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ABUIVA1, A.\D DEPABTUIE OF
■AILS-
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Northern Mail, .... l<Opmud «J»P»
It run* wick and Western closes W*Op "
1 Weetern opens. _ . Itttpw
Y. G. HOST. '
J.HOFMAYSRICQ.
AKE RECEIVING DAII.Y
Hew Spring Goods!
CONSISTING OF
A HANDSOME LINE
Dress Goods
Iii all the Leading Shades with Trim-
oiings and Buttons to match.
Black and Colored Silks at Hard
'rime Prices.
Just opened a very large Stock of
Torchon Laces and Embroideries.
Just Received, five more Cases of
Bleacbings and 10-4 Sheetings, which
we will sell Very Low.
Call and examine our stock of La
dies’, Misses’ and Children’s Hosiery.
A beautiful lineof Ladies’ and Gents'
Handkerchiefs.
A real heavy all linen Towel at 10c.
'fable Cloths, Napkins, Honeycomb
Quilts and Marseille Quilts we will
oiler at such prices that will induce all
to buy that are in need of anything in
tills hue.
Received all the new shades of Vel
vets and Velveteens for ornamental
work at very low prices.
J. H9FMAYER & CO.
9
Pure, Fresh and Reliable.
Everyiliingf ONew
AND BOUGHT FROM
FirstHands at BictEoltom Prices
OUR 8TOCK IS COMPLETE XX EVERY
RESPECT, AND WE OFFER TO OUR
FRIENDS AND THE PUBLIC HKST-
CEASB goods at prices as low as
ANY HOUSE IN THE STATE.
OUR PRESCRIPTION DEPARTMENT IS-
STOCKKD WITH OOODS SELECTED ES
PECIALLY FOR IT (NOTHING BUT THE
BEST).
PATRONAGE RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED.
The fishermen are getting ready for
an early opening of the spring cam
paign. Steve Price has been fishing
already, and Charley Farrington has
taken his boat from its winter quarters
and launched it on the Flint. Take
care, fishes!
Much truth Is expressed in tills:
“The road to true philosophy Is pre
cisely the same with that which leads
to true religion; and from both one
and the other, unless we would enter
in as little children, we must expect to
be totally excluded.”
A SERIOUS JOKE.
% Railroad Conductor Ar
and Locked up ( hurt
Larceny.
Ho For Savannah!
*he Jackson Light Artillery of this
rill, we are informed by Captain
lebratiou on the 3rd of May.
When conductor J. W. Ed.lV, of the { 0l,r atillery company has never been
B. & W. railroad, arrived in this city | " ff anynhere on a frolic of any kind,
at half past three o’clock iToudny af- “ J the boys naturally look forward
temoon he was arrested hr City Mar- j to ^s Savannah trip with pleasure,
sbal Westbrook upon a warrant sworn An.ee trip will be arranged for them,
-j . . ... and the News and Advertiser will
out by Mr. M. Cnue, proprietor of the have raore to n; aboat it , ator .
Barnes House, charging nfan with lar- . .
Hurd on the Bay*,
The Lumpkin Independent says:
‘Thursday, the first day of prohibl-
atteml Savannah's big ceuten- Lion in Lumpkin, subjected the “fre-
Black Onyx Jewelry, Pins, Scarrings,
Scarf-pins, Bracelets, Fobs, Chains,
etc. New York prices to close out.
2t-wed-suu Welch & Agar.
It has been . most beautifully said:
‘Truth is infinite, and we cannot clasp
it in our finite arms; yet we may live
in its light, and learn more and more
of its grand meaning, if we but slifere-
ly, honestly, and patiently tread the
straight road of intellectual virtue.”
Hoes, Hoes, Hoes, all sizes.
N. & A. F. Tin* & Co.
11 the Latest Styles
IN STRICTLY
First-Class Goods
JIJST UKCKIVKD IN EVERY DEPART
MENT AT THE
No SUCH STOCK OF
HATS, BOOTS, SHOES
Valises, Satchels, JCtc.
EVEB KEEN IN Al.lltNV Iti:
ALT. THE LATEST STYLES IN
LADIES’ AND MISSES SHOES,
AND A FULL LINK OF FINE
HATS AND SHOES FOR GENTLF,-
AND BOYS.
Don’t sny you can’t pet Kino Goods in tlic
Shoe and lint Line in Albany until you have
examined the Sew Stock at the
City Shoe Store.
We arc inaxinp a Specialty of Fine Goods
this souson, and have put the prices down to
nuit the times.
Joseph Enrlich, Ag’t.
CRINE & ROSENTHAL
DEALERS IN
GUI UOUIBUE,
Have moved into their new quarters, in
Ventulett’s new building, east side
WASHINGTON STREET,
And now |»m|ms»n to carry a LARGER STOCK,
embracing i
Dry Goods. Boots and Shoes,
Clothing, Hats, Notions,
HU'., fur ttii. City Trade.;
XTEW GOODS
For the Fall Trade now arriving daily. Come
and see us.
CRINE & ROSENTHAL
Albany, (in.. Sept. 4. m',.—nwftm
MOTHERS 1
FRIEND
flake* CHILD-BIRTH l'.n«y
The lime has come at last
when tin* terrible agony inci
dent to this very critical |*eriod
in a woman’s life ran be avoid
ed. A distinguished physician,
who pushed the greatest por
tion of his life (forty-four vears)
in this branch of practice, left to
child-hearing womauthis price
less legacy ami life-saving ap
pliance. M T11K MOTHERS’
FRIEND,” ami to-day their
are thousands of the l*est wo
men in our land who, having
used this wonderful remedy
before confinement, rise up anu
call his name blessed.
We receive letters from every
section of the country thanking
us for placing this preparation
in the reach of suffering wo
man. One lady from North
Carolina writes ns that she
would like to thank the propri
etor* on her knees for bringing
it to her notiuc, as in a previous
confinement she had two doc-
tom, an t they were compelled
to use chlorofonnAinstrumeuts.
eic„ and she suffered almo
death: hut this time she used
“MOTHERS’ FRIEND.” and
her labor was short, quick and
almost like magic. Now, why
should a woman suffer when
she esui avoid it? We can prove
all we claim by livintj tcuness-
es. and anyone interested can
call, or have their husbands do
so. at our office, and see the
original letters, which we can
not publish.
This remedy is one about which wo cannot
publish certificates, hut it is a most wonderful
liuiment to be used after the first two oi
three months.
Send for our treatise on the Health and Hap
piness of Woman, mailed free, which gives all
particulars.
The Rradfiklt) Rkgclatok Co.,
Box 2S, Atlanta, Ga.
Sold by all druggists.
: MIKRItt SALE.
G eorgia, douorertv county.—i win
sell at the store lately occupied by Uailcy
A Shaffer, on Broad Street, Albany. iVmgher-
ty county, Ga., commencing at 11 o'clock a.
m.. on Saturday the 13th day of March lsst'v. to
the highest bid'dnr, the entire stock of goods,
wares and merchandise in said store, consist
ing of dry goods notions ami carpets or in
whatever consisting, including the whole
stock and two show cases ami all other fixtures
in said store. Sold as the property of said
Bailey 4 Shaffer, under an order of Hon.
J. Qdun;, Ordinary of said county to satisfy a
mortgage rt fa. issued from the Superior
court of «}d county, S. Waxelbaum A Son,
agajusl flie sajd Bajlcy A Shaffer. Levied on
as both said defeudants property.
w ^ f.g. Edwards.
3-d^w-td.Sheriff
A Clear Skin
is only a part of beanty;
but it isa part Every lady
may have it ; at least, what
looks like it. Magnolia
Balm both freshens and
beautifies.
Do good for your own satisfaction
Lee Superior court is in session tills
week.
The gardener mouruetb for warm
weather.
He is a poor financier who borrows
trouble.
The new hotel project is tilt talk ol
the town.
The prospect is good for a lieary
peach crop.
That big hotel project hasn’t falicu
through yet.
A fishing song for boys—“Shall wc
gather at the river.”
The town cow is a nuisance, but a
;reat necessity.
Dougherty county farmers do not
conic to town much.
Boy Dixie Flows and Fixtures al
ways on hand.
N. & A. F. Tift & Co.
’Rau for the big hotel! But don’t
forget tiie school house.
