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nap ;ws AND ADVERTISER. 3MT*r 'ft*. •n.'e ai!"basv ADvicilSsKlifSJtlrtStoWu;;, A Family AND FoLITK a i. Ioui:n ai. DevoTKD To tiik IxtkRKST6 ok SoL'TUWkst GkoH()iA, 82 » Year. Volume 1. ALBANY. GA.. SATURDAY, MAY 7. 1S81. gvofcsstonul (Cavils. William E. Smith, Attorney at Law, Moony and Ranke; have drilled bade ' to Chicago. After all, the; find that it; i* their beat held. Number 35. I Ir Mr. Garfield intends to .be. any- j . thing more tlian simply one of the i ALBANY, OA. i hired hands of the present “Adninia- i tration/’Jxn't it about lime for- him to at Ik. Goart Home, _ap j do aomething? O FFICE: la trout Join.-iter Trlr*ra|-h OAco. u.j. WMtiitT. rors WRIGHT A POPE, Attorneys at ALBANY, OA. i Tit* Atlanta Pott-Appeal says that | the Aasignee-Mecerrers of the hunted j j Citizens’ Bank of that city 'haro J {jonr j I to New York, (what for?) and that there ■ 1 is great dissatisfaction among the credi- ' tors. (IFFICR-Owr 8. Maj.r A Glauber'. More.cor- urr Hroed sad Wata!«Ito« Ms. art l Use. as, lMS-dlWWlf, .v. t. joxr.u, j*sAe *. waltzes. JONES ft WALTERS, attorneys at Law, ALBANY, OA. oiSc. ATrr real-s’ Bailcoad Bask, unis*!, I» . A. VAS°N.. A V A SOU d? ALFRIEtKD Law, Attorneys at ALBANY, UA. Active ant! nrorai*attention given § lo^o!- Itviioo* m i nil *«*«*ral huBinesB, i'raetite I iu all the court". Rite Court IIoumc. James Callaway, Attorney at Law CAMILLA, GA. feba;-. Ms. U. 8. Hanes, General Manager, will accept onr Ih inks for a handsome invitation to pass onrscfT and lady over the Yew Waycrou .* ,fpk*«pvillc Railroad. Passengers from Albany to Jacksonville now go over this route. os Memorial Day, ia Augusta, the ; Federal soldiers at the Arsenal deco- ; rated the graves of fourteen or flfleen j n -^ 1 ^ XI> Coniadoratcs 'buried-. iq Jk*-rprivata ‘ I cemetery near tlie' 'A«eeat ground*. This aras a graceful and generous act, worthy of brave men. LITTLE L VAtJ f _ JOIX BAT. I«Wt go bmN«k religion, I sorer ain’t bad no »bo«r; Bat I’ve got a mJiMlin’ tiglit grip. wr,. Ob the batutful o* things X know. 1 don’t |Ma ont «a the prophet* And treo-nrUI and tftat sort of thing. Bat 1 li’lieve la tial and the angel*, Kftr senreone night last spring. 1 (mm ietii l*vn wiili asie turai|H, And Bjr little Gibe ca*ne along— No low-year-old in the countv Conld beat hiui for prrtt) and *Mi*ng. Peart and ohiupe andaasey. Alvar* ready to war awl fight,— And I’d lamt kioO" rhaw terUarkrr Jest to keep hi* milk teeth white. The snow come down like a blanket A* I pMsed-br Taggart’* store; I went In for a Jug ofiufrf»**c* And lin the team at the door. They Beared at something and utartoL— I bea rd one little « quail, And hell-to-nplit over the prairie Went team, little Breeches andalT. At last wo struck barae* and wagon. Snowed under a soft white mound. Upeot, dead-beat,—but of littlc«ial« No tilde nor hair was found. (0*1 U IIUIAL F KRTI LIZERS. ere and flow to Foe Them to A d vantage. i EJituTS A dl r.u and Advertiser z 1 I have just read in your issue of ; the 20fti inst., a letter signed “It W. j L” of Scrhrii county, on “Com- | utrrria! Fertilizers, 9 * in which lie ! n»ll«i them worthless stench. Farmers often disagree as well as j doctors and a Calhoun county farm j er aakft ti>r spftce in your paper to J out, and lc j ventilate his opinions. There are | | erf moved from tin* plantation hut lint; c itton and a bale contains only | about five pounds of soluble talts.it U evident that our soil* are not, and cannot he deficient in tliere mineral elements of plants; while lint cot ton is the only product sold from the plantation, we should have no | exhaustive lauds ami as a matter of I fact the oldest fields of Southwes tern Georgia are not exhausted. : We can wear out. wash out, bum I r»nt the organic mat- j PRon HOT ARK. SPRINGS LIGHTNING AND DEATH. i A Fla That Lefl tlie Lifeless Ilodlcs Hot Springs, April 27,1881. Editort Xetes and Advertiserz * I take the liberty of writing eilr, 1 was imn lwli.itelv ter, *iiu I hi, wc tiuvi* ilnnc am! the | | )V , farmers that do not know trig they yield of our firid*Iiavc declined. bhuWMue hon»e. use coiumerdAl ierlUizcrs, or «•*« l b (ii the mineral elcnii-iits of plants p or how to use them, and it is not remain in the soil measurably, and 1 surprising that such frequently fail j to make Hum pay. Has tliero been ration of organ ul supply will roi fore frutni- Bprings Horn the irronnd- olii-iliug for Is, carriages to tlie city, and ’’quack” doctors. I gave tlie liash-housc and “quack” drum- cr * !l | mers tlie go-by, and accepted tlie of Four I.nulM ilIe Ht lino! D »|l to flaik It■ Course. Louisville, Kt.. A pril 3( k— A fla=h ot lightning killed i four bi oysin a baseball gatm* till is aflor noon. They belonged to ta e Parochial school of St. Anthoa y’a Gc rmau Catho!lc church. Thev yttem 1 \n the school fi.'