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THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL.
JOHN II. IIODGICS, Proprietor.
DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROCRESS AND CULTURE.
PRICE: TWO DOLLARS A Year.
VOL. XX.
PERRY, HOUSTON GOUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13,1890. ’
NO. 46.
WILLINGHAM’S WAREHOUSE.
BUY YOUR SHOES FROM
MACON, GEORGIA.
Good Facilities, Clnse Attention to Business, Liberal and
Square Dealing. Money Lbaned to those who Deal with
Me at 8 per cent Per Annum.
HOFF SIMS & BRO., 406 Third-Street, Macon, Ga,
^lanagement of a Dairy.
REARING CALYES.
W. J. Northen in Son them Cultivator and Dixie
Fanner.
Send. j^Ie Your Cottons.
C. B. WILLING H AM.
BALKCOM, RAY & DINKLEB,
450 MULBERRY STREET, MACON, GEORGIA.
WHOLSALE DEALERS IN
Cora,* Oats, Hay, Bran, Meat; Sugar; Coffee,
Bagging nrad. Ties,
AND A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OP CANNED GOODS.
Write to us,- or rail at the store,and we ■will guarantee satisfaction in every
particular.
GEORGIA—Houston County:
T. O. Skellie administrator of the es
tate of Miss J. O. Kellogg, of said coun
ty, deceased, has applied for letters of
dismission from his trust:
This is therefore to cite all persons
concerned to appear at December term,
1190, 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
August 28, 1890.
J. H. HOUSER, Ordinary
GEORGIA—Houston County:
W. M. Edmundson has applied for
letters of administration on the -estate
if John Edmundson, deceased.
This is, therefore, to cite all persons
joneemedto appear at the December
;erm, 1890 of the Court of Ordinary of
laid county and show cause, if any they
lave, why said application should not
30 granted.
Witness iny official signature tins Oct.
50. 1890.
J. H. HOUSER, Ordinary.
30RGIA—Houston County:
drs. M. F. Edmundson has applied
12 -months snpport from the estate of
in Edmundson, deceased.
Phis ra therefore to cite all persons con
ned to appear at the December term,
0,of the court of Ordinary of saidcoun-
and show cause, if any they have, why
d application should not be granted.
Vitness my official signature thiB
tober 30,1890. „
J. H. HOUSER, Ordinary.
-Houston County:
, Greene, W. R. Anderson and H* A.
tews, executors of the estate of Wm.
iderson, deceased, have applied for
•to sell a portion of the lunas De
ng to said estate. .
is is therefore to cite all persons
irned to appear at December term,
of the Court of Ordinary of Hons-
onhty, and show cause, if-any they
why said application shonld-not be
ness . my official -signatare this
^ H. HOUSER, Ordinary.
Administrator’s Sale.
Bytheorderof^Ortoary ofHo^-
toSty^^Wd^befo^
hiij uuuiisjy lt ft
; ^^Salfon^e^tTues-
<1a v inDecember, all of the lands be-
i I longing to tho estate of John Morns, late
I ofsaidmounty,deceased.said *£-
; ing 168 acres of lot of land No. 10i in the
I 10th district of said county, and bound-
ednorthby the lands ofa D ii Tharp ’i rfq
I by the lands of E S WeUons and OS
Bryan, south by the lands of 1 S Bred-
dy andMossey creek, and west by the
lauds of J W WoolfoUi. Said lands sold
for distribution and for^payment of
J O Sandefub,
Best and Cheapest.
WATCHES, CLOCKS,
If® Of ill KINDS
Silver Ware, Sewing Machines,
REPAIRING A SPECIALTY
Low Prices.
Best Work.
First-class Goods
FINCHER BROTHERS,
FORT VALLEY,- GA.
FAVORABLE LOANS ON REAL ESTATE
Negotiated upon most reasonable
terms. Interest payable annually at 8
and 7 per cent. Commissions low. 1
Apply to
H. A. MATHEWS,
Fort Valley, Ga.
©p. M). jj$. dtftJpgQN),
13 33 3\T TIS7 1 ,
28Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Oa.
