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VOL. t. ALBANY, GA., SATURDAY, MAY si, 1892. MILE SELECTING THE QUEST. -YOUR- CALL AT THE- We offer a full line of Ladies’ and Gents’ I0ILET SLIPPERS ! in Plush, Alligator and Ouze. A full line of good and re liable 'Sloes, Shoes, Shoes < For the Ladies, Gents lisses and Children. A1 selected specially for the oc- " casion. A full line of Leather Bags Trunks, Umbrellas, etc., etc. at popular prices. Mct’s City !k Store. SIGN GOLD BOOT. Wfi E. L. WIGHT 5 CO. WENT MAD IN HI8 CAB. Aortrtrd had gatherefld* Um market place; X hath had fallen on the motley throng) Then one, a stranger youth fall fair of face. Raised up his Yoioe and seat it forth In song. 'Twas sweet, the lay, and when the end was eome The people praised tho minstrel; bade him / turn N The tune again, and some made bold to hum The dainty atr that was so light to learn. Triumphant trolled he on, until at length He, being keen of wit and sharp of eye. Did see the time was come when victory’s strength Was‘at the full, and ceased—as modestly. A chorus of regret rose as he turned To pass out on his way. Aud many pressed Upon him silver, saying, •* ’Tla well earned,” And cheered him roundly with right royal seat. 80 through tho city gates he went. And lol When he had reached the high road, at his side He saw a man, white locked, with back bent low. Who, nnthleas. trod his measure stride for stride. And then it camo to pass, that ere he knew, The minstrel found him telling, full and free. The stranger bow his hope was bom and grew That ho might e’en excel In minstrelsy. How he .tad longed for praise and found it sweet, "y i’\ * . Now it was his, but how his fear would rise Lest ho might lose it: That, alasl too fleet Might prove the glory of his fair emprise. The stranger listened. ”Lad,” at length said be, “Your song was sweet—i heard it with tho rest— But If on that you build your hope, ’twill be To see it die, or wither at the best. **When you have found what art is naught without. E’en Inspiration, then will be your lay Enduring. Aye, and all rbur fear and doubt Will vanish as tho shadesmt fcriak'of day.” “But where is Inspiration?”.asked the youth. “I’ll eeek It far and wide. Or Shall 1 Walt Until ’tis sent me? Tell me and, in truth. I’ll strive for it henceforth and prove me great.” “No one can tell another where it liee. Nor how to gain it. Only this I know: That it woro valu to’wait it—that rare prise. Best seek it, lad. Aud now adieu! I go.” 80 saying turned he back. The minstrel pressed Upon his way. And so for many years He trod the world ways, eager In his i Of gaining that which should dispel Until at last, one day when joyous spring Was waking up tho world, he stood once more And lifted up Ills voice and ’gan to sing In that same market where he’d suug before. And now, as then, all tongues were hushed and still; The crowd were silent white the minstrel sang: But when he finished, lol no cheers did All The air with echoes. No bravos out rang. The men stood grave eyed uud tho women wept, And then he sang again and straight they . smiled. Then trembled as with fear. And so he kept Them tranced ,gpd.. speechless, ’neath his magic tnild. And When ho turned to go they thronged around And plead In kiss his robe or touch his hand In humble adoration. And the ground His feet hr l trod was reverenced through the land. For he had found ”what art is naught with out,” * Found It about 1dm, here, there, everywhere. In field, In meadow where the grasses sprout; In sea and sky, in water and in air. Rare tears hod cleared his vision and he saw Earth’s shine and shadow; knew eartfTs Joy and dole; Heard note of birdling and tho bloat of war— And held humanity within his soul. —Julie M. Lippmanu in Youth’s Companion. quest 1 his fears.' Washington Street, Albany. Ga. Jus. 'S* LET’S ME i Bl! The Barnes Sale and Livery Stables, Win. Godwin & Son, PROPRIETORS. H is new buggies and the best ot ho:ses, aud will furnish you a tum our at very reasonable prices. Ac commodations for drovers unex celled. These stables are close to Hotel Mayo, on Pine street, being centrally located, and the best place in town to put up your team. Call on us for your Sunday turn outs. VM. GODWIN &'S0N. A WIU 114. IW TwIM • Trat.lMd •f Wnlan fwnfm Probably one of the most exciting incidents over known in railroading was told a reporter by Mr. Julius Smith, who has returned from a trip to the northwest. He was in Ta coma. Wash., for some time on visit, and on his return started back on the Oregon Short line. The road leads along the base of the mountains, and the passengers were enjoying a fine view for some distance, and every thing appeared to be going on nicely until suddenly it was noticed that the train was