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itu! VJi.nrm* Amriw% c'lu-ontclc. rimes M Smith, of Smithville ■horpo County,' Geo., is ip,. Augus- is extensive. fnrtn ( Of 1600 horos, bg'each year With*snub.products •t the soil ns nre toeflefi. for homo c6n- sumption, together with t|ie surplus Crop of ootton, shows him to be one of tee largest as well as one of-the most. Successful farmers in the South At- ; btiitife,States. , " , Up is a practical business man and fiends as a living denionstratWn of ■•ho success of tabming In the South ion ptopyrly conducfcd. JTIs plans ( wise in;' conception and satisfao- y, .in operation. Mis barn and pltfcousc'-ni'e at home, and what* yep way be the fluctuations of prices Ohiorigo, ha -is ;Safo and independ- 1 'when j ijftf ,«f hiSGfafih is planted in ootton, |to; other ,part is planted in field .ps for home consumption. That Is * .. This piifn, says Mr. Smith, and peaks from experience as well as ■that)® If followed out year hy is hound to bo successful in the rim. His ootton is oonverted ln- ady cash, and with an ahundanoe ,ifn, wheat, oats, hay, as well as tatoes, peas, cabbage, onions, eto.,.he pds, liis wage hands and tenants, ills a, ooiisiderahle quantity, and II has a sufficient amount to;feed to /-horses rind mules and to the (hogs and’ cattle which further kffObd a handsome income. . hast year he raised 6000 bushels of rliiitiproof oats, which he sold for seed at'fhper bushel, after saving enough for his owii and his tenants’ use. The erage yield was thirty bushels per re. . From 700 acres ho raised 0000 ililiola of wheat. A portion of this told top tMB'per bushel. The bal- to hegr'ond iijto flour, with which brih'flrirind; teriferits were supplied, irah waafed to liis live stock,, lie 176 Iiogs which averaged 166 toilet.;. He keeps a herd of 600 e, among them being a number of gistered Holsteins. Ho Is now fat- lilirig sixty .stfeers, which lie will sell 'blatter part.of March, and which lie Inks Will average 1600 pounds , gross. pmilk* sj(veuty-flve oows; and after nply supplying his plantation, sells nantitiCsyoi milk. and butter and ds grafitffhw- more to the hogs. atoSinlfh.' thefloforei rtrithtoily c6n- era pafti and fVheat a profitable [prop.. Aside fromthfe grain itself, the [ straw .and, bran are ,valuable for the stock;.' 1 Cotton seed hiift and 'meal in ■ proper proportion, he thinks the best /food foycattle. * 1 He allows that,the average farmer i n i the Sputhia riot verp successful, but f tbis Is,'ip', many ; oases, the farmer’s BuSKaS? lVhatm Smith lias ddne ... ... .. . . , •>. i v _ tSiTon op run | llB«iM>:— to Albany niinisler” is pleasantly oritiolzeUiii'.^itcsday’s 'Htaus for taking folks i> task because they! time sermona, biit:toke no note of time ftf the dance orrit toe card table. That uiiuftter. would modestly sug gest that'lie Sva? riot talking of'thosb who .strictly; obs.or.ve their religious duties, as the oril’ic puts it, or 1 who Indulge in Jupt -ft. little harmless amusement. The pe ople in his riiihd aro riot famous for stFiotuess on these lines, nor are they' so/very particular that their amuseuient b? always harm less. Then, it is assumed that lie WoUid deny enjoyment toS the youiig. A mistake this, which hO would at onoo correct. Who can forget' that “all work and no play mak es Jack a dull boyf” But. then, i play of a certain kind, and in the woe pma’hours, is a shifty fellow, Pot over modest, and.apt to take more tliau his share, in fact to become; dissipation, ..which,. indeed, easily makes it that “the same flower that blooms to-day, to-morrow may be dying.” Pleasure has Its metes am? bounds, one being that It should never override duty, or dictate terms to the better part of man. A Bible-class meeting, or one for prayer, having tho soul and God fon their object, belong to the better part. No mentor of the church, or reasona ble person, who believes the Bible or fears God, should for a moment allow fun to break these up, Rnd, if he does, he should know that his fun is death to his-soul, dolling his ear to celes tial music, hardening his conscience into a stone. The point aimed at in the remark or!tiolsed was, that, it is a bad sign of health If any member of the ohtiroh can be patient for hours While playing or daneing, and yet grudge his soiil an honest Sunday morning’s recreation in the house of God. As Aito.iKV Mixisthu. fn.VMK UARBV. toWU.