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Newspaper Page TextTME WEEKLY NEWS AND Slid ALB.1XT XEWS.etiebllllied ISIS. ... . ■ ALUASY ADVEBTISEE,c»UblUliedMJr, (Consolidated8*p». *,!«». Alio A Family asd Political Journal Devoted to the Interests op Southwest Georgia. $S a Year. Volume 1. ALBANY, GA.. SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1881. Number 47. Igvofcssioaal Cards. ' William E. Smith, Attorney at Law, ALBANY, OA. „ of the Coart Hotoe, op auirs, oeer TelefrapL Olftce. Jahl-ly D.H. POPE Law, £JFF!CE: In front SI. WRIGHT WRIGHT & POPE, Attorneys at ALBANY. OA. W WCfe-tirer S. Him* P 1 , *" b *„ r 'J 1 . S,0 '*■ oor ' ner Bmtd aud W Mblofton 8U. l)*c-«. lMO-dlmwlr j W. T. JOSES, Cohklixo feigns indifference over his defeat at Albany, and says he can make $100,000 a year practicing law. The World of Monday says the work of tearing down the Folton Mar ket building was began Saturday. The cost of the new structure is estimated at $70,000. Thi men of Nebraska will rote next year on a constitutional amendment al lowing women to rote, and a syste matic agitation of the woman suffrage question has already been commenced there. JONES & WALTERS, Attorneys at Law, ALBANY, GA. UAca oter Centra.' Balfroad Ban*. Inn 16-1, It begins to look very much like the present Georgia Legislature is not JE _°sr. w.JYaLtxbs. | t0 tackle the railroad question. The Railroad Commissioners want mo.e power, and the railroad men want a good sized slice taken off of what they already hare, but it seems that neither will be made happy. Tux London Standard, comment ing upon Jefferson Davis’ book, “The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Gov ernment,*’ says : “We give him re cognition as being a straightforward and sincere chronicler of memoirs alike in teresting to English and American citi zens.'’ O.A. VASnS, A. II. ALFRIKXD PA SOX «£' ALFR1EXU Attorneys at Law, ALBANY, UA. Active au«l prompt attention given to col k> .n l all general buf»ine*-s, Practice ta all the courts. iilllrt* ov**r Soulhe n KxpreM omc«, oi»p»»- rttf Court House. lantt-atl James Callaway, Attorney at Law CAMILLA, GA. leli'JS- W. A. FORT, PRACT1C1SS mim tad SURGSOK, ALAPAHA, CA., Q li NUKIt^ Ills i»n»fe«ilotiBl ferries* u» the pes»- i 11.- ..I lUrrien ni.*l mtljiiinlng count!*-. par- II. F. H.tiMBEititY. the defeated Re publican candidate for Congress in this «Ii Uriel, has got his reward. Ho has been appointed Deputy United States Martial for the Southern District of Georgia. The Cuthbert Appeal states thnt his headquarters will be at Sa vannah, and that he will entor upon the duties of his new position on the 1st of August. Tits New York Times says: u Expe rience proves that the reason of the human mother is not always a safe •ride to infant management. There naturally be a high rate of infant uortality so long as women givp babie> few months lager beer to sip, or | watermelon, unripe or half rotten fruit, I candy, meat and vegetables to eat, anti impure milk to drink. James Pabtox gays “there is n<* work in the world which expends vi- Trowbridge & Hollinslied tality so fast as writing for the public. - _ I rwxIt is a work which is never done. It “ ^ 9 accompanies a man upon his walks, \\ AY CROSS, - • GhORGIA. j goes witU him t;» the theatre, gets into ft* ullrlv Miotic tlie Ho** of ihc it A * Raltl.al. on hand a full line of Family and P«lM»i , il-Ut ir.Y». IMivatdana* praacrflSlona j.i.iitifSly * Ailed. * Jttn-ltLwly i BelflssT Mii^ BMJ¥TISFS» Albany, - - - - Georgia. O FFICE—OVER PUS!' ton hruKrrr. OFFICE. WASHING j JlDlfflfdl Teeth extracted without pain. AH work nrrnutcil. Term® modern L*. Will m» any- j here on It. A .A. ant! S. F. JL W. Railroad*, apis-12m VV. A, STROTHER, M.D. AI.BAXY, UliOltUIA. I bed with him, and possesses him iu his •Ireams. If he stoops to kiss the baby, before he has reached the right angle a point occurs to him, and he hangs in mid air, with vacant face and mind distraught.*' Governor Colquitt recently made use i of the following language to a reporter All order® left at tho Drug Store win receive 0 f the Atlanta Constitution : “I can yo« P| » uawtlop. —riadily believe that Guiteau’s sole III*. JtJ. W. AliFRIElMD. ! provocation for killing Garfield was that m li:; >» »•« »^appointed uae****-. .-U'tfm v:biiiy«d.ntroundiuie«ounuy. or-j There is no hatred to be compared to that felt by the man who asks for of. tiro towards the man who docs not give 1 it to him. Anything can be forgiven but 'hat.'’ Office over Gilbert’s Mi Stores, Sec oppj.lto .ourt II.m-M. «u.Fine Street. HOTEL 5 . THE JOHNSON HOUSE, SJIITUVII.LK. OA.. If the place to stop and got a GOOD 8QUARK .MEAL- THE ALBANY HOUSE! Another State in which an anti-trent law has been tested has been heard from. In Wisconsin it is said to be a dead loiter. The s iloon-keepcrs, free- USII DOORS! BUNDS! dement, Plaster; drinkers and free lunchcrs formed a STerricIi liarncs, Proprietor combination and swore by all the gods ! to oppose any man for office who , Georgia. I would not pledge himself to work and ' rote against all kinds of temperance flAIiis llouso is well furnished anil in «$•- legislation. Liquor is mighty in Wis- dAtion of Tins'traveling^ public? fflESS I -** will prev.iiL p.^“ w.llTu^ibe Country 8 aSfcX and tho .servants are unsurpassed in po- evidently by order of its chief, that his ttteness and attention to the'warns of contest against the national adininistra- guests. Omnibuses convey passengere to j , of [hc l{ cpn blican party.‘increased and Iron) the different railroads prompt-1 1 , , 1 Iv, free of charge. Charges to .nit the in biltcrness, and rendered desperate by- times. scp2!> tf j t | 10 relentless pursuit of tho ex-Sena- ' tor, will ho precipitated into the cam paign this fall, and will be fought out in every election precinct in the Empire State.'' The “organ’’ insinuates, too, ! that “the whole country is more or I icsss involved.'’ Let him rip. 1 Spiak so to Gen. Swain on last Tuesday afternoon, President Garfield . is reported by a Washington corres pondent to have said: “There has been such an universal expression of good will from every section of the country, that 1 fear when I get well that it may ! lie impoasiblc for me to reclprocato it.” Tlien, after a pause, he added : “The : Southern people seem to be very earn est. indeed in their prayers for my re- ’ envery. That strengthens me most materially in my determination to make ray occupancy of the Presiden- j tial office a national one, and so broad | as to include every citizen of good standing that the census just taken j shows.’! The Chinese Government establish- * ed, some years ago, at Hartford, Conn., i an educational bureau, where a number 1 j of the brightest Chinese youths were sent to learn the English language. A guod deal of money was spent here, tho '"tw average annual cost of this institution . to China being $100,000. The Pekin 1 Dfiia actios, authorities have just issued orders to FOR SALE BY LEO. S. GREENWOOD. «stfep Kl DN EY-WORT THE GREATiCURE. ' — TOR rheumatism A® it ia for all dtoaaaaa of th* KIDNEYS, LIVER AND BOWELS. Xt oIauim tk$ ayatem of thi acrid potiAji tumfg tli® draxlftii only th® victims of Bhcumatirai can raau®*. THOUSANDS OF CASES'. J et tk» .oral form, of thU <witbl.Ufo—« hm bMa qulokly Klimt, la . UW PERFECTLY CURED KIDNEY WORT STSmtma—ntocB— ortiwt«jr-‘ d scoutinue this little arrangement, on Tb® natural action of tb®TWta®rai®r—®oraa- , , . . , ‘ , . nafth Aaltbaab—oprowdby kidney-wort iatb® •jatam of all morbid ^“S^I^J^MEDICINE. ^ *%S.E2.SS?SStS£SZ r.mitrolal>rrT»—t»lfo—A oa. k—— ol-bicb— ItolnUmHr———" tt, coaraatrm* or Urn—wba———mo—. an u- n«t»«waw— »irm„fo«<«wrib— OCT XZOSLTOUK DRUGGIST. PtMtlLW WELLS, BICHABBSOXACfc L 5!*,’W twmwauUKUm—-i—■> arm—— KIDNEY-WORT the ground tlut the Chinese students attending our colleges were learning too ranch. If they would confine themselves to learning the English language so as to be able to act as in terpreters, the Emperor wonld be very pleased, but they discover a great deal more, becoming decidedly too smart, and acqnire a contempt for the ideas, manners and civilization of the “flow ery kingdom.” The Chinese statesmen very sensibly declare that the gov ernment cannot afford to educate young men to look down on and (com tL LETTER FROM BALTIMORE ASD WASHI5GT0S. Ccrrsap.ad.nc. Sim and SUrsnlssi. Baltimore Md, July 21,1381. After the manner "a laleoftwodtiea* probably a few items from Baltimore and Washington mty be of interest Though the cities are but ao.hour’s ride apart, they are as totally different socially, politically and in nearly every way as London and Paris. Baltimore is conservative, in some things slow; Washington in nil things fasL Balti- timoro enjoys her msgnifleent market resources and smiles it the haste of time and progress. This is a delight ful home city. One hi ■ to possess bat a moderate income to live the life of a king, at least as far the “good things" <>f life are concerned. The terrapin, i be oyster, and the rant as back make happy the winter, while the crab and { Chessapeak’g perch, tand aylor, and abundance