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Ms. Tilden's tailor bill averages
|3,000 a year.
Gerster likes garlicky and onion
seasoned dishes.
Sitting 801 l is leading a quiet
life with bis foils, at Randall, Da
kota.
Bill Astor with Ida trillions
was defeated *“ Me* Vork. The
country irt safe.
*—'t' Corkhill and
andMr 8/Mlte ooti'.irwe m quar
rel over the vagabond Gitteau.
Shades of Moses ! The plea is
set up that the prosecution of Flip
per is persecution.
President Arthur appointed
tbe 24th instant as a day of nation
al thanksgiving. Turkey mer
chants take notice.
Water is always willing to com
promise, but it gets Insubordinate
the moment you begin to temporize
—-Mltfldt. See our streets after a
heavy reiki
A newbfapeV uwrrespondent was
mistaken by a prominent man for
a preacher the other step. This
should teach correspondents not to
be flirting with every woman they
ndeet.
Staub robbers are in demand .in
In fact, they are held in
high esteem chat the Stale
Mp.j.jrt, the other day, to board one
fa for ninety nine years.
,o " ra i» w y er of * otne
■■actiee k now serving as l-c-in-
fireman on the Chicago, Bur-
and Quincy Railroad, and
BWphys cian of twelve years' prae
" cure io rtlimg a* freight ooaduotor
or the same road.
wcvLu* of » (Jf.loagA fun oral
says that the burial caske. “was
made te conform as far as possible
with ths oomfort* the occupant was
■aont'to sarround himielf with ia
the Lome he has left."
The Board of Examiners for the
appointment to West Point for the
Second Georgia Distriet, Nev* con
cluded ihelr laliors and will recom -
mend to Mr. Turner’s favorable con
sideration Mr. B. 11 Sheffield, of
Early county—alternate, Mr. W. L.
Taylor, of Tno mas county.
Thb Columbus Times says: Gold
hunters in upper Georgia are pre.
paring to dredge the bed of the
river for the gold that is supposed
to be lying loose around beneath
the waters. When they tu-n the
current of the river to A l l anta by
the canal, there is no tell'ng wbat
oodles of wealth may bo exposed.
A Pennsylvania cigar-maker
has committed suicide. A c-.se of
conscience, probably. Os course
ho professed <o make anil sell the
best five oent cigar In town, wnich
is another insranoe of the universal
truth that there’s nothing like leath
er—a substance from which the best
five cent cigar in town are invaria
bly concocted.
One cent per mile on the Con-
OjElllue of roads will poor a living
stream of humanity into Atlanta,
and we will remark parenthetically
that the road will mi ke money even
at that rale. Railroads should en
courage the habit of trovel over
their lines. It doesn’t cost any
mere to haul five hundred people
than it does flfly.
Edison, the great inventor, is
very deaf. He says of himself:
“I have never heard the voice of my
mventipns (the telephone and pho
nograph) ; I am like an artist who
draws in the darkness; but I know
the principle and the results have
got to come out right.” This was
the sad case of Beethoven, the great
musician.
Seven years ago General Gar
field wrote in a young clerk’s auto
graph album in Washington: “It
is strange to think that a little l>ook
like this will outlive all those whose
names may be written in it. In
this the book is a symbol of friend
ship which can survive the chances
and changes of life, and even life
itself. I take pleasure in testifying
to my friendship for you, and ex
pressing the hope that you may be
as happy in life as you deserve to
be, and this Is saying a great deal.”
SBBMIWwiWRMfc
I 7 ~ ' fiutci Bmoci y, Da. Atianu. * < "
THE FASHION IN FEET.
It is not recorded that Eve was
vain of her pretty feet, and yet she
must hare been, or how did her
daughters inherit such a tendency ?
From time immemorial, women
have lieen proverbia’ for their at
tention to the fool as a thing to lie
admired; and men, naturally, have
indulged them in it, and helped to
stimulate their vanity with ail sorts
of neat compliments. A curious
chapter might be compiled from the
literature which thie<one topic has
inspired. The novelists, the poets,
the courtiers, of all ages have cele
brated the feminine glory of feet—
not always sensible, perhaps, nor in
the best of taste, but still without
offense to the fair owners. We
shall not err much, we Chink, to
say that the record of observations
in this behalf—“footprints on the
sands of time” so to s|>eak—would
All a volume as bulky as Webster’s
Unabridged. The wonder is that
so much could be found to say
about what, after all, is sojoommon
place and mattev-of-Cvurse.
