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Cuthbert Enterprise and Appeal.
BT JAS. W. STANFORD.
independent in All Things—Neutral in Nothing.’'
TERMS $1.00 IN ADVANCE.
OL. VII.
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CUTHBERT, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1887.
NO. 34
Enterprise & Appeal.
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*• Six months . . .
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Arrive 3:00 r. m.
<*OlS*i K\.*T.
Arrive 1- >*•
Florida * western
r.oiN«; u F~*T .
Arrive 3:F> '•
coin*; i:\st.
Arrive
Stopn at I'nion
futhhort. Dawson, between Moni^um
ery »n-l Siuitliville.
Fort tJain-s train
flection with tin* Montgomery
I*a*S!«eii'*er at Cuthbert.
I). PH Ki.P>. A^-nt.
11 :11 1’. M.
jtrinj:*. Kufaula.
DR WESTMORELAND,
»K>TIKT,
Offers hi* services li> ihcf public in
nil tlie branches or Denlistrv.—
Work warranted. Office over the
Poslofticc. Km tins formerlv oceu
pied liy Dr. Worsham. lie will
•|ien<l the first week of each
month in Fort Gaines, eommene
ln»thc first Monday; Booms ai
the I.istlitfoot House, nini-31 ct.
W. R. THORNTON,
D E N T I S T
Humorist and Editor.
Just before Mr. Charles A. Dana
hied him to Euro|>c under a cross
fire of infantry and artillery, I
did him the honor to interview
him in the Sun office. He is a
pleasant man to meet. He be
lungs to tlie. old kindergarten
school of humor. His literary
habits arc simple and bis methods
it would be right in your line. 1
‘I know; hut why should yon
refer to the opium joint as though
it was a part of the Chinaman?
An opium joint is not a part of a
man. It is a place. It is a local
ity. It should not be confused
with anatomy. 1 can't do any
thing with it myself, but if you
will write it out and sign your
of work unostentatious. Mr. Dana ! name to it, I can comment on it
rises previous to taking his break
fast, and, inserting himself into a
pair of licary set pantaloons of bis
own design, be gradually adds
other articles of clothing to these
until lie is dressed for the dar.
A Kamaare With a Serai. Staging Tra-la-la.
At one of the summer resorts j ‘New Views in National History
which abound in North Georgia j Leading up to the Perfectly An-
a father and mother and their ] thentic History of an Interesting
daughters handsome young la ! but Unfortunate Frog,’ is the
dy not quite 20 years of age, spent
two months a few years ago. They
hoarded with a private family.
queer title of a pamphlet recently
published in a Frcneli country
town by a good ahhe. It tells a
Among other visitors at the re- simple and touching story of a
sort was a young man who was j melodious frog, which is quite as
quite prominent upon
occasions.
all soeial
Absolutely Pure.
rpllls Powder never varies. A mar-
1 velnf purity, strength and whole-1
snniem-s.s. More eeiiitondeul than the
ordinarv kind* and ealllit-r he sold in
enmpetiHiin with the multitude of low
test, short weight, alum or phosphate!
powders. Sold only in cans. Itoyai Ihl-I
Lino fundee Co., iufi W all street. New ,
York. ma v:k--1 v '
adversely and claim that you are
opposed to |ieopie who fall down
stairs, especially foreigners, and
that you are trying to hold them
up to ridienlc. That is what I
call fun. My humor is different he had plausibl-
His day’s work practically liegins from anything else in that line. | made himself agreeable. He was
at the breakfast table, where lie : 1 deal in what may he called the i introduced to the young lady at a
peruses the other morning papers, strabismus style of humor. I al-1 picnic. Their acquaintanceship,
and in his mind marks out apian • ways thought that was a mighty I almost immediately became
of distortion relative to the atli j good thing altout ‘When is a lit-j friendship, and the latter, upon
tude taken by the press generally, j tie dog's tail like a door?' and the i the part of the t oung lady, at
After breakfast he takes a ear j answer is,‘when it is ajar.’ j least, soon ripened into love,
to the office, hilt, much to the
Saw Ini See it and Saw Vos Won’t.
In an Illinois city within fitly
miles from Chicago there is a ho
tel where the service at table is
notoriously bad. It can be im
proved by the use of tips to wait
ers, and guests of the house know
it. A drummer was telling the
other night how lie got a satisfac
tory dinner at the hotel. There
is something familiar about the
story, but it is good enough to
o
CITTIIBE15T, GA.
FFR-K \Ve*t >i<lf Public square,
Kfv's <t<iri*.
^Uusscll S:ij»e # has no chiMren.
11 is only heir is a nephew well ail-
vaneed in years.
NO MORE^EYE GLASSES,
Weak
Eyes!
surprise of every one, returns it
to the owner as soon as he is
through with it.
