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and Appeal.
VOL. V.
CUTHBERT, GA„ THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1885.
NO. 12
STEVENS’ POTTERY!
Near Mlledgevllle.
P. 0., Stevens Pottery, Ga.
Headquarters for Doublet! Glaze*! Vitrified Drain, Sewer, Culvert
an<l Water Pi|K*s, from 2 to 24 inch calibre, tor Draining Land. R. R.
Culverts, Road and Street Crossings and Well Curbing. Fire. Grate,
Border and Hearth. Brick Smoke anil Hot Air Flues. Lining for Fur
naces, Fire Brick for Setting Boilers, made to Order, any Shape or
Style on short notice. Flower Paata. Swinging Baskets. Stumps,
Chimney Thimbles and Tops. Fire Clay and Sand, waitable for Fur
nace Building or other similar purposes.
Correspondence Solicited. Our prices are reasonable. All we ask
ia a trial.
Stevens’ Bros. & Co.
Proprietors-
marl9 6m
Furniture!
I have just opened at the Owen A Sealjj old stand a
NEW FURNITURE STORE,
and will, at soon as it can be alii p|>ed from the Factories, have on
hand s full line of everything usually kept in a
-*FIRST-0LA3S RSTABLISHMENT*-
of this kind. I propose to buv in large quantities, direct from Fac
tories, and will compete in style and prices with any house in Georgia.
B. W, Ellis
will have full charge of the business, and will be found at his post at
ail limes, ready to serve all in his usual fair and square manner.
REMEMBER the place, Owen A Scaly old stand, East side
Public Square, Cuthbcrt, Ga. Respectfully,
J. w. STANFORD.
January 22 6m.
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xcptts If
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C 1 O TO FOSTER'S I.rsiBF.It YARD,
r mill get some good
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honrding i» kept Dressed or in the Hoiifli
to .nit tlie parties needing il.
Hough flank of tlie Best, for
Well Curbing, Flooring, Etc.
Refused Plank, Scantlings, and
Rough Edge or Sheeting, all at
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For Cash, on the Wagon, or on
presentation of Bill.
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•onalilc time, when s|>ecial con
tract or satisfactory arrangements
are made.
00^ Lumber Yard at my old
Stand. Respectfully,
* J. A. FOSTER.
Having removed to Eufaula, I have
einploved Mr. MOSES SPEER to take
charge of niv Lumber A anl.
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fbe great nerve and brain rem-
-, (or sale, only at
f J. W. STANFORD'S.
faial !
Oil ami Lead never cheaper
an now at J. W. YTAXioiin's.
Tubnrro, Toliaeeo.
Cheap, Medium and Fine, (or
le very low. at
.1. W. Stanford's.
The nl»ove disease of the brain i* of
iorv frequent occurrence than is gen
erally supposed male ami female victim*
being numbered xim>ti£ all classes.
Ill .some eases it might be termed a
fanciful chimera of the brain, the mind
seeming to boon the h»okout for some
new idea oi delusioq, which really has
no foundation in fact. It seems to he
an intellectual concentration upon one
idea, the mind remaining clear upon
every other point. The integrity 0 f the
intellectual portion of the mind l»ecomes
apparently overpowered bv the delusion
ami remaining in a kind id quasi state,
until the fal.-c idea becomes a ]m native
conviction. Jealousy, ambition, disap
pointment and any exciting cause crea
ting an unexpected concentration of in
tellectual forces, are frequent causes of
monomania. A man's wife receiving
sudden and unexpected information re
lating to his amours with another wo
man, which, although without any foun
dation in fact, is revolved over and over
in her excited mind until jealousy is
thoroughly aroused, a species of mono
mania being the result.
These affections have become very an
noying and grievous, and if not relieved
are apt to cml In a more abnormal con
dition of the brain, producing family
quarrels, dissensions, accusations, de
nials, Ac., between man and wife, lover
and sweetheart. They should all be
treated as cari\ as possible, and the most
speedy and certain remedy is the use of
I*. U. It., which produces an immediate
transformation through the blood, tlie
effects of which are felt and acknowl
edged before using one bottle.