-fauit.' : fcanndtbh disputed. Starting 'at/the [tolose.offile wkvWithout a do,Uar, ho i now owns.-'. Ills' fine plantation, well j: stocked, opi which a private railroad \fifteen-mVio'e iis length;Is operated, and | otiierwito.is supplied with every ad- I vantage,/ What he has done others ban \ do. He bdvises - them to. live within [ their income and abandon the'oredit system.- Cotton has declined 30 per 1 cent, hutlby rednoing expenses 3p per '"rit.;thef wifi keep,tori/-a level. If By raise their own supplies ft home,’ | they may riot'handle s‘o Ulrich. money, fc but ,they will still be better off, In I two years this plan would show grati- ; fying results. ‘- jtior" iircihese the hardest times which [itlie South has ever seen. Mr. £ Smith remembers that in 1848 when,he orimo to .Augusta, cotton sold at4.it cents, and good shirting was Ifioiisideferi high-it ift./ cents. Timqr f were then hiird, Jrideed, ... ’ ' ’I h'p.apimua of hSsr.tguroontis oom i tamed inlthe advice chat farmers “raise tv t' Jung for man and ho: at at homes" • Theroby. hangs all the law tWjShSpel. lie believes it arit. f .demohBtHfted, it. There IB much f the; above which- Ovcry , farmer in Georgia and Carolina should take riirip with him. The facts- should B burned into'Ills heart until he re- n “' ‘’ " ,1 * y -ban arid uipst'-'llve at K]home, andWhen carefnl plans deligent- l/lyeiccufed on this Jiue become gener- I althroughout, the South .many of the f-biUmefica} Opp'rossiorir which distress r the fnvmer will bo exploded; tho real; (tries -be i'e medied, and; sdHisiftfMniiig 'trid-iiidependeat/he will rifle lit on b/itobd-tido.of prosperity.' If Hp are. considering, a sug- fioti.wlilch.prigiuated at timriieet- Jaf Tvisfiarioe company. \ori Tuesday gilt; ^aud wits • discussed by the hronafeeslcas at their meeting last /grit, t<> iniyb ii tcur/mTjie'n t or prizo .. ari IJ at '.lome f.iiite in the near future. ! TI:e object is totocyiVe iritOrest iri the • fire iilefiartraeni/aftd if the laddies de- geiftrip a drill thev-will. of A .Voidy of Weight ’Jfi ncUn nud Milling-. This is distinctively the ago of trad, niavks. Nowhere is it more nppaibnt than upon tile railroads and sidetracks.. The neat aqd , attractive designs to designate their roll) ng stock by most railroads are a study within them selves. The freight cars fairly blaze nut with quaint conceits. There are the round robins of many lines, North and South) toe wliito'flttgs of the Central .railroad,! giving a suggestion, as they ; appearois floating from the mast-head, of bounding bine water and ocean breezes. The Plant system lias adopted a chivalrous design, sugges tive of the crusade,tiie Maltese cross, plain and flourished. Among the moat furiilliar of the trade marks are those cf the cold Northwest ami the suiujy shores of Georgia and Carolina. The first-gives us the Klkhart Xumber Line, the elk’s head,,, with branching bor.ns-emerging from a heart. The South oOritributes tho Talmctto Xine, with that stately and .historical palm of the' seihl-troploa, brought' out in bold reltbf. Truly tho railroads are giving us many artistic and attractive pictures tohrighten up Om dull rou tine of commerce and trafflo. POtITICS IN OBOBUIA, Prlutntjr OrRHBlratlim amt Wuclj- Ac- • * lion Adrocni«il. dek Times is in . favor of iical action among the Dem ■'Georgia, and on this line TheBn early pul ocraft of saygi-^t ; ‘iprimary organization of the T)emt>- oratio forces ought soon to begin Fublic.soritimerit must he sounded and given expression. Thin can be dolus oiily hy toe people meetfng; and, then, riot by any one class of people, but by the preseuec and participation of Mem- ecrats of all classes arid occupations, In this mariner unity of aim and of ac tion would he semired. IpiK-li .unity of the.