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Cuthbert Enterprise and Appeal.
BT JAS. W. STANFORD.
‘Independent in Ail Things—Neutral in Nothing.”
TERMS $1.00 IN ADVANCE.
VOL. VII.
CUTHBERT, GA., THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1887.
INO. 27
Enterprise & Appeal.
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U„rt Gaines train make* dose con- ,
nedion with the Montgomery »t Macon j
! , assscn«er at Cuthbert.
* ° I). PHKl.PS, Agent.
QUICKEST TIME
WITH
Til KOI'I. H Pl’I.LMAS BUFFET CAR
ATLANTA TQ NEW YORK,
VIA
Fji*t Tran. A Sht-naudsah Talley
Raitn.
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
ALL Bl THAMiF.il. I minutes I was found guilty. and
The story of a man who is re-! sentenced to execution at sunrise,
prieved while standing on the!an*l iietore midnight a scaffold
scaffold with the noose ahont his
neck, must .always tin ill. The
fact of any one standing in the
presence of death for a moment
has a strange fascination about it.
and his fellow men are anxious to
know what his thoughts and
feelings were as he expected to he
ushered into eternity. It has
been my ill luck to look squarely
into the eyes of grim death on
several occasions, and my good
luck to preseive my life against
the fate which seemed to hunger
for it; and some of the incidents
may prove intereating to the gen
eral reader.
During the siege of Yorktnwn
hail Item prepared.
Why hail Gen.
-denied mv
identity? The only excuse I could ;
offer for him was that he was: annoy,
the messenger rcach-
T IIIS powder never varie.. A mar-, .... .. , ,
vpI of ptiritv, Mtr«Migtli mul whole- | *» llllc Hl> repoj ts no Jnlllit
aemcness. More eionomieal limn the lQ lhc commander himself.
N. Y. EXmEXf. ROUTE.
Uave Macon, K T, \ A G daily 2
Leave Atlanta
Arrive Koine
Arrive Dalton.
Arrive Knoxville, "
Arrive Bristol.
Arrive Roanoke. N A
ArrlVe she. June » V It U
Arrive Wavh’gt’n BA O R R
Arrive Baltimore BAT R R
Arrive l*h»l»«lcli»hia, P R R
Arrive *cw York
by McClellan I was detailed from
| tny company to do scout work. ^ag«l in pulling it up seemed
went want me to ovcihear their
,. ... , . ... t wi S..V uiuiK-u, I re-1 feeling remarks. About an hour
, ordinary kinds and eaniua he sold hi , ’ i °
. competition with the multitude of low j |K»rted directly to a division com- before daylight a curious
! test, short weight, alum or phosphate -
S p m . ponder*. Sold only in cans. Koval Ba
ft 40 p m ! king Pon der t'«., |0G Wall Street, New
8 35 p ni j York. may22-ly
Every-Hay Cheerfulness.
The hardest thing is to keep
cheerful under the little pin pricks
that come from uncongenial sur
roundings, the very insignificance
of which adds to their i>ower to
because they cannot be
drunk when the messenger reach j wrestled with and overcome as in
cd him, and such proved to he Uir case of larger hurts. Some
the case. Roused from his stupid . disagreeable habit in one whom | Hundreds of these young men arc
sleep, he had winked and blinked ; you may owe res|»ect and duty, in New York in attendance at the
and which is a constant irritation j various academies and colleges,
to your sense of fitness of tilings, 1 private and public. They have
a greater J been sent here to get an “Amen
can" education, ami most of them
have taken the higher branches of
mathematics and engineering.
Few of them seem to care for the
tls ssical course or for any Ian
and the strut-turn was a very rude j sometimes rightfully fight, and j giiage hut English. The funny
ffair. 1 could plainly hear every there is a world of comfort in ike i part of their life Is learning to go
1 blow struck, and the fellows cn
at the communication and madr
otil a portion of it, and then flung
it down with the assertion that may demand of you
lie knew no one of my name. The moral force to keep the spirit
gallows was erected within a few , serene, than an absolute wrong
rods of where I was confined, committed against you. In the
S<ime beams and boards were la- one ease endurance is all Ibat is
ken from an abandoned bouse, j possible; in the other, yon may
An Amnsiag Difllratty.
There are many funny things
in New York hoarding houses, as
most people know or believe, says
a writer in the Brooklyn Citizen
Rut I ain told that among the
most amusing incidents are those
afforded by establishments where
i Japanese students arc domiciled.j
|lower of action.
mander, whom 1 never met with
out living forced to notice the fact
SI SO p in !
I 40 a m ,
I! IS a m ’
II 45 n ni .
S 38 p in '
to :10 p in •
t° People fret too much about
un : trifles. Women find a sea of troub-
; les in their housekeeping,
change often put as much worry and anx
up
and down stairs. It seems
They make good coffee in Gau- ; Later on in the war there
us a
tern ala. A traveler says lie never j vliic-f of scouts, but at this time
drank as gnul elsewhere. It was;
that in most parts trf Japan, par
( ticularly the rural regions, stair !
