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A Family and Political Journal Devoted to the Interests of Southwest Georgia.
FRDAY, JANUARY 22, ISSfr. (po
$2 a Year.
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Volume 1.
gvofcssional (Cards.
James Callaway.
Attorney at Law
Camilla, ga.
(eb2£-
Jas. H. Spence,
Attorney at Law,
CAMILLA, OA
Will practice in all the counties of Al
bany Circuit, and in the U. S. Circuit and
District Courts for the Southern District
of Ga.
sromce Up -stairs, orcr Twitty A Cul-
pepper’s. feb23
LAND AND COLLECTION AGENCY.
H. C. SHEFFIELD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ARLINGTON, GA.
Wild Lands looked after and Col
lections made in the counties of Early,
Miller, Calhoun an 1 I laker. feb28-ly
Trowbriilgc & Hollinshed
DENTISTS,
WAYCROSS, - - - - GEORGIA.
Teeth extracted without pain. All work
warranted. Terms moderate. Will go any
where on H. A A. and A F. A W. Railroads.
aplH-ISm
JOSEPH A. CRONK,
ATTORNEY at LAW
111 BAY STREET,
SAVANNAH, GA.
Practice* in ail the State Courts,
liefer* to lion. T. M. Norwood.
apSlirm
A’. T. JONES, JES8K W. WALTERS.
JONES & WALTERS,
Attorneys at Law,
ALBANY, GA.
OJice offer Oi.tiV Rail mail Hank.
• anl’r-ly
DbIoss A Osbiru,
&MMTISTS*
Albany, - - - • Georgia.
/ \FFICE—OVER I'.iai OFFICE. WASHING
V • TON STREET. janHwljrdl
l..J. WRIGHT. % l> It. P‘)I*E
WRIGHT & POPE.
Attorneys at Law,
ALBANY, GA.
OVFICIi—Orer S. Majrer A Glauber’s *ilore, cor-
u» r llroad and Washiugion Sts.
Dec. 28, 1880-dlwwly
WM. E. SMI1H,
Attorney at Law,
ALBANY, GA.
/"COMMUNICATIONS on bnainesa directed to
V./ me at Washington City, during tho next six
ty days will receive prompt attention.
Jan. I. 1881.
D.A. VASON. A. H. ALFltlEXD
VaSON AJjFRLEND
Attorneys at Law,
ALBANY, GA.
Active nnd prompt attention giverf to col
lection* and all general business. Practice
in all the courts.
«Mlico over Southe n Express office, onpo-
site Court llous«c JnnG-dtf
vV, A. STROTHER, M.D.
ALBANY, GEORGIA.
Glee over Gilbert’s Dreg Store
All orders left at the Drug Store will receive
prompt ttontion.Jan 7-ly
Dr. R W. ALFRIEI^D,
. aESPHCTFULLY tenders his services, in the
li various tiranchea ot his profession, to the
clttsens \lbauy andsurroundlngrountry. Of
fice opposite >>urt House, on.l’inestreet.
HOTELS.
THE JOHNSON HOUSE,
SMITH VIL.LK, GA,
Is the place to stop mid geta GOOD
SQUARE MEAL.
THE ALBANY HOUSE I
Merrick Barnett, Proprietor
Albany, Georgia.
TIThis House is well furnished nnd in cv-
1 ery way prepared for the nccommo-
dation of tho traveling public. Entire sat
isfaction KnniunUvd. 'Hie table” is sup
plied with the l>est the country affords,
and the *crvuuts are unsur]Mssed in po
liteness uud attention to the aunts of
guests. Omnibuses convoy passengers to
nnd from the different rail roads prompt
ly, free of charge. Charges to suit the
times. sep29 tf
I. J. BRINSON,
GontractorA Builder
AND UE.VI.Klt IN
ALBANY. GA.
Lumber, Brick, Shingles
Lathes, Lime and
Cement
Constantly ou hand, and onlers promptly
Altai.
ttff* Estimate* famished for buildings and
contracts taken at lowest living rates.
Albany and southwest Georgia need an en
terprise of this k‘nd, and 1 am determined to
simply the demand.
Patronage solicited and satisfaction guar
anteed
tyOFFICE: At S. Sterne’* Store
on Washington Street.
Albany. Ga. Sept.». 1890. tf
Thousands or Dollar.
Are spent annually by our people for
medicines made North, they are adrer-
tised as being adapted to Southern com
plaints, bet II. H. P. ia a medicine that
has done more good than auy of them,
as it is especially adapted In our’cli-
mate.—Netrt (Augusta, Ga,).
It ia King Vanderbilt no more—
Gon’d is the -boas” now.
Tbs Democratic caucus of the Flori
da Legislature has re-nominated Hon.