gradually increas ing in speed until it fairly flow along the rails. The passenger's began to get uneasy, but .when they saw the conductor and brakeman ruBta fran tically toward the front of the train they then know that something sen ous was the matter. Faster and faster flew the train until it bounded from side to side at a fearful rate and the frightened passengers were thrown about the cars like so many puppets. Trees and polos flashed and the train was going at a clip equal to 100 miles an hour, while it seemed only a miracle which kept it on the track. Around curves it would spin, almost stand ing the poor victims on their heads, while they were every minute ex pecting to be dashed to pieces. The conductor soon discovered that the engineer had gone mad. He stopped for nothing, but flashed past the stations at lightning speed, and for a stretch of forty-five miles the train went so fast that it was impos sible for the passengers to hold their seats. The fireman could not bo seen in the cab and it was determine, to make all effort to get to the mad man before he sent the whole train- load of people to eternity. The con ductor and brakeman crawled care fully along the tender and worked their way into the ongihe .behind the engineer, who stood with his head bare and his long hair floating baca as he gazed ahead, muttering to himself. With a blow the madman was laid on the floor and the conductor shut off steam and gradually brought the train to a standstill. The madman was secured and a dispatch sent back over the road asking for in formation regarding the fireman. It was discovered that at the last stopping place the engineer had shoved the fireman from the ei just as tho train started, and then put on full steam. The engineer was always sober and had never shown any signs of insanity before.—Kansas City Journal. Two Hard NuaM. We may point out the desperate attempts of our countrymen to get at the proper utterance of Goethe’s name. Probably the patronymic of no great man has been so widely and so variously miscalled. Among the varieties are Goaty, Gweethy, Gooter and even Gutter, to which mode our less ambitious effort was lately corrected by a superior bookseller. Tho editor of a popular journal lately gave it out, with perhaps a too liberal concession to the inflexibility of the English tongue, as “Gerty." Tho name of Marie Bashkirtseff is another verbal rock on which many a British tongue comes to grief. Have you Marie Baskt-horself- Basht-lierself? (almost everything shortaof Badgered herself) are the varieties one overhears at the circu lating libraries. A young compatriot of tho hapless heroine gave it to us us Baslikeert- cheff, with the accent on the second syllable, which some might find as difficult to utter as tlio throe sneezes and "ski” supposed to be typical of Russian nomenclature. —London Tit- Bits. Itay Hum. Bay rum is manufactured in Do minica from the dried leaves of Pi mento acris. Bay rum is procured by distillation, and this in a very simple manner. The leaves are picked from the trees and then dried; in this state they are placed in the retort, which is then filled with wa ter and the process of distillation is carried on. The vapor is then con densed in the usual way and forms what is known as “bay oil,” a very Wfcjr Inq Mm Am AImU. Ed New York dty, where the stand ard of salaries is as high perhaps as in any American city, it waa recently shown that of the young men in good commercial positions 70 per oent earned <2,000 per year and only 8 per cent, exeoodod $3,800 per year. Upon these incomes all the. home comforts of married life are possible, but only by good management. Girls with frivolous ideas of life make failures of such homes, but the earnest girl can make happy herself, her husband and her children. Into these homes our girls are daily going as wives, and it is apparent that young fnen must be careful in thoii choice, The young men whom our young women meet in the nicest homes of our largest cities are those who are earning the incomes referred to above. Large revenue are few, and if by a “desirable" ma/ringo is only meant tho alliance to young men oi dazzling salaries, just alxmt one girl in every thousand will make a “de sirable'' match. Facts such as these must be taken into consideration by the girl of today, and when they are, it will be more clearly understood why young men are apt to be fright ened from anther than attracted ta tho girl whose chief idea of popular ity is to be “smart" in her chat and careless" in her manner. —Edward W. Bok in Ladies’ Home Journal. Medicine and Surgery In Japan. Surgical operations are very suc cessful in Japan, and the healing process is rapid, owing probably to the abstinence of the people from al cohol and their not being flesh eat ers. The Japanese are unsusceptible to scarlet fever, and smallpox, which was at one time rife among them, has been checked and almost ex terminated by voluntary vaccina tion. The mortality of Tokio, a vast city which covers 100 square miles of ground, is only twenty per 1,000. The infant mortality is high, owing to the too early exposure of new born children. It is not unusual to see a week-old baby strapped on the back of a child of about eight, and sent out to lie jumbled about as its infant nurse plays and romps with other children in the street.