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- - • '-- - • : 'V.. - - - . . . ' . x 5M‘ jr-i if. .' i MUSICAL CULTUBE. Eft WELL MEANING HINTS, BUT NOT TOO KIND FOR, THE AMATEUR. Atonic la llomlclrittl mul Rulcidal—It D*- voun It* Own Children end Slays Itself — lUdlonl Change* Concerning Instrument* end Aei. As speech to thought, as pictorial art to external nature, is practical music to music the element. And for this out ward and audible art form music is do- pendent on human mediums, and those human mediums require a certain prepa ration to fit them for the recoption and the transmission of their mossage. To some people, in whose natures musical sympathy is strong, this preparation comes easlly^and almost unconsciously. But the grent majority need a kind of acclimatization before they can breathe and move freely in an elemorft more or less strange to them, and this acclima tisation is what we know as “musical culture.” Most people have some latent musical faculty, and this is cupablo of develop ment. The notion has at any rate died out that it was effeminate for a man to play tho piano and impossible for a woman to pluy the violin. It is not bo long slnco, in the upper classes, no girl's education was considered even approxi mately complete without a large amount of piano forto drill—musio it shnll not be called—while a certain proficiency in this respect was too often held to atone for the absence of all other culture. The violin on the other hand was held to be good only for men; perhaps we should restrict the term and say for tiddlers. BoyH now nnd then loarnod a Vlttlo of the Instrument at school—a knowledge soon to be dropped and for gotten. The difference now scarcely needs to be pointed out. Boys nnd girls in numbers, and not u few who are no longer boys or girls, are learning to play on tho violin nnd othor stringed instru ments. Tile dlsoovery bus been made that, though a virtuoso must begin early, it is nut nucessary to practico half the day at four or five years old in order to be a good useful player at twenty. Ensemble classes and school orches tras show that on our amateurs the truth is at lust duwning that unlimited solo performance is not the ultimate aim of all music training; that while only a gifted few can attuin to high individual excellence and finish, the combination of many atoms of good, too Bmall to be of any uso singly, may result in an ef- feot which is uot only good, but great, y. is' so long as musio, not self display, is the object sought after. It may be roundly stated us n genorul truth that musicul study proclaims itself on the housetops, without ceasing for an instant to ussort itself in the garret, in tlia basement and at sundry intermediate points. Tho student's friends assist at every stage of his progress) they ore in voluntary and' mostly unwilling partioi- pators in his difficulties, his perseverance, his triumph and his despair. Well for them if two or three suoh dramas aro not going on In the house at once, to say nothing of probable puffs of melody and harmony from next door or over the way. That the character of musical practice is far superior to what it used to bo avails these helpless onus but little. To them tt is an lusiguiticant fact, compurcil with the fact that for every victim of cuerulon who formerly pound ed a wiry piano for u uouple of hours a day there now are a dozen students of various instruments and singers galore, all practicing uwuy for dear life. Should any link bo missing in the continuous chain of sound, it is tilled up by barrel organs, street bauds, wandering ballad lingers, solos ou the whistle and other peripatetic instruments. Good, very good, no doubt. The us- •tea) crusader looks on the work and 'Congratulates hitnsolf. There must bo means to all und. Music requires mu- «hinery, und the tnuckiuery for music is Mng brought into a most forward state -of efficiency. But tho musio Itself, whence in the future is that to come? The “enraged composer” and his troubles have long been a favorite theme for the ■efforts of humorists. Yet the fact thus •comically represented is no joke, und in the present condition of things it threat ens to resume ugly proportions. Musiu is homicidal, suicidal, it de vours its own children and slays itself, bilence, the ubsence or cessation of musical sound, is an nbsolutu necessity for musical thoughL But puttiug on one side the troubles of composers, who after all are