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ip?' Her Time to Come to tlie Front. “Aunt Cindy,” said a white wo man to her colored cook, says* the Pittsburg Dispatch, “I tear that your daughter is married.” “Deed she is, honey, an’ dat’s de reason I didn’t come ter cook nuthin’ fur you yistidy. Tas, de chile is done mail'd, an er heap is tuck offen my mind.” □“Did she do well?” “Oh, yassum, mighty well. Mar- rid a man dat’ll weigh pretty nigh 200 pounds.” “I mean is her husband worth anything?” “I doan know how he is at de present ercasion, but dey tells me dat he is er powerful handy pus- son . W’y he dun sarved two years in de pehytenchy on account o’ his handiness. Tas, monstous handy pusson, Dave is.” □“I should have thought that you would have objected to your daughter being married to a man that had been.in the penitentiary .’ “Oh, wellum, some folks is a lit tle skittish tliatter way, but I neb- er was foolish. Ez long as a' man is put in depenytenchy for stealin’ chickens, w’y it shows dat he wants sutkin’ good to eat at his house. Now, dar’s my son, Tom. Er lion- ester chile neber libed, but I doan like ter go ter his house an’ stay, caze he nebber has nuthin to eat, but it ain,t datter way wid Ben. you better blebe it ain’t. Dey has Ben in jail eber once in er while, i jail i but when I goes to his house, you better blebe dar’s suthin’ fitten ter eat. I come ter tell you dat kain’t cook for you no mo.” “Why?” “Wall, my daughter she gwine cook fer Miz Wilcox, now, en ez I ben takin’ er nuff stuff home ter s’port her eber sence I ben cookin’ fer you, -w-’y it’s her time ter come ter de front wid me. Good day, lady.” Jed Tompkins’ Hypothesis. Near Fayetteville, Tenn., short ly after the recent cyclone which did so much damage in that state and Kentucky, old Jed Tompkins (colored) was hauled up before ’Squire Nason for stealing one of Col. Ballentyne’s sheep, says the Louisville Courier-Journal: Before the trial the ’Squire, the Colonel, Jed and several others were lounging in front of the ’squire’s dingy little office, all hands, with the exception of Jed, relating incidents of the terrible storm.; the ’squire winding up with a tree on his farm from which the wind had stripped the bark, and the colonel “seeing” this with a brick wall on his place' through which the tornado had driven a wheat straw. On the trial the evidence was all against Jed, the colonel identify ing the sheep which had been found hanging up on Jed’s back porch. “I’ll have to hold you, old man, unless you can explain how that sheep came there,” said the mag istrate. “Can’t ’splain, ’Square,” Jed an swered. “W’en I got up in de mawnin’ dat sheep was jes’ layin’ dar. “And you don’t know who brought it there?” “No, sah—lessen de cyclone Mowed it dar.” “Aha! ‘Lessen de cyclone blow ed it dar,’ eh? And did you ever see a cyclone that could Bkin a sheep?”. “No, sab, I cain’t say as I has, ’lessen ’twar dat same cyclone what peeled ’Squire Nason’s tree an’ driv the straw through Col. Ballon- tyne’s wall.” “The ’squire pulled up his specs and took a long look at Jed, and the colonel arose and stated that he would not prosecute the case further, as this was the first cy clone that had ever blown any of his property into Jed’s possession. Must tlie Piano Go? Savannah News. Is the day of the piano over? A German musical journal says it is, and affirms that the perfection .of the piano playing ha-ring been reached, art will instinctively reach out for a new instument up on which to produce