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tram \Tr\r rrikrM r VTTT rFBDERAL Union Established In 1829.1 _ • V OLUMfi Lj V Ail.* [SouthernRkoordeb “ “ 1819. (Consolidated 1872, Milledgeville, Ga., September 27. 1887. Number 12. For the Cnlou Recorder. l Perch. R. PlCKLK. No. 5. It will be my pleasure during the continuing of these thoughts “at ran dom strung," to" introduce brief bio graphical sketches of old citizens of Baldwin county who have gone be fore or still live, whose characters and lives are impressed on the times in which they moved and had a being, and whose example may serve to ex cite emulation among our young men to be good and serviceable citizens like they were. I Introduce to-day a nuine familiar to many of the readers of this paper, albeit it may be un known to the great major.ty ; it is richaed McAllister orme. The old editor of the Southern lie- . corder, and founder of that paper in | politically in a rival paper in Mi Milledgeville, was born in Mont.gom- | ledgeville for 17 years, embracing tii er his merits, they were his own. He took no man as his model or guide but acted from his own conviction of what was right and honorable. He was a public spirited man and one of the projectors and steadfast friends in the building of the Gordon and Mil ledgeville railroad whifbh saved the seat of government to tfiis city so long, and gttve to Milledgeville the basis of her present prosperity. He was always ready with hie money and time to help any deserving enterprise, and was one of the earliOst, most faithful and persistent friends of Ogle thorpe University. His hospitality was known from Maine to Texas, for his friends used to say'he kept a kind of free hotel for ininistersand person al friends. He was a Christian gen tleman, above all ; and when he died the Presbyterian church in Milledge ville lost the best piece of timber in it. This imperfect tribute to Mr. Orme is written by one who opposed him At you vahil health, porhapt lift, examine each package and be sure you get the Genuine. Seo the rod Z Trade-Mark and the full title on front of Wrapper, and on the dido the tea! and gif nature of J. U. Zeflln M Co., at in the above fac- simile. Remember there a no other genuine Simmons Liver Regulate?- Mareli 20, 1887. 28 cw ly EDITORIAL- GLIMPSES. The skin of the catfish is now tan ned into leather in Germany. It is tough, supple and appears well. 1 Jg " . The best tiling to polish eyeglasses and spectacles with jj; a bit of news paper. Moisten the glasses and rub dry. Australia produced th«dnrg*#t nug get of gold ever discovered. It weighed 136 pounds, and was fouha at Ballarat, near Gesloag. ’ Mr. Spurgeon tesAs the readiness of his pupils by sendihg them into the pulpit with a sealed envelope contain ing a text. Prom that text ths. pupil is supposed to preach. The newest thing in door knobs have a glass end, like a bull’s eye lan tern, in which the number of the house is seen in black paint by day and light by night when the little lamp inside the knob is lighted. In French country houses, the fash ionable sport is frog spearing. The weapon used resembles a cross bow, and the barbed arrows are attached to the bows by a silken string, so as to haul the frog in when he is pierc ed. ^ A new heat indicator for domestic ovens resembles a watch dial, and is marked “bread,” “meat,” “pastry,” “burning,” etc. It can be attached to any oven door by drilling a hole through it to insert the spindle of the indicator. _ The .famous Dismal Swamp.is no longer used as a shelter fop runaway negro slaves, of course, but it is be lieved to be the hiding place of at least t O' * white men who, for various rea sons, want to retire to private life for a spell. Thomas Stevens, the bicycler, who traveled around the world on his wheel, states thatj one custom that appears to be universal is the use of tobacco. In some form or other, lie says, the weed is used by the men of every country and in most of them by the women as well. The fibre frdm pine leaves, as a sub stitute for jute, flax, etc., is now used in the manufacture of carpets. The prepared mateyial'bears a close resem blance to yarn, and is capable of being dyed or bleached and woven into pat terns. It bids fair to become a con siderable industry. Thk Big Prizk.