SPECIALIST. CROWNS AND BRIDGES.
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. NOTTINGHAjr,
tf Macon. Ga.
MONEY TO LOAN.
In soms of $300.00 and upwards, to be
secured by first liens on improved farms.
Long tune, low rates and easy payments.
Apply f • C. C. DUNCAN,
Nov. 20th, 1889.—tf Perry'Ga.
J. B. EDGE,
Physician and Surgeon,
Perry, Georgia.
Ain’?- of J CMorris, deceased.
Administrator’s Sale.
SBKHaM
thS* first Tuesday in December.
^ following UresMbedJands te-
Offieo adjoining Perry Hotel. Can be
found at office during the day, and at
Hotel at night All calls promptly an
swered day or night.
Attorney a* Law,
Office: 510 Mulbebry Stheet, 1
MACON, GEORGIA.
Speoial attention given to business in
Houston county.
M M FM&WM®!
Attorney at Law,
Perry, - Ga.
Will practice in all the Courts of
this eirrenit.
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Z. SIMS,
3DBN TIST
PERRY, GEORGIA.
^“Office on Main street, lately occn-
tUO -LJU « ti “ -“X ■ ,
lI&illiiM *ms
improved Terms on g. °^. S0N ,
K Oct 10,1890.
Administrator.
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;Seud for particulars and sample copy.
pied by Dr. W. M. Havis.
First-class work. Prices moderate.^ Pat
ronage solicited.
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Perry, Georgia.
Office on Main Street, King house.
C SOMEIHINO FOB NOTHING.
A €* Bl&wr*
Attorney at Law,
•Judge of Houston County Court,
Ferry, Georgia.
Wi'l practice in all the Conrts-of this
pi lll>T
"r'fe.n at 7-50 A.M
Lea? 6 rei , 8:40 a. m.
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^ rri L e ^IvaUev at 11:35:
^ „ Fort Valley at 1J
Uerrv at 12:20 A. i
Leave Vniioo
nt Fort Valley 3:50 P. M
ArrlVe ForrValley at 8:25 P. *
Leave
Arrive at
Perry at 9:10 p. M.
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- V." Live Perry 6:13 pm
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Circuit except the County Court.
J. L. Hardeman, W. D. Nottingham.
TTABUTiWAN & N0TTIN3HAH,
Attorneys at Lavr,
Macon, - Geobgia.
Will practice in the State and Federal
Courts. Office 306 Second Street.
An attendant feature of a diary
farm is raising calves. The selec
tion should be made with an. eye to
profitableness in the- dairy, at an
early day, so their time and feed
will not be wasted on calves that
have no promise. The usual mums
of a good cow make themselves ap
parent at an early age and a suc
cessful dairy man is on the look
out for them
For many reasons the calf, as
soon as dropped, should be taken
from the cow and reared from the
pail. In this way, first, the dairy
man secures all the cream, as the
calf can be fed upon skimmed
milk. Second, he is entirely freed
from the management usual with
a calf at milking time. Third, as
the calf does not recognize its
mother, the two can be put into the
same pasture to graze. Fourthj
there is no such disaster possible
as the loss of milk, because “the
cows and calves got together.”
Fifth, the calf can be much more
rapidly pushed, as it can be judi
clously and properly fed from the
start. It requires some little ex
perience to teach a calf to drink
milk, and possibly the first efforts
may discourage the beginner. 1
can safely say the man who once
learns the art, will not return to
the old plan of leaving the calf to
draw the milk from its mother.
It is not well to attempt to feed
the calf immediately after its birth.
It should be a little hungry before
the trial is made, as it will then be
in a condition not to be specially
choice ai? to methods It is to be
understood that the instincts of the
calf are to be at ouee upset. To
get his milk, be wants to hold his
head up to find the udder; his mas
ter. wants to teach him that the
dinuer is down in the pail. This,
of course, must be done by physi
cal force, as there can be no intel
lectual communications. As soon
as the bands are put upon the calf
to force him, be struggles to re
lease himself. The first thing to
do, therefore, is to put him iu po
sition to be able to control him.
