The Covington star. (Covington, Ga.) 1874-1902, April 14, 1896, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextThe Covington Star * 1 C. ROBINSON 1 os. 1 AND 2 MUSIC HALL BLOCK COVINGTON, GA rand Display of New Spring and Summer Goods, Up-to-date Styles, and Bock Bottom Prices. I was unavoidably delayed in getting off to market this season, but those who waited to see my W Joods before making their purchases will be benefitted, as a great many goods are cheaper now than early in the season. My stock is unusually large and complete in all departments, and I think I can safely boast of having the prettiest goods ever placed in a Covington store. Everybody is invited to call. Polite and attentive salesmen will take pleasure in showing the numerous attractions. Dress Goods. Ab eautiful piece of Mohair Jacquard, that some ladies say is aslnice as is being shown at other stores for £i.oo My price, 75 cents. Mohair— spleldid width, in brocaded beauti¬ ef¬ fects, at 50 cents. A ful duality of figured and plain Mohair and Briifiantines, at 60 cents. Apretty line of fine goods in patterns, 8 yards each. Sarges, in all grades. Colored Dress Goods 3 » patterns of assorted fancy dress goods, 8 yards each. No twBalike, at from 30 cents to $i|o. 7*11 Isuiting, the 1 test things in Chev¬ iot Mohair, Mozambi¬ que. jacquard, novelties, Fin hen checks, Serges, Henriet flHand everything desirable Silts. v|| beautiful line of Persian and Dresden Silk for waists ; an*trimming dresses. Chin ^Everything Taffetas, in Moires, bengaline, Su as. HHeis, rah§, Black Satin, Duchesse | |y hen one wishes anything ill Silk s not in stock, 1 will take pleasure in ordering. h Goods. ■his department is unusual¬ ly staldard fcomplete. 1 am selling prints, beautiful styles at 5 cents. A splendid grade of perca'es |Bnches wide, at 8 cents. pol', fiice styles in printed cre at 10 cents. ^■cheapest lovely line of dimities from to the finest. ■Vendi Organdies are very ^■ish ^■k this season, and beauties my contains some Ml? ^fcatterns, ■ all different. 'on’t fail to look at the ^■metis Soir, in several pat s. ■ nice line oi Grass lawn in pl»n and stripes. complete assortment of Ba linens, in different styles iMp grades. ■everything in white organ ■k linens, check and stripe muslins, etc. domestic department * itains everything, and prices riuht. 4 ' % _ •: Embroideries and Laces. All the newest and tilings in open work embroid eries, butter laces, bands, etc. One cannot fail to be suited. Linens. A nice line of table damask > i dinner and tea doilies, Tow els, etc. 20 doz. large white towels, well worth 15 cents I am run- j ning at 10 cents. Notions. This line cannot be excelled for completeness and attrac¬ tiveness. It contains almost everything. An excellent assortment of Hosiery. Underwear, Umbrel¬ las, Parasols, Fans, Stationery, Perfumes, etc. A nice line of kid gloves. '1 he latest fad in ladies belts. Beautilul Persian and Dresden ribbons for making collars, etc. Hats. The latest style stiff hats, in Knox Block, have just come in A nice line of crushers, etc., at low prices. An elegant line of straw hats, just opened. 0)(d -— Cf>& 1 m aar yh Y AT-' 1u * a me™ I sell the celebrated “R&G” corsets in all grades and prices. A\y shoe stock Is by far the largest and most complete 1 have ever had. T* ; 7 K. I handle Drew Selby & Go’s fine shoes for ladies, misses ! and children; and Hanan & Son’s and Rockland Co’s for , men and boys. Everything in all the toes and lasts in tans, patent leathers, e:c. T hey are pretty. Special attention is called to the lovely line of O x ford ties for ladies, misses and children. Covington, Georgia. Tuesday, April 14, 189(>. c L ees] 0 T H I N G bV Is a line I have paid special at¬ tention to for many years. My nicest clothing comes from Strouse & Bros Baltimore, who cannot be excelled for style and workmanship. There is no need of having a suit made to order, when you have such a nice stock to select from. Gents Furnishing and Neckwear. Elegant lineof shirts,collars, ■ufis, handkerchiefs, suspend¬ ers, underwear, etc. A ship¬ ment of neckwear just received :ontaining everything in Fecks, Bows, Oxfords, Four in hands. Club house ties, Dejoinville, etc. Silverware and Jewelry. Nice assortment of silver plated goods, in splendid qual¬ ity, suitable for wedding, birth¬ day, and Christmas presents, housekeeping purposes, etc. Dainty little line of shirt waist sets for ladies, and collar, cuff and stud button for ladies and gentlemen Crockery Sr Glassware. This department contains al¬ most anything the people want for housekeeping, and at prices reasonable. Hardware, Tinware, and