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GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OP THE TWO STATUS TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
A Negro Boy Deprived of a Lark with
$25 of Another Man’s Money-A
Lexington Gentleman Who Is Flay
ing In Luck with Alabama Invest
ments—A Man Stabs a Horse nnd
Has a Piece of One of His Ears Shot
off.
GEORGIA.
Willaooochee had a flood last week.
J. W. Thayer of Albany died Thursday.
8 H. Wilson, a prominent farmer of
Spalding county, died Friday.
Hon. T. W. Grimes ha sent *25 dollars
to the La Grange Light Guards, through
Lieut. Winn. *
“In accordance with a time honored cus
tom,” many of the weekly papers of t,he
state will not be issued during holiday week.
Maj. W. H. Wilder and Mrs. Nancy Hid
Wilder, an honored couple of Albany, cele
brated their golden wedding Thursday
One Alliance in Oglethorpe county bought
a barrel of whisky for its mtmbwi for
Christmas. Several others bought less
amounts.
There was a bagging famine in Lexing
ton and Crawford the flret of the week
there being noue in either place for two or
three days.
C. L. Howard, who has this year farmed
on his father’s place, near Salem, has en
tered into a mercantile combination with
Hunter and Freemau of Antioch.
It is rumored that a clandestine Siarriage
took place in Columbus about two >nths
ago. It is understood that the mi,.i.4ge
will be made publio iu a few days.
There is a brood of small ohickens in
Dublin that are being cared for by an old
gander. The gander is very watchful and
allows nothing to trouble the little cutcks.
Congressman Thomas W. Grimes is
greatly troubled with his eves. His phy
sician, Dr. Shorter of New York, has for
bidden him from using them for two months.
The Presbyterian church of Lexington
has called Pr. Henry Quigg of Conyers, as
pastor, and he has accepted. His appoint
ment will be the third Sabbath in eaob
month.
A. T. Wiggs of Dubois made this year,
with two plnws, thirty-two bales of cotton
and 600 bushels of corn. Trot out your
farmer, east, west, north or south that can
beat that.
H. Paris will, in the near future, leave
Kastman and take up his residence in
Saundersville, where he will go in business.
B. H. Paris will buy out his brother’s in
terest in the business at Eaatmau and re
main.
Postmaster W. P. Hicks of Dublin re
ceived a telegram on Tuesday evening last
conveying the sad intelligence of the death
of his daughter, Mrs. H. T. Smith, form
erly of Wrightsvilie, but now of West
minister, 8. C.
S. P. Hooten of Bersheba, Henry county,
lost, bis ginhouse by Hire Dec. 17. There
was but one bale of cotton in the house at
the time. The lire is supposed to have
caught from a gun cap or a match. Loss
*SOO. No insurance.
Walter Scammell of New York city has
located at Empire for the purpose of learn
ing the saw mill business and manufactur
ing of pine lumber, and after he gets all toe
dots necessary, ho will go into the mill
business somewhere in Georgia
Sandy Milner, the man convicted for kill
ing William Watkins in Calhoun county,
and lodged in the Albany jail for safekeep
ing, was caught with a knife, Friday, in
his cell. It is thought that someone on
the outside gave it to him for the purpose
of making ids escape.
Some months ago a prominent gentle
man of Lexington made several thousand
dollars upon an investment in Alabama
real estate. Not many weeks since the
same gentleman invested *1,200 in a steel
plant in Birmingham and the other day
sold out his shares for *2,600, clearing
*1,600.
Improvements are still going on at Em
pire. Large and commodious dwellings are
being built daily for the accommodation of
the emploves of the company. The eight
room dwelling for John Watson is receiving
the finishing touch of the painter’s brush,
and when completed will be a handsome
structure.
John Timberl ike came near being badly
iiurt near the depot at Crawfordville, Tues
day eveuing, by the 5 o’clock train. He
crossed the track and stood to see the train
pass, and it was too dark for him to see
how close the train was to him, and the
engine struck his arm. His arm was
slightly hurt.
Prof. B. M. Gilham of Lexington, last
Saturday, was notified that be bad been
elected professor of penmanship in the
Vinini college at Vinint, I. T. A good round
salary is guaranteed, but the professor says
ho can't risk himself and his heart among
a lot of Indian squaw students. Therefore
he will not accept.
Tbere seems to be an organized gang of
sneak thioves in Greenville. Last Sunday
morning, in brood open daylight, t..e house
of Cherry Gill (colored), near the cemetery,
was broken into and $lO or sls stolen
Another colored woman had $8 or $lO stolen
from her house. Corn and ootton are stolen
in every direction.
A difficulty occurred on Tuesday night
last between Charlie Hays and Jule Bird of
the Seventeenth district of Sumter county
at a political meeting held near Ur. Hays’
ri sidence. Mr. Hays was badly cut in the
abdomen and Mr. Bird seriously in the neck,
arm and leg. The doctor was called in to
see both of the gentlemen and their wounds
attended to.
The safe at the depot in Anderson ville was
blown open on Tuesday night by burglars.
When Mr. Huber, the agent, entered the
room on Tuesday morning and saw the door
of the safe blown open, with alum and plas
ter of paris scattered over the floor, he
laughed and remarked: “I don’t know why
they did that, because tbere was only 40
cents in pennies in the safe.”
