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r oltime XXXYTX.—No. 45.
ALBANY. GA.. SATURDAY. JULY 28. 1883.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.
Reports reach us that large quan
tities of the Georgia cattle shipped to
Texas some time ago are fast dying
off. It is said that they cannot
the heat
Is the International rifle match be
tween the English and. American
teams at Wimbledon on the 21st, the
Americans were defeated by a score
of 1,951 to 1.900. .
News from the telegraphers’ strike
is decidedly in favor of the operators.
The officers are reported to be filling
up with men totaly incapable of hand
ling the business.
THE COTTOTV
CATERPILLAR—
1843-1S83.
Hills *'»*"vlvertising are due on the first appear
ance oi jtu-crtlseiuent, or when presented, except
when otherwise contracted for
II M. McIXTOSU A CO.
ROCK OP AGES.
-Rock of Arcs, cleft for me,"
Thoughtlessly the maiden sung:
Fell the words unconcioiuly
From her girlish, gleeful tongue;
Sung as little i hildren sin*';
Sang as sines tbe birds in June;
Fill t e words like bright leaves down
On tbe current of the tune:
“Bock of Agee, cl f ft for me,
Let me hide myself in thee/'
“Let me hide my>eirin th*»e--”
Felt her soul no need to hide;
Sweet tbe sone as v ng could be—
And she bad n * other though. j> -sMe;
Ail the words uobeeiingly
Fell from lips untouched by enre.
Dreaming not tbev each might be
On some other lion a prayer--
M Kock of Ages; deli for me.
Let me bide tuyself in thee."
The Washington Gazette has a col
umn headed "Humor of the Da/,’’ and
it is so funny that the identical col
umn is inserted on anotherjpage of the
same issue, verbatim.
A recent discovery on the head 6f
the Cowlitz river establishes the fact
that Washington territory can now
boast of the grandest waterfall in the
known world, its height being 1,600
feet.
There is some talk of a syndicate
being formed at Valdosta with the
view of planting 600 acres in melons
next year. By this method they ex
pect to he able to secure better rates
of transportation.
Milner. .Toly 31st, 1883.
Editor H'em and Advertiser:
Seeing in roar paper notice of the
appearance of this scourge of the cot-
toir planter in several localities, I
rise to remark that it is a Hltle sin
gular this threatened invasion shuntd
now assume greater destroctive pro
portions than at any time in forty
years.
There are doubtless among your
readers many who remember that
fatal year, hut, perhaps, no one in
your immediate viciuitv will think
the tacts of sufficient importance to
give them to tbe poblic. The year
1843 was a fatal one to Southwestern
Georgia in more ways than one.
Sickness of a most,uncontrollable
and fatal character proceeded the
wbjSm^in the cotton field, and vied
with it all the tvay through summer
and aiitumu in its destructive course.
To that year’s mortality was Lee,
Baker, Early and Decatur counties
knowing exactly what a chill
or a fever was. There was lio
use fur doctors. There was not one
to every 1U0 square miles previous
to 1S36. Old Byron and Gillionville
were as healthy then as was any part
of Irwin county. The riel ‘ virgin
soil of I>ee, particularly on Fowllown
and Cliokee or Chickafeechokee
creeks, and of Baker, particularly the
Second, Third, Seventh and Eighth
Districts, and tbe Spring Creek re
gion of old Eirly, attracted the al
teutiou of planters, who were anx
ious to get'away from the old, worn
oat red hills of Middle Georgia.
The farms of Lewis Bond, father
of Joe and Jim, first gave the
country notoriety. He, with an eye
to. tbe future, had selected a large
amount of the very cieam of the
lands in the Second District, of Lee
and Baker, and had moved a
large force from Wilkinson to bring
them into cultivation. The wonder
ful results of his foresight .and en- :
of Middle Georgia One after an-
spair. and see the labor of a year
swept away by the remorseless nip
pers of this r’easlfss, tireless enemy.
They have neverheen so destruc
tive since, and it is to be hoped they
will not be this year. If they are,
good-lne cotton. J do not distinctly
remember the date cf iheir appear
ance tlial year, bo tin v impression is,
Irom associating them wiih other
cvrnls and dates fjresh ill memory,
• hat it was not ujitil early - in the
mouth of Augiirt. *
Samiiel D. Irvin.
Hour to Avoid Innitrobe.
New York Evening P«*i.
The New York board of health
has again issued circulars giving the
following directions as’ to precau
tions against sunstroke and the treat
ment of sufferers from that cause:
Sunstroke is caused by excessive
heat, and especially if the weather is
muggy.” it is nro'capt to occur on
yc uicl, ihijfd or c&unh dAJ.QCA.1
terpme eiectrmeu Uiee*ltoirgi*hwer ! r . . ■. .. T
heated term than on the first. Loss
i of sleep, worry, excite men;, close
Dr. H. R.
Cint on Albany’s Ar
tesian Water.
other puU^^up stakes and “™e">'sleeping roornS. debility, abase of
the nerv El Darado, until removal
to-Baker’(wliirli” was a synonym
for rich land) got np w .at" is now
called a “boom.” Corn was abund
ant at forty cents a bushel, and slow
indebted for the bad name they ac- saleal that. Bacon, the hog round,
quired, and which stuck to them by j from six to eight cents. l»eef, al-
“Rock of Agfa, c!ofl for me—"
’Twasa women sung ilit-m now,
Plead ugly and prayerfully;
Every word her heart did know;
Rose the soon; as storm toast d bir.1
Beats with weary wing the air;
Every note with sorrow stirred.
Every syllable a prayer—
* •‘Rock of Ager, cleft .or me.
Lei me hide myself in thee.”
“Ro~k of Aira, deft for me”--
Lipa grown'aged sung the hymn
Trail logly and tenderly—
Vole i grown weak and eyes grown dim.
“L« t me hide myself in thee ”
Trembling though the voice and low.
Rose the sweet strain perfectly.
Like a river in Its flow.