fresh, novel and still greater delight. It would be difficult to conceive any pros pect more gratifying to the general public, especially to the large pub lic which does not play the piano and wishes nobody could. The German musical journal suggests that the new instrument will com bine wind power with strings. It will be the orchestra reduced to a keyboard, the.calliope worked by hand, the orchestron transferred from the concert saloon to the drawing room. It is already in the drawing room, at least in miniature, in the form of the hybrid cabinet organ. Whether the uniting of the piano with the parlor organ would produce a new parlor instrument which would be an improvement on the old remains for mechanics, rather than artists, to determine. But we don’t want to lose ^the piano altogether. It is like good’ wine, a goou thing if it be well used. Like wine, it is a fiend when tortured from daybreak to dark by unwilling hands. It has become too general. There are too many piano teachers and too many pi anos. In self-defense it might be a good idea to tax pianos like poo dles. However, whether a new instru ment be invented or not, art will not surrender the old one without a protest. As well complain that because painting reached its gold en age long ago we need new color boxes, to the total exclusion of the old pigments which enabled a Bapliel, a Titian, a Correggio, a Bmbens, to acheive their wonders. What we need in pictorial art as in music is genius. We' would not lose, the nightingale because she does sing the whole grove full of music. We would not surrender the violin because it has only four strings. But in every art a protest against blundering incompetence, against inflated pretension, against fatuous persistence in the face of natural inadequacy, is made. What is needed is not a new instrument to take the place of the piano, but fewer and better piano players. Adaievxlle, Ky., Dec. 23,1889. Badam’s Microbe Killer Co., Nashville, Tenn.: Gentlemen—This certifies tkatl have been a sufferer from asthma and catarrh for more than two years past, getting most of my sleep sitting up in bed or reclining in a chair. . I have used one jug of Badam’s Microbe Killer, and for the last three' weeks have been sleeping naturally, soundly and sweetly as a child. I attributed my relief to the remedy, and heart ily recommend it to any one suffer ing from asthma or catarrhal trouble. Edwin B. Moose, Cashier in Bank of Adairsville. For sale by Holtzclaw & Gilbert, sole agents, Perry, Ga. Education in Persia is confined to teaching the Koran. A Good Day’s Work. The transition from long, linger ing and painful sickness to robust health marks an epoch in the life of the individual. Such a remark- Is there not something sweat and Weakness of itself is not a dis ease. It is : however a most dis tressful symptom,. Alas 1 how many, wearily drag themselves about, ev ery effort giving them distress, ex isting without any of the pleasura ble sensations of robust health Are you in this condition? Why? There is no excuse for feeling mean and miserable. Bemove the cause of your distress, which un doubtedly is a state of blood impu rity and a disordered system. How? Why by doing as others have done. G. W. Chandler, Bed Fork, Ark, writes : “I was so weak that it was only with great effort that I could do anything. I used several bot tles of Botanic Blood Balm, and can now do a good day’s work.” “Able to do a good day’s work!’ Seleet Siftings. Ancient anchois were made of stone. Eiderdown is the down of the eider duck. More people die in spring-time than in any other of the seasons. Charles Fairbanks, of Adrian, Michigan, speaks twenty lan guages. % Cincinnati manufactures 60,000 pounds of shot every day. The number of blind people- in the world is set down at one mil lion. Tea is said to be the only una dulterated article to be found in England. A gold nugget worth §6,700 was taken recently from a gold mine in Arizona. The Indians in the Indian school at Lawrence, Kansas, have organ ized a brass band. A bounty of twenty cents a doz en is paid in Ohio for heads of English spaarows. The Japanese word for farewell means “if it must be so;” and the Chinese say, “go away slowly.” It is calculated that there is property valued at §50,000,000 at the bottom of tbfe Atlantic Ocean. There are only seven absolute monarchies left: China, Madagas car, Morocco, Persia, Bussia, Siam and Turkey. The Argentine Bepublic has an area as large as all Central and Western Europe combined, about 1,620,000 square miles. The cultivation of sugar cane in this counti-y began in 1751 near New Orleans. The first sugar mill •was erected in 1758. Sheet iron is rolled so thin at Pittsburg, Penn., that the light of day shines through a single sheet as through a piece of glass. There is a dog in Philadelphia that has a mania for tearing off door-knobs and plates and wreck ing the woodwork of the doors gem erally. It is estimated that the n ber of passengers carried by the railroads in the world aver ages six million five hundred thou sand a day. A new cannon just made by Kiupp is forty-two feet long, can be fired twice a minute, and throws a two thousand pound shot a dis tance of twelve miles. The tallest school girl in the world lives at Biednaun, near Sterzing, in the Swiss Tyrol. She is in her eleventh year, and about six feet high. An ordinary elephant produces 120 pounds of ivory, worth §300. England consumes 650 tons, for which it is necessary to kill 12,000 elephants a year. An Indiana cow, five years old, has given birth to eight calves. At three years of age she gave birth to quadrupletsand the two following years to twins. “Old Chabert,” one of the best known socialist speakers in Paris, died recently. He spent his days denouncing capitalists, and always appeared in public wearing blood-red searf. A traveler in Japan writes that the Japanese pay more attention to personal cleanliness than any other people in the world. High and low bathe at least once a day and sometimes of tner. A Purely Vegetable Remedy, exempt of mineral poisons, bad odors ani taste, acting on the liver, kidneys and system, curing Headache, Rheumatism, Bladder and Liver troubles, is the nonpareil of all home prescriptions 'Weakly Females use only W.W. C. FINDLAY IRON WORKS, 3sv£acon, <3-eorgla,- C D. FINDLAY, Proprietor. *4' - Organs cheap Fine Parlor and Church Organs From Standard Makers, to be closed ont at SPOT CASS PRICES, with yean to pay in, NEW PLAN OF SALE- Bented until paid for— S3 to $3 monthly. GreatestiBargains In onr 20 years trade. Sale limited. Send quick for Bargain Sheet and SFEOnL GOLD OFFER. Every Organ wgl go Inside of 60 Days. DON’T MISS THE CHANCE! If you ever want an Organ, buy it now. HIDDEN & BATES SAVANNAH, CA. It Is a fact that we have the inside track on Pianos, and actually SAVE purchasers JFJCFTY HOEEAES ON EACH XIANO. Onr 9»«5 Piano is sold regularly "by largest dealers at $275, and it is well worth it, too* No other House in America selling High Grade Pianos at Low