It takes a very wise man io know
how not to catch a cold.
Wood never goes a lagging in Al
bany. It sells right along.
You cannot reform the world by
taking all the fun out of it.
I)r. E. W. Warren, of Macon, is
sulleriiig from acute bronchitis.
The boring of the artesian well :tl
Americas will not be continued.
The generation born since the war
will cast their votes next October.
Hall county went “wet.” Hazen’s
blizzard was a bad “dry” measure.
“Old Hickory” Wagons are still in
tiie lead. You can buy one cheap
now at Sheffield «& Bell’s.
Now is the time to do wiiat you in
tend to do for tiie Academy building.
The Cuthbert Enterprise regards the
oat crop as a failure in Randolph
county.
If Mrs. 18SC continues to give us the
cold shoulder we will regard her :is a
boycott.
Though flattery blossoms like
friendship, yet there is a great differ
ence in the fruit.
We are decidedly of the opinion that
it is poison—killing poison. The dogj 1
that does not get it, lives.
The weather, yesterday morning,
made half the people of Albany ex
claim, “Shut the door!”
Don’t forget that we sti." inndlethe
Watt Flow, and that none are Better.
Sheffield & Bell.
Potatoes, peas, corn, fodder, hay,
syrup* and surplus crops, generally,
find a ready sale in Albany.
The Americas Itecorderasks: “Why
not change the county site from Lees
burg'to Smitliville, in Lee county ?”
When a whole people become deep
ly interested in the accomplishmeut of
an object how easy seems the matter.
Over in Terrell “the figuring” for
the Legislature has begun. Men love
to go. There seems a fascination about
it.
Broad street did not present a very
busy ap|Hiaranec yesterday. The cold
wave, perhaps, failed as a .business
Ionic.
Farmers ought to keep books like
merchants. A strict attention to this
would save money and beget business
habits.
Jean Ingklow says “nothing is so
sweet as duty, and all the best pleas
es of life come in the wake of duties
alone.”
Tiie meetings at the Methodist
church have grown in interest from
day to day, and are accomplishing
much good.
The wood work on the Academy
building has been finished, and the
plasterers are now’ at work on the in
side of the building.
Helen Williams says that “perhaps
the bitterest thing connected with the
enforced poverty of the people is the
fact that it paralyzes their pride, it
knocks them down in their own esti
mation, and thus strikes the aw fulest
blow that a man or set of men can re
ceive.
John Ruskjx says: “Not one of
my fellows can do that special w’ork
for me which I have come into the
w orld to do. He may do a higher
work, but he cannot do ray w’ork.
cannot hand my work over to him, any
more than I can band over my respon
sibility or my gifts.”
ceny.
The facts of the case are about as fol
lows : On Sunday, Feb. 28th, Messrs.
A large consignment of Jet and J. w - Eddy a«‘1 ^ley Abbott, two
~ ’ * "" ' conductors on the B. & W. railroad,
took a room together at the Barnes
Ilonse. Mr. Abbott, it seems, was
Mr. Kddy’s guest, the latter having
invited the former to spend the night
with him. lu the morning Mr. Abbott
missed $80.00 in money which he had
hi his pocket book when he retired.
Suspicion rested for a time on Will
Scott, a negro porter at the hotel.
Capt. BL X: Westbrook was sent for,
and after investigating tiie case be
came satisfied that the negro was not
guilty of the theft. At the same time
Capt. Westbrook dropped a hint to
Mr. Abbott which caused tiie latter to
watch his fricud Eddy. In due course
of time Abbott became satisfied that
Eddy lsad his money, and he fiually
boldly accused him of the theft. Eddy
at first denied having tiie money, but
Abbott was in earnest and threatened
severe puninsbraeut, when Eddy
wilted, and, acknowledging his guilt,
returned $63.00 of the niouey. He said
he had spent tiie remaining $15.00, hut
promised to make it good in a few
days.
Monday Mr. Crine, having learned
the full particular-! of the casr, swore
out a warrant before Magistrate Greer
charging Eddy with the theft, and the
latter was arrested upon the arrival of
his train Monday afternoon.
Eddy does not deny taking the
money, but says that he did it for a
joke. It looks like he carried the joke
a little too far, however, when it ap-
Itears that he witnessed the arrest of an
innocent negro who was charged with
the theft, and then went and spent
part of the money.
Eddy went to jail in default of bond
to the amount of $300.
Plow Stocks—Gate City, Ferguson
and “Old Style” Harman ai
Sheffield & Beil's.
Those who have planted melons will
probably have to plant over. The
early planted corn will also meet with
a cold reception, it is earnestly de-
‘ired that Gen. llazeu send us no more
eohl snaps, else lie will tax our pa
tience and we will have to regard hiiu
as a veritable Mugwump.
Mu. J. A. Lipsky, of Lee county,
publishes a right salty card in another
columu of this paper. We do not know
who it is that he is after, nor is it any
affair of ours whatever. The article is
published not ns a communication hut
is a personal card that * is paid for and
which we cannot, under the eircuin
stances, decline to publish.
Swedes Iron and Steel Sweeps.
N. & A. F. Tift & Co.
Tiie Montezuma liteurd expresses
itself after this fashion: “We feel
sorry for the dead little village of Al
bany. The Jtedium boilers itself
hoarse about a free bridge and a flat to
haul Worth county cotton. As we
said several weeks ago little towus like
Albany and Auiericux must -keep out
>f Montezuma’s way. We iuteud to
keep in the middle of the big road.”
When they projiosed bringingoutthe
“Fassion Flay” on the immense stage
of the Boston Globe, the principals
were discussiug the relative positions
of the characters. Said Morse: “We
will put a group of soldiers here, and
Pon ti us Pilate here, and over there
the twelve apostles.” “Twelve apos
tles,” said the Boston manager, “you
may just as well put in two dozen
apostles, there’s plenty of room.”
Wataon’* flafic Bail want
Beats the world on Files and ali kinds
of Sores, Burns, Scalds, and other in
flamed surfaces. Dr. J. A. Butts,
Buinbridf'e, says of It: “Watson’s
Balsam is one of the best healing
agents and emollient tnedica! science
has ever evolved. Of druggists at 50
cents. See ad. 13-suwtf
Tub preachers tell us that God helps
those who first help themselves in spir
itual matters. It is very much the same
way in worldly matters. Those who
want help for their town or for local
enterprises must first help themselves.
Now, let us all make up our minds
that we will have that big hotel in
Albany, and that we will help our
selves in the matter of getting it.
Then, and not until then, we are
afraid, will the success of the enter
prise lie assured.
Burglary.
From the Americas Recorder we
gather these facts: On Monday night
the bankiug house of J. W. Wheatley
& Co., was entered by a burglar. He
got in tiie back window. He bored a
hole into what he supposed was the
back of the vault,ami inserted hut gun
powder. He soon discovered that in
side the vault is a fire and burglar
proof time lock safe, and he gaveit up
as a bad job. The burglar was cap
tured in Fort Valley ou Tuesday.
Goat or cotton.
The cost of making cotton is thus
given by Commissioner Henderson
Cost of land, fencingand planting, cul
tivating, and all other exjienses, per
acre, $14.00, less value of seed, $12.00,
average yield, per acre, 250 pounds. To
make the average planter whole on ex
penses he should get not less than nine
cents |>er pound. And yet two-thirds
of the crop sells for less! While the ex
pense of supplies on the advancing plan
has added not less than 69 per cent, to
the above estimated cash cost of pro
duction ! Is it any wonder that all who
grow cotton, without makingtheir own
provisions, fail ? Wouldn’t it be a mi
racle if it should lie otherwise?
quenters” to a severe ordeal, the day
being a raw, chilly, drizzly one, just
cold and damp enough to make one
shiver to his boots.”
Souluble Pacific for sale by
it S. B. Weston & Sox.
It is a matter of pride to reflect for
a moment and think how many people
there are in Albany with cultivated
tastes. Wherever one goes is seen ev
idences of it. In what other city of
its size do you find so many elegant
pictures—pictures of all sorts, pictures
in oils, in crayon, iu pastel. Then,
too, so much lieautiful China painting,
exquisite plaeques, and—well, we just
do not know the names of them all.
