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THE INDEPENDENT. •ATt KDAY. MtVWIUn T. M3. How to Treat Fever, The Howard Aseooiation of Now Orleans have made public the following simple pre|ari*il by a skillful physician of that city, for the treatment of yellow fever. They appear to Ire so well adapted to the alleviation of fevers tfeoerally of u bilious type-, ns to justify the opinion that they might be advantageously followed in this section, as well us whore yellow fever pre vails. The treatment certainly seems to tie a very rational one for fever In all its stages, and where there in no physician at hand to treat a case in hand, this course might he followed with good results; f If the jintient be taken with fever immediately (one or two hours) after a meal, give an emetic of mustard, salt and warm water, one teaspoouful each of for mer to tumbler of lost. 2. If tho patient has eaten more than three hours previously, give a dose of castor oil. N. R.~lf the uttaek commences with irritable storaoch. sbstitnte a dose of calo mel and soda for oil, five graina each for children, ten grains each for adults 8. If the skin is very dry, give hot foot baths repeatedly, until perspiration is induced. 4. If the skin is very hot, whether dry or moist, sponge the arum, breast mid legs under the covering with whiskey and water frequently. 6. The first night of attack gives an injection of 20 drops of laudanum or Hut tv’s sedative should there lie rnfieh rest lessness. 8. If the stomach remains irritable, apply mustard plaster; if the irritability continues apply fly blister. 7. If the urine is scanty, give water melon seed tea freely —half a tea cmi full every hour. It can bo taken iced if pre ferred. 8. Keep a 000 l cloth to the head, if hot or painful. 9. Nothing but warm or cold ten—green orange leaf or sage—allowed sparingly, with small pellets of ice occasionally or a mouthful of cool water, for the first three days. 10. After the fever has entirely disap peared, chicken broth, beef ten, milk to be given in small quantities, gradually in creasing same as convalescence advances. 11. The patient must not be allowed to ■it up for a wefik, nor take any solid food whatsoever for ten days after the attack. A Dor Stealing Story. The wife of n Loudon attorney lost a favorite poodle dog, and in her distress invoked the aid of her liege lord to re cover the pet. Ho knew the head of the dog-stealing fraternity professionally, so Ijo sent for him and told him of his loss. “Well, Mr. Q. 0.,” was the reply, “I knows yonr dorg well, and I thinks I knows how to get, it. But it’s a very wal uublc dorg—will cost u lot of money. " “How much?” “Well, j 880." “Rubbish." But after a deal of altercation, Q. C. agreed to givo £25, whereon his friend aaid, “You're a gen'clman,” and the bar gain was struck. “But,” was the adden dum, “you can't have him for a few days.” “Why not?” inquired Q. C. “Why, yer sees, Q. 0., yer dorg was only sold fast Monday, to a fold gent for twenty guineas, and as he's got to he darned fond of him. wo feels bound to let him have him a few days afore we tako him buck again; ho must suinthiug for his money.” The dog came back in duo course. The Bride Who said No at the Altar. On Hhnday, as the Rev. Mr. German, of tho United Brethren Church, in York, I'enn., was conducting tho services at the Union Church at Yooomtown, York coun ty, tho sexton handed him a note. After the sermon was completed the minister announced he had tlio pleasure of stilting that a couple in the congregation desired to bo united in tlio holy bonds of matri mony, and that the candidates should im mediately present themselves. There was a considerable flutter in the assemblage— every eye staring around to see the happy couple.’ After some delay a fine and bou yunt couple came marching up the aisle to the altar. The reverend gentleman imme diately proceeded with tho ceremonv, and the groom answered promptly: “Yes, I will,” but to the dismay and astonishment of tlio clergyman and tiie audience, when it came to the bride's turn, she answered just os promptly, “No, I will not,” and smilingly left the church all alone, leaving the half married man in a quandary what to do. “Such is life.” A Jurok Excited.