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■EE TEE* HEWS AND AIFEETISEE. — y ■ 1 Tlie ALBANY S EWS. e.lablWiot IMS. (Cousstidated Sept. S, 18S0, by J Jlie ALBANY ADVERTISER,established 1877, { HcIXTOftH A EVAXS. | A Family and Political Journal Devoted'to the Interests of Southwest Georgia. $2 a Year. Volume 1. • ALBANY, GA., SATURDAY, APRIL !>3, 1881. - Number S3. ^vofcssioixat Cards. William E. Smith, Attorney at Law, ALBANY, CA. H QFFICE: In front of the Court House, up Hisin.oTer Telegraph Office. jahl-ljr Ci. J. WRIGHT. D.H. POPE WRIGHT & POPE, I Attorneys at Law, ALBANY. GA. ■ OFFICE:—Orer 3. Majrer & Glauber’* Store, cot* ner !l road and Washington 8t». Dec. S3, 1880-dlwwly [ W.T. JONES, JESSE W. WALTEIJS. JONES & WALTERS, Attorneys at Law, ALBANY. GA. Office over Centra* Railroad Bank, pnlb-ly ' I D . A. VASOV. A. II. ALFllIKXD FA soy # ALFRIEND I Attorneys at Law, ALBANY, GA. Active and prompt attention given to col- ■ lections >nd all general business, Practice I in all the courts. Office ov«*r Souths n Expreae office, oppo- I eite Court Uous<*. jano-dtf James Callaway, I Attorney at Law CAMILLA, GA. fcb2T*- JOSEPH A. CRONK, ATTOXtlTE? o.tLAW 111 BAY STREET, SAVANNAH, GA. Vractlceb In all the State Courts. Rcfors to Hon. T. M. Norwood. apttlim 1 Deffioss & Oston, 1 Albany, Georgia. ■ /-SFFirE—OVER POST OFFICE. WASHING U ton sritKi-rr. Jtni.ijdi Trowbridge & Hollinshed DENTISTS, WAYCUOSS, - - - - GEORGIA. Teeth oxtracted without pain. All work warranted. Term* moderate. Will go any where on 11. & A. and 3. F. & W. Railroads. AplS* 12m \ vV. A. STROTHER, M.D. ALBANY, GEORGIA. Office over Gilbert’s Drag Store »*.i order* left at the Drug Store will recoive prompt -itention. Jan 7-ly Dr. E. W. ALFRIEND, RESPECTFULLY tenders his services, in the lw various branches of his profession, to the '■Ultons .i Albany und surrounding country. Of- 'loe opposite 'ourt House. on.Pine street. HOTELS. THE JOHNSON HOUSE, SMITHVILLE, GA, L Is tlie place to stop and geta GOOD I SQUARE MEAL. . I THE ALBANY HOUSE I I Herrick Barnes,Proprietor Albany, Georgia. T his House is well furnished and in ev ery way prepared for the nccommo- [ da Lion of the traveling pnblic. Entire snt- li sfaction guaranteed. The table .is snp- I plied with the best the country affords, and the servants are unsurpassed in po- i liteness ami attention to the wants of guests. Omnibuses convey passengers to \ and from the different railroads prompt* lly, free of charge. Charges to suit the ■times. sep29 tf SISK! DOORS! BLINDS! Cement, FOR SALE BT GEO. S. GREENWOOD. sStfep KIDNEY-WORT THE GREAT.CURE ' FOB ‘ RHEUMATISM I A* U Is tar til disrasra of the KIDNEYS, LIVER AND BOWELS. . It otranrai tho .Trtrai of the sortd polran I that cause* the dreadful suffiRing which I only th* victims of Rheumatism emu rcattaa. THOUSANDS OF CASES 2J I of tho wont forms of this tprriblo di*o**» | hsro boon Quickly relieved, in a short time PERFECTLY CURED* ' KIDNEY-WORT fcaafcniwaaicrftali , — •el* in every part of tha Country. In twn* dxada of oun It has curedwhere nJljtfjg *■{ felled. It Is mild, but efficient. CERTAXa IX ITS ACTION, but hazmleee In all cam. OTlt cleanse*. Strengthens aad utreeScw Iifk to all tha Important organs of thabo^r. Tha natural aotina of tha Xld nay* isiestcrail- Tha Liver 1* deanaad of ali ateeeaw. nd tha Bowel* more freely end healthfully. la this K1 DN-EY-WORT la foam _ ayaum of an morbid accretions. Its oaadlncveiy honaehold a* a SPRING MEDICINE. - iMn ran. miotrsKxaa. cqnnu. TIOTT.TTTT— — * 1 ■" —Mnra, l»ratraiaJwTi«.UM.Tran»i«v»«M* era jackra* of .Udinkra (Quarts r—'--'— • aomii.IIra.rai 1 * tb. mii.lrai I o( tborawbo, pn.it. grat».tl>nral^f<*t*» < «' t -Y»ra GO HOfVXIK HSUQGISX. ItsSilM* wells. Riaumpsox a c»., (wm sradtra dry port r»(A> KIDNEY-WOR - " Tbk country h»s nothing to interest it now except liill Mahone and the Itrilroads. “Mahon evii.le, formerly called Washington,” is the way the Cincinnati Enquirer putsjt. Cadet Whittaker’s ears have cost the government, up to dale, *1100,000, and the court-martial is still in session, at a cost of about $3,000 a day. “Bank failure—but it’a thought as sets will relievo depositors.” That's generally the first announcement, but we never knew one to wind up that w »y- It is our opinion, hereby publicly expressed, that in less time than a great while there will be at least "h regiment of “mighty sick" men in Georgia, and a sadden tumble in Central and Geor gia Railroad stocks will be the matter with them. The Atlanta