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BROWS CHEEK 1L CO., BALTIMORE, KB.
POSTPONED SALE.
fflgia, Rockdale county,
nib lie eold before the court house
door in the city of Conyers, within
ilotrol hours of sale, on the first 1 ues
iin January next, to the highest
jder for cash’, the following and lot property, in the
nit: A certain house district of
hi of Conyers, the ICth
feinailv Henry now Rockdale county.
Era part of lot No. 200 and boimde I
follows: Beginiug in the middle of
irtli street oil right of way of Georgia
ilroad and running N, 54 deg. H.
in,-paid right of way eight chains and
:tvlinks: then N )2?,i deg. E. one
,iiiand fifty-four links; then S. 91%
r.E. two chains and fifty three links;
tilS. 15deg. W. one 3 4'deg. chain and W. fifty four
(links; then S.87
bus ami seventy links; ton stake in
tmirWie of the street four chains and
lent)' four links to the one-hundrerikh beginiug cor¬
r; Lucre—levied containing two and
on as the property of
El. Can- and Mrs. X. A. Carr, to satis
k [rt mortgage ti. fa. from the superior
of said county in favor ot" W. ,1.
Uer and H. A. I). Turner, adminis
lore of the estate of A A 'Turner, (lic¬
ked), against said W J Cnrrand N A
It. Property pointed out by mort
'e tl fit. Mini tenants in possession $ 8.25 no
in'
A. P. Mitchku.,
Deputy Sheriff.
Decree ol the Court.
k Thomason, Bill for account etc. in
it. Rockdale superior
(nrcc >S Phil -1 court, verdict & decree
i,ami others. Aug. adj’d teiun 1885,
in |Himiance of A decree of the court,
the above stated cause, I will sell at
blic outcry, before the court house
*in the city of Conyers within the
tl hours o-’sale, on the first Tuesday
January, 1886, the following desevib
property, to-wit: A tract or parcel of
din said county containing onHmn
id acres more or less, being parts of
Aw 315, 324 and 325, in the 4th
trict of original!}' Walton, now Roek
* county. Bounded on I,he west by
«1 lately owned by Joel Smith; south
Thomas A White: worth by Big
pi'Screek; kv Caleb east by lands lately owu
A. Blake. Aid being the
id on which Mrs. Elizabeth K Phil
isnil her children reside. Said land
Kftisetl for sale- in obedince to the de¬
pot'the Ni|)laints court In the above stated bill
Nason etc., in said case of A. A.
p?R., Elizabeth vs. Charity E., George S.,
F. jr., Arrington IT.,
•inventus Phillips, defendants, chil
»of said Mrs. Elizabeth F. Phillips.
- Proceeds of said sale to be distrihut
edirected and ordered in safddecree,
form* of sale cash. Purchasers to be
Pn possession on compliance with
I terms. This November 5tli 1385
A P Mitchw.l,
Deputy Sheriff.
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iv rvf ’ -If'Lean, (dec d) in the
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the court
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SI and the place is .mdc, good
». lime sod
sold the plantation, 135 acres
1'H more or less, belonging to
Manae estate, lying in Honey
district, known as the Ephraim
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f^Wtom f r land; about 25 acres
i j 'giaal is forest fine land, all the cnltiva- tills
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Vol. °
WASHINGTON NEWS.
____
WHAT THE MUGHAL LAWMAKERS
ARE DOING.
How the President’s Message Was
ceived by Congress.
Washington, Nov. 14, 1885.
Si live I wrote you the forty-ninth
congress lias begun its first ses¬
sion. Its opening scenes did not
diner widely from those of past ses
sions As usual, throngs of people
rushed to the capitol and crowded
the spectators galleries. As usual
hundreds went away disappoint¬
ed enable to got in.
On the floor of the house there
T*" tae.es 1 and om ,' one hundred and eighty
|-. un jp., ,. ones . Tile desks of
members were loaded with floral
gifts trom admiring friends, and Mr.
Carlisle in the speaker’s chair
wielded the ixavel, and swore in the
-«0«l In semi
eircic around the bar ill groops 01 of
twenty and , thirty. ,, . .
j n {lie senate, the old familiar fa
ces were for the most part at their
accustomed desks. On the demo
cralic side of the chamber, however,
some changes were noted. Senator
Voorhees, of Indiana, was a> the
desk long occupied by Secretary
Bayard. Senator Walthall, of Mis¬
sissippi, sat in Secretary Lamar's
former seat, and Senator Jones, of
Arkansas, was in possession of the
desk that Attorney-General Garland
gave up for a cabinet portifoiio. The
chamber was draped in mooring Slier for
Mr. Hendricks, ami Senator
man sat in the late vice president's
chair.