.l>raee* (wo ft —one in . the forenoon aud oi D6 1ft tl ternoon—aud the cmlftm Ur occi urred ft few minim** before it ie expiration of the dinner hour. At which time JOSEPH A. CROSK, ATTORlTSTatlsAW Ul BAY STREET, SAVANNAH, UA. I’ranii-M hi all the State Court., liefer, t.. lion. T. M. Norwood. ■plllln [DbHqss & Osin, D&firisT8. It aeeais that journalists are appre ciated ia (Cincinnati. Charles IL Mur ray, bfW-r PWeff Cnn-e,rr has been presented with onr thousand' dollars by the merchants in i (’.cognition of his efforts to adviucc the -fotereslsjif tho- rity through the columns of his pa- i per. _ Says (lie Atlanta Confutation: “We lesrn, upon wlist tro consider gooil au thority, that Mr. L. Y. Sage has been appointed Superintendent of (he Air Line Koad. and that he will he there to-day to lake charge of his tri.-t. The appointment is a good .one and will meet the approval of our people. has just Albany, Georgia* O ffice-over rutrr office, washing TON 8TRECT. JanBUydl Trowbridge & Hollinshed DENTISTS, IWAYCROSS, --- - GEORGIA. h extracted wl ntod. IkiTantcd. Tima* m. shore onB-SA. and apU-Uui work eny- vV.A. STROTHER, M.D. ALBANY, GEORGIA, [Office over Gilbert's Mi Store All onion left at the Drug Store will raeolva ompi ttontloo. Jan 7-ly r. E. W. ALFRIEiyD, I, l ESPHCTFULLY tinders hta oerrlco, ID th. IIV various branch}* of hU prolOiilon.to th. llllun, • vlbaaf and ■urroumllngcountry, lie. oppoilte lusrt llouoo. on.PInootreot. Of- hotels. [XHE JOHNSON HOUSE, SMITHVILI.E. OA.. I Is the place to slop and get a GOOD f SQUARE MEAL. THE ALBANY HOUSE I I Mrvyicl: Harnett,Proprietor Albany, Georgia. f isfuotioii eimruuleed: The taOIr tssnp- l .piled with the best the country adonis, [nud the servants ore unsurpassed in po- l liteness nud uttention to tlie wnnta of I guests. Oinulbnsi>s convey pusaeugor* to I and from the different railroads prompt- J I y, free of charge. Charges to snil the | dunes. SiSHI DOORS! BLINDS! And hen all hope toondoo ok, Of tuj leUna-critterV aid— I jc»i topped down on 14f marrow- one**. Crotch deep lc tb. »notr, and prayed. By Dili, the torcbfea were played out. And me mad I a rul l’arr West oft for Rome wood fora ah<vpfol<l. That he said, waa soiae whar thar. We Coand Hal last, and a fitUe ih«l Where the? ah«t wp Uie lamt* at night. W« looked ia ami «e m tbem buddUM thar. So wants a»l sleepy and white: Ami Utarml Utile Breeches and ehirprd, Ar peart at erer jrua see, “l wan* a chaw of terbaefcer. And thal*N wImu’r t ic matter witli me.** Let us buy less commercial fertiliz ers, and spend part of the money heretofore devoted to there purr rwurmu tn go mai’ Anr»i*. lie rouM never have walked in that dorm. Tlie.v jc*t Rcooped down and toted him To whar it waa .«afo and wordi. ^ And I think that Raving a little child. And bringing him to hi* own. I* a denied Bight better buRine.-t Than loafing around The Throne. Wlif THAT n*H FBI. Bill Bbim Didn’t Harry Parker. A PuiLauSLWti* jury N.U. Titans. “I say, Jim,” said Ned Dalton, as Im poked up the camp flic, “tvhy sold, by s verdict for a thousand do!- | didn't Bill Bates and .Sue Parker git Urs damages, that on ers of propirty inarried ." IVhcn I was at t he Snake . . . £ , ,« (.reek protraclcil meeting last having dangerous placet on them, or S|lli , l|( . ittorter struck mo t^tthey them, »ra hound to'kee|i such wits goin' io run the same lirund.” “Well.” said Jitu Walker, as he pillowed his head on a saddle, “that iviis the general calkcrlatioii, but it all got busted up onnccountof what hnpiiened at the fish-fry the Jones folks give down at ther Spanish Camp on the San Bernardo.’’ “What, Bill didn’t get on no hifa- Intiil’ brazoo, like he’s allcrs doin’, FOR RALE BY ^geo. s. greenwood. N-ttfep Kl DNEY-WORT in tnem, aro guards about tlioin as will proven! persons who are not intruders from being injured or losing their lives. Till Georgia Press Association meets at Rome on Wednesday next, 1 ltl» of May. Courtesio* htvo been showered upon tho boys of.tbo “fourth estate.” The railroads will excurt ihopi, tho Kimball Home, Atlanta, wilt breakfast them, Rome will entertain them, and the C. N. Sc St Louis Road will take them to tho Naihville, Tonn„ Exposi tion. Several specimens of fossil woods and lignites have been found at a depth of 191 feet below the surface in boring ap artesian well at Galveston, Texas. Above these were Sfi feet of quicksand and U5 foot of solid blue clay. The contractor also assort;; that a consider able quantity of bones and shell have been drawn out of the well; from what depth is not stated. Cot, Tou Scott, the groat Pennsyl vania railroad king, is said to be en tirely recovered from his paralysis, and to have been cured by a faith doctor or electrician l>y a simple lay ing on of hands, lie tried tlie most eminent piivsicians in Europe and America and gave up ail hope. Ilia recovery was instantaneous under tlie treatment of tho miracle worker. Rays a Nnrthieru exchange: ’ Colonel lligginson and other high-toned Re publican statesmen of Massachusetts may now have the gratification of say ing to the people of the Bay State, “\Y'C tBld yon so.’ It will lie remembered sepSO tf ■ that they objected to tlie re-election of Mr. Dawea to ’.he Udited Slates Senate, on the ground that he hsd not brains enough to represent that State. Ever since he made such a conspicuous fail ure in the narration of Southern out rages the people of Massachusetts un doubtedly haro wished that Col. Hig- ginson's advice had been heeded. A Washccutok. special say* that a party of Boston gentlemen who have juft arrived from a tour in the Soulhem State* speak very encouragingly of the outlook in this quarter of the country. They represent that all is peace, with favorable crop indications. They were astonished at the progress made in the manufacture of cotton and iron. They . WHY? DOES IWONDERFUL CURES I I Dress*. It arts a* IS. LIVUL BOWELS I klDTKYS at tb* i ,ttiliiiM«u»«rsfaoft»*»o(*a» Dnlliatdmlop.t*SidMr *»AW«- m WHIT mu OAT i > a Stock. oC Junction CUT. ?■!■» — «rt onisd aim ndfr tsoslar ■ tertec foe four yean. . Mr*. Jofca Xrn.ll, ot w^kUwton. QMo..«W» BaaRRsEssssrs f-TTuft _ Kk.n.Uood«ta.<ta editor »■ Ckarfio*. Ofcl^ >***«- j—* ini nnahlr M wvUaa«r( KI DNEY-WORT PERMANENTLY CURES iY DISEASES, LIVER COMPLAINTS, i and Piles. inti stir lip a row ?•’ inquired Ned Dalton. “No, it wnrn’t that,” replied Jim, “hut it Jest as well hare been, ’cause Bill Bates’s predickcriiicut would’ve knocked any cqurjhi’ match liiglm’ ’cr kite.. You see, all tlicr gnls froin Damon’s Mound and up along'Tuf- key Crock war’ at llie lish-fry. and ovorybody wiis havin’ or hog-killin’ time, but tlior day wus liot, ami while BiliJJatoe wus dancin’with Sue Park'or every set, so ns to keep her penned up from Iho rest of the hoys, ho got to sweatin’ worser’n ’or nigger at ’or ’lection. Bill knew when he got overheated, and so he asked two or threo fellers who wus loafin’ ’round waitin’ fur the grub to be sot ont, to go up the creek a piece and havo a switu. They was willin’, and when they got to ’or bend in ther creek a short distance from the fish-fry they commenced to slitiek their clothes. Bill lie pulled ofl" everything ’ccpt- ing Itis shirt, and then sot down on ’er log to cool ofl’. . Thar wus ’er yaller jacket’s nestJn liter log, and ther hulgo of Bill Bates’s nnalermy wus kivering the hole to the nest, and while Bill sol thar them yaller jackets held ’or convenshitm or suthin’ of liter kind and made up their minds that they wus going to raise liter blockade. I guess every body knows that you douT have to spit iu ’er yaller jacket’s eve to make him mad, ’cause titer insect is horn mad and dies in ther same fix. While Bill was roosting on ther log scratchin’ and ’cr coolin’ of himself, tlicr yaller jackets riz in their wrath ami Bill lie riz with ’em. They lift ed him like a lorpcdcr, and when lie hit ther ground he was