Woodenware. My stock in these lines is complete, and prices are right. Furniture Sr Carpeting* Everything in chairs, bed¬ steads, cheval suits, dressers, bureaus, tables, baby cradles Ingrain and Tapestry Brussels, carpeting, mattings, etc. Groceries. Lowest prices in flour, su¬ gar, coffee, meat, lard, syrup, corn, meal, hay oats, canned g 00 ds, crackers, candy, etc. Tobacco. A complete line of tobacco, cigars, cheroots, cigaretts, etc. BLACKBEARD’S CASTLE. NINETEEN WIVES THE PIRATE KEPT THERE AND VAST TREASURE. It is on the Picturesque Island of St. Thomas—There the Vilian Over¬ awed the Danes—His Head Cut Off, However, and Pro¬ perly, Too. Fiom the New York Times (i Come down into the hold, my merry men, and we’ll have a little hell of our own.” This was the cheerful request of the pirate Black beard, when business ,*as dull and time hung heavy on his hands. As such a request was also in the na¬ ture of a command, and further emphasized by a display of the small arsenal of pistols, arquebus¬ es, and cutlasses vvhieh Blaekbeard wore about his person, his crew al¬ ways accepted his invitation with alacrity. Once in the hold with the hatch¬ es battened down, the genial pirate lighted sundry pots of brimstone, previously prepared, and then se¬ renely awaited developments, With lungs of feather and constitution habituated to diabolical pastimes, Mr. Blaekbeard inhaled the per¬ fumes sulphurous as though they were gales of incense from Araby, and when one of his unfortunate messmates ventured to cough he was promptly knocked on the head. And when, at last, sneezing and coughing, spitting and swearing, the crew essayed a bolt for the hatches and outer air, the festive mariner simply crossed his hands and fired indiscriminately into the crowd of writhing wretches, wounding and killing without mer cy. That was Blackbeard’s idea of a good time, and perhaps anticipa¬ tory of the good times in store for them when he and his comrades should have departed for the pi¬ rates’ happy hunting grounds. At all events, it was simply one of his lighter pastimes, his really serious work being put in on the hapless sailors and merchantmen who fell into his vessel was cruising the seas between the Island of Jamaeia and the cost of America. Another of his diversions consisted in mak¬ ing his many prisoners walk the plank, said plank being stuck out over the side of the vessel, with the farther end projecting into no¬ where, and the howling waves be¬ neath. The scene of his depre¬ dations was chieflyaboutthegroup of islands known as the virgins, in the West Indies, where the nu¬ merous concealed harbors and in lets gave him opportunity for es¬ cape when hotly pursued by his many enemies, For, though it may seem very strange, this great man had enemies, who, perhaps jealous ef his success and desirous of put ting an end to them, chased him from one place to another most per¬ sistently. It was about the middle of the seventeenth century that Black beard, formerly known as Capt. 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Zeiliii & Co., I>liil*UeIphia, J.**. became the scourge of the Spanish, Dutch and English merchant ma¬ rine. He had discovered in the is¬ land of St. Thomas, then recently taken possession of by the Danes, a retreat after his own heart. It abounded in hidden harbors, deep inlets, reef-inclosed bays, and pro- j jecting promontories that command- ; ed wide extended views of the sur : rounding seas The Danes had seized it, finding it practically unoeupied; and, not to be behind l them in . push and he , took of the progress, ; possession best strate- j gic erected {joint on little the red island. fort (which They had j be a today), supplied it with may j seen i cast iron (still there), garri- ; cannon j soned it with a handful of stolid soldiers, appointed a governor and police inspector, and then claimed it all. This claim Capt. Blaek beared was disposed to resent, and so, when the valiant Danes drove I him out of their fine harbor he vowed ht would brin £ the com P a - triotsofthe immortal Hamlet to terms. He sneaked around to the other side of the island, the northern shore, where he knew of a harbor as good as their own, and there landed. This harbor is still there and is yet as solitary as the day old Blaekbeard sailed, into it with his rapacious crew. It lies directly north of the fortified harbor of Charlotte Amalia, which is also known as St. Thomas, but there is a high hill intervening, which shuts it out from the rest of the world, and the handful of Danes in their little red fort. It is deep, heart-shaped, with high cliffs on either side, and a