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OH ', H. HODGES, Proprietor.
DEVOTED TO HOMS INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE.
PKICE: TWO DOLLARS A Year.
VOL. XXL
PERRY* HOUSTON COUNTY, GEORGIA. THURSDAY..FEBRUARY 19,1891.
NO. 8.
THE NEW
DETJG STORE,
Carter of Carroll and Ball streets,
PERRY, GEORGIA.
PURE DRUG-S,
patent, medicines.
TOILET-ARTICLES.
Fine Perfumes a Specialty.
Iterosene and Lubricating
Oils.
UESCBIFTIONS CAREFULLY COM-
tJHDED by one p£ the best dmg n
in the state.
A choice lino 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. EELDEB, M. D.,
Proprietor.
NI3W PUBLIC KOAl>.
GEORGIA—Houston County:
To all whom itmay concern: .
tSS&^fi^SSUSSiS.
■teaagrsSfiB *■
marked out by the road sommissioners
Mossey creek at a P° int „ r ^ re ,j^ssey
Port Beylthe^hoie being; about two
mill to Mossey creek.
By' order of court. n p p
Fob. 2,1891. J. M. PAVip,O.Q. g
HOUSTO^SHERIFF’S sale.
Will be sold before the cmirt house
door in the town of Perry, lionston
county (la., between the legal n °urs of
sale, on tho first Tuesday ingMarefa,
1891, the following property, to-wit.
Forty-five acres or land of lot No. 58,
in the 9th district of H°uston c°nnty,
bounded west by -lands of Mr». E. J.
Houser, east by lot No. 39, north by lot
No. 59, south by lands of Mrs. L. J-
Houser. Levied on as the property of J.■
E. Mathews, agent,
sion, to satisfy a tax fi fa for slate and
county taxes for the year 189U.
llso, at same timo and place, lot of
land No. 125, and the east t3*£ta*Sg of
lotNo. 124,being 135 acres ofsaidlot,in
all 3377 acres, in the Lower 11th district
of Houston county: Levied on as the
property of M. H. Faulk, to satisfy Wo
tax li fas for state and county taxes for
the years 1889 and 1890.
Also, at the same time and place, that
part of lots Nos. 16 and 17, lymg on the
west side of Bay Creek, m the lOth dis-
trict of Houston county, containing by
estimate 2027 acres more or less. Levied
on and sold as the property of It.
Patterson and Florence J. Yancy, to sat
isfy a tax fi fa for state and county taxes
for the 3 ear 1890. .
M. L. OOOPEB,
Jan. 28,1891. sherlff '
Houston county
J. L. Hardeman,
W.D. Nottingham.
TTAMfflWAN & NOTTINGHAM,
Attorneys at Law,
JlACONl ' ' ; f G 7rT i the Eternal City.
Will practice in thti State and Federal
Courts. Office 306 Second Street.
liis eirronit.
MONEY LOANS
not lower than the lowest. Apply to
W.D.- Nottingham,
tf Maeon. Ga.
MONEY TO LOAN.
In sums of §300.00 and upwards, to be
secured by first liens on improved farms.
Long time, low rates and easy payments.
Apply te C. C. DUNCAN,
Nov. 20th, 1889.—tf Perry* Ga.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Thera was one that was weeping
In a heart broken way
By the side of a coffin
O’er the form that'was clay.
*
And my heart it grew heavy
As the drip of the tears,
And the sobs of her sorrow
Were borne to my ears.
Oh, ’twas sad. sad to list
Her passionate grief,
That the life ofherbosom-
Of her babe, was so brief.
Put I thought of the battles
Fought by souls tempest tost ,
And how few are triumphant
And how many lost.
Then I gazed on the sleeper,
On his white brow of peace,
And I cried to the mourner,
“Cease thy sorrowing, cease.
“Weep no more, O thou mother,
For thy wee little waif
On the far shore of heaven
With the angels is safe!”
LITTLE ALEX.
The Idler in Atlanta Evening Journal.
“Were you an admirer of Alex
ander H. Stephens?” asked Col.
Tom Burney last night.
“Yes, sir—why?”
“Because I want to give you a
little incident about him which
may be of some interest.”
“Ont with it.”
I wish I could produce here the
capital -manner in which Tom—-
who is a superb raconteur—then
told this interesting story.
“You know Colonel Thompson,
who for years was the chief editor
of the Savannah Morning News?”
