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Cuthbert Enterprise and fct JAS. W. STANFORD. ‘Independent in All Things—Neutral in Nothing.” TERMS $1.00 IN ADVANCE. rmiBERT Amu. Established lfWl. I .. VOL. VIII. CUTHBfcRT EXTKKPKI.SE, llUHJ.l'JL- J—L-, -I.!-Wg"I -- 1*81. f CoSSOLIDlfBP ISM. CUTHBERT, GA., THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1888. XO. 17 HARRIS’S POPULAR DRY f Dress goods. —Few houses in much larger cities can show a handsomer Stock. Our Embroidered and Braided Dress Robes, of which we have sold a great many, are perfectly beautiful.- ' All the leading shades in Albatross, Plain, Stripe and Figured Nuns Veiling. A handsome line of Black Goods, Henrietta Cloths, Dreb de Alma. Silks! Silks!—Gros Brain, Rlmdaine, Moire, Surah, in all the latest and desirable shades. Special bargains in Black Silks. Having purchased several pieces at a sacrifice, will sell them accordingly. Embroidery and Laces.—Acknowledged by every one who has seen them, to be the handsomest and cheapest ever brought to this market. New style of Hamburg, worked on finest India Linen, witli Inserting and Edging attached. Torchon Linen Lacc of the finest quality. Hats.—Gents Stiff Hats, Soft Hats, Youths’ and Children Hats, latest styles. FLOUNClN&S. —Black Flouncing, Cream Normandy, Embroidery and Oriental. We call special attention to our Black SilkeFlouncings, which are decidedly the handsomest in the market. Our Normandy Flouncing, entirely new, in Cream and White, iff lovely. KID GLOVES.- Best brands. We guarantee; and you will find it to your interest to examine our Gloves. Silk Gloves in ail shades. Long and short Mitts. Gouts Kid Gloves, all sizes with heavy silk back, the latest out. Ginghams and Satlnes.—Second arrival of those goods. They are selling very rapidly. French Satines at 20c. which are sold in cities at 25c. Washing Suitings, do not lade. Canvass Cloth, Cheese (Moth, in all colors. For boys waists—new line of Cheviotts, just what you want. White Goods.—Anything you may call for in this line. White Batiste in Plaid and Stripe—Plain and Check Nainsook,. Plain and Dotted Swiss. All colors ofTarlcton. Hosiery.—Of which we have a good assortment in Cot ton, Lisle Thread and Silk. Our 23y. Ladies Hose, full, regular made, is a bargain. Our new line and new style of Ladies Handkerchiefs have been very much admired. The many novelties out this season are to be found in our store. CLOTHING.— 1 " this Department no are selling more Gnoria than we ever hare, owing to the handsome assortment we carry. Our entire Stock is in. anti we can fit anti suit any one, regardless to size or style Onlera taken for Soils—fit guaranteed. FOR CHILDREN!—One Htin'lreii ami Fifty Suits from 1 4 w 13 \ rant, nought from a M anu fact into who was closing out. From One to Three Dollars saved on a Child's Suit hr calling to see me. YOUTHS CLOTHING!—No trouble to fit yon. Come along, wc have just what yon want, anti if you can’t lie pleased, remember we take vour measure, and in ten days we give you a Custom Made Suit with no additional charge. PARASOLS.”^* ew Styles this Season—entirely different from last, with solid gold handles. Silk Umbrellas lor la-lies and gentlemen. A full line of Misses and Children's Parasols in Silk. Satin and Plaid Silk. Come anil see them. SCARFS.—For Gentlemen, in Silk. Satin and Ottoman. Whue Silk Ottoman Scarfs, the new style. Call and see them. New style Collar anti Cuff—leading brands. Gent* Hemstitched, colored bordered Handkerchiefs. Gents Underwear of every description, in Gauze, Lisle anti Nainsook. 