—Recently a juror ap proached a clerk of the Snprme Judicial Court and stated that it would be impoaible tor him to serve. “Why not?” inquired tlio clerk. ‘ ‘Because I'm deaf, ” responded the juror. The clerk lmd reason for incredulity, md informed the deaf man iu a whisper dint ho would report his case to the Judge. I'urniug to his honor he said: “Mr. Biul nan, of Manchester, desires to be ex rased.” “What are his reasons?" asked his honor without raising his eyes from the paper he rus reading. “He says he is deaf,” replied the clerk. “He is excused,” said tho Judge quick y; “if he is deaf we don’t want him; if he is a liar, we don’t want him." Mr. Rail man is at home now. —Nashua Telegraph. The man, who answorod an advertise ment to the following effect, says his ouri sitv is satisfied: “If you would learn how to make home happy, send a postage stamp and twenty five cents to I’. O. Box, No.—Ouieiunati." He did send the necessary cash, and soon received the answer; “If you are os big a fool as we think you must lie for giving us your money, you .-an make homo happy by leaving it and giing West by yourself.” —Hearth and ome. A Deaf Juryman.- The trail of the Cu ban bank clerks in Brooklyn, New York, bn the charge of stealing over one hundred thousand dollars worth of securities, was brought to au abrupt termination on Tues day. After the testimony was all in and the cose given to the jury one of tho twelve informed his associates that- he oould not sonaent to any verdict, and when asked for a reason said he had not heard a word of the evidence, as he was “stone deaf.” Frightful Accident. — Charles Board man. who has for some time past been Adams Express agent on the midnight train between Now York and Boston, was acci dentally killed, Tuesday night, iu New York. He had put his head out of the door of the express car, when a horse cor ran against it causing the door to Rlide to with such force as to cut- his- head off, so that it hung only by a little skua.” Au Indiana woman threw a burglar down stairs and broke his| neck, under the impression that it was her hus band. Important Bankrupt Decision. A Richmond dispatch of October 81st says: In the United States Circuit Court to-day, in the cases of Oeo. W. Dilland and others, bankrupts, Judge H. L. Bond rendered an important decision. The creditors obtained decrees in the State Court directing the sale of JDilhmd’s prop erty. Afterwards Dilland filed a petition in bankruptcy, and claimed tho homestead exemption of 82,000, whfph exemption was allowed in tho United Htates District Court by Judge Underwood. The credi tors then carried the ease liefore Judge Bond by petition, und bo decided the fol lowing points, which entirely reverse the ruling of Judge Underwood: 1. When suits are pending in Htate courts liefore the commencement of bank ruptcy proceedings, if there bo no sug gestion of fraud and no interests of gen eral credit will bo prejudiced, the bank ruptcy oourt ought not to interfere with the jurisdiction of the Htate Court. 2. When a bankrupt has made a deed of trust to secure creditors, he is not enti tied to any exemption out of the property conveyed until the deed is satisfied or ad judged fraudulent as to creditors by Htate court. 3. When proceedings in bankruptcy were commenced before the passage of the Act of March 8, 1872, the bankrupt is entitled to such exemption only as is al lowed by laws existing at tho time the pro ceedings commenced. 4. The amendatory net, so far as it is declaratory of the Act of 18(17, is void. 5. The rights of bankrupts and credi tors are fixed according to laws in force when tho bankruptcy proceedings com menced, and no subsequent legislation can affect them. The Hired Girl. There is one reason why we should re gret to have the present troubles with do mestic servants ended. It is because wo men derive so much pleasure from discuss ing the subject. Place two women to gether, and it makes no difference whero the conversation starts from, it will lie perfectly certain to work around to tho hired girl question before many minutes have elapsed. We have seen an elderly honse-keeper, which experience in con ducting the talk in the direction, break into a discussion of Pythagoras and the doctrine of the transmigration of souls, and switch off the entire debate with such expedition that an unsophisticated listen er would for some moments have an indis tinct impression that the conversation re ferred to the insufficiency of Pythagoras us a washer and ironor, and to the ten dency of that heathen philosopher to toko two Thursdays out of every week. And when a woman has on Unusually villainous hired girl who burns up the coal, wastes the butter, mixes her hair in the biscuits, and stuffs her relations with sugar, it is in teresting to observe how she glories in the superiority of her sufferings to those of her neighbors, and how, as she tells of them, she gloats over her misery and feels good about it. A woman who lias a re ally competent servant is always in a con dition of abject wretchedness on such oc casions.