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OHN H. HODG-ES, Proprietor,
DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS, PROGRESS AND CULTURE.
PRICE: TWO DOLLARS A Year.
VOL. XXI.
PERRY* HOUSTON. COUNTY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 5,1891.
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NO. 10.
THE NEW
jSornc.r of Cavnm and Ball streets,
PERRY. CEGiiCIA.
PURE DRUGS,
PATENT MEDICINES.
TOILET ARTICLES.
Fine Perfumes a Specialty.
Kerosene and Lubricating
Oils.
RESCRIBTIQNS CAREFULLY COK-
UNDED by one of the best druggists
in the state.
A. choice line of
Cigars and Tobacco
Always on band.
Open on Sunday from S to 10 a. m., and
from 3:30 p. m. to 6 p. m._
A share of public jjatronageis respect-
fully solicited.
L. A. FELDER, M. D.,
Proprietor
Tg* TVTSEmreWe consent of 10,000
smokers, to send each, a sample lot of
150 “NICKEL” Cigars, and a 20-year
gold filled -.vaicli by Express C. 0. D,
$5.25 and allow examination.
HAVANA CIGAR CO., Winston, N. C.
MQMEY 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. 6a.
MONEY TO LOAN.
In sums of $300.00 and upwards, to be
secured by first lions on improved farms.
Longtime, low rates andeasv payments.
Apply te C. C. DUNCAN,
Nov. 20th, 1889.—tf Perry 1 Ga.
Attorn^ at Law,
PeSp.y - - - . Ga
Will practice in all the courts of this
circuit.
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SttSoTncy nt jL.a, w.
Perky, - Ga."
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his cirrcuit. . •
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Office: 510 Muhbeiiey Stueet,
MACON, G-EOSGIA.
Special attention given to business in
Houston county.
.1. L. Hardeman, W. D. Nottingham.
HARDEMAN & NOTTINGHAM,
Attorneys at Law,
Macon, - - - Georgia.
Will practice in the State and Federal
Courts. Office 306 Second Street.
J. B.EDG-E,
Physician and Surgeon,
Perry, Georgia.
Office adjoining Perry Hotel. Can he
found at office during the day, and at
Hotel at night. All cal's promptly an
swered day or night.
Z. SIMS.
TIST,
FERRY, GEORGIA.
^“Office on Main street, lately occu
pied by Or. W. M. Havis.
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ronage solicited. apl 28 ly
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SPECIALIST. CROWNS AND BRIDGES,
O.IX;illefct«fc
PE&&YDIS‘VSC;i SCHEDULE.
is.iily, Except Sunday.
Leave Perry at 4 a. ai.
Arrive at Fort Valley 4:45 a. m.
Leave Fort Valley at 11:85 p. m.
Arrive at Perry at 12:20 a,. H.
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APPLICATION FOR CHARTER.
GEORGIA: ? To the Superior Court
Houston County. ] of Said County:
The petition of C. E. Gilbert, J. L.
Martin, j. W. Clark, C. F, Cooper, J. N.
Tuttle, C. H. Moore, J. H. Hodges, E. L.
Dennard and C. C. Duncan, of said coun
ty,shows that your petitioners, fcheir asso
ciates and successors, desire to be incor
porated for the term of twenty (20) years,
with the privilege of renewal at the ex
piration of that time, under the corpor-
atemame of Houston Building,Loan and
Ivestment Company, with power to have
and use a common seal, sue and be sued,
to buy, sell, own and deal in real and
personal property, to improve real estate
by erecting dwellings, buildings of any
kind whatever, and putting any other
improvements thereon that will tend to
increase the value of the same, to loan
money on real estate, personal property
or other security to the members of the
company or other persons, to take and
execute deeds and mortgages and all oth
er liens, and to sell or otherwise dispose
of thy same, to borrow money on real es
tate or personal property or other secu
rity, for the-intercet of the company, and
to have such other powers as are usual
and proper to carry out the jiurposes and
intentions of said company.
The petitioners pray for the privilege
of making such By-laws and regulations
for the government of said company, and
to enforce the same by such fines, forfeit-,
ures and penalties which may be neces
sary and proper and not in conflict with
the laws of Georgia.