comparatively few nnd far between, the born poor things! to be lahmaels, their band against every man and every mun's hand nguinst them, what on the rest of the world ts the effect of this unceasiug, often incon gruous sound? it is easier to complain than to cure, und far easier to point out these evils than to suggest uny effective remedy for them. If architects and builders would take into consideration the diffusion of noise, and would do something to make walls and partitions music proof, it would be much. Thera are continental towns both in France and Germany where practicing is prohibited by law, except at certain stated hours. For a large and enviable portion of mankind the remedy against the evil lies in getting •sed to musical sound, and so uncon scious of it.—Nineteenth Century. tu Londou. There are nineteen general hospitals in Loudon, eleven of v ich have medical schools attached, and t hree are endowed. St. Bartholomew's is the wealthiest and oldest, having been founded in 1123. It has a revenue of ubout $350,000. The London hospital in Whitechapel road is rite largest. The total number of beds an the London hospitals is 8,500.—Pitts burg Dispatch. ; .education makes men rather one sided. £ QtMx -- - -- transforming those ruins into beauty.— ' “ t. r Garden and Forest. Hindoo Legend nf Adam ond Eve. The Hindoo legend of Adam and Eve in snbstance is ns follows: In the beginning God created Aditna, the first nmn, and Heva, the first wom an, which completed life. He placed them on the Island of Ceylon and com manded them never to quit their place of abode, but to remain and propagate their kind. In the course of time in wandering over the island they saw a most boautiful land connected with theira by lofty peaka and ragged rocks. Tho land beyond was most beauteous to behold, being covered with stately treeB whose brunches hung with fruits of every variety. Many colored birds flit ted from bough to bough and made a perfeot din of ever changing music. Adlma (note that this is directly oppo site to our Biblical account) tempted and induced Heva to violate the com mand of the Creator nnd accompany him to the paradise across the rocky peaks. When they had Crossed the narrow neok of land which connected their is land heaven with tho mainland, they heard a loud, croaking noiso and looked around juBt in timo to see the isthmus break in two und sink beneath the waters of tho ocenn. When it was plain that their way back to their island para dise had been ent off they turned their attention to their new home and found it a land of sand, thorns, rocks and brambles, its supposed beauty having been but a mirage raised by Rukokasos, tho spirit of evil, to tempt them to diso bedience. For this act they were doomod to perpetual labor and final death.—St. Louis Repnbllo. One Sided Educetfion. Mr. Specks—It seems to me a college ante—That's because they always the same aide. They ought to their crews around once in —Ifnod ALBANY WEEKLY HERALD: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 189*. A Flea for the Beedelde Weeds. The foe of natural grace and. beauty is the road commissioner, whose mistak en seal la allowed annually to remove the grass which seeks to soften the dusty outline of the rood along its untrodden’ borders and gutters. This Is an expen sive process and wholly unnecessary, since adding to the dust capacity of the street is the only service ft accomplishes, the short, thick turf affording no ob struction to carriage wheels. This is called “oleaning up” the street, when, aa a matter of foot, it only adds to ita dirt. But a worse phase of the cleaning up mania ts apparent when the zealous commissioner proceeds to remove from the banks of the highway what be terms weeds—namely, the graceful mantle of vegetation with which nature evor seeks to conceal tho wounds which man has made. It is Interesting to watch the process by which the devastations of the road cutter tire tempered to the eye by the boatUifui natural screen of vines nnd herbnge. which, if let alone, will soon cover the rough unsightly place with a drapery of verdure when the reckless workmnn has left behind him u shorn nnd barren wnste. Aflcr ids inroads banks of sand and gravel are left on each side of the wide road, front which every speur of grass hns been banished, the fences stand up stiff nnd stark, the rocks protrude from the soil, the trees which cannot be felled have their lowor branches