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sion, rapacious and insolent, which true, 8U -y 8 Mr. Piokle, if you mean to
robs and depresses many millions of a PP'y it to the sort of women men
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Who they are that have made this of their children; but when it comes
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name Is given in the article to which j women, especially young women, men
we refer. It is dated August 33d, and prefer, by a large majority, the girls
Pencillings From My Perch.
By Mh. Picklb.
No. 3.
Men are better than they appear.
At bottom men love kindliness, gen
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thought, in women, says the Boston
Gazette, commenting on the tnuscu
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28 cw ly
Politioal Affairs.
There seems to be almost infallible
symptoms of a state of affairs in our
country that affords but little oppor
tunity to form any settled or reasona
ble calculations as to results at the
polls in the Presidential election in
the fall of 1888.
Besides the old time struggle be
tween the Democrats and Republicans
there seems to be a prospect of Labor
candidates, Prohibition candidates,
Know-Nothing candidates, and per
haps some other kinds in addition to
those of the Democratic and Republi
can parties.
Wo notice that ail official call has
been published in Philadelphia for a
National Convention to meet in that
city on Friday and Saturday, 10th and
17tn of September. This call is made
under the name of “the American
Party’’ to complete an organization
for promoting, among other things,
the following specific objects: First,
to establish these sentiments: Ameri
ca For Americans—the restriction of
imuiigratiom—a thorough revision of
the national tariff laws—reserving
American lands for American citizens
only—the protection of Americans in
all their rights on land or sea in all
parts of the world—to restrict and
guard the right of the elective fran
chise—to abolish polygamy in the
United States immediately and entire
ly—to enact and enforce such laws as
will tend to eradicate intemperance—
to develop the resources of tlie coun
try by a wise system of internal im
provement—to protect and promote
the American system of free common
schools—to adjust the relations be
tween labor and capital, on a perma
nent busis of equity and justice, and
especially do we invite tlie representa
tives and members of the following
organizations to meet and co-operate
with us in said Convention, viz: Patri
otic order Sons of America, order of
United American Mechanics, order of
deputy sons of Revolutionary sires,
political alliance, United Minute Men,
various granges, and all other orders
and organizations whose principles
and sentiments will enable them to
work in the American party on the
foregoing basis.
This is, unquestionably, a captivat
ing prospectus and will engage the
attention and secure the approbation
of millions of the people of our coun
try. Many would hesitate on the
eighth proposition, being opposed to
Prohibition, but most of them would
compromise on hl^h license. When
we see the danger likely to result from
the increasing numbers of Socialists
and Anarchists flocking to our coun
try, an. immense number of our peo
ple would readily agree to severe re
strictions in the emigration laws. The
inference drawn from the third prop
osition is that the evils resulting from
the high duties of the tariff would he
removed.
Adjusting tlio relations between la
bor and capital on a basis of equity
and justice would be a matter of diffi
cult accomplish ment by legal enact
ments, but the proposition is one
which commends itself to the respect
of all who regard the maxims of uior
alty and justice. Men are too much
swayed by their passions and their in
terests to be easily led to the adoption
of measures of reform in their busi
ness transactions, but it would be a
is issued by what is called the “Exec
utive Committee," giving notice that
the convention will meet in Philadel
phia, and its session will be held on
Friday ami Saturday, the 10th and
17til of September ensuing. We shall
then know who are the originators of
I the movement, and have a fuller in
sight into its doctrines and purposes.
We have just seen what we publish
above anil forthwith penned tlie few
statements above;
The Piedmont Exposition—Induce
ments to Attend.
We have on a previous occasion
had the pleasure of calling the atten
tion of our readers to the Piedmont
Exposition, and at that time we were
emphatic in expressing our warm ap
preciation of its objects, the purpose
of its originators and the unquestion
ed success which would attend its
entire progress. Since then we have
had a better opportunity, because
more fully informed, to advise the
readers of this paper of the extent
and attractiveness to which they are
invited by this grand display of tlie
industry and products of one. of the
most interesting portions of our pro
gressive country. Before we allude j
to particular features of tlie program,
let us premise by saying, that this Ex
position, though seemingly suspected
by some zealous friends of the State
Fair to be held at Macon, to have
been conceived and intended to in
jure the latter, cannot -possibly have
that effect, even if the suspicions
aroused had any other ground to rest
upon than unwarranted apprehen
sion. Certainly the Exposition at
Atlanta, which opens October 10th,
will induce thousands of people to
visit Georgia from contiguous Stutes,
who would not have otherwise come
here, and cause hundreds of new and
interesting products of soil and man
ufacture, and handicraft, to be
brought here that else had remained
away ; and if but a portion of these
distant visitors and exhibitors come
to tlie State Fair, only a few days af
ter the Piedmont Exposition closes,
to that extent will the State Fair have
been benefited. President Northen
says the Exposition will be of great
benefit to the State Fair, und he is
not a man to be easily deceived or to
say what he does not conscientiously
believe to be true. So much for the
charges unwittingly made against the
Exposition as a rival and antagonist
of tlie State Fair.
