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EDWIN MARTIN, I?i*opx*ietoi*.
Devoted to Hojne Interests and Culture.
TTTOBOLLARSA Year in Aflvanco,
VOLUME IX.
PERRY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY .93, 1879.
NUMBER 4.
OLORIOUSLY FALSE.
[From ills Courier-Journal ]
BJ WALKER KENNEDY.
CHAPTER ILL
porest all around. Already the aun
hud rounded the western hills, bnt had
w oven creamy mists into the unstartled
*ir. Everything was a pait of the lull
ing silence. Indeed, very unusual in
the sound that cuts throngh that ever
present solemnity, save the chirps of
bird or the plash of the distant unseen
onr on the Hudson, sounds that
never become noises, and, into the un
checked fancy, are but a dim remove
from stillness. Yet, on this evening
something melodious alarmed the ech
oes so long untrained to their duty of
catching prevalent sounds and sending
them to a linger on long distant cour
ses like a brook whose gleam is seer, a
intervals through the trees, till lost, i..
the indistinctness of farness. But it
teems to me the song that burst from «
pair of strong and mellow lungs would
have made an echo pant and pale with
joy. However that may be, the owner
of the lungs did not belie liis voice, for
a finer youth one would scarcely wish
to see. He rejoiced in a wiry, well-pro
portioned form, to which seemed com
bined the largest possible amount' of
■activity, with the most equitable share
of flesh. The brown eyes were suscep
tible to either mirth or sorrow as the
heart was winged high by one orehain-
cd by the other. Usually a cheerful
expression prevailed his features, regu
lar by 'culture. Such was Charley P* m ■
bertou. who had sent his baggage on
to Scandaltown by the boat and was
walking from G—ville to bis destina
tion, for tbo exercise aud the scen
ery.
“Let me. see.” said ho to himself. “I
ought to be near the town now. I had
better approach the river aud lora'e
myself. As I just had ten miles to
walk, I .should be pretty near it now.”
He accordingly made his way toward
the river, and, in a short time, vea -lied
the bottom of one of [the-numerous
cliffs that frown majestically upon its
waves. To climb it was short work for
him, and when he stood on top of the
picture wns worth the trouble spent.
Landscape may be beautiful, but it. be
comes s'ill more so when a living bein'?
forms the center of it, lending, ns if
vore, ft soul to a lovelv substance.
Pembertou’s liv.-ly fancy eimh’eij
him to go out foil lim- lf a»d
view the scene ns we. do. He held a si
lent figure, resting on a long staff; clear
cut against, the sky. Half a mile up
ward a sm tky mist arose to in-.Voate
the situulioii of the town; while far 11s
his eye could reach northward, south-
w.inl, lay the motionless glitter of the
noble river, spreading its sweep and
gleam through the landscape. Across
thestream where mighty oaks, making
pleasaut cones of shade, aud conspi
cious-striken with the lingering blush
■of the sunset. Having dvnuk in the
glory of the scene, he set out briskly
for the town, and soon reached the
base ef the hill on which it was situa
ted. This done, he began gf climb the
winding path which lends to it. Around
him many wild flowers sprang np nud
offered their kiudly tributes of fra
grance, and trailing vines clung loving-
iDgly aronud the masculine trees which
themselves were dusted over by velvet
mosses. Throngh the undergrowth,
which spread far up the steep, glimp
ses of the towu were seen. The top
of the declivity reached, there, sur
rounded by golden corn and vegeta
bles, it appeared, and a shout of pleas
ure burst from Charlies lips at the sight
of it
As he entered Scandaltown romance
took wings, aud hereafter it will make
but rare flights in this story. Here
and there he saw groups of men and
women mending, aud unmaking repu
tations. As he walked through the
place he conld hear whispers such as
these:
‘‘That's the new schoolmaster.”
“Looks rather slim.” “Sort of wisdom-
tooth,"and o‘her such sheering chimes.
He spoke cheerlully to men who, he
knew, would say alt manner of mean
things about him as soon as the grin
of salutation had_faded from their fa
ces. But t was not his habit to be
flown-herted, and, seemingly uncon
scious of the eager scrutiny to which
ks was subjected, he went on to the
house of the trustee, wno was the rep-
resentatives of the law in the place.