beautiful beach of white sand at its lower end, nearest to the town beyond the hill. Landing there at their leisure, the pirates carried their stores and guns to the top of the hill, peeping over the crest of which they could see all the town and haibor of Charlotte Amalia spread out before and beneath them. This hill crest is about 1,500 feet above either harbor, north and south, and com¬ mands in fact, the entire island, with its outlying reefs and islets. Having taken possession of the hill crest, Blaekbeard then had the Danes at his mercy. But this was not what he wanted—this narrow ridge, so far above the sea that his retreat might he cut off at any mo¬ ment—his desires were fixed upon a certain tower, standing isolate upon one of the central hills on which the town was beginning to be built. Having accumulated at the crest all stores and ammuni¬ tion necessary, together with such cannon as he could spare from his ship, he awaited a favorable oppor¬ tunity to descend and take the tower. This came that night, and if any of us had been there, we might have seen a band of villian ous cutthroats carefully wending their way down the steep hillside toward the object of their desires. They finally reached it, summoned the captain in command of its small garrison to surrender—which he did at discretion—and then quick¬ ly took possession. When, next morning, the peaceful Danes gazed northward, they saw the pirate flag, with its emblems of death, flying from the parapet of the old tower. That they were astonished goes without saying ; that they hasten ed to point their antiquated cast iron guns in the direction of the tower as a matter of course. But they never fired them off. Discre tion was clearly the better part of valor in this instance, especially as it was enforced by the pirate com¬ mander’s threat to blow their fort into smithereens at the least sign of offensive preparation. Down from the hill-crest, Blaekbeard brought his ammunition and plun¬ der, not forgetting, you may be sure, the nineteen women who stood to him in the nature of wives, and whose fair faces were veiled from the sight of curious specta tors. And there the)' were incar¬ cerated, tradition tells us, these nineteen captive brides. They were a heterogeneous collection, their very nationalities showing the broad sympathies and eatholi- Highest of ail in Leavening Power.—Latest U.S. Gov’t Report Powder Baking ABSOLUTELY PURE city of taste of their husband. There were creoles from Cuba ; two had been snatched from the very jaws of Havana from a galleon just sail irw cJUuJaa,** .u—w W ere taken on the Spanish Main, and> judging from their dark com plexion, had native Indian blood in their veins . Que came from Ja maica the daughter of an English trader, and had first seen the light in a seaport town of old England, She, with her complexion of ereant and rose s, was reputed the favorite of the steni) black-whiskered sail or> and consequently was hated by the others. How long they were confined there tradition does not inform us; but it is likely that the deeds of their master soon brought upon him the combined fleets of the nations which he had so long and violently outraged. Square-sterned Dutch droghers, full-waisted English ships, high¬ decked Spanish galleons, all uni¬ versal enemy; and it was very strange if he should not be brought to bay at last and made to answer for his misdeeds. A sea dog born and bred, he could not long stay ashore, even through holding se¬ curely a fort that dominated the is¬ land of the Danes. Leaving a por¬ tion of his harem in the tower, he climbed down to the hidden harp shaped harbor behind the hill sand again ventured fourth upon the j sea. There, finally, he met his fate in the person of a valiant offi¬ cer of the English navy, who, af¬ ter a fierce fight, overcame him and carried him and his bloody crew to port. It is a matter of history that ! this valiant lieutenant sailed into a harbor of Virginia with the head of Blaekbeard affixed to his bow¬ sprit. It was the fiercest, most savage looking head that has ever been seen since the Medusa shook her snaky locks and transformed living men to stone. For the face was covered to the eyes with bushy whiskers black as night, curling and profuse, and his enormous v beard 1 was adorned 1 1 with • a 1 wax „ tapes > and lighted matches when its own er was in action, giving him atiap pearanee nothing less than diabol- 1C. But the shaggy head, with its whiskers still adorned with matches and tapers, was at last taken in tri utnph to shore, never more to wag in hideous jest or to determine the fate of victims by a nod. Nineteen