At 10 o’clock Thursday morning, at Talia
ferro, on the Chattanooga, Rome aud
Columbus railroad, InChatooga c unty, the
gin and mill belonging to Hill, Taliaferro
& Foster was burned with forty bales of
cotton and 3,000 bushels of cotton seed.
Only three bales of cotton were saved.
Capt. Taliaferro, fojir years ago, lost his
dwelling and entire contents at the same
plaoe.
The largest creditors of W. H. Collins of
Butler, who failed on account of a robbery,
are M. Nu&shaum of Macon, Os, amount
about $1,300, E. F. Collins S7OO and Mrs.
Johnson S3OO, the last two are the father
and sister of Mr. Collins and reside in this
county. There are a numtier of other
claims In Macon ranging from $lO, to L.
Coban & Cos., to several hundred dollars to
others.
Butler Female College and Male Institute,
closed the fall term Wednesday, Tuesday
night Miss Lens Bateman’s music class gave
a concert, the cantata "Glitter and Gold,”
of which the singing of Miss Mamie Frier
son was equal, if not superior to any ever 1 ';
heard here. Wedueeday afternoon the ex-„
ereises consisted of recitations and speeches.-
At night there was a debate by the Phi Della
Society, and a spelling match by the old
Saturday last H. McWhorter had the
misfortune to lose $25 on the streets of lax
ington. Boon after it was discovered that
a negro boy bed been lavishly buying toys
at Brooks & Crawford's, and bad offered,
a ten-doiiar bill in payment for same. He
was followed out of town and overtaken,
and tbongb at first stoutly denied having
found the money, he after a while owned
up and produced all but $1 10, which hq
bad spent.
On Tuesday night last some unknown
fiend entered J. M. Slade's stable, at Zebu ,
lon. aud Blabbed one of his fins horses. The
wounded wmmai made such a loud noise
attra °fc®d Mr. Slade’s attention. He
astiiy arose, and, snatching bis gun, has
tened to the stable. He reached it just in
time to perceive the form of the fiend as he
Raising bis gun he fired
at film, and next morning a portion of his
ear was fouud. The horse is badly wounded.
The State Grand Lodge of Colored Free
Masons was in session two days with Brad
well lodge in Columbus last week. Wednes
,a3r a parade was formed having over a
members iu line, and marched
through the princinal streets in the city to
Bt. James A. M. j£. Church, where an in
teresting programme was carrier! out. Rev.
J. 8. Flipper of Atlanta delivered an ad
dress on tho subject ‘‘Masonry and its influ
ences on the civilization of man.” During
the session Grand Master W. E. Terry of
Columbus presided, withP. H. Crumbly of
Atlanta grand secretary.
Benator Gibbs is responsible for a little
episode in the state Senate Friday. The
House resolution to allow the colored peoplo
to use the hall of tho House on Jan. 1 to
celebrate tho emancipation proclamation
was put upon its passage. Mr. Gibbs op
posed the resolution. He said: *T am
against that resolution. The emancipation
? reclamation is a quarter of a century old.
tis stale. It was intended as a mortal
blow at the southern people. Its object was
to destroy us. It was written by Abraham
Lincoln, a man who was a bastard by birth
or a fanatic in his manhood. I vote ‘No.*
and 1 want my vote recorded with a big
‘N.’” The resolution was concurred in by
a yoto of 18 to 5.
At 11 o’clock Tuesday morning, Wood &
Bond, undertakers of Macon, received a
telegram from J. Bishop, Jr , at Eastman,
to send at once a certain size casket. At
12:30 the firm telegraphed to Mr. Bishop
that the casket would be sent as ordered.
At 3 o'clock they received a telegram from
Bishop saying that no answer to telegram
ha l been received and order was therefore
countermanded. Wood & Bond then tele
graphed that order had been filled, and
that the answer had been sent. Then came
back a telegram from Mr. Bishop, doted
3:30 o’clock, at Eastman, saying that both
telegrams had just been received, but too
late, as he had been supplied elsewhere.
Moasrs. Wood & Bond, therefore, lost the
sale of the casket, and will bring suit
against the Western Uuion Telegraph Com
pany. Tho delay, it seems, was at the East
man oflio, and the trouble was caused in
not delivering tho first message of Wood &
Bond.
Tho Eastman Times-Journal has the
following about & former resident of .Sa
vannah. ‘The entertain men given by
Prof. Ala lotto, Monday night, was n mod
enjoyable one. Prof. Mai let to, in addition
to rendering several songs in his most musi
cal and effective manner, read selections
from his book entitled “A Narrative of a
Wandering Singer.” His travels com
menci ig in Augusta, Ga., and end
ing for the time being here
took him to England, India, Java, China
and Australia. During his sojourn in these
interesting countries he met with many ad
ventures and has recorded them, and his
impressions of the people and countries
visited in a most entertaining and instruct
ive wav. Tho narrative, a9 it will be pub
lished, covers a period t o( twenty-eight
years of the professor’-* life, and as there is
in it an over-varying change of scene and
incident, aside from tho admirable style in
which it is written, it is full of interest to
the general reader.
