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TOE WEEKLY TP~ "QWAPTT AND MESSENGER FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1884.
lation. It ia true I couldn't take her with
me when I went to dine with the King and
Queen; but I could aay she was “indis
posed" (if abe wasn’t I would make her
ao) and 'couldn't come out this evening."
Ab we were leaving a picturesque, richly
"haded villago, one of tne drivers pointed
out a mound of fresh earth by the road
side. a few days before two farmers en
route to the 1 >anube for rock salt (imported
from Houmanla). had bivouacked for the
fU/jlit on that very spot. Soon after their
frugul evening meal had been dispatched
a tall, swarthy Individual made his ap
pearance and sat down with them. After
some cautious remarks the new comer in
formed them that a foreigner was soon ex
pected to pass there and he suggested that
this stranger should be relieved of bis
purse and jewelry. The farmers agreed to
theproposal. whereupon their new friend,
saving he was very weary, lay down and
told them to wake him wiien they heard
the carriage coming (all transport equip
ments have bells on the horses in the Ori
ent). Now, one of the farmers had recog
nized in the addition to their party the cap
tain of a gang oi robbers which had ope
rated for many years along the frontier.
This gentleman had a price of twenty
ducats ($48) on his head “dead or alive.'
As soon as he gave evidences of sound
slumber the en erprising agricultural ex
pert placed his ritie to the sleeper’s head
and sent a bullet through his brain. He
went to the Nachuluik (Prefect), got his
twenty ducats and went on bis way re-
oiclng in having served his country and
Men well pa d for it. The Serbian Dick
Turpin was buried where he had lain
down to dream of goldeh napoleons and
heavy watenes which he was to receive
from the unsuspecting traveler.
The horse drivers in the Orient have a
curious custom of getting down about every
three hours and pulling the ears of their
animals. Thi* is done in a downward
SERBIAN STUDIES.
u .c and incidents in the fer-
scE NSS T1M0K vALwEY.
of a Traveler on the Rough
C “.-H0W a Robber ... Cap-
" tur«a-Eor*P'« ,cln ® Mu “'°
of Slav und Turk. Eto.
-.HONOUR own COEBKSrOKDKHT.j
o'Lmsa, Serbia. Jane 13th, 1884.—
B Ctbere my last letter left u. at
‘ ‘ Lf alotm am'weary day’s drive.
*^“ p| ta l of the district. It is a thriv-
town of about 8 000 inhabitants,
in ‘hotIch Timok river vsUsjr on
'in. of the ‘o-be-constructed railway
'tine tue Roumanian system and the
“ t international iron road now being
S Tough Serbia, which will afford
communication from the sliorea of
rSLllah Channel to Constantinople
fsar was the headquarters of General
Sisnin. commanding the eaat-rn from
of Serbia at the outbreak oftheiU-
Slll campaign of 1870. From here lie
Stout with about20.000 halfarmed
nts to attack O-unarm Pasha, who
T,«srds became so unjustly celebrated
tPletna The thoroughly armed (with
imerican rfflea). disciplined T .rks, made
Artwork with Leshijanin's army; bat.
u, bis usual stolid stupidity, Osman con-
Hied himself with simply repulsing the
* cn . . moving forward threo and forward direction with considerable
JJJ 23! cutUng th. great highway . I .have Inquired many time, a. to
tltween Belgrade and Alexinatz, and end-
tog the campaign within thirty days after
its commencement.
lm „ remark here, en poarrot, that Os-
„ p u ba is the greatest military fraud
of modem times. The entire credit of the
defeme of Plevna belongs to Tewfik Bey,
the chief oi staff < an educated engineer
officer) sad to the soldiers of Osman’s
srmv-tbe whole resulting from the utter
idiocy of the Russian generalship of the
first half of the campaign. They should
M «r have attacked Plevna at all. But if
thMssault was once decided upon, they
ihouid have arranged It in every respect
exactly contrary to what was first attempt
ed on the 30th of July, and later on tho
11th of September, 1877. I do not speak
tom hearsay. I lay in front of Plevna for
three months, and am the only living for
eign Journalist who was present at the fall
of that stronghold on the 10th of Decern-
bar, 1877.
The Timok valley is from one to three
miles wide, and, like most oi the valleys in
this part of the world, it is perfectly Hat tip
to the verv feet of the mountains which
rue abruptly from tho sides thereof,
It was at Zaichar that the tempest-in-a-
teapot rebellion broke out—a lev days at-
ter our visit. From thta town the uprising
spread aloug through half a dozen villages
and finally terminated at Alexinatz. aoout
three weeks after tho first outbreak.
Eiahteen ot the ringleaders were snot (the
sole method of capital punishment in Ser
bia) tod about a hundred were tent to
prison for terms varying from four to ten
y ”«r Zaichar there are outcroppings of
coil, lea t (containing silver) ami copper.
8omeexplorations huve been made in tho
former, but the formation being an erupt
ive one it is doubtful if the coal veins can
ever be worked, especluly when my Sikola
coslseam,forty-four feet thick, (mentioned
in a previous letter) ties only half the dis
tance from the Danube and will furnish
cost enough for the entire lower Danubian
countries lor sges to come.
After a night s rest In tbe Zaichar hotel
and a tremendous row with the Ueruiano-
Austrian landlord In tho morning, who
wished to charge us more than Grand
■ Hotel (In Parii) prices, we started out
along the highroad to Knjasevatz, the
nest lown of iraportance.whcre we Intended
tosleep. Our traveling arrangements were
the same—old barouche a hit n "had teen
better days" in Vienna, and a four-wheel, d
wagon, destitute of springs, and covered
with a wstcr-proof canvas roof supported
no a wooden frame, which were mentioned
ins former letter. Mnjordnno Jim was,
of coarse, permanently delegated to the
latter vehicle. X. Y. Z. and myself were
supposed to tako “turn about"in the spring
wupptd veteran from Vienna. But the
tnsidiotu attempts to get more than our
rightful share of the barouche trausnortu-
non Kfile professing to “like tbe other
quite as well" would have sickened the
heart ole philanthropist who believed In
the gradual moral Improvement 01 the hu-
man rate.
