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ALBANY, GA., SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1892.
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ENIGMA.
I wanted the sweep of the wild, wet weather.
The wind's lone lush and the rain's free fall.
The toss of the trees as they swayed together.
The measureless gray that was over them all;
Whose roar speaks more than a language
spoken.
Wordless and wonderful, cry on cry,
The sob of an earth that is vexed and broken.
The answering sob of a broken sky.
What should they toll usV Wo see them ever,
Thu trees, and the sky, and the at retch of the
IhihI;
But they give us a word of their secret never:
They tell no story we understand.
Yet haply the ghostlike birch out yonder
Knows much in a silent uiul placid way;
The rain might tell what the gray clouds pon
der,
The winds repeat what the violets say,
Why weeps the rain? Do you know Its sor
row?
Do you know why the wind is so sad, so sad?
Have you stood In a rift ‘twixt a day and a
morrow,
Seifn their hands meet and their eyes grow
glad?
1b the tree’s pride strong at its top’s abase
ment?
Is the white rose more of a saint than the
red?
What thinks tho star us it sees through the
easeiueut
A young girl lying, hcuutiful, dead?
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Misses and Children. All
selected specially for the oc
casion.
A full line of Leather Bags,
Trunks, Umbrellas, etc., etc.,
at popular prices.
A Pedestrian Peat.
If von desire to travel on foot through
two kingdoms, two duchies uiul three
principalities in the short space of five
hours and ten minutes you have no need
to transplant yourself to fairyland or
put on a pair of seven league boots. The
feat can be accomplished in the Father
land without any great exertion. You
select us your starting point t he village
of Steinbach, in the Buvurian district of
Oberfranken, a station on the Gem-
Suulfeld-Lichtenfels railway; from here
you proceed in half an hour to Lichteu-
taune (Saxe-Meiningen), and an hour
and a half later you arrive at Reuscheu-
gesess (Reuss o. 1.).
The uext halting place, Gloinm
(Scliwarzburg Rudolstudt) can be
reached in ten minutes, uiul half an
hour’s walk takes you to Altengesess
(Reuss y. 1.), From here you march on
to Drognitz (Prussia) in an hour and a
half, and in an equal space of time you
reach the final stage of your journey,
Saaltlial (Saxe-Altenbourg.)—Deutsche
Verkehr8zeitung.
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.1 WIGHT SCO.
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Rnbbeiif*> ill Apartment House*.
Flat robberies have become fashion
able. In fact, ever since t]je average
family took to "flat living” the burglar
and his associates havo been at their
wits* ends to know how to “burgle”
premises where so many eyes and ears
were open, lint either such tenants have
grown careless i \ their seeming security
or the clover thief 1 ins discovered tin*
weak points in their armor, for a num
ber of robberies have been attempted
and carried out with more or loss suc
cess. In apartment hotels, when* the
entrances are watched by elevator boys
and janitors, there is much less risk for
occupants, hut in flat houses, so culled,
the opportunity to enter and rob, unless
every precaution be taken by the ten
ant, is undoubtedly great.
It would not bo wise to indicate by
what means a very tyro of a bur _• lav
might enter half the flats in town,
though perhaps the criminal gentry
know it as well as other folks; but it is
not amiss to remind absentees of the
day or summer that New York is full of
flat thieves, and what Now York has
Boston is bound to copy, eveil to its
faults and sms. Valuables like silver
ware and jewelry are rarely left in any
house during the summer by their own
ers; therefore it is not silver or jewelry
these thieves are after. Rugs, bric-a-
brac of a portable nature, furniture,
oven, have been taken out bodily from
more than one New York flat, and hi
one instance, where the tenant had
merely gone away for the dnv, every
article of clothing, costly furs and sibc
gowns were packed up and carted off in
a wagon.
The moral of this is never to leave
home without some responsible person
remains behind to take charge and pre
vent such disaster. But, according to
the present style of living, this is al
most impossible. There must come a
time, however, when both mistress and ’
maid wish to be “out,” and only
the cat can bo mude guardian of the
little establishment. In that case the
unostentatious abode is its own best
protection, though the newly developed
flat thief may have his own ideas in re
gard to the game being worth the can
dle.—Boston Herald.
Washington Street, Albany. Sa,
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jus.