He was cordially received by this gen
tleman named Kingston, with no nui-
ssnoesia the shape of gawky daughters,
*® as willing to take onr friend to board
He was a character, and a fine field for
the study of eccentricity. He was so
stmng a temperance man that he con
demned even cider, saying that if God
■^mighty had intended 'that apples
should be made into a drink, he would
avepat a tin cap under each one of
r ® 6 was almost an enthusiast on
i fl* on * The prospect of acainp-meet-
c g or a revival had the same effect on
'm as the announcement of a circus
Jf 011 ?. street gamin or any ten-yesr-
anJ i.- ^im, Charlie knew that he j
fcu hlS re l )atation were safe. He soon !
perfectly at home, for it was Kings- J
ton’s endeavor to make things cheer
ful. Though everything was serene
here he felt some misgiving as to the
school. Rumor had reached him that
two of the most energetically mischiev
ous boys in the school had gone out to
fight a duel the day before. This was
the reverse of assuring. That night
pistols and knives aud mischievous boys
sauntered in an ofl-hand way through
his dreams. Things, however, turned
out to be not so bad as be expected,
for human nature changes little in dif
ferent climates, and when children are
thrown with a new acquittance they are
very apt to like him, if he seeks their
good will. By a ready resolution and
occa sional resorts to brute force, he
soon had his discipline thoroughly es
tablished.
Ha soau found, in spite of the even
tenor of affairs at schol, that he was oc
cupying too important a position, judg
ing from its duties. Complaints of all
sorts of mischief, done at all times,
were brought to him as if he were at
once a school teacher, constable, and a
Justice of the Peace. In fact, he had
strong notions of running for all three
positions, in order that the emoluments
as well as the duties might be united,
t-oae of tile boys who went to the school
purloined some testaments from the
Methodist Sunday-School- He was
asked to ferret them out and punish
iliem. Soon after this he was started
by Kingston one morning at half past
five, and informed that a gentleman
wished to see him. He hunied on a
few things, went dowa and stepp 1 d out
into the moonlight, expecting some
thing of great importance. It turned
out to be an old shaggy country man.
who began to wiitua out his misfor
tune. One of the school-boys bad
gone through his pasture that morning
at. five o'clock; and, seeing his c>'W tied
down, bad yielded to temptation aud
cut the cord that bound her, Charlie
mildly iu-inuated that school didn’t be
gin before breakfast, and referred him
to the Constable. At this he grew
somewhat insulting iu tone. Thereup
on Pemberioti coid him that if he did
not- desire to a. ply to the Constable he
would refer him to the devil, whitli>r
he might go. Of course this was re
ported all over towu with iugeuious va
riations.
In short, he "became a court of un
common pleas, with tbo prearranged
coxtaiuty of increasing the dissatisfac
tion. Things dragged on iu this v-ay
or some time; the clouds gathered,
and the inroads into his reputation be
came more daring and more frequent.
He w u-ked hard, however, and snn.sci-
euiiously. At length it told on his
health, and culminah.-d in a week’s sick
ness. During that time speculation
had beeu a tiptoe as to the halt iv of
his illness. Li tle c'-nfabs and scandal
parliaments were heid in order to give
an official account of the cause and pres
ent c n lition of the disease. The
thing was canvassed by some energetic
female elec ioneeiers, who are not hap
py until they have brought every incip
ient scandal to its proper head. At
length it came to a vole. Some credit
ed him with cholera, bnt were voted
down on the ground that cholera did
not prevail in winter. This party
showed an unruly desire to filibuster
during the rest of the meeting. Others
maintained that he had the delirium
tremens, for it was generally understood
that he often beguiled himself with in
toxicating liquors, because, perhaps, he
had never drunk anything of the sort
in his life. Tuis view had many adhe
rents, wko only gave it up when some
thing more interesting and imaginative
had been suggested. The advocates of
small-pox were by far the most reso
lute. not only because they embaaeed a
majority of the most talented authori
ties, but because they had also a strong
card in the name of the disease. There
was something lofty and striking to the
fancy in it. The delirium tresmens par
ty Were compelled to admit that it was
a masterly invention, and each of i;s
members hastened to swing with the
popular tide. So it was made nnani
m ms. Everywhere it was reported
that Pemberton had the small-pox. The
rnmor spread like wild-fire. The peo
ple living out in the country came to
ihe town to find cut if it were true, and
went back thoroughly convinced. At
the end of his confinement, Charlie
went out to take a walk. What was his
astonishment to find that be was avoid
ed on alt sides. At first he did not pay
much attention to it, but it became so
marked that he asked Kingston if ha
could aoeoant for it. He then, for the
first time, found oat that it was every
where reported and believed that he
hd the small-pox, and he laughed
oeartily over it. The next day he went
back to school and found the benches
almost deserted. A few children who
were content to plod their dull way
along without the enhvenmeat of news
or the invigoration of scandal, had not
heard the report and had come to
school. To them he laughingly stated
it and denied it
The following day it was Known that
the rnmor was false, aud of coarse the
chnldren ail trooped back. This lie
thought was the last of his small-pox,
but he was happily mistaken. Yet the {
consequences were not uniformly pleas
ant. The narration of one of them is
distasteful but imperitive. The very
day on which he had taken up school
lie was visited by a gentleman holding
the enviable position of village bally.