The patients are all easily aroused #n
certain subjects, and although ridicu
lous in the extreme, cannot l»e convinc
ed of their error. One party may pre
sume that the whole human family a nr
afflicted with some •’mineral poison.’
while yet another may argue that "pot
ash mixtures” are poisoning the blood
of the nation, and that revelation* from
the Aluiightv placed him in a special
position to oiler the only antidote, while'
all else are frauds. These conditions
emanate from those of honest ami pure
motives, hut are i»owerless to throw off
the shackles which bind them. The
friends and relatives of all such should
urge them to use B. B. B. and be cured,
before more serious results occur, lead
ing to insanity.- The actual and positive
action of B. B. B. is of such paralleled
nature as to convince any one of the un
paralleled power it has over all l»l«>od
poisons scrofulous sores, swellings and
taints, kidney and rheumatic affections,
catarrh, tetter, chronic ulcers and sores,
Ac.. Ac. All these astounding cures are
proven bv doctors, bankers, preachers,
merchants, editors, farmers, and men
and women here in Atlanta, where ev
ery witness can be seen and talked with.
April-9-1m.
Wm. d, kiddoo,
ATTOKAEi AT MW.
Cnthbert, Ga.
W ll.i. practice at any place in the
State bv special contract. tf.
W. R. THORNTON,
DENTIST.
CUTHBERT, GA.
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over 1*. 1.. Dunn’s store. fel>17-ly '
O
Laundry and Toilet Soaps,
Bon Ton anil Royal Gloss Stareli,
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c-t
Toilet Soaps,
Finest Line in S. W. Ga..
at bottom figures, at
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Silver Ware!
At greatly reduced prices, to
close out. at
ct ALLISON A SIMPSON’S.
Milo Maize! Base Balls and Bats,
or a Forage Crop, superior to
Tail Millet. For sale at
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BLEG-ANT
TOILET & LAUNDRY SOAPS,
Unusually cheap,
*t J. P. TOOMBS A BltO.'S, ct
Mwke!
e Universal Favorite, or the
I Arcli Cigars, the best in
tv, at
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»ainl the roof of your houses
Browns Rublier Paint, anil
nt fire, leaks, and decay. For
nlv bv. J. W. Stanford.
9LANK BOOKS
ry kind,size and style,cheap
n ever before, at
»Uf J. W. Stanford s
Breakfast Bacon and Dried
Beef,
at ALLISON A SIMPSON'S.
gt0 I’lie most handsome line
of Papers, all kinds, ever offered
before at J. W. STANFORD S
Crabs and Olives,
SON A SIMPSON'S.
Croqiiet Sets,
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AND
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ct
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AT
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All Clock and Watch Work War-
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Taylor’a Premium Cologne
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PAINT NOW!
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ly Pure Lead, war
ranted, and Linseed
Oil at prices that
will enable every
body to paint up.
Get my figures be
fore you paint.
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Paid for Corn, at
ct ALLISON A SIMPSON S.
Home Mixture Guano,
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j containing testimonials. He also
buys bones for the Company.
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ed Home treatment. Medicine ran be
administered without knowledge of pa
tient. bv simply placing it in coffee, tea
or any article of food. Cures guaranteed.
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For all V case of drunkenness that Gold
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containing testimonials and full particu
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Si Pm ad Kegs of Powder for $4.
Shot. Wads and Primeis in pro
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For the Enterprise A Appeal.
A WAR STORY.
CHAPTER X.
I fear 1 hare wearied my read
era with my continued story, but
tliis chapter will lie the last, when
I hope something else will take
its ptaee; isf' interest to all.
At the close of the last chapter,
if you remember, we were in line
of battle behind unr breastworks,
after fighting the last battle that
was fought in the war at Benlon-
ville, N. V.
We did not fight any more at
this place nor anywhere else. We
left here mil after marching -one
or two days, stopped and ramped.
Gen. Johnson and his army were
with us, and the 46tli Ga. regi
meat waa with hint, and as I had
two brothers in it I sent up pa
pers for a transfer, or rattier a
swap from the 27lh to the 46lh.
Tlie pa|iers were approved, and I
severed my connection with Co.
A I hated to leave it, as the lioys
felt almost like brothers. We had
a good, clever set of officers, whose
names I will here give: R. Patton,
captain; E. Stewart, 1st I.ieuten
ant; Joseph Little, 2d Lieutenant,
and W. A. J. Teat, 3d Lieutenant, j
This company lost 50 men who
died, had 11 killed, 41 wounded,
and 11 discharged, so you may
know there was not many of the
old ones who returned to their
loved ones after tne surrender.
