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W I INDSTINCT PRINT I *• ' Jgjjpgf. '"'in. " - • JTJAI 4A* \ S,T*W -T/lJ ^ lu ,Bi VOL. i t URD^Y, AUGUST 13, 1892. NO. 32. ' -YOUR- rU Kill i RESENTS -CALL AT THE- lity Shoe Store. We offer Ladies' a full line of and Gents’ HON. 0. B. STEVENS LOHES lllKTElirEUAM) WRITES A I.ETTKB TO TUB HERAj.p. I j h J ~ V J Thu Hern l«l, “Dictntor” 11 ml the “Al im uy t'ontiiiKcnt” Unmllrtl Without (Sieves. TOILET SLIPPERS in Plush, Alligator and Ouze. A full line of good and re liable Idols, SdoosJdoesi For the Ladies; Gents, lisses and Children. All elected specially for the oc- asion. A full line of Leather Bajp, Trunks, Umbrellas, etc., etc., it popular prices. Mill’s City sk Store.' SIGN GOLD BOOT. E. L. WIGHT X GO. 1 INSURANCE AG’TS Washington Stmt, Albany, Ga. IT’S ME A ['he Barnes Sale and Livery Stables, (in. Godwin PROPRIETORS. I j£H is new buggies and the best ot k ;ses, and will furnish you a turn- c at very reasonable prices. Ac- nmodations for drovers unex- led. These stables are close to >t£l Mayo, on Pine street, being intrally located, and the best (ice in town to put up your team, fcall on us for your Sunday turn- tfM. GODWIN & SON. Omen ok O. B. Steve.ns, ( Dawson - , Ga., Aug. 4th, ist)2. I To the Kditor of tlui Albany Unit ami; I11 an Alftorlnl in your paper of Au gust It. yoii insinuated that I was responsible for tile special correspond ence from Dawson of August 1, to the Constitution, which says in tile last paragraph, that there will be a Split In tlie Albany Convention Au gust 17, with two nominations, Tills is like a great many other campaign lies that have emanated from over zealous men in your town—false and Mil hour foundation. [ have made no .threats. ’J'lie inter view with me in the saifie paper cltaV* | ly states my position. Many of my | friends who believe that There is u conspiracy to steal the nomination | from me, have said that it would be an outrage to which they would lint be willing to submit* No man can truth fully say tiiat I have ever bolted from a convention or nomination. I have at all times, nnd under all circum stances, been obedient to the voice of iny party.' Can the opposition to me say ns much? You further say flint l would own the “thing” if It suited my purpose; and disown it if it did not. This utterance is false, nnd I wish to say to you that I wil I not disown this “thing” either. A word to the one who cowardly dodges behind the name of “Dictator.” I wish you to under stand that. I am not posing ns a mar tyr, but simply standing upon my lights, and the rights of the people lawfully expressed—uccordlug to long established eustmn nnd party usnges. Has it come to pass that men who have stood in the front ranks of their party from boyhood' have no rights that should be respected, no matter how well established, anil when the bosses speak the people should be silent? Is this Democracy? , If so, then the ..or- ■ dcr uf (tjiipgs has been changed, .and those in authority va’n name the can didates nnd cull upon the people to come forward and nominate them If this fair and free land of ours gets to the point where the people can not stand upon a plain, simple nnd well recognized right, without being hounded down by men self-constituted ns the party bosses, who prostitute the powers of their position In the Inter est of their favbrite candidates, bolt ing when they please, violating party usages, adopting new and unheard of rules without notice, using any and all other foul means to accomplish their nefarious purposes, then say the re cipients of their infamy have no right to raise their voice in solemn protest, without being abused and villiiled, then I say tills fair and free land will not be worthy of tlie name. Yob say by trickery a few Third Party uien got together In Worth county, headed by Dr. Piokett and called me as their man, referring, I suppose, to the mass meeting held in that county on the 6th of June, which seleeted delegates to the Albany con vention for me. The same meeting se lected delegates to the Senatorial con vention which met and nomt nated Hon. W.E. Wooten, nnd to other conventions without opposition. The meeting was called nnd presided over by lion. W. A. Harris, and he was elected chair man of the Democratic Executive Committee, and still retains the posi tion, and if there was any trickery or Third Partyism that controlled it I am not responsible for it. By implica tion you charge the same to Thomas, Randolph, Clay and Terrell. Let the people who participated in those meet ings speak for themselves and answer the charges. Failing to substantiate your charges by legitimate argument or to main tain your position by fnir means, you descend into the slums of personal abuse. 