rudely out away, so that their trunks are gaunt and unsightly, stumps are left along the edgos of tho fields nnd the soft tnrf is replaced by sandy slopes to be gullied by the rain. Without wasting an hour nature be gins her gentle bqt tireless work of BOILED. Or lw tfc. Pta.hr OhMlnd. Lady Did Ike Deal Batata Agent. The real estate agent experienced a feeling of exultation when the Wainnt Hills yonng lady, with peachy cheeka, admitted that boitse renting was a new experience for her. The agent’s con science had become hardened, and with the thought of bis wife and children there took possession of his mind a fell determination to show the peachy cheeked young Iody absolutely no mercy. “1 have,” he pleasantly remarked, “a splendid house right here.” :k 1 The agent stuck a pin in bis map to Indicate the location. , “Is it—er” The young lady’s peacUy cheeks were suffused with blushes. » “Adapted to housekeeping?” “Oh, perfectly.” The agent had never seen a domicile, to be confidential, that was better adapted to housekeeping. “Really,” declared the young lady deprecatiugly, “you must excuse my Ignorance." The agent bowed and begged her not to mention it. “I’d liko to ask you one or two ques tions nbout the house, if 1 may.” Tile agent was delighted, he was sure. “Thank you. Does it fnce tho north ahd have a woodshed with three sepa rate bins for coal, and room for a re frigerator in the corner farthest from the sun?” Tlie agent remembered afterward that r.he looked very sweet and nnso{)histi- lated as she propounded the inquiry, with an expression of the most bewitch ing anxiety. “Y-ye-ycs—that is, I believe so.” “And 1 hope you can assure me that the window frames are tight, and that the doors have not sagged until they won’t shut. I suppose, of course ” The agent drew copiously flora u draft of fresh air that chanced to wander his way. “ The walls ore not cracked, the floors are not shrunk, the vapnlsh is still on thq woodwork, the chimneys are clean and safe, the cellar does not flood, and” “ Madam ” “ We should certainly want at least ilx latch keys for the trout door." “ Madam ’’ “Hey?" The agent pressed a bandkereblef to ais brow. “ 1 think, perhaps, er—I’d—a—bettor .-all your attention to tills house.” The agent's voice was a trifle fulnt, ind os he stuak the pin into another part of the map he felt that he hod overesti mated his ability to read churnctor at first sight.—Cincinnati Commercial Ga zette. A New Variety of Cane. Many new plants have been brought to light in the recent explorations by Englishmen, Frenchmen, und Germans in equatoriul Africa, but one in particu lar has a special claim to the attention of West Indians. In the Upper Niger region, where great heat and moisture combine to pro duce iuxnrianeo of tropical vegetation, a giant variety of sugar caue has been found, which is described as possessing great saccharine tidiness and being re produced from seed, which in this variety is well developed. This is indeed news 1 to the sugar planter, and from a botanical point of view confirms tlie theory that our pres ent cultivated varieties are descended from un original perfectly flowering and seeding plant, the perpetuation of which by cuttings impaired in course of time the original attributes of the par ent variety. The agricultural board and local plariters should take particular note of this reported discovery, and so also should the government botanist. Suoh a variety of cane introduced in the island would be worth millions of Tus- ser silkworms, nnd prove infinitely more advantageous for its prosperity. And it is to be hoped we shall soon hear something more of the Niger cane.— Port of Spain Gazette. Tlie Philosophical Pad*. • Possibly it is the lingering influence of the Puritan maxim that whatever is pleasurable is wrong, nnd that) rest is indolence, that impels tho American to make ids vacation a change of occupa tion, and to seek to “improve'” every moment of his time. Certainly in no other way can we account for tlie deter mination with which the man or woman who ought to bathe his or her tired toind in rest irritates it with lectures, nnd plunges Into summer schools as if they were summer pools. Tho tired school toaoher, who ought to bend all his energies to doing nothiug, will sit for hours ou a bench iu a grove to listen to a college professor, who ought to hi idle, too, lecture on Plato's self effnee- rnept or Socrates's synthesis. We have not tho slightest desire to disparage the excellence of such sum mer schools; we only point to their suc cess as indicating a development of the national temperament and the national desire for improvement. Possibly at tendance on them is only a compromise between this temperament and th. human craving for rest, and that the man who sits apparently wrapt in ad miration of Professor Straw thrasher's an alysis of Plato's self effaoement is send ing his thoughts far distant and is really resting thorn in a way very uncompli mentary to that learned lecturer. Let ub hope he Is.