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Cuthbert Enterprise and
BY IAS. W. STANFORD.
VOL. VII.
“Independent in Ail Things—Neutral in Nothing.'
TERMS $1.00 IN ADVANCE:
CUTHBERT, GA., THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1887.
KO. 21
Enterprise & Appeal.
SUBSCKIITIOX PRICK
On?* ropy om* year ....
“ * Six months . . .
“ Thres months . •
Mall R«a«l>< hfdu
PAY PASSKXOEU. «i<»15C*i
Arrive
OOINO K \**T.
Arrive
Fl.ontP\ A WF.STF.KN i-x-sf.?
GOING WEST.
Arrive
r.oXSO F.\ST.
V • . llt’l P. M.
Stop* at ITnion Springs. KufHiila.
Cuthbert. Dawson, between Montgom
ery ami Smithvilli*.
p,<rt (iainrs train makes close con
nection with the Montgomery A Maton
l'-Kssen^erat Cuthbert.
|j,s ° I). I'lIEI.rS. Agent.
a snake tliad ever. The serjien j got tin hi* clothes and is er Inkin'
tine heail ruiseil itself with an j »n pow’fHl. lie say he bound ter
arching motion, and the little ! ter go.’
WITH THE S3AKE KING.
It was a sultry August morn
ing. and John Matson was up
early. He had a long ride before black eyes sparkled like beads as j
11 :SI r
QUICKEST TIME
tHrouch itixmas biffktiar
ATLANTA TO NEW YORK,
VIA
East Tenn. k Shenandoah Valley
|{on1 es.
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
j him to PvramiJ, anil his young
| wile urged him to start with the
| rising sun and return late in the
| afternoon, in order to avoid the
j midday heat.
The Matson plantation stretcb-
j ed for miles along the Alabama
j river. The nearest while neigh
| bor was ten miles off, and it took
1 three hours to reach the village of
i Pyramid.
j Matson and his wife stood on
j ihe broad piazza, looking
i the sloping lawn to the
where III ark Torn was waiting
: with the horse ami buggy. Far
, away to the right w reaths of
dense fog indicated the winding
course of the river. Not a breath
Her.
Ladce. good by. I promised
into no harm ter does house. So 1 go.
Good by, good by!’
There was another struggle
ami a yell from Aunt Lucy, and
then the opening and closing of a
poor Mrs. Mataon glanced
the room. As Hit Aunt Lucy,
she followed her mistress into the
hall.
•De Lnwd hah massy.' she said.
but Marse John outer stay at i door signaled the man s departure,
home stidder * Irapesin’ off ter
town. Dal ii&n in dar sheer me
to deff.’
The laxly of the house said
something reassuring and went
into the parlor, where she vainly
dow n tried to amuse lieisell in various
road,. ways.
From the hack windows the
mistress of the house and the
half demented women saw the
strangest sight that mortal eyes
ever beheld.
Onward, down the slope lead
ing to the river walked or rather
glided the stranger.
T ills powder never varies. A n..,. « ... . , -
v.-l of purity, strength ami whole-, stirred the semi tropical foliage
X Y. EXCISES*. KOI TK.
la-ave Macon. K T. V A <i daily 2 I* I-
l,eave Atlanta
Arrive Koine
Arrive llnlton.
Arrive Knoxville.
Arrive ltristol.
Arrive 11“ innke.'N A w
Arrive She. June s V It It
Arrive Wa-h'gt n H,V h Rll
Arrive Kaltiinore K A r K K
Arrive Philadelphia. PR « “
Arrive New York
Virginia Springs all mien—at I""'
if the trees, and the atmosphere
wf low was laden with tlie perfumes of a moment.
Csnldet Imagine What Have
the Celle.
We ilassenl call any names,
nor even drop the slightest cine
to a certain family which was
somewhat disturbed, on Suudny
night, by an attack of something
of decided colicky symptoms, of
which muter /nmilias was the
victim; but the thing is too good
to be lost, and the News and Ad
vertiser is goingto risk telling it
Coroner’s Juries.
Savannah News: "The death of
Green Rickerson in the Bildi
county jail recalls a case which
must lie of interest to all those
who watch the proceedings of cor
orner's juries in this Slate.
One Sunday morning upon the
Central railroad track, near Mer
cer University, in the city of Ma
con, a negro man was found dead.
Several trains had passed over
him, and his body was fearfully
mangled. lSv bis clothing, lum
as so niething that happened ‘not | ever, he was identified as a well
known hackman. Most of the
a thousand miles away' fioin Al
bany.
At about 9 p. m. the innocent
subject of these few lines laid
aside the paper that she was
reading, yawned audibly, mud re
marked that she didn't feel well,
and intimated that she was just
then experiencing symptoms that
his tongue still when he cannot
speak in complimentary terms of
his neighbor or in matters con
cerning Ins city. With a major
ity of such citizens the complain
ing minority-is whipped into line
and pros|ierily is inaugurated.
— m • — - —*
Fort*-Five Tears Ago.
