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HriBiwBWw n* i mwmem DEEDS. bn builds houses palaces and cities; bn Im* empire dvur nil tho ocean. THE ELEPHANT KNEW. , ... T liifMlc* color and of verse, M' , % N»l jvortli a Ua’p’ny. gW that the ontn is struck upon Ills birthday. Sooner oi 1 laUr (Icnth will tap bis fhonWort Then \vbefe h be who aeliomtd **o vefy deeply? There In tin* ha'pbiy. rhus to myself, while wearily perusing rtuhl y old deeds In chambers In the temple. Deeds that the title boro upon their pages ‘ To an old mansion. All the' rich owners gathered in the church yard, . Few just remembered, most of them forgotten; Yet are their names bore signed upon the parchment Just as they wrote them. Hearts full of hope of many an attorney t nlf Must have leapt high when spinning out these lengthy Deeds, in the days when the longer thodeed tbe Longer the bill was. Here Is a marrlago settlement: how Joyful Was the.fair hrldo who slgnod her tnulden name there! Husband And wife and children all are burled. Long, long ago now. Yet 1 can touch where lay horgentlo fingers, ... . ... fl|f And I can wonder If her life won happy, Whetherhor husband treated her with kind* ness. Or like a husband. Close “this Indenture;" 1 must cease to pouder Over the dead past-lAwycrs aro not poets; Work must lie finished ere 1 can depart hence Homs to,my dinner. -8t. James Gazette. Stffe: Natural Friends of Man. Tho ban Mi men t of guns from the Yollowstono Ntttionnl park lias re- aulted in the establishment of what may almost be called “friendly rela tions” botwoon tbe animals that aro ordinarily lookod upon us "game" i vfcntoi SE- and their liuniun visitors. No one who is aware of tho excess ive shyness of tho gray squirrel in our eastern woodlands, for instance, can avoid nn expression of surprise and pleosuro upon perceiving tlio comparative fearlessness of the same beautiful nnimal in the great park, whore the flag of the United Stutos gives him almost tbo security of u citizen. Tliore also herds of oik and ante lope may bo approached within easy seeing distance by tho visitor, and the tourist who docs not succood in seeing beam in their native haunts must neglect his opportunities. The law forbidding tlio currying of firearms Iu tho pavk, except by the soldiers, throws indeed a side light on tho character of the boar. He will no| disturb people who let him alono, and of all the wild inlmb- . itunts of the Yellowstone valley ho Is perhaps tho most timid iu tho pres ence of human visitors.—Youth’s Companion. When Mini Want n Limit, The Question of enjoyment is a question of temperament. Somo men like being made a fuss of so long as it doesn’t go too for, which, unfortunately, it sometimes docs. Thoy like to boo their photographs in the windows; they like to see thetr names in tho papers; thoy oven - like to havo opera glasses leveled on them when they take their walks abroad—at any into they like it now and then. But tlieso very men will be the very (lrat to toll you tlmt there is another tiling they like, and that is ,a limit. If you aro in thoir confidence they will not improbably add, with somo bitterness, tlmt u limit is exactly the tiling which tlio World dislikes. An opura glass is very woll in the park or at the theater, hut there aro times when 0110 would rather that on opera glass should not be brought to hear iqion one. Unhappily these are exactly tho times in which the world longs and strains to use it.— All the Year Itouud. -■"CO THE LECI Evidence of Retmonlng Power In tho Atnpid Looking Pachyderm. Stories of tho elephant’s sagacity aro everywhere rife in India, and in deed every one who happens to have seen these creatures employed in government contract labor will scarcely have failed to notice nu merous instances of it himself. An engineer oflicer who was sta tioned at Cnlcutta a few years hack was possessed of a very valuable ele phant, which, to his great grief, con tracted a virulent disease of the eyes, and after suffering with it for a fow days became completely blind. His owner thereupon applied to a resident Burgeon, stating the cose, and asking if lie could do anything for the relief of his favorite. The surgeon, after examining tho elephant’s eyes, sqid that lie was willing to try the effect of