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Telephone No. 445. Chau. S. Atwood, I- W. Avert, Pres’t & Bus. Mang’r. Editorial Mang’r. Entered at Atlanta P. 0. as second-class matter. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1885.’ OUR LEGISLATIVE SKETCHES. The Capitol in to-day’s issue presents a number of vivid and discriminating sketches of members of the General As sembly, with accurate and excellent en gravings of these gentlemen. We believe that this is the first time in the history of the State that a newspaper has undertaken to publish such a series •( illustrated biographies of a body •!’ public men as The Capitol now gives to the State. It is a demonstration of that origi nal spirit of enterprise that will inspire this journal in its daily course. These sketches will be concluded until we shall have continued the portraiture of the General Assembly. We had hoped to have presented in this group of portraits the face «f that worthy gentleman, the distinguished Speaker of the House, the Hon. Win. A. Little, of Muscogee county, but we have not fully obtained the mate rial for the sketch, which will appear in our next. We have been delayed by the labor and trouble of gathering the data for reliable sketches. It has been our aim to make them comprehensive and accurate, and we have taken the time to seek informa tion from every authentic source. The portraits are much superior to the ordinary newspaper wood cuts, and fur- : nish excellent likenesses of the legislators they represent. We feel sure that The Capitol readers will appreciate this effort to place before them the men whom they have honored with the duty of making their laws, while the Senators and Repre sentatives of the people will not object to the view' that we give the public of their lives and appearance. A book goes to only a few. These illus trated sketches in The Capitol will reach thousands of readers and be preserved > HIDIAJiD. The Georgia Midland is going slowly enough in all candor so far as Atlanta is concerned. For once the Gate City is.> balking. Let us hope that our live busi ness men will come out of their apathy. But the other line to Athens has had a very bad black eye. Judge Estes hms en joined the Richmond and Danville"ail road from substituting a line of railway from Athens to the Georgia railroad for its contract to complete the North Eas tern to the Carolina line. Atlanta seems indisposed to take hold and Athens can’t hold up her end of the line from Columbus through Griffin. So the enterprise is in a bad fix. What will indomitable and plucky Co lumbus do in this juncture? She has shown a .brave spirit and persistency in this matter. We opine she will push for an outlet, Atlanta or Griffin, and take the chances on going farther. But the lesson of it all is plain. Atlanta should be up and doing. Iler indifference in this important matter is operating to her injury. Everything has favored her. It remains to be seen wdiether for once she will refuse to favor herself. THE SOUTH INCREASES HER FOOD PHOOUCT. In a series of articles by Mr. R. 11. Ed monds, in the Chicago Current, a gratify ing exhibit is made of the progress of the South in the important matter of diversi fying its agricultural productions. The gain in the production, for example, of corn between 1875 and 1884 was, it is sta ted, 109,124,000 bushels; of oats, 29,399,- 500 bushels. The chief gains in the pro duction of corn have been in Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Ala bama, Arkansas, Texas and Kentucky. There are more surprises, however, in the statistics of the oat crop of the South. Be tween 1875 and 1884 South Carolina in creased her oats product from 858,000 to 3,545,000 bushels; Florida from 123,000 to 494,000 bushels; Alabama from 840,000 to ■5,015,000 bushels; Mississippi from 800,- 000 to 3,048,000 bushels; Arkansas from 940,000 to 3,542,000 bushels ; Texas from 1,610,000 to 10,527,000 bushels. The de pendence of • the South upon the West for food has been a great drawback to the prosperity of that section, the cultivation of cotton as the only crop being the Hee of its agricultural economy. The above figures wrnuld seem to show that the ten dency In the South at present is to become self-sustaining and independent. This view is confirmed by' the fact that the gain in the production of corn in the South in the nine years under consideration was .33.6 per cent., or but 3 per cent, less