Newspaper Page Text
An Uuknow'n Country.
Seattle Press.*
The country in Washington
shut in by the Olympic Mountains,
which includes an area of. about
2,500 miles square, has neygr, to
the positive knowledge of olcl resi
dents of the state, been trodden by
the foot of man, white or Indian.
These mountains rise from the lev
el country, within ten miles of the tutes for jute as good, as easily ob-
Straits of San. Juan de.Fuca in the
north, the Pacific Ocean in the
west, Hoad’s Canal in the east,
and the basin of Quihalt Hake in
the south, and rising .to the height
of 6,000 or 8,000feet, shut in avast
unexplored area.
The Indians have never penetra
ted it, because their traditions say
it is inhabited by a very fierce
tribe, which none of the coast
tribes dared molest. Although it
is improbable that such a tribe
could have existed in this moun
tain country without their presence
becoming known to the'white men,
no man has ever ascertained that
it did not exist. White men, too,
Macon Telegraph.
Okra fibre is attracting consid- years at a time.
erable attention as a possible sub,
stitnte for jute, especially in South
Carolina, where numerous experi
ments have been made with it and
preparations are on foot for its
manufacture. But may there not
be within our reach other sabsti-
have only vague acconnts of any
having
white man having ever passed
through this country, for investi
gation of all the claims of travel
lers has invariably proved that
they have only traversed its outer
The most generally accepted
theory in regard to' this country is
that it consisted of greaf valleys
stretching from the inward slopes
ofjthe mountains to a'great central
basin. This theory is supported
by the fact that, although the
country around has abundant rain
and clouds constantly hang over
the mountain tops, all the streams
flowing to the four points of the
compass are insignificant, and rise
only on the outward slopes of the
ranges, none appearing to drain
the great area shut in by the moun
tains. This fact appears to sup
port the theory that the streams
flowing from the inner slopes of
the mountains feed a great interior
lake. But what drains this lake?
It. must have an outlet somewhere,
aud as all -the streams pouring
from the mountains rise on their
outward slopes, it must have a
subterranean outlet into the ocean,
straits or the sound. There are
great discoveries in store for some
of Washington’s explorers.
“It Mought Have Been Corn.”
A traveler crossing Kansas saw
for the first time a great field of
sugar cane, but mistook it for In
dian corn, which it somewhat re
sembles. Intending to be affable,
he said to an old farmer sitting
near him in the car:
“That’s a fine field of corn, sir.”
“Call it corn; up your way, do
you?” was the response.
“Why, isn’t it?” .S
“Well, it mought be corn, meb-
be,” said the farmer with a slow
smile. “It mought be corn just as
our cat mought have been a rabbit,
the time he got shot for one.”
“How’s that?”
“Well, old Tom was licking his
way through the woods back of
our house one day as fast as he
could go.'aiid my son Jake was out
with his gun and shot him down
for a rabbit! When we come.to jibe
Jake about it he says, says he,
‘Well, I Tow ho moughthave show
ed more ears.’” .
The traveler laughed heartily as
•he "glanced again from the car
window at the slender, earless
stalks of sugar cane, and he laugh
ed again as the farmer concluded
“An’ jest-in the same way, stran
ger^ that thur cane mought have
been corn if it contrived to show
more ears.”—Pittsburg Dispatch.
-tained and as cheap as okra? At
any rate, it is well to encourage in
vestigation and experiment in this
direction.
Hon. W. J. Northen, president
of the Georgia State Agricultural
Society,and a very successful prac
tical farmer, made a discovery a
few days ago which is worth con
sideration. He conducts a large
dairy at his home, near Sparta,
and uses “old field peas” liberally
as food for his cowsl The peas
are run through a chopper, which
frequently, becomes clogged with
the pieces of vine attached to the
pods. Recently while- cleaning
the machine Mr. Northen observed
that these portions of vine after
being mashed presented a very fi
brous appearance and wrapt close
ly about different parts of the
chopper. Stripping off a handful
of the mass thus caught, he was
surprised to find IioWtke vine had
been threaded out and how strong
was its fibre. When dry and.twist
ed it is difficult to break with the
fingers a very small strand of this
substance. Mr. Northen exhibit
ed at the office of the Telegraph a
handful of pea vine that had pass
ed through his chopper. It was a
tangled, browish mass, darker than
okra fibre and lighter than jute.