When not actually engaged in
the office or making up the forms. : is,
the ‘
‘Kilt a little dog's tail is never ! They became engaged. The
ajar. You have got two jokes j young man explained to the rath-
mi xed up Y'ott are thinking of jer and mother that his family
‘When is a little dog s tail not a was good; that he had ample
little dog's tail?’ and the answer means and that his presence in
When it is
door joke is
a waggin.' The
entirely different.
Mr. Dana loves to mingle in
mad whirl and maelstrom of me
social world. Hardly a day pass- There arc at least fifty years’ dif-
es that he does not put on his I'crenec in the inauguration of the
other coal and go out to dine with two.
Wonderful] Cares.
_W. n. lioyt & Co, Wholesale
and l’etail Druggists of Koine, , - . .
Ga.. st.v: We have been selling | ' uma8 ’ or P ‘ B ' Publ,ca “ r 01,1 j Ju * tU,en *
Dr. King’s New Discovery, Klee- j Observer, who frequently write ] tell Mr. Dana
for his paper. And
More
MITCHELL sftLvE
A Certain. Safe siihI KlVre'.ive Betned e 1«»r
SORE. WEAK. AND INFLAMED EYES.
I*rmJi|fiii" I :iml Ke-
storinjr the Siirht t*f the < >M.
Cure* Tear l>ro|»>. Crannlation. Stye Tu
mors. Re»I Kves. Matted Kvf !.a*he>.
AND PROlltVINi; ijFH K RKI.IKF
AND PLUM A MINT (IRK.
Also equally etthariou* when u>ed in
other maladies, such as Fleers. Fever
f*4»res. Tumor*. Silt Rheum. Burn*. 1'ile*
or wherever inflamntioii exists. MlTi’Il-
KI.I.’S SAl.VK may he u>ed to advan
tage. Sold hv all Dru^ists at Si cents.
South-West-Georgia
trie Kilters and Kueklen's Arnica
Salve for two years. Have never | deeliKing t ears brightened
handled remedies that sell as
well, or give such universal satis
taction. There have been some
I wonderful cures eltected by these
medicines in this city. Several
eases of pronounced Consumption
have been enliiely cured by use
of a few bottles of Dr. King's New
Discovery taken in connection
with Electric Killers. We guar
1 antee them always. Sold by J
W. Stan foui).
man came in t<>
that they were
ready now to go to press with the
inside of the paper and needed
Mount Vei non, on the Fulomac
is to have a deer park.
, TI . AOB —
thus are his
up by
I the adulation of our greatest
1 minds.
i During the heated term he fre
quently lakes a small bar of soap.
j and leaving the hlisteting pave
ments of. the great, struggling ( pers for the mail. He said that
city behind him. lives away to the now lie only wrote the wrappers,
■sheltering arms ol the booming and if I could wait a few minutes
1 "I
1 billowy sea. where he meets inauy lie would bo light hack; hut 1
old subscribers who ask him to said 1 could not remain, and so.
stop their paper. The report that shaking hands w ith the eminent
Mr. Dana said he left his papet journalist and sanguinary
and went down to the sea he (quitter, 1 came away.
remarkable in its way. though by
no means as amusing, as Mark
lie was not a native sf Georgia, i Twain's story of the ‘Jumping j tell. The drummer sat down at
lie said, hut was from a Western ; Frog.’ j the table and managed to get a
Stale. He seemed to have plenty | The abbe relates how lie called waiter,
of money, he was not ill looking, {one day upon a sick man, one of
manners and lie i the poorest of his parishioners,
who, in honor *»f the priest's visit,
threw into the fireplace a few
branches, which blazed up into a
bright flame.
Tresently there appeared from
under an old worm eaten chest,
which was the sole article of Turn
iture in the room, an enormous
frog which hop| ed along toward
the hlazc. The frog seemed to he
al home, and so lie was. He
the sick ninn's only friend.
The ahhe regarded the nnimal
he had been nearly everywhere with interest. Thereupon the
ami wanted to enjoy whatever [icasant, in order to repay the
priest for his attention or his pet, 1 finished lie waS satisfied,
gave an exhibition of the frog’s j ‘Fete,’iie said again, as lie
mother made any inquiries about accomplishments,
him, hut as many other parents | In a nasal voice the (icasant be
have done in similar cases, ac . gan singing one of the old French
repted his statement as true. With ballads that have come down
in a few montlis'lhe your.g people from the time ol King Dagobert—
Kitchen.