The objects of said company are the
convenience and the pecuniary profits of
its members, and the business they pro
pose to conduct is that of a building, loan
and investment association. The fund
for the purpose is to be-raided by month
ly installments to be paid by the stock
holders into the company.
The principle t fiice and place of busi
ness shall be in Perry, Houston county,
Georgia, where a majority of the general
board of directors shall reside, but peti
tioners desire the privilege of transacting
business elsewhere within the state, and
to appoint attorneys_ or agents to carry
on the business of said compauy when
ever necessary to do so.
The capital stock of the company is to
bo two hundred shares of the par value
when paid up of twenty-five (5$?5) dollars
per share, and petitioners pray for tho
privilege of beginning business when ten
per cent of said two hundred shares shall
have been paid in, and petitioners pray
for the privilege of increasing said capi
tal stock from time to time as business
may demand and the beard of directors
may direct, to an amount not to exceed
two thousand shares of twenty-five dol
lars each. • .,
The stock of said company is to be paid
in monthly installments on each share,
and tho amount ot said monthly install
ment per share is to be fixed by *he board
of directors, as may be best for the share
holders and the business of tho company.
And vour petitioners will ever pray,
etc. C. C. DUNCAN,
Petitioners Attorney.
Filed in office this the 11th day of Feb
ruary, 1891. M. A. EDWARDS,
Clerk S. C.
GEORGIA: ) The above is a true
Houston County. ) copy of the original
petition for charter for the Houston
Building, Loan and Investment Compa
ny, as appears on record in this office.
Witness my hand and seal this the
11th day of February, 3 891
M. A. EDWARDS,
Clerk Superior Court.
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Myrtle Cherry man, in Free Press.
He was a youth, and she a maid,
Both happy young and gay,
They loved—and life to them was fair
As one continuous May.
The croakers saw their happiness,
And said’ “Ah, love is blind;
You’re happy now, but care will come,
When the new wears off, you’ll find.”
They married, and then their life grew
rich
With calmer, riper joy:
They were as man and wife more fond
Than when as girl and boy.
Their ‘friends’ could not endnre the sight,
And said, with worldly wit,
“It will not be so bright and fine
When the new wears off a bit.”
Ah, well the new wore off, of course,
And then, what did they find?
An oldness which was better far,
For love is not so blind.
As selfish care, and loving hearts
New joys will always meet,
So, when the new wears off, they’ll find
Old love the more complete.
LITTLE QUEEN.
BY B. HUDSON.
—SI.50 cash in advance will pay
for the Home Jocbnal one year.
Otherwise flie price is S2.00.
Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria.
“Little Queen,” said the hand
somest old lady alive to her grand
daughter, whose pet uame seemed
the most appropriate that conld be
given her. “I have dismissed
Patrick. He has been robbing the
dairy, ungrateful wretch. Dolmer
discovered it, and begs that he
shall go to-day. Is it not dread
ful?” •
“It is, indeed grandma. Patrick
is as honest as man can be.”
“But Dolmer, child, Dolmer
says ”
“We have had no peace since
that man was engaged,” cried
Queen, in a temper. “You have
been deceived by him. He is a
horrible and wicked creature, I am
sure. Look at his spotted face, his
tiger-like eyes. The hideous
wretch is, I have no doubt, an es
caped convict. I hate him!”
“What coarse language, dear.
Dolmer is a very well-mannered
man-servant, and so eager for my
interests. Yon think too much of
beauty.”
“Pat is not beautiful,”' laughed
Queen. “But look at his honest
gray eyes and good big mouth,
grandma. Dismiss Dolmer and
keep Patrick.”
The two sat in a lovely room in
one of the handsomest villas on the
Hudson. Behind the sofa on which
they had placed themselves, a tall
Indian screen of rare beauty had
been placed to ward off the
draughts, which the old lady fear
ed, as most old ladies .do.
On this occasion it answered a
double purpose, for behind it
crouched a slender, dark-skinned
man in a servant’s jacket, who was
listening intently to the conversa
tion of the two ladies.
“Dolmer is a good man. He
prays ancl reads his Bible a great
deal,” said the old lady.