A well informed citizen of
Hawkinsville, knowing our dispo
sition to indulge in reminiscences,
lias related to us the history of a
wealthy young man who liveil
near llawkinsvillc forty five years
ago. We shall mention the case.
pi p in
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C l r > .1 in
II l.'.Jl 111
k :;s p in
u» no p m
11 no p in
:i no a m
7 00 a III
.•-omeness. More economical than the
ordinary kinds mul ranin i hr soM in
competition with the iimltitn
tost, short weight, alum or phosphate • , . - .. , 4 . 1 , , . - ..
powders. Sibi only in cans. Ruyii! lia- tlioussinils of flowers ami aromatic looking moccasin, fully five
king Powder Co.. iwi Wall street New ,,| ants .
^ ork. mav22-U* 1
—^0^.— ’ | “What does this mean? said . vicious intruder raised its head
James N. Gloucester, son of the
richest colored woman in Ameri- , . e _ .. , « A „t i, e . , ...
.. i ... *i road ami ap* look uf intelligence.
bearing
in
llicir arms a limp and motionless and Mrs. Matson did not
< all open
Kxeursion rates lower than ever.
For further parti
•iilars write to or cal
upon J. F. Nonius. Ticket Agent. Allan
ta or (*h \s. S'. Knmiit, District » as sen
ger Agent. A«la..«a j< v . WRKXN .
1 ien^-nil l^itsemter A'jeot.
mavlS-tf Knoxvii-lk. Tknn.
Brunswick & Western
Railroad.
f ca. is under arrest in Brooklyn on
a charge of Burglary. His moth
er made her money l»v keepinir a
; fashionable hoarding house. The
| son ran through his portion in
dissipation ami then resorted to
j theft.
'I'Sae I cnlir j £ naniiiioiiK. ! llie tl
\V. I>. Suit, Druggist. Bippus. |,. lD ,j
Ind., testifies: *1 ran iccomuieiid , •
; Electric Bitters as the very best I ...
1 remedy Every h.ill’e sold bus I “Hell.., S*sm, what I* the mat
! given relief in eve! v case. One j ler? hat is up? lie asked tin
limn look six bottles, and was; leader.
‘How time drags,'she exclaimed. from every clump of shrub-
as she went to a window and bery and every tuft of grass dart
looked out in the direction of the : cd a snake.
river. The man swayed to and fro.
Did she see a snake basking in whirling his arms, welcoming and led her to suspect that she had
the sunshine directly under the beckoning this legion of serpents, 'eaten something that did not agree
window? She looked intently for : Whizzing through the grass, toss- with her.
It was a thick, ugly ing their heads and hissing all Pretty soon she got up and
f ee t the while, the excited moccasins walked around the room two or
soon closed in upon the man. three limes in a restless, half dis-
Tliev twined arouud his legs., traded way, and, stopping by
girdled his waist, hung upon his the side of her husband, who was
arms and shoulders and wrapped very much engrossed in an article
reality, themselves about his neck until in one of the daily papers on the
care a he was a moving lower of snakes. Irish question, laid her hand up-
figure. | snap of her finger for a few snakes! Onward, down to the liver on his shoulder and disturbed
**Ol», John, it is a dead man?*’ i around her front door. She «va* whirled this strange combination him with
exclaimed lit* le Mrs. Matson. ] accustomed to find them in her , monsters. 1 he distracted, *1 tell you, I hurt, and belie* e
The plan er r..n down to meet I flower beds, and sometimes they watchers at the big house strain I'm going to be sick sure enough !*
the men. They were all his Held made their way into the house. their eyes to see the end of it all. ; 1 1 hat »<>? t\ ell, 1 in sorry.
Matson, as several
ed in from the
proached the house,
long. While she was gazing the
is lie
negroes turn j and returned her stare with a
It was a moccasin in
and he knew
the group.
black j but on
*
this particular morning The moving inass disappeared. Something like colic is it?*
he was not herself. She turned There was a plunge into the yel- ‘Yea, I guess it must he; it feels
coroner's jury were of the opinion
that the hackman had been killed
by n train, and such would have, . ,
been the verdict if a police officer not for . tl,e l ,,,r ! ,ose of l ,rov,n S
and a nuwspaj>cr reporter had not j k°w quickly a young man may
made objections.. These two made squander n fortune left him by
a careful examination up and gome relative or friend, but to
down the track near the <*,K.t 1 8 , low llie ,,iff ere ncc in the laws
where the boilv was tound, and .
discovered a pool of blood which I° r the collection of debts in Geor-
Iridiculed that the unfortunate gi-a '■* 1S40 and at this time,
hackman had been killed and af- | The young man was Wiliam A.
lerwards placed upon the railroad! , $ci rv ‘ Jt was ab(Ult l!ie vcar
track. Upon the suggestion of!, 0(A . , ■ , .. . r .
03 . .. 1S40 that he inherited a fortune
the officer and the reporter thri
jury S|ient several days investigat-1 nc = ro s ‘ a ' es an< ' money, lie
ing the ease, and the result was a brought his slaves and money to
verdict charging Green Rickerson 1 Pulaski county and purchased a
with having murdered the hack-, |. ir „,. plantation on ltig Creek. In
man. Rickerson was arrested.: , ' , ... .