As before said, tlie Exposition opens
on tlie 10th of October. It will close
on the 22nd of that month. Now,
what will it cost tlie people of Bald
win and contiguous counties to visit
the Exposition and return? The fare.
they can loaf with, smoke with, waltz
with and have a nice time generally.
Yes. girls; men are not what they
seem, and don't you forget it. The
safe tiling for yon is to keep them at a
respectful distance, and give them to
understand, once and for all, that you
are not purchasable by attentions and
compliments thrown out to entrap
you, as little boys scatter bran to en
snare tlie unsuspicious sparrows.
**»
I have no sort of patience with
those people who are so excessively
utilitarian that they can see nothing
admirable, nothing desirable in nature
or tlie habits of life that does not sub
serve their selfish and contracted no
tions of the fitness of things. The
brilliant decorations which the Al
mighty has thrown about His handi
work. are to them only a waste of his
providence. Tlie bright flowers, the
sweet odors, the rich coloring of
clouds, the music of birds, and the
weird minstrelsy of n >'nda and woods,
are unmeaning and useless expendi
ture of tlie creative power. If any of
these people get into heaven, (which
is questionable,) they would want to
pass an ordinance to beat the silver
strings of angelic harps into springs
to make Waterbury watches, and to
substitute old scrap iron for the gold
en railways of the New Jerusalem.
**•
If Solomon wns alive, he would in
dite a new song, and his query would
be: What shall we do for our little
sister, who hath no husband and no
children? Not content with the bal
lot, with prohibition speeches in the
streets they now essay to share the
honors of the pulpit and the emolu
ments of the office, with the mascu
line Doctors of Divinity. What, O,
wise King, next! God only knows.
The heathen in the wilds of central
Africa, fall so far short of the wick
edness of modern Sodoms and Go-
morrahs, that these petticoat soldiers
of salvation must needs invade the sa
cred desk, and under the simple evan
gelistic habit of Priscilla steal slowly
into tiie solemn paraphernalia of tlie
Priesthood. Paul is no terror to thes
progressive, wageless women, who
are educated enough to be vain and
foolish, but destitute of every princi
ple and sentiment of love implanted
by God in the pure type of the sex
They call the eloquent man of Tarsus
an old fogy, unworthy to stand as an
exemplar in tlie times we live in. We
can take care of the anarchist and
the murderers, the burglars and
rapists, but when woman gets into
the pulpit, good-bye Liberty, family,
sweet angel of Home—farewell mil
hope of increased population, and
farewell to the Millenium!
* *
Lisping in a woman is considered
by some men a pretty, defect, giving
It takes from ten to twenty pounds
of tlie nicest, sweetest, freshest coun
try home-made butter to buy one
moderately line, fashionable hat for
Betsy or Bobbie at the milliner's; and
then it isn't half as pretty as a '~V5
cents sailor straw hat, with a long,
wide, blue ribbon round it. But, oh,
just to think what toil it took to make
those twenty pounds of butter to buy
that stylish hat! The many, many
times the cows have been driven to
the pasture and home again—the
double daily milkings, the scourings
of pans, the long, tedious, tiresome
churnings, the patient working over
and over of the golden grease, the
careful preparation for market, the
long ride to the city, and home again,
before the great big ugly hat is safely
landed in the bureau drawer at home!
Oh, vanity, vanity! Why dld’st thou
choose dear woman for thy victim!
*
* *
When a newspaper man sits down,
deliberately studies nnd writes out a
bright saying to be put in the mouth
of some little tot of six summers, he
tells a lie so transparent that the
devil is even more disgusted than the
person who reads it.
***
Four things bother poor human
nature more than all others com
bined. They ure, Dirt, Debt, Death
and the Devil.
**•
If the Almighty was to reveal to
some man of this day and generation
the mystery of the future, he would
speculate on the plant.
Erom Our Exchanges.
is one cent a mile each way.
pense itemized is just this
oing and returning, under 150^ miles, I her sweet words a' most musical
double twist. In man, however, it is
called stuttering, and is regarded as
an unfortunate vocnl accompaniment.