than the gain in the rest of the Union. Her gain in oats was 85 percent., that of the rest of the country being 62 per cent. In live stock the gains have been equally Striking. In 1875 the South produced 5,- for Timstof the ihcreas\in the growth of sheep and "for a considerable part of the progress in other products, but a very’ de cided increase in the number of hogs is to be noted in all the cotton States. The fact that the Southern people possess great advantages for raising stock of all kinds is beginning to be appreciated. It is an at tentive topic to speculate upon the prob able consequences to the Northwest and West to be expected within the next thirty years from the disposition now shown to multiply' the agricultural and manufactur ing products of the South. With the South and Europe no longer their customers for wheat, corn and hog products, the North west and West mjist cease to be as attrac tive as at present to immigrants. The Sofith may, perhaps, succeed to their for mer prosperity. CAPITOL CRAYONS. The Dublin Gazette tells an interesting inci dent. The father of Mr. Connell, the represent ative from Decatur connty, who has been so ranch written and talked about recently, has been taken up from the family burial grounds and re-interred at Whigham. The Gazette says the body looked as natural as when buried 26 years ago. Tin: Capitol man has often advised young writers seeking bis counsel, to avoid making literature a profession. Its work is too hard and its returns too uncertain and meager to warrant its deliberate and exclusive choice as a vocation for a living. Some one visiting Oliver Wendell Holmes, reports him as saying on this point the following words pn the same line. “Returning to the porch he sat down and spoke of literary work in general, and the value of a profession to every literary worker. , There was such a feeling of security in a man who had a calling to depend upon which was outside of the vicissitudes of the world of letters. If a man was a good doctor, a capable lawyer, an en ergetic business man, his future was secure if he was industrious, and he could devote his leisure time to literary work.” Passing by Chamberlin A Johnson’s new bus? ness building on Whitehall street, thismorning;. Tub Capitol editor stopped and looked in ad miration at the handsome structure, a monu- ■ went, if a live business house can analogize a dead monument —of both the success of a strong trade firm and of the advancement of Atlanta. Chamberlin and Boynton began after the war with skimpty finance. They were straight men, full of energy and brimming with capacity. They conducted a business, modern in every progressive particular, but old-fashioned in 1 square dealing and accepted methods of honesty and uprightness. They kept good: goods and misrepresented nothing. They watched the market like a hawk and! supplied the public »eewfc'. '-:'They~“r6ok> -irr rj'al jfmLg. their employ and gave it a fair shewing. 11 Mr. Boynton retired rich. Mr. Chamber Kn. took in Mr. Johnson and others. The concern has grown and spread like- a green hay tree. In disastersand panics the stout firm, has-thrived, ■and strided ahead irrepressible. And naw tbai magnificent business palace rises a grand dem onstration of energy and enterprise —a tribute of achievement to a solid comnurcial house— and an honor to Atlanta. Holmes. Who does not recall what a liteiacy revelation was the appearance of the “Aatocrat of the Breakfast Table,” by Oliver Wendell Holmes? How these delightful sketches seized the public mind and put the writer in every heart. Well, below we give a description of the home of this charming author. Is it not a typical home— such a home as we would imagine so dainty a writer—one so full of gentle and beautiful thought—to occupy : “Over the door of a little station some four teen or fifteen miles out from Boston is the in scription, “Beverly Farms.” A few rods from 1 this station is the house where Oliver Wendell Holmes is spending the summer months. Bev erly Farms is a cluster of beautiful residences, built on granite heights, overlooking the sea in some places, and bowered among the hills in other parts, in tho midst of smooth lawns and be- yond the sound of the waves. From the high lands thee risp, rich odor of the pines floats over the orchards and flower beds, and from the shell-strewn beach comes creeping up the salt breath of the sea. It is as quiet as a summer pastoral, dreamy