Owls Kill Many Mice.
Mr. Nicholson has issued an appeal to
landowners and country folk generally
not to kill off every bird of prey, but,
instead of nailing the skin of an owl or
a hawk on a burn door because it bears
an evil name in the poultry yard, and is
in the black books of the gamekeeper,
to preserve it, within limits, at least as
sedulously as the partridges and pheas
ants in whose interests it is destroyed.
The bam owl (Aluco flammeus) is unde
niably the farmer’s friend and by no
means the sportsman’s enemy. From
observations made during the nesting
time it has been calculated that it will
bring to its callow young a mouse about
once every twelve or fifteen minutes,
and as many as twenty good sized rats,
perfectly fresh, have been counted iu a
single nest, A nest containing five
owlets was placed under a hencoop,
and no less than twenty-four rats, large
and small, brought there by tho parent
birds, were found lying outside tho coop
the following morning. — Edinburgh
Scotsman.
DeHtroyers of (irn*Hli upper*.
There is a small reptile out west
known as the fence lizard, which
catches arid eats a great many grass
hoppers. The species is very common
iu the infested regions. Skunks are
most active enemies of the insect and
have been known to ascend trees for tho
purpose of catching them. For obvious
reasons it will hardly be practicable to
encourage these particular mammals,
but no such objections would apply to
toads, which are apt to swarm wherever
the “hoppers” are, gobbling tho latter
greedily.
Many planters in California employ
flocks of turkeys for the purpose of free
ing their orchards and vineyards of
grasshoppers. One turkey will destroy
an almost incredible number in a single
day. Incidentally the birds are fattened
at the cheapest possible rate. They are
so fond of such food that sometimes
they devour too many and die of indi
gestion.—Washington Star.
Shull "We Have a Yacht Race?
There lias been an annual stir—more
or less ft newspaper stir, be it confessed
—every year since 1887 over the pros
pect of an English yacht coming over to
race for the America’s cup, and each
year, after a few days’ exploitation, the
commotion 1ms given place to tho usual
peacefulness that characterizes interna
tional yachting matters on this side of
the Atlantic. The same old “if,” as ap
plying to rescinding the dimensions
clause in the deed of gift, is always tho
stumbling block, and lms become a veri
table bete noire to American yachtsmen.
This year the stir is without foundation,
for no challenge has been Bent, and even
had one been received and accepted, no
r»tce would be held until 1803. But tho
prospect for an international race is very
gloomy.
The Englishmen declare positively
they will never race under the present
deed of gift, with its dimensions clause
compelling them to give away all tho
measurements of their boat ten months
In advance of tho race, and those mem
bers of the New York Yacht club who
have the matter in charge are equally
positive in declaring that the dimensions
clause shall remain. To the outside
yachtsmen—in fact, to any sportsman—
it looks as though the New York Yacht
club committee, having taken this po
sition, was determined to hold it, despite
the consequences. However, as the
races have always been arranged be
tween two or three men on each side, it
is possible that some contingency, of
which none outside the innermost circle
are informed, may have demanded this
“obnoxious clause.”
Whatever 1 he cause, the fact remains
that yachting on both sides the Atlantic
is suffering from the deadlock.—Har
per’s Weekly.
American* In London.
A woman just home from London
comments on the constantly increasing
size of the American colony in that city.
“I suppose it is because living is
cheaper there than in New York.” 8b u
says: “A man told me that he can lh c
better there for $8,000 than he can here
for $5,000. The person who stays there
only a short time does not discover this,
often fancies indeed that London is a
very dear place, but after a residence of
a few months one learns the ropes, so
to speak, and finds out how to manage.
“Then it is possible to live in good
style much cheaper than in New York.
Houserent is an important item that is
fully n third lower; and, by tho way, I
found several women over there, Ameri
cans, who are making a fair living
teaching these same ropes to would be
Anglo-American householders. They
find you un establishment according ro
your tastes and means in a suitable lo
cation, engage you servants, even nego
tiate for your carriage, if you want oue,
and keep an eye ou tlie household for
three months, or until you are able to
manage things for yourself—all for u
due consideration in pounds, shillings
and pence.”—New York Times.
Fun In tli* People'* Party Convention.