nitrate of silver on one of them, that being a romedy which was very bonofleial in tho troatmont of tho human eye af flicted with a similar diseaso. Tlio animal's drivor wns.accordiifgly sum moned, and tho great beast by his instrumentality inode to lie down. The doctor then applied tho nitrate of silver, and tho elephant uttering a roar of pain j urn pod up and behaved in such an outrageous fashion that it was some hours before ho could be calmed down and secured in his stable again. A day or two afterward tho doctor called again, and found that his appli cation had worked wondors, the sight of tlio one eyo being almost en tirely restored, and in cousoquonce determined to oporate in a similar manner on the other. He was appre hensive of tho nnimal's behavior, more especially ns lie was now able to see, and suggested that he bo prop erly secured before he oporatod upon him, Howover, tho oloplinnt liod recognized tlio doctor's voico, and to everybody’s astonishment followed him of his own accord out of tlio sta ble into tho open, lay down without any persuasion, placing his head qui etly on one sido witli tho diseased eye upward, then curlod up his trunk and drew in a doop breath, like any human lioing might do who woo about to undergo a painful op eration, and awaited tho doctor's pleasure. Tho latter used Ids brush ns dex terously as possible, and applied the caustia as quickly as ho could and at the same time perform the work thoroughly. During tho entire op eration the elephant, so far from be having os he had previously done, uttered not n sound, nhd when it was over got up with a sigh of satisfac tion, and manifested by every moans in his power the delight and grati tude he experienced at its comple tion, gently carossiug the' surgeon with his trunk and making other similar demonstrations as ho walked hack to his stake, ond, despite the pain he was suffering, uttering no Bound, This incident, whtch was well known In Cnlcutta, not only showed memory, but a high order of reason ing power, for the animal, remem bering the benefit he had received from tho first application, was, in spite of tho pain it caused him, not only .willing hut auxious to undergo tho socond, in order that his other eyo'miglit bo cured in like manner. - St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Th, Soin.h rony. .It had been pourlup hard all day; everything wus soaking and'the poor pony looked in vain for a dry spot to lie on, After evidently deliberate thought, it went up' to a cow who up to a cow who lfad been lying in one place for a long while and gave her a most vicious kick; this lie repeated several t imes until ut last slip was compelled regretfully to riBe, .whereupon the poily promptly lay down in the very spot occupied and kept dry by the - -DAY. TBUNU TO nx TniNOM FOB A MFUSION. nls Fighting linen’. Ilnllrnag Hill. Special tn the IlKKALD. Atlanta, Deo. 8.—The House was engaged all the morning in the discus sion of Fleming’s bill fixing the next session of Legislature to begin for July Instead of Ootober. The bill was passed b.V a decided majority. IJaoon's bill to prevent railroads from buying stook in other roads is being fought hard tn the Senate. To day it was recommitted to the railroad committee. STRAITS'OF LE MAI RE. Clocks In ludla. Clocks are regarded as curiosities by tho Hindoos, and for this reason half a dozen or more timopioces are often found in the apartments of wealthy Hindoost^qoes. They uro not ‘ usod as timepieces, but simply for ornament, sinco tho old fashioned way of telling the houvgif tho day in India, by calculating ,ti>o number of bamboo lengths the spa lias traveled above tlio horizon, is.entirely satis factory to tho natives. It is said that in the country police station iu India, wlifire tlio European i hours is observed, -London Spectator. > - - • Some ll.pjo EathualuU. J. Cummings is a player and a; patron of tlta banjo, Mrs. Partin SteviyiS'is fond'of banjo music and aMuHlus hor guests entertained with, it The same can be said of Mrs.' HtefapLord an'd Mr.' Peter Marie.- Tress. ’ ■? v i" ^^immigration question will no ■dfiuUUMi*;' a small siri row during "thc-TUOynt session of Congress. It Is ; which should be dealt with |nd thoroughly. Secretary or Wab Elkina has just About 1480 gentlemen’s tunics were i D W& WF M .P? rt t0 Congress*, .particolored, one-half, with the ac- It is an Interesting document and shows that only 38 per cent, of tbe ap- . ! 