5H I RTS ! The P- K Shirts, open front latest style. Plaited Bosom Shirts, Plain Shirts. Colored Shirts with Cuffs and Collars—the best Unlaundried Shirt for #1 00. SHOES*— Ladies Kid Button, Philadelphia made, none better. Children anti Misses Shoes, School Shoes. Plantation Shoes; in fact, any kind of a Shoe you may call for, anil we guarantee every pair you buy. MILLINERY —Misses anti Children's Trimmed Hals at your awn price. I.adiea aud Children's I'u trim met! Hal*. CARPETS and Floor Oil Cloths. Tapestry. Brussells—three ply—and extra super hemp anil flax Carpet for olllee use; Rugs and Mats, a full and complete line. it is no trouble to show Gooris. whether von wish to pnrrlifftp nr h«»t. A conlial invitation k extended to all. In our Store trill be found all the latest styles of the season. New styles of Fans, BEAUTIFUL TABLE SCARES, AND LAMBREQUINS TO MATCH, MADE OF FLUSH AND GIMP, AND HUNDREDS OF OTHER PRETTY GOODS WHICH WK GANNOF MENTION JUST NOW. CALL EARLY IN ORDER TO AVOID TltK RUSH, AT HARRIS’S POPULAR DRY GOODS HOUSE. Enterprise & Appeal. ! SUBSCRIPTION PRICE On« copy one year ’ . . . . •* Six months . . . ** Three months . . *1.00 i . 501 Kali Bsad Nclipdule. BAY l'AHKEKGKR. WOIJU4 WEST. Arrive 3:10 r. m. HOINO KANT. Arrive 12 *. n.OKISA A WESTERS rANNKNOKR. *CV|*«W WEST. Arrive 3:45 a. m. ootsn It AST. Arrive ll:ll r. x. t tftop* st Lnion 8pring.s. Kwtanln, j Muthhert, Dawson, between Montgom- j erv and Sinithville. Kart ttaincs train makes clone eon- ; nection with the Montgomery A Macon j PassAengerat Cuthbert. Mini— il tjtst s w i oinr: <3c WESTERN K ! US, A. X la IRO A3D.1V. WY TYBOUTS. On ami after Monday. April 16?h !RS8. paMSctiger train* will run as follows: CENTRAL STANDARD TIME. FOR THE WEST, NORTH Ac SOUTH. Waycross cimdn’ti Mail. Express. Express. Brunswick 1 v <5:25 am 4 :43 p m Pyles* M'ah • tfi:49a ru 5 ;15 p m J nice 1 v 7 :25 am t 5 :4{» P rn W»y nesvillc !v 3 :Q0 a m 0 :•*•> p in Hoboken lv 8:57 a m p »» *«hlatt‘viUe lv 9:12 a m 8:30 p iu Wayerots ar 9:42 a ru 9:40 P »» Savannah ar 12:23 p m Charleston . 4:20 p m Callahan ar 11:26 am Jaek'riile ar 12:00 m 'fhamaa viile xr 1: 22 p m Pensacola ar 10:10 p in Mobile .nr 2:15 i 0 ;10 a in 10:52 a m 0:40 a pi 7:25 a in Kew Orleans ar7:10 a m Jacksonville lv 7:30 a m 7 :»X> p hi CaHabait lv 8:05 am 7:40 p in Charleston lv 2:45 am (5:50 am Savannah lv 7:00 a m 1 :25 p m Waycross .. lv 10 :tiO a iu Pearson lv 11:10 a m Alapaha . .. lv 12:07 p m Ty Ty . . lv 1:39 pm S«inner. .. lv 1:54 pm WiJHugham lv 2:21pm Paris . . lv 2 :36 p xu Albany nr 3:00 pm Montgomery ar 7:25 a in Columbus. . ar Macon ar 6:45 p m Atlanta .... ar 10:35 p iu Marietta ., ar 12:05 am Chattanooga ar 4 :37 a m Louisville . . ar 6:40 p m rineiHnati ar 6:42 j> in FROM THE WEST. NORTH A Waycross Mail. Express. Cincinnati lv 7 :55 a m Louisville lv CTiattaneoga lv 5:05 p in Marietta lv 0:09 pm Atlanta .. lv 10:00 pm Macon ... Lv l:25aiu Columbus lv Montgomery lv 7 325 p m 1010 |* m 11:40 p m 12:5G a in 2:30 a in 2:45 a m 4 :10a m 7:13 p m 2:55 p ut 0:00 a hi 1:15 p in 2:36 p ni 7:05 p m C :03 a iu 6:40 a m SOUTH. Florida Express. 9 :U0 p ni * :05 p m 8:U5 a m 12:53 p m 2:50 p m G :50 p xi» 12:15 p in 7:40 a tn Albany lv 4:55 a m Davis - ..lv5:19am Willingham lv 5:34 a m Himinrr lv 6:01 a tn Tv Ty lv 6:16 a m Alapaha .. lv 7: IS a m I'c.trs**« . lv 8:45 a in Waycross ar9:47ain 11:10 p m 12:20 am 12:35 a m 2:12am 8:14a tu 4:2< a m Savannah . ar 12:23 p m charleston ar 4 :20 p m Callahan ar 11:26 a in 6:45 a m Jacksonville ar 12:00 m 7:25 a ru New Orleans lv 8:10 p iu Mobile . lv 1 :0o a in i'ensacola lv 5:15 a in Thomasville lv 1:45 p ni Jacksonville lv 7:30 a m Callahan lv 8:05 am Charleston, lv 2:45 a m Savannah lv 7 :«*i a tu Wavcrwss lv 10:00 a m lo :0o a in Sohiatt'v'c lv 10-23 a m 10:25 a m tlubokcn lv 10:10 u tit 10:40 a m