The pea fibre was easily unraveled.
Comparisons were made of okra
fibre which the Telegraph had re
ceived from South Carolina, and
proved that the pea fibre is much
the stronger. It seems certain
that it would work very easily,
is not more inflammable than okra
fibre. Mr; Northen is naturally
very much interested in the possi-
bilities.of the pea vine, and it is to
be hoped that he.wfll continue his
experiments with it. So far he
has found everything in its favor.
Snails sometimes sleep for four
There is a breed of dogs in Rus
sia that cannot b.-.rk.
There are thirty towns called
Washington in America.
It is said that the population of
Norway exhibits the highest known
percentage of light eyes.
Mr. and Mrs. Tibbels, of Cincin
nati, have a baby that was born
with two molar teeth in its upper
jaw. - y
An Albany, (Yt.) man shipped
to Western markets last- year 8,000
tons of maple sugar, valued at
$97,000. .
Sophie Bennington, of Xenia,
Ohio, has given birth to her twen
ty-fifth child. Her husband claims
this beats all known records.
■Will be sold before the court- house
door in the town of Perry, Houston
county, Ga., between the legal hours of
sale, on the first Tuesday in February
1890, the following property, to-wit:
Fourteen hundred pounds of seed cot
ton, more or less, ungatheredin field; 1
one-horse wagon. Levied on as the
property of H. J. Fountain, to satisfy a
VJicrt.rocc rrarranf from TTnncfrvn P,nnnfv
The “Pilgrim’s Progress” has
been translated into Amharic, the
language of Abyssinia. The book
has now been translated into
eighty-four languages.
A rabbit-proof fence is nearly
constructed between the* New
South Wales and South Australian
borders. This line of fence at
completion will be 350 miles long.
It will; perhaps, interest some
readers to know how much fuel
locomotive burns. On freight
trains an average consumption
may be taken at about one to one
and one-half pounds of coal con
sumed per car per mile. With
passenger trains, the cars of which
are heavier and the speed higher,
the coal consumption is greater,
A freight train of thirty cars, at
speed of thirty miles per hour,
would, therefore, burn from 900 to
1,350 pounds of coal per hour.
The average age of members of
the Federal House of Representa
tives is not more than forty years.
It is a striking fact that o our na
tional legislators are younger than
were those of fifteen or twenty
years ago.
Five Strong Points of S. S. S.
Aleck Harvey, of Talbot county,
is now living on a farm owned, by
Gapt. J. W. Robins, and he has
lived there for more than fifty
years. During that time th9 farm
has changed hands several times,
but Alec always remains with the
new landlord.
Reputation.
The reputation of a man is made
up of what people say of him. In
like manner the reputation of a
medicine depends on what they
who have used it say. No remedy
in existence has so good a reputa
tion as a blood remedy as B. B. B.
(BotanicBlood Balm) 1 It is a
successful physician’s prescrip
tion and quickly cures both mild
aud terrible cases of bad blood.
Dr. L. A. Guild, Atlanta, Ga.,
writes: “Wm. Seaiock, living on
my place, had an ugly running ul
cer on his arm which ordinary
remedies failed to control. As a
last-resort I placed him on a use
of B. B. B. and the ulcer began to
heal at once, and effected an entire
cure. It is a remedy well worthy
of confidence.”
Dr. J. B. Hall, Druggist 'at
Americus, Ga., writes: “A planter
near this place had several of his
best laborers effected with Syphi-g
lis. He.got them B. B. B.^ and’
pronounces them well. A gang of
A. P. & L. Railroad hands use B.
B. B. with great benefit to counter
act the effects of swamp malaria."
Frist. It is entirely vegetable,
con tains J no minerals or poison of
any kind, and builds up the sys
tem from the first dose.
Second. It cures Cancer of the
Skin. No other remedy or treat
ment has. ever cured it.
Third. It cures Hereditary
Blood Taint, even in the third or
fourth generation. No other rem
edy has ever done it..
Fourth. It has never failed to
eradicate. Scrofula from the sys
tem.