'piloAufebave been admitted into mill- mm rvloej t year. Lillies Vthfc same the world over, bright tnoagh: as yon'tit before the (OotJight* and ■ gate upon the stage, ' * W " i but iu.st go behind the eoenes once and the illusion is dispelled. JTIIF OI»I.Jf ONE BVBB HINTED Caa Taa Flag iha Wardt irels a 8-incta a 1 ' ‘ ment iq this paper, i There Is a 8-inoh' display advertise- this week, whloli has no tyro words alike except . Word. The tame is true of each new ■ ope appearing eaoh week, from the ;,,Dr. Harter Medicine Co, This ho places a “Crescent" on everythingtl make and publish. Look for It, send thein thh name of the word, and. they will return you book. ’ .v f’d ' division of tho time is measured by placing in a tub ,pf water a otjpper pot in Which n small hole lias been bored. It is sup posed that it will tuke one liqttr for the- water to leak out into the pot'so os to fill it and sink it; When the po liceman seOS • that the pot lias disap peared hh strikes thb hour upon a bell-like gong. If he is smoking and dosing thb copper pot may havo dis- appeared several minutes bofqrehe disoovors the fact, but, tlio hour is when he strikes tho gong.— Pearson's Weekly. m two recent years BU.UUU cmidreu died in England and in Wales of scar let fever; probably quite .us many more died in the United States. companying sleevo being blue, the other red. A lightning arrester, consisting of a pair of widely separated electrodes in a vacuum reservoir, is a into in vention. Between North street and the Bat tery, New York, there are said to be 15,000 women employed as type writers. Senator Paddock, of Nebraska, re ports matters in that state in a cho.Ttic condition, but thinks tbe legislature will elect a Kepnbliean successor to himself. The Republican steals now In progress there somewhat, warrant Senator Paddook’u statement. A UtUs Known Geographical IUtsI tu ths Strnlts of Magollun. First Mate Thorndiko, of the Brit ish ship Mushona, had a little talk with a reporter yesterday, and in the courso of the conversation inciden tally referred to the fact that ho wob on the Merionethshire! when that vessel made the quickest passage on record to Sim Francisco from the United Kingdom. Tho trip was made four years ago, and the time was ninoty-six days. “And now,” snid Mate Thorndike, "1 am going to nsk you a question. How many schoolmarms in Califor nia know for a fact that there are two ways of coming to San Francisco from Now York or Europe by way of South America without rounding the Horn) Ask them. I would al most wager everything I possess on the proposition that without prepara tion they would tell you that tlio only way to avoid the Horn is by go ing through the Straits of Magellan. “Now I am not teaching geogra phy, but every sailor knows of the Straits of Lo Mnire, hut how many presumably woll informed' people in Snn Francisco, or in London for that matter, know that there Is another short cut through the South Ameri can continent? “The Merionethshire did not corap through the Straits of LeMnirowhen she made hep ninety-six days’ pas- illl SI A- COLUMN OF GOSSIP (HTV AND CpI'IVTV PUOPEBT1T liNDKB TIBB HAHAIKII. IPHJBCTR THAT WOMEN LIKK TO HKAB ABOUT. *A PROMINENT YOUNG MAW CO* iUITS sniTOE. rtheriff Edward* Nell* Nome Mnnrfy Hol low* Laaa-Tlie Country Prop erty of tie Tift Kutnte Mold thin Morn* !■*. Mhonhler Baffle* Becoming Popular— Bello nod Jewel*—MOUiething In. Pur*. sage, hut sailing ships have passed through tlioBe straite, and if all the conditions wore favorable the trip might, bo thus shortened nearly seven days, so that theoretically n modern sailing ship might reach this port in eighty days or oven less. But sail ing ships very rarely Indeed come through those straits. Timo is not so much an object as it was in the days of tho fifties, and in addition tho,vessel that undertook it would forfoit her insurance. No insured sailing vessel over comes through tho Straite of Le Maim. I have tailed through those btraits once, and would not euro to do it again. "Tlio.Straits of Magellan and the Straits gt Lo Malro represent two al ternatives us against