We are surrounded with evidences of
high art.” Let it go on. Nothing L
more refining than this home decora
tion and ornamentation.
Dow Law Cotton Planters.
0-3t N. & A. F. Tift <fc Co.
Walt Chilled Flows at
Sheffield it Bell’s.
The man feels somewhat sick now,
who buys guano to make cotton at its
low price. But, says he, “I’ll feel
‘sicker’ if I don’t use it,”
Du. J. B. Kicklin the leading phy
sician of Wilkes county, and a brother
of the much loved and lamented Mrs.
D. A. Vason died a few days ago.
Some of the Dawsonltes say that
cotton is a snare and a delusion. Some
in Albany \vh© held it think so too.
But those who caught the rise think
cotton is king.
The School Commissioners need a
little more money to complete the
Academy building. They want it
right now, too, and we might add that
they want it bail.
W k call attention to the fact that
the schedule of the Bruuswick & Wes
tern passenger train lias beeu changed.
The train leaves at 5:30 a. ui. instead
of 11:30 as formerly.
The year 1886 has, so far, extended
only a chPlingJiahd to the farming
fraternity. Hazen must leave Wash
ington city. He and his Republican
coadjutors an; bent ou freeziug out the
country. _ _
The Dawson Journal estimates that
some $60,000 have been paid for mnlea
and horses in Terrell county this year.
And so iu all our counties. The drain
on us is tremendous. The money goes
from home.
Eagle Fire Company No, 2 tnrped
out for drill Tuesday afternoon, and
had aii extenfi've practice ou Broad
street. They did not appear to he is
very good working order, and
busted” on nearly every run and
connection they tried to make.
The snipe season is here, anti we
know a man who will feet Bill Lock
ett’s plantation that Maj. Bill Parker
can kill more of the crazy-flying
tilings, and kill them at longer range,
with his splendid gun, than any other
man in Georgia.
The Camilla Clarion says: “Mitch
ell county has a curiosity. J. W.
Ricks lives witliiu four miles of Ca
milla, nod hadu’t been to town in
three years until Wednesday.” This
is the exception to prove the rule, for
everybody else there goes to town
once a week. Indeed the balauce go
to town so often that the Editor of the
Clarion was constrained to prepare a
<-ertnon and preach in his pulpit and
through his paper on this text: “Six
days shall thou labor.” The law, he
regarded as mandatory and peremp
tory.
No medicine on tiie market, of Its
kind, has ever met the unqualified en
dorsement of the people that W ntson’s
Magic Balsam has. The medical iiro- (
fcssion endorse it, because always'
found reliable. See advertisement
elsewhere. 13-suwtf
The Graphic Nines, the illustrated
weekly of Cincinnati, in its issue of
March 13, will be of unusual interest
to tiie people of the South, as it will
publish a double-page picture of the
proposed monument, to Gen. R. E.
Lee, at Richmond, Va., together with
a portrait of the lamented dead. The
testimonial to the memory of the
great commander will cost $200,000,
and will be one of the grandest in the
country. The Graphic Veins’ illustra
tion of it was prepared under the su
pervision of the successful sculptor,
and will be a magnificent affair. In
addition, the paper will contain other
interesting pictorial and reading mat
ter. For sale by all news dealers.
Merryman’s nigh Grade Fertilizers
for sale by S. R. 'Weston & Sox.
30-w4t
Ben : Perely Poore aserts in the
Cultivator that “experimental stations
are one of the latest agricultural crazes,
and very useful they are. It is stated
that the first one was organized about
thirty-five years ago in Germany, in a
rich agricultural d strict, where a club
of farmers organized a chib to solve
certain problems, for the solution of
which by individual experiment they
had nottbetime. They secured alarm,
put a competent persons in charge, and
there by co-operative committee work
made their experiments. The im
provements was so successful that oth
er communities made a like move, and
afterward the State took it up. Now
there are about 100, such stations in
Germany, and in Belgium there are
four. Tiie English experiment bad a
different origin. The institution came
to America, however, from the German
origin. Connecticut was tiie first
Anroirmn Stare, North Carolina next.
Now there are quite a number of these
stations iu other States.”
Baldwin & Co’s. Ammoniated Dis
solved Bone for sale by
30-w4t S. B. Weston & Son. 25 cents per l>ottie.
Death oi Willie T. Heater.
Willie T., the eldestson of Capt Jno.
T. Hester, died at Ills father’s resi
dence, in tliis city, on last Sabbath, at
2:35, aged 16 years.
Willie had been a sufferer for a long
time from that fell disease—consump
tion. But the brave aud patient inau-
ner in which lie bore his sufferings but
besjmke the character of the boy.
He was a youth of the noblest char
acter, and from his childhood his life
was one of spotless purity. His was as
gentle and affectionate in nature as the
most shrinking and timid girl.
He met his death as he had lived his
life—gently, patiently, yet bravely
and firmly, and quietly took his leave
from us as one well prepared for his
journey.
Throughout his sickness he was re
markably uncomplaining, having to tiie
last the tenderest regard for the com
fort of those wliose mournful pleasure
it was to minister to his wants.
The funeral services took place at
St. Paul’s Episcopal church on Mon
day, at 10 o’clock, Rev. T. G. Pond
officiating. The Rector read the 15th
Psalm, which he said was peculiarly
identified with the departed boy. Tne
music by the choir was soft and sweet,
filling the heart to overflowing with a
melancholy teudemess.
After services at the church, the
casket, all covered with fragrant flow
ers—emblems of love ami esteem—tVas
placed in the hearse, ami borne sadly
away to its final resting place. The
funeral was largely attended—ex
pressive of love for the lost one, and
esteem and sympathy for his bereaved
family.
The News and Advertiser certain
ly adds also its deepest sympathy.
Weston’s Dissolved Bone, for sale by
30-w4t S. K. Weston & Son.
A Peep at Albany.
Veins and Advertiser:
We looked out of the car window
and saw the beautiful Flint river, and
beyond was Albany, a place we bad
seen twcuty-two years ago, but now we
could hardly 'recognize it, because of
iss growth. The first attraction to our
niiud was an artesian well at tlic depot.
We drank of its waters, and passed on
into the beautiful streets, for they arc
beautiful, and we came to another
well. We quaffed again and passed on.
“Now,” some one said, “go to the big
well,” so We went and took a big
drink front Yhe celebrated well of Al
bany, Ga., and thought, why don’t
some enterprising capitalist build a big
hotel and let the public know it, and
let them know of the curative proper
ties of the water, and Albauy would
soon bike on a booin as a health resort.
There are thousands of invalids who
could be relieved and many perma
nently cured by drinking and bathing
in the water ftoiu these wells. I say
to all invalids who can, come to Alba
ny’ and drink of the water fresh from
these wells for forty days. They can
return to tliair homes with great joy,
tor the pcreuuial springs which neith
er feels tlic summer’s drougtli nor
dreads the winter’s cold, build up the
shattered constitution, and puts new
life into the blood.
Having been five years superintend
ent of a large hospital, I give my opin
ion to the public with the hope of doing
good. Fbactical Nurse.
You will save money by buying
your Plantation Tools from us this
season. We have a large stock to se
lect from, and can suit you in styles
aud prices. Sheffield & Bell.
A New Directory for Albany.
Webbs* Directory Corps are now
canvassing tiie city for a new direc
tory. Mr. Wanton S. Webb, of Flori
da, tiie proprietor, is splendidly re
commended by the entire State press
of Florida, as among the best of direc
tory men as well as an enterprising
and reliable gentleman. The sample
copy which we have seen, (“Jack
sonville and East and South Florida
consolidated”) is decidedly one of the
handsomest directories we have ever
seen, neatly bound in red cloth with
gilt trimmings and printed in the very
best style of the typographical art. The
Albany Directory is so much for
the use of our citizens as outsiders who
are ever on the lookout for profitable
investments. The work will be circu
lated on the Hudson river and Long
Island Sound steamers, on SL John’s
river steamers, and in Jacksonville
and other Florida hotels, thus they
will come under the eye of wide-awake
capitalists at the north as well as thou
sands who yearly visit Florida. Every
advantage of Albauy will be elaborate
ly set forth iu the sketch of the city,
and is bound to attract capitalists.
