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Jl OCKDALE BANNER.
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legal advertising medium of
Voddale county.
Vol. 13.
cou TfXy JAILS IN GEORGIA.
e 1 Tolm R- Towers, the prin
^ ■1 k J. ei>er of the Georgia peni
C a the other day that
*, said
of " the jails in this state were
SOme had condition, being poor-
1U el and filthy. Col.
ablated much of the
t loe -vs thinks that
heaped upon convicts less
a ’ U "for ill-treatment of
eeS alleged would
^Hiealth, t s SU ch as
should be directed
WUl iu.st’certain county authorities
aga convicts sometimes sent to
as are
the penitentiary in such condition,
resulting from their surroundings
while in°jail, that they do not live
to serve out their sentences.
judge John L. Hopkins has re¬
cently written an article on county
jails and lie says that tlie average
jail in Georgia is a house of death,
m l he uses the following strong
words: “I do not doubt that the
condition of penitentiary convicts
who are undergoing punishment
for crime is vastly better than that
of nnconvicted prisoners in the
average county jail. Merely pa ss
ing from a darkened cell, in a filthy
unwholesome jail, out into the
open air, with labor to engage the
attention, is alone enough to show
the difference between the two
conditions. The preferable, place
is the one held by the man who
has been tried, found guilty and
sentenced to punishment.”
There is no doubt that there is
a great deal of truth in what Judge
Hopkins says. There are jails in
this state which are a disgrace to
civilized people. They are old,
decaying, filthy, and without ven¬
tilation. Of course they are a
source of disease. It is a ques¬
tion, however, if jails of this des¬
cription are the rule, rather than
the exception, in Georgia. Many
of the counties have jails con¬
structed and kept npon humane
principles. It may be doubted
also if Georgia’s jails are worse
than those of some of the other
states.
When a prisoner is in jail
awaiting trial, he is entitled to a
certain amount of consideration.
Until lie is convicted lie is pre¬
sumed to be innocent, and he
should not be severely punished,
before being found guilty, by con¬
finement in such quarters as will
break down his health.
Col. Towers suggests the ap¬
pointment of jail inspectors for
the state. Judge Hopkins sug¬
gests that each county shall be re¬
quired to construct, in connection
with the jail, a stockade, in which
prisoners may have open air and
sunlight, under the direction of a
county physician. These sugges¬
tions, and others wdiicli may be
made in the interest of prison re¬
form in this state, should receive
the careful attention of the legis¬
lature.
^ear Dinau, France, in a pictu
res qe spot on the shore of the
Arquenou, are some boulders of
Mnplflhole (a compound silicate
°i iron, maganese and lime) which
aie remarkable for tlie clear sil
Ter y sounds which may be ob¬
tained on striking them with a
I'leee °f iron or a fragment of
stone. The most sonorous of the
specimens weighs some seventy
five tons, and from
end maybe made to emit tones
0{ a great bell struck with a soft
wallet. The sound is less
aZ;lfc, ffnalitvto a adul Tu !f thad T !? S 1 The rocks
(u-xTj ave been derived ; from
underlying , . stratum.
RrpT7T BICKLEN S ARNICA r—
SALVE,
The BruSS Rest Salve in the ' Clcei world for
'
Rheum Sores .Sal
Chapped !jZT Fevor
ands Chilblains nm ’• Corns,
and an Skin Eruptions » and
fively ffaired. cures Piles or rm
ferfectaatLf-JS^ It is «waranteed * 1 * to“ ge o-iv’v
10r sale by Dr. W. H. Lee & Son.
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CONYERS, GEORGIA, JULY 2 , 1889.
GARDENS OF BABYLON.