—Boston Transcript. Dmigeruui Chttnipagne. The well known epicurean taste of the French people seems to have driven some of them to their wits’ end in order to satisfy the appetite iu an inexpensive manner. Iu 1802 a Frenchman invented and obtained a patent on a process for making sparkling wine or chaiiipagne at a price bringing it within the reach .of all. His process is to take a bottle of ordinary still wine and \tour into it a certain quantity of “Dutch bronze powder.” The waiter then is instructed to shake the bottle violently before serv ing it to the customer. This, the in ventor says, “will disturb the brilliant particles of powder, causing them to cir culate through the wine, giving it the tppearance of a high grade sparkling wine.” Dutch bronze is chemically known as bimuriate of otannan, and is poisonous. It is that substance in mauve ink which so quickly eats away a steel pen.-—New York News. Miniature Photographic Outfit*. Among the latest fancies in photogra phy is the cane camera, which consists of a walking stick with ebonized handle, in which the camera is surrounded by u wide silver band and accompanied by all the necessary apparatus for making photographs. The handle is fitted in side with a ueat metal drop shutter, which connects with a spring and pin underneath, and is operated noiselessly with one finger. Even smaller than this is the pocket- book camera, which makes a picture of about inches square, and when not in use folds up in an ordinary lady’s purse about 8 inches long, 2}? inches wide and inch thick. The lens is an excellent quick working medium, and it may be used either with plate or cut films. Besides its special characteristic the purse is supplied with sections for containing silver, postage stamps and cards.—New York Telegram. Friendship ami Love. In the hierarchy of the affections, women place love before friendship; men place friendship before love, as did the man of whom Alphonse Karr told, who, on being refused by a lady who offered to remain his friend, replied; “Thanks, madam, but I do not know you well enough. 1 love you. I desire to marry you, but my friend—no. Friendship im plies knowledge, respect, congeniality of tastes. I would have to know you better before accepting you as a friend.” —San Francisco Argonaut. Education. What sculpture is to a block of mar ble, education is to a human soul. The philosopher, the saint and the hero, the wise, the good and the great man .very often lie hid and concealed in a plebeian, which a proper education might have disinterred ami brought to light.—Ad- disi’m Local Coloring. A conscientious painter sent to the “Salon” a cauvns representing a view in Newfoundland. “What a queer smell there la about this picture!” exclaimed ono of the mem bers of the hanging committee as he ex amined it. “The fact is,” remarked one of his colleagues; “the scene has been painted- in cod,liver oil.”—Chronique. Conscription. Whan the gain of whatia tanned a whole nation under arm's is estimated, the exaggeration of the pompons phraaa hides the nakedness of the fact that large numbers of yonng men are lost to their country by the means to which they resort to escape military service. In Italy and Germany these may be counted by legious; in France men are less numerous, because in France men are more wedded to the native soil, and take to service more gayly and more natnrally, but in Italy and Germany thousands flock to emigrant ships, thns choosing lifelong, self expatriation, and every year, as the military and fiscal burdens grow heavier, will lads go away by preference to lands where, however hard he the work, tlie dreaded voice of the drill sergeant cannot reach them, and they can “call their soul their own.” Patriotism is a fine quality no donbt, but it does not accord with tlie chill and supercilious apathy which characterizes tho general teaching und temper of this age, and a young man may be pardoned If lie deem that Ids country is less a mother worthy of love than u cruel and unworthy stepmother when she demands three of the fairest years of his life to be spent in a barrack yard, and wrings his ears till the blood drops from them or beats him about the head with tlie butt of a musket because lie does not hold his chin high enough or shift his feet qnick enough.