Art hi the
Decorative art appears nowa
days in the kitchen and the pan
try as well as in the parlor and
lied room. The newest kilchi-D
candlestick is uncommonly like
its ancestral prototype. It has a
luiseof a deep howl form extend
ing upward al one side and turn
ingoverina point with a hook
to hold the large conical extin
guisher, at the same time forming
a convenient handle. A large
cup like rim sets otf the candle
and serves to catch the melted
Fete,” said he, taking a silver j wa *- %g heaters with scroll
handles and egg-boilers in an
liqtie repousse brass have ap
peared. and even the old fashion
ed rolling pin has borrowed a new
gnyety from its relation, the
bangle hoard, and has the ends
finished otT with
ornamental turn.
Crumb brushes are mounted with
brass of a mcdiicval design, and
Georgia was due tortile fact that
pleasures lie could find in other
new fields. Neither father nor
dollar from his pocket, and put
ling it under a,goblet turned up
side down, “do you see that?”
•Yes sah,' said Fete affably, ‘I
see it.’
‘Well, now, you hurry around
and get me just as good a dinner J "f * ls handles
as you know how and dont keep; solne sort of
ine wailing.’
llelter service than the drum
tner had could not he desired.
wa9 i The meat was just what lie asked
| for, the vegetables fresh ami (lain
tily set before him, the courses
followed each other in rapid suc
cession, and when the guest had
Wise Werds.-
God helps his people from’
tronhle by saving them from sin.-
Stirrow is the only one of the’
lower notes ifi the oratorio of our'
blessedness.
One of the greatest blessings'
you can enjoy, is a tender, honest'
and enlightened conscience.
It is not only arrogant, bntit is"
profligate for a man to disregard*
the-world's opinion of himself.
Live by the day; yon will have'
daily trials, and strength accord-
ingly; leave to-morrow to the’
Lord.
In certain souls, more haughty
than tender, pardon is a polite'
form, a sort of euphemism of con‘
tempt.
There is a Gallic proverb; “If^
the best man's faults were written*
on his forehead, it wnnld make’
him pnll his hat over his eves."
It is a great and noble thing to*
cover the blemishes and to excuse
crumbs are swept into a tray the failings of a friend; to dratr
with a dragon handle. Curtains ! a curtain before his stains, and’to'
for kitchen windows of bright! display his perfection's; to bury
chintz and a cushion of Turkey-1 his weakness in silence, but to'
red calico for the cook's easy j proclaim his virtues upon the-’
chair add greatly to the bright- housetop.
id
ness of the kitchen, that room
which George Eliot liked “best
Soutn- w est-tjeorgia j .
Agricultural College,
CUTIIKEKT, GA. I N© j"t^ JH
1SS 7.
Kelt Session Op ns Wednesday, Sepi. 7tii!
TUTION;
i-s. iVr Month.
Primary rlas>cs.
liit«*rnu*<liat«‘ (in*
!!ichr*t <ia**«**. I
Roanl ami Tiiiti*
310(10; |*uynl»!r on lln- lir*t
Tuition will In- clinrjr«
nili. oji.
I oo
I Month,
f each month
I from time ot
M
r Month.
». )M-r S i
ml
^ntrrin^ mcIiooI to tin- eml of term,
•eolleeteil at the eml of eaeli month.
Ne oe«|i;etion for alienee e\ee|»t Uy I
.•<»|*eeiiil agreement, or for .*irkiu‘>* ot two
week's ilnration.
The |>nlilie >ehiM»l liiml will l»eeolle«‘t- .
^*.1 ami ikilneteil from tin- regular rates
K*f tuition. A«hlress.
tf A. .1. < 'I. \ RK. President.
FA. PRICE
It Located Now Better than Ever.
HAVK mimu
the
il to the t’orner next to
^HOTEL,P
With my stm k of 4ir***eiies. Hardware
jim! tteheral Merehamli>e. ami am better
|*re|»art‘«l than ever io sell <ohhI* r.t hot-
t«im jiriees. My sto»‘k i> new. niee ami
*omphtf. e« insist ini: of Fruits. V.irtta-
l»les, ('afineil 4 iooil*. I .oat |lrea«l. ■ Iresh
from lie-t bakeries. • t*he«*se. * raek**rs,
( amlies ami everything else in a (ieuer-
«I Family tJnwery. My (umhIs :ire mark
ed at j.riees to si.it the
JIAltn TIMES.
I ean also lit you nj» with a DyotlTtirn-
.ouf Siujrl .'or Double; or a Lood Sad-
.die Horse, at short not lee. Am also |*re- i eases mail
jiared to take the best ol eare *»f rran-
hietit Stock. Respeetfully
felv't-et P
A. PRICK.
ci j;es
Cancer,
Scrofula,
Eczema,
Jiloorf l*oisou
Malaria^
l leers,
and all Diseases
Caused from
Impure Wood
Coiippr of Hie Toilette.