The first roll call revealed but five
absentees in the house four from the
south and one hom the north, An
unusually good showing for the new
body. bids fair
The present congress to
be a memorable one. It assembled
under circumstances fraught with
significance and expectation. For
the first time in twenty five years
there is a democratic house and a
democratic president, and the party
is charged with this the responsibility
growing out ot conjunction.
There is ranch important work
ahead for the session, such as re
vising tiic tariff, suspending the
coinage of silver, making a navy,
providing for the coast defence, reg¬
ulating the counting of the electoral
vote, settling the presidential suc¬
cession, and reducing government
expenses. Cleveland’s first
President mes
sago was listened to with unusual
interest in both ends of the capital,
It still the chief topic of discussion
here. It is pronounced on able state
paper by many senators and mem
h<>, s who are antagonistic to its pol
icy. During the reading of the
message, winch occupied one hour
and three quarters, the sentiment of
many congi -.•ssirnui on tne varied
questions could be determined by
their expressions ot countenance.
Those who agree l with the president
that y p. continued coinage of silver
is an “vil. exchanged nods of ap
proval while the believers in silver
scowled and odierwise manifested
their disapprobation. silver The presi
dent’s positive stand on makes
it he* almost certain now that this will
th' 1 first- engrossing subject to
come before com-ress. It will doubt
less provoke a long 'debate, for the
advocates of silver coinage and its
enemies are both determined.
The -senate lias settled down to
business with its proverbial prompt
ness At least two hundred me as
ures ] iav e been presenaed to it, near
)y , 0 f which were presented at the
session by the same senators,
Thus almost every national ques
tion b<?forc t f, e last senate will be re
vived.
T(jp p ouse j s discussing how to
„ ork bv amending its rules. It is
hampered by these rules that
week3 !m( , I#*.** .«»jr
rJ S r s ,i,;%7ery would be small
session costs what a
fortune to the average workingman.
To^implifv its methods of proceed
ure, 10 do away with needless inter
now the subject of debate.
m !ie proridentA first batch of recess
nominations went to the senate on
Thursday for eonlirmafion. It com
priced about three hundred names
a heading the °f. list f: ’ r< W i jiev ,!pp are ° notof a
wn-U-v that stand in danger of be
id? opposed. The president shows
his 1,81181 Wisd, > m ,a hol d,n ? ba ’ k
the present such nonnnntions . t as
for
ma Y provoke contests and delay m
'‘'oS’.S ’SSv ansual rm
JUSTICE AND PROGRESS FOREVER.
CONYERS. GEORGIA, DECEMBER 19, 1885.
ports, those of Attorney General
Garland and Secretary Lamar were
the last; sent to the president, Rarc
ly has a departmental report rc
ceived so much favorable comment
as that of Mr. Lamar. Misgivings
hr regard to his fitness lor the large,
complex and practical department of
the interior, were freely expressed at
the time of his appointment. 1 hey
have given way to the conviction
that he is the right man tor the
place.
A hat manufacturer says that the
size of a man’s head is always in
creased by excitement. We have
noticed this too. It generally occurs,
however, the morning after the ex
citement.
The little one made a beautiful an
swer without knowing it. “What,
kiss such a homely man as paper!’’
said the mother in fun. “Oh, but
papa is real pretty in his heart,” was
the reply r .
Love me little love me long, is full
of poetry and soil! elixir; but most
girls of our acquaintance would rat h¬
er be loved a good deal and all at once
as it were.
The western cyclone that struck
the Illinois penitentiary' got the
worst of it. There is another argu
ment in favor of peitentiaries.
Mr. W. P. Harris, of Wilkes
county', dropped his gold watch in a
brush heep tire and did not get it out
until it had staid there two hours
aud a half. The crystal only was
melted. The watch had turned as
blue as indigo.
There are 1,370 places in Washing¬
ton where one can get a drink, and
the prices run from 5 to 15 cents.
No wonder a great many lovers of
the ardent want to go to Congress.