One of the funniest incidents of the
People's party convention was the pres
entation of a collection raised for the
Moore boy drum corps, which accom-
pained the Renville county delegation.
Tho boys are all members of one fami
ly. The oldest, about twenty, beats the
big buss drum, the second is a snare
drummor, the third and fourth are
filers* while the fifth and sixth, four
teen and twelve years old respectively,
make up the complement of snare drum
mers.
Chairman Stewart called the drum
corps “the Renville band,” and “at the
suggestion of your chairman” a collec
tion was raised for the hoys. The popu
lists responded freely, and the hat col
lection footed up $88.85. The “hand”
was called to the platform to receive the
contribution, and the hoys came up
ready to play a tune in acknowledgment
of appreciation* After Stewart handed
over the money the hoys played “The
Girl I Left Behind Me," and, some dele
gate was reminded of the mother of all
those boys.
“I move a vote of thanks to the mother
of those boys," he shouted. The motion
was put and carried by a rising vote.
After Stewart hod declared the motion
carried a man on the floor called out:
'What's the matter with the old
man?”
Then followed the most ludicrous
scene of the convention. Mon howled
themselves hoarse, and it was several
minutes before business could he re
sumed.—Minneapolis Tribune.
A Perpetual Memorial.
One hears so often in these days of
other memorials than costly marbles
one wonders if tho fashion of piling dol
lars over tho graves of our loved ones in
the shape of rich carvings and polished
shafts will not some day have gone out
entirely. It is the persons of wealth
who do these things and it is they who
are finding a more satisfactory way to
honor their dead.
In oue of the beautiful homes of north
ern New York there lived until tho
morning of the 3d of July a dear little
fair haired girl, whoso Puritan name.
Priscilla, fitted well with her quaint
grace and demure daintiness. She was
a joyous child despite her gentle ways,
and the Fourth to her was full of de
lightful anticipations. As usual, fire
works had been ordered from New York
and every preparation made for a spe
cially gala day to celebrate the recovery
of a younger brother from a serious aud
threatening illness. But on the Thurs
day before little Priscilla was suddenly
stricken with malignant diphtheria and
Sunday she died, her last prattle full of
the glories of the Fourth which would
never dawn for her.
Instead of lavishing money over the
soulless body of her little daughter as it
lies in the village graveyard, tho stricken
mother has taken another way to per
petuate her memory. There is in St,
Christina Homo for Sick and Convales
cent Children in Saratoga a Priscilla
room and a Priscilla bed, perpetually
endowed. The little girl’s playthings
and belongings, her books and many of
her little gowns havo been taken there
for the comfort and pleasure of its occu
pants as they come and go, some direct
from the room to Priscilla’R own home
beyond tho grave and others out again
into the world for a time. And in com
ing pleasuriugs for the sister and brother
which Priscilla has left, the share that
would havo been that little maiden’s,
were she here to claim it, is to bo put
aside for the young sufferer who will be
in the Priscilla room at the home. Could
any “storied urn” be so lasting and beau
tiful a monument as this?—Her Point of
View in New York Times.
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Tlio Duugliter Speak*.
A lady, apparently of great wealth,
had been for more than an hour impos
ing upon the unceasing endeavors of a
patient saleswoman to fit with a ready
made costume the daughter of the “shop
per,” a child of about eight years. The
hope of adding one more 6ale to her
day’s list buoyed the drooping spirits of
the saleswoman and mode her indefati
gable in her efforts to please, but her
hope was in vain, for her customer final
ly said, “Well, I will not decide now,
but I will return this afternoon,” where
upon her child quickly remarked, “Why,
mamma, we won’t have time to come
back here and the nine other stores
where you’ve promised the same thing
today.”—New York Recorder.
A Brilliant Aurora.
One of the most brilliant auroral dis
plays witnessed in this section since 1850
occurred Saturday night between 10
o'clock and midnight. It began in the
north and spread to the northeast, at
times reaching quite from the horizon to
the zenith. The light flashes followed
each other in quick succession, each more
extended than the other and more bril
liant until the climax had been reached.
—Pittsburg Commercial Gazette.
Her Experience.
A bright little Auburn girl, who is
now passing her third summer, became
oppressed by the hot weather and re
marked. “I haven’t known it so warm
before for several years.”—Bangor Com
mercial.
