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TO EX N EL. RODS MS, Proprietor,
DEVOTED TO HOMS ?r:TERl"STS t PROGRESS AND CULTURE.
PKICE: 'T''WO L'OLI.AKS a Year.
VOL. XX.
PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27,1890. .
NO. 9.
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A.dii fBistrator’& Sale.
Georgia- Hou? rox County:
HAKVETS WIFE.
: never weary of praising this new
FIRESIDE COMPANION.
Bv virtue £ an • rder from the Court
oE Ordinary t sa: d county, will be sold
at the court honse door in the town of
I?errv, Ga., within the legal hours of
sale, on the first Tuesday in Marclraest,
the following property to-wit: One 4-
room house and lot, containing 3 acres,
more or less, situated in the town of
Byron, Ga„ and being the honse and lot
now occupied by T O. Vmson.
Sold as the property of-Kinchen Tay
lor, late of said o mty, deceased. Terms
° f S CHABLES Ij. BATEMAN, Adm’r.
County Bailiff’s Sales.
Will bo sold before the court house
door in the town of Perry, Houston
county, Ga., between the legal hours of
sale, on tho first Tuesday in March,
1890, tho following property, to-wit:
One 8-horse power Watertown engine
on wheels, with all the appurtenances
belonging thereto, oa he B-. W. Brown
placo-dlisvied on as the ..-operty of J.
P. Bragg to satisfy afi. fa. irnm Houston
County Court, January term, 1390, in fa
vor of'Smith & Mallory vs. J. F. Bragg.
J. N. TUTTLE, C.B.
Jan. 30,1890.
GEORGIA—Houston County :
E. S.Wellons, administrator of the es
tate of John Tharp, of said county, de
ceased, has applied for dismission from
his trust:, ,,
This is therefore to cite all persons con
cerned to appear at the May term,
1890,of the conrt of Ordinary of saidconn-
ty, and show cause, if any they have, why
said application should not be granted.
Witness my official signature this
February (i, 1890. J• H. HOUSER,
Ordinary.
j comfort
j But one person remained un-
—— ' converted to^Myra Layne’s praise.
“So Harvey’s married, eh ?: All the young people in the town,
TVal, I s’pose there will be a change except the inevitable jealous few,
in the family, to be sure! And j were won at once by her kind-
they do say he’s married a galj ness, her deftness, her educational
from the city, who's been to col- i acquirements. Every one had a
lege or some other such fool place, J pleasant word to speak of Harvey
and learned everything that a wo-' Layne’s wife, all save .Miss Abi-
man hadn’t ought to know; chim-' gail Harris. She alone remained
istry, botany, philos’phy, geology j unchanged. She shook her stiff
and physiology. They say she' gray head uncompromisingly over
knows more about the human body j the praise lavished upon the young
| pleaded so ably. And the little
good Samaritan was soon seated in
Dr. Jones’buggy, on her way to
the sick woman.
GEORGIA—Houston County:
W. S. Folder, administrator of the es
tate of Mrs. C. M. Felder, has applied
for leavo to sell all the real estate of said
deceased: -
This is therefore to cite all persons
concerned to appear at the March term,
1890, of the Court of Ordinary of said
county, and show cause, if any they have,
why said application should not be
granted. , , ,. .
Witness my official signature this
Jan. 30, 1810.
J.H. HOUSER, Ordinary.
Georgia—Houston County:
J. A. Bryan,guardian of M - . R. and S. E.
Bryan, minors of A. C. Bryan, deceased,
has applied for a 12 months support for
said minors out of the estate of said de-
ceased, and the return of the appraisers
having been filed in this office:
This is therefore to cito all persons
concerned to appear at the March term,
1890, of the Conrt of Ordinary of said
county, and show cause if any they have,
why said return should not be received
and made tho judgment of this court.
Witness my official signature this Jan.
30,1890. J. H. HOUSER, Ordinary.
GEORGIA—Houston County:
W S Harvard, administrator of the es
tate of W. T. Gulledge, has applied for
leavo to sell tho real estate belonging to
said deceased in tho town .of Fort Valley,
Ga., in said county:
This is therefore to cite all persons
concerned to appear at the March
term, 1890, of the Court of Ordinary of
said county, and show cause, if any they
havo, why said application should not bo
granted. . ... T
Witness my official signature this Jan.