“Always in public,” Raid the
girl.
“And the Benevolent Society
speaks so highly of him,” said the
grandmother-*
“What do they know of him?”
asked Queen. “Guilt is stamped
on his face; he wants honest Pat
rick out of the way; he is a mem
ber of the dangerous class, I am
sure. Grandma, I am afraid for
you. Send him away.”
The old lady tossed her head.
“I am more competent to judge
than you are, at your age, little
Queen,” she said. “Suppose he
has sinned and is repentant, shall
we not be merciful to him? 1 be
lieve he is truly good, poor thing,
and so attentive. Besides, I man
age my own borne, little Queen. I
am not quite childish.”
“Very well, grandma,” - sighed
the girl.
She passed out into the hall.
Patrick stood there, with his face
flushed and his hair touseled.
“Ould Nick, savin’ your prisince,
is ’avesdropping to your remarks,”
he said.
“No doubt, Pat,” said Queen,
“Had I my way, he should go and
you should stay.”
“Thank ye, miss,” said Pat.
“You’d never believe poor Patrick
would rob the dairy, miss, and
stale butther an’ eggs an’ things—
Pat that is so grateful he’d die for
the onld lady and both of yez?”
“Indeed, I do not,” said the girl.
“I have tried to get grandma to
alter her decision. However,
know where to find yon, Pat; and I
think you will come back before
long; I will expose Dolmer, if I
can,”
Pat bowed, and ^ept sadly and
slowly toward his garret to get his
little blue chest, and Bertha moved
away. As she did so a Gruel face
peeped from behind a pantry door,
and two dark brows met in a scowl
The man who had listened behind
the screen listened again. It was
Dolmer.
“So yon are my enemy,” he said.
“Very well, youug lady. All is fair
in war.”
There was a little supper party
it the villa that night. A dozen of
the most elegant people of the
neighborhood had been invited.
Bertha, in her pale pink silk dress,
with rosebuds in her black hair,
was beautiful enough, but at the
last moment the old lady, anxious
to atone tor her passing ill temper,
added a touch to her toilet.
“Come here child,” she said.
“Yon shall have my long-promised
diamonds to-night. I have taken
them from the safe on purpose.
You know I never put them on
now* You are just the style for
diamonds.”
She placed the stars in her hair,
drew the golden drops from her
ears and substituted little cascades
of diamonds, fastened a necklace
about her neck and bracelets on
her arms. The girl looked like an
empress with all this wonderful
splendor added to her beauty.
I shull be really ashamed of
myself. I am too fine,” she said.
Nobody can be that nowadays,”
said tho old lady. “Simplicity is
out of fashion, and the idea that
girls must only wear only white
and rosebuds. I shall tell them I
have given you your birthday pres
ent, and made you wear it. Why
should I wait until I am dead to
give the things to you? You would
not enjo) them so much, and you
are one-and-twenty, Bertha.”
“Dear grandma,” cried Bertha,
“how good you are! It is more
than I deserve, unless, indeed, lov
ing you is some claim. When I
argue with you it is because I know
you are being imposed upon I—
There, I will try to believe as you
do about Dolmer. Of course you
have had more experience, and I
am silly about Patrick, who has
been here so long.’,
; My dear, I’ve cried about Pat
rick, if you want the truth,” said
the old lady. “I’ve really been his
benefactress; but they tell me that
persons of this class are always
turning out badly, and have no
gratitude. Systematic plunder,
good Dolmer says, has been going
on from first to last. Well, now go
and look your prettiest and feel
your happiest, little Queen.” And,
kissinglthe lovely girl, the beauti
ful old lady swept into her draw
ing-room, where the guests soon
assembled.
It was au evening to remember,
ind Queen was in her gayest mood,
or seemed ta be. The truth was,
she made an effort unusual to her,
for somehow her heart was heavy.
Dolmer, with his strange, cruel
face, disfigured by its yellow scars,
had drilled the waiters thorough
ly, and in his faultless black coat
and white tie, seemed to her like
Satan playing man-servant. Many,
however, congratulated Mrs. Ash
ford on her possession of a treas
ure.