—Max Adeler. [From the Augusta Chronicle.] The Centennial. Philadelphia teems with as corrupt a sot of rascally politicians as over disgraced any city in the United States. The present administration was elected by fraud and corruption. At the last election tho vote cast in the city of Brotherly Love exceed ed that of New York while the popula tion of I’hiludclphiu is at least three hun dred thousand less than that of New York. Voters were imported from neighboring cities, false lists were made out, and tho ballot boxes wore tampered with after the closing of the various elections; all tho managers and machinery of the election being controlled and manipulated by the Radicals, And this is the city where the Centennial is to be held—the city from whence issued the Declaration of American Independence. Wo fail to sec the fitness of tho place for the celebrated of tho hun dreth anniversary of American Indepen dence —unless it lie the kind of liberty which tho Radical party gives to the Southern people as now exemplified in the States of South Carolina, Florida, Missis sippi, Louisiana and Arkansas. If that be its character, Philadelphia is a marvelous ly proper place for its celebration. Pioeon Catching in Michigan. —The business of catching and fattening pig eons has been reduced to a science, and is clone on an immense scale in lonia county, Mich., where two firms have now 2000 dozen. They arc caught iu nets, 450 birds having been taken at one haul, this sea son. The net is set up by the side of a “bed," which is baited with wheat and com, for some time before the season com mences. The pigeons soon find these places and flock to them in immense num bers. When the time for catching arrives, a man conceals himself daily in a bower near the bed, from which a wire passes to the net, and when a sufficient number of the birds have come they are bagged. After this they are confined iu feeding pens and fattened. They areti.enjkilled and packed— 80 dozen in a barrel and shipped to New York, Boston and other cities. They are now worth #2.50 per dozen at the Hub. A NqniJi Sacrifice.— Among the first who hastened to the relief of the Shreve port sufferers was a beautiful young lady, of Philadelphia, who was willing to brave even the terror of death to give aid and comfort to the helpless victims of a terri ble scourge. She was Agnes, the daugh ter of a tJ. S. Naval officer deceased, and was adopted by 8. and Agues Arnold, of Philadelphia, when scarcely three years old. At Shreveport her noble bravery and devotion gained for her the title of Angel Agnes. One night, while walking with a sick child in her arms, she fell down a stairway and fractured her spine, and died in great, agony. Only a few days previous, her intended husband, who had followed her to Shreveport, died with the fever. Both bodies will be brought to Philadol pliia for burial. An Alabama Farce.— Out of the pauie Eufaula has managed to extract some little excitement, with prospect of more: During the panic the banking house of Morton ft Son and E. B. Young V- Son borrowed several thousand dollars of Eagle und Phoenix certificates, the merchants of Eufaula agreeing to take them. E. M. Keits, who presides over the city court, refused them, and ordered the Imui kers to appear before him and answer a charge of violating the law. To this demand the bankers turned a deaf ear, whereupon the negro Sheriff and a posse of his own color raided upon the men of money with the intention of carry ing them away by force. Fortunately they refused to bo arrested. The tan col ored official when last heard from was pre paring to send for troops. Our latest returns from the United States give 67,112 miles finished railroad; from Europe 63,337, of which 15,376 were i in. Great Britain and Ireland, MIM-ELUXBOm ADVKHTISKMKNTII. McCALL It GROOVER, QUITMAN, GA., Dealers is out US, HKUICINKN, CMKHICAJLS, Fine Toilet Soap, Fancy Bair and Tooth Brushes, Perfumery and Faney Toilet Articles, TnuiM and Bhouldrr Braces, FVohli Garden Nctidw, Paints, Oils, Varnishes & Dye-Stofl. IsctUr Paper, Pena, Ink, Km relope*, WINDOW GLASS, <f all tires, Putty, Carbon Oil, Lamps and Chimneys. Pl<ysiciaru Prescriptions Accurately Compounded. Shot, Pownan, Pzuccmhok Caps, Tobacco, Jyl2-ly Snnff and Cigars. CURRIER, HERWOOD & GO., WHOLESALE DEALERS Iff I loots und Wlioew, 0 Tliiii is one of Ihu Oldest and Largest Boot anil Shoe Jobbing Houses IN THE CITY. All their Sup/lies are obtainedfrom THE VERY BEST MANUFACTORIES, And Bold to Customers on the MOST ACCOMMODATING TERMS. 