It is thought that the Atlanta an¬
ti-prohibitionist will not be as pug
nactous as they are now after they
have been limited for two years to a
diet of sweet beer and ginger cakes.
If a villain dangled from every
tree in the land tlie inadequacy of
the American forest would stili he
terribly' felt.
A jealous politician is said to be
continually strewing banana peels
in the path of his adversary'.
A wife is the making or unmaking
of the best men.
Vanderbilt, McClelland and Hen¬
dricks died easier deaths than Grant
and Garfield.
,,,, J he bouncing , . of the postmasters .
f 1 ' 11 goes bravely on. lhere is a
lnis,ness end to reform as wdl as to
a mu e ’
Talma go’s tabernacle now has 3,-
272 members.
Gainesvile, Ga., has again been
v j 8 j tef | by a disastrous fire. Among
othcr ,’ S90S I)0lh the Eagle and
Soutlmm offices were completely de¬
st| , oved “ The fire ojeured early Snt
urd lnoming .
Hear what the grand jury ol Clark
county says: “We refer with much
pride to the decrease of crime in our
county—a decrease at least 50 per
cent—-and we are happy to state to
the citizen* of this county, that not
one case has come before ns where
whiskey was found to be the cause
ol' the trouble. We, as grand jurors,
desire to express our gratification at
the happy results already apparent
of our prohibition law, which went
into force last July in our count}',
Wife (to sick husband)—The doc
tor says your system needs a stimu
j ;ln ...nd lias prescribed whiskey,
Patient (eagerly)—That physi
cian has diagnosed my case correct- When
w he knows his business.
are wc to begin?
Wife—Right away'. You are to
take half a teaspoon ful after each
mea j.
” „ „i _ ^n/,°"'n „ .
ti r r ? h l“.t Hi
C ^ ,a
lum 1(1 acus -
It is error only, and not truth that
shrinks from inquiry.
TI-eo-M^l-vereioCem-gia
H m said.
President Cleveland is said _ to be j
worth $100,000.
Dr White in an address at the
.
L'niversityof Pennsylvania the oth
er daV ’ M, ‘! twat ^ UC C ° ,S “T W
le; , g of a poison. It reduces , the force
of the heart, lowers the digestive
powcr antl disturbs the nervous sys- .
tern. I
p]ection for roavor an d six |
co . lnci ] m <-n for Covington, itfaagnr. comes off
30
JOSH BILLINGS.
SOME MOKAL SAYINGS OF THE GRE AT
HUMORIST.
Truths so be Remembered and Followed
with Safety.
W e wholly agree with the Christ
j an Advocate’s editorial estimate of
the valuable service rendered to his
generation by the late Mr. Shaw un
der his pseudonym of ‘‘Josh Billings.’
For thorough knowledge of human
nature, keenness ot observation, and
philosophic insight into character, and
combined with purity of purpose
soundness of moral teaching, he has
few, if any, superiors. The ungram
matical form into which he threw
liis aphorisms ditl doubtless render
them more comical and gave them
wider popularity, but it repelled
also very many and hid from their
eyes the real beauty and worth of
the sayings of this humorist and
sage. Some years ago we made an
extensive collection of the best of
these pithy maxims of Mr, Shaw's,
changing only their spelling and
grammar, and where the most sc
lions aspects of life are treated, it
seems to us that this is the best
form in which to preserve them.
We append seme specimens that
will be found to deserve frequent
quotation aud careful thought:
If you want to get a good general
idea of a man's character, find out
from him what his opinion of his
neighbor is,
Titles are valuable they make us
acquainted with many persons who
otherwise would he lost among the
rubbish.
We should be careful bow wo cn
courage luxuries; it is but a step
forward from hoecake to pinin pud
ding, but it is a mile and a half by'
the nearest road when we have to go
back again.
It is a great deal easier to be a
good dove than a decent serpent.
Dissatisfaction with everything
we come across is the result of being
dissatisfied with ourselves.
People of good sense arc those
whose opinions agree with ours.
The highest rate of interest that
we pay is on borrowed trouble.
Counselling with counselling fear is the with way
cowards are made,
hope is the way heroes are made;
counselling with faith is the way
Christians are made.
Curiosity is the instinct of wis¬
dom.
Ignorance is the wet-niirse of pre¬
judice.
Beauty is the melody of the feat¬
ures.
Deference is silent flattery.
Goodness is just as much of a
study as mathematics.
No man is rich who wants any
more than lie lias got.
