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The Florida Everglade*. The Everglades of Florida arc fully 100 miles long and seventy broad, over which no surveyor's chain has ever been stretched and of which all knowledge is as con jectural as of the interior of the Dark Continent beyond the path of Stanley. On raaching llie-levelof the glades a vast meadow is ex panded, apparently as boundless as the ocean. Passing on through the winding lagoons you find your- self in a vast region, partially in undated, and resembling an im inense lake studded with thou sands of islands varying irmia fraction of an acre to hundreds of acres in extent. During the win ter seasoa the whole grassy border of the lake is covered with water, but, not so deep as to hide the grass which is very thick and tall. The border of the Savanah and prairie land which skirts the Everglades passes gradually into rocky, pine land, which forms the- rim of the basin occupied by the glades. This rim is on an average some twenty feet above the sea, bul occasional ly it rises to a much greater height, in some places reaching nearly 100 feet above the Atlantic. This whole labyrinth of marsh es, wet savannahs, lakes and la goons are drained on every side by rivers of different dimensions. The St. John’s drains it on the north; the St. Lucie, Greenville, Jupiter, .New Rattoney and Miami on the east, and the Snake, Swallow, Ca loosahatchie and Maccao on the west. Behind Cape Florida the glades approach within twelve miles of fhe coast, and Ihe inlets run to the sea with great swiftness. To penetrate (lie Everglades is a daring undertaking, and none but the cowboys of south Florida ever offer to guide >( rangers into f he dis mal waste. They have become more or less familiar with the bor ders of the world-famous glades in hunting their cattle through the dense hammocks, and they will guide you through certain well beaten tracks along the banks of the rivers; but beyond that llie}' will not even go themselves. Dan gers from rattlesnakes and alliga- 1 ors, which are as numerous as hairs m your head and of gigantic size, 1 uoy despize, but when if comes to •f acing starvafion in a trackless wil derness they weaken, i'li: la id in the glades is treaeh c roijs, and in places a sort of quick tv ml v, i : suddenly sink beneath < :>e"s fee f and land you in a living grave. The bottoms of many of the I.noons fre also so soft that one j-nust sfrim 'icross them and not trust to w tig. A heavy rain will make the m. m marvelous changes in the co intry. Small streams will n.-- ane gigantic proportions in one i. i ght, and : y rooming you will find yi'r.r. elf wrecked, as it were, ill a small : dani, cat oil from all sui rounding land by long stretches ol uncertain water, It the rains confinuo fo v several days or weeks, as is often J e cos© in "lie rainy sea son. the g”eat ini and lake will con tinue to rise and the islands :r the Kvorglades wiil crow pr< *• rf:on ate'y small: iid y i : ■ gradually melting away from un der your feet, and you strike out for another and larger one. The waters carry you along through the overllowed swamp, making swim ming an easy work. Game of all description are keeping you com pany, and when you finally reach a larger and safer island, bears, deer, wild cats, panthers, alligators, rattlers, and moccasin snakes are already there to givo you a wel come. But the general inundation has calmed fho savage brutes, and there is no danger from them if you give them plenty of room. I’lie rattler raises its head and sends out its alarm at the approach of every creature, and the larger brutes grumble savagely at the hissing reptiles. The alligators, alone, are in their element, and they improve their opportunity by devouring a tew of the more harm less animals. They will not, how ever, attack a man unless he first begins the battle, and then they show a savage front. There is no escape from such prisons until the waters subside, and even then it requires many days for the most experienced woodsman to find his way back to