and peaceful. The Doctor’s residence is surrounded by wide grounds on three sides, and is essentially home-like and hospitable in its appearance. It has an easy chair look which seems to carry in its train a suggestion of open fire-places, cordiality and sincerity.” Mr. Tilden. Perhaps unman in this Union has been more talked about than Mr. Sam Tilden. Certainly no private citizen, unfortified* by official station has to such an extent engaged thought and chatter of a nation than this potential per son. For years he has beeu the leading figure of national politics. The machinations of both great parties have centered around his slender tremulous figure. Presidential campaigns, in volving the destinies of fifty millions of people have pivoted on his fragile individuality. Mon arch of party nominations, the man has wielded automatic power. And even while another has been made Presi dent, Tilden is constantly endowed with an in fluence wholly disproportioned to any man’s in trinsic weight. It is rumored that he has fallen out with Cleveland, and the gossips go to wag ging lively pens. It lias been finally decided that he is not at loggerheads with Cleveland, and the nation sleeps easily. A writer thus describes this private celebrity: Mr. Tilden carries the weight of seventy-one years uncommonly well. He has not a vigor ous physique, and his spare form is now slightly bent, and his thin hair is whitened; his eyes droop a little, and, whatever may be the cause, he is unable to use his right hand or arm at the table or in dressing. It is said he-has had a stroke of paralysis, which has been succeeded by a sort of palsy, so that his right hand is never in repose, but trembles constantly. In ordinary conversation Mr. Tilden’s voice is low, sinking at times almost to whisper. That he is just as bright and quick-witted as ever I have no doubt. He is, indeed, as sharp as a needle in all his transactions. He walks slowly and with difficulty, due to partial paralysis. Sadie Scanlan, sister ot W. J. Scanlan, has bte i studying for the operatic stair? tor the last three years She will make her debot at the Academy of Music. Buffalo. N. Y-, September?, under the management of Ariel N. Barney. ’ aL-wifes-. - ■ jti - A’- '•' ■■■ I Dqqffius in the strelw®®&j®sS|rtirbmTcfiws. V| I o AtfQP LANAn. | ft is-beginning to look as though in die next elect! ph the Mugs will vote tor the Democrats and the will return to the Republicans. This will be known as the monosyllabic compromise. 1,. L. BANES. I John Sherman is an ass. The Georgia Legislature is a farce. X. J. R. RASDAI.T.. When the Georgia Legislature gets into splendid new quarters, members will look much better. Even the salons who wear linen dnaters and soiled socks will,ip the gorgeous oolitic capitol, shine transforming!/ like jaw boned horses in bright, new liarpesa. Now the sur roundings are two garish, shabby and lault-deveVpf ing. Jw. E. NEAL, The burlesque still continues, fatiguing dignation. CAPITOL SALMAGUNDI. Oscar Wilde now says he will name his heir Cyril. Mr. Tennyson is said to have ready a new volume g poems. Mr. Whistler will soon open in London an exhlbititfnN of his pictures. Secretary Endicott is the guest of Richard Olney at Falmouth, Mass. Lord Tennyson, as laureate, gets SI,OOO a year and a butt of Malmsey wine. Thomas Hughes (Tom Brown of Rugby) was a pas senger by the Servia, just arrived. Hannibal Hamlin has an imitator in Columbia, a man who hasn't worn an eyercoat for thirty years and who has never been in bed sick. * The latest thing in soups is a puree of chestnuts. Take two quarts of boiling water aftd a copy of the Chicago Tribune. Stir gently.—Drake’s Magazine. The president has decided to re-appoint Mr. Julius Staehl as consul-general to Shanghai, China. He has served in the consular service in China for ten or twelve years. Mrs. Bayard and one of her daughters are at Glou-f cester, Moss., where much good has come of pure aiil and other pleasant surroundings. Secretary intends to jwrney thither in a few days. The Chinese minister, Tsao Ju, who waft stricken with paralysis immediately after his return this country from Peru last April.and who is still ill Now York, has'sent his resignation to the Chinese go - ermnent, and Cheng Yin Huan has been appointed n his stead. Tbis, Teo, Shall Pa«s Away. Art thou in misery, brother? This I say, lie comforted ! thy grief shall pass away ! < Art thon elated ? Ah ’ not too