■ , i ■ , , , , . , those days any man with slaves or
triedanu convicted, and hut for) 3 3
his death would undoubtedly i ,,lllcr property had a credit equal
have suffered the penally of his to or beyond bis worth. Young
crime. ; Berry was liberal and ihought-
One of the results of the pains- , ess> I|ls slavc8 werc ke[)t upon
taking work of the jury was that : , . . . ,
the Central railroad was saved a i lhc P lanlal,on . au;l ncru suartcI - v
suit for heavy damages. Anolli- self sustaining. lie contracted
cr was that succeeding coroner's j debts without regard to conse
juries in Bibb county have made 1 nuenccs.
it a rule to discharge their duties
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Sews Nuggets (lathered Here- asd
There Among Our Best ExehaltgdA* - '
The summer . hegira of South
Georgia citizens to the up conntrj’
mountains will soon set in.—llam-
kiiitcille Dispatch.
Is it a fact that some of ouf
young ladies intend to boycott all
young men who arc known to-
drinkor use profane langnage?
Belter reform, hoys, if you are
guilty.—t't. Gaines Advertiser;
Spring chickens are being rush
ed to market just now. Some of
them seem to lake their condition
very seriously ami keep up a con
tinual cry fur their ma. Tbeif
ma should have them.—Carters-
cille American.
The Free Press complains of
the effect of the "bitter weed” up
on Quitman milk. We, too; in
Valdosta are 'annoyed with this
bitter weed. When you find an
antidote, Perhaui, let us know.—
Valdosta Times.
A pious resident of Iloustori
county prays every morning that
the Lord will induce "the rulers
ot the land to knock the protective
tariff into a cocked hat.—Jlaw-
kinseitte Dispatch.
The postal law makes it'larCeit?
to take a newspa|ier and refuse U*
pay for it. There is a good ,x>in-
ter to some of our contem|M>rarics
in a statement of the fact—Atlan
ta Capital.
Chancellor Mell's explanation of
his reasons for reinstating the two
college boys who attempted td
| fight i duel are full, eomprehen-
exhaustive, unanswerable
w as j le
enrol iff Rheumatism of 10 years' ~To tell de Inurf, marse boss. "
standing.” Abraham Ilare,drug .. , .. , „
,, ... ,,, replied isain, nervously sciateli
gist, Bellville,Oliiu. atlii ins: "I he 1 •
liis head, "I'sc so plum done
Ty
Tv
Route!
SO MILKS SHORTER Til \N ANY
OTHER ROUTE BETWEEN
WAYCUOSS A: ALBANY'.
On and after Sunday. Nov. llth. 1 ssi '■
passenger train* "ill run as follows:
nmTUE WEST, XOIITII \XU Sol'TII.
Mail. Express.
Jlrmnw'k via II A V%' tv U:'»'a m 7: "' pn.
J'vles' Marsh . .lv :• — < a ni ':P>p ni
Jamaica Iv 1,1
Wavnesvillc ... iv 7-..12 a in '.1:2.1pm
Hoboken . ..Iv S:-M a ni 0:-( P
SehlaUerville lv S-.41 a in *!":«. P 111
\V;, \ cross .. ur li-.h'i a 111 llriopni
Karalinah, via s. 1 it W
ar 11:
rullalian
Jaokwmvillc.
aekdouvillr, viaS. D tV "
Jv »» s1 ;’ «
Callahan j v 7 :.‘Ki a ni * , oa V
Savannah -•'' ■■ lv a J"J_ l
WavrNs via tl dc \V tv 10: 00a m \
JVarson lv 11 :1•** a m 1-
. lv 12: >o j»
. Iv 2:K$ j
atlirrns: “The
, hi*st selling iiiedicine 1 have ever
liamlled in my 20 years' experi
eneo, is Electric Billers.** Thou
sands «.f others Invo ad«l» (l their
testimony, so that Hie verdict is
unanimous that Electric Bitters
: do cure all diseases of the Liver.
Kidneys or Blood. Only a half
dollar a bottle at J. W. Stanfokds
j Drug Store.
Count Herbert IRsmarck, Irnjie
rial Minister of Foreign Ati iirs,
I who is at present visiting Kul
R tsehorv in Loudon, has been
isuuim n 1 lo return home on ur
I trout hiisiness.
. . . . ... ... At last his creditors began to | give.
leisurely and wiili the object ol , . , \ \ ... .. - . --
, . . • ........ , i <r«.utn<r~»t the truth closedown upon him with law i an* l altogether satisfactory.—Ma-
hcr head and snw anolher snake low waters of the broad river ami like it, but I can t imagine what, o 11 *; n g at tiic li utu. , , ,
"d "? a<i anci saw ammier snaKf. i . , . # . .. t ® . | The inefliciency of coroners amts. One slave after anotlier
With an uncomfortable shud a was o\cr. ,i * ia i as given o . (juries in Georgia has passed into j was sold upon the block until the
der the nervous little lady walked ’ * *W el;, what have you eaten proverb. The sittings are , ast onc was gone# Then the
across the hall into another room ! "hen John Matson returned asked lhc husband, who had now . usually short, the examinations! Ianlation wag 9olc j an<| aI1 l|je
and looked out toward the gar-j ^aie that afternoon he found a laid aside his paper ami was, hurried and superficial, ending in |
,l.-n. What was that (lark tiring perfect bedlam at liis house. ’ rewly to enter into a Uiagnosis of |
put out’houl ills ting dat 1 dur.no just inside the feiue? There could ^ roin f*he servants he could gath the case.
nuflin. Dis yer white man muss ‘ he no doubt about it. It was an er nothing but the wildest and ‘Let me see, said the wife, re
flectively, as she commenced to j this:
a in 0:10am
nr II :2U a m *:2.)a
. jir r_*:t*»» mi U:lo .i m
Alauaha
Alana
’i v Tv
'i
Siim1u»r .. ■
Williiif'hain
llavis
jllkitiy
Hlakfly. ria.i
Col malms .