Wavnwv'o lv U :39 a m 11 :S9 a m Jamaica fv!'J:19pm 12:19pm FV M's It h-f 12:46pm + I2:46p m Brunswick ar 1 :l* p in 1 :!S p in POWDER Absolutely Pure. T HIS Powder never varies. A mar vel of purity, strength and whole- someness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in competition with the multitude of low test, short weight, alum or phosphate powders. Hold only in cans. Royal Ba king Powder Co., 106 Wall Street. New York. mav22-ly A young man in this city, an assistant in a lar^c grocery estnh Bailment, lias enjoyed the benefit of leap year. He had his best girl to propose to him a few nights ago. and he accepted. Wc inquir cd when the nuptials would lake place. lie replied: “She propos ed to me to leave the house or she would call the old mao.” I leap* ! cd. Next.— Union Recorder. WKYi YOUR LIVER S0UT0F0RD® ! <ra win hare SICTI HEADACHES, PAD | K THE SIDE, DYSPEPSIA, POOR APPJ i KTE, feel listless and unable to get tbrom 1 r or daily work or sowial eiyoymfiati, U - *111 be a burden to you. m.vMfMm’i pacELEar^-Ti z «— :>T.TgBft mm* 1 nil aero yon, drive tho POISON out I >ur system, and make you strong and we] ! hey cost only 25 cents a box and mays** »ur life. Can be bad at any Drag 8*oi 9*Bmreof Countekfeits mads in St. iYORYPOIJSHSa Perfumes the Breath. Ask for it. ILEMSKG BROS., - Pittsburgh, Ft j iiiarl-lv I The Germans of Pulnain. coun ty, Fla., met in Palatkn last Thurs- | day and formed a German society i to promote the immigration of | their countrymen. DR WESTMORELAND, DE.\TIST, Offers his services to the public in all the branches of Dentistry.— Work warranted. Odice over the Pnslnffice. Kiv.ms formerly occu pietl by I)r. Worsham. mar-31 ct ♦ .on signal. Pnrcua>e ticket'* at the station, and pave extra fare collccfetl upon the train. The mail train stops at all B <fc W sta tions. Connections made at Waycross to and front all »*oints on Savannah. Florida »t W estem \taiJw.ay. Pullnwn r.daie sleeping and Mann lloud'dr <*•*r-*. n.H HAINKS. 4-VEO. W. HAINES, den’i Manager: Superintendent. C. D. OWEN'S. J. A. Mcl*l KFIK. Trafiic Manager. Oen’l Pass. Agent. P* F. \V. ANaiER. A**s’t <»e»ri Pass Agt. — —a W. R. THORNTON, D E NT 1ST 0 CUTHBKRT. GA- FFICE A'est side Public Square, over !.. K. Key's store. feb!7-ly The Arlington, MRS, W. H. LOCKE, Proprietress ( Late of tho National Hotel.) THE ARLINGTON *TS-supplied with (Jas. Water, tvlcctrxc X. Bel's and Elegant Bath R(wm». Entire satisfaction guaranteed to all who may favor her with their patronage Ci.KRK*e—Messrs. E. B. Freeman and C. O. Loeke. ocflrct. Kufaula. Alabama: PARuER’S HWS DAL8ASI w^sea act) b-.-nnttflo* tha Hal lornctc? a iczuriaatsroirth» Nsa-er Fails 4o Restore (Sis Hnit-to its Vouilifhl Color. Corc=^ca?i.- cti«?H9usaati SuiriialUS at rracrigtx BARKER’S OSrJGERTONN ^nlRaUorcrCuusaa, C^iua.laeeedfafrt FrM—ttl aprl2-ly IU Liked a tieod Teaaut. “Madame,'’ said llie landlord of a Park street iiouae, as lie railed llie niber m-.rninj:, "I have come lo tell you that—that—” “Thai you are going to lilt III. rent $5 per mouth," she interrupt ed. “Well, y e s. Rents have sharp lv advani-e-l you know " Well, we won't pay it." “No, I suppose not; and you trill more on May l. - ’ Yea, sir; and meanwhile you can - li a sign n llie house. I shah nh l<> > happy to show people through.” “Indeed, lint you arc very kind ’ “Oh. no, 1 ain't. Our eat d:e. this morning, and I'll chuck he- l-ody into a diarrel down in Mi cellar au-1 tell everybody that w. are going to move on aecniint ol aewer gas ” “KI-! Whstr’ "Ami if one cal isn't enough I'll get another, and also add an old codfish.” “M adnm, do you like the house?" “Fairly well.” “An-I is the present rent tslis factory?” “Perfectly so.” “Then stay another year. I prefer to keep a good tenant, even if I don’t get quite ao much rent. Good day, madam, and if yon want any repairs made please send me word.”