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f I'Jails f'lmntr. J. T. WAT31BMAN, PROPRIETOR. Athens, Ga., December 14, 1881. \ j II. a CABAN 168, gL It MthoriM SSmStuSi Tbavxlxxo Aosxt, it&fts: Ifttri tipid CUrtf Cwilt ni (Hit il Atlm Ctlncirllle, Jefferson nnd font hern Railroad. An Interview by • Gainesville Engle reporter wilh President Candid.give* aomo interesting facts about this road. The road baa been alow , in its progress, because oil of Us rails have to be brought from England—the mills in America having so many or* darn ahead,that they refuse to lake more. The road has 200 tons of rails on band, 200 on the route and 400 in New York awaiting shipment. We quote Mr. Candler’s language as fol lows: ‘We have 27 miles of grajlo com pleted, and a sufficiency of ties lor meet of it. We do not want to atop track laying till all of this baa the 'Tailson it. The remsi-’— -' **•- grade, 4} miles next to 6J between HoachtonaDd Jug Tav; era, will be graded and -Ufa put f to rapidly dtaujthe installments ai paid in by Ae stockholders. The Stock subsorindd and unpaid in these two neighborhoods is nmple to com plete the grade and put on the ties, and Ibave no doubt will be prompt ly paid,' Those who owe it, are in the main, substantial farmers and are able and willing to A PECULIAR PEOPLE. Queer WspelUrlsf on the HMtaM* Danka-IIofe uat4 Cattle. [From the ReM|b Hew, tad Obeerrer.) the people of this region arer of amphibious nature, and live ao much on and in the y «ter that most of them, I am sure, are wob-fuuted. They live mainly on fish, elama orators, crabs, terranina end wffd tST ffheTt^liaW^a they go in a boat, and whether they go they promise.” ■ outlandish thinge Their hogs at portion of the line from Jug; raised on clams. innsseU, offal of Sah Monroe, ii not yet under! .end garbage, and their oattle wade out ,ut Will be in a short time,)*? j but will i Walton count' plant] Tave thus far, l muat say, they bars not done. When, however, wereaoh Jug Tavern, it la to be hoped Monroe will see hey interest and beilit herselt.” “Yes, npon the whole, our road baa made very rapid progress, con- ridering the short time It has been under cou tract I know of no corns pany that haa dona better. Its com* pletion is a certainty, and when com pleted, it will develop the very best agricultural »eclion*of Georgia, and will, in the opinion ol soma of o«r best railroad men, be the moat profi table road of its length in the state. If we have no farther delays, and I now see no cause for any, the track on the 27 miles now graded will be laid inride of one hundred days, and trains running on it” Treble! A certain bull-dog whoeo reputa tion for bad temper wee widespread, was one day sitting upou a trnia of hay. A mild looking ox approached to eat The dog w ith great courtesy glaocing at his watch remarked on the lateness oi the hour tor breakfast nnd politely invited the ox to use no ceremony. Tho ox immediately tossed him up with bit horns and broke his ,htuk. Moral: appearances are deceitful. Politeness pays some times, not always. Ike New Furniture Store. Messrs Patman & Bird desire to call attention to tho faot that they are offering splendid bargains in furniture, coffins, bnriel robes eto, at tbeir new atom on Thomas atreet Their goodi oro all new and are bound to please. Special inducements, to country merchants. Mr. Zeke Edge to now with this house and any one de siring any thing in the undertaker’s Una should call on him. Remember tbe place. oot21-d*w-tf Don’t uso whitewash to cleanse walls rooms, but if yonr ceilings or your aro tolled, write to B. H. Broom- bead & Co.,- Atlanta, Ga, for prices and sample card of Johnson's dry- ised kaliomine. sails, and some of them