FitK It cures Contagious Blood
Poisoh in all its stages by elimi
nating the"horrible virus from the
system, thus giving relief from all
■the consequences of this bane of
the human family. -
S. S. S. builds rip the general
health of the patient,. instead "of
pulling it down, as is the case with
the Mercury, Potash and old Sar
saparilla mixtures. It is harmless
to the : most delicate woman or
child, yet such is its healing power
that it searches out; the poison in
the blood and roots it out. entirely,
thus giving nature an opportunity
to assert itself, and’
It is weirdly reported that “hid
eous and unearthly cries” are
heard “emanating” from v the-holds
of abandoned canal boats lying on
the river banks near Schuylkill
Haven, Pa.
The slowest walking horsas in
the World are to be found in Ger
many. They are trained to a slow
gait on the theory that the slower
they move the better they will
keep their flesh.
For the twelve months ended
Oct. 31,1889, the efports of can
ned beef were 62,640,721 pounds,
an amount in excess of the previ
ous year of a little over 20,000,000
pounds.
According to the latest records
the number of Indians in this
country is 250,000, and the reser
vations which they hold comprise
116,630,103 acres, or 466 aeres for
each man, woman and child.
A “fossil forest” has been dis
covered in Scotland. Thirty
forty fossils trunks have already
been laid bare, most of which are
gray freestone. One of the trunks
is at least two feet in diameter.
‘distress -warrant from Houston County
Courl, in favor of E. M. PattersonWs. H.
J. Fountain.
J. N. TUTTLE, C.B.
Jan. 2nd, 1890.
Georgia—Houston County;
To all whom it may concern:
Lizzie Davis, 7 years of age, Lou Da
vis, 4 years of age, and Sonnie Davis, 2
vears "of age, all colored, and minor chil
dren of Mary Davis, of said county,
having recently been left without father,
mother, or any near of kin, by the death
of their mother, and being entirely -with
out any estate, support or maintenance:
— therefore to cite all persons
These are
interested to be and appear at my office
bn Thursday, the 16th day of January,
1890, to show cause, if any there be, why
said minors should not be bound out to
D. C. Dunbar, or some other fit and prop?
er applicant.
Given under my official signature this
19th day of December, 1889. ,
J: H. HOHSEB, Ordinary.
V
HOW?
H Can the world know a man has a good
thing unless he advertises the possession,
of it.”—Vanderbilt.
WRITE US
wherever you live, and
we will ship you a
fine instrument on 15
Days’ Test Trial in
your own home.
* it *
NO CASH REQUIRED
Until yon have tested and approved. Our freight
istrument fails to please '
both ways if instrument
style, price or cjuality. Ours the'
to give fair and full test, and buy if fully pleased^
40,000 Southern Homes
Supplied by us since 1870 on this TEST TRIAL
PLAN, first introduced in the South by us. Fair-
‘ method.of sale possible, and a great-benefit to
thoseat a distancewho cannot visit our ware-rooms
ALL RISK SAVED
By this trial plan, and purchasers ’absolutely as
sured perfect instruments at the very lowest
possible cost. Selling only the best instru
ments made, that will .stand the most severe and
comprehensive tests, we do not fear to sena them out
on trial and let them stand solely on their merits..
* 11 ask is the privilege of shipping on ap-
o..;*. Our freights if we fad.
A museum of religion, the Giu-
met Museum, has been inaugurated
in-Pams. It is intended to facili
tate the study of aneient religions
by means of a collection of pict
ures, objects of worship and books.
A Butler, Penn., druggist has a
large dog that became so vicious
as to be a general nuisance. Re
peated efforts to poison the brute
with strychnine were unavailing,
the drug doing no more harm than
so much sugar.
It is said that a singular fact con
nected with the cultivation of the
banana is that it seeds only in one
spot on the earth—the Andaman
Islands in the Indian Ocean. Ev
erywhere else it must be raised
from suckers.
A Letterkenny, Penn., farmer,
who lives near the mountain, says
he can always tell when a hard
storm is coming, aifthe crows then
fly to the better protected nooks
for shelter, sometimes a day be
fore'the storm reaches there.
Terrell County, Ga., reports
rattlesnake 14 feet 7 inches long,
.eleven inches around, with thir
ty-nine rattles and a button. The
skin has been stuffed, and will be
sent to the National Museum or to
the Smithsonian Institution. v
At Crawfordsville, Ind., the oth
er day, the members of the city
school board presented Miss Nellie
Constant with a handsome set of
Tennyson’s works. Miss Constant
attended the Crawfordsville
schools for eleven years without
being absent or tardy a single time,
and the presentation was made on
that account.
proval. No suit,
EASY TO BUY
From us by correspondence. No matter whether
ship to all Southern States. Our system is
perfect. Prices in plain print and alike to all.