—Detroit Free Frets. SAVEDFRCMSUICIBE. PROSTRATED KIND AND BODY- A Life Saved in Savannah. “When I began the use of your French Wine of <.\*oh 1 was prostrated ami bro ken down mentally and physically by excesses and over exertion. 1 had been compelled to give up a lucrative business and bad become little letter than an im becile. gloomy dcs|Fondent. continually brooding over my miserable condition, and at times really contemplated suicide. Six bottles of your French Wine of Coca have restored me to perfect health and vigor, and am able to attend to a large commercial business, i am happy, cheerful and O. K.” [Signed.] J. L. WOOD. A NoMe and Good Woia Saved Frol tie Giate Win Bad Despaired of Living. “I have been a great sufferer for many years, and bad given up lio|*e of being restored to health again, ami cx}*ected to die at any time. Pemberton's Wine of t’oea was recoinn ended to me after all other remedies had failed, ami 1 can truthfully say that it has not only kept j me alive, but strengthened ami raise*! , me up mi that I again enjov the blessings j of health. I suffered with great nerve ' exhaustion, an organic heart disease, j with cold sinking spells, with little pow-1 er of reaction, and iViul*erton’s Wine *f j Coca is the only article that would bring . on a quick reaction.” jtfijjued. | ; Mus. TAMA&1KE CARTER. SUFFERING MANKIND, i Oo to the Drug Store and buva b*>tttleof : PEMBERTON’S FRENCH WiNE COCA. | Among Our Exriuugv*. , au- li (Hilicy nod aucli pulilica.— Clevelanri will lie re-elected Pres-! Jetu/t Sentinel. ident. Colquitt will be re elected j Protection Ins impoverished llie Senator, Gordon will be re elected > soutli because it has always taxed Governor, and Turner will be re | southern products largely ami gtv elected lo Congress. That is ea our section scarcely any advan about the shape of it. We-In not lage in return. It has not Inipov know that it all suits us .exactly, erished the north to such au rx • * j but as a whole it will do, and will [ tent, because while it has taken have to do whether any particular ! billions from the masses at the body is suited or not suited.— uorth, it has given as much lu the VulUotta Timet. j millionaire capitalists. It has A voting man weut 10 call on a given the south no privileges ex young lady several nights ago, .cept the privileges of paying ex »n-i S'-meh 'W he was quite late.— [ lortionale taxes.— Knquirtr Sun. She calle-t his attention to the j There is an old lady living in fact that he was late, remarking Dooly county who IS 76 years old A Mill anti # CouFeasian. jam only wailing the lime when 1 Not many years ago a group of! can join them up there if I can get iuTalids and gamblers were seated j in.” about an evening Ore in the office The silent partner sf the sani- .lial she was “in the arms of Mur pheus" w hen lie come. The young man ad-led lo the embarrassment • f ihe situation by innocently re- and can dance a jig with a turn blerol water on her head wilboul spilling a drop. There ia bviug in the same neighborhood a marking that lie. thought he heard lady of the same age, and the two that fellow go out when he came ia.— VatUoila 'Timet. People often wonder why cuun try editors always wear a belt to hold up their pants, instead of wearing stispendrfb. It's the most simple thing in the world. When an editor gets word from his house tint there's nothing on living only five miles from each other, have reared families there aud had not seen each other until last week in twenty three years, aud they have been good friends all the time. — Quitman Herald. “See tbst young man yonder?” said an old citizen to the reporter a day or two ago. It was useless hand for dinner, he simply tight- to deny, so we admitted that wc ens up his hi-it one hole and says onlhing.