Towards him Pemberton had always
acted with the deference dne undoubt
ed talent. But he was not satisfied.
The pleasantest remarks were not rich
enough diet for him, and the small-pox
business gave him a pretext for seeking
a red-handed victory. As he approach
ed Pemberton had some missgivings,
bnt when he stood in his presence it
wearied him to see the perfect Plevna
of carnage in the-bully’s eye.
He began by asking in & belligerent
tone;
“I believe you have said I got np the
report about your having the small
pox?’’
Pemberton denied saying anything
about the matter of the inventor of the
story, and said it was a small affair any
how, and just so he did not haye the
dread disease, he did not care, how
much people reported it; that he took
pleasure in absolving him from all
participation, and in fact would go so
far tvs to give him an affidavit of good
character. This ho said sarcastically
and defiantly that the man of muscle
was more enraged, and said:
“I repeat it; you did say so. I have
g tod yioof of it.”
Charlie was of course, not to be in-
i aklated even in bis week physiciai
state, so !.e raid, coaly.-
••f never said anything of the kind.
I d.i not believe such a thing compat
ible with the well-known amiability of
your character.” .
1‘his irony only made things worse.
The bully had said he did. Pemberton
had said ha didn’t Virtually the lie
direet. It is unnecessary to give fur
ther doiails of this painful interview.
Iu spite of Charlie's plucky defense, he
was laid out iu a flaccid coaditou, and
rein about as “game ’ ns a blade of wilt
ed grass Bui he re-oived to engage iu
Indian club exercise and have the en
counter once more. For tiie rest of the
day his eyesight failed him; but he con
soled himself with the recollectiou
that dark night had come even upou
Homer’s heroes, aud that in life one
iluds here a sunbeam, there a shadow.
He had already shivered in the shadow,
and so ou the next day he basked in his
well-merited sunbeam. Kingston was
for prosecuting the bully, but as the
latter was the bosom friend of the
reigning Magistrate aud the beau ideal
of the Constable, Charlie thought he
would let it pass.
(to be continued.)
The Indian Massacre.—We know
ihat we are a Southern barbarian and
can’t appreciate the finer feelings that
ate so much boasted of as characteris
tic of our brethren of the North. But
we must confess that we aro shocked at
the wantor butchery of the Cheyeuue
Indians (men and women) who escap
ed from Fort. Robinson the other day.
As we understand it, they were only
imprisoned there because they left the
place in the Indian Territory to which
the Government had forcibly removed
them, and effected their escape from
the fort when told that they were to be
forcibly returned. Their massacre wtw
the work of the agents of a -powerful
government, but we apprehend, never
theless, that iheir blood, like the blood
of Abel, will cry from the ground
against their slayers to the tribunal be
fore whom human greatness is of no
esteem.—Columbus Times.
Akbest of an Abut Offices.—The
New York Times st i tes that Captain
Thomas Biair, the officer of the Fif
teenth United States Infantry who mar
ried the widow of Gen. Gordon Gran
ger several months ago, was arrested in
that city Thursday evening, at the in
stance of the 'War Department, and is
now held a prisoner ou Governors Is
land, to await further orders from
Washington. The Times says bat- little
is known as to the nature of the char
ges, bnt it is supposed that the forgery
of official signatures to a paper pnr-
porting to be his discharge from the
service will be leading ch.irge. . It is
alleged by the American Consul at
Glasgow that Ca plain Blair, whose
real name is Nichols, has & wife and
children in Scotland.