A rumor is current in Athens to the effect
that there is a rock in Clarke county, about
sir miles from town, upon which no man
d'lres to tread. The superstitious say that
about twenty or twon:y-five years ago an
old gentleman buried a coffee-pot lull of
gold at the foot of this rock, and has since
died, and that when a man passes that way
his ghost appears and drives him off. Par
ties hunting near the place have been run
for more than a mile hy this invisible
ghost. They say that when they come
near the place, even though it boa per
fe tly still day, u noise can be heard like a
to riblo cyclone, and the tali pines, which
surround the rock, begin to bow, and
many of them fall to the ground. On
Sunday last two gentlemen of Athens, who
heard the rumors and doubted them, visited
the “rock” with the intention of proving
the reports to lie false, but they tlid not
stop long. They climbed to tho top of tin
rock, when they became astounded by hear
ing a terrible crash. Hardly before they
knew it, a large pine tumbled to the ground
right at their feet. While an exami lation
of tho tree was being made, which was
twisted from the ground, another one, fuily
as large, came down with a crash. The
“explorers” then “skipped out,” but are de
termined to visit the “haunted rock” onco
more. They report that the trees are piled
up to a depth of six feet from the ground,
having fallen at different times.
In the United States court at Macon what
has proved to he a most interesting cose
was brought to an end Tuesday. It was
the case of a man named McCloskey, who
was arrested about two years ago on war
rants from the state and Uui ed States
courts on the charge of violating the inter
nal revenue 1 tws. Jacob Menko stood his
bond of SSOO for trial, and McClosky
shortly after disappeared. Bearca was
made for him. and finally, at the last term
of court, Monk > produced a letter said to
have beon written by McCloskey to his wife
in Macon, and later on certificates to show
that the man had died at a c >unty hosni.al
at San Fernaudo, Cal. The case " was
continued, however. and was again
brought up Monday morning. The letter
was shown to the court. It was signed “W.
B. Hill,” and the certificate of death described
Hill, saying he died, etc., and fitted Mo-
Closrev exactly. In ordsr to make sure of
the evidence, the letter purporting to have
been signed by McCloskey was turned over
to Dr. L. B. Clifton, the chemist, for exam
ination. The date and address had been
blotted out with another kind of ink, aud it
could not fie discovered by the natural eye
where it came from, nor where It was writ
ten. By a aeries of chemical tests, Dr. Cl f
ton caused one ink to turn a deep purple
and the other a carmine, and the name San
Fernando, Cal, stood out la plain letters.
When court opened Tuesday, the chemist
produced the letter and showed to his honor
Judge Speer that the original address was
San Fernando, whereupon Menko was re
leased from bis bond.
FLORIDA.
The meroury fell to 2U* near Orlando
Thursday.
Oranges are selling for 1 cent each at
Jacksonville.
The Gaineeville public school will proba
bly open ou Jan. 3.
Del .ami's total tax is 18 mills Daytona’s
tax is only 13 mills.
Borne of the Gainesville refugees will not
return until January.
The Seminole hotel, at Winter Pork, will
open for business Jan. L
The Teachers’ institute of Esoambia
county is in session at Pensacola.
A Knights of Pythias lodg • is soon to be
instituted at DeFuniak Springs.
About fifteen or twenty tourists arrived
at Titusville on the train Thursday.
The people of Enterprise are once more
at liberty to come and go where they pleas'.
At Baker’s Mill, William C. Wi.eatley is
acting postmaster, vice E. J. Baker, de
ceased.
Col. Cater and Dr. Cromwell, both of
Gainesville, killed fifty-two birds on a bunt
Thursday.
There are some large real estate sales on
the tapis at Winter Park which will soon be
consummated.
Tne Methodist church at Chipley is under
going some very important repairs in the
way of a tine, high steeple.
Some Orange City growers are circulat -
lng a petition asking Congress to put tbs
duty ou oranges at SI.OO a box.
There were 3,700 loads of rock used in
ooir.truoiiug the rock road from the square
at del nee rule to the city limits.
The tax books of < Irange county will
apou, probably, about Ja i. 10 for the col
lection of state and county taxes.
Tile ft" 1 ""* 1 convention of Uni Woman’s
Christian Temperance Union has been post
poned to Feb. 20 next, at DeLand.
The lone looked for organ for the cathe
dral at St. Augustine arrived Thursday,
after lying for weeks at Jackso vide.
It is awful dry in Sanford. All the club
rooms are closed, not to be opened again.
In Orlaudo the great English club house is
shut.
T. V. Porter has purchased the grocery
store of 8, M. Mixsou, near the postoffice,
at Gainesville. Mr. Mixsoa will return to
his farm.
J. R. Ergood has purchased the fine resi
dence of Mr. Roe. situated on Lake Osceola,
near Winter Park. The pric3 paid was not
far short of $lO,OOO.
The Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West
railway and its branches offer to excur
sionists round trip tickets at the price of
one fare, from Dec. 32 to Jan. 1, inclusive.
There aro fourteen cars of naval stores
leaded and awaiting shipment from Baker’s
mills now, while several more cars will be
ready as soon as transportation can be had.
The 80-horse power engine from the old
mill at Baker’s mdis has been taken up, and
will be used in run ing the gang edger and
some other small machines at the now mill.