Sung as only they can slug
Who life's thorny path Lave pressed;
Munga* only they can sing
Who behold the pro-rised rest—
“Rock of Ages cleft for me.
Let me hide myself in tiiee.”
“Rock of Ages, e’efi for me,”
Sung above a coffin lid,
Underneath, all restfully,
All life’s joys and sorrows hid.
Nevermore, O storm tossed soul!
Nevermore from wind or tide,
Neveru ore from billows roll,
W It thou need thyself to bid*,
< "ould the nightie.- s, sunken e»es,
Close beneath the soft gray biir,
Could tbe mute and stitTeued lips
Move again in pleading prayer,
8UII, aye still, the words won 11 be,
“Let me hide myself in thee.”
ALL SORTS.
Captain Frank Phillip*, of Pen8a-
cola, Fla., exhibits a “devil fish.” It
is very ferocious, and will snap at
anything that gels in its way. In its
natural waters it barks like a doe.-
bile m flftaep-fo&t Ugey ahftfe
eMlly tha7 was
live red to hare devoured A. Fro
ruff. Its stomach contliti
bones and a human arm parti}' envel
ope^ in the fragments of a blue
woolen jumper.
An Alabama man has applied to
the managers of the Kentucky State
Fair for permission to exhibit his
little girl, three and a-half years old.
She has three separate and distinct
tongues, the two smaller befng
beneath the main one and attached to
it near the root.
The railroad bill tax, introduced by
Mr. Rankin, of Gordon, and known as
the ‘‘Rankin bill,'’ which provides for
the taxing of railroads in each comity
through which they run, passed the
House Friday, by a vote of lOf* to 41.
Il now goes to the Senate.
Possibly as soon as dog days are
over the Legislature will proceed to
act upon the canine tax. Every dog
has had his day from time immemo
rial, and it would never do for our
law makers to infringe upon inherent
rights. We nnntion this to stopj the
press from clamoring for the unat
tainable until “time has fully come.”
Elsewhere we mention the receipt
of Atlanta’s firs: bale of new cotton
for 1883. The bale was sold at auc
tion in front of Cummings’ Cotton Ex
change at 1 o’clock to-day. Colonel
Dunlap being the auctioneer. The
sale was well attended by our cotton
men, and the staple was finally knock
ed down to Mr John ILiordanat fifteen
cents. The bale classes strict low m id
ling. The purchaser will ship it to
New Yorkat once.—Atlanta Journal.
An iiliotic negro boy, who has
been at the Maury county (Tenn )
poor house for some time, has been
found to be in the habit of catching
snakes and ground squirrels and eat
ing them in their natural state.
Nine sn ike head* were found on his
person and several dead snakes
were wrapped about his body.
Glass is beginning to take the
place of wood and iron in making
r railroad bridges in England. The
inventor makes blocks of glass, which
lie hardens by a special process. In
solidity it is said they leave nothing
to be desired. The experiments al
ready made have given surprising re
sults, and the cost s below that of
bridges of wood or iron. Moreover,
the glass cannot be injured by in
sects like wood, not* ru t like iron.
Gov. Blackburn, of Kentucky, has
accepted the invitation to be present
at the reunion of the survivors of
Gen. John H. Morgan’s Confederate
command, and at his suggestion lit
tle “Julia Duke, Mrs. Blackburn’s
. namesake and protege and the
daughter of Gen. Basil Duke and
niece of Gen. John Morgan, is to be
asked to recite at the reunion “The
Bivouac of the Dead,’ for which she
has displayed a woundcrful talent.
Bill Nve says that G rep ley, Colora
do, is apparently an oasis in the de
sert. It looks like a fertile island
dropped down from heaven to
Amundless stretch of buffalo grass,
sage hens and cunning little prairie
dogs. And yet you could not come
here as a stranger and within the
colonial barbed wire fence procure
a bit of cold rum if you were Presi
dent of the Uuited States with a rat
tlesnake bite as large as an easter
egg concealed about your person.
The Benton family of Scarburgh,
Cal., have turned their farm into a
separate kingd .in. . The nine mem
bers passed a formal declaration of
independence a few months ago, and
crowned the husband and father as
king. They hoisted a new flag over
the house, announced that their hun-
dred acres were no long a part of the
Ui.'^ed States, and refused to pay
taxes; They are to have a war oil
their hanus, for the Sheriff intends to
make an invasion.
The trial of two villains for a
Inock marriage conspiracy has just
ended at Wheeling, W. Vl .Mary
Hanover, daughter of a farmer, 20
years old, and beautiful, attracted the
eyes of two brothers named Clayton.
The younger succeed in winning her
young heart, and persuaded her to
a secret marriage. The elder Clay-
ten disguised himself as a clergy
men, and the victim thought herself
jnarriod; After four weeks Clayton
dold hex.ot,her ruin. She returned
•to her father and the rascals were
i arrested. The younger was sen-
! (fenced to three years* imprisonment,
•and the bogus clergvman was fined
u. “‘Was I in tie wait, Boss? Just
i listen at dat; was I in de wah? Why,
J wed every battle dat was fit, and
' (mowed Lee" and Stonewall Jackson
: and'Jeff. Davis and all dem ji. as
j well as I does dat nieger yon see in
I tlar shinin’ shoes. General Lee par-
i tickler, h. thought a great deal of
me, and when I ax him to give nte a
furlough he ’lowed, ‘Bob, I can’t
SL. w „ __ _
battle whar I talked to you about,
and Tm bound to have you-by me.
But, however, if you’ll be back in
four days certain sure, yon can go.’
Sure ’nough, I’d be comiu’ back
into camp whistlin’ at night, and Lee
say to Stonewall Jackson, ‘Dare’s
ob coinin’ back now ; I know him
l y*l8 whistle. It’s all right now ;
can go ahead.*
At a colored earap-mceting near
Columbus, Ohio, one of the evening
exercises has been the “-breaking of
m .. P ,tciinrs,” in illustration of the
Bible story of Gideon and his band,
■gfhA^jtBen watTWl nnon.br the ~ ' ~
tines, came upon them at night front
different directions and broke Iheir
pitchers with a great noise, causing
the flight of their enemies. The pro
cession of negro Gideonites formed at
headquarters and marched through
the audience, coming upon the enemy
at three different points, when tile
breaking of the pitchers took place.
long at being graveyards, “death
holes,’’ and all that sort oi thing.