rounding tho Hovn. Neither of them is at any timo beset or blocked by ice. Tlio ice floes travel from west to east around tho Horn, many degrees to tho south of the Straits of Le Maire, which lie between the southern end of Terra del Fuegonnd Staton island. By going through the Straits of Lo Moire a ship can savo 1,000 miles, but you will readily Understand that, ns the northern summer is tlio ant arctic winter, no vessel would ever attempt the passage in June, July or August. From TuewUv'A Kvemxu Herald. This illuming, before.thecourt house duor, Sheriff Edwards sold some valu able Snndy Bottom property. Tills property Is located on Wash ington street on the left hand side go ing down, and extends from Flint street down to .Campbell's lane. In all there is about Imlf an acre of it upon which are several stores, a shop or two and a hotel. This property was sold to different parties, among whom were Dr. C. W. Arnold, Mr. Morris Mayer,and Wight, Weslosky & Brown. The entire piece brought $4,944. THE TIFT ESTATE. The country property of the Tift es tate was then put under the auction eer’s hammer, or rather club, ns Jim Kemp was wielding it with ns much nonchalance and unconcern ns if it I Aid been the bend of some wny ward vagabond tllat he was' conducting to the guard house. > The country and farm properly of this vast estate comprises a great deal of valuable properly, but somehow nr other it didn't sell quite ns well or quite ns fast ns did '.he city property sold some time ngo. A good deal of it was what fs known as the Band Bill property. What is known ns the Rand Bill triangle, a strip of woodland, next to the river, containing 150 acres was sold to dipt, B. Hobbs at $5 per acre. Other Sand Hill property brought from t'1.50 to $-1 per acre. 400 anres on the S„ Vi & W. and B. & W. roads sold to Mr. R. P. Hall for $8 per acre. This Is said to be among the best pieces of farming property belonging to the estate and contains n large bearing vineyard. The Keaton place next to tlmt of Mr. A. W. Coshy, nnd containing 1)75 aores, brought If2.7o per acre. A number of other pieces of country property were sold, but none of them brought high figures, and a good deal of tbe land was bid in for tbe heirs of the estate. A fashion writer in the New York Press comments ns follows: Shoulder ruffles have come in with big sleeves, and are quite the craze. They are made in all sorts of ways and widths. They are single and triple, plaited, gathered and plain; of fur, of cloth trimmed with fur or velvet They are round and pointed, and are slushed. BELTS. The belt has moved'from the hips up to very near the armpits. There are complaints that this fashion hides the figure, hut the nnoients did not think so, and they knew. A novelty in lentlier belts is about two inohes wide, is stitched with col ored silk as harnesses are, and lias sil ver or gilt mountings, caps, links, buckle and slides. "The Magellan passago is only pos eur. Tho sililo for steamboats anyhow, reason is that n sailing vessel must find an anohorage on the way through, and there are five of thoso anchorages. But none of these can be made, because the current is very strong, especially at full moon, and bccauso there is no wind. On the hvorago tho Magellan straits ore hot more than four miles wide in the thirty miles of their length, and often .tho width is only one mile. ‘The Straits of Lo Maire are five degrees farther south. They are afi3r v ’ ’* - rat thirty , miles through and as 'many' miles across, but thotrouble is tlmt when you $et. to tlio Pacific Bide 1 there is a current dead against you, i at aud northwest gales sotting you dead <iu n roekboimd coast. “Just take up a good map of the south of South America and have a talk with aii.old seaman,” said Mate Thorndike as he hade the reporter goodby, “It is a part of theiworki that is .going to become interesting very soon, and4he events of the last two years are going to lead np to others that may make a knowledge of tho crosscuts of the southern cou- tiucut very interesting to statesmen before very long."—San Francisco Cal’ Almost a Bint, She—I saw somebody this morn ing for whom you have great admi ration. He—You did, eh? 1 guess you most have looked in the mirroq.