It is now known that the South Florida
Railroad Company really contemplates
erecting a brick passenger depot at Tampa
in the near future, but no one seems to be
able to locate the spot.
Owen Williams, son of J. A. Williams, of
Lee, died last Friday night of malarial fever.
He was in nis 23d or 34th year, and is higul v
spoken of by th so who knew him. His
death is the third one in his father’s family
tnis year.
The Tampa Street Railway Company
propose to have as much <f their work done
at home as possible, and just now under the
supervision of Supt. Parcell, two cars for
freight traffic are being built at the com
pany’s shops in Ybor City.
The Florida Land and Colonization Com
pany, through their manager, F. 11. Rand,
offered to give the Orange Belt railway
SI6,(XX) worth of city lots if they would
come into Hanford, also all the timber for
ties, piers, etc., that they needed.
A young man by the name of Manco of
Nashville, Term., was so unfortuuate last
Monday night as to got bis foot and leg
seriously injured at the tank iust outside of
Chipley. Drs. Wilson and Bellamy wero
calleJ in, who amputated his log.
At Baker’s mills Mr. Gary, sawyer, came
near )>eing killed on Monday by the break
ing of a scantling he was holding from the
engine to j ush a car on the wide track.
The piece of timber snapped and knocked
him speechless, but he is all right again.
Mr. Durst has agreed to do another week’s
work on the artesian well at Titusville on
the condition that the town pays the ex
pense of the work for that time. Up to
Wednesday limestone was encountered,
which seemed to send up wator almost as
white as milk.
The colored people of Gainesville desired
to have a shoot ng match, tournament,
gander-pulling, etc., at the base ball park
on Monday, to which they expected soreral
thousand visitors would coine. The city
council was petitioned for the use of the
park, but they refused.
J. D. Cox, who is in jail at Madison,
charged with murder, from Taylor county,
was carried before Judge White last Satur
day on a writ of habeas corpus and a motion
for bail was made by his attorneys. The
motion was refused, and ho will rein tin in
jail until the adjourned term of Taylor
court convenes.
At noon last Monday smoke was seen to
issue from among the shingles on the
kitchen of A. Livingston, at Madison, aud
au alarm of fire give . Assistance was
prompt, a ladder placed convenient and
Willie Davis and C. T. Beggs vaulted to the
top of the building, and by well directing a
bucket or two of water, put the incipient
lire out. A defective Hue was the cause.
J. H. Allen and L. D. Browne, attorneys
for Gordon R. Rogers, convicted in the
criminal court of Orange county of viola
tion of the prohibition laws, obtai ieda writ
of prohibition from Judge Broome, return
able Feb. 11, at which time it w ill beargu 'd
before him in Orlando. This writ raises the
question of the jurisdiction of the criminal
court in cases arising under the prohibition
law, besides several other nice points.
At Kissimmee the trial of Mack Bowen,
one of those charged with the murder of
Horace Stalvey, ended Thursday in a ver
dict of guilty of being accessory before the
fact or murder. Under the law an
accessory before the fact is punishable by
hanging, unless recommended to the mercy
of the court, which was not done in this
case. The court will proceed to tho trial
of the other two accused as soon as a special
venire cau be obtained.
As soon as the new schedule, and conse
quent increase of travel, begins on the
South Florida railroad the St. Cloud Sugar
Balt railway will rearrange its schedule,
aud thus permit Orlando (ample and others
north of Kissimmee to visit toe great sugar
mill, aud return home the saifte day. Steps
are being takeu to comiueuce tne manu
facture of rum from what is called the
“thirds.” It is expected that this branch
will keep pace with the making of syrups
aud sugar.
A stock company has been formod at Or
mond for the purpose of growing vegeta
bles for market in subirrigated gardens. It
iias a capital of $50,000, and already has
ten acres planted in vegetables. Jas. Car
nell is manager of the company, and W. j.
White, ex-president of the St. Johns and
Halifax railroad, lias been made its presi
dent. It is their intention to ruu three or
four delivery wagon, in St. Augustine this
winter to deliver their vegetables, which
they will ship tbero twice a day from Day
tona
At Titusville last Sunday Mrs. A. Corwin
and her sister and child were out sailing in
the Dolphiu with a Mr. Anderson, and
when about mid-river off Sand Poiut the
boat turned over, but luckily did not sink.
Mr. Pierce, on board tho Rockledge, no
ticed tnat the sail of the boat disappeared
suddenly, aud concluded a capsize uad oc
curred; so he launched a lifeboat off the
steamer, and with one oar aud a piece of
another reached the Dolphin, after a hard
tug at rowing. All on board were then
brought ashore.
Joseph Voyle lias constructed a chart
showing the rise, progress aud decline of
the yellow fever epidemic in Gainesville.
The ohart shows at a glance the number of
cases ea h dny, the time those who die i
were taken and time of tneir death. The
first oases were on Sept, 13, the last Nov. lip;
the first death was Sept. 17, tho last Dec. 3.
There were six casei after tho frost. The
fever reached its maximum ou Oct. 38. Us
term of greatest activity was from that
time until the day of the heavy frost and
freeze, Nov. 3ti. During that time there
were ninety-five cases. The chart shows
the fever to have been the worst from Nov.