The famous hanging gardens of
j Babylon rank in history as one of
| the seven wonders of the world,
It is said they were built by Nebti
cliadnezzar, to gratify his wife, a
native of Media, who longed
something in that flat country to
remind her of her native mountain
j home. These hanging gardens
consisted of an artificial mountain
j four hundred feet square at the
jbase, | supported rising by several successive tiers terraces of
on open
arches, to a height which over
topped the walls of the city. The
terraces themselves were covered
by flat stones sixteen feet long and
four feet wide. Upon these were
spread beds of matting, then a
thick layer of bitumen, covered
with sheets of lead. Upon this
solid pavement earth was heaped,
some of the piles being hollow^ so
as to afford depth for the roots of
the largest trees. Elowers, shrubs
and clinging vines grew in pro¬
fusion, till the gardens presented
the appearance of’ a mountain
clothed with verdure,
The gardens were connected
Vvith the royal palace, and must
have afforded an enchanting
pleasure-ground for its ease-loving
inhabitants, with tier upon tier of
beautiful walks and groves of lux¬
urious vegetation. There were
fountains and a large reservoir on
top, supplied with water from the
river Euphrates, and the gardens
were irrigated by sprays of limpid
water that laughed and gurgled in
the sun, cooling the tropical air,
and lulling to soft slumber the
wliiler-away of idle hours. No
doubt birds of gorgeous plumage
nested and sang in this miniature
forest; for even animals browsed
at its green sward.
Until the blood is, cleansed of
impurities, it is useless to attempt
the cure of any disease. Rheuma¬
tism, which is traceable to an acid
in the blood, lias been cured, in
numerous cases, by the use of
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, external treat¬
ment being of no avail.
On a drooping bough of a large
elm, close by a hotel, in Sunder¬
land, Mass., tw 7 o English robins
have made a nest. Strong winds
caused so much swaying as to
endanger the eggs in the nest.
The birds have been equal to the
emergency, They have secured
some twine and fastened one end
under the nest and the other end
to a larger branch below 7 , thus
avoiding the danger of too much
oscillation. The instinct exhibi¬
ted by these birds has attracted
considerable attention.
The death of Mrs. Hayes, wife
of ex-President Hayes, will be
sincerely mourned by a wide
circle of friends. She xvas a very
good woman, and was loved and
res pected by all who came m
contact with her while she was
mistress of the white house and
since.
Distress after eating, heartburn,
sick headache and indigestion are 11
cured by Hood s Sarsaparilla.
also creates a good appetite.
President Harriwo)], -alike Ms
’
immediate piedeces. , Knot • a
fisherman. He m very fond of
fish, however, and when he is
on a yacht has the steward supply
him with fresh fish from the
After hearing the college grad
uates discuss the problems of life
and solve them so easily 11 we won-
1 der to perplex ^ tbe so l ,rol,leuis many of f j? us. remalH
■ ____________ AND VITALLY 7"
VIGOR part of
tte Arp ouicklv given to eveiy
body by Hood’s Sarsaparilla.
i That tired feeling WooTl is entirely oyer-
1 come. The vitalized, is purified, and en
S!’ riiled and carries
health instead lnsreaauio^ of disease to every 7
organ. The stomach tbe is toned restored and
\ strengthened, appetite roused
The kidneys and liver are
i<owl invigorated. The brain is re
dear
ready for work. Try it.
CHARLIE S COMPOSITION,
Charlie Green seated himself
upon the porch to write a compo
sition about ears. He made very
slow progress because he did not
I concentrate his thoughts
and because ii bird that
fluttered about its nest in the vines
claimed too large a share of his
attention.
The subjoined is his
tion, and it wasn't worthy of him,
for, though a small boy, he could
have done much better had he
put his heart in the work:
Ears, are given to us to hear with,
"We have external and internal
ears. Moles have no ears, for
they do not need them. Elephants
iilfl elfiiLnw’ 1 am g ’ hul
Tmn
In Til a -1 litllp little whilp while ln« Jns uncle c came .me
upon the porch. “What are you
*
writing?” lie asked.
“A composition on ears.”, re
plied Charlie.
“The subject was given us at
school to day. This is all I have
written.”
His uncle read the meagre ef¬
fort; a smile overspread his face.
He wanted to laugh, but he was
too polite.
“It isn't much of a composition,
isit, uncle?” Charlie asked. “Any¬
how 7 , I am ashamed of it.”
You are in error about the mole,”
remarked his uncle. “It has ears,
and it has need of them.”
“But, uncle,” said Charlie, “1
caught a mole this summer, and I
saw no ears on it.”
“Because you did n t look
sharply, my boy. The mole, while
burrowing in the ground, has no
need of keen sight; but to warn
him of approaching enemies lie
possesses hearing of remarkable
delicacy. In order that his ears
may not be filled with dirt, the
mole has for a second covering a
slight membrane, which he has
the power to open and clo.sc at
will. Did you ever notice a liorse
listening?”
