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per.
Some'Friary Geography.
Written for the Home Joumial by a Ho Aston Mutt-
. Teacher.—WhAt does geography
describe'? .
PnpiL—Geography describes a
great many things.
T.—Will you tell me some of
the most important of them ?
P.—Whiskey Bings, Political
Bings,- Incorporated Monopolies,
Circuses, and Banks.
T.—What is a whiskey ring? .
P.—A whiskey ring is a combi
nation of men colluded together
to evade the. tax by smuggling the
whiskey ; and they sometimes man
ufacture poisonous 'adulterations
between sunset and sunrise,, and
sell theta to topers in cheap sa
loons for pure distilled spirits!
T.—What is a political ring?
P,—A political ring may be bet
ter defined by dividing it into two
or more contending factions, the
:c ms” and the “otits,” then it be--
comes “rings” instead of “ring.”
The “ins” have control of the mon
ey and the offices, and feel tMir
importance to such an extent acs to
imagine that .the very earth quakes
and trembles beneath their stately
tread. The “outs” abuse the “in's,”
calling them by all manner, of hard
names, such as “renegade,” “mis-
creanty “traitor,” “defaulter,”
“mugwump,” etc.
T.—What is an incorporated
monopoly?
P.—An -incorporated monopoly
represents in part the arena in
which a continual warfare is going
on between capital and labor, such
as reducing wages to a ruinous and
unbearable rate,
GEOBGIA—Houston Cochtt:
D. F. Gunn has applied for administra
tion on the estate of Mrs. Mary H. Gram,
of said county, deceased;..
This is therefore to cite all persons
concerned to appear at the jidy Term,
1885, of the Cotixt of Ordinary of said
county, and show cause, if any they have,
why said application should 'mot fie
granted.
Witness my official signature this May
15, 1885. . . ...
f professor. “I . Want an ' nnprejn-
| diced opinion on'?, little matter.”
! And to the servant; “Bring in sonjs
i hot ones.” The visitor, despite
| the fact that he had breakfasted,
was induced to seat himself at the
| table, “just for the experiment^”
and was served with, a spoonful of
dark hrcwn objects, very like small
fried oysters. He eyed them ‘sus-
.piciously a moment, having discov
ered beneath the crust of bread
crumbs a laminated t>a.ck, sctaer
thing like that of a very small
shrimp,
“What do yon call it?”
“The cicada.* It ought to have
been cookea in”—
“What! Bugs?”
“No, no! not bugs, only the cica
da-miscalled the fifteeh T year lo
cust. Don’t be . afraid of them.
They are only the quiatescence' of
vegetable’juices, and everything in
nature feeds upon them ravenous
ly. Thereupon the host took one
of the things, bit it in two, munch
ed and swallowed it with an . ap
pearance of relish. The guest shut
his eyes and attempted to bolt a
whole cicada. The object crushed
in his mouth, and appeared to be
little else than a delicate shell, but
its flavor was found to he far from
disagreeable.
I "All the juices were absorbed in
the butter,” said the professor, ex
planatorily. Neither the savant
nor .his visitor were able to liken
the flavor to anything with which
they were familiar, but they were
agreed as to the opinion^ thah vul
gar prejudice overcome, the cicada
would be esteemed a rare tid-bit;
rare, certainly, since it took seven
teen years to ripen, and that it
might take rank with frogs’ legs,
birds’ nests, shad roes and white
bait.
r T ‘spent an hour last niglife” ptid
the host, “gathering them, and
they were very beautiful when
fresh. I took them just as*the pupa
began to break. They were creamy
white and plump, and loCkecfgood
enough to eat raw, but I didn’t
venture.._ I think these should
have been stewed instead of fried
—stewed in milk. I presume; they
would be. nearly as good as grass
hoppers.”
“Do you eat grasshoppers?”
“Certainly. I once ate nothing
else for two days, and^Epuna them
delicious when properly cooked.
