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Si •r I :iaps.xra. 3 n la K 5 SJ # s’ ^§§23?; its' '7 T Vol. I. The Courier. PUBLISHED EVERT FRIDAY. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One copy, one year....... .......$1 So One copy, six month s..... 75 One copy, three months... 50 (STUICTI.Y IN ADVANCE.) ADVERTISING rates. SPACE. 1 w 1 m 8 m J 6 m j 1 y 1 Square 8 l 00 $ 2 50 $ 500 8 S 00 SI - 00 •2 “ 1 75 4 00 S oo' off 11 oo 18 oo a “ 2 50 5 00 12 18 00 25 00 U Col’n 4 00 8 00 16 00, 25 00 35 00 U “ 0 00 10 00 25 00 ' 35 00' 60 00 i “ 10 00 15 00 35 00 60 00 100 00 One Inch eonstitues a square, and there are twenty squares in a column. Special notices in the local cohimiit, ten cents per line for each insertion. Professional cards inserted 88.00 a year The aboAe rates will been not made be diyiated with a from as they have not view to reduction Advertisements must take the run of the paper, as we do not contract to keep them hi any particular place. Bills are due after the first insertion, and tlic money will be called for u hen needed. .Short communications on matters of public interest and items of news respect¬ fully solicited from every source. All advertisements emanating from pub. lie officers will be charged for in accordance with an act passed by the late General Assembly of Georgia—75 cents per bun dred words for each of the first four inser¬ tions, aud 35 cents for each subsequent insertion. Fractional parts of one hun¬ dred are considered one hundred words; each figure and initial, witli date and sig¬ nature, is counted as a word. JESSE E. MERCER, Editor and Publisher. Railroad Schedule llLAKELT EXTENSION. Leaves Blakely daily at 7:30 a. m.; ar- rives at Arlington at 8:30 a. m.: arrives at Leary at 9:39 a. m.; arrives at Albany at 11:30 a. m. at. Leaves Albany at 4:20 p. m.; arrives Leary at 5:58 p. m.; arrives at Arlington at 6:57 p.m.; arrives -at Blakely at S:1‘2 p. m. County Directory. B.'fi. srrElUOR COURT. non. Bower. Judge; J. W. Walters, Solicitor Genual; J. U. Coram, <SM in September. en W V tena on 0 OUNTY OYNICERS. Ordinary, A. I. Monroe; Sheriff, IV. W. Gladden; tax Collector, E. S. Jones; Tax Receiver, Tho.s. F. Cord ray; Treasurer, C. JI. Gee; Countv School Commissioner, J.J. .Beck; County Surveyor, C. P. Norton; Cor¬ oner, A. G. Hudson. COUNTY COURT. • L. G. Cartledge, Judge. Quarterly Au¬ ses¬ sions 4th Jfonday in February, May. gust and November. Monthly sessions, every 4th Monday. COMMISSIONERS R. R. John Colley, J. G. Collier and J. T. B. Fain. Courts held 1st Tuesday in each month. JUSTICES OF THE PEASE AND notaries public. 574th District—R. J. Thigpen, J.P.;~ C. F. Blocker, N. P. and Ex-officio J. P. Courts held third Wednesday in midi month. 1123d District—J. L. IViikerson, J. P. John Hasty, N. P. Courts held second Thursday in each month. 636th District—J. C. Price, J. P.; N. IV. Pace, N.P. Courts held third Saturday in each month. 1283d District—C.J. McDaniel, J. P. Courts held first Saturday in each month. 1316—Thos. IV. Holloway; •/. P. C. L. Smith* N:P. Courts held 2nd Saturday iii each month. John A. 1301— 7T»Os. II. (7riffln, J. P. Cordray, N. P. Courts held 1st Saturday jn each mouth. Bakor County Dire&Ury, SUPERIOR COURT. B. B. Bower, Judge; J. TV. IFaiters, So¬ licitor General; B- F. Hudspeth, Clerk, Spring term convenes on first Monday in May. Fall term on first Monday in No¬ vember. COUNTY COURT. John O. Perry. Judge. Monthly ses¬ sions held first Mondays—Quarterly ses¬ sions. COMMISSIONERS R.R. B<Siiford7H h T m! each Pullen. ' Cburt“idd on first Tuesdays in month. COUNTY OFFICERS. Ordinary, W. T. Livingston; Sheriff, J. B. George; Tax Collector, R. B. Odom G* BoweH; Surveyor, C. D. Brown; Coro- nar, B. D. Hall. JUSTICES OF TIIE PEACE AND NO- TARIES PUBLIC. 971st District, —8. J. Livingston, J. P„- W. C. Odom. N. P.: Courts held 1st Sat- nrday in each month. T.OWth^'District^ p ; ' Courts ^ held 2nd Saturday in each month. 