Back him into a corner and then
get astride of him, push his mouth
down into the milk and insert your
fingers into it as as asubstitue for
his mother’s teat. He soon begins
to draw the mils, if be is so secure
that be cannot back away fyom it.
The second time lie is fed, soon af
ter he begins to take the milk the
finger should be gradually with
drawn from bis mouth. If he will
not draw, the finger can be slightly
inserted again and the hand held
over his face in slight pressure to
take the place of what he expects
from his mothers udder. Until
he learns to find the milk down in
stead of up, his head must be
kept, by force, in the pail, with his
lips just touching the milk. In a
very short-time, with patience and
kind management, he will take the
milk all right and eagerly.
It must be distinctly understood
tbat cold milk (rill kill a young
calf. The milk must be brought
immediately upon being drawn
from the cow and given to the calf
while it is quite warm. If from
auy cause it should become cold it
must be heated before it is put
into the calf s stomach. It requires
two persons for the first few feeds
to manage a calf to advantage.
One man controls the calf, and the
other holds the milk, otherwise in
the scuffle for an elementary edu
cation somebody will “grieve over
spilt milk.” After the second day
it will only be necessary to put the
pail before the calf and he will
manage for himself. I do not find
it necessary to feed a calf oftner
than twice each day. I give it
about one quart of its mother’s
milk at each time for the first week,
increasing, the second week, to
half gallon, the third week to three
qnarts. The third week, however,
one quart of skimmed milk is mix
ed with two qnarts of whole milk
and warmed. The whole milk is
in this way, gradually withdrawn
until the feed is made entirely of
skimmed milk and gruel. As the
whole milk is taken out gruel made
of corn meal is substited and put
into the milk boiling hot so as to
warm up the milk to the proper
temperature; of this mixture the
man can conveniently spare.
It is very necessary to see that
the feed is warm and tbat the
amonnt is regularly given. After
one month a calf will take about a
gallon at a feed to advantage, the
amount can be increased as cir
cumstances justify. Any man who
undertakes the management of a
dairy with the purpose to raise his
calves after the old style, allowing
them to draw the rich milk from
their mothers, will have a deal of
unnecessary annoyance, and lose a
lage share of his profits.
How They Keep Warm in Montreal.
Beg Your Pardon.
New York Ledger.
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TOR. IW . -
I'll 13 HOME JOURNAL calf will take about all the dairy- 1 Druggists.
What talismauic virtue is there
in the three brief words, “Beg your
pardon!” Yon dig yotft: elbow in
to a gentleman’s ribs in making
your way through a crowd, and as
be turns, irate to administer the
upper cut,” you utter the magic
phrase in deprecating tones. Down
drops his.arm, his honor is satis
fied, and notwithstanding the bine
mark on his intercostal region, he
grins horribly a ghastly smild and
bows bis bead as if in acknowledg-
m ent of an act of courtesy.
Passing along the avenue of
kuees iu a street car, iu obedieuce
to the “move up” of the packing
agent of one of those social Black
Marias, you come down with mad
dening emphasis on an unpruned
corn. The furious exclamation
which follows the deed as natural
ly as foam from the drawn cork of
bottle of champagne is arrested
in tbe middle of an obsequious
beg your pardon!” and the exple
tive never reaches heaven’s chan
cery to trouble the eyes of the re
cording angel.
Yon tread on the “trail” of a la
dy and “r-r-r-ip” go the gathers.
In tremulous semitones, plaintive
as the “last sigh of the Moor,” you
solicit forgivuess; and she—no,
beg pardon, she does not forgive
you, but with a scowl that reminds
yon of the most vindictive of the
Don’s tormentors, she passes on,
thinking daggers, but saying noth
ing.