They ways arc unknown. The houses.!
loo. are seldom more than two|
look place in me. I began to icly into a loaf of bread, a pie, a I stories high, anil acre** to the;
wonder it 1 was really the man I , cake, into the weekly washing and j up|M-r Boor is almost universally j
hail by means of a ladder, bp !
which the Japanese run like sail j
ors. Hence, when these young 1
that he Was the worse for liquor, claimed to lie, and it wasn t fifteen ironing, as should suflicc for much
11 30pill j simply i|ie essence of the berry—
Virginia Sprinpx ail open- at low rate:
Excursion rate? l»*wcr than ever.
F«»r further particulars write t«
Up,*n J. F. Sunnis. Ticket Afrent
(:i, or Cb\B. S. Knigiit,
rer Aisent, Atlanta.
* b B. W. WRENS.
Of nr ml I’atsmiirr Ayrat.
mayl.Vtf KnoxvIixe. Tens.
3 80 a in |
7 oo n in u dark brown, thin liquor, kept in
To n
or rail
Atlan-
Distriet Pasfteii-
a close stoppered decanter,
spoonful ort wo of this liquor is
added hot water from an earthen
iuflf.
J o
Brunswick- & Western
Railroad.
Ty Ty Route!
50 MILKS SHORTER TH AN AN Y
OTHER ROUTE BETWEEN-
tVAYCROSSA ALBANY.
there were half a dozen of us tak
ing orders direct from this Gen
eral anil reporting h.-u-k to him
in person. On my third trip 1
was very nearly captured by The
Confederates and in the squeeze
m I got rid of all my pajier, includ-
Thr t ri-diri I naniiiioa*. J in" the pass which gave rnc en
\V. I). Suit, Druggist. Hipptis. ‘ trance and exit to the Federal
I nd., testifies: "lean recommend lines. Therefore, when I finally
I Electric Bitters as tile very licst r e.-,cbed tile Federal
! remedy Every bottle sold lias
' given relief in every case.*
Iltli
olio*
tssfi.
On amt after Sunday. Nov
passenger Irakis will run as
>ol: Tilr: west, srotTll \M> SOI TU.
Mail. Express.
Brunsw'k via B.fcWlv Oaaiain 7:Hipm
t’vles' Marsh . lv li:-T a in 'S:lnp in
Jamaica Iv «:« « >'■ "Oj'P" 1
Wnvnesvillc ... lv«::«am Ui-ASpni,
Hoboken Iv a m 1":2. p in
Bcklaltervillc tv S:41am - ln:4i. pm,
Wavi-ross. ar 5:05 a in II :15 pm,
V X «
11 :55 a in 5:10 a m j
man look six bottles,
j cured of Rheumatism of 10 years'
, standing.” Abraham Hrtre.-drng
j gist, Bellville, Ohio, affirms: “The
liest selling medicine I have ever
hamlied in iny 20 years’ eaperi
once. is Electric Bitters.” Thou
' Sands of others have added their
testimony, so that the verdict is
unanimous that. Electric Bitters
do cure all diseases of the Liver.
picket post
Mas | | | n ,,t.|iing by which to identi-
and was O' myself. The officer in coin
mand of the reserve picket post
was a smart Aleck, who thought
to add to liis iiiijMirtancc hy re
fusing to believe my story and
sending me to tin- headquarters of
the brigade. There I was re
garded as a veritable Confederate the fool of the gallons,
spy, and the general in command member right there was
minutes liefore 1 h
conclusion that I
else—in fact, a spy. as they de
clared. This idea took such firm
lodgment, in mv mind that I
would have honestly denied my.
real identity. I fell that 1 had •
been fairly tried ami liooes-.lv
convicted, and that I ought to
suffer death. There was no par
ticular terror in the idea. The
only thought about hanging
nhic-h made me cringe was tin
tall through the trap. It seemed
to me as I reflected on it that the
pain would he something awful,'
but I was consoled at the same
time with the reflection that
would soon he over.
Half an hour before suniise 1
was brought out and escorted to
If I re-
ahout
cd come to the weightier matters. Suppose these
was some one things go wrong to day, the to
morrows are coming tn which to men come to New York and are
try again, and the thing is not! lodged in lioarding houses their
worth clouding your own spirits j apartment* arc generally in the
and those around you. injuring : third or fourth story. To reach
yourself and
for the mind
and for such a trifle. You who
know how thoroughly I believe in
doing everything to he done as
well as it can he will not under
stand what I have said to mean
contentment with ii! doing, but
them physically— their rooms they are compelled at
fleets the body— first In go up very captiously and
with the aid of the balustrade.
Some do not even hesitate to go
up, cat fashion, on all fours, from
step to step. The trouble is that
they have not learned tn balance
the body so as tn ascend and dc
seen I the same as we do. Our
Savannah, via s.
Callahan ...
Jacksonville, ._.