Our purpose does not lead in the
direction of quoting any of this
plentiful stock of sentiment. We
tefer to it merely byway of saying
that foot-worship is not yet obso
lete. In fact, it is asseited that
lovely woman ia Just now more
mindful than ever befo.e of her ter
minations. The prevailing style of
short dresses has something to do
with it, we may guess; but it is al
so true, the sboemake-s assure us,
that a pretty loot is much doted
upon per se, and in an tesihelic
sense, as one cultivates flowers and
collects <-ld china. A story is cur
rent of a Cinderella who recently
caught a husband by having her
aiioes exposed aa a sample in a,
shop jrindow, and now, the dealnr |
Mj s, bis virgin cUßomer* all offer"
to lend hlta shoes for s’gos. The
handsomest fleet are said Vo be.
found among the ladles of New '
Orleans, where smallness and deli- 1
cate plumpness are the rule; the ;
nomellest ones, of course, are found '
in Chicago, where the average feet
resemble raisin-boxes. It ia no
uncommon thing, we are teld, for
New York belles to have plaster
caste made of their well turned feet
for bed-room ornamen ts ; and we
have heard of a Boston a.tist who
inaugurated a fashion of photo
graphing pretty feet in that cultur
ed city, and had quite a run of cus
tom until the task es adjusting the
dainty objects so that they might
be taken with “a proper perspective
of handle,” as he called it, made
such a confusion in his mind ;bat
his wife thought be had better sell
out and move to Kansas.
The standard test of prettiness in
feet, we need not sav, relates almost
entirely to size. At least it is bard
to persuade tne feminine judgment
that a foot may be shapely without
being diminutive. This rule did
not always obtain, and it is far
from certain that the canons of art,
even in these meretricious days,
justify such a limitation. The
Greeks, we know, had a different
view. Their sculptors taught that
the length of the foot should not,
far beauty’s sake, be less than one
sixth of the length of the body ;
and we mav be sure that their wo
men never tried to squeeze a num
ber-six foot into a number-four shoe.
Homer disdains to tell us the size
of the foot with which Helen tempt,
ed Paris; but it is safe to infe
that her sanda! was not too small
for the Venus de Medici, whose foot
measured nine and three-tenths
inches. We suspect that Cleopatra
had a foot of ample dimensions,
(bough it must have been pretty,
too. None of Sbakspeare’s ideal
heroines were celebrated for little
feet, and yet they knew how to be
handsome in all sorts of raiment.
The idea of praising a foot for its
smallness, without regard to the
size of the body, appears to be oj
modern origin. We are privi
ledged to doubt, indeed If it really
antedates the recollection of the
oldest inhabitant. Certainly it was
not operative a hundred years ago,
for our own Martha Washington
was noted for her pretty feet, and
she ware number Ilves and was not
ashamed to say so.
It is a waste of space, however,
to cite precedents against the rul
ing theory. A pretty foot means,
first of all, a small one, Recording
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 13, 1881.
to present taste. Therefore, our la
dy readers will thank us only for
such information as shows them
how to conquer the greatest quanti
ty of foot with the smallest percent
age of leather. The fashionable
Crispins have numerous devices
l>oth for making feet actually small
er and for making them merely
seems so. A good deal depends,
they say, upon the shape and qual
ity of the shoe, us well as its color
ing and shading. A shoe should
fit the foot as a glove lite the hand,
and, however light, should not be
permitted to rub, for that makes
corns and bunions, which are de
clared to be “as much of a reproach
to a true lady as the deceiving of
her dearest frienda without cause.”
The same color of shoe must not be
worn in daytime and after night if
the wearer wishes to'make her foot
appear smaller than it is; and as a
rule, an evening dress should taper
off io shoes of saun or taffeta of a
shade to match its own. High
heels are often a great help in con
cealing the largeness that refuses to
be overcome.
Ths days are ch'll aud the leaves are
falling -
Buu>*iier his death note has softly
•uag;
The b.rd no Io iger Ila mate la calling;
Au ikiiii la passing; her glories palling;
Ns lo tge-- foe leaves shine golden
brown,
Ret we, a.ul dreary,
Thiougn moan ings eerie
Os winds, sad sobbing, a.e drift
ing down.
The autumn » dying will soon be rung.
Gxn. SbCRMAN ho* taken es
pecial t.'ouole to snub Sec.etary
Lincoln. He ignore* foe orders of
the Secietarv, and snap* his fingers
in tbe <aee of bi* boss. Sherman,
the General of the army, should be
punished for insubordination.