The Chinese Minister at Washington
has been in no harry to discuss Mongo
lian immigration with Secretary Evarfs
and the President, who have been wait
ing for him to show some sign of inter
est in the subject, The Cabinet talked
the matter over the other day, and came
to the conclusion, as it was necessary
for the Repndbcaa party to cany Cali
fornia, that a repnblicoa movement to
restrict Chinese immigration should be
commenced soon, which will be suppor
ted by the administration. It is be-
DA WJT ON THE MO OF.
A Rochester jonralisfc who visited
Prof. Swift the other evening and had
a view of the moon, says.” The tele
scope, with a power of thirty-six diame
ters, was turned upon the mooD. At
first the flood of light was ctwindline,
and the view was bnt curosy. The
moon looked like a shield of embossed
silver—the shield of Achilles—hang by
his goddess mother iu the azure of the
heaven. Prof. Swift looked over the
field, aud noted as he looked many of
the interesting points, and suggested
that we follow the snnrise on the moon.
On the moon the dawn advanced at the
rate of ten miles an hour, lighting np
new fields and furnishing to him an
ever—changing panorama. Still, there
is nanght but desolating, yawning wa
ters, and sharp peaks of volcanic
mountains aud circular walls with per
pendicular sides that surronud deep
pits. The moon is dead, to all appear
ance—burned out with volcanic fires.
No water laves the desolate and rag
ged shores of its great sea bottoms.
But in the gray plains, where some as
tronomers think an ocean once spread,
craters are seen with perpendicular
walls.
The gray plains can be seen with the
naked eye, forming what is ea’led ’’the
man in the moon“ on a map like the
eastern continent. Uuder the telescope
we conld trace what seemed at firrt
to be shore lines on the borders oi
this plain. Oa closer inspection, iu
stead of wave-washed sand, these lines
appeared to be bat rounded steps formed
by successive lava bursts spreading over
the plain and making, by the lessening
flow, the gradual exhaustion of the vol
canic force. From one of the largest
craters rise three volcanic cones, the
summits of which are tipped with sun
light before thefl iorof the crater, is lin
ed. Iu au other large crater two comes
arise. From the larger craters rays
spread ont, though the volcanic force
cracked the firm crust in 'inheaval, in
jecting through the broken surface
ridges of dazzling white lava, that
spread out like the arms ol cuttle-fish
covering a vast surface.
The grandest phenomena are to be
observed by following the snn on the
moon. The advancing dawn forms a
ragged crescent line upon the surface
still in darkness. The sun’s rays pass
over dark chasms and low fields, light
ing up ragged mountain tops far iu ad
vance. They appear like little islands
of light lying off the coast of an illu
minated sea. High mountains and cra
ter walls near the shore of light cas
deep shadows. The circular rims of the
crater are illuminated, aud shine like
rings of silver, glittering upou a cush
ion of darkness. The advancing dawn
uow lights up the bases of the outlying
maintains tbit beta moment ago,
showed but a speck of light,- aDd still
new mountain are tipped with sliver far
in advance.
The sunlight strike! upon the side o f
a circular wall of a crater, and there is
diver cresoent, with a black space be
tween it and the sea of light. SIowlv
the summit of other portions of the
circular walls are lighted up, and then
the sunlight invades the depth of the
crater, while the shad ow of the wall
nearest the sun stretches half across the
floor of the chasm. Frequently great
gap3 are broken in the crater walls,
and streaks of light stream across the
floor. The jagged rocks, in calm, cold
beauty, shine and glitter in the fierce
white light. The mountains are moun
tains of desolation, and the valleys a re
valleys of silence and death, They are
wrinkled with the flow of lava and torn
witli upheavals. The moon is dead.
No air, no sea no forest shade, or living
thing. The moon is a never-failing
source of delight. It is awful in its
suggestions of poll er and in its loneli
ness of utter desolation.