If you wish to insult a man with
out imperiling’your personal safe
ty, disarm him in advance with
this saving clause, as thus: “Beg
your pardon, sir, bat what you suy
cannot be the fact; it is utterly im
possible.” The deprecatory prefix
is like a whiff of cloroform before
the pulling of a tooth. * Under the
influence of a full dose of it we
have known a regular fire-eater to
endure the lie circumstantial and
even the lie direct without winc
ing. “If” is a good plain-killer iu
some cases, bnt you may throw any
quality of moral vitriol in the face
of a person you dislike, with per
fect impunity, if yon accompany
the aspersion with plenty of “beg-
yonr-pardons.” The pardoning
pjwer is the most royal of human
perogatives. It tickles one’s vani
ty to exercise it.
A few days ago a gentleman who
resides near Delta, came to Monte-
zuma. Soon after crossing Tote-
over creek a hog in the lane attack
ed him in his buggy. His mule
was a flue traveler, but the hog
kept up with him for a mile and a
half. When he would slow up a
little, the mad beast would attempt
to climb in the side of the buggy,
badly scaring Mrs. Jones and her
little boy. He thinks the hog had
the hydrophobia or something of
that nature.—Montezuma Record.
The “Seven Ages of Man” were
depicted by Japanese artists long
before they became famous in
Shakesperean recitations in this
country, and perhaps before
Shakespeare was born. On the
walls of a great tea store in New
York city, which has branches in
Hong Kong and Shanghai, hang a
series of Japanese-pictures illus-
In Montreal one may buy cloth
ing not to be had in the United
States; woolens thick as boards,
hosiery that wards off the -cold as
armor resists missiles, gloves as
heavy as shoes, yet soft as kid, fur
caps and coats at prices and in a
variety that interest poor and rich
alike, blanket snits tbat are more
picturesque than any other mascu
line -garment worn north of the
City of Mexico, tuques and mocca
sins, and, indeed, so many sorts of
clothing we yankees know very lit-
sle of, (though many of ns need
them) that at a glance we say the
Montrealers are foreigners. Mon
treal is the gayest city on this con
tinent, and 1 bave often thought
that tbe clothing there is largely
responsible for tbat condition.
A New Yorker disembarking in
Montreal in midwinter finds the
place inhospitably cold, and won
ders how, as-well as why, auy one
lives there. I wejl remember,
standing years ago beside a tobog
gan slide, with my teeth chatter
ing and my very marrow slowly
congealing, when my attention was
called to the fact that a dozen rud
dy-cheeked, bright-eyed, laughing
girls were grouped in snow that
reached their knees. I asked a
Canadian lady how that could b
possible, and she answered with a
list of the principle garments those
girls were wearing. They had two
pairs of stockings under their
shoes, and a pair of stockings over
their shoes, with moccasins over
them. They had on so many
woolen skirts that au American
girl would not believe me if I gave
the number. They wore heavy
jackets and blanket snits over all
this. They had mitteus over their
gloves, and fur caps over their
knitted hoods. It no longer seem
ed wonderful that they should not
heed the cold; indeed, it occurred
to me that their bravery amid the
terrors of tobogganing was no
bravery at all, since a girl buried
deep in the heart of such a mass
of woolens could scarcely expect
damage if she fell from a steeple.
When next I appeared out-of-doors
I, too, was swathed in flannels,like
a jewel in a box of plush, and from
that time Montreal seemed, which
it really is, the merriest of Ameri
can capitols.—Harper.
Artificial ~Ra8nfq.il,
Chicago is to have a great Tem
perance Temple, which is pictured
as something beautiful to look up
on. They have already planted
the corner-stone and delnged it
with feminine eloquence and the
melody of childish voices. That
makes a fair and bright beginning.
But where are they to get the tem
perance from after they get the
temple? That’s the question. Chi
cago is not particularly noted for
religious sobriety.
Planters will be greatly interest
ed to know that- a very handy ma
chine for picking cotton has been
invented, and the first bale picked
by it was exhibited iu Memphis
last week. If it will do all that- the
inventor claims for it, the planter
can, by its use, place himself iu a
.much more independent position
than he now is. He says it will do
as much work as fifty men.
Nine-tenths of the raisins sold
iu this country are made in Cali
fornia, and yet California raisin-
makers ship all their best goods to
New York and have them boxed
and marked as if they came -from
Spain. They claim that the pub
lic looks with more favor on im
ported raisins, and for this reason
they are obliged to go to all this
trouble.
trating the seven pictaresque peri
ods of man’s existence.