My wile, some three or four years
ii«o.'w.i> troubled with an tileer on the
>ide of her toiijrue near the throat. The
pain wa* ineessaut rausin^ ioss of sleep
ami prodi.eini; jrreat m-rvous pro-tra-
panyinj; this trouble was
li hail missed from the
I eenmred in the wri*t of
e almost b**in.L r the use of
the MitVeiinj: of the two
wn hurdenstune. l*y the
If dozen small-sized bottles of
ijit-, she was entirely reliev
ed to health. This was
ro. and there lias been no
lisea*e.
II. h. Mim»t.Kiu:ooKs.
>arta. Ha.. .Tune 1SSU.
Treatise on Blood and skin Dis-
1 free.
T1 i K S\V 1 l'"r S PKCIKI < M o.._
Drawer.t. Atlanta. («a. N. ^ ^
d St. Feebly
tii m.
Aft-on
Hit um
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li ft* II!
nl srro
: U*r of
a hall
Swift’*
Sj.ffl!
; cil and
If.* To
1 tliret* \
far* a
; return
of the
cause lie liked to be near some
^5=^=5. I thing that was booming proves
to have been a canard, whatever
that is. for he indiou&utiy told
me that he never made use of the
i expression.
Mr. Dana’s hearing is a little
| impaired, but his mind is just as !
subtle and buoyant as ever it was.
tits memory is inordinately ac
live, as is sometimes the case
with m4*n well advanced in years,
enabling him not only to recall
readily what has actually occur
red during his lifetime but a
great many things that have not.
A call on Mr. Dana is rather
mote satisfactory than one made
al the 4>flii*e ot other morning pa I
pers, because one is not disturbed
by people who have business w ith :
tiie paper.
*Yoft are still connected with a
newspaper, are y4>u L4>t, Mr. Da
na?* I inquired.
‘Eh !*
‘You are still connected with a
newspaper, are you not?’ I asked
raising my voice.
‘Oh. yes, I have always been
connected with ncwspaj»ers. For
years I wrote over the nom
his napkin beside his plate, ‘do *jf any in the house.”
you see that dollar?* There is a deal of cheerfulness
‘Yes, sah,’said Pete, with ex ; and homeliness in a pleasant
pectation in his eyes. j kitchen. Even I\>mona in Kud-
‘Well, Pete,’ remarked the ‘ter Grange found it a nice place
him in the press room. Mr. Dana were married. ! one of the simplest c;f songs, drummer as he removed the gob-1read about “Earls and Earless-
excuscd himself by saying that There is a sequal to this little both in worils and music. j | c ^ ‘take a goi>il look at it, for es ” > n when it was “tidied up;”
since they had been a little short romance, and it is one that is not ‘What was my astonishment,’ , y U ,rn never see it again.* an< ^ ^ a room well worthy a lit-
of hands he had been helping to uncommon. The young man was writes the abbe, ‘to hear the frog. Then the drummer put the coin L * c niorc attention from those who
run off the papers anil write wrap- an imposter. He was of good after the man had sung one coup- 1 j„ his pocket and slrolletl out of devote much time to beautify ing
pers for the mail.
h
vr, mother and wife decided to aud to utter Ins la, drop to fa. go , t(M »k a reqnistion on the Governor kiU-lien more lIran as a place in I can raise them at a cost of 2 cents
make the beat of affairs, and, il up to la again, and then down to 0 f tlie adjoining slate to gel it which to try their hand at cook ! ar , ( i a t a year old they
possible, to conceal their bitter: mi, with a precision worthy of a' back. (' r y. A cheerful, comfortable' ’
disappointment. The father has i choirmaster. Aud these notes, la, —
tar a wmlhless son-in-law to s,ip|H>rt. * fa, la, mi, the frog related regu
the mother grieves over the blast- larly and correctly, in a lone gut-
1 life of her daughter, and the 1 u-ral that the man sang, like a
an imposter. lie was of good after the man had sung one coup- j„ fij s |iockcl and strolled out of devote much time to beaut
family, lml he had no money and ' let of his song, take up the note | t |, e room . w |,il c Fete ^kicked his | ,,lller parts of the house.
his habits were very bad. Falh- upon which the man had ended, chair so far under the table j t ' lau o' ,lL ' rs 1,1 a *"" ue nia i
, , , .... r mail so lar under me lauic 11 . | uan , lo take an interest n
The
well
in llic
New Enterprise.