As Albauy is thus to be advertised to
tiie world every one should In some
way assist in assuring success to tiie
compiler of the book. It is a good en
terprise and worthy of patronage.
BILE BEANS! What a funn;
name for a medicine!. Nevertheless
is very significant as applied to the I was going for him in dead
article. Bile, according to Webster, Some one passing saw ti
la “a yellowish bitter, viscid nauseous (Hilled tiie old gander off.
■fluid, secreted by the liver.” When J Mayor Grimes tocall
the liver does not act properly this account for fighting on
retained in the blood and Should a gander have more
the whole system, and sallow- than a “goose” who p;
ry is the result. SMITH’S! port the city gr
iS Ls a sure cure for l*il- | “goose” i:
ionsness and Hirer complaint. Price for a less offense
I _ 1 lastv in flira ctrs.1
FHhinf in the Air.
A great many fine fish were caught
on Broad street yesterday. The bit^
ing was vigorous at one time. An
oaky woods darkey had brought a
large lot of beautiful fishing poles to
town for sale. He deposited them on
Broad street, where they attracted
much attention. The price was only
a nickel, and the purcluisers were nu
merous, and represented all classes. It
was amusing to watch one step up to
the roils, carefully select one, sight it
to sec it was straght and nimble—anil
then cast it out over an imaginary lake,
and jerk it up suddenly with
flourish of triumphant success as if a
five pounder was caught. What a
blessing is the imagination. Like Bill
Arp in tlic boys deba:iug society
each was perfectly happy in the pur
suit of happiness.
Texas Blue Grass.
The great desideratum of our sec
tion is a winter grass. We have the
Bermuda grass which will put out in
early spring and grow until frost.
But frost kills it, aud it does not an
swer our purposes in winter.
Who has any information about a
winter grass? It is claimed
for the Texas blue grass that it sup
plies the winter demand and aflbrds
excellent winter pasturage until the
•spring grasses come up. Has any one
in this county experimented with the
Texas blue grass? We ofte.: see it
mentioned very favorably. But who
knows anything about It practically?
It will grow from seeds aud plauts,
and attain a nice height for grazing.
We would be glad to hear from some
one in regard to the Texas blue grass,
or any other winter grass.
lion. A. O.
Major A. O. Bacon honored the
News and Advertiser with a pleasant
visit last week. We were glad to see
him in the enjoyment of such perfect
health.
Poets, it is said, must be born poets.
But in a great, active, business repub
lic, Ike oars, statesmen must be made.
They need to go to the training school
of experience that they may he practi
cal and not theoretical.
Maj. Bacon has certainly had a large
experience in public affairs, and stands
before the people of Georgia with a
record which challenges admira
tion. nis methods in politics are clean
and when you shake hands with him,
there follows the agreeable impression
that you are shakiug clean hands.
A Card-
Leesburg, Ga., March 10, 18S6.
Veres and Advertiser:
In an aumij’iuous communication
front this place which was published
in the Albauy Medium of the 8th inst.,
it was stated that a party of “roughs
got drunk and tried to paint the town
red.” The article further alleges that
they tried to bulldoze the Marshal,
Timer, who attempted to arrest them;
and that they drew pistols aud tried to
bluff him; and that although he didn’t
hi till* that lie failed to arrest any of
them. No one. had any desire to bluff
the Marshal. Nor did he try to arrest
them, but oidy to quiet them; and he
asked them to desist, which they did.
Now, the truth is, that the whole state
ment is as false as the cowardly heart
of the author who dictated the article.
The facts iu the case are: that the party
had drank rather freely, and were in a
convivial mood, and were a little noisy.
I further desire to state, that tiie author
of the article mentioned is a malicious
and cowardly falsifier who adopts such
contemptible methods to stab a man in
the back when his craveu heart would
quail at the thought of meeting him in
a fair and manly manner. I write
this card to Unmask, if possible, the
poppy, if he has manhood enough to
come forward and announce himself.
* J. A. Lipsky.
Lent.
Wednesday was the first day of Lent.
'Fite following are the regulations for
the Roman Catholic diocese of Savan
nah : All the faithful who have com
pleted their twenty-first year are, un
less legitimately dispensed, bound to
observe the fast of Lent, which began
yesterday. They are to take only one
meal a day, except on Sundays. The
meal allowed on fast days is not to be
taken until about noon. Meat and fish
are not allowed at the same meal. A
small refreshment, commonly called
collation, is allowed in the evenlHg.
The quality of food allowed at the col
lation is milk, eggs, butter, cheese,
all kinds of fruits, salads, vegetables
aud fish. Eggs aud milk are allowed
by dispensation on fasting days and
during Lent. To those who fast, cus
tom allows in the morning a cup of
coffee or tea or chocolate, and a small
portion of bread. Necessity and cus
tom have authorized the use of hog’s
lard instead of butter for cooking. The
following persons are exempt from thd
obligations of fasting: Yoong persons
under twenty-one years of age;
women when nursing or in a delicate
>tate of health; those who are obliged
to do hard labor; the sick, and all
who, through weakness, cannot fast
without prejudice to thrir health. By
dispensation, the use of hesh meat will
be allowed at any time on Sundays,
and once a day on Mondays, Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays, with the
exception of Holy Thursday and the
second and last Saturday of Lent.
A Bad Guilder.
The small boy is hard to down. But
the Columbus Enquirer relates the fol
lowing instance:
A down town gander run down a/lot
little negro boy on lower Broad street i the
Wednesday and gave him a severe I gone and
j flapping. He got the little fellow down ] center of
Peas.
We heard a very intelligent agricul
turist Inquiring, yesterday, fora large
lot of speckled peas.
“What do you want with so many
speckled peas?”
“I want to plant a crop in peas. 1
cannot make cotton pay, at the pres
ent prices, and peas always sell.”
Yes, peas will sell, and au excellent
variety of peas suitable for table pur
poses bring fancy prices.
CHIT-CHAT.
crsotiH and TUingN in aud out of
Town,
Tiie Protractedflectin;.
The interest manifested in the series
of meetings being conducted at the
Methodist church by the pastor assist
ed by Rev. Mr. McCook, of Fort Val
ley is, for Albany, really pbeuominal.
There is great reason to hope that this
interest will spread throngk the whole
community and that many may have
reason to feel grateful to these devoted
Christian workers because of good
done to themselves or loved ones. .
Editor Ulessner.
Mr. W. L. Glessner. editor of the
Americas Recorder, paid us a pleasant
tldt on Wednesday aften oon.] He has
great faith in our section of the State,
aud thinks it but a question of time
when It will indeed blossom as the
rose. Mr. Glessner thinks that the
Ohio visitors were agreeably impressed
with the possibilities of Southwest
Georgia, and that their visit will yet
bear fruit. Mr. Glessner is social In
temperament and we enjoyed his visit.
He is an all-wool, yard-wide news
paper man.
Superior Courts.
Lee Superior Court is in session tills
week. There is not much business of
importance ou the docket. Indeed our
Superior Courts deal largely now with
trivial litigation. Much of it comes
from the Justice Courts. The crimi
nal business is largely confined to the
colored people, and the lack of money
to pay lawyers’ fees robs the criminal
docket of its interest. Tiie machinery
of 4 Superior Court is ponderous, aud
the country pays dearly for the settle
ments of disputes and wrangles. It is
a necessary evil, however, aud is one
of the penalties people must pay for
living in a civilized country.
Death or Mr. James HuuIon.
The News and Advertiser regrets
to announce the death of Mr. James
Uanlou, the father of Mr. James II.
Hanlon, editor of tiie Albany Medium.
Mr. Hanlon lived to a ripe old age,
being eighty-four years old at the time
of his death. Mr. Hanlon has spent
only the evening of bis days with us
in Albany, and has led mostly a quiet,
retired life. But he was respected as a
noble old gentlinan, reflecting his vir
tues upon all with whom he came in
contact.
The funeral services will take place
at 3 o’clock Wednesday afternoon from
the residence of his daughter, Mrs.
Mary Burton.
Improving: Opportunities.
An exchange tells how the old gen-
tleinau wished to take advantage of the
situation:
“Father,” he said, as he looked up
from the paper to the old man paring
apples, “here is an interesting item.”
“What is it, Ben?”
“Cotton is the lowest it lias been for
fifty years?”