M aeon
Atlanta
.lv 2:1* p m
lv 2:41 |» in
. .lv »:10 p in
.ar.H:2i|>i« *
U.Kar7:2up»o
ar . I ;;m 1’ 1,1
ar 8:24 i* m 0:01 a in
nr 1 :2.» a mi l l’ 1,1
M arietta, via W A A ar 1 :24 a m 2 :Mi i> m
Chattanooga ar a m . :0* p
i^iuisville via I- & N ar «i:4o j» in [>•>
Cincinatii. via Cm ar • p m a a-
r.toM r:IE WOT. XlttTH ANU COL-TIl.
Mail Kxpre-s.
Cincinnati, via Cin S lv 7 :S3 a in s:l" p : '(
],.misvillc. via 1. .X S Iv 7 :-‘»i a m n : W p (((
yer nlntc mall iiih.n
be siek cr dead, d'inno which. We
f»un’ Idm (Inna by de landin',
and wejest til ling him erlong.’
‘Is lie dead?' gasped Mis. Mat-
sun.
•Nn, 1ml lie is unconscious,'
atiid her husband, who had 1 let'll
examining tile stranger. We
must lake care of Imn. of course.
I hale to go off to town now, hut
I can't help it. I'll wait an half
hour or sound see what turns up ’
The man was carried to a large
and comfortable room and care
fully put to lied by Sam and an
other negro. Then Mr. Matson
other snake. most incoherent tales. His faint
Bv tlii3 time Mrs. Matson's ! '“S wif« *as in the first -stage of count od her fingers, ‘for break-
Mood was up. Calling Sally, one ' brain fever, aud it was many a j fast we had mutton chops, liomi-
1 stock, and all (M'lsonnl goods.
I money without compensating re j Still the debts were unpaid. In
| suits. In most cases the verdict those days a man could be im-
; amounts to nothing more than
con yews.
A professor in the State Univer.-
sily is quoted as saying that the
students would never cause troH
tile if they were all young men.-r
He says that some of them are
-mere children.” The university,
then, isa sortofnnrsery—oflcarn-
The doctor was a sensible man.
of the servants, she sent her out long day before she could answer
to the kitchen lo order the cook’s I*questions.
li*v Joe lo make a circuit of the *Ik * s such a blank business.
Louse and kill every snake at Nie whole blank thing, said .Mat-
siiflit. | son to liis family doctor,‘that I'll
•Joe done gone tor de fiel',' sht- \ * ,c * blanked it I care lo say a blank
said, ’an' cook already killed two, word about it.
big snakes in de kitchen, an" i J. He tl
(lone slick de d..', I see five of'j lle agreed with Matson that the
'um in de yard an' one under de 1 ' V:, .V ' vas lo keep inuin. At
st4 .|, s i luutn Constitution.
The situation began to assume | In the Jaws o7"Death.
: a serious aspect. Mrs. Matson Tllc New Orleans express. Ieav-
fell his pulse and took a good j at once had all the doors closed. ■ ln g Thomasville last Wednesday
look at him. ; and proceeded to inspect the stir- at 1:17 was running along at the
The stran
face, lean to the point of eiuaeia the house.
cucumbers and esclicilots.
, mg.—hosannah Xews.
, prisoned lor ins debts, and some ° , . , ,
\\ e. the jury, find that the , ,. On the opening of court last
dead man now Ij ing before us is J ll '«- '' a rd 1‘earU'd creditors, l.ke I Tllc „ (]ay m( ' )r „i n g tIie odor from
dead.” Shylock of old, were determined j clic negroes was exhilcrating(?).-
Coroners in common with other to have their pound of flesh. | The negro jail birds were out in
lit, cucuiuoci" (-sc o' - "- “’• j oifii-ers of the law, have an impor- Officers were sent to arrest Young
muffins, biscuits and syrup; *t j taut >luty to discharge. Wben-
dinner I ate cucumbers, beets, ever it is necessary to summon t . ., , , ,,
green corn, squashes, snap beans, 'jury they ought to see that the! >»'' '*' r ll18 un l ,au * ‘ lt ' hts - ^ r 'Y
Irish potatoes, roast mutton, rice i * n ' ,sl 'gatioii in h .
‘ ougli onc. Otlierwise the ends of and was chased with dogs twelve
and gravy, and drank a little but- j 11-lice mav ,| t .|,. aU .,|.
termilk. and for supper I ate only It would be belter lo spend a
a little cold million with mustard month upon a single investigation i , . .
aud drank a glass of ijiilk. Now, t'*an tolet a crime go unpunish j » a "kinsville, and placed in jail.