Jacksonville, via
Callahan
savannah*
ar 11:2i! a m h a in
ar 12:00in li:15 a m !
r K AW
Iv 7:00a in »:1S p m
Iv 7 :.Tt a ni *.05 p ni
.Iv 7 JWa in l..» p ni
Kidneys of Bhmd. Only a
dollar a bottle at J. W. Staxfoisds
Drug Store. .
who lias worn the same bonnet for
twenty-two ye.-ii's. She is blind
and never leaves the house.
EXTRACT
nulv that when * thing is lieynnd ,
repair waste no useless regrets agility in going up and down
over it and do no idle fretting, stairs is really an acrobatic feat,
if Strive for that serenity of spirit Imt we are unconscious of it be
that will enable you to make the cause we have practiced it from
licst of atl things. That means childhood. Now. the ycung Jap-
contentim-nt in its best sense, anese are determined to perform j
There is a kind that permits peo- this feat, and I am told that they !
_ pie to sit down and fold their „flen spend hours in the most
h-ilf w as extremely pompous in his de half a company ol infantry on the hands, in bland disregard of their 1 persevering practice to acquire so ,
gioHnd. Only a few of the sol
diers in camp were out to w itness
lire proceedings. They had gra
cionsly.provided mu with spirit
ow n duties ami of the righta °f; simple an accomplishment. You
others, if any exertion or self- j can fancy what a ludicrous scene
denial are needed. Indulged in. they make. They soon learn to
it grows stronger, benumbing the s „ up the stairs. It’s the coining
Wave's* via II .V W Iv 10: OOa m 11 :*> l> "■
Pearson Iv It :15 am 12:4*
Alaouha tv 12:30 P
Tr Tv • • • • lv I* 111 a n
Sumi.er V .Iv 2:1* pm SW« »>
Willingham . It 2:44 p ni
Havis' Iv 3:10 p ni
Albany . .ar.VJftp m 4:45 a.m
fftkvfV.wi/jhiTar 7:2j p m ...
I’-itnnVbtfV ar 1 :..a p m
M aeon .... ar 8:24 pm 9JM a in
A llama ar l :2a a III 1 :'to p in
M arietta, via' W * S ,ir 1 :2I a in 2:.k> p ni
Chattanooga ar 5 :,V. a in 7:0. p m
Louisville via T .« N ar «:40 p in t.:J0alii
t incinatti. via (Tf' * *r «:45 p m ii:4« am
' rr.ox rnr. waef, i>c'btii tsaaotmi.
Mail Express. I
Cincinnati, via Cin SN 7:55 an. S:lo P m
l.ouiavUle. via I. A SN 7r50a n.S:l«p n.
Chattanooga, via W * A-
lv 3. ^ p m 8:0.» a in
A NATURAL TONIC
! Add Iron Earth.
' Trade 3!ark.
meanor toward me. 1 can mnrm-
. her the conversation as' vividly
a* if it took place yesterday. By
the time I readied his lent my
; arms had been lied behind me,
and I was looked upon as a very
dangerous fellow.
‘So you are the spy cap
lured down then at the picket!’
shouted the General as I stood be
fore hi in.
| -1 am no spy, sir,’ I replied. ! of delay made me impatient, met a Imre the dark, still waters aQ( | eoine down on all fours.
I ‘Oh no, of course not; hut don’t When the time came for me t" were dra|>eil with flowering plants.'
i you talk hack to me., you infernal, mount the scaffold I was really : giving out an odor which was
traitor? Who sent you spying in- glad of it. There was nothing in overjiowering to any one who
the sighlof the dangling rtqie to floated beneath them, producing a
nal consolation in the jierson of a | faculties anil dwarfing the life. ! down which gives them trouble*
jhaplain, but, ^though llio good Those of you who have read Con i When the novice essays to come'
man talked to me for ten minutes, stance Fenimore Weolson s story I down stairs his companions watch j
I did not hear one word.in twenty 4wf “£**t Angel*” in Harper'* | ud guy him a* he totter* in the
lie uttered. 1 was all tiic lime Monthly will, perhaps, recall her ( effort to 'keep an uprigfit position. *
wondering iiow long liefore it most vivid description of a Flori-; VYlien, for any reason, lie is in a!
minute j da lagoon, where the trees that harry, he has to do the sailor act
wonlil be over, and every
me
1.
lv 1 : *< fi rtV 12:o8 |* »u
lv 2:2.» a in 2 :»«*!' ,u
. ,.lv «:15 a* |» m
lv H :.»• h 111
. lv 7:20 a m*
Marietta
Atlanta, via C
Maeoii
OiluiulHis ...
Blakely _- _•
Albany via"B A W Iv 11 :tw a ... l’J : !'' V ■>'
l>avis" lv II:23am
Willingham lv , 11:41 :i _
Kmtiiter lv 12:13 p n. .Opn,
•r v rv lv 12:32 p in 11 :2< p 1"
Alapiilia b; 2-11 pm 12:43 am
IVar.on lv .1 :.4o p l« 1 -4-> a »>
M avi rass nr 4:4!ipni 3:«0am ,
Manual., viaST i* a ^ m „ ;W , nV |
Callahan ar 6:57 p in 5:25 a in
Jacksonville nr 7:.Y» p m.6:t.v n»
Jacksonville, via SEA"'
lv ‘2:05pm 8:l.»p m t
Callahan ........ lv 2:47 |> n. 9:05 p n.
savannah . lv 1:30pm S:4-ipm,
AVavcross via B ft " ly 5:05 p nijj:ts a m
Schlattorville ... ’ • - —
Hoboken
M’aywcsville . .