30, 1SJ0. j ^ HOUSER, Ordinary.
Gdorgia—Houston County:
T. N. White, administrator of the es-
tato’of D A King, has applied for dismis
sion from his trust:
This is therefore to cite all persons con
cerned to appear at tho April Term,
1890, of tho Co ' *|T ’ “ ""
Dourt of Ordinary of saM
county, and show cause, if any they
havo, why said application should notbe
granted, . ... g
Winess my official signature tins J an.
2nd, 1890-
J H HOUSER, Ordinary.
Perry Public Schools.
Tho Spring Session of the Public
Schools of Perry will open on
MONDAY, JANUARY 6th, 1S90,
and will continue ,for five and .one-half
calendar months.
The Incidental Fee to be paid by the
pnpils whose parents, guardians, or nat
ural protectors are residents of the town
of Perry, is 53.75.
The Tuition for the session for pupils
whose parents, guardians, or natural
protectors do not reside in Perry, is §5.50
These sums must be paid cash to the
Secretary and Treasurer of the Board of
Education, or tho child will not be per
mitted to enter the schools.
Separate schools wi’l be opened for
white ami colored children.
Most excellent teachers have been en
gaged, and the instruction will be thor
ough and tho discipline strict.
For any further information, address
either of tli e undersigned.
R. N. Holtzolaw, Pres. Board.
O. E. Gilbert, Sec’y and Treas.
Perry, Ga.
LIFE AND'DEATH
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The first and only one in the field. It
is a complete history of the life and
death of Mr. Davis, containing 256 pages,
and is handsomely illustrated and con
tains the fnnerel services, comments of
the press, etc. It will have a big sale.
60 per cent discount to live agents.
Price, paper cover, 25cents; cloth bound,
§1.00. Mailed to any address on receipt
of price. If you. want to be an agent,
send 25 conts for Prospectus book and
Circulars, and go to work at once. You
can sell 250 copies in your own town.
Address J. S. OGIL VIE, Publisher, 57
Bose Street, Hew York.
—Jlie Southern Farm and the
Home Journal will- be furnished
together one year for §2.30. The
Farm is the agricultural paper es
tablished at Atlanta by Henry
Grady. The price for it alone is SI
nOUR NEW
Solid
XWorth $100.65. liesx SS5
jjwateli in ike world. Perfect
tim*keeper.W*rnintedhe*TT»
“ ) GOLD huntiE- r
and gent’s -
f vri:h
th ladies'*
’and gent’_.
. i and cases of
value. Oxk rprsoxia
sOmtoSS?areliSe? 'ARtSSreAyoa
• - • - - “lose-vrfco call—yonr
—that always results
than she does about makin’ bread.
Fine housekeeper she'll make for
your Harvey! Sister Layne, I’m
sorry for ye!”
The speaker—a tall, gaunt old
lady, in a scant gown of blue
cheek, and a huge white sun-bon
net—sunk into the big willow
chair npon Farmer Layne’s vine-
covered porch, and began to fan
herself with a big turkey wing.
Mrs. Layne, a small, -slight old
lady, in a brown Holland dress and
white apron, a silvery-haireS,
plaeid-faced, motherly body,
glanced up from the dish-towel
that she was busily hemming, and
smiled serenely.
“Well, now, Abigail, I’m not
afraid of Myra,” she observed,
quietly. “The girl is a little learn
ed, perhaps; but, then, I judge
from her letters that she is very
modest- over her acquirements.
And Harvey thinks there isn’t an
other such a woman on the face of
the earth.
. The visitor sighed lugubrious
ly-
“I should think that would be a
great trial to you!” observed this
Job’s comforter. “Yon was alius
used to havin’ Harvey look up to
you as the fust and last among
women! There’ll be a change,
sister Layne; there’ll be a change.”