We desire to say to our citizens,
that for years we have been sell
ing Dr. King’s New Discovery for
Consumption, Dr. King’s 'New
Life Pills, Bucklen’s Arnica Salve
and Electric Bitters, and have
never handled remedies that sell
as well, or that have given - such
universal satisfaction. Wa do not
hesitate to guarantee them every
time, and we stand ready to refund
Charlotte, N. C., March 25,1890.
. Badam Microbe Killer Co.,
Nashville^Tenn.: .
Gentlemen—Replying to yours
of the 20th iust., in regard to sales,
etc., of Microbe Killer, we can con
scientiously say that we have nev
er sold any medicine that gave bet
ter satisfaction to the customers
than Radam’s.Microbe Killer.
Very Truly,
R. H. Jordan & Co.
For sale by Holtzclaw& Gilbert,
sole agents, Perry, Ga.
The Newman cotton mills are ar-
the purchase price, if saticfactory ! raD =P D S P nt ID §10.000 worth of
results do not follow their us ' new machinery. ^
These remedies have won their; if yoa:"j'ackacui:s
great popularity purely on their orjoa
merits. Holtzclaw & Gilbert, i/wba" inn'I'inf.ns.
ItwBlcarcj-ox siveus«“Iai.i»-ii;e. Sold i
Colonel D. T. Casper, who has
been connected with the signal ser
vice since its foundation, early
the seventies, told’a New York
Star representative some carious
facts about the service.
A carious little clause was tack
ed to the appropriation bill,”, be
gan the Colonel, “while it was be
fore the senate, and went through
the legislative ■ mill innocently
enough and is now a law, It pro
vides that, under the direction of
the Forestry Division - of the de
partment of agriculture, 82,000
shall be expended in tbe artificial
production of rainfall. There are
those who are disposed to make
merry over this provision of the
appropriation bill, bnt really there
is nothing so absurd about it. No
doubt there is plenty of moisture
at all times, if only it conld be
gathered in the right place and be
made to fall upon tbe earth. Man
has accomplished as difficult things
as that in the realms oE applied
science. Then why not that? It
is not contemplated, however, to
produce rainfall by the slow growth
of forests in the arid regions. The
success of that method is still dis
puted. Under the new law it is
proposed to find out whether rain
fall cannot he produced by elec
tricity, dynamite explosions, or oth
er mechanical agencies. Taking
the cue from the fact that heavy
cannonading on a battlefield, or a
Fourth of July celebration is fol
lowed by copious rains, the exper
imenters will work accordingly.
The process of burning powder to
produce rain hes hitherto been too
expensive to warrant its general
use, but possibly cheaper explo
sives will be found. . It jias been
proposed, among other things, to
attach twenty-five pounds of dyna
mite to a toy balloon and then send
a flock of snch balloons into the
air, with lighted fuses attached.
At any rate.” concluded the Colo
nel, “one way or another, the arid
lands of the country are bound to
be brought under splendid cultiva
tion sooner or later. They com
prise some of the most fertile soil
on earth.”
A Wonderful Bridge.
Commercial Abvertiscr.
David Gowan, who lives in . the
northern part of Gila county, Ari
zona, in what is known as “the
Tonto Basin,” is the owner of one
of the greatest natnral curiosities
in the United States, if not in the
world. Gowan’s wonder is the fa
mous natural bridge which spans
Pine Creek by a single arch of 200
feet, the walls on either side risin;
to a height of from 700 to 800 feet,
on one side forming a perpendicu
lar precipice. The bridge is 600
feet in‘width; from the bottom
of the arch to the’ top it averages
forty feet; span, as above mention
ed, 200 feet; lower side of arch 150
feet. The action of the water
which has ponred under this nat
nral span for ages has worn it as
smooth as though it bad been
chisled and sandpapered by
stonemason. Although the arch,
which is solid limestone, averages
about forty feet in thickness, there
is one place near tho top of the
arch where the the thickness
scarcely exceeds six feet; near the
centre of this thin place there is a
semi circular hole two feet in di-
amter, through which one may
watch tbe waters swiftly glidio
200 feet below.