1 have stood this kind of stuff till forbearance lias ceased to be a virtue. Not content with the effort to rob ine of iny lawful political rights, and to rob me of the honor due me for past and present faithful service to the party and to the people, which all honest, fair-minded men who know me cheerfully accord, you now, like a sneak thief, attempt to rob me of my good name, and to bring down shame and contempt upon myself and family with those among whom I was born and reared, for whom I have fought and labored, and with whom I expect to sleep in my grave. You say : “His very name is spurned with loathing us the leader and breeder of Third Party ism, Ocalaism and the other wicked and nonsensical isms with which he dupes his followers in the dark re cesses of their lodges.” Every one who is not affected with the same kind of insanity that yon are, knows this to be a falsehood, pure and simple. You seek to bring infamy upon my name by comparing me with Whitely and 'insinuating that bur actions were the same, and that we have received the same deserved rebuke,. In this yuu implicate all my friends. My couu- trymen, what have I done to deserve this kind of abuse at the hands of the Albapy contingent? (I am persuaded ti> believethat al! the people in 'AIbnny and Doughefty county do not agree with and uphold this contingent). 1 was simply endorsed fur Congress by tlie same people whose endorsement was sought by several distinguished gentlemen in this district. If It was such a great crime they deserve us much censure as myself. If it is a crime to be an AHinneemttn who sym pathizes will! them, but who wishes to remain in the ranks of tlie Democratic party, despite tlie efforts to kick us out, then 1 am guilty of that crime, for that Is and has been my position. If there be any freedom, if there be any truth, If there beany honor, if there be .any justice, "Think on these tilings,” Your fellow-citizen, ' O. il.,Stevens. A SNAKE IN HIS BOOT. An Adv-rtlsmiMilit ef tin, rust. The uvt of advertising is curried pretty fur in those days, hut after nil' mere is nothing new under the film, and very likely if the hieroglyphics of the Egyptian sculptures were prop erly understood they would he found to bo merely aclvurtisuiqeijts of pat ent nostrums, cosmetics and gim- cracks generally. At least its for back as the publication of newspa pers has extended the art has been always much the same. An instance is to be found in the advertisement of 176 years ago, in which were set forth the virtues of a medicine, Which cured all sorts of diseases “by promoting the cheerful Cuticle of the Blood and Juices rais ing all the Fluids from their languid State to one more florid uud spar kling, restoring a Juvenile Bloom, in creasing the animal Spirits, and evi dently replenishing the crispy fibers of the whole Habit with a generous Warmth and balmy Moisture, nnd thereby invigorating to such a De gree, as not to he imagined. It is an admirable Remedy in all Weakness of the Body or Decay of Constitution of any Kind, and even seems to keep Back the Effects of Old-age itself." This is hardly to be outdone in these days of abundant advertising, when the profession of writing ad vertisements is recognized us a legiti mate business, on a plane soniewhat lower, it is true, theoretically, than the writing of epics,- hut. equally legitimate und far more profitable,— Boston Courier. liy Good Food. Until!' A GOOD WEATHER PROPHET. Hovr » Illtor Utpiilil a Frncttaul Joker I Vi HIm Oivn Coin. ye Is just two things hi this Id that I am mortally afraid of and have no earthly, use for,"said my friend Johnny to me one day, “and they are a bull and a rattle- shake.* -This flushed through my mind when, after a hard day’s treat ing, I stepped up to tlie wagon to ex- chango my heavy rubbers for my light boots. Now ono of these boots was louiled—loadod with a five foot blacksnuko put in toil first, which one of tlio party had killed, and my foot fetched up before I got half way down that hoot. Now, I inn not afraid of snakes, but I do nothin' them in my boots exact- ly, anil especially not in the late dusk of tbs’ evening, when it is impossible to t<'U .one sitako from the other. Well I turned that boot over to seo wlir Mile trouble was, the snake shot out head first ns though alive, and I must have made a good sized jump, for the hurrah of the boys would never, end. They had scored a good one.,. 1 Now I did not own any bulls to get sq’tavo .with, but rattlesnakes. Five '.years had passed, when one flue October morning I dropped into his office. "Johnny, I un going up to old Pike; birds tiro plenty; don’t you w ant to go?” He accepted. It was a beautiful Indian summer day #8 after a successful hunt I head ed fo-- a first class well stocked rat tlesnake don. My plans were well laid. Several times during the day I asked him, “Johnny, do you know where we nre?" and after a few min utes’ thought he would locate him self very well indeed. The thought of snakes nevor entered his mind.. Finally we reached the den. I kept him fully fifty yards to the right of it, while, I .traveled right through the rocky ledge, keeping a sharp lookout. It war. uncomfort ably varm and I was sure some rat tlesnakes would bo out. Abi liere tl.ey Were' Battles all aroffiid mo, and within six feet of me laid a large diamond buck, coiled up and saucy looking. I called my paniou to me. tny, do you know where you ’Well,”, he said, “let me Bee." pOb," said I. “thore is no see about it; y- .u are right square in a rattle snake's den. Shoot that big one there—quick 1 We are square." “I could' feel my hair raise and my head commence to reel,” were his words when he told of his expert ence.