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A. I. HAINES & CO. Proprietors. VOL. I. RATES OF ADVERTISING. One sq’r, first insertion $ 1 00 Each subsequent insertion 50 8 sq’rs one mouth 4 00 3 sq'rs six months 12 50 8 sq’rs one year 20 00 One column, one year 120 00 One column, six month TO 00 For a greater or less space the same pro¬ portion. LEGAL ADVKUTISINC. In accordance with the act of the inserted Legis¬ lature, legal advertisements will be In the Recorder at the following rates, payable strictly in advance: For each 100 words 75 cents for each in¬ sertion for the first four insertions; for each subsequent insertion 35 cents for each 100 words. No advertisement considered less than 100 words. We solicit Communication* on all sulgect* of general or local interest if authenticated by the name of the writer. All Correspond*nee should he addressed, Recorder, Wrightscille, Georgia. E3F 1 MV do not hold oursdees responsible for the opinions expressed hg Correspondents. mUTCS lHlb U Arijll A TVCD may (j be found on file at a KO p Rowell & Co s Newspaper Advertising Bureau (10 Spruce Street), where advertising contracts may be made for it In New York. The Recorder Is Registered at the l’ost Office in Wrightsville as Second Class Matter. Remarkable and Valuable Diseov cry# It has always been easy for house wives who are troubled with rats to poison them, but the problem has been to induce them to die upon the field of honor, so to speak-to-wit, the kitchen floor. They have us.. ally preferred to retire to thei. inac cessible retreats in the wall as soon as they have felt the symptoms of arsenical poisoning, and the low state of sanitary science prevailing in their communities is such thal poisoned rats are never buried or in cinerated by their associates. The prohlem has been how to kill tiu . rafs without bringing unpleasant odors in the house. Mrs. Benedict has solved the ditli culty and is entitled to the honor we give to an inventor and benefactor. Shu was engaged it appears, in the d nncstic maiiufai turn of pla tor casts of various kinds. Complaint having been made of the fragility of these waves, Mrs. Benedict began a course of experiments with the hope of giving durability to his casts. One of her devices was to mix wheaten Hour with her pulverized plaster of Paris so that the gluten of the flour might make the paste less brittle. One evening she had visitors, who rang the door bell just as she was sifting the mixed plaster and flour for the third time by way of mixing them intimately, as the chemists would say. She had already set a dish of water at hand, intending to make a cast at once, and when the door hell rang, she hastily removed her apron and went to welcome her guests, leaving her materials upon the kitchen floor. The guests stayed until late lied time and then they hid her adieu, Mrs. Benedict went to bed without returning to the kitchen. What happened in the night was this: A rat, sniffing the Odor of flour, made up the legs of the table to the top, where he was speedily joined by other foragers—his breth¬ ren. The dislt of flour and plaster was easily reached, and the rats ate freely and hastily of it, as it is their custom to do. It was rather a dry supper, and water being at hand, each rat turned from the savory dish of flour and plaster to slake his thirst with watt*. Everybody who has had to do with plaster of Paris will guess at once what happened. The water drank first wetted the plaster in the rats’ stomachs, and then, in technical phrase, “set” i f ; that is to say, the plaster thus made into paste instantly grew hard in each rats’ stomach, making a cast of its convo¬ lutions. The event proved that, with such a cast in existence, it impossible for a rat to retreat even across a kitchen. The next morning thirteen of them lav dead in a circle around the water dish. Mrs. Benedict, like a wise woman, kept her secret and made profit of it. She undertook, for a A dt Y A W 3 : Eec0nkr 4 V WRIGHTSVILLE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1880. consideration, to clear the premises of her neighbors of the pests, and succeeded. It was not long before the town was as free from this sort of vermin as if the pied piper of Hamel in had traveled that way. Then Airs. Benedict advertised for agents to work up the business throughout the country, soiling each the secret for a fair price .