The main highways of Serbia are well
macidamlz, d and kept in good order. Rut
Jos betide the unfortunate traveler who
depute from these chauiuti with the fond
hope of arriving anywhere with hie spinal
eomnsn in its normal condition. The
wretched system generally adopted in
America, of depending upon the luupipri
■or keeping up their own roads, has even
worse molts here than In the States. The
government 1a discussing a plan for taxing
■hepeoele for tbe Itlghways and then con.
SdSiataS ‘beTl SOTrEgoS "25S2 01 horrible
tbe object of tills ear pulling, hut could
never ascers ain the raison d'etre of the
operation. “We always do if’ waaallthe
reply that 1 could obtain without over
hearing any theory advanced a» to the oh-
*ct or supposed beneficial results to the
rorses. At one of these stoppages I saw
by the roadside the most primitive wagon
factory in Chriitdndom. The bubs of the
wheels were turned by one man revolving
the piece of wood by means of a spit iron
run through the centre and resting in two
forked slicks driven into the
earth, while a second artisan
held the edge of his axe to the
block in lieu of a turner's chisel. The
dreisingof the spokes, felloes and other
parts of the vehicle was peformed in an
equally primitive manner. I was so much
interested in this simplicity personified,
that I sketched tbe whole arrangement, to
the great gratification of the proprietors,
who, from their manner, evidently be-
lieved that wo had never seen such perfect
appliances before, and were contemplating
the Introduction of this style of wagon
making into our own benighted father
lands.
We reached Knjasevatz about 0 in the
evening and secured two rooms in the
low ceilinged hotel, of one story and much
dirt, which shelters the wayfarers who
pass the night in that town, which, like
Zaichar, is the capital of a department or
E refectnre. This place was also captured
y the Turks in the campaign of 1876, and
many buildings were destroyed by them—
most of these have been rebuilt. The
town lies at the head ol the Timok valley,
which is closed at this point by a high hill
(or small mountain,) and the two streams
which unite here to form the river Timok
run along narrow, deep ravines, winding
through this northernmost range of the
Serbian Balkans.
The little town contains about 3000 in
habitants, and is very picturesquely situ
ated. As we crossed the new wooden
bridgeover the Timok (which divides the
town in two parts) we saw a large, marb e
slab, covered with a very legible Roman
inscription, that had been found in ex-
cavating (or the foundations of the struc
ture.
After the nsttal raid on the limited
chicken brigade of Knjosevatz, washed
down witli the red wine of the district, we
were regaled by tbe musical efforts of one
of tbe gypsy stringed bands wnich exist
in every town in the Orient and play the
excruciating music of that rich, pic
turesque, but horribly unmusical part of
tbe uulverae. They will play one of the
wailing aonga of tbe country (which aver
age leas than six notes each and are ail in
the minor key) for half an hour at a
stretch, until the European ear becomes
wild with agonized sounds, anil then they
will scratch out thsir one, solitary, civil
ized “piece,” half learned by ear and the
other half made up by the leader. This
champion performance is always trotted
out at the sight of an European costume,
and the wearer thereof is looked at in
quiringly at the close with the sir of de
manding : “ Then, sir! Did you ever hear
anything like that in your barbarous
country?” The reply would always he, if
made: "No, nor in any other!"
The Roumanian. Southern Slav, Turk,
Greek and Arab ail have the tame queer,
monotonous, ear-torturing style of music.
The words of many of the.South Slav songs
are, howevsr, very beautiful.
The wail orer the dead, of the Utter
races. U one of the most touchingly beauti
ful comporitlona Imaginable, bat the
sound emitted in repeating said wail by
the old crones and boys who are employed
professionally for the duty, would frighten
Beelzebub himself; perhaps soma snch
ides U at the bottom of it all. Tbe first
time 1 ever heard it was in 1876, while
strolling in the Belgrade cemetery. ftw*a
a quiet afternoon, without even a rustle
among tbs leaves, whan suddenly the air
AFTER LONa Y a < ,
A Bit of Charlie Rosa Sen.m-o . From
Las County,
An Item with a.tlavor of Charlie Rosa
about it comes to us bom Lee county, and
Is vouched for by our correspondent at
Leesburg.
It seems that some time during the year
I860, a widow In Lee county married a
man named Jack Btanley. By the former
marriage she had quite a house-fullof
children, flye sons and a daughter, and, as
may be imagined, the honeymoon was not
as sweet aa it might have been with less
noise in tho honae.
Stanley and his stepsons failed to har
monize. In fact, tbe household at times
might have been likened unto an average
Republican convention, ao great waa tbe
distord.
This state of things continued until the
now baby. Charlie, was about fourteen
months old, when Stanley folded his tent
and quietly stole away, taking with him
the infant. The mother mourned the loss
of the baby more than that of her hus
band, and though she searched far and
near, no tidings could she hear. Sho
resigned herself to the situation and
to her every prayer added the word Kis
met. Tbe sons ny her former husband
grew up and became a support, and thus
the wolf was kept from the door.
Stanley's first stopping place was in an
other county, where ne left the baby in the
hands of his own relatives and wandered
off to Arkansas, where he so far forgot
his Gcoreia wife as to marry again. He
returned to Georgia and carried back his
boy. Tiring of Arkansas, Stanley moved
to Alabama, where he .a now living with
his third wife, and prospering.
When Charlie reached his teens be be
came anxious to know something of bis
early history, and questioned bis father.
Stanley always gave him evasive replies;
but from an outside source the boy ob-
tained a hint that his mother waa in Lee
county. Saying nothing to his father, the
lad slipped away from his Alabama home
a short while ago, and last Sunday found
him at a Primitive Baptist church in Lee
ge Julius, n, Mrs. E. I’ Morton, Mr-
W. Rid-rti ntid Mr-. J. Wood- We left
via the Augusta road and returned by the
Central.
There were no politlc-dc-i ’ ’ stos at the
gathering, which issoir.etli’ g remaikebh
at a Qtorcia picnic. Polli a w-ra not dls
cnased. From the knowing o-ie, there and
elsewhere In the sixth diati .:(. it aeeuis to
lie conceded that a large avoirdupois will
swing on to a little man’s kite-tail.
J.C.B.
THE NEW JAIL.