of fruit and vegetable* fill the markets throughout the summer' season: hut enough, your thermometer may suggest that it is a little too warm in bear s i much about anolher Slate, lor the heat llself hints at that suffi ciently. Washington is becoming de serted since the“eucouraging and con tinued reports of the President's slow, but sure recovery. One class of beings, however, cling to the place with ter rible tenacity. They are the representa tives of most every large paper in the I'uion, grasping for a new item aa to wliat the President said last, or how much nourishment lie hail taken, etc. This very demand for such informa tion, showing the true patriotism of the country South, East, West and North. Hie patient President is on the road to recovery, and a nation will be on its knees to give thanks for that miracu- loua change of a great calamity into a very blessing upon this great country. The bullet which was first fired lias been finally found. Ploakiche’s a polish glazier, was passing through the waiting-room of the depot, where the wretch, Guitcau, fired at the President The ball broke threej>anes of glau in his “kit,’’ and then buried itself in a lump of putty. It Is now in the pos session of Col. Corkhill, the United States Dstrict Attorney. Since the departure of this gentleman the assas sin, Guiteau, has been consigned to dose and solitary confinement Hit remark upon the receipt of the older was, “This is living in hell, but I am glad that four walls surround me,” and lie may be for innumerable offers have been made to “fix’’ this fiend. Among the suggestions as to what should bo done with him, one is from a man in Maryland, who asks the privilege of cutting each day from Guitcau an ounce of flesh and compelling the blood thirsty creature to eat himself up, thus satisfying his desire for notoriety. The refrigerating procejs, managed by Mr. R. S. Jennings, of Baltimore, has been so sneccRSfull that tho Alder ney cow, grazing in tho White House yard gives excellent ice cream. Here is an episode which is characteristic of the President. In November, 1879, in tbo course of the trip to Monnt Vernon, made by the army of the Cumberland, one of the passengers monnted a chair and said that as a soldier who had fonght against General Thomas, and who carried s Federal bullet as a me mento of how well Thomas’ man shot, he wished to raise his voice in honor of that great General. General Garfield made a response saying, “that while the bullet was sped to wound ifrat the heart of lh$ Army of Cumber land was tended to heal. He rejoiced that the day of wounding was over and that the day of healing had come.’’ The U. S. steamer “Taiapoosa’’ is being rapidly repaired, and will be at the Presidents disposal as soon as hs is eonvalescsnt enough to be moved. Baltimore is to have s great celebra tion about the middle of October. So pleased with the one last year the merchants snd citizens generally propose to have a Mardi Gras pro cession, etc. The object to commemo rate the year is the completion of the great water-worka, which now are to turn the Gunpowder river (14 miles distant) into practical use. Baltimore was originally founded on this river, but moved westward, and it is a coin cidence that the river now cornea to aid the city. “John Hopkins University,” with $2,500,000 endowment, offers great in ducements, especially to Southern students, and is to be a rival of Har vard one of these daya The Baltimore Sun says of the South: “Tho moat careless observer mast be impressed with the accumu lating evidence of thrift, wealth and en terprise throughout Georgia, etc. evi dences pointing to the fact that these States will show the most rapid de velopment within the next decade.’’ Range of thermometer in the two cities about 85 deg. with cool nights during lost ten daya More anon. L. DB WZTBBMELLVOS. Oblong aa’ Black seeds or while: Leauae devour you Outer lay sight. Mottled or sreeklod. Thick Had or thia; Devoid of all cramps. Colie aa’tin. _ Georgia or Jarsey, Orter be shotted. Sanodine will kill all venniae stock. Maoox, July 14,1881. Edton K»w* and Adtertiier : • A sojourner in Maoon at this sea son of the year will And vary little of attraction beyond that of the tical revs, which, during the mer months, fall upon this devoted dtv with au intensity felt in few other places, even in this latitude. The place, just now, might furuith a tolerable summer resort to an ln- hsbltant of tha newly discovered kadei, bat to a .wayfarer on .this planets higher latitude would be desirable. Macon, however, never