Albany, being situated in the midst
of tltis sickly belt, though not so se
verely scourged iu proportion to pop
ulation as the surrounding c iuntry,
suffered much from the milder
forms of disease, and more i-t
reputnlson than any town ever did
from the same cause.
Long after the causes which pro
duced this unprecedented mortality
in the surrounding country had
passed away, Albany was mention
ed. by persons who were ignorant
of the true facts, as “the sickliest hole
in the world.” The public abroad
would not believe our bills of mor
tality. published by authority of the
City Council, were true. Another
verification of the old adage about
“giving a dog a bad name,” etc.
In the 3nd District of Baker, now
Dougherty, and the 2nd District of
then and now Lee, the disease then
prevailing was more general, more
malignant and more fatal than in the
sections immediately surrounding.
Chills ami fever were almost univer
sal. There was no family exempt
fro-n them, but the danger was, that
this mild form of disease, if not
promptly treated, wouid end in con
gestive chills or fever, or run into a
very severe form nfbillious inter-
uiiitatit. Many patients died from
a complication of diseases, or some
single form of disease produced by
the excessive amount of malaria in
tlte atim>s|,h.ie, that the physicians
could trot diagi,..-c them with any
certainty. The congestive chill had
The. glory of the first bale of new
cotton has been taken from Col. Pri
mus Jones by seme of his neighbors,
who have visited his place and find no
evidence of new cotton. Col. Primus
has the proceeds, but tiie glory hss
departed. Who would have thought
his neighbors would have thus undone
him. Col Primus will have to build s
slocknde and mount a few field pieces
the next season, and keep these mett
lesome neighbors off his premises.-
Meics and Signal.
You went off half cocked that time
like Col. Primus’ neighbors did. Look
again and see if his gloty is not doubled
instead of diminished. Col. Primus
has handled the first bale too long to
be. canght oat by his neighbors, or Mr.
F. Lee C. Staple either.
Lkadiko officers of the United
States, Adams and American express
companies announce their intention of
refusing transmission to money on
letters inleuded for the Louisiana lot
tery. That is a distinct advance of
public morality, and it should be
noted and acknowledged. Lotteries
must go. Not merely '.he Louisiana
concern but the Kentucky affairs, and
one and all everywhere. Denied the
mails and the express service they
will be helpless, and the men who
have grown rich from the offt rings of
fools will find, as one of their agents
in this city said once with deep -dis
gust, that “a man can’t earn an honest
living any more without working for
it.’’—Indianapolis Mews.
Under the old law all manufactur
ers were obliged to put 100 sulphnr
matches in each box, but now the
number of matches to the box is not
regulated. This lias already resnlted
in the putting np by at least one con-
ce'rn of what are known as “short
count” matches; that is, boxes which
do not contain the usual 100. These
“short counts” are likely to play an
important part In the match business
in the future. There is no legal fraud
in putting “short count” boxes of
matches on the market, because they
are sold by the box. Of course,
a company which pnts less than 100
matches in a box can afford to under
sell the manufacturer who gives a fall
count box, and here is where the
trouble is likely to occur.
The. Sumter Republican relates
the following story,without explaining
any reasons for keeping it so long:
“A few months ago a very handsome
young-lady arrived in Americas from
the upper part of the State, and learn
ing that a-eertain young man was in
the city, addressed him a note at the
Republican office, where he was work
ing, stating that she wanted to see
him, and that he would find ber'atthe
store of Messrs. Davis Sc Callaway.
The yonog typo immediately, laid
down his composing stick and went to
the place where the young lady had
you, I’m agwine to fight dat appointed to meet him. They met.
whar I talked to yon about, ifte r a few minutes conversation she
handed him a*fifty dollar bill. He im
mediately went to the Ordinary, in
vested $1 SO in a license, then procur
ed the pastor of the Methodist church,
and in less than two hours from the
time of meeting they were man and
wife.’ i
[ INDISTINCT PRINT J
"lures, which soon became familiar to
even the most ignorant, and nothing
but the most prompt and heroic treat
ment would save the patient If the
system was wanting in vitality, the
second chill produced death.
Warmth could not be restored; the
circulation of the vital fluid congeal
ed in the veins, and the sufferer, in
sensible almost from the time of the
attack, went into a state of coma,
and then death. If the si cond cliill
was not lata!, the third was in all
cases. If a reaction took place and
the patient was restored lo conscious
ness after the second cliill, t In-re was
hope, which, in ninny cases, proved
delusive, but some few cases recov
ered. .
If the liver could be made to re
sume its proper functions and circu
lation conid be restored, then, by
the use of stimulants inwardly, com
bined with mustard applications to
the extremities, and robbing with a
red pepper decoction on flannel
cloths until tbe skin would almost
slip, a third was, in some cases, suc
cessfully fought off and the patient
slowly, very slowly, with good nurs
ing, convalesced. But if the third
chill came on, hope departed. It
was as certainly fatal, and as sure an
indication of fast approaching death,
as is black vomit in a case of yellow
fever-
The village of Palmyra lost one-
eleventh of its population. The
moTter of llapt John A. Davis died
that year. Pr. John B. and Mrs.
Gilbert lost their two eldest chil
dren, and at the time, I think, their
only children—a sou and daughter
—old enough to attend school. Mr.
and Mrs. Cook lost Iheir first bora,
and B. M. Roberts lost a ssn, daugh
ter, and two negroes. NegroeB suf
fered as well as the whites. There was
no exemption on account of race or
color. Every house was an hospital,
and in many instances none in a fam
ily were able to band another a
drink of water. In tbe oaky woods
things were worse than in the pine
region- In the Snd district of now
Dougherty, daring Aagnst and Sep
tember, which were the worst
months, negroes on the plantations
died daily, almost by the score.
