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hhmhh JOHN II. HODGES, Proprietor. DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS. PROCRESS AND CULTURE. : ‘r •: ' “ • PRICE: TWO DOLLyiRS A. Year VOL. XXL PERRY, HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5,1891. NO. 6. THE NEW DKUG Corner of Carroll and Ball streets, PERRY, CEOSCtA. PURE DRUGS, PATENT MEDICINES. TOILET ARTICLES. Fine Perfumes a Specialty. Kerosene and Lubricating Oils. BESCBIPTIONS CABEPUIiLY COM- GNDED by one of the best druggists in the State. A choice line of Cigars and Tobacco Always on hand. Open on Sunday from 8 to 10 a. m., and from 3:30 p. m. to 6 p. m. A share of public patronage is respect fully solicited. L. A. FELDER, M. D., Proprietor. PRACTICAL HINTS To Those Contemplating ihe Purchase OF A PIANO, • You can buy a Piano from Slop upward. Let ub know how much you care to invest, and we will give the full value of your money. THE LOST LETTER. BY ANNA PXEBPONT SHiVITEB. The best instruments are scporior in all res pects, and if dosired must be paid for. There is no alternative. What are you willing to pay? We would suggest the following to aid you: WEBER PIANOS. The favorite Piano of the world’s great singers Patti and Vilsnon. Positive evenness of scale, sus capability of action, freedom from metallic tone and extraordinary durability, characterizes this world famous piano. ■ _ EVERETT PIANOS. “An honest piano at an honest price,” or in oth er words, a strictly ftrst-clas3 piano within the reach of those of moderate means. The Everett Piano took the highest awai d at the recent Georgia State Fair for superier tone, per fect action, and etogiuco iu design and finish. The victory was complete, though the Everett came iu competition with most of the best known Pianos of the world. HARVARD PIANOS. fho summit of superiority in a low price ptano. The great parlor favorite on account of its not being high-priced anil shoddy, but lnw-uriced au<l reliable. Full 'abiuet and Grand Size. ALL HONOR AND GLORY TO GEORGIA! The first of the southern states to iu vent and umn- ufucturu a Piano! u«d greater the honor and dis tinction when i: can be shown that the GMUUOtA PIANO has improvements which no other _ piano has or ; can use. A PEUth-.OTSilFT PUDAL. - So constructed that it can be applied and belt position for any length of time without continued pressure of the foot. With this womb-rful Soft Pedal arrangement the tone of the Piano i Teatl.v reduced that a person practicing scarcely be heard outside of the room. Worth its weight in gold to persons of nervous temperament. DUPLEX TOUCH. A simple improvement which enables tie per former to ebauge the ac:iou from light to heavy; the object of which is to strengthen weak augers and wrists Some persons can never becomogood performers on account of weak fingers and wrists. The Cooper Plano |the Georgia Piano] has solved tne problem in its duplex touch. No otherpiano cossesses these great improvements. In tone the Cooper is grand, every note being clear as a bell. . We handle in our business pianos of nine differ ent makes, and organs of five ditterent makes. Write for catalogues of diflerent manufacturers. Gallon or addre»s. GEORGIA MUSIC HOUSE, 558 Mulberry street, Macon, Ga. X. B.—Our Pianoe took all premiums at the State Fair of 1**9. Pianos represented by other firms took not a single premium. Merit wilTtell! rest!ess and nervous, and by night “Mr. Weaver, I am sorry for mother; and so it proved, for that be was pale and weak. The, this,” Mr. Wade said, simply,, as next day he did not appear at the j he left, toe room. office, and word came that he was! His heart was very tendfr to- Attorncy at Law, Office: 510 Mulberry Street, MACON, GEORGIA. Special attention given to business in Houston county. J. L. Hardeman, W. D- Nottingham. HARDEMAN & NOTTINGHAM, Attorneys at Law, Macon, Georgia. Will practice in the State and Federal Courts. Office 306 Second Street. Attorney at: Law. pEREY, - Ga. Will practice in all the Courts ot his cirrcnit. 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. MONEY TO LOAN. In Bums of 8300.00 and upwards, to be secured by first liens on improved farms. Longtime, low rates andeasv payments. Apply t» 0. C. DUNCAN, Nov. 20th, 1SS9.