One price only. No more, no less. Large
Discounts from makers prices. All
tition met." Complete outfits free. All
paid. . Easy installments.' Every inducement I
any fair dealing house can offer.
I compo-
II freight
nentthat /
Write for Valuable Information.
Catalogues, Circulars, Special
Fall Offers—1889. Copy of new
Paper—“Sharps and Flats”-r
AL.L FREE. Address
& BATES,
SOUTHERN MUSIC HOUSE,
SAVANNAH, CA.
MY SON
LiQrroEs.
314 Third Street, MACON, GA,
—tv yj-x tbieStds in old Houston |
JLVj. -will find me at the above-named
stand, where I -will he glad to servo them
if they need anything in my line.
Besides a stock of
I keep an assortment of the leading
brands of - .
AT THE . ~ CM
MACOS TRTJXK FACTORY
YUU CAN BUY
Macon-Made Ti-iiiiIiS, Va-
lises, Satcliels, Hand-
Bags, UPoeXcettooolxs,
and other leather goods in this line, of
Such as Hume, six-year old, Nelson
Comity Eye, Gibson’s XXXX. Pure Old
North Carolina Com, and other brands.
FILLING JUGS A SPECIALTY.
All orders promptly attended to
J. S. YDfSOY.
408 and 410 Mulberry Street,
MACON, GA. .
China, Crockery
China Cups and Saucers,
and Plates,
By the piece or dozen.
wmm? wmmm
Bisque, YVax and China*
Pb» CgUMMSllf
R. F. SMITH.
If
itifle and
I »
Fully illustrated. Best class of "Wood Kngrav-
*— Send'for specimen
'our months 7 trial, $1.
3S1 Broadway, N.T.
ARCHITECTS & BUILDERC
n Edition of Scientific American. U
plans and specifications for t
such as conten
?5 eta. a copy.
ing to
& Co., who
have had over
40 years 7 experience and have made oyer
100,000 applications for American and For
eign patents. Send for Handbook. Corres
pondence strictly confidential.
> TRADE MARKS.
-In ease your mark Is not registered in the Pat
ent Office, apply to Munn & Co.. and procure
Immediate protection. Send for Handbook.
COPYRIGHTS for hooks, charts, maps,
etc., quickly procured. Address ,
WUNN & CO., Patent Solicitors. "^1
General Office: 3G1 Broadway, N. Y
MOUEY
TEE SWY
X'lae ' 3es • %
559 CHERRY STREET, - -
DEi C-OODS,'BOOTS AND. SHOE S handled exclusively; d
ALL NEW' GOODS.' NEW STYLES.
f
BELOW COMF1
GA. .
WAY
A HQRE TASTBFU’L SSIiBOTlOK of all kinds of DBESS GOOD,’ i
. Macon. This stock is unquestionably without a ’ rival h
ty andliheapness. Whenever-yoneomo toMacon.de,:-';
me, whether you want to buy or not.- Lookers torn tc-'
It wll pay yon to call at IDES SISK’S B3SE ill'
the very best quality, at
MRST-HAOT) PRICES.
A Full line of Umbrellas.
Examine om^tock when in the city.
J. VAN & CO.,
410 Third Street, Macon, Ga.
SEND YOUR ORDERS TO
Sam.
Weichselbaum,
Cherry Street,
MACON, GEORGIA.
Fine old Straight Tm stamp
Bine Grass Eye,
Hume Bourbon,
MellwoodRye,
Finch’s Golden Wedding Rye,
S. W. Private Stock' North Carolina
Com and Apple Brandy,]
Georgia Hand-Made Peach Brandy.
The best goods for the money in
Georgia.
Give me a call when in the city, or
send mo your orders.