gay, Temper thy joy! this, too, shall pass away. Art thou in danger? Still let reason sway, And cling to hope! This, too, shall pass away. ■ Tempted art thou? In alhthine anguish lay W One truth to heart —this, too, shall past* away. ■- Do rays of laureled glory round thee play ? ■ King-like art thou? This, too, shall pass away. -■ Whate’er thou art. where’er thy footsteps stray, ■ Heed Wisdom’s voice ! all things must pass away! ■ —Paul Hamilton Hayneß - ■ Ttae JLewser Loves. <’ ’I When the lesser loves by.the relentless flow f j • Os mighty currents from my arms were torn, jg And swept, unheeding, to that silent bourne Whose mystic shades no living man may ’ Bv nigl^-by-da v, ]: sang iiiy Qngy • i Weaving my purple. I forgot to mourn, ▼ , Pouring my grief out in melodious woe! . Now lam dumb, dear heart. My eyes are mute,. t Yet if from yonder blue heights thou dost lean • Earthward, remembering.earth’s last wordless kiss, ! Know that trembling thrills of harp or lute 1 Dying soft wills and tender song# between, 1 Were half no voiceful as thia silence is ! t —Mrs. Julia C R. Dorr in Atliantfe. A SCENIC IDYL. < ’ A Poetic Gloat»ary of Bits* oft Virffiiaia j Scenery. • For The Capitol. t In Lynchburg Va., or in other words “Hill City,” we ■ change curs, now taking the Richmond and ghany for Virginia’s great wonder, via:. The Natural Bridge. After a lovely ride of some forty miles along fthe banks of tha historic James, we get off at a small suj* tion where awaiting us stand conveyances f any and every description. Then an hour’s drive through shady groves, brings us to our journey’s end. Oh! the magnificent and picturequeness of this por tion of the Valley. Our’eyes in wonder turn, catching here and there something new and strange upon which to feast tiimn. Turning a curve upon the moustein’s side, we get the first glimpse of Nature’s massive arctu , However, this, our first impression, siiiks into utter in- i significance when in reality we find ourselves standing i under the bridge “It approaches Niagra in grandeur, and acceeds it in ' height and in awful mystery. It is a single block ot ; limestone, with many shades of color, wide enough to ! span Broadway, high enough to throw in shadow the ■ turrets of Trinity church. The walls are smooth as if; cut with chisels, and thereis no sign of clift or displace- . ment.” Under it. “men look like boys, and trees like bushes,” In December of last year, sixty tons of solid rock fell from this great mass. Instewl of ini paring its almost perfect shape it only tended to in crease the singular unity of disign. Consulting history, we find the original bridge tract was granted by the King to Thoinab Jefferseu in 1774. A year or so from that, date he placed there a couple of slaves, Patrick Henry and wife, for whom he built a log cabin consisting of two rooms, one of which was to b<? kept open for the entertainment of visitors. Aftewards; titles were given to various parties of or less note. At the present time, it is in the hands of Colonel H. C. parsons, a gentleman of culture, wealth- and influence. Within the past two or three years, several hotels, ele gantly fitted up, have been erected,, together with a Bachelor’s Lodge and a few cottages, parks, and bill iard-rooms, boiling-alleys, and tournament grounds, are among the list of amusements. Go where you wifi, no lovelier a spot can be found in which to rest both body and mind. Where nature is deficient, art takes her place and new' beauties greet you on every side. (tb be continuep,) MUSICAL MELANGE. • White. Smith & Co. have just published the negro song, “Hie Away, Old Satan,” by M. H. Rosenfeld. B. F. Woolf, the Boston composer, contemplates the presentation of his two operas in New York this sea ; son. Dr. Ziegfeld, president of Chicago Musical college, after a two months’ vacation m Europe has arrived I home. The Criterion theater, re-decorated and re-carpeted, will be opened the night of September 7 with Milliken’s Comedy' Opera company in “Mme. Boniface,” Sidney Rosenfeld has reorganized his opera company and proposes to produce his opera “‘The Mystic Isle” in Boston the week commencing September 7. 