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Cuthbert Enterprise and Appeal.
BY JAS. W. STANFORD.
‘‘Independent in All Things—Neutral in Nothing
TERMS $1.00 IN ADVANCE.
VOL. VII. SEE £Z£iJ: tab V hed jgj 1S m.
CUTHBERT, GA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1887.
NO. 46
Enterprise k Appeal
SUBSCRIPTION PRICK :
One copy one year .... $1.00
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DAY rAKSKKOF.R. COlSti WFKT.
Arriv# 3:10 r. m.
«OtSO HAST.
Arrive 11! m.
FLORIDA A WE8TF.RN PASSKXOU.
boixu wr^T.
Arrive 3:4o a. m.
eoix<; EAST.
Arrive 11:11 **. m.
Stops at 1'nion Springs. Eufnula,
t , nlhbr*rt. Dawson, between Montgom-
erv an«1 Hmitlivillc.
Port Ciaincs train makes close con
nection with the Montgomery A Macon
Paasscnaer at Cuthbert.
D. PH KBPS. Agent.
DR WESTMORELAND,
BF.XTMT,
Offers hi* service* lo the public in
nil the brandies of Dentistry.—
Work warranted. Office over the
Poslnflh-e. Rooms formerly ocen
pied by Dr. Worsham. He will
spend the first week of each
month in Fort Gaines, commenc
ing the first Monday. Rooms at
the Light foot House, mat III et
W. R. THORNTON,
DENTIST.
CUTHBERT, GA
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FPICK West side I'*.blic Sqmire,
over b. K. Key's S|«rc. f»bl7-l v
NO MORE EYE GLASSES,
Jio Weak
More
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Reduction of Prices in Each Department. Another Arrival of New and Handsome Goods.
Ladies and Misses Wraps. MOST ELEGANT LINE OF DRESS GOODS. 25 Pieces
Of Black and Colored Silk. Will be sold at a Reduced Price. Our Second Stock was Bought after the Decline
of Dry Goods in the Eastern Markets—lienee we give Customers the Benefit of our Purchases.
Eyes!
MITCHELL’S
EYE SALVE
A Certain. Safe and Efb c'ivc Reined v for
SORE. WEAK, AND UJFUMED EYES.
Producing Long-Sightedness, and Re
storing the Sight of the <>ld.
Cores Tear Drops, Granulation. St ve Tu
mors. Red lOves. Matted Kvr I.nshes.
AM) PRODUCING til l' K KKI.IKF
AND PERMANENT CUBE.
Also equally etticacious when used in
other maladies. >uc!i as Ulcere, l'Vyer
Mores. Tumors. Salt Bheum. Burns. Pib*s
or wherever iiiflatnation exists. MITCII-
Kbl/S SALVE may be ii*«m1 to advan
tage Mold by all Druggists at 2. r > cents.
aug2."»-ly
Gents, Youth and Boys Clothing.
Each day adds New Goods to this Department. Everybody can be suited and fitted in Quality and Price, at
BUY
Ladies and Misses Shoes, Children Shoes, Hand Sewed, every Pair guaranteed, and money refunded if satisfactory
wear is not obtained. A great reduction in prices. An earh’ call, while the stock is still complete, is solictied.
HARRIS’ POPULAR DRY GOODS HOUSE.
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CRUCIBLE.
“Plain l.lvlng.” mean*. She can do il by “stir ■ Women as Farmers.
K. v. A. D. Mayo, in the course, ring in judgement ” selling the There is a woman in Washing
of a lecture in Philadelphia, said: , l “ble aright and steering tLc boys t , Ga., who well illus
-What the American people I an '! 8 ,rl f- 1 he American cm i J ’ , .
. .. 1 ; nation that is coming will lie the; wl»at her noble sex can do
mean by plain mng is sa\ irg , nos i expensive thing on earth ex -in an emergency. Her hu»ban<l
from the lower aide of life, in day* j eept barbarism. It can only be ,Uerl. leaving an indebtedness
of poverty, for the higher side, maintained by that style of plain ! agaitlsl hisestale of $2,500. Hav
•mil in n-Malth dircclinv the mi- Inmir which in every region . , , _
and, n weallect.n the ma - , * ing eight children to care Tor.
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About twenty year* ago I tllacorered a little
sore on my cheek, end the doctors pronounced
It cancer. I have tried a number of physician*,
but wtthont reerlvlnj? any permanent benefit.