Mrs. Layne laughed aloud—a
charming little laugh which it did
one good to hear
“Of course, I expect that, Abi
gail!”—spoken with sweet serious
ness—“I should be very sorry if
Harvejr were to care more for his
mother than for his wife. But a
mother’s love need not interfere
with that other love. And, any
way, he aud Myra are married; he
will bring her home to-morrow
to the old farm, and it will not be
my fault is she is not satisfied
here, for I intend to do all in my
power to make her contented and
happy!”
“Humph! Wal, I’m sure I hope
you’ll never regret it, that’s all!”
says Miss Abigail Harris, as she
arises to take her departure. Her
call has been fashionably short,
but then she accomplished the
purpose for which she came, and
that was something.
The following day brought
Harvey Layne, only child of the
worthy old couple who owned
Hillsdale Farm. Home to the old
farm-house, and with him a tall,
elegant girl—his bride. Myra was
not pretty; but one glance into
her calm, fair face, with it’s se
rious brown eyes, which yet held a
merry gleam somewhere in their
depths, aud Mrs. Layne held out
her arms.
“My dear, I hope you will be
happy here. We’re plain people
—father and I—but we will do all
we can to make yon happy for
Harvey’s sake.”
“And for my owd, I hope,” she
said, softly, as she returned the
old lady’s affectionate greeting—
after which she Vas duly presented
to her father-in-law.
As the days went by the coming
of Harvey’s wife began to work
wonders in the old brown farm
house. She removed the hideous
ornaments from the parlor and sub
stituted dainty creations of her
own—painted placques, brackets
and paintings. A velvet lambre
quin soon covered the eyesore of a
tall, painted mantel; tidies, orna
mented witli gay ribbons, covered
the faded repp furniture. The
green paper* shades disappeared
from the windows, and pretty and
inexpensive drapery of delicate
scrim took their place. The bas
ket of paper flowers vanished like
magic from theround table, and in
its stead a plnslx-bonnd album in a
plush easel. Myra smiled when
she arranged it, for she knew that
this was common-place in the ex
treme: but anything was belter
than the paper flowers. Then
beantifully embroidered stools and
foot-rests began to be scattered
throughout the parlor. And when
the old deacon proved how corn-
feet—he now wore a pair of hand
some slippers which the same tire-
wife; she treated her with cold civ
ility, and steadily refused to be
won. It was a case of the sternest
prejudice.
“She’s a whited sepulcher,” the
old spinster wqnld say, grimly,
‘flair enough outside, but within”—
and an ominous shake of the head
would complete the sentence. But
Myra moved quietly on her way.
She taught needle-work to all the
younger girls around who desired
to learn. She was .a milliner,
dress-maker, embroiderer, all in
one. She trained the budding tal
ents of the village artist,and taught
him to read Rnskin and to strive to
ereate the best. She was an em
bryo physician, too, for her knowl
edge of what to do in certain emer
gencies was found upon more than
one occasion to -have saved
life.
But still Miss Abigail sniffed
contemptuously, and turned cold
ly from her whenever they chanced
to meet. Once, when books were
being discussed, Myra offered to
send her George Elliott’s “Romo-
la,” but was surprised to receive
an insulting “No, Thauky, ma’am,
I don’t never read books writ by
such a critter! A woman that was
talked about! Oh, no! I don’t en
courage no sich!”
And Myra eould not suppress a
smile as she observed that neither
praise nor blame could touch the
divine genius of the author of
“Romola.” Now, after that, Miss
Abigail seemed to dislike her, if
possible, more than ever.
And so time wore on until the
summer came. The scene of my
story is laid in a little country
town a few miles from a certain
southern city, and over the fair
city a dark cloud was slowly gath
ering, which was fated'to bring de
struction to many.
“17611, Miss Abigail’s down at
last!” exclaimed Deacon Layne, as
he came from the village in his
buggy one day. “She’s right sick,
they say, and not a soul with her.
Fust time I ever knowed o’ Abi
gail Harris bein’ ill, eh, wife?”
Mrs. Layne looked much con
cerned.
“Dear, dear, Enos—yes, I never
knew her to have a sick day in her
life before. Well, we are all grow
ing old, Enos, you know.”
“Yes, to be sure,”—thoughtfully
as though it had struck him for
the first time—“I say, wife, do you
think it’s possible that Miss Abi
gail’s down with the yellow fever?