There were few white men in the
district, mostly overseers, compared
to the number of negroes, but tbe
sickness and mortality among them
was greater iu proportion to num
bers. Some of those who were liv
ing wrecks, jaundiced and shaking,
notified their employers, residing in
the thiddle or upper part of the State,
that they were unfit for dnty longer,
and left the plantation to care for
itself. We had no railroads then.
It was three days travel under a
broiling sun by private conveyance
to Macon. It required strength and
nerve to undertake the journey, but
some did undertake it in quest of
health, to die on the way, or soon af
ter arriving at destination.
At the time the cause of all this
disease and mortality was not con
sidered. Neither doctors or people
had time to think of anything else.
Like firemen, they had to fight the
flames atid investigate the cause of
the conflagration afterwards. Weil,
the cause was but too apparent to the
scientific mind when directed lo the
subject, and the wonder was that no
one had foreseen the inevitable re
sult. The country, in ils primitive
slate, was as healthy as any in
the world. Sickness of any kind
w-is almost unknown to the peo
ple. Old men would tell
of large families that had been raised
to manhood or womanhood, without
most far the skinning, and deer and
turkey in abundance to be had
for the powder and lead, with tiie
fun and excitement of the hunt
thrown in, while the streams swarm
ed with the finest trout, b-eam and
perch, that had no more sense than to
bite at any kind of a bate you might
disguise a barbed wire with, and it
made nodifiercncc with them wheth
er an experienced angle had hold
of 'he pole, or a mere novice. It re
quired no skill for they would bite
almost at a shadow, and for any per
son.
The deadening of timber and tho
clearing of land commenced on snch
a scale as never was before, and by
the year 1843 there was tens, yea,
hundreds of thousands of decaying
trees all over the country, sending
onl every minute into the surround
ing atmosphere, their deadly exhala
tions. Add lo this *hc thousands of
acres of fresh virgin soil and decay
ing vegetable matter thereon, ii,i-
turned by the plough and expuaed | . ,
to the action of the sun. Heavy mid
continuous rains during the previou
winter and early spring, had satur
ated the earth with water, and filled
Hp all the ponds and low places to
overflowing. The seasons were line
for the growing of crops, which flour
ished in green luxuraiice, and gave
promise of an abundant return. Coro
was made, and cotton, as to weed and
fruit, wus nil the planter could wish.
And J. will remark in parenthesis,
that the seasons then were al least
thirty days in advance of the piesent
time. Cotton planting was gtnerally
from the ;l-l to the 10'h of March.
He who was later was considered
slow (armer, and “laying bye” was
complete through the country by the
4th of July, except new ground corn,
which perhaps was given a final
working later.
But to resume. 'About the middle of
June the rain ceased to tall so often,
and "Ejjjle there was nothing like
dt^r^iL'te injure the crops, it became
dry and hot. Soon - the milder form
ol disease set in, and then m August
and September the fearful mortality,
produced by the causes already men
tinned, reinforced by the drying up
of ponds and low places, and exposing
the mud, filth and decaying matteu
on their under surface, to the air and
sun. Whether this combination of
causes had anything to do with the
production of the
CATERPILLAR,
I know not. At any rate they came,
and in such numbers and with such
voracious appetites tb it they swept
everything before them, leaf, tiie ten
der parts of the stalk, young bolls lo
half grown, and all. Nothing re
mained but the full grown or open
ing bull, and hard stalk on which it
grew. Where they came from,
how they origina cd. kuu one n w or
could conj-cture. Yesterday no sign
of them could be delected, to-day
an army whidino man could num
ber would be marching over the field,
leaving bare stalks, louesome fall
grown bolls, desolation and ruin in
their track. They did not touch any
other kind of vegetation until the
cotton plant was destroyed; after
that oak leaves were found to be in
Tested with a worm which some con
tended was not the same kind, while
others as positively maintained that
it wa9. Some called them the “army
worm,’’and whether entitled to that
uame or to tbe general cognomen
caterpillar (which Webster defines a
food^robber or plunderer),they moved
like "an army under a commander,
and plundered and destroyed like
vandals. Though not so destructive
when they first made their appear
ance, they soon acquired snch num
bers and power as to ran over 350
acres.of cotton in less than a day. The
road from Albany to Gillionville
then passed through old Byron, by
Dr. Royston’s, Maj. Tompkin’s place
and Peck’s plantation. Passing over
that road one day Boon after their
appearance, I was astounded at what
I both sa w and heard of their num
bers and devastating power. After
passing Dr, Royston’s the road cross
ed Kiokec creek, and then through
what was known as the “Peggy
Howard” place. Immediately after
crossing the creek going west, you
entered a lane which extended np to
Mrs. Howard’s residence, some half
or three-fourths of a mile beyond.
Heavily laden wagons bad cut deep
ruts in tbe soft,sticky soil of tbe lane,
and after the ground dried off those
ruts remained. They would average,
I suppose, four to six inches in
width, and from six inches to over a
foot in depth. The worms first made
their appearance in the field south
of the lane on account of the number
of low, damp placeB in it, where the
weed grew more luxuriant, and was, I
suppose,ou that account better adapt
ed to their prodnetion and growth.
Bat this fact was not ascertained
until subsequent comparison of ex
periences showed that on every plan
tation, until they became mobilized
into an army,they were first develop
ed in the same kimd of places. On
tho north side of the lane was a
whole lot of 350 acres in cotton. It
was second year’s land, and the weed
was as tall as the head of a man on
horseback, and the branches lapped
in rows six.feet apart. (Do not think
this statement “fishy,’’ for it was very
common then on the best lands.)
After finishing the field on the south
side of this lane, the worms crossed
overj and in less than ten hours, so
I was xold, they were through it to
tho other side, and still “marching
on.” When I passed along there the
rats made by the wagons were fall
of them. They had tumbled in by
millions dntil they filled .them up,
and thus made a bridge for those
coming after.