—Ottida in Fortnightly Review. Thk whole country looked Demo cratic this morning. It is currently reported that one of Albany’s leading cotton buyers has made “big money” during the last month. Don’t say we told you. Since George W. Delamater has been convicted of embezzlement! the Republicans are out one more promi nent leader of the Quay stamp. Albert Leeds, a prominent profes sor ill the Stevens Institute of Tech nology, has renounced Harrison and will vote for Grover. They all do it, Mu. and Mus. Cleveland have left Gray Gables for New York until after the election, when they will go to Washington nnd take apartments in the White House. South Caholina lias a hand of reg ulators who take tlie law into their own hands, and make a practice of whipping severely all those offenders whom they claim the courts do not deal the proper justice to. Where Htrnng Mon Lived. After the Spanish occupation of the Grand Cuuury a certain enormous stone was for a long time pointed out us one of the instruments of tho Gaiiuehe athletic courses. The natives laid been able to lift it, set it on their shoulders und even throw it over their heads. Their degenerate posterity and the Spaniards could not raise it from tho ground. It was reckoned nothing ont of the common for a man to take an nnteth- ered ox by the horn with one hand and slay it with the other. A certain native born priest of Grand Canary iu the Sev enteenth century showed that lie in herited some of ids ancestors' vigor, for One day, hearing that an enraged bull had broken loose und was iu the street, he ran ont nnd grasping it by the leg threw it down, und so held it until its owner was able to secure it. This doughty son of the church before his death chanced to have one of his legs amputated for a cancer. It was then found tlmt his thigh bone was solid, with no truce of marrow. It must be confessed, however, tliut tlie relics of the Canuriuns now found in their bury ing placos do not bear out the inference that this was n national characteristic, though their dimensions are cortainly a testimony of the strength and size of their late proprietors.—National Review. Joe Pottle, Third Party candidate for Congress ill the Sixth, says he sees no possible chance for election since Wednesday, and hns decided to with draw from the race. One! as Edmund Dantes said. There are just tell more viotims to be snerittced. The live largest cigarette firms In the United States Imve formed a glgantlo trust, with a capital of $30,- 000,000. Their net earnings for the last fiscal year approximated $5,000,000. This is not incredible when it is un derstood that 800,000,000,000 oigarettes are made annually. The Republicans are trying to raise $2,000,000, to be used where It will do most good. Most of It will doubtless be used to purchase the floating vote of New York City. But the Demo crats are on to the corruptionists, and they will have to be mighty sly to keep out of the penitentiary. TUB ONLY ONE EVER PRINTED. (Inn You Wind the Word? There is a 8-Inch display advertise, ment in this paper, this week, which hns no two words alike except one word. The same is true of each new one appearing each week, from the Dr. Harter Medicine On. Tills house places n “Crescent” on everything they make and publish. Look for it, send them the nnme of the word, and they will return you book. Ha Thought lie Knew Tliut Pace. “I pride myself on never forgetting h face, bnt as a nonienclator I mn a far- reaching and iridescent failure,” snid A. G. Smoot as he bruised the crumbs of tho tnble d'liote out of his whiskers. “Some years ago 1 was iu a Boston street oar wlieu a lady entered whose face was very familiar. 