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EL % SPENDENT I A. W. L ATIMER* Publisher. VOL. XV. $he gmVejmuUnt, Pu'ished every Saturday Morning —-i—----- — j TERMS : • >JVISl. teak........ ®X.50. IX MONTHS...... 75C. Bates ofAdvertising. One inch one iureition $ 1 00 Each subsequent insertion One inch, one month.... 2 50 Oae inch, three months... 5 or One inch, six mouths..... 7 00 One inch, twelve mouths.. 10 to On» quarter column, one mouth..... 6 00 One quarter column twelve months 35 Oil One halt column, one month 10 o One half column twelve months 60 00 One column one month....... 15 Oo to column t > elve mouths.... 100 00 All bills for advertising .are due at any time upon presentation aftei first appearance, of advertisement. A rid ies» nil letters to J he Lumpkin Inde MENPENT, Or A. \V. L .TJMKii, LAW C RES W. B. UUEKItY, Pol’ONT liuEltUY. GUERRY & SON, Attorneys at Low, AMERICUS, ii\. Practice in Federal and State Courts Mar. 23th-1886. E. G. SIMMONS ATTORNEY AT LAW, AMERICUS, GA. Will practice in all the counties ol Phis Judicial Circuit, in the Supreme Court of tbe State of Georgia, and in the District Court of :be United States, and in all other courts by pecial .contract. jul.v23-8l. W JELLLGitK F.CLAllKU, Attorney At Law LUMI K.N GEORGIA. Special attention given to collection. Will be in Lumpkin every Wednesday and Saturday. At other times can be found at my residence 2J miles from Lumpkin on Benevolence road. January 23-1886. THE PEOPLES NATIONAL BANK OF AMERICUS. Dots a Gen eral Bi.nking Business S. II, HAWKINS, President H. p. BAGLEY, . Cashier. Americas, Ga.,.March 6,1886.*' ALLEN HOUSE, FORMERLY THE COMMERCIAL HOTEL Americus, Georgia, Mrs. W. H. ALLEN Proprietress. GOOD SIMPLE ROOMS ON FIRST FLOOR FOR COMMERCIAL TOURISTS Electric! Bells connected with every room. Elegant Bath Booms supplied with ArtesiaD water—warm or cold. Accommodations, tiTBICTLY FiBST-ClA-SS IN EviiBY PARTICULAR. Patronage Respectfully Solicited. W. H ALLEN. Aot. HAWKINS HOTEL, Americus, Ga. GOOD SAMPLE ROOMS FOR COMMER ClAL TOURISTS. Abtesian 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. 27lh-188G J. ISKAELS, Americus, - Georgia. A lien you visit Americus remem¬ ber J. ISRAELS, on Cotton Avenue, next door to The Bank of Americus. Gall 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 Gtb, 1886. FRESH MEAL. t—i Jam 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 can l e 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 1 attention. Terms C.O-D. R I£ yom; S Lumpkin Ga. Dec. 24-lf. LUMPKIN, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1886. Every Post-Office Made An Office of Special Delivery. * m _ Washington, D. C., August 15.— The Post-master General has issued a circular to postmasters concerning the putting into operation on Octo¬ ber 1st of tbe act authorizing tbe ex tension of tbe special delivery sys¬ tem to all post-offices and to all mail¬ able matter. Every post-office in tbe United States and Territories is des¬ ignated as a special delivery office. On and after October 1st every postmaster will be held responsible for the immediate delivery of every article of mailable matter which may be received addressed to bis office properly stamped with a special de¬ livery stamp. Such immediate de¬ livery must bo made when tbe article is directed to an addressee residing or having a place of business within one mile of the post office The obli¬ gation to deliver does not extend* to an addressee beyond that d stance, nut the postmaster will be at iibeiti i.o make such delivery beyond such limits and to receive compensation therefor as iu auy other case. ^Tlio hours within which theioime diate delivery shall be at least, from 7a. in. to7 p. in ,and further until the arrival of the hist mail.piovided such arrival may not be later than 9 o’clock p.m. Postmasters are not required to make delivery of special delivery matter on Sunday, but will be at libert y to do so. Registered matter will be entitled to speci d de livery tbe same as ordinary matter