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Newspaper Page TextJwPismq prinT ] EDITORIAL NOTES. Qtouu Is i legislation. P*l Johnny Roach wori ^mmm *ym\ W« are sorry for the Akytblho more terril nuiaanoe mould result In the itif&LUe unins of the paper* served l>y It with daily bitches of horrible crime*. ij>. the whole country going pa Hie bad? W. A. I’l.KlxiKR, the nominal col lector of the supposed port of Atlanta, has resigned. This makes an open ing for ex-Controller-Generul Gold- smith. Babnum has killed his Asiatic ele phant. This doesn't illustrate “the survival', of the. fittest.” If the ele phant had killed Barnum. tin* ease would be different. Macon is to have a lire insurance company with a capital of $500,000. There is no reason why the risks on Georgia property should not Ik* taken by Georgia companies. Thk Cheyenne Indians are said to be hiding their rifles iu anticipation of au order for disarming them. Lo doesn’t lack anything of lieing a cun ning and wide-awake animal. It is now announced that the-com mittee appointed to solicit subscrip tions to insure the holding of the State. Fair In Macon next fall has succeeded in raising the amount required by the Agricultural Society, and that the fair will certainly be held. Thk AugiuiUk^jEceuiuj/ News has, in some way-,- liubibed'thfc .belief that tliere are 138 counties, in thi^ State. It should rutf out its figures and iuake a recount. There are too many of them when correctly enumerated, and we are opposed to a further increase. There may lie “nothing in a name/’ as has been alleged; but there comes near enough to being something in one to make it absurd to call die New York Sun “Democrat'c,” in the classi fication of papers. It is a renegade sheet—a Dugald Dalgetty among journals. Mk. W. J. Gokkk, of Koine, has been bouud under a $500 bond to ap pear before the Federal court for the Northern District of Georgia, to an swer the charge of breaking open a letter .addressed to his sister-in-law. It Is a dangerous business to tamper with letters addressed to other people. Harry Howards has a story in Harper's Monthly for August entitled: “Elder Brown’s Backslide.’’ It is highly spoken of by those who have read it. He is a young man of decid ed wit and great versatility of ^expres sion. But tor his “inertia.’’-wt* should expect him some"(lay to become famous as a writer. REST. Itor Wh« Killed « mlonel It in Daw ton Probably la- tbey whisper to thesiJeaee. •There is gled with One of Sitting Bull’s Grinder*. That man’s as crazy as a bed bug.” said Dr. Boring, the county physician, Jj^-f-yesterday, as he emerged Yrrfm the Fid- The m:in cfj whom Dr. Boring was speaking, was G*. W. Cheves. of Daw- has been confined iu the county jail since he killed i ol- :ett. hi DawsiA. lost fall, and under the *yt of Dr. Boring ly. il weeks ago; Hie jailors and tHe- prisoners observed that Cheves was acting ratherstrangely. At first no at tention was paid to his conduct, but BnUhey'all trod in turn .life's atatelv mens- Ancftbcyall paused by time* to wonder, Ih there rest? ,l«, ^xUofi^nrt now’th^arT^^'^Td Whan thine Anguish shall be melted into vehement ill their declarations that Laughter, , cheves is crazy - Wk uds Uw *“ ta “ “ t *~ < *™" # * His insanity has not a-smned any „ .... „ Then iby spirit shall be Murtifled with seeing violent form, and with a single excep- during tne Dunaioes nauquet The ultimate dim Thule of the Blest. ! tion he has caused- no trouble. He is yesterday liis stock of patience gave nd the paMinn-inouited fever of thv Heine the same qniet> affa hle luau that he waa way entirel y. { when he hecame involved In his trou- “Big Chief wants tooth pulled out, ; ble, but a casual glance at him will said tn< ! convince any body that something is _ ^ « _ wrong. When Oheves was first in- B«w it Looks To-Day—U Here De- , carren4ttH | in the Flllton eounty jail the material for Hie . he J J MINCa I.KI) SOME WITH THK BUST CRISOX- Some were sick with the -urfrltun* of pleas ure. A Philadelphia Press. There was nothing to relieve the monotony' of “wild lilc” in a civilized locality Tuesday. The cowboy* roamed aimlessly about the ves. of "l>aw- pitched pennies iu the shade of their tents, and straggled hard to pass away the weary moments. In good humor except Sitting Bull. tchiefsat rocking^ to and ft utt^tin'g'tfie moot'd! Buffalo Bill visited him about noon, anil succeeded, after considerable trou ble, in eliciting a few intelligible grants in Sioux lingo to the effect that the old warrior w as nearly crazy with . moonsago, while crunching a buffalo' steak,- the old chief broke his and has borne the pain with' stolid indifference. A plate of ice cream made him fairly bowl at Bel mont mansion on Thursday evening during the “Buffaloes” banquet, and ed, and now - endeavor to redeem my promise. I presume no subject will be so apropos tdthe,writer and your read- its ,his -. 1 1: tIj -J J 19 1:1V!jl And the paseiun-haanted fever of thy Reins ‘Shall Ih* drifted in an Universe of Rest. Normandy, Ky., July 17U», 1835. E/dUors Xeies and Advertiser: While in your city a short time since, I was honored by an invitation from one ofyoqr staff, to contribute an ar ticle to your valuable paper the News and A dveutiser—L cheerfully accept-. manufacturing localities. 'The tide of imigration fe‘flowing to the South. Money and people are coming fa> our sunny homes fron the Icy North and distant shores. ‘Will we take 1 the tide »t the floodgate and rolf on to for tune? Does the$onth«ee its possibil- itiesf Does etery rity -of the South, see its advantages? Does Albany see the advantages of its locality, anil the possibilities ofits future? IV. L. T. RoiiBt. it BARBECUE AT ACREE., A Fine Attendance, a Fine Dinner and a Pleasant Affair. : - ■ ■ ■ ■ m &'m ROBINSON CRUSOE'S HOME. foe «•! Story. And now' the Legislature has tack led the second-hand clothing business. On Tuesday Mr. Brandt, of Rich no-nd, introduced a bill to prohibit the impor tation of second-hand clothing into the State. We are. afraid that if- this summer sessiou lasts much longer some mountain hoosier will try to lay an embargo-ou our Snath Georgia wa termelons. We have had occasion to refer, sev eral times, to the badly-overwrorked word “lady.” Picking up an exchange we read the headline: “The Lady gets 99 Years.” Reading the item which followed we found that “the lad)'” particeps crimfnis in the murder of her husband. But the “lady” mania doesn’t often assume so rough a form as that. The members of the Legislature hare one consolation, this torrid weather: They don’t have to become proficient in the use of baseball lingo in order to attain the highest proficiency in states manship. Tile members who take les sons In it probably tlo so umlcr the impression that their present position may be uiaile the steppi-ig-stone’to the lofty pinnaele on which the umpire sit*. ' '• • Gen. Grant's condition is reported iu yesterday's dispatches to be worse. _ He appears to be growing despondent, too. |ii'!