bleatin’ loudder’n er bull calf, and ’er hun dred yaller jacket was up under his shirt, spnrrin’ him in ther flanks, and tnnkin’ him buck over the ground like an unbrokc stud. He ciawcd-at his shirt and veiled to the boys to conic and help him knock tlior darn things off, but the boys laid down behind ther logs and told him they warn’t no d—u fools. Well, ther yaller jackets kept pop- pin’ their spurs to him, fast on one side, then on t’other ’till he gotsorter crazy, and lie skedaddled down the creek, headin’ square for the fisb- frv. Sue Parker, with ’er lot of other gals and er parcel of galoots, wus up ther roatl pickiu’ blackber ries, when they suddenly beard tber all-fired yellin' and snortin’, and the no progress In agricultural science „. >s ,u experience demonstrates, j and practlce^n the last quarter of .a j Decaying vegetable matter in l century? Is it not agreed by all ^ involve rarbuuic arid, whidi | agricultural chemists and intelligent 1 farmers, the whole dvilized world over, that soluble phosphate of lime, ]>otash and nitrogen, (the constitu ents of most commercial fertilizers) applied to the soil adds to its fertil ity ? Moreover are they not agreed that, when jndlefouslr applied, it never fails to pay? Are they not agreed that paying crops cannot he r. nlized from soils that are deficient in soluble phosphate, potash and nitrogen? But it ia left lor each tanner to get these things in his soil as best be can. I believe the time will come wheu they will be manufactured in onr fields for the most part, which I will explain further on; but, until that is done, we must supplement our manure heaps by purchasing the commercial article. And while we have to buy fer tilizers in • concentrated form, let ns learn when and how tonsetbem, so a- to realize a profit on the mon ey expended for their purchase. And right here come* in the mis fortune of our friend “B. W. L.” and such as he. He says: “I have a thirty-fire acre field which I gen erally planted in cotton and which produced from ten to fifteen bales, according to the seasons. In the year mentioned (1877) 1 planted this field in cotton and put guano (com mercial phosphate) *t tho rate of two hundred pounds per acre. * * “After the cotton was gathered 1 mode a calculation and found that I had made twelve hundred pounds of seed cotton more than I would otherwise have made to each ton of gunno used.” And then he goes on • to- show that this increase in ihc ert-p did uot pay the cost of the guano, and the labor of putting it in the noil. His mistake is just this: ho should not have expected it to pay. The result of this experi ment of “R. W. L.” corroborates that of others uuder similar circum stances. The application of phos phoric acid or potash to old .worn fields that have been cultivated in cotton and corn for many years (such a field as «HL W. L.” describes his to be) rarely ever pays. He got the benefit of the nitrogen in the guano, nothing more. Neither does it pay to cultivate such land in cot ton without any fertilizer. When a soil by long continued cultivation in summercrops,beeomes deprived of hurans, (decomposed of organic matter) jao manure ap plied to it will pay, except it con tains a'largc proportion of humus. Ami no amount of labor bestowed upon it will pay except that devoted to restoring its organic matter. Did anybody ever know of a compost of, say one-third, each of superphosphate, cdtton seed and offer of a courteous and -apparently resjiectable “Jehu,” who- conveyed | me t» the Arlington Hotel for twen ty-fire cent*.. acts upon the mineral elements and. 0 f course other travelers were render* them soluble ^ quantities irealetl in a similar manner by the ! sufficient for crops. So right here , loe , or ’* agents, ett, and 1 have ia the hope of Southwest Georgia. lour that some of them were not proof sgalnst the eatreotie* of the everv-rrady and witty drummers. On enteriug the dig the stranger is heard lea* of politics than usual, which ' rics, when the they regarded os a very hopeful sign. Ell-Dred yellin Thu sound of* cotton' spindle is nutn gaBopIn^bVcmfaster’n-cY scared musical to the cultured Boston ear than cayote, and try in’ his level best to . iiic.inixition on die resolutions; of draw tho onlv