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Cuthbert Enterprise and Appeal.
BY STANFORD & COOPER.
VOL. V.
independent in All Things—Neutral in Nothing.”
TERMS $1.50 lil ADVANCE-
CUTHBERT, GA., THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1885.
NO. 14
STEVENS
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Near fniiledsevilie.
H(*a*!qunrU*rs for Doul»lc4 Gl;izr*l Vitrifie.] Drain. Stiver, Culvert
B.n«l Water Pipes, from 2 to 24 inch calilue. for Draining Lan 1. R R.
Culverts. Road and Street Crossings an ! Well Curbing. Fire. Grate,
Border and Hearth, Brick Smoke and Hot Air Flues. Lining for Fur-,
nnees, Fire Brick for Setting Boilers, made to Order, any Shape or
Style onfTfunt notice. Flower Pots. Swinirij*# Baskets. Stumps,;
Chimney* Thimbles and Tops. Fire Clay and Sand, suitable for Fur
nace Building or other similar purposes. ,
Correspondence Solicited. Our prices arc reasonable. All we ask j
is a trial. i
Stevens’ Bros. & Co.
marl9 6m PROPRIETORS-
OLD BULLIONS BRIDE.
[of sentiment; anil when once yon
j see Sophy Ailrijntt you ttill for
Let me see—where was it that | 2 iv * any seeming inconsistency on
P. 0., Stevens Pottery, Ga.
j 1 first met her? Oh, yes. it was
timlcr thesnperh arches of High
Bridge. boating by moonlight. A
yy globe of reiblisli pearl slowly as-
cemled out of the East—the sliarl-
.TSfiows of the great bridge resting
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ray part.
1 went straight to the genteel
hoarding house. It was possible
that I might l>e misled by a sttni
i.-irity of name, although even that
was unlikelv.
OERm&n rewIEOY
FOR PAIN.
CURES
Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica,
Lumbago. Backache. Headache.Toothache,
| softly on the mirror like surface! "Is» Adriance at home?*’ I e«l a track raiser's home. Engineer
of the Hudson river; the sound of j »»*«*•* of the slatternly servant
a flute played softly afar off. and girl who answ. red tin- bell.
11 Mm a, Fr»t BlteR.
in ALL OTUCK BUDILT rilMI AM* ACM VS.
9oS«i by Drurglsts »n.l Pamlrr* evervwbere. Fifty CcuU •
»>«t*;-. Iitn<- n« la II Laacuwfea.
TlfE IHARLF9 A. VOGF.IKK CO.
to A VwUELAA ACO.J “’*■ "-* ■*
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Enterprise & Appeal.
I have just opened at the Owen ifc Scaly old stand a
all of a sudden the keel of mv
boat came sharply in contact with
somebody clse’s oars.
••Hallo, you!” cried out a clear
incisive ys.uug voire. ‘-Where are
you going to? Why don't you
look which way you are steering?”
-•Charley Dresden!" cried out 1.
little heeding the torrents of ohlo
qny he was beginning to heap
-No, sir. Miss Sophy's spend
ing a few weeks with a friend at
Saratoga,” she answered ' prompt
ly.
That was enough. I went home
ami inclosed Bullion’s letter in an
other i*velo|ie. directing it to poor
A Hero.
The Augusta News, of Wed-
nesday, contains an account of a
heroic deed by a fireman on the
Georgia railroad.
list iso High.
The following fee lull is posted
in a conspicuous place in a wes
tern newspaper office:
To call a man a "progressivecit-
“The incident hapi«encd as the 1 izen,’ when it is known that he is
train was approaching Stone, lazier than a government mule,
mountain nml about a mile easjof [ $175.
that station. As the engine near
Godwin discovered in front on the
track a little child not more than
a tear and a half old. The train
««» running at the rate of ten
miles an hour, and the engineer
immediately reversed the engine
and blew down brakes.