^iitg-fron:tlie following, which he is said to have recently .writteu: “I have admonitions that the doctors know not of, and 1 think it doubtful that I shall last longer than the- end of this month, if I thought that I should remain until the winter sets in I do not think it worth while for me toliear the discomfort of waiting.” The Geological Department.should he re-established. Properly conduct ed,-the labors of such department will necessarily result in practical good. The mineral resources of the. State have, not been developed, and few have any proper conception Gf their variety and immensity. The first step towards the spread of correct information on tin subject and towards the utilization of that Information is the re-establish- ment of the Geological Department. While the Mexican editors.are be ta* lionized in this country And are being given the -freedom- of all our dries, tta ,unties over in Mexico are seeming)^ bent on causing a rup T tore in the peaceful relatlous between the two countries by the inexcusable arrest and imprisonment of our citi zens. TM- State Department already has its hands full of rases of this sort, and they demand immediate attention. That pOQcuhpr Mexican style of eu- | the United States for Now we shall see a deluge of local bills pgur Jn the House, it not be^better, in every res to merge all ot into a general act? Will the costly folly Of unnecessary special legislation never end ? It is utterly unreasonable odsand yet it is true that one hum and. two speet^ locad option end prolii- b -ion bills were passed before tlie Legislature craild see the propriety of loealoption law. It Is likely that the same schedule will be Valparaiso, Chili, May 9.—Across the harbor of Valparaiso is an island which possesses an interest for every one who has been a boy. Occasional ly an excursion goes over'from this city, and the Englishmen, who consti tute a large fraction of the population, with what few Americans tliere are, go over to spend a (lay or two, and re new their youth. It is the Islaud of Juan Fernando/, where Bdbiuson Crusoe and his man -Eriday; “who kept things tidy,”* had the experience that has given the world of boys as miich enjoyment as any that was ever written in a book. There was a Robinson - Crusoe—-there isn’t a' doubt 1 of it, and there was a man Friday’, too, and the island stands' to day. exactly as It is described in the book; but the surprising adventures of Mr. Cmsoe as * therein related do not correspond exactly with the local tra ditions of the story. As the yarn g.»es here, a man of the name of Alexan ler Selcralg, who afterward called himself Selkirk, was piit ashore by the com mander of the Spanish ship Cinque Ports as a punishment for mutiny. This island was. a favorite stopping place for vessels in the South seas a< it has good ship timber, plenty of ex cellent water, abounds in fruits, goats, rabbits, and other flesh for food, and the rocks on the coast are covered with lobsters, shrimps and crawfish. It was a popular resort' for buccaneers also, who ran into a well-protected harltor to repair damages and get provisions. Juan Fernandez, a famous Spanish navigator, discovered it. in 1563, and the King of Spain gave him a patent to the Island; but as he never occupied it his title lapsed. In 1709 the Scotch man, Selkirk or Selcraig, became mu tinous on board the Cinque Ports, and had hi choose between being hung at the yard-arm or put ashore at Juan Fernaiidez alone. ' He took the latter alternative, and was left on the r »cks with hissailoi’s kit and a small supply of provisions. To-his surprise, after he hiid been on .the island a few days, he^ouuda companion in an Indian from the Mosqnitb coast of Central America, who some years before had coiue down on the ship of the pirate Datnphier, and, going ashore on a hunting expedition, had become lost and and was abandoned by his com panions. This was the man Friday. Some years after Selkirk and the lii diuu were rescued by C’apt. Rogers ot an Euglish merchant ship and taken to Southampton, where the Scotchman told .his story to Daniel Defoe, and it got fnto print, with some romantic ex aggerations.* The island is accurately described, and the visitor who is familiar with “Robinson Crusoe” can find the cave, the mountain paths, and other haunts of the hero without diflieutty; but Defoe has located it iu the wrong geo graphical position, having placed it on the other side of the continent and mixed up Montevideo with Valparaiso. It is about 23 miles long aqd 10 mile> wide in the broadest part, and is cov ered with beautiful hills and lovely valleys, the highest peak reaching an elevation of nearly 3,000 feet. A hun dred years ago the Spaniards intro- iced bloodhounds to kill off the goats dm and rabbits and to keep the pirates away, but the plan didn’t work. After her independence, in 1821, Chili made Juan Feruaudez a penal colony, but 30 years after the prisoners mutinied, slaughtered-the guards, and escaped. Then it was leased to a cattle company, whichhas now 30,000 head- of horned 1e and as many sheep grazing upon L *lls. There are 50 to 60 inhabi tants, mostly ranchmen and their fam ilies, who tend the herds and raise vegetables for the Valparaiso market. Great care has been taken to pre serve the relic of Alexander Selkirk’s stay upon the island, and his cave and huts remain just as he left them. In 1868 .the officers of the British mau-of- war Topaz erected a inarble tablet to mark the famous lookout from which Mr. Crusoe, like the Ancient Mariner, used to w atch for a 1 sail, “and yet no sail from day to day.” The inscrip tion reads: In memory of ALEXANDER SELKIRK. MARINER. .A native of Largo, county of Fife,,Scot land; who lived upon thin Island in complete solitude, for . j FOUR YEARS AND rOTR MONTHS. :He was landed from the CtNQrsFDmrs galley, 98 tons, 18 guns, A. D. 17M, and was taken off in the Duke, Pnvateer, on February 12th, 1809. He died Lieutenant of U. B. M. 8.8. : Way mouth, a. D. nil, Aged 47 years. . v .