“These Europeans,” they said,
“understand all this sort of thing
so much better than our people.”!
A great tenor from the Italian
opera sung for them that night.
Brilliant men talked their best;
girls looked lovelier than ever, in
the light of the myriad wax can
dles. The scent of many blossoms
filled the house. When good-
nights were said, the protestations
of haying had “a very pleasant
evening” were heartfelt; and sure
ly, if admiration from men ancl
friendly speech from women could
content one, Queen shonld have
been happy. ,
Alas! her heart felt as heavy as
lead. She seemed to feel a strange
premonition of evil. That night
for the first time she remembered
that her grandmother, so hand
some yet and fall of life and spir
it, was really old; that in all prob
ability she must soon Mose her.
Perhaps it was this she thought.
It was enough.
She followed the old lady to her
room, and was loath to leave her;
bat all was so pleasant there, so
guarded, so comfortable,, and then
the waiting-maid always slept in
the small room adjoining, .that she
had no excuse for asking to stay.
With her diamonds st.ll about
her and her face growing m ire and
more serious, she stole softly up
the stairs. Dolmer was locsing
doors and extinguishing candles
with a painstaking air. He bowed
to her fts she passed. His eyes and
his dark skin. wjth its scars, made
:her think of a tiger.
She hurried to her room and
locked the door. She bad never
know why she did now. The bouse
she had known ever since she was
boru felt unsafe to her. 1
At last she knelt down and pray
ed, fplt comforted, and arising, be
gan to undress.
She removed the diamonds, laid
them iu their rich old cases, and
placed them in her bureau. She
had not the courage to go to the
safe with them—she, who had so
often boasted that she did not know
wliat fear meant. She threw her
pvetty dress across a chair, attired
herself for the night and slipped
into bed, leaving the night lamp
burning. It was a carious little
thing, from which a white moon
face, set iu a sea of blue, looked at
one with its almond eyes, wnen
the lamp was lighted. It usually
had a jolly expression; now it
seemed to give her glances of warn
ing. Yet she might have fallen
asleep even then, but for a new and
horrible thing that happened.
We all know that the coughiu
YVliat the People Owe.
Savannah Morning News.
Much more interest than was
expected is being taken in the sta
tistics collected by the census bu
reau relative to mortgages. The
mortgage record of each county of
the whole country have been pret
ty thoroughly inspected, and it is
shown that on January 1st of this
year there were about 9,000,000 of
mortgages held by money lenders
as security for debts. It has been
impossible, of course, to make
these mortgage statistics absolute
ly correct, but there are reasons
for saying they are not as much as
10. per cent, out of the way. In
fact, the census officers are satis
fied that they are within 5 per
cent, of the truth.
Thus far the complete statistics
of only two states have been pub
lished. These states are Alabama
and Iowa. The total .real estate
mortgage debt in Alabama on Jan.
1 was §39,027,988. In 1889 the
or even hard breathing of any in-1 number of acres mortgaged in that
dividual is a very distinctive sound,
alike iu no two people. Patrick,
the dismissed servant, had a pe
culiar way of catching his breath
when fatigued.
Suddenly in the silence, this
sound struck on Queen’s ear. Was
it imagination? No, she heard it
again. At once she was assured
that Patrick was concealed in her
room behind the curtains of an al
cove. [t could be for do other pur
pose than that of theft. Dolmer
had been right, an honest guardian
of her grandmother’s interests;
Patrick a wretch who had deceived
his benefactress.
She tried to think of some means
of escape from the room. Should
she rise to cross it, Patrick, power
ful and alert, could stop her with a
finger. She might- bring about her
own murder. Perhaps to feign
sleep was the best and safest thing
to do.
At least grandma was’safe for the
present. Patrick must know the
diamonds were in her room. Again
that sudden catch in the strong
man’s breath. Queen almost faint
ed.
Suddenly another sound struck
her ear. A step upon the roof of
the porch, which was below her
window.
The shutters opened; a dark
head protruded into the room, a
lithe figure followed. Dolmer him
self, a pistol in his hand..
“Can this be true?” thought the
girl. “The man I suspected has
proved my guardian angel; he has
come to save me from Patrick.”