Jamaica .
ryl«s' Marsh
Brunswick
♦Stop on Signal. .
Purchase tickets at the station, .and
save extra fare collected upon thetraui. t
The mail train stops at all B " t ^ iM»t«ttleC.
PLEASAXT TO THE TASTE.
THE BREAT BLOOD PURIFIED!
Far Djr*pepila,alt*eraafMSwm
of the Digestive Organ, an* tie
l.lvor. sum Di.ease., citta, Sana,
seam a and Hralaea. ACID 1 It OS
Etnvn la a apoelfle.
Kkennaibm, malarial Dlaar* j Guard remove
rier.. Chronic. Blarrhira nod oh.
•tlaato cases at Blood Poisoning,
yield without fall to its waador*
Ini curative power.
Ask far free pamphlet, to he had
of all dealers or seal, postpaid,
from the A. I. E. Co.. Mohlfo, Ala.
P.TICE, Flrir CENTS.
FOR SALE IT ALL DRUGGISTS,
novlS-lt
lo our camps?’
•1 am a I'nion soldier, sir, and chill me. I took iny place on llie gradual stupor that would end in
belting to—’ j trap, the chaplain uttered a pray-1 death. That, to me, is a fitting
‘Shut up, you scoundrel! Don't cr - an ‘ 1 ,1,cn a quickly tied 1 type of the kind of
think that you can stand there my elbows ami ankles and pulled I which steals away all ambition,
and lie toiuc. What icbel com- * ca P ov#r •“>' llea ' 1 - ,l wa * a »U desire for action, all thought
mand do you belong In?' matter of seconds now, and I said „f the possibilities every human ; fashioned open chaise, visaing
to myself: I licing holds for good or ill, but is l * ,c *' a fi° ns parts of
•It is coming now—good by to; satisfied simply to exist Toledo ji usl a * a I ,lanler wonlrl do
all—it will Siam be over.’ hlade.
IJesrgw Washington's Xsther.
She was a woman born to com
mand, and since she was left alone
with a family ami an estate to
care for, she took the reins into
contentment ! l,er °" n *' a "‘>*. nev< ‘ r S avc
tiiem up tn any one else. She
useil lo drive almut in an old
i ‘None sir. 1 am a Union eeout,
and was detailed—’
i 'Stop!' lie shouted, while his
face grew crimson. ‘While the
truth may not help you, I hate to
see you stand in the presence of
j death with a lie upon your li|«.
him.’
They had to cut a riqie under
nealh to spring the trap. My
sense of hearing was so acute
that I located the man who stood
with an ax read to do this service
A Wife’s Retort.
Old Joe was a quiet old
hut somewhat too fond of the bol I I recause he
lie. When in his cuim, his ideas better one.
li.
farm,
on
horseback. The story is told that
she had given an agent directions
how to do a piece of work, and .
lie had seen til to do it differently. |
thought his way a;
He showed her the;
.Iv 5:31 1> III *3:41 a m
Iv 5:51 |> III *5:50 a in
Iv 6 :.V pm 4:55 a m
Iv 7:33 pm 5:35 a m
lv H:00 p ni *6:05 a in
.. ar8:2.S p in t»:10 a in ;
| or five general officers present. |
; It was to be a drumhead court I
j martial. As I afterward learned,;
a report of iny capture had been |
! sent to headquarters, and Me
Cicllan had replied: ‘Try him by.
|.lruin-licad court martial; and if'
stations. , ! pic.l hy Dr. Worsham. He will
connections made at W avows to and , t , le g rst we *|c
in F,,rt g - w *’ s* mmc " c
r.illman Palace Sleeping and >' anl J' j ni j the first Monday, ftooms at
llomioir cars n|H>n Jackaonville and
Cincinnati Ehcpaess. |
First- lass car through between Bnins-
t^ck aiid Atlanta.
I-- W. ANOIKK. A. *•. 1’. A-
J. A. M. UI'EEIK. tt. P. A.
A. A.CA1HHS. V. 1‘. ft <4. M.
8. & S- .
f)hly $1.75. at .T. W. Stasfoku s.
"Headquarters lor
PIANOS AND ORGANS!
DR. WESTMORELAND,
VEATIST,
Offers liis servicesto tl.e public in found guiltv hang him at sunrise.’ ; l ” “‘J* 1
all the branches of Dentistry.— i . . . .... i ’N.iuctlnng
Work warranted. Office over the
Ronnik formerly occu
liie Lightf.M.t House, diai'31 et
W. B. THORNTON,
DENTIST'.
CUTHBERT, GA.