■> This tablet Is erected upon Selkirk's ; , • lookout by ^ ■ : Commodore Powell. : and the officers of F. B. M. S. S. Topaz, ; A. D. 1868. No one ever goes to Juau Fernandez without bringiugaway rocks and sticks as relics - of the place. There is a very tine sort of wood, pecular to the island, which makes, beautiful canes, as it has a rare grain, and pol ishes well. SOT Wcl1 Known JBHu I consider Hall’s Georgia Chill Remedy the very best Chill Remedy I ever saw*. _ C. L. O’Gorman. of the firm of J. TV. Rice A Co. .jOi~ Mr. Geo. Plant, of County, Ga., says i liBMul 8YI f If Hill #1 ' Mr. Henry S. Feagin, another prom inent citizen of the same county, en dorses it above every other preparation world. •. J. G. SmttiuW CUnto^tog*! Remedy cures every Mr. Charles Dreyfous, of Mscoi Ga., says he w*as cured of Chills an ’ ?s Georgia Chill in the jail and qtiickly established him self a general. favorite. He conversed with the prisoners,- read to them and discussed what was going on iu the worldrat large. Within thepast mouth however, alt this has changed. He now avoids every bod)-, will s|x*aktono one, Tandy 'eyer leaves his cell. W hen this change was observed the prisoners who had learned to like Cheves thought that he had become offended at something, or that lie would decline to agaiu make himself sociable with a grade of criminal Inferiors to himself. The prisoners generally regretted Cheves’s withdrawal. They did what they could to break down the barrier, but without success. Finally, however, they began to notice some strange freaks-of Cheves, and in a few days tht prisoners began to avoid him, as serting that he was insane. WHAT THE CHAaCiK DID. Cheves would not mingle with the prisoners and would speak to none of ihem. lie would enter l.is cell early in the day, close the door liehind him amt remain alone all day long. At times he would stand perfectly still and look, apparently^ at a^spot for a half hour to au hour without 'moving a muscle. Cheves has always been a great reader, but. since being imprison ed lie passed all his time reading. However, he lias not picked up a book, or touched a pajier, iu more than a mouth. Soon after he was incarcera ted in the Fulton county jail he met Dr. Boring and soon became quite friendly with the doctor. Every time Dr. Boring entered the jail Cheves would meet him. extend his hand, and in a pleasant wav passthecompliments of the day. Dr. Boring soon took quite a fancy to Chevea, and Cheves became quite* fond of the doctor. Cheves was then iu good health, and w hen Dll. BOKINO TIMED HIS PULSE. One day soon after the two i>ecai»<' acquainted it ranged from 80 to 87. Since the Change has conn? over Cheves he will nbi. speak to Dr. Bor ing, and wheu tin* doctor enters the jail Cheves seeks his cell. The doc tor noticed the ehangein (’hcves’scou duct and heard what the prisoners had to say about his iusanit)*, but it only caused him to smile. However, as time went on, and the doctor contin ued to see Cheves each day, lie final ly changed his opinion and concluded that Lite prisoner was insane. He made every eftort to do something for Cheves but Cheves repulsed him every t $ nte, and even ordered the doc tor to leave his cell and refused to ai- l .w him to examine his pulse. Dr. B >riug tried to make /rlends with Cheves hut succeeded |M>orly. TRIES to KILL HIS SERVANT. Cheves has gradually grown worse. He has had but one violent fit, howev er, and that caiue uear having a fatal tei niinatioii. For several weeks past Alex McFarr, a -colored person, ha* been waiting on Cheves. One day last week, wheu Cheves and his ser vant were alone in Cheves’ cell Cheves attempted to brain tne darkey with a chain, and would probably have succeeded had not McFarr escap ed through the door. This aroused the prisoners and they demanded protec tion against Cheves. They asserted that he was mad and that they would take time about iu keeping him iu his cell. When the jailers heard all that had transpired they -deemed it pru dent to remove everythihg: from the prisoner’s cell, and they did so. DON’T KNOW HIS WILE. Mrs. Cheves has been in Atlanta for the pa«t two weeks and has^visited her husband every (lay. Cheves, however, has never recognized her until yesterday afternoon, when he ap peared to be better. When Dr. Boriug first became satis fied that Cheves was crazy, he called upoh Judge Calhoun and requested an examination of the case; Dut Judge Calhoun informed Dr. Boring that he had no jurisdiction in the matter. Last night a Constitution reporter asked Dr. Boring If Cheeves were not preparing a defense by appearing to be crazy. “No, sir,” said the doctor, “if there, ever was a crazy man in this world Cheves is one.” “What form lias the Insanity taken, doctor? Tell me something about it?” “Well, that is a hard thing to do. In the first place the change has been gradual, but IT HAS BEEN GREAT. He is no more like the man they brought here last fall than you or 1. He was then agreeable and kind. He is now morose, rough and even troub lesome. Something ought to be done with him.” ‘ Is it true that he did not recognize his wife, doctor, or is that talk?” ‘•It is true. I know what 1 am say ing. I saw it tried and I pledge you my word that he did not know her, and it was not assumed either. He is crazy, as crazy as a March hare. His general condition will show that. He looks like he was in good health now but I tell you his mind is diseased. His pulse has gone up probably within the past three weeks from the 80’s to a hundred and ten, then one hundred and twenty, and now one hundredand u J 1 AVreli hi? i«i£ fnrMr tn nnl MXS. Atzell tO her little said the interpreter to Buffalo Bill. The cowboy dentist was sent for in a hurry, and soon appeared armed with a large pair of pincers, which looked as though they jiad done duty before cutting off horseshoe nails. * Sitting Bull w as soon ready for the operation. He opened his mouth and the dentist tapped a tooth with the handle of the pincers. “Ugh!” said the chief. “All right,” said the operator. The old fellow’’s head was throw'll back and the pincers took a good hold on his red gums. “Yow!” said the