A. W. Jones, for the U. S. Senate,
which is eqairclant to a te-oleciion of
that gentleman. Florida has done well.
If Senator Brown don’t get all the
government appropriations Georgia
wants, it will not be because he ia
anyways backward about asking for
them. He puts in for a lew hundred
thrusand every fortnight
Dubiso the present year there will
be four months with five Sundays—
via: January. May, July and October.
Spring begins. March 20, 5:57, A. M.
Summer begins June 20,2:12, A. M.
Autumn begins September 22,4:34, P,
M. Wihter begins December 21,
10:24 A._M.
The fire record of 1880 shows a great
decrease in the losses by fires oveT the
preceding year. The result is due In a
great measue, it is said, to the many im
provements made, not only in tho ma
chinery for extinguishing fires; but in
the facilities fur getting the machinery
out at the sound of an alarm
It is proposed in England to reduce
the rate for telegraphic messages from
25 cents to 12 cents for Iwen ty words,
including address. Experience has
demonstrated that prudent reduction
of rates has so increased the business
of the wires as to more than make up
for any apprehended loss of revenue.
Will the grand consolidation please
try the plan on in this country ?
Tiie latest news Irom Washington in
regard to the Gcoigia Marsliatship is to
the effect that the delay in sending to
the Senate the nomination of II. I. Kim
ball for Marshal is occasioned hr ti e
Attorney- General's office, which wants
Fitzsimmons removed instead of being
allowed to resign. It is understood
that such influences arc being brought
to bear on the President that tho resig
nation will not bo accepted, and that
the removal will bo made with all the
emphasis that it may convey.
Foil the I'fe of us, we cannot see
what those of our Democratic Repre
sentatives at Washington who arc in
teresting themselves against Marshal
Fitzsimmons, can expect to gain by
having said gentleman removed and
Mr. II. I. Kimball appointed in his
stead. It looks to us very, much like
an effort upon tho part of certain offi
cials to displace a genuine Democrat
for tho purpnso of rewarding a man of
questionable political faith, to say the
least of it, for past favors.
It comes to us by way of the “Geor
gia News” column of the Savannah
News that a marriage took place at
LaGrange last Wednesday, which is de
scribed as sensational, romantic and re
markable. Mr. P. Prophitt, who is
fifty years of ago and has been so para
lyzed for a number of years as to be
perfectly helpless, was united to Miss
Annie B. Swain, a young, good-looking,
intelligent and accomplished lady. The
cause of this reinarkalilo marriage is
believed to bo tliat botli parties are
spiritualists, and had received, as they
supposed, a communication from the
spirit world desiring their union.
Mb. Henry S. Euwaudh, the accom
plished city editor of tho Macon Tele
graph ami Messenger, was married on
Thursday evening hut to Miss Roxie
Lane, daughter of Hon. A. J. Lane, of
Macon. Although personally unac
quainted with Mr. Edwards, we have
had daily communication with him as
a contemporary so long that we feel
like wc know him, and that we can ex
tend the congratulations and good
wishes of a friend upon the important
step ho lias taken. He is one of the
most talented writers on the Georgia
press, and wc know, by the way he
writes, that he lias a heart and mind
worthy of any woman's love.
A Dakota man describes a “bliz
zard” as “a gale of win 1 filled with
snow and icy particles ts fine as rice
powder, with a temperature ten to
twenty degrees below zero. A gen
uine blizzard is so fierce that you can
neither face it nor distinguish objects
ten feet away from you. In Dakota
and Minnesota during the prevalence of
a blizzard, farmers only venture out of
their houses with guiding ropes around
their persons to enable them to find
their way back.” And still there are
people who recommend Dakota as a
good country to emigrate to, and swell
into eloquence when they declaim on
its agricultural future. LeDuc, hv the
way, ought to have an appropriation to
promote some device for counteracting
the blizsard.
In the line ol stupidity, nothing ap*
prosches the performance of the new
editor of tho new paper, or the new ed
itor of the old paper, as tho case may
be, who writes a column of salutatory,
principally devoted to apology for his
enterprise, or for engaging in journal
ism. The new editor usually makes a
splendid exhibition of modesty; be dis
parages himself, and pathetically ap
peals to his reader* for forbearance.
He feels that he can afford to do this,
being confident within himself that the
public is already penetrating his modest
habiliment.--, and discovering in him a
min of prodigious intellect and extra
ordinary capacity for business. But
frequently tho people take him at his
word, sal that is why there are so
many wrecks on tbe stormy ooa-t of
journalism.
ALBANY, GA., SATU1
in i
Number 20.
OMIfltTbeutf, vkn UM mu
Wee •. Um atrona of ihuiU^uiirur,
To coM codYur laf,MM byeae.