This is only an experiment, of
course, but my eating of grass
hoppers had a practical object in
view. The insects had eaten near
ly everything in a large region of
country, and many families were
on the verge of starvation.” Hay
ing lighted a eigar, the efltoihblo-
gist described' his experience in’
attempting to introduce the grass-
hopp§£ diet in toe West. He
cooked the insects in various ways,*
and always found them palatable
and nutritious. People invited to
partake always evinced aversion at
first, but prejudices haying been
overcome, the dish became & fa
vorite with those who essayed it-
“Both the sedipqcia migratqria,”
he 'said, “and the acridium perigri-
nnm havfi been e'steemed as food
A Louisville gjri who was visit- •
ing here a short time ago scored s ;
signal triumph over a fresh young
society man of this "city. They j
were sitting upon a sofa together, |
and as the conversation progress- -
ed he‘ allowed his . arm to gradual- j
ly fall down until he had it around
GEOBGIA—Houston Coustt :
Mrs. Ann Baskin, adm’x. T. J. Baskin,
of said county .deceased, has. applied
for dismission from her trust: ;■
This is therefore to cif's 'all persons
concerned to appear at the July Term,
, 1885, of the Court ' of Ordinary of said
county, ahd'show cause, if any they have,
why said application should not be grant
ed. , . j,..;’
• Witness my official signature this'April
'10th, 1885.
JOHN H. HOUSES,
..3m. Ordinary.
fore us. The printer’s arc has of tins close ; cpnl|^nk?flsiiip, -ana
been lavishly employed in famish- is always frying to shake t£e lien
ing forth this book, and it is also off her back or whisk her off with
embellished with a large number her tail The hen is always pie-
o£ spirited; eigrayings.’ The book pared for these attempts, and
contains all the sketches that ap- when the coW loiters her head and
peared in The Free Press, and a -shakes her shoulders the hen trots
number of others that Mr. Lewis; Along her back beyond the effects <ff
returned.in hii w knapsack to be shaking. If brings her -within
used in an emergency. • reach qf a possible whisk of the
We have not space enough to cow’s toil; she watches ,it : -closely
give an adequate review of this and at the first movement of that
book, but we can most cordially appendage she. .frbts baGk.again to
recommend. it to our readers; One a place bt safety between the cow’s
is apt to lool; on war liter ature horim., . At femes the cow will sad-
and acquaintances! He isqhohedt
and upright, and a merchant had
rather have- a- tall against* him
than not- -He is' flattered by 4he
confidence that is.reposed-infbiia.
He buys fine things, goes info’ so
ciety, ahd from a frugal : style of
living branches out into an expert-
sive style. At first his debts- were
small and he found pb troubfe in
meeting them. But they have
now become a burden, and to
straightemthings out necessitntes.a
vigorous struggle. -a Self; dediafi
comes harder than it once didfeand
the debt becomes a matter of- wor
ry that will not be quieted, i If
sickness comes) instead of -having
a fund to draw on, there is a 'defi
ciency that each day’s 1 1 illness
makes larger- and more difficult to
wipe out Things have changed
since long ago; Th en it was ensfom*-
rry for the young man to- practice
selfrdenial-in his youth, to -work
iord, gaifl n 'competency and * en*-
joy- leisure beyond the line which
divides youth frojnold age* -Now
it seems that the yoimg man Works
on different principals—^is-ainv ife
Statue of “Literty Bniigateaiag the World,”
The committee in charge of the con
struction of the base and pedestal for the
reception of this great work, in order to
raise funds for its Completion, have pre
pared a miniature statuette' sis inches in
height,—the Statue Bronzed: Pedestal,
Nickel-silvered,—which they are now de
livering to subscribers throughout the
United States at One Dollar E&Cil.
This attractive souvenir and mantel or
desk ornament is a perfect fac-simile of
the model furnished by the artist.... ■
The Statuette in same metal, 12 inches
high, at Five Dollars Each, delivered.
. Therfdesigns of Statne and Pedestal
are protected by U. S. Patents, and the
models can only be furnished by this
Committee. Address, with remittance,
UICHAKI) «ITU:K, Secretary,
American Committee Statne of Liberty.