“Land save us, that so? If you
look over them ten bushels of ’taters
to-night and finish shelling that coni
and splitting them rails to-morrow,
you might go to town and get tne
enough cotton to make a new back to
this vest. A prudent man will take
advantage of such a crisis as that.”
First-class Fertilizers for sale by
30-w4t S. R. Weston & Son.
An Honest Confession.
“Brethren,” said the Rev. Samuel
Jones in his closing sermon at Cincin
nati, “you’d better do like Chicago—
brag ou yourself aud stand by your
self;” aud then he told this story:
“At an experience meeting an old col
ored brother got up and said: *Bred-
dern, I are the meanest nigger in all
this country. I’ll steal, and I’ll tell
lies, and I’ll get drunk, aud there ain’t
a mean thing in God’s world I won’t
do.” Well, he took his seat, and then
a great big yellow brother jumped up
and said: ‘Br’eni, I have heerd Br’cr
Steve’s confession, and it’s true, ’fore
God.’ ”
Buinbridffe.
The Bainbridge Democrat sings lus
tily of that bright little city. Says
the Democrat:
Bainbridge has a bright future ahead
of her. She has been groping in the
dark for ages, so to s(»eak, but from
now on the mind of her people is fixed
upon progress aud improvement. The
biggest hotel in the South; a direct
line of rail to the Mississippi; a direct
line of rail to the Northwest: a direct
line of rail to the Gulf; a daily line of
steamboats to Apalachicola, Columbus
and Albauy; the largest saw mills in
the State; a mammoth cotton factory;
a sugar refiuery; a wagon and buggy
factory'; a government custom house
and postofliee building; and whole
sale merchants, world without end.
All of these things are on the bill aud
must be did.
Our Climate.
Editor Underwood, of the Camilla
Clarion, talks this way about the clim
ate of Southwest Georgia:
A prominent northern banker, who
lias spent many winters in the Soutn
and traveled all through Florida and
South Georgia, says he “has found our
climate a much better winter climate
than that of Florida. In the lattitude
of the latter the atmosphere Ib
too sultry and damp, while that of
South Georgia isxmrified and made
bracing by a sufficiency of frosts,
and yet is mild enough to he
delightful.” This fact is now
well attested by thousands and sustains
the theory of the medical world that
the pine region of South Georiga is the
sanitarium of America.”
Melons.
The melon growers of Brooks coun
ty wDl plant a large area in melons
this season. There Is something fasci
nating about this melon planting. Men
love it because it is a game of chance.
It is a risk, a speculation. The grower
who. loses one season w ill attempt it
the next, and trust to luck. Cotton,
at the present prices, is un remunera
tive and is a positive loss. In melons
there Is hope of a streak of luck. The
growers in this section are banking on
the protracted cold in Florida. The
crop in Florida will not mature before
the hot weather sets in which will dry
up the vines. Thus, it is thought the
Florida crop will he curtailed, and the
growers of Southern Georgia will make
Well, how do yon like him? Come, old mao.
Better the Barjrain elsewhere, il you can,
lie's young, and as spry as a goat.
**I think,” said the fanner, while looking
askance
At the bone, and then at the owner a glance—
**He in old enough to vote.” _
—Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Mallary returned
to )Iacon, yesterday.
—Milton Nobles w ill he In Albany
one night next week.
—Mrs. Cora Ansley has returned to
Iter home in Americus.
—Misa Mollie Kemp left lastSuuday
for a visit to Bronwood.
—Shear nonsense—trying to cut the
hair of a bald-headed man.
—Miss Mattie Price, of Macon, is
visiting Mrs. R. M. Easters.
—A taking title—pick-pocket. Badly
stumped—the legless veteran.
—Judge D. H. Pope returned from
Lee court Thursday afternoon.
—When a girl travels on her good
looks, she passes for her face value.
—According to the Darwinian the
ory our ancestors were all tail-bearers.
—Miss Carrie Steele has returned
home from a pleasant visit to River
side.
—Mr. and Mrs. Ed. McLaren are in
the city, guests of Mr. R. N. West
brook.
—Mr. T. M. Tickuor has been con
fined to his room by sickness for two
or three days past.
—A pension list is immortal, and like
the hair continues to grow after the
pensioners are dead.
—Mr. Lee Bloom, of Cincinnati,
after spending several days in the city,
has returned home.
—A negro minstrel, aged 115 years,
recently died in California. His jokes,
however, were much older.
—A new planet recently discovered
has been named Bettina. The Eug-
iislt of the name is Elizabeth Jane.
—There is an old saying that“ every
man carries a fool in his sleeve.*’ And
every man lets him out on occasion.
—“My iuotto is ‘Live and let live,’ ”
said the soldier as he turned liis. back
to tiie enemy and fled from the battle
field.
—Miss Lou Reid, of Stillw’ater, Min
nesota, and Mrs. Cora Ansley, of
Americus, are visiting Miss Janie
Weston.
—Happy Jack Slappy is in town.
There is not a more genial soul nor a
more popnlar drummer on the road
than Jack Slappy.
—Buttons—Missus told me to eotne
lown and tell you she was not at home.
Huffcut—Go back and tell your mis
tress 1 say I haven’t called.
—“Hanley, the fireman,is married, I
understand.” ‘‘Yes. to an old flame.”
“The next thing he’ll do will be to
smother her, or put her out, I sup-
>se.”
—“What are the last teeth that
come?” asked a teacher of her class in
physiology. “False Teeth, mum,” re
plied a boy who had just waked up on
the back seat.
—A German rushed into a drug
store on Penn avenue yesterday and
exclaimed: ‘‘Mein Gott, young man,
1 eat raw bork, und I dink dere vos
Ioes machinery in it.”
—“Does your son affect any particu
lar school of art?” asked the visitor.
‘No—yes—well, he’s painting a Bella
donna for the religious art gallery,”
replied the fond mother.
—Mr. Sterling Price is making a
business tour through Florida, and it
is rumored he will mix romance with
business, and take in the island of
Cuba before his return.
—For years John B. Gough support-
nil the widow and family of Mr. Strat
ton, the man who found him drunk in
the streets of Worcester, Mass., and
induced him to sign the pledge.
—There was a pleasant social gather
ing at the hospitable residence of Mr.
aud Mrs. W. I). Maun, Monday night,
the occasion being a complimentary
german to Miss Mary Cheatham.
—It will be noticed that in walking
the right arm swings forward while
stepping out with left foot. It is believ
ed that pickpockets were the first to
take particuliar notice of this fact.
—An exchange advertises thus:
Wanted, a strong boy for bottling.”
We have seen boys about onion time
who were so strong that all the bottles
in Christendom wouldn’t hold ’em.
—A St. Louis residence is said to
lave this door-plate on it: “Mrs.
Gibbs, Elocutionist, Poetess, Washer
and Irouer.” Well: the ^Esthetic and
the Useful ought to go hand in hand.
—Messrs. John Riple and G. S.
Watte, of Baltimore, and Mr. Eugene
Morehead, of Durham, N. C., were ai
tiie Barnes House Thursday night.
They had been out to Moreliead & Sal
ter’s stock farm.
—Mr. Oscar Neundorfer, who has
been suffering from an attack of pneu
monia, is somewhat better. Mr. Neuu-
dorfer is noted for his energy and fidel
ity in business, and we hope to see him
soon at the old stand.
—Man to friend—“I don’t like that
fellow, Sqiith.” “Why?” “Well,
some time ago I asked him to lend me
$10.” “And he refused you?” “Oh,
no; he let me have the money, and
that’s why 1 am dodging him.”
—A free translation of the heraldic
motto which Secretary Maiming rented
for liis recent dinner party, is said to
be: “The eagle does not catch flies.”
Of course not. The American eagle Is
bald-headed, 'file flies catch him.
A nofhrr in Iarmcl Goue.
Gonzales, Texas,“March 3,1SS6.
Vetcs and Advertiser:
I have just returned from a great re
ligions convention, conducted by
Messrs. Moody and Sankey, the world-
renowned evangelist and singer, in the
unique and beautiful city of San
Antonio, Texas. The services, both
in sermon and song, were soul-thrill
ing, and resulted in the stimulation
and quickening of God’s people, and
the conversion of many souls.