I enjoyed the company of my
brothers, as well as that of my old
friends and ncighltors, fur it iisd ;
been a long while since I hail bad j
the pleasure of being with them.
As tlie rations were scarce, I will
tell you how a friend and myself
got some meal. We started out
one night to get some meal or
corn, and went where the corn
was. hut as a guard was there, we
did not see any prospect of getting
any there, and went to the big
commissary tent, and lindiug no j
guard present, I put iuy friend j
forward to get it, as lie was more!
ex|>erienced in the business; go
ing in lie examined around the
lent and found a sack with about
hall a bushel of uieal and took it.
although the head of the man in
charge was lying right by it. We
got very tired of it, however, for
we started on the mareli next day,
going through Raleigh, which was
a beautiful city, and after march
ing 7 or 8 miles beyond, cam|icd
for the night. I got into another
pressing scrape that night, and
one that I fell right mean about,
and consider it the worst of any
I was guilty of during the war.—
A short time after dark some sol
diers came back to camps with
meat, and upon inquiry found out
where they got it; they said the
old gentleman gave it to them. Six
or eight of us started out to see if
we could make a rise. When we
got to the house the old gentleman
had gone to bed and was asleep.
We had some had boys along, and
one or two of them were appointed
to do the talking. He said he
had some meat in his [msscssion,
but it lielonged to a railroad com
pany, and lie could not let us have
it; the boys told him they must
hare some, ami at last lie asked
if they* would be satisfied with
two sides, and they told him yes,
hut when lie opened tlie door all
of us went in, and, instead of two
siilcs, nearly every one took a;
piece of some kind. I got a slionl j
der, and one of my mess was along (
and lie got some sugar. I hated
to do the old gentleman so, but
thought the enemy would come
right on after ns and take it, and
it looked as if we bad the best
right to it, though 1 confess I felt
bad about it. Wc marched for
several days in the direction of
Greensboro, and had to wade two
creeks during the time. We met
a soldier occasionally who would
tell ns Lee bad surrendered, but
we did not believe it. At length
we heard that a dispatch bad liecn
received at Brigadier headquar
ters that Lee bad surrendered,
and that Johnson and Sherman
were negotiating for our surren
der, and first one rumor and then
another went through camps all
day. Next morning our officers
told us we had surrendered, and
if any were disposed to make an
attempt to escape they could take
a horse apiece and make their
way home. My brother and my
self went to where the mules and
wsgont and horses were, but to
our surprise all that were fit for
service, hail already been taken,
to we decided to risk ourselves in
the surrender than try to escape
on such stock. W# were marched
out into an old field wbeie we
stacked oar arms and left them.
1 woe sad on this occasion, bat
my heart was also made to rejoice
at the tlionght ol getting out of
the crml war. I knew we could
not be worsted. We remained here
for several days after the surren
der, for some purpose I do not re
■needier what, and before we left
the soldiers drew $1.28 in silver,
the stock left being divided among
us. We started homeward with
happy hearts. We had enough to
make ns rejoice and fill our hearts
to overflow. We were away from
home, some not having been home
in four years, and exposed to all
kind of weather, with only half
enough to eat at times, and often
marched until it looked as if we
could not go any further. Then
comes the worst part, the fighting.
So taking all this into considera
tion, we have enough to rejoice
over, even if we were overpowered
ami bad to surrender to an enemy.
We marched in the direction of
Sanlslmry. N. C.. and the second
•lay, aw hile before night, stopped
and camped near the city. I and
another soldier went up in the
city, and about the time we got
thorr, cur cavalry charged the
government corn and tobacco.—
Thinking I had as tnncli right to
it as they did. I went in and got
some tobacco and two bushels ot
corn, which I took off and sold for
two dollars in silver.
Somc of the soldiers look the
cars here, but I marched until I
crossed the Savannah river and
went to Washington, Ga., where
we all took the cars and went to
Atlanta. Landing in Atlanta we
remained long enough to gel our
parole, and tlien got aboard the
cars fur Macon, where wc boarded
n train bound for Eutaula, and
getting off at Oglethorpe looted it
home, a distance of fifteen miles.
Wc arrived at home a little after
night, and made home folks hsp-
py. I found my dear old mother
as I hail left her nearly four rears
ago, as active as some of tbegirla.
though she waa over seventy years
old, but like most old people her
mind and strength bnd failed
some.