Tbo ripfJua of tout ajgbty river.
MdoUMCBtkotMk VMNtUd
A SorlUo g rt, with uofeMU hxir
And eyes that mi*)* tbo world bated*
A wi:d, bright, wicked, diamond pair.
Sbe stooped end irrato upon tbo and,
Just m tbe loving tta wee going.
With auch a Bolt, mool), ablniog band.
You would bavo sworn twos silver flowing;
Bit worJs wire threw, sod not one more;
W hAt could Diana’s motto oo?
Tbo siren wrote upon tbe shot*.
••Death l not inconstancy!’*
And then her two largo, languid eyas
So tamad oo mi no, the devil take me!
Ieettbe stream on fire with sighs.
And was the fool she chose to mokt me.
Saint FimMis would have been decei
By sedan eye and suck a hand;
Bat one work more and 1 brikvod
os tbe sand!
JSZKL vJs-AP
Waynesboro, January 14.—Quite
a serious accident occurred near
this place on the afternoon of the
13th instant. Dr. K. I*. McXorrill
and Mr. Mixon, while returning
from town to heir homes on horse
back about dark, ran into each oth
er at full speed. In the collision Dr.
McNorrill;? neck was broken end
bis horse severely injured. Mr.
Mixon was q-iite seriously injured
and his horse killed. It appears
that tills singular and tragic affair
oceni red iu this maiiuer: About
three miles on their way home Mr.
Mixon, stopped to talk to Mr.
Mathis, living about that distance
from town. I>r. McNorrill, keep
ing on his way, and finding that
Mixon lingered behind rather
longer Ilian lie expected, the doctor
turned his horse in a full run to see
what detained hi-: companion, wliu
had, about the same lluie, started to
overtake the doctor, riding also at
full speed. Nr. Mixon says that
when they npproaened near each
other he attempted to guide his
horse to the right mid supjioses the
doctor gave his horse the same di
rection, that the eollfsioti was so
sudden anil severe that lie was hurl
ed senseless to (he ground by com
ing in contact with tho doctor’s,
head, striking him ill the stomach.
When lie eamu to he found the doc
tor’s liorso lying on him, with u
broken shoulder and bleeding at
the month ami nose. The doctors
neck was broken and- his face and
head badly bruised. His own
hor-e was found a short distance
off. A negro iiinn coining up !-c
was asked to bring the horse to him
and just as he led trim up tiie ani
mal fell dead. Dr. McNorrill lie-
longed to a good family and leaves
a wife and six young children. He
made » good soldier, .imving -creed
through tiie entire war ill the Fifth
Georgia Cavalry._
It rough! to Account for Quarreling
About the Apoctlec,
“Am Brudder Artlchoko Hurri
cane in do hall?” softly Inquired the
president of t ic Lime-kiln C'lub ns
the trianglo ceased its cclioos.
Mr. Ilurricuno was there. lie
rose from Iris scat and walked slow
ly forward to tho president’s desk.
“Brudder Hurricane,” continued
tiie president, “yon war down on de
Central M trkel do odder day. In
stead of b'uyln’ a ploco" of smrgeou
an’ a head of cabbage an’ gwine
home about your bizness, you stop
ped aud got into an trgynu-nt Wid
Diijnn Smith about the uige of
Judas when he betrayed de Saviour.
Am I k’r.ct about dis?”
“Yes sab.”
“Ariel- do argyment had contin
ued for some little time, an’ when it
bccuin sirtin dat you couldn’t
agree, you called Smith a'liar, an’
lie called yon n human hyena.
Your loud voices brought a crowd,
an’ a ptirlieeman finally ordered
you offde m trket under penalty of
arrest. Am I k’rcct, Brudder Hur
ricane?”
“Yes, sab.”
“Well, den, lei me ask you what
difference it makes to you whedcr
Judas was twenty-lire or seventy-
five years of age when lie sold out ?”
“I don’t ’spect it makes any differ-
“ucc, sah.”
“ir Judas had nebter lived at all,
wouldn’t you liavo jist as much
work an’ jist as good wages as
now
“I ’sposc so.”
“If tint same Judas had been 500
y’ars old when he took dat money
would you have to pay any more
house rent dan now ?”
“No. sail.”
“Den it seems to me dat you
made a plumb up an’ down Iqle of
yersclr. How does it seem with
von ?”
“Jist dat wa«’. sah?”
‘•Very good; you kill resoome
yotir scat. When a man am satis
fied in his own mind dat he has
tuade’a fool of Iiisself dar linin’!
much left to argr about. Be a
lcetle keerfiil in dc'fuchcr. Let dc
Opostlcs strictly alone, it won’t
make any difference wid you whed-
cr dar war twelo or twenty-four of
’em. Let do ole prophets alone.