Tims. Armstrong, of Kalkuni;-
has just finished fencing his go
pher farm, which consists of ten'
acres. The fence is a ditch 12 in
ches deep around the place with'
posts and plank nailed to them'
on the opposite side from the’
patch. Inside of this enclosure'
lie had, at his last count, 65 go'
pliers, all thriving and doing well,
licsidrs his children call them up'
as you do lings, and water and
feed them. He claims that lie'
Those who have been in the
haliil of criticising Mi. Dana's
policy and objecting to what lie
says about bis superiors, should
remember that be lias to write
about somebody. A paper that frequently
does not deal with people at all i* about the
dull and uninteresting, and so
Mr. Dana is almost forced, as it
were, to write about hissuperiars!
Ktix Nve.
The Eire Olil Sick Built.
Intemperance.—This is the fire
that Old Nick built.
Moderate Drinking.—This is
the fuel that feeds the fire that
Old Nick built.
Kum Selling.—This is the ax
that cuts (he wood that feeds the
tire that Old Nick built.
Love of Money.—This is the
i stone that grinds the ax that cuts
; the wooil that feeds the lire that
I Old Nick built.
Fublic Opinion—This is the
sledge with its face of steel that
unhappy wife lives in seclusion
and nurses her woes.
Of course, this little romance
has a moral. Young ladies are
not careful enough
acquaintance tbej
make. They easily allow them
selves to lie un|>oscd u|K>n by al
most any good looking young
, man who seems to have money
1 and whose manners are pleasant.
; Farents are often not sufficiently
cautious about countenancing
l their (laughters' associates. Cer
tainly when marriage is in tlu-
question the most careful inqui
ries should lie made about the
men who wish to become the
husbands of their daughters. It
sort of chorus.
‘The notes were plaintive and
a little veiled, with a little touch
of melancholy and regret, and
sounded much like an old-fash
ioned harmonica.’
The abbe described also the
excessive pantomime that
frog went through as lie sang his
notes. lie looked tenderly to
ward his noisier, with an expres
sion as if he really desired to
please, and felt also a wish to
have his [>erturmances apprcciat- man
A lest Case.
Smith—Say, Jones, can a man
get drunk onbcei?
Jones—I don't know. Let’s try.
Waiter, two luers.
Smith—Yum, Yum! I could
all night. Waiter. -
rY cheerlu
kitchen is an index ol the char
acter of the feminine head of the
house in the average home where
il comes under her daily personal
inspection. A strip ol bright
carnet or a fear yards of linoleum , , ....
on a kitchen ‘floor makes it a lake ll,c P lace of chickens, eggs,
are
worth 35 cents each. He claims'
that there is more money in this'
project than in the raising of cot-'
Ion. that there is nothing on earth*
which is more palatable, they'
much more habitable place for
the fcllow-ciealincs who must
etc., and that it would be just too'
impossible for him to get along-
without them. .Messrs. Walker
and Adams, of Columbia, recent
ly dined with him and eat heartily*'
I t w „ beers j tidy beings who must sometimes J of this favorite dish of his, pr<i ;
Smith—-Why, I am just begin- ■ ! ,c endured who would rather not flouncing it afterwards, the finest
1 I'e imiliereil with a lnL of bright ra cal that they had faced in a long*
«lrink that «»» uiguie •> wiivi. . i*ii . r
° i spcmi nearly twelve hours out ol
two beers. 1 t | |C . lwl .„ty f uur j n j; s i ( ,o often
Jones—Of course; so could I. barren and bleak inclosure. There
and be clear as a bell. Waiter, i are, of course, ignorant and un
ed.
This was, unfortunately, the
lie bothered with a hit
‘■T ness of beauty of any sort, but
two nine out of ten of the young wu
men who serve in American
al stuff. Makes a
... , and more cleanly il a little extra
Lesh have a couple ^ werc lakcn to 81irrouni | lhe m
! with cheerful conditions.
Aunt Ella.
ning to get thirsty. We’ll
two more. Hi there, waiter
beers.
Jones—G
JiL
more.
Smith—All
right. Joncsy.
only performance by the frog that j' 1s you shay. Now have some j Xot Very T'romisiug.
the abbe witnessed. The poor'™ ^ e ' . , We reproduce, in another col
man died a few days afterward, «!» r , »hmy turn. ... a ; ^ ^ ^ , (y a w
is always well, where the suitors [ aud the singing frog disappeared, gentle (hie) man, 1 ain, and pa}
arc strangers, to lind out all there Xo one knows what became of my share.
is to know about them. Advice him. ; Smith—I shay ’smy turn. You
like this is often given. Unfur * • • ~ ! must he drunk.
is often given,
tunalcly it is seldom heeded.— i
Strcfinnah Heir*.
Perfectly ret lie (hie) u
I tin me of ‘Cad,’ my initials run
ioi'
PIANOS AND ORGANS!
:o: —
1 Can Sell Yon. an
ORGAN OR PIANO
Olieapei*
THAN
Any House within 500
Miles of this point.