In her relief she sat up iu bed,
and clasping her hands, cried:
“Dolmer—good—kind Dolmer!”
Bat his answer was an oath. A
baud struck her, not heavily but
sharply, on the shoulder, and
Dolmer’s voiced hissed in her ear.
“Good Dolmer, eh! Ab, now
you are afraid! I was bad Dolmer
this morning. I was to be dis
missed, eh? Oh, yes, yes, because
I am so dreadful to behold!”
I looked like an escaped con
vict? Very well, I am—from the
galleys at Toulon. For what was
I there, eh? For killing a woman.
Now I will kill another! Then I
take the diamonds! Ah! you did
well to keep them in your room to
night, and, at daylight, I discover
that you are murdered and robbed.
Dead women cannot tell tales! Per
haps it is Patrick who is dismiss-’
ed, who is the thief. Who knows?
Not honest Dolmer—who soon goes
to be rich in his own country. I
hate you. I like to kill you! I,
who look like an ugly tiger, eh?”
he girl shrank back powerless
to move or speak, but seeing what
Dolmer does not see; the alcove
curtain thrown aside, and a great
well-built * Irish figure emerging
from it, and lifting its strong hand
above Dolmer’s light arm. The
next instant, Dolmer is on the
floor, and Patrick kneeling on his
breast, ties his hands together
with a rad cotton handkerchief, as
he cries;
“No fear now miss!’ I was up to
the thricks of the crayther, and
watched him. I knew he was
aftber thim di'mints, and I saw
him tbry the windy to see if it was
aisy entbrin’; so I risked me
earackther for the sake of the Fam
ily, prayin’ the saints be wid me.
‘Aiss, Miss Queen. He’s as helpless
as a baby in me hands/'
state was 1,744,420, and the total
number of acres in the state is 32,-
985,600. From these figures it
appears that* only about 5.3 per
cent, of the land of the state is
mortgaged, and that the amount of
mortgage debt of each inhabitant
is §26.
The showing for Iowa is not
quite so favorable. In that state,
Jan. 1, the total real estate
mortgage debt was §199,034,957;
the namber of-acres mortgaged,
3,240,432; the number of acres in
the.state, 35,504,000; the per cent,
of acres mortgaged, 9.1, and the
mortgage debt of each one of the
population, §104
Iu Alabama the rate of interest
varies from 1 to 40 per cent., and
in Iowa from 1 to 20 per cent. The
average life of a mortgage _ in Ala
bama is not quite three years, and
iu Iowa not quite five years. Near
ly the whole indebtedness in each
state was incurred in the purchase
of real estate and business, and in
makiug improvements. And not
all the indebtedness rests on the
farmers by any means. In the
towns' houses and lots are mort-
aged. In Iowa fully §50,000,000
of the mortgage burden rests upon
town property.
There are two facts furnished
by these statistics that are deserv
ing of very careful attention. Oue
is, tiiat only about six per cent, of
the laud in Alabama is mortgaged,
and only about 10 per cent, in
Iowa. Another is that, taking Al
abama as illustrating the mortgage
burden in the south, and Iowa as
illustrating it in the west, the
south is not nearly so heavily debt-
burdened as the west. And in
this connection another thing is
worth noting. It is that fully a
third of Alabam’s mortgage debt
is owed by one or two counties in
which there has been wonderful
industrial development during the
last four or five years. The money
needed for this industrial develop
ment was obtained on mortgages.
The inference, therefore, is that
the farmers of Alabama are- much
less heavily burdened with debt
than they appear to be from the
mortgage statistics. And if such
is the case in Alabama, it is also,
probably, in other southern states.
Indeed, it would not be surprising
if it should appear that the farm
ers of the south carry a lighter
load of mortgages than those of
any other section of the country.