TuWday New To-k went 10,000
Democratic majoiity, which ia a
mighty poor ahuwing for the Km
pi re BuU<e.
MAasACHdsrrra went overwhelm
ingly Republican, aa everybody ex
pected.
The Cabinet seem* to be disinte
grating. Blaine and McVeagh are
atloggerbeads.
“Ban'l Il.“
A citizea ot De -oiceiivereil a Mich
igan avenue g ocei v the o tier day and
said he wauled a pdva'e word with foe
prop'ie oi. When foev had ietired to
tne <le»k he began : ’
“I want to make confeadoa and le
pa.alien. Do you remember of my
buving sugar here two or three days
ago? '
‘I do."
“Well, 'n part ’g for It I wo.ked off
a cou-ite'feit quarter on tec'eik. It
was a mean t 'lek, and I came te tende
you good monev”
"Oh don’t ment'on it,” lep'ied .he
grocer.
“But I went to make ft r’ght.”
“It’s ell light—all rtfht. WeLnew
wh* passed tne qcai te.'Oil us, and that
aflte l noon whe i your w'fe senl down
a dol'er ihll anti wanted a can of sar
dines I g ive her that bad quar e- with
her chsiigf. Don’t let your conscience
trouble you at all-it s a’l
Press.
l.lqnlS or Bry.
S*«ir pe sons p efor to pnrcha«e
medicine’ In tt«e ui v state so that they
can see tor themselves that they a.e
purelv vege.ab'.e. O hors have not
the ti ne or desire to p eps e themedl
ci.ie, a id w’sh It al-eady »o u«e.
To accommodate each class foe pro
p ietor* of Kidney-Wort now offer
taat well-d.iow,' remedy la both
liquii'and dry f ()l ms. Sold by drug
gists everywhere. —Tru-h.
Wbat an F.dllar Say*.
There are so many patent humbugs
and nostrums,.in the way es medicines,
advertised all over the country, that
the masses are skeptical and are loth
o buy unless tbe article offered tor sale
( t* known to possess real merits; and
lon the other hand, names of well
! known clti'.ens are often forged tocer
. tideates for the purpose of effecting
, sale and palming off a worthless prep
aration. Taking these facts Into con
i sideration, It gives me pleasure to add
iny testimonial to a medicine which I
know from personal experience to do
all that I* claimed for it. Os course I
J refer to“Neuralglne,” a speclhc foi
neuralgia and headache, put up In this
1 city by Hutchison A Bro.
W.T. CHRISTOrHKR,
ts Ed. Sunday Phonograph.
The following are the advertised
prices for the Adeli.m Patti concerts,
to be given In Steinway Hall, New
York, next Wednesday evening:
Floor—First balcony: First r >w, sec
ond to fifth row, facing stage, $!•.
First balcony: Side row* and rear re
cess, 45. Second balcony; First row,
M; second to fifth row, facing stage,
$3; side row* and rear recess, Ad
mission,
FAnUlti VIRGINIA DIELS.
Th, Time When a Wan wan C'aa
sldersd a ('award l< be Would
not Ficht.f
Richmond (Va.) Cor. Pailaiielphia Timas.
The recent bloodless encounters
on “the field of honor” in Virginia
recall other and more fatal meet
ings in former days, when an insult
could only be wiped out by the
blood of the insuker, and when a
man’s “rank,” if entitling him to
notice at all, demanded in away
that admitted of no refusal what is
known to the believers in the
“code” as “satisfaction.” Ade-,
clination of a challenge then w>tw
followed by wbat is known as a
“posting,” and Bladensburg, be
yond the border, has been made fa
mous as the duelling ground of the
politicians of an earlier day and
generation. Pleasants and Ritchie
aud John M. Daniel and Roger
Pryoi, later on all editors and all
politicians, were also a decade or so
back all duellists. In those day,-
the Richmond press was the moul
der and fashioner of political sent!
ment, and the wordy warfare of its
Whig and Democratic editors cul
minated not infrequently in a hen.*
summons to “the field of honor.”
The sur ies which are told of the
ante helium duels put to the most
vivid blush -be mild, and milksopp)"
performance,of the nowadays Vir
ginia p li-icians. The ‘code”
stood in b gti repute then, and the
man who would not fight was Mb
garded as unfit for the society oi
ladies and gentlemen.
A FAMOUS DUEL.
One of the most famous of Jhe
ante-bellum duels was the fatal
one he-wceu R'teuie, of the Rich
mond Enquirer, and Pleasants, os'
the Richmond Wnig. Ritchie win
a Democrat ano -an a red-hu
Democi acic paper. Hampden Plea-C"
ants was an uncompromising Whig.