bearing a special delivery stamp, i'i addition to full postage and tbe reg¬ istry fee required by law and regu lations. No effort will be spared by postmasters and other postal officers to expedite the mailing of matter bearing a special delivery stamp. No change will be made in tho general style of the epeciul delivery stunifi now in use. Special delivery stamps are to be sold by postmasters iu auy required amount, and to any person who may apply for them but can be uB< d only for tbe purpose of securing immediate delivery of matter. Un¬ der no circumstances are they to be used in paynaout of postage,of any description, or of registry fee, nor can auy other stamps be employed to secure special delivery. Tbe special delivery stamp mutt bo in addition to tl.o lawful postage, and any article ol first-class matter not prepaid with at least one lull rate of postage, and any parcel of any other class of mat ter, postage on which has not been lully prepaid; must be treated os held for postage, even though bear ing a special delivery ptamp. Postmasters are urgently enjoined to give most diligent attention to the system of immediate delivery sought to be established. Its eucceBs will depend upon tbe care of the post masters to secure in every case the desired delivery. No failure in any instance, where tbe delivery is pos sible, can be considered excusable. The certuinty that a letter bearing a delivery stamp will be urgently for¬ warded through tbe mails and imme¬ diately delivered will commend the service to the public, and will be de ■Handed by tba department. Every complaint of failure in such delivery will be promptly investigat¬ ed, and the responsibility fixed, with proper consequences. No office, how ever small, is exempt from this obii gatiou, and the system and duties under it are so simple that no excuse can be accepted for any failure to meet tbe obligation. -• Tornado Proof Towns. Now York Sun,] The question as to the best protec¬ tion against tornadoes and hurri¬ canes has been brought to the atten¬ tion of our western fellow citizens in a rather forcible way on many occa¬ sions within a few- years. Various plans have been tried, such as build¬ ing their dwellings of very heavy ma¬ terial, anchoring them to the earth with chains, and digging pits to flee to upon the approach of a wind storm. None of these plans entirely answers the requirements. Tbe heav j ier tfao matoria l used in building, the more destructive , . ,, tho fragments , sent flying. Anchor chains part, and the A Weekly Newspaper, Published ia tbe Political, Social and Agricultural Interests of Stewart County. household goes scurrying away to destruction with the bouse. Torna¬ does come with terrible swiftness, and persons are caught up on tbeir way tothe pit before they start for it. But the problem seems to have been solved in an entirely accidental way in the new town of Lusk, up iu northern Wyomiug. The town was built of canvas. Tbe other day a hurricane came along and when it had passed the town was banging in shreds on the mountain sides or soaring among the clouds. It was ‘virtually swept out of existence,’ the telegraph says, yet nobodv was hurt ‘owing to the ligutness of the mate¬ rial composing the buildings.’ The best protection against wind storms, evidently is to build of canvas. This material is comparatively inexpen¬ sive, and there is no reason why the late town of Lusk should not be re stored within a few days. The tem¬ porary disappearance ol the town is nothing iu comparison with tbe loss of humau life, or the suffering resu't iog from serious injury. If the peril to life is done away with by building cloth houses, why not obviate the annoyance resulting from bruises and scratches by carry¬ ing the idea still further? Use ham mocks in place of bedsteads, rope swings iustend of chairs, mattresses for tables. Substitute goat skins for barrels and kid skins for kegs. Use rubber water pails. Put nothing but papier tnashe dishes on the mattress at meal times. Use knives and forks of