water with windmills. ThijXi't go upatalrs, but “go aloft,” and when they go to bed they “turn in:" when they are ill they an “under the weather,” and when m robust health they say they an “bong up and bilgy free.” They •peak of a trim-built sweetheart as “clipper built." If she is a little stout I they esy the u “broad in the beam," or she is “wide across the transom."I Many of them have k|Mpe’ cabin door* in I their houses, that slide on grooves, and i to their buildings they give a ooatmg of tar instead of pouting them. The “old woman” blowB aoonch-snell when din- in cradles, bat swung In hammocks. They chow black pig-tail tobacco and drink a wild tea called “Teopon!” They mannn their land with >ea-graaa and buy their yam potatoes in the sand hills. When they want a doctor they hang a red flag against a hillside as jm signal of distress. If ho don’t come, bJ cause the “ wind ain’t fair," they take ■ dram of whisky and oopperea, soak their feet in seawater, "turnin," and but | to luck. If they die they will be bnried I Hu the. top of a sand ridge, and when LtotoHltail boats on the water ^■^^with a flag at half mast, are looking at a funeral. I—Ilnii houses with ■ sharks’ teeth, arms, sawfish [), minioturo torimd Honduras f American lariute, war oluba from the Mozambique islands. Turkish pipes, West India shells, san- dal-vood oozes, Chinese chessmen. Japane»e faces, Madagascar idols, Aus tralian boomerangs and other strange, I where the water Every mu is Captain of some kind of a boat, and “she” is always better than any other boat in some way. “She is hard to beat in a gale of wind,” or “be fore the wind." or “boatu.g-to wind- wtrcv’ur “with the wind on the beam,” e* “ ahe oan tail eloser to the wind,” or win oariy aril longest," or “hard to heat in a light wind,” or “totes more stock.” or It “stronger," or “d <* "“88“." or "the it a big boat, or draws the least water,” or *!needs leu ballast,” or “she ia the newest," or “hat the beat timbers," or “steers the best,”or “shs is a lucky boat,” or “ stands up better," or “needs leu tail than any other boat,” or “she ia beat for fishing," eto. Perhaps “she ounce about better than u« other boat." She ia bound to have something about her batter than anybody rise's but. Accuracy. Every boy and girl should determine to be aoodhtto, In studying lessons be sure to get the exact meaning: in talk ing, state the trnth of the thing; in working do everything just right I b»™ Wely heard or two boys who worked in the same store. They were named John and Junes. Their duties were alike, and they were required to beet the store at half-peat7 in the morning. John was always there on the minute, or e tew minutes before the tUno; James came the same number of minntee after. When John arranged the goods in the window they were ac curately marked end priced; James for got to put the number on or prioed them These are only two of the things which muked Tthe distinction between the two bora. Bnt every day end week they grew farther sport, John doing the work eoouratdy, end therefore well; James slighting all heoonveniently oonld. John was promoted for oerefnlnsu in liia duties. James wu warned to alter his manner end finally discharged. The aoonrato boy grew to be a wealthy, self- made man. Men liked to deal with him; they were sure of bring treated fairly. James tried several positions, bnt lost them on aooonnt of his inaoonracy in little details, end, though he get* throng) 1 the world somehow, he hu not the hap pineal and inooosa which with the euni opportunities John achieved. There ere many things that tend te rites noble oharacter. Place aocnraey .igh in the list—School Journal, A Mormon seldom- travels Wilh m Santa Glaus begins