Well. I enjoyed myself with my
family and the young ladies until
the 24th of December. 1872, when
I took one for a wife, and lived
happily until last year, when 1 un
fortunately lost her liy death, and
am left to mourn my loss. This
closes my campaign and life up
• il now.
I thank yon, Messrs. Editors,
for your kindness in publishing
my war record, and will now bid
you adieu. Yours, truly.
Wn. Lcthek Dovgi.ass.
A Walkiag Skeleton.
Mr. K. Springer, of Mechanics-
burg. Pa., writes: “I was afflict
ed with lung fever and abscess on
lungs, and reduced to a walking
skeleton. Got a free trial bottle
of I)r. King's New Discovery tor
Consumption, which did me so
much good that 1 bought a dollar
liottle. After using three bottles
found myself once more a man,
completely restored to health,
with a hearty appetite, and a gain
in flesh of 48 lbs.” Call at J. W.
Stas fomi's Drug Store and gel a
free trial iMitlle of this certain
cure for all Lung Diseases. Large
iKittles $1.00.
Among the colonial possessions,
or more correctly, dependencies,
of Holland, there is a remarkable
little state which, in its constitu
tion and original costume of its
inhabitants, surpasses the boldest
dreams of the advocates of wo
men's rights. In the island of
Java, between the cities of Bata
via and Samarane, is the kingdom
of Bantam, which, altbongh trib
utary to Holland, is an indepen
dent state. The sovereign is, in
deed, a man, bat all the rest of
the government belongs to tlie
fair sex. The king is entirely
dc|icnilcnt upon bis state council.
The highest authorities, military
commanders and soldiers are,
without exception, of the female
sex. These a Blazons rule in tlie
masculine style, wearing sharp
steel points instead of spars. They
carry a pointed lance, which they
swing very gracefully, and also a
musket, which is discharged at
full gallop. The capital of this
little state lies in the most pic
turesque part of the island in a
fruitful plain, and is defended by-
two well kept fortresses.
An Iowa lady, who was recently
in a trance for several hours, says
she went to heaven, and she as
serts that there are plenty of pi
anas there. If her state meat ia
time there are certsisly beings
there who know how to keep them
in tuna as well os to play them.—
Of course the angels cookl not he
happy if the harmony was distart*
ed by aomebeglaaar thumping on
n cheap piano.
Fort Plain, N. Y., April 9.—
The celebrated fast of Kate Sinul-
aey was terminated at 8 o’clock
this morning by death. The first
symptoms of her disease were
manifested in July. 1882, by the
twitching of her right arm and
sharp pains through the bead.
She did not give Up. howerer. un
til October of that year, when she
look the bed never to leave it.
She ate sasall quantities of fond
natil March 11, 1884, when, lie-
cause it di,tressed her, and, as
she claimed, because of lack of
damn far food, she refund to eat
aoylhiiqp Fur a few moMtho af
ter she would take water in her
mouth ami eject it without swal
lowing any, but from August to
Nnvemlier it is claimed by the
family, who are trustworthy peo
ple, that she took neither food
nor liquids. From March to
Thanksgiving day it is undis
puted that she ate nothing. The
actual fasting time, according to
the re|mrt, was 394 days.
Various physicians treated the
case. Some pronounced il hyste
ria, others said it was St. Vitus’
•lance, others called it chorea.
The attending physician has
been owerwbelmed with letters of
inquiry about the case and patent
medicines have been sent from all
parts of the country. He said to
day a change seemed to take
place ia December, when the con
stant motion of the body ceased
to some extent. Miss Smulsey’a
flesh began to waste, her sight lie
came more dim, and fur the past
week she was unconscious most
all of tlie time. She was so
emaciated that she weighed only
25 pounds. The house has been
thronged to day by |icople anxious
to see the remains, bat only those
not actuated by curiosity were
admitted. Several physicians
will hold an autopsy to morrow.
Miss Smulsey was about 21 years
old, of German descent, anil pre
vious to her illness was a dress
maker.
The disease first showed itself
in the form of weakness, which
baffled the physicians, and Mias
Smulsey called upon one niter
another ia vain. Last Thanks
giving day she ex|ierienccd a pe
culiar sensation like the break
ing away of something in her
stomach, and since then she has
lieen able to take a little nourish
ment in the sba|ic ol wine of whey.