957th District— G. D. Lamar, J. P., IT 8. Johnson, N. P. Courts held 3d Satur- day in eacli month. 1123 District—L. J. Mathis, J. P.;R. E. McFullun, N. P. Courts held fftli 8’atur- say in mouth. OUR OWN. If I had known in the morning IIow wearily nil the day, The woids unkiud Would troulde my mind, I said when you wi nt away, : I had been more cairful^larling, Nor given you m-edhss pain. But we vex “our own” With look and tone We may never take back again. ; F< r thougli in tho quiet evening You may give me the ki-s of peace, Yet it might be That ni-Vi r for me The pain of the heart should cease, How milt y go foitli in the morning That never come home at night; And hearts have broken For luusli words spoken That sorrow can ne’er s-1 right. AYe have careful thoughts for the strangers, And smiles for the sometime guest, Bat oft for “our own” The bitter tone, Though we love “our own” the best Alt, lips with the curve impatient! Ah, brow with that look of scorn! ’Twere a cruel fate, YVete the night too late To undo the work of morn. The Lame Hand. m. The ranche i of r beuior u • tv Diaz was „ on a chaining slope overlooking the smooth waters of one of the tributaries to tlu Parana, on whose opposite shore the rank gra-s grew ten and twelve feet high. The lion-e itself had a tropical chaiacter; it w»s Bpanifli-American, with a cool, shady veranda, a long, low front, painted walL, and latticed wiudows, a spacius comt, and a flit roof provided with a parapel, which R«ve tlm J-truc’ure the iippearanee of a fort Many acres of cultivated land showed b-nj lines of eng >r cane and fives laden witli bananas, in sur- prismg-co-tmM to the & rtc, i trable mass of wild bum which sur- rounded the settlement in tlm furthe distance. Seitora Diaz was one of the tropical beauties of whom Murillo dreamed. “I am going toteffyour gallantry,” she said, coining out on the veranda where I sat, “by uskjngyon to help me water mv flowers, for with my tame hand, it is not easy for me to lift the heavy watering pot,” “£ am at your service, but allow me —am I wrong?—to remind you that you promised me the story of how your baud was lamed.” “Certainly. As soon as tho flowers are wiiti-.red.we will have coffca on the veranda, and you shall hear all about it.” Accordingly I was soon sipping coffee with the little Lolita, my host’s only daughter, aud my pet, beside me, while her mother rolled a cigarette, light-d it and began as follows: “When we first came here, years ago, it was a very different looking place. The wild bush laud reached to the edg'e of the water, and was such a dark wilderness of thorns, brambles, palms, wild fig trees and other tropi¬ cal vegetation that I dare not venture into its depths. But my husband and his workmen went manful'y to work felled trees,' uprooted stumps, made hedges and ditches all dny long, ex- cepi iu the severest heat, and I often saw them come home so wearied that they would fail asleep wherethr^y stood and first think of food three or four hours later when they awoke. After a while they get a portion of the ground under subjection, but after the acres were chared and we began to plant, we lifid a throng of foes to combat. The worst were the matched for on account of their depredations on plantations, have a way of making underground passnges until they undermine the whole surface of a field, aad it falls ill like a crust of a cake. Just noith of us is a great gap in the ground, full of basli**s , and , wnd grasses, with .,, , here and there some rotten timber, where a whole settlement sank from the ants rmdermining the foundations. From this comes the saying we have here in Paraguay that onr wor.-t enemies ‘are q ie j n< jj an b.aves and the Indian allta. Luckily, the only Indians were friendly ones, who exchanges ai kinds LEARY, GA., FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1883. of provision. 