—tf. Perry* G». Sung lltile fortnnesharHxeninadeat work for u% by Anna Page. Austin, Toms, and Jno. Komi, Toledo, Ohio. . OlhrrsaredoinpasrreU.'Why .» Sent cam over #500.00 a u do the work and live #10 a day. All apw. We show you bow and start ywt. Can wort »n spare time or all th«* linn-. llljr money for work ers. Failure.unknown among th«m. NEW amt wonderful. Particular* free. njGtalleUct Co.,Ho\ «SO Portland^Iaine PERRY BRANCH SCHEDULE. Baity, Bxcept Snmtay. Leave Perry at .4 A. H. Arrive at Fort Valley 4:45 A. at. Leave Fort Valley at 11:35 p. it. Arrive at Perry at 12:20 a. si. Leave Perry at 3:2o p. si. Arrive at Fort Valley 4:35 p. sr. Leave Fort Valley at 8:25 p. si. Arrive at Perry at 9:10 p. sr Sunday Train- Leave Perry 10:10 a.ra. Ar. Fort Valley 10:55 a. iu. Leave Ft. Valley 4:15 p. m Aadve Perry 5 p. m. Subscribe for the Home Journal “Jimmy!” called Frank Hep burn, the-bandsome yonng book keeper for Wade Brothers. Jimmy the office-boy for the same firm, as is usual in such cases, did not hear. It is a singular fact, not yet explained, that deafness is more prevalent among office-boys than among any, ether class of wage-earners. “Jimmy!” Frank Hepburn called more sharply this time, and Jimmy, 're linquished his favorite ■ occupation of drawing cats with red ink on the firm’s note heads,'nud slowly ap proached Mr.' Hepbnrn’s stool. Take this letter to the postof- fiee, and drop it into the box mark ed ‘City,’ and be quick, please.” Jimmy took the letter, placed it carefully between his teeth while he put on his hat and coat; he then surveyed the envelope closely and asked: “What’s that mark in the corner for, Mr. Hepburn ?” “Clear out, you rascal 1” laughed the young man, slightly coloring. “It’s a secret-society sign. Now go!” As the boy passed from the of fice, Weaver, the cashier, looked up and yawned: “Well, it’s my lunch time,” and a minute later he was hurrying after the leisurely Jimmy. “I’m going past the postoffice, Jim,” lie remarked, as he overtook that youth; “give me Hepburn’s letter and 1,11 drop it in for you.” Jimmy, glad of an opportunity to engage in an interesting game of marbles, he -sa.v being played round the corner, willingly gave up the letter, and Weaver passed down the street. “Ah, that’s the way the wind blows, is it?” he thought, glancing at the address. “‘Miss Bertha Willey, 219 Madison avenue.’ I thought that engagement was en tirely broken off. This doesn’t look like it, but I mean to know for certain.” Weaver had long beeu Hepburn’s most persistent rival. The lady iu the case was n prize well worth any man’s earnest efforts to win, and when Frank Hepburn’s engage ment to her was announced, none of her admirers felt half the chagrin that seized Weaver. He had felt almost certain of winning her him self at one time, and in the expec tation of handling her snag for tune had incurred certain debts which, according to the rude fash ion of debts, were now “staring him in the face.” Great, then, had been his satisfaction when a report reached him of the broken engage ment, and he immediately called on Miss Willey. She received him cordially, and in the two succeed ing weeks he frequently repeated the call. “I will strike while the iron is hot,” he said to himself, and on this ve'ry evening had determined to know his fate, when the sight of Hepburn,s letter upset his plans. “I will know what is in it,” he thought, desperately. “I can open it—it’s very carelessly sealed Hepburn can’t come between us again, if I can help it.’ ’ He hurried home, and holding the envelope over a steaming ket tle in his mother’s kitchen, soon had its coveted contents in his hand. It ran thuf: “Bertha, Dear: I was wrong, and you were right. Cat I come and be forgiven? I have a fine business offer from a house in St. Paul; if I do not get a favorable reply from you to-morrow, I shall accept it, and go immediately. Life without you is unendurable here.. Frank.” “You will get no answer to-mor row,” Weaver muttered; “and once safe in the West, my coast is clear. What an idiot, to trust all his hap piness to a letter! But then he’s so terribly proud; he thought it would hurt his dignity less to write a note than seek sn interview.” Yes, Weaver was right; Frank was proud, and so was Bertha. A trivial lovers’ quarrel had come be tween them, and Berthn, feeling sure Frank must see in time he was wrong, did not try to right herself. She would gladly meet him half-way in any effort of re conciliation, but farther than that her womanly self-respect would not let her go. Meantime her even ings were lonely, and when Mr. Weaver called, he found her very ready to be entertained. On the day nfter Weaver obtain ed this letter, he watched Hep burn narrowly, and saw he was sick. “Packing up for St. Paul,' Weaver sneered to himself. “It’s just