I give this in illustration, merely
that your readers now may form
some idea of their numbers and de
structive power. They extended all
over Lee, Baker, Early and Decatnr,
which counties then included Clay,
Calhoun, Miller, Mitchell and part
of Terrell and Quitman. No one then
thought of trying to destroy them.
In fact it could not have been done.
Master, overseer and servants, when
well enough to care for or be trou
bled about anylhinf^else, could only
look on iu niter helplessness and de-
stimalauts predispose to it. It is
more apt to attack those working in
the sun, and especially between the
hours of 11 o’clock iu the morning
and 4 “'cluck in the afternoon Have
as cool sleeping rooms as possible.
Avoid loss of sleep and all unneces
sary fntigne. If working ill doors,
ami where there is artificial hea*,
laundries, etr.. see that the room is
well ventilated. If working in tbe
sun wear a light hat (not black, as it
absorbs the heal), straw hat, etc., and
pot inside of it on the head a wet
cloth on a large green leaf; fre
quently lift the hat from the head,
anil see that tbe cloili is wet. Do
nut cheek perspiraiion, hut drink
wliat water you need to keep it np,
as perspiration prevents the body
from being over-lieated. Have,
when possible, an additional shade,
as a ili : n umbrella, when walking;
a canva s or board cover when
working in the sun. When much
fatigued do not go to work, but be
excused from work, especially after
11 o'clock iu the morning on very
hot days, if tbe work is in tbe sun.
If a feeling of dizziness, headache cr
exhaustion orcurs cease work im
mediately, lio down in a study and
cool p’ace; apply cloths to and ponr
water over lie id and neck. If
any one is overcome by heat send
immediately for the nearest good
physician. While waiting for tbe
physician give the person co-d drinks
of Wat. r or cold.black tea, or cold
coffee, if able lo swallow. If the
skill is hot and dry sponge with or
pour cold water over the body and
limbs and apply to the head pound
ed ice wrapped" iu a Jewel or other
cloth. If there is no i*e at hand
keep a cold cloth on the head and
pom- cold water on it, as well as on
the body. If the person is pale,
reiy faint and pulse fi-eblc let him
inhale ammonia for a few seconds, or
give him n tcaspnoiiful of aromati
spirits of ammonia in two table-
spoonluls of water with a little su
gar.
How tbe Itloujfka Get Drank,
London Troth.
Moujiks are curious wlieu drunk.
They hardly eve.- quarrel,, but be
come affectionate and embrace'each
other. Their idea of drinking is to
imbibe until they are quite ins'ensi-
Ide. When 1 was in Rus-ia I had
cuaehman who once a month used to
come and ask me for leave to get
drunk during two consecutive days.
Upon inquiry I found that only on
these conditions would .a coachman
remain sober during ihe rest of the
month. Having obtained leave, he
would go to a drinking bouse, show
the proprietor his money, and state
how long lie would remain there.
Then he would ail down at a table
with somespirils before him. Grad
ually and solemnly lie would get
drank, place his arms before him on
the table and recline on them. Thus
he would remain for two days and
nights, the propri-tor supplying him
with more-drink whenevei he looked
up. His time up, the proprietor
would drag bird outside the house
and set him down in the
snow against the wall, hav
ing first filled his cip with
snow. Every charitably disposed
brother coachman passing by would
box his ears. In about half an hour
this discipline would sober him; he
would get np, shake himself togeth
er, and resume Ills duties. One man’s
poison is another man’s meat, and so
I suppose that lie enjoyed himself.
Baptised In spite ol Beraelt.
In Georgia negro batisms are a
Sunday morning feature at this sea
son of tbe year, and each congrega
tion, in succession, witnesses the im
mersion of the converts made during
the winter. Hymns are sung, and
every one appears animated by re
ligions zeal. On one occasion, so the
story goes, a worthy colored woman,
with culinary tastes, got so much in
terested that she unconsciously posh
ed np to the minister, and he, 're
garding her as ote of his flock, seized
lcr. She resisted, but the minister
imagined that she was merely afraid
of the coldness of the water, so before
she could explain the situation he
s oused her. She came splutter
ing, and exclaimed: What yo’ do
in’? Lemmcgo, I tell yon!” But be
exerted bis strength, and sent her
“ker-chnck” below the surface again.
She emerged, clawing the ait wildly,
and shouted wildly: “G’way from
here I Don’t you chuck me under
again, you nigger 1” Bui the clergy
man was inex irable, and he plunged
her under a third time; and held her
there for a minute, so as to let it
soak in and do her good. Then she
came np and struck for the shore, and
standing there, looking like a drag
gled mermaid cat in ebony, she
shook her fist at tbe astonished pas
tor, and shrieked: “Oh, I’ll fix you!
I’ll bust the head offer you, yon oF-
nary trash! sousin’ me and nearly
drowned me, when you knowe’d well
’nongh all de time dat I’se a Motho-
dist, and bin christened by dein dnt’s
your betters, and knows more about
religion den all de Baptises dat ever
shouted, yon mis’able black scum!
and me got de rheumauz enongb to
set me crazy: Ob, I’ll see wbat do
law kin do for you! I’ll have yon
rested dis very dsy, or my name’s
not Johanna Johnson, yon wooly-
headed herrin! Yon hear me!”
Then Johanna went home to redress,
and the ceremony proceeded. It is
asserted that Miss Johnson has since
borne testimony that the Baptists
are not any better than pagans.
Giving Expression to His Opinion.
Chit
A cnle little four year old who is
the pride of a Detroit family, went
into tbe house the. other day, and
called oat to his mother, “O mamma,
mamma, the old cat is sitting oat on
tbe back steps a-winkin’ and blinkin’
like everything. I just believe she’s
;oing to hatch.’’ The young natnral-
st was right, and the household now
rejoices in the possession of two little
kittens named “'Winkin’’ and
“Blinkin’’ respectively.