“Never met him except in print
—Major Jones’ Courtship, editori
ally, and all that thing, yon know.”
“That reminds me,” said Tom,
T have been in the little old house
down in Morgan county, in which
he wrote the courtship. But let
that go.”
'A few years before Col. Thomp
son died, I had the pleasure of
riding on the cars with him from
Thomasvilie to Snvannah. He was
one of the most eiitartaiinng men
who ever lived, you know, and on
that particular occasion was in a
talkative mood, so we sat up all
night and smoked and talked.
“At least, ho did most of the
talking, while I did most of the
smoking and listening. He told
me enough interesting things to
fill a small volume, aud one of
them was this:
“Some years ago,” said lie, “I
went abroad, and a short time be
fore- taking ship I went to see my
friend Alexander H. Stephens.
Upon taking leave of him’ he re
marked:
'Thompsou, here’s a letter that
may or may not do you some good.”
“I thanked him and glanced
over the letter. It was addressed:
To Whom it May Concern,’ and in
it the old gentleman spoke very
kindly of your humble servant. I
put the letter in' my pocket and
left.
“It was not my purpose to make
an extended tour—but simply to
devote a few weeks to London and
Borne. Paris was not in my pro-
Atto rncy n't Law,
Office: 510 Muebebex Street,
MACON, GEORGIA.
gramme.
Special attention given to business in « jjy fetter of credit was address-
ed to a London banker, and after
spending some time very pleasant
ly in that great city, I drew enough
money to keep me in Borne for
about two weeks, and departed for
C A short time after my arrival, I
fell in witn one of the ‘old briga
diers,’ as they call the old guides
down there. He was a polite old
fellow and very accomplished—
speaking several langauges wjiich
Attorney atLaw.
Perby, - - - Ga.* Wi 0 D __ ...
Will practice in all the Courts of h e spoke with great fluency. He
nirrimit. i __ _ __ l •
proved a vpry entertaing compan
ion and went with me everywhere,
)n Houston farms procured at the low- showed me everything worth see-
sst possible rates of interest. As Jow, if - iu fa Jl contributed in many
aeshavebven mad#«t
work for us, br Amur F*gc, Austin,
•" — * * - *tonu, Toledo, Ohio.
■doing** well-Why
Snug Utitc for
work for ns, L.,
^Texas,. and Jno. ltoun,
• enfc Others are doing*. "*••» -
yon? Stow earn over 5500.00 a
tuiucn ■.* easily earning from 55 to
•slOaday.All ages- Weahowyon how
j»d start eon. Can work In spara time
orall the time. lUg money for work-
— A fcAV nndwnnderftrt.Particular*free.
g[.HniIetttt t'o.,B«ix sSO rortIand,Matae
PERRYBRANCH SCHEDULE.
Dally, Except Sunday.
. Leave' Perry at 4 a. m.
Arrive at Port Yalley 4:45 A. at.
Leave Port Yalley at 11:35 p. it.
Arrive at Perry at 12 :20 a. m.
Leave Perry at 3:25 p. ir.
Arrive at Port Yalley 4:35 p. ir.
' Leave Fort Yalley at 8:25 p. at.
Arrive at Perry at 9:10 p. K
TCSl WORE
NEATLY J3X.T3CrTJT7-:X>
AT THIS OFFICE
ing, iu fact, contributed in many
ways to the pleasure of my visit.”
‘After ‘doing’ Borne pretty thor-
onghly, he said to me one day:
‘Of course you are going to
Paris. We will go together. I
know Paris just as well as I do
Borne, and will take pleasure in
showing you through the city.
“I explained to him that my let
ter of credit was in London—that
I had brought aloug only enough
funds to defray my expenses in
Borne, and couldn’t think of going
to Paris.
“At this he simply bowed his
head and said nothing.
“The next day I met him on the
street, and after a cordial- greeting
he said:
‘‘Come with me Mr. Thompson
I wish to introduce you' to a :
friend.”
“After walking arm in arm a few
blocks, we turned into a little
street and entered-a peculiar look
i D g little place, which I saw at a
glance was a bank. Passing down
a narrow passage, we entered a
small doorway leading into an el
egantly furnished room.
“Its sole oecupant—a splendid
looking old gentleman with curly,
gray hair—arose from his easy
chair, greeted us. with effusive
courtesy, and begged ns to be seat
ed. I cannot remember the name
of the old Italian banker, but can
never forget his fine face. He
spoke English beautifully. _
“We chatted pleasantly lor a few
minutes when ' the old brigadier
remarked:
“I am very anxious for Mr.