remainin’ garment disquisition on the resolutions^ 1798. They represent that Nashville is enjoying a business boom, with more building than ever and.rcal estate is stiff. They spent come ti nc in Chatta nooga, and think that will eventually be the great city of the South. Bn is s~"“plant*r.” Ho lives about sixteen miles from Augusta, and ha*B is whxt die Evening AThu has to say about him: “With the assistance of two mules and a wagon he hauled * MnttMhox His Houor had before him the case of a young fnrmer who was arrested for disturbing the peace and being drunk, ami when asked for his defense he said; “Well, I live out here about twelve miles. Yesterday morning, as I was splitting rails, Bill Adams came along and dared me to come to town with him. And I dared.” “You hadn’t any errand?’’ “None at all. After sre got there be saya to me he’d dare me to^take a drink. And I dared. Purty soon, after wc had been to a harness shop bo dared me to take another. Ana I dared.” “That was two drinks.” “Yes, sir; and after Bill had bought four pounds of uaila he dared me to get swizzled. And I dared.*’ “What is swizzled?” “Just drunk enough to think you can lift a barrel of salt, but you can’t lift one end of a hat fnll of bricks.” “Well, go on.” “Well, when wo got swizzled, Bill he dared me to upset a nun carry ing a step-ladder. Amt I dared.” ■•That's when you got that black eye. eh ?” “Yes, sir. I upset the man, bat lie got up and knocked me pizen west.” “Yes.” “Weil, then we saw a policeman stable manure, not paying on jus, such soil as “R. W. L." describes? chase in filling the soil with v.ge- , t once struck with a peculiar ordor table matter. Plough under weed* and grass green or di», briars, pea*t cotton stalks, oat stubble and any thing that will rot. Let part of the lands rest to grow r.p in weeds and grass and briars, and bring intocul- tlvation the old rested fields. Make composts of coltou seed, stable and lot manores, wood, earth and add a little acid phosphate when requir ed. When we have restored the vege table made to our soil in sufficient abundance, then and nolbefore, can wc afford to refrain from purchas ing soluble commercial fertilizers. A few words on cot/on seed..The use of degenerated, or selected pro lific seed, influences the yield of lint more than is generally suspected. The failure of a fertilizer tb profit ably increase the crop is frequently, the fault of tbo seed. Bich soil, no amount of fertilizer* nor tlie best cultivation will make a large yield of lint from seed taken from plants that have been crowded for several years on poor land. The cotton plant soon acquires a fixed habit, whetherit be of sterility or prolificacy. Plant deteriorated seed on rich lands and you will have large stalks and few bolls. W. J. Oakgrove Farm, Calhoun co. drag tho only remainin' garment over his bead. The gals weakened on thcr-fust glimpse, and made ’cr brake for ther bush, screamin’and askln what it was, kinder innocent like, and ther fellers who wa« gallantin’ ’em turned red in the face and -said they guessed some body’s horse broke loose somewhere up the creek, and that they had bet- icr auerinul. ther. whole fish-fry was i’ of Bill Bates’s scanderlus ae- aud Aunt Dorothy Briggs said a barnio’shame, audlieoogbW bale of very iaf.rior cat on into tmra iuh .1 la.Jara 'Vaca sod sold it for #30. With the pro ceeds and with tlie aid of the afore said mules and wagon, he bawled bjek to his plsnta'ion tho following items: One hundred pounds sides, well cat up in ' the shonlder, f12 50; ten bushels or corn, $7; one bale hsy, |4; one btrrcl corn meal, $3; one bar rel potatoes, 12 90. Total cost of items, *29 40, leaving the sum of sixty cents to bo expended for wet groceries. This' planter believe* iu planting every m Hour farm I #cro 0 f hia land in rmex. *t-o* ther jaadera Tore Bill wus born, ’ in- ed a kuriou* look in hi* eye.. The thing was talked about ail over the neighborhood, and Bill writ to Sue Parker, explainin’ how it happened but she said he whs disgra; community • and shc_ aid nothin’ to do with him. Acid superphosphate, and am- moniated superphosphate should never be used alone on warm land that , is, lan-l exhausted of humno. Nine times ont of ten it will be money and labor