—JVeir York Evening Poet. ---1 i tm > »- She Beat the Conductors. The Chatanooga Times states that a few days ago, a young lady hoard¬ ed the train at Nashville bound for that city. She was attractive in person, and well dressed. When the conductor approached her for her ticket, her face assumed a mourn¬ ful expression, her eyes became suffused with tears, and mid her sobs she succeeded in showing the con¬ ductor by signs, that she was a mute, a poor, destitute, orphan girl, seek¬ ing friends in East Tennessee. Her sad talcMwokc a chord of sympathy in the tender breast of the conduc¬ tor, and she was allowed to remain on the train. Soon after her arrival in Chat¬ tanooga * Marshal Lowry learned that a dwt itute rt e af and dumb girl ° was 1,1 the eit >' an<1 ^ siml transporta nonto Philadelphia, Tonn., wl.cfc claimwl to have friemls - The Lind marslial sought out the young la,1 v ’ 3,1,1 b v s, S na » Hotos aud othal " - . Wls, “ 8,10 800,1 convinced the marshal ot tlu * U " th ,,f 1,w sto, T- He was 1,kevv,se raovwl a,,<1 m "Z ht con ,1,u lor ,,f tl,c E ’ T - train andrepeat ‘”1 to him the young g.rl’s mournful ,al< ’ wInch touched hi... so that be ^ed to take the girl to her.destin ,l,ll “ l - Slu ‘ k, ‘l ,t a rc 1 s,,l,,,,iss - >'e attg.ide during the trip, appear utti il\ oblivious <>l all sounds, and looking as deaf as a post and as dumb as a t oyster. When the train reached Philadel¬ phia, East Tennessee, tne young lady arose, a smile overspread her fea¬ tures, and advancing to tin* conduc¬ tor, she spoke to him a few words of thanks for his kindness, wishing him a farewell leaped lightly from the cars, where she was quickly join¬ ed by a young man, who had, to all appearance, been expecting her. The young man took the arm of the “mute” (who oguld hear and talk), and toge’.her they procured a marriage license, and in a few mo¬ ments were married. The young lad v is the daughter of respectable parents of Springfield, Ill. She ran away from home to marry the young Philadelphian, who is a school teacher. In hurry to leave, she forgot to procure travel¬ ing expenses, and “heat” her way by the “deaf and dumb racket.” •-----* <#>> ■—-— lee for Teething Children. The New York San has the fol¬ lowing bit of good news for worried mothers and tortured babies : “The pain of teething may lie almost done away with, and the health of the child benefitted, by giving fine splinters of ice, picked off with a pin to melt in its mouth. The frag¬ ment so a drop of warm water before it can be swallowed, and the child has all the coolness for its feverish gums with¬ out the slightest injury. The avi¬ dity with which the little things taste the cooling morsel ; the instant quiet which succeeds hours of fear fnlness, and the sleep which follows the relief, are the best witnesses to this magic remedy. Ice may he fed to a three months’ child this way, each splinter being no larger than a common pin, for five or ten min¬ utes, tlic result being that it has swallowed in that time a teaspoon¬ ful of warm water, which, so far from being a harm, is good for it, and the process may he repeated hourly as often as the fretting fits from teething begin,” •------- A Model husband in Deleware thrashed his wife fearfully because their baby didn’t get the prize »t the baby show, and wound up by offer¬ ing to swap the baby for a pig. “ SCIEXCE AXl) RELlGtOX; THE GVARhIAXS OF LIBERTY," Scolding—Wliat Is the Use? A friend who had spent a couple of months in the family of an ac¬ quaintance, assured me that the husband brought nothing into the house during that time that the wife did not find fault with. The muslin would he too light or too coarse; the calico too plain or too large figured; brooms too heavy; shirting too wide striped or too narrow; shoes too big, or expensive; the flour was poor and the sugar was damp; the