Thompson to take a trip with me
to Paris, but he says his letter of
credit is in London, and he, there
fore. is not prepared to go. Mr.
Thompson is a very clever and de
lightful gentleman of whom I am
very fond—and I think he would
enjoy Paris very much.
1 ‘But nnrlerstand me. He did
not come to ask a lavor. He called
with me at my request. I thought,
perhaps you could arrange for him
to go with me ”
“Ah,” said the old hanker smil
ingly, “I see, I see.”
“He then turned to me and ask
ed:
- “Mr. Thompson, have you on
your person any paper establish-;
ing your identity?, I beg pardon,
but it is customary—
Oh, I understand, said I, ‘but
really I don’t think I have any pa
per-let me see,” putting my hand
in my coat pocket and pulling out
a pile of letters, among which was
the one written by Mr. Stephens.
“Nothing but this,” said I hand
ing it to him.
“He glanced over it and in a
twinkling his placid look and man
ner vanished.
■What!” exclaimed he, fairly
springing to his feet, and tremb
ling with excitement.
“ ‘Stephens! Alexander H. Ste
phens, the great American states
man! He gave you this? Nothing
bat this, indeed! Why, my dear
sir, this is everything with me.”
He then went on to tell how ar
dently he admired-Mr. Stephens,
how he had read his speeches on
the slavery question 1 delivered in
cougress in the fifties, how proud
ly he hhd watched his career,: with
what interest he had read his
“War Between the States” and ev
erything else he had written, and
wound up by calling to his cash
ier:
‘Hera is a friend of the great
Alexander Hi : ‘Stephens. Shovel
him out all- th'e'gold be wants.” ■
Theold:geiitlemari was almost
beside himself Stith: joyous agita
tion.
‘He shook-my hand again aud
again, in the most cordial manner,
and fairly embraced me, saying all
the time: ‘Oh, Stephens! Stephens!
how I wish 1 could see him and
express my admiration to his face.’
I was never more astonished
and gratified at anything iq my
life,” said Thompson.
I thanked the old fellow pro.
fusely and in answer to querries
sat there and talked Stephens to
him for about three hours.
“Hewould take no refusals, so
that night; accompanied by my
friend the ‘brigadier,’ I went to the
old banker’s elegant home and
was entertained most royally—so
royally, indeed, that it was hard
for me to decide whether I was re
ally only a plain American citizen,
or a genuine prince of the blood.
‘One or the first things I did
upon returning to America was to
visit Mr. Stephens at his home in
Crawfordsville and give him a de
tailed account of the remarkable
•pisode.
“The grand old man heard the
story with the deepest emotion,
and when I had concluded said
with brokea voice:
“ Thompson, in my whole ca
reer, I have heard nothing which
touched me so deeply. That in
deed is a compliment of which any
man might justly feel proud.
Thrice blessed be name of the
friend 1 have never seen—the no
ble son of that glorioos land of el
oquence, poetry and song.”
Queen Victoria, ns she increases
in years, shows a disposition to
mase youth and good looks a re
quirement in the ladies in waiting
and other women about her. She
Completely Cured the Governor.
“Speaking of accidental cures/*
said an old physician to a Chicago
Post reporter, “reminds me of an
incident in Jhe official career or ex-
Gov. Paddleford of'Bbode Island.
The governor was a very corpulent
man,' and shortly, nfter bis inaugu
ration an abscess formed in his
stomach. It was most painful,
and, to ease the pain, his physician
instructed him to travel. The gov
ernor, accompanied by his wife, set
forth, and pretty much over the
entire country they went. One
night, in a sleeping car, the pain
attacked the governor with extra
ordinary force, and, as usual at
such times, his good wife got up
to prepare a mustard plaster.. Go
accustomed was the governor to
Buch applications that, like drinks
for an old toper, theyihadi to be
made extra strong to be effective.
With the assistance of the porter,
however, she fixed up a large, fat
plaster, which,she calculated,would
come pretty nigh drawing the very
abscess itself out of her Jiege lord.
Tben, holding it carefully before -
her, trotted back to the bertb, and,
parting the curtains, she placed
the poultice on the proper place.
