Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

^iarievery Saturday by the m P3BU»& COMPANY. o Maddox, ( Proprietors. • pD. • subscription. h $1 25. r ■ 65 -1 35 ■ . . ciiacn copy free. ■5SES id mi £ 5 c/3 i 1 gftl £ \ c i fe i ^ llffiPi I u 1 i ^ s - BESf T311S, ? WSiSSrfi SjHKKSfcteS&SaSSt •^iisn *ar"lual>le unSiUn^meay for Diseases of the ®rt n y for Disenses peculiar to ^^^"njnretheY<tiurawifeadMhc.or i> pn TifiS?^ of food, *:.nnptite.aids "Ss-.st-" the assimilation re- 8 '' ; "for Intermittent Fevers, Lassitude, Lack of ,„”‘ T & e genuine it has no equal. shove trade mark and JSidred'Jinea lias on wrapper. Take no other, 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. IAIINTSTR I, XtAxUli A TOT? QAFP DAijIa. • i, ie iuesuay in Jarman. ytne dwelling house and lot ot iv rvf ’ -If'Lean, (dec d) in the L iwi. win be sold before oa .McDonough the court L contains one UTl L, J ancl 3 ' I Lc place Louse has has splen - a DWt of water, good garden, or 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 * f^Wtom f r land; about 25 acres i j 'giaal is forest fine land, all the cnltiva- tills ^lms a state of re r b! ^il C for the -l 1', and NaOer »er due aue TJ next fall i f it' with t ^ interest, Cotraa ’ :Nov 4tri 188 j ■ ' - Ail r#r ^„ nS , eit! b » ne ; us ’ l? r -V ««tc Mo? fount. *" p, 1 l rfeas, ‘ auiUet Kt. we are »- 4. V* ,#*v 1 i g K % % aflik P fs N v Q 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. goB-;-raoi$ -StsOF ALL KIND DONEESr* NEATLY AND PROMPTLY. ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON DEMAND Pay for advertisements is always due alter l!<g first insertion, unless otherwise contracted for. Guaranteed positions 20 per cent extra. Entered postofliee as second-class mail matter. (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.