In the illustration following, it was
rather a tongue-tie than an impedi
ment, and was both ludicrous and
laughable.
There used to live in Saleifi district,
Baldwin county, (and he lias been
dead only a few years) a man by the
name of Jeff. Allen. He was a clever
and industrious man. He was a sol
dier iu the Florida Indian war in 1880,
and fought the redskins as bravely as
tlie next man when obliged to do so.
On account of his clever domestic and
cooking qualifications he was kept
about camps to help prepare rations
and go on errands in the neighbor
hood to borrow little articles which
had for one reason and another fallen
short iu the box. He was badly
tongue-tied, and always in speaking
used the letter li in place of the letter
s. One day Jeff, was sent out to buy
some soap and salt. Going to a
widow’s house, and seeing her in the
The
it is 137
miles from Milledgeville to Atlanta
by the way of Macon. At one cent
per mile, tliis is one dollar and thirty-
live cents to get to Atlanta, and the
same to return; or two dollars and
seventy cents for the round trip. The
cheapest rate ever before offered by
the railroads of Georgia for passenger
travel. To the above amount add
fifty cents for a ticket of admission
to the grounds, and t wenty -five cents
for the transfer ticket to go out there
and back and you have u total of
three dollars and forty-five cents, the
entire cost of getting to, into, and re
turning from the Exposition. If more
than one day is spent at Atlanta, of
course the expense will be some great
er. But few at this distance will care
to remain more than one day.
Now, as to the attractions. Beyond
the opportunity of visiting tlie State
Capital, of seeing its many elegant
public and private buildings, and of
seeing tlie President of the United
Status and his beautiful and lovely yard, he thus saluted her ; “Morniu’;
young wife, there will be tlie grand- : r av you got any hope to bell?” The
est display of fireworks ever seen in I woman not replying, andseeiuingcon-
the South. The military^pageant will fused, Jeff, put in another query in a
i i. t. i.i louder voice, thus : “I hay, ’av you
be unequalled. A torch light proces
sion of the Democratic league at
night, in which it is expected ten
thousand people will take part, will
be a brilliant feature, and call to mind
exciting scenes of the long ago. There
will be stables containing over one
hundred of the finest race horses in
the country; balloon ascensions daily;
bicycle races, extensive poultry show,
stock and cattle display, all sorts of
farm products, and then the exposi
tion itself, which will embrace every
variety of manufactured articles and
some of the finest works of art, own
ed by private parties, in the United
States. The floor space of the expo-! make' soup for a sic
sition building covers seven acres of
ground. These are some of the feat
ures promised by the management of
this great Interstate Show, which we
believe will be more than realized by
tlie visitor who is so fortunate as to
be present. Let the people of Cen
tral Georgia go anil see it all, and in
duce tlieir friends to come down and
see the State Fair at Macon.
, ay,
any halt to hell?” By this time the
woman was furious, and she sick’d
about a dozen dogs on Jeff., who, got
away from that settlement as fast os
his lege Would let him. When he re
turned to camps he told his mishap to
his comrades, and added that “if any
of ’em wanted hope and halt they
might bend liumbody else.”
Another instance quite laughable
occurs to the writer, as happening in
Milledgeville many years ago. A
bright little boy, who had a combina
tion of stutter and tongue-tie, was sent
out by his mother to buy a chicken to
. member of the
family. He had a habit like Jeff.
Allen of using one letter in place of
another. Going to a poultry uian,
who was waiting on several custom
ers, the boy said, “Hay, m-m-isther, is
you got a hicken to make bum lioop
for a hick man ?” Of course all laugh
ed, but some of us didn’t laugh us
much as others did.
Merriwether county, at an oloo-
tion last week, went wet by 800
majority.
The Hancock fair will embrace
October 13, 14 anti 15.
There was no shock of an earth
quake felt in Georgia on tlio 31st
of August, the anniversary of the
memorable one of 188G.
The negroes were very much
alarmed in Charleston on last
Wednesday, through fear of the
earthquake’s return. Churches
were kept open all night and
many negroes spent the night iu
them singing and praying.
I. O. McDaniel, father of the
ex-Governor, died at Altoona,
Monday, and was buried at At
lanta Tuesday. He was 80 years
of age.
F. M. Huckaba, of Lowell dis
trict, Carroll county, says ho is
now about GO years of age aud
never bought a store pair of
pants, hat, boots or shoes. He
lias them all made at home.