No matter how many iley number
ed or what dey prophesied, de price
of cow-hide boots will not be less
dan free dollars while you ami
your cbill’cn exist. Arter dis go
ycrown way an’ mind ycrown biz
ness. regardless of Judas Iscariot,
Daniel in de lien’s den. or anybody
else who has been buried over a
hundred v’ars. We will take up dc
rig'lar odor o’ bizness.
“Get Up, Sonar.”
Mr Stephens tells somo amusing
incidents ot Iris own experience.
He was a delegate to a famous po
litical convention at Charleston, be
fore the war, and put up at one of
the best hotels, kept by an excellent
woman. ARer dinner Mr. Stephens
went in tbepirlor and lay dowu on
tiie sofa. There were quite a num
ber of gentlemen in tbe parlor, and
the bustling landlady, looking after
the comfort of her guests, came in
and seeing bis small figure reclin
ing at fkill length, said to him, with
a shake by the shoulder; “Get up;
tcnny,and let some of these grown
up men sit down on the sofa/’ Mr.
Stephens said be got tip without a
word, but the way tiie story is told
bv the others the day afterwards'
when ho repliod to some of tne
irost famous meu of the Caroliuas
and overthrew them in debate, tiie
confusion of the good laudlady was
something wonderful.
law the Sn
Certain nerrous people are said
to be alarmed over a statement pur
porting to be from tbe English as
tronomer, Mt. Proctor, who is now
in Australia, to the effoct that a cer
tain comol, recently visible in that
part of the world, is the brilliant
comet of 1S43, and identical with
one which frightened Europe in
Newton’s time, 220 years ago—and
-that, owing to the suu's attractive
power, the period of this particular
comet is rapidly diminishing; and
wi I bring the erratic wanderer
again to the snn in 1887, when it
will inevitably plunge head-first
into the solar fire. This, Mr. J ’roc-
tor thinks would produce such au
immediati ^ntrease of heat as would
- “destvoy.fgl tie higher formsofani-
U& ”
The Hartford Times does not
share Mr. Proctor’s alleged appre
hension. It says:
Comets are largely gaseous un
substantial objects, whose sadden
plunge into the sun, even if it coaid
occur, would uot be likely to pro
duce such tremendous effects as Mr.
Proctor wildly imagines. But there
seems to be uo likelihood that such
a plunge can occur. Comets are of
ten drawn, as the bright one of 1843
was, very lie ir tiie sun; but they do
not appear to plunge into it. On
tiie contrary, when they get near
the sun, that mysterious central
source of light and life deveiopes a
power exactly oppositr to his great
power of attraction. It is the force
of repulsion; cud it overcomes‘the
power of attraction, in every in
stance so far ns we hnvc been able
to learn, in the case of comets—
sending them off, with a mighty im
petus in the opposite direction; and
uot,like the wayward sheep ot Lit
tle Bo-Peep, with “their tails be
hind them,” but with ibosc gaseous
appendages actually streaming out
ahead of them, as they go off, once
more, uu llicir. far journey.
Not only is Ml. Pr->ctor uiisar-
pnrtcd in Iris uiaiu idea that comets,
like meteoric messes invisible to
earth, are likely to plunge into the
sun, but lie fails to substantiate Iris
other postulate that tho comets of
lfiCO, 1SJ3 and 1880 -ire identical,
and that tiie same one will ixapprar
seventeen years lienee, to the ruin
of all that is vital ami fair in this
part of the solar system.
The bodies that fall into the sun
and have been fail into it for mill
ions of years, were made to go
there. Those that were created
revolve around the suu will contin
ue to revolve till millions of yeais
after Mr. Proctor and all the scary
chaps who are prognosticating dire
evils on account of the “stars” and
“comets” have plunged head first
into au eternity where they will
leant that all they kucw when upon
earth did not amount to inuejb.
How a Bat Was Won.
Here is a good old story in a new
dress: An English officer exchan«ed
into another regiment, bringing
with him Ihc reputation of being
marvelously successful at a bet.
“Ah,” said his now Colonel, “he
wont get any success out of me. I’ll
warrant,” and lie wroto to the fel
low’s former Colonel, an old friend:
“Wo like him very much.” “Glad
you do, old boy; keep him; we
found him too expensive a luxury,”
was tiie reply. One day at mess the
Colonel good huinoredly said: -1
bear that you always profess to win
a bet?” “Well,sir, l'in pretty suc
cessful in that way.” “I don’t tbink
that you can be successful with me.”
“May I try?” asked Ihc subaltern.