WHUTISGOIHGCN
FDR MANY
MILES
WV
those who call—tout neiehhora
aiio'vs the small end of tho tele
scope. The following cot gives the appearance of it reduced li
ahont the fiftieth part of its bnlfc-It is a grand; donble sire tele
scope, nalargees is easrtoeerry. We will »>*“7°“)J?
on,i make from S3 toSlOs dap at least, from the Mart,with-
ice. We par all express charges.
jx 880, Portland, Mi —
Address.H. HALLETT & CO.,
if f@t§' wait romm
.^11 -AJtoo’u.t
HtlSftl lifeBlj
MACON,
\G!A.
Everything' Sold .at Spot Oasll Jri
Discounts -to Middle Mon
JNo
EVERYTING IN MACHINERY MADE E
CIviEN
©Sr" Ask for what you want,
trictly first-class.
The
price
E, CROCKETT
WOOID &;
=CHEAP
Furniture and Carp
J—r wD
rye-
v L 1
Ml
State of G-eorgla-*
CaUianclfSee usland get Prices, and L
the Finest Display in Georgia,
NEXT TO HOTEL LANIERrMihOCHTGiA.
>ok at
“De.nl with the men who advertise. You
will never lose by it. 77 —Ben. Franklin.
Write L.& B. S. M. H. about it. *
%
PJERRY RAILROAD SCHEDULE,
Daily, Except Sunday.
Leave Perry at 5:40 a. si.
Arrive at Fort Talley 6:25 A. ax.
Leave Fort Valley at 11:30 p. sr.
Arrive at Perry at 12:15 A. sr.
Leave Perry ai 3:05 p. if.
Arrive at Fort Valley 3:50 p. sr
Leave Fort Valley at 8:25 p. si
Arrive at Eerry at 9:10 p. sr,
AND
THE LOCAL NEWS
rj\r i r
i. i k Jt-j 1
1F.
SUBSCRIBE AT ONCE FOR
PASSENGER SCHEDULE
-AND-
FREIGHT SERVICE
In effect Dec. lBt, 1889, via.the
Georgia Southern and Florida
BAILKOAD.
SUWANNEE RIVER ROUTE TO FLORIDA
Standard time same as Macon city time.
A Safe Investment.
Is one which is guaranteed to
bring you satisfactory results, or
a conse- case °f failure a return pur-
quence the general health is rap- c ^ as , e P r i c6 ‘ ®n this safe plan you
idly improved, and-the cure is ef-' C “ buy Rom our advertised De
fected.
We have qn interesting treatise
on Blood and Skin Diseases which
we will mail free to those who will
send us their address.
Swift Specific Co.,
Atlanta, Ga.
Subscribe for the Home Journal.
gist a bottle of Dr. King’s New
Discovery for Consumption. It is
guaranteed to bring relief in every
case, when used for any affection
of Throat, Lungs or Chest, such as
Consumption, - Inflammation of
Lungs, Broehitis, Asthama,
Whooping Cough, Croup, etc,, can
always be depended upon.
Trial bottles free at Holtzclaw
& Gilbert’s Drugstore.
GOING SOUTH.
No. 3 No. 1
No. 11.
Lv. Macon
10:45a. m. 4:45 p. m
6:00 a. m
Lv.Cordele
1:01p.m. 7:28.pm
2:20 p m
Ar. Tifton
2:15 pm 9:00 pm
6:25 p m
(No.13)
Lv.Tifton
2:35 p m
6:30 am
Lv. Valdosta
4:23 p m
12:30 p m
Lv. Jasper ___
5:31 pm
3:15 pm
Ar. Lake Oity
6:45p_m
5:30p m
Ar. Jacksonville
9:15 p m
GOINC NOBTH.
No. 4. No. 2‘
No." 14
Lv. Jacosonville
7:30 a m
Lv- Lake City
10:00a m
7:00 a m
Lv Jasber
11:11am
9:35 am
Lv. Ealdosta
12:30p m
3:13 p m
Ar. Tifton
2:18 p m
730pm
No. 12
Lv Tifton
2:38 Dm 6;30am
.7:00 am
Lv. Cordele
3:52 p m 8:00 am
1:01pm
Ar. Macon
6:00 pm 10:00 am
7:15 p m
Trains 1, 2, 3 and 4 arrive and depart
from Union depot. Way freight and ac
commodation trains 11 and 12 arrive and
depart from Macon junction.
Freight received and delivered at de
pot comer Fifth and Pine streets,Macon.