The Enobmous Durr os Quinine.—
A few days ago a skillful physician
who had long experience in the New
York city hospitals said that qninine
has become so mnch of a luxury that
expHcits orders are in force requiring
that when substitutes for qninine can
be found they-must always be used.
The duty on sulphate of qninine is
twenty per centnm ad,valorem, and the
price of the drag in onr markets i3 ad
vanced nearly or qnite that amount.
In the South, where immense quanti
ties of quinine have to be used every
year, the substitutkffi of less efficient
bat cheaper medicines have become so
common that we'have no hesitation in
saying that thousands of deaths can be
traced to this cause alone. In the light
of these facts the Ways and Means Com
mittee at Washington, with Mr. Fer
nando Wood at its head, will shoulder a
grave moral responsibility if it docs
not report promptly the bilj abolishing
THE BABYS DEA TH.
There came a morning at last when:
the baby’s eyes did not open. DrJ
Erskine. felt the heart throb faintiv]
under his fingers, but he knew it was j
beating its last. He ti embied for E.iz-
ebeth,and dared not tell her. She au
ticipateed him.
‘ Doctor,” she said— her voice was so
passionless that it might almost have
belonged to a disemboded spirit ‘ I
know that my darling is dying.”
He bowed his head mutely. Her very
calmness awed him.
“Is there anytning you can do to
ease her?”
“Nothing, I do not think that she
suffers.”
“Thsn will yoa please go away. She
is mine—nobody ’s but mine, in her
life and in her death—and I want her
quite to myself at last. ”
Sorrowfully enough, he left her.
Elizabeth held her child closely, bnt
gently. She thought in that hoar that
she had never loved anything c-Le—euv-
er in this world should love anything
again. She wanted to cry, but her eyes
were dry and not a tear fell on the little
upturned face, changing so hist to mar
ble. She bent over aud whispered
something in the baby’s ear—a wild
passionate prayer that it would kucw
her, and remember her again in the
infinite spaces. A look seemed to an
swer her a radiaut, loving look, which
she thought mast-be bom of the near
heaven. She pressed her lips in a last
despairing agony of love to the little
face, from which already, as she kissed
it, the soul had fled. Her white wonder
uad gone home. This which lay upon
her hungry heart was stone.—“Some
Womens ' Hearts.,,
“The Gbhat Famine in Bbaziii.”—
Mr. Herbert H. Smith, who is now in
Brazil, collecting material for a series
of papers ou that iuteresfcing empire,
to appear in Scribner’s Monthlv writes
as follews: “People iu the United
States know little abont t-Lia groat fam
ine that is r; giug iu the northwestern
part of Brazil: I myself had no idea
of its importance until very lately. It
is enough to state that it affects at least
one-fourth of the whole population of
the empire, that hundreds are dying of
starvation, and thousands of disease
incident to exposure aud insufficient
food. In the city of Cc.aru, which will
be my principal point of study, the
normal population of 40,000 has been
swelled to 80,000 by fugitives irem the
drouth-smitten interior country, and
among this 80,000 the death rate has
reached the enormous figure of 300 per
nay. These drouths are periodical, oc
curring once in tveuty or thirty years,
it seems to me, therefore, that a study
on the spot will be of very great im
portance. It is entirely another side
of Brazil from that which I haye be-
f ore seen and written of.”
Mr. William L. Stone, well known as
a historian, and wish some repntation
as an arclue jlogist, advances the idea
that a race not yet classified, bat prob
ably of Aztec origin, once occupied
certain portions of central and eastern
New York. He founds this belief npon
sundry pipes, copper and bronze spear
heads and spears, which have been
found within the last year or two near
Seneca Falls and Saratoga Springs.—
The terra-cotta pipe is wrought with
rhe Egycian of Sphinx-like cast of fea
tures, so different from any of the
rough eartlienwork of the American
IndiaD, but not all unlike the discover
ies made in some of the Ohio mounds
The spear and. spear head are identical
.in size and shape with the copper im
plements discovered in the abandoned
galleries of the ancient copper mines of
Lake Superior, and there can be no
doabt of their prehistoric character.