ran ranch on Its reputation In this particular, and Its inhabitants are generally among tha first and moat numerous class to be found at the up-oouatry watering places snd o{hor health resorts. ^ To aa old-time resident, however, to whom the place has been familiar from boyhood to within a few yean past, it is gratifying to . note the fact, everywhere apparent, that Ma con la fast throwing off the lethargy that appeared to envelop it so loug, and which has heretofore apparent ly made of It “an apology to its friends—a triumph to Its enemies.” tu the first place the trade of .the city, though doll, Is not at that low ebb of stagnation heretofore wit nessed Inlmidsummer, and accepted as the normal condition of things. In some departments a fairly brisk trade la now going on, and all of them show enough of activity to prove the confidence fell la the coming “boom”so long and patient ly awaited. That] Maoon la in the pathway of ' a real tidal wavo of early prosperity ev erybody believes, and everything about the city indicates. The amount of building now going on is far ahead of anything ever before known, comprising btuiaeas houses amt residences In all parts of the city and suburbs. It is said that there Is not a carpenter, bricklayer or mechanic of any description, whether he be skilled or s jack-leg, out of employment Among many others, we note - the two elegant and splendid stone houaoa built by G. T. Coleman and S. S. Dunlap, on Leonard street. Also the fine new warehouse just around the corner on the same block, fronting on Pop lar street, and on tame block, front ing on Fourth stroot, another large brick warehouse, being built by Mr Frank Guun. I merely single out these lor particular mention that your readers who ere acquainted with Macon, aa doubtlees most of them are, may learn with satisfac tion that the latter two of these fine etructnrea have obliterated one of the lowest • haunts and most com plete eyesores, that has «o long in fested and cursed with Its presence almost tha very heart of the city. But the unnsnal amount of build ing now going on la by no means the only evidence of Macon's regen eration. Her two large cotton factories,which have been so success fully and profitably ran by the Bibb Manufacturing Company, for tome time past, art now. being still far ther enlarged and refitted with cot ton machineiy with all the latest improvements. In addition to these, the Wm. Crutchfield Brb’a have pnreba-eda tract of land near the old Macoo tc Western Hail road depot, which .will be pushed for ward with the utmost dispatch, and with capital sufficient to ensure Its early completion. Near thia point will also be bnllt the fine church of SL Paul’s, the drawings of which represent a magnificent snd impos ing edifice, and which, with the feo- tory, will rectaUn another waste and nninvitlng portion of the city. And then the water works bngun and completed by the Macon Gas Light and Water Company, form another comfortable feature of the city’s progress. It Is not generally known abroad that tlnoe the 1st of June, Macon, that ls,*the city proper, has enjoyed the luxury of an abundant supply of good, pare water, furnished by means ot the Holly system, from what Is known as Tuft’s Spring's, on the M. & B. B. IL, about two miles below the city. This, I learn, la only> tempo-' rary arrangement, to-be abandoned as soon as the large reservoir on Troop Hill is finished, and which 1s now nearly completed. This, with a stand pipe on College Hill, to be built early In the fall, will give an abundant supply of the best spring water. Your space, however, will no tal low even a 'mention of all the im provements now going on snd in contemplation; in and about Macon. And let it be remembered that all these improvements and more have been cairied on and accomplished within a brlof period, and without the blowing of horni and tho Bound ing oTtrumpets, aFtSe manner of some is, but quietly and unostenta tiously, and mainly by the energy and determination., of its own citi zens, unaided by the manipulations of a Kimball or any other outside agency whatever. Macon, in fact, has never enjoyed, to any alarming extent, the laxary of a Ximbaii, or any of the numerous ilerri-ip'.ng tribe of which he U the pr<«iuiii(rnl exemplar and arch-type. Kvru The redoubtable Hoff, r.e believe, has folded his tent long since and departed for th> more cougeuial at mosphere of Atlauia , and since hie departure, a. Iea*t. Macon has been fortunate'y cursed with no “Bon” of either real or Ideal proportions, to