papers, Attorney-Gen eral Anderson, and everybody else who came to the front with something to say on the first impulse produced by the failure of tho Citizens' Bank, are now busying themselves correcting their statements. Mrs. Kate Chase Sfbaooe. her lawyers having finished taking all the evidence in her divorce snit with her husband, gave “an elegant dinner par ty’’ a week ago at Edgcwood, at which Senator Conkling, of New York, 9ena- Jones, of Nevada, and Congressman Moore, ofTeoncsscc, were among the guests. Toe richest immigrants who come t> this country are the Russian Mcn- nonitc-. Twenty families of these people recently gave the Treasurer of Castle Garden $87,000 to keep for them over night. We’d like for some of those Mennonitcs to come down this way about uow. We have plenty of room for them. The Philadelphia American,Indepen dent Republican, says the hopo of Gar field in hi* fight will Conkling'h to throw himself upon tho Republican rank and lilo'ofNew York, and give them due notice that unless they fight under his leadership he will do without them. It says they will respond favoiably, and will got rid of Conkling’a rule. In discussing the political situation in Georgia, Senator Brown remarked ot n friend in Washington tho other day. when speaking of the proposed coali tion between tho Independents and Re publicans: “It would drive all the Inde pendents into the Democratic ranks. Speer and Felton would be leading ex amples of tho Independents who would again join themselves with the Democratic party in tho State.” “Uxkasy ljes the head that wears a crown.” Queen Victoria is now threat ened with violence. Various threaten ing rumors regarding her, which came to the knowledge of the home {office, led to extraordinary precautions being taken in her recent journey to Osborne. Isle of Wight Personally, tho Queen lias no fears, but those responsible for her safety believe there is much cause for uneasiness. Foreign Socialists are believed to be at llio bottom of these threats. Kvkrybouv in Georgia has heard of a certain “tin box,’’ which is said to contain many documents rich, rare and racy, in relation to important erenta which occurred in Atlanta ten or twelve years ago. The Macon Tele graph and Jlcsscnycr says it learns from good authority that this box has ■been sent to Washington. It says “the seal of the box has boen removed, and tho contents which were examined will soon bo published to the world,’’ This tin box so well known by reputa tion lias qqietly figured in ibe politics of Georgia long enough, and if there is really anything in it we would like to know what it la. Let the box be opened. Bbadstreet's summary of the cot ton crop, new tad old, puts the excess of the present season's receipts over last down to the close of March at 522,151 .bales. As yet there aro few indications of a sudden falling off in receipts. The total yield is put at 6,422,000 bales. It is thought the mill's consumption will be increased, though already enormous- Regarding the coming crop, there will he an in creased acreage in the Carolines, Geor gia, Florida and Texas, while in the other cotton States there will likely be little change. Tho>e will bo a notable increase of fortilizors in tho Carol inos and Georgia. Planting is reported fif teen days later, and in somo localities operations aro a month later than laat year. __ ' And now the Republicana of Vir ginia rise up and give a slap at Mo- hone. They do not like the way in which Mr. Garfield proposes to dispose of the Virginia patronage. At a meet ing of the Republicans of Alexandria county, held on the 8th inst, under a call of the Republican County Com- mitteee, a resolution was adopted, with but one dissenting vote, appealing to tho President and thoic in anthority under him, that in the distribution of Federal patronage the Republicans of Virginia may not be ignored or com pelled (in order to secure recognition from the bands of a Republican admin istration) to surrender their principles to those who in tho late Presidential contest caused the electoral vote of Virginia to be-cast for Hancock and English, the Democratic nominees. STARVING AT SEA. An I'll paralleled Story of Suffering. “WS CAN'T STAND THIS MUCH LONGER. AND TO SAVE YOU I WILL KILL BY- SELF.” New York, April 11.