Among the number were one or two NpcclallsU.
The mcdlrlno they applied wa* like lire to the
•ore. minting Intense j-nln. I sow a statement
In the piipera telling what S. S. 8. had done for
others similarly afflicted. I procured some at
oaee. Before I had used tho second bottle the
neighbors could notleo that my cancer wn*
healing up. Sly general h;alth hiul been bad
for two or three years—I had a hacking cough
and spit blood continually- I had a severe
pain in my breast. After taking six bottles of
8. S. 8. my cough left me and I grew stouter
than I had boon for several years. My cancer
ha* healed over all but a little *pot about the
sire of a half dime, and It Is rapidly tIlsapjK*ar-
ing. 1 would advise every one with cancer to
give 8. S. S. a fair trial.
Mas. NANCY J. McCONAUGHET.
Ashe Grove, Tippecanoe Co., Ind.
Feb. 16. 15S«.
FWirt’s .Specific I* entirely vegetable, and
seems to cure cancers by forcing out the Impa
rities from the Mood. Treatise on Blood and
Skin IHsea&c.s mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC C0. f
DItA WE it 3, ATI.AXTA, tJA.
mnintaincil by
living which in every region
suhnrilinate* the material to llu-
_ , , j spiritual, anrl bv wise economies
gence, refinement ami a general |
sens* of the fitness of things,
is shown that the yearly earning* ] lilc.
•if the Aineiican people fix the
limit of average family living at
1500 or less a year. The central
the eldest of whom
care
was about
save* from the lower to spend on ; twelve years of age, she realized
It _ the higher side ol the national . lJk* responsibility of their main-
Ilotr lie i ickcd I'j a 'tain.
When Hooker'* army was wor
lenance ami education devolved
upon her. She did not shrink
A (jneer Soureair. | Snushine.
-Ye*,” said Capt. Simpson to j Die sunshine is a glorious thing
day, while a small party were dis I That romes alike to all,
cussing the ingenuity displayed Li*hlii.gthe l-vssant’s lowly cot,
, ' . I The noble’s painted hall,
by prisoners of war, “there were ;
some strange hits of talent de Tlie music of the birds is heard
veloped amoug the prisoners ofi Borne on the passing breeze,
war.
“I remember, at Fort Delaware,
we had a number of Louisiana
•Tigers' as cooks and nurses at
the hospital. Among them were
two men named Mi ins ami
1 As sweetly from the hedge row* i
| From old ancestral trees.
. ... I rying Gen. Lee's half starved Con
question of America* society i»:l ,
, lederates at Cbancellorsville,
How can the average American
family keep up a true home life
on this sum? That life includes
health, intelligence, morality and
all the elegance and opportunity
that a good family can get out of
a moderate sum It is a mailer
of domestic education, equally
important ami more fundamental
than the training of the schools,
and which the schools, at best,
can very imperfectly supply. It
means that every American child
should be taught that money al
ways represents work by some
body, and how to use it on hath
sides of life, as well as to get
Every American girl should be
taught the art of home making;
not the old housekeeping of the
Sedgewick s sorps broke the Con
federate hues at Fredericksburg
ami commenced Ins travels to
wards Cbancellorsville to help
Hooker in crushing Lee. The
M ondav following Gen. Early
struck Sedgewick a crushing blow
from the task in despondency, I Schmidt, wtio did not look to be
but set to work with a dt-lermina | at all skilled in any fancy work,
lion that has overcome all obsta- j .. An „ 1( , man nameil N( , rtbcuU
cles. She assumed control of the j wag |, rmlg | lt , jnto Uie hospital and,
plantation, made good crops, paid | a f ler a c| s y* 0 f lingering, he
lied. Mims, myself and a few
off the indebtedness, ami is now
running tlie business on a cash
basis. With favorable seasons
she will not make not less than
seventy-five bales of cotton this
and hurled him crippled and bleed-, >' e ® r * c-rn, fodder, etc., in
ing across the river at Bank's i abundance. Mrs. Buford, now a
Ford. When Earley's men made 1 r ‘‘« i «lenl of Macon county, was
the charge, a negro, whose young j before the war, the wife of an
master carried a gun in a Missis overseer. When Souliers were
sippi Regiment, was following lo j needed, her husband enlisted,
lake care of him if he should | )e ! and was killed, leaving his wife
oumlctl. Inconsequence of the
eep ravines over which Early
charged, artillery could not foi
with five small, helpless children.