Mews and Advertiser:
On the 9th day of Jane, 1840, two
young men might have been seen in
aflat crossing Flint river at the foot
of Broad street They were in sulkies
with medical bags aboard. This in
dicated that they were “M. Da,” and
snch was the fact. The firm uame of
Meals & Casey was established that
day in Albany, and an immediate
and large practice was their portion.
In 1844 this firm was dissolved by
mutual consent, and the junior mem
ber bid adieu to Albany mos treloc-
tantlv to settle in Columbia county,
the home of bis wife’s parents. After
a lapse of thirty-nine years he comes
back to bis home of the long ago. A
great - Change has come over the
“spirit of his dream,” and he is an
altered man. Leaving here a young
man of staiwart health, he returns
aged and sorely afflicted to test the
virtues of Albany's famed artesian
water. He meets with but few of the
friends of “Anld Lang Sync,” for
many of his warm, personal lriends
have crossed over the river to rest
under the shade of that tree that
blooms perpetually in the land of the
great hereafter. Bat he will bridge
over this sad tbeme, and tarn to a
more pleasant topic. The few of his
old friends yet remaining, he is pleas
ed to hear, are in comfortable circum
stances, and they have given him a
cordial greeting. He has also made
new and pleasant acquaintances, and
they too have extended to him a hos
pitable welcome, and a hearty ex
pression of a wish that his visit may
be attended with much improvement
to his health. From physical ina
bility he is nnabte to return the many
calls of friends who seem anxious
that his stay here might prove both
pleasant and profitable. Hence, Mr.
Editor, he asks a space in your newsy
and spicy Daily to return thanks to
the good people of Albany, both male
and female, for their many acts of
courtesy and kindness shown both
himself and “better half.” He re
joices in the fact so patent to the
age of Albany’s rise and progress
from |thc small village of 1840, of
four hundred inhabitants, to a city
of magnificent distances, handsome
stores and beautiful residences, and
ornamental gardens, and wide and
level streets. Supplemental to this
is the great improvement in sanita
tion, by which that once resident
scourge—malarial fever—has been
made to “vamose the ranche!’’ Al
bany can now boast of a fine and cul
tivated citizenry. Her professional
and business men keep regular‘.‘watch
and ward” oyer their interests, and
Hence but little loafing is observable.
As to the society of Albany, it is
first-class, aDd the kindest and most
sincere hospitality abounds. The
queens of the home circle are a good
second to their leige lords. On the
whole, Albany is on the “up grade,’
and has a bright promise in the near
fntnre. Her rail facilities are good,
and, backed up as she is, with tbe
lucrative trade of some half dozen
counties, with her new and commodi
ous hotel soon to be finished, and
last, though not least, with her life-
preserving and healtb-restoring wa
ter, Albany’s progress must be “up
ward and onward!’’ 1 have been
much benefilted by this water; but
coining down so late, my stay here
is of too short du ration to expect a
radical and permaneut care, and my
affairs at home will not admit ol a
longer stay here at present But
such is my confidence in the medi
cinal virtues of this water, not alone
'rom its effects in my own case, bat
from the testimony presented to me
from seeing and hearing from the
lips of many who are worshippers
at this water fount, from whence
comes up from away down in tbe
bowels of the earth an elixir of life',
uot nfhumnn device or manipulation,
but compounded in the labratory of
the great Creator, who are loud in
their praises if what this water has
done for them, he must indeed be a
doubting Thomas, deep dyed in the
wool, who will attempt to gainsay
this ossa upon I’qlion - testi
mony of the curative properties of
this water, history informs ns that
Pones dc Leon was assured by the
Aborgines of this country that, some
where in the “Land of Flowers”
there was to be foand a spring of
water of life-giving, health-restoring
and youth-perpetuating properties.
Would it be considered a “highflyer,”
or wild conjecture, to intimate that,
perchance, this same vein of water
may have cropped out somewhere be
tween here and tbe gulf stream,
which, by some convu’sion of witer,
has been lost to tbe sight I am en
couraged in this conjecture, not only
from the great rad marvelous cures
in patients that I have seeu and eon
ferred with, and ‘Seeing is believ
ing,” but I know of at least a couple
of gay widowers who have said to
me that festive youth had been re
stored to "them, and that they feel
almost 30 years younger than when
they first began -imbibing of this
wator. One of these gentlemen when
lie commenced to drink this water,
could not walk 35 yards. He can
now, if necessary, walk 35 miles in
one day, and is in the -enjoyment of
perfect health. My afflictions are of
four years duration, and hence disease
has held the fort too Tong for an im
mediate surrender, but I am satis
fied that a break has been made in
the walls, and I propose to have the
water shipped to me regularly, and
hope to be able to return here in the
early fall, if tho imported waterdoes
not complete the cure. And now in
conclusion, in thus bidding my
TRUCK FAKITIITSG IN GEORGIA.
A Review ol the Question by an
Impartial Tribunal.
Nee
Bailey’s Saline Aplaient is a
while powder, and when placed in
water, foams, spaikles, and tastes
just like soda water. It is very cool-
_ and*pleasant, acts gently upon
the. bowels, relieves constipation,
enre* sick headache, sour stomomach
and heartburn.
The farmers of Georgia, and of
other Southern States, are divided
jost now on the question whether
ti uck farming pays or not. There is
a \yide difference of opinion among
them on the point, and it is import
ant to have it settled which is right,
as many Southern farmers have
gone into the business of raising
vegetables, frnit and other garden
truck, while others are preparing to
embark in the business.
A few yegrs ago, when truck farm
ing was first tried, it was predicted
that it would prove an untold bless
ing to the South. Fabulous stories
were told of the yield of crops to
the acre, and of the wonderful' in
crease in value of land that had been
hitherto worthless for any purpose.