0 , especially dried meats, for kiiiv<s and brandy. We poisoned the ants, dng up their npsts. flooded their passage ways with boiling water and so, in a great measure, were free from them, although they now some¬ times come in from the woods to at¬ tack the plantation. But after them came another plague —snakes. For a long time I thought it was hopeless. My husband used to call them tax collectors, and they did. come juff as regularly. No day passed without our finding one or more in the bouse. And once-Oli, heaven !-wbat a fright I had. When L'dit a was a baby, my hits I and and hiti men had gene off one morning as usual, and tue child was asleep on a mat at the end of the room. Suddenly I mw on the floor the skin of a mouse from which the whole belly had been sucked as from an orange. I knew at once that a snake must be near, f.-r they feed on mice and eat them in this fashion; but much as I looked around I could s> e no snake, till it occurred to me, pre- Imps it is under the baby’s mat. I snatchy the child up and placed her in safety. Then I softly lifted ft pait of ihe mat, and there it was, the long, slimy, green and gold reptile, coiled up and fast asleep. All! how I jumped! I ran out in the court to call help, T Luckily . Jose T ,, there, and , our man was he . kill'd it. But ,, as we el-met ir-oi,- acres uie , smiio-s , leit . ns t > hide m • Ui" ,i s<>r- st. , .... 1 began to . hope our cues , were ended, hut they were only just begun. Wild basts now first ap- peared upon the seme. One morning, juff as we were at brcak r ast, < tie of ear herdsmen b 1 ought the news that onr cattle, which grazed in the tail grass on the other side of the rim\ had been attacked by a jaguar, that kibe 1 one of the bail-. The re in who told i s c-map d with his lif •, yet he would scrcel.y have done so had lie not misled the be>i H or had there not been a fat o^therc. akuyu, A week p.uscd without an w and we had coin ‘tothink Ws about it, xvlten suddenly three or four Indians rusln-d to tell ub how a great jaguar lmd broken into Them camp and killed- a yoman and one ej their dogs, When my Imsbaud heard (he story he con- eluded that it was I lie same animal that had attacked our bull, tor the Indians described the cn-ature as of a singular color, far lighter than any they had seen about tin i(>, so they named it‘The White D. ath We all thought it now* time to do something, and my linsbatnl called his people to¬ gether to go out and hunt it. I remember that morning distinctly. They went away cheerfully enough, each man with his gun and hunting knife, and More, the blood-houml was with them. My husband turned round just as be entered the woed and kissed pig j ian q to me. Tii- n they vanished in tiie forest. When I found mvs.tlf with Loliti ' alone , in . the ,, house . and , thought of what might happen if they mec that terrible wild animal, such anxiety seized me (although I never thought | I could be in danger) that I could not i bo contented till I liad locked every j tloor in the house; and then I seated myself in tho great sitting room, took j, 0 ]jm on my lap, and tried to tdi her a s t 0 ry. Suddenly I heard ascratching along the roof, and (lieu a dull thud, as if something heavy hud fallen. Anxious andnervousIhad.no presentment of w bat it was. The next moment I heard just over me a sound which I , could r.ot mistake—a loug, passionate : 10ill . that 1 often heard from the woods I night, and never without feeling as j jf m y heart stood still. Tlie thought rushed through my mind, ‘oh, Heaven ' t i, e jagma !’ i shall never forget that mom nt. One minute I was q nto rigid and ll0 l p less, as if life had d-pai b-d, and then a thought flashed upon me— the j.'guar was not lobe kept off it he pen- e tr-dod here from the roof, for the m ost of the iuntr doorwsys had only draperies. In my dining room was a g lva t wooden meal chest nearly empty and large enougli to hold six or seven p erfi ons at once. If Lolita and I can get ^ere, I thought, we £ re saved. I seized the child, ran with her into the dining-room and crept into the chest. Unfortunately it had a spring so that I was fore ed to hold the lid open with one hand to guard against its locking, «nd immeliite'v stifiiiug id ; but it liml more Ilian an inch of miter liui, which completely hid my titigers. It was not a moment t >o s on. We Wi re scaicely liiddeu when I heard the great claws Scratching nlong the floor and the hungry snilling of the jaguar showed me lie was in search of food He came stiaight to the eh stand High paused a moment as though lie fear, d a trap. Then he put- his head close to the small Opening so that I could feel his hot breath. He sniffed awhile, and then tried to laise the cover with liis paw. Howl tremble 1! But, thank God, the great paw won! 1 rot go in the narrow civvioe, and I held the cover fast, by clinging to the inner part of the lock with all the strength of des- peration. All he could do was to stritell out his tongue and lick ray fin- gers until they bled as if they had been scratched by a saw. And then, as he bad tasted blood, and heard Dolila cry —for my poor darling was just as frightened as I was—-his eager- uess increased and he began to make piercing yells which sent icy chills over me. I wonder why the fright did not kill me; but the touch of L-lit a’s little arm around tny ne..k see mad to ke p up inv c mrag ). fetid ..j \ the , w.n-t w.s yet . In , ciine. 1 ,. niiuid. lw cuv-d ,, a-ff Vv .. bon ilic , : i g iar i reach . ,, f.o.n b . lmv he spiangoi'lm , j iiv J client. Hh huge the Weight puts Crush- of d the tny j fingers betwe -n t-vo lock. Then I thought all was over and si.riek- 1 s > t’uu it rung through tin? whole b utse. But my cji ies were answered by sound uiihh made my heart thl'ob with joy uStvogpi:by the barking bf o.,r bloodii md. The jaguar heard it too, for be spring down, and stood f r a morni t listeuing, aad- then ran to the door ! ;s : Again cai s.mn 1 of, the dog’s | -r-o „ -, w , .... i at fh-~ j « a me time voices.of men C illing to oath other. C-mtiary to expectation j they w -rij already coming back, j Meanwhile til* jagnnr seemed to be hew ilded, and ran wildly to and fro. Suddenly a loud cry came from o:io of the windows, and then two flints and a foarlul howl; tlien my husband’s voiceanzioudy called: ‘Cachita, w here ate you?’ I could just get out of the chest, ( ] r „g myself to the door, and let my husband in. Th-n I swooned away. They told me afterward that our bloodhound found the jaguar’s trail leading straight back to the house, and tin y all I.lin k'd home like mad fearing that barm would come to me. My husband and Jose came ahead, mid shot tho jaguar through the win- dow;bnt my husband told mo that when he saw the jaguar iu the house he felt as if stifled. I could not move a joint J of the hand for many weeks aft- rward. The riutians gave me medicine to heal it. “ ud ,ho .v s*y that aftor awhile I can i™* . to “S’ make 11 "- me 1 dl lemomber 1 tl0t that ^ day If I were to live a thou^nnu yen r.s I could not forget the terrible moments I spent in that chest.”— Anjonavt. The Diamond Queen- The most conspicuous feature in the evening scene (at Saratoga) was a lady from Philadelphia, fair, and young, end petite, a Mrs. More, whose slceve- le ss dixss of rare point-lace is said to have cost #20,000; and in whose hair »bd ears, and on whoso shoulders, bosom, nock, wnsts and bauds wme displayed^ diamonds that mint ¥w run up mm n-.mn.us ot iimusa.ias n. v.du • in ^italics, crescent?, z°t><' tli.it rmas «nd ,uk grained " , r ““ wbci.m.r ^ there was the shadow of nn excuse for fhem.