The invalid seemed to keep up
her strength by mere will power,
always having the hope of recov
cry. For many months she sal
up in bed, rocking sideways
while holding her hands before
her as if in the act of wringing
them in anguish. When the
change came on Thanksgiving
day she was able to take nour
ishment. The motion of her body
ceasetl. The father and mother,
a brother and two sisters are in
good health. They can give no
theory of the origin of the disease,
only rememtiering that the girl
lost all desire for food, and that
whatever she took distressed her.
I have bad n most distressing
case of inherited srriifala for the
last thirty yearn, which has lieen
under treatment of many of our
best known physicians without
any visible effect, but was reliev
ed by the use of Swift's S|iccific.
I am sure if any one will give this
aseilicine a fiatient, faithful trial
it will give them the same relief,
for my case was regarded almost
hopeless by many. Of course, it
would not take the same time or
quantity for a younger person or
the disease in earlier stage,.
Even if it did not positively cure
(which ia wlmoet impossible in
cases of inherited afflicting), it
will give you renewed strength,
flesh, vitality, even although re
dneed to a “confirmed invalid” as
was my condition.
For children who are weak,
subject to colds, especially those
inclined to catarrh, or fur any
skin eruption, I consider it ia
fallible. As a general household
remedy, it Is unequalled. I wish
it was in my power to do justice
to this wonderful medicine. It
has done so much for me, I feel I
ran never repay my debt of grali
tude. A. Lady or Athens.
I certify that the aliovc was
written by a lady whom I have
known for years—of high social
position, aad one whose statements
merit a careful consideration.
C. W. Lur, Athens, Ga.
Feb. 20,1885.
Tetter for Twenty Tears.
I have suffered with tetter on
my hands for over twenty years.
It inatlc its nppearanee every win
ter, and was exceedingly annoy
ing. At times I was incapable of
doing my household work. I
tried every remedy that was sug
gested and was treated by plirsi
cians, but to no avail. Almut
six months ago I waa induced to
try Swift's S|iecific, and have
taken six bottles. It lias entirelv
cured me, there have bean no
signs of return of the disease ap
parent. My general health has
been greatly improved. At a
tonic sad blood purifier S. S. S.
has no superior.
Mas. M. J. Swann,
July 15, ’84. Jackson Ga.
Treatise on Blood and Skin
Diseases mailed free.
The Swift Specific Co.,
Drawer 3. Atlanta, Ga.
Not long ago one of Barnum.n
elephants was found to be in
danger of losing his sense of sight
A surgeon who had been called to
examine the huge animal declar
ed that if the elephant could be
induced to submit to an opera
tion the eye could be saved. Ac
cordingly the poor animal was
tied down, and some caustic fluid
was dropped into one of his eyes,
lie roared with pain, for the treat
ment was severe. On the follow
ing day the eye that hail been
treated was much better, hut the
surgeon thought he was going to
haves terrible lime in operating
on the other eye. Fancy his sur
prise to find that as soon as the
great beast heard his voice be
stretched himself on the ground
and peacefully submitted to the
painful ordeai. The elephant had
simply recognized the skill and
friendly purpose of his benefac
tor.
An ex-Confederale story teller
says that during one of Lee's bat
tles near Richmond he ssw a
comrade on his knees, with his
hand held above his head, crying
out, ‘Come long furlough; come
along.” He wanted to have a
finger taken off by a bullet so that
he could go bouse. An officer
came op behind him and gave
him a violent kick. The soldier
cried: “If that ain’t n discharge.
I'll be hanged.” He said after
ward that lie thought a piece of
bunted shell had struck him.
There ia a child near Madison,
Fla., which has a growth of black
hair on its bend, except on top,
where then is n toll of hair per
fectly white.
It is a pleasure to read the fol
lowing graceful and candid ex
pressions from the Boston Ex
press, a leading New England
journal. It says:
“Jefferson Davis and Gen. Grant
arc rapidly eking out their last
rounds of life as we go to press.
It is not unlikely that before this
issue of our paper reaches our
readers, cither or both, may no
longer be among the living. Many
of the patters of the country are
pregnant with eulogies of General
Grant, but very little space is de
voted to Mr. Davis. The latter
personage is a marked historical
character in our country, his rep
utation is national, and his abili
ties remarkable. Why should be
fail to be remembered in such a
supreme hour as this? It is trus
that he was President of the Con
federacy. and that he did all in his
|iower to serve the cause which he
represented, but lie should becrcil
ited with high patriotic purpose,
and also with an honest desire to
do his best for wtiat he believed
to be right and just for the South.