Underneath the bringe, as well
as in all the spars of mountains
contingent to Pine Creek, are nu
merous caverns, snggesting the
idea that the creek itself was once
subterranean passage, leaving
the wonderful bridge as a remind-
of what “used to be.” These
caves abound in splendid stalac
tites, stalagmites and petrifactions
ill kinds. One of the stalactites
the cave under tbe bridge is a
remarkable representation of a fe-
male’figure. Visitors have mimed
Lady Gowan,” in honor of the
gentlemanly David, owner of the
bridge and caves.
of
One of the most romartable old
ladies in Maine is living on the is
land of Monbegau. Although 75
years old, she not only knows noth
ing of the cars, telephone, electric
lights, etc., bnt has never seen a
horse. She has always lived on
the island, several miles from the
mainland, and her world has been
Monhegan. Sheep and cows are
kept on the island, bat there is no
call for horses. She has just
heard for the first time of Secreta
ry Blaine and Speaker Reed.
Happy Women.
What is it that makes women
more smiling and happy looking
than men? We meet them on tbe
cars, on the streets, in the country,
by tbe seashore, always smiling,
teeth a glistening, eyes a dancing.
Ah! the secret is they aim to please.
It is an effort in many instances
for them to smile, and were it net
for a desire to look pleasing and
pretty many would “never smile
again.” Why? - Because in a
large majority of instances they
don’t feel like smiling. -.They feel
more like crying. With their ner
vous aches, weakness and bearing
down pains, life to them is a bur
den. What a god-find to many a
physician is a rich, sick woman.
Why should he aim to cure her
and deny himself the pleasure of
presenting liis bills.with tbe usnal
regularity. It seems from the
following that the sorest and
cheapest way for invalid women to
regain health and strength is by
using Botanic Blood Balm (B. B.
B.)
Mrs. J. A. White, 340 Wythe
Street, Petersburg, Va., writes: “I
have used B: B. B. with happy re
sults, and others have taken it at
my advice, and are delighted with
its^curative results,”
J. N. Gregory, Butler Postoffice,
S. C., writes: “My wife had been
under the treatment of several
good physicians, but continued in
poor health.so Ibonght four bottles
of Botanic Blood Balm, and it did
her more good than those doctors
had doue her in ten years. She is
flow doing her own washing, a
thing she had not been able to do
for four vears.”
In Memory of a Postofflce.
A family by the name of Per
kins. consiting of wife and -four
children, poseed through Atchison,
Kan., recently, bound for Brown
county, Illinois. The man had
lost one eye and the left arm; tbe
woman was minus a left arm; one
of the children had but one leg, an
other one was blind and one sick.
He had 85 in cash, a plug of tobac-
a clay pipe, a yellow dog, and
altogether was as happy and con
tented as if he owned half the
state.
Yon make no mistake if yon oc
casionally give yonr children Dr.
Ball’s Worm Destroyers. It is a
nice caDdy and while it never does
harm it sometimes does a world of
good.
Inspector Byrnes, of New York
City, says thac the only way to
keep a city clear of bad men is to
arrest them on sight and make the
place too hot for them. Ont of 500
arrests “on suspicion” there may
one mistake—one honest mau, bnt
owes it to the public to identify
himself as such. Tbe howl about
personal liberty” always comes
from criminal lawyers.
It Saved My Life.
After suffering for twelve years
from contageons Blood Poison,
and trying the best physicians at
tainable and all the patent medi
cines procurable, and steadily con
tinuing to grow worse, I gave up
all hopes of recovery, and the phy
sicians pronounced the case incur
able. Hoping against hope I tried
S. S. S. I improved from the first
bottle, and after taking twelve was
cured, sound and well, and for two
years have had no retn n or symp
tom of the vile disease. As l owe
my life to S. S. S. I send this tes
timony for publication. -
H. M. Register,
Huntley, N. C.
GAINED EIGHTEEN POUNDS.