* Her husband, a g. ntiema'ily middle aged man in appcarniire, her on Hi, «n„; »ud a litt W in then lent, solemnvmaged and a '‘- sorbed in intense watclifulues of her, a private defective in citizen’s dross, wound his way iu and cut amid the ' brilliant scene. I •» * spectacle People held their breath and ‘ idled* Imr “the Diamond Queen, — Albany Evening Journal. A Day Dream Interrupted. The cry of “Road! road!” caused a business man to jump aside ju«t in time to avoid being run down by sled in one of the city suburb?, Tib boys w«re making the most of the s*o\v. Astheweaiy man picked his way carefully up the slipp< ry a cent iv col Vet ions licgan to crowd upon his mil d of the time wln-n ho wan ownei j of a sled which could pass anything on the hill. The lines of care in his face began to relax as the symmetry of the proportions of that sled and the inline cut fin t' e bottom hoard with an old jacknife loomed up through the in- tei veiling y< ors. Then there came into his mind another picture of a giil, whose blue scurf matched (he [ color of her eyes, and the ruse of whose complexion deepened a lit tie as she J picked up her skirts and sat timidly down upou t he sled. lie remembered what he said: “Yon needn’t be afraid, Nell; she’ll hold a ton 1” The weight, of that little hand upon liis shoulder still has power to stir Ilfs pulses. As the iron-shod runners shot svi'tly over the snoAV the gia*p tight- enod and an arm was thrown around his m ck with a little civ of alarm. | i The s’eil was now speeding like a grey- | hound, , and snaring . from side , to sal■> ‘ -. Another was thrown mini 1 his arm a nti-k, , «• d . , In* h< , nrd , , h* r eiy J in nflnglit. ...... > | 1 O -fi—*-h! sto—op li— < — John! , | Tile agt mz'd entreaty tailed to in- flu-nee him, us he was sat sfi -d' with the condition of affairs, mil when the bottom' of the hill was | reached was the willing pii-oner iv- d. Then the walk up the hill in the moonlight, with the eigor and | nipping air echoing w t-h the merry j ! uighmr and i boats if his com pan- ions. P.-vbaps n< the moon slip, cl ! under a cloud.- ' The feet of; the d .y (brame:' wmv ’ m l’cnly kuo.-k. <1 from uti ler hi n nt -m-t - • 'r-> e kilii-M a GL !>'>-Juro be heard the derisive s ( j n jf or ’ ^hy ’ don’t you keep out of the road?” -— .<>. — The Office Boy. r. s t-lie office boy idie? H 0 , ho is not idle; he frantically in- dustrious; he is killing ° himself with hard work. Will it take long? Unfortunately, yes: ho is very, very tough. YVlint is be doing now?” H ither ask, what is lie nut doing? He has the faculty of doing so many useful tilings at the same, tune, that it is impos-ible to guess vvliat he may not be at. Ho is probably at this moment engaged in sweeping out, dusting, tidying up the several rooms, going on a few score of errands, and quietly omitting to make himself use- f„l. U. es the office boy ever make any unnecessary noise? . Olt, dear no; he never whiffles and plays the devil’s hornpipe on tlic desk with lii3 lilly while finger.-; ho «as never known to rai e his voice in un- seemlv bellowing. No, uiy d'ar sh you have certainly been misinformed, Is the office boy ever rude or dis¬ courteous? Not a bit of it. He is courtesy it- , solf. His bumps of veneration and reverence cover his entire head. He | lo >ks up to his employer as to a supe- rior being. He would sooner go with-1 out his meals for a week than once | omit “sir” after yes or no, or forget to j return thanks for the smallest favor. Then you think the office boy is not ' ° f° r f It wonlJ he like at- te tj|)g ” t ; I;aiut the lily or g i!(1 re- ‘‘ ■ ^ tjj6 ()ffic( , l)0 ja ^ oij ^ mosfc po tljiu „ ja nalure< jj„ yi)l , ]ove ,h c office boy? isunsedlv< Without him life were uuliverble. The thought of hav- in fQ , t from j,i ni is tlle only thing ^ dai . keus onr way to t lie silent w " tl , at nobody’ can answer, I only know he not in tim office. He is so consden- ti uq you know. He absents lnm- «&[th-.,t he will diffurb some^ Ki2S s Johuf tlie j [ say lnllo! Where in thunder is tliat hoy now I v,ondcr.