That the South believed their
cause to be just has never been
doubted by broad and thoughtful
minds. The people of that sec
tion acted accordingly, and jx>ur-
ed out their blood as freely as ifit
was water. It is twenty years
since tlila war was over, and we
can all afford to charitably view
the situation as it is—both North
and South. As a United States
Senator Mr. Dsvia won high and
deserved reputation. He was the
peer of Clay, Webster and Cal-
linnn. That he clung to the South
at the opening of the rebellion was
natural and inevitable. He rttuld
not have been an bonsst patriot
and s sincere man. It is not only
well but a duty to bear these
things earnestly in mind, as the
hero is passing his loot boars on
earth. Allof us oagbtto be fair
aad generous aad trnthfnl enough
to admit his great talests. his in
herent patriotism, ami bia sincere
devotion to what be believed to be
the trne interests of the people.”
“How can I always win money
at poker?’ writes an aaxioaa sub
scriber ton Western editor: “How
do I know," replied the journalist.
“If I coakl da that, doyoa suppose
I’d be fool eaoegb to edit n news
paper?”—Puck.
A Girl who Caa Sheet.
Miss Lillian F. Smith, who
styles herself the “California Girl
Champion Rifle Shot of the
World," gave a remarkably inter
esting cxliiidlioa of her wonder
ful skill and unerring precision
with the rifle, Saturday evening.
Around the wooden figure of a
deer, *ns|iended in mid air, a num
ber of glass balls were attached by-
wires. Miss Lillian, with a seven
poom) Ballaril rifle, carrying a 22
calibre cartridge, broke ball after
ball, at a distance of 33 feet with
unfailing aim, firing both from
the right and left shoulder, shoot-
lag with tha riGshuhl upside down
and backward over the shoulder,
sighting with a hand mirror.—
These shots she repealed with the
sights obscured by a card on the
muzzle of the rifle. One of her
most remarkable feats was the
breaking of a glass ball revolving
on a wire cord in a horizontal cir
cle, with a radius of about six
feet. This feat she also perform
ed shooting backward, using a
band mirror to sight with. Ten
glass balls were sprung from a
trap, with only a four foot rise, and
every one was broken before they
reached the floor. Twenty balls
were attached to the deer, which
was caused to swing, and everyone
broken inside of a minute without
a miss. Two small balls, no lar
ger than a liazlenut, shared the
same fate, and a uickcl five cent
piece, concealed behind a card,
was (ierforated in the center. Af
ter the programme had lieen com
pleted, Crittenden Robinson, the
well known wing shot, bad acqui
red such confidence in the accura
cy af the aim of the young lady—
who is really only a child of 14
years of age—that lie volunteered
to hold the acc of clubs, which lie
took from a pack of cards, in his
hand, while she endeavored to
perforate it anil she justified his
confidence by pulling a ball thro'
the center of the ace spot.—San
Francisco Chronicle.
H# XMciUHer Age.
A north of England merchant,
having lost his wife by death, or
dered a sculptor to erect a hand
some marble monument over her
grave. Ou visiting the cemetery
a week or two later, the merchant
found that his instructions had
been complied with. But on read
ing the inscription he was surpris
ed to find the remains described
as those of “Sarah Angelina
Smith, aged 137.” In hot haste
and hot tenqier lie rushed down
to the sculptor's.
“What in the Elysian Fields"
(or words to that effect), “made
you put my wife's age down as
137? Didn't 1 tell you that she
was oniy 37?”
“Yes,” replied the sculptor,
“that is so, but. you see, as I was
putting a specially fine monument
up, I thought it would sort of call
attention to it il I put something
out of the common on it. The
funny epitaph business is played
out, but centenarians are fashion
able just now. aud as I thought
you’d like [>eoplc to see that you'd
done the fair thing hr your wife,
1 thought you wouldn't mind hav
ing something startling put ou tin-
inscription to attract attention.
We're doing it for all the better
class of gravestones.”
The merchant was convinced,
and the inscription remained.
And that is how it happens that
so many centenarians have been
heard of lately.—Leeds Mercury.
I All Sorts.
I A bad jury in a law suit—per-
jury.
Cut down—the result of his first
sliaTe.
The literary man always has
write on his side.
Jokes are likeeggs. They can
never be too fresh.