O FEICE West Side Public S.piare.
over B. I.. Dtinn s Store. fel.l7-lv
at a given siguai, and I heard him j leaded toward theological matters, 'improvement
was ta-en awa\ an.l con met , whisper to tiimssrir: which be always avoided in his j ’And pray,’said the lady, ‘who:
in a guard house, hut not for long. "Why, in God’s name, do they sutler moments. It was Saturday ! g* T * >' ou an >' exercise ot jndg- j
Iu about an hour I was taken lo | £e(> t j ic ln long in suspense?' I afternoon and hhs good wife want- ment in the matter? 1 command
another tent in the same encamp. ... . , , , .
, . , , * I ‘llien I began to count one—. etl some wood for the oven as she
ment, and I entered it to find four , , . . . ,
1 two—three, ami so on, and bad : had bread to bake.
got up to nine, when I heard a' ‘Joe. I do wish you would go
shouting not far away, and ming- i and split some wood; here it is
led with it, the sounds of horses ' nearly two o'clock, and the fire
coming at a gallop. j isn't made.’
•Don'tcut that rope!" command ! Joe went out tn execute his
cd the officer in charge, and I said ' commission, and fearing his phys
If: | icai condition was weak, marched j after
has gone wrong, to the neighboring tavern to forti | shaping his which was most pow-
eiful. She taught him to lie
truthful but her lessons were not
half so forcible as her own truth
fulness.
•I say (hie) Jane, do you (hie) j 'George Washington,' by
The fact that I o.-enlv and bold!, ^ U " ^ '“'l'*' ° ( ) “ Nichoia. for January.
* * . * - form, an»l riirectly a liana pulleil to barn u« all up in ftre” t ^ 9
iapproaciet tie nu.n pic et, am f.| ie cap off .a V bca<I ami a voice, His venerable spouse, being ex ! 3fsl the Same #f* Disease.
: that I was coimng from the ene . . , * i ,
, • saul: ecedingly irate, ditl not answer.—
, my s lines- eaVriCtl rto wetglil in 1
1 my favoi 4 . The t.ffieer of the pick-
, , 1 mistake here.
! 11 said I was eerlaialv a spy, ant)
you, sir; there is nothing left for '
you lint lo ol»ey.’
I think that George Washing |
ton owed two strong traits lo his
mother,—a governing spirit, and
a spirit of order and method.
She taught him many lessons
and gave him many rnies; but,
all. it was her character
is
I A drumhead court martial
dignified farce. It is convened to
convict. The idea is that the
each ' victim is guilty, hut must lie dis
posed of according to the regula
tions of the War Department.
, and there will lie a further delay, j fy himself thereiu. ile returned j
| Perhaps I am to be shot. That j home utterly oblivions to all;
i would lie an easier way to die.' ‘ things save his |wt theories. Seat- j
There Was some loud talk ing himself on the chair, he said: j
around me. two or three people
in St.
i that settled it. When they final
I ly condescended to Hear* my ex- ■
t planalion I gave mjr rihrtiP,- ami
slated tfint the General to Whom ■
j I 1 made iffy reports would identify ,
me. F stood in neither awe nor
directly
: the eap off >ny head and a voice
; said:
i ‘Captain, there is some terrible
This is Roberts,
one of mv scout*.’
1 heard a funny story last night
Again he repeated the question.— j about Mrs. Geo. Rickets snd one
Still an ominons silence. ! of the wives of a leading Senator |
‘Wife, do you think the Lord f rom a Western State. Mrs. Rick
‘But you .lid not know him last; means to burn us all up in fire cv’
eta is a highly accomplished lady.
1 Can Sell You an
ORGAN OR PIANO
! be identified. Some of the mem
| hers of the court were op|iosed
| to giving me this ellwifce for my
Ciieapev
THAN
ANY" HOUSE WITHTN500
Mr LES OF THIS POINT.
Wlion von want jmv Instrumout, wnfer with mo in
ropanl to prieo Iwforo haying, and I wrFI save y’w*- inon-
*y. I also sell I’iano and Organ Stools separate..
° J. \\\ STAXFOKIL
dispatch an orderly and adjourn
the court for an hour. 1 was
conducted hack to the guard
house to wait, and when again ;
taken liefore the officers I expect
ed to he discharged without de
lay. Yon can therefore imagine
my feelings when I was informed
that Gen. dtterly repudia
ted *»e. My regiment and com-
pndy were • dozen miles away
and f fclC that it Would be useless-
to aak I er tiur dclav. In ten
night?’ j lasting?’ the wife of a retired General, and
j ‘I know him now, and you will i ‘N«f saitl the now thoroughly the leader of the fashionable so
release him at once.’ aroused housewife; ‘no. yon fool | ciety here. Not long ago she met
It was Gen. . As he awoke 1 not if he waits Ter you to split the j ou t calling the lady from the West
wood!' I above spoken of, and was intro-
• • • — duced lo her, but no conversation
An Oxford county. Me., paper | ts M >k place,- and the two se|iarat«d.
tells of a famous old lime echool j t j lc introduction #as jwrform-
teacherwbo wanted to find which I ^ tbe )a< | y Bot ^i, Mre
one of the hoys had stolen a rag-! Rickets’ name. SAd said:
ge.1 urchins knife. He called ‘I begyonr pardon, but what
isic. / 8LCKM1 in ncmier awe nor i _ . . , . , ;
_ _ „ , , jr . , ,; from his ftrunken sleep at an early
fcar,fcn»wing how ^asilrl could;, .. . ,
, ..^ r \ | hour a dim remembrance of lliej
message crept into liis mind, and i
he rolletl out of heal and found
, .the inquiry sent by the court
life, but it waa finally decried to , „ .. , .. ,, . .