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ire Cure Mouth Wash and Dentifrice.
See advertisement
—A botanical cariosity in the shape of
the atalk and leaf of a cullodarium was
seen at Strong’s store yesterday. It waa
grown on Mr. William McKay’s place in
Yineville. The leaf measured thirty-nine
inches long and twenty-four inches wide.
—John Franklin, the negro who waa
•truck by lightning a year or so ago. and
who is now fireman for Mansfield & Hays,
was so overcome by the beat yesterday
that he fell in a faint and come very near
Ealhng into the furnace door,
—Mr. Dave Sullivan, a carpenter In
charge of the building of Mr. Joe Wilburn’s
cottage near St, Paul’s church, wa9 sun-
struck yesterday morning, from the effects
of which he did not rally during the day.
This is tbe second case of sunstroke in Ma-
T.nring Awav Another Old Macon Land
mark.
Yesterday the county commissioners
purchased the old Wayside Home lot and
the new jail will be erected on the corner
fronting on Mulberry street, instead of
Fifth street, as was contemplated.
The amount paid for the lot adjoining
was 33,000. The new lot cost (8,600, mak
ing a total of 30,300 for the jail site. It was
purchased of Messrs. W. B. Johnston, es
tate of Peter Solomon, L. N. Whittle and conthtasummer!
Albert Mix. —Major W. F. Anderson will have some
In making this purchase the commit- finely blooded trotters this season. By the
slonera thought that as they 13tb of August he will have two two-year-
were putting up u handsome jail old flyers from the Wilkes atock in Ken-
edifice, one that was calculated to meet the tncky. These will make four rapid trotters
• - • ’- ■-—” -w
In the congregation sat Mrs. Stanley,
wholly unconscious of tbe presence
ot her long lost son. He asked
some ot tbe loiterers around the door to
point out Mrs. Stanley to him. This was
done, and he entered the church without
thinking of the surroundings, and with a
a kin and a hug was soon pressed to bis
mother’s heart.
The scene thst followed this sudden in
terruption ot tjie services can be better
imagined than described. The men
coughed, the women cried, and the chil
dren stared in sheer astonishment.
Mother and son left the church, and Ion;
were the stories each bad to tell. The lai
is about seventeen years old, and onr cor
respondent describes him as being a hand
some young fellow. He and his mother
sre now happy, and his Intentions are to
drive down his stakes in old Lee and live
with his mother.
The
IN THE COUNTRY.
“•a group all ready to take this in band
“soon as the necessary laws are voted by
um skoaptacblmi (nMQaal assembly.)
Windli,* along tue Timok valley, trying
K a ? e *cn other out ot just duet of
wouche luxury, we stooped at noon in
squalid little village of Vratarnitza In
lo feed both man am! IteaaL On a
th® junction of the Timok and
nsS?* ar * tb® remain* of an old
castle, but l doubt very much If
Roman would sec anything in these
Pwincta today worth building n castle to
In fact 1 would not give fix re
ntable Homan bricks for the entire vil*
goring the Russo-Turkish war I never
Jfored i,n t Bulgarian village) below tbe
Ooone occasion,when
10 Bucharest from the camp
Plevna and forced to lie in my
KpS!u . 00 ra y hack (as I could not
other position i I afterwards
"®*nained that my servants (Jim and the
^"tanibsd-represented me ns “a
*°“k|sd Duke shot in the back," the
Jg* being placed in that undesirable lo-
SSyJU. account for the abahaco of
. . bandage*. I once r» mon*
with Jin about the dignltiea ro
^ral,y conferred upon me, but his ieply
“Why. sir, if I didn't do
K*t nothing to eat." The nl-
being nobility or atarratl
£*I£d the former and manfully em!
to suitably sustain *
ziS? we ®ther had cl
gfw.andwe wound
‘t ‘ fimuk valley with fts herds of
?"*P. cattle and pigs, with an occas
£*5<>f mats, all carefully watch<
•hepherda or shepuenleiM*
thsir straying Into tin* patch
*' —1 tic- -l.tj.inp hill-i.li-s I
iiinjf** on the continent ofKp
2r7S a J" enc,of the horridly ugly
2J**! .fences of my native lanoDj
detracted t
id aft<-:
,-rrily.
from tlu
of the
sounds which froze my blood In the
veins. My first idea was that
Bstan in prowling around, underneath,
after his prey, bail stirred up a whole
fatally of eluvriy maiden ladies, and that
tbe resulting tournament was resulting
unfavorably to his majesty, whose ua-
earthly yells were the sounds that curdled
my blood currents. I was seeking a favor
able route for taking to nty heels when I
discovered an old bag kneeling on a n
made grave end writhing in well slmul I
anguish, while giving vent to the aounde
which hail aeemed to meoi ao uncanny
and doubtlul an origin. Tbe gypey bands
referred to ebove usually consist of one
first and tiro second violins, with violin-
cello and bass viol.
Home ot them play tbe violin marvelotu-
ly, and if they were taught decent mualc,
wonld be pletsent attendants at meals in
the Eastern hotels ami restaurants. X.
being a pttrlo'ic Briton, wanted the band
to season bis dinner by plsying “God Save
the Queen,” b it the gypsies had nsver
heard of her Majesty nor of the music. 80
thereupon X tried to whittle the air for
the leader to pick It up bv ear. Now,
whatever nivn nplilhnients X maybave,
neither raua 1 '! nor whistling are among
them. The rtsul’.of the.r combined ellorls
were so awful, that in sheer desperation I
volanteered to try and forbUb up one of
my youthful indiscretion* (trying lo learn
lire violin) Inord-r to terminate the situa
tion. After sawing out the long forgotten
Mnjesly'e
Euro pea
bars of her
piece'
stranger, clad in Kuroiiean dress, dashed
off and soon returned from his room
with a cornet ins rumrnt, with which be at
once struck boldly Into “God Save the
Queen" at least half au octave too high,
and with many sharps and fiats that the
awn poser never dreamed of. The attempts
of the gypeiea to accompany him made an
lunmtfrlhti* soots sent V 2 and myself lo
ear beds, while X continued to enjoy the
pandemonium ho had inaugurated. I
An hour later, after having “nude night
ieous,” this British patriot sought his
1 to prepare tor resuming our Journey
d perelunee to dream that he was the
,'ler of a gigantic band of inspired mu-
iuns whose livea were destined to bo
mi in playing' God Bave the Queen" to
e astonished dentesM of Knjasovats, _
Enwaao Maxwell Giant.