—The steam ship Nebo, of Sunderland, England, commanded by Captain John Bara- Icy Gordon, arrived in this port this morning. The Nebo was Mvcnty-six days out from Rio.; Ja- ncrio, laden with coffee. On Fri day last, at seven o’clock in the morning the lookontsighted a bark showing signals of distress. Tho steamship eased her engines and cnine almost to a standstill. A boat put off from the bark, manned by three men and came alongside the Nebo. The bark proved to be the Tiger, Captain Krueger, a German vessel, laden with salt, 129 days out from Liverpool, and bound for Bal timore. The crew had been for many days without water or food, and were in a starving condition- Captain Gordon and Mr. W. H. Saxille, chief mate of the Nebo, gavo an aejount of what followed. Tho three men in the boat which pulled toward the Nebo were the captain, mate aud boatswain of the German bark. One of tho men rowed, another steered the boat and tho third waved constantly the shaggy skin of some animal. All three were greatly excited, and seemed to fear that the steamship would not sttip although in reality site had stopped. 'Thera had been heavy gales and the sea was rough. The crew of the small boat were exhausted. When at length they brought their little craft alongside they were too weak to mount un aided the ladder which was lower ed to them. Two of them, tho Cap tain and the Mate, wero assisted over the side of tho Nebo. The third,a boatswain a man advanced iu years, lay in tbe bottom of the small "boat. incapable of makihg the exertion necessary to board the steamer. As the boat approrche.t Captain Gordou bad called out, asking what was the matter. In answer, tho shaggy skin was waiv ed, a bucket was held up and a vnico replied: “we’re starving!” When the Captain and the Mate of tho Tiger came on board it was learned that tbe crew of the Ger man bark had been for nine days, without water, and that a month previous nothing had been left for llicm In tho way of ordinary food but a quantity of peas which they Imd soaked in water and eaten sparingly. Tho crew consisted of iho Captalu, Mato and eleven men. Eight (lays previously they had killed tho captain’s Newfoundland dog. This had lasted them as food lor llirco days. Since that time thoy had nothing but linseed oil to. aopease their hunger. They had cut narrow strips^ from the tops ol’ their leathern boots soaked them iu the oil and ohewed upon tbe tough substance. Linseed oil had been used, because Ibo lard oil had run ouL For several weeks they had no lights;, Unable to sec the compass at night, they had relied upon tho stars to mark the vessel’s courso during tbe hours of dark ness. Tlie three rescued men were in a treribly emaciated condition. All of them spoke English. The Captain and the mate, as they reach ed the deck of tho Nebo, begged strenuously for food. Captain Gordon gave them biscuit ana cof fee, which they devoured ravenous- ly. Only a little was given them at first, for fear of ill consequences. Tho boatswain meantime was cry ing for food as|ho lay helpless in the boat below. A biscuit and a pot of coffee were lowered to him. lie drank tho coffee from the spont of tho pot, bis hands trembling so that he could scarcely hold the uten sil, and devoured tbe bread. He became sickened a few minutes la ter, his weakened stomach being unable to bear the strong food. No tiine was lost in going |to the aid of those who wero left on board the bark. None of these had been brought along for] fear that they be carried , away by the vision of plenty and comfort on board the Nebo, and would refuse to return to their own craft, which was only 180 miles distant from her destina tion. Seaman James Oliver, an English man and a rugged tar fiftv years of age, was sent back in the boatalong with mates snd acting boatswain of the Tiger with a bag of bread, a tierce of beef, fifty gallons of wa ter, cans of bullion soaps, and meats, peas, beans, batter and lard, altogether, about a months stores. “When we came np to the Tiger,” said Oliver, “the whole crew was hanging over the side. Three of the youngest who had pegged out aud laid up for a week were out with the rest| (The mate|.wen£ap first, I pushing him. He held on to the ladder with his hands and munched on a cracker which he held in his month. Throe or four of the men made a- grab at the cracker, and one of the three side men got it. I shoved up the bag of bread after tho mare. It must have weighed seventy or eighty pounds. They all reached out to get it, and, being eager and cl missy, they missed, and it was near lolling overboard. They set up a howl, but I caught it One piece fell ont into the bottom of the boat, and got wet and dirty. I took it np and was going to throw it overboard, but thov cried, ‘Don’t, don’t! give it here.’ '1 tossed it up and a man caught it aud devoured it As the provisions were got aboard the mato and carpenter of tho Ti stood guard over, eager to Their combined strength was not and rations were served i THE EDITOR. mate, e .. i How He Appears From the Sland- Edward Uaberlaml, one of the p olnt of the Oppressed Reporter, crew of the Nebo, a German, says i — thit tho mate of the Tiger lold him iw i-omaby. J“»-** *■» York Press club that on Tuesday, the day before the | Tho Dos. bark fell iu with tbe steamer, Cap tain Kruger, addressing the crew, said that be would kill himself. “Boys,” he said,'“we can’t stand this When (he indefatigable reporter has escaped the vengeance of the irate victims whose door-bells he has wrenched; when lie has bounced much longer, and to save you all out of bed tho lost martyr to be in Tiger assist. I'm willing to die.” He held bis re volver in his bands as he spoke. The mate persuaded him from his evident determination, pleading with bim to wait and see what another day would bring. The Cap tain’s Newfoundland dog, a pet of his master, had sneenmbed to tbe lack of food seven days before tbe bark fell in with the Nebo. Fear ing that the animal wonld die, tbe crew bad asked permission of the Captain to kill him, and he had re luctantly given his consent. The dog was killed aud the crew sub sisted on his flesh for three days. The Captain attempted to eat this food but his stomach revolted and he did not touch it a second time. Captain Kruger bad also another pet, a cat which the crew had de termined to kill on the morning the Nebo was met. “I meant to have brought off this cal,” says seaman Oliver, “but I forgot it. I ibongbt it would kill the rats, which are a plague aboard this ship, and it would have been a blessed thing for the cat, for it was starved and mis-, crable.” When the provisions from the Nebo had been shipped the Ti- srer started lor'Baltimorc, and the wind being favorable sbe should have reached that port early this week. Fourteen weeks ago she had come in sight of Cape Henry, bat contrary gales had blown her out of her course, aud she had been beating about ever since. Sbe was covered with barnacles, filthy aud slightly a eak, and in rough weath er was almost unmanageable. ra . A Machine to Banin Thought. A machino has been invented by Dr. M1330, of Turin, which mea sures thought. It is called Jpie- l liy sinograph, and its^revelatious are based on tlie fact that thought creates nervous action which con sumes in its performance a certain quantity of blood, and that quanti ty may be measured. In an address before tlie American association of science, Prof. G. F. Barker describes the machino and its workings as follows: The forearm, for example, being the organ to bo experimented on, is placed in a cylinder of water, and tightly enclosed. A rubber tube connects the interior of the cylin der with the- recording apparatus. With the electric circuit by which the stimulus was applied to produce contraction wore two keys, ,oue of which was a dummy. It was noticed that after using the activo key several times, pro ducing varying enrreut strengths, the result was caused solely by tbe imagination, blood passing from the body to tbe brain in the act. The test further the effect of men tal action. Dr. Pagalini, whose arm was iu the apparatus, was requested to multiply two hundred and sixty seven bv eight, mentally, and to make a sigh when he had finished. The recorded curve showed very distinctly how much more blood the brain took to perform the operation. Hence the plethysmograph is ca pable of measuring the relative amouut of mental power required by different persons to work or.t the same mental problem. Indeed, M.r. Gaskeil suggests the use of this instrument in the exam ination room to find out, in addi tion, to the amount of knowledge a man possesses, how much effort it causes him to produce any particu lar result of brrin work. Dr. Mosso relates that, while the apparatus was set npin his room in Turin, a classical man came to see him. He looked very contemptu ously upon it, and asked of what use it could be, saying that it couldn’t do anybody any good. Dr. Mosso’replied replied, “Well, now, I can tell you by that whether yon can read Greek as easily as yon can Latin.” As the classicist would not be lieve it his own arm was pot into the apparatus, and he given a Latin book to read. A very slight sink ing of the curve was the resuiL He had asserted before thatit was quite as easy for him to read Greek os Latin, and that there ' was no difficulty in doing either. Dr. Mosso, however, was able to show him that he was laboring under a delusion. Again this apparmtns is so sensi tive as to be useful for ascertaining how macha person is dreaming.’ When Dr. Pagalinijwent to sleep in the apparatus, the effect upon the resulting curve was very marked indeed. He said afterward that he had been sound asleep, and remember cd nothing of what passed in the room—that he had been absolutely unconscious; and yet every little movement in tbe room, such as the slamming of a door, tbe barking of a dog, and oven tho knocking of a dog, and even the knocking of a bit of glass, were ail marked on tbe curves. Sometimes ho moved bis lips, aud gavo other evidences that he was dreaming. They were ail recorded on tho curve, the amount of blood required for dreaming diminishing that in the extremities. terviewed; when be hag faced the perils of the horse-car, the tenement honse, the docks, the suburbs and the police;’ when with conscious piide he returns pregnant with news, and has rounded his last pe riod, and hauded in bis precious manuscript, yet another terror awaits him, in tbe pitiless assaults of the Blue Pencil Fiend I What is the Blue Pencil Fiend? He is the implacable foe of the reporter, the devil of the editorial room, the infernal being who eras es, alters and occasionally corrects mannscripL Why is his peucii bine ? Because he makes the repor ter feel blue, and because that color represents the flame in which his Satanic majesty works. How does a page of copy look when the Blue Pencil Fiend gets through? It looks as K be bad been building rail fences on it. Words, sentences, paragraphs and pages arq struck ont with fell swoop, each word a tear, each sentence a regret, each paragraph a moan, and each page a lost dollar for the uufortnnate re porter, who, if he be a parent, sits by with breaking heart and sees the bread of his children drop into the waste-basket. Sometimes he gets compensation by seeing his worst composition printed. On what principle do the Bloc Pencil Fiends make corrections? They move in a mysterious way, their wonders to perform. Take four of these fiends and give them Grant's famous dis patch : “I propose to fight it out on. this line if it takes all summer”— how would they edit it? Ono would make it read: “I propose to lake all the fight out of this line all eummer.” Another would make it read: “I propose to take all the fight ont of this snmmer if it takes all the line.” Another wonld make it': “I propose to fight it out all summer if it takes on this line.” The fonrth would have it: “I propose to take all summer to fight it out on this line.” If there were more fiends, there wonld be more ways of changing it; or, some of them might throw it away altogether, as a pre diction that might or might not bo verified. Bat the Fiend mast mike some change, and whenever he takes np a piece of copy he takes np his bine pencil as a matter of course. How can I do-justice to such a fiend in five minutes? Possibly the chair man asked me to reply because my copy has never been changed. Friends often tell mo they recognize my style in poetry, editorials, re ports and communications. Tho reason my writings are recognized is because the Blue Pencil Fiend never touches them. No man’s stylo coaid ever be recognized after his work has been blue penciled. There is, in fact, bu( ono depart ment of a newspaper that is now secure from the Fiend's devasta tion. He may eliminate 'ibe edito rials, paralyze' the poetry, cut and carve the correspondence, torture the testimony of witnssscs, quarrel with quotations, shatter Shakspero or bangle the Bible, bnt from his attacks the advertisements are safe -aye, sacred! Although I am but giving hcre- sav testimony, I could tell yon har rowing . tales of mutilations and cancellations that have blighted tho hopes and saddened the hearts ol my unfortunate associates; of arti cles beheaded and eastrated;, of stories denuded of every essential point, and left wretched skeletons of facts; of events distorted and suppressed so that the reporter would blush to face tho sources of his information; of outrages on etymology, syntax aud prosody that would make the writer frantic; of jokes sacrificed with ruthless hand; of sentiment rndelv extinguished; of poetic fancy or historic allusion mauled by barbaric bands"; of mat ter pat in agate type, that dreadful exhauster of copy; of tho