lovely widows were ’ left behind, perchance to mourn; but with whom they were left as residuary legation, or where they were left", is not known at the pres¬ ent day. But the tower is there, still standing on its central hill above the quaint town of Charlotte Amalia, the litte red fort is there, with its gaping old guns still point¬ ing skyward, and the Danes are there, stiff and formal as of yore. KliciiiiiiUisui Cured. After eminent physicians and all other known remedies fail, Botanic Blood Balm, (B. B. B.), willquick ly cure, Thousands of testimoni als attest this fact. No ease of Rheumatism can stand before its magic . , healing power. Send stamp . for book of particulars. It con¬ tains evidence that will convince you that B. B. B. is the best cure for all Blood and Skin Diseases ever discovered. Beware of sub¬ stitutes said to be “just as good. y » $i.oo per large bottle. For sale by Druggists. During the past month there was shipped from Darien, coastwise and foreign, 7,715,065 feet of hewn timber. During the month ending on the 29th ultimo there was meas ured at the public boom 1,700,000 j feet of square scab and sawn tini ber. This does not include the sawn timber tuuuci and ciiiu lumber which viiiv* came in during the month and was carried direct to the private booms. [Written for the Covington Star ] Christopher Co | u in bits. Columbia, this continent should have been named, t f d, . ( '!...; 1 » . Who to this continent sailed all in vain— Went to America an l came back in chains. Isabella, queen of Spain, pawned her jewe s the expense to obtain, The mean? of the cargo being so great, Her jewels were not needed other methods were found, So they discovered the earth to be round. When Christopher Columbus forty years old The earth was round his studies told ; A great voyage he came to the conclusion to make, (fence firmly he dcc'ared the trip to take. Years the story will be told by the world, Forever his story in our hearts will whirl. Life shall never dim his noble fame, 111 honor ever shall be his glorious name. The brightest gem that lived n glory, And how we love the old dear story, Of the bravest star that history can give. Long in our hearts may Columbus live, His genius he gave without any fears, His audacity is to be studied many years, Oh ! such a lesson in ambition he gave, Let us follow- his em rmple and be ever brave. U'e hear again the triumph songs they sing, As loud over the billows their voices rang; They journeyed till America was in sight, And over the land could ire seen the light, The wonderful Columbus was soon made glad, By finding the continent, and his comrades not mad. Then they sang a hymn to God with deep devotion, For saving them from drowning in the dan¬ gerous ocean. Political Platform That Won When the demaeratic county convention met that year, says the Peoria Journal, it had a morning session at which the committees were appointed, and then it ad journed until afternoon. Among others a committee on resolutions was appointed, and the chairman of this committee was “Uuele Perry Lewis. Mr. Lewis was a sterling farmer citizen, a rich man, yet one not much in a literary way. When, therefore, he was appointed to this responsibility he hurried across the courthouse yard to the office of Judge Shaw. ‘‘You see, judge,” he said, ‘‘we’re not up in these matters, and we thought perhaps vou would write us out a little * platform c along . the line you think . we will need .. ni do it,” was the reply. The judge had been a little too free with intoxicants that day, and was not altogether re sponsible for what he did. He ” al ways liked good whisky, and doted on plug tobacco. “Blanked fops !” he said of those who used fine cut ambrosia ; “chopped up, like it was for a calf -” he used to sa >'> disdainful. So when, immediately after dinner, Uncle Perry appeared { or t j ie platform, he was disap ! pointed, 1 ( Forgot all about isn’t it,” said the judge. “My memoy worth shucks any more.” ( ( But we’ve relied upon you, and the convension will take it up in a few minutes » > protested Uncle Perry. ( 1 Neve mind—we’ll fix it now. You don’t want much—d 10 you ? Just something short an cF sweet and to the point. The judge grabbed a pen, and this is the platform he wrote : Plank 1—Free press. Plank 2—Free trade. j Plank 3—Sour mash whisky. Plank 4—Plug tobacco. ^ ^ an 3 Old-fashioned hell. j i < It is needless to say, > > said Col. i Garlard, “that such a platform as 'that went through a democratic countv conv3nt ion down in Egypt with whoop. > » a DELICATE "MS" BRADFIEIjD’S FEMALE REGULATOR. 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