As she gave it its last pat, she
looked up for a smile of thanks
from her husband, when to her
horror she discovered that she had
stopped at the wrong berth, and
operated upon a strange individu
al, who was a drummer for a liq
uor house. That she had not be
fore discovered her mistake, or,
that be had not awakened, was due
to'his being a person of about the
same size as the governor, aud
considerably under the influence
of liquor. Shuddering with fright,
the good lady found her husband’s
berth and stammered forth what
she had done. The governor, al
though in great pain, and notwith
standing that the plaster contained
his entire stock of mustard, laugh
ed loudly, and vowed that if he
died he would not stir till the man
with the gubernatorial plaster on
his common clay stomach should
awake. The time was not long.
A piercing yell that brought the
conductor and porter to the drum
mer’s berth announced its arrival.
As they tore aside the curtains the
drummer, putting his hnnd to his
stomach, felt the soft plaster. ‘My
God!’ be screamed, as visions of
premature decomposition danced
before his eyes, ‘I’in spoiling!’ In
an agony of mind he tore the plas
ter, which he supposed to be a lay
er of decayed flesh from him, and,
with a scream of despair flung it
away. Itstrnck the porter, in the
face, and that individual, fancying
that his brains had been- knocked
out, fled.
“‘What’s the matter with you?’
the conductor - inquired of the
drummer.
“ ‘Matter?” echoed that person,
with misery in his face. ‘Matter?
Great heavens, can you ask? Look
there,’ he said, pointing to his
stomach.. ‘Iam rotting away; and
to think it was my own whisky
that did it!’
“The conductor looked at the
spot indicated, but saw nothing
unnatural. He so told the drum
mer, who cautiously placed his
hand on his stomach. His light
ning change of countenance told
the relief he felt. ‘I must have
had a nightmare,’ he said. The
conductor, considerably mystified,
withdrew and obtained an explana
tion from the governor, who, hav
ing overheard the drummer, was
just recovering from a paroxysm of
laughter, which had broken the
abscess. Its breaking was what
had been sought, and in a few
hours the governor was entirely
cured.”
' Republican Financiering,
Susceptibility to Disease.
Youth’s Com panioa.
Savannah Homing >*’ews.
At the close of the Cleveland ad- Of several persons who have
ministration there was a surplus in i been equally exposed to chilly
the treasury of about 854,000,000. J weather one takes a fatal cold,
In au article in tffe February Fo. j while the others are wholly - unaf-
rum Senator Carlisle says that at fected. The great majority es-
Cane-bottom chairs that have
commenced to sag a little should
be washed with soap and water
Put plenty of it on so that the
cane will become well soaked. Put
the chairs in the open air to dry
thoroughly, and if none of the
canes are broken the seats will be
as tight and firm as when new.
Now Try This.
It will cost yon nothing,and. will
sorely do you good, if you have a
Cough, Gold, or aDy trouble with
Throat, Chest or Lungs. Dr.
King’s New Discovery for Con
sumption, Coughs and Colds is
guaranteed to give relief, or money
l^ acomely appearance and a
fresh face to the wrinkles “> at La Grippe found it just the thing
years impose, and for that reason and under itsjise' had' a speedy
insists that the women officials of and perfect recovery. Try a sam-
her royal household shall be | pie bottle at onr expense and learn
voung. j for yourself just b'ow good alliing
| it is. Trial bottle free at Holtz-
S™ pocket momumbB I claw & Gilbert’s Drug Store.
size 50c. and 81.00.
tbebestTonic;Eiv«D away at Drug and :
the end of the present fiscal year.
June 30, there will be a deficit of
§4,000,000, and a year from that
time n deficit -of 884,000,000. And
yet there has been no falling off in
the receipts’from the revenues. On
the contrary, there has been a
pretty steady increase. Bepubli-
can management of the finances
does not compare favorably with
democratic management of them.
Senator'Curlisle says:
“It.is the confirmed and incura
ble habit of the party now in pow
er to dispose of the public mouey
iu a wasteful and extravagant man
ner, aud there is no reason to sup
pose that it will cease to pursue
this course until the treasury is ex
hausted. What was two years ago
the richest public treasury in tbe
caped la grippe during its late
prevalence. And the same is true
of epidemics of every kind and de-
gree.
This difference is mainly due lo
difference in personal susceptibili
ty, inherited or acquired. Disease
invades the body at. points where
its life-forces are weakened. Such
a lowering of the vital resistance
may date back for generations.