“By all means.” “Well, then, I bet
you, sir, that the old wound iu ycur
back has broken out afresh.” “What
in tiie world do von mean ? Old
wooud in my bark? D’you think I
ever turned niv back on tiie enemy,
tlieu?” aud the -gallant Colime!
grew warm. “I never h id a wona.i
in my batfc in my lile. J-.nes,” to a
coronet, “lock tiie door. Hi prove
to your own eyes.” The other pro
tested that the Colonel’* simple
word was more limn enough. But
no the latter was ex--it <1. and
stripped. “I’ve lost, sir,” nn.l Br wn
handed over the ten.pouud note. A
few days later came a note from the
Colonel of the other regiment:
Brown has again won a pot of
money out of us fellows. He bet
heavily before he’d been with you a
month he'd make you take vour
shirt off in the mess room after din
ner, and now writes that he has suc
ceeded.” That Col mcl “cussed.”
A Texas Balznnt Returns to His
014 Home.
r.-rrtro County Hem.
On Wednesday last Mr. M. D.
Knight, who lias resided in Texas
for several years, returned to this
county, where lie was bora and
raised. Mr. Knight, like many oth
ers, returned from the war to find
every branch of industry In a pros
trate condition, and ruin and chaos
reigning supreme. In this distract
ed state of*afihir8 home bad almost
lost its charms and a foreign coun
try, of which little was known, ap
parently held out to him the great
est inducement. Mr. Kuight, after
spending several years in Texas, has
finally come to the conclusion that
his lia’ivc home is tiie best of all.
He speaks well of portio isofTexas,
but say* tlitsc places most desirable
and attractive arc beyond the reach
of poor men to buy. The poor
class, ho says, have to labor to great
disadvantage, as we know to be the
case in all .countries.
Those who have gone there with
means to set themselves up for
living, are doing well. While in
some respect Texas will excel Geor
gia, yet there are many disadvan
tages to contend with, and upon the
whole he prefers his native State to
•the Western wilds.
Franck is a great hair producing
country, aud her principal custo
mer is America. Normandy’s
peasant women, bare the most lux
urious heads or hair, -the Brittany
crop is plentiful, but coarser, and
Limoges produces exceptional}-
long and black hair. Hair is of dull
hues in the north of France. Deal
ers attribute this to the influence of
sea air. In inland and inountaia-
tbc hair is of more
color either way, and
(MUSCLE.
A Pair or Atlanta Lawyers Ttilr
tor Earn Olbrr’» Core, bat Oil Be
lux Poured on tbe Troubled Wa
ters They an- Asaln Happy.
4U.su Fwt-AKesL
The Superior Court was on yes-
te«day afternoon thrown into a tu
mult'by the proximity of a conflict
between Ben. Hill, Jr., and Gen.
Gartrell. Mr. Hill was arguing for
she State in the case of Donovan,
charged with larceny from the per
son, and comment in” on the absence
of a witness, expressed a ueiief that
he had been kept out of reach by
the defense. Gen. Gartrell, who
was for the defense, asked if the So
licitor meant to say that he (the
General) had induced the witness to
keep out of the way. The reply
came in a twinkling “Yes, sir,” and
the General sung out—‘-Then yon
liar.”
Ill slung a dipper, water
and all, at the General, who “went
for” Hill in short nielre. Deputy
Sheriff Thomas interposed bis body
between the bciigerants, and when
the General grabbled for Hill re
ceived the clenched list on bis nose.
Hill let a chair fall on Thomas’
head, aud the friends of the two
gentlemen got them in tow aud hos
tilities were suspended.
The scene was boisterous, and
somewhat mixed for a few minutes.
When a proper equilibrium was re
stored Judge Hillycr iuvi'ed the
parties to appear tills morniug and
show cause why they should not be
fined tor contempt, appointing W.
T. Xewnan to appear against them.
But J. T. Glenn came forward and
represented that having conferred
with the parties tic found that the
difficulty was caused by a misun
derstanding. They botli rose and
expressed themselves desirous of
(he immediate disposition of tiie
case. They both apologized to tie
court and the matter was dropped.
SarcfM or a Flacky Boy.
TotVi Cotrianlon.
The boy marched straight up to
the i-uiuitcr.
“Well, my little man,” said the
mercli mt complacently—he had just
risen from such a glorious dinner—
“what will you have to-day?”
“Oh, please sir, mayn’t I do some
work for yon ?”
It might liavo been tho pleasant
bine eyes that did it, for the man
was not accustomed to parley with
siicii -mall gentlemen, aud Tommy
wasn’t seven yot, and small for his
age r.t that. There were a few wisps
■ • liair ««i -he edges of the mer-
.‘ r :• epic, ami down on the
face. Tiie man pulled at
on ho had done tweak
ing them, he gave the ends of his
crat'al a brush, and then his hands
traveled down to his vest pocket.