These precautions were too
late however, as the engine could
Charlie Dresden's address, I’osle! not be slopped in time to save
Best ante, Vienna, adding a few I tfic straying little wanderer. Fire-
Toe Obtuse tof'amprelieud.
Two young ladies were over
heard talking glibly and confiden
tially on a suburban train.
“Now, Mary,” said one. “tell
me why Charley and you quar
reled.”
'i here’s > igat b.joiid.
•When in Madcria,’ writes a
traveler, 1 set oil'one morning to
reach the summit of a mountain,
to gaze upon t he distant scene
and enjav the balmy air. I took
a guide with me, and we had with
lines of mv own. wherein I on
deavored to mingle consolation
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE :
oie copy oile year .
“ Eight months .
“ Four mouths .
— ii (ion me.
I* -Old Mottimore,” lie responded and philosophy as aptly as possi
!"is! joyously. “Why, w ho on earth ! blc.
. DOj would have thought of findingl And then I wrote, curtly dc
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NEW FURNITURE STORE,
and will, as eoon as it can be ship|>cd from the Factories, have on
band a full line of everything usually kept in a
-^FIRST-GLASS ESTABLISHMENT*- __
of this kind. T propose to buy in large quantities, direct from Far
tories, aud will com pets in style and prices with any house in Georgia.
man Harvey Carey saw the peri!
of the little one. and without fur
ther thought than its rescue at
any hazard leaped from the rush
ing engine, actually outran it and
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old j snatched the ha by from the track
I just as the wheels of the merciless
square, (ten lines or less) j I on yon r old craft behind, and let j It was lint a few weeks stibse- j mogul were ready to run over the
• nseni.m '. ’. - - - - _- - $l-l» me introduce you to Miss Sophy I quently that the waiter showed an innocent an I thoughtless child
For each subsequent insertion . .iO 1 , . . j cle ,r antlv dressed voting laiiv into' '
All personal mu Her ,1. ruble price,. | A “ name ' *• - - °
Obituarie- will Is- charged for as j I looked as sharply at Miss j my room at the hotel.
ADVERTISING RATES:
dreaming on Harlem River, j dining to-stand up
with
1 r<-se in
The train was stopped as soon as
possible aud all hands gathered
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her uilyerti ements. ! Sophy as the moonlight and nix J some surprise. Asultf
'..(eiriea-':m;",s'to th" ’number' !d‘in- j '<•«> modesty would let me, for 1 Aunt Miriam l’latt aud my bam
j so*lion-*, will W* j*nMis!i«’d until order- knew that &he was the especial ! dress mv la*!y visitors were few.
;i«liui ration of my friend Chat lev I But the instant she threw up her
Dresden. I thick tissue veil I recognize*! the
8h« was pretty, slight, round j soft blue eyes and danm*»k rosfc
! anil rosy, with china blue ryes, a; checks of Sophy Adriance.
! dimple in either check, and golden !• “Oh, Mr. Mottirnore! sue cried
from old | around to cnngi atulate the brave
e<i out, and Hiarg* d a«v<>r linglv.
All advertisements due when hand
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young fireman and see the l>:d>\
face nn«i form as happy and as
safe as when it strayed from its
mother's door. That mother. t«x>.
was there, her thankful heart
overlio wing with joyful tears, for! years. $18.20.
For calling a
Referring to a deceased citizen
.as *a man whose place will long
remain vacant,' when-you know he
was the best poker player in town,
$175.
Calling a female a ‘talented aud
refined lady, a valuable acquisi
tion to society,’ with variation.
$271.
Calling a man *a liar' during a
campaign with proportionate re
daction if the fight becomes warm,
70 cents.
Referring to an old citizen as a
‘relic of antiquary,' 81 cents.
Calling a newly made lawyer a
‘legal light of which the profes
sion should led proud,* $1.18.
To say that a ‘merchant has the
best stock of goods in the city,’
when he does not spend a dime for
advertising in half a century,
$3311.33.
Reporting a man as having
made a ‘thrilling speech,’ w hen
two thirds of his audience fell
asleep under his melodious voice,
$.72 30.