This is one reason for the astound
ing mortality of infants, so im
mensely beyond that in the young
of some of the lower animals.
Many persons who start with small
pouer of resistance carry it through
life. Their only hope is constant
care and freedom of exposure.
But of those who reach adult
age .the greater part may be sup-
world will be substantially bank- posed to have inherited an average
rupt long before the term of the
present administration expires.”
Congress is cutting down tbe
appropi'iations to tbe lowest point,
with the full knowledge - that there
will be deficiencies for which the
next congress will have to provide.
The next House will be democrat
ic, and the purpose of the republi
cans is to make the democratic par
ty responsible for their waste and
extravagance. They will succeed,
of course, in briuging about a con
dition of affairs that will force the
next congress to make larger ap
propriations than it would if this
congress should do its duty,but the
democrats will take care that the
country understands which - party
is responsible for the laige appro
priations which the next congress
will have to make.
The Senate passed the pension
appropriation bill on Thursday. It
appropriates §133,173,085, and Mr.
Allison, the chairman of the appro
priations committee, admitted that
the amount might not be enough
by at least 810,000,000. Who is
responsible for such a large pen
sion burden? The republican par
ty. of course, and that party is
continually increasing thet burden.
When the pension claims now
pending are adjusted 8150,000,000
a year will not be sufficient to pay
the pensions.
The democratic senators at
tempted to have the pension ap
propriation bill amended so that
between 82,000,000 a year and 83,-
000,000, which now finds its way
into the pockets of pension attor
neys, would be saved to pension
ers, but their efforts were fruitless.
The republican senators stood by
the pension attorneys, who doubt
less contribute large sums to the
republican campaign fund.
Before this administration is
closed the people will appreciate
more than ever the economical gov
ernment of the Cleveland adminis
tration. Mr, Cleveland made a
sincere effort to give the country
an honest and economical govern
ment, aud he succeeded. And that
is why he is so popular.
It seems to be the impression of
many people that the mail when
sent from a postoffice is gathered
carelessly together and thrown into
a mail bag, which is then locked
aud dispatched.. This is wholly
wrong, for even in the smallest of
fices tbe letters and cards.are all
gathered face upward and tied into
a neat- package. The government
furnishes the twine to do this, and
some idea of the immensity of the
postal service can be formed from
the fact that in one year the cost
to the government of the twine for
■this purposef which, though strong,
is of the cheapest quality) was
nearly. 872,000.
Many a child goes astray simply
because home lacks snnshine. A
child needs smiles as mach as flow
ers need sunshine. If home is the
place where faces are sour, and
words harsh, and where fault-find
ing is ever going on, children
spend as many hoars as possible
elsewhere. Let every father and
mother, then, try to be happy; let
them look happy; let them talk to
their children, especially the little
ones, in such a way as to make
them happy.—Exchange.
-Accepting the philosopher’s the
ory. that money represents trouble,
it is surprising to see bow many
people are anxiovs to borrow
trouble.
measure of physical soundess.
Whence their susceptibility to dis
ease ? It comes from physical trans
gression, either positive or nega
tive.
Sleep, for instance, is a funda
mental condition of high health.
Nothing can make up for a defi-
cienay of it. Lack of food does not
begin to equal lack of sleep in its
power to depress vitality, and so to
render the system liable to any
prevailing disease. Still, insuffi
ciency of food is a great depi ess-
ant, and may exist where it is least
suspected; for the food must be
such as to supply the daily waste
of all the tissues—brain, nerve,
bone, muscle and fat—besides fur
nishing heat-forming fuel. Many
a person who sits at a luxurious
table is not half-fed.
But over-eating is as bad as un
der-eating, and often acts more
promptly. All tbe organs, especi
ally those that eliminate the waste,
are overworked and weakened.
Poisonous wnste is retained in the
circulating fluid. Any over-indul
gence wastes the nerve elements
faster than they can be' supplied,
and nerve-force is behind the nor
mal working of every organ.
Worry and care have a like ef
fect, not only rapidly using up
nerve-force, but also weakening the
organs that elobarate it Fear,
also, is a great vital depressant,
and by itself often induces a fatal
susceptibility to epidemic diseases.
Temporary, and fatal, susceptibili
ty may be caused by fatigue.
Eight white rats, having been sub
jected to exkanstiDg exercise for
several days, were inoculated with
au attenuated poison. Four oth
ers in a normal condition were
similarly inoculated. All four of
the second series survived, while
seven of the first series died.