“Do some work for me, eh! Well,
now, about what sort of work
might your small mntiship calculate
to be able to porform ? Wby, you
caiC look ovor tbo couuiflr,” .
il OhTyos, I can! unarm grow-
ilense, growing very fast—
look ovor tho
Tbcy Live la lfarth
Thraw Nanteraaa J
Unpontlble fur ThU .Watder f
RALEiait, N. U, Janaary 15.—
One of tbo saddest cases on record,
allowing what desperation the cold
charity of the world can drive a
young female, occurred in Pender
| Counv last (right. Abbey Howard,
| a young woman aged eighteen, some
j time ago ”nvo birth to an iiiegiti-
: mate child. Site was at the time
living with her mother and step
father, and they soon began to
make her home uncomfortable for
her. Night before last, despite tiie
, intense cold, they drove her aud her
infant from tbe house.
She wandered over tbe country,
| and coming to the boose of Eman-
I ucl McNici was allowed to creep
uuder a table and sleep for the
riTgh- In . the morning, however,
when she was questioned, and it
was seen that^her child was illegiti
mate, she was speedily spurned,
from the house, amt again sent
wandering along the road, nearly
starving, and barely able to stagger
along with her infant. The roads
were covered with snow, and there
was a biting wind; But she walked
over tho thinly-settled < ountry iu a
vain endeavor to get a place of rest.
Last night she staggered into a
house where a prayer-meeting was
being held, but she did not have
her child with her. Her virtuous
sister was in the meeting, and im
mediately asked her in a loud tone
what hail become of her child. The
young mother turupd pale, aud re
turned ovasivc answers. She loft,
ami was afterward followed up by
her stepfather who insisted upon
knowing what had become of her
child. She finally said il died, and
that she had buried iu Ho insisted
npon knowing where the child had
been buried, and finally she guided
him and several others’ to the place.
There were no signs of the body;
but after looking about for a while
the remains were found behind a
clump of bushes, near Ihe edge of a
pou I, where it was lying in the
midst of a lot of ice, with Us skull
crushed in. Near tlio body was a
blomly club. The mother tva3 ar
rested this evening slid committed
to jail. It is believed that in a tit
of desperation after being thrust
out she slew tbe infant rather than
sec it freeze to death
Ing,
li
there! sec if I can’t
counter!”
“Yes, by standing on your toes;
are they coppered ?’’
“What, sir?”
“Why, vmir toe*. Your mother
couldn't keep you iu shoes if they
were not.”
“Site can’t keep mo in shoes any
how, sir,” and the voioc hesitated.
The inau look pains to look orcr
the counter. It was too much for
him; he couldn’t see the little toes.
Then lie went all the way round.
“I thought I should need a micro
scope,” lie said, very gravely, “but I
rcck»u if I get close enough, I can
see what you look like.”
“t’ui older than I’m big, air,” was
iii? neat rejoinder. “Folks say I’m
very small for my agtk”
-Aud what might your age be,
-ir? ’ responded the man with em
phasis.
“I’m almost seven,” said Tommy,
with a look calculated tofmp.ess
even six feet nine. “You aee, my
mother hasn’t anybody but me, and
this morniug I saw her crying be
cause site could not find five cents
iu her pocket-book, and she thinks
tiie hoy that look the ashesstoleit—
and I’—haven’:—had—any—break-
i ast, sir.”
The roico again hesitated, and
tears came to tiie blue eyes.
“I reckon I can help you to a
breakfast, my little fellow,”said the
man, feeling in hi* vest pocket.—
“There, will that quarter do?*’
The boy shook bis head. “Moth
er wouldn’t let me beg, sir,” was his
simple reply.
“Humph! Where’s your father?”
“Wc never heard of him, sir, after
he went away. -Ho was lost, sir, iu
the steamship ‘City of Bostou.’”
“Ah! you don’t say. That’s bad.
But you are a plucky little fellow,
anyhow. Let me see; aud he pon
dered, puckering up Iris mouih and
looking straight down into tbe boy’s
eyes, which were looking straight
up into his. “Saunders,” he asked,
addressiug a clerk, who was rolling
up and writing on parcel*, “is Cash
No.4 still sick?”
“Dead, sir; died last night,” was
the low reply.
“Ah, I’m sorry to hear that.—
Well, here’s a youngster that can
take iris place.”
Mr. Sannders looked up slowly—
then he pat Iris pen behind the left
ear—then his glance traveled curi
ously from Tommy to Mr. Towers.
“Oh, I understand,” said the lat
ter; “yes, he is small, indeed, but I
like his pluck. What did No 4get?”
“Three ’dollars, sir,” said tbe still
astonished clerk.