light and slender pattern, and stick them in the earth when they are uot in actual use. Make sparing use of light tin cooking vessels over kerosene stoves of the thinnest sheet iron. Carry watches cased with cel¬ luloid and wear ‘gums’ instead of beavy-souled boots. It, is almost amusing to think of the iuuoccuousness of a tornado iu a town thus constructed and fitted out. The ‘dark tun net-shaped cloud’ up pears on the distaut hor.zon and moves down upon the town with im¬ pressive swiftness. Whiff Tho town rises like chaff among pebbles. Thu people are the pebbles. Nobody is even scratched. By sundown the reserve tents have been taken out of the pits and put up, the extra furni¬ ture has been uufolded, and the boom that is making of tho town a mighty metropolis has suffered hard¬ ly an appreciable chock. - i—. •.. Facts oT Interest. A mass of lead in an elevated fur¬ nace in Paris was completely dissi pated by a stroke of lightning, no trace of the metal being found after¬ ward. Keely has made another alleged trial of bis alleged motor, with alleg¬ ed satisfactory results. If it is a suc¬ cess, why does he not do something with it ? The largest locomotive in the world is said to be tho Decapo, built last year by tbe Baldwin locomotive works, in Philadelphia. It weighs 144,000 pounds. The desideratum in a disinfectant is a substance that will throw off sul¬ phurous acid on exposure to the air, while remaining unchanged in con¬ finement. At recent hangings in this couti try, tile condemned man has stood upon the ground and was jerked in¬ to the air by tho fall of heavy cast¬ ings from a height. They weighed altogether 350 to 400 pounds, or ov er, according to the man’s size. This fling into the air broaka the crimi¬ nal’s neck. Among tbe uses to which porpoire leather is being advantageously ap¬ plied is that of shoe leather, tbe re¬ semblance to French kid being mark ed. It has a long, tenacious fiber, and as it will Dot crack or tear is very durable and waterproof, and makes an excellent leather. A Philadelphian thinks that Gra¬ ham’s experiment with his barrel in the Niagara whirlpool may be Of practical benefit. His idea is that seagoing vessels might bo equipped with one or more such casks, which in case of wreck on a surf-benten coast ought bo the mcaus of . cstab- , . lishing Communication between tho vessel and the shore, Man as a Fisher. Miss Bessie Bramble writes to liife Pittsburg Dispatch a frank, maidenly letter in which she treats of what she is pleased to term “the fishing mau, whom she speaks of as follows: 'We could uever see the sense in goiug a fishing for pleasure. Why a man should sit all day by a riser’s brim, or on a jutting rock, or in a dirty boat under a blazing sun. or teeming sky and call it fun is a mystery we cannot fathom.’ Alas for such simplicity! But let ue hear her fur¬ ther: ‘ There must be some mysteri¬ ous charm, some inexplicable joy, some nnrevealed delight in going a fishing, which to most women is un¬ known, since President Cleveland leaves his bride during the honey¬ moon, turns his back on affairs of state, lays down his vetoing pen and goes off to fish. There must be something in it when the cabinet can give tho great quesbsus of govern¬ ment the go by and devote their colossal brains and the weight ol their wisdom and judgment to put¬ ting on a hook, holding a line, and keeping their mouths shut. There must be something iu it wheu great lawyers, big bankers, sago ministers, ponderous statesmen and all sorts of men both gseat and small, can turn tneir backs upon business and go off to fish with tho glee and zest of a small boy. There must be some¬ thing in it when the highest delight of many men is to load up with rods and reels aud boats and books and go off into the woods aud aloug the rivers and lakes, among mosquitoes and gnats and bugs and owls and snakes and frogs with a club or party to fish.’ To Miss Bessie Bramb'e, of Pitts¬ burg, we respectfllv answer, there is something in it; something, Bessie, dear, that you cannot appreciate, because you do uot cross your gallus¬ es in the back wear hip pockets and top-boots; because you care nothing tor the early morning cocktail, the midday juleps, the evening stake and the midnight composer; because you do not understand tbe value ot straights and flushes, and threes and fulls aud jackpots, and because, dear girl, free as you are, it uever can occur to you that the duties that tie men to their desks and trades, when thrown off, leave them boys and semi-savages once more. Of course all this is a mystery to you. If it were not you would not be a woman. It is the same sort of mystery to you ‘that your teas and conversation parties are to men. They can no more understand how a woman with tight shoes on, tight corsets, tight gloves, ponderous head wear and stiff clothes on can sit up by the hour and gossip about absent¬ ees and drink what theyjdon’t like, any more than you can understand man as a fisher. Better not try, lebt tbe charms of our respective amuse¬ ments entice us into new fields. A woman at a man’s fishing frolic would spoil tbe fun, and man in woman’s kingdom is undoubtedly a bore. — Macon Telegraph. - ii • Connecticut a Blue Laws. These laws were enacted by the people of the “Dominion of New Haven,’ and became known as tbe blue laws because they were printed on blue paper. They aro as follows: ‘The Governor and magistrates convened in genonl assembly are the supreme power, under God of the independent dominion. From tbe determination of tho assembly no appeal shall be made. ‘No one shall bo a freeman or have a vote unless ho is converted and a member of one of the churches allow ed in the dominion. “Each freemau shall swear by the blessed God to bear trua allegiance to this dominion, and that Jesus is the ouly King. “No dissenter from the esseutial worship of this dominion shall be allowed to give a vote for election of magistrate or any officer. “No food nor lodging shall be offerd to a heretic. rto one shall cross a river on tbe Sabbath but an authorized clergy man. ' <Xo one shall travel, cook victuals, make bed9, sweep houses, cut hair or shave on the Sabbath day. •No one shall kiss his or her chil¬ dren on the Sabbath or feast days. ‘The Sabb ith day shall begin at sunset Saturday. ‘Whoever wears clothes trimmed with gold, silver or bone lece above one shilling per yard shall bo present¬ ed by the grand jurors and the select¬ men shall tax the estate £300. “Whoever brings cards or dice in¬ to the dominion shall pay a fine of £5. “No one shall eat mince pies, dance, plav cards, or play any instru¬ ment of music excopt the drum, trumpet or Jowsharp. “No gospel minister shall join people in marriage. Tho magistrate may joiu them, as he may do it with less scandal to Christ’s church. “When parents refuse their chil¬ dren convenient marriages, the mag¬ istrate shall determine the point. “A man who strikes bis wife shall ba fined £10. “A woman who strikos Iter hus¬ band shall be punished as the law directs. ‘No man shall *courfc a maid in person or by letter without getting the consent of her parents; £5 pen aky for the first offense, £10 for the second, and for tho third imprison¬ ment during the pleasure of the court.’ Dealing- Witu Tramps in England. Not a few citizens of tbe United States hold the belief that tbe spe¬ cies ‘tramp’ of the gc-nus ‘homo’ is uot only indigenous to tLis country, but is coufined to it. A greater mis take could scarcely be made. Tbe tramp iu England is not only quite as ubiquitous as in tbe United States but tbe cause of a constant drain up¬ on the public funds which nothing but long habit could make a sorely taxed community acquiesce iu. Not to the chauce aud not over tender mercies of a police station, or tbe draughty and dog liauDted shelter of a farmer’s barn, is he compelled to trust when the early autumn frosts begin to render the gate of tho field an insufficient protection from cold o’nights. Then the ‘casual ward’ of the poorhouse opens its doors to re eeive him. Wherever one of these monuments to tho much enduring charity of tbe English nation rears itself, he can claim a comfortable bed of straw aud a meal of honest bread in tbe morning. But tacked to these privileges which makes the lot of the English tramp such a bappy one are three conditions, the inevitable en¬ forcement of which disliteth him. He must take a bath, he must dis¬ card his natural rags and don a clean night robe, and he must break so much stone or pick such a quantity of oakum before ho is free of the street again .