1 felt that I knew her well, bnt to save me 1 could not recall her nnme. 1 shook hands with her, asked after her health and tried to make myself very agreeable. She treated me to ico water, but that is a peculiarity of some women, so I didn’t mind. Finally she told me frankly that she had not.the pleasure of luy acquaintance. “That bluffed me, bnt I handed her my curd. She read the name and shook her head. She was quite sure that she had never even hoard of me. I sub sided and put on my thinking cap. Was she making game of me or was it pos sible that 1 was mistaken? I couldn’t make it out. That night I went to the theater and the mystery was solved. The woman I knew bo well, but who had never heard of me, was that queen of tragedy, Mrs. D. P. Bowers.”—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. _ Local Legislation. Notice is hereby given that application will lie made to tlie noxt General Assembly of the State of Georgia for tlie passage of an act, to hoontitlod “An act to amend tho charter nf the city of Albany, to create a Hoard of Water Commissioners, defining their powers und duti s. and for nthct purposes.” Published by order of City Council tills .Sep tember Hu, 1802. (F) V. C. lUJST, Clerk. LOCAL LEGISLATION. Notice is hereby given Unit at tliu next ses sion of the Legislature there will be introduced a Bill to he entitled an Act to re-unact and con tinue iu force, without limitation, “An Act to. authorize the establishment nf u system of Pub lic .Schools in the ei»y of Albany, Ga.; to pro vide for acquiring property and buildings, nnd raising means to maintain said schools, and for othor purimsos.” Approved Dec. Util, 1890. 10-8-4t-s She Dreaded “Loveless Old Age.* 1 The late Anne Reeve Aldrich was the author of the novel, “The Feet of Love,” uud of a volume of collected verses which have attracted the attention of the public through their intensity, great felicity of expression and unaffected simplicity and directness. Miss Aldrich Was one of the youngest of the writers of the day. She had made an unusual name for herself, and lived in the prom ise of a brilliant future. A friend re cently described her appearance to l)e like that of the heroine of a success ful novel. She was tall and had a beautiful figure. Her mauners were charming, l^pr carriage graceful. The head was statuesque and adorned with a wealth of red brown hair. This she wore in classical style. Coupled with her clean cut features it gave her face a look of distinction and refinement which made her an ob ject of remark. In her early death she attained perhaps more than she coveted. Yet her writings more than once dwelt upon tho hardships of a “loveless old age”—a condition from which she shrank.—Current Literature. $ K WILD I e CM 1 \W RELIEVES all Stomach Distress, REMOVES Nausea, Boom Of Tnltnww. Congestion, Pam. REVIVES Faiuno ENERGY. RESTORES Normal Circulation, and Warms to Ton Tips. OR. HARTIR MIDI0INI CO., SL Louis, Mo. ordinance. Glcif. Stkvknson says the Soutfi is still solid. Score one for Adlai. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Council of n.? city of Albany, and it is hereby ordained authority of the same: • : Suction 1. That from and after tho passage,! tfiis ordinance, in all cases in which u railmJ] company, or street railroad compnny, U „l qulred, or liable by litw, to build bridged in „ city, or to keep bridges and crossings m s city in ; repair on or across a street or street] crossed by tho tracks of a railroad compnn*, ( Ji a street railroad company, such railroad jkn 0 ) puny shall, when the building of n new bi-idRlI or the repairing of such crossings is declaims by tlie Mayor and Council of sfild city to \J,i necessary or proper, be notified-by the MnitbifP or Ids deputy, to commeuee the building J such bridge or repair such crossing within tt,M days, and prosecute tlie same, in good faith, t] completion. 8KC. 2. Tito notico provided for in tlie pieced] ing Section shall ho in writing, and served |„| the Marshul, or his deputy, on tlie principaloi f finer of the railroad company, or street mill road company. In said city, or by leaving, same at the principal olllco of such company! said city. . j 8KG', 8. Should a railroad company, or sir! railroad company,so notified as above, fun? refuse to commence, in good faith, tlie bnildlL or repairing of a bridge, or the repairing of 3 crossing within the time specified in said nJ lice, and iu accordance with the foregoing piJ visions, then, and in tliut event, said city wijl proceed to do such work of building or repair! inu such bridge or crossing at tlie charge it*! expense of such railroad company, or sti-tcl railroad company, and within live days afte] tlie completion of said work by the city, th] Marshall shall report under oath, in