A personal attack in the columns
of the one paper, responded to by a
no less personal answer in the oth
er, resulted in a challenge and : a
meeting. Ite sceue was afc Mei-e
Isle, Vre liUte tele in the Jam s
river, at R> i-rmond. He e, ia stert
of to* wt| • tear aUoeM, -te-yUro
edito.e met ano fougn. They had
each gone to the tray armed with
duelling p-s-ote anu swoids. The
coadiUoos of toe fi .ht as agreed
upon by -heir seconds were that
after the first B>e with their pistols,
if neither should ba uu t, they
should have recourse «O their
sword*. The swords remained in
their scab herds, for at tne fl st shot
Pieaaaute fei* dead in hia -rocka.
A not less notable duel was one
which occoiced many yea's before
the Ritchie-Pleasant affair between
Mason sad McUar-y. Mason was a
member o' that his«o ic Virgiu.a
family of that nr me to which be
longed James Mason, the senator,
anu Job a Y. Mason, the minister of
the Coo'edt rte gove.-ument to
F ance, who was captured by the
Union government from an English
ship du iog -ie .ebellion, ia com
pany wun M«. SHdell. Mason and
McCarty we.e b<otbe 'S- !, j-law. The
feud betueea them was a political
one. They fought on the dividing
line of Loudon aud Pr ; nce W iliam
coun/es. The weapons u«ed were
old-fash'oned muskets, loaded with
slugs. Mason’s ball knocked the
hammer off a-' McCarty’s gun. Mc-
Ca' ty’s ba*l went crushing through
Mason’s bra*n.
THE WISES AS DUELLISTS.
The W-scs of Virginia ha- - e al
ways been great duel-sts. Hen-’y
A Wise, the dia’ingoished war gov
ernor, fought a duel just before toe
b eaking out of the rebellion with
Philip St. George Cocke. Their
difference grow out of a canvass for
a seat in congress, to which they
both Aspired. It is said that when
they reached “rhe field of honor”
Cocke undertook to jockey Wise’s
courage by saying : “I call heaven
to witness that I am guiltless of
thi* man’s blood I” W.se ieplied :
“You had better attend to your
own blood, d—■ o you,” and put hie
bullet into Cocke’s thigh. Governor
Wise’s son, O. Jennings Wise, af
terwerus killed in the rebellion,
fongbt a duel about ISSO with Sher
ra d Clemens, who at one time rep
esented the Wheeling district in
congress. When the difficulty be
tween Clemens and Jennings Wire
first arose. Clemens anaonneed his
pu pose es not fighting. He was en
gaged at the time to a young lady,
whom be afterwards married. She
heard of his intentions to refute a
combat with Wise, and sent him
word that uu’ess he fought he
should never marry her. He did
fight, and Wise’s shot lamed him
for life.
A PUBLIC SENTIMENT.
Since the war the resort to the
“code” has act been so popular or
fashionable as it once was. Peo
ple’s ideas on the have of
late years undergone a great
change, and to refuse an invitation
to fight, as was done some months
sgoby Mr. Button, a distinguished
Lynchburg editoi, is apt te be more
commended and applauded by the
Virginia people than an akFeptance
and a meeting. Politics are the
breeders and begetters of duels.
Now and then there has lieen au
encounter on the field for the sake
of a woman’s smile, but these have
■ been few and far between. Since
the question of the payment of the
- State debt of Virginia has arisen to
agitate the minds of Virginia states
men, challenges have floated around
1 like falling leaves in autumn. The
L laws of the State impose a disquali
' fication to vote or hold office upon
» all who are concerned, directly or
1 indirectly, with fighting a dhel, but
k this does not seem to diminish the
' readiness of the average politician
to rush headlong into the fray. In
' these recent encounters, most of
1 which have been as harmless as ri
r diculous, some of ths most promi
nent, men in the State have been
' concert ed. Since the birth of the
Readjuster party in 1877 there
have been some ten or twelve so
called duels in Virginia, resulting
from politic*, but they have nearly
all lacked the flavor of “businvss"
which characterized the meetings of
the ante-bellum politicians.
A DANGEROUS WOUND.