Grade Prices* No cheap, inferior Pianos sold. Our cheapest are perfect and durable* Guaranteed from ground up, Write us. We will SAVE .YOU MONEY. j Also, successor to A. B. iarquhar & Co., and B. W. Witt & Go., of the late Centra j City Iron Works. ] Manufacturer and Dealer in-*— , Steam Engines, Boilers, Saw Mills, Shaftings, Pulleys, sugar Mills, Syrup Settles ' Horse Powers, Mill Gearing, Castings and Machinery of every description, Steam, Gas and Water Pipe, and Fittings, Brass goods for water or steam, Steam Gagnes, Hancock Inspirators, Belting, Babbit Metal, etc. For Steam, Water, Hand or Horse POwer. PACKS UP OB DOWN. FINDLAY’S CELEBEATED _ 0. L. renpboe. g. R. AULT-rvx RENFROE & CO,, 310 Second Street, - - .. Macon, G a BETAIL DEALEES IN BOOTS AND SHOES. New Goods! Good Goods! JLow Prices! I gg^Give us a trial, and you will be sure to come again. Polite; prompt attention, and'orders by mail attended to with the greatest I despatch possible. MACOIT CHI1TA STOIE^E IMPOBTEBS AND DEALEES IN.’ I. X. L. COTTON GINS, FULLY WABEANTED. REPAIRS A SPECIALTY, Steam Engines of all makes, Boilers, Separators, and all kinds of Machinery repaired. BKICK MAKERS MACHINERY The different parts of the “SWORD” machine made and kept in stock at manu facturer's prices. TIME AND EBEIGHT SAVED BY OBDEBING EEOM ME. Barrow and Track Wheels especially designed for Brick Makers, constantly on hand. All the patterns of the late “Central City Iron Works,” including the patterns of the Farqubar Engines, are owned and used solely by me. Corres pond or call when yon wish anything in the way of castings, machinery or re pairs. CL ID. 'B'XISriDXjJLrT, FINDLAY’S EBON WOEKS, Macon, Ga. U§g-Send for Price Lists and Circulars. To euro Biliousness, Sick Headache, Consti pation, Malaria, Liver Complaints, take the safe and certain remedy, SMITH'S BILE BEANS Use the SMALL Size (40UttleBeansto tho bottle). They abb the host convenient. Suitable lor all ULfee. Price of either size, 25c. per Bottle. KISSING" 7 - 17 - 70 *™*^ “ w 11U WMilled for 4 ets. (coppers or itwps). J.F.SMITHACO.lIUtnor-BUIBEANS/'lT.lOIIIS 110. ROB’TH. SMITH, Late of Smith & Mallory. CHAS. H. HALL, Jr. SZMIITH & IK-AXiL, MACON, - - GEORGIA DEALEES IN—— MACHI1TEBT, STEAM ENGINES, Boilers, Saw Mills, Grist Mills, Grins, Presses, Mowers, Hay Rakes; ^Machinery Supplies. Office at Coleman & Bay’sWarehousc. CHINA, CROCKERY EARTHENWARI GEORGIA'S PRIDE THE OLD RELIABLE JOB WOKE! We Have a Complete Stock and Full Assortment of Commercial Stationery, and duplicate Macon or Atlanta prices in this class of work. Satisfaction guaranteed. GHE US J TRIAL ORDER FIRSTjCLASS INVESTMEtIT TO BUILD A HOUSE Easy Teims, SecMfe A new workman’s free school is to be established in Morrisania, New York. THE INSTALLMENT PLAN- TAKE STOCK For J BETWEEN MACON, FORT VALLEY, PERRY A1JD COLUMBUS. (Southwestern Division.) Schedule went into effect March 30th, 1890. (Standard lime, 90th Meridian.) A Catholic congress to deal with THE 1NTUR,STATE) labor questions is to be held in Coblenz, Germany. Ho. 3. | Ho 1. j “In the spring-time” comes as a tonic and a boon. able event is treasured in the memory and the agency whereby the good health has been attained is gratefully blessed. Hence it is that so much, is heard in praise of Electric Bitters. So many feel they owe their restoration to health to the use of the Great Alt erative and Tonic. If you are troubled with any disease of Kidneys, Liver or Stomach, of long or short) stand refreshing -in that expression? Strength to rigorously do this or that. Strength that is only over come by natural fatigue. Strength that when expended, is- by rest and nature fully renewed. Such will be your reward.if you give B. B. B. atrial. H. B. Bandolph, Brunswick, Ga., writes: “I was under the.care Fewer Canadians than usual have crossed over the line to help Maine farmers to get in their hay this year. Building and Loan ASSOCIATION. 