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that the farmers are getting more deeply in debt ever/ year. Are the protected monopolies ami trusts getting poorei? O. course not. One if the benefiJatits of the proUet ed system bas just made a tcurtbnngh England and 8 otland in a coach with Mr. Blaine. He came to this coantry a penniless youth, and now he is re ported to be worth $lO 000,000 Of course his ability o bled him to tu'n the conditions which he found existing here to good account hut who cm say that his great for.uue is not due, mail - ly, to the protective system? He is but one ot thousands who have got the lull benefit of the home marke‘, about which the protectionists talk so ninch. and the fainier, with h : s mortgaged farm, is one of hui and eds of thousands to whom the ome market is ad Jut ion [SrvanaS N^wh The Randolpn Uourty Aligator. •Jutt listen and hear what happened a few days ago, four or five miles from Cuihbert, ou Pachitla Creek. A man set biw out a gill net in the creek, some thirty or for'y yaids, to catch fish one editing, and on going to it next morning, be fouudone stake mis itg. Going to the other stake ho pull ed it np and discovered a large alliga tor, as he though' tang’ei in the net. Not ro, the net was tangled in him. He had swallowed net, fish and all just leaving a hand hoUl at one end He led him to the bank and began '<■ frail him over 'he head for his mi scon duct, when the ‘gator’ began to get siok at the stomach, and commenced vomiting, and such a time ot vomit ing you never heart! of Ho threw np lire net, fish, and ihen bid his aorapan ion good bye. The net o' ly had about ten p O'd- of fish in it. A Ghost that Walks the Highway. The following ghost i-toiy c-me* t<> us well autheu icated. e,u 1 we presume it to be correct in every par'icnlur. Not long since Dr J. D. Ke chor sid was diiving along the public road leading from Carnesyille to T ooh near the residence of Brunt ithkrw. when he saw a woman in the road coming meeting him. tie observed that she was dressed in white, wiih a black body Or waist, and b'ack hat As she drew near he noticed that she came straight forwaidand did not turn aside to avoid his team and bugtry. He called out to his Colon d dri'er to turn aside, which he did a*d rs the woman reached (ho side of his the docor spoke to her and she imme diately vanished into nothingness Supposing himself to have been the victim of an optical illusion, he asked the driver it he saw a woman, and up* on receiving an affirmaiive answer, he asked the dii v er to describe her appear ance and dress, which he did most ac oura ely. Now, if either the doctor < r driver alone, tad seen the woman in whilo, the mysieiy could lave been easily explained, as one of the opti*a illusions ot frequent occurrence with many persons, and wh ch may occur with any one. But since it was seen by both, and instan'm e >ndy vanished from the sight of each, it may be set down as a spectre of unusual inter*at, and one that our philosophy does not ftccout t for.—[Franklin Register. A peculiar case ot sponlaueons com lustion happened riceutly in vietorD, British Ctlumliu A u c chant named Gird* n was in bio office one night whin a fii.me l.oke out in amulet part of the premises, lie rusl e 1 Cvir to the place tnd found ti at an oidina ry vulvan'zed rubber >iig which ha*t tern brongi t up 'nun t ecellar durir g die day aut' plated' nan empty cracker box. had taken fire, li wa- <pii e ah r e ami the only ter ado the iy <d the comhesti* u was that it was spt nt n ecus. Toe mos rein *rkab e art's to p' • duction of the (1 belios Tapes;ry Mhi a factory of France, dm ing the ie'g a of Charles X and Louis Philippe, w*s the reprodnetion of the “Lite ol Marie de Medici 1 ' the < riginaL of which painted by Rubins, are in the Mos-urn of the Louvre. Tnitt banging, which decorat'd the palace of St. Cloud, wa' fortunately p’esei v . and w hen Paris wa' 1 besieged in 1870 Since that time tb looms of tho Gobelins nimCu’actory have been almost entirely employed in reproductions of the great Italian mas tern. An animal having a h ad and ft 0 iet like a ?q rnel and hind fe< t h e a coon his been kiile 1 near Angina, Ivy 8. y oel hooters of tha' sect’on, w 1 en shown the ca caes, declared that they ha ! not se< j n ir bt fore At a rJ gioiß u e ti g tu prrJand, M an E iglishtnan lot the services, a F eiu liman offered prayer, an liish* man conducted the singing aud a Russian was the leading speaker E"<‘ v u. of tl t* Hi -ke t-'indy at C 1 <•- Oi o who !m died in the Us e 'v wars h is dreamed of fall ntj int-* a v- lt ah u two we*ks t efo'e dea h cor e The MivOr .l a miltoc ality in K-iioas apf oin ed a Cos y Marshal v. 1 1 m the Countil didn't *> ant and tie later, tr g t e'en, fixed tie Marsha. ' salary at ,$1 per month. The faitr> e nt a Mew Voik firm caused by the negligence of the ofi’i ’ i>v to post a lefer. He stopped to play a game o' mu hies A New Yorker is ahum to establish a bsrlei's shop in London on the luxurious principles of America. Bets}, a perloirniug elephant brought to this country by Bainuo, and known to le over 96 years old, died ile other day in the street, in Jiie - mend, va The grace ot v tie admiral was created for Far’agut, in which office he was confirmed December 24 1864 aid n Jilyis 1866 congiess again cuated a higher ofi c t at of a’mira', and confeired it upon hina. The Greatest of the Three, When the Czar A xauder visirrd Wilhelm et Emsthev u ed to sit do ■ in the Brim en j tom na le and chat io gether. A* soon as it became known that the two great etnperoiß could • so easily seen, the p r 'm' n i bee une quickly crowded. T*e enr was trou > led and irritated by . e public ouriosi ty, and wished o move away, but the kaiser never felt any diVaate for the loyal swarming ot t oirmaa people Power & Gunnels, f Harmony Grove, Georgia. DEALERS IN Plantation Supplies. We Keep in stock a fu'l supply of go..d and f'r sh gn'.ds We can tot be strip (Quality and Durability. We buy at lowest nr rket figures; we defy n pric s. We want only a living pro*it on cur laics. We lo not Vanderbi'ts, nor do vee w h to arrmuulate their fortunes. We are a full supply of our Gusto mors every day wants. foovtl;, yJvs'y, Produce Taken in Exchange at Highest Market priooe. Athens Music House, 114 Clayton Street, Next Door to Poetoftice, Athens, Georgia. _ Hasslton & Dozier, Proprietors, IGeps •y< on band the oest makes of BBBy Pianos, Organs, Guitars VIOLINS AND BANJOS A alt kinds of Musical Instruments at the very lowest prices for Cash, or <>n ' i* Installment plan. VYr Men guranteecn ail iusrurnents sold Special reduced rates to church s at and Sunday sc h* )Ols. Pic'uns and Pic'nre Frames a ei >1 y. Ail sizes and styles of Frames rn. de to order at short r.o‘ice. Buy from us and save agen's’ commiss ons. H> Consult Your Interests by Buying Your Drugs And Medicines FROM WADE & SLEDGE, Athens, Ga. We sell at the lowest possible pi ice, aid gmautee every article to le aln© lutely Pur**. Orders by Mail will receive prompt attention. R-m< tuber the name and place.—WADE & SLEDGE, Druggists and Pharmceists. Between Hodgson Bros., an 1 Talinadge Bros,, Clayton Street. 16,