—Putnam, Talbot, Sumter, Monroe and Bibb are making tremendous efforts to curry off the thousand dollar prize at the State Fair. One of these will be apt to get it. Hancock is doing her level best, and having a county Fair of her own for several days just before the State Fair opens, she ought to come in at the head of the procession. Many pieces of skin and leather from the Egyptian tombs still exist in a state of perfect preservation which passed through the hands of the tanner more than thirty cen cry county, Maryland, on the 8th of August, 179.7. When a boy, lie came to Georgia with his father, nis mother having (lied in Maryland, and settled in McIntosh county, Ha., at a place known as the “Forest." Rice and corn were the chief productions of this farm. When about 18 years .of age, lie eame- to Milledgeville in 1815, and learnt the printer’s trade, in the office of the old Georgia Journal, then con ducted by Fleming and Seaton Grant- land, and the leading organ of its par ty in the State. After learning the trade he became journeyman printer, saving his money, for he had no vices or bad habits; he sold two negroes he inherited and thought to establish the Southern Recorder in 181i>, with Hen ry Denison, a school teacher then in Milledgeville. While in Savannah, in 1810, Denison died, but as soon as the type and press arrived, Mr. Orme •verest punilicLo parties etigaged'in. THE HOLDEN ARGOSY. Short Chapters on Agricultural Matters. COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS. No. IV. By “Commercial Fertilizers” Is un derstood all those substances manu factured, manipulated and sold for the purpose of applying to land to increase its productive capacity. It is a material containing one or more of those elements that are indispensa ble to plant growth and these ele ments possess certain commercial or money values proportioned to the cost of tlie commodity that yields them. Tlie three valuable fertilizing elements that enter into Commercial Fertilizers are Ammonia, Phosphoric Acid and Potash. Every Commercial Fertilizer is valuable just to tlie ex tent that it contains one or more of these elements. The tState Depart ment, of* Agriculture places for tlie .present the following values upon (these lelements: Ammonia lti cents per pound: Phosphoric Acid (avnila- T cents per pound; Potash Washington Letter. ty furies ago, and] which,; but for the Invention of this process, must have perished in a few hours after they had left the carcass from which they were stripped. 7-' * H. Rider Haggard, in noting tlie books whieli have influenced him and the power of poetry to stir his blood, cries out, “There is one immortal work that moves me still more—a work that uttersall the world’s yearn ing anguish and disillusionment in one sorrow-laden and llitter cry and whose stately music thrills like the voice of pines heard in the darkness of a midnight gale, and that is tlie Book of Ecclesiastes. loaijeda, wn,gon with liis material and reached Milledgeville about tlie close of fiie year-1819. On the.-15Mi Of Feb ruary, 1820, the iirst issue of the South ern Recorder appeared with Grant- land and Orme as editors and propri etors, Mr. Orme having associated Mr. Grantland with liiin in tlie new en terprise. Mr. Orme whenJie declared hiSMBtantioh to establish another pa per in MiUedgevlHe, being only 23 yeftfs Of agMmd possesstaff little mo ney, was advised by some of his friemjs not to attempt such a thing as he could not compete with the Georgia Journal and the other publi cation in the city—that lie would’lose his entire investment. His reply was characteristic of the man’s entire af ter life: said he, “Gentlemen, I don’t doubt my industry or energy, and if labor and attention to business can accomplish anything, 1 intend to es tablish the Southern Recorder, and I ask no odds of any one.” The histo ry of the Recorder is known to the people of Georgia, and for full forty years Mr. Orme was tlie soul of the paper. He lived to see it enter its 50th year. In liis old age, 70 years, lie fomid himself embarrassed from the loss of liis property, amounting to near $100,000, mostly invested in negroes.' The troubles and liarrass- inents that clouded tlie last years of his life cut short his days as Ins friends well know. Mr. Oruie was not a great man, in the common acceptation of the word; lie was not a man of talents or orig inality, but plain, practical, common sense. He had not the advantages of a classical education, or hardly any other, as he has been heard to say that two years was the only school ing he had, and that in a country scliokl house in McIntosh county, i But if strict honor, high sense of truth, an unquestioned integrity, pure morals, great self respect and kindly courtesy, combine to make a great man, then Richard McAllister Orme was the peer of any. Strange as it may seem, Mr. Orme, was a very modest man, as much so as a woman, and shrank from the popular gaze. He did not desire or seek ofllce, yet all his life was devoted to public and political affairs. Had he been gifted with a ready tongue, and easy flow of language, lie would liave been a very prominent man in affairs of the State; but, as it was, lie was only -known to tlie people of