The Ordinary of Washington
county has entered into posses
sion of the army building, at
Sandersville, under the provisions
of the deed made to Howell’s bat
tery, by which the property re
verted to tlio county six months
after the disorganization of said
company.
Daldonega Signal: A good
many people are accustomed to
use peach tree bark tea when
sick. So wo will give them some
thing new—at least to us—which
several good citizens have vouch
ed for as the truth: When tea
is made from bark that is skinn
ed off upward, the tea acts as an
emetic; when skinned downward,
it acts as a cathartic.
The increase in the value of
taxable property iu the State will
approximate an amount between
$12,000,000 and $13,000,000. Next
year this increase will be consid
erably larger, as there will be
quite a number of factories and
other enterprises that have been
free from taxation subject to the
usual rate.
There was a secret anti-Prohi-
bitionist meeting at the Kimball
House, at Atlauta, Monday, at
which it is reported leading antis
and liquor men were present, and
letters were read from liquor men
elsewhere pledging sympathy and
support to the movement, and
urging the Atlanta antis to or
ganize at once and get ready for
another election. It is further
rumored that about $100,000 was
subscribed for campaign purposes.
For some days past tlio police
of Atlanta have been working
up a case of a peculiar nature.
Two white women left a baby with
a negro woman and mysteriously
disappeared. The baby was at
first supposed to be white, but
was found afterward to be a mu
latto. Susie Dunning, the whito
mother of tlio baby, was arraign
ed in a Justice court Monday,
but was discharged upon a state
ment that sho was willing to take
Cfue of the child and prove that
she is worth $25,000. She is 17
years old.
It is remarked that the agricul
ture of all countries which pro
duce large numbers of live stock
in in a flourishing condition. They
aro rather buyers than sellers of
forage grains.
Indispensable to the Toilet.
Darbys Prophylactic Fluid cures
chafing, eruptions and inflammation
of all kinds; cures inflamed or sore
eyes; relieves pains from bites or
stings of insects and sore feet; de
stroys all taint, of perspiration or of
fensive smell from the feet or any
part of tlie body;cleanses anil whitens
the skin. Used as a dentifrice it pu
rifies the breath; preserves the teeth
and cures toothache; sore gums and
canker. A little of the Fluid in tlie
Water used iu bathing is very re
freshing and especially beneficial to
the sick. [9 lin
The Asylum Side of the Story About
Mrs. Wright.
Miij.hdgeville, Ga., August 30.
—In the Constitution of Sunday
under the head of “Queer Advice
from the Asylum,” there appeared
a dispatch from Dalton to tlio ef
fect that Mrs. Mattie Wright bad
been sent back to her homo in
that county as a harmless lunatic.
Later, violenco developed, when
advice was received from the asy
lum authorities to “whip her.”
This charge being brought to the
attention of Dr. J. M. Whitaker,
superintendent pro tom, lie said:
There is uo foundation for
any such remark. We never ad
vised any one to whip an unfort
unate insane person. On the con
trary, we always advise gentle
ness and kindness. Wo did send
Mrs. Wright home under tlie act
for sending harmless and incura
ble patients back to the counties
they came from. We did write
them that while in the asylum she
was harmless, but we deny most
positively, and can show copy of
every letter ever written (as we
keep a copy of all official letters),
that we ever advised anyone to
whip a poor lunatic. Mrs. Wright
was received into the asylum
12th September, 1883, and was
removed the 25th May, 1886, un
der the act of the general assem
bly to return chronic, harmless
cases to their counties. She was
received tlie second time on the
19tli of August, 1887. As soon
as we found out that she was vio
lent, wo wrote them to send her
back. While here she was per
fectly harmless.. Wc had her in
the harmless ward, and as sho had
given us so little trouble, we
thought she could remain at
home, and if she was violent she
became so after leaving tlie insti
tution. She lias been back iu the
institution since the 1‘Jtb inst.”—
Constitution 31st.
Children Starving to Death
On account of their inability to digest
food, will find a most marvellous food
and remedy in Scott’s Emulsion of
Pure Cod Liver Oil with Hypophos-
pliites. Very palatable and easily di
gested. Dr.’S. W. Cohen of Waco,
Texas, says: “I have used yonr
Emulsion in Infantile wasting with
good results. It not only restores
wasted tissues, but gives strength
and increases the appetite.” Dr.
Charles C. Garrett, Culvert, Texas,
says: “I have used your Emulsion
for over a year, and have derived
much benefit from it in the maras
mus of children, being tolerated by
the stomach when all other medica
ments were rejected.” [9 lm
She Ate up Her Family.