never- ending obstacles that stand in the way of publication. I have hoard the infuriated scribes descant upon the woeful condition of society that thus ever keeps- genius battling against adverse fortune; that made John Milton sell “Paradise Lost” for £5; that leit Goldsmith st tbe point of arrest for debt, with tbe manuscript of the “Vicar of Wake field” unsold; that made Fielding fail to get £25 for his novel, “Tom Jones,” that paid its - publishers £20,000. Then I call to mind wbat John Swinton asked Carl Marx, “What is it ?” and Carl Marx re plied, “Struggle.” Struggle on, ye em -ryo Miltons, Ficldings and Goldsmiths. Tackle the Blue Pen cil Fiend in his lair. Compel him to give his reasons. When they ask *on to drink his health, 'say it is like giving the health of SamncI J. Tilden and calling upon John Kel- 17 to respond; tell them §ur cdh- flict with the Fiend is an irrepressi ble conflict of opposing and endur ing forces. enough to pull it over tho side, and ent churches, and that any person I had to do tho bulk of tbe work may choose according te the indi- rayself. The water I took over was vidual’s taste. Mr. Beecher holds in a barrel, and in the bucket they that a decent and moral life is the brought to us. _ The bucket was j great thing, regardless of the doc- coated on the inside with the oil in | trines of any sect And whether Rev. Henry Ward Beecher says that he “will do it again.” This refers to his introducing a young lady who desired to become s Cath olic to a priest. Beecher says that the Christian religion is snbject to many and va- ( —wj, rious interpretations by the differ- aged grandmother entered the par lor, and, hearing the latter part of remarks, exclaimed: “Sure', that’s the truth you spake, my child. Och! Ill niver"forget tho day—bad cess to it—when poor Dinnis fell from Her Illustrious Grandfather. New Orleans has some very weal- thy families who refer with pride to their ancestors. A few evenings ago Miss Dc Smith-Dyan was enter taining some visitors at her honse, and, .pointing to a picture on the wall, said: “That is my most illustri ous grandfather. He was a man who seemed fitted by nature to oc cupy the higher walks of life and was' never satisfied unless he stood at the very top of the ladder.” Her which they bad socked the cuttings i Christ was from their boot*, and when this j-of God : * : - .f fresh hi- head in it, and never got it out until Between him and the others tho bucket was emptied. All tlie provisions being got on board, they locked up in the cabin by the a mere man or the son material if the believer bncketfoU of fresh water was pot in cither dogma find- the correc- on board tbe Tiger it was grabbed morakroad in the teachings of his by the wholo crew. One man got | particular church. . In all this it appears that Beecher starts hi 1 theory from a variable and very doubtful Christ, and Bob Ingersoil his from an indefinable and indefinite nature. The dog ia a digitigrade carnivo rous mamtnel. This will be news to most persons, who bail always sup posed lhat a dog was simple a dog. It baa been bruited about that the dog ia the bust friend to man among tbe brute creation. ' He pants after the thief. When once lie gets hold of the thief's pants he makes breaches. A barking dog never biles; that is to say, when ho begins to bite he stops bark’ng. Conversely, a biting dog never barks, and for similar reasons. The hair of a dog will care bis bite. This is a curc-ious superstition among hair brainedyonng men who arc fast going to the'dogs. Dogs are dentists by profession. They insert teeth without cbaige. The sea dog loves his bark. Did you ever see a dog that didn’t. The bark of a tree is unlike the bark of a dog. Even a dogwood know this. Dogs are not always kind, though there are many kinds of dogs. Every dog has his day, although dog days last but a few weeks in the year. There must be a serious error here. Tbe dog star Is tbe dogYplaneL They planet so that their daya come while the star is in tbe sky. They do not fear it It is not a Skye terrier. When a dog entere-a pitched bat tle he uses the dog star. Bratus said, *1 had rather be a dog and bay the moon than such a Roman.’ Ho bad seen tho dogs. roamin’ aronnd on the bay. They never got over the bay. They 1 Sea? A living dog is said to be better ead Hoi Thera ia no Ivin’ dead dog is dog dog, bnt trays is dace when it is than a dead lion, about this, but gone bad. Tray was a worse than the against you. Dogs were the original Argon auts. They have nev their search for fleas. The ball dog Is a stubborn fellow. He is not easily cowed.