to {appear inHht •how windows, < WATCHES CLOCKS 1 JEWELRY. SXX-VEH WARE! Spectacles and Eye-Glasses AT BOTTOM PRICES Headquarter* at th* Old Sellable Jewelry Store of “* A. S. MANDRVILLE Repairing: AND ENGRAVING To giwo satisfaction. zn-.dlm t Q. H, U. S 0MEKOU8 twtlmonUU and large sales prove .that ptleea of Pianos and Organa, same make and style, are from M to SO per cent. leas et “The Mualc Boose of tho South” than elsewhere. G - O. ROBINSON & CO. L- IP- Q_ S. T ABOX Cash Contract^with tie beat menu- Ju factnrera and Large Sales at “The Mnale House of the 8onth,” enable G. a ROBINSON A CO., to sell Superior Pianos and Organa at leasprtoa than la paid by small dealer*. T. M. H. O. T S. PI O. ROBINSON & COnSiell IciTexas, Ar> (JT- kanaas, LouUUna, liiaslwlpi, AlaV Florida, and In erery Southern 8tate non_ .. Georgia. Augusta oan justly claim to have “Tho Music House of the South.”; E. I. O. M. T WENTY to thirty per cent, saved in pur chasing Superior Piano* ana (Organs. Mu* sioal Instruments, Sheet Muilo, iMuilo Books and beat Italian Airings, at “The jluaio House Tuning -and Repairing B Y O. H. TAYLOR, the only authorial Tuner of the Mualo Uour* oi the Koutl Augusta, Geonrla. ». O. ROBINSON & CO., To the Holders of Clarke County Bonds. holders of th* bonds of the county of Clarko i under authority of the Act of tu«-General Assembly of this State, approved February 28, »74,aadesimnonly known as the Court Its uso bonds, art boreby noticed to present tho eame for payment at the National Bank of Athena, as sal«l bonds are hereby called under tke provisions of said Act, and no Interest will be paid on ther iblkatlonoTtkis notice for one month. res, James is, wnti, Administrator, ae bonis non, with the will annexed of Nathan Big- Eff AmK&tfSiinUiSfJftL.Lw* 1111 * *** These are thareiore te eite and admonUh all con* earned, to show cauae at my ofic* on or before the first Monday In December Bast, why said dis charge should not be granted. CJlven under my hand a tXitt&teaa.' ’A'tao UoakofTbetenaon, PAQlJlTAATm Sloa.WiMtSid UbdvU TUhsauTtaT uihun wtfcr ;q» vac auk. AreaUwastadlaaniT <°*> <• Kll lkl« work, t nil fn dnatan sad nr tttta ladawnata. ALWAYS GO TO ihhadouartersT BUY WHAT YOU WANT, BAWWTO&BBRNETI An awineslrlaa tk,lai*«t aodraral alw“‘ atesk>f BOOTS AND SHOES Enrk<pUbraarnUUbnMia tb. HUU. Oar loodifutfmiht dlnctl tna tbs. | Imaauhctuisn andhn QvuasatM Prioos AS ^ Low as the .Loweat.; Everybody lavitsd to Call naift BaewanaSn.m Our Naw Styles oi Fall and Winter Goods I Baldwin & Sum**, Jfo. t Broad Street,: Atheas^Sa. STOCK POWDERS, FISH HOOKS AND .LINKS, Sarsaparila, AND Iodide Potass W?U3 OSERSVS- AND TARSYRIJP (FOB COUGHS. ETC. SOAPS, The Cheapest and Best In Athens. Only 2,500 Tooth Brushes ON UANB. ESS. GINGER Lon:, Lead. tM (alms Mixed Faint.. !)rues, Medicines, Etc. At Bottom Figures, at th* Drug 8tore of E. O. LONG &£CO., Sign of Ulnminated Mortar G-. Q THOMAB.' ATTORNEY AT LAW, W ATKIN S VILLEi JQ EOEQIA Notice! beady fob you AT VarietyS tore ALWAYS IN STOCK A Complete Assortment of Gents, Ladies, Hisses, Boys M'j r mid Childrens BOOTS & SHOES Gent’s Fall and Winter Clothing. Jeans and Cottonades. Calicoes, Sheering, Shirting, Checks, Stripes, Osnaburgs, alba Ginghams. FANCY HOODS h and •»: . • rcsroTxoiJTS Oi all SCteds.9 GROCERIES Magnolia Hama, Com mtrr Hama, Bacon Sides, Shonldere, Pure Lea: Flour, Corn, Meal, Bran, Tea, Coffee, Sugar, Tobacco, Cigars, Snuff. Syrup,! Molanea, Kerosene Oil, Candies, ” Crackers, Garden Seeds, Canned Goods,” ^Sploei.’l Soapa, Grocer’s Drags, Powder, and Shot. Country Produce I CROCKERYi [Lamps, Glass - Ware, Tin-Ware, {Hardware, IN FAOT All Kinds of 'Ware I Respectfully, fWm. L)Mffrty, Prince Aro. and Church Strait,