476 & 478 Broome Street, New York. A. M. WATKINS, Traveling Agent. Jyri-tf I WOULD RESPECTFULLY CAU. THE AT TENTION of the citizens tf Bri*>ka and tin* adjoining counties, to my larga and select stock of DRY GOODS, BOOTS AND SHOES, E II Alt 1> W AR E GII (X'ERIKS, Etc., Etc., All of which will bo sold upon REASONABLE TERMS and at LOWEST PRICES. I would also call the attention of Planters to mv LARGE STOCK OF FARM IMPLEMENTS, Such as TLOWS, CLEVICES, HEEL BOLTS, GRAIN FANS, etc., etc. These goods will bo sold at MANUFACTURER S PRICES, WitH Freight Added. SOT GIVE ME A CALL. -®* JOHN TILMAN. jplys-tf DR, E. A. JELKS, PRACTISING PHYSICIAN, Quitman, Ga. OFFICE—Brick building adjoining the store o! Messrs. Briggs, 4. 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Cotton Bought either tor Cash or taken in exchange for Yarns or Osnaburg*. PRICES. Wool Carding per pound 10 cts. DII. HENRY BRIGGS, President. mavlo-tf BRIGGS, JELKS &CC„ DEALERS IN llrun and Medicine*, Family Groceries, Hardware, Crockery,: Dry Goods, Doirtestic and Foreign,! Millinery Goods, Boots and Shies, I Hats, Clothing, Notions, etc. WHICH WE WILL KELL STRICTLY FOR CASH —AMD AT— CASH VALUE. Farmers' Prodw*. Mhc# pnrehawi by Md, considered a* CASH. HENRY F. JIABBETT, Manager. junel4-tf __ “ CHARLES GASSMAS, Merchant Tailor 1 , 26 1-2 Whitaker Street, SAVANNAH, GA. aiig9-tf | MARSHALL HOUSE, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA A. B. LUCE, Proprietor, BOARD, #3 OO Per Day. SUgIS-tf CREECH A NEWSOM, DEALERS IN D RY GO O I) S, GROCERIES, Liquors, Flour, Bacon, etc., QUITMAN, GA. raaylO-tf JOHN M. COOPER & CO, Havannah, Ga. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN BOOKS AND STATIONERY. Keep constantly on hand a large asiort ment o! MISCELLANEOUS, STANDARD AMD SCHOOL BOOKS. Sunday School Libraries furnished on the most liberal terms with the latest and best English Publications. BIBLES, Pocket, Family and Pulpit, Is Great Variety. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, SCRAP BOOKS. Any books sent by mail on receipt of price. may2A-tf K. FITZGERALD, (ESTABLISHED ISSOJ Manufacturer and Wholesale and Retail Dealer in CANDIES, CORDIALS, SYRUPS, Fancy Confectionary, &e. ISO Bryan St., Between Barnard and Jefferson Streets, Savannah, Ga. , aug2-tf MI9CKLLANBOVB ADVKRTISKMEHTBi The Christian Index* ATLANTA GA ORGAN OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION R m. D. SHAVER, D. D., EhitmL AIWOOIATE EDITORS: Rev. D. E. BUTLER. Dr. J. 8. LAWTON. CORRXnrON#IKG EDITORS. Rkt. 8. HENDERSON, D, D., - Ai-mke, Ala; Rev. E. B. TEAGU E, D. D., - - Selma,Ala; Rev. T. B. JONES, D. 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County officials will find it to their interests to consult us as to Legal Form Books, Records, Minutes, Blank*. Books, Newspapers, Sheet Music and F’cnoaicaLf, bound and rewound to order. Remember to make your orders on the Franklin Steam Printing Rouse. JAS. P. HARRISON A CO., Nos. 27 A 29 South-Broad Street, Atlanta, G*l I). W. PRICE, MERCHANT TAILOR, QUITMAN, GA., Would inform the citizens of Quitman and sur rounding country, that he has Just opened a FIRST CLASS MERCHANT AND TAILORING ESTABLISHMENT IN QUITMAN, AND HAS ON HAND A FINE LOT OF CLOTHS AND CASSIMERES, P SUITABLE FOR MAKING DRESS AND BUSINESS SUITS. He has also on Hand a Select Stock of READY MADE CLOTHING. CUTTING, CLEANING —I3TD— REPAIRIN B BONE ON SHORT NOTICE. User PRICES MODERATE. -fc® NEW STOCK. riIHE UNDERSIGNED HAYING PURCHASED JL in person m the Eastern Cities, a large and well assorted stock of General Merchandise, is now prepared to offer peculiar inducements to his many customers and the public generally. His stock embraces a complete variety of 4^ Dry Goods, Ready Made Clothing, Hats, Caps, Boots and Shoes, ** Hardware, Tinware Crockery and Glass ware, All kinds of Woodwars and a complete assortment of FAMILY GROCKRIKS, all of which he offers on the most reasonable terms. D. R. CREECH. septMSm clothlng. . M. BROWN, of Florida, —WITH— WEILLER & BUG., 274 W. Baltimore St., Baltimore, Md. K . DAVIS, (Successor to Blun, Spiegel A Cos.) Cigar Manufacturer^ AMI DEALEB IM CIGARS. SMOKING AMD CHEWING TOBACCO, Pipes, Etc-, CORNER OF BULL AND STATE STREETS. Opposite Court Meuse Square, &Ug9-tf Surannah. Georgia. J. S. \. S X 0 \v, DENTIST, Quitman, Georgia, Office Up Stairs, Finch's fender. ang23-4m Genuine Durham Smoking Tobacco, manulac-- tnred by Z. I. Lyon & Cos., at 8. Shandal’s. A few fine Ladies Hats at 8. HhandaTe.