:o:
When vou want anv IiistrumiMit. confer with nit* in
Togani t.i price hofort* lmvinji, and T will save ton jnon-i
vy. I also sell Piano and Organ Stools sojmrate.
1 together in lower case.’
‘Aud you still do write, do yon i
; not?'
| ‘Sir?’
‘Yon still do write, I say.’
‘Well, I try In, but a man who
is going to do right ought to be
gin early in life, and then it
=» -*
not be so difficult as it is to ex
periment with it al my age.’
‘No, you do not understand me
; I inquired if you still write pieces
for the paper.’
•Yes. yes, of course, I still write
for my own pa tier.’
...... • . 1 . : Will to
; ‘And does the paper print what
Shaming Ikbler* int* Payment. j nnes _Any may says I'm
“Installment collector ol un-j drunk ’ 8 ij ar . Only drank
paid bills.” This inscription was ; liul ,. lwcr , Can - t g( . t flll |' n i, cpr .
batters the stone that grinds the A Simple Cure forjliisumnia—A Itoeii painted in liold white letters on' Smith—Thasli so. Jones. Not
ax that cuts the wood that feeds t» the Weary. ! both side* of a carriage that slop-1 possible
the fire that Old Nick built. I 11:1,1 frequently noticed Aliped in front of an uptown house j, on9
A Ten,prance Meeting._Tl.is :-hen engaged in deep thought, | ve8>r(lay . U was a novel device, | Jone8 _ Ncs ‘ f,.„ er 8 , ia y, man
tlt , is one of the blows that we quiet particularly at night, there sceui originating with a collector whose! can't get drunk on beci jus’ shend
ly deal to fashion the sledge with Cl1 lo be something like atom jdcawastoshamedelinqnentsin-
! its edge of steel that batters the) pression ofllie eyelids, the upper | l(> | )av j n „ their bills. He rang
stone that grinds the ax that cuts onc especially, and the eyes them- t | le of l)ie | lonsei aDt j w | lcn a
the wood that feeds the lire that. selves were apparently turned up- WOIUan a)l | >carc< I fie asked a queR
Old Nick built. j war,1 ‘ as if in ‘iirec tioD> witU an cx|)res «ion of deter
minalion on bis face. She shook
her head, indicating that she was
that we ; re<1 > an >l the moment, that, by an
effort, I arrested the couise of
time. lie speaks of giving a din
ner when the present campaign 1
kitchens'would he more contented I commences lo grow warm and his’
gophers get larger.
A Valuable Watch for au Absent-'
Minded Man lo Carry.
It is curious wlial a revolution
in the watch trade self winding?
lias made, and I have often won
dered that no such plan had been
adapted to clocks. This lias now
been done, and I fancy the'
clock which winds itself up every
hour will produce a complete
change in the clock trade. The
invention is very ingenious. The'
mechanism eliminates the heavy*'
and costly part of the clock work,
gives the movement one-fiftieth
porter of the Columbus Enquirer
Sun with Mr. G. Gnnby Jordan, j
President of the Columbus South
ern railroad, in reference loan in
qniry made by the Albany News,
as to what was being done.toward
building the road. Mr. Jordan’s
replies are very cautious and not
very promising. From them we
Temperance Pledge.—This is lio “< sa J 8 a writer <n Chambers j
the smith that works with a will Journal. This invariably occur
to give force to the blow
’in (hu ) to me.
m ♦ m
-New York’s Girdled Girls.
increased efficiency and accuracy
the lightness of its action.
learn that no arrangements have j - ,
. . i r ,i part of the work to do originally
, vet been made for the monev nec 1 o j
. i r . i entailed on it, and secures greatly
cssary to build the mail, further j. ® J
! than the subscriptions and right,
I of way aU»ng the line; nor is there ^ ...
Fvpp cineo Eve first nut on cm-' * > . ■ i i-)Id fa\oiiics need not be discard^
j*.\cr since ursi put, on cm ; any promise as to when the ar-
sets there have been flippant al- * * . n i i i ; cd, as, in most cases, while retain-
, . , . 1 , r , rangements will lie made. In 1 * ’
lusions made to a supposed fond-. f ... ing entirely their old appearance.
tlfit vnnn.r 1‘iilifs cherish of fact, Mr. Jordan seems to throw; ® / . .
ness tu.it young lames, tnenRii oi ■ ; they can be converted to the new
having their waists squeezed. Off the responsibility of construct 1
... j quietly cleal to fashion the sledge
“ i with its edge of steel that batters thought and freed the mind from
not prepared to settle her bill, j * xo ^""vproo 1 oi inat weakness j , n g the road upon the people : P“" L1 l ,lc > JD ‘ 1 110 l»ngc r need the
“Well " said he “1 11 have to drive!!'“? ever •*«*". " ffered *° Ul ' along iu line. He says the road '‘ la,l > or » tckI > visits for wtndiog.