an excuse.” But Frank Hepburn’s was no as sumed illness. “A bad case of brain fever,” the doctor said, as he gazed with more than professional interest on the young man lying before him. His brown eyes were wide open, and restlessly flying from one face to another, as if in search of one that never came, while his parched tongue constant ly formed the word “Bertlin," gen tly and pleadingly spoken as long as strength permitted him to utter it. Then, as he became weaker, only a balf-articnlated murmur greeted the ears of the anxious- watchers who bent above him. “Who is Bertha?” the physician at last asked the weeping, gray haired mother who had come from a distant city to care for her only son. “We must find her. 1 have done all 1 can for his body, but only lier coming can relieve his mind.” And, he added softly, “she must come soon.” “If I ouly knew,”' the mother answered, “how I w.ould fly to her! It is breaking my heart to face those eager, longing eyes; but I do not know. Among my boy’s pa pers -are several notes signed, ‘Bertha,’ but no other name is given, and all are dated ‘Home. Oh, doctor, it is hard to know a woman holds my beautiful boy’i life in her hands, and I cannot even plead with her for it!” And with a passionate gesture she turn ed away. • At the office, things went on as sual. Weaver noticed Frank’s desk remained vacant, but said to himself, when the clerks spoke of his illness: “Men don’t die of broken hearts, and'he will recover, cured of his fancy.” He could not, however, bring himself to destroy the stolen letter, but when alone, constantly took it from his pocket and glanced at it One day, while doing so, Mr. Wade suddenly entered the room. Hastily slipping it under a pile of bills, Mr. Weaver looked up “Mr. Weaver,” his employer said, “let me come to your desk, want to glance over poor Frank’s papers. Iam afraid the poor boy himself will never do that again. Sad, isn’t it?” And Mr. Wade’s kindly voice grew husky “Is it so bad as that sir?” Wea ver murmured, while a deadly faintness seized him. “So bad as toat, I fear;” Mr. Wade answered, mechanically tak ing up a pile of papers and run- -ning over them. Suddenly he’ex- claimed: “What’s this?—a letter written by Frank himself, and never sent?’ The pity that a moment ago had filled Weaver suddenly vanished, and a fierce desire to escape detec tion had taken its place. “Why, yes,” he said; “I remem ber Frank intended to invite Miss Willey to the opera for Thursday, but changed his mind, and I sap- pose did not send the letter. How ever, I am going down to inquire after him at noon, and if you will give me the letter, I’ll leave it with his mother.” “Yes, yes,” assented Mr. Wade, “that’s a good idea.” But he still held it in his hand, while Weaver could hardly retain his desire to snatch it away. “If I get the cursed tiling in my own hand once,” he thought, “it will never be seen again.” Just then Jimmy entered. Catching sight of the letter in Mr. Wade’s hand, h e exclaimed: “Why, Mr. Weaver, yon didn’t mail that letter that day!” Weaver turned pale. “You don’t know what you’re talking about,” he said, as Mr. Wade glanced op inquiringly. “Yes I do,” Jimmy persisted; “that’s the letter Mr. Hepburn gave me to mail the! day before he got sick. Don’t you remember his saying that little cross was a secret society sign?” Why didn’t you mail it Jimmy?” Mr. Wade interrupted, sternly- “Why, sir, on my way to toe of fice, Mr. Weaver took it from me, and said lie’d mail it hiingelf,” Jimmy had taken toe letter from ward the poor boy he had seen that Frank Hepburn awoke—very weak, indeed, but rational, “ready to drink a gallon of beef tea, and be married that very afternoon, ’ Jhe The Outlook for 1891. John H. Dent m Southern cultivator- morning tossing .restlessly from i whispered, faintly, side to side, agd still -trying to. j When-Mr. Wade returned to the murmur “Bei^ha.” . j office, he found Weaver had drawn - “The name is the same,” he j bis pay and left- commented. ‘TU take her the note and explain its delay. There may be a eonnectson between this and his brain-fever: God grant that there is.” Hurriedly calling a cab, he drove to the address on the envelope, and was soon greeted by a. young lady who responded to bis inquiry for “Miss Bertha Willey.” ' She was a very, beautiful girl^ but there was none of the gay brightness one would look for in, creature so yonng. She had air of weariness like that which comes from long nights of sleepless ness, and there was a suspicion of tears in her voice as she