During my absence of several days
letters, papers, etc., accumulated,
among which was your own wide
awake journal. As 1 glanced along its
columns these words met my eyes:
“Death of Mrs. L. E. Bacon.” In
stantly my eyes were filled with tears
as a pang of sorrow cut through my
heart. As I read your truthful words
relative to the death of that Mother in
Israel, the leaves of my heart’s diary
were unfolded, and I remembered her
lovely form, her active Christian labors,
her Ghristly walk and conversation
while it was my privilege to live in
your beautiful city as pastor—her pas
tor. Mrs. Bacon was far above the
ordinary woman in refinement—and
in intellectual culture, far above the
average christi .n in the development
of saintly graces and iu efficient work
for the Master. As I have seen her
teaching her class in tlic Suuday
school, or iu the great congregation,
listening to the message of divine
truth, her gray hairs seemed to reflect
the very glory of Heaven. There are
some womeu who, in piety and purity,
grow beautifully old. Mrs. Bacon wits
one of that class. In a pastoral life of
twenty-five years I have never known
any woman for whom I had a higher
Christian regard than for her. To
kuow her and to meet her at home
and in the walks of life was more than
a passing privilege. As the sweet
aroma of a beautiful flower per
vades tiie air about us. so her Christ-
ly influence impressed all those
with whom she came in contact, in the
home, iu society, in the church. Truly
to know her was to respect, honor and
love her. There are those the remem
brance of whom comes over us like a
breeze from paradise. We thank God
that we ever kucw such persons. We
appreciate their salutary, elevating in
fluence over ourselves and others, aud
when they pass away to heaveu we feel
that if heaven is not made richer, that
earth is robbed of much fervent praver
and unwavering faith. As she has
passed away iu the golden sunset of a
long and saintly life there seems to In*
flung hack front the “Father’s House”
the fragrance of her sweet Christian
graces to inspire us to deeds of good
ness and love in the hope that we may
meet her ngaiu when the Master bids
us “come up higher.” To the bereaved
family, one and all, we tender our sin
cere sympathy.
Long ages back, one, sore distressed
and burdened
With sorrow’s weight, left upon re
cord this
Question, pregnant for all the com
ing years:
“If a man die shall he live again?”
And while we pray unfold to us this
mystery,
O, Father, Lord of heaven ami earth.
A vision rises on our sight: a crown
Of thorns, a pierced side, a cross up
lifted,
Aud iu the midst one like the soil of
mail,
While down through year on year;
aud age on age,
Rings strong and clear a voice tri
umphant:
“I am he that overeometh;
I have met and'conquered death!”
O death, thou mighty one, though
strong and terrible,
*Twas not to thee alone that we re
signed
Our mother when the dark waters
bore
Her from our sight. One mightier
than tiiou
Rode on the surging billows, and to
our
Sad and aching hearts the promise
came:
“In me ye shall have life!” O,
blessed life! O glorious hope!
Our mother lives iu heaven.
J. L. Lloyd.
From the Bainbridge Democrat we
take the following:
“A great misfortune befell Col. B.
H. Gee, of Mitchell county, iu this
citv, on Monday night last, while
stopping here as the guest of Hon. D.
A. Russel), io the death of a valued
horse which the Colonel drove to the
—Counsel—Then yon think lie struck
you with malice aforethought? Wit
ness (indignantly)—You can’t mix me
up like that. I’ve told you twice he
iiit me with a brick. There wasn’t no
mallets nor nothin’ of tiie kind about.
—Mrs. Lillie Blake raises her voice
to inquire: “Who owns the baby?”
From what we have seen of that inter
esting creature, we have no hesitation
in replying that the baby owns itself,
and the entire household in the bar
gain.
—Miss Annie G.’giiilliat, of Marietta,
who has been spending several weeks
in Albany,left. Wednesday,forMacon.
A number of friends accompanied hep
to the depot, and some of the young
men are a little pensive over her de
parture.
—Bobby is carrying an umbrella
open when it is not raining or the sun
shining, lie is asked why he does so.
“ ’Cause when it rains pa wauts it, and
when it shines ma wants it, and its
only this kind of wedder 1 kin git tef
use it at all.”
—Dr. W. L. Davis,sou of Mrs. 15. C.
Davis, has returned home from Lou
isville, Ky. The Doctor is a medic: 1
graduate, and is ready to stick out liis
“shingle.” We wish everybody great
abundance of health, bat we wish tiie
Doctor great success.
—A Troy business house advertises,
“Collars and cuffs. Full weddingouw
fits.” A Trojan wedding must bear a
close resemblance to a hall of classic
statuary, hut it must be terribly un
comfortable to marry when the mer
cury is courting zero.
—“In the Soutii we always tell these
woman suffragists,” said a bright
Southern man in Washington, “that
there is one insuperable obstacle to the
ladies votiug.” “Indeed; what is
that?” “They are never old enough,”
replied the gallant Southerner.”
—“No,sir,I haven’tseen the will,but
I propose to fight it. My uncle was
crazier titan a loon, and couldn’t make
a will.” Lawyer Fitchem—But I
drew it for him, and I know that he
bequeaths bis entire estate to you. “Is
that so? Then just consider yourself
retained to defend the instrnraent. j
propose to protect my dear uncle’s
memory to the farthest extremity.”
—In Philadelphia, where gastronomic
entertainments are the chief amuse
ments of society, “kitty dinners” are
the latest diversions. A big cat made
entirely of white flowers reposes on a
floral mat in the centre of the table;
ice cream is served in papeiriuacbe
“kittys,” and the menus, cards, favors
and all appointments possible are ar
ranged with pussy-cat decorations.
eems knocks a cup off the mantel,
shivering it into a thousand fragments.
o ^ mistress hearing the noise rushes
was locked securely in a stall to J an< ^ stands a moment stupefied by
himself ami the animal of Col G. hal- servant’s awkwardness. “Oh,”
tered and tied securely in the stable, I s * ,e cncs^intlj tears in her eyes,
and the door thereto ‘securely fasten- j “ m y beautiful old Sevres!” “Oh,” ex- good for mice.
cd Ou tiie following mornin" the claimed Jeenis, in a joyons tone, a
• ® Taphie sinile spreading, all over bis
on the ground, s
on his bead
Russell oat and
face, “I was so frightened at first
thought it was somethiLg new.”
The Circumstances •( Capture.
The Americus Recorder gives this
account of the capture of the man who
broke into J. W. Wheatley & Go’s
bankiug store:
“Tlic manner In which he was cap
tured is peculiar. When Davenport,
as he calls himself, got off at Fort
Valley he had a crow bar wrapped up
in an old pair of pants. This lie hid
under a building uear the road, unob
served by any one except a negro
womau. When he registered at the
hotel he registered a different name
from what he did when he was there
before, aud tills led to some comment.
The negro woman heard this talk, and
told about the package he had hidden.
When It was found, theMayor of Fort
Valley ordered his arrest, and his va
lise was searched, resulting in finding
a full set of burglar’s tools, with dia
grams of safe locks, and all the banks
n this part of Georgia. Telegrams
were then sent up and dowu the road
asking if any robberies has been made,
resulting in hearing from Americas.
A Winner of Thousand* Attended a
Coat.
Kansas City (Mo.) Times, Jan. 10.
Mr. Izidore Schwartz is a German
tailor, residing at 734 Cherry st., Kan
sas City, Mo. The fifth of a Lonisana
State Lottery ticket had been purchas
ed by Schwartz* wife as a birth day
present to her husband. On the 12th
inst. the ticket drew a prize, but as her
husband’s birthday did not occur until
the ISth lust., she decided to keep it a
secret, until then. Thursday night how
ever, uuable longer to liohl her secret,
she told her husband of the luck that
had befallen him. lie went to Ills siiop
after sending liis ticket away through
the Bank of Commerce, and finished a
coat on which he was working. Besides
the $30,000 drawn by Schwartz and
Benson, 31r. John W. Barnes, proprie
tor of the Diamond saloon, held a whole
ticket which drew$6,000. Altogether it
was a pretty good month for Kansas
City.
The Old Darkey and His Cold
Hock.