To say a man is ‘sober’ when
such has not been the case for 15
‘•Because he’s a ninny; that’s! difficulty ascended some two
the reason You know lie’s been j thousand feet, when a thick mist
coming to s<»e me fur years, and 1 ‘ was seen descending upon us,
could see just as plain as anybody j quiteohscuriug the whole lace of
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will have full charge of the business, and will be found at his post a*,
ail times, ready to serve p]| in Ins usual fair and square manner.
jpflf* UE.ME.MHKK the place. Own <k Smlyold stand. East side
Public Square, Cuthbert, Ga. Re>|*ectfully.
J. VT. STANFORD.
January 22 (bn.
.Protect
Your Yard & Gardens-
The Cheapest is Not the Best!
G < O Til FOSTF.r.'s LUMBER YARD
| ami g*’t some good
POST.
1AI.INCS,
pi.Ank.
sii.i s.
St’ANTUNti.
KI.OOKINO.
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AND \VKATIlLKlM»AUl>lNO.
Tl’.o Flooring. Ceiling :m«l W e ttlu r
bo.-uding i> Drt --e«l <*r in the U.Mi-h
to Milt tin* parlies m-eitiii- it.
Hough Plank of tie* Host, for
Well Curbing, Flooring, Etc.
Refused Plank. St-anllinps. sm!
Rc .gli Eilge or Shuoling. all at
ltoek Bottom Prices,
For Cash, on the Wagon, or on
presentation of Bill.
Lumber van be had on any rea
(.unable time, when special con
tract or satisfactory arrangements
arc made.
Lumber Yard at my old
Stand. Respectfully,
J. A. FOSTER.
Having removed to Eufanla, 1 Intv
employed Sir. MOSES SI’EICR to
cii.arge of my Lumber Yard
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Lumpkin Street. tf. j
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as the Harlem River would take j explain it.to in«*. Oh. I have been j lr ue people. They must he proud
us. Sopliv sang little boat bal-1 so wretched. And indeed,
; iaiis. Charley loared out tenor | ilecd, I ili'ln t deserve il!
| haicarolles. I even e>sn\ed a j *>h« gave me a tear-blotted let-
Gennan stmlent song which I had ter and then sat down to cry
learned in Hei ielherg no one; quietly in the corner ol the sola
knows how long ago, and we part 1 until such time as 1 should have
; e i the best or fi iends. I finished its perusal.
A week afterward Dresden and j "What does he mean. Mr. Mot-,
I met. face to fare on Wall street timore?' asked Sophy plaintively, j«' atlo,, i w cie entreat,! >t
“Hallo, Mottimorcr said Char -when he aseuses me of deceiving. , .
geese expressing llicir willingness
to do so if means of conveyance
could be devised, the frog pro
from her cottage she had seen the For calling a newly made bride
lirown hair worn i'. long, loo*«| piteously, “I know you won't mind | thrilling ineident and was flying a -queen of soviet}-,’ if 1.70.
[curls. There was something flow ! my coming to your parlor, he to l lie spot too late to save her For saying of an amateur news
ier like and delicate in her pretti | cause you seem exactly like a , darling, but in time to Ideas its j paper, which looks :fs though it
. ness something unconsciously j father to me.” 1 winced a little j strong young rescuer. tin 1 run through a cheese press.
imploring in her way of lifting her ; at this. "But I have received! Mr. Harvey Carey, the gallant; with shoe bjacking or coal tar for
1 eves ii p to you r face. j such a letter from Chat lie, and asjvming rr-scuer. is a Grecnecoiintv jink, that it is a -model of ly |H>
We ron-ed home together—or, i—as you've known him a long j boy. His parents reside at Oeo j graphical neatness,’ $170i>.
at least, as far on our w ay home, time, I thought perImps you could n ee station and are worthy and For referring to a political
speech as a -masterly effort,’ $4.