Freight for Americus, Albany, Bruns
wick, Savannah, Charleston, Florida
points and all other places on or reached
via this roadwill he handled withprompt-
ness and dispatch.
C. B. WIEBtrEN, J. T- HOSE,
Gen'l Freight Agt. Gen’l Pass. Agt.
A. C. KNAPP, Traffic Manager.
THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL,
PUBLISHED
!•?«? HtfiiBii®.
-AT-
NOW IN ITS TWENTIENTH VOLUME’
MACON CHINA STORE,
TElAAGrULAR BLOCK,.MACOA, GA.
THE OALY EXCLUSIVE CHINA AKD GLASSWAEE HOUSE 1A THE CITY
We import our goods, and
L buy from first hands, saving the middle man’s profits. We can show you more China -and
Glassware than all the other stocks in Macon added together.
-We are Acknowledged Headquarters for Goods in. Onr Line.
We have now in store the most varied stock ever exhibited in any southern city. When in the city call and Eee the great
est attraction to be seen in Macon.
Very Respectfully,
mmm mm mm
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, A YEAR.-
Jwo. H. Honoes, Publisher.
GROVE’S TASTELESS
a a U f-—
It is as pleasant to Ibo ta.i
The smallest infant wiil
know it is medicine.
Children cry for it. 17 v
Chills once broken wl'.i a.
Cost you only half the p:
Tonics.
Ko Quinine heeded. 57 ;
Contains nap--:. C;:
It purifies tl: .'77.
larial poison from Ik .
It is as large as cay
for 50 cents.
'f/FAEZiF-2,
)N[C!
3 as lemon syrup.
lNj it and never
s please
jgfl people were tellslh-l
££~ t children who W'i
had chronic ckilk
within three wcei
pg*|j wort tele ut teut/,
FOR SALE BY
HOLTZCLAW & GILBERT, Perry, Ga.
Jen-trad, lESailroavd. or Q-eorgla
BETWEEN MACON, FOET VALLEY, FEEBY ANE CGI
(Southwestern Division.)
Schedule went into effect t Dccemb5r 1st, 1889.
(Standard Time,. 90th Meridian.)
No. 3.
No I.
i
. No. A
3.25 a. m.
-2.00 p. m.
Leave Macon. Arrive
10.43 a. .m.:
3.39 “
2.15 “
Arrive- Wise, Arrive
10.U-)
3.44 “
2.21 “
Arrive Butland Arrive
10ri
3.52 “
2.28 “
Arrive Walden Arrive
ioj- 4i •
407 “
2.45 “
Arrive Bvron Arrr. c
lO.i -o * e
417 “
2.55 “
Arrive Powersville Arrive
y.'i
435 a. m.
3.10 a. m
Arrive Fort Yallev Leave
9.4.0 n. m ]
' ■ ' .
BETWEEN FOKT VALLEY AND I'E
8.25 p. m.
1T.30 a. m.
Leave Fort Valley Arrive
G.Nv m.
9.10 p. m.
12.15 a. m.
Arrive Ferry Leave
435 a. m.
3.10 p. m.
Leave Fort Talley Arrive
* 9.42 Tii.
4.50 “
3.25 “
Arr Everett’s Arrive
UN-' “
50.2 “
3.40 “ ,
Arrive Bevnolds Arrive
[).Td ” .
5.19 “
3.58 “ '
ArrivG Butler Arrive
£.*oE
5.30 “
4.10 p. m.
Arrive Scott’s Arrive
5.40 “
422 “
Arrive Howard Arrive
8.0 > i
5.50 “
433 “
Arrive Bostick Arrive
3^2 ** ’
6.04 “
445 if
Arrive Geneva Arrive
6.14 “
4.57 “
Arrive Juniper 'Arrive
7.4-3 “
6.22 “
5.06
Arrive Box Springs Arrive
6.38 “
5.24 “
Arrive tfpatoie Arrive'
7.2D-
7.00 “
5-4S “
Arrive Schatuljfa Arrive
T.co “ ;
7.25 a. m.
6.15 p. m.
Arrive Columbus Lecve
6.85 p. in.|
■- ( > v-m
J"
Our lines of SHOES AND BA.TB are on the market at
Living Prices, and if you want
HOTEST GOODS AT
call on us , w, BTCARHART & CO,
A’ljduio.itj NiVMT