greeted her visitor. “Is this your letter?” lie asked abruptly. She looked at him rnther-haught- ily an instant, then her whole air changed to ope of intense eager ness as she cangbt sight of the ad dress. “Yes,” she breathed, and in a moment had Taken toe note and devoured its contents. “Where did you get it?" she asked, looking up the pretty color that tinged her cheeks as she read dying out, and her little air of hauteur returning, though her eyes still danced, and there was: a glad ring in her sweet voice. ; ; Ignoring her question Mr. Wade said, sharply: “Do you know its writer is dy- Frank—oh, my dar ing? “Dyin. ling!” There was no need to ask if this was Bertha. Only one woman can utter a man’s name in that tone. The light and color died oat of her face in an instant, and a hard, strained look came in their place, more pitiful than any tear. She put her hand on her heart a mo ment and then said, simply: “Take me to him please.” “Get your hat,” Mr. Wade swered. But she only lookod- at him again and whispered. “Take me to him.” Without a word ihore, he led her to the still watting cab. On reaching the house, Mr. Wade left her in the hall and hur ried up stairs. A few swift words explained to the doctor below, and he hastened down. “Yon must be very quiet,” he said, gently, thongh the charge seemed nnnecessary in greeting the almost stony figure that await ed him.- “Sleep must coins within an hour, or death, or hopeless in sanity will result; but go to him, look and speak quiet and naturally, and if it is yon he is dying for (a shudder ran through the gial) we may save him yet.” The girl rose and went to the glass. “Look-and speak natural ly.” Even in that hour of'anguish she wondered if the face there was hers. He would not kmjw those pinched cheeks, those staring eyes and bloodless lips. She stood a moment biting her lips, rubbed her cheeks and then smiled at .the glass. That wonderful thing, a woman’s love, had triumphed over nature, and with a smiling face she cotfld meet Death himself, if smiles wonld help her in her des perate endeavor to rescue her her loved from his grasp. The doctor led the way to - the sick-room, opened the door and stood aside as she entered. Bertha sweyed for an instant.s&she .caught sight of the pitiful, wasted form extended before her; but again Love triumphed, and swiftly ad vancing to his bedside, she bent above the wistful eyes and said, clearly and softly: “Love, did you call me?” For a moment the lace looking into hers retained the eager, searching look it had worn for days; then it died away, and one, of perfect content filled its place.. : “Bertha!” toe pinched lips tried to say. “He knew I wouldn’t keep him an hour,” Mr. Wade said, while relating the circumstance for the hundredth time at the Hepburn- Willev wedding, two months later. “What kind of a heart must it be thgt would try to separaie such a couple as that!” . And he glanced'with almost fa therly pride at the handsome pair who were standing nnder a floral arch, receiving the congratulations their friends,were showering upon them. “Bless my heart!” he added, softly? “surely the angels them selves must smile ou such wonder ful love as 4 theirs.”—Popular Monthly. Too Indulgent by Far. “Yes,” said Mr. Easyman to Bev. Dr. Prudent, the new minis ter, who was paying his parishion er a friendly visit, “you are nn questionably right. I do not be. lieve in being overstern with chil dren. Now mine treat me as they would an elder brother or play mate. No scampering upstairs when they hear my latchkey turn in the door. Not much! Make your home cheerful—that’s my motto.” A frowsy haired youth of some six summers appeared on the scene at this juncture. After eyeing the clergyman critically for a moment he broke out with: “Say, pa, what’s a jay?” An omnious frown settled upon the brow of the indulgent parent as he replied: “A jay, my son, is a rather showy bird, having a low, erectile crest of feathers and— “But, pa, they Can fly, can’t they?” “Certainly, my boy. They are noted, too, for their propensity to chatter and, for instance, to ask foolish questions.” The frown deepened as the boy went on: But how can they fly, pa, with out any wings?” “My son, I think I heard your ma calling you a few momeuts ago Yes, pa, I’m going, only as I heard you tell ma last night that has found the farmers with a short What is the outlook for 1891? The year 1890 ends with an eight million bale crop,provisions scarce, cotton iow priced, provisions priced high, that means debt, and hard times for those