3 to Nov. 11, thirty-six cases occurring, four
of them fatal during this period.
Electric Bitters.
This remedy is becoming so well known
and so popular as to need no special men
tion. All who have used Electric Bitters
sing the same song of praise. A purer medi
cine does not exist, and it is guaranteed to
do all that is claimed. Electric Bitters will
cure all diseases of the Liver and Kidneys
will remove Pimples, Boils, Salt Rheum ami
other affections caused by impure blood.
Will drive malaria from the system and
prevent as well as cure all malarial fevers.
For cure of Headache, Constipation and In
digestion try Electric Bitters. Entire satis
faction guaranteed or money refunded.
Price 50c. and $1 per bottle, at Lippman
Bro s drug store.
The Grand OU Stove.
Savannah, Dec. 14, 1888s
Mr. J. S. Silva:
Dear Bm—The “Grand Oil Stove” re
cently purchased from you gives absolute
and perfect satisfaction. It It ow'd in my
oflioe and beats the saiua comfortably.
Thera is no smell of oil, no smoke and but
little axpuuM attending its use.
J. R. Baussy, Jr.
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1888.
MINERS AND CHRISTMAS.
Miners in Cloudland Still Betting on
the Election.
(Copy right 18*8.)
Denver, Col., Dec. 23.—Some of the
Colorado miners are still betting on Harri
son aud Cleveland. Thev were snow-bound
Id their cloudland home before election day
and not until next spring, and months after
the inauguration, will they know that Har
rison is elected.
But they will know when the Christmas
time comes. Whatever may be the life of
the w'e*>terner, there are two occasions in
the year that recalls the old home life—
Thanksgiving and Christmas. A feeling of
homesickness comes over the old-time pros
pector and cow-boy on these two festal
days, although perchance all other days of
the year mHy trinar to mind dodo of these
tender and happy thoughts of tho old home
A HOLIDAY DANCE.
life. A homesick cowboy; a homesick
prospector; yes nearly always on Thanks
giving aud Christmas.
TWO MILES IN AIR.
Imagine a point in midair about two
raiFs above New York city, and you have
the elevation at which over 1,000 miners in
Colorado will spend the holiday season.
They are shut in by snow and ice a id for
months to come they will know as l.ttle
about what is going on in tho busy worid as
though they were sailors on some vessel
frozen up for the winter amid tho icebergs
of the Arctic regions. Early in tho fall, be
fore the snow files, they are housed in on
some of the lofty peaks of the* Rocky moun
tains and not until Mayor June will thev
again mingle with their fellow-men. With
a bountiful supply of food, clothing, tin di
cines and newspapers they will while away
the long winter evenings. For amusements
they play at cards, poker t eing a favorite
game, and more than one who toils in the
tunnels and shafts of the mines far above
the clouds iu the Sangre do Christo or
rugged San Juan, will have saved nothing
whoa the times comes tha: will enable
him to descend the old familiar trails to the
nearest mining camp.
A STAG DANCE.
They think but little about the deadly
snow slides that come bringing death nd
destruction. It is a part of their life. There
is no cnance for burial, for it is hundreds of
feet down through those snow banks to
mother earth. A dead “pard” is wrapped
in a blanket, laid away in a snow bank till
the spring months, when an opportunity is
at last afforded for a Christian and civilized
burial.
It is often tho case that someone of tho
boys is a good fiddler,and Christmas night ho
will rosin the bow, tune up the old fiddle,
and with alternate “pards” for girls, the
loys will dance and make merry. The
“pard” girls they will call Mary, Susan,
Alice, Jane, or whatever may chance to be
the name of wife, sweetheart or sister. The
fiddler in his rough mou itain suit ad
slouch hat with up turned rim, aud seated
on an ex- racker or ex-soap box will throw
bis whole soul into that old fiddle while the
boys dance. Au electric sto m may sweep
over the cold and barren peaks, but that
matters not. Never does storm on the
ocean seem more savage and pitiless than
the wiuds that howl and moan over the
dreary wastes of the highest peaks of the
Rocky mountains. The e.ectric storm will
make your hair >tand out like tha quills *f
a porcupine, aud if you touch the stove
while cooking the Christmas dinner the
shock will belike that of an electric ba tery.
Ex-State E igineer Neitletou, of Colorado,
once told me how, on top of Pike’s Peak,
iu one of these electric storms, his hair
stood out like that of a Bushman, and when
touching tho lid of the stove, he was almost
knocked off his feet. But these miners iu
oloudiand are big hearted fellows, and are
as brave and heroic as they are liberal.
Father Dyer,the pioneer Methodist preacher
of the far west, and the Petor Cartwright
of the Rocky m untain*,ouce told me ow he
had held services at the Caribou mine, far
ibove tho clouds, and that when the collec
tion was t iken after ihe sermon the boys all
threw a dollar each into the contribution
box.
THE LONELY CABIN.
But thero are those who are not as fortu
nate as the miners who are shut up in t ie
big mine for the winter. There ‘are the
lonely cabins, far up on the mountain side,
mauy miles distant from human habitation.