Mormons ought to be good sai-
■ lors—they have so much marry-
tiinc experience.
In India a widow burns for her
first husband. In this country
she burns lor a second one.
Tomatoes were formerly called
“love apples.” They are certain
ly very soft and easily “mashed.”
The lay of the land in Montana
is very high. That is. eggs are
there quoted at ten cents each.
Alaska seems to be the only re
gion in the United States that lias,
thus far, escaped the roller skat
ing mania.
• All animals have their good
points, but for au abundance of
the same none can compete with
the porcupine.
“No prima dona ever sings to
her baby.” She probably does
not waul to waste her sweetness
on the infant heir,
Tennyson says: “Men arc God's
trees.” Some, however, who call
at newspaper offices are not. They
never leave.
People who go up in a balloon
together are generally conceded to
be considerably “taken up with
one another.”
“He that loves noise must buy a
pig," sail a Spanish proverb. In
most cases, however, a baby will
answer just as well.
Anciently, in many parts of
France, says a writer, when a sale
of laud took place, it was the cus
tom to have 12 adult witnesses,
accompanied by 12 little boys;
and when the price of the land
was paid, and its surrender took
place, the cars of the boys were
I [mlled and they were severely
beaten, so that the pain thus in
flicted should leave an impression
upon their memory, and, if re
quired-afterward, they might hear
witness to the sale. Later, when
a criminal was being executed,
parents whipped their children,
so that they might take warning
by the example and keep in the
path of virtue.
“When does a woman begin to
grow old?" was lately asked in an
assembly of French women, who
arc said to be even more afraid of
cicillir than the women of other
countries. “With the first gray
hair,” suggested one of the ladies,
and “when she ceases to inspire
love,” thought another. The de
cision was finally put to a charm
ing white haired matron of soma
70 years, who at once replied:
“What do 1 know about il? You
must ask an old woman to answer
von such a question.”—A'eic l’ork
Post.
A Saperflaaas Boy.
William Trotter has been pay
ing his addresses to Miss Rosa
Hsdsteer, of Waco. His visits
bare not been very frequent of
late, and last night. Tommy.
Miss Rosa's younger brother,
said:—
“Yon ought to come and see us
every evening. Mr. Trotter.”
“Why. Johor?”
“Because it makes sister Rosa
so happy to have you go away.
You ought never to miss an even
ing.”
They missed Trotter for the rest
of that evening.
Re Wants Ik
An Arizona paper remarks :
“Our craven con tent porary pre
tends that it doesn't want any of
flee. That is too thin, as every
body knows how it tried to get
the post office and failed. Wc
don’t often boast but we believe
that we could ran the post office in
the way it should ran. and what
is more, we believe we shall get it
Anyhow, we are not afraid to say
that we want it.ami will doerery
thiag ws can to got it. Oar con
temporary in a pretty small pota
to. Whoopee?’
He Didn't Harry fur Beauty.
“I hear that Swarkins is mar
ried again.”
“Yes, he's hitched again for a
fact.”
“Have you seen his wife?”
“Yes.”
“Is she good looking?”
“Oh, no; she's a very plain
body, but as strong as an ox.
Yeti see, lie didn't care so mncli
for beauty. What lie wanted was
a woman who could dig potatoes
and make them youngsters of
his walk the chalk.”
Where They Have tile Best of l r s.
Life must be very pleasant in
the Congo Instead of a roan
having to rush home at 1 r. it. to
give his wife four hours' lime to,
prepare for the opera aud theu
wait another half hour on the
front steps until thetwo hundred
and odd forgotten things are
found and arranged, the Congo
husband strolls home a few min
utes before the |>crforinance be
gins and simply says, “Sarah,
adjust yonr hairpin. We will go
to the opera.”—Pittsburg Tele
graph.
They were talking about the
weight of different individuals in
a certain family, and the daugh
ter's young man, who was present.
«|w>ke up before he thought, and
said: “1 tell you that Jenny ain't
so very light either, although she
looks so.” And then lie looked
suddenly conscious and blushed,
aud Jenny became absorbed in
studying a ehroino on the wall.—
Exchange.
A little girl in Pennsylvania
who had listened to a temperance
address for the first time in her
life was so impressed and inter
ested that she went home and
wroto out tiie following rather
novel pledge: “I promise not to
drink rum, or wine, or brandy, or
smoke, or swear, or cider either.”
She signed it, and got several of
her play mates to sign it also.