Thrown entirely oil her own re
: sources, she in reality laid jier
and we were standing beside our j hand lo the spindle, and supported
smoking guns, when the Digger ■ * ler family by spinning thread
came hack, h:s face in a broad “ n<1 "ea'tog cloth. This she did
-marl?
TIeadc[iiartei»s Tor
PIANOS AND ORGANS!
1 Can Sell You. ail
ORGAN OR PIANO
j cloth caused her trade to fail. Be-
Yankee private marching in j * D S uneducated and without cap-
Cheapen
THAN
any House within 500
Miles of this Point.
peasant, the slave, or the ignor ) rjn wilh a great b i g knapsack, j successfully until “store bought”
ar.l class, which is eternal drudge • ° ° 1 ' - - -- - -----
ry, but Hie “new housekeeping** j ^.
which puts a suiwrinr womanhood i „ i. r .
. , tl , . . I front of him. When lie neared us' no opening for her
into the hands and uses labor sav ! u • *i c u .1 1
he broke out, »*Ya! ya! I coteh hut tlie ^ lie rented a mule
im. He possum. 1 tink him dead | !,n<1 son, e a “‘* began farm
and kick him in de side. He turn j ,n S' P a y in g balr she made, and
over and grin jis like possum. I : l,| e land she cultivated was very
say “whatyer doin'dar, am yer poor, und she had no kelp except
allot? He say ‘no, tell down here *'er small children, none of whom
to keep de Johnnies from killin'
Den I pick up his gun ami
| git this nabberbag and blankets
I and, sec Mars Bill a runnin* dem
j udder fellers in de ribber and I
tells dis yank to come erlong.” In
others knew that Northcult
a false palate of gold plate,
ter Xortbcutl's death he
placed in the dead house
had
Af
was
over
There are many lovely things,
As many"pleasant tones.
For those w ho dwell by cottage hearths
As those who sit on thrones.
—Mrs. Hawkesworth.
ing machinery, brains, character
and culture lo gel the most out
of the dollar. It needs more abil-
itv now to haDdlc a fnst class ;
house than to be a principal of a|
f» male seminary in the old lime.
We met a young lady, out of the ;
upper stratum of New York so- 1 me
ciety, who had come to a western
agricultural college to study sci
entific housekeeping, because she
had engaged to be married to a
rich man and was resolved to fill
i her position with credit. The
experts say that good cooking
| will save half the material and
ill greatly improve food. The Amcr
uiglit and, happening to pass
through the apartment at a late
hour, I was horrified to see that
Northcult's lace had hern cut
open so as to extract the plate.
“Well, sir. in a few days gold
rings began to emenate from the
kitchen, where Schmidt held sway,
and when 1 inquired where the
gold came from, Mims frankly ac
knowledged reinoring the plate
which Schmidt made up into gold
rings.
He gave me one of the rings
anil my sister has it at her home
in this city now. It is a queer
keepsake ami considerably nut of
the common run, but it shows the
indifference with which these men
regarded death and at the same
time the remarkable ingenuity-
developed by men who had abso
lutelv nothing to do.”
“Were such instances common,
saving some-1 Captain?”
At length she | “Oh, yes; they were quite in the
ordinary way. I know one man to
When von want any Instrument, confer with me
JVpttTil to price before buying, and I will save you mou-dcan people waste more in sloven
I also sell Piano and Organ Stools separate.
J. \V. STANFORD.
could aid her much. She was ex
ceedingly energetic ami economi
cal, and began by
tliiug every year,
bought a home. Now she has
_ comfortable home, mules, cattle! t jay with a fine business and plenty-
reply lo a question as lo what lie i other stock, all paid for;! (l f casb who earned his first money
would do with him, he said: *-|! makes plenty provisions and has I n f any 'consequence while a youth
money—a thousand dollars—laid
by for a rainy day. Her children
are grown and are respectable.—
Southern Cultivator.