Georgia through tlie columns of tlie Southern Recorder. In tlie domestic relations, Mr. Orme's life was beautiful : rounded and sym metrical. He was a model husband and father. Nothing lay so near liis heart as his home, wife and children. As a master he was kind and consid erate, though firm ; as a friend true and sincere, and as a neighbor pleas ant and agreeable. He valued his personal honor and truth above all money considerations. His neighbors were all marked men, of strong personal peculiarities: they were, Dr. Chas. J. Paine, Dr. Benj. A. White, Dr. Tomlinson Fort, Col. Au gustus H. Kenan, Peter J Williams and Jeremiah H. Beall. Dr. Paine was his brother-in-law, Mr. Orme hav ing married his eldest sister; who was the mother of MaJ. R. M. Orme, of Savannah, Dr. Henry S. Orme, of Los Angela*,- California, Mrs. Georgia Orme Alexander, now deceased, and Mrs. Virginia Orme Campbell, of At lanta. ' . Mr. Orme was married twice. I lie last time to Mrs. Abby A. Edgerton. By this marriage there were live child ren born to him : Mary, who married Rev. Dr. Win. Flinn, now deceased; John A. and William A., of Macon, Mrs. Anna, wife of C. i\ Crawford, Esq.. audvEdward. Mr. Orme was emphatically what is ble) 74 cents per p cents per pound. What, is termed a "King Bolomou’s Miuies.’.'Li>,outUuue “Georgia standard" Fertilizer must 111 interest by a story from the pen of contain in a ton of two thousand Frank H. Converse which has just been begun in Thj i, gouhck Argosy. It bears the tafclng’title of “Van; oi*. In Searclgo(an UjjJ^pgyxRaee,'’, and diamonds, savagesTirid me marvSrofll splendors of a city not known to geo graphers are all told about in a fashion certain to lure the reader on From week to week till the fascinating tale is finished. However, tlie same may be said of all tlie stories in this popular journal, which has not only been vo ted ‘tlie best boy's paper in tlie world,’ but is a favorite with the entire family us well Cowboy life as it really is forms the theme of the exceedingly well written serial by Captain D. B. Ashley, “Gilbert tlie Trapper; or, Tlie Heir in Buckskin;” while readers with a taste for yachting, will be delighted with Brooks McCormick’s new story, “How He Won.' 1 Tlie serials by Oliyer Optic and Matthew White, Jr., both reach interesting points in the unfold ing of their respective plots. But besides its stories, the Argosy finds space for special illustrated arti cles on boat sailing, gymnastic exer cises, military training and the like; while its biographies of prominent men of the time should prove of great value as an incentive to the young. President Cleveland on Mixed Sehriols. Mr. G. A. Sullivan, editor of the Montgomery (Va.) Democrat, recently wrote to President Cleveland inquir ing in regard to the truth of a report that Mr. Cleveland, while Governor of New York, approved a bill author izing mixed schools in that State. In replying to Mr. Sullivan’s inquiry, President Cleveland writes: “The only bill that I know of being passed and approved of on that subject, while I was Governor, was one affecting the city of New York, and had precisely the contrary effect—that is, the pur pose and object was to retain tli'e col ored schools separate and distinct from those for the whites. Mr. Nelson pounds at least 40 pounds of Aimuo- niaihid 100 pounds of available Phos phoric Acid or a total of 200 pounds of tremble fertilizing elements in a tOnT^he rest of the toh is simply earthly matter and without value. Of course manufacturers can make their fertilizers richer than this to the extent that they may choose, but none can be legally offered for sale that is below that standard. No potash is required in this standard hilt all “complete” fertilizers are expected to contain it to the extent of one and a half per c't. or more. The general aver age of all "complete” fertilizers in Georgia for the past season shows 2.45 per cent, of Ammonia, 10.30 of Available Phosphoric Acid, and 1.9(1 of Potash. The finer grades ranged above these figures and the poorer below it. The principal substances mined or manufactured and known as Commercial Fertilizers are em braced in the following list: Kainit, Acid Phosphate, Ground Raw Bone, Guano, Nitrate of Soda, Sulphate Am monia, Dried Blood, Cotton Seed Meal. What is known as super phosphate iS but a higher grade of acid phos phate that is containing a greater per centage of soluble or available phosphoric acid. When ammonia is added to this it is known as ammo- niated super phosphates and witli the addition of potash is styled a Com plete Fertilizer. The 300 or more dif ferent brands offered for sale in Geor gia the past season consisted of the above or compounds of two or more of them. Kainit (and other grades of Potash Suits), as