The following extraordinary in
stance of rapid growth in the hu
man species has been noted in
France by a member of the French
Academy of Science, and reported
by him in the annals of that insti
tution. “The subject herein ipon-
tined was a lad of about 7 years of
age when I first saw him; but not
withstanding bis tender years, be
measured 4 feet, 8 inches; and 4
lines high. His people had oh"
served his marvelous growth when
he was only two years of age. At
4 he was able to lift and carry.a
bushel of wheat, «nd to throw the
bundles of hay (68 pounds) to the
foar horses each night, ond at six
years he - could lift as much as a
sturdy fellow of 20. But,although
he thus increased iu bodily
strengtl), his understanding was no
Thirty-two oqt of tfie 1Q2 coun-
Pat gave his testimony in court, | V s * u ifi‘ Ro i s *haye actually de-
when Dolmer wis tried, in a wav' I gRpfllfljP. population during the
that made much laughter, but it; last tea years,
wa§ with, not at him. | gp~J——
Dolmer, an escaped murderer, ! • "i’enjtpGn pompa'iv-s man to
who had killed a lady for tpo sake frees. Some men d> look spruce,
of a bracelet, was returned to the tT a fact,
authorities, of l*jg own country; —— —
How the States are Divided.
Macon Telegraph.
When th.e election of a Presi
dent is thrown into the lower
house of cougress, each state has
only one vote. On that basis, in
the next House the Democrats will
have thirty votes, the Republicans
twelve and the farmers’ Alliance
two. The extent of last fall’s Dem
ocratic victory cannot better be
shown than by the statement that
in addition to the delegations from
the Southern states the Democrats
have a majority, of thej congress
men from each of the following
Northern and Western states:
New Hampshire, Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, Connecticut, New
York, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana.
Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin,
Iowa and Montana. In New Eng
land only two states are left to the
Republicans, and in . addition to
them only one state east of the
Mississippi river. The rest of their
contingent of twelve is made np of
California, Oregon, Washington,
North Dakota, Kouth Dakota, Ne
vada, Idaho, Colorado and Wyo
ming. There is only one great
state in the list, and only oue of
average importance. All the rest
are either old states which have
been left far behind in the race
for greatness and sunk into insig
nificance, or new, unformed com
munities but recently allowed to
enter the union—some of them
dragged in before their time in
the desperate hope that their grat
itude might be useful in saving the
Republican party from destruction.
The two Farmers’ Alliance states
are Kansas and Nebraska.
There is a possibility, but -very
little probability, that the House
may be called upon to elect the
next President. The time is pro
pitious for the rapid growth of a
third party, particularly in the
West, where the Republican party
is rapidly disintegrating, and for
that reason it is a matter of some
importance that the Democrats
shonld have so large a majority of
delegations as well as of individnal
members in the next House. It
insures the quick and undisputed
election of the Democratic candi
date, should a President not be
elected by the people.
This analysis of the vote by
states is most interesting, howiver,
when regarded in connection with
the policies of the two parties. - It
shows that the Republican policy,
as expressed in the McKinley bill
and the force bill, was repudiated
by every slate east of the Missis
sippi river except Pennsylvania,
Vermont and Maine. Two of these
states, of small population and far
removed from the center of Ameri
can life, naturally trail behind as
public opinion advances; the other
is the center of the great iron in
dustry of the country, always pe
culiarly favored by the tariff laws,
and Daturally regards the cause of
protection as peculiarly her own.
Till the Dakotas ar® reached in
the far West, every other state re
pudiated the acts of the Republi
can congress. The populous, long-
settled, wealthy states declared
unanimously against it, with the
few exceptions noted:
The greatest meat-eaters in the
world are the people of America,
whose average consumption is 175
pounds per annum. The English
come next, with au average of a
little over 110 pounds. The French
eat only half as much meat as the
English, and the people of Germa
ny, Austria and Italy still less.
and Patrick is now guardian gen
Gral of the;hottse_-and' the ladies.
A more faithful one conld not be
found.—The New York; Ledger.
A farm journal said: “There is
going to be more money in poultry
than heretofore.” The next day a
farmer’s wife found a nickel in a
chicken’s cropland told her hus
band that it was the first time she
ever saw anything reliable in an
agricnltural paper published in a
big city.—Morristown Herald.
ELECTRIC IMTTIvJIN,
This remedy is becoming so well
known and so popular as to need
no special mention. All who have
used Electric - Bitters sing the
same song of praise.—A purer
medicine does not exist and it is
naranteed to do ill that is claim
ed. Electric Bitters will cure all
diseases of-the Liver and Kidneys,
will remove Bnnples, Boils, Salt
Rhenm and other affections caused
by impure blood.—Will drive Ma
laria from the system and prevent
as well as care all Malarial fevers.'