Cure for Can'cer.
Two new remedies have recently been
recommended for cancer, and should
either oue prove entirely successful tho
painful operation of removal would be
no longer necessary. The first remedy
is electricity, which is in reality no now
idea. There is an army of statistics
showing that it has been used by physi
cians for many years in cancer, but the
new application of electricity will prob
ably produce different results. The in
jections of alcohol in cases of cancer is
a remedy, however, that is only of re
cent use. The needle of tho syringe is
pushed about an inch in the cancerous
tissues, which causes some pain unless
cocaine can be administered first.
The alcohol is then injected .and the
operation repeated daily until tho
growth of tho cancer seems to be checked.
In a similar way electricity is applied
daily until beneficial results aro ob
tained. Good results in checking the
growth of cancer aro obtained by both
of these remedies, but it is uncertain
yet how long the benefit may last.—Yan
kee Blade.
Bees a* Detectives.
Some stolen money was recovered
through a queer agency in Hallowell
last week. When the loss of the bills
was discovered the family at once
started to look for the robbers. Two
men were seen running down a lane
across the farm just beyond Mr. Gil
man’s house, into which they attempted
to break. As they ran, one of the men
was seen suddenly to pull out a hand
kerchief and beat it about his neck,
where some of the bees he and his part
ner had disturbed had alighted.
Judging from his antics, the little
creatures got in some effective work.
When the pursuers reached the spot at
which the man had pulled out his hand
kerchief they were delighted to find the
missing roll of bills, which the man had
dropped.—Lewiston Journal.
Amwer lhiH Question.
Why do so many people we see
around us seem to prefer to suffer and
be made miserable by indigestion
constipation, dizziness, loss of ap
petite, coming up of the food^ yellow
skin, when for 75c. we will sell them
Shiloh’s Yitalizer, guaranteed to cure
them. Sold by H. J. Lamar & Sons. (2)
—The man whose pet poodle was
stolen said it was a dog gone outrage.
A l<Ml.l. IN FITHNITUIIK.
Have you heard the news ? If you have
it probably took you by surprise ; if yon
haven’t it will
STARTLE YOU
As sure as you live. * It is not strictly
accurate to say that there has been a fall
in furniture: it is strictly accurate to say
that there has been
Snakes Rob rig*.
Eight little pigs that were suckled by
tlieir mother on the farm of Mrs. Stin
son. two miles from Bridgeton, Bucks
qounty, suddenly began to grow lean
and thin. They appeared .as if they
wore being starved to death. As tho
maternal swine was fat and had the ap
pearance of being a rich source of the
necessary lacteal food, Mrs. Stinson was
unable until yesterday to discover what
ailed tho hungry pigs.
Quietly entering the pigsty, she was
astounded to see two immenso milk
snakes, over live feet long, quietly cling
ing to the udder of the mother bog,
which apparently was not at all dis
turbed. They had persistently been
robbing the pigs of what belonged to
them. One of tlio serpentine pirates
was killed by Mrs. Stinson, but the other
escaped through a hole in tho floor.—-
Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
Au Bpismlo at the Convention.
It was a pleasant episode at the meet
ing of tho Christian Endeavor conven
tion whan Ira D. Sankey referred to tho
pleasant relations of England and Amer
ica. The Canadian delegates Bprang to
their feet as Mr. Sankey sat down and
electrified the audience by striking np
-‘God Save the Queen.” Tho conven
tion broke into cheering and all the
women in the house waved their hand
kerchiefs.
When the Canadians wero through
the audience promptly continued the
song, substituting the words -‘My coun
try, ’tis of thee.” It was now Canada’s
turn to cheer and wave handkerchiefs.
She replied to --America” with ‘‘Blest
Be the Tie That Binds.” The whole au
dience joibed and there was another
scene of enthusiasm.—New York Letter.
Recent G.rni.li Political Play.*
Some months after Bismarck’s dis
missal a historical play called "Dor
Neue Herr” was performed at Berlin.
The subject was the glorification of tho
young elector of Brandenburg, known
to history us the great elector, who, on
ascending the throne of his fathers, dis
missed his futhcr's wicked minister. Of
course nobody could fail to notice the
singularly ill chosen historical parallel,
but it did not end there. The emperor
visited the performance night ufter
night, applauding vociferously, and even
went oht of his way to confer marks of
distinction on author and actors.