civilization. Streams have to be forded that are up to the neck and trails followed that have been nearly obliterated by the wa ter. If one does not starve to death in such a journey he is likely to be prostrated many days afterward with fever and exliaustien. A certain season of the year, however, portions of the Ever glades can be explored with com parative safety. During the sum mer the ground is often dry and hard tor ten miles from the timbered land, anu abundant game roams at large ov er it. Many ot the islands there are simply high elevations in the surround ing country, and half-beaten trails ef Indians lead to them. Far out on thesa fertile islands the remnant of the Seminole Indians have pitched their tents and hut villages. There are abvat two hundred of them, most of which live in the Big Cypress Swamp, where there are plenty of inland ia lands. The cowboys occasionally trade with them; but no white man has ever yet penetrated to their main village, supposed to be somewhere in the centre of the glades. The trail leading to it is obscure and so deftly covered up that no one has yet been able to follow it. To get to the vil lage canoes have to be used, and the Indians carefully conceal their small dug outs from the white man's eyes. Although generally friendly, the Seminolcs do not encourage the pale faces to come exploring too near tbair homes. A note book and pencil is the hands of a eurveyer cr explorer aggravates them, and such a person is likely to receive rough treatment. Tbs cowboys, who go among them simply to barter goods, get along with them the best tor this reason. About 109, miles southeast of Kis simmee, on Cow Creek Slew, is cue ot these typical Indian villages, situated on a small round hammock of hit sea O' twenty awes. The village consists ol eight or tcu houses, built of eypress pclcs, three an s tide, about cine feet high. They :re about eighteen feet cn the ground, with floors ele vated abortt three feet from the ground aocl the roofs are thafetei with pal metto leaves. T.,c- vifiago consists of ’bout thirty Indians, I*s of wboia are The Great Success Of Ayer’s Sarsaparilla is duo to t.lio fact that it meets tlio wants of tho people, being economical to use and always rcliablo and elfectivo. Its in gredients are tho best, and their combination tho result of profound study and skill. Thus, for all diseases originating in impure blood, Ayer’s Sarsaparilla stands unrivaled. “Asa blood-purifier and general builder-up of the; system,” says Eugene I. Hill, Jd. lb, 381 Sixth avc., New York, “I have never found anything to equal Ayer’s Sarsaparilla.” Mrs. Eliza A. Clough, Matron of tho M. E. Seminary, Tilton, N. 11., writes : “ Every winter and spring my family, including myself, use several bottles of Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. Experience has convinced me that, as a powerful blood puritier, it is superior to any other pre paration of Sarsaparilla.” “Ayer’s Sarsaparilla gives better sat isfaction than auy other blood medicine I handle.”— Geo.W. Whitman, Druggist, Albany, Indiana. * Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Cos., Lowell, Mass. Bold by all Druggists. Price $1; six bottles, $5. ntliiiiiiistratoirs sale- Georgia, Banks County.—To all whom it may concern: W. J. Murry, adm’r. of William Murry, dec’d., has in due form applied to the undersign ed for leave to sell the lands belong ing to the estate of said dec’d., and said application will be beard on the Ist Monday in July next. May 27, ’B9 T F. Hill, Ordinary, sheriff sale Georgia, Banks County:—Will be sold on the Ist Tuesday in July next, at the court house in said county, within the legal hours of sale, to the highest bidder for cash, the following property, to-wit: One tract of lam! lying iu the 1210 district, g. m., ol Banks county, containing 100 acres, more or less, adjoining the lands of Elizabeth King, B. F. Brady and oth e s, and known as a part of the Thom as Mize tract; said land levied oh as the property of Charles McMillan and P. A. McMillan, to satisfy an eXecn tion issued from the justice’s court ol the 1210 district. 