—London Hospital. Scared Burglars by Hit* Voice. The ventriloquist, Fred Maccabe, has put his special gift to good use. Retir ing late one night he tossed about for some time unable to fall asleep, and then, healing footsteps down stairs, he felt’convinced that thieves had got into the house. Crawling down stealthily close to where they were at work he, by means of ventriloquism, began a con versation aud huHaballooin many voices, “Here they are! Bring the lights! There they go! Shoot, shoot them quick!” The j gn iall quantity of which is inquired whole gaug of burglars thereupon bolted ; for eacll punc lieon of rum. The ill panic, leaving all their intended plun- , nauu f ao ture of bay rum is carried der behind. London lit-Bits. on at the n01 . thera c , n(1 of Dominica, A Sufficient dtcoaiiiiiicndutlon. | P IOTe8 “ VC . 1 ? 1 " Cmti ^? bUS | nC f Little Dick-Aren't you goin to call | to tho8e ensaged m it, as the plants on that new neighbor across the street? j a™ Plentiful m this district.-Gar- Mamma (hesitatingly)—1 don’t know ucn an( * Forest, anything about her yet. A Logical Argument. A man was urged to take a news- pajter. I “What is the use of taking it? I B«oii« Versus Dgiit and Air. -never open it, so I don’t know what’s Better live in a house without win- 1 in it. What good would it do me?” dows than in a house without books.— “You take liver pills occasionally, Ham's Horn. don’t you?” “Certainly.” “Do they do you any good?” “Of course they do.” “Did you ever open them and find Little Dick—Oh, she’s all right. She's the mother of that new hoy I play with. . —Good Nows. More than 100,000,000 Chinese, it is said, are engaged either directly or in directly in the tea industry. The Farmer anil the Lawyer, This story is told of Charles Dick ens and Mr. Frederick Ouvry, tho well known solicitor. On one occa sion, Dickens was in treaty for n piece of land at the back of God's Hill, the proposed vendor being nu old farjner, a keen old man of busi ness and a hard nut to crock. An interview was' arranged with him ut God’s Hill for a certain evening, and Mr. Ouvry came down for the pur- poee'of being present when the bar gain was struck. Dickons and Ouvry were sitting over their wine when the old man was announced, “We had .bettor go in.” said Dickens. “No, no," said the astute lawyer— “John” (to the butler), “show him into the study and take him a bottle of old port wine.” Then, turning to Dickens, “A glass of port will do him no harm; it will soften him.” After waiting about twenty ..minutes they went into the study.. The farmer was sitting holt Mjprigbt 4n an armchair, stem and uncompromising; the bottle of .port had not been touched. The nego tiations then proceeded very much in favor of the funner and the bar gain was struck. With a chuckle the old man then tamed his attention to the port and finished the bottle.— San Francisco Argonaut. Be llroke Up the Genie. In public, as well as in private, one should ever be mindful of the rights of others. Not long since a clergy man, accompanied by two young la dies, was traveling. It was nearing the hour of midnight, yet they had not ordered their sleeping berths made up. Instead, they were indulg ing hi' a game of words—faying to see who could think of the most words that begin with this or that letter. They spent half an hour or more on “A," and then went to “B” with a freshness that seemed to indicate that they intended, despite the late ness of the hour, to go to the end of the alphabet. At any rate, that was the impression they gave to the tired man in the berth opposite, who was faying in \r \n to sleep. Presently there came a lull, when none of tho three seemed able to think of another B. Tho tired man took advantage of the lull. Parting his curtain the least bit of a space, he shouted: “And 'bores,' sir—‘bores I’ ’’—Har per’s Young People. Niglit Air. One of the bugbears of oldtime people is night air, and there is little exaggeration in saying that tho superstition against night air has killed more people than the freo circulation of it has ever injured. There is abundance of proof that night air is injurious to no one. On the contrary, people who sleep out doors under tho mere protection of a tent are the healthiest of all people, and the practice has largely gained in popularity of late years, under wider knowledge of hygiene, for peoplo in delicate health to go in camping parties and breatho tho bal sam of the night air. The vigor gained from a few weeks of such an outing is a marked proof that tho old projudico against night air is as foolish as most other old wives’ whims.