— f e.l ” where he remained until ins cred-
Berry, that he might be confined
in jail for liis unpaid debts. Berry
fled before the officers of the law,
ml
miles through the swamps. He
' was captured aud brought to
l i 1 °
that's everything I've eaten to i
day—oh, yes, I forgot—we did eat
some plums, you know, this after
;
Old
Old Grejrbuck Hies.
“Grcyliuck” is dead!
noon, and 1 ale a saucer of straw- wa3 onlv a horse, *tis true;
berries at supper.
Aud the husband said he was
looking, sallow roundings from every window in : rale ofTorty miles an hour between j not surprised at her bring unable into the lumber hauling business
the house. Cairo and Whigham, when the ’ to tell what particular vegetable, | w ith Jim Graves, to whom lie was
uun, ».ui me tangle.. „a.. 1 What she saw appalled her.! •-^Hi'^*"°'l'rtiu % T-r^uk fl ' uit ‘ ,r vondiuient had disagreed | vcr y tenderly atUehed, in a friend
around it, had a weird look with The fierce rays of the sun made ; .tiscovered a man making his way | * iUl 1,er ’ and prescribed— but ship or many years’ duration
; its bac kground of white pillows. ' cverv obit-et aimear to niiise and I over the trestlcwork. Finding here is as good time as any to let 1 When Graves went to Florida hr
; A small dose of brandy was fmc
across ahead of the swiftly up Advertiser.
He
liut
one that came here when Smith
ville was first settled and entered
ohattano**ga, via
Marietta
W cV. A
lv p in a
... lv 1:2S a m 12:N1 \> in
Atlanta, via OK K lv 2:« a inWij'm
lv 6:1S a 111 *.-.10 !• m
i .m.ml'.us lv 11 ::Zi am,
Blakely I'- . s »' : 1
Xitianv via It A W Iv 1! :uua tn 10:10 pm
Davis' Iv 11:2.1a in
Willingham lv ll:lla m - _
Hiimscr . b 12:13 pm III■: -• P >"
•fy-fy I v 1- ..T- i* m U :2S j» in
Alapaha lv 2:11 i»
l’earsoii
PLEASANT TO THE TASTE.
TEE GREAT BLOOD PBBIFIEB!
The fierce rays of the sun mad
every object appear to pulse and over the trestlcwork. Finding here is as good time as any to let
throb, and, halt blinded as s |, e i that he would not have time to gel: the curtain (M.-Albany yews
tl .1,1 i^i • . . t .. i across ahead of the swiftly ap
tlie tiuh11\ closed was with t ie are, it took some .. , ^ * i
^ ... prcmehing train, Hie man a stout «
littie time for her to satisfy her- individual, endeavored to drop he
sell that she was not mistaken. i tween the ties so as to hold on by
Twisting and twining among
the flowers she counted at least
ed through
mouth, and the man suddenly
opened liis eyes. They were such
shining black orbs that Sam
back, muttering:
•FV de Law*!!*
fell
prone hi ng train, the man a stout ^
What the Engiueer Said.
his hands while the train should! ‘Well,’ said the engineer, as he
pass over him. To the horror of! lit a fresh cigar in the piazza of
12:4:i
lv a ::»u p iu 1:4«» a in
Wavermss ...
fcavannah, via
8 F A W
ar 7 :.V* p in 11 :■*■*) a in
Callahan
ar «I :.»7 p in •> :2a a in
Jacksonville
ar 7 :-’n> j» m «*:l-> '• ni
Jacksonville, \
ria 8 F A W
lv 2:0-» p tn S: 1-S p in
Callahan ....
Iv 2:47 p m !*:<».. p in
Savannali
lv l :.'5*> p ni *:!•> p m
WavcroM via H A W lv .V.«v> |» in .*:!•> a n»
St iiiatterville lv d :\\1 ]» m N‘*:4l a m
Holmkcn . . lv :»:M p m ■] -■*} ,u
AVarnwvillo . lv «:X« P m t a in ,
Jamaica . lv 7 p m ^ a m
I’vlas* Man*h - lv S:«*> p »« :l ,u
t'«r nfNpTp*iia,Tll dcranjcmcnlii
of il»:* S»i|ffvfive and the
S.irv'AMii «»(•>>. I'ut*, K«irM»,
ScnltiN and Brui«»*R. ACID IIIOX
i: v ICC IS is n specific.
IShontnuiism, ilaiRriil Dt^or*
den*. Chronic i)i:irrl*«ra nntl ob-
ntiiialc cnvch of Blood l*oi%oninjy.
>i Id nr is It out fall to it* wonder-
fill curative power.
Ask for free pamphlet, to be had
off all dealer* or *eut. postpaid,
from the A. I. K. « o., Mobile, Ala.
PRICE, FIFTY CENTS.
FOR SALE BY ALL BRUGSISTS.
novlS-lt
a dozen serpents.
Half an hour later Matson went the lawn in front of
the engineer, however, th
I hey dotted j caU}{lll |, y lhe waist Jin ,| hung
the house,, there between the rails with liis
and were craw ling along the wind head and liis shoulders sticking
Aunt Lucy 1 in-walks In the shady back u l>. at » object of certain destruc want to run over another.’
patient, and y a°rd it was still worse. The lit- Non if the train should striket him.. H .w did it happen?’ asked a himself to death-which
I* , , ■ Engineer Jcukins sprang off his r. ir «l,o StniLiiville N»ks
yuiuull .lo what you can. lhe tie inclosure appeared to be a seat,jammed lhe air brakes down . ^ f
ease does not require a doctor., living, wriggling mass of stiining as tiglitlv as tliev could be put drawing up a cliair.