claim tho extensive credit of all Ins ect-rprieea. Should I prolong my Hay, I may trouble you with another Install inent of Macon items. For the present, the above tcreed, written eurrtnt* ealamo, must suffice. Yours, »•« raBcianaBBTALs i.v a skwku. Bakina t> ska Fraxmtnoota Nla<- loa Year** c-toax*. Patted-Iphii Becori. Outlie Juniper street side of the Mint is a small three-feet sewer which carries off the drainage from the rcol anti boilers of the coin The Prrjadlte al Race. lxirvit Fnv Pitta. it lias tong been pressed upon tbe attention of the American people tint race prejudice is not only wick ed. un-Cliristian and inhmnau, but unnatural as well. Sermon after sermon has been preached upon this text, mid editorial after editorial has A VITAL LOVB. i Go over Nlac- 1 Other’. Mrs. Sadis Stewart, whore body was found iu the Niagara river on the lfiib, was tho wife of Theodore Stewart, a prominent merchant of Silver Creek. Chautauqua county, X. Y. She was 37 years old, aud a handsome aud accomplished wo man. Dr. E. B. Howie aged about 40, was a homeopathist who was graduated in New York, and prac ticed in Silver Creek and Forc.lvtile for six or eight years past. He was a native of Dr'immuml- villc, Ontario, where his parents live. He was a man of magnificent physique and brilliant mind. He was for awhile with Dr. L. if. Ken yon, of Buflhlo, went from out there to Silver Creek and recently remov ed to Forreetvllle. Mrs. Stewart’s body was found floating below Ni agara Fall*. It was nearly nude. Ou Friday of last week a shawl aud parasol—since Identified as belong ing to her—wore found above tlic falls on the bank of llic river some ISO yards above Prospect Park gate and In frout of the pulp mill. On the morning of the 15th the body of a man fully Identified as that of Dr. Howie was found en tirely nude below the fall* near the foot of the tndined railway. A correspondent ascertained that on the 6th insL, Mr*. Steward and Dr. Howie visited tbe falls and register ed et the Western Hotel ax E. W. Jllbert and wife, of Borne, X. Y. They visited Prospect Park lu the evening, and on the morning wont to Buffalo together. He stopped at Tu-dter'a Hotel, and the at her broth er's boarding house in Xiagark street. Later on the tamo day tie called for her, and they left together returning on tbe firet train to Niag ara Falla. They wore seen to pass down the main street together that evening and were never seen alive after wards. Undoubtedly both parties committed suicide by loaping Into the rsplda above tbe falls together. Dr. Howie wrote a noto to has wife, say lug that ho was about to take n step that could hover be recalled, and wished to have his body buried In the United States. Mrs. Howie aud several of her friends arrived at the Falls to-niglil aud.identified tbe body of her hut band. She if left with fivo chil dren, tbe eldest being about eleven years. The body of Mrs. Stewart was buried at Silver Creek to-day, the funeral be<ng large.y attended. The case canted Intense excitement at Buffalo, where both parties were well known aad.moved in good so ciety. Dr. Howie le said to have been Mrs. Stewart's physician (or die past six year*. It is reported that she tried to commit suicide by swallowing an overdose of laudnum three year* ago. Sho married a Lockport telegraph operator named Volkenbnrg, some year* since, but obtained a “divorce on tho ground of marital infelicity.” making establishment and emptle. I be *“ n riUe "’ But. ,Ingmar as It into a main sewer ou Market street. I , " 1 - seem, the people aro still uu A heavv flagstone, securelv edged in I "•nT 1 "*** 1 . , . with brickwork, forms a trap otthe „ In entrance the trap being intended to prevent thieves from making their way through the Market street sew er. There is a certain percentage of waste in the coinage of gold and silver metals, for which the govern ment allows the coiners and smelters a margin, and there is a general de sire on the part of tbe official* to keep this margin as low aa possible. A few days ago it occurred to the Chief Engineer, John L. McGinnis, that In tho sewer, which liad Hot been cleaned out fur nineteen years, something ol value might be found. Accordingly a force of men were de tailed for this job. At the Juniper street opening the sewer waa found so hot that the masons could down but a few moments at a time. When the heal had abated men SSI rv, the white man confesses the black man his brother. «He owns the Mongolian his trother-in-law, or coitsiu only one degree removed. And on bis part the black man