chief. “Steady!” said the dentist. A wrench and a pull followed; the tent w’as filled with a flourish of brown arms and buckskin-clad legs, turkey feathers ami earrings. A series of blood-curdling yells floated through the loosely fiappiug door of skins, and the deutist picked himself (ip outside in a badly demor alized condition. It was dangerous to go near the old ciders tent until near ly 6 o’clock, wiien the tooth, becoming noisy again, brought the Sioux chief tain to terms. The dentist was seut for a second time, and came swearing iu full cowboy style. This time the operation w as su(*cessfiil, and a great three-pronged grinder in the piucers told of muscle not vainly excited. “Yow! Me big chief!” said the old fellow’, as he looked at the tusk and spat the gore from his toothless gums, A Fourth of July Incident at An. dersouville. A correspondent of the Indianapolis Sentinel tells a good story, probably manufactured out of the whole cloth, of a fourth of July war incident at Andcrsoiiville prison. As the story runs, General Howell Cobh visited An- dersoiiville to look into the alleged de sertion of tiic guards. It was a criti cal time, 1804, and there were .'14,000 federal prisoners in the stockade. If any considerable number of the guards deserte l it was feared that the prison ers would make a break and overrun the country. The correspondent says that General (’obb collected the guards near the st(H*kade and commenced ringing speech iu which he reminded them of the important trust confided to them and urged them to do their duty. Before the speaker had uttered more than a few sentences about fifty prisoners in the stockade were heard singing the first verse of the “Star Spangle 1 Banner.” When the chorus was reached, with detonations like an explosion, 5,000 voice* were heard pealing: **1110 star spanjrleO banner, O, long may it wave, OVrthe land of th.* free and tlie home of the brave.’* The deafening noise broke into the speech, hut when the roar subsided and only a few score voices were heard singing the scco id stanza. Wirtz hastened to have the singing stopped. The narrator of the story says: ‘The verse was sung and the choru: reached again. The congregation □umbered 10,000 more than before. Heavens! what a swell of sound! The very air seemed to quiver with the concussion—the stockade wall to trem ble. The guards on mount wen* stunned with wonderment. Wirtz, who had re tched the great gate, 'stood stock still as if paralyzed. The sol diers forming the square were all now- facing the prison. ‘The storm lulled, the speaker sought to resume, but his manner was disconcerted. Wirtz was moving nervously about, but essaying noth ing. They heard the breeze of song sweeping the lines of the third stanza, but knew it only foreboded the return of the tempest. And now it comes: “There are 20,000 throats swelling the call of the penant under which they, had fought, and 5,000 more joined iu the invocation: h, long may it wave, ’eeancTtf ' I the home of the Mr. Hall.—I con cheerfully certify Remedy” being a Fever. I ills and in a great many , and it alway made a cure. I have used it myself. Yours Ac., C. M. Wood.- HUsman & ~ w&su Hilsman & Co. forty to one hundred and forty-five. Tell me any man WHO IS AS STOUT as he is not crazy with that pulse! No, he’s crazy anti something ought to be done. Mrs. Cheves says that he was crazy when he killed Colonel Pickett, but I can’t say as to that. I only know that he is crazy now. Why. she says that when he killed' Colonel Pickett' that he. was so crazy that he foTgot to dress when he started out after him.” Whether or not Cheves is crazy, a jury of lunacy and experts can alone cell. Cheves was the editor of the Dawson Journal, aiid was a'prominent man in his county until last fall when he killed Colonel Pickett, with whom he fell out on account of political trou- ble. Proper Treatment for Cough. That the reader mav fully under- tand what eonstiultes'-a goexi Cou^h an< J Lu»g Syrup, we will say that Sr and Wild Cherry is the basis of the ! flicted wil beat remedies yet discovered. These I vitality and ingredients with several others equally O’er the land of the free brave. ‘The echo of the last words has but struck the branches of the pines when they begin to repeat. Higher, wider, stronger, louder the swell. It peals, roars, it booms, it thunders! It Is an artillery of song! The speaker out side stands transfixed. He ha* heard the anthem before, bnt never as now. The listeners appear almost panicked. A guardsman’s gun drops from his band \vithout hi* missing it. "Again they repeat, and now the' scene grows wild. Thirty thousand voices are clanging the chorus—30,000 bosoms swelling with thought of coun try, aud flag, and home, and loved ones from w hom they are parted. Men with but one leg clamber up, and, supported by their stronger comrades, wave their caps aloft as they join in the chorus. “Once more they repeat, aud now all the prison is in the sky-rending peal— the very walls—the ground. Poor, fever-wasted frames, within an hour of dissolution of their spirits, half up rise, and propping upon one hand raise the withered fingers of the other aloft while they unite their cracked voices iu the refrain. they will hear never more: The star spangled banner, O, long may it wave,' O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave/’ Daring Rescue off a Babe. Washingtnn Post. “Now w’ait here till I return,” said left it in a buggy at the corner of T*< * baby as she . - x c corner of elthand E streets, and ' raiu back into the honse for something she had forgotten. Before she returned the horse took fright and ran away. A gentleman ufftnad Moore, seeing the perilous position of the little child, seized the rear of the buggy as it dashed by and clambered Into the ve hicle. Unable to stop the horse he took the child in his arms, jumped out and lahded on his feet without injury. A moment later the horse turned a corner. The buggy struck a tree, and was completely w*recked. The child would have inevitably been killed but for its daring and timely rescue by Mr. Moore, who returned it uninjured to its mother’s arms. IMPRESSIONS OF ALBANY. * The Artesian City Judies in ttie mind of of the writer local, and more than local interest. Tlie position of any town or city, what it is, and it* possibilities, embodies the scope of its ’nterest. There l* no town in South Georgia