The revisers of the New Testament
have finished their second and final re
vision. The company have he’d eighty
five sessions, and have spent 337 days
on the work, having began it in June
1870. The total number of the compa
ny is twenty-ftrtir, and the average rate
of attendance throughout has been fif
teen. Th ere now remains the consid
eration of any further suggestion that
may be made by the American compa
ny, and the adjustment of some ques
tions which have been reserved to the
end.
ieved that the Republican vote in Cali- tte Philadelphia monopolists’ blood tax j
fornia will be very greatly increased hv i* n£i a [ !o " Congress to give ihe people a
the Chinese dodge. • free shase. N. Y. Post.
A recent dispatch from Austin, Tex
as, says J ohn Wesley Hardin, at the
head of fifty convicts, came very near
making his escape from the Texas pen
itentiary the other day. They had al
most completed a tunnel from the
workshop to the armory, and had they
reached it, they would have seized
guns, overpowered the guards and es
caped.
r , r ,, , „ . . . I Senator Thurman has written another
In Mecklenburg Sckwenn capital|lengthyJetferilothe Chairman of the
punishment had oeen abandoned for BMne-Teller mwedSg^m commitee 1
twenty years, the Grand Duke liartog| in which he gives som^ interesting in-1
commuted all sentences,jbut, owing to formation regarding Radical bulldozing1
the increase of enmes this practice has \ of Democratic voters, both white and’
been given up. and one execution has : blaek, & JiorIda f&e ^ ^
already been performed. ‘tions 1
A grand shootin g match between Bo-
gardns and Dr. Carver has been agreed
u| o a for S10.000, The match is to take
place between the 1st of next Septem
ber and the. 31st of December. Twen-
I LIKE TO HELP PEOPLE:
.
A woman was walking a street one j
windy day, when the raiu began to
come down. She had an umbrella, bn. J
her hands were fall of parcels, and it
was difficult for her to raise it in the
“Let- me, ma’am; let me, please;
said a bright-faced boy, taking the um
brella iu his hands. The astonished
woman looked on with satisfaction,
while he managed to raise the rather
obstinate umbrella. Then taking out
one of those ever handy strings which
boys carry, he tied ail the parcels sung-
ly into one bundle, an I politely banded
it back to her.
“Thank yon very much,” she said.—
“Yon are very polite to do so much for
a stranger.”
“O, it is no trouble, ma’am, ho said,
with a smile; “I like to help people.”
Both went their ways with a happy
feeling in the heart, for sash little
deeds of kindness are like fragrant ro
ses blossoming along the path of life.
We all have onr chances day by day:
and shall one day be asked how we
have improved them. Almost any one
likes to be helped in ‘any difficulty.—
Are we all as fond of~ helping otheis
over the hard places. Ii we take the
golden rule as onr guide, we shall not
only make a great many people glad
that have ever known ns, b*t shall oui-
selves be glad in heart.—Child s World.
-a--go
Johnny Chamberlin committed sui
cide in Megalia, CaJ., because the civ
ilization of the place had left him dis-
couragmgly far behind. Chamberlin
went there in the eariy mining days,
when Megalia was called Dogtown. He
was a scholarly man, and had qualities
of recklessness and good fellowship
that made him vary popular. Coot’s
saloon was the popular resort. Cham
berlin bet with Coot 55,000 on Lin
coln against the saloon on Dinglass.—
Thus winning the establishment, as
truthfully related in one of Bret
Har.te’s stories, he stnek to it until his
death, two weeks ago. In the mean
time Dogtown became Magalia, church
es and schools were established, and
public sentiment changed so complete
ly that gambling and drunkenness—
Chamberlin’s strong points—came to
bo regarded as disreputable. So he
shot himself,
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A shocking accident occurred in Up
per Providence township, Montgomery
county, Pa., last week, when John Hii-
tebidel, a farmer, while cutting corn-
fodder with a machine driven by horse
power, slipped and fell into the box.
His left arm was oangkt by the rollers,
and in an instant his hand was irresisti
bly drawn into the knives and cut off in
leng h of an inch to within one inch
of the wrist joint. The unfortunate
man’s cries speedily brought assistance
and the machinery was stopped. His
arm will have to be amputated,
Coal armor i3 the newest idea among
English naval constructors. A coal-
bunker eight or ten feet wide, filled
with coal, has been found to resist the
projectiles of the 41-ton gnn (nearly
seven inches bore), even when fired un
der conditions most favorable for pene
tration, and experiments have been
tried by exploding shells with increased
bursting charges in the coal without
setting it on fire. For converted mer
chant steamers and vessels where the
greater part of the machinery is
placed above the water line, these ban
kers are likely to be employed.