The wealth of a person should be
estimated, not by the amount
he has, but by the use he makes of
it.
Health can be bought, but you
have got to pay for it witli temper¬
ance at the highest rates.
You can t hire a man to he honest;
he will want Iiis wages raised every
morning but idle¬
Toil sweats at the brow,
ness sweats all over.
Self made men are most always
job apt to be a little too proud of the
Trusting to luck is only another
name for tusting to laziness.
The man who never makes any
blunders seldom ever make any good
hits.
An insult to one man is an insult
to all, for it may be our turn next.
It is better to know nothing than
to know just enough to doubt and
differ.
I honestly believe it is best to
know nothing than to know what isn't
so.
To be thoroughly good natured,
and yet avoid being imposed upon,
shows great strength of character.
If you analyze what most men
call pleasure, you will find it com¬
posed of one part humbug and two
parts pain. world in
We are happy in this
proportion as we make others happy.
It is a great deal easier to look
“il™tL.. those who are below us with
.p» lho»o who are .bore
o» without envy.
Envy is an insult to a man , s good
for envy is the pain we feel
u j’t^gooddeal fe more profitable to
mak - e ten inen think they are above
£. vou than to make one think J you are
‘ Vmlolence , .
may not be a crime, but
"
jt ifJ Hab , e to be at auy time .
I consider a weak man more dang
erous than a malicious one. Ma'i
cions men have some character, but
D-vcnon.
No. 48 .
L" S If i
c-,!a int dead fi,e bi«>w ym! |
-bad hettei not strike at it. ;
Be humble, and you arc sure to bo j
thankful; be thankful and you are
sure to be happy.
It seems to me that good breeding
is the art with of themselves making every body pleased sat, j
isfied and
with you. i
Most people, when they come (oyou
for advice, come to have their own
opinions strengthened not. corrected,
Method is everything, especially
to ordinary men; the lew men
can lift a ttfn at pleasure have a
divine right to take hold of it at a
disadvantage.
If wit forms the blade, good sense
should be the handle and benevo
lencc the scabbaad ot the sword.
It is a great art to be superior to
others without letting them know
if
It may be a little vexatious, but I
don’t consider it any disgrace to be
bit by a dog. acquainted
Pleasure make folks
with each other, but it takes trials
and griefs to make them know each
other.—Rev. James Madge, in N. Y.
Christian Advoaate.
NINETEENTH CENTURY PROVERBS,
A thousand blind persons see no
further than one.
The Truth of the past fights for
the Hope of the future.
Genius is merely the courage to
fish in your own wreck.
If martyrdom is the test of truth,
vice is the greatest of the believe goods.
It you wish a person to you
virtuous, confess a few faults.
Wlmt Aeseylos calls fate. Calvin
calls election, an l Darwin selection,
Marriage is the prism that brings
out the colors ofayouth’s and maid
en s hie.
No small part of human misery
comes from the unjust application of
just laws.
Wise men sit in judgment on the
poor, but the poor ait in judgment
on the world.
Thousands of men who would
murder you for ten dollars, will not
put to sea on Fridaj\
If you wish a person to believe
that you know one thing, first swear
that you know nothing else.
Vices unite men; virtues separate
them. Saints are apt to hate each
other; drunkards are good friends.
The chief art of war is to assume
the offensive; the mouths of soldiers
are more dangerous than their bayo¬
nets.
There arc two crimes in the world
—not to work when you are able to
work; not to help those who are un¬
able to work.
Science knows neither clean nor
foul, neither delicate nor indelicate,
neither eyes, noses nor taste, but
only the truth.
The poets who created the heathen
gods turned them into men to give
them a greater interest. But they
were never able to turn them back
into gods. friend, the
The slander of a
treachery of a wife, the deaf car
which humanity turns to its lover—
for these three evils the gods cannot
find a remedy.—John .Swinton’s Pa¬
per.
Professor Eaton, of Yale College,
insists that Eve was tempted with a
quince, not with an apple. There is
no use in getting into a controversy
over this matter, however. What
concerns society most is the gloomy
fact that Eve yielded.
An Ohio editor is of the oj inion
th at President Cleveland was elec
ted by a scratch. This is tfie great
difference bet ween the president and
Brother Blaine, Brother Blaine
wasn’t elected by a scratch.