who have their provisions to buy. Cotton pro duction will soon exceed consump tion if they continue to increase the area planted, and if so the far mers will 'find themselves -in the same fix as they were a few years ago, making cotton to buy provis ions with,, which means debt and bard times. A little reflection on the part of the farmer^ should con vince them that such farming is their rain; they have had the ex perience of it already, so why per sist in a system known to be their ruin. The wise course would be to plant less cotton, and raise more stock, and make farming a source of self-sustaining instead of in debtedness and dependence. The I review of farming 'for the last fif teen years shows what an error was made in raising all cotton and buying provisions. Instead of the farmers making any money it made the merchants rich, built up their cities and towns, impoverish ed the farmers, and farms.went down to nothing; in short, the far mers became merely the hewers of wood and drawers of water, but little better than toiling slaves. And this state of things is brought about again by making all cotton and but little provisions. A great er calamity could not be brought about, overwhelming the agricul tural writers of tlie soutb, than for the farmers to adopt again such a suicidal course: we wonld advise the farmers to curtail 1 their cotton crops for 1891, and increase their grain, and grass crops and raise more stock; do this, and let cotton sell at low prices and it wont effect them, but to plant another large cotton crop on the back of the eight million bale crop, the price received for it will be below the cost of production. As we manage, we must expect results according ly. So if we glut the world with cotton, and neglect raising onr supplies of provisions, we must ex pect cheap cotton anJ high priced provisions. The corn crop of 1S89 was abundant, so the farmers in creased their cotton planting. The ccrn crop of 1890 is short, and it A Mechanical Cotton Picker. Scientific American. our new minister was a regular jay, I just wanted to come in here and see whether he could fly. Say, mister (to toe astonished clergy man), you ain’t got any feathers, have you?” There was a sudden movement on toe part of the indulgent parent,Bay s the New York Herald, followed by- the sudden disappearance of the youthful inquisitor. Then came a aeries of discordant howls from the hall beyond. “My dear air,” observed the pa rent upon entering the room, “while I admit that I am a kind and indulgent parent—why!” At this point the .front door was heard to slam violently. The min ister had disappeared, and now Mr. Easyman is talking about renting a pew in another chnrch. ly laying her cool lips on.his; “and now, darling shut jour eyes. I will put my cheek against'yours, and we will rest” Like a. tired child, he obeyed Mr! Wade’s hand, and turning it-her, nestling his head on thecool, over, exclaimed: “It’s opened now!” j while the peachy cheek that lay on There was no need to question his seemed to possesas an almost Weaver; the look of bitter hatred ■ magic power. j he turned on Jimmy told his guilt “He is saved!’- the doctor mnr-1J^pay a dTridenc! unFo^per “There are,” said the drummer, 'some persons who seem to think that the people of the far west, however enterprising and hospita ble they may be, live a in rough- and-ready sort of style. Of coarse, the fact is that people of refined tastes like to be civilized wherever they are, and in these days of quick communication the people at' all established centers of population like in about the same manner throughout the country. One would be likely to find as many men in dress suits lit an evening social entertainment in a Montana or Texas city as he wonld at any similar entertainment in an eastern city.” The greatest craze among the women of the city to-day is to keep from getting fat.. A fashionable doctor told a reporter, of. the New York San that toe-illness resulting from their methods of keeping down their weight form toe bulk of his practice. Few of them diet; on the contrary, they dine elegant- supply or corn, and an excessive cotton crop.