Before the growth of readjust
ment, when William E. Cameron,
the present Rsadj uster candidate
for governor, was editor of the
> Petersburg Indek-Appeal, and
thought a native Virginia Republi-
, can the lowest of God’s creation, an
, article in his paper brought him in
■ collision with one of the most dis
tloguished Republicans in the
State, Robert W. Hughes, who has
i since been promoted to the post of
, Judge of the United States District
for the Eastern District. In
’the duel which ensued Cameron
was dangerously wounded,and car-
Jes his adversaries ballet in his
‘ body to this day. His political
disabilities have since been romov
. ed by the legislature, and nowhere
r among his p esent Republican sup
porte,a for the government has he
. warmer backer than in Judge Rob
et W. Hughes. Mahone has been
•f late ye? s a pai dejpato*, In the
prclimma ies at least, of a duel.
General Bradley T. Johnson, now
of Baltimore, but for a long time
bead and front of the Virginia De
mocracy, once made bi raageinente
to meet Geoe-al Mahoae and sx
chrnge shots. This was about the
time*tea MRhone ww» nn3«r.4*»a
to be endeavoring to boy the legis
lauiie of Virginia to favor the
«ciiernes of the rail.oad of which he
was then p.«*ident and which he
al -er wa. ds bankropted.. Bradley
Jojnson was a Steie Senator from
Rioamond. When the time for the
figb-iug came Johnson wa* ready
on the field, but in some stiange
war Mahone bad been arrested.
People he.e In Tligln’a, remember
ing bls inte’ upted duel with B-ad
lev Johnson, at Mahone’s re
fusal to flgiit Jubal Ea.ly on the
ground of Earlv’s not being suffi
ciently gentle. If‘there is any of
the blue blood in Mahone’s veins it
. is an unknown quantity to those
whose best acqna’nted with him
sad tbelr antecedents. His as
sumption of a superiority of social
dignity over Early is regarded er
erywbere in bis own State as a
' cloak for that discretion which is
1 the better part of valor.
cvritea cARE«*iN«ia.
i
| A You-iff Ceaple art Married
(he Traia.
We have Information of a very ro
' mantle mar urge which secured on the
up train on the Southwestern railroad,
between Eufaula and Macun, Ihurs-
- day afternoon last. The parties -o the
’ (fair were a Mr. Morgan and Miss
■ Blgtiiower. of Albany, and both were
S of excellent families. The prospect
i ive groom had apprized the conductor
r of the situation of affairs but no one
r else even suspected such a thing. A
r telegiam had been sent to Fort Valley
> for the purpose es obtaining a niinis
’ ter to do the official work, sud the
1 Rev. Mr. Ousley, with several other
1 gentlemen, met the couple at the train,
and during Its few minutes stay the
• twain were madeot-e. Telegramshad
r also been sent to Macon by the young
’ lady’s parents to intercept them, but
they ware too sharp for the old folks
and had lhe knot t*ed before they got
’ there. They were inet at the train in
Macon by a gentleman and lady, but
( after a short conversation the newly
married couple received congralula
, tlons and departed.
* Cinrlnnatl enA Oeergla RallreaS.
» Wednesday morning the stock-hold
’ era of the Cincinnati and Georgia rall
-1 road met in tills city to perfect Its or
-1 ganltatloc. The following officers
i were elected:
E. W. Cole, Tennessee.
1 Samuel Thomas, Coliinibns, Ohio.
C. 8. Brice, Lima, Ohio.
George I. Seney, New York.
I Nelson Rob l neon. New York,
r C. M. McGhee, Knoxville, Tennes-
■ see.
Samuel Shethar, New York.
I Work on the roads to Rome and
1 Macon are progressing satisfactorily.
| Pa Ke* Agala.
I
) Ten o’clock Friday, the police pull
! ed all the gambling houses in the city,
i arresting alt engaged In such business.
> (apt. Connally seems defcrmlned to
i break them up.
3 * KHOHT MEBMONN.
5
8 BY REV. FLABUER GASTKK.
} - ■
> No. «4-Halr.
| N. O. Times.
; In a general wav it may be said that
’ hair ia analogous to the feathers of
j birds and to (he wales of fishes and
r reptiles—aud hairs sometimes carry
. the analogy to great lengths. Hair Is
. sl rpldenulc appendage consisting (ft
l is alleged) of au assemblage es “epl
l dermic cells at the bottom of a flask
fl shaped follicle in the substance of the
■ skin, supplied w Ith blood by vessels
■ distributed to Its walls” (think of the
i walls of a hair!). ‘lt is made up of n
i root, from which the hair is develop
i ed, and a stem or shaft continuous
• withit. The root of the hair exhibits
; a bulbous enlargement, thereby eoti
’ forming to the general idea of roots.