“Put this boy down four. There,
youngster, give him your name, and
run home and tell your mother you
have a place at four dollars a week.
Come hack on Monday, and I’ll tell
you what to do. Here’s a dollar in
advance; I’ll take it out of vonr
first week. Can you remember?”
“Work,sir—work all the time?”
In an oration ou “Fools” a cele
brate! wit oaee delivered himself as
follows: “In one gutter Isaw a pig;
in the other a semblance of a man.
The pig was sober, the man was
drank. The pig had a ring in his
nose, the other animal bad one on
his his finger. The pig granted; so
did tbe man; and I said aloud, ‘We
are known by tbe company we kee V
and tbe pig heard me ami walked
away, ashamed to be seen In the
eompany of a drunk man.”
Klaalax and Telling of It.
Philadelphia Tinea.
When the wrong man kisses the
right woman or tiie right inau kiss
es tbo wrong woman—and both
sometimes happen—it does not al
ways follow tliat -.hero i* a disturb
ance about it. The world can never
know how much unauthorized
kissing has been done and forgiven
and forgotten. In the naturally
wild ami niiilaciuiis careor of the
human kind there is a great deal of
tliat sort of business, and it id just as
well that it is not cruelly dragged
beforo tho public on overy occasion.
If that were always done it would
bo very discouraging to a reasona
bly delightful pastime which more
or less concerns everybody. Many
ofthc cares and trials of this world
fiud relief iu a kiss; it is a very lit
tle tiling, uncommonly sweet for its
size, ana one of the few luxuries of
this world which well-organized
never get too much of. No-
y who understands even tiie ru
diments of kissing disdain its prac
tice, and those who have been so
fortunate as to reach something of
the scieuco of the thing arc uot
easily restrained iu their pursuit of
supreme happiness. A kiss doesn’t
cost anything, and it’* a pretty
small matter to muko a disturbance
about, and most people will endure
a great deal of kissing without get
ting angry about it and regarding
it as a misfortune to mako public
complaint. Now and then, howev
er, human stature, is put to an awful
test in this way, an; human nature
break* down. A man may not be
so particular about putting his kiss
es where they will do the most
good; the chief aim of man is to
get (lie kiss, aud lie he is frequent
ly too hasty and too reckless about
it. But a woman is apt to be a lit
tle more consiilerato ju her prefer
ences.
There was an Illinois womau,
now, who had the prejudice against
being kissed by a tailor (possibly
because the other eight parts of the
man were not around), al’-hongb
tiie tailor was perfectly free to say
that he bad no prejudice a gains
kissing tiie Indy. He regarded her
a* sweet enough to kiss, and frank
ly told her so. There^ are some
cold, prond women who, in some
unaccountable way, have got into
this world, who wonld not be af
fected by any sack talk, bat tbe
number -of these is very few.
Whether the Illinois woman was
one of this rare kiud or not is still
a matter of dispute. Itis also unde
cided whether she told the tailor be
was a handsome mau; the insists
that, being a truthful woman, she
could not have done so eonsciien-
liously, while be takes the opposite
side of tiie question. There is,
however, no controversy about the
one point that he did kiss her, and
after all that is the important thing.
It is not certain just what was tbe
in-tUer with this kisg=rwbether ft
was up to the siandard, or whether
there may not be something pecu
liar in a tailor’sklw. But itiscertain
Unit Ihc lady didn’t lose much
time in telliug herhusband about it,
nnd tbe husband lost no time in
liorsc-wbipping the tailor for doing
just whet he had doubtless himself
done a thousand times. In Ibis way
the matter became tho property
of ihc public, for the tailor pro
ceeded against the husband for
assault. Perhaps when tbe case is
brought to trial we shall get some
idea about wh)t there ia to a tail
or'* kiss which induces a woman to
tell her husband about it and create
a disturbance in the community.
Such a course ’is as strange as it is
unusual, and if allowed to go on nn-
rebuked mu*t inevitably cut a tailor
off from many of the; good things
of this-world.
aJudge
years of
:tjr well
An Iowa
of that Sin
age and
educated
iu ~
ItKWSAND OPINION.
Tne tallest tree* in the world are
in Australia. A fallen tree in Gipp—
land measured 435 feet from the
root to the highest point of tiie
branches. Another, standing in tiie
Dnndenong district in Victoria, is
estimated to be 450 feet from the
ground to the top.
An exchange says: “Mrs.Bruce,
the wifeo: the colored Senator from
Mississippi, was among the best
looking ladies present at the White
House on New Year's day. She
woro a reception^toilet from Worth’s
of violet colored silk and satin,
trimmed with white lace and dia
mond ornaments.”
