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Curious Coincidences.
The lecturer was born ani rais
ed iu central Alabama; the assist
ant lecturer was born and raised
■i central Mississippi, They first
:n and, accidentally in northern : Vir
ginia about the 'commencement of>
the late war, when 'in. Joseph E
Johnson’s army made the forced
march from Winchester to rein
force Gen. Beauregard at Manas
•is in July 1565. The former was
a member ot the Eleventh Regi
ment, Alabama Volunteers, com
manded by Colonel Moore. The
latter was a member of the Elev
enth Regiment, Mississippi Volun
teers, son; inatided by Col Moore
On the night of the 20th of July
both regiments slept side by side,
and the following eventful day,
the 21st., the two opposing armies
first confronted each other in the
conflict at Manassas. Both men
survived the war; both surrender
ed the cause with the Confederate
army in April, 1805, and returned
to their homes. Both afterward
were married, near the line of Ala
bama and Mississippi, to ladies
who had been near neighbors and
associates from childhood Both
husbands are now fathers; both
wives are row mothers. Both
husbands’ fathers are now living at
the advanced age of eighty years.
Both husbands’ mothers died the
same year. Both wives’ fathers
aro dead; both wives’ mothers are
living, aro widows, and each 13
seventy years of age. Both wives
have one living brother each
Both' husbands when married were
members of the Baptist church.
Both wives when married were
members of the Presbyterian
church. The former and his wife
are now members of the Baptist
church, the latter and his wife are
now' members of the Presbyterian
church. Both men politically
were raised in the school of demo
cracy. Both are members of the
Masonic fraternity. Both aro en
gaged in the pursuit of agriculture.
Both were members of the Grange
organization. Both are members
of the Farmers’ Alliance. Both
made application for membership
at the same time; both were initiat
ed into the order at the same time,
bot h were elected at the same meet
ing lecturer and assistant lecturer
of the sub-alliance of which they
are members.—[Scooba Herald.
A construeticn detail that ip gaining
much popularity in soma Western cit
ies is the bricking in of frame honses,
The building is sided up with matched
stuff, as if complote; then a brick face
wall, four inches thick is laid in con
tact with the exterior, tied on by
spikes about e v ery sixth course. A
boy distributes them all around on top
cf the wall. They are held in the mor
tar bsd ready, and driven through into
tbo siding until the heads are flush
with the lace of the wall, when the
next courses are laid, aud so on. The
walls present the appearance of solid
masonry, are durable, and, as they
add to the warmth of the buildings,
teem to present substantial rficommau
nations, especially in severe climates.
When a man wants to take a digni
fied position, be usually stands on
jceremos!Bs.
Orange Bridal Wreaths.
to some people tha chief charm of
the orango troy lies in is beautiful
and fragrant blossom?, end it wems
b range dial it is nor the more enliivat
ed in o:ir hot hovso> on ?!>ih <
Not hing can be tnore delicious
than the perfume ‘of the oranga
fiower, although it is possible, ac
cording to tha opinion of some ov
er-sensitive individuals, to Itava
too much, of it. There ara, for in
stance, places in <3pain where it
certainly is rather overpowering,
says the Chamber's Journal, and
at Seville, m the month of April,
the whole air is laden for several
weeks with the strong pungent
odor.
To most of tha- visitors to 1 hat
picturesque city this can only be a
delightful experience, but there
are others who allege that tha in
tensify of the scent, or rather per
haps its persistency, night and day
for so long, produce headache and
even nausea. Of the übiquitous
blossoms themselves, little use is
made in Spain.
In some of tho convents the
nuns employ a certain quantity in
the manufacture of orange-flower
w r ater, which they dispose of at a
rediculously low and normal price,
but which, by the time it has been
retailed in England at a moderate
profit of several hundred per cent.,
becomes almost as dear as an 0 .’di
nary perfume.
At Nice, however, and along the
Rivers, precisely in that region
which in the last century supplied
our gardeners with their crange
trees, a considerable trade has
sprung up in orange blossoms.
They aro dispatched in boxes to
Europe ter the purpose of being
fashioned into bridal wreaths, or
the wreaths themselves aro sent
ready made up at prices varying
from a few francs to almost a small
fortune,'
The City of Magnificent Pavements.
Much has bean truly said of the
magnificence of the street pavements
of Washington, and in this respect the
city has been kindly compared with
Paris. Thera is no doubt about it that
the street pavements are the most
smoothest ana moat attractive in this
countT, but the sidewalks are in a
wretched condition. Brick here and
stone flagging there, with an occasion
al planking. Tho usevenos of the
sidewalks does not add to the delights
of the pedestrianism, and persons with
tender feet take to the middle of the
street. There must be a great many
tender-footed people -in Washington
judging from tho number of men and
womeo, besides children, seen daily
and nightly stopping along tho street
pavements. Sunday is tho day when
they appear in droves. The sidewalks
are almost deserted, and the church-go
ers in their most fashionable a*tire
take to tke middle of the street as a
campaign heeler takes to bcodle.