lost. Bnt take a soil in good heart and ammoniated superphosphate'containing a small per cent, of potash will pay, even when used alone, bnt should never ■ "be repeated upon the same field the following year,. - Before investing largely in com mercial fertilizers a farmer should first’test the needs of his soil. In the use of all fertilizers there are some well settled general principles that should guide us, but the special want of any particular field or crop can ouly bo determined by experi ment Some soils require only phosphoric acid to insure profitable crops, some potash and others only nitrogen; others again may require all three and others two of these constituents. When wo have learned whxt one soil and crop needs, we can then pnrehast only such fertilizers as they require. Bqt there sre reasons for hope that the time will speedily come thaV in the cotton belt, we will learn to manufacture our fertilizers in onr own fields at a fraction of the cost of the commercial article. Wc scctn to have lost sight of the ct that there are from one to four ns of insoluble phosphoric acid in i- acre of the soil of our fields, the same amount of in- lle potash and ammonia. Car- s manures act npon these insulub esoils and fit them.for plant food, and a« there is nothing re dared me to pitch him into a snow bank. And I dared.” “Was it ranch of a pitch?” “No, sir, not for the officer. He gave me two cracks on the head and brought ms down.” “Well, now I shall dare you to go to the Workhouse for thirty days,” concluded His Honor, as lie settled back. And he dared. Whj tne Ex-President Was So Coldly Ucc.tT.il by tho Citizens »t the Bepablle ot .Wcxlco. One of the reasons assigued for the coolness of the Mexicans to wards Gen. Grant and his friends, who are interested with him in rail, wa/schemes in that republic^ is that a report has been circulated that be wenl down to make arrangement to have some of the Mexican States annexed~to~ntS~T7nitcd States,, and would try &feo to obtain control of some of the railway ^franchises in the neighborhood of Cbihnahua un der tho French claims. Those op posed to the General and bis plans, it is also alleged, have fold the Mexicans that he would break up their present railway scheme?, and that they should give him a cold shonlder. In other wordslbev have created the impression that he is not there alone to engage in rail roading, and they had better use every means within their power to thwart him in obtaining from Con gress any and all concei-Mons. On the other hand, some of the corres pondents deny emphatictlly that any coolnc.-s has been shown Gen. Grant, but dtbsra assert equally as positively that the Mexicans do not greet him cordially by any means, and tell of certain events that indi cate that the cx-Frcsident is already as much disheartened with his Mexican railway schemes as he was with the World’s Fair. He is apt lo he opposed most bittcrlv hr the Pa! mer-Sullivan combination any way, and as they have great power tinder the commissions granted them by the government, they will no doubt place a few obstacles in bis wav if thev can. arising from the creek that runs through the city. This ia causciLby the mineral water, which, after being nsed by the various bath houses (Of which there are about a dozen), is emptied into the creek and carried down the valley. - It 1* claimed that there ore five thousand residents here, besides a transient population of from two to threo thousand. There are two large hotel*, the Arlington and Avenne, each capa ble of accommodating about 300 guests, besides innumerable smaller houses. In fact, almost every houso in the valley ie a boarding house. Board ranges from 35 to $30 per week, $12 belug; the average. Witbin easy distance of the city there is a whetstone quarry, where new arrivals usually visit and lay ia a supply; for it is an actual fact that the meat supplied here is so tough that it would almost turn the edge of a razor, and that after being hammered and peaten Into a shape less mess. About seventy-four medicos, it is ■aid, grace the principal streets by hanging out their shingles. I think T may safely say one-half of them aro quacks, who, with the aid of drummers, manage to make out a tolerably fair livelihood. The