* A great many stories about - the dog have obtained currency. The man who left part of his clothing with the dog has current. See? Puppies are bern blind. Thay are not see dogs then. There are many types of dog, in cluding the dognerrotype. But perhaps we had better paws here. Howl this do for the dog ? A Dealor In Bibles. “Come in,” said the Reverend Mr. Bobstock, os a rap at the door caus ed him to drop a blot on a half-fin ished sermon. The door opened and a man colored. The corners of his mouth wore turned down as though to give emphasis to his face. Ills clothes suggested that he work ed at a livery stable iu a subordi nate capacity, and; his hat was as ill-shaped a9 though it had been tramped upon by a cow. “Well,” said the Rev. Mr. Bob- stock, “what can I do ?” The man drew a sigh from the battom of his being, ana replied: “I want a Bible. A few weeks ago I was a prosperous saloon keeper, bnt sir, I prefer poverty and sobriety to affluence and whisky. I gave my saloon to the widows and orphans, and, sir, a heavy widow planted berselt behind tho bar and began to deal out the scorpion jnst as nstn- rallv as I had ever done. I expect ed her to" close ont the business and divide the cash, bnt when I spoke to her about it, the caueht me by the looseness of my raiment and threw me ont I never know before wbat was meant by widow’s might Now, sir, I want the book of conso lation. Yon needn’t mind tile revis ed statutes, but give me old Peter and old Paul. Give me a Bible.” Tbe good minister won much moved by the poor man’s strong appeal, and, taking down a Bible, he presented it to the pleader. Late in the evening the minister was standing in a book-store, when a man entered and said to the pro prietor : “Ihavo a nice lot of Bibies for yon this time, Cap’n/ and ho empt ied a sack fall of books on the floor. “Five dollars for tho lot; cost me $L50” “My friend,” said tbe minister, ■are yon not the man who came to my honse this morning and begged me for a Bible?” “Ob I no, sir. I have been in bed all day with the rheumatism.” “How did yon collect these books?” - “Family relics, tip.” “Didn’t you get this book from me I” taking up a book. “Oh! no. sir. That book was given to my little son by a Sunday- school teacher.” Jnst then a policeman accom panied by three ministers entered tbo store. “Here ho is,” said one, and tho policoman led the book dealer away. He hid called on every minister in tho city, and from each had secured a Bible. the top of the ladder wid all the bricks upon him, nnd was afther breakin’ his ribs against the ground —poor dear man! Be Iho powers, in those times tho divil a bit more could he mako than phorty ciuts a day, and ’’ But the honest old lady’s voice was drowned by the banginz of tbe piano as Miss De Smith-Ryan struck up: “I Wander ed bv the Sea-beat Shore.” Picking Ont HI> Own Coffin. Newton, N. J., April 17.—Edwin C. Grovier, a very wealthy and highly respected farmer living at Washington Valley, N. J., not very- far from here, shot himself a day or two ago and died in a few moments. Before committing the suicidal act Mr. Grovier wrote lull and explicit directions as to the manner in which ha desired his funeral conducted, selected the style of coffin, tho minis ter, named tlie text from which he wished the funeral discourse preach ed and made a list of personal friends whom he desired to act a9 pall-bearers. Mr. Grovier wa3 afflicted with liver complaint and dyspepsia and is believed to have been suffering from nervous pros tration when he shot himself. He leaves a family. A thousand persons, mostly women, are employed in engraving and printing government money and bank notes at Washington. They are so strictly watched during work hours that they look upon themselves then as prisoners. HC.lUS COLMTE2AL. A North Carolina Man ?IorIzazra Illnm ir, and Hla Kite Sisna tbo Paper. Charlotte, N. C., April 5.