„ ..... mavtari. He could not remember
what Word he bail sent in reply.
hut he j«ni|ied into hie clothes
I and then into th% saddle, and he
came just in time to prevent a
military murder. Vfliat was the
effect of tilth close call.'- Well. I
went to the hospital fur two weeks
with a (beer, anti A was a full
month before I was positively
certain of my rfcatiTT.—Hem
fork Suit.
Ex President Hayes' fitet cous
in was one of tlit Sharp jury.
the boys up and for some minutes
lectured them severely M the
wickedaeaa of thieving and then
ssiil, suddenly. “There is a hfg
tty now cra-wiing over the nose or
the hoy that stole the knife.”
Quick as thought one of the boys
clapped his fraud to his fiOhc. He
was faiVly caught, and after res
toriag the knife to jta rightful
owner, had to take bis thrashing
like a little mis.
did you say your name was?'
-Mrs. Gen. Rickets.’ was the re
ply.
With a simper, the lady from
the frontier rejoined:
“Rickets! Rickets! What a fun
ny name! Name of a disease, isn't
it?*
There were bystanders present,
and the story is now one of the
good ones told about the capital.
— Carp, in the Cleveland Leader.
H#w a Pretty loan* Girl Found *
Husband in the Water.
Two weeks ago, says an Allan
tic City s|«cial of July 6, one
morning wlieR the beach was
thronged with bathers, a pretty
pair of arms were seen moving
energetically from out of a big
breaker auil then a pair ol limbs
in red stockings look their | lace,
while the arms went underneath
and took their turn in clutching
at the sand. Then the cruel un
dertow swept arms ami legs ami
all swiftly out, so that when Miss
Dolly Patterson, of whose anatp
uiy these excited limbs were a
part, reap|icnrctl on the surface,
she was away beyond the line of
breakers trying to gain a foothold
on a bar.
lu s moment a big roller raised
her from her place and carried
her out into deep water. It was
in vain that the plump arms
clutched whole handfuls of water.
Tiie little heart palpitated faster
than ever, the hands ami legs j
grew weaker and weaker, ami the'
little girl thought one very brief J
prayer, with the ‘amen’ very near j
the ‘Our father,' hut it was lerri
hit earnest for all that, Dolly was
drowning.
Then her senses were about to :
leave her,- when she felt a strong i
pair of sun browned arms encir
cle themselves around her like a
I
boa constrictor and a few minutes
later she was stretched out on the
beach, the object of fifty curious
eyes, ami the subject of the most
devoted attention from the owner '
of the sun browned arms.
This hap|M-nstl two weeks ago.
This morning the guests at Bol !
ton Collage, on Illinois avenue,
near Atlantic, all assembled at n
ceremony at which pretty - Miss ‘
Dglly Patterson was given heart'
am) hand lo William F. Callahan.'
who has son browned arms and a
grip like a python. They will not
take a wedding trip, because Wil
liam is a life guard and must stay-
on the beach ami do his duty this
summer, hut this will not prevent
them from enjoying their honey
moon.
— ^ • m
Very Embarramisg.
Young husband (to hotel clerk)
—Say, Pin the man in 2-1!
Clerk—So I see hy the register.
Well, sir, isn't everything ill
l ight? Don’t you ami your wife
receive proper attention?
Young husband—Attention! I
should say we did. Why, about
every minute there’s a bell lioy
at the floor or a chambermaid
with ice water or son e hing.
How’s a man going to c-njoy his
honeymoon nndcr such circum
stances? What I want to do is to
hire the elevator ami keep it be
tween the floors; jierhaps then 1
won’t have a brass buttoned wit
ness every time I kiss my wife.—
Chicago Humbler.
■ • »
Travers Saab* Stewart.
While I am on liie subject of
heraldry let me recall a good story
credited to William R. Travers.
It was told that when A. T. Stew
art conceived tiie idea of salting
up a coal of arm* lie went to Mr.
Travers for advice. Mr. Travels
suggested an employer rampant,
chasing a lazy salesman with a
yardstick; and Mr. Stewart did
not speak to him again for a J
month. This anecdote is proba
bly about as authentic as the oth
er, which states that Mr. Stewart.
Iieiilg extremely loquacious at a
stale banquet at Delimonico’s.
Mr. Travers sileuced^im by call
ing the length of the table, *Cash!'
—Ex.