— Texas Siftings- Mb. Cleveland has finished bis out ing vacation and has returned to New Y(irk, where an immense accumulation of letters, mostly from office-seekers, awaited his arrival. The Savannah News says: The' ar rival'in London of the first cargo, of oranges shipped direct from Florida with the fruit in good condition may open the way for a large dlreot trade iti Southern fruits, It is to be hoped that such a result will follow, i. FASHIONABLE JEWELS. Pearls are the rage. They came In with tbe other revivals. When women at tbe Beginning of tbe century were copying Gepard’s statue of Psyche, and wearing so little clothing that they created scandal, pearls, the sym bol of purity, came into vogue. We have revived tbe pearls; let us draw Jhere tbe line. Necklaces, rings, bracelets, brooches, all are of pears. A Slight Mlatnka. It is occasionally difficult to realize that a man is deaf till fiomething suddenly makes us apprehend it. 1 think of the clerk of a country church who was once much exer cised at the npxjearanco of n strange old gentleman who, when the ser mon was about to begin, took a trumpet (in two parts) out of his pocket and began screwing them to gether. The clerk watched him till the process was completed, and then, going stealthily up, whispered, “Yeow mnnTt play that here; do, I'll turn yo’ out.”—Cornhill Magazine. Tennyson “Cull* Down” a Young Man. A characteristic story is told of Teuuyson and Mr. Oscar Browning. Tho young mm! accosted tho elder in the street one day. ' Who aro you?” asked Tennyson. "I’m Browning." Tlie poet thoughtfully regarded him for a moment, and then said, “I only know one Browning, and you nre not he.’’—New York Tribune. Napoleon Wh» No Gentlcnmu. The word “gentlommi" could never he applied to tho modern Ciesnr, He twitted a lady vtliom he had forced into the'household of the Empress Josephine with the fact that she was marked'by tlie smallpox, and received the retort, "A Frenchman would never :hnvo told me that.” —San Francisco Argonaut. Nervoui Dyipepilu, For hpqyous ,dyspepsia that resists the ordinary treatments take plenty of rest and careful diot. Every hour take ten drops of tincture Of valerian and two grains of bromide of potas sium, This will generally relieve the symptoms, and givo rest and relief from suffering in n short time. -Yankee Blade. A Telephone* In Her Cabin. Perhaps Iraif ono vessel afloat—the police tug Stokley—call boast of tele phone connection with the world at large. A tegular telephone has a place on tho wall of the main cabin, and when at anchor off Vine street the instrument is connected with a switchboard on the Wllarf by a heav ily insulated wire. When thus con nected those-ahoard can talk to any part of the 1 city, or to any point reached by long 1 distance telephone " ' —phila- without leaving tlie vessel.- delphia Record. Representative Blount is among those sensible members of the present Congress to let it be known, since his arrival in Washington, that he sees no necessity for an extra session' of Con gress. j Ton Reed Is back at Washington. Re finds Congress more remunerative than publio leoturing. Some of tbe newspapers think they have forced Mr. Cleveland to the eon- elusion that an extra session will be necessary. The English press has been very pronounced In its denunciations of the dead financier, Jay Gould and his money making methods. many women are buying : Felt bats liuving smooth velvet crowns and velvet trimmings. Long cape coats in light colors edged with brown or black fur. Hip-length capes for dressy wear, of bpngallne, velvet and fur. Red veils in plain and figured net to wear with the fashionable red lints, Hats of light green felt trimmed with dnrk green velvet nnd velvet vio lets. Pique gloves having black buttons and wide embroidery, for ladies. Lnrge four-in-band senrfs having wide spreading tliree-onrnered ends. Dressy capes of black velvet trim ined with tbe strange mixture of white guipure lace and moire fur. Brldemnids gowns of white satin, peau do sole, v bengnline or roynle silk trimmed with silver galloon. Nile green crepon dancing school frocks for misses, with a full yoke and sleeve pull’s of dark green velvet. NEWS FROM Thff Miliinry AppwprtaUM Odf«i ‘ Iht iavi !»■■■■■>■/ .“FT*-r-- —— ■ in tho Ilon-e—The Bc.ult < Fulton Goumr Election. Special to tlio Herald. Atlanta, Deo. 8.