1 The Academy of Music, New York, that is to be the h >me of the new American Opera company, is being [ improved and re-decorated and furnished at a cost of $75,000. Starr’s, formerly Harris' Opera company, will open its season on September 14 at Wilmington, Delaware. t The “Chimes of Normady” will be the piece de resist ance of the organization. Mr. Rudolph Aronson, of the New York Casino, In-s received a letter of thanks from Mrs. U. S Grant for his ’ Marche Funebre, “The Nation's Hero,” composed as a > tribute to the memory of the late General Grant. ■ Among the operas to be produced at the Thalia thes- • ter, New York early in the regular season, whieh be gins about October 1. are Czibulka's in l Florenz and Strauss’ “Gypsy Baron.” Manager Am- Iberg la expected to leave Berlin for America this week August 12 was a notable anniversary for musicians. Sir Frederick Gore Ousely celebrated then his 57th , ; birthday, Joseph Barnby his 47th, August Manns his 60th, and Lord Dartmouth his 62<1 On the following • day Sir George Grove celebrated bis 65th, William Best I his 59th, and Ira D. Sankey his 55th anniversary. A New Drink. The concoction of fine drinks is one of the fine arts. Savannah will go into history at last as the author of a certain indescribable drink r , OA., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1885. Mailed Artillery Punch, xv is delightfully pala ®able, but insidiously strong. It has become Celebrated as an instrument of hospitality. Its ■listory is this. Back in the fifties the Republi can Blues, which was organized in 1808, visited ■Macon and were welcomed back by the Chatham ■Artillery. Mr. A. B. Luce, since dead, proposed Ito brew a new punch in honor of the Blues. ■ Mr. Wm. Davidson furnished the spirits. The ■concoction was thus made. One of (he ■horse buckets of ordinary size, was filled with ■finely crushed ice. A quart of good brandy, J.whisky and rum, each, was poured into the ice, jHnd sugar and lemon added. The bucket was I filled to the brim with champagne, and the -* whole stirred into a delirious deliciousness. Rumor hath it that every solitary man of the Blues was put under the table by this deceiving, diabolical and most delightful compound. From that day “Artillery Punch” has been a regular convivial institution of Oglethorpe’s genial city, and as a vanquisher of men its equal has never be,en found. Jt is as mild as syllabub, seem : iuglv,- but it conquers like a cyclone. As a companion picture to this Georgia creation, we may mention the following, report ed at a Northern watering place: “Some of my readers may regard it as worth paragraphing that the latest invention in bever ages is the Bromley cocktail. A fortnight ago nobody had heard of it, but now it can bo got at any of the fashionable bars. It is easy to make, lam informed. Instead of putting the old fashioned cocktail in the old-fashioned shallow, flaring glass, the bar-tender pours it into a tum bler, which he fills with half an inch of rich cream and an inch of strong, well-sweetened ;coffee. The loungers are drinking it with avidity.” _______ SPECIAL. To Mechanics and Workingiiien--- Buy lour Clothing* Where Yobs Cais Get a Home Free. Messrs. Selig Bros. & Co., the enterprising Manufacturing Clothiers, No. 9 Whitehall street, have something to say of intetest to everybody. They have bought a lot :>0x175 feet, on Robbins street, near McDaniel street, of J. C. Fuller, Esq,, for SSOO, which, to please their customers, and for their customers 7 benefit, they will raffle, charging them nothing for a chance, but giving every one who buys $lO worth or more of goods from diem a Chance on This Lot Free, promising that the raffle will be conducted by three (3) dis interested citizens of Atlanta, who will see that it in a fair and just manner. r is not done for an advertising scheme, but merely to bring customers to their store so as to .sell out their immense stock of goods, as they have employed many hundreds of hands and ''sb. to keep their entire force busy all win ter, ’ h*erefore they resort to this plan. The Bread Question. There is a good deal of talk about bread. The price of flour from time to time regulates the probable cost of bread : but. says a con sumer, there are two things that every man wants —good bread, and prompt delivery. No house-wife wants to be bothered sending for a loaf of bread two or tbrea times a day. That is a fact, said a bystander; we have used Brady’s bread for years, which is satisfactory and delivered promptly. Try Brady’s bread. Grumbling Over the Meat. There is considerable complaint in the city over the very tough meat to be obtained in many of the markets. A few of the markets, however, have very choice meats, and among them