“Yes, uncle. Yesterday, when
I was out riding with papa, the
horse poked one ear forward and
the other backward. lie looked
real funny.”
“In the lower animals,” resumed
his uncle, “the form of the ear is
more distinctly funnel-shaped,
and is moveable at pleasure, so
that it may be directed towards
objects from which sounds come.
The external ear collects the vi
brations of the ear, and directs
them towards the internal ear.”
“And if our ears were cut off,
couldn’t wc hear?” asked Charlie.
“O yes, though not as well.
Cases are on record where, though
the external ear w 7 as wanting, the
delicacy of hearing was not large¬
ly diminished.”
“Birds do not seem to have ex¬
ternal ears,” commented Charlie,
who was now quite interested in a
topic which he had previously re
| garded as a very dry o^e. their _
| | “They have no curtains to
j e f or t j iey W ould impede the
f {] • fixm v remarked
1j : tne u.icie. men internal inte^ . ! I
rata, lor hearieg, Wever. w of ,
great size. Bats, whose sight is
j feeble feeble. ere •-« provided 1 with large iGo
; • w hieh
, •
that by the . -
j exqm site, impression
of the a j r a i olie upon -them, tb^y
are aware when they are approach
ing aa object, and never strike it,
even in the greatest darkness.
“That is wonderful,” declared
Charlie.
„-p,. Jj,lu ^ fr .n 11Tir i P ’ i. av0 i n -
sects ears'
“Lrsects seem only to hear
SOUIU “ ls which are serviceable
th , vhiIe , 4V ,. s „ llm l s ,
- their ' U intensity, . . do , not t seem
ever
to aiiect them tnem in m anv wav. Tlie
-
q n een bee, by a scai cely percepa
b j e hum, sets all the other bees in
1 v-d t thc mo^ol discharge of a
P 181 to
j passes unnoticed. Tlie rhiuoce
ros and the hippopotamus, who
soe only in the twilight, have
i ■ hearing in great, perfection, while
the cat, lynx, lion and tiger have
e y es keener in perception in
portion as their hearing is more
obtuse."
“I tell you, uncle,” cried Charlie
“a good deal can be said
ears h one is posted, or stops to
| think. I am much obliged to you
Mw all you have told me. 111 put
it in my composition, and then it
will please the teacher, and be
worth reading.'’
“Thinking upon a subject, my
dear boy, is of importance;.but it
u ] so important to observe, to.
experiment, and to profit by the
knowledge of others, whether ob
tamed by . application r ,• to ,
inquiry or
books ‘
THE VERDICT UNANIMOUS.
W. D. Suit, Druggist, recommend BIppus,
Ind., testifies: “lean the best
Electric Bitters as very -
remedy Every bottle sold 1ms
given relief in every ease. One
man took six bottles, and was
cured of Rheumatism of 10 years'
standing.” Abraham Hare, drug
fjvl *’1 Jj :' llv i)! e ’ al | h n “ s ;
inliiTio^vears’ 1 1
ever handled ex
perience, is Electric Bitters.”
Thousands of others have added
their testimony, so that the verdict
j is unanimous that Electric Bitters
,do cure all diseases of tl.e Liver,
Kidneys or Blood. Only a half
dollar a bottle at Dr. W. IT. Lee,&
Son Drugstore.
Yv lion a man or woman, who
lias become prominent for any
reason, reaches the age of 100
years the fact attracts witlc
tion. 1 10111 the lepoits 111 1)110
newspapers, however, it appears
that a great many obscure persons
live beyond that age. Not long
ago a colored man who, there
was good reason to believe, was
10(5 years of age died in the
ity of Savannah. In New York
citjq on Friday, a woman ( b°d
who was 104 years of age. Her
name was Margaret Quinn, and
she was a native of the county of
Down, Ireland. Up to two days
before her death she was in full
possession of all her faculties.