—Mr. J. B. Hnrral- son, tbe junior member of the firm ot Harrnlson Bros & Co., of Peaolitr^t street, cut bis throat in his room a; tlie National Hotel last nightxndJ6i>q pressed tbe electric button to summon the hotel clerk to his side. No cause is assigned fof the Patti deed. Mr. Harralson Is a fine youiig business man and no one knows of any reason why he should wish to take his life. He is about twenty-eight years old. He will not survive bis wounds. IlILTUN COUNTY'S FBItnAUV. Tho Journal Ticket Elected. 1 i Special to tlio IlKHAI.J). Atlanta, Dec. 8.—Ih the Comsl primary, held yesterday, Barnes was nominated for Sheriff, Tanner /or' Clerk, Davis for Coroner, and Thomp-j son and* Collier County Commission' ers. This was the Journal’s ticket and the Journal gets sheriff’s advertising. There was no contest for other offices. TUB MILITARY NOT IN IT. The IIon** ftcfiHwr* nn Appropriation u tho Moldicr Hoy*. Special to the IIkuald. d Atlanta, Dec. 8.—The House nns refused to give a cent to the military fund. * Doolan, of Chatham, made a great light for the appropriation. Harrison, of Quitman, and Rankin, of Gordon, opposed it. LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. CITATION. STATE OP GEORGIA—DotrfHiyttTY- Cot r s To AU Whom It May Concern: John A. l>ivfln| having, in proper form, applied to mo fofe j guardianship of tlio person and properl Orrio Jones, P. W. Jones, F. C. Jonos and Jntlq Itenll Jones, tmlnors of F. C. Jones, late of Dougherty comity, deceased, notice is hereby given that ids application will bo hoard at my ofllco on tho first Monday in January next. -1 Givon under my linnd nnd ofiiciul signature! tills 5lli day ol December, 1802. j 8AMUKL W. SMITH, Ol-dlnary Dougherty CoimtV, U;i. SOMETHING IN FUHS. •A writer In Bon Ton for December says: Seal jackets are made with loose front and faced back In reefer fashion; elegant linings of moire or striped and brocaded silk are used. From 83 to 88 inches is tbe accepted length; a slight novelty is nn added flap, which covers the slit in the skirt. Much ntigorn is used, not,only for linings, lint -for oollars, cuffs and tlie front facing of cloaks, both long nnd short. Mink and marten aro used for the trimming of gowns and clonks. Collnrs, boas nnd wraps nre fashion ed from the for of the Thibet goat, nnd beautifully which is waved. the for long, silky Gov.-Ei.ect Osiiokne, of Wyoming, still holds tbe fort, nnd defies the Re publican schemers to deprive him of IiIb office. Charleston is very much excited over a bill before the South Carolina Legislature whicji proposes to gerry mander the State and put that city in n black district, The Republicah Senntors held a cau cus the other day to determine whether to respect the will of the people, or to continue to carry out Republican prin ciples.' They nre Republicans still, and, of course, will pursue the latter plan. NOTICE OF SALE. I'mtor in. orile;-of tlio Court ot Ordinary ^’ Dougherty county, will, bo sold nt auction tit tho Court House door of said county on tho first Tuesday in Jnitunry next, within the legal hours of sole, the following property, tp-'vitj Whole lot of tnud No. BtS. uud frnctiounl lot No. SIS, in tho first district Dougherty county, And containing in tho sggregato 85U acres, more less. Sold ns tho property or.Mrs. S. A. Brin son, Into of snid county, dooensed. Tonus niudc known ou day of aalo. This Doc. Olll, 1R»2. If. L. I.ONG, Kx-ocutor. NOT I €E OF A P1>I. R CATION TO tlBlSt' LAND!. STATE of GEORGIA—DoughEHTY County, To All Whom It May Concern: W.’l*. 1)links . administrator of Jcbso Lee, deoca ed, hMMjp- ' plied to me for leave to Roll tho lands of Xtjd deceased, which application will bo hcora An the first Monday in January nexty 1808. SAMUEL W. SMITH, Ordinary Dougherty County, Ga, S? x THE V ONLY TRUE IRON TONIC .BLOOD, regulate S.removeTj[Vi2B ‘mild strength, renow restore health and • c-‘{"i IJ absolutely orndicn Al. Una brightened, bnfn power increased, bones, nerves, mus cles, receive new force, “ * * it# — Buffering from complaint*. |1 collar to their sex, usinglt, find roso bloom ou checks^ \) c su t in eaCompl exion? pamphlet. OIL HARTER MEDICINE 00., 8t. Louts, HARDWARE! THE BEST AND CHEAPEST PLOW ON EARTH! W. S. BELL.