3. m ,of said county, in lavor of P. F. M. Furr, against Charles McMillan and P. A. McMillan. Terms eash. This 27th day of Slav ISS9. W. A Scoggins, Sheriff B. C. ISissolntion ."V< sice: Georgia, Banks County:—Notice is hereby gb en that the firm of Moss and Martin, doing a general dry goods and grocery business, has this cay dis solved by mutual consent, and either one of the firm are authorized to col led the notes and open accounts be longing to said faun. Moss & Martin. This May 29, 1889. 5 sw. Georgia, Banks County.—To ail whom it may concern: A. H. Grump, administratix of F. Q. Crump, dee’d., bae in due form applied to the under • signed fer leave to sell th© lands be longing to the estate of saiddsc’d., and aaid application will be heard on the Ist Monday in July next. May 27th, 18S9. T. F. Hill, Ordinary. Georgia, Banks County—To all whom it may concern: W. 0. Chat ham has in due form applied to the undersigned for letters of administra tion on the estate of C. P Chatham, late of said county, dec'd, and 1 will pass upon said application on the Ist. Monday in July 1889. Given under my band and official eigniture, this June 3, 1889. T. F. Hill, Ordinary. men, and the remainder are women and children. The place is called Parkertcwn, after the chief, whose came is Parker, Tney have gained an imperfect knowledge of English from the eowboys, and in conversation they only speak the leading words of a sentence. On Cypress Creek, ten miles sofcth of Cow Blew, is aacthei Seminole village of eighty inhabitants, ft is not laid down on any map, but is known -a Kotnckiwekag3, which weans the place where the Ffatheads live. The chiefs asme i# Old Tiger, of the Seminole war fame. Thssy have fields of corn and pamkhis, which are cultivated by the women, while the mo Li beat ar.d fitb. They enre their tne-' t without the ere ef salt They ksb Winchegter rifles to kill their gstnc—[sew York Times; A WerkN ISeadlnQ Free! 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Bethel Methodist Church, Banks coun ta, Geoigia. 2 Bvv Notice is hereby given to tbs eiti zens ©t Banks county that a bill wifi he introduced in the next, legislature, entitled, “A Ml 1 to inhibit the sale, manafaetare and delivery ot any spir itous, miaous or malt liquors, within two Hailes of Grove Loyd Baptist Church, situated in Banks ceanty, Ga. suit For ©ivoi-ce! Easily Florence Shore) Libel fer Di- V3. V vorceia Banks John A. Shore. 1 Superior court March Term 1889. It appearing to the ceurt by the re ttin of the sheriff its the ab restated as©, that the deft, does not reside in said ceumty, nor in the state, and it farther appearing that ha does not re side in this stat?, aad by affidavit that he resides in tho state of Mississippi, it is therefore ordered by the court that perviee be perfected on tbo deft, by the publication of this order cnee a month for four months, before the next term of this court, in the Farmers Journal, a newspaper published in Banks coun ty, Georgia. This 21 day of MaichlßS9 G. W. Brown, Libellants Attorney, aranted. m. l. Hutchins, judge s. e A true extract from minutes of Banka superior court, this May 11. 1889. L. N. Turk, clerk, tf r-w fi rra r. £? 1 /tai-S, yEh £ Qkm fc. hr g iV* 3 r j. ’ MP 1 J 1.. A dlf. vh.li .M-r mo -.. ■ • - ;!• &/ K® Piaiit3, jJRic 5 J‘L iCIQ >: -y fee ntf p4, p •- ->v .nail -id. %ppliciUon. If* fi’i. L..- *, ikon’-, neglect vi riling ter t& HIRAs; BP>J? & CO, ROCHESTER. *0 V. 0H13A30, !LU SoiS-325 S. Si*!a St. 12-1 i tf. ilhrli 9C - ft* '. ' /•‘V.jt.k':*:'.;-’;: '.>rs'vs ; • ■ y r | Moot- of the difls.vws which ftfllict man* ;I *- ally caused by a disorders 1 mdition t> •Ll 7 if-.* For all complaints of this kind, cnot nT - tp' it > A fhe Liver, Biliousness, Nervous Dyspepsia, lihg, ra tion, Irregularity of tho Bovrols, Gonei. Dior. /!u ;T --lency, Eruotations ana -t a 'sometimes called Hoartharn), Mlaittis M&lfwri.p bloody Flux, Chills and Fovet, Br ? ;c ,7r t. 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