For saying that *Mr. Blank,
through the earnest solicitation of
his fi iends, has consented to the
use of his name before the up
preaching convention,' *$25.»
For referring to a man as ‘the
oldest inhabitant,''5 cents.
*51 list lie paid invariably in ad
vance.—-Vew York Examiner.
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The Doctor's i'rrseription.
‘It is a matter of life and
death. You are overworked, sir.
and must take a rest.’
‘That is impossible, doctor. My
>n- j of their noble boy. and Ii is daunt
j less bravery in rescuing the little
! Iia’.ie.
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Didn't Keep His .Uoulii Shut,
A M.mgol fable as follows:—
Two geese, wlien about to start
southward on their autumn mi
a frog
to take him witii them. Oil the
up.
my place in tl:o ‘
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DEX T1ST
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him. **f selling mxsrlf to llit* lii^li \
est biil.lci ? Oh. it is 80<ir«*a«lful!*;
I foMe*l tb« letter ami looked j
severely at her.
*3Ii»s A*iriani*e2 said I, "rave i
it strike** me you are trying to j
Charley, beaming all over, ‘Tor I play a double part here. 1 he af- j
am engaged to her! Only Iasi : fianced bride of Benjamin Bullion j
night! Look here!*' opening a , ought hardly to hope to retain tliei
mysterious silver ease which he all* giance of poor Charlie Dresden j
took from liis inner rest pocket.; into the bargain.’
lev, his honest risngc lightin
!**What do you think of her?**
‘*1 tliink kIic* is a peail—a jewel!
: —a princess among women!" I
. auswered with perfect sincerity. |
j “Congratulate me, then?" cried j ly
duced a stock of strong grass,
got the two geese to take it, one
the Iteavi’iis. I thought I had no
hope left bet at once to* retrace
mv steps or be lost; but as the
cloud came nearer and nearer,
and darkness overshadowed me,
my guide ran on before me, pene •
Irating the mist-, and calling to me
ever and anon, saying:
“Pros on master—press on—
there’s light beyond!*
‘I did press on. In a few min
ute* the mist was passed, anil I
gaze I upon a.scene of transcen
dent beauty. All was light ami
cloudless above, ami beneath *wis
the almost level mist, concealing
the world below, and glistening in
the rays of the sun like a field of
untrodden snow. There was
nothing at, that moment between
rtie aud the heaven?.*
O, ye! whom the cloifds arc
else that he was head over heels
in love with uie. But be didn’t
seem to have any snap to him,
and I got real impatient, just as
any girl would have done. A
few nfghts before Christmas be
called to see me, and before he
went away I says,—
•‘ ‘Charley, I want to make you
a Christmas present, but 1 w.a: t
to be sure it will suit you. It is
something real nice, wai in, useful
and ornamental and will always
stay with you.’
“ ‘A searl*?' lie says.
“ ‘No, not a scarf, I said, Though
it might embrace you. It weighs
nearly a hundred pounds, and
I've hea»*d you say you thought
it very precious.*
“‘Oh, I know!’ he says. ‘A
bicycle?*
‘By this time I was nearly mad. gathering, or wlio set beneath the
but I made one more effort.* | shadows, be not dismayed if the
*Xot a bicycle,* 1 says, ‘but ii i mist rise before yon. Press on—
by each end, while he clung to it i best men are all sick, my cus
hy his mouth in the middle. Jn ! tomers are earning in by the him
this manner they were making. dreds, and I must be at my
their journey successfully, when post.’
they were noticed from below by | Tf your customers should tern
some men, who loudly expressed j porarily drop off you could then j the man, ‘My friend, how did you
their admiration of the device, ’ find time to rest, couldn’t yon?’ induce these pigs to lollow you
and wondered who had been dev | ‘Certainly,; but bow can I tern : here?’ ‘Oil di iu’t you see?' said
er enough to discover it. The porarily stop all my old customers j the man. ‘I had a basket of bean*
can walk, has a mouth, eyes,
pretty hair and is very alfoctiona
blc.’
