plan. The barber took only five cents in cash; the re¬ mainder be took blood and cuticle. This old cave was guardel by two natives. My informal entrance had somewhat surprised them. Evidently they had been led to suspect some¬ thing more interesting—a wheel-bar row or track horse for instance. One of the Italians was a black, shaggy browed, stiff-necked rascal with hair that stood up all over: Tho other was a villainous-looking blonde. Oc¬ casionally he excavated his pockets with both hands, or involuntarily inserted his fingers into his hair as if in response to a suggestion from that quarter. His long hair lay mat ted on his neck like rye straw after a thunder storm. His nose Lad the concave of a dessert spoon, and his big eyes had crawled up into hiB head until they appeared like two seed onions newly set oat. Both bristle catlers went on guard, each behind bis chair as soon as I had shook myself together and was sure that the stairs were not hanging to me. I said, mentally, 'Now this ia clearly a batcher, not a barber shop; one fixed up a little to suit the idio¬ syncrasies of its victims.’ With a sigh I drifted into the chair, or guillotine, of the black and tan executioner and closed my eyes. I ought to have closed my fnoutk in¬ stead. In trying to work up a big frosting on me, the barber miscalcu¬ lated a few times, mistaking my pal ate for the bull’s Then he learn¬ ed how prejudiced I was against the flavor of common bar soap. Next he aimed at my cheek and sailed his brush into my eye. He handled the brush as if it were a boxing glove, and be compelled by the rules of the Italian prize ring to dispose of me in one round. He had already closed one optic. I began to suspect his sanity. Even his alleged mirror was more than half cracked. I do not aver that be bad sand on his bands, but I think I know warts when I feel ’em. When he was done with the first act ho was probably fatigued,— I know I was—fof he veered off nnder sail, and the blende pirate next approached me with cat lass upraised. He raided my upper deck as if he meast to slay all od board. He grabbed my smelling ap¬ paratus as if it were merely a vegeta¬ ble, or a handle made especially for barber’s use. Laying the murderous weapon at the basement of my right ear, he drew it down to my chin, like pulling a lawn-mower through a field of daisies. It was a veritable prairie fire. My thin skin sprang a thou¬ sand leaks. But tbe sight of blood seemed to sharpen the villain’s appe¬ tite. I wish it bad also sharpened bis scimiter. By the time he began on my chin, the one time lively lath¬ er had made a permanent, settle¬ ment. Then ensued a struggle. The blonde attacked it from all points— always where it hurt the most. When be finally got a good hold he took off enough calfskin to make a good-sized wallet. When he began mopping my face and excavating my ears I knew tbe worst to be over. As an after piece he sqairted a stream of mask at me as if I were a fire. It was quite unnecessary. For 1 pot myself out as soon as I got my feet aimed at the door. Afterwards it occurred to me that the brunette was the heavy trage¬ dian} bat having been made tempo¬ rarily dizzy by the footlights be bad palmed off his 6Upe on me in tbe dagger scene at gallery prices. Not any more five-cent shaves for me. Cost or Running a Locomotive.— It costs a little more than 20 cents a mile to run Nearly a locomotive, on an av¬ erage. 8 cents of this is for fuel, 8J cents for pay of engineer and fireman, a half cent for oil and waste and A more of coal than will 4£ cent for locomotive repairs. ton run a twenty-four miles, a pint of oil will run eleven miles, and a pound of waste 123 miles. The locomotives of a railway like the Northwestern run 500,000 males a month. NO 24. <9 i4i AURAHTII Most of tbe dtoM«a which afflict mankind ale orifini. ally oaaaed by ft disordered condition of tho LIVER. Forslloomplointtof this bind, saeh ss Torpidity of the Lira-, Bffiaamoss. Nemos Dyspepsia, Indigos, tiott. Irregularity of tho Bowels, Constipation, Haiti lency. Eructations snd Cumin* of the 8tomsoIt Bloody (sometimes Flux, called Chffls Heartburn), sad Fora, Breakbofift Missma, Materia, Fora, Exhaustion before or after Ferae. Chronic Diar¬ rhoea. Loss of Appetite, Headache, Foal Breath, Irregularities incidental to Females. Bearing-down STHDIGER'S IURMTH Is Invaluable. It i, not a panoosa for all diseases, bet MUIfft ft|ipe all diseases of tho LIVER, mil STOMACH and BOWELS* tinge, It changes the complexion from a waxy, yellow to a ruddy, healthy color. It entirely raftered low. gloomy spirits. It is ono of the BEST ALA TERATIVES SAd PURIFIERS OF THK BLOOD, and l» A VALUA BLE TONIC* STADICER’S AURANTIK Fox solo by ill Dr uggists, PriooS I.OQ pcrt> 0 ttl» C. F. STADtCER, Proprietory M uo SO. FRONT ST., Philadelphia, Par darter’s Shoe Store & iNIl SOW* P W '■/ =3| hi s* lilfitlfil bestIn theworld III, We Are Still In Out Boots and ouf business is to snpply the people with First Class Foot Wear. Goods that are comfortable, nice fitting and dres ay. Cali on us tor yonr nne goods, In medium and cheap grades we ban die nothing but Leather Shoes. No Shoddy or Pasteboard Goods that can only be guaranteed to be twelve pairs to the dozen, bnt Honest Goods at Moderate Prices. CALVIN CARTER*SON Americus, Ga March 6, 1886. PROHIBITION May prohibit anybody from Belling Liquors Ih Stewart County, but High License iu Eufaula, Ala., does not prohibit MORRIS & GREER from supplying the Good People of Stew¬ art with Pure Medicinal Wines, Fina Brandies nnd Whiskies, such as thera will be a necessity for at times in ev« ery family, and snch as would be pro* scribed by their Physicians. We keep a Full and Complete line of the Best Liquors which can ba bought in any market, and are pre¬ pared to furnish customers with any quantity, from Half a Pint to Five Gallons or more, and we Guarantee All Goods as Represented, and sup¬ ply them at Lowest Market Priees. We keep a full stock of all grade and respectfully solicit a share of your trade, Come in tad see OS when yott visit Eufaula. Respectfully, MORRIS St GREER. January 30, 1886, SMITH’S g\i k\ BEANS gSSMSS&B Brans. CleartheSRln, Tone the Se rves, andgive Ula and Vigor to the system. Dose; ONE BON. Tr, Price, them 25 once an. bottle. you will neter Sola By ba Druggists without them, and ct, per generally. Sent o? Nedlcldtf prise in Nestors on receipt Hanuiacturers and Solo Props., ST. LOUIS, KdL>