Minneapolis, Minn., Aug. 25.—
The Journal’s Winnipeg special
says: “Letters from Messrs.
Frazier and Stewart, dated Ft.
Chippowyan, July 5, state that
they reached that point after
many hardships. Forest fires
have boeu numerous and destruc
tive. The destitution at Ft. Chip-
pewyan last winter was terrible,
and several cases of cannibalism
aro reported; one old woman at
Little lied river having killed and
eaten her whole family. Starva
tion and cannibalism are also re
ported from McKenzie river.
A Good Appetite
Is essential to good health; bt»* mb
this season it is often lost, owing t»
the poverty or Impurity of the blood,
derangement of the digestive organa,
and tlie weakening effect of tfo*
ohanging season. Hood’s Sareaparit
la is a wonderful medioine for creat
ing an appetite, toning the digestion,
and giving strength to the who!* sye
tern. Now is the time to take if. ft* -
sure to get Hood’s Sarsaparilla.
Col. James H. Smith, of Oglethorpe,
is planting a great deal of land in ev
er blooming mulberries, and says h*
will go extensively into the business-.
Col.Smith says the mulberry will liutk/V
tlie most enduring postsaml cross ties
known, and is also a tree of most rapsi
growth. He thinks that cross-tin-
timber is getting so scarce that it wilt
have to he cultivated, and suvs that
one acre of land planted in trees
suitable for this purpose will pay bet
ter than cotton or anything else you
can grow.
“MoUE PnECIOT'H THAN Rubies.”
—Would it not please you to pick
up strings of pearls, drops of gold,
diamonds, and precious stones ns
you pass along the street? It
would make you feel happy fo*
a month to come. Such happi-
nosa you could give to others.
How, do you ask? By dropping
sweet words, kind remarks nnd
ploasant smiles as you piss along.
These are true pearls and precious
stones which can never be lost;
of which none can deprive yon.
Speak to that orphan eliild; se^
tlio diamonds drop from he*
chooks. Take the liaml of tlie
friendless boy; bright pearls flash
in his eyes. Smilo on the 3ui?
and dejected; a joy suffuses his
cheek more brilliant than the
most precious stones. By the
wayside amid the city’s din, and
at the fireside of the poor, drop
words and smiles to cheer and,
bless. You will feel happier
when resting on your pillow at
the close of the day than if you
had picked a score of perishing
jewels. The latter fade arxl
crumble in time: the former grow
brighter with age and product
lasting happiness.
A NAMELESS CASE.
My case has been a very curious one
for about thirteen years. At inter
vals of about one week I would be
attacked with spells of severe arid
most excruciating pain, always coin
mencing in the region of my I idney>.
The pain would then go upwards iuu!
affect my body and bead, and seem
ed to penetrate my very eye haljj.
creating the most intense suffering
lasting about eight hours each spc)J
I resorted to all kinds of medicim
without benefit. Several doctors
j treated my case, but none gave relit 1 /
l finally used B. B. B. as an experi-
I ment, and to my utter astonishment
all pain and suffering vanished after
using three doses. To the present
time I have used three bottles, ami
not a pain 1ms ever returned. I ik-
not know what was the matter, neith
er could my physicians namt tire
complaint. Tlie B. B. B. acted IhieJr
and powerfully upon my kidneys: m'y
appetite lias been splendid aiid luy
constitution built up rapidly.
R. THOMAS,
Constitution, Ga., May 0, lytffX
UNIMPEACHED INTEGRITY.
I am 55. Broke down twelve yeirn-
ago, and have not been able to work
since. Have lost proper action of m j
hips and legs. For five years scrofu
lous sores have appeared on my scaly
and nose, and at same time my eyi
sight began to fall, and for thr».-«.
years have been comparatively blind.
Have been treated by eminent phy
sicians of different schools without a
cure. I have taken five bottles of B,
B. B, (made at Atlanta, Ga.,) and all
scrofulous sores are gradually healing.
Inflammation about my eyes has dis
appeared and there is some improv-e-
ment in my vision. Am very much
benefitted and relieved and begin to
feel like a boy again—feel good. My
strength and activity are returning
in my legs and hips. The B; B. B.
acts vigorously upon my kidneys and
the great quantity of matter that has-
been forced out through the skim is-
utterly incredible, often so offensive
In odor as to produce nausea. I refer
to all business men of LaGrange, Ga
P. PROPHILL.
LaGrange, Ga., Jannary 13, 1886.
All who desire full information
about the cause and cure of Blood
Poisons, Scrofula and Scrofulous
Swellings, Ulcers, Sores, Rheumatism*.
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