•Now I know,’ lie said, and wb- t
do you think the ninny guesse*
that time? A Newfoundland dog!
I was never so disgusted in in\
life and have not seen Charlie
since. He’s treated me real
menu, and now leap year is gone
and I hate him. Oil there he E
now at the other end of the car!
Ain’t lie sweet? I wish he would
come and talk to us.*
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liUmi to Death.
The celebrated Rawland Hill
startled bis congregation one Sun
day morning by a sharp illustra
lion. Said he: *My friends. th»
other day I was going flown the
street, and I saw a drove of pigs
following a man. Of course J
was interested, my curiosity wa>
greatly excited, and so I deter
mined to follow. I did so and to
my great surprise, 1 saw them fol
low him into the slaughter house.
With some there seemed but litth*
hesitancy, but they .all finally
went into the inclosurc. I wa*>
anxious to know how this was
brought about, and so I said to
: engagement ring?" 1 Sophy, looking wistfully at me. j
“A line diamond," said I, put- i ‘Are you not to become the wife | - ..... .
tin- my bead critically on one ! of Mr. Bullion, tUc banker?’ I a»k i vain-glorious frog, opened hi. j Trow ru.hing in on me. even if the j under my arm; so I occasion:* 11 \
.ITTrK WtM Side Public
■r 1». L. Dunn's st«re.
i n ■ i rini—
Square.
Laundry and Tcilet Soaps,
Bon-Ton anti Royal Gloss Starch,;
Laundry Blueing, ut L-w Pri
ces, at
ct
T. S. POWEL'S
Drug Store.
PAINT 1T0W!
I am selling Strict
er Pure Lead, war
'd,
at prices
said Sophy.
take
J. A. FOSTER.
West’s Nerve and Brain Fills |
The great- nerve and brain rein-;
edv, for sale, only nt
tf J. W. STANFORD’S.
Toiiet Scaps,
Finest Line in S. W. Ga.,
at bottom figures, at
ALLISON & SIMPSON’S-
side: “and fancifully set.”
“We're to lie married in Octo
ber,” said Charley, lowering iiis
voice to the most confidential
tones. “It might have been soon
er if I hadn't undertaken that
. business in Europe for our firm. Didn't you know it?’
ranted, and Linseed But I shall be sure to beliacklivl I stared straight before me.
Oil at prices that October, ami the money I shall Well, I had got myself into a
* I make will be acceptable toward pretty pickle by meddling olK-
will enable every- fitting lip and furnishing otir new oiously in affairs that diiln t con
ed. sternly.
‘Oh, clear, no,'
•That's mamma!’
■Eli?' gasped I.
‘It's mamma,’ answered Sophy.
■She's to lie married next
mouth to say “It was I," lost his ; ease should be, as you say, a mat
hold, fell to the earth, and was ; ter of life and death?’
j dashed to pieces.
Moral:—Don't let false pride
' induce you to speak when safely
week ' requires you to be silent.—Bap
tist Weekly.
I’aint .tow !
Oil aud Lead never cheaper
than now at J. W. Stamford's.
Tobacco. Tobacco.
Cheap. Medium aud Fine,
aide very low. at
J W Stanford's.
Silver Ware !
At greatly reduced prices, to
close out, at
ct ALLISON & SIMPSON’S.
hotly to paint up.
[Get my figures be
fore you paint.
J. W. Stanford.
home. Because, you know. Mot
timore. I'm not rich.”
I spent an evening with her af
terward at the genteel boarding
bouse where she and her mother
a nice, bright eyed little woman.
cern me.
•Look here. Miss Adriance,’
said I; ’I will tell you all about
it.’
S» I did. I described old Bui
lion's letter, my own false deduc
a the full-blown rose to correspond j tions therefrom, and the rash deed
Homs nature GUSlUQ, wiLl i Sophy's budding loveliness j I had committed in sending the
‘Easy enough. Slop advertis
ing.’— I*hi!a. Call.
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Milo Maize!