so centrally located as yours. It is also in a desirable locality as to health. True, yon havq^mie sickness, but the mountftin-tops*^Efeo -are- the scenes of affliction. The locality is sufficiently elevated to escape malaria aud to be healthy, witness it* hearty in habitants. The beauty of It* locality is not insiguiffeent. Tlie waters of the Flint flowing geutly by it* edge makes it one ol natures pet lawns. The land surface l* just sufficiently undulating to prevent tlie monotony of an unbroken scene, and this made pic turesque by the diversities of nature’s products and highly cultured flow’er gardens. Then too, does not the River add something of the romantic, poetic and artistic to your eity(?). Rivers usually do. 1 am sure the artistic pre vails in your midst. With a population of5,000, a healthy community, and such hacking country as you have, you are doubtless proud of Albany. Why should you not be? Your railroad facilities are to he en vied. You have the Central, Bruns wick, S. F. & W. roads all bisecting Albany, and of these tlie Central pro bably gets as much w inter travel as any road in the South. So you have easy facility of passage to distant cen tral point* as well as to local points, and tliere 1* no reason iu the nature of things why the River should not be made navigable to the Gulf from that place. In addition to this yon are in one of t? e best belt* iu the State for cotton, melons,! umber etc. Iu Macon, Atlanta, Chattanooga, Nashville and Louisville eu route for home, the writer saw* through freights loaded with melons labelled “Return this car via Albany and Atlanta. Ga.” Your central position and surroundingcoiintiy with Its various product*, reuder the Artes ian City one of the mostdesirahlccities in South Georgia. The educational advantages of a place must never he overlooked. The school Is the Index to the town. Good schools, prosperous citizens, no schools, general adversity. We learn that Al bany lias Its (junto of schools and col leges, for white and black. It is uot necessary to see the boy demonstrate a problem in mathematics, or to hear a young lady read her graduating essay or to hear the misses strike up one of Beethoven's pieces on the commence ment stage iu order to judge of a city’s educational advantages. Education, culture, polish, refinement show them selves in the face, beam in tlie counte nance, are seen in the home circle, heard from the parlor and drawing room, seen on tlie very walls of dw’el- liugs. In all this Albany is fully up with other low’ns, and in some respects is iu advauce of most towns. There are iu your town six religions denominations. Godliness should pre dominate. 1 hope it does. I’ve great faith in my fellow-men, aud believe that if six religious bodies in a city of 4,500 do uot unconsciously assert a rul lug for good, it Is by virtue of merein- litterence on part of professing Chris tians. I like the go-ahead-ativeness of A1 bany. ’IT* not a New York of coarse. But you just can’t get a New York in every town incorporation. 'Twould burst the thing open, ’twould lie calamity, ’twould be a numeral New* York w ithout the “Bulls and Bears. You have tw*o hotels, and a man i YOl'XG MEN !—HEAD THIS. The Voltaic Belt Co., of Marshall. Mich., offer to send their celebrated Electro-Voltaic Belt and other Electric Appliances on trial for to men (young or old) af- _ and^aff’kindred : der » antl ^ Abetter to underrate than neu- over-draw a picture. So these aresome right royally treated at them, then, there l* the ice factor)’; the oil mills, and iron foundry, all adding interest and showing vim. The artesiau wells must be men tioned, for to one of these is due your modern “boom.” I believe seven of these wells respond to the thirst of your inhabitants aud cattle. If you were now transferred to the dry hills of Kentucky you could lietter appreci ate your never failing sources of water. And you are pretty , proud of one of the well*, for since the first artesian well in the proviuce of Artaese there has not been a finer than the large one in your city around which gather your beauty and grace w’hen the twilight has come. I was surprised ou noticing the analysis of the water of this well. A coirefill chemical analysis by Prof. H. C. White shows the w ater of this well to contain ten different constitu ents. No wonder you all crowd around to drink the health aud bloom- givfug liquid. Possibly, too, there are some historical reasons for gathering about this well. Of Albany’s many prides, the social circle is among the first. Each face shines with a generous hospitality and each hand extends the grasp of wel come. There is a gentle informal affa bility In tlie very Artesiau atmosphere that is adapted to true social develop ment. As well as the refining touch of the artist, you justly claim the con noisseur.. Your artists are not mere pretentions, but artists, aud ybnr judges not apprentices, but judges. The writer examined briefly the public library white there. There are few cities the size of Albany that can boast as a good library. I was gratified to find, too, that the books were read. -The best of books are useless If packed on the dusty shelves. They are food for the mind, but the mind must read and digest them. And last, but not least, are the guardians of liberty and public trust, the newspapers of Albany. Albany claims one of the best week lies in Georgia; then there are two dailies. These ever faithful wratchful powers add much to the public spirit of the town and surrounding country. We can’t mention all of Albauy’s in terests. The spectator rarely ever sees the background, he s£es~only the picture; Extravagance is never in or- On Saturday, July 18th, a represent ative of the News and advertiser, in response to an invitation /root Messrs. S. C. Mayo and W. G. i Hood, boarded the 5:30 a. m. train for Acree, on the B. A W. railroad. A party of ladies and gentlemen from Albany, consisting of Mrs. Ring- land, Mrs. Hines and her daughter. Miss Rosemary, Major Wilder and Capt. J. V. Smith, were already on the train when ye reporter put in au appearance. The threatening clouds that seemed ready to inundate the earth early in the morning began to rift as we reach ed Acree, and an hour later all appre hensions of a wet day had disappeared and the sun shone forth with renewed intensity. On our arrival but few had put in an apjiearance, the hour