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A Hornet’a Nest in a Clock.
C. F. Klene, a jeweler in San An
tonio, Texas, has a very great cariosi
ty in the shape of & small round clock,
stick as -are sold gene-eiiy for abont
two dollars, containing a hornet’s nest.
A young man brought it to him say
ing hie mother had had it fixed only a
f*w weeks befoie and it wouldn't work.
•When Mr. ILleine oatue to open the
cloak, whit wan bis astonishment to
find a beautifully constructed wasp’s
aest, or mud-throwers, as they are call
ad thereabouts. So pleased was he
with the novel sight that ha gave the
yonrg man anew dock for the old
one and had the onrioeity photograph
ed. The industrious little animals en
tered throcgh the bole in the top of
the clock, where the hammer of the
alarm works, and proceeded to m ike
themselves at home.—[New York
Graphic.
Tea Drinking and tbe Teeth.
Some years since, when on duty at
rseruiting stations in the north of Eng
land, i took observation ca the great
rmovotof disease and loss of the teeth
existing among the elass of men ofifer
iig themselves. It became a cause of
rejection of itself in great numbers.
As far aw inquiries went I waa led to
trace it to the excessive tea drinking
indulged in by the working classes in
tbe manufacturing towns, and thia
vent on all through the day, whether
with iood or not. In fact, instead of
o a slock tea being the invention of
the tipper classes, it was found to ex
ist to &o injurious extent in the work-,
ing classes long netore that time. Tea
serpus to htv a peculiar teudwacy to
cause hypeieetnitt in the tooth sacs,
leading to and, eventu
al ly t abscess of tha fang, with, ot
coarse, dea.ralgi* at every stage.
Whether this special tendency was due
to iheine or tannin having an elective
affinity for dentine it is Hoc possible
for me to eay. It would be carioo*
to know it medical uien, practicing in
such manufacturing districts, bad ob
weired tbe deterioration of teeth to be
coincident with tea drinking.
Lola in Aims,
Sunday morning it was cireulaied ia
Lula iba* two brothers, the names we
could not learn, had committed an uu
nsu’ubla crime upon a lady living near
Lula. The circumstances we could not
but it is kDownthat the crime was
committed in a most horrible manner.
Conductor Bench of the Northeastern
freight train, eay* that Ms cars were
surrounded by a mob armed with guns,
pistole and knives who searched the
whole train lor the guilty parties.
One was caught shortly afterwards,
*ad ie now in Gainesville. His name
,3 Giles. Tbe country ie being eoour
el for the other, and if he can be
caught, justice will be meted oat swift
y. Ail the parties are white. Some
of the men employed on the Northeast
ern, while lying over al Lula, took a
fl *nd in the hunt. —\ Athena Graphic.
Later:—Gainesville, duly -”Tbe
dime published a?, occurring near Lq.
i*, is doubtless soaiowhat magnified.
However, there is *on e foundation for
it, auci the matter will be iy iuresti
gated oa Monday next at 10 o’olock
Messrs. George Roberts and Will
Gitas are confined in Hall count) jail,
awaiting the preliminary tria : . The
orime was alleged to have taken pUoe
on Wednesday last, but the warrant
was not sworn out until Saturday. The
wornsn is in a frail condition She is
about twenty one years of age.
A Tropical Spider Web.
Dr. Oswald describee in uie Sam
merlsad Sketches some a..usually
strong webs which he eame aoroaa in
the woods of Central America. Tbe
Tovreys pinea swarmed with a Email
and short-tailed variety of the genns
Pams (tomtits,) and on the samst ees
be noticed son oral bird-spider rats.
One of those, say* Dr. Oswald, had a
diameter of more than six feet, with
ont including the long brace thread*
that ran out like foreataya to tbe ex
iremity of the surrounding branches
To judge from the tenacity of their
filament®, I should think that they
would make a good substitute for
coare* silk. I had no means of meas
uring the *trength of the single threads,
but I found that tbe main body of the
wsb stopped a number of wild lemons,
about the siie of a pigeon egg, which
I flung against tbe centre with all rav
might, and from a distance of hardly
fifteen yards. The animal, itaelf, has
a peculiar talent for keeping out of
sight. I remember that I once raw.
mag?d for half au hour around a leaf
less cataipn bush, before I detected ihe
eigig legged weaver that had nearly
covered the tree with hie Tiscid tissue*),
Morphine Instead ot Quinine.
Augusta, Gi . July 24 - A remark
able ease of wholesale poisoning bss
come to l : ght to day. The riotiras
wen- teacher sad pupils ot the
“Haines Normal and Industrial insti
r t*te, a negro school ia this city. It is
a boarding school, arid during the regm
lar 6oh ol term hat 325 pupils euroll
p<! Daring this vacation there are on
ly e few who remain through tho sum
mor months. There were several oa*
os of sickness in the school, and as a
prevent*tiv the attending phfsioian.
Dr A H. Baker, directed the princi
pal to give the ohildren a quinine cap
eule every morning,
This has been done for some time
past. Sunday morning tbe supply of
quinine being exhausted, oae of the
teachers wae dis*p:oh*d to King’s
Bell tower drug store for new supply.
The qniaino was weighed out, placed
in a vial and labelled by the clerk and
delivered to the customer. When c<r
ried back to the school the drug was
put in capsules by the principal and
given to the children and one teacher.
lu a short time they showed peon
liar symptoms of languor and drowsi
ness, and soon it became apparent to
the principal that some patent drug
had been taken and the children were
poisoned.
How many victims there were cannot
be stated accurately. Dr. Baker i
out of the city to day, and the school
teachers refuse to give information for
publication. The number varies from
four to twenty in the best statements
obtainable- The drug was morphine,
and for a few hours there was the great
est ezoitement, ac the scholars suc
cumbed to its influence. Heroic meas
ures and the free use of the stomach
pump brought all of them through
safely, and there is no danger now <x*
oept in the case of one who was aick
with fever when the poison was admin
istered, and was greatly exhausted by
the severe remedies.
) The clerk who sold the drug claims
I that he sold quinine, but he has been
discharged by bis employer.
FEES TO ALL.
Call at the Store of General Mer
chandise & Plantation Supplies,'
Dry Goods, Notions*
"sQ<x\ durt/wc, sSeto
Flour and Meat, Sugar and Coffee, for Cash, or Country Produce
Taken in Exchange at Highest Market Price.
W, C. J. GARRISON, Homer, Georgia.
Cheap 0 ash Store,
“IWwka-,
General Merchandise & Plantation
SUPPLIES, DRY GOODS&NOTIONS.
Keep on hand a full stock of Groceries, Flour, Meal. Meat, Sugars,
Coffees, Teas, Molases, Tobacco and Cigars. Country Produce Taken
in Exchange at Highest Market Price. When in town cab in.
Notions and Groceries*
J. E. STEPHENS, HOMER, GA.
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A Nice Line of Confectioneries,
QyovAvcte, 3cho.cc© o.u,a
Gjsittiry Produce Taken in Sxohtttg# at Mark*; pri*d.