’ Any root that cannet swell up to the
' proportions of a bulb is a thin and
woody root—like an office-holder—
dnrwing up a heap of stuff and fling
ing It Into theair, and uot giving down
, a continental thing. Th* most vora
i clous roots appertain to trees that bear
i no fruit. But let ua not linger too
long by the roots of the hair. Let us
rise Com tltat obscurity and soat
ar (Wind and take views. For instance:
Sabrina fair
Listen where thou art sitting
Under the gl»«y, eool, trausluoeat was*.
In twisted braids o' lilies knitting
. The loose train of thy ainber-dn»|nug hair,
Fair tresses man’s Imperial race ensnare,
And beauty drawsua with a single hair.
This is a lie but it is very good poe
try. The-e is very little good poetry
that is not composed mainly of lies.
The world will buy a lie when it will
not accept truth as a gift. Conse
quently th* poor, miserable, hungry
;>oets have always made it a point to
instil as many lies into their verse as
the heavenly muse could be induced to
wink at. It will, of course, be ex
pected by those howling frauds who
never pay tbelr board bills and always
ke«p up a racket about alleged hair in
the hash that this sermon must be
' founded chiefly on their special griev
ance*, and must dwell on the hair in
hash as the supreme grievance of tnan
' kind. But Flabbcr Gaster I* a just
nreacber/nd he will do nothing of the
sort. The landlady »f tte pwrng.apii,
in nearly every indance, furnishes
hash which (however poor) la a good
deal better th»n the pay furnished by
the average complaining boerter. The
meanest hod ever formulated by * red
headed flend in the kitchen 1* too good
for the sneaking boarder who devours
the said hash and aubdste on it and re
fute* to pay for anything aad writes
sarcastic paragraphs about that very
same hash which saved him from ab
solute starvation. But there la much
1 hair outside of hash—let us turn and
wander thither, and quote a few more
’ lies from those poetry fellows:
1 The following, no doubt, alludes to
! a contemporary:
He could diellng iieb end dtride
A hair ’twlxt eouth and eoutbwMt side.
1 And this alludes to one of the stat
ues commonly seen at the corner ot
i Canal and Royal:
Hl» hair Juet gritiled as In green old age.
And this probably refers to tax col
lectors :
That kill the bloom before lie time.
And blanch, without the owner's crime.
The moot resplendent hair.
This alludes to a swell wig-maker:
But I* the way of bargain, mark ye me.
, I’ll enrl on the ninth part of a hair.
And this Is a barbe--shop sketch :
The meeting points, the sacred hair dioMven
g From the fair head, forever end forever,
s Hair ia very much admired a* a dec
s oration of the scalp but when you
- come down to solid uMfitlneeo tbe
r chief function of hair seeins to be to
e hold mortar together. The hair is to
I th* mortar on the wall aa the motive Is
f to the aweet-heart, invisible, but oh!
- so strong! One gazes at the fair white
e surface of hia sweet-heart and won
r dera what it is that holds her to her
, perverse purpose with a strength
e transcending the stoutest cable. Very
1 likely it la nothing mere nor les* than
{ a lock ofthe other sweet-heart's hair,
t Hew fetidly the youth feels for the
a first undoubted hair on his chin and
t how fiercely the old man hews tbe
i Jfray atuuble off with his razor, and
t rumples up hla lip ami grunts.
K The warmer tbe alt the coarser the
- hate Snow ami Ice are the parents of
fur, while equatorial hair la first
cousin to wire. What would tnan be
• without hair? Probably he would be
bald, but who can conceive the enor
mity of universal halrlwsneaa! Hair
la like love—it will stand a good deal
of trimming, but cire must be taken
" to have the roots In.
The Declare Blemarae
As to the beat methode and reme
dies. f*r the cure of coneilpaJon and
disordered liver and !.ld:ievs. But
those that have used Kldnoy-Woi t,
• agree that li Is by far the beat medi
cine k-iown. Its action Is promot,
thoroegh and lasting. Don't t'lke
pills, and otner mercurials that pol-
1 son the system, but by oalng Kblney-
Wor- restore the natural action of all
the oigaits.—New Cevenaut.
When the bewizzled individual fell
- and hit his head on the walk, he want
, ed to know what the pavement.
j Billy Mahone elected bis man
Cameron Governor of Virginia.
AMONG THE PAPERS.
A Woman With Broad Vl*w*.
San Francisco Post.
A few nights ago a conductor on a
hither bound overland train was In
formed by the porter of a sleeping ear
that a man occupying a lower berth
was creating great scandal by con
stantly “reaching up and trying to
kiss” the female lessee of the upper
berth, same section. The conductor
promptly fired the inan off the train.