-Democratic forces is the first thing tribe attended to and (.accomplished. On all sides act) ve causes are in op eration which tend to make it more difficult to align ’all'. Democrats on any specific line of act,let. that will con serve the highest-interest* Of tire btato and make home rule a perpetual bless ing. -Georgians cannpt afford to sun der so wide a part as to marshal them selves into two, or more great angry, and hitter factions, and invite the res-' toration of HepubiJcan rule and Negro domination,” . Tub first nrimber of the Thomasville - Evening News is on our .table. Mr. Albert Winter,' who Is a laleiited wri- ter and oiperienced newspaper man, is the editor arid- manager Of thtej/aper, and he announces that his .policy will be to print, first pf!all.; the news. A aiutto cage hanging with its has? unjointed. • /The bird, with goldbri; feathers riyrijing its- prison home ii) brightness, escaped to free dom on ihe" bbilling bfaste' of winter. Timt.is: What the passers-by on Jackson street witnessed ot the pretty, home of Mr.- QninCy Kawlins yesterday. ' Neal Dow, who was Born iri 1SQ4 at. Fortiand, Me, slmws so decide’dly his groat age that, news of his decease at an early date would not be surprising, Tfe lives in the city where he was born. If ie.im rents being Quakers lib wnsodu- cate.'rt; in that faith, lit ; isi<u lio whb (fillet engineer oftim Portland Fire Department, Twice; in' 1881 and 1884, hy'was Mayor of his native city. The Maine liquor law, which'was passed In 1851, was drawn by him, and liis name Is known ohiefly as that of Its author and the staunch defender of prohibi tion principles. Jo 1858 ami 1859 Mr, Dow wad a member of the Maino Xeg- islafcure. He was lit the Union army from December, 1861, to November, 1864. In 1867, 1866 and 1874 lie made, oratorical temperance progresses in England. Ho “ran” for the Fresidenoy ill 1880, and received more than 10,000 votes. The chief principles of tho Maine Ijquor law were incorporated in an amendment to the Constitution of the State, accepted hy a vole of three to one, in 1984. ■ . " ' 1 A Knrc Ulnl. For several weeks ('past what was supposed to be a large wild goose has been making its home. in 'Eawis pond, and many shots Imvo been fired , at it; Wednesday morning M r, Isaac Nowcii,' of Milledgevlllc,*who is 'visiting his auiit, Mrs. Hartwell, went Opt to, tho pond with a ■Winchester id fie bchri p n killitig the goose, 'Thehii'd had bi shot at so. often that it had bei very wild, and . it was impossiblC’to get near it. But young Newell o] ed fire up it at long range and fl succeeded in breaking, one of its wings. As Soon us it 1'onnd lt (boiild npifiy the biril took to dry land arid was captured. -Mr. Newell' brought his trophy? to tho.clty alive aud it was quite a show. It is too large a bird for' a goose, ;nud the nimost universal verdict of those who saw if was that, it was n swati. It was perfectly white, except for a greyish huejibout the head and upper part of its ipng, graceful neck. The foot ~eie Very; large and as black as jet, 1 The bird'njeasutodtoeasTy seven feet from tip to tip OF wings. Nobody hero had ever seen another bird just like It. Dr, \V. .^’ri Bacon ampritfited the broken wing,and the raraaviy was turned into Uapt. TIobhs's yard ri’here it will have access to a small artificial lake: A ISnze-Mnw Drives Awo>- n- Cthnsilf Visiter. Sometime since several persons on passing the southwest oorner of North and Jackson streets hari a weird tali to relate. It wat stated that at about midnight, a figure could be seen, lan tern In hand, apparently searching for buried treasure. When the passers-; by would approach the figure for a closer inspection man and light would suddenly' vanish/' This story was corroborated by a num'iter of people Who had to pass this way at iafe hours of the night. The-life and activity apparent at that spOtwith the constant shriek, of tho buzz-saw mingled with.thO puffing of tho little engine are Oriodgh'to quiet any ghastly vibitor. Since the busy little wood yard has.'been festal* filsbed riitt t-b,e dense shrubbery, no tales are told cf r..‘, ’.night prowlor's, iisi-’girt.rj'i, On Monday Ihioves entered Bis residence of. Go',. JoIm.F. Fort, oil .Jackson sireeti ICntrance was e/o.'ctod through one of the large parlor vyinflbws wfiich had been lert'imfasfened. Thb burg lars crossed the hah into Col. Forl’s shseping apartment, Inking therefrom bis wearingappaia] .which they. j>r'ri- ceeded to e’xatnirie far valuables. A sunt of money and an elejgrnt. gold' watch anti chain fell a. preyllo their' cupidity. The watch was on bslr- lootn in the Fbrt family, arid too price could replace it,/ The. clothing had been taken into Tim parjor .yj th(? pjgkctt .