• toj^kwoneiirikingeismplenl feminine
ntrlYl Jhich deserves to lie place,I ,,n
Woruap waa Joint; duty as
• I•.ir^Si5 , ’ to " kin F ■'ter a large herd of
«Ohsr hh ' l ‘*‘ l “ G-Dy slung
ra a sort of canvas pouch, and
w y PUttfBf some garment lor family
S* JL l « 0U| lH 1 aa we Ji^Ietl pa-it ct b.-
lon£L I* the apritiKtaa v chute of
!®Re/ In our fashionable cirri.
.i\ " .' '*'■ >“d U»e majority of K\e -
of even one useful ar-
and here ii the unaovhiitl-
JJJ2*w*an lister exhibiting no le- than
I aald to my*ell verily
<U»m Jfrj! mto my palace a T imole valley
1I1*? spirit moreth me to
J£"***«rm7eooditionof tingle bleated-
b»k ?£°y? Qbto ctwednes*. BeeWee,
Wiia yU 1 ® difference a the milliner*
knitting, nurae’a
[ ’ ra**ftof represent an expenditure
$1.4.1, and ’
Spiritualism a Humbug*
Philadelphia Ttaae*.
One c f the strongest proofs against spir
itualism is that do mess age baa com* from
the late Rntbcrford B. Hay** congratula
ting Mr. Blaine upon his nomination and
assuring tbe country that his hsart still
fakedsfor the poor African.
Ionic in Jones Countv Yssti
A Pleasant Tims, Etc,
Since the days of T. Jefferson, Esq.,
there batYbeen conventions and picnics
—and they always occur in the summer
time. The great national conventions that
nominate Presidents and Vice-Presidents
always occur in the summer months.
It has been tbe custom tor the last- half
century or probably before for candidates
for popular favor to attend revivals, on the
old camp-meeting style, and introducing
a little politics with religion and also to
bave their bummers around to work for
their individual, political or business in
terests.
Such ia the custom and like every
thing else it seems to have be
come a trade universally recognized,
We bead our article
JONES COUNTY,
We know that the ntme "Jones” Is one
most of tbe popular names in America. We
know that Georgia is proud of the name of
Jones, from the time of Oglethorpe to tbe
present day. ,
These remarks lead us to some reminis
cences about Jones county. The county
was laid off in 18UK Baldwin having been
laid out in 1803. Jones was given some
territory from Putnam and Baldwin and
other counties and about 1810 became a
county and established a capital, which
was named Clinton, in honor of Governor
Clinton, of New York, Jones county de
rives its nemos by an act of the Legisla
ture In honor of Hon. James Jones, Born
in Mary-and, who was a nephew
ot Col. Marbury, who indued him to re
move to Georgia and educated him at the
Academy at Augueta. At 21 years ot in
James Jonas removed to Bavannah, and In
17113, at tbe age of 23, was elected to the
Legislature from Chatham, and in 1706 ha
was prominent in thst famous Legislators
in rescinding tbe notorious Yazoo fraud. In
1708 he was a member of the convention
which framed that grand constitution of
the Btat* of Georgia, which, with but a
few amendments, which were necessary,
as the State progressed, wee pronounced
by Joseph Henry Lumpkin the grandest
act of Georgia and a monument to those
who framed it.
James Jones was elected to Congress
ml received 10,000 votes, oniy 300 were
cut against him. He became one of tbe
distinguished members of Congrats. He
■lied in 1801, and his remains were buried
in Wuliington by the side of his friend
Uen. James Jackson.
White’s Statistics, or any other Georgia
record, does not show that Jones coonty,
before 1830, ever produced a distinguished
politician, statesman or lawyer. The only
mention made by Mr. White in this respect
is that of Judge 1L V. Hardeman, as a dis
tinguished lawyer. Yet Jones county bss
been on* of the most substantial counties
in Central Georgia in mechanism and ag
riculture.
So far for past history. Onr trip to the
picnic, given near Griiwoldvilia yesterday,
at Morton's Springs, revived our memory
of that once flourishing agricultural and
mechanical section of onr Bute. Sherman
pasted through thst section of onr State;
what he did not destroy or take away was
not worth having, except the land and the
timber on it. Il ls our pleasure to notice
the thrift, after to many loss** and depri
vation*. that by white labor the people are
beginning to enjoy.
We saw land, actually nothing but
sand bed, planted in cotton which a bag
coo’d sit on his haunches and suck the
leaves. This land could not be made to
produce more than one bale of cotton to
ten acres. There was not even potatoes
or peas planted between the rows on the
land we (peak of.
But there is a Urge amount of fertile
land and in high state of cultivation,
corn in abundance and cotton cleared of
gran and looking well, and for many miles
we found this condition.
In this section of Jones coonty were as
sembled no lee* than one thousand people,
among were a Urge delegation from Bibb.
East Macon was represented by R. J.
Reddy, W. |U Higgins. B. F. Forney,
Goa Small, Geo. He and John Y. Lowe;
West Macon by a number of merchants,
prominent among whom were tbe repre
tentative* of the Empire Store, with
Askew and Sbehan and a corps
of their assistants with every cqn-
Livable manure ol cards, advertise menu
and pictures with which they decorsted
thsir wagon train. The bosses and the
subs all wars whits bats, and ware distin
guished aa the "while list brigade," as
they were at the Montpelier picnic—the
Empire Store Son 1 lower corpe. The ap
pearance of tbe “Empire ComF’ was hsul-
ed wttb aathwetaem, as they contributed
in a great measure to the pleasure of the
gathering. It may not be inappropriate
to remark In thta connection, that near
needs of the county for fifty years to come,
it would be best to secure a good, roomy
location.