Fort Valley was somewhat excited
the other day by the appearance on
her streets of an honest old darkey,
Kincheu Jefferson by name, with a
two-horse lead o£ gold rock, which he
quarried on his land. The old man
says he hits sent specimens of this
rock to the “State Geography,” who
says it is rich in gold and that he
has also reports from Washington that
it is gold. A test w as made by 3ir.
Fincher, and It was pronounced gold.
The old man left his load at the Dow
Law Bank, aud says he has $130,000
worth of it in bis house. He is very
particular not to let any one know'
where he gets the rock from, and does
his work at night. It may be that
there is “millions in it”—who knows?
Newspapers.
Daniel Webster upon one occasion
said: “Small is the sum that is requir
ed to patronize a newspaper, and am
ply rewarded is its^patron, I care not
how hnmble and unpretending the ga
zette he takes. It is next to impossi
ble to fill a sheet with printed matter
without patting into it something that
is worth tiie subscription price. Every
parent whose son is away from home
at school should supply him with a
newspaper. I well remember what a
marked contrast there was between
those of my schoolmates who bad or
had not access to the newspapers.
Other things being equal, the first
were always decidedly superior to the
last in debate, composition and intelli
gence.
A NATURAL STORY.
Three Jlore Than Four.
In D*any of the Southern States the
negro farm hands work on what I
known as the share system. The land-
owner furnishes the land, mules and
farm implements and advances the
supplies. At the end of the crop sea-
sou the laborer usually gets one-third
of the product, corn, cotton, etc. A
farmer iu Sunflow er couuty, 3Iiss., in
re-contracting the first of the present
year with his laborers for the year
1885 found several of them who were
unwilling to remain with him for one-
third of what they produced. “How
much raore do you want?” inquired
the fanner.
“VVewantsa Ibrf; dat what Mister
Mitchell^ gwiue to gib lies ban’s dis
yearli.”
The farmer laughed and, calling to
his wife, asked her to bring out a cou
ple of apple pies she had just baked,
and when the pies were produced he
cut one of them into three equal parts
and the other into four and invited the
darkles to help themselves, each to a
piece. It is ucedlcss to say that the
pie that had been cut into three pieces
was tiie first one attacked.
‘Now,” said tiie farmer, pointing to
the thirds, “that is what 1 propose to
*pve you, and that,” pointing to the
fourth, “is what you say Mr. Mitchell
is going to give you; which had you
rather have?”
The darkies opened their eyes aud
stared at one another, when the spokes
man exclaimed:
“Well! dat pie business do prove dat
a free is bigger’n a to’. Whar dat con
tract, Morse Bob?”
The contract was produced and the
l:ist one of them signed it. *
I
Thorough lies*.
‘•Hurry ami Cunning are two apprentices
of Dispatch ami Skill, but neither of them
ever learned their masters’ trade.”—Colton.
A cunning n an is very often a de
ceitful one, and would gain by craft
the success to be attained alone by
honest endeavor. There are scholars
who skim along the mere surface ol
knowledge and gradual^ with no
depth of ideas or of true learning.
There are apprentices who, be
cause of a quick aptitude for mechan
ics, advance rapidly through the suc
cessive stages of the trade aud become
journeymen, but never arc ranked as
skilled workmen, because they did not
full}' master the details of the art.
There arc clerks who, adroit and
cunniug, gain promotion, blit' who,
because of failure in learning tiie de
tails of the business, fail as merchants
when they begin life for themselves.
They rely on craft and cuuning to
carry them through, instead of legiti
mate methods; they lose the confi
dence of the public, and, losing this,
they lose caste and credit.
The rankest vegetation the soonest
dies; the businessman who mounts
up too rapidly the soonest falls. Cun
uing is all right if under the control of
principle; the danger is, however,
that in the hurry to get rich it may
swing off into wrong doing. Ward
was a cunning man, ami in the hurry
to accumulate millions he wears, as a
result, a felon’s garb at Sing Sing.
Iu our intense life and activity the
principle of thoroughness is all impor
tant. The thorough apprentice, the
thorough clerk, will iu the end become
the musters.
3Iake a note of this, young men,
and apply it to daily life.
Our Country.
Alexander II. Stephen*.
From the Second Volume of Ulaino’d “Twcn
ty Years in Congress.”
If 3Ir. Stevens had maintained liis
original deVotion to the national idea
a noble course lay before him; but
when he drifted from ‘his mooring of
loyalty to the Union Mic surrendered
the position that could have given him
fame. He was rewarded with the sec
ond office in the Confederacy—which
may be taken as the measure of bis
importance to the secession cause, ac
cording to the estimate of the original
conspirators against the Union. 3Ir.
Stephens was physically a shattered
man when he resumed his seat in Con-
gross, but the activity of his mind'was
unabated. With all their disposition
to look upon him as an illustrious
statesman, it must be frankly confess
ed tliat he made little impression upon
the new generation of public men. In
stead of the admiration which his
speeches were once said to have elicit
ed iu the House, the wonder now grew
that he ever could have been consider
ed an oracle or a leader. He had been
dominated in the crisis of his career by
the superior will and greater ability
of Robert Toombs; and lie now' ap
peared merely as a relic of the past iu
a representative assembly iu which his
voice was said to have been once po
tential.
A Reporter?* Valuable Suggestion.
riiiladclpliin Press.
The Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage, when
in town the other day, said that he
ow’ed much of his success in life to the
suggestion of a newspaper reporter.
He was engaged to lecture in Balti
more several years ago, and just be
fore he was to begin his discourse the
newspaper man, who had been sent to
report the address, inquired in an off
hand way:
“Well, Dr. Talmage, arc you going
to give us many points to-night?”
“Points?” repeated the clergyman.
“Points?”
“Yes, replied the reporter, “you
won’t get much space to-morrow un
less your lecture is full of good points
that the paper can’t afford to leave
out.”
“I thought very deeply over tiie re
porter’s words,” said Dr. Talmage, in
telling the story, “and I saw that they
were full of sound wisdom. Since that
time I have always endeavored to make
my lectures and sermons and literary
work bristle with ‘points’—that is to
say, with striking thoughts and
phrases.”
To Our Vittltor*.
The Thomasville Enterprise gives
this advice to Northerners who visit
the South for health:
Do not leave for your homes too
early. April is the most trying month
of the twelve in the Northern States.
Alternate sunshine and rain and unin
terrupted mud and slush make it so.
In this climate there Is no season of
the year that will compare with April
and May, the months of flowers and
bads and fresh young grass and sing
ing birds. Tiie air is then in its balm-
est mood, the sunshine fullest of gold
eu splendor and the blood flow's freest.
The days are full of dreamy splen
dor ami the nights are simply charm
ing. Stay in the land of the pine dur
ing these glorious months, and you
will get the fu.lest benefits and the
most lasting advantage.
A Teat of SUM.
Silk goods supposed to be adultera
ted with other fibres may be easily
tested, w hen it is desirable, by immers
ing a sample in hydrochloric acid; at
least this is a ready and simple method
resorted to by many dealers in these
fabrics. The acid in question, as is
well known, is one of the most ener
getic solvents of silk, and removes it,
consequently, in a very short time,
leaving the wool or cotton unaffected,
at least for a considerable period. An
other method is to drop a little of the
acid upon the sample, when, if pure
silk, a lioie will be made, or if impure,
the threads left will indicate the nature
and extent of the adulteration.
• * *
The Sweet Spring Time.
The 31a. oa Telegraph writes
spring poettry, but warbled in p
this plantivcsong:
There ls a strong and swe
rase borne on the a
In HI* Nftlnd.
Detroit Free Press.
We were at the depot in Griflin, Ga.,
waiting for the Atlanta train, when a
colored man came along with a wheel
barrow and purposely collided with a
brother of color who was coming down
the street. There was a war of words
for a few minutes and then the one
who had been hit, limped to the plat
form and said:
“Ize gwine to hurt dat man afore he
gits firew wid me me.”
“Why don’t you challenge him?”
asked one.
“Dat’s no good, sail. Ize dun chal
lenged him fo’teeu times, an’ he’s dun
challenged me jist as often.”
“And you can’t bring about a
duel?”
“No, sah. Ebcry time I challenge
him he wauts to fight wid pitchforks,
an’ of co’se I doan’ accept. Ebery time
he challenges me I w ants to fight w id
shovels, an’ of co’se he doan’ accept.”
“You’ll never get together.”