—=Fo? cure of headache, Consti
pation and indiestion try Electric
Bitters-—Entire satisfaction guar
anteed, or money refunded.—Price
50 cts. and §1.00 per bottle at
Holtzelaw & Gilbert’s Drugstore,
greater than is usual with children
of his age. Playthings were also,
his favorite amusemet.
Wonders of Gravitation.
Philadelphia Times.
Gravitation is a subject that
nearly everybody is somewhat fa
miliar with, but there are some
things about it that you may not
know. For instance, suppose you
were weighed at the top of a deep
coal mine, and afterward at the
bottom, do you suppose there
would be any difference in the re
sult? Yes, there would. You
would be lighter at the bottom. If
it were possible for yon to go on
downward 2,000 miles in the earth
and there be weighed, you would
be surprised to find you weight on
ly one-half what it was at the sur
face, and if you could go to the
centre of the earth you wouldn’t
weigh an ouuc3.
This is becanse the centre of the
earth is the centre of its attractive
power, which is exerted equally in
all directions. If you ascend from
the surface of the earth your
weight will also decrease, but not
in the same ratio as when you de
scend. Id going upward the de
crease will be in proportion to the
square of the distance. Thus,
while you would weigh nothing if
you shonld go downward 4,000
miles from the surface, yon would
still weigh one-fourth your actual
weight if you could weigh yourself
4,000 miles up in the air. ,
The law of gravitation is at once
the strangest and the most sublime
in all nature. Light travels at the
amazing rate of 186,000 miles in a
second. There are visible stars
so far away that if one was blotted
out at this instant it would be seen
on this earth thousands of years
hence, because the rays of light,
starting now, would take so long
to reach us, even at the wonderful
velocity at which they travel. But
if a new star were now placed out
there in the depth of space, where
the blotted out one was, its attrac
tive force would reach us instant
ly. That strange force, which
dominates the universe, wonlu at
oDce be felt, though, of course, iu-
appreciably between the new star
and our earth.
Gravitation differs from all oth
er forces in other respects. The
intervention of bodies in the line
of attraction makes no difference
in the attractive force exerted.
For example, when the moon comes
into direct line between the earth
and the sun there is not the slight
est difference in the reciprocal at
traction between the two former.
The enormous power of this attrac
tive force is utterly inconceivable.
We are constantly reminded of the
power the earth exerts in pulling
□s downward, but think of the at
tractive power of a body like the
sun, more than a milliom times
larger than the earth. And this
power con tools every speck of light
that we see in the heavens.
An Eveless Eden.
Kajnne.
There is only one territory of any
size, and there never has been but
one, occupied by any considerable
population, from which woman is
absolutely excluded. Yet sneb a
place exists to-day, and has existed
for centuries. As far back ns his
tory reaches, to all females it has
been forbidden groond. This
bachelors’ Arcadia is situated on
a bold platean between Hie old
peninsula of Acte, in the Grecian
archipelago, and the mainland.
Here in the midst of cultivated
fields and extensive woodlands,
dwell a monastic federation of
Greek Christians, with twenty-
three convents and numbering
more than 7,000 souls, and uofc one
of the monestries dates from
a later time than the twefth centu
ry. A few soldiers guard the fcor-
bers of this anti-female land, and
no woman is allowed to cross the
frontier. Nor is this all. The
rule is extended to every female
creature, and from time immemo
rial no cow, mare, hen, duck, or
goose has been permitted to make
There is no department of Brit
ish mercantile industry which has
developed with such remarkable
rapidity as the petroleum trade.
Since its begiuaing in 1859, when
the total importations were about
2,000,000 gallons, it has increased
by leaps and bounds until, ia 1889,
the amount brought into the Uni
ted Eingdom reached the total of
102,647,478 gallons.
The twenty-nine railroad men
who met at J. Pierpont Morgan’s
house in New York city recently,
to discuss the question of railroa
competition, represented a eapifc
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