You know she would go over to
Jackson last week to sell her wool.
Nobody could prevent her going
right to the infected city. She’d
sold her wool there every year
since the war, she wasn’t going to
take it ter any other market—so she
said. I declare, there goes Dr.
Jones! I’ll hail him, and find out
what the matter is.”
“Yellow fever?” quoth the old
doctor, drily. “Yes, to be sura it
is, neighbor, the worst case I’ve
seen since the epidemic of ’78—
just ten years ago. It’s all her
own fault—Miss Abigail’s. You
know what a hard-headed woman
is to deal with.”
“No worse than a hard-headed
man, Dr. Jones!” cried a cheerful
voice, and the next moment the
doctor’s hat was off, and he
bowing to Harvey’s wife.
“What’s that about Miss Abi
gail? Sick? And the yellow fe
ver? Doctor, you must take , me
over there at once. I understand
how to nurse the fever perfectly.”
“Oh, Myra!” sobbed Harvey’s
mother.
“Myra!”- exclaimed old Deacon
Layne aghast.
“Mrs. Layne!” cried the . doctor,
in consternation, “you will only
risk your life for the sake of a
crabbed old woman, who has not
long to live at the most.”
“But she’s just as precious in
God’s sight,” said Harvey Layne’s
wife, softly, “and so—if—Harvey
doesfnot object—I will go with
yon, doctor, and nurse poor old
Miss Abigail Why, if v I manage
“And so you nursed me—you—
Harvey Layne’s wife, that I alias
thought wasn’t good for anything
but show. Come here, child.
Can you ever forgive a cruel woman
who ”
State Itoacl Rnaiors.
Savannah News.
There is no reason to doubt that
there will be bidders for the lease
Beware of the Cotton Mania. :
Males Went Up.
New York Sun.
“Who never really meant any
wrong at all,” interposed Myra; a
pale, wan little Myra now, after
long days and nights of watching
and nursing—that indefatigable
care which alone brings a patient
through the horrors of yellow fe
ver. “Now, say no more about it,
Miss Abigail, and thank God that
the contagion has not spread.
Yonr’s was the only case. And
now the black frost has come, and
all danger is over.”
Yes, all danger was over, thanks
to the heroic woman who had risk
ed her own life to nurse her enemy.
But enemy no longer. There is
now no warmer advocate of Harvey
Forsyth Advertiser.
Now in the preparation season,! One spring day, about a mile
because cotton is selling for ten i£ ut3 Me°f Deeatnr, Ala, a hive of
of the Western and'Atlantic rail- , f ,, ; bees belonging to CoL Clark went
_ i tvru xi xi * • cents it is hoped that the farmers b n u ., , , ,,
road. When the bill authorizing . j on a s\Yarm, a matter that should
the leasing of it was under consid-, in • co ^ on belt will not permit; happen tb every well regulated hive
eration there were those who said, themselves to become seized of the abontoncein so often. Just at
no railroad and no syndicate could, cotton mania, and therefore re
afford to pay §35,000 a month for duce their acerage in food crops
the lease, and there are those now
who assert that the rental fixed by
the legislature is too high, partic
ularly as the law requires that
§500,000 in state bonds, to obtain
which it will require about §600,-
000 in cash, shall be deposited as
a security for a faithful compli-
The cotton farmers of a quarter
century ago remember how the
then high price for cotton deluded
them and led them into a policy
of farming that has worked out
anything bnt good results. They
well remember how that system
ance with the terms of the lease., removed their depot of supplies
Such talk as this is to be expected, j from their own homes to the far
bnt it will not prevent bidding for West, and brought upon the cot-
the lease. The state road is the: ton farmers a load of indebtedness
best paying railroad property in
the state, and under the present
lease somebody has made a great
deal of money out of it. All the
railroad men of prominence in the
country know that it is a very prof-
Layne’s wife in the whole country itable railroad, and it would not
than Miss Abigail Harris. She
has secretly made a will bequeath
ing all her possessions—quite f
fortune—to Myra Layne, who had
heaped coals of fire on her head.