Some beef tea today and some scales and glittering eyes. Many on and reversed his huge engine, ‘It was years ago, when I
to his wife and said:
•Well, I must go.
is looking after our
introduced Greyhuck to Capt.
Bell who took him in lhc business
with him, and who has taken care
of him ever since, making him one
of the stock—holders. But lie
never fully recovered from the
man i the McAfee House, -I only run
over one uian since I've been on
the road, and God knows I don't . lDl , last Wl , ek | le deliberately j ,„ nc , Maddux, the leading hotel
committed suicide by kicking j |1)an al t | lal |,] ace> has extended
ilors were satisfied.
The present constitution of
Georgia prohibits imprisonment
for debt, and further protects the
debtor with an exemption and
homestead law. The creditor is
placed at considerable disadvan
tage, lint with a mortgage and a
homestead waiver lie is enabled to
bold his own pretty well.—Dis
patch.
Cleyeland and Lee.
The Baltimore American says:
"It is probable that, instead of
spending the month of June at
lu ‘ Red Top, the president and Mrs.
sustained ■“ 1 Cleveland will go to Fauquier
fully recovered
shock his nerves
I Darting with his forme- master, J w -, |ile s „i pllur Springs, Va. * Co
to clay
thing solid to-morrow
Brill
was
rick
will bring of the snakes were running un ! one ot l,ie hir £ est „ l . ,le road, in the employ of the
the fellow up. He is nearly dead | der the house, but how many •■’""Tl and Western. We left Bmnswick
| of exposure and starvation. Iliad already reached that plaee j l h t . r e awaiting almost ' ‘ ,,U: '' alk “' sllt * ,tl ' a
•But who?'
‘Oh. yes,'
•you want to
; where he is from, and
f shelter the frightened
answered Matson.. w as, of course, unable to tell,
know who lie is. j Mrs. Matson retreated to
why he is spacious hall
freight—some forty odd cars, if
; haps never be described. He must my memory serves me right and
t l R .; have died mentally a dozen limes.' us we were pulling out I noticed
a rather well dressed young man
DR. WESTMORELAND
imvnsx.
, , , i hut almost miraculously
and clasped her gj can)c lo a s i„,, hissing and I , .
in this fix. It is no time to ques-, hands over her eyes. It was a trembling when the ponderous cow runnln e * l '* n » . .
lie looks like a peculiar noise that she heard. | catcher was within three feet ol i lr .V' n 5J lo S et behind the ten ei ! ,| er twilight,
lion him now.
Brunswick .. ar S :2S p m o :-io a n. ! Offers his
on Signal. :i!l Lilts briilicilCS
Purchase tickets at jbe ststion. and VV()| . k wal la nted.
save extra fan* coUvflfd upon tlu* ti am. »,
The mail train Mops at all B A NS R.^tofllcO. lv
stattonn. , pie«l bv Dr. Woialuim. Ho will
Connection** made at \\ averts t«» am | j l j„, week of e:»l*b
fr«»m all Points on Savannah. Honda A: S I' UI . .
M>-tern Xailvav. : month in tort Gaines, comment
Pullman Palace Sleeping and Mann ; n; r tin* first Monday. Rooms at
Boudoir cars upon Jacksonville iM, d i , „ . j„ llU -, )1>t n„ llSt ,. i U :il3let
Cincinnati Express. | " -
First-class car through between liruns-
vrick and Atlanta.
F AXCSIER. A. R. P. A.
J. A. M'TH'FFlK. ti- P. A.
\ a. t;Ai>ms. v. !’• * t; - M -
peculiar
foreigner, a Cuban or perhaps a it sounded like an occasional tlie unfortunate man. He was! U>steal a ride. He succeeded in
... - n i i ... .j j ... ... .ei rescued from his perilous position, catching on ail right, and I made
services to the public in gypsy, lie speaks a little Eng muffled flap, flap! \\ hat could “ an(1 wt . Ilt llis way rejoicing at his ,,,
You be? It was easy enough to an ..i ...; u "
. He speaks a lilde En„ ,.. . and went Ins way rejoicing at his n . in .i „: TK him the
f Dentistry.—ihsh, aud that is all I know. You j be? It was easy enough to an , a l IIlast miraculous escape. But 1
Ollu-eoxei tie nce ,j n ot be afraid of him. He is swer the question. The noise for Engineer Jenkins’ prompt and 8 raD ‘ ,,,l| neea le is a " i
tonne: '(•*'< “ ;1S feeble as an infant, and is a could only have been made by efficient efforts and his care and | but death kinder got ahca< of pie
watchfulness the man whose name that lime, fur just as
queeicst little head in the world, of squirming, twisting
It is long and narrow, and looks , under the house.
we were
running
he did
most successfully. Vale, old !
friend! In a dewy-gray twilight,
long ago, when the sweet song of
the wip poor-will came thrilling
from the starred and golden fields,
dark eyes waited far your coming
home, and waiting, caught a
glimpse of glorious gray eyes
beneath a hood of gold brown
hair! And dark eyes and gray
eyes met in the dusk of that ten-
anl the laughing
stars beamed beautifully down,
and the song of the whip poor-will
grew ravislnngly sweet aDd soft!