Here three or four men are snowbound to
gether for the winter. Often there are ius
rwo "pards,” and "parj” in tho rniuing
camps means almost tho same in the far
west as “comrade” does in the army. Their
Ch istnias meal is a frugal one, aud with
eager longings their hearts will reach out
from that, deep gorge or lofty peak to east
ern homes and wonder what the loved
ones there are doing. It is at these holiday
times that the western prospector and wan
derer longs for the old associations of home
and the Uear faces be has not seen for years.
For months they havo undergone "mauy
hardships and privations, been through Hair
breadth escapes aud thrilling adventures,
and yet fn tho Christmas time all the ten
derness ami love that comes with thoughts
of home, is in their hearts. How the aud
ience that filled the great theater is hushed
almost to a paint ui stillness, and tho t ars
will come when Patti sings “Ho ne, Sweet
Home." The first time I hoard Patti sing
tuat song I had just come to Denver, several
years ago, from tho mining camps, and I
shall never forgot it. And yet
in ihe mining camp■ of the Rocky
mountains I have heard little groups sing
it ou Christmas eve. How each felt it.
We weru there from overywhe e. From
every state and territory iu the union, the
Old World, and the islands of the seas. It
was not sung so much, . s it was the melody
each lelt in r.eart as he thought of home. It
was sung iu that dreamy kind of way,
showing that the thoughts of all were far
away, and each one was thin king as well as
singing, and that if a tear did steal down
some grim vlsaged face, there was notuing
unmanly in it, was therof \V hen I have wit
nessed tender scenes in tho far west at
Christmas time, and seen the homesick feel
ing that sometimes seems to hover over all, I
learned the less >u that there was sometmng
beneath that rugged exterior of the pros
pector and Ihe cowboy, that is the highest
type of true aud manly tenderness.
BY THE SICK BED.
“I was writing about the lonely cabin. The
scene there is uol always one uf merry mas
lug at Cnristmas. Of those two who dwell
there alone, far away from all contact w ith
the world—gold hunter aacetios—one may
be sick. If you could force your way
through that wilderness of snow, lift the
latch gently, for it is never bolted, you
will find one nursing and keeping faithful
watch by hu sick “pard." It may be u son
watching by the cot of a father. *Vhy is
that old man braving all these hardshpisl
Aye, there ,s the mortgage ou the eastern
home. If they find the precious veiu by
spring, next C odstmus will find that old
home froe from the de it. Mr. Banker, could
you witneH such scenes as thus*, as I have
done you would tall the old man that you
would be a little easy about ths interest on
“that air inortglge,”that has troubled bun so
long. That is one of the secrets why many a
gray haired man w ill spend this Christmas
away from home. There is a mortgage and
a mine will lift it.
A CHRISTMAS DINNER.
One Christmas 1 spent up on the moun
tain side with two or three others, aud there
we had our holiday dinner and it was a
wholesome meal, but warning n thoie de.i
caoies that a mother or wife <au best r rt
p re. A snow storm was i azing along the
m lntains, hut with our cheerful fire an l
warm r*abiu, we cared ot for it.
“I wish we ;ad some flowers for the table,”
said one of the bo. s.
We all wished the same.
“(ret out your old letters,” said one.
We all knew what that meat, for many
a flower from the old house finds its way in
4c tors 1 o the boys out west. One fund a
roso bud. another a violet, another a daisy,
and then another rose was found in a
mother’s letter. Withered and faded were
these tokens from the old homes, but never
did men value flowers more than we did
that withered bouquet
A 3UBSTITUE FOR GRACE.
“Can’t someone say grace?” said one of
the boys.
No one volunteered.
“Tho closing lines in my mother’s letter,”
said a boyish fellow, “might do.”
“Read them was the response that camo
from all.
Heads wore bowed around that frugal
Christmas board and the young man read:
“God bless you, my son, and God bless
us ail”
1 then looked up and saw tears on the
cheeks of weather beaten faces.
Will C. Ferril.
Oonjury.
From the Brunswick (Go.) Advertiser-Appeal.
Engine r William Dart has a very fine
watch dog that ho could not keep at home.
A few days ago a negro deckhand on his
boat said lo him:
“Mars Billy, tell you wat do wid datdog.
You git a piece of round stick and cut off
de end square, and den measure it to dat
dog’s tail and make it do same lenk. Den
you cut off de end of dat dog’s ta 1 and put
um on do end ob dat stick, and dribe um
down eben wid de ground, and after dat
dat dog will nebber lef home, ’ceptin’ when
he go wid you.”
Billy sa s he tried the experiment, and
sure enough t at dog has never left homo
since, although at liberty to do so. He said
he o ly cut off the bush end of th© tail, not
tie skin.
MEDICAL.
The Gf|at P-ißjftEß_
For The Blood
APOSITIYL CVREfORSCROmA
RHtUMATISM.SCALOHtADoRTETTE.iI
BOILS PIMPLES OLDoRCHROKIC SORES
oTw.iKlK'dSawqAu DISEASES ARISING
FROM am IMPURE, 5Wt ottreBLOOD
Per BoTTle 6 for $5
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LIHIMENT.
IS THE BEST o K EABJH
ftnKlopiAHPUt
FoiNTMEHV
KWe.RfAII.S To CUR.C.
T. I.N.C.
V THEOKIY iKFAIUBLt CURE.