that of Echols & Richards, at 86 Peach tree, is noted for its nice, tender cuts, roasts and loins. / y/ NEW EINE. \ inported Cassinieres Received. patterns of imported cassimeres ever brought to the city. Come at once and select choice patterns. Pants made to order, fit warranted,, for $6.00. Selig Bros. & Co. 9 Whitehall st. Harry Lynan, eheap< yaftes to all points. The Time To Build. Now is exactly the disne to build; lumber is cheap, sash, doors and blinds are cheap, and the cautious man will take advantage of the low prices on building material, and come to me and see really how cheaprhe can buy. W. S. Bell, 25 Ivy street. Those having sewing machines out of o?der and needing repairs will do well to send tnem to the Wheeler & Wilson office, 71 Whitehall street, wher« the best machinists are employed and all work guaranteed. No charges are made for repairing Wheeler & Wilson machines un less in use a veiy long time, and then agily for cost of the papts and actual time for putting in same. Have You Heard the Sews"? “What news?” Why, that Hni-ry Lvaan intends to do the rail road and steamship tieket brokerage business of this city. His offices are at 4 Kimball Mouse, Wall street,.and 38 Wall street, and he can save you money on tickets almost anywhere. We Rave It Ready! Wliaf* 2,000 Tons nice lump, Glen Mary coal, in our elevator, clean and dry. Send in yo»r orders and we will fill them at once. J. C. Wilson & C0.,.7 Spring street. Telephone Elevator on. Magnolia street. Wilson & Stiff, 33-Peachtree street,will quote best terms to the trade on gauze netting, or made up nets,, ceiling or gosse neck frames, toilet extension frame, iron extension frames. To the Public. This is our seeond season with, our retail de partment, and every one that has purchased from us the previous season we are satisfied they have received good bargains in men’s, boys’ and children’s clothing, shirts, hats, gents’ furnishing goods, etc. As we are getting ready for our fall stock we would advise our customers, one and all, if you will read this advertisement don’t consider it a trifle. It is your duty to save money in coining to us and see what we have got, as we do not i advertise an article when we have not got it. “Just out or sold out,” as some would say. Whatever we inform yon through the paper you can find it right there and then. When such is sold we will let you know again. We started this business with the determina tion to make it a success, to manufacture cloth ing right here, and so far we have been success ful. Hoping this will meet with your approval, and with many thanks for past favors, we re main Yours respectfully, Selig Bros. & Co., Clothing Manufacturers, 9 Whitehall street. Eight Hundred .Vlilliou, A period of renewed activity and prosperity has dawned. The largest cotton crop the South has ever known will be marketed this season. No better investment can be made than to furnish yourself and family with a home. LaFontaine A May, 139 West Mitchell street, are now offering lumber mill work and building material never before equalled. Call and see us before you build. Boys’ School Suits, 82 Whitehall. Lime, Lime, Lime. cheapest and best in the market, Jackson’s Best. J. €. Wilson A Co., 7 Spring street. i See City Tax Notice 1 Doubting Doctor Dumfounded. SWIFT’S SPECIFIC. Triumph Over Cancer -- No Longer Room for Doubt. Something over eight months ago one of the prominent physicians in Atlanta was called upon to examine a lady who was suffering with a cancer on her face. It was of some seven years standing. It was exceedingly angry in appearance and very painful, involving the nose and nasal organs. The physician had always re garded skin cancer as incurable. The Swift’s Specific Company had evidences sufficient to believe that their remedy would cure cancer, and hence requested the physician in question to make a criti cal examination of the ease before him, as he had determined not to believe until lie saw-one cured under his own observa tion. After an extended and careful ex amination he pronounced it a skin (or epithelioma) cancer, and declared that if Swift’s Specific could cure that case it could cure any case of cancer that had ever come under his eye. Last Tuesday the lady, Mrs. Joicie A. McDonald, who lives near Atlanta, came into the office of Swift’s Specific Company and reported herself well. The physician above referred to had watched the case with considerable interest, and