There was a banquet at Austin
not long since, at which Governor
Lubbock made vt speech. ‘When
I am traveling in foreign parts,’
said the Governor, euthnsiaslivai-
ly, ‘I am proud to say that I am
from the Line Star State. When
I register at a hotel I pick out a
pen with a broad point and I
write after my name, in big let
ters: ‘From Texas.' ‘Yes,’ wliis-
]iere<l a gentleman who happened
to lie present at the banquet, ‘and
when the hotel clerk sees it lie
asks for cash in advance anti puts
the Texan np in the sixth story.'
—Si ftings.
■ a ■ —
The man who sits down and
whines that prohibition won't pro
hihit is like a man who sits down
in the fence corner and whines
that his |do-v won’t plow of itself.
A prohibitory law is only the tool
with which the work of abolish
ing the liquor traffic is to be done,
and the people mast give impetus
ami action. To say that prohi
bition don’t prohibit is only lo
say that the people are too indo
lent to make it effective. They
must be waked up.—Dallas Tex
as Mercury.
The Black Ran’* Bight.
Ye*. I did find one colored man
in Alabama wlm clnitned that lie
was oppressed on account of his
color and previous condition. It
was at the depot in Selma. We
two were alone on the platform,
and as we drifted together and he
made np liis mind that 1 didn't
intend to steal his satchel, 1 ask
ed Iiow lie was getting on.
•l’oorly, salt, very poorly,’ he
answcretl.
•Don't they give you a chance?'
‘No, sab—no, snh. White folks
flown on us mighty bail,’
‘Give me a sample case?*
‘Wall, he re|ilied, after lakinga
little time lo think, *dey duan' re
spect our right* 'tall. One night
las’ tail free ol ’em come to my
house at midnight an’ dun woke
up ami lugged uie off to jail.’
•What for?’
“Said I dun stole a hog.’
•That’s cool. And you were an
innocent man?'
‘Sarlin 1 was, an’ ifdey hadn’t
Varclled my house wi'dout havin'
a warrant or de slightest authori
ty, I'd proved it.’
•But why couldn't you after the
search?’
‘K ist-'dey dun f n d de pork
under the floor, sah? If I had bin
a white man do you reckon dey
would hev any high handed out
rage like dal? Didn’t dey do it
ka* dev knowetl 1 war a poo' black
man widoul any rights? Talk to
me, sah, of a cull’d pusson’s rights
• town yere! He hain't got none.
Dat pork was stole in the night,
an’ 1 didn't leave a single track
behind, an' yit dey cum an' jump-
e l right on me like dey was suab
all tie while folks was honest, and |
all tie rest of de cull'd |>eople hail
moved awav.'-Dcfrot'f Tree Press.
The editor of a pa|ier at Storm
Lake, Iowa, is now killing in a
swamp near that place in eonse
quence of the way in which he
mixed up liie reports of a cattle
show in a concert. liis pa|icr
said: “The concert given last
uight by sixteen of Storm Lake'*
most beautiful ami interesting
young ladies was highly appre
ciated. They were elegantly
dressed and sang in a most charm
ing manner, winning the plaudits
of the entire audience, who pro
ntmm-ed tlo-in the finest breed of
shorthorns in the country. A few
of them arc of a rich brown color,
hut the majority are spotted
brown ami wliilc. Several ol the
heifers arc fine liodied, tight limb
eii animals, and promise to prove
good property.”
— — m • w
His Overcoat.
‘No, I never wear an overcoat,’
saiil Spook, ‘I come of a sturdy
race of yeomanry, I inherit all the
tough virtues of my ancestry.
They were all of pare blood and
strong, healthy vitality, and none
of them ever wore an overcoat.’
‘Did none of your ancestors ever
wear an overcoat? 1
‘No; my father and grandfather
never had such a thing.’
‘Well, that may be’ so,- but I
saw you carry a fine sixly-dollar
coat up tn ‘ynnr uncle's' last sum
mer.’—Lynn Union.
X Big*Time.
‘Smith had a big time down at
his house l.-rst week,’ said a trav
eling man to his wife.
‘In what way?’
‘House warming.’
‘Hail a house warming! I thought
they never had parties or any
thing like that Were there many
there?’
‘Yes; the entire fire department/
Ami she didn't tumble until he
showed her an account of the fire
in the newspaper.—Merchant
Trateler.
A little daughter of Mrs.
Rhodes, of Leroy, III., fell into a
well twelve feeltdcep and half full
of water. When the mother dis
covered the child it was lying un
conscious on its back on top of
the water. She called her 8-year
old daughter, ami taking her hy
liie feel held tier down head-fore
most until she could reach the
baby, and then pulled both out at
the same time. The baby was re
stored to consciousness and is
now doing as well as could be ex
peeled.
■ a i
Experience, The Uwt Teacher.
Husband—‘Do yon think our
danglilcr Clara ought to marry
for mom-y alone?’
W i fe—HJcrtai niy
Husband—‘Bot yon married
for love, my dear.’