is well known, is valuable only for its potash; Acid Phosphate almost entirely for its phosphoric acid; Ground Raw Bone for its ammonia and phosphoric acid; Guano (which is the excrement of sea fowl, imported into this country from South America), of various grades and brands contains all three ejements. The four last substances are valued almost entirely for their aiumouiu, being tlie richest amiuonia- cal substances in general use. Tlie J. Waterbury, of New York city, 1 think, drew tlie bill,' and Prof*.Basin, I cotton seed meal is the only material superintendent of coloreij schools, and on tlmlist that lias ft compound value, Rev. Mr.' Derrick, both of ’New York |T»efng able si rib le stock food as well as city, advocated it strongly. The fertilizer. It is a vegetable matter school board of New York city had where thp rest, with the exception of determined to consolidate their [Guano, is of mineral origin. Phos schools-with the white schools, and ! plaita» Ferti Beers are derived from the bill tool* it out of the controLof I tlm.liones of animals, ejtlier from je- the boa.'d, so that it should not be ' cent production or from fossil remains done. 1( was strongly urged before j of unei' ili times as through the plios 1 that separate schools were of | phate mines on the coast of FanSIlna much more benefit to the colored peo ple than mixed schools. 1 approved the bill, and I suppose in tlie city of New York colored schools are separ ately maintained to-day by virtue of its provisions. I liave thus given you all I remember on tlie subject of your inquiry. I have been much surprised at hearing before the receipt of your letter that this matter lias been so grossly misrepresented.” known as a self-made man. Whatev- falo, N. Y. The Branch Colleges. The branch colleges send out into the country and carry boys from the plow and the cotton fields. This is Where the chief good is done by the college at Dahlonega, Milledgeville and Thomasville. Who would restrict or impede the progress of such institutions? They are the poor boys’ opportunities for getting an education. Why limit ad vantages of the State to the few whose means enable them to utilize them? Deprive the State of its branch colleges and you virtually say to the poor, but energetic and hon est young men of Georgia, “you must not have more than a common school education, that is sufficient for you, no matter what may be your aspira tions, your ambition, your intellectual capacity and hopes fqr the future.”— Campbell News. “How is it that I find you in prison, my man?” “It was a mistake, sir, that brought me here—indeed, I might say a blun der." “Hois 1 so?” “I only stole $1,000 when I could just as easily have taken $50,000. * * * * Piles, fistulas, rupture and stricture radically cured. Book of particulars 10 cents in stamps. World’s Dispensary Medical Association, Buf- from which wo obtain an acid phos phates. There are two other sub stances that may be designated “Com mercial" fertilizers that are extensive ly used in some sections where the cost of transportation does not in crease their cost beyond what may be deemed their supposed intrinsic value. These are laud plaster, (Sul phate of lime), and air slaked lime, (Hydrate of lime). The first is used extensively in these sections where clover and Irish potatoes are largely grown, and is esteemed a specific fer tilizer on the foliage of luguiuinous plants. Its action is not well under stood, for it contains neither of the three valuable elements mentioned above. Its use owing to high relative cost is very limited in the South and the same is true of the Hydrate or air slaked lime. Fortunately the day is past when dishonest manufacturers can impose upon the farmers of the country their inferior goods at double its value. Safeguards have been thrown around the trade in Commercial Fertilizers in this State that enable the farmer if at all careful to secure his fertiliz ing materials at something like their intrensic value and as to the question whether it pays to use each fertilizers it is only a question whether the land needs these essential elements and can be secured at their intrinsic val ue apd afterwards are judiciously ap plied to the land. S. A. Co<?K. Midway, Sept. 10. ('SO BK CONTINUED.) Doors formed of two thick paper boards, .stamped and molded intq. panels andglazed together with glue and potash, and then rolled through heavy rollers, are coining into use. They are better than wood, in that they will not shrink, swell, crack or warp. They are made water-proof with a mixture. From Our Regular Correspondent. Washington, Sep. It, 1887. Editors Union-Rkoordbr: The numerous military bodies deck ed in the brightest and gayest of uni forms that daily parade the streets of