Most of these stories were wildly
extravagent, and it to this extrava
gance and exaggeration that we owe
the present sentiment of depression
among some-of tbe trackmen. They
have beeu expecting to make $100
and $300 an acre, and being disap
pointed in these wild dreams, they
pronounced track, farming a fail
ure.
That the firat persons who went
into this business should have made
large, almost fabnlons sums is only
natarsl. When, however, more en
tered it, and it became a regularly
established business, the profits na-
t a rally decreased from competition,
but still remained respectable. Track
farming ill the South was probably
never in better condition than it is
just now. The farmers have every
thing in their favor. The railroads
have been more than friendly to
them, have pat on cars suitable for
this trade, and have expedited their
trains so as to land this perishable
freight in the markets at as early
time at possible. The markets cer
tainly continue as good as ever, and
the supply as yet does not equal the
demand.
It would be astonishing, with all
these advantages, to learn that tbe
raising of early vegetables and fruit
for the Northern and Western mark
ets was not a profitable industry.
Bat it is. The Atlanta Constitution,
which has thoroughly examined and
investigated the subject, shows- ex
actly bow much this new industry
lies benefited ahd enriched Georgia.
The melon crop of that State alone
is worth more than a million dol
lars, and the yield of vegetables and
fruits of a<l kinds has increased four
fold in the last three years. In
Southern Georgia, in Ihe counties de
voted to raising early vegetables,
real estate has incensed from 50 to
100 per cent, in value; large invest
ments have been made in these lands
by Northern and Western men, and
the number of acres under cultiva
tion has increased annually.
That some farmers have failed in
this business, as they would have
failed in any other, and that occa
sionally drouth and unfavorable
weather has cut off mnch of the pro
fit, cannot be denied; but the
cry. started by tbe Macon Telegraph,
and taken np by some other Geor
gia journals, that track-farming in
the Sonth is “au exploded humbug”
does not seem, upon investigation, to
be warranted or sustained by facts.
The Public is requested carefully to notice the
nvw and enlarged Scheme to be dram
Monthly.
t@-CAPITAl. PRIZE, $75,000,^MT
U»v Slits Lottery. Cs.
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
Thi» powder utjve rarles. ▲ marrel of tmre
trength and wholesomenesa. More ecommical
than the ordinary kinda. and cannot be aold in
competition with the mniumde of low * nt, short
weight, alum or phoaphate powders, out omy in
Commissioner*
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO..
nort-dwlT Nsw York.
.neorpoi ated in 1868 for 25 Tears by the Leg
islature for Educational and (haritahle pnr-
Po»»—with a capital of $1,00 ,000- to which a
reserve fund of over $550,00) has since been
added.
iK Byau overwhelming popular vote Its fran-
“ -j- . —^ the p
ehise was made a part of the present State
Constitution adopted December 2d, A. D.,
1879. ■
The only Lottery ever voted os and endorsed by the
P«ple of any State.
It never scales or postpones.
Grand single If amber Drawings
take place monthly.
A SPLEND'D OPPORTUNITY TO
WUf A FORTUNE. EIGTH GRAND
VOWING, CLdSS B, AT NEW ORLEANS,
JUESDAY, Annual 14, 1883—159th
Monthly Drawinr.
CAPITAL PRIZE, $75,000.
100,000 tickets at Fire Dollars Each.
F< actions, in Fifths In proportion.
LI8T OF PRIZES.
1 CAPITAL .PRIZE $75,<PO
1 do do 25,0? 0
1 do do 1P.W0
2 PRIZES OF 6000 12,000
5 ao 20T0 10, 00
10 do 1000 10.* 00
20 do 5<0 If,0f0
IfO do 2*0. 20,000
J00 do 160 3 *,(00
00 do 60 2%0»w|
>00 do 25 25,000
_ . APPROXIMATION PUKES.
9 Approximation Prizes of $750 0,750
8 do do SCO 4.£0*
9 do do 250 2,260
1967 Prizes, amounting; to $265^*0
Application for rates to clubs should be
made only to the office or the Company in
New Orleans.
For further information write clearly, giv-
insr full address. Send orders by Express,
or Mail, addressed only to
M. A. DAUPHIN,
Netv JrJeans, La.
orW. A. DAUPHIN.
607 Seventh Street,
Washington, D. C.
iP-d-wsatSw-w5t
CIECULAIl NO. SS.
OFFICE OF TIIE RAILROAD COMMISSION’
OF GEORGIA,
Atlauta, Ga„ June nth, 1883.
JAMES U.SMIT .
■ Commissioners.
CA_MFBELL WAl!,LACE,| (
L. H. TRAMMELL,
CHANGE IN CLASSIFICATION.
~(N and after Wednesday. August let, IBS’,
V the following changes in theCommisalon-
aloners’ classill cation:
friends good-bye, I will. not further
attempt to forecast the Inture of Al
bany bat will say that Albany of
to-day is a vast improvement upon
the little village of 1840. And now,
Mr. Editor, wishing you may “long
live and prosper,’’ I am respectfully,
H. R. Casey.
I have seen and used Anodyne Oil,
and will say the medicine acted splen- a nev
didly.
j!4-2t
Tbe Cbfet ol tbe Dandle*.
New York Son.
The chief dandy at Cape May
changes his snits five or six times a
day. Early in the morning he puts
on a corduroy coat and knee
breeches, or knickerbockers, snch as
bicycle riders wear, and in which he
takes a walk. On bis return, he
dresses for breakfast iu a suit notable
tor wide checks and load yellow.
At bathing time he saunters down to
the beach in a pajama; that is to say,
a loose sack an-t wide trousers, made'
of light-colored staff, girlishly
trimmed, and normally worn in one’s
bedroom. His advent on the sands
in sneb a rig astound.) those who
have not become accustomed to
him, and alarms them a little, too,
because they get the idea at first that
lie is a lunatic. . It might be expect
ed that he would be still more re
markable when attired for the water,
but here occurs a disappointment
He appears in a plain and conven
tional bathing suit of loose flannel,
because he knows that bis attenuated
form could not stand a comparison
with those robust fellows who bathe
in scant tights. In the afternoon he
exhibits himself, for lounging or
driving, in a costume of white; and
iathe evening he squeezes himself
into a seemingly impossible black
frock coat and dark trooseis. “The
former is conceivable,” says the writ
cr, “if he wears corsets, as they say
he does; but how be gets his panta
loons on is a problem. His legs are
small enot gh for the purpose. But
do. his feet screw off and on, or has
he discovered a way of donning
them shirt fashion over his dear lit
tle head ?”