The Washington police have pick
ed up an old colored man from
Springfield, III., who was hunting
President Cleveland to get him to
break a mesmeric spell. The negro
claims that for years past he lias
been under a spell put upon him by
the Mansfield family in Springfield.
This is the same family, he alleges,
whose power over Guiteau caused
him to kill Garfield. The police re
gard it as a case of voudooism, and
as a precautionary measure locked
the man up. .
--
It is said that the pine supply of
the north will be exhausted in anoth
er decade 'There is enough, howcv
er, south of the Potomac to last for
another hundred years. The south
ern people should perpetuate their
forest by cutting the larger trees
and leaving the smaller ones to re
main for future use. The south has
all the forest she needs, and will
not have to restore, but simply pre
servo.
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(J EN. ROBERT TOOMBS.
GEORGIA’S GRANDEST SON YIELDS
UP THE GHOST,
Dust to Dust—The great Ohieftian Silent
In Icy Death.
(A tlanta Constitution's Editorial.)
The kinglicst of Georgians is
dead!
The rich life, riotous in its alibi
cnee, is spent at last. The deeps
through which it swept in thunder
*“fje»*v . 4 and , the , shoals .
01S , . v over
" bu-h it tumbled noisily, arc drain
ed and bare.
Bob Toombs is no more!
Q lie nched is this imperious life,
4 ’ ,tllled ,.. n , . ,s the . . 4 heart. Gone,
the dauntless spirit. At rest, the
turbulent emotions. Vnlscless, the
splendid form.
If God ever made the body of mor¬
tal man to shine with the hope and
inspiration of immortality, surely
here it was. In the splendor of his
beauty—in the mightiness of his
strength—in the vitality that spar
kind in his eyes and rushed through
his veins—in the ease with which lie
conquered and the heights to which
lie soartl—in the scope and lrcedom
and boundless comprehension of his
powers, there was little suggestion
of decay. Dazzled by his kingly
beauty aud majesty', one might have
said, “Surely lie will conquer death!”
But the course of nature is un
j | changeable. Even the eagle’s wings
grow weary and are folded, aud
u, e strong man totters to the web
come grave. The glory fades from
the cheek and the light dies in the
eye. The majesty departs from the
pallid brow, and the rich blood fal¬
ters in the vien. Tli^ tongue that
summoned forty milWln people to
war babbles unmeaningly in its hol¬
low cavern. The fingers that easily
split this continent in two, beat the
air pitifully for support and guid¬
ance. The mighty spirit that bent
senators to its will and tiiat forged
earth’s bloodiest revolution, sickbed
o’er at last with uplifting shadows,
creeps aimlessly within the walls of
memory, and weeps or laughs alike
with itself.
Then God, in his wise and infinite
mercy, comes and ends it all! Iiis
gentle hands clasp the wandering
fingers. Iiis kiss touches the maun¬
dering lips. There is peace at last.
Georgia’s glorious son sleeps. The
unforgiven rebel awaits, in unbroken
stillness, the final judgment of God.
And Death, touching the tranquil
face with his unspeakable solemnity,
revives therein something of the
majesty and beauty of youth, that
Iiis people, gazing through the mist
of tears, may see him last as they
loved him best, when he stood among
men in his kingly splendor.
Twelve months ago, in Madison
county, there was a prosperous far¬
mer, worth $3,500 ahead of the
world. This gentleman did not
know how to say no, and went secu
rity for every one who asked it. To¬
day ho is a bankrupt, and cannot
pay iiis fifty cents on the dollar, and all
property has been expended for
others.
There is a huge bear in the moun¬
tains around Tallulah. His track is
as large as the palm of a man’s
hand. He traverses Tallulah river
trom the point above the falls to
Bull’s sluice, three miles below the
Rembert place. It is believed that
his bed is in the thistles among the
cliffs on the river Chattooga.
While in our office one day recent
ly Mr. J. G. Caldwell, of Towaiiga,
showed us his long and beautiful
beard, which he generally carries
under his clothes in such a manner
that people do not notice it. He on
ly wears what are known as chin
whiskers, they measure thirty-six in
ches and reach to his knees while
standing erect. lie iinformed us
that he had not shaved in ten years
but at one time by accident, about
twelve iuclies of them were burned
off—Jackson News,
'The Hon. John A. Logan, by his
declination of the Presidency of the
Senate, has won the eminent distinc
tion of being the only prominent Re
publican who ever declined anything.