For a Fora ye Crop, superior to
Cat Vail Millet. For sale at
tf T. S. ROWELL’S.
fo, Base Balls and Bats,
Croquet Sets,
Rubber Balls,
Marbles, Harmonicas
-AND
ELEGANT
TOILET & LAUNDRY SOAPS.
St
Unusually cheap,
J. P. TOOMBS A- ItRO.'S.
Suiokr!
The Universal Favorite, or tin*
Royal Arch Cigar^ the best iu
the city, .it
* .1. \Y. STANFORD'S
MANCFACTTRED BY
The Columbus Fertilizer Co.
FOR SAI.E BY
J. c. mm CUTHBERT. GEORGIA.
C AALL on liim for (trier’s Ahnunar*
J containing tc tiimmials. lie also
buys boms for the Company.
jan-l-4m
Another Reduction
In Buggy and Wagon Harness.
Examine "iir Mock before you buy
ut ALLISON A SIMl’SON. ~
Iwelt in the cosiest of apart j banker’s correspondence to Char-j Answer” Then after a
For sale at
T. S. POWELL’S,
Druggist, ]ii‘ok<fIler ami Stationer,
ct
DRUNKENNESS
CURED IX ITS VARIOUS STAGES.
incuts, furnished in dark blue
reps, with a turn up bedstead, in-
geniously disguised as a high
backed sofa, aud canaries and ge
raniums in the windows.
“It is so kind of you to come.’’
>aid Sophy, with a gentle pres
sure of the hand when I went
away. “I am so glad to welcome
Charley’s friends.”
And I fell that I could cheer
fully sit through another evening of reproaches.’
of common.place chit chat and! Sophy was
photograph albums for such a re-[ There was no
lie Dresden.
‘And now,’ said I, ‘do you won
del- that lie is indignant?"
Sophy's face grew radiant.
‘But there’s no harm done,' said
she. ‘No real harm, I mean. Be
cause I've written bin a long let
ter all about mamma and Mr.
Editors have their peculiarities
as well as other people. They
practice anil inculcate brevity,
which is a virtue. They are ab
sent minded, which is a failing.
It is not strange, then, that oue j
should send a note to his lady
love like the following: “Dearest,
I have carefully analyed the feel
ing I entertain for you, and the
result is substantially as follows:
I adore you! Will you be mine?
moment
of thought lie added, in a dreamy,
absent way: “Write only on one
side of'.lie paper. Write plainly
and give real name, not nccessari
ly for publication, but as a guar
antee of good faith.”
Anecdote of Graut.
?peaking of the accident which
sent him to West Point and made
him a soldier, Gen. Grant recent
ly said: ‘ iri was superstitious I
should think there was some fa
tidily in my going to West Point,
for when the war was over I figur
ed up. iind as near us I could lint I
out the little country village of
Georgetown. Ohio, from which i
went—a place of 200 people—sent
to the war one full general (m3
Jself), three major generals two
brigadier-genera Is, three or four!
line officers and one private sol
dier! The private deserted I
dropped a few as I went along,
and they followed imT Yes, arm
so I thought the devil has hin
basket of beaus under his arm.
and he drops them as he goes
along, and what multitudes he in
duces to follow him by a few beans
to an everlasting slaughter house.
—Gospel iu all lands.
The people of the town of New
Bullion, which lie must have re-; Philadelphia. Ohio, are greatly
ceivcd almost the next mail after ! perplexed over the relatonsiiip of
ward as that.
Well, Charley Dresden went
Desire for stimulants entirely remov-j a ant J as he’iluin't particular-
*•!. Houk* treatment. Medicine can be ■ J “
—I’aint the roof of your houses
with Browns Rubber Faiut, nn<!
prevent fire, leaks, an-l decay. For
sale only by. J. W. Stanford.
Cotton
Aluist
Plasters!
be Sold!
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ct ALLISON A- SIMPSON’S.