—One of- the most remarkable deeds of morlgages probably ever made wr9 put upon record in tbe register’s of fice here. According to the terms ol this mortgage, ChirtesDidenover, an intelligent but intp*cunious man, conveys bimsclf, ami all right and title to himself to another, to hare and to hold forever, to secure a debt he owes the mortgager. The deed was duly witnessed .signed and scaled. Didouover ie a married man and therefore, under the laws of this State, before a man can con vey any 1 cal estate hU wife lias to give her signature thereto, acknowl edged before a notary public or magistrate. Alt hnngh it is doubtful whether tbe object in this ease ba the character of this property. Uidenover’s wife waives all of her rights, title and claims to him in favor of tbe mortgage, and has signed a deed of conveyance, and acknowledged tbe same with all due form before a magistrate. The case is one of the most remarkable ever known in this section and at tracts wide-spread intorest. If a man can mortgage himself and con vert his body into legal collateral it will open up a newclaas ofsocuri- tv, which will be hailed with great pleasure by many an impccunions man. If the legality of this deed ie confirmed by the courts, it will not be a great while before Diden- over’e example will be followed by raanyr hard pressed topers in the old North State. New Thloas in Georgia. Georgia is by far tbe newest State in the whole Sooth—with the possi ble exception of Texas. There is an essential difference, however, be tween the newness of Toxas and tbe newness of Georgia, vis: the new- ness of Texas is the first crop on a wild soil, tho newneee.of Georgia is the more abuhdant and reliable crop on a domesticated aud cultivat ed soil. Texas is a groat producing State; Georgia is rapidly becoming a great manufacturing State. Im mense smoke-etacks loom in grimy majesty at several points in Georgia where, eratwhiie, the rural wagon- maker, leisurely shaving the oak spoke wherewith to mend the wheel of the weather-cracked ox-cart, was tho only manufacturer— 1 “lost in tho solitude of bis own originality.” Tho immense manufacturing estab lishments at Atlanta, Augusta, and at one or two other^points are noth ing less than sermons fulminated by great Thor himself—command ments' unto men to explore, to delve, to labor and to build. Or, to come to a practical (conclusion, the success of the manufacturing estab lishments of Georgia is a new decla ration of independence, not signify ing revolt but yet presaging revolu tion. Five thing are essentlsl to perma nentiy successful manufactories, to- wit: 1. A market for the goods manu factured. 2. Capital to establish manufac tories. 3. Tbe cheapest possible avenues from the factory to the retail store where the manufactured goods are sold. 4. The cheapest possible avenues from what may be termed the birth place of tbe raw material to the place of manufacture. 5. And most dlfflenlt of all, the conviction present In the mind of the capitalists that numbers 1,3 and 4 of these essentials certainly may be found at any given point. Atlanta and Augusta have man aged to bridge the chasm between tbe fifth condition and the preced ing four. The consequence is a de velopment which astonishes all who visit thoso places—not so much by reason of the results already accom plished as by the recalle/et to come, tbe approach of which can hardly cape the attention of tbe most careless observer. Georgia has now a secure future as a manufac turing Sate. It does not-follow that every town in the Sate should at once erect great manufacturing establishmenU and operate them proflably—towns which have noth ing of tho kind and are filled witn an infinite host of loiterers cast iu the mold of O-lonel Sellers. Atlanta and Augusts wisely dis carded the Sellers theory and the consequence must provoke tbe sin cere admiration ana tbe hearty em ulation of all the>r neighbors in the Golf States. Georgia Is not afraid of new things became they are new nor in love with old things because they are-old. Therefore Georgia prospers exceedingly. General Putnam's Duel. A good story is told of General Putnam, the Revolutionary hero, in Forney’s “Anecdotes of Public Men.” He accepted a challenge and fixed the time, and as his an tagonist approached ho was greeted with a shot from Putnam’s gon at thirty rods. At Putnam was re loading bis piece, his adversary ap- proachcdand said: “What are you about to do ? Is this the conduct of an American soldier and a man of honor?” “What ami about to do?” was the reply of the General. “A pretty question to put to a man you intend to murder! 1 am about to kill yon, nnd if yon do not fight in less time than it takes old Heath to hang a torv yon arc a gone dog.” Of course the other turned and ran away. The second affair was with a British officer who challenged him. Putnam accepted, fixed the time and place : irtd when the Eng lishman found him he was seated near a barrel, apparently containing powder, smoking l.is pipe. 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