’ ’ • lie s gaze until recently. But it s i . ... , . jl went the other day to Queen*
I - ,11-, -,i around again.” Woman like she, hpre al)(1 the * gi| .| 8 can't wl11 1,0 b,1,lt ,f llic 1,e,,1>le alor -= : Victoria street to see theseclocks
the stone that grinds the ax that; ^ with which it was wn- , ooke( , a|ler him a8 , (e wa8 t | c . ■ .Jmlge it. The silver girdle busi the hue wish it built. The I»-’° ' m u ,1.!™ 1 . i •
I cuts the wood that feeds the fire ? a .2 e<1 the eyes resume.1 their j parting, and her eyes fell on the ! ness l |as become fashionable, anil 1 pie along the line have stipposcil a ^ ai
| that Old Nick built. • natural position and the compres ; carria *’ wil |, ils „ ive awav in- J»“ng men who are addicted to! tfiat they bad done their part—' l ° a , * , 1 Ucari1 "**'
i, 3* ii„ te *“ -**«!S^Srr JLti ts*
spirit RO gentle and still that) >t o'carretl to me onf! indignation, and she could hardly an impression through corset arm ; tbcni—and have been looking toj|f ee buildings in Manchester.— '
script loo.
; indignation, and she could Hardly
a I night I would not allow the eyes to 8U |,p re88 |, er wrath as she beck- j or, but when a silver log chain
give force to the blows turn upward but kept tiicm dc- „ nc<) lo „ |e to t( , mo
nerves the smith to work with
is 51 r. Jordan to do his part, that: London Trul/t.
Some days the
11 hat baiters the stone that grinds : mg done so for a short lime,
it, but all those the ax that cuts the wood that j found that the mind did
lecds the tire that Old Nick built.
J. \V. STANFORD.
PARSONS
Ties* Dills we« a wonderful discovery. No others like them in the world. Will positively
onre or relieve all manner of disease. The information around each boa is worth ten time*
tht cost of a boa of pills. Find ont about them, and yon will always be thankful. One pill
mb' 1 ' H ■ RS chrcmcffi'heakh
K h V n MB tlian$5wcrthof
I
conjee. One
boa wiU do wore Hj |B Nfl 5^| realise the mar-
▼elott^Dower oftkese pills they would walk 100 miles to get a box if they couldaot »e had
Make New Rich Blood!
you write.'
•Yes, mostly,
cal gets hold of
humorous editorials about proim-
! nent people who are dead or gone
to Eunqte are mine.’
‘Then you are fond of humor,
are you Mr. Dana?’
‘Yes, I like humor very much
when it is-explained to me, hut 1
{ believe that I enjoy taking iny
j cal with me and prancing over a
1 great mans grave better than
j anything else. It is very funny ,, llU) ,* g , who ran the tramp half a
, an<1 19 perfectly safe. Owning mUe >nd , |ecil|( . ( , lbal , lockoul
1 a paper, in a measure, as I do. I j
! can gel things printed- as hunior-
j that we quietly .leal to fashion term!ncdly in the opposite posi
the sledge with ils face of steel j lion as if looking down, and, hav-
ucllj ly
! oils which other papers- might ob
ject to.’
‘I just heard of an aecident np
on Mott street that you might
make a funnv paragraph of. A
Chinaman fell down two flights of
stairs and fractured himself just
about the opium joint.’
■I beg pardon.’
‘I say that a Chinaman fell
down two flights of stairs to-day
on Mott street and shattered
himself just above the opium
joint. The man is dead, and so
, not re ; book he held in
__ _ vert to the thoughts with which il
An old tramp who had agreed - had been occupied, and I soon fell
to saw wood for half an hour for j asleep. I tried the plan again
his breakfast from a Baltimore ! with the same result, and after an
woman quit llic seventh stick and , experience of two years I can tru-
said: “Madam, I have struck for ly say that unless when something
more breakfast and less wood; : really annoying or worrying oc
arc you willing to arbitrate?” i curred, I have alwat's been able
"Certainly,” she replied, and she. to go to sleep very shortly after
left the case in the hands of her | retiring to rest.
There may occasionally be
some difficulty in keeping the
eyes in the position I have dc-
„ „ , scribed, but a 'dclei mined effort lo
Now Orleans is considered tht, . , , ,
9‘do so is all that is required, and I
am certain that if kept in the
down looking position, it will be
found that composure and sleep
will be the result.
hack. He returned, nnd she evi- ,akes lo lam l» l* ,st9 '
dcnlly settled her nccmint, for :
he erased something from a small i
his hand, and an
expression of contentment played
added humanity gives up and
Naturally,
it is worn around the waist, be
cause it’s too big for the neck,
and a girl couldn’t grid, her skirts
was inevitable.—Exchange.