BLANK HOOKS
. f every kind,size and style,cheap
"er than ever before, at
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Breakfast Bacon and Dried
Beef,
at ALLISON Sc SIMPSON'S.
flie most handsome line
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before nt J. W. STANFORD’S
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at ALLISON i SIMPSON S.
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For any case of drunkenness that Gold
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Wheat Bran,
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jan24-ct
ly leave Sophy Adriance in my
charge, - I didn’t feel called upon
to tiresent myself at the genteel
boarding house. I supposed, nat
urally enough, that all was going
right, until one dav I received a
note from my old friend, Bullion,
the banker, a man of sixty, who
wears a wig and spectacles, and
counts his income upon the double
figures.
Bullion wrote from Saratoga,
where he bad gone because be
didn't know what else to do with
himself in the dull season. He
asked me to be his groomsman.
Bullion was going to be married.
“Of course, you'll tbinlc it a
foolish thing for me to do.” wrote
Bullion; “but even at 60 a man
has not entirely outlived the age
be sent off this cruel, cruel sheet
a true prophet,
‘real harm' done.
The next mail brought a letter
full of entreaties to be pardoned,
and a brief, brusque note to me.
I stood-up with old Ben. Bui
lion, and that full blown rose,
Sophy's mamma, afiersll; and
when Charlie Dresden came home
I cut the big wedding cake at his
marriage feast.
An Important Discovery.
The most important Discovery
is that which brings the most good
to the greatest number. Dr. Kiug's
New Discovery for Consumption.
Coughs, ami Culds, will preserve
the health and save life, and is a
priceless boon to the afflicted. Aot
only does it positively cure Con
sumption, but Coughs, Colds,
Bronchitis. Asthma, Hoarseness,
and all aff-etions of the Throat.
Chest, and Lungs, yield at once
to its wonderful curative
(rowers. If you doubt this, get a
trial Bottle Free, at J. W Stan
ford's Drug Store.
a family residing there. It seems
that a widower married a widow
with a grown daughter, and he
had a young son. His brother
married his step-daughter, and
to them a daughter was born.
His son and his brother’s daugh
ter were married. It is evident,
says a correspondent, that his
brother is his step son law. and
that he is uncle and grandfather
to his brother’s child, while his
wife is mother and sister-in law
to her own daughter, and is aunt
and grandmother to her grand
daughter.
think.’ It is hard to name the
private.— The Argonaut.
An interesting scene was wit
nessed at Franklin, Ga., in which
a dog proved his value. While a
fat hen was near the dog a large,
hungry hawk, charmed with her
plumpness, attempted to seize a
rich meal. The dog seemed
amused, and watched the fight
until it was plain to him that the
hen was losing strength, when be
bounced npon the hawk and kill
ed it.
When a Finland girl wishes to
leave the country she lias to go
first to her clergyman and par
take of the sacrament ami procure
a letter of recommendation from
him; next to a physician, and oh
tain from him after an examina
tion a certificate of permission to
remain absent a certain specified
number ot years. This certificate
costs her about $20. It she re
turns promptly at the end of the
time prescribed, all is well; but if
not. lu r name is erased from the
book in which it has been enter
ed, and she is considered as hav
ing violated her contract with tile
Government and loses her citizen
ship forever.
^ —
Pick nut the laziest, poorest
man in your town, and you will
bear him grumbling about luck.
When he comes to explain his ca
reer, you will see that he planted
his potatoes and waited for luck
to hoe them while he sal en the
grocery steps and talked polities.
Tne ill luck he growls about came
through shiftlessness and bad
management and from no other
cause. Diligence makes luck.
It is too late in the day to make
people believe that some folks
were born to be rich and others
to be poor. It rests solely with
the bov and the man.
A Very Economical Alan.
A Maine merchant who always
iiad the reputation of being close
listed, failed and offered to settle
for 50 cents on the dollar. Hi?
creditors sent a man to represent
them all and make arrangement
with him. This happened 4',
years ago, when what i, now a
j city was a village with two nar
row planks for sidewalks. Tin-
creditor noticed that the fade ,
merchant instead of taking th
planks, walked by his side on the
grass.