firewood was too short, or too long, or fine, or large; the blacking would not polish the stove, and the soap would not clean the paint! Is it strange that as years have passed he tired of constant fretting, and now allows his wife not only to order but to carry home the family provisions, while he scolds over the prices? . Of course she frets now more than ever, for the shopmen cheat and her husband neglects her. The entire family are made miserable, and her husband who, witli a kind diplomacy, would have made an excellent man, is grow¬ ing more and more reckless. I wonder if any one beside myself can gain a moral from this? I be¬ lieve if there is any one thing more than another that will discourage, it is constant scolding. Of course lives and judgment are often amiss, but we need not pour out a torrent of hitter words to show our disapproval. A smile and a kiss and—“I’m sorry to speak of it, dear, hut this isn’t just what I want; can you not alter it a little without much trouble?”— will go farther than any amount of scolding.— (kmntri/ Gentleman. ---- i^i —— A Toilet Display fur Revenge. A couple of weeks ago a little wo¬ man and two children made their ap¬ pearance at the Grand Central, in Tahoe-city, Lake Bigler. The wo¬ man was plainly dressed and so were both of her children. They were not taken much more notice of, and no one cared to make the acquaint¬ ance of the modest little lady in plain clothes. Then the woman*who saw herself snubbed every day, got her dander up and sent down to San Francisco for the balance of her clothes and likewise the children’s. They came. Next morning she ap¬ peared at the breakfast table with a toilet from Worth,and Iter diamonds dazzled everybody. “Oh, good morning, Mrs. Smith,” came from all sides. But this was only the beginning of .the toilet boom. At lunch she was simply magnificent, and at din¬ ner overpowering. She had nine Saratoga trunks to draw from, and her little daughter’s evening dress created a regular furore. Now came her term to put on airs. She simply treated everbody with the coolest kind of politeness. Of course she was'civil,hut didn’t overdo cordiality to any extent. After overwhelming the place a few days with an aval¬ anche of style, she sent them back to San Francisco and resumed her plain $25 suit.— Car non (Nie.v.) Appeal. Tun Woman* in Red. —A woman in red was seen at Coney Island by a fashion correspondent, who furn¬ ishes the following description: She was outwardly clothed in red from top to toe—from her red plumed hat to her red leather slippers. The ma¬ terial of her costume was velvet and satin in the main, and the color throughout was a bright scarlet, which glowed and glistened in the sun like a big live coal. Her slip¬ pers were low, showing red silk stockings of the finest texture; her jewelry was red carved ivory; her gloves were red, too; not a glimpse of anything hut red could he caught about her except her face, neck, and hair. A gentleman was complimenting a pretty young lady in the pres¬ ence of his wife, “It’s lucky I didn’t meet Miss Hopkins before I married you my dear,” “Well yes it is ex¬ tremely—for hpr,” was the dry re¬ joinder, W. A. TOMPKINS, New Palace Wholesale House OF NUSSBAUM & DANNENBERg, MACON, GEORGIA. IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN Dry Goods, Notions, Clothing. Boots, Shoes. Hats, TRUNKS, VALISES, ETC. We offer great inducements in our various Departments, and ask a fair trial to convince you that your wants will be most reasonable supplies at our MAMMOTH ESTABLISHMENT. 25?