3.15 a. m. 3.29 “ 3.35 “ 3.42 “ 3.58 “ 407 “ 425 a. m. 1.50 p. m. 2.05 “ 3.10 “ 2.17 “ 2.34 “ 043 H 3.00 a. m Leave Arrive Arrive Arrive Arrive Arrive Arrive Macon. Arrive Wise, Arrive Bntland Arrive Walden Arrive Byron Arrive PowersviUe Arrive Fort Valley Leave 1 Ho. 2. | Ho. 4. 10.25 a. m. 10.08 10.03 9.58 9.42 9.45 9.20 a. m. 11 0 p. m. 11.25 11.20 “| 11.15 10.69 “ 10.50 “ 10.35 p.m. BETWEEN FORT VALLEY AND PERRY. Sick Headache separable. Try it and W.W. C.are in- ing, you will surely find relief by. . , , , , , , use of Electric Bitters. Sold a t of nine different doctors, but not 50c. and §1 per bottle at Holtzclaw one chd me the good that Botanic & Gilbert's Drug Store. ' Blood Balm has done me. In Ireland a belt made of wo man’s hair is placed round a child to keep harm away. A sure Liver medicine, strengthening; invigorating. W.W- 6. 8.15 p. m. 9.00 p. m. 11.35 a. m. 12.20 a. m. Leave Fort Valley Arrive Arrive Perry Leave 9.00 a. m. 8.10 a. m. 3.50 p. m. 3.05 p. m. 425 a. m. 438 “ 4.50 “ 5:05 “/ 5-14 “ 525 « 5.37 « 48 “ 56 “ .02 “ ’ 15 « 35 “ 7.05. a. m. 3.05 p. m. 3.23 “ 3.39 “ 400 “ 412 p. m. 425 “ 437 “ 450 - 5.00 •* 5.08 “ 5.23 “ 5.43 “ 6.10 p. m. Leave Fort Valley Arrive Arr Everett’s Arrive ' Arrive Beynolds Arrive Arrive Butler . Arrive, Arrive Scott’s Arrive Arrive Howard Arrive Arrive Bostick Arrive Arrive Geneva Arrive ' Arrive Juniper Arrive Arrive Box Springs Arrive Arrive TJpatoie Arrive Arrive Schatnlga Arrive Arrive Columbus Leave 9.20 a. m. 9.03 “ 8.50 “ 8.32 “ 8.20 “ 8.08 “ 7.57 “ 7.30 <• 7.20 “ 7.12 “ 6.56 “• 6.35 “ 6.05 p. m. 10.35 p. m B 10.20 “ 10.07 9.50 9.40 9.30 9.19 9.09 9.00 “ 8.54 “ 8.42 “ 8.22 “ 7.55 p. m. For particulars, apply to JOEX E. EODGES, Agt. Perry, Georgia. This is the best time of the For farther particulars relative to ticket rates, schedules, best rontes, etc., write year to subscribe for the Home to or call upon E. M. FULLEB, Agent, Perry; J. C. McKENZIE, Snpt. Macon. JOURNAL. ! E. T. OHABLTON, Gen’l. Pas. Agent, Savannah, Ga. Glassware, Silveware, Woodenware, Table and Pocket Cutlery, Lamps, ' . CHANDELIERS, OIL STOVES, TINWARE,Etc. ARTISTIC POTTERY, HOUSEKEEPERS’ NOVELTIES. Sole agents for City of Macon for the ^Celebrated Buck’s Brilliant Cooking Stoves and Banges. 363 Second Street, 164 & 166 Cotton Avenue, a % * HOME PRODUCTION MACHHBRY AND CASTWGS 0E E. CROCKETT, and makeyourself rich and theloysl/appy. E.‘ CROCKETT, Macon, Ga. W. J. ROSS & CO, Wholesale Manufacturing and Betail Dealers in Carriages, Buggies, Wagons, ROAD GARTS, HAENESS, WHIPS, BOBES, BABY CABBIAGES, ETC. 414 and 416 SECOND STEET, MACON, GA. ^,11 -^‘bo-u.t THE LOCAL NEWS THEREOF, SUBSCRIBE AT ONCE FOR THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL, PUBLISHED -AT- NOW IN ITS TWENTIETH VOLUME 1 SUBSCmPTloiiPElOK §2 A TEAR. Jno; H. HoDGes, Publisher. : — —*- ' v v- ; At Low Prices for tlie first-class grade. We Have afull line 01 Shoes, with a special run on Ladies’ * J and Men’s $2.50 Shoes, that we guarantee. Straw and Felt Hats we are Leaders in, and if you will send ns one dor, we will save you Money. ; -■ •- ■ 365 SECOND Street.