being very early. The ladies of our party repaired to the residence of Mrs. Woodall, one of the most hospitable and accomplished ladies of the place. I, after a visit to the stores of Messrs. Siutell & Booth and E. E. Wilder, proceeded to look up onr clever friend, Mr. Richard Skerritt. Forgetful of the earline** of the hour, I reached hi* hospitable home before hi* breakfast hour. He met me at the gate and ex tended me a most cordial welcome. In a few moments breakfast was an nounced, and, although 1 protested that 1 had breakfasted before leaving Albany, the excuse was not admitted. At the breakfast table I had the pleas ure of meeting Mrs. Skerritt (who is a most estimable and charming lady) her son, and Mr. Hanley. Soon after breakfast Major Wilder and Capt. Smith dropped in, aud for more than an hour we enjoyed a most pleasant chat. Thence Mr. Skerritt conducted us to his still and initiated us into some of the mysteries of the turpentine bus iness. At 12:30 o’clock, a goodly number of people having assembled and tlie tables l>ei!ig spread, the party adjourn ed from the depot where the young people were dancing, to the grove, where the feast was prepared. The dinner was one of tlie most delightful that I ever partook of. The barbecued meats were delicious. The salads, the chicken, the cakes, the pies, the coffee, and everything was in harmony, and I, for one. will long remember it. I was at Mrs. Woodall’s part of the ta ble and her salads, pickles, and sweet meats were so delicious a* to excite the envy of her sister, Mrs. Ringland, who claimed to have made them her self. I pretended to believe her, but Mrs. Woodall understood me. From the table the party returned to the depot w’hen dancing w*a* re sumed and kept up till a late hour in the afternoon. Messrs. Hanlou, of the Medium; and* Allen, of the Sumner Free Trader, sur passed their feats at the table when they entered the giddy mazes of the dance. This barbecue was oiie of the pleasantest I ever attended, and many of the best citizens of Dougherty and Worth counties were present, accom panied by their families, and, through out the day, not an unpleasant inci dent occurred. There are three stores at Acree now*, besides Mr. Skerritt’s commissary. In addition to these two more are being bnilt and one nearly finished. There is also a large saw’ mill going up and will be completed by the middle of August. Mr. E. E. Wilder is the ef ficient depot agent and postmaster at Acree. He also has a nice store and is doing a good business. Sintell & Booth who are also merchandizing here are clever gentlemen and doing well. Mr. S. Ratliff also has a store here con- vlucted by Mr. Wallace. Mr. A. N. Hill is building and will open a stock of goods next week. Mr. J. W. Pin son will open bis store in the early fall. Mr. J. T. Mayo is the owner of the mill above referred to. A JFALOUS BABY’S CRIME Dangers off Jealousies Among the Infants off a Household. From Babyhood. The case of the four-year-old girl who nearly succeeded in killing her baby brother at Port Jefferson, L. I., brings vividly to the memory of elder ly readers the story of the English wo man of rank, eminent for learning, who was uever known to smile from the moment she appreciated the conse quences of a fit of childish jealousy. The Countess was but five years of age when a baby sister wa* born, and servant* and visitors began the sense less, cruel badinage of “nose out of joint,” which, unfortunately, has not ; gone out of fashion. The poor child, driven desperate one day by the jeers of a maid, fled to her mother’s chamber, and was met at the door by a nurse, who ordered her away. Returning in a passion of tears to the nursery, she was greeted by fresh taunts and “I told you your mamma did not love you now!” The maid was pressing out some garments for the new-comer at a table while she talked, and the infuriated little girl, catching up a flatiron, hurled it upon the head of the baby as it lay in the cradle. The shock was fatal to the invalid mother. She and the infant were buried together. It cannot be too strongly impressed upon the minds of little children that the advent of the latest born is a com mon blessing to the household. The mother who bemoans herself in the hearing of the elder brother or sister over the Increase in her cares, or the father who remarks that this indul gence or that luxury can not be afford ed now that there is another mouth, to feed, is sowing thistles and tares in fertile soil. The tenth child ha.* as good a right to be born as the first, and if be is less welcome by reason of straitened means, the last persons to suspect this should be his predecessors in tiie nursery. Still more reprehen sible is the time-(dl«)-honored figment that his coming can rob the others of their share of paternal affection. Such talk L* worse than foolish. It is as wicked as it is false. Rives,<Ga., July 20,: 1885. Tlie Gubernatorial race In yet more j than a year off, and while to 'sbme U { might appear premature to-open the! campaign this early, yet, If Southern Georgia expect* to he recognized and £et what justly belongs to her*—the Governorship, It is hone too early to begin a thorough organization anil; with that, possessing the balance of ntfer, ; as we undoubtedly do between !, Northern anil Eastern Geor gia. Veeau go, then, ami demand out rights without fear of any other part of the State daring to. ddspDe them. , • 1 r ' Other eeetiohs have been grooming tbeKr^nAfevef ataoa3fc»DMtW.'4. inaur guration, and shall we qonsent longer to be mere aero to, niaQr me choice ot whomsoever the ttilance of the State may thrust upon ns," and be scared 1 tato siibjertion by Macon's and Savan- 1 nab’8 cry of the “Atlanta ring.” That there is such a thing, no one—will de ny, yet why should we unite to help Macon nominate Bacon, any more than Macon should yield and help us nomi nate Wooten, of Calhoun, or Hammond of Thomas, for without anv disparage ment of Maj. Bacon’s claims, either of the gentlemen is his peer, while we have others equally gifted. Let us go and take our rights. We can do so by being united, and it is naught but right that we should be taunted with our serfdom if we refuse longer to demand them. West DotouEHTY. THE LOCAL OPTION BILL. Passe, the Boose by 111* Yea.X. 81 Nays. The following is the bill as it passed the House: On Saturday. A BILL, To be entitled an Act to provide for preventing the evils ot intemperance by local option in any county in this State by submitting the question of prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquors to the qualified voters of sue! county; to protide penalties for its violation, and for other purposes. Section 1. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact, That upon application by petitition signed by one-tenth of the voters who arc qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly in any county, tlie Ordinary shall order au election to be held at the places of holding elec tions for members of the General As sembly, or to take place within forty days after the reception of such peti tion. to determine whether or not such spirituous liquors as are mentioned in the sixth section of this act shall he sold within the limits of such county; Provided, that no election held under this act shall be bejd in any month in which general elections are held; so that such elections as are held under this act shall be separate and distinct from any other election whatever; Provided, further, that the Ordinary shall determine upon the sufficiency of the petition presented by the tax hooks of the year before. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That notice of such elections to be held as are by this act provided shall be pub lished once a week for four weeks in the official organ or organs of the Or dinary aud Sheriff of the county where such elections are to be held aud such other notice may he given as the Or- Alwayi Preferred Wllta Tried When they once become acquu with it, ladies invariably prefer Par- j ker’s Hair Balsam to any similar pre dinary may think proper to give gei eral publicity to the election. Such elections shall be held under the same regulations as are now prescribed by law for holding elections for members of the General Assembly; except as otherwise provided by this act. All persons qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly are qnnlfied to vote under the provisions of this act; provided, that they have actually resided within the territory limits to be affected thereby at 1 a t six months next preceding the election; provided, further, that all voters at elections held under this act, shall be required to cast their ballots in their own militia districts. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That all persons voting at elections held under the provisions or this Act, who are against the sale of such intoxicat ing liquors mentioned in the sixth sec tion of this Act, shall have written or printed on their ballots “Against the sale,” and all'who favor the sale of the articles mentioned in said sixth sec tion shall have writteu or printed on their ballots “For the sale.” Sec. 4. Be it further enacted. That the managers of elections held as by this Act provided shall keep, or cause to be kept, duplicate lists of voters and tally sheets, and it shall be the duty of the managers to deliver one list of the voters and tally sheets to the clerk of the Snperior Court, to be filed in his office, and one list of the voters' bal lots and tally sheets to tlie Ordinary, who shall carefully consolidate tlie re turns and decide all qnestionsand con tests arising from elections held by virtue of tills Act. If the resnltof any election shall be “against the sale,” the Ordinary shall publish the same once a week for four weeks iu the pa per in which he gave notice of the elec tion. This Act shall take effect as soon as the result is ascertained, ex cept as to vested right of persons whose annual license have not expired. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That if the result of any election held under the provisions of this act shall be “For the Sale-rooms,” then uo other electioD shall be held in the county in less time than two years thereafter, which mnst be done upon a new petition as afore said, and by otherwise conforming to this act. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted, That if a majority of the votes cast at any elec tion held as by this act provided, shall be “Against the Sale-rooms.”, it shall not be lawful for any person within the limits of such counties, to sell or barter for valuable consideration, eith er directly or indi?ectly, or give away to induce trade at his plaee of business, or fundsh at other places, any alcohol ic, spirituous or malt liquors, or intox icating bitters, or other drinks which if drauk to excess will produce Intoxi cation, under penalties hereinafter pre scribed. ” Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That section 4570 of the Code of 1882, in re gard to prohibiting the sale or fur nishing of spirituous liquors on elec tion days shall apply to all elections held under the provisions of this act. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That nothing in this act shall be construed as to prevent the manufacture, sale and use of domestic wines or cider, or the sale of wine for sacramental pur poses; provided, such wines or cider shall uot be sold iu bar rooms by retail, nor shall anything herein contained prevent licensed from selling or furnishing pure“2eo- hol for medical, art, scientific and mechanical purposes. 8ec.9. Be it further enacted, That no election shall .be held under the provisions of cilia act for any county, city, town or other place in this State, wpere by law the sale, of spir ituous liquors is already prohibited, either by high license, local option or other legislation, so long as these local laws remain of force. Sec. 11. Be it further enacted, That POWDER Absolutely Pure. This Powder nerer ranee. A marvel of pur- ity t strength and wholesoroencss. More econ omical than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be •oM in competition with the multitude of low , test, short weight, alum or phosphate powders. Sold only in cans. 1 ^ ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO.. 106 WALL STREET, nov4d*wly New Iqb TUTT’S COLUMN. goods PILLS AT me ES To SUIT THE TIMES A V n TO. mm TO m the sho£ crop 1 AND LOW PRICE OF COTTON^** OUR 25 YEARS IN USE. The Greatest Medical Triumph, of th* Ago! ■ « torpTduver. Dij Goods Department Loss of appetite* Bowel* cos tire* Pain in f the head* with a doll sensation In the baric part* Polo under the shoulder- i blades Fullness after eating, with adis- I »» NOW Inclination to exertion of body sc