In oar present House, men scarce
ly get to know each other by sight
in two vears. “Yon arc a)ncwsp:iptr
man, I believe,” was the greeting of
one’meinbcr to another afthe second
session of the present body. This
shows that tbe best known men in
Washington are uot menbers of
Congress but the press-gang.
There are evils attending Chinese
immigration, but there are benefit*
a* well. The orientals come here
rice-loving people. They *o home
to extol the edible qualities of
American bread, aud alrea4y the
United Statei is shipping hundred*
of thousands of barrel* of flour to
China yearly, with propects of a
large increase.
There are forty thou*and negroes
in Washington, says tbo Courier-
Journal, of whom not more than
five thousand are steadily at work
(luring the year, the remaining
thirty-fi7e thousand, according to a
Republican exchange, live by >>cg-
ging, sponging, stealing and by
public charity, They used to get
a living by their suffrage in the
district. Many of them crowd the
warm galleries of Congress and
sleep blissfully over the eloquence
of the Soions.
There is a great scarcity of water
in New Jersey, the brooks, rivers
ami cana s being frozen solid, and
nearly all the wells having gone
dry. In many town* water is being
supplied to families the same milk,
ale or beer, only in larger quanti
ties. ' Many regard the superabun
dance of tiie apple crop last full as
a fartunate circumstance,since ci.ler
can be used instcadiof water.
Numerous families melt the snow
for household pu poses.
Tho Philadelphia Record says:
The consolidation of the three great
telegraph companies of the country
is bait uews for the public. It
means higher rate-, inferior service,
less accommodation to tho br.sines*
community, and all the other evil*
which result from combination and
which are kept in check by compe
tition. While (ho peculiar kind of
hostilities recently indulged in to
ward each oilier by two of these
companies are not greatly to be
commended or admired, tho lying
down of lamb with the lion, wether
inside or alongside of him, is in this
cascllttlo short of a public calamity.
This is of tbo instance where war is
better than peace.”
The Hebrew of San Francisco
says: “Wonders never cease. In
barbarous Russia, a journal has
come out in fierce opposition to the
suti Jewish movemeut of Ger
many ; and in Roumania, the land
of oppression and persecu
tion, a paper, edited exclusively by
Christians, has appeared, which is
devoted entirely .to cham
pioning tho cause of the Jewish
people.” Tbe samo paper denies
that tiie Jews arc not influenced by
the comunities amid which they
live. It says: “In Morocco they are
so much influenced, even by the
superstition of those who surround
them, that they paint the faces of
their brides aud resort to spells to
cast out tbe evil eye and tarns
away devils from their designs.
It b found that sawdust can be
converted iuto a “liquid wood,” and
afterward into a *oliil, flexible, and
almost indestructible mass, which,
when Incoporated with animal mat
ter, roiled and dried, can be used
for the most delccale impressions,
as well as tho formation of solid
and durable articles. To accomplish
this the method pursued is to im
merse tbe dust of auy kind of wood
in diluted sulphuric acid, sufficient
ly strong to effect the fibres, for
some days, the finer parts being
passed through a seivc, well stirred,
and allowed to settle. The liquid
is drained from the sediment and
the latter mixed with a proportion
ate quantity of animal matter, simi
lar to that used for glue; the mass
is then rolled, packed in moulds,
and allowed to dry.
Congressman House pats it thus.
“Onr principles are not for sale,
and all this talk about Mr. Mahonc
or any other mi;n or set of men,
converting tbe South to tbe Repub
lican party by scattering Federal
prtronage here and there among
them is sheer nonsense. The Dem
ocratic party, although defeated in
the last Presidential election by
means which I will not mention,
still stands tbe Hon in the path of
the Republican party in their efforts
to centralise the Government and
revolutionise the inetitntion of tbe
fathers. They may lay the flatter
ing unction to their soul* that the
Democratic party is dead, but they
will find it in their future efforts to
destroy the barriers of the Consti
tution and the character of this
Government an exceeding animated
stubborn corpse.”
Mb. P. T. BjEscm, in talking the
other day of bis feelings during his
recent severe illness; said: “I look
ed bade and could hardly recall a
benefit I had rendered to my fel
low-men alt my life. TJie folly, the
stupidity of fooling away tile few
years given us here in childish
strifes, bickerings and differences
occurred to me so strongly that I
resolved that tbe son would never
down ou me cherishing malice
my heart against a single fellow-
being. This feeling lad me to write
to men in Bridgeport and elsewhere
with whom f had differences—
trivial, perhaps, snffident to keep ns
apsrt—and they all returned replies
in tiie most kindly and considerate
spirit This was vary gratifying t >
me then, and is no less so now tv hen
I feel tliat I will remain on the earth
a little longer, instead of
thl* life as I expected to do.’
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