MSSiiS
These yifa fw a wonderfo! discovery. X«o others like them in the World. Will positively
cun or rttfrn all Manner ef disease. The information around each box is worth ten times
the eeet of n has af pills. Find out about them, and yon will always be thankful. One pill
a dfftit Parsons* mh^^ m mhb| nan blood and curB
Pi)!i eoataia HQ HM chrome.IIhealth
BothinckmM, MTU HM ^M MB KVjHB thin $5 worth of
ar: euj to Uks. Ml SB a "” oth - r rs -°-
;b«z wind, mn H H HR
•to parifj th.BM wM MM MB ;
• valMM now of these silk, they would walk 100 miles to get a box if they eould not. be had
kaompa. IUwtmsi pamphlet free, postpaid. Send for it;
it., Bostoa, Hut
il,, - -| a, ,-n ri ! i,8.fosasoa * co„ 22costom Hoo«« s,.., ——
Make New Rich Blood!
ucllaly
iy and extravagant housekeeping
; than any other nation, and, in ihe
1 long run, indict a damage on the
; country w hich may he classed j
; wilh that caused by the use of I
[Strong drink. j
Every young inan should insist
on health, comfort ami rc*|>ccta
hility in Ins living ami then save
for a home. The young man
perverts the opportunities offered
by organizations of an education
ai anil social character when he
uses their headquarters as mere
clubs, putting off marriage. The
young husband and wife should
j not "flop” into a boarding house,
! but put head, heart and hands
together to build up the true
home. Only an educated woman
—a woman wilh a good heart, a
level head and skilled hands—
can make a good house on small
gwinc send him to Missippy to
hoe co’n an’ cotton fer my oie
o uian while I takes keer o’ Mars
Billy. Kom erlong yank,” and lie
marched him back lo the rear. We
suppose he landed him in Castle
Thunder or Belle Isle. Richmond,
in a few days afler, as the negro
said de “liossifers” took him away
from him.—Exchange.
Many industries incur country-
have gone into the hands of
wealthy corporations which crush
out comjietition and acquire a,
monopoly in the line of produc
tion which they follow. This en
ables them to control production
and fix prices at their pleasure.
When they wish to raise the price
of lheir goods they reduce the
It is reported that during the
war there were 178,952 negro sol
diers enrolled in the United States
volunteer army—99,337 by the
authority of the national govern
ment anil 79,633 l>y- the several ! output, and to do this, have to
Stales and Territories—and of I discharge some of their workmen,
this Dumber 36,847 died in ser ! These men are thrown out of cm-
vicc. , ploy ment simply because the tar-
•n . , ■.•'T , ', . . ! iff makes it possible for the man
The aude sat chewing the monkey s head 1
That was carved on the handle of his! ufacturera to secure as much for
Wlienyhe beautiful maiden, shuddering. \ a small production as for large
ait !- , i production, and yet the advocates
“Oh! please don t do that again.dear J
Fred.” ; of the very tariff that throws them
A dea h r e &Uah? inSUrprise ’ “ , ' hy not ' 1 out of employment profess to be
win not, i ask vou?” “Because." -aid sl.e j lb c workmen’s friends.—£n
“It looks like caumbahsio to me I .
—Boston Courier f luircr Sun.
imprisoned in Fort Delaware.
••He was a rough
Georgia hoy and knew nothing
about jewelers' methods. Wiien
confined time hung heavy on his
hands ami he began carving
'rinkets out of hits of bone, silver
coins, which he obtained in imr
tr-ring, ami these he sold to the
Federal guards and visitors,
thereby accumulating a good |
deal of ‘Yankee’ money and per
feet stacks of Confederate lulls.
Being exchanged he came home,
invested his money and thus turn
ed his imprisonment lo profitable
account.”—Macon (Ga.) Cor. At
lanta Constitution.
The Tomb of the.Vanderbilt*.
One of the main point* of inter
est to sightseers on Staten Island
is the magnificent mausoleum of
the Vanderbilt family at the Mora
vian cemetery. The structure it
self cost over $200,000, and it is
expected that before the plans for
the beautify ing of the grounds
surrounding it arc completed that
$70,000 more will be spent. That,
at least, is the calculation of Mr.
Richard 51. Hunt, the architect,
who has charge of Ilia work. The
plot of ground is several acres iu
extent. During the past ;fcw
months a number of workmen have
been employed in building a stone
wall around it. The wall varies
considerably in height iu some
places, being only five or six feet,
gradually increasing until the
entrance is reached, where it is
more than twenty feet high. The
entrance will be through an arched
gateway of very imposing appear
auce. Within the grounds two
acres of trees have been cut down
lo make way for the great plaza
which is to be made in front of the
tomb itself. An immense amount
‘ of grading has already been done,
and a winding road is being con
structed from the cemetery proper,
5Ir. Olmsted is to superintend the
laying out of the grounds, which
are lo be tastefully adorned with
shrubbery and young trees. It is
expected that the work will be all
completed by December. The
mausoleum is of Lockport lima
and ready s t,me, with an outer wall of gran
ite a distance of eighteen inches
all the way round, the object of
the double wall being to secure
perfect dryness. Architect Hunt
is enthusiastic over the grand view
lo be obtained from the lop of the
tomb. Tlie lower bay, Coney-
Island, Sandy Hook and the Jer
scy coast ars distinctively visible
and make a pleasing panorama to
the eye.—New York Telegram.