* Give ns a call or send your orders, which shall have our careful at¬ tention. NAUSSBAUM & DANNENBERG. aug28-tf ROBT. II. MAY. A. It. GOODYEAR JAS. T. MAY, S. S. PARMELEE. ROBERT H. MAY & CO. y —MANUFACTURERS OF AND DEALERS IN— Buggies,Carriages, Wagons 9 Children’s Carriages, Saddles, Harness, Whips, Trunks, Valises, Leather and Shoe findings REPOSITORIES = 208 Broad Street, Augusta. I 16 and I 18 Cherry Street, m Macon. aug28-(Jm G. ECKSTEIN & CO., Wholesale Dry Goods, Notions, Etc A, Corner WHITAKER and CONGRESS Streets, GEORGIA. Agents Athens Mf'g. Co.’s Cheeks and Yarns. Agents for Keep Mf'g. Co.’s SHIRTS, COLLARS and CUFFS. CSV Orders executed with cure and dispatch. G. Eckstein Co., aug7-6m Savanuali 7 <3-a. TIISLiT, 6R9. & CO. j WHOLESALE GROCERS 9 MACOI-f, GEORGIA., Respectfully solicits the paironage of all parties in need of Provisions, groceries and Tobacco. -)o( They Guarantee the LOWEST MARKET PUK ES, M The quality of Goods as represented. Satisfac¬ tion or no Trade. my22-tf = WHOLESALE HOUSE. A. EINSTEIN’S SONS ’ —MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS IN— BOOTS, SHOES ANI) HATS, 153 Congress Street, GIVE US A CALL OR SEND US YOUR ORDERS. RESPECTFULLY, or Office 81 Peurl Street. 11. HITCH'S SOUS, Boston, Mass. mv22-iv Savannah, Georgia. NO. 17. The Atlanta Constitution. Haring the coming year—a year that will witness the progress and culmination of the most interesting political contest that has ever taken place in this country— every citizen and every thoughtful person will be compelled to rely upon the news¬ papers for information, liliy not get the best? Abroad the Constitution is recog¬ nized, referred to and quoted from as the leading Southern journal—as the organ and vehicle of the best Southern thought and opinion—and at home its columns are con¬ sulted for the latest news, the freshest comment, and for all matters of special and current interest. The Constitution contains more and later telegraphic news than any other Georgia paper, and this particular feature will he largely added to during the coming year. All its facilities for gathering the latest news from all parts of the country will be enlarged and sup¬ plemented, The Constitution is both chronicler and commentator. Its editorial opinions, its contributions to the drift of discussion, its humorous and satrical para¬ graphs, are copied from one end of the country to the other. It aims always to he the brightest and the best—newsy, orig¬ inal and piquant. It aims particularly to give the news impartially and fully, and to keep its readers informed of the drift of current discussion by liberal but concise quotations from all its contemporaries. It aims, in short, to more than ever deserve to he known as “the leading Southern newspaper.” contribute Bill Bill Arp Arp will will continue continue to to bis unique letters, which grow in sovory humor week by week. “Old Si” will add bis quaint fun to the collection of good things, and “Uncle Remus” has in illustrating preparation a series of negro myth legends, the folk-lore of the old planta¬ tion. In every respect the Constitution for 1880 will be better than ever. The IFkkkly Constitution is a careful¬ ly edited compendium of the news of tho week, and contains the best and freshest matter to he found in any other weekly from a daily office. Its news and miscella¬ neous contents are the freshest and its market reports the latest. The Southern Cultivator. —This, the best, the most reliable and most popular of Southern agricultural journals is issued from the printing establishment of the Con¬ stitution. It is still edited by Mr. M r . j, Jones, and is devoted to the best interests of the farmers of the South. It is sent at reduced rates with the weekly edition of the Constitution. Terms ok Suiischiution:— Daily Con¬ stitution, months $2.50; $10 a M year, eekly six Constitution months $5j three six months $1, clubs $1.50 year, of 10 $12.50 a year, clubs of 20, $20 a year; Southern Cultivator $1.50 a year, chilis of 10, $12.50 a year, chibs of 20, $20 a year; Meekly Constitution and Cultivator to some address $2.50 for one year. Address, The Constitution, Atlanta, Ga. John C. VanSycicel&Co., WIlol.KSAl.K AN1) RETAIL DEALERS IN Crockery, Glass-Ware, House Furnishing GOODS, Tin-Plate, Stoves, Hardware, Etc. manufacturers ---OF-- i inware, No. 116 Third Street, MACON, GA. aug28-tf W. B.MELL&CO, WHOLESALE AND IIKTAII, DEALERS IN Saddles, Bridles,Harness Rubber and Leather BELTING & PACKING French and American Calf Skins. Sole, Harness, Bridle, and Patent Leather, WHIPS and SADDLERY WARE Trunks, Yalises. Market Square, Savannah, Ga. Orders by mail promptly attended to, augMy