Wire—‘I know I did, and that
is the reason why 1 think Clara
ought to marry for money.'—
Drake's Trateler s Magazine.
It is reported reliably that
during a recent earthquake shock,
near Chihnabaa N. M. a terrible
volcano broke out from the aide
of the mountain anti at least three
miles were covered with molten
lava, which came pouring down
the laoaalaia side, at leant ten
miles from lbe voicaao. The
volume o4 smoke, and the ted
glare of the flames were visible at
a great distance.
Hr Did Met Knew.
Shortly after the war a tourist
on a Southern river steamboat,
loitering around the lower deek,
observed an old darkey seated on
the edge of the boat swinging hie
legs over the water in a most com
fortable manner, and drawing near
entered into conversation.
‘Old man, how do you like free
dom?’
The old darkey looked puzzled
anil, after scratching his lirad
thoughtfully and shaking it dubi
ously awhile, replied;
•Bossy, hit’s sorter mixed?
-What do you mean hy that, my
friend?’
•Well, bossy, hit’s dish ver way:
Endurin’ slave limes if 1 wuz on
dish yer np-riber host an' wuz ter
fall inter enny leelle cat naps, like
I’s mi’ty apt ter do, and tlrap over-
bmle, somebody'll screech out:
•Nigga over bode!' an' de Wilis
set 'ud blow, and tic hackin' Im-ll
'nil ring, an'iley'd hah me onl'K
dat riber fo’ I toeh* water mis’
But dese here days, do’ I's jrs ez
slcepfied as I usetcr wuz, an' ole
man Nod's jes ez ap’ ter grab me,
en uie ter drap overbode, More
Mate 'ud sing out:
‘Man overbiKle!’
‘Mars' Cap’n on the harrycans
roof’d holler down:
•Who is it?’
•Dey'd spond:
• -Nobody but cr freed man?
‘An’ bossy, dry inout fling out
er rope's ecud fur me ter lay holt
on—hnt stop dat whole boat? No-
sir ee l«»b! 'Curse, you see, I's jes
like enny ornary white trash nowr
—wuf nulfin ter nobody?—De
troit Free Press.
The stories of the success of
Buffalo Bill in London, both theat
rically ami socially speaking, have
not been one whit exaggerated.
All the letters from London are in
the same vein. One letter from
Cody himself tells of liis future
plans. They embrace a fall sea
son in l’aris and a winter season
in the ruins of the Coliseum in
Rome! Imagine tiie cowboy of the
wihl West cavorting about the
huge circle in which the Roman
gladiators fought. Buffalo Bill
has engagements for three years
in Europe, each :>f which is worth
a halfa million in profits.
Among the visitors at the Yas-
sar College commencement was a
graduate who has made $10,000
in a unique manner. Upon her
graduation site was promised by
her father $1 for every cent she
earned by working at anything.
She accepted the offer, and entef*
ing a factory, where she obtained
$G a week, kept on working until
her father had paid her $10,000
anil broke the contract, because
liis little joke was becoming tow
costly.
—»■* i
In view of the immense success
of Buffalo Bill and his Wild West
show la London, a Western ex
change says; “It really terms to
us that there is an easy soluliwa
of the vexed Indian problem. Let
ns organize all our Indians into
wild west shows and send them to
England to exhibit in charge of
army officers. We coaid thus
make the Indian* pay for their
own support and lie able in a fcw
years to pay off onr entire nation
al debt from the |irofils.
M W Wi —
The Globe Democrat lamei ts
over the large increase of erimi-*
nals in the United Slates. That
one person out of every seven hun
dred is in prison for crime, while
in 1850 the ratio was only one to
every three Ihowtaad. This fright
ful increase of crime is doubtless
owing to the increase of the whis
key business. Let the saloons
lie abolished and it will reduce
crime at least four-fifths.
iid
“As regards my aei
Dr. Robinson, “1 have
—no inspiration. Sometimes I
select my snhject from a conversa
tion. 1 have token an Men from
a newspaper editorial. 1 cot my
texts from a Bible bought far the
purpose, and paste Ihrmoa a sheet
of paper. 1 have a bad memory
for quotations, and thin system
fortifies me against errors”—Mask
York World.
— o W»i
A yearling calf Wurth $6 be
came the sabiect of a lawaait in
Fort Worth, Tex., a year ago —
The case has been tried several
time* and moved fromoacjostice'*
court to another until tbs costo
now amount to sbwsrt $HW-—
Whichever way the case in deci
ded it will be appealed, and ike
costs goon piling np.
Dried potatoes are being pre
pared in inaesac quantities fer
tile seamen <d the German fleet.
Jack Tar, the world over, weald
find them a pleasing variation iv
the traditional dint at salt ports
and bard tack.
Well I
Sympathetic clergyman to wid
owed parishioner—Was poor
Brother Sallonstoll prepared to go?
Consoled widow—Yes, indeed.
He wan insured in a half dozen
RewaH Coarser.
A wwsnan never grows too old tn-
do seme good, but it in question* -
ble if a man ever grows old enough
to do any guuud.