Hereditary Taints.
fortafale a foot-rest was to his tired .well, I may keep the disease from
spreading all river town.”
She went, of course.
New York Herald.
Counsel was defending a man
indicted for arson in causing his
own dwelling to be destroyed to
defraud the insurer. The alleged
accomplice, a young man, had tes
tified to the setting on fire of the
building, at the instigation of his
employer, the defendant. The
witness was corroborated by his
father, who testified that when the
arrest was made the defendant
said to him: “We might have both
got off if Schuyler (the son) had
not peached and told the whole
story.” This, with some suspi
cious circumstances, was the evi
dence for the prosecution, in addi
tion to the proof of over-insu
rance.
In summing up for the defense
got along pretty well in his attack
upon the accomplice, by showing
his unworthy motive and action,but
he found it difficult to approach
the subject of the testimony of the
father, because there was little in
the evidence upon which an attack
upon his testimony could be based.
Counsel struggled along with the
remainder of the topics upon
which he wished to speak, hesita
ting to approach the subject of the
father’s testimony, until luckily a
story entered his head. He there
upon proceeded in this wise:
“Gentlemen, I have now discus
sed this ease, and shown you the
barrenness of the evidence upon
which the learned District Attor
ney seeks to send the defendant to
prison. I have omitted no topic
except the alleged corroboration
of the testimony of this accom
plice by his father. All I have to
say in regard to that is to tell you
this story, and let you apply the
moral:
“A little boy was often whipped
by his father for lying. He usual
ly took it as a matter of course, but
on one occasion the punishment
seemed to him to excite reflection.
After it- was over he stood before
his father in a thoughtful way,
which attracted his father’s atten
tion.
“My son,” said the father, “what
are you thinking about?”
“Father,” said the son, “when
you was a little boy, did you tell
Hes?”
“No, my son; when I was a lit
tle boy I did not tell lies.” _
“Father,” returned the son,“when
mother was a little girl, did she
use to tell lies?”
“No, my son,”'returned the fa
ther; “when yonr mother was a lit
tle girl she didn't tell lies. But
why do yon ask me the questions?”
“Well,” said the little fellow,
drawing a long sigh, “it’s the most
mysterious thing in the world to
me that a father who never told
lies when he was a little boy, and a
mother who never told lies when
she was a little girl, should have a
boy that tells as many lies as I
do.”
The defendant was acquitted.
be at all surprising if the bid
ding for its lease should be spirit
ed.
A few days ago the report was
set afloat that the Louisville and
Nashville intended to build a road
that would give it an Atlanta con
nection, and which would greatly
injure the state road. The Louis
ville and Nashville may have such
an intention, but it is quite safe to
say that it will not do so as long as
there is a chance for it to get the
state road. The state road has a
business of which it cannot be de
prived by any road that is likely to
be built. It is true that roads could
be built that would greatly injure
it, and that is one of the reasons
that has influenced the Morning
News in advising the sale of it, but
there is no immediate prospect of
the building of any such road, not
withstanding the report to the
contrary.
It is worth noticing that Mr.
John H. Inman and his party of
capitalists, when they visited At
lanta the other day to attend the
chamber of commerce banquet,
came from Chattanooga over the
Western and Atlantic instead of
the East Tennessee, and it is said
that Mr. Inman’s car was the last
one on the train and that he occu
pied a seat most of the way on the
rear platform. From this it is to
be inferred that he feels a very
great interest in the road, and that
the Richmond Terminal may be a
bidder for it. In a Chattanooga dis
patch he is quoted as saying, ‘We
do not intend the lease to Tie given
away to the Louisville and Nash
ville.” If the Richmond Terminal
and the Louisville and Nashville
should bid for theroad, the chances
are that-tlie state would get more
than §35,000 a month for it.
that has not yet been lifted. They
have not forgotten* yet how the
high price for cotton expanded
credit, encouraged extravagance
and spread mortgages over thous
ands of once prosperous farms
and homes in this section.
Remembering these things of
the past, will they again be delud
ed by the price of ten cents for
cotton into curtailing. their corn
and other food crops?