CARBIBK’S
BISK.
Mowers. Beavers and
Binders, knocked down
and boxed-L.C.L
Same, C. L. not less than
20.000lbr ...
Fish, pickled or salted,
in kegs or kits
Tranks, single
Tranks, ia nests or filled
with merch4ndise,crat-
edor strapped..
A. C. BRISCOE.
Secretary.
aw4w
2d Cl&fs.
4th Class.
3«l Class.
IX Class.
ith Class.
0th Class.
6*h C?ass.
1
2d Class.1
1st Class.
JAMES M. SMITH,
Chairman
CIRCULAR 2TO- 37.
OFFICE OF THE BAILBOAD COMMISSION
OF GEOBGIA,
Atlanta, Ga„ June 27th, 1883.
* Commissioners.
AND
JAMES M- SMITH. >
CAMPBELL WALLACE,} (
L. N. TRAMMELL, )
LUMBER RATES BRUNSWICK
WESTERN; RAII ROAD
1— On snd after Wednesday, August l*t, ^583,
od the railroad known to this Cominis
sion as the Brunswick and Western
(formexiv Brunswick and Albany) Bail-
rosu, no more than Class P. of the Com
missioners* rates, lees ten (10) per cent
shall be the tbe maximum rates of lnm--
her hauled in any direction over said
road.
2— The weight of a carload of lumber U22,-
600 lbs.
3— Any avoidable foil me on the part of this
railroad In furnishing cars and trans
porting them, speedily, when loaded
will be considered an evasion of this
order.
4— T» e schedu'e of Millers’ lumber rates for
tra ns o’ r ot less thfcn 10 ears ana for trains
of not less than 15 cans as provld d and
allowed in Circular No &, dated Atlan
ta, Ga., April 2»th, 18e0, ia hereby re
pealed.
3—Print.! tariffs of the rate, required br this
Circular matt be furnished tbe Com-
D'isftjoners’ office on or before the 20th
of July, Ilf*.
JAMES H. SMITH, Chairman.
A. C.BRISCOE, Secretory. lawtw
How Ho Won Bis Bride.
Arkaamw Traveler.
“I tell you, sir,” indignantly ex
claimed Col. Webley, addressing a
young man who aspired to the hand
of his only child, “that I shail never
give my consent to a onion which I
know would be unhappy.”
“We love each other,’’ replied
young Balehnff.
“Love be e ernally bloweil! So I
conid have said years ago. I was
devoted lo the woman I married and
she was devoted to me.’’
“Yon have lived happily with each
other, have you not?”
“Happily!” the Colonel contempt
uously repeated. “I didn’t have
money enough tp insure happiness;
for even in Arkansaw a man most
have money. Bat there’s no nse in
pro ongingthis conversation. I have
told you that yon shall not marr/my
daughter. I shall keep a close watch,
and if I see you here again I shall
act with violence.’’
“Well, Colonel,” said tbe jtrniig
man with firmness, “I am eompelled
to adopt the last resort. Some time
ago, before yon snspectod that I was
attached to your daughter, you bor
rowed ten dollars from me. Do not
wince, sir: bear me throngh. Yon
thought that I had forgotten the
transaction, bat I haven’t. Now, sir,
I intend lo marry your daughter. II
yon persist in annoying me I shall
dan you for Ihe money every time I
see yon.”
The Colonel sat for a moment in
deep thought Finally he said, “Say,
Bob, don’t say anything more about
the ten dollars; lend me five more
and take tbe girl.”
he ms id mm
JOB OFFICE
:«>reparedIto2cc
a pete with:»ny;«rfAbU*bnieniln
the StAto In
JOB PRINTING !
In All Its Branches.
We keep up with tbe tfmee, and have u skilled
vorkmen and ft good presses sa can be found
in tbe State, and guarantee satisfaction to those
*ho favor us wittf their orders, x.^tl ltne of
PRIinRS’STiTIONEfiT
always on hand, and those who will call at our
office can make their selections lrom a large as
sortment. Just received, a neii stock of paper
for
Letter Heads,
Bill Heads,
Note Heads,
Statement^
Account Sales,
Etc., Etc.
Alsoageuera assortment of
ENVELOPES
What Old Violins Are Worth.
A recent sale of violins has created
nnnsnal interest The "Spanish
Stradinarius,” brought to England
by Ole Bull, made by Antoninus
Stradinarius in 1687, sold for £500.
One made by Joseph Gu&racrius in
1738 fetched £290; another, dated in
the following year, £245. A violon
cello, whi. h belonged to George the
Fourth, ami afterwards to the Duke
of Cambridge, by Francesco Hnger-
ius, was sold for £330.
BUSINESS CARDS
Oid’ra by .mall promptly attended to.
11. ITT. MCINTOSH Sc CO.
A First-class
COMMERCIAL Business School,
equal to any North or South
COLLEGE,
MACON, GA.
Send for Circular? free.
W. McKAY, - P, ncipal.
English Female BirnsRS sends red
blood to a sickly woman’s checks and
strength to her muscles, by giving an
appetite, aiding digestion and bn
V Irketa only $5. Share* In propor
tion.
“ We do hereby certify that vot supervise
the arrangements for all the Monthly and
Semi-Annual Drawings of The Louisiana
State Lottery Company, and in
person manage and control the Drawings
themselves, and that the same are conducted
with honesty j fairness. and in good faith to
wards all parties, and we authorize the Com
pany to use this certificate, with facsimiles
of our signatures attached, sa its advertise
ments.”