the Capital to the thrilling notes of martial music, vividly recall the scenes of last summer’s drill, aud re mind one that these soldier boys are returning from a great and glorious pageant, second only in magnitude and importance to that other Centen nial of America’s progress and tri umph, celebrated with so much eclat and enthusiasm eleven years ago iu the same City of Brotherly Love, which lms just rejoiced in the com memoration of the Centennial of the Constitution of the United States — that wonderful instrument of patriot ic inspiration, destined to stand for all time its the masterpiece of the world's wisdom aiid statecraft, and as the rock upon which rests the great est of Republics. And here i will write of a really remarkable coincidence'in this con nection—indeed, almost its much so as the death of the illustrious Jeffer son fifty years to a day after ho had signed the iiuinortul declaration that won his most famous distinction—and that is the death in this city of hu Inst grand-daughter, Mrs. Beptiuia Randolph Meikfehatn, on the very day that the celebration of the Con stitutional Centennial began. This aged lady boregi striking resemblance to the great sage and patriot who was the founder of the Democratic party, and she had distinct personal recol lections of her honored ancestor’s ap pearance and conversation. She leaves three children—a son and two daughters--the eldest of the latter, Miss Alice, holding a small clerkship in'the Patent Ofilce, which iH the sole support of the family, the soil being a hopeless invalid. The resignation of Ex-Gov. Porter as Assistant Secretary of State and the appointment of his successor con tinue to bo topics of discussion among the politicians. There appears to be every reason to believe that Mr..Bay ard and Mr. Porter were at variance on several questions of public policy —that, in fact, the latter was too much disposed to assert himself in affairs of State. Among those men tioned for the succession are Congress man Belmont, of N. J., Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs in the Forty-Ninth Congress, and ex- Congressinan Cox, of N. G., who was Chairman of the Committee on Civil Service In the same body. It is said that Mr. Bayard regards the latter the most, favorably, on ac count of his administration of the North Carolina statesman’s progres sive course on Civil Service reform, and also his possession of consklera bio wealth—an important factor in a diplomatic position. Mr. Belmont al so lias wealtli to back him, and lie is not without experience in matters of diplomacy. It is understood that tlie Secretary claims the right to select liis assistant. To a distinguished Southerner who a few days since called upon the Presi dent to urge tlie appointment of one of liis constituents to the Supreme Court vacancy, Mr. Cleveland stated that he had already made the selec tion and “did not suppose lie would have reason to change it, and al though no name was called, the 'vis itor. from subsequent remarks, was firmly impressed with the opinion that the judicial mantle would grace the shoulders of Secretary Lamar. The Illinois Democrats iu office hero liave formed an association for the purpose of looking after the of ficial scalps of all Republicans ored ited to that state- a commendable ex ample to tlio Democrats of other States, TEXAS TO THE FRONT AGAIN. Two Houston Hon Invest $1 Etch and Make $SO,OCO. The story of how The Louisiana State Lottery Company deal* out for tunes every month (a known far and near. Chancos In the drawings are eagerly taken by all classes. How many persons have been suddenly made rich by this institution would be hard to tell—the number would al most seem incredible. It can be safe ly said, however, that residents of ev ery State in tlie Union have profited by it. One of the many made happy by tlie last drawing was W. H. An thony, a dairyman of Houston, Tex., who held one-tenth of No. 50,255, which drew tlie capital prize of $150,- 000, collected by Wells, Fargo & Co.’s Express through the firm of T. W. House of Houston. The other tenth of this ticket was held by Mr. George H. Zapp, of the same-place v This gentleuuui, accom panied by his son arrived in the city Wednesday night and on presenting liis tieket-at the company's office the following morning was handed a check 011 tlie Now'Orleans National Bank. He was greatly in need of tlie- money, and on trie receipt of the hews of liis good luck he fairly wept with joy. Mr. Zaup is a native of Genoa ny, but for the past eight years lias made his home in Houston where he lms been clerking in a cotton press. He is a large, fine looking man, 55 years of age, and has a wife and three children. He has not decided what use he will make of his newly found fortune, but will look out for some profitable way of investing it. Mr. Znpp lms visited New Orleans before and will remain here several days to- renew old acquaintances. Apropos of Mr. Zapp’s visit to this city it might be mentioned that his nephew, Sir. Orsini Zapp, of Round Top, Texas, came here on a similar errand - in May, 1885. He was also the winner of $15,000. The money lie put out iu land and Stock in Fay ette county, Texas. To-day lie is one of the most prominent fanners in that section Of the country, and is blessed with a happy family and has all the com for t8 .of life. 