Or will they now pursue the
more sensible and self supporting
policy sought to to be inculcated
through the principles-of the alli
ance, of growing and producing an
abundance of needed supplies at
home, no matter what may be the
price of cotton.
It matters not if it were known
that cotton would command twen
ty cents for the next ten years, it
would be the safer and surer poli
cy for each and every farmer in the
cotton region to raise on his own
farm an abundance of corn, meat,
wheat and all food supplies.
This the Southern farmers can
do, and at the same time grow
cotton enounh to supply the world
when supplemented with that
grown in other countries.
If this be done, and it can be
done, then, whether cotton be sold
for ten cents, or twenty cents, in a
few years our farmers will become
masters of the situation, and will
be money-lenders instead of mon
ey-borrowers as now.
is coxsTnnPTioN incurable!
Read the following; Mr. O. H.
Morris, Newark, Art, says: “Was
down with Abscess of Lungs, and
friends and physicians pronounced
me an Incurable Consumptive,
Began taking Dr.-Ring’s New Dis
covery for Consumption, am now
on my third bottle, and able to
oversee the work on my farm. It
is the finest medicine ever made.”
J essie Middlewart, Decalnr, Ohio,
says: “Had it not been for Dr.
Ring’s New Discovery for Con
sumption I would have died of
Rung Troubles. Was given up by
I doctors. Am now in best of health.” desire to place it iu the hands of
Even!*" - ^ ga-’- » • * *— .
Try it.
bottles
•he was Harvey couldn’t say no, when she Holtzelaw k Gilbert’s Drugstore.
Some interesting trials of skill
have recently taken place among
the workmen employed in the
rollirg mills of Birmingham and
Ansonia, Conn. One operator roll
ed an old-fashioned copper cent
into a strip eighteen inches long
and 3.2000 inch thick. In a spirit
of emulation, other workmen es
sayed cent-rolling, and the record
was broken by an Ansonia roller,
who, commencing with a modern
alloy cent, finished witli a strip of
metal thirty-eight inches long and
1.1500 inch in thickness. After
ward, with an 1888 cent, the same
man obtained a ribbon of bronze
fifty inches loud, three-quarters of
an inch wide, and 1.200 inch thick
There is a girl driver on the
street-car line at Abilene, Ran.
Astonished.
The world was astonished at the
manifestation of love and admira
tion that lay deep down in the
hearts of the Southern people for
their late leader, Hon. Jefferson
Davis. Though the cause was long
since lost, and they accept in good
faith the new order of things, their
love for this great man was none
the less sincere, and the over
whelming demonstrations shown
on every hand speak eloquently in
deed the sentiments of .millions of
onr best people. Many now will
be glad of the opportunity to get
the Memorial Yolnme, giving a
sketch of his career and the
“World’s Tribote to His Memory.”
Dr, Jones, “the fighting chaplain,”
the author of this great and popu
lar book, shares the royalty with
Mrs. Davis. The publishers, B. F.
Johnson k Co., Richmond, Ya.,
For a long time “No Man’s
Laud” has been a refuge for ruf
fians who were afforded security
there from the popular Idea- that
it was ontside the jurisdiction of
any of the adjoining states. The
fallacy of this opinion was recent
ly exposed by a Texan judge, who
pointed out that “No Man’s Land’
was clearly within the jurisdiction
of the Paris (Texas) eourt. Since
then there has been an exodus of
disgusted desperadoes into Okla
homa, and their track to the latter
place is marked by crime and out
rage of every description.
that time Uncle Reuben Slathers,
an old colored man, was coming
into town with his mule and a
“j’ag” of wood. The road was pret
ty heavy and the male veiy lazy,
and to keep the flies off the beast
Uncle Reuben had stuck' several
branches into the harness. Com
ing along toward the -Clark place
the old man was saying:
“Now, yo’ good-fur-scat mewl,
yo’ lift dem hoofs an’ walk along
or you’ll h’ar from me! If yo’
hain’t de laziest dog-gondest onery
beast in dis hull state den Til leave
de church! Why, sah, I’d sell yo’
fer S2 an’ one leetle ’possum!”
About this time the bees got
move on them from the ‘hive, and
by accident or design the queen
bee settled down on one ■ of
Notice to thS Public.