* V FOR -
-SOLD EVERYWHERE
Sb®6!S!^?s
LIPPMAN BROS., Wholesale Agents, Savan
nah, Ga.
IP.P.P] PTp.p.
< v Prickly Anh, Poke Root, ar.J Potassium.)
CURES
SYPHILIS
Pri mar v. Secondary, and Tertiary Syphilid, Syph
ilitic tiraptior*, Scrofula an*l Scrofulous Ernp
ti >rs, Ulcere and Old Sorct*. Rheumatism and
all diseases of the blood ; nil those that have
resisted other trcotinent yield eh adily and surely
to the wonderful power of i\ P. F., the great
Blood Purifler.
SCROFULA
Ie an impurity In the blood, producing Lumps
Swelling, causing (tunning Sores on the Arms,
Legs, or Feet, for the cure of which uee F. P. P-,
the greatest blood mcdicioo on earth. All these
diseases yield readily to the power of F. P. F. t
giving new life and new strength.
BLOOD POISON
Pared in its worst form ; sometimes in cases with
KrjHipelas. where the patient was in Eternal Pain
and given iu> by tl.o physicians. In some case*
Hcrorulous Ulcers broko out till the party was a
mass of corruption; a bottle of P. P. F. was
procured, and too disease yielded quickly.
RHEUMATISM
And in all Affections of the Blood. P. P.P. stand*
alone and unrivaled, and some of its cures art
really wonderful.
If yon suffer from anything like Pyphlils, Port
fa la. Blood Poison, Ulcers, uld Pores, Rhruinn
ttsm, or any disease of the Wood, be sure am‘
give P. P. P. a trial
P. P. P. (Prickly Ash, Poke Root and rota*
eium) is uo secret patent medicine like the mar..'
on tne market, fi* formula is on ovary bottle
thus giving a guarantee of Its purity and whole
sornoness tnat no other blood puriller docs give.
LI PPM AN BROS., Wholesale DrUfffisU, sole
manufacturer* and proprietors, Lippman's
block, Savannah, (la.
'I II | a b
I II 11 every part of tb city early Twenty
-L 1A Xj five ceuu a week pays for the Uady.
CLOTHING.
APPEL I SCHAUL,
-ARE THE ClTS
todians of the public happiness, and they propose that ever
body shall have a good time if they can help them to it.
Especially those that have a hard time the most of the year,
will iind them laying for them. If you are hard to suit, dif
ficult to satisfy,
tomcr we are after. We will suit you, please you, fit you,
we will make you happy; what more do you want, If you
want to know whether we are able to keep our word,
whether we can back all our brag with good conscientious
performance, why,
Ask Any Old Cus
tomer of ours, and we’ll stand by his testimony. A man
that wont keep his word, that goes back on his promises,
that tries to work up a snap—
IE ISN’T WORTH A COS
pidore or any other cheap and nasty article. We want to
treat you right; are you with us? If so, just get a move on
you and call and examine
Our Christmas Novelties.
Handsome presents for your sweethearts or husbands,
in the shape of neat, natty Silk Handkerchiefs, Silk Sus
penders, Dressing Cases. Handsome Neckwear and every
thing appertaining to gentleman’s wear.
APPEL & SCHAUL,
ONE PRICE CLOTHIERS,
103 Congress Street.
Gira Away Free el Clue.
Jas. Ashton’s Imported $4 00
Derbys and Silk Hats.
IN ORDER TO “WHOOP HER UP”
And Reduce Our Stock of Clothing,
WE MAKE THE FOLLOWING OFFER TO THE HOLIDAY TRADE:
We will give away with every sl2 to sls Suit purchased
any $2 50 Hat in the house.
With all sl6 50 or $lB Suits any $3 50 Hat n the house.
With.all above that amount a Silk Hat, or one of .Tas. P.
Athton’s Imported Derbys.
OUR LINE OF CLOTHING IS OF BEST MAKES
AND PRICES LOWEST.
offer holds good in Overcoats at corresponding
prices.
DRYFUS im OS.,
Corner Congress and Jefferson Streets.
CLOTHING.
HOLIDAY GOODS.
YlfE HAVE now on exhibition a grand dis
* * play of novelties of our own importations
and specialties of home manufacture in Gentle
men's Wear, prepared specially tor tho coming
holidays. Tboao favorin'* us with a call, will
And the selection of a gift for the sterner sex
a pleasant and easy task. Kesfiectfully,
A. FALK & SON.
educational.
SACRED HEART SEMINARY^
FOB SMALL HOYS.
SHARON, GEORGIA
HOARD and Tuition per year of 10 month.,
SIBO. For further partieular* apply for
ProapectiM. Adtlrwui MOTHER SUPERIOR,
bharon, Taliaferro County, Georgia.
DHL'S goods, XXL.
CHRISTMAS MIIIS
at
GERMAINE’S,
COMPRISING AN ELEGANT LINE OF
SILK AND GLORIA UMBRELLAS,
A FINE ASSORTMENT OF
LADIES’ EMBROIDERED HANDKERCHIEFS
ALSO
LADIES' AND GENTS' SILK HANDKER
CHIEFS, In White and Color..
Something nice in LADIES' KID GLOVES
Every pair warranted.