She never wore spectacles, and
until her last sickness she walked
about the neighborhood of her
home and climbed two pairs of
stairs to her bedroom every
night. There is a man living
near Utica, N. Y., who is 12(5 years
old. His name is Abraham
Ephraim Elmer, and it is only
within the last year that his eye¬
sight has failed him. His hair
is only gray, not wdiite, and he
moves about with considerable
vigor. Probably there is no
older man in this country than
he is. The number of persons
over 90, however, must be very
large.
A wOMAH’3 DISCOVERY,
« Another won< lerful discovery
has been made and that too by a
} a dy in this country. Disease fas
toned its clutches upon her and for
seven years she withstood its se
vearest tests, but her vital or
irans were undermined and death
im ,For three
months she coughed incessantly
of and could l.ottlo not ot sleep. Y>v. King's She bought New
j Discovery for Consumption taking aU(
wfts so relievet | on
j g r st dose that she slept all night
j and with one bottle has been “write mir
i
j^ h b
;£J ( Hamrick* Co of Shelby,
N f>et a fre6 trial bottle- at
Dr. W. H. Lee A Son’s Drug
j Store ’..
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A . ba formed
m mannfactm
the tl.o-wa-d . «»d
retail them through the city m
U d UOr HCOle -' offices and factories
I by of peddlers.
means
j A writer th.u , poverty
j says _
new
, is a disease, doctors and the worst of it is
the all 1— it.
WORDS TO FRIENDS:
Job work solicited and satisfac¬
tion jvaranteed.
\
lidiable attention given advert!s
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TEEMS HE A BO JVA BLE.
Ex-Gov. Bullock, of this state,
j thinks that liberal appropriations
for education and for river and
harbor improvements would elimi
mate the negro as a political
bugaboo in the South, and would
; unite the protection elements
the two sections. Some of the re
publican orgaps tell Gov. Bullock
that he is right, but that ‘•wlmt
must be done first is to secure an
honest ballot and a fair count,
j and then they advocate the pas
j sage of a law placing congres-
1 sional elections under federal con
jtrol. There is already in the
! South an honest ballot and a fair
count. What the republicans
want is a sort of “returning board
that will count in republican can
didates.
■* talk
The , n1 New York , Tribune is
ing about “the rascally crowd oi
111011 thllt 1 resident Harrison
| J°« known nd “ that ^ . ce ; Mr. r 14 Cleveland “ »ln
I
not make a clean sweep. A good
many of the rascals were not
tnrned out '
It is . said . that . judged
a man is
by the company he keeps, but
more frequently lie is judged by
the company ho does not keep.
BLAIR uAib II & ALL HILL vm-erm 1.
Mr. S. O. Blair, Chicago, says:
1 “We would not keep house ,-.witli
Skin out yom-Clarke's Cure and Cough Extract Cure. ,.f Bl»x We
j have used both for numerous
t troubles, especially for our child,
| b) We recommend family the having Cough children. Cure
evei y
We with use remarkably it for Whooping quick and Cough satis
j have.” Only size, large S bot
one
1 t[ e- Price 11.00. If you want the
j best toilet soap got Clarke’s Flax
Soap, 25 cents. Ask any of v 0111
Druggists for these preparations.
“I tell you, but work is scarce
- n town,’ said a rod-nosed mail
u 0 ail acquaintance, of whom lie
j j solicited ten cents. “I was down
at Fogarty’s saloon all day yes¬
terday looking for work, and not
a soul came around offering to
give me a job. If times don't
get better, I’ll have to send my
family to the poorlionse.”
The wine business is becoming
quite an industry . m ■ ti lorsyth ,,
and Monroe county. There are
something over 200 acres of bear
ing vineyards in the county,
besides many young ones set out i
last fall. The vineyard men have!
1
found it highly profitable, and
will continue to enlarge tlie ,
acreuge. Benjamin Jordon, last
year, made 1,000 gallons of wine j
from three-acre vineyard, which !
a
lie sold for $2 per gallon or a
total of $2,200 for the product of ;
three acres of land. j
Dr. A. J. Battle,, who, for many ;
years, has been the president of ;
Mercer University, at Macon, and j
who resigned the otln r day to j
accept the nresidem-y of a female
college in Gainesville, Ga., is one
of the most successful educators
in the south. He -is thoroughly
equ 111 i pp ed for the work, and it is
»<* . . «»t . , , Meteor T
.»