‘What are you walking down in
the grass tin re for?' he asked.
"Oh. Fin too poor to walk on the
sidewalk,’ said his debtor iu the
bumble lone of Uriah Deep.
‘Well,’ responded the creditor,
‘if you are as economical a£ that,
I guess you will be able to pay us
iu full one of these days, and we
won't settle for 50 cents on a do!
lar.'—Lewiston (Me.) Journal.
A quick-witted ui uggist recent
ly extinguished a fire In au Iowa
church in a novel manner. The
fire was raging in the floor under
the joist, and no water was at
hand. He quickly mixed up a
pailful! of common soda in a lot
of sulphuric acid anil poured it
down. Sufficient gas generated to
immediately extinguish the flames.
A chaplain was once preaching
to a class of collegians about the
formation of had habits. ‘Gen
tlemen,' said he, ‘close your ears
against bad discourses.’ Tbe
scbolars immediately’ clapped
tbeir hands to their ears.
‘Let go my ear,’ yelled a pas
senger on a West Side street car
the other day. T beg your par
don,’ said the other man, ‘I
thought I had hold of the slran.’
there is light beyond.
A Terrible Iterenge.
‘I detest that Mr. Smith,’ re
marked Mrs. Anger to her hus
band. *1 would d« anything to
make him miserable.’
•It's a pttv you did I’tkhow him
ten years ago, my dear.’
•Why so?
•You might have married' him,
my dear.’—Mew York Graphic.
— •'
“Going down stairs should al
ways be done vefy deliberately,”
advises a physician. In order to
In this we would suggest that po
ts lake the precaution to send
tlicir verses by mail.
In a window on Washington
street, near the Globe theatre,
t here are on ex ii; bition six pairs
if shoes, each 13 inches in length,
5 inches in width and 15 inches
around the ankle. They were
made by a Boston firm for a
anther and her live daughters,
esiding in Nashville, Tenn.—
Boston Journal.
A Yankee i nt ot s;iy»: "If the
iiartv who plays the accordeon in
t ins vicinity at nights will only
lulnge bis tune occasionally, or
it where we can scald him when
he engine lias si.-atu on, lie will
near of something to bis advan-
nge.’
A intin diggings well in New
Jersey came across a hoop skirt
igliteen feet beneath the surface
of the ground, and it (lew tip and
-truck him across the nose just
is naturally as if lie had come
icross it iu an allev.
A stone bruise on a boy’s foot
a ill not prevent him from walk
ing around all day if a circus is
.u town, but b-t ids mother ask
aim to bring in some wood and
bat foot completely disables
um.
A Black llill gambler lias a
ancy that bis luck conies from a
shirt. He always wins when lie
veals this garment, and is so
■ireful of it that lie will not have
ilwa-iied. With it be can scent
• n v g.-unc.
-*. • s»
A mao who had formerly been
i drug clerk, accidentally broke a
piin nepill he was about to take
and found it to consist of two
-piit peas. lie said lie was “not
much surprised.”
“Daughter, wnul was you look
ing about in church so mneli for?
You shouldn’t do that.” “Why,
i was just thinking what a nice
skating rink it won 1<1 make if all
the scats were tnk.-n out.”
A Pennsylvania man left a will
which bequeathed $20,000 to a
hospital for friendless dogs, and a
jury lias decided that his chil
dren are legally entitled to tLe
money.
It is proposed to have a State
aw in New Jersey prohibition
any one from selling a can of fruit
which isn't full weight. That is
the right weigh to cure the wroiig
weigh. .
A North Carolina negro went
right off to playing the fiddle after
bullet had been tired into Ids
brain. Exasperated people will
hereafter tire at the fiddle.
Steam is often used to extin
guish fire in Germany tor the
reason that it causes much less
damage than water.
It is claimed that the $500,000.•
000 now in Uncle Sam's treasury
is the largest sum of money ever
accumulated in one body.