Not of the dude species.
Not of the kind that stands on
stret corners.
Not of the kind that prides him
self on being a masher.
Not of the kind that sneers at
the idea of personal purity.
Not of the kind that thinks
Christians' a mild sort of fools.
Not of the kind that owes the
tailor, livery man and everybody
else.
Not of the yes, yes kind.
Not one of the kind that calls
mother old woman and father old
maD. .
Not of the ignorant infidel kind.
Not of the coward kind.
Not of the iceberg variety.
Not of the 1 can’t tribe.
Not of the kind that is better ac
quainted with pool than the fifth
chapter of Deuteronomy.
Not of the evading, scuffling,
snuffling through life kind,'having
no hope, and without God in the
world.—Exchange.
A bird of immesne wing power
is the tiny storm petrel, the small
est web-footed bird known. It
belongs to every sea, although 'so
seemingly frail, it breasts the ut
most fury of the storm, skimming
with incredible velocity the trongh
of the waves, and gliding rapidly
over their snowy crests. Petrels
have been observed 2,000 miles
from nearest land.
rn*: DYscET-r i
re* ocsmcxul iL
Ail o-L .re* p pe: J.ctUe. Genuine
An old maid in Connecticut who
adopted and reared a boy to man
hood has been sued for 825,000 by
the ungrateful wretch because she
chose to give him the name of
“Moses David Absalom Daniel
Mark Isaiah Exodus White.”
Husband the Resources.
Gov. Xorthen in Southern Cultivator.
A wise man will look well after
the material resources from which
he must draw his support. Every
business has its special capital,and
it most be wisely guarded if its in
crease is satisfactory and profita
ble. Fvery business has main re
sources, and afterwards minor in
terests. In neglecting minor in
terests, material resources become
thereby involved nnd business fail
ure is the result
The maiu resource of the farm
er is his land. It should be as
well and carefully guarded, and
prudently drawn upon,as tbe bank
er guards and cares for bis capital
in money. The banker does not
let-out his capital into the hands
of irresponsible parties. Farmers
too often put their lands ont to the
management and absolute control
of such labor as begin its destruc
tion and waste at the very first lick
they hit it. The merchant’s main
resource is in his goods. He takes
care of them. He has them care
fully handled, so they may not be
come shop worn. When his cus
tomers apply for them he inquires
what security they will give for the
use of his resources.
An ignorant negro applies for
the use of some of the farmer’s
land, his main resource. He gets
it without let or hindrance. He
plows it up hill and down hill;
works it when it makes mud,treads
with stock at all unfavorable
seasons of the yeor, and then re
turns it witliont profit in crops, a
barren, bald waste. Everywhere,
in all the states, this is the way
farmers hnsband their resources.
Self interest and general thrift de
mand that farmers should hnsband
their resources like other business
men. Tbe laud, as capital, should
be improved every year, and not
wasted. To do this it mast be put
ander the management of careful
and intelligent labor, properly
worked and at the proper time,and
the proper condition. To do oth
erwise is deliberate, wanton and
wicked waste. Its fertility should
not be destroyed by a continued
succession of the same crop!?, nor
its strength allowed to waste by
washing. Use every possible
means to husband yonr land as the
main resource of the farm. Oat
of it must come the life and happi
ness of the home; education aud
sustenance of the little people, aDd
the material prosperity of the state.
At all hazards, 'take care of your
land.
Wise and Beautiful Answers.
Wesleyan Ciristiam Advocate.
A Sophist, wishing to
Thales with difficult questions
which he had arranged, put the
following, to which Thales answer
ed without hesitation and with the
utmost precision:
What is the oldest of all things?
God, for he existed always.
What is the most beautiful? The
world, for it is the work of God.
What is the greatest of all
things? Space, for it contains all
things.
What is the most constant?
Hope, for it remains when all else
has fled.
What is the best of all things?
Virtue, for without it there is noth
ing.
What is the quickest? Thought,
in a minute it can reach the end of
the universe.
What is the strongest? Neces
sity, it makes men face all dangers.
What is the easiest of all things?
To give advice.
What is the most difficult? To
know thyself.