mind* Irritability of temper* Loir spirits# with a feeling of having neglected some duty, Weariness, Dizziness* Fluttering at the Heart. Dote before the eyes. Headache ever the richt eye. Restless fitfal dreams. Highly colored Urine, and i CONSTIPATION. TUTT’S PUiTiS are especially adapted to wwH cases, one dosQ otTects such a change offeelingas to astonish the sufferer. They Increase the Appettte^md emus* the i iC# Ji»c. 41.uinTsyat«n>Yt I Fl'inffl TUTT’S EXTRACT SARSAPARILLA 1 Renovates the body, makes healthy flesh, strengthens the weak, repairs the wastes of the system with pure blood and hard muscle; tones the nervous system, invigorates the brain, and in • 1. Sold by OFF [full AND COMPLETE embracing EVERTTIIINT, kept . FIRST-CLASS DRV GOODS STORE SUCH AS ■ICE 44 SI array St., NcwYorit ^■CAPITAL PRIZE, 175,000. Tickets only t5. Shares in Pro portiou. Checks, Sheeting, Osnabnrgs, Notions ' LADIES’DflESS GOOD-S Louisiana State Lottery Company. “ rVe do hereby certify that toe super vise the arrangements for all the Mantle I ly and Semi-Annual Drawings of The Louisiana State Lottery Company, ant in person manage and control the Draw ings themselves, and that the same is conducted with honesty, fairness and ih good faith toward all parties, and we au thorize i,\e Company to use this certifi cate, with facsimiles of our signatures attached, in its advertisements.” Commissioners. Incorporated in 1868 for 25 years by the Lee- I islature for Educational ana Charitable pur- I poses-with .capital of »1,000,000-0, which i roaeive fund of over 1560,000 has since beet added. - By an overwhelming popular vote its (ran- I chises was made a part of the present Stab Constitution adopted December 2d. A. I>„ IO. J The only Lottery ever voted on andendorta by the people oj any state. IT NEVER SCALES OR POSTPONES. It. Grand Sinai. Number Draw, will take place monthly. ASPLEromOPPOBTlKITT Tt WIN A EORTl.-VE. EIGHTH URAN] CLASS II. IN THE AC ADEjn MUSIC. NEW OKLEANS. Tuesday. AUGUST 11TB. 1883-183d Montim 1 Drawing. CAPITAL PRIZE $75,000. 100,000 Tickets at $5.00 Each. Fractions, In Fifths, in Pro- . portion. Fine Silks, Trimmings, Laces of all Kinds shirts. | LADIES’ AMD MISSES UN- DERVESTS, Eto. A FULLSTOCK OF WHICH WILL BE SOLD LOW DOWN. L18T OP FBIZK8. 1 CAPITAL PRIZE |75,00( 1 - “ 2 PRIZES OF |6,000 6 “ 2,000 JO ** LWO » *• 500.. 100 “ 200 300 ioo 500 •• 50.. •00 •• 25.. APrSOXIMATlON PRIZES. 9 Approximation Prizes of *750.,.. 9 - 500... ** 25*.... 1967 Prizes, amounting to Applications for rates to club6 should 1m I ade only to the office of the Company in Neu Orleans. . For further information write clearly,giving full addresd. Postal Notes. ExpreK Money Orders, or New York Exchange is or- ‘hn^ry letter. Currency by Express (all sum* of *5 and upwards at our expense) addressed H. A. DAUPHIN, | New Orleans, La., 1 or HI. A* DAUPHIN, 607 Seventh Street. Washington, 11.1 Make P. O. Money Orders payable and ad dress Registered Letters to NEW Oil LEANS NATIONAL BANK New Orieatne, La. w complete, and was purchased wiu I great rare. It you wish to bay a Nice Suit foe ! a Small Sum of Money cotae and sae us tad we will save you money. O. Z. C, rnreiomdtonert«HOTpeflHoj. >d| Wrtrrp tSSSr i&’H-Sh^iT*iU ted « « iStowU Urn.. GROCERIES! iS»S?*y^ ar • FAXCrfiKiK to ^ load lots and We buy our Gmren« » f ^ webrtro iaU can $ave ?<*» wme y “ ^ kinds of goods. any person voting illegally at any elec tion held under the provisions of this act, or etherwise violating any provi sions of the same, shall, on conviction thereof be punished as prescribed in section 4310 of the Code of 1882. Sec. 12. Be it further enacted, That all laws and j)arts of laws In conflict with this act be, and the same are hereby repealed. • and risk is incurred as thirty days trial is of XewEngland and all the Xorth are au d has no rival as a dressing. Sold by IV. E. allowed. Write them at once for ilhis- looking southward. Capital is rush- dve, not oily, highly pel fumed. 3 trated pamphlet free. Ing sonthward to mining fields and 5d cents, at druggists. ' 4 Xhe Dysppptic’n Refuge.” “I am thirty-five years old,” write* Mr. Charles H. Watts, of West Somers, Putnam Co., X. Y., “and had suffered dyspepsia for fifteen years. The current treatment did me no good. Listlessly and without hope I gave Xota Parker’s Tonic a trial. I can give the Only result in three wards: it cured me.” It will cure you. STANDS PEERLESS IN THE LIST OF Blood Remedies It is the original, the oldest and the be*t. It I is a vegetable preparation containing no mer-1 etiry or other mineral poison. An excellent I tome and appetizer, eminently adapted to I troubles peculiar to woman. It is an absolute* I ly infallible cure for every known form ol I Blood Disease and Skin Disease arising from I blood taint. The following are fair samples of hundred* of testimonials we can produce:— . Kchkconkzx, Houston Co., Ga., June 16th. I nmrthiwsA 18W.—I take great pleasure in saying I used I handle the Best Bn*d*Jjf ***f. vjjy half a dozen bottlM of O. I.C. for.«er«e | Jfe“2J£{ i ^ l sl»lf“f W FDOW* 1 _ iurascint VlI Mirkft case of scrofula of eight years’ stamiing, and I to this msi* « am fully restored to health. I cheerfull - recommend it to sufferers from Wood dk ease. s. W. Smith. rUBNlTUKE! Macon, Ga.—I have known some marvelom I cures of blood disease by O. I. C. Among l others I now recall, was a case of Syphilis of ten years standing, that come within my per- l soual observation The victim badtrW al-l most ereTy known remedy and made repeated I visits to Hot Springs without benefit* D. 1.1. { r Ca » *sa effected a permanent enre. W.H.O’Pkt. | B 9£Sr3rt*Jnit I had in my family a case of Poison Oak that I «nd price* and for teo years defied physicians. O. I. C. made | 4“ * a permanent cure. It is without doubt tb* “Gem of Bloody Purifiers.” 3. D. Ropoe*s. Agent C. R. Rm Perry, Ga. o. i. c. is a rzaPECT blood rrxiriEB. It purges the liver and all its tribuwricssnrt branches, and is a specific, an infallible ewe for all diseases for which it is recoiwaetmed DJ the company. Imever fails to make a perfect and ponunent cure. A «“^yESFlub Price *1.60 per bottle. THEO.I.C.CO fca 'SOLD IN ALBANY BY WELCH & AGAB and , - .. W. 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Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Weekly news and advertiser. (Albany, Ga.) 1880-1???, July 25, 1885, Image 1