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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. CITY ITEMS. -IDcerated sore throat and bleeding go ai> cured by using Holmes’s Sure Cure M 'Utii A’ash and Dentifrice. See adver- t-sfment. -You cat have clean teeth, healthy imi and a pure breath by using Holmes's 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.