Joseph A. Moore of Indianapo
lis, Ind., agent for the Connecticut
Mutual Insurance, has defaulted
for a considerable amount. His
defalcations extended back to the
year 18S0.
He has turned over to tho Con
necticut Mutual $200,000 worth of
property. He has not yet been ar
rested. When interviewed he said:
; “When I was informed that Mr.
' Abbott, the secretary ©f tha com
pany, was coming out hero to in
i veetigate my affairs, I had plenty
;of time to leave the country and
hide myself completely.- I decided
to stay right hare, and whan Mr.
Abbo! t arrived I told him the whole
1 ruth about the condition oi my
business. I did not conceal any
thing however {rival, and then I
said to him that I proposed to re
main here. 1 fold him that he could
always find mo if ha wanted me,
and promised him I would not com
mil suicide either. So here I am,
waiting for anything that may
come.”
Lacig C&oalr.
An English newspaper gives the
following list cf loeg canals; Tie
Imperial canal ef China ia over IOGO
miles long. In the year ISBI was
completed the greatest undertaking of
tha kite! on the European continent,
the ctnal of Lan juedcc, tr the Canal
da Midi, to connect the Atlantic with
the Medneraneau. Its leangth is 148
miles, it has more than 100 locks and
about fifty rquedacts, and krt highest
part is no less than 800 feet above the
sea, while it is navigable for vessels ol
upward of 100 tong. The largest ship
canal in Europe is tha fr>at North
Holland canal, completed ia 1825. it
is 125 feet wide nt the water surface,
31 feet wide at tha bottom, and has a
depth of 20 feet, and extends Item
Amsterdam to the Holder, 51 miles.
The Caledonia Canal, in (Scotland,
has a total lengltt ol GO miles, includ
ing tho lakos. Tho Suez Gaual is 88
miles long, of which 68 miles are actu
al eanal. The Erie eanal ts SSO 1 2
miles long; the Ohio eaaal, Cleveland
to Portsmouth, 332, the Miami and
Erie, Oracinniti to Toledo, 291, and
the Wabash and Eria, Evausviile to
the Ohio line, 374.
Monster Mississippi ILiJge,
Yfork on the gre.-it briugr which is
to span the Mississippi river at Mem
phis, Teun., Les been commenced.
The bridge proper is the cantilever
plan, and will consist of a channel
span 770 feet in length. This is said
to be tho longest single span of tke
kind in tbe world, and is-s construc
tion is a difficult piece cf engineering.
The bridge will also have two spans,
each 620 feet in length. The bridge
will be 31 feet in width, and while on
ly one railroad track bo used at pres
ent, the strength of the bridge will be
such that two tracks can be laid. The
plans already contemplate a wagon
road for vchielos. The bridge will be
approached from the west over an iron
trestle §2OO feet in length and an eus
bankment of 1800 ieet in length. It
will be approached fiom the e&3t over
aa iron trestle 1000 fest long and over
an embankment. The bridge will be
75 feet above high-warar mark. The
estimated cost is two million dollars.
A gentleman aud lady me now stop
ping at a Bar Harbor hotel who fcav *
had a queer experience. They met on
the Atlantic ocean, he proposed in
Sweden, was accepted m Russia, ask.
el her father's permission in England,
the marriage settlements v?era drawn
up in th.3 United States, they were
married in Anglers and are sow spesd
! ing their honey, moon in Bar Harbor.
; Matches are some times made in other
! places than the t reverb says.
The weather profit derives his prof
it from the change ic the weather.
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lately Pare. Orders by Mail wll receive prompt attention. jvvnvmcer tr.o
name and place.—WADE & SLEDGE, Druggists and Pnannacists.
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passed in Durability and Low Prices. We keep in Stock ah tnat the farmer
needs. Our Lino of staple groceries are complete. We kee-p a full iiae oi
Fancy groceries, notions, etc. Also Bagging, lies and (.Guanos. Country
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Athens Music House,
114 Clayton Street, Next Door to Postoffice, Athens, Georgia.
Haselton & Dozier, Proprietors.
Aud all kinds of Musical Instruments at tka very lowest pr-cc.; l-. rL" • >
or on the Installment plan.
’ jWriHen gnerastee on all ins rumen's sold. Special red;,;.-) rates to ervre:
es'lsnd Sunday schools. Pictures and Picture Frames a ■ 7- A/- s
and styles of Frames made to order on short n- -ic-c. Buy hour nts sr.
agea ts’ commissions.
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