A fine line of EIDERDOWN COMFORTS.
LINEN DAMASK SETS, fine good..
J.P.GERMAINE
132 BROUGHTON STREET.
NOW IS THE TIME
TO HAVE YOUR
I,ACE CURTAINS
AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD LINEN
DONE UP.
Shirts, Collars and Cuffs a Specialty.
Liberal Weekly and Monthly contract* made.
JO per cent, of wear and tear of clothe* saved
by the dm of boap made and used by the
EMPIRE STEAM LAUNDRY.
100 Broughton Straw, between Bull and Dray
lon Street*. Telephone No. 00.
MATHER Ac BATTEN, Proprietor*.
CARPETS, WRY GOODS, ETC. '
Carpets! Carpets!
llillioiit Exception the Best
Value Yet
Superfine Ingrain at fiOe. per yard; worth Me
All-Wool Ingrain at 750. per yard; worthßsc
3-Ply Ingrain at ?9c. per yard; worth UOe
3-I'ly All-Wool (bust made) at 90c. per'varA
worth 31. e
Tape.try Brussel* at 65c. per yard; worth 75e
Tapestry Brussels at 75c. per yard; worth fut
Body Brussels at, 31 05 per yard; worth $1 ■£,,
Boys’ Suits.
Suits that were $2,
This week's price $1 60.
Boys’ 6uits that were 81 75,
This w eek’s price $1 35
Boys’ Suits that were 82 25,
This week's price $1 75.
Boys’ Suits that were $2 50,
This week’s price $2,
Boys’ Suits that were 88,
Tins week’s price 82 59.
Boys’ Suits that were $3 75.
This week’s price $3.
Boys’ Suits that were $4 50 and $5,
This week's price $3 75 and 81 as,
SPECIAL PRICES FOE THIS WEB
LINEN GOODS.
46 inch White Damask Kotted Fringe Towels
25c.; regular price -10 c. ’
43-inca Loom Damask Towels, 20c.; regular
price 85c.
46-inch Huck Towels, 25a; regular price 45c.
Full Size All-Linen Towels at 10c.; worth !sci
Special Bargains in WHITE and COLORED
TABLE DAMASK; also, in FANCY IMPORTED
EMBROIDERED and JUTE COVERS DOy’
LIES, TRAY CLOTHS; NAPKINS from 35c.
per dozen upward in extensive variety.
DANIEL HOGAN’S
Blanket Emporium.
SAVE 25 PER CENT. BY BUYING YOUR
BLANKETS EARLY.
D. HOGAN.
HOLIDAY GOODS.
HOLIDAY GOODS
AT
GDTMAN’S.
BARGAINS IN ALL OUR FANCY ARTICLES.
SHALL POSITIVELY CLOSE THESE
GOODS OUT LESS THAN COBT.
NOW, IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR USEFUL
HOLIDAY PRESENTS, THIS IS
THE PLACE.
White Embroidered Elegant Silk Hose,
Handkerchiefs, Nurses’ Aprons,
Spanish Lace Fichus, PocketOooks,
Spanish Lace Scarfs, Card Cases.
Kid Gloves, Gold-headed Umbrella*,
Real Lace Hdkfs., Oydized-headed Urn-
Hand-Painted Fans, brellas,
Embroidered Capes, Silver-headed Urabrel-
Children's Lace Collars, las.
Children’s Kid Gloves, Plated Earrings,
Soaps and Perfumery, Plated Breastpins,
Children's Mulls and Cuff Buttons,
Boas, Cashmere Shawls,
Children's Silk Hoods, Muffs and Boos.
SPECIAL.
Every’ purchaser to the amoum of $1 worth
of goods will receive a ticket which will entitle
them to a chance on a beautiful DRESSED
DOLL, drawing to takn place January Ist, 1689.
Delays Are Damerei!
GO AT ONCE TO
SILVA’S
AND SELECT YOUR
HOLIDAY GIFTS!
FURNISHING GOODS.
LaFAR
TELLS WHAT TO GIVE AS A
PRESENT!
EITHER OF THESE WILL DO:
FUR TOP GLOVES.
LYONS SILK UMBRELLAS.
A FINE SILK HAT or SMOKING JACKET.
SILK MUFFLER or a flue pair of KID
GLOVES.
A DRESSING CASE or SMOKING BET
One-half dozen INI UAL HANDKERCHIEFS,
beautifully embroidered.
A BUGGY KOBE or Splendid DRIVING
GLOVES.
GLORIA UMBRELLAS, beautiful Gold or
Silver Head..
WALKING CANES, the fashionable Buck-
Horn 11.indies.
New SCARFS and TIES, for Boya, Small
Shapes.
A DUNLAP HAT or a RIDING CROP.
A few IA.DIES' RIDING HATS and GLOVES
st.il! left.
WARNER'S SANITARY UNDERWEAR, and
the CHAMOIS SKIN VESTS, to preserve your
health, to enjoy the above.
At LaFAR’S,
THE FURNISHER,
27 BULL ST.
REAL ESTATE.
0. Y. RICHARDSON.
REAL ESTATE AND GENERAL OOLLKO
HON AGENCY.
OFFICE 2D BULL ST.
Rail tala and collection* solicited.