Macon, Feb. 6,1S90.—We have this day
sold out grocery business to M. C. Balk-
corn and Ben T. Ray, under the firm
name of Balkcom & Ray. We respect
fully ask for them, a continuation of the
patronage so liberally bestowed upon
Davis & Balkcom. Very respectfnllv,
W.A.Davis,
M. C. Balkcom.
NEW FIRM.
the
branches, waiving over Uncle
Reuben’s mule. The rest followed
suit, and in two minutes the ani
mal was loaded. She had come to
a halt of her own accord, and the
old man sat with his month open
and gazed in astonishment. Not
for long, however. Some of the
bees skirmishing abound on the
outside concluded to feel of the old
mule an d see what she was made
of, and as about fifty stingers en
tered her feelings at. once she rear
ed up, uttered a terrific snort and
started off at break-neck speed.
Uncle Reuben was dumped into
the road at the first jump, and as
he scrambled up and saw the mule
on a dead run, with the sticks of
wood flying and the wheels shed
ding spokes at every turn, he raised
his hands and shouted:
T takes it all back, Julius!
said back dar dat Fd sell yo’ fur
§2 an’ a leetle ’possum, but mewls
has suddenly riz. Go in Julius,
an’ make a record! De price on
yo’ right now is §500 an’ fo’ thou
sand Opossums, an’ll add ter per
cent, ebery minute till yo’ is outer
sight!”
Speaking of the hew House of
Representatives, a correspondent
says: “There are no Blacks, and,
strange to say, there are no Whites
or Grays, and what is more re
markable, there is not a single
Jones. There is a Mr. Abbott
and also a Mr. Cowles. There is
a Mr. Flood and a Mr. Raines.
There is a Crain, a Parrett, a Hare
and a Bullock. There is a Flower,
a Spooner, a Post and a Stump.
There is a Rnapp and a Good
night. Blank, Wiley and Frank
are good friends.”
How Are the Folks?
every family throughout the land.
Write them for particulars.
“Oh, they’re all well except
mother, she’s about the same.
Poor mother, worn out by house
hold cares, exposure and overwork.
No wonder she gives up at last and
takes tb her bed. But how much
brighter the family fireside would
be if mother’s chair was not va
cant. The doctor don’t- seem to
be doing her any good. She says
the medicines don’t seem to go to
the right spot. She feels so weak
and longs for strength. “Oh, give
me strength,” she murmurs. Why
not give her the remedy her sys
tem craves? Her impoverished
blood and shattered nerves are
starving for just suoh ingredients
as ure contained in B. B. B. (Bot
anic Blood Balm). Then try a
bottle of this excellent remedy. It
is truly woman’s best friend. It
quickly relieves pain and restores
health, strength and functional
regularity.
Jame3 W. Lancaster, of Haw-
kmsviile, Ga., writes: “My wife
was in bad health for eight yeai'3.
Five doctors and as many more
different patent medicines had
done her no good. Six bottles of taste good.
B. B. B. has cured her.
The consumption* of food per
head in Victoria is in excess of that
in America and Europe, and yet
the climate of Australia requires
that a man should eat less. The in
crease of heptie and nervous dis
eases in Australia is thought to be
due largely to the amount of meat
consumed by its inhabitants. Thus
it seems that the cheapness of
food has its cons as well as its
pros.
Youth is sweet with its fiery en
terprise, and I suppose mature
manhood will be just as much so,
though in a calmer way, and age,
quieter still, will have its own
merits—the thing is only to do
with life what we ought, and is
suited to each of its'stages; do all,
enjoy all—and I suppose these two
rules amount to the same thing.
Many Parsons
Are broken dovru fiom overwork or household
cares Brown's Iron Bitters
rebuilds the s37tr.n1, aids digestion, removes ex
cess of bile, and yirts* ’ualaria. Get the genuine.
The next meeting of the Georgia
State Agricultural Society will be
held in LaGrange in August next
The Voyage of Life.