I consider S. S. S. the best tonic
iu the market I took it for broken
down health, and gained eighteen
pounds in thrpe weeks. My appe
tite and strength came back to me,
and made a new man of me.
Wii. Gerlock,
Belleville, Ohio.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Dis
eases mailed free.
The Swift Specific Co.,
Atlanta, G8.
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—This is the best time of the
year to subscribe for the ‘Home
.Journal.
Some bright autnmn day or ear
ly in the spring, when the soft
south wind steals np from Egypt
and kisses the cheeks of the girls
on Prairie avenue, or meandere
through the young rembrant whis
kers of her fiance, warbles Squire
Bill Nye in the Chicago Herald,
just as the frost is heaving oat of
the ground, some fine morning as
the postmaster is stamping the
outgoing mail for Wankegan, he
will-bit some letters an extra lick
and there will be a cloud of dost,
tbe fnnky odor of the dead letter,
the roar of settling walls and crum
bling battlements, and then the
Chicago postoffice will be no more.
So wabbly are the walls, I am told,
tbat the slightest jar may serious
ly effect them. Even the sudden
S3ttlement of an account might
precipitate the terrible calamity.
The federal building occupies one
of the most desirable sites in tbe
city, and yet it is a constant men
ace to lmman life and assault and
battery npon the taste of the peo
ple. It is the deformed and club
footed off-spring of a distorted
brain and a sad commentary npon
man’s appetite for the hard-earned
dollars of the United States. It
marks an era in the history of the
country when Satan laid aside his
own work and just followed the av
erage patriot aronnd from place to
place, learning his methods and
getting pointers from him. So
when the time comes to give up
this architectural wart and say
good-by to this James- Crow wad
of shapeless and unsatisfied blun
ders there will be few teirs, I
judge. It has clinging to it few
i beautiful memories. Even the un
musical and immoral English
Sparrows, who come each spring
to build their little nests and
sqneak arid scoot about and rear
their young, have no respect for
the tottering mass. No neighbor
will sorrow to see it go, no scald
ing tear will wet the dust and bust
ed walls of the dark and dismal
wreck.
Nashville, Tenn., March 25,1890.
Badam Microbe Killer Co.,
Nashville, Tenn.:
Gentlemen—In reply to yours,
inquiring of my health at the pres
ent date, will say: I am well, hav
ing had but one spell of illness
since my last testimonial of 1889;
that was billions fever last August.
I had quit taking Microbe Killer
for about five months, having had
no need for it. 1 broke up my fe
ver and started to work the first of
September and have not lost a day
from illness of any kind- I now
feel as though I was entirely
cured, but through fear of another
attack I continued the use of it-
through this disagreeable weather.
My lungs are surely in good con
dition, as I play first b flat cornet
in Baxter’s First Tennessee Regi
mental Band, and feel no bad ef
fects from it Any one knows *hnf
it requires power from the lungs
to use this instrument. I cheer
fully recommend it to all of a weak
constitution like myself. I have
used fifteen jugs, and have experi
enced nothing but the best of re
sults, and can safely say it is not
injurious to the system, but on the
other hand, gives tone and vigor.
Very Truly,
W. C. Hawkins.
F.ir sale by Holtzclaw & Gilbert,
sole agents, Perry, Ga.
Regularly every six months, it is
said, the Treasury Department at
"Washington receives either a 820-
or a 850 bill which, from all ap
pearances, instead of being made '
from a plate, is executed entirely
with a pen. The work is of a very
high order, and several times these
bills have escaped detection and
gone into circulation. The coun
terfeiter has not yet been discover
ed. He seems to work for notorie
ty, as be conld not make a living in
this manner.
The State Geologist of New Jer
sey says tlie,coast of the state is
sinking at the rate of at least two
feet in a century. Other observers
hold that the rate is much more
rapid.
m
:9.
Dyspepsia troubled me for a
number of years, and I was
vous and weak. A friend
to use Dr. Bull’s Sarsapa:
everything I now eat agrei
me. My stomach now give
pain, and I enjoy my food.- _
Randolph, Des Moines.