-arefully emptied. The tracks qf t,i!U burglars were traced through the front yard to a side gale, whererilisjgns v'-re lost.’ Tito' colored instances gross of Urn p cles.seeii tMW Ex-Fresiiient, Grov pmned through Atlanta on.his way hiKk home from his hunting and fish ing trip to; Xhulsiana, on tfueriijay, ami the people of (hat city'tnrnefi. out ip.full forbo to do him honor. Tho .big , Are bell was rung/til the whiatles in flti olty shrieked; arid a oarniop salute was fired ns a greeting to the distinguished Individual as lie entered) * Qeorgla'S capital city. . - : / Mr. Glevelnnd did not ieavo his car, lnit was forced to hold an informal reception anfl shake hands with ' the people. He was introduced to the rbwtl from the platformiby Governor Narthon, At first he declined to make any speech, but the surging crowd v»s so enthnslastic ami called so per- ■latently for the ex-Preslderit to say Something that 1m flnnlly yielded anfl spoke as f ol lows; “Fellow Oltlzous—I have refused a himdred invitat.lons to speak. I re fused your governor here when he came to me a few minutes ago,, but it would take more backbone than I am said to possess for me to - withstand your demands, I take this opportu nity, to heartily thank you for your cordial greeting and liospltablo wel come. I have been on a trip given up en tirely, to pleasure, and conducted in a manner as private as possible, but everywhere the Southern people have been very kind. Such expressions of cordiality Surprised me, for I know they are sinpere. I shall go to my Northern home move than ever im pressed with the assurance that the people appreciate that servant whose duty is Well dono. ..Were I to sneak further I should touch on public questions and that would be out of plrioo.bere.” SHOT TlUlbtlbn XHI! A It .11. Tim Commilieo of the Houso of ltep- reseiitatlvos havingcur relations with Chill under consideration, is that bf Foreign Affairs, of which the eminent gentleman of whom wo give a portrait is chairman. Mr. BloOnt, who rep resents the Sixth; District of Gbor* gia, resides at ilaebn; while in Wash; ington ho makes his hoiueat Wlllerd’s Hotel, Ho is a Georgian hy birth, and is in his flfty-ilfth; ;j/car, Mr. Blount Is a veteran Congressman, having served as member without break sinOa the beginning of the Forty-third Con gress. lie lies expressed himself as perfectly satisfied with Ohill’B answer to the ultimatum sent her by the United States, It is nlmoft. needless to add that Mr. Blount sits on tho DcinoOratio side ol the House, o Tine pshk-hpo. A Nrgre Boy (fee Victim s( Hie Own ' . 4larelcuaci„i. Sylvester Fierce, a Negro boy who lives down In what Is known aa “Poq'r Bow” In the southern part of the oity, was shot through tho arm and badly hurt while caretoesly handling a guii, Wednesday. From anot/mr Negro bey who was an eye witness to tho occurrence the UxiutiP learns that Sylvester Was eit- ti»g On a fence singing, with his gun -/a small single-barreled piece—In his hand. -' Negro like, he had to bent time with something while he sang, and as his gun was more handy for a baton than, any thing; else just at that time, ho In- slinotlvely rind listlessly made use of it. Qatebing hold of tho barrel near tihtt- riiyzzle ho held the gun down ^s)«s the fence, gnd bpmnienoed. -rlkeliiefenjie witif it rife an aooom- rijnierit to liis song. 'The .hammer trupk tlie fenoe hard enough to Are the gun, and tho charge passed through 's arm just ubovfe the vvrlst, tearing a hole through the flesh'and breaking the bone. The iioy was brought up town to Dr. nilsffiari for repairs. Tho wound is not a dangerous ohe; but it is a vary palnfo) one. " \i Among thy BuUden. The residence of Mr. A, P. Coles, <iri Jaoksoi) street, Is rapidly approaohing ooiripietion. The plan was'' original wlthMr/ColCB and demonstrates ex- beilenf jinsblteolnral taste.