Life is beset by evils and
changes on every side. From birth
to manhood and from manhood
until old age eternal vigilance is
the price of health. There is one
remedy that has saved many a
rickety, headaching, blood poison
ed, dyspeptic mortal to a life of
usefulness and robust health. It
is known as Dr. Bull’s Sarsaparil
la and it is a Sarsaparilla that is a
Sarsaparilla. Not a thousand doses
of molasses and water for a dollar,
but a conoantrated essence of the
best virtues of sarsaparilla and
other alterative herbs. Jt heals,
it cures where other sarsaparilla
and other blood remedies have no
more effect than so much stagnant
water. If your system craves an
alterative, if you value life you do
yourself a great injustice if you
fail to try this excellent remedy.
Demand it of your druggist and
take no other.—Sidney Times.
I have looked over the list of in
gredients in Ball's Sarsaparilla
and have no hesitation in pro
nouncing it a safe compound that
promises well in diseases to which
it is applicable.—L. Y. Yandell
M. D.
Get the best! Dr. Bull’s Worm
Destroyers are the best Thev
are sure.
Macon, Feb. 6, 1890.—Having bought
the grocery business of Davis &Balkcom,
we take this method of informing their
old customers and the public generally,
that we intend to do a grocery and pro
vision business at the old stand of Davis
& Balkcom. under the firm name of Balk
com & Bay. We will sell farmers sup
plies forcash and on time. We will keep
a well selected stock at all times, do onr
business in person, and by hard work,
close application and fair dealing, we
hope to share a portion of yoar trade.
To thosejto whom we are strangers, wo
will say by way introduction, that Mr. M.
O. Balkcom has been in the grocery bus
iness in Macon for the past nineteen
years, the last five of which ho was the
junior of the firm of Davis & Balkcom.
Mr. Ben T. Bay has been weighing cot
ton and selling groceries for the above
firm for the past four years.
Having had sufficient experience in the
business, we both feel sure of success;
and respectfully solicit yon patronage.
BxLkcoM & Ray.
MONEY TO LOAN.
In sums of §300.00 and upwards, to be
secured by first liens on improved farms.
Longtime, low rates andeasv payments.
Apply to DUNCAN & MILLER,
Nov. 20th, 1889.—tf Perry* Ga.
MONEY^LOANS
On Houston farms procured at the low
est possible rates of interest. As low, if
not lower than the lowest. Apply to
W. D. Nottingham,
tf Macon. Ga.
-
Attorney atLaw.
- lO -
PEkBY, ■* Ga.
^"Will practice in all the Courts of
this Circuit.
Off* M £Ms M.lt9
in
mm
Attorney nt; Law,
HM
Judge (^Houston County Coubt,
Pekby, Geobgia.
WiU practice in all the Courts of this
Circuit except the County Court.
£5$
. L. Hardeman, W. D. Nottingham.
HABDEHAN & NOTTINGHAM,
Attorneys at Law,
Macon, ... Georgia.
Will practice in the State and Federal
Courts. Office 306 Second Street.
mm
Z. SIMS,
DE2T TIST,
- PERRY, GEORGIA.
'isj ■ Office over Paul’s Furniture Store
First-class work. Prices moderate. Pat-
ronage solicited.
ID El ITT X S T ,
Perry, Georgia.
Office on Main Street, Ring house.
YORK HIGH SCHOOL
FOE BOYS AND GIRLS.
The spring Term of this school will
begin on the 6th day of January, 1890,
under the same management as hereto
fore. Pupils entering this school shall
have special care taken with them in
their respective, studies. The public
term will date from January 20th. It is
urged, andis very important, that pupils
enter the first day of school. For furth
er particulars apply to
T ,,_„ B. E. MtLTiEB, Principal,
or J.M. Frederick, Pres. Board Trustees.
IF YOU WANT
FIRST-CLASS
GROCERIES,
0
Hats, Shoes,
CONFECTIONERIES,
Fruits in Season, Ci
gars, Tobacco,Etc.
Examine my stock before purchasing.
Besides a full stock of
STANDARD GOODS,
I will always have on hand some
remarkably low figures.
^"Lookout for changes in this ad-
vertisement.
S,L. SPEIGHT,
- PERRY, GA.
YOU WANT
-ANY KIND OF