respectable physicians do not employ agents, so It Is best to be in town a dsy or two befora consult ing a physician; for I assume that no respectable person would come to this God-forsaken country, were it not to benefit his health by the use of the waters Tho bath bouses are situated on Conti al avenue, the main spring being.in the rear of the “Big Iron” bath bouse, from which all are sap- plied. Single baths cost twenty- five cento, or 21 for $5. Mott ell bathers pay “rubbers” $1 a week for attendance. There Is a bath honse called “Mud Hole,” where baths may be obtained profit after five o’clock in the evening. The diseases for which the hot water ia-eaid to be beneficial, are of a scrofulous nature, and arise from impure blood. It is estimated that some fifteen thousand people visit the springe annually, and since the land dispute between the govern ment and the settlers has been de termined, it ie expected that build ing operations will be .commenced ia earnest, in anticipation of an in crease in the number of invalids who visit here. The country is rough and moun tainous. The greet Ozark range looming np on all sides of the city. The land In the vicinity is poor and is not considered lit for ordinary cultivation. I have no hesitation in saying that the city is frequented by some of the sharpest gamblers in the United States, who openly carry on their nefarious games both day and nighL Still greater vices are indulged in by people who have the appearance or ladies and gentfomen, but within the garb of a gentleman there often beat* a heart capable of killing a man for a $5 note, and in this city snch people aro numerous. Daring my short slay of three weeks, several gentleman hare been stopped in their mountain walks, and politely asked to play three- card monte, and on refusing, a load ed pistol has been presented, and their money demanded. In some cases they have been successful, while in others a slight skirmish has taken place, in which no serious injury has resulted. Under the careful manipulation ofvny rubber, tho stalwart George Adams of the Big Iron, I am im proving daily, and now feel as well as over I did in toy life, and hope to return to Albany in the course of two weeks. Hoping the above may be of in terest to some ofyour readers, I am roars respectfully, J. 11.1. thirty or toriy of the boys were en gaged at their favorite pastime, awaiting tlie ringing of the school- bell and. thinking naught of the dreadful inittlulpus that would soon bring their recreation to a close. There were two groups, one made up of [the larger bqys of the school, I aged from teq lo twelve, and tbo other of the children. The latter were playing a short distance from tlie larger boys, and ont of the cir- cqit of the terrible currenL Both ball, and be- thc sport looking on. groups were play! sides those there were re playing ball engaged in a number lot sides those king Leo Fleck waa at the bat and had just knocked the ball, when the flash hurst ou the play-grounds. Fled: was struck by the current and fell to the ground’. Willie Pfalger, who was standing near Fleck, and whose turn at tbo bat followed, was also stricken to tbo earth. Frankie Sclieldcr, who had been watching the game from a position back of the catcher’s place, is said by tome to have started ou a run for the school when tho terrible flash over look him. Others of the boys as sert with equal positiveness that he was sitting -on the ground at the lime. He received the full shock, and was the only one that was muti lated. Tho whole group was more or less shocked by the flash, and bo lides those who were killed, sev eral were prostrated. None of tho children made an attempt to run, and all remained transfixed to the spot for several seconds after the shock. From Mr. Wm. Campbell, who has a tobacco warehouse at Savre and Market streets, and who was uo doubt the first to realize the terrific destruction that bad been wrought, a reporter obtained the following account of the sad affair: Mr. Campbell was walking up Market street iu company with Mr. John J. Boniface, of Cincinnati, and when nearly opposite tho base-ball ground, on which the boys were playing, bo saw a bright flash, fol lowed instantly by a loud crash of thunder, and