- '! ,-. Mr, Brown Is erecting a- hand some home on Fl i n t street. Among the new dwellings to bo built riy an early day arc two tor Messrs. Henry Sterne and IX G. Anglin in lfortii Albany, and ono for Mr. J. T. Coij Of tiie Central railroad; on Besid'enoe street, Tim Albany Contractors have brought honsetouildlng to a science. The rapidity of tlieir work is In mark ed contrast, to the delay of former years. . I A oottage recently oreotef|i. on Societ y .'street was completed wl thiri two weeks. The neighbors dubbed it “tlm mushroom.^ Now a firm of boiftractors are eclips ing all former records. A house being built for judge \V. T. Jones was com menced op Monday. The foundation, frame, weatherboardlag. and oelling are new In ■ place. To-day they com mence the interior finish, and on Mori- day, ouo week after the work was com menbod, they expect to turn the keys oyer ;to the owner. ' Ornezn MootJKX booked a case against John . Duncan, the colored shperiiaker, for cursing and quarreling Wednesday afiernoon. Duncan quar reled with' Dave Bohinsun. arid Hurry Wright about, a pair of -riioeb, and finally ilrew a knife and orderell them put of his shop, wliich is on OampbeiTs lane in SuHily Bottom. Officer Mooney appeared on the scone in time to prevent a difficulty,/and heard enough .to malm a case against' JhmeHiJ,. ... y /; Tub little Gpif of Xove grits in his work among the colored people of this county much more successfully than among the whites. Marriages among this generally improvident race are very numerous. Said Judge 8, IV, Attempts to Hstw the Hyntorv st lit® ttecenr Fire*. dome of the private detectives of the city, consider that they have a strong Clue to the identity of the fire-bng who burned tho Smith and Xebiin houses last week. The evidence is entirely p'rbumstnn- tial. They ehiim that W. I>. Wilkin son, who was arrested /charged with burglarizing tiie Parker eating house, Is Urn guilty party. There W nothing to fasten ( lie crime upon this unfortu nate man save tho fact that ho is sup posed to have been absent from his engine during tho! hours that the va rious attempts wore made to flre the Sniitli cottage. They consider ’the; fact.thatM’. Havmoii, manager of the bur/rieb/ rtesided ' In tile contiguous building would call him from Ills shop ' ,/iiife nlferim of fire, leaving the till igu/irded. / ; .y/' The ovidenoe’ that IVIlklnson' mlt-ted the crime of arson is bgt sl it may be that tho supiioaltlon U. . . derived , from the old maxim, “fltort a man down hill, and cveryonfe gdyr'“ him a shove.” ,/ ■ . Vv y Mn, 8am B. Wioot is an expert use V taxidermist. His lutest work In that line now ornaments his hundsorim of- flee. Perohbd upon a rustic limb a«> wili two owls, one a largehprned specimeii, the other a young bird of the saino' species with its head turned iri the most knowing"mariner, i’liese grave looking sbrooohors have preserved a!*' of their appearance, of deep ’though: and learning which has been so mark ed In all the cento*ion, that -the un dents made them eaorefi to Minerva, the. goddess of wisdom. gopd Hfeitis light, shapdy, durably/ and a plensiiro to the westtei’/ri pad Hat isn’t worth powder enough to/hlow it into perditiou..- . GOOD JlflTS At e no more expensive than f ones, but bad tots are expbrisive any price, and sensible/ n cauldn’t lie paid to wear therii. f $3.06'Hat is it perfect lift 1 " "■ It coders level heads. Ce there Can he uo ! sound ' reason for being without 1 them when you enn get.it for $3 1ST 1 Jilt o( loltoi-s : * C1U 111 Albany, ya,ior tlis 1SS2, It nut oallsd for la U 1,110 (load leltoroffloa. a«, 9 ' K nurnott, ocurr" M Essraa&i F-Miea HnnnnUF( 0~WilHo «fty* Aui H—.TTHomlor tho po»rothco fit JiimmryiTV II bo soot to TzOVi oyj. 6 .1—wSlIrttho.TocIchoh, Andrew .fat Janets,J H Jackeoo, iHubellft CScorjre John hoi). . . . Ir—.Min.Lrtucv. Jolut IrewJ». • iI~ArMtcrwa oiutnln, MlM Klla >l«i : Miuiiifl* A JlahlCf A if. Mom* N"T H.M0W ameH, Loj Mode w». Kov TUG Mcwiet;,... Manlet WUelu-U, Millie Mii;c,HfirnU2l Mary Mowbo, Craru Mozdui* P—Maria H H If . i'i! Miaaourl H4.'UtU 4 Suruh T—fJaJIle Tnvlor, 'Pom \V~-. u nn AVaUew/ T 'Vatin, Aosuyuis, ' ley. ilt-my' W'olU W ilson, Maria ; W I,Tlicr, Mlliy, . on, I'ulfy W«»- iVWtoncra.amiv son, Wviifbty V—r h ™ - . . , la culling toi* tho above Jeters iileau-.iioy «<!• ydvtikw) and gi vo date;, •.- ,v :V rtiH iKBRY,