The bounced passenger yesterday
wrote the superintendent a letter de
manding damages and the conductor's
dismissal, the request also being
strongly indorsed by the supposed ag
grieved lady passenger, who stated
ttiat while It was true that the ejected
parly was a little too affectionate, yet.
on the other hand, everybody has his
faults, and besides she “Just hate*
bigotry.”
A* True u* Gospel.
Homer Rcpablicaa,
No independent, outspoken paper
eanexist any length of time without
provoking criticism. You can run a
Sti.iday-schoot pamphlet or publish a
religious t.act aud not make an
’n a lifetime, h,it tlie moment a
-ps Lie ruth, regaidless
color, es previous
-(■rvitude. just so soon a lot
will spriog up and cry “mu;ale
but, some-bow-oi-other, tney seldom
tnm.zle as easily as they imagine, and
the man who attempts the operation
generally has hi t hands full.
J***u!
Rome Balletin.
You never hear of a defaulting edi
tor, never. Os cou ae there is very lit
tle u> default barring paste a?d old
newspaper, but honestly comes as
iiatual to an editor as drinking—water.
Game (• lhe Expualtium.
The Atlanta correspondent of the
Savannah News says:
“in reply to a number of persons
who hav* written to m« tn regard te
tbe Exposition—ls it is w*rth seeing
—and if they would be swindled if
they time, I desire to say, and to say
it frankly and upon honor, that It will
ot: tn gra idest exfeibUiop ever seen
in the South or West, and worth all it
need cost any sensible person te come
here aud see It. It has but one fault
—lt is too big aud too grand to be
made a financial success. For this
reason, if no ether, tbe people of Geor
gia, within whose horde.s it is held,
should give it a liberal support. Vis
itors can come her* now without fear
of extortion and find good accommo
dation* at reasonable pile**. Ten
cents will carry a visitor out to the
Exposition gates and fifty cents will
take him Inside, where everything on
exhibl ion will be free to him. Direc
tor-General Ktuihall and his associates
have laixned haid and got together a
magnificent exhibition, and they rieh
iv deserve the most liberal patronage
South Georgia and Floiida can give
tlie enterprise, which is in complete
order.”
Willie F.daun’a Spark* Company,
Wednesday and Thursday evenings
this company will give their mirth
p.ovoking musical concert The Chi
cago Tribune says:
Willie Edo.’n's company are draw
ing eiowds to Hooley’s Theater of
people willing and anxious to laugh at
the fun with which “Dreams”
abounds. Thehousewas filled In every
part last night, and the audience en
joyed two hours of unrestrained mer
riment. The changes in the cast have,
, if anything, added to It* strength. It
is one of the mon. amusing perform
. snees now on the boards, and he who
, cannot enjoy the rollicking humor of
, the last act must indeed be troubled by
, the dyspepsia In It* most aggravated
, form. Many of the songs are new.
, Mackay Is an excellent Photographer,
i and Marion Elmore the same capital
, burlesque actress as she always has
been. James T.' Powers still makes
. his astounding leaps head first down
the stairs, and many additions in the
way of Incidents and business hav*
been added to the last act. “Dieam*”
will be given at Hooley’s all the week.
One of the girl* In a Leadville va
riety theatre a few weeks since had a
little trouble with her lover, aud hit
him over the head with the bass drum
stick. Out of revenge he had her
' hissed the next evening when she
. ssng, snd she stepped to the front of
the stage and said: “Look here, cul
lies, I won't stand this. I will keep
my eye peeled, andtheflist son of a
gun that hisses me again will get a
piece of this,” and she pulled a gun
almost as large as her arm. She peeled
the aforesaid eye and vocalized again,
but there wa* nary a hiss.
Ollvell*.
The production of “Olivette,” Aud
ran's popu’ar opera comlque, Friday
day evening was one o‘s > are excel
lence. Miss Elsner a* “Olivette’’is
p. epossesslng In appearance, spi Iglit
iy In action, and has a low, sweet
voice, though not a powerful one.
Henrv Peake* as “Captain de Merri
mac,” and Mark Smith a* “VaHentlne,
officer of the Kouslllon Guards,”
amused th* audience with their (Ing-
Ing and acting. Taken altogether it
I* a first-class opera company, and we
commend it to other titles. >
■•■„ * A.* * X
[PRICE 5 CENTS
Georgia News.
Newt Seymour of Griffin is dead.