'An Investment of $1 iu The Louisiana State Lt»ttery>start ed him on the road to prosperity.— New Orleans Picayune, Aug. 13. Hon. Frank Hurd, talkiug politics in York, renews his allegiance to free trade, but says he will ask his former constituency to re-elect him to Con gress. He is pleased with Mr. Cleveland and thinks him the strongest possible Democratic candidate. He thinks the Hheruian boom a shallow one, and is of the opinion that Ohio be lieves in Blaine. Two Thousand Dollars for Two Hundred. Ticket No. 46,856, which drew the third capital prize of $20,000 in the drawing of The Louisiana Htato Lot tery Company on the 9th- of August, was held liv Daniel McNaughton, brother of Robert McNaughton, tlie barber of Governor street. “As soon as 1 ascertained that ticket No. 40,856 had drawn the third capital prize of $20,000 1 immediately drew a sight draft on M. A. Dauphin, and it was promptly paid.” I suppose I have bought two hundred tickets. This was the first time I ever struck it big. 1 know of nothing else in which I could liave invested $200 and got $2,000 in return.—Richmond (Y r a.) State, Aug. 87. The Washington Post offered $60 in prizes for a word hunt to be mode in the name Frances Folsom Cleveland. Miss Mary Wilcox, of Washigtou formed 2,431 words out of the letters in the name and won the first prize. George Waldo who won the second prize, made 2,423 words. The claims to merit of Tablet’s Buckeye Pile Ointment will not fade away in the light of candid experi ment, for it is the only remedy that will afford permanent relief for piles. Many who have applied vainly to physicians for relief, liave found it only in Tabler’s Buokeye Pile Oint went. Now you have the name of the greatest pile remedy. Are you weak and weary, over worked and tired? Hood’s Sarsapa rilla is just the medicine to purify your blood and give you strength. “A little fire is quickly trodden out Which, being suffered, rivers cannot quench.” Procrastination may rob you of time, but by increased diligence you can makp up the loss; but if it robs you of lire tlie loss is irremediable. If your health is delicate, your appe tite fickle, your sleep broken, your mind depressed, your whole lining out of sorts, depend on it you are se riouslv diseased. In all such cases Dr. Pierce’s “Golden Medical Discov ery” will speedily effect a genuine, radical cure—make a new man of you and save you from the tortures of lin gering disease. “Why do you wear your low- nocked dress to the theatre?” asked a sensible woman of licr butterfly sister. “To please the men, of course,” was the vain reply. “Throw Physic to the Dogs” When it is tlie old-fashioned blue mass, blue pill sort, and insist on us ing Dr. Pierce’s “Pleasant Purgative Pellets,” a modern medical luxury, being small, sugar-coated granule's, containing tlie active principles of certain roots and herbs, and which will be found to contain as much ca thartic power as any of the old-fash} ioned, larger pills, without the lat ter’s violent drastic effects. The pel lets operate thoroughly but harm lessly, establishing a permanently healthy action of the stomach anil bowels, and as an anti-biilious reme dy are unequalled. Foraker said that he had not com pared the President with a whipped Spaniel; he had too much respect for the dog. This comes very well from a fellow who would himself readllv pass For-a-kur.— Augusta Gazette. Zb Brief, mad to the Vsiit. Dyspepsia Is dreadful. Disordered liver Is misery. Indigestion la a foe to good na ture. The human digestive apparatus is one of the most complicated and wonderful things in existence. It is easily put out of order! „ ' , J Greasy food, tough food, sloppy food, bad cookery, mental worry, iato hours, irregular habits, and many other things which ought not to be, liave made the American people a nation of dyspeptics. But Green’s August Flower has done a wonderful work in reforming this sad bus iness and making the American people so healthy that they can enjoy their meals and bo happy. Kemember;—No happiness without health. But Green’s August Flower brings health and happiness to tlie dyspep tic. Ask your druggist for a bottle. Sev enty-live cents.