—Commercial Advertiser. Character in Cigars. A nervous man, who fumbles hie cigar a great deal, is a sort of popin¬ jay among men. Tbe man that smokes a bit, rests a bit and fumbles the cigar more or less is easily affocted by circumstan cos. The fop stands his cigar on end, and an experienced smoker points it straight ahead, or almost at right angles with his faco. Beware of the man who never re¬ leases his grip on his cigar, and is indifferent whether it burns or not. He is cool, calculating and exactiug. To hold fast half of the cigar iu the mouth and smoko indifferently is a lazy man’s habit. They are gen¬ erally of little force, and thoir char¬ acters are not of the highest strata. If a man smokes his cigar only enough to keep it lighted, and relish¬ es taking it from his mouth to cast a look at the Curl of smoke iil the air, set him down as an easy-going man. If the cigar goes out frequently, the man has a whole-souled disposi¬ tion, is a devil-may care sort of fel¬ low,with a lively braiu, a glib tongue, and generally a fine fund of anec¬ dotes. Holding the cigar constantly be twoeu UlB toetbj cbewiae it occasion ally, and not caring if it is lighted at all, aro tho characteristics of men wil0 bave tho tenacity of bull-dogs. Terms $1.50 Per Annum-. Short Summer Sermons. By Brother Gardener. Detroit Free Priss.] « L I long ago dun made up my mind dnt average humanity expects too much on dis airth, an’ dat we am all too selfish to really enjoy ourselves. If we plan for a huckelberry es eursun we look fur dry weather, no matter how much our nay bur’s co’n an’ tutors want rain. If dar am any danger of spring frosts we expeck dey will fly ober our garden an* light down on some¬ body else’s truck patch. We expeck cyclones now an’ den in de nateral order of fiDgs, but we doan expeck ’em to bit our eand ob de county. We am sorry for eich people as was in de way, but dey orter been som’ers else, you know. If we take in a tramp over night we expeck him to be honest an’ grateful. If anybody else takes in one an’ gits beat, our verdict am dat it earved ’em right. Wo expect to git de big eand of Je trade when we swap hosses wid a man, but if we diskiver dat we hev bin cheated we want de law to pun¬ ish him for a swindler. Moas’ of ns am willing to take our chances on matrimony, if de gal am good looking or de young mau has cash, but when de rolliu’-pins begin to fly we blame our friends dat dey didn’t warn us. If we lose our pocketbook we argy dat de puts-m who find it am as bad as a thief if be doau’ return it. If we find someone elsu’s pocketbook we —well, it comes like pullin’ teeth to let go. W r e respeck onr naybur, but we want our beets an’ cabbage an’ on¬ ions to keep about a week ahead of bis. We doan’ know of auy pertickler reason wby iightnin’ should strike our ba’u, but we kin furnish half a dozen reasons why it should Burn ba’us all around us. We begin in October to predict a mild winter, an’if we happen to git oue we kick like a steer de nex’ sum¬ mer bekase we bev to pay mo’ fur ice. I tell ye’ my fren9’ when I come to realize jist what a queer piece of clay we am, an’ how much workm’ ober we need to come out perfeck, I can’t wonder ober de shoutin’ an’ hurrah¬ in’ in beaben when one cf us grown folks finds his way in. AFullfllled Prediction. The Emperor Napoleon III was by nature very superstitious. The fol lowing anecdote was related in 1864. long years before the fulfillment of the prediction that it contains. Napo leon III one day took it into his Lead to consult tho celebrated chircman cier, Desbarolles, who died the other day at a very advanced age. Des¬ barolles told him some curious facts respecting bis character, his tastes and his past life. ‘Now,’ quoth the Emperor, ‘tell me something about the futuro. Where will my death take place and by what malady shall I die? Desbarolles hesitated for a moment ‘Sit,’ he said at length, ‘you have asked me for a frank response, and I will reply to yon frankly. You are destined to breathe your last on F,ug lish soil, aud you will perish by the knife.’ Very curiously was the pre¬ diction fulfilled, though the knife proved to be not that of an assassin but that of a surgeon. London in Brief* About 3/000 horses die each week; About 129,000 paupers infest the city. About 11,000 police keep good or der. About 120,000 foreigners live in the city. About 10,000 strangers enter the city each day. About 9,000 new housosjaro erected anually. About 700,000 cats euliven the moonlight nights. About 2.000 clergyme n old fo rth every Suuduy. About 620 churches give Comfort to the faithful. About 125 persons are added to tho population daily. About 28 miles of ueir streets are laid out each year. About 500,000 dwelling* shelter the population of Load on i NO 35* X --- I? r ? fij & m 'i • < AURANTII Most of the diseases which afilict mankind are origtor ally caused by a disordered condition of the LIVER* For all complaints of this kind, such as Torpidity of the Liver, Biliousness, Nervous Dyspepsia, Indiges¬ tion, Irregularity of the Bowels, Constipation, Flatu¬ lency, Eructations and Burning of the Stomach (sometimes called Heartburn), Miasma, Malaria, Bloody Flux, Chills and Fever, Breakbone Fever, Exhaustion before or after Fevers, Chronic Diar¬ rhea. Loss of Appetite, Headache, Foul Breath, Irregularities incidental to Females, Bearing-down SW5£ STADICEB'S flUBAWTII is Invaluable. It is not a panacea for nil (ii-v-.'is-*,. b “ l PHDC an diseases of th» LIVER, STOMACH and BOWELS. It changes the complexion from a waxy, yellow tinge, to a ruddy, healthy color. It entirely removed low. gloomy spirits. It is one of the BEST AL« TERATIVES and PURIFIERS OF THE BLOOD, and Is A VALUABLE TONIC. STADICER’S AURANTII For sale by all Drugglata. Price SI.00 per bottle, C. F. STADICER, Proprietor, ai Ua so. FRONT ST., Philadelphia, Pat Carter’s Shoe Store m : is ■:v fn (SHKHk £ P ■" ms 1 ;_-; *»N» ►«r -Jplk !» BEST IN THE WORM) Hi H BLACK STEEL TIP, H’e Arc Still In Our Boots and our business is to supply the people with First Class Foot Wear. Goods that are comfortable, nice fitting and dres sy. Cali on us ror your nne goods. In medium and ehoap grades we hart die nothing but Leather Shoes. No' Shoddy or Pasteboard Goods that can only be guaranteed to be twelvd pairs to tbe dozen, but Honest Goods at Moderate Prices. CALVIN CARTER &SOM Americus, 6a March 6, 1S8G. PROHIBITION May prohibit anybody from selling! Liquors iu Stewart County, bat High License iu Eufaula, Ala., does not prohibit MOBlilS & GREER front supplying the Good People of Stew¬ art with Pure Medicinal Wines, Fins Brandies and Whiskies, such as therS will be a necessity for at times in er ery family, and such as would be pre¬ scribed by thoir Physicians. Wo beep a Full and Complete line of the Best Liquots firhich can be 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 theul at Lowest Market Prices; We keep a full stock of all grade and respectfully solicit a share of your trade. Come in and 869 US when you visit Eufaula. Respectfully, MORRIS & GREER; January 30, 188G. SMITH’S _ piiyii 0ILh mm Xf*' w BEANS /-vnre I© Biliousness; rclioiaifloL'raigla. Sick Headache curt 4 hours: and Cnodaso Thoj Bad prevent Chills Skirt, Fever, lone Sour the Slomach andgjve •* Brea ,fh. Clear Iha Nerves, BEAN. LHe _ fhom/mert and Vigor aj. to the System. will Dose: be without ONE them. Try Price. Z8 eta Mile. you never Sold by Druggists and Medicine Uealers per generally. Sent on receipt of p,i S ,lnsta 5 ps i ,_po^ i .to & anj o addros 5j M& Manufacturers and Sole Preps./ ST.