opposed to giving bun up. As
the president of a female college
ho wil ] be . suc . ceM , ,'u„t os
],»« ha f, been fien at the head of a a male m
college. „ He is . not , only ,. learned, ,
but las manner is gentle and
courteOUS -
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A » m,, VT LA_.aE ivovvpVfWTk^v PLRCENTA,n
Of the American people are troub
i led with a most anr.oymg,trouble
j ’ some and disagreeable complaint
ealled “Catarrh.” It is not nec
ensary to be so troubled. It is
I demonstrated beyond question
. tU t ClsrkCs «f FI«s .P»
, pjlkm) Catarrh Cure lmmediat cy
relieves and pel mantly cures Ca
h A 1 Hinmnffl, tlioiongli and ami f,,iv tan IGA ti.al
-
. will
convince j on. I lax Soap for the
, Use Clarke s
>» Skin. Catarrh Cure, Drag $1.00. Store, Soap
cents. At aU ,
No. 19
California is now “travling < n
wheels." That is, she Iras col
lected specimens of her products
and is sending them around tin
country in a special car. Coi
j iforuia probably got this idea
from Georgia, whose example in
a good many things might be fel¬
lowed with profit by other H ites.
An application will be made to
the ligislature for a charter
for the Franklin, Jones
boro and Covington railroad.
This will be a very important
li ne , , w it will connect Covington
with four or five lines of railroad
running into Atlanta.
Take one of Dr. J. II McLean's
Little Livcy and Kidney Billets at
night before you go to , bed and
y<ni AV lb be surprised how buoyant
and vigorous . you will feeltl.e next
( , HV (July 25 cents a vial.
There ftro about Rs umny milo *
<)f mi]l . ()juls iu t he United States
as is in all the world besides.
There are at present over 100 000
luil( , s ()f rai]l , );uls U1 the United
st . ltcMOre ihfU1 ( emm , m)no n . u h to
girdle the earth six times. Not
on ]y have we more miles of rail
roJU j s than any other country,
but travel on our roads is more
comfortable, and as a rule, faster
than in any other country As to
speed it is said that 50 or (10 miles
is t(H fast ns a tm i n t> an be run on
I’""'’" 1 , roads , will. • , itkcr comfort v ...
or safety.
Coughs and colds come uninvi
ted, but with you can few quickly of got Dr. rid J. of
these, a doses A Vine Lung
H. McLean’s Tar
Balm,
Seven young men of Marietta
have entered into a compact to
abandon the use of cigaretts un¬
til Dec. 25 next. For each ci¬
garette smoked the forfeit is one
dozen cigars to each of the six.
The latest trust is a tobacco
trust. Those who “chaw and
spit yaller” will have to foot the
bill of the tiddler or stop dancing.
All the manufacturers of plug
tobacco in the United States are
into it, with an aggregated capital
of $25,000,000.
The “Life of tlie flesh is the
blood thereof;’’ pure blood means
healthy functional activity certainty and of
this bears with it the
quick restoration from sickness or
j. H. McLeans
Strengthening Gordial and; Blood
Purifier Igivcs pure rich blood,
and vitalizes and strengthens bottle. the
whole body. $.1.00 per
Hick headache and a sensation
of oppression ami dullness m the
head, are very commonly produced despon
i,y indigestion; morbid
deucy, irritability and over sen si
tiveuess of the nerves may, 111 a
majority of eases, be traced to the
Liv(;r au a Kidney Balm and Pill
cbs sv jq positively cure.
•
Thc cwrf BciI . 011 for u ,e erent »
w t„m «.,o
artiC | e Use if. it is merit that win*. mmI u»
fact tKvt Hwxrs sarsai>ariiia a«tu«iy a©
romrMshes v.i.at is claim*--! for it.
^ Merit - Wins riiia btoi the publlfc.
fier before
flood's sarsaparilla cures smrfuu .
a,,d .it Humor., . s,,-h
Headache. UiUoiwnnw. overcomes 1 hat
rire(1 tcc!in(!iCrc , ltesaI1 A .,,„. ute . stW!Klll
ens the Nerves, buiuw up the wihJe system,
n*«4>. Mmatpuriiu ts aout by an dn. B
jisu. fi.six torsa. mn.meui.yc i.
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