— Denver Sun. An Xnfllihuiu'i Tvrrllile Ord«nl RhmI* Dwrlug IEutat. An Englishman who has resided in Russia as the director of some iron works tells a woeful story of his suf ferings at Easter, when the people welcome the feast with the old Chris tian custom of kissing each other. “For a week beforehand." he says, “they are busy boiling and painting eggs, which they are to present tc one another with a kiBS. The mo ment the clock strikes 12 the privilege or penance, as the case may he, com mences. Nobody then considers him self insulted by the combined offer oi a kiss and an egg. "In a few cases, it may bo con fesucd, the trouble is a pleasure, but whou it comes, as it did with me, to a long line of several hundred work men—mostly ongnged in charcoal burning, in the stoking and poking of fires and chimneys and otliei deeds of darkness—tho poetical and sentimental view of tho religious cus tom is completely shut out and sup planted by the intolerable annoy ance. ‘‘One may talk of the Balaklava charge, tho storming of the Redan and such exploits; think of the nerve that waa required to stand my ground before a bearded and vodka loving Mujik, with cinders in his beard aud charcoal dust in tho pores of his skin, a mail who had been breaking calcined ore perhaps nil night, and looked liko tho doubtful progeny of an African negro or a rod Indian in bis war pnint. “Think of my horror of suspense while one after another a whole regi ment of such smutty objects shuffled up to my place, each drawing a dusty sleeve across his Booty mouth, each diving to the bottom of his pocket for the painted egg, each taking off his hat and calling me down to the punishment with tho politest of hows, tho most respeettui of grins, and when the first hundred had kissed me 300 times in the aggregate, to know that another hundred hod to come after them I Here were courage and endur ance worthy of a better cause. But I should have done wrong to avoid the courtesy, and very likely should have deeply offonfled the people, to whom it was often the expression of a long cherished feeling of gratitude for favors which I perhaps knew nothing of or had long ago forgot ten." ■ W. WALTERS, ’ ATTORNEY • AT-LAW. Practice In nil tho Courts of the Albany Cir cuit, and elsewhere by special contract. Ofilcu in Ventulett Block, Washington strut. g R. JTONBft, ~ LAWYER AND REAL ESTATE BROKER. Local agent Equitnblo Building and Loan Aa- Boclutlon, Albany, Ga. 1-11-cUw-ly. C. B. Wooten. W. E. Wooten, yyOOTEN & WOOTEN, City Attfj. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. OilU’C In Vcntulett’a Block, Washington street. Albany, Ga. 2-ll-daw-ly. yy r. jonem. ' ATTOHNEV-AT-LAW. All bnsinofs promptly and persistently at tended to. onicu in Willingham's lllook, Broad street. Telephone 49. JUUO UOBVNSON, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. stroet. Albany, On. ' At DAVIS, ■ rilYSICIAN AND SURUEON. Onicoovcrll. J. Lamar A Son’s DrugStee corner Broad and Residence streets. Residen corner Flint and Jefferson streets. BONDS FOR SALE. Wo offer for sale the following bonds of the city of Albany, Un.; Bonds to be of the denomination of one thous and dollars each, and to bear interest from tlw day of their issuance at the rate of six per centuip per annum, interest to be paid annually. Bonds to be fully puld off in twenty-five years from January 1ft, 1894, and in the following manlier and amounts, to-wits' reealiar Business Methods. The amateur photographer is, even at this late day, a Bource of wonder ment to some simple minds. Just why he should ho going about taking pictures, if not for hire, is something beyond thoir comprehension. The author once photographed a mill in a country village and sent a copy ot the picture to the miller. Next year, on going that way ■gain, ho met the miller’s man, who expressed his surprise that so much trouble had been taken without charge. The photographer, expecting his joke to bo understood, said smilingly in explanation: “It is only because our business is so very large. We take so many photographs that we can afford to do them for nothing." A look of blank astonishmont over spread tbo man’s face, and then, after apparently turning tho subject over and over in bis mind, he ex claimed: “MaiBter, Oi’vo a mind to have some more pictures took of mysel’ and th’ old missus!” This was more than tho joker had bargained for, and ho hurried away without asking his subjects to sit.