some three weeks ago had examined the lady, and, in his judgment, pronounced her perfectly cured. He is now completely convinced that Swift’s Specific is a success in the treatment of cancer, and does not hesitate to so recommend. The following is the statement of the lady: For seven years past I have been suffer ing with a cancer on my face. At first it gave me but little trouble, and I paid very little attention to it. After a time it be gan to increase in size, and also to pain me. The simple remedies were applied to alleviate the pain, but I was not con scious of its true nature, thinking it only a sore of malignant nature and would soon pass away under the ordinary treatment. In this I was mistaken, as the place con tinued to grow and extended into my nose, from whence came a yellowish dis- charge very offensive in character. It was also inflamed and annoyed me a great deal. About eight months ago I was in Atlanta, at the house of a Mend, Airs. C. D. 11., who observed the.condition of my face, and so strongly recommended the use of Swift’s Specific that I determined to make an effort to procure it. In. this I was successful;, and began its nee. The influence of the medicine at first was to somewhat aggravate the sore, but soon the inflammation was allayed, and I be gan to improve after the first few bottles. My general health has greatly improved. I.am.stronger a :d to do any kind of work. The cancer of my face began to decrease and th*outer to heal, until there is not a vestige efi it left —only a little scar marks the place where it had been. lam devoutly grateful: for this wonderful relief, from what everybody thought would be certain death. Jam ready to answer all questions relative-to this cure. Mrs. Joicie A. McDoxai. ». Atlanta, Ga., August 11, 1885. Those who are interested in this ease caia learn the name of the above physician by applying at the office of the Swift Spe cific-Co., corner Butler and Hunter streets. Facts From Gotham. ■ Mr. M. C. O'Driscoll, 158 Madison street, New Yoi’k.City, under date of Au gust 10th, writes: “I have taken Swift’s Specific--S. S. S. —for rheumatism and pimples on my race, :uid it has cured botl . It is the best tonic and appetizer I have ever taken. A dose of it never fails-to make me eat a hearty meal under any circumstances.” Mr. Dan Sealey, No. 46 Railroad ave nue, Jersey City, New Jersey, undes date of August 7tli, makes the following, state ment : “In March of last year (1884) I contract ed blood poison, and being in Savannah, Ga., at the time I went into the hospital there for treatment. I suffered very much from rheumatism at the same time. I did not get well under the treatment there, nor was I cured by any of the usual means. 1 have now taken seven bottles of Swift’s Specific (S-. S. S.) and am sound and well. It. drove the poison out through boils on the skin.” From Tennessee* Judge R. 8. Bradford, who was curtxl some time ago of a cancer, writes from his home, Tiptonville, Tenn., under date of August 8; “My cancer is entirely gone, leaving only a very little scar. There is a gentle man in this vicinity who w'as past going with rheumatism, who, at my suggestion, took S. S. S. He is now entirely cured, and is active and able to attend to all kinds of business. There are a great many in this community using Swift’s Specific, with much satisfaction and to their great relief.” Caution. Consumers should not confuse our Spe cific with tue numerous imitations, sub stitutes, potash and mercury mixtures which are gotten up to sell, not on their own merit, but on the merit of our rem edy. An imitation is always a fraud and a cheat, and they thrive only as they can steal from the article imitated. Treatise, on blood skin diseases mailed free. For sale by all druggists. Tub Swift Specific Co., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga. RHEUMATISM ROUTED. A CASE FROVt SCRIVEN COCATY. In the editorial columns of the Tele phone, published at Sylvania, the county site of Seri ven county, Ga., in the number bearing date August 14 the editor, Col. Win. L. Matthews, Jr., has the following in reference to a remarkable cure of rheu matism by Swift’s Specific: We know a gentleman in this county who six months ago wasalmosta hopeless cripple from an attack of rheumatism. He could scarcely hobble across a room, used crutches, and said himself that he had little if any hope of ever recovering. We' saw him in our town last week walking