re ciprocates the fraternal compliment, while the Mongolian’s highest am bition is to be counted “allec samco Melican man.” But in practice the prejudice exists to an extent which cannot be accounted for, except up on tbe admission that it la, in some degree at least, uatnml, whatever may be said as to its wickedness. Its inhumanity or its iin-Chri-lia uity. Iu practice tho black man stigm.it izes his bleached brother as “while rash;” and the bleached brother 'retorts by spelling bis name with ii \ were sent down tt the Juniper an<F this State a brass hand, merely be- ...... .cause of its color, is Ret unon. beaten Market street entrances, furnished with small boxes, which were drawn upas fast as filled with dirt. Two days and a night were occu pied in this task. Then the precious metals were extracted by a process which consisted in drying the dirt and thoroughly pulverizing It by placing it under a pair of chases with a pressure of 2,700 tons, then putting it through washing ma chines, and finally securing the precious metal by means of mercu ry. Tbe result showed that the find footed up to aix ounces and tlilrty-rour one-hundredths of stan dard gold, and twenty-one ounces and twenty-one one-hindredths of standard silver, or a to al .equal to $14485. The last cleaning out yielded $21,000 worth of gold and silver waste. It is now propoeed to catch the deposit! by digging four wells, one at each corner of the building, and to ran a pipe from the roof half way Into the well* and catch tbe overflow. In . a Cuthbert paper we are in formed that there are people in our county who have not had a mouthful of meat for two day*—some that have not had broad for that time. Many horse* and mnlee are plough ing that have bad neither corn, fod der nor oete for two weeks—being ploughed till dinner and then turn ed upon thetwnm p grass and cano- braaks to grata till they are put to the plow again.” If .the all cotton craze did not bring about tho deplorabla situation, what did? We are satlafled that in no Georgia county ueeJ there bo any such destitution, if food crops were-first attended to and cotton made a surplus production. Iu all probability the poor horses and mules thus suflhring for tbe imbecil ity of man, are engaged in plough ing their hungry way along a cotton row.' Tbo old, old story la repeated year after year. Next season will probably wind up these so-called -planters and their starving animals. Farmers In Georgia who get out of meat and com enough to quit agri culture and try something else. The lands.of-the South thus abused will one day be taken away from their present proprietors and come into the possession of a thriftier race. Luckily, such accounts aa our Cuth bert friend gives are exception* to to the rale in Georgia. letlwElltaref thaPeaL For fonr years I waa a Union aol- nier, the last eighteen month* a prisoner of war; am consequently a Republican. I was so opposed to the Democrats that I'never voted for but one candidate of that party in my Ute, and he was ranning for Supremo Judge In Pennsylvania. I knew him to be competent, while hi* was not; and yet I have often that vote. Bat In vlewnf raeeat events I am glad of IL The proclamation of tbo Gov ernor*- of Kontucky and Georgia show- that wo are ono and the same people, and I thank God-for it. I say God bless the Democrat*, who have shown throughout the late ca lamity, the spirit of patriotism and loro for- tbe Union God bless the Democrats. ^ A BxrcnucAW. Washington, Joly 17,180L Why is H. H. P. like £. Brown? Give it chief aha il Internal Jcsrnh i*S Dt.roll Aim k’rew The disaster on tbe Mexican Ball- war bv which nearly one hundred ana fifty people were killed and sixty-nine wonuded was occasion ed by the stnpid obstinacy ot the officer* of the troops, who were being conveyed to the City of Mexi co. It was 9 o’clock In the evening when the locomotive engineer slid to the Lleutooant-Colonel: “The road is new and the roadbed may be washed out andfthe bridges un safe ; we had belter wait until tbe morning.” Tbo officer told him to go on; he had received orders to re port at tho City of Mexico the next morning. Tho engineer proccoded slowly and cantionsly until he reached a new bridge spanning a ravine. Here he etopped for the purpose of examining the bridge. Tbe officer and two subordinates sprang upon the engine, and with pistols at his head and the heads of tbe firemen, ordered him to pro ceed. Some of the soldiers, under standing what was passing, Jumped off and escaped; others, crying for protection, cowered in the