Then the dark eyes incited into
Night, and the gray eyes went
away forever, and the stars bid
their faces, and the song ot the
s. s. s.
Only $1.75. at J. \V. Stakfouh’s
W: R. THORNTON,
[DENTIST.
CUTHBERT, GA.
O ' FFI^F* West sitU* Public Square,
over li. 1«. Dunn's store. fchlT-ly
little withered old chap with the ; the scores, and perhaps hundreds.; . w “ w *“““ - :
lij 151 unknown, would have died a ; nearing the station and
1 most horrible death. As it is he | . feirino lie! , “ .
will hardly care to venture upon I , 1 T’, ° „ whip poor will was only an echo
more like a snake's head than For the first time in her life such anolher experiment as cross j wo " 1 ,c seen, rici o jump o
Mrs. Matson was thoroughly ter-1 in Sf » trestle ahead of an express and was caught between
Heaclqi iai*tei*s i or
PIANOS AND ORGANS!
1 Can Sell You ail
ORGAN 8R PIANO
die a pei*
THAN
Any house within 500
Miles of this point.
affairs, but finally she could not
resist the temptation to pass the
When you want any Instrument, confer with me in ! door of the sick man's room and
regard to price before buying, and I will save you mon-: look in.
ev. I also .sell Piano and Organ Stools separate.- ; There be was, swarthy and
J. \\ . .'51 AN toll D: [ wrinkled, and looking more lifcc
I anything else.’
i ‘Oh, John, you frighten me!' : rifled. Obeying a sudden im-
•But it does.’ remarked Jolin, 1 pulse, she rushed into the room
! laughing, ‘and now I think of his i assigned lo the invalid.
| snaky eyes and his sinuous mo ! Aunt Lucy stood cowering- in
| tion, it strikes me that snaky is one corner, trembling with fear
; the best description that could he j and unable to utter a word.
| given of him. Igh! It makes; Sitting upright in lied, with an
my flesh crawl to look at him. i unnatural glitter in his ryes and
But that is neither here nor there, darting his odd little head from
\Y hen I get hack I'll attend to side to side, was the unknown j t | ie j t j en ti ca l
him. ouest.
Aud giving liis wife a kiss. i -Ladies,’ he said in an unfa
Matson ran down to the buggj, j miliar foreign brogue, ‘be not
jumped in, and dashed ofl ou his ! afraid. No harm ler dees house.
I way to Pyramid. j Me soon be nieself. Strange
| Left alone, so far as the white j tfieengs alarm de ladee. Eels all
faces weie concerned, with a mys j nglit.’
j terious stranger in the house, j Mrs. Matson waited to hear no
Mrs. Matson felt a peculiar uer- 1 more; she ran frantically to the
vousness which she could not j parlor and bolted herself in.
‘Ladee! Ladeef
ll was the voice of lhc stran
ger out in the hall. There was a
sound as of somebody struggling,
and the mellow voice of Aunt Ln
ry uplifted in vain remonstrance.
•Missus, oh. missus,' she cried.
‘tlis yer Mister Mau bab done
the
train soon — tt'aycross Headlight
— o o
An Inventor’s Sorry Experience.
An old gentleman appeared at
the patent office the other day,
and wanted tn know why an ap
plication for a [latent on an at
tachment to a milling machine he
had filed had not been granted.
He was shown a patent covering
improvements lie
claimed granted some ten rears
shake off. For a while she busied |
herself superintending household
wheels.
•lie was fearfully crushed, bnt
lie had life enough left to [Mvinl
to his pocket and murmnr the
name •Mollier,’ once or twice be
fore he died. We understood,
and made him know we did, and
he seemed satisfied.
‘Sure enougli there was a letter
in his pocket, with something to
this effect written on it.
•If God helps me to get there
since, i he old inventor gazed at; jqj jjg | lome j n two weeks. So
the drawings of the patent in a ! ke , lp a light heart> mol h er .’
I dazed way. and then said: ‘I j q lhink | lc g „ t |,omc sooner
| work ed on that invention for ten 1 lh:in Uc CX|KH . le ,l. but I guess the
night, and just a * | „1,| jady’g heart was weary wait-
in the wondering fields And all
this time, O, Greyhuck! you
stood on onc leg at the gate, calm
ly. supremely unconscious.—
Smithville yews.
— -»*-•-
Hon to Hake a i rosperous Town.
No community, says an ex
change, was ever known to pros-
j per when a majority or even a
large minority of its citizens were
dissatisfied with their surround
ings. It is far better for any
community for those becoming
restless
an invitation to them and lias pre
pared a cottage expressly for
them. lie is now in Washington,
and arrangements have been made
for the president and Mrs. Cleve
land tn go to the springs about
the first week in June for a (lay,
nsasoitof trial trip. If every
thing is satisfactory llic'invitation
will be accepted. Colonel Mad
dux was in Baltimore yesterday
getting up a party of Baltimore
ans to accompany the president
and liis wife and to make other
necessary arrangements. Among
those who will accompany them
are General Sheridan and Colonel
Kellogg, of liis staff; Senator A
P. Gorman and a number of Bal
timoreans ar.d General Filzhugb
Lee. They will leave here in the
private car of the president of the 'constitution.