M. C. Gordon, of Columbus, failed
a flew days ago.
Through sleepers are now run from
Macon to Jacksonville.
Albany Is calculating with confi
dence on au artesian well by Christ
um*.
The Globe cotton mills, of Augusta,
are now lighted with the electric
light.
Th* last iMuae of the Montezuma
Weekly was well printed. So much
for our little squib.
Some es our country exchanges are
now printing this thrilling item i
“Bring In that wood!”
Wheu you see a man with a shot
gun on his shoulder loafing around
the office of the Oglethorpe Echo, you
will know he is looking for a Haire.
Mr. John Thempsop, according to
the Swainsboro Herald, has a sow that
had nineteen pigs in eleven months,
and all the pigs are living and doing
w ho stab-
111 -h:. ■ ■■li.reil, -oiue
'aiid.TM .He,
oi (he n..uiel. on
HRst.
man living ou Mr. Phil
Walter's plantation, In Schley county,
had his bouse, furniture, clothing,
provisions, etc., destroyed by fire on
Saturday last.
On Monday last Mr. Arnold God
win, living three or four miles from
Ame. lcus, on the J. B. Worrill place,
fell from a load of cotton and broke
one of bis knees.
Lands in Jackson county are on a
boom, and what were worthless a few
years ago, now bring good pricea. The
railroad in Jackson is what brought
this prosperity.
The Savannah Times states that
there is a suspicion that Capt. E. B.
Andrew*, a tea captain, has been the
victim es foul play. He ha* been
missing for a week.
The Examiner aay* that sweet pota
toes are selling in Conyers at forty
cents a bushak They are worth *l»'y
cents in Cbvlngtoril' SavatHlll Ifljffpb
the luxury at one dollar.
A negro girt about six year* eld,
step-daughter of Ed Partridge, of
Schley oousty, who lived on H. H.
Singletary’s plsce, was whipped to
death last week by Partridge.
“I guess I’ll set up a match factory
there," casualty remarked a Bostoni
an In Atlanta the other day. “Ahem!”
coughed a Gate City editor, “I calcu
late It’ll pay a handsome profit.”
Say* the Albany Advertiser: “Doe*
the Georgia press gang know that
Nathans, foe circus man and partner
of Coup, is the own dear uncle of
Dick Grubb, of the Darien Gazette ?
It would be a hard job to find a
poorer local paper than the Butler
Herald. Bro. Benn* can, and ought
to do tietter. Give the people local
news if you want the Herald to lie
popular. This criticism is mads in
kindness.
The Walton County Vidette thus re
late* how * cotton thief got himself
cleverly trspped: “For some week*
past Mr. Joe Jennings has been miss
ing seed cotton from his gin house,
and the door being secuiely looked, it*
disappearance seemed mysterious. He
finally concluded that Ingres* _waa es
fected through the cotton box tK hi*
press, which was arranged Just under
the eondenser. With this view, ho
set the follow block on triggers, and
went hl* way. While he and family
were at supper, he heard tbe dis
tressed cries of a man in the direction
of the gin house. Repairing to the
scene of the uproar, he found hl* cot
ton thief securely fastened in the box,
the follow block ou the top of him,
snd he begging for help. He wa* *
promptly bagged, and now await*
Judge Erwin’s tender mercies. The
thief is * white mtn who formerly
stood well In the community.”
Athens Banner: There was a strange
sight seen on our st.eets Wednesday
a gentleman on horseback riding with
erect military air, and attired in the
uniform of lieutenant In tbe Confeder
ate army. Men stopped to gaze at
him and gathered in little knots to dis
cus* the meaning of the strange spec
tacle. The mind* of all ran back a de
cade and a halt, and they began to
talk of the days when our loved South
land was torn and shattered by th*
ravages of war. The rider’s mission
wa* one ot peace, however. He waa
an old Confederate—Mr. W. G. Carith
ers, of Walton county. He had rode
that Identical hoise In the the army of
the West, and at the solicitation of
hl* mother* and sisters, he had come
to have hl* photogrsph taken, while
sitting on his horse. Th* horse wa*
known to be (twenty-one year* old,
and wa* first rode In the army by Mr.
■ -—Griffith, of th* Athtna'.Guard*.
Mr. Griffith having been killed at
Gettysburg, hl* ho>*e was given to hl*
nephew, Mr. Carithers, and together
they'served their country till the close'
cf the war allowed them to return
horns. JTbe photograph wsa taken by
Mr. DflM| ind the pair of old Con*
f*d* wW IHly awajr.