Iiesl melon market iu the United
Stales.
Ex Mayor Joyce, of St. Louis,
in cutting a melon, slipped and
nearly slit his son's nose off.
with one hand aud her back hair
with the other if she wore it
, . , , . , . around her arms. A smelling
over Ins face as he jumped into , ... , _ ., , .,
J 1 | bottle, a box of carauiais, a pow-
liis carriage and drove off. As, |, u fl; (>ri j n f al -t, almost any
tbc sound of the wheels died \ thing can be hitched lo the front
of negotiating with capitalists for
the necessary funds. This, it
would seem, he lias not done, nor
does lie set any definite lime
when lie will do it.
Under the circumstances
looks to us that il would be llie
away the door closed with a bang, ! end of the girdle as an excuse for fer their subscriptions from this
Our Snbterrauesa Wraith.
The subterranean wealth of the'
United Stales is becoming abso
lutely fabulous. When our coun
try was first settled there was'
il very little thought of the imroeuse'
wealth beneath the surface.
.. , . , , , , , Farmers were content with their
part of wisdom for the people of grasS) Ule|r cr , tp , aml lheir fof .
Colninhtis and Ciisscla to trans- jests, it is gradually becoming
the w °aring
I place lo carry
it. It is
a convenient
surplus hairpins.
and an echo floated out on
stillness lhat ( sounded like “The Wjl||jD l)ic , ast wet . k „ r lw<) Fitlll
mean thing.” , avenue and Madison avenue girls
i have bloomed out with girdles.
They are an expensive shackle.
A line of steamers is about to
There are forty Jew millionaires j be established on the Suwanre
in New York. The richest is
* Max Weil, who is rated al#8,G00,
000: __
Disinfectants are put in the wa
lering carts in Boston by order of
the Fublic Safely Department.
river, the Florida stream so famed
in song.
» * —
An eleven years old girl of
Missaukee county. Mich., is six
leet tall already, and growing
like a weed.
A few days since a case was be
ing tried before a Justice of tiir
Fence in one of the backwoods
districts of Gwinnett county.
The plaintiff presented liis evi
dence and “rested” the ease. The
Attorney for the defendant made
a motion to nonsuit the case on
the usual ground. The Justice
was completely nonplussed. He
consulted several of his friends
and finally said to the defend
ant’s attorney he could not enter
tain the motion as it had no sec
ond. The attorney declares that
the next ease he tries before llial
Justice lie will carry him s man
along lo second the motion.
• ♦—
Paris will soon behold the Wild
West show and our immortal Buf
falo Kill.
But with all their drawbacks they
have many advantages. When a
girl is drowning, a girdle is a i iunibus.
much surer lliiug to lift her out
with than hair. Hair is liable lo
come off. In walking through
a crowd the escort could lake a
bitch of the chain around liis
wrist and lie dead sure of liis
prey. Then they are convenient
things to attach dogs to. and, in
case of defense, can he used as
sliing shols. When traveling and
living in strange hotels a girl will
find the girdle an infinite protec
tion by using it to attach the
door knob to the bed post. The
girls have got the girdle very bad
ly. It is liable to injure the mat
rimonial market some. But after
all, the girdled girl is the delicacy
of the season.—etcelry y curs.
indefinite railroad to one which
promises, with a reasonable
amount of subscription, to give
them a line as valuable in ils con
nections within the next four
months. We allude to the Buena
■ Vista road from Amcricus to Co
A mericus Recorder.
Of the 4,000 Englishmen resid
ing in New Haven, less than 500
arc registered voters.
Strawberries are sold in the
San Krancisco market every month
in the year except January.
A gold piece of Tiberius Ciesnr
has been found at Canterbury,
England.
-^w* m
Distributing baud bills is here
after a jail offense in Washington.
The property of Cincinnati is
assessed al $174,000,000.
as common Lo dig far below as on'
the surface for the treasure which'
nature yields to man for big labor
and tiie sweat of his brow. It-
was twenty years after the con
stitution of the United States sar
formed before the anthracite coat'
on our hundreds of millions of'
acres was used for general fuel*
purposes, and it was seventy
years before the discovery of |ie-
iroleum, which is making our'
country the veritable illuminator'
of llic world. Now we have gold
and silver add iron and copper,-
and salt and marble and granite'
without measure; and, finally,-
we have discoveries of gas wells-
which are so fabulous in their'
value that the minds stands-
aghast at the future wealth of the'
United Stales. And the grand'
development and great legibili
ties of our iron region has already
astonished the Union.—Mining:
World.
The yellow fever still holds its*,
fatal sway al Key West.