Senator Stanford, of California,
has about twenty jockeys at his
Palo Alto farm and nearly 100
stable employes. He has recent
ly established a night school for
their benefit, at which Mrs. Stan
ford herself Ircquently gives in
slrucUoas.
Georgia is $12,000,000 richer
now Ilian a year ago. The last
six years have shown a continued
growth in wealth probably far in
excess of what the growth in
population has been. It is a sad
fact, however, that our farmer*
are poorer thau they were a year
ago. They are taxed to sopport
the infant industries, which
though gray headed and worth
less, arc infants still.—Enquirer-
Sun.
The Heath Jmtlfied.
M. Quad writing from Etifaula.
A lx, to the Detroit Free Press,
says:
1 can be loyal to my own sec
tion and still wondc whv there it
not a rush of Northern farmers
ibis way. Here is the climate,
the soil, the matkels—the profit
to the man who tills the soil as
his vocation. Hero, on tiiis eighth
day of November, is a sky with
out a cloud, an atmosphere likeour
June, and ruses are still in bloom.
This weather will last :nto Decern
her, and then there will be winter
for about six weeks—winter about
like our November. Before the
Northern farmer is through with
his bob sleighs the corn is being
planted here. While it is true
that the summers are long here,
il is also true that our healed
term is the sharpest There have
not been ia all Alabama, outside
of the large cities, ten cases of sun
stroke in live years. They are so
rare that few people ever saw a
ease. I know whereof 1 write when
i say that any inlellligeiil farmer
can produce $10 worth in the Stale
of Alabama where he can produce
$1 worth north of the Ohio river,
and lie will nut need lo labor so
hard lo do it. Every condition
here is in his favor.
And I want lo add that he can
not find in all this country a hel
ler climate, healthier people, bet
ter morals or 6taunclicr friends.
There is not a locality in the north
where there is less crime or great
er personal safety. The law means
what it reads down here, and it is
enforced every time. These South
ern people size a new comer up
very quickly. If he is ol the right
stuff they hold out both hands. 11
he is not he had best move on. If
there is still a Northern politician
who dares claim that an cx federal
soldier will be shunned here be
cause lie wore the blue, or that a
Northern Republican will lie brow
beaten or insulted because he dif
lers in politics wilh them, he ut
ters a willful and malicious false-!
hood.J
THE UI.ACK MAX.
Come down here and I will show
you hundreds of acres of the best
lands which are owned by black
men. 1 can show you from ten to
twelve colored men who have more
acres, belter buildings, and more
cash than any like nnmirer of
while farmer* in aou.e ef our
Michigan cosnties. The colored
school is fully equal to the while
one, and the people *|>euk of this
fact with pride. There was a
time when the streets of Etifaulu
werecrowded'wilh vagi ant blacks,
none of whom had the ambition to
cam a shilling more than would
give him food and clothes. The
vagrant laws were enforced and
i he change was astonishing. There
is not an idler in the place. There
is not a black man in or around
the town who isn't given the fair
est kinil of a show to get ahead.
While the white man will always
enforce respect, he will bear and
assist and condone. Alabama is
to day doing more for the flesh and
blood il once cracked the slave
whip over than.Michigan is doing
for its unlettered ami vicious while
imputation. The black man of
the South is improving every year,
and no one will concede this quick
er nor feci prouder over the fact
than the Southern white. There
need be no sympathy wasted on
the black roan of Alabama. He
is doing for himself, in education
and finance, far belter than some
of the while population of the
north.
m ♦
Georgia’s Governor.
Georgia has never had a gover
nor of wirier or better national
fame Ilian her present executive.
His very enemies have been fore
cd lo adoiit the honesty and pa
triotism of his purposes, as set
forth in his public acts; and the
magnetism of his presence is ad
mitted in every state in the union.
The Gazette rejoices in the bright
ness of his fame ami the powei
of his influence, because it be
lieves that that power will al
ways be exerted for the glory of
the state and the good of the peo
ple.—Augusta Gazette.