writing, t] thu city clerk of said city, tlie amount and vain] of tlie services performed, and expense incline] iu said work, whereupon said city shall issn] execution as oilier executions aro issued by Mail city, for the amount of such Value or e.w and thu costs of the proceeding against snow faulting railroad company, or street railroi company. To this execution a,defense may made and filed ns in cases of illegality, on onill to tho Mayor nnd Council, of thu city of Albanj^Bi and heard by thorn on five days’ notice to sno^* railroad compnny, or street railroad complin] by said city, said notico to lie in writing, signeil by the city cloi'k,and served by tlie Marshal oil his deputy. Skc. 4. Repeals conflicting ordinances an<l| parts of ordipances. Adopted Sept. 12th, 1802. w, H. Gilbert,! Attest: Mayer V. C. Rust, Uity Clerk. O-IB-^ NOTICE OF INCORPORATE GEORGIA—Dougherty Couxtv. To tho Superior Court of said County: The petition of V. McFarland, S. T. Thonus. S. B. Berry, 8.1*. Perry, Joo Armstrong, J. wl Bright nnd Sampson McFarland respect full] shows that they have a&ociatod themselves tof gether under tho nnme and stylo of “Oak Bill Benevolent Society.” Vour petitioners further show tliat they, others who may wish to bccomo associated wifi them and their successors, desire to be invested with corporate authority, to enforce good order] receive donations, make purchases and off alienations of both realty and personalty, i™ for profit, bnt to promote tho gonernt interesti said society, tho object of which is to give at] tention to tho sick, uid tho destitute, decent burial to tlie dead, and to encourage chnritJ and morality among tho members thereof. Your petitioners pray that they and theiL successors be invested with tho corporate at] thority aforesaid, and such othor corporal] powers ns may lie suitable to said entorpiw and not inconsistent with tho law. * Your petitioners show that their business t principal ofllco will ho at the Oak Hill Baptii Church, in said county, and they pruy for i •thority to sue and bo sued in said corpii name, ami that its members have no pers liability for tho debts oi said corporation. Wherefore t.icy pray tlie Court to grant & oilier investing thorn with the corporate powei aforesaid for tho term of twonty years. D. H. POPE & SON, Petitioners’ Attowiej A true oxtract from tho record of Dougfierl Superior Court. W. P. BURKS, Clerk, fl-fl-F J BUSINESS CHANGES. I have this day sold to Ed. L. Wight, Agt, n. interest in tho Uenl Estate and Insurance bull- ness heretofore owned and conducted by tin Ann of McIntosh & Lockett. My late partner Mr. Wm. Lockettrijios formed a copartnership in the same business with Col. Wight, and ii retiring from the real estate and insurance business I desire to commend my successor and late pnrtner to the patronage of my friends. I retire from the real estate and insurance business for the purpose of consolidntin/ vingmy < ‘ resources and giving my entire attention a publication of tlie hkhald. Be I „ . If.M. MCINTOSH. Albany, Gn„ August 1,1892. The undersigned have this day consolidatclL the insurance husinG'SHCs heretofore done by tl>e| separate firms of Ed. L. Wight * Co„ and Me] Intosh A Lockett, and will continue the,Bain] under the firm name of Ed. L. Wight A Co.’fclL We have also formed a copartnership in ffl teal estate business tinder the firm name «in. Lockett A Co* and will do a general real! estate an>. renting business, In' the same- office! where we will be glad jo see our friends and! patrons. * KI>. L. WIGHT, ArtT. ■ tll „ WM. LOCKETT. Albany, Ga n August 1,1892. HARDWARE Why Diamonds Are Worn. Ignorant, flippant men are fond of say ing tliut ladies’ fashions have nothing to do with common sense. But there is one fashion—at first sight a very ugly and rather vulgar one—which is based on reason. Not many years ago it was con sidered vulgar to wear diamonds in the daytime. Now you may see them sparkling in dainty* ears and under well bred chins. And it is rumored that if the prying eye could look under cloaks and Indices it would discern stars and necklets and bracelets. The fact is that women put on their jewels when they go out because they dare not leave them. —San Francisco Argonaut. THE BEST AND CHEAPEST PLOW ON EARTH! So It Wan. “This is a crazy sort of a safe,” said one of the burglars, after they had blown it open. “Yes,” replied tlie other, “I'll admit ifsalittlecracked.”—Detroit Fyee Press. w. s.