experienced a sensa tion as if struck on tbo head with something soft, like a pillow. He also felt a momentary shock, which caused him to almost fall, but it passed away as suddonly as it came, as he was beginning to realize his narrow escape he chanced to cast his eyos In the direction of the crowd ot boys and saw aoveral of them fall to the ground, asif scramb ling for their ball. Mr. Campbell had noticed tho crowd on the com mons before the crash, and had sap- posed they were boys employed Iu his warehouse, who had gone out during the dinner hour to amuso themselves. Mr. Bonlfsco bad been more seriously shocked than Mr. Campbell, and did not notice the commotion -imong the boys until Mr. Campbell bounded forward, shout ing, “The lightning has struck.some or my hands.” Both then started in a run across the commons to the place where thay hsd seen the boys falling, aud whence they now saw a largo number of boys fleeing hor ror-stricken. They hurried on to the base-ball ground, whero they were <!um»founded by the stgbL Five or six boys lay stretched: on the grouud within a radius of fif teen or twenty feet, their features presenting at the first glance tbo result of the deadly stroke. The first one they reached was Frank Schneider, whose clothes were torn from his body and lay in a pile be side him on fire. The hair bad been singed from his btad and two ghastly wounds, one on the right temple and one on tbo back part of his head, indicated that death bad been instantaneous. The electric current had passed down his body clear to the feet, teariag his coat, shl ‘ J.P.StmDS&Co. Wholesales Retail Jer elers " ■ AND — r'.u;3Q9-; Watch Manufacturers, PEALEB8IN F I 3V E Fine Jewelry, Solid Silver, Silver Plated Ware, Bridal Presents, Clocks, r onzes, Etc., Etc. WS CAS SAVE PURCHASERS JO CENT. Send lor our Prices before buying «U«wb«r«. FACTORY and -SALESROOM, 34 Whitehall St., ATLANTA, GA. Aad for Cstslocas aud Prlc«. n«27.8ui RUMNEY, FASHIONABLE TAILOR, WASHUiGTOX STREET. TUST RECEIVED, A LARGE LOT OF BAM- a PLE8 of th*- 1 - Latest Styles! OF FALL AND WINTER SUITS! SHIRT CUTTING SPECIALTY * ‘ - Good Work! Perfect Fit and Reasonable Prices Guaranteed! There has been exported from this port to foreign porta since .Sep tember 1st, 10,782,213 feet ot lum ber, valued at $216,844.26, and 4,- 005,935 feet of timber, valued at $45,- 065^9. shirt, pants, socks and bools into shreds. Or a straw hat which he was wearing, only the brim remain ed. As Mr. Campbell neared the death scene, ho looked toward the warehouse, and seeing a number of his employes rushing out of the door, he shouted to them to bring a bucket of water, which one of them hastened to do. Finding that Schneider was dead, he passed on to the next body, which he raised up, and began to bathe the fit with cold water. A lady came to his assistance, ami leaving her with this boy, lie passed oi to the third, and, after dashing some water in Itis face, ho ran to tlie fourth and bathed his face also. A large crowd had begun to assemble by this time, aud Mr. Campbell order ed the bodies to bo removed to his warehouse. Some otic identified Frank Schneider at the son of M M. A. Schneider, a grocer at Twcn- a peufkcx w*w«*M sc.w- SSEttaThi^ome d A Thoroolu wood Farter. A Ton- picking hint up, carried hint home, ic Appetizer, p: 10 to. um*. nmcor- A young man named John Wernalsuas tats* boar. r™i»«nt p.r«i- ran to one of the boyr. named Jo seph Pcinz, and seeing him still breathing, raised him to his feet After a desperate effort I’cinz was able to stand up, and began imme diately to recover. Weruz assisted him to walk, and conveyed him to his home on Grayson street. He seemed bewildered, and never | u spoke a word on the way, but — reaching home lie told his mother j he wanted !o go to bed. lie rallied ! in a short time, and under troatnent of a physician rccorcrcd sufficiently in a few hours to give his experience of tho affair. The other threo bodies were con veyed to tho tobacco warehouse, where fathers and mothers rushed frantic with grief, to Identify them. Stephen Fleck,a grocer on Twenty- second and Market streets, was tin- first to identify either of thethree. One of them he recognized ns hi. 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