“Oh, yes, we will. We’s edgin’
along to it ebcry day. We’ll keep dis
thing up till bimeby we’ll agree on
cotton-choppers, an’ den yon’ll h’ar
dat William Henry Washington was
ent down in his bloom at de Jnst blow.
We’s edgin’, sah, au* in my mind’s
eye I’m de head mourner at dat
man’s funeral.”
Employing a Fly.
Youth's Companion. *
Flies have a w onderful scent. If a
piece of decayed meat is placed in an
open place where there are no flies, It
will not be long before a troop of flies
will be crawling over it. An ingenious
man once made a fly serve him.
A poisoned rat had crawled under the
floor of a gentleman’s dining-room and
died there. The room, which had been
fitted up at great expense, became unin
habitable, and workmeu were ca Jed in
to remove the flooring.
But oue of them suggested that if a
bluebottle fly should be turned Into the *
room it would find the exact spot where
the dead rat was lying. The fly, being
caught and turned in, buzzed about the
room for some time. At last it alighted
upon a certain spot on the floor, and re
mained there.
“There’s where your dead rat is!”
the workman said. A single board was
removed, and the rat was exposed to
view. The fly had scented the body
through the crack iu the floor.
SENSE IN SHORT SENTENCES.
Keep your mouth shut and your
eyes open.
When a man uses high words he is
in very low btisiuess.
No man can be a thoroughly pure
Christian without the aid of soap.
The only thing that can make money
without advertising—-the mint.
The selfish man has the most pres-
sence of niiud. He never forgets liim-
sclf.-—JVTeio Orleans Picayune.
Between the “Yes” and “No” of a
woman I would not undertake to thrust
the point of a pin.—Don Quixote.
A man never loses anything by
politeness.” How about his seat in a
street ear?—Burlington Free Press.
Never borrow' trouble. The interest
you have to pay for the accommoda
tion is excessive.—Pittsburg Chronicle.
When a man has to chalk his head
and use a shoe-horn to get his hat on,
it is time for hiui to think seriously of
reform.—Chicago Ledger.
Advantage of Texas Journalism.
Texas Siftings.
Bill Snort, editor of the Crosby
County Clarion and Farmers* Vindi
cator, paid a complimentary visit to
New York not long since. After lie
had partaken of a hearty meal at a res-
laurant at the invitation of a New
York journalist, the latter said :
“I guess we will have to give the
waiter a dime.”
Give him a dime,” exclaimed Bill.
“That’s a devil of an idea. Why, in
Texas we editors don’t even pay back
borrowed money.”
—The bang covers a multitude of
foreheadiness in a young girl.
orican Aristocracy a Humbug.
Michigan City Dispatch.
The greatest humbug of the age is
American aristocracy. The man who
climbs on the top limb of his genealog
ical tree and looks down, as he imag
ines, on his less aristocratic neighbors,
is in danger. The tree may lie rotten
at the base and let him drop. After
nil, the man who said: “The mind’s
the standard of the man,” was about
right. ^ *
A RELIABLE ARTICLE.
For enterprise, push and a desire to
get such goods as will give the trade
satisfaction Hllsman & deGraffenried,
the Druggists, lead all competition.
They sell Dr. Bosonko’s Cough and
Lung Syrup, because its the best
3Iedicine on the market, for Coughs,
ColdsCroup and Primary Consumption.
Price 50 cents and $l.Pf>. Samples
free. nol
Albany Markets.
The following aro ' generally wholesale
prices, and to buy at retail higher prices
would have to be paid.
mb AWT 8 * • - ••• ■—*1
Bulk, clear rib lidea, per pound C&G14
Bacon per pound u
Usuis per pound lt&liy
.Shoulders per |M>and.
CORN AND MEAL.
Corn, white per bushel
C’oru, mixed, per bushel
White meal per bushel
FLOUR AND BBAN.
Flour, best patent, per bbl
** choice, per bbl
“ extra family per bbl
family per bbl
Bran, per cwt
LEATHER.
Country Kipper pound
•ice kip pe~ “*•—’
7 • 0
G 00
a a
G 00
1 10
Choice kl pjicr ]wmnd.
French call each J ..3 7C^4 00
Solo hemlock per pound 10
Oak hemlock per pound
HARDWARE.
Nails, basis. 10U, per keg 3 25
Bar iron, American, per pound
“ Swedes, per pound r/aj&£
Flow steel, per pound
FAMILY GROCERIES.'
Coffee, best Rio, per pound
“ common, per pound
Syrup, country per gallon
Household Hints.
Straw matting may be cleaned with
a large coarse cloth dipped in salt and
water, and then wiped dry.
Thorougly wetting the hair onceiburnii
or twice a week with a weak solution an j a
of salt water will prevent it failing I zoo. The husbandman
ou L I fence corner and hedge
The long swinging glasses arc com- the eat worm will be
ing into favor, and bureaus, dressing young corn,
tables and walls are amply supplied I The bullfrog is blowin
with mirrors. j the pipes of liis bazoo i
Cayenne pepper blown into the J prepm’mg for the first
cracks where ants congregate will di
them away. Tiie same remedy Is also
•ma ol
wind,
i hori-
ed the
I soon
g the
golden per gallon
Sugar, crushed, per pound
“ granulated, per pound
** A per pound
“ white extra C per pound....
“ brown, per pound
“ common, perpouna
Batter, fine dairy, pvr pound
gilt-edged, per pound
fair, per pound
‘ o: rg.-irin. per pound
Rice, best, whole grains, per pound
“ broken, per pound.
Tea, black, per pound ..r./.T
“ greeu, per pound
Dried Apples, per pound
“ reaches, pound
Lanl, in tierces
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Eggs,per doz....«.
Chickens, spring, each
ilens, e*ch
Beeswax, per ponnd
Tallow, per ponnd -
Fodder, per hundred pounds
HIDES AND SKINS.
Hides, diy flint, per pound
“ salted, per pound
** -green, per pound..
Deer skins, per pound
Coon skins, each
WOOL.
Unwashed, clear of bars
*• slightly burry
“ burry ......
LIQUORS.
Whisky, common, per gallon.. 1 io@l SO
Gin, common, per gallon 1 JVdl B0
" Holland, per gallon .1 C0(^2 50
Tom Cat, per gallon 2 00
Rum, New England, per gallon 1 50^2 00
** Jamaica, per gallon 1 5Wl oo
Wine, sweet Malaga, per gallon 1 25@5 oo
* Catawba, per gallon 1 2r/a/i oo
Brandy, red, common J 25^1 50
“ best, per gallon .1 500£5 oo
peach, per gallon 3 00r^5 00
*• apple, per gallon 2 09@S oo
— » ♦ 0 i. —
OUU COTTON MARKET.
The following is the correct state
ment of Albany’s cotton receipts to
date since Sept. 1,1885:
Amount stock on hand Sept 1 .’.
Received yesterday by rail
Received yesterday
Received previous to date
Total
Shipped yesterday
Shipped previous to date. ..........
QUOTATIONS
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SMITH’S
ne DiduH look i/nder tiie Table.
The Washington Ci ity Sunday Her-1
I aid relates the following:
...I m.. * ».
Colonel ilaz.
ed not .to interfere with thio perforn
anee by turning lcv.-r a Miz/nnl.
- —“I.andloni,” saiii
traveler, emerging fr
— -*- era lon*‘r f— 1 * m
ing a distinguished j fcj secure a dinner—'“Landlord, there’s
Kentucky wasfnvit-1 on e thin" you h.i\e hero that’s a«go.xl
Till!” (?) dress din-L s t i... i» a i mcr house, Chicago.” “I
f at the hotel table very srlad t»> please von, sir. What
URE Biliousness: Sick Headache In Four hours.
One doee relieves Neuralgia. The* ews and
prevent Chills > Fever, Sour Stomach > Bad
Breath. Clear the Skin, Tone the Nerses, and give
Life > Vigor to the system. Dose * ONE BEAN.
Try them once and you will never to wHtoot them.
Price, 25 cents per bottle. Sold to Drsggftts and
Medicine Dealers generally. SMI M receipt o«
price in stamps, postpaid, to any sdirssi.
J. F. SMITH A CO.,
Naaabdmrsaad Sole Praps* ST. LOUS.