- The result will be, their surplus cotton money will have to be paid for provisions, whilst if they planted enough ground for provisions, and had not increased their cotton crops, the balance would have move equally and profitably divided in this years earnings. The'corn crop of 1890 being short, it must be made np with oats; a large crop of oats should be planted to help out the corn. We have been so unfortu nate with oats of late years, being rties, and rely on and tight lncing to ‘Yes, Bertha,” she cooed, soft- offset the effect of their indulgence. A few who are strong will take to gymnastics and walking, as men do, but this doctor says those are too few to be worth counting. Oyster culture on the coast -of Georgia as a business success, has ... . .A- fine outlook A Connecticut sou arm slm slipped under it, company platted 100,000 bushels last spring, and they expect 150,- ‘ 000 bushels in return for the plant ing, which will bo worth 8200,000. have abandoned fall sowing and rely on spring sowing. Some years ago, oats sown in January were the most successful,but our springs have become so late and cold, Jan uary sowings are considered very precarious, and it is safest to rely on February sowing, especially in North Georgia. Gar safest ar,d most important crop is corn; some years it may be cut short by drought, but on an average of years it generally makes a fair crop. I have planted corn for fif ty-six years, and have never failed to make a sufficiency to *lo me, while I have made failures in oth er crops; hence, I say corn' is the most certain crop we can make Before old age overtook me, I was considered a fair average fermsr, and when I could give farming my personal attention I made corn my special crop, and it received thor ; ongh culture, and there is no crop planted so dependant on thorough culture to ensure a good yield. It is a crop when thoroughly cultiva ted that can better stand dronth than an other crop, and more easi ly managed. It was an old saying in my early days “that eoru should be made when the seed was in the crib,” meaning that the ground should be thoroughly prepared be fore the seed was put intp it, and if done, the future cultivation would be made light and easy, and moderate seasons would ensnre a fair yield. I found it to be so,and the same rule still holds good. The Waco Day, Texas, describes as follows the -operation of a new cotton picker, by Mr. Campbell, lately tried at that place. The essential feature is 330 spin dles, or fingers, projecting through and from a hdlow cylinder. These fingers are ten inches long, and have at the end a brush or tip of fine wire, and set in four grooves radially in horse hair, clipped so it projects from the fingers about one-twetfth of an irrch, the tip and the hairs on the side being the means of getting the cotton from the bolls. The fiugers or spindles are given a whirling motion by a system of cog gear inclosed within the cylinder. Moving forward,the cylinder revolves, the fiugers come contact with the cotton, the whirling motion of the fingers en tangles the cotton lint, and it is picked, then carried upward and backward until-cleaned from the fingers by brushes, and thrown in to receptacles holding sixty pounds of seed cotton. v The revolutions are so timed that the fingers which project at the spokes of a wheel strike the plant without a raking motion, for .that would damage the plant. No jury comes to the leaf or boll from running the machine over the plant. With a width of four feet, length seven feet, and height of five and one-half feet, th^ machine, com plete, weighs about 1,200 pounds, aud is of easy draught for two mules. The rows were IS5 yards Ion and were gone over twice, the re sult being the cotton was cleanly picked out of the bolls, the ma chine being ns thorough in this, re spect as the fingers oE the negro. No injury to the foliage, bolls or branches, of the plants was noted. In the morning when the cotton was slightly damp, a gathering from one row made by, the ma chine, weighed a little more than thirty pounds. The waste knock ed on the ground by the machine, was picked up by hand and weigh ed five ounces. In the afternoon, with the cotton perfectly dry, the cotton picked from one row weigh ed over twenty-eight pounds, and the waste picked np weighed near ly three and one-half pounds. The time made was about five pounds a minute, or 300 pounds an hour. Allowing time, liberally, for emptying the receptacles, stop ping for repairs, meals, and so on, the machine could easily work ten hours a day, and-Would gather 3,- 000 pounds of seed cotton at a to tal expense of 83 per day, making the total cost of the picking for each bale 81,50. At present prices the cost is frilly 810. A Dog With a Memory. Quarterly Review. The following, remarkable at all . events as a feat of memory, was killed out by freezes, most persons,) to1d me by the ownfir o£ an Irish .IT i Vrsonn Are broken il ... -: '■■■■ i --v-r-.t'.r;: or hocseholU Ilrow's : nr.