Virginia Midland rail load. Col
oncl Maddux has been in Wash
ington several days, and lias rec
ommended the water to the presi
dent as being the finest in the
world for overworked brains,
force, and also many were present
of their race as s|iectators, some
of » horn were no better than the
criminals.— Dawson Journal.
Farmers will once more get ill
easy circumstances when the most
of their trips lo town are for the'
purpose of selling something in
the line of their business instead
of buying it. Until then, the hot-'
loin rail is going to stay nn top.
This solves the agricultural jirob*
lem.—Sparta Ishmaelite.
We notice that a portion of our'
farmers are buying Northern gras*
for about $2 per hundred pounds.
Especially do the colored ox far
mers invest in this grass. Next
fall these same |ienple 1 will cut
grass from their patches, bring it
to town and sell it Tor 30 cents m
hundred. How does this slriRfef
you from an economical stand
point?—A mericus Jlecorder.
Sir George M. Pullman’s father
was a cabinet maker. The great
car manufacturer was brought np
to the same trade. When Ids fath
er died George M. Pullman for
years supported and educated hi*
brothers and sisters. When sue- -
cess came to him he still contin--
ucd liis generosity towards bis
relatives. There are no narrow,-
selfish streaks in his nature.—■
Cnquircr Sun.
The best boom wc can start in
this country, as we have remark
ed several hundred times, is at
boom in small factories—a boom
that will prove a boom. Work--
sbojis are what we want—work
shops that will tnrn out artic.ler
of wealth and that will give ene-;
plnymenl to idle men, boys and
girls—many of'them idle because
there is no work to Ao.—lIartwe(l
Sun.
Young men have the [Mill in
Florida. Sam Pasco at the age of 1
forty one has been elevated from
the speakership of tlie boose .of
representatives to the United'
States senate. To succeed Pasco*
as speaker, the legis
lature lias elected' Represent
ative Lamar, who is jiust thirty.—
He is the youngest speaker the'
Florida house of repiesentatives-
has ever had, and we trnst he Will 1
prove one of the best.—Atlanta
A few days ago a mother going to*
her son's room found a pistol ly
ing nn the bureau. Slie conclu
ded that was not a suitable place
for it and took it up and it war
discharged, fortunately doing no'
damage, she being alone in the'
which will, no doubt, induce him | room. We merely mention thflin
to give it a trial. It is opined,! cident and will let the reader d«v
too, that the little trip may not
the commenting. Some Would say
she knew nothing about handling!
the weapon, and should here left
it alone. Others will say tfrtT
yeai s every night, and
I thought that 1 had accomplish
ed the aim of my life I find an
other man had done it years ago."
Tears filled the old man's eyes as
lie walked out of the room the
picture of despair. lie was from
Wisconsin: the patentee of the
one that covered his invention
was from Louisiana. Yet the
description of the Wisconsin
man's invention would do for a
description of the southerner’s
patent.— Washington Capitol.
ing for him! Hare you a match
about you? Mv cigar's gone out.’
—a m
An Alabama man remarked the
other day: "I hear they are say-
be without certain political sig
nificance. The fact that. Governor
Lee is to be in the party is re [young man should not have left rt-
(1(1 discontented with garded here as another evidence j tilurc I others that pistols ate *f-
nii discontented wiili ■> . . . i together too common and that
their position to move away and tl ‘ at ' lr g' n,ans are ''elermined, >f, lh " re was no necessity for his own-
make themselves beautifully possible, tu tack him on to the | j nj j nne> —Union Jt Recorder.-
'tail of the next presidential kite i
with Cleveland.”
conspicuous by their absence.—
The very first thought of any
one devoted to the interest of his
town or city ought to be ‘how
shall I help my ncighlmr? As in
helping him I give aid to ethers
who assist others to help me,’
ing that the South is not prosper- j hence he gives all home enter
ing. Maybe I don’t know what j pri .es the preference. If* does
prospering means, bnt it seems to
me wlicn a lot of land that cost
$500six years ago sells for $15,-
000 now, the fcoulb has no reason
to complain.”
not send his money off, as he will
not hear from it again, but is
willing lo pay a better per cent
at home. He Iwlievcs in patro
niMng home industry aud beeps
The St. Louis Globe Democrat
says: "Among the many southern
lawyers who are being spoken of
in connection with the succession
of Justice Woods, Hon. K. J.
Hammond, of Georgia, is proba
bly the best fitted for tlie place.”
—» •
The Illinois Legislature is con
sidering a bill to prevent paupers,
lunatics and convicts from marry-
Dr. Thompson and Mr. J. 1L
Hendry have quite a flourishing
little slock farm near BliiffUm.—
Wc saw Mr. Hendry driving'-on*
of their colts a few days since. - It
is a very pretty animal and al
though not yet two years old, iar
already of a good site and work#
well In harness. They contemplate
purchasing some blooded stock
and enlarging their business.—
There is nn doubt - that s#eb #
business will pay ittilds conntry,
and we ho|>e other farmers will
follow the example these- eater
prising gentlemen have set-titcMfr
—Blnf Ion Springs,