This episode was in general discreetly
passed over by the press at the time; the
frnit was not ripe, the cup not yet full,
Bnt for all that it wounded the feelings
of many who, whatever their party, had
retained unsullied the sentiments of
chivalrous gentlemen. A more recent
attempt to propagate political ideas by
moans of a stago play, which also found
demonstrative patronage from the em
peror, was choked at its birth by the
apathy of the public, who sat on tlio
half empty benches in disdainful silence
amid the boiBterous applause of the em
peror.—Contemporary Review.
Communication with Strnmleil Klilns.
Some months ago, when tho Eider was
stranded oil tho Isle of Wight, the pro
prietors of Tho Graphic offered a prize
of £100 for tho best invention for en
abling ships to communicate with tho
short. In ull 2,200 competitors entered
for tlio prize, and tho award has just
been given to MessrB. Thomson and No
ble, of Southampton. The best means
of communication is considered by tho
judges to ho a rocket, and tho prize
winners’ rocket lias about it a novelty
which lias been proved to work admi
rably. It is lifted with a strong grapnel,
and carries of course a ropo, single or
double, according to distance.
The grapnel remains closely Bhnt
whilo tho rocket is in flight, but the
moment tho ground is reached it opens
and clingB on to whatever it touches.
The ropo may then ho mado taut from
the ship, and tho passcngerB and crew
landed in the ordinary way. Tho ad
vantage of this arrangement is that the
work of rescue can be performed in the
absence of assistance from the shore
end.—London Tit-Bits.
H FALL IH
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 wc
say. It is a wholesale drop to wholesale
figures, a tumble to figures low enough
to carry
CONSTERNATION
To the heart of a manufacturer. We
are now on the eve of erecting a com 1
fortable house where we can, show to
perfection
OURGOODS
And we do not wish to move any of our
present stock into this
Hence, we have declared tlila
fall in
Mhlloh*. dou.uinpfian Cure.
This is beyond question the most
successful cougli medicine we have
ever sold. A few doses invariably
cure the worst cases of cough, croup
and bronchitis, while its wonderful
success in the cure of consumption is
without a parallel in the history of
medicine. Since its first discovery it
has been sold on a guarantee—a test
whicli no other medicine can stand.
If you have a cough we earnestly ask
you to try it. Price lOo, 50o and $1.
If your lungs are sore, chest or back
lame, use Shiloh’s Porous Plasters.
Sold by H. J. Lamar & Sons. (1)
—“Cupid stricken” is the latest
dainty phrase for describing a person
in love.J
Shot an Anaconda In a Tree.
Arthur Seeds discovered a huge snako
in tho top of a tree in Olathe recently,
and shot the reptile through tho head.
The snako was over Bix feet in length
and a fine specimen of the anaconda. A
side show disbanded there some time
ago, and, being hopelessly stranded,
turned two monkeys and eight snakes
loose on tho community. The monkeys
Were captnred soon after, hut the snakes
have been at largo ever since.—Cor. Kan
sas City Times.
The government telegraph service of
Great Britain operates about 80,000
miles of line and handles nearly 88,000,-
000 telegrams a year. Last year 0,000,-
000 telegrams were handled in London
alone;
“Take your tennis shoes aboard ship
with you,” said a young woman who
has done it. “The rubber soles make
the best of footholds on the often slip
pery decks.”
SniLon’s Cataiuch Remedy, a mar
velous cure for catarrh, diphtheria
canker mouth, and headache. With
each bottle there is an ingenious nasal
injector for the more successful treat
ment of these complaints without
extra charge. Pride 50c. Sold by H.
J. Lamar & Sons. (8)
WHAT ARE YOU
Going to do aliout it ? We answer yon
thiB question. You come and look
and see for yourself. Then if '
Goods and prices Suit
And you have not all the money on
hand, just say: I want to buy on
INSTALLMENT
AND WE WILL SELL IT TO YOU.
AND MAKE THE
TERMS
TO SUIT
You
and your pocketbook. We hav$’
just what you want.
THE
Mayer & Crine
FURNITURE CO.