— • Boston I r ante nipt. No. 50, The Rlstol and Its Victims. The New York corferp mdent of tlic Uti•.! Herald writ".; The word pistol is derived from l’istogu, a t >wn in I'aly, where t-lie weapon was in¬ vented about tlnee centuries ago. As a dueling weapon it superseded tho sivoid about the time of the Amenenn Revolution. N° sword duels nre on lec.ovd in this continent, but this w»m for a long time the approved method in Ti.rope. 'The pistol fh-edby H[nh>r Pitcairn, at Lexington, which was the first shot in the levoluti >n, is now iu the State Library at Alb my. Among other historic pis’o’s shots is that by wliich • (-Lionel Richard M. John-on slew Teenmseh at the. battle ot tfio Thames. The most fearful n u 1 It u-- rible of all pistol tragedies w.'S tlur death of Lincoln, the most rtbtiiv- guished man that ever died by such a weapon. The next in point <-f dis¬ tinction was A1 xaudtT Ha mi Hon. The derivation of tile m 'tod weapons lias some interesting point-a Cannon is from cuima, which in tlm Latin nnans a tube; musket h from tliu Spanish moscheto—evi bnlly r«f.-ring to tile sound of the hail and its wound Rifle is derived from r..pin (Latin) or rip,” meaning n ripped or grooved | s , tl f., c . Ai'tilloiy is derived from ■ art, it tlic ,, ... highest art of d since is i tucti , >n, and vot the whiskey Imttl.i i Inis , proved , much . inoie des'-ruetfve ti onr race. „„ The devil’s , ... artillery is a - j,,' ways doiim ”js its woi k of * ’el! *' \ '' Ill !!’j* <it ut ■'mflivl'^ 0 ' 0 ' *'' ' ° Paying a Debt. The Committee on Harmony of the Lime-Kiln Glut’, re; o:ted that the L : rne Kiln (Tub was at Peace and bar- monv-with ( vorv gov rurnem on eiirth except Greece, a id with every o 0r /atioii aid association iu Amwit «x- -pt the C-ncord .School , i Vhiloao M j >y> j> v „j, w dm o mvt Ywentv-foer c -mmit to had taflgn anti m iu J jn . t . im . 8 w „ m> of t dul) had differed i;i < pi,foil, and the oaiv ca e 1 -ft was that o! Whalebone How- l.er vs Cay Bank Tyler. “Wliat am dat cm e?” softly inquired the President. It was explained that Brother How- ker had won an • lection bet of Brother Tyior but that tho latter refused to square up- He was asked to stand tip, aU( l "hen lie was on his feet Biotin v Gardner Said; “Brudder Tyler, did you bet a new hat dat ile Republicans would carry New York by a millyou majority?” “Yes, sah.” “Has you jvaid dat bet yit?” “No, sir.’’ “Was you waitin’ fur anythin’ in Pjfrtickler to happen befo’ you paid dat bet?” “No, sab.” “ I)cn J ou had bettei ‘ sett,G c1e mnt ’ ter befo’ do upx’ meetin’ oecures. A man who am fool miff to bet on lecli- slitius should 'be idiot miff to pay what h ■ loses .”—Detroit Free Press. { • «£> • Some time ago a rich old man who was dying, sent in g eat haste for the editor “ f i]li « P a l» r - The editor knew that the old man had no family or rotations inns ■<!, ;ts he went along, o v ”' Ui” P'obabilify of a large inlieri- “I’m glad you come,” said the old man in a deathly whisper. “Como closer.” The editor approached, ‘Von know I have woiked hard and t!mt I have earned every cent I have &>t. Sometime ago, you rem mber, L subscribed for your pap -r for six months. Th- re is ju-tone more umu- bei due m", aud as I am dying aad can’t wait till your u.-xt issue comes out, just give me a nickle and we’li call it squar o.~Arkansas Traveller. Girl-, if there is ore thing more than another that holds the young men of our day back from mafrimoui- «*1 ventn.es it iu the disheartening spectacle so often presented them of their dear papa and mama walking in- to church glorified respectively by a ^ aml . S30 ^ That’s w i, a t tC ares the boys .—Burdette There are between Tod and 800 pio- of 'fr" whom are Ameuc.ins, iney are of every age. from children of six to men and women of sixty.