A story is told indicative of the cool
ness and nerve of the Prince of Wales.
He was in company with Dr. Lyon
Playfair, watching a caldron of lead
boiling at a white beat. The doctor
told him that, from certain scientific
reasons, he conld put his hand into the
seething metal with impnnity. The
prince, on this assurance, plnnged his
handin and laded out a portion of tiie
molten metal.
Perhaps few of onr farmers are
aware that- the same planting of rye can
be nsed as a pasture for a nnmber of
years. One sowing has been nsed in
Massacbnsetts for seven years in suc
cession by grazing sheep upon it and
never letting it go up to seed, Four
years has also been known, the rye pro
ducing a crop of grain the fifth year.
We can dimly perceive coming np the
steep of time, the day when the pro
fessor of pugiiism in onr college facul
ties will sit at the 'right hand of the
president and look down npon profes
sors of theology and metaphysics.
The scientific farmers of Germany
have been experimenting in potato
planting and conclude that large pota
toes are the best seed, that the »ye3 in
the top of the potato produce the most
vigorous offspring, and that the whole
tuber is better seed than a part.
-< ■ ■
COFFI ISTfe-
A Hearse can be furnished to order at any time
on short notice. I can be fonnd in the day time at
iny store, next to the hotel; at night at my residence
adjoining Hr. Havis.
Furniture Made to Or eti
and repaired at short notice. Burial Clothes, ready
made, for ladies, gentlemen aud children.
BARTLET’S UNRIVALLED
SPRING BEDS.
GEORGE PAUL,
PEBEY. GEORGIA.
HEW HARNESS SHOP
J. F. HUMPHREYS,
Perry, - tcufeifl-
H AVING located in Perry noxt door to the store
of Moore .tBro., I respectfully solicit a liberal
share of the public patronage. I beep on hand .
SADDLES,
BRIDLES,
AND HARNESS,
or make them to order.
RUFATTRUTG-.
Neatly and promptly done.
PRICES LOW-
M Y NURSERY STOCK is very large and fine this
season, and if yon wish to plaut acclimated
rees and such varieties as are best adapted to homo
nd market uses, you can procure them at the t >1
wing extraordinary low prices:
PRICE LIST:
APPLES.
Single Trees $ .13'
Per Hundred lo.fi
PEACHES.
Single Trees
Per Hundred
PEARS.
Standard Two years old 50 cents each.
“ One “ SO cents each.
Dwarf Two Years Old .40 cents each.
“ One “ 25 cents each.
Lcconnt or Chinese Sand Pear $1 00 each.
Pomegranates and Grapes ... 25 cents
Plains, Quinces, Mulberries and Figs 25 cents
Strawberries.—Per Hundred $ 1,00
“ “ .Thcusand 8.08
Special Rates Given for Large Order
Descriptive Catalogue sent free on application.
Address
SAMUEL H, RUMPiT,
Willow Lube tfnisery,
Marshallville, Ga^
Or T. 0. SKELLIE,
Fort Yalley, Ga.
D. RHODES.
DEALER IN
All Mntis of Fancy anil
family Groceries-
Have at ail Times on Hand
BACON, LARD,
FLOUR, TOBACCO,
SUGAR, COFFER.
Oct 25.
D. RHODES,
Hawkinsville, Ga.
Mortgages.—We are getting np some
books oi blank mortgagee, with waive!
, ,, , , . „ . , , clauses, and good for land or personalty*
ty thousand glass balls are to be Broken i —the strongest security which can be
by the winner in six days. j made—which will be printed with the
' »♦ < inames of merchants inserted, in the'
Apple seed sown in the fall where a : finest of the typographical art ami
hedge is de-ired, it is said will torm Each hack wifi contain
- ii i x - . « , IUJ nlaako. Orders fehou id be seut in
an impregnable hedge in 4 or 5 years. • ■ £ once . price, 82.00.
gimiiyireis
MACON, GA.,
MRS. S,L- WHITEHURST,Propri1 res*
TERf
last, Supper and Lodg
ing. $1.00 Per
week, $7 00,