— "Across England in a Dog Cart.” Olilctit Pieces of Iron in the World, The oldest pieces of wrought iron now known to exist are tho sickle blade found by Belzoni under tho base of a sphinx in Karnac, near Thebes; tho blade found by Colbnel Vyso imbedded in tho mortar of the great pyramid, and a portion of a crosscut saw exhumed at Nimrod by Mr. Layard—all cf which are now in tho British museum. A wrought bar of Damascus steel was presented by King Porus to Alexander tho Great. This relic of unknown an tiquity is still preserved at Constan tinople.—St Louis Republic. A bright scholar in a Vermont school j what was in them?’ etated ill a composition that doughnuts! That made him shell out the sub- were first made in Greece. I scription price.—Tessas Siftings. Tlio investigations that are going on concerning tho origin of the influ enza have" led sorno men of seienco to conclude that a micro-organism or bacillus of ispjne kind, which lives and i^'^jimlSed through the air, is the cause’ qfvthis most troublesome disease.”'' We : don’t believe that every one thinlcs.biihself: handsome, but we do bolievfe'taat every one wishes to be. Ojtteo over Gilbert’. Drug store, lVutililnfftoia — ‘" ' 14-iUw-Iy. r-.& ■I . Uii Jan'y 1ft, 181)4, principal $4,000, intercut $9,719* “ “ <,700- [Hlglil’il.] mir 1800, 1807, 1808, 1899, lOot, 1001. ltK/2, 19. U, J0U4, 100ft, 1900, 10U7, 10(h, 1900, 1910, 19U, 10)2, 1010, 1914, 191ft, 1016, 1917, 1918, 4,0 4.000, » 4.000, 4fOOU, LOU), LOW), LUOU, 4.000, L00O, 4,000, 4,000, 4,000, 4*000, yZzj? ftjsa- ss 1949 *400' K.N.Uf.AKK, WM. Lookkyt, Mohhio Wjchloiky, f i.mnco Committee-. Ol-TlUAL STATEMENT, Purpose of Inhuo: For ..Waterworks and H •Sewerage. Total amount of Ituue: One hundred thona- - Hand doliare. Maturity: Four thousand dollars annually ” for twenty-five years, beginning Jan. K, 1994- Rate: Six por centum, payable annually* Principal and interest, whero payableu AC-; the Mercantile National Bank, New York. Issued under witat authority: Act August, mb, 1889. Section <9 of Revir City ot Albany,Ga* adopted March9 Vote: Election held April 19th, 1699. Four hundred and eighteen votes cast for bonds, and. two votes against bonds. Assessed valuation ot property for taxation* for years 1889, 1890, 1891, showing relative in— crease: 1889, $1,988^08; 1890, $2,271,169; 1891 r , $2,461,480. Bute of taxation: Seven-tenths of one per* cunt. RESOURCES; From taxation .. v $17,900* .From licenses 8,000 Othecsonroes 4jJOO» Total .$80J)00 Estimated revenue to bo derived from waterworks $ 8JKJ0 Total .$88,000 * Current expenses $20,000 • Surplus $18,000*. This U the only bonded indebtedness of the-s city. ao floating indebtedness. Population: Between fi,000 and 6,000. I hereby certify that thu foregoing statement is true and correct to tlie best of my knowledge and belief. [Signed.) W. II. Uimikrt, Mayor. Attest: Y. C. Ui'HT, Clerk. SEALED BIDS. Bids for the uforestuted bonds will bo re ceived up to June ls.,.J892, at 12 o’clock noon for tho whole Issue or any part thereof. The City Council reserves the right to reject uny or all bids. Mayor and Council, •f Of City of Albany, Georgia. CITY TAXES. Digest Nov Open for Return of Taxes. Notice is hereby given that the City Tax Digest is now open and that 1 am ready to re ceive citv tax returns for the year 1892, at my olllce in ’the Western Union Telegraph Com pany’s ofllce on Broad street. • uiiK-tf V. C. RUST, Citv Clerk, ■■ ■V - V; Richard llohbs. A. W. Tucker. Kngluiul Muy IIuvo Been it Dead Sea. The borders of the Dead Bea are now extensivo salt pans, and the water is not so denso as tlio Droit- wicli, England, brine. The fow mol lusca that arc found correspond with , the brackfish shells of recent salt! lakes, while tho ripple marks per- 1 T3n potuated in tho lower flagstones in- dicato tho near influence of tho sea tides on an expanse of muddy coast adapted for wading and estuary-hunt ing animals.—Gentleman’s Magazine. Tho Pioneer Driver of 18-13. Henry Ilowitt, of Wheatland, a pioneer of 18-13, claims the honor of having driven tho first wagon down tho western slope of tho Blue moun tains, and the second that reached Tho Dalles. It was in November of that year, the exact date he does not remember, but thoy reached Oregon City on the Bth.— Portland Orego- niflTU Hobbs & Tucker, ALBANY, GEORGIA. Buy and sell Exchange; give prompt attention to Collections, and remit ior same on day of payment at current rates; receive deposits subject to sight checks, and lend money on approved ; time papers. Correspondence solicited. FIRE IIVSUBAIVCE. We .represent a good line, of Insur-' ance Companies and write in surance on all properties.