Tba work of tearing down tho old Way-
aide Home commences next week, and
when it Is gone there will be but few old
landmarks of Macon’s early days left
standing. The old house hu a history,
and we compile from Butler's History of
Macon a few facta connected with it:
In tbe latter part of 1821 the first hotel in
Macon was erected and named the Macon
Hotel. The town was jnst eighteen
months old and contained seven hundred
inhabitants. The moat noted event in
connection with our early history is con
nected with that hotel. On the 30th of
March at 12 o'clock m. a signal gun
fired from Fort Hawkins announced the
arrival of the “nation's gnest,” General
LaFayette. escorted from the capitol at
Milledgevllle by two of Gov. Troup's staff,
Colonels T. G. Holt and Henry G. Lamar.
A procession of ladies ana gentlemen
was formed on Bridge Row—now Fifth
street—to meet the General u he crossed
the Ocmulgee by the ferry. As he as
cended the bluff, he wu welcomed by Gen.
Frierson, an important orator in Macon at
that time, and in charge of Fort Hawkins.
The General was conducted to the Macon
Hotel, and was there addressed by Wor
shipful Ambrose Baber, representative of
the Macon Muonic Lodge, to which the
General politely replied. On tbe part of
the town. Major Tracy presided at the
dinner, prepared by Mr. Stovall, the pro
prietor of the hotel. The first tout was by
Major Tracy:
"Onr illustrious guest: Tbe friend of
our country, of liberty and of man.”
To which LaFayette replied, and gave:
“The town of Macon: May its prosperity
continue to be one of the strongest argn-
mentsin favor of republican institutions."
The General and snita left In the evenini
for New Orleans. He made a tour througl.
the twenty-four States of the Union, which
occupied about one year's time. Before his
departure for France he remarSed, on the
7th ot September, 1825, that “he had not
met with a person who could say what he
could: that he had actually visited every
Stale in the Union.”
Tbe nsme of the Macon Hotel was
afterwards changed to LaFayette Hotel.
It prospered until the town extended in
other directions and was eclipsed by other
buildings of more extensive accommoda
tions. Altar 1833 it cessed to be a hotel.
It has often changed hands. Atone time
it was sold, with an acre ot ground enr-
rounding. for 31.200. Daring the war.
about 1862 or '63. avcompanv of ten citi
zens purchased the old hotel anil placed it
in charge ot the Macon Ladies' Relief So
ciety, who converted it into a hospital and
eating bouse for the disabled soldiers on
the trains, which proved to be one 6t tbe
most nsefnl and necessary works of the
noble nnd patriotic society. The ladies
named tbe place tbe “Wayside Home,”
since which time It hu bsen known under
that appropriate name.
in his stables. Macon people will probably
see them on the mile track at the park tbia
faU.
he yard of Mrs. H. C. Turn
residence In Vineville, and etole a large thaa that,
number of fine game and Plymouth Rock
chickens. The brus band wu out that
night serenading some parties in Vineville.
and it was while it wu playing that the
thief got m his work.
PUTTING A FLY TO WORK.
far off sawmill. First I heard it in
ono car, then in the otlici. It half
awakened me. Then I felt n tickling
sensation on my nose. I wits about to
let out a terrific slap toward the sensu-
t i->11 wh'-ii I 1. 111, in! Ill1 my lly. 1 at
once dressed and went to breakfast
witli him.
“I was overjoyed. Tito next day,
however, was a disappointment. Dicky-
had so gorged himself after his fast
that he, too, overslept himself. Again
* starved him. Again he awakened
me. This tiling kept up a week. Only
on alternate days would lie waken mo
up. At the end of that time he had
entered into my Scheme and since then
lias never mUsed a day. He arises as
soon as daylight enters the room. By
simple but ingenious device I have
fixed my window shades bo that it
comes in just when I want it. You
see—”
The man from Frankford turned.
Everybody had left the room except
the bartender, who was snoring behind
the bar.
“Good-bye,” said the Frankford
man; “I must hurry home to give
Dicky his supper.”
—W. H. Vanderbilt’s household ex
penses are reported to be 3230 000 a year,
and August Belmont’s 3100.000. Gould
does not spend over 330,000, and Samuel J.
Tilden, though a bachelor, spends more
A 8tory ot a Thoughtful Insect.
Philadelphia Times
The master of ceremonies of a San-
som street saloon gave his sloppy bar
an energetic wipe at half-past 3 o’clock
yesterday afternoon. Then with the
same towel he gave the same bar a
vicious slap. After this he eagerly in
vestigated the spot he had struck,
badly demoralized fly was trying in
three sections to get to his corner be
fore time was called for another round
Whack! came the towel again. Then
the biggest piece of the fly picked it
self up and sailed airily off, followed
tty an ejaculation of pained surprise
that set off the snlphur matches on the
counter. f
“See him go off witnout his back, 1
said the disgusted tapster. “He’ll
come bock and tickle myr nose and
laugh atme. Youcan’t kill’em,” con
tinued tiie bar-tender wearily. “Least-
ways there's only one way to kill ’em.”
“What’s that?” asked the arbiter of
the destinies of the oyster bar, who had
sympathizing watched his colleague’
Thar's no yu*e in talUS', ef you hain't got a
nlaner or a orgin In jure house yo will never
rale almon pure happtna-1 :, tm-
‘ toSuTWo talc
woman a advice, 1
Ludden & Bites SouHiern Music Bouse.
'inner* fur $400, but Jen give yo dollar fur
liar—jure money’s worth to a cent. They’ll
exactly a* they agree, in offering tu wre
. money. I, myself, am one of tw inty thou
sand delighted («ee me smile) purchasers who
have bought of them in the last fifteen years.
Heo what they offer:
PIAM>S aND OKttANS
PIANOS—Rosewood, 7-Octave, Bqaare,
arge tiize, Carved Legs, Overstrung Hiss,
11 Improvement*, Only $210. Uprights
$2*5. Grand *Squarea 1% Oct., $225. From
Old and Reliab e Makers. Sweet tone *
—The late Paul Morphy played sev
eral games of chess with the great mon
arch! of Europe. He gallantly allowed
Queen Victoria to beat him, but treated
Napoleon III. and King William of Pius-
sia very differently, giving them at first
an advantage over him and then sweeping
them from the board unmercifully.
Bucklen'a Arnica Salve.