33 Mercer Street, New York,
) ’svfdch catises-
“strikes” by the employes. , *
T.—-How do these “strikes” gen
erally terminate ?
P.—The monopolism, who rep
resent the money power, generally
overpower the strikers, and the
poor strikers generally come off
second best) and the result is the
flooding of the country with a
wandering, unemployed class of
people commonly known as
“tramps,”
T.—What is a circus? .
P.—A circus is A big humtrag
bn a grand scale, advertising a
great deal ‘and showing but little,
and is invariably followed By %.
gang of thieves and pickpockets,
who stuff their own pockets by de
picting the pockets of others.
T.—"What is a bank?
. P.—-A bank is a big iron safe
where everybody’s money is de
posited for safe keeping.
T.—How long does the money
remain in the safe?
P.—Uktil the cashier, soifle of
the directors, and a few others,
take it out and slope with it.
T.—Having attended to Descrip
tive Geography, I wilT now ask
you what do you know of Philo
sophical Geography?
P. —Philosophical Geography
treats of the seasons, motions of
the earth, the use of the mariner’s
compass, etc. -
T. — 1 How many seasohs are
there?
P.—Generally there are three—
sometimes more.
T.—Hah you name them?
P.—The inbrtgage-planting sea
son, the cotton-planting season, and
the cotton-selling season?
T.—'Which is the most impor
tant of these? '
P.—The mortgage-planting seal
son, of course, as nothing else can
be safely planted until the mort
gages have all been planted.
T.—How many motions has the
earth?
Bi—Well, that depends entirely
upon the kind of- whiskey- you
drink, and how much. Too much
bad whiskey generally gives the
earth four distinct’motions.
T.—Can you name them?
P.—The forward^ the backward)
the side motion, and the .downward
motion.' The last is the worst of
all, ahd is thought to be the cause
of nearly all the feuds in the fam
ily'circle, -j.. . . ,;
T.—For what purpose is a’mar
iner’s compass used ? \ ^ _
* p.—A Jnariner’s competss is tteid
to sbow-the court and- jury that
Charles had corns on Ms toes
He Quit Cliewiiig Tobacco,
The man who gets bit twice by
the same dog is better adapted to
that kind of business than any
other.
There is .a -great deal of religion
in the world that is. like a life pre
server—only put on at the mo
ment of immediate danger, and
then half the time put on wrong
side before. t la . ..
SSperience is .A school where
a man learns what a big fool he
has been* , ...
The man who will pot believe
in any hereafter has got a dread
fully mean opinion of Mmself and i
Ms chances.
PherAare two kinds of fools in
the world—those who can’t change
their opinions and those who won’t j
Out in the world men show us
two .sides.to their characters—by
the fireside only one.
The world’is filling nj> with ed
ucated fools—mankind reads too
much and learns too little.
Every man has Ms follies, and
pjEt.timep theyare tiib most inter
esting things - he has got.
A bill relating to convict labor,
introduced in the Illinois Legisla
ture, provides that a certain per
centage of the revenue derived by
the state therefrom, shall be set
aside for the. support of the fami
lies of convicts who ari left in des;
titute circumstances. This is' a
new departure in dealing with the
difficult question of prison labor;
and is certainly a humane provis
ion. Perhaps many juries would
convict criminals more readily were
tiiey certain that the innocent fam
ilies of sucK,offenders would not,te
the real^suferers. It is a serious
question whether . the dependent
families of criminals , haye liof ;a
special claim on the states:- , ’Ll
most of the Afates; however, they
are supported in the poor houses,
or aided out of the pauper ^ funds]
■which appears to Be rathgr compli
cated- -
Our townsman, Mr. • J. G-
Wright, Sr.', began chewteg to
bacco when he was 6 years old,
and continued to use it for forty
yearn, hb: says he has; often chew
ed up a whole plug cffe)baaQ6 in
three or-four hours. Last fall he
deeided to qMt using tobacco in
any form, and on the 14th of No
vember lie quit,' short Ioffe; sih0§
jwhen he has not tasted or nsed a
particle of tqbabed. He;says his
health is better, Ms mind clearer,
and eVery thing about him -•clean
er since he quit. He says, po ip- •
dneement wbjdd ppnse use
Obchrkn .Messenger.