—Forest and Stream. Wild Anint tilt Tji tiv Old buboons. naturally the most surly of prisoners, will i font tnlS keeper with a filial affection varying with the quality of the menu, and a first class caterer can manage to do mesticate oven such hoarders as wolves and reptiles. A German colonist of New Freyburg, Brazil, has collected a houseful of stuffed birds, that have been described by several travelers, hut in the opinion of the natives the curiosities of his museum are eclipsed by the menag erie of his daughter, whose culinary talents have charmed the souls of some of the wildest denizens of the forest, including several tree snakes (which In Mexico, too, are often do mesticated for mousing purposes) and a large boa, a formidable look ing monster with the disposition of a lapdog, that will share the children’s breakfast of milk and bread und at a signal of his benefactress will curl himself up in her apron with a su pernumerary coil or two around her feet. But on indigestion or a brief delay of the dinner hour is liable to modify the amiable disposition pf such pets, and boast trainers who keep boos for exhibition purposes generally take care to postpone tlieir performances till after meal times.—San Francisco Chronicle. Talma CritloUed the UUhop’s Legs. In the "Souvenirs de Mine. Beca- mier” there is a pleasant description of a scene which took place during her exile at Lyons in 1813. Almost every cultivated or fashionable indi vidual who passed through that city was sure to be attracted to her house. Talma, tlie tragedian, happened to bo giving some representations in the Grand theater and was dining with Mme. Becamier, when the bish op of Troyes (better known as the abbe of Boulogne) was announced. This celebrated preacher, though do- voted to literature and familiar with the works of the great playwrights, had never seen a play performed. After dinner Talma was persuaded to recite, to the intense gratification of the abbe, parts from his principal roles. In return Talma begged the ecclesiastic to repeat some passages of his sermons. When he had done so, “It is splendid, monseignenr, as far as this 1” exclaimed Talma, touch ing the chest of the preacher, "but the lower part of your body is de plorable. Clearly, you have never bestowed a thought upon your legs.” —Many fat men are too swell to wear ready-made trousers. A Despised Creature. The coyote is in reality nothing but u wild dog with a suggestion of the wolf in the shape of the head. Its scientific name, Conis a tern as, suggests its general type. It is com mon throughout the Pacific slope and is classed with “varmint,” be cause it will, in the absence of other prey, steal barnyard fowls or kill lambs and sheep. Its grayish-yel low fur, whiter beneath the body, is much like that of the timber wolf, and its pointed muzzle, sharp eyes and erect ears are foxlike. It lives by preference in the wooded districts or where it can find thickets for shelter. By day it usually remains con cealed and only ventures out at dusk when it may sometimes be seen searching about for food. It is a so ciable little uniinal, often traveling in packs and usually in company with at least ono of Its kind. When night has closed in, the coyote be comes noisy, yelping in a sharp, pro longed cry that is not unpleasant. Two of the animals often hunt to gether and are more than a mutch for a grown sheep.—Kansas City Times. Theo’ogy und Religion. The Bov. Dr. Putnam, for many years one of the ablest and most be loved of the Unitarian clergymen about Boston, went on one occasion to preach in a Now Hampshire vil lage. *He was effusively greeted by one of the congregation, who said to him: “Dr. Putnam, I am delighted to hear you again. I remember when you preached here before, some ten years ago, and I shall nover for get your sermon.” “Ah!” said the doctor, pleased to be remembered. “Wliat was the subject of my sermon ?” “I don’t remember exactly,” was the reply. "Do you recall anything in it which will help to brinjg it to my mind?” “I only remember distinctly one thing,” said the other. “You said that theology is not religion by a blamed sight I” Dr. Putnam occasionally told the story with great gusto.—Minneapolis Journal. The First Railroad Station. The first railroad Btation in the United States was the Albany termi nus of the Albany and Schenectady railroad. Up to 1842 it stood at the comer of Broad and Van Vetchen streets (now Third avenue). It is a one story building about twenty-five feet square.