The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, tetter, chapped bands, chilblains,
corns and all skin eruptions, and positive
ly cures piles or no pay required. It is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Prise 25 cents per box.
For sale by Lamar, Rankin & Lamar.
ORGANS—Walnut Cases, Extended Top,
two sets Reed, 5 Stops, only $55; four «eta
Reeds, 7 Stops, only $05; 0 Stops. $70. In
elegant cases, richly ornamented; guaran
teed in tone construction and durability.
Pianos, or $5 on Organs, and
With each Piano, a Good Stool and Cover.
With each Organ,a Good Stool & Instructor
With each Piano or Organ, a Book of Music
log,
WOMAN.
Her Health and^Happiness are Mat
ters of Great Concern to
all Mankind,
”**3 I Near Marietta, Qa.
Some months ago I bought a bottle of Dr. J.
Bradfield's Female Regulator, and used t
In my family with great satisfaction. I have
recommended it to three families, and they
found It to be Just what Is claimed for It. The
females who have u»ed it aro now in perfect
health and able to attend to their household
duties. -Rev. U. B. Johnson.
ALL FREIGHT PAID.
—Wliitelaw Real's oilier name was
Jacob before he cot rt.l of It in early life,
it does not lie In the month of hi. new.
— , paper to ear much about Grover CUreUik
and cm dress would for throwing sway bta superfluous name of
“ rears at the very lowest caka-1 Stephen.
thst spot of Insnnantiprings were boro
and reared WUltam and Richard Barden,
the fint s partner and the next a rising
partner of tbe Arm ol 8. T. Coleman A Co.
Tbe managers of tbe picnic were Msosrs.
E. P. Morton and W. M. Bragg, assisted In
providing the table*, wnich wereaoraptn-
ona in breads, frails, mwta, foata, vegeta
bles. cak**. etc., by Wm. Roberts. Jr.,
George W. Johnson, Alexander Kitchen.
Peyton Smith, John Baker J. Wood, Mil.
It Waa Loaded.
A few dayi ago, while cleaning out their
cellar, Messrs. Wood <fc Bond, the furni
ture dealers, found a couple of old gnns.
These were stowed away in the attic of
the store, where they were found yesterday
afternoon by Arthur Wood. Jr. He waa
In doubt aa to whether the gam were
loaded, end in order to satisfy himself be
crept into tbe attic aad placing a gun to
his shoulder palled the trigger. There
was* loud report, an astonished small
boy straggling to get back on bis feet and
a mattress on fire. As soon as he could
get back to tbe place from
where the gun bail kicked him,
vonng Arthur lumped upon the burn
ing mattress and stamped out the fire A
rush was made up sUtra by Arthur Wiod,
Sr., and now the hammers have been re
moved from tbe gum and the door ot the
attic eecnrelv locked. It U a hot day in
December when tbe average small boy urn s
not gratify hta curiosity, narrow escape or
no narrow escape.
PALMER'S Perfumes. EXQUISITE.
PALMER'S Toilet Soaps. LOVELY.
PALMER'S Lotion, ths great skin cure,
PALMER’S Invisible, ths ladies delight.
PALMER’S Manual of Cage Birds, free.
Lost His Wagon,
A countryman cam* into town yester
day, and after loading up hta wagon with
provisions, left It in charge of the Italian
peanut roaster in front of the Southern
Hotel while he went off to make some
more purchase*. Completing these he
last hta wav and tnro.A where be left the
wagon. He looked everywhere, as he
thought, for the wagon, exccut the right
place, amt then concluded that it bail been
stolen. He went into the telegraph otttc*
and telegraphed toCoinmbus to took out
for the wagon and thief, and then
went out and reported tbe lose to the po
lice. The officers made a search, and on
going down Poplar street, the countryman
•aw nit team, but be hsd to go up and ex
amine the wagon and mnles to satisfy
himself that they were really hia own.
, ng
no waste or diiippointaienL You uncer
tain to produce a good salad. It costs
leas than home-made, and U besides, a
•uperb table sauce.
Reunion Filth Ceorsla Regiment.
The second reunion of tbe Fifth Georgia
Regiment will be held in Macon on Thurs
day and Friday, tbe 21st and 22d of August
Alt the members of tUs Fifth Georgia,
Cox'a battalion of sharpshooters and the
Washington Artillery of Augusta are re-
qnested to attend. Tbe railroads have
kindly given reduced rotes.
Jobs Nsily, Secretary.
Or the many Remedies before the public
for nervons debility end weakness of nerve
generative system, there U nothing equal
to Alim'* Brain Food, which promptly
and permanently resto-es all lost vigor;
it never falta. 31 a package, 6 for 33. At
druggists or by mail from J. H. Allen, 315
First Avenue, New York City.
struggle.
BIBULOUS BUZZERS.
“Let’em drink themselves, to death,
replied the bar-tender, solemnly,
“Look at that floor.”
All hands.did as directed. The floor
was ft marble one, into which the day 1
droppings of beer and blowings of froth
could not soak. Millions of flies stag
gered over it with wide-open mouths
and drank the sticky fluid. Thousands
of flies, with a drunken buzz in their
wings, circled tipsily at. a height of
about two inches above it and strove in
vain to get a little higher. Hundreds
of other flies lav on their backs in the
comers, with their legs either waving
deliriously in the air or folded limply
across their stomachs. They were
sleeping a drunken sleep from which
they would never awake.
inter the bartender, the oyster-open
er and their customers lmd contempla
ted the awful sight long enough to take
warning from it the bar-tender contin
ued; “When it’s quiet here you can
hear all them live flies rockin’ beer-
rounds like a man goin’ fur the last
drdp in an empty lemonade glass.
Then I’ve heard them drunken flics
snorin’ llko tramps in an alley But if
it wasn’t for the viciona practices of
them bum flies killin’ ’em, they’d
drive ua out.”
TUB FBAMKFORtl MAN’S STOBY,
“I do not like to bear aucli talk
abont flies,” said a man who had been
imbibing beer by himaeU at one end of
the bar. “I have a little fly of my
own at home that I love.”
Everybody turned and looked at tho
speaker. lie was a very fat man, with
a rad face and a black chin-beard. 1 le
wore an imitation seersucker coat,
which was open across a vast expense
of limp ahirt bosom.