-. Hitters will enable the com- rebuild, the H5r.1I0u.rcnmYes.es- ecu of T£!u. th.t •iuI-i: i a Get ihe genuine. more eloquently than any words. mured to the happy, bewildered cent the first year. water spaniel, the only dog I ever knew that would perform tricks and was good to shoot over, at the same time. His master was out walking with him at the beginning of the long frost in the year 1855, which set in about the middle of January. He went on a frozen mill-dam, where the- water was Very deep, and accidentally drop ped his snnff box through a little round hole in the ice. The dog was dreadfully distressed at not being able to get it,but was obliged to go home with its owner, who thought no more about the matter. Two months- afterward, when the frost had gone, he and the dog passed . by ihe same place. The dog paused opposite Ihe spot where the box had disappeared, sewned to think intently for a minute, then plunged in, dived to the bottom, and retnrned with the snuff box in his month. It Was a Rich Man’s Panic. % Atlanta Constitution. It is safe enough now. to pass judgmant upon the recent panic. The flurry was confined to the financial world—to Wall street and other money centers. The people generally wpre riot touched by it, although many for a time gave way to timid fears. The general run of business has been gcod all the time. But peo ple with money felt alarmed and refused to lend nnder any condi tion. They locked np their fnnds, and by their' cautious conduct caused a scare to run throughout the land. When people had time to think the riiatter over, and smvey the situation, they saw that there was really no ground for a panic. Es pecially is this true of the sooth. In this section the people are grad ually getting out of debt; they are rapidly developing their material resources; new capital is seeking investments, and the outlook is promising. It will be said that money is scarce. So it was a year ago, and so it will be a year hence, unless the volume of currency is expand ed to meet the demands of busi ness. Money has not suddenly disappeared. We have simply opened our eyes to the fnct that onr per capita circulation is too small, and that when the crops are to be moved there is a great de mand for ready cash. So far as the people are con cerned, there is no panic. The scarcity oE money is a normal con dition under onr present financial system, and there can bo no mark ed change for the better until we expand the currency and get rid of the most oppressive features of the national banking system. This ' reform is bound lo come sooner or leter. Babylon’s Method of Marriage. Wellington Star. According to the statement ot the “father of history,” it appears that iu Babylon, that wonderful Asiatic metropolis, all the young women, without exception, were sold at auction to the highest bid ders for wives. There was no re serve in this matter. No father had any right to dispose of his daughter’s bund; she mnst be vend ed under the hammer. With the rich men of Babylon it was a point of vanity to buy the most beautiful girls offered at the periodical sales, and to present to their friends any such lovely chattels &3 they did not need for themselves. The cus tom was to first offer for market the most beautiful maidens, and after they were disposed of, the plain virgins were fetched np and bonuses offered with each to any one who would bny them. And here came in what one mast recog nize as an admirable point in this arrangement. All the money paid by the rich men for the young la dies they selected went to mnke dowries for the unattrative girls, which was duly paid in spot cash to the poor men, who were thus made happy with less seductive brides. King Charles, of Boumania, has laid the foundation stone of the new railway bridge across the Danube at Tehernavoda. Jlis Majesty declared that 'the new bridge wonld be the lougest one in Europe, and would form the short est means of communication be tween-the North and Black seas, thus making an epoch in the his tory of Europe, aud affording evi dence of the economical powers of Boumania.—New York Times. One of the mo3t peculiar cases ever known in the history of Illi- noies is that of Judge Stipp, of Princeton, who recently became deranged from the effects of anxie ty aud worry over the necessity for passing the death sentence upon a convicted murderer, although he had been on the bench for twenty years. 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