—Yankee Blade. A. Man Struck by Lightning Always Known Whutt u Storm I» Coining. A reporter knows a man who was struck* by lightning live years ago and has nover quito recovered. "When I was first Btruck,’’lie said, “I was dead for two or three days. Then consciousness returned, and with it a sense of most ncuto pnin. My muscles wore all contracted, and whenever I was at rest for ten min utes at a time the torture was posi tively unbearable. For days aud nights I walked tlie floor, and when 1 wanted to sleep ’I got two of my friends to’ walk with me and I slept wliilo I Walked. Seven doctors worked on me constantly for weeks and they did not alleviate tlie pain in tlie least. So I let them all go and started traveling and kept up a per petual motion. ‘ ‘Ouo thing I noticed. For two days before a rain or oleetrical storm there would be a rigid contraction of tlio nerves nnd my sufferings were in tensified. Many a tilne I have pre dicted a storm when tlio skies wore clear, nnd people laughed at mo for awhilo, but to this day I have novor missed it. After tlio storm passes there is a relaxation to a certain ex tent. After tho doctors confessed they could do nothing for mo I was in despair for awhile. Then I tried hot springs and got moro relief than from anything else. I drink water almost boiling now and it com forts me. “I am getting a little more like myself now, hut still suffer horribly at times. Tlie least exposure brings on an attack, and during one of these spells my whole, nervous system is for the time being perfectly shat tered." He was asked his recollection of tho shock. "I was standing by my house one lloudyday. Suddenly I saw a flash of light, which looked as if all tho heavens wore being opened and the stars running together. I could feel a pain as if men were sticking needles into a thousand different portions of my body at ouco, und then I knew nothing until I opened my eyes and heard a doctor say, ’He’s alive, any how, nnd that’s all. ’ It is unliko any other pain, and far more terrible to my notion.” The gentleman still '-ceps his body heavily protected from bend to foot, wearing twice the clothes sufficient for ordinary mortals, and In damp weather he piles on still more.—Dal las News. Alfred de Muaiiefc* In his history of English literature M. Table takes occasion in one of his comparisons between English and French poetry to speak in the highest terms of Alfred de Musset. An Eng lish writer who has published his tensions of prominent French men says of him that with his tall, slim figure, auburn wavy hair and beard, blue eyes and finely shaped mouth and nose, De Musset gave one the impression of a dandy cavalry officer in mufti, rather than of a poet; the “Miss Byron," which Pre- ault, the sculptor, applied to him was, perhaps, not altogether undeserved, if judged intellectually and physical ly at first sight. There was a femi nine grace about all his movements. The “Confession d’un Enfant du Biecle." and his play, “Frederic and Bernerette," were apt to stir tho heart of women rather than that of men; but was it not perhaps because the majority of the strong sex cannot he stirred except with a pole? And the poet who was so sensitive to every thing rough as to leave invariably the coppers given to him in exchange, was unlikely to take voluntarily to such an unwieldy and clumsy instru ment to produce his effects. De Musset improved on better acquaint once. He was apt to strike ono at first as distant and supercilious. He was noithertho ono nor the other; simply very reserved and at tho best of times very sad, not to say melan choly. It was not affectation, as has been said so often; it was his nature. The charge of superciliousness arose from his distressing shortsightedness, which compelled him to store very hard at people without the least in tention of being offensive. Answer this Question. Why do so many people we see around us seem to prefer to suffer and be made miserable by indigestion 1 oonstipation, dizziness, loss of ap petite, coming up of tlie food, yellow skin, when for 76c. we will sell them Shiloh’s Vitallzer, guaranteed to cure them. Sold by IL J. Lamar & Sons. (2) Woman'* Way. Wonder if thore ever was a bride who didn’t write home to her most intimate friend while she was away on her wedding tour, “And I am married to the best husband in all the world."—Somerville Journal. & r.vi.'i ! A PAM, IN PKIIMTUKK. Have you licnril tlie news ? If you have it probably took yon by surprise ; if you : haven’t it will - , i. STARTLE YOU As sure us you live. 11 ta not strictly accurate to say that there hus been a fall in furniture: it ip strictly accurate to.say that there bus been • - * •' i i» •t Mil A FALL IN Something knocked the props from under them, and down they came. Have you heard the news? We are selling our stock low, and we substantiate what .we say. It is a wholesale drop to wholesale *., • figures, a tumble to figures low enough t° carry CONSTERNATION To the heart of a manufacturer. We nre now on the eve of erecting a com fortable bouse where; .we can show to perfection OUR GOOD! v And we do not wish to move any of our present stock into this Helice, we have declared this fall in ■ WHAT Going to do about it? We answer you this question. You come and look and sec for yourself. Then if Goods and Frisco Soil And you have not all the money on hand, just say: I want to buy on Shiloh’s Catabbh Remedy, a mar vel cus cure for catarrh, diphtheria oanker mouth, and headache. With eaob bottle there Is an ingenious nasal injector for the more successful treat ment of these complaints without extra charge. Price 60c. Sold by H. J, Lamar £ Sons. (3) HHMHB * AND, WE WILL SELL IT TO YOU AND MAKE THE TERMS TO SUIT ■ -• You and your pocketbook. We have just what you want. the -'