“Give the gentleman a pint ot them
large blue-bottles, George,” said the
bar-tender, sarcastically, to the oyster-
opener. The fat man wiped the per
spiration invoked by eight glasses of
imported Kaiser from hta forehead and
calmly continued:
“l am from Frankford.”
‘That settles it!” said the bar
tender, who immediately began to wipe
glasses and appeared to lose aii interest
in the fat man's narrative. The latter
paid no attention to the slight, but
went on;
“1 do not want a pint of dissolute
blue-bottles. I only allow one fly in
my room. He is a temperate fly. He
haa to be. Attention to his duties de
mands it. He is a trained fly. 1
“Trained for what?” aakeda Seventh
ward politician; ‘‘planner playin’?”
BETTER TUAN AN ALARM CLOCK.
“No; trained to wake me up in the
morning.”
“Shol” said the bar-tender, with re
awakened interest.
“It is a fact,” said the Frankford
an. “I have been the victim of over
sleeping all my life. I lost a position
as conductor on the l’ennsylvsnia rail
road because I never could wake op in
time to take an early train out. I also
lost the li&nd and prospects oi a
wealthy farmer’s daughter because I
.. —-A, Troup County.
1 have examined the recipe of Dr. Joststa
Bradfleld, and pronounce It to be a combina
tion of medicines of treat merit In the treat
ment ot all dtaeiies of females for which be
recommends 1L Wx. f. Beasley.
TreattM on ths neslth and Happiness ol
Woman mailed free.
.TuE.BRADnsLn Rioulatos Co..
Box 2S, Atlanta, us.
an’theyitlcktoltllkeacoontoa tres. Buy
of them an’ they will satisfy yo or pay hack
pure money. Send yure name an’ postofilcc,
an' tell ’em what to wsnL an' they'll send yn
mnr’n a peek of catalogues, circulars and
price lUu, which will help to pick out tho In
strument yo wanL Jess put on yo letter:
LUDDEN & BATES’
SOUTHERN MUSIC HOUSE,
SAVANNAH, GA.
Or THE GEORGIA MUSIC HOUSE,
MACON. GA„
an'It will *0 rite, an jro’ll |lt an answer in a
ilffjr, fur they all git up soon iu the jnornln’, I
kin tell yer. Yonr-n,
Betsy Hamilton Hiooine.
P. 8.—They wanted me to be their agent for
thla settlement, but I hain’t got no tlmo jess
now, an' I don't reckon hit would pay, no
how, as the folks li ao down on alch things.
But I don't keer ef they air, my planer la hero
tnitay.ef the hole settlement gits down on
me abont hit.
THINK OF IT NOW l
Although much ia said about the lmpotv
tance of a blood-purifying medicine. It may b«
possible that the subject has nerer seriously
claimed your attention. Think of it now/
Almost every person has some form of serof*
nloua poison latent In bis reins. When tbit
'-I infuloiin S.m -. I I.T r-s <-r
Eruptions, or in the form of IlhcumatUtn»
or Organic Diseases, the suffering that en*
sues la terrible. Hence the gratitude of tho*o
who discover, as tbonstnds yearly do, that
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla
wm thoroughly eradicate this evil from tho
system.
As well expect life without air as health
without pur* blood. Cleanse the blood with
Aykb’s Saiisai aiulla.
rnr.rAnED nr
Dr. J. C. Ayer&Co., Lowell, Mass.
Bold by *U Druggists; $1,six bottles for $5.
Th* Work of a Macon Lady,
No. 15 the of Charleston .Vnrs and ChurL
tr't series of articles, “Oar Women in tbe
Wsr”U a graphic description, by Mrs
Nora M. Canning, of Macon, ot th-bittc-
experience of a family whore residence
was within the belt covered by Sherman's
army in IU march through Georgia. The
article Li one of the best of ths series so
for.
Young Men, Read Thla:
The Voltaic Belt Company, of Mar
shall, Michigan, oiler to rend tLelr cele
brated Eutcrao- Voltaic Bolt and other
electrical appliances on trial for thirty
day* to men (yotiog or old) afflicted with
hood and all kindred troubles. Also for
lion to health, vigorand m»nb
teed.; No n,k is Incurred as I
rheumatism, neuralgia, paralysta.l
i-’omclete
1 manhood goaran-
ae thirty days’
Itrtal U sUpwed. Write them at ones lor
iU'utratcd pamphlet free,
didn’t wake up in time to be married
and so disgraced the girl by not appear
ing at the church. I bare tried all
remedies, even to sitting «p all night.
I expressly picked out my present
boarding boos* because tbe landlady
said the had a^hambermaid who could
remember to wake up the boarders.
This, of coarse, wu untrue. I tried
an alarm clock once. After the first
morning it didn’t phase me.
Last autumn I found this fly. I call
him Dicky. He was a poor, rtarved,
frozen little morsel, lying more than
half dead on the window sill of my
boarding house ufning room. I laid a
drop of warm soup Ik-aide him on the
sill. Heaves grateinlbozz and ate
hi? way through the roup. Ever after
that he flew and perched affectionate! ■
on mr now at meal time, and insteai
of helping himself from my plate wailed
for me to feed him. •
TRAINING DICKY TO BIS WOBi:
“t began then to realize that the sfh-
gular intelligence and regularity of that
fly might prove him to be the core of
my fatal sleepiness. I took him to my
room rod imprisoned him, without
food, for a day in a bottle. When it
new dark I took the cork oat and left
aim free to come oat as soon as day
light came. I relied on hu hunger to
drive him to me for food. I was right.
In tbe morning I grew dimly coosctoo*
ot aa unusual noise. It sounded like
LORILLARD’S
MACC0B0I SNUFI
CAUTION TO CONSUMERS.
As many inferior Imitations hare ap
peared upon the marxet in package, ao
closely resembling oars as to deceive tbe
unwary, we would request ths purchaser
to see that the red lithographed tin cans In
which It is packed always bear
Our Name and Trade-Mark
In buying tbe immitatlon you pay _
much for an inferior article a> tbe genuine
costa,
BESUREYOU OBTAIN the GENUINE.
Lorillara’s Climax I
RED TIN TAO PLUO TOBACCO.