I have nioved info aiy new Livery Sta
ble, opposite Mr. C. H. Mop re’s store - ,
-where I-will always be ready to serve the
public. I propose to keep a first-class
Livery and Feed Stable.
and save the- labor-mflf’
^for a future day-^^Tliere T^enangfa
flf pteasnre^heathy joyous pleas
ure—that comes with 'legitimate
and successful Work-so that yr^ang
people can afford to livA^slowep
for a few years tfeat they may,
bette^-aBle to onjoy the years that
follpw._. * - r -
Thrift is a sferanger.to th^feiea
The tendency is in ther dL
-done at short' notice',
licit your patronage.
this sort. The volume is more in
teresting than a novel, and its ac
curacy gives it the dignity of a
history.
It is sold by subscription bnly,
and thg publishers are_ansfous to"
secure agMtsL,eve^where. 4-P-
plication^ should be sent to .The
Detroit Free Press Publishing
Company, Detroit, Mich.
D^. M- S. JOBSON,
X3 $3 1XT "TiX SiT,
ISERRY^ ! HAWKINSVILLE,
GA., I SiA.
it/ILL BE at his office in Perry, (Cul-
. T Y ler residence op Main Street), from
the 1st to the 16th of each month; in of-
it agaifl.-
Happy Thouglit iintlic night,
.For yeai-s Mr. Jas. Ik Adey; ! : of
163 West Fayette street, Balti
more, had suffered with neuralgia
so that he could hardly sleep. But
he writes, “Ofle night 1: was Btth-
fering very much, and the thought
struck me that Brown’s Iron Bit
ters would do me some good and
perhaps cure me. It was a happy
thought, and to my . great joy it en
tirely cured after using two
bottles. After three -months I
have had no return of-the symp
toms. I Cheerfully recommend it
as* the best tonic I have flyer
used.” Neuralgia sufferers, take
the hint!
Ifice at Hawkinsville from the 16th. to the
end of each month.
Works for CASH, and is sure to give
Tha editor of the Dearl#ood
Boarer attended church :• for* the -
Jirst time last Sanhari * In about
an hour he*rushed into the office
and shouted i |..
•What-tlie blazes are you fel
lows cldiiig? How about the news
from the seat ofewar'?”
■■r “What news r” ! . <. *
“Why, all that about the Egyp
tian army being-drbwned in the
Bed-Sea. Why, the gospeb sharp
yp at tMs church was telling ns
about-it just now and not a ' word
of it in -the morning’s .paper!
Hustle around, • yon fellows, said
and- get the facts, or the Snap
Shot will get rfbeafc-on ns. Look
spiy, there, and ran an extra edi
tion, while I put on the bulletin
board, “Great English Yietory in
the Soudan!*’ T ; ~ S'~
56 MULBEBBY STBEET,
MACON, GA.
The finest line of Notions, Nov
elties and useful articles in the
"city, all of wMch are offered at
prices WMch cannot be duplicated
In the South.
‘ Call and see for vourselr.
when it comes.
A Ij&jjr York?-psp^ sayk that
hundreds of men, wamen/and even
toys, in that city tire- .engaged hi
the “business” of eoJlcc'-icg old
boots and sh^^ w'Hfcfii thdy take
to toe wall paper faetorie^-tsffierB
tEey.Teeerve ’ from five toififteen*
cents, per pair. Gaff sKm boots
bring the best; prfeCs, while cow'
hide;, ohes arS got j taken at any
The Tribdulet system of photo-
grapMng all tile country as seen
from a captive balloon is said to
have succeeded well. A small
balloori carries tip the necessary
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