about as lively as any other man, and in the finest health and spirits. Upon our inquiry as to what had worked such a wonderful change in his condition he re plied that Swift’s Specific had cured him. He said he was on the eve of starting for the Hot Springs in search of relief, but was persuaded by one of his neighbors to try Swift’s Specific, and after using one and a half dozen bottles he has been transformed from a miserable cripple to a happy, healthy man. He is one of our most worthy and successful citizens, and is none other than Mr. E. B. Lambert. A Stubborn Case of Scrofula. I have been afflicted with scrofula from my infancy, and in consequence have al ways been a frail and delicate creature. I might truthfully say that I was raised chiefly on mercury and potash. These remedies for the time being would dry up the fearful ulcers, with which I suffered, but they would return with greater vio lence. I was the merest shadow as to form and person. My digestion was all deranged, and my existence was most wretched. Everything that could be done for me was done, but no permanent bene fit was derived. At last a great tumor came on my neck below the left ear. It increased in size until ray head was forced to. the right shoulder, and in this ungainly and uncomfortable position I was com pelled to carry my head. The doctors de cided that it was there to stay as long as life continued, and for many years it did remain. In March, 1884, at the sugges tion of Colonel John Traylor, I was in duced to try Swift’s Specific. My system responded to the medicine promptly, and I began to improve from almost the first bottle. That fearful tumor has all disap peared, and every appearance of the dis ease has left my person except a small, hard lump on the right side of my neck, and that is disappearing rapidly. From a fragile little girl I have developed into as healthy and robust young lady as there is in the neighborhood. Swift’s Specific is the only remedy that has ever given me any permanent relief, and I am in better health and weigh more than. I ever did in my life before, My old recognize me since' tins wonderful change has been wrought in my appearance. My gratitude is unbounded for what this med icine has done for me. Miss Tommie Embry. Lagrange, Ga., May 14, 1885. Mexican Typical Orchestra. I was afflicted with blood poison in its worst stage. AU remedies failed, but after using Swift’s Specific according to direc tions, lam proud to say I am cured. I am to-day sound, and have no trace of having been otherwise. E. P. Myerson, Manager Mexican Typical Orchestra. New York, August 18. Entirely Cured. Two years ago I contracted blood poison. I went immediately under treatment by a physician, but I continued to grow worse. A friend of mine advised me to take S. S. S. • I did so, and it cured me entirely, as 1 have never since then seen the least evi dence of it. CIIAKLES AVaLKER, . 79 Allen street, New Y'ork City. New York, August 18, 1885. A Friendly Letter. Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, Au gust 1, 1885. —To the Swift Specific Com pany—Gentlemen : Your remedy is cer tainly one of the great discoveries of the nineteenth century. For eradicating blood poison it has no equal. A friend who had been a great sufferer from that disease, contracted during the war, you will be glad to know has, by the use of your remedy, cleansed his system entirely of that and mercurial rheumatism so that his skin and tongue and breath are as pure as a child’s without the least taint. He desires me to say this to you, and to thank you with all the sincerity of a grate ful heart and healed body for giving poor, frail humanity so effective a remedy for a disease hitherto regarded utterly incura ble. Let every one similarly afflicted take your remedy and they surely will be well again. In his behalf, and to encourage others, I gladly write and sign this. Very respectfully, LaFayette Sykes. Caution* Consumers should not confuse our Spe cific with the numerous imitations, sub stitutes, potash and mercury mixtures, which are gotten up to sell, not on their own merits, but on the merit of our rem edy. An imitation is always a fraud and a cheat, and they thrive only as they can steal from the article imitated. For sale by all druggists. Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. The Swift Specific'Co., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga. 157 West 23d street, New York.