The FIntst Sweet Navy Chewing Tobacco
Mad*.
The Oenulne stwsys bears s Red Tln-Tsg
with our n*m«» th»r*on.
Beware of Imitations.
mayOwSm
EXCELSIOR
C00KST0VES
ALWAYS SATISFACTORY
EIGHTEEN SIZES AND KINDS
ALL PURCHASERS CAM HE SUITED
JUV t n !.».:> PY
Isaac (.Sheppard & Co. .Baltimore, Md,
AND FOR 8ALB BY
GEO. 8. OBEAR,
110 Cherry street,
jan2S-wl Macon ua.
UVeakNervousMe
«lebllltjr ( *«ka>
SriWrs, | r. a*-tur* ,
•ad f*..jro to perform lit-
d*U«* prwfv-’y ar* eiK*d
*»rur* of youth,
will . 4 | : >» t ar. 1 Ia
tntanUoaVoroktMi u
ini ilgiirtias Ksttxnhoo.. .
^ THE MARS TON BOLUS
fiSvSKpSuuf
_ l*h l alc-iil Drrav tar.K ,7
Wrr—ful o***na» nn p-rf.-v dt*rt——.
Sewr «•<! *l»-v<-4 MwtheaU aad «b*otat« the*
JJ|WI*gr>nU iBferoMlM* 4o4 TtmUm fn*
IMRSTO* REMEDY CO.. 46 W 14th S/-
SILVERWARE
For Ifonrehold Use,
birthday
WEDDING PRESENTS l!
Large atock and Low Prices.
W-ndfor Catalogue.
J, P. STEVENS A CO.,
febSwly Macon, G.s
Sakes Alive !
PIANER.
1 ray hit f ar t lark,
an’ what’i more, I done
savc<l a clean $50, by
buying bit from
LUDDBX * Riaff
Southern Music Lrouso
Savannah, Ga.
FKIJEN 1)8,
what r
yo git one,
? money by buyin’ hit
ONLY ONE PRICE
I wi-h to euMlik m-»
r'.vmUit. tu
rtggbf. Omr tnWHM unnki mom
mu eccnimi mvt direct Mtkwls mf up
i follow,n*. tt*«4 bjr jitwlislso, la MW mf ‘ T
I* •• fll* M VIA/ Mfccw.
lUsTouTtkiU^
JarttsoM t Bckkbtt—Dctr Hire: Aftor basis* t*»
ib'a i,i|ii»tis treat meat for olwnlbi and wli>Hiifo*ih
•aJlti t Mj**lf bet very liufo brti*r, t nsMont
I'astiUM. An*rcalBct*MibM4^MrMrcr*bM>. Ifota
and *i r*M, ant roaetdre ssjerif m-rm tre* fresa a weak iron
■imI
V. Z. ttbltaro
1 Nlath Hired** (
SUGAR,
Formers, Make Yonr Own Suqar From
Sorghum.
From 400 to 300 i’uiiinls Extra C. Roger
Extracted per Day by the use o(
R. B. PALMER A SONS' fZW SUGAR
SEPARATORS,
Highest recommendation from Icaillng
men of tho South, conflrminc folly the
nil >V>- s:at.-m--nt*. Uin-piall.-.l f.ir ex
tracting sugar from Ribbon Cane, liver,
machine warranted. Sen-1 for particulars
W. L. UOIANT,
Lexington, Ga.. State Agent.
Or R. B. PALMAR A 80XS.
Juneowlt Quincy, Ilia.
(REMARKABLE CURE!
IN WHICH
HHSICIAHS AMD SURGEONS DEClDtt
TO USE THE KNIFE.
My wife snd daughter nuffi'rod for year* wttfc
an affection of tho throat, which was gnultutlly
bat sorely untlermlnimr their gr*lth, nnd w sw %
p. un oofanxiety tnnlli.r u •. Two of thotmat
physicians of the city ami also asur**'tin w or*
called In, and after a careful examination they
ilrHw (hat ihtr* was no chanc* of >t < nro u»
Seas they would consent to undergo n aumiesft
operation. Yin wen much oppowd to ttw knife
being used, until nil other means hod been em
hanated. Ho. we begin to use different throat
remedies sold at drug stores. We finally got to
Brewer** Lung Re«torer. and the effrrt* were
truly wonderful $ nnd after a few bottles had
been token they Wer* entirely relieve of tbe
trouble nnd tl.«1r health fully restored. If any
of my family *hoald ever be rimilarly affected,
I would. If nectary, travel around tho w < >rld
In order to get this remedy. Vwjjrgjectfnlly,
of that truly excellent preparation—Brcwvi
Ling Restorer. It ho* Indeed proTen to bo •
sovereign remedy In my family. For many
mouths my wife ha* suffi rvd from weak longs,
and boa experienced great,diaitulty In hn-uth-
ing so much so that she could notbhepatullat
night; she aim l.wt her appetite. ui;d.ln fact,
her condition waa truly aianrlng. Tho Lung
Keetorcr harin* been recommended byr*veral
friend*. I resolved to get it and tent It* virtue*
v-h!. h I did, ami with the mo*t hippy effect,
Sho ha* taken but two bottle*, and the result la
wonderful. Hhs now experience* no difficulty
her nppettta in gv«d. and sh* I*
rength. end I ;mi ««**•
IRH J will*fftH-1 n permanent
pare. I would, therefore, cheerfully recommend
It to all who have week lungs, os It cannot fail
tolMjof great benefit to all who may giro It a.
trial. Yours truly,
GEO. W. SIM‘to
The above testimonial V
wh.it the fame j
t f-i-iryi .ir-t;
“1 have bad IHI
elatlro to tbe efficacy of BmrwriH
itorer In eases of dlwascd lungs. The benefit
derived by my wife from Its uae has been
Imanent. lly faith In lUTlrtuc* Is such that I
HRhing.hH
rapidly regaining 1. _ „. _
Tlnccd its continued mev
cheerfully recommend It to all who are ■
with pulmonary disease.* Verrwjgctfuny^
LAMAR, RANIGN, & LAMAR,
MACON. GA.'
HoIirts' Surs Cure Mouth Wash
■ AND DENTIFRICE.