If you drop a nickel with a string
attached, keeping the end of the
string in yonr hand, have yon real
ly dropped the coin? An Iowa
judge has decided in the affirma
tive. An ingenious yoatb of that
place tied a thread to a nickel,
dropped the nickel in a slot ma
chine, got what lie wanted, tben,
withdrawing the nickel by tbe
thread, repeated'the operation un
til he had made a clean sweep of
the receptacle’s contents. He was
arrested on the charge of theft, but
the judge who tried him held that
he had committed neither burgla
ry, larceny, nor robbery, nor even
obtained property under false pre- great liabilities, and co
tancoc TTA liurl momltr flnnn wlmf ^ ]lY6 wlill Ills **"* * T
tenses. He bad merely done what
the inscription on the machine told
him to do—drop a nickel in the
slot—and had kept on doing it.
Nothing was said about leaving the
coin where it was dropped. This
decision will probably abate a nu
isance.
Oil of peppermint in
luted even to one part in <
lion will kill cockroaches
hour, they dying- of convc
One drop of the oil placed
bell jar covering
cholera bacilli will kill
Subscribe for the Home JoUBNAL. and spores in forty-i
Nature as a-Southern Boomer.
AtUnia Constitution.
For tbe second time this winter
a furious blizzard of snow Jins
locked in its icy fetters the indus
try, commerce and transportation
of the north and west, from New
York to the Dakotas.
It is a familiar story. Travel is
blocked, traffic is’ paralyzed, the
electric lights are otft, and at night
large cities are iu total darkness.
For months daring every year
Nature directs her most- destruc
tive forces against ihenorthen belt
of the union—a territory whose
massed capital and combined cor
porations control the industry and
trade of the conutry, and compel
its products to .pass through in
convenient ocean outlets to Eu
rope.
At a time when the south clam
ors for direct trade with Europe
this blizzaid emphasizes our de
mand. Perhaps we need no glifc-
tongned representatives to present
and argue our claims. Nature is
a powerful boomer when she takes
an active hand in anything, and
this winter she has been calling
attention in the most pointed way
to the advantages of the south. It
will not be long before the busi
ness interests of the ccnbtry will
recognize the fact that it is bad
economy to ignore the great trans
portation systems and perfect har
bors of the sontb, far below the
snow line, beyond the reach of
blizzards, and .never obstructed
daring any month of the year. Iu
the eod considerations of profit
will regulate this thing. Our
south Atlantic ports will be built
op, and lines of steamers will ply
between them and Enropp. It
may be n magnif.cent idea for
southern and southwestern prod
ucts to be shipped all the way to
New York for . transportation to
Europe, but it is not business, and
the steamships and railroads will
soon be forced to see it in that
light.
On this continent industry, com
merce and transportation must in
evitably find tbeir fullest and fre
est development in this region so
highly favored by nature. Artifi
cial conditions in the past have
delayed the result, bnt these con
ditions are disappearing, and the
sonth will in a tew years begin to
enjoy the full measure of her
rightful prosperity Nature’s for
ces are working for us, and they
are bound to prevail.
An Kssay on 3Ian.
Man that is born of woman is
small potatoes and few in a hill.
He rises up to-day and flourishes
like a rag-weed, and to-morrow, or
the next day, moans the Wachita t
Democrat, the undertakers hath
him. He goeth forth in the morn
ing warbling like a lark, and is
knocked out in one round and two
seconds.
In the midst of life he is in debt,
and tho tax collector pursues him
wherever he goeth. The banister
of life is full of splinters, and he
slideth down with considerable ra
pidity. He walketb forth to the
bright sunlight to absorb ozone and
meeteth the bank teller with a sight
draft for $357.
He cometli home.at eventide and
meeteth the wheelbarrow in his
path. It riseth up and smiteth
him to the earth, and falletb upon
him, and runneth one of its legs
into his ear.
In the gentle spring time he pnt-
teth on his summer clothes, and a
blizzard striketh him far from
home and iilleth him with cuss
words and rhenmatism. In the
winter he pntteth on winter trous
ers, and a wasp that abideth ex
citement. He started down into
the cellar with an oleander and go
eth backward, and the oleander
oometli after him and sitteth npon
him.
He bnyeth a watch dog, and
when he cometli home from the
lodge the watch dog treetb him,
and sitteth near him until the rosy
morn. He goeth to the horse trot
and betteth his money on the
brown mare, and the bay geli
with a blaze face winnetb.
He marrietb a red-heade
ess with a wart on her nose,
tbe next day the pareni
goeth under with a fee, arrest, j
beloved son-in-li