Cases of piracy still occur on
the Mediteriancan sea. The Ital
ian schooner Pvpioo Salvo was
boarded nearGallipia, on theTun-
isian coast, and robbed of a sum
of about $1,750. Several similar
cases have lately occurred iu the
neighborhood.
m a m
A Wellsville, Ohio, boy took
his first chew of tobacco, became
dizzy, and fell over a bank, break
ing au arm and receiving other
injuries.
Mistaken Identity.
O’er the top of die high-hacked rocker
I could see her dainty head,
My lovalv, darling Eiiiinn,
She whom I was soon lo wed.
I crept up closer to her,
Hoping to surprise her there;
My heart was thumping wildly.
As I soitlv stroked her hair.
I kissed one rosy, dimpled cheek;
A* 1 went lo kiss the other,
f got s better look at—him !
Great guns! It was her brother!
— Utlroil Fret Vn:u.
^ ^
Elephant Sense.
One evening, soon after my ar
rival in Eastern Assam, and while
the five elephants were being fed
opposite the bungalow, I observed
a young ami lately caughtoneslep
up lo a bamboo fence and quietly
pull up one of the stakes. Placing
il under his foot, he broke off a
piece wilh his trunk, and after
lifting il to Ins mouth, threw it
away. He repeated this twice or
thrice and then drew another
stake. I asked the reason of this,
ami was told lo wait and see what
the elephant would do.
At lust he seemed to get apiece
that suited him, and holding it in
the trunk firmly, and stepping the
left foreleg well forward, il passed
the piece of bamboo under the
aruipit. and began to scratch wilh
some force.
Mr surprise reached its climax
when I saw a large elephant-leech
fall to the ground, quite six inches
long and thick as one's finger, sad
which, from its position, could
not be easily detached without the
seraper, which was deliberately
made by the elephant. 1 subse
quently found that this was a com
mon occurrence. Such scrapers
are used by every elephant daily.
On another occasion, when trav
elling at the lime of year when the
large flies are so tormenting to an
elephant, 1 noticed that the one I
rode had no Ian wisp lo beat them
off with. The driver, at my order,
slackened pace and allowed her to
go to the side of the road, when
for some moments she moved
along rummaging the smaller jun
gle on the banks. At last she
came to a cluster of young shoots
well branched, and after feeling
among them anil selecting one,
raised her trunk and neatly
stripped down the stem, taking off
all the lower branches and leaving
a fine hunch on top. She deliber
ately cleaned it down several times
and, then, laying hold at the low
er end, broke off a beautiful fan
or switch about five foot long, han
dle included. With this she kept
the flies at hay, flapping them off
on each side.
Say what we may these are both
really bona fide implements, each
intelligently made for a definite
purpose.
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What Woman’s Big Hand 1111.
Roscoe Coukling sat in a thea
tre the other evening. A band
was laid on his shoulder from be
hind. It belonged to a certain
highly fashionable matron of hi9
acquaintance, but il was a large
organ, notwithstanding that it
had never done any labor. “Yea,
sir,” said Conkling, mistaking it
for tlie hand of a man. Then bis
eyes fell on the feminine sleeve at
tached to it, and he confusedly
murmured. I beg your pardon.”
“Oh, bo ofiense, I assure you,”
the lady good bumoredly respond
ed.
51r. Conkling then said: “This
reminds me of an actual case in
which a mistake in the gender of
a hand brought about a divorce
suit. A wife had a large hand,
and it happened one evening that
she sat with her husband and sev
eral others on a rural veranda.
The husband was smoking a ciga
rette, and as it was very dark in
deed, the wife took it from him for
a surreptitious whiff. Now, right
along side tlie couple sat a flirta
tions girl. She and the man were
on sentimental terms, hut until
now quite unknown to the woman.
The well-developed hand of the
wife, with the cigarette, chanced
lo swing into contact with that
of the girl, who took hold of it.
thought from its size that il was
the husband's, felt convinced of it
by the cigarette, and thereupon
pressed il to her lips, rapturous
ly believing that she was taking
a safe opportunity of the dark-
uess. The eyes of the wife were
opened, metaphorically if not
physically; she watched the pair
for a few days, and action for di
vorce was soon instituted.”—New
York Sun.
The Pennsylvania railroad made
hash of a car load of Chicago
dressed beef near Tyrone last
Tuesday, for which impromptu
cooking lossou the company must
pay in the neighborhood of $10,-
000.