cars. Two piers bad been carried away by tbe freshet, leaving the rails still standing. The train plunged into the abyss, tbe cars mangling and crashing the inmates; great quanti ties of lime fell upon them; eight barrels of alcohol took fire from the coale of the engine and the whole writhing mass of human beings were eveloped in th* flames. There being no means of communication with the distant stations for long hours, no aid came. Among those saved wdre the engineer, and, aa some will almost regret to read, the officer who waa the immediate cause of tho catastrophe. A few moments’ examination, as urged by the en gineer, would have prevented tbe horror : _ Kit Canon's Grave. Taos N. M., waa the homo of Kit Carson, and the house of the famous scout stands near the plaza. Kit was once on his way home, and within a short distance of Taos. He had not seen tls family, which ho loved fondly, for three years. Bat he was overtaken with a request from tbe government to bear some very important dispatches to the Pacific coast so he turned aboot and, started at once. It wax four years more before he returned to his family. We walked out to the little cemetery, standing In a most deso late spot among the prosperous grain field*. Kit had requested to be bnried beside bis wife, and there were the graves of the two in a lot enclosed with a wooden picket fence, painted white and the pickets tipped with black. The grave mounds are two low, scrawny grave! heaps.’ There are no tomb stones, no inscriptions, nothing to tell who lies below, and it is not known which grave is filled by Kit Carson, or which by hie wife. Tbe famous frontiersman was |a reckless gambler; he squandered away all his money and died penniless, bnt the public owes it to bis memory that bis grave sboold be properly mark ed and eared for. Agood’ story is told of a farmer down in Johnston. He was with his wife traveling In a boggy to Goldsboro, last week, when he was startled to sea by the roadside some tents pitched in and around them. He pulled np his horse and eagerly inquired what waa the matter. He waa answered by a wag that there was another war and the whole country was in an uprising. Fright ened out of bis wits, the country man turned to hi* wifo and aaid: “There, by goeh! I told you so. When I seed that star with a tall to It in tbe element I was afeard of jnstslch thing aa war. I knowed it ho*meI” m Aifn tbeJ^goL” lt^tura* ed oat that the people in the tents were a surveying party of the North two “g’s.” In the white Republi can community of South Haven, in cause of its color, is set upon, beaten aud driven out of town. Inauothcr white Bepubllcan community at Springfield, Illinois, cultivated col ored gentlemen, attendants upon a university, \pursuing Ihc peuccfnl arts of minstrelsy, ami singing jubi lee Bongs for sixpence—more or less —are donied the sh^cr of the ho tels. And even in onr own eity an unfortunate colored innn crippled in his country’s service is sneered at by the leading Bepuhltcnn newspaper in tbe city as a “one-legged dar key.” Is it possible to account for so deep, so bitter a prejudice of race on any other hypothesis than that of its naturalness? A fresher and- stronger illustra tion comes from New York. Among the savage Zulus who have been re cently on exhibition in that city is Unearlo, a chief in his native coun try. Unacquainted,apparently, with any language blit his own, ho has borne with promt stoicism the su perciliousness of his audiences and their convert jioes and sneers. The consciousness of bis chieftainship and superiority have sustained him amidst it all. But when a bystan der, a few nays ago, heartlessly spoke of him as “only a Thompson afreet nigger.” his calm demeanor forsook him; and be smote his vilifier to the earth. Imperfectly ns he apprehended the words he knew that he was being accused of belonging to a race be regarded lower than bis own, and the natural pride of the race surged up in his heart until it leaped over tbe bounds of moderation with the fell result mentioned. If the prejudice of rqce is thus found in the bosom of an un tutored Zulu, who shall say that it is unnatural when exhibited by the editor of a Republican newspa per ? _ What U Nickel» Sin re the convenient five cent coin which in common talk is called “a nickel,”has coioc into general cir culation, the question above is ask ed either mentally or orally hund reds of times every day, aud but few get an intelligent answer. In China and India, a white copper, called pack fong, has long been known, and has been known, aud has been extensively nsed both there and in Europe for counter feiting silver coin About the year 1700 a peculiar ore was discovered in the copper mines of Saxony, which had the appearance of beiug very rich, but in smelting it yielded no copper, and the miners called it kopfer-nickei, or false c ipper. In 17o4, Constadt announced tbe dis covery of a new metal In knpfer- nickel, to which he gave the name of nickel. Il was iu combination with arsenic, from which he could relieve it only in part. The alloy of nickel and arsenic which bo obtain ed was white, brittle and very hard, and had a inciting point nearly as high as cast iron. It was not until 1823 tbst pure nickel waa obtained by analysis of German silver, which bod for a number of years been pro duced at Suhl, in Saxony. Its com position was ascertained to be cop per, ten parts, zinc, fivo parts, and nickel, four. If more nickel be used the alloy is as white os silver and •nsceptible of a very high pclisb, bnt becomes too brittle and hard to be hammered or rolled, and can be worked only by casting. Pure nick el is a white metal which tarnishes readily in the air. Unlike silver, it is not acted on by the vapor of sul phur, and even the strong mineral adds attack it bnt slightly. Nickel has the herdnes* of iron, and, like it, has strong magnetic properties, but cannot be welded and is soldered with difficulty. Pure nickel has heretofore been used chiefly for plating, for which pnr- poae It* hardness and power to re sist atmospheric influences admir ably adapt it. Within tbe last jeer the French have succeeded in rolling the metal into plates, from which tpooni and other table fnrnitnre may be pressed. Nickel bronze which consist* of equal parts of copper and nickel with a little tin, may be cast into very delicate forms and is susceptible of a high polish. Mines of nickel are worked at Chat ham, Conn., and Lancaster, Penn., and it Is said to be found at Mine La Motte, Mo., and at several points in Colorado and New Mexico, where bnt little attention ix paid to it. It la extensiyely mined in Saxony and in Sweden, bnt tbe tate discovery of a new ore (a silicate of nickel) in New Caledonia will probably sus pend the use of tbe arsenical ores, and yet bring nickel into common nee. Switzerland, in the year 1832, made a coin of German silver, which is identical in composition with our nickel coin. The United F made nickel cents in 1856, and yean later coined the five cent. es. Belgium adopted niekel coinage in ISCO and Germany in 1873. Eng land baa lately coined pennies for Jamaica, bnt at home she add Franco still adhere to the clumsy copper A Bear Who Drank Beer. An euierprisingnml good-nan.red visitor at C.istle l'ark. Hot Springs, a few davsngo. in generosity of heart, presented the bchr with a but- tie of beer. Bruin ascended bis throne, and. after uncorking the bottle, drank it, anil appeared ninch refreshed and well sal I tiled. This einn ed the visitor to such an extent that lie took a glasshimselfand gave i lie bear another boltlo. This per- formamj’ lasted two hours, the gen erous visitor drinking his glass each time that his bcarship put a bottle of tho “hop juice” under his belt. At the expiration of the two hours it was found that Brain bad indulged in nineteen bottles of beer, and his friend had gotten himself on the outside of nineteen glasses of ihe foamy stuff. The only differ ence to he discovered between tbe two was that Benin was quiet and docile, and walked to tbe end of hia chain with '-is usual dignified tread, while the man imagined that be was the Czar of Russia, and waa momentarily expecting to bear an explosive missile hurst about him. lie was conveyed home “on a shut ter.” wlidc ihebcar walkcd’his beat and looked anxiously for tbe ap pearance of anolher fun-loving visl- me who would liko th “set ’em up.’* A Vinoima bridge keeper lost his yuico answering the question, “Ain’t it hot?” lie liad put upjL. sign, “Yes, it’s——hot,” to which he points every traveler. a rsMscKcr spkisc and im .WEB BBDICINK. A Tberoush Blood Pcrtflrr, A1 Ic Appetizer, rteerael to toe Uete.hr sites i» ike frely The ami e*leant Phyel- clone rvcuraaj.odthese Bittenlar their enrar* uve properties. Trial s^iOtu, gaa Site (lerzeM 10 market) gl.OO. «-TRY THEU.^1 FOB THE K1DXEYS, LIVES AND URIN ARY ORi»aV* me nothing but -WARDER'S SAFE KfDNhY AND LlYfcB CUhE." 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Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Weekly news and advertiser. (Albany, Ga.) 1880-1???, July 30, 1881, Image 1