— Brontrootl Reporter. Mr. W S. Scott showed us a lot of Indian bones, on Saturday, wh ch were brought to the city by Mr. Jus Tucker. They were unearthed in a field of Ilia that aaw him. “Well,” he continued, there is a fair example of what red liquor will do for a man that sticks to it. That young man's father left him a handsome com- (Sleacy, and when he became of age lie was worth at least ten has been in cultivation over Gfty thousand dollars in clear cash. It ia the same old story; fast horses, fast women and fast living, and to day he is tha object that you sec there, penniless, uncarcd for and in reality unknown. Health jaw bone, with several teeth in it. gone, money gone and friends long since turned from him, it is nut hard lo tell what the end will be.” An hour later the same young man wssseen wending bis way homeward with a full cargo ol “cemetery promoter” carefully- wrapped up ia his inside anatomy. John Barleycorn is indeed his king.—Sumter Republican. of a Colorado hotel. The institu tion was ia the centre of a region where nature had launched her gifts. Healing springs and in vigorating mountain breezes at traded invalids from every qunr ter and the proprietor of the sani tariuui was reported a rich man He had been in that country for thirty years. He was a silent, un communicative man, not morose or sullen, but simply nncommuni calive. He never spoke of his family or of “the States,” aod were it not that he was a man of evident lefioemenl and education, be would have passed as one boi n in the life-giving valley, which he, above all men, had developed, for tariom had listened to the sad story With his face bnried in bis hands—a common attitude for him. When the old man hail fin i ished the proprietor left the room abruptly. The group noticed that he was deadly pile and one of them re marked that it appeared as though Jim had been taken bad. Two hours later a pistol shot rang out from the hotel man's pii vale office. When the group ran into the room Jim lav no the floor, with a bullet hole in bis bead. On the desk lay two documents, fresh ly written. One was marked “my will,'’ the other “my confession." The will left everything to the old anything he would ever say or tha miner who had told the story, world outside of its pine fringed i The confession was lo the effect confines. Oo this particular night an old man in the group told, with the simple pathos of an unlettered mind, the story of the great grief of hia life. He had goae lo Cali that he bad rubbed tha returning miner na he slept. Retiring to a closet he had with a knife scoop ed onl the inside of a cake of soap and accreted the roll ef bills and replaced the cake, which Sabtiaih by working.” The above answer is one which may be especially commended te all business men, and they would find it well to “do likewise.”— Railroad Record. fornia in '49. leaving a wife and : showed no signs of having been child behind him. He prospered I cut in two pieces, in a valise.— iu the land of the Argonauts and j kept up a regular communication years. They had been placed in a pot which was broken lo pieces. The banes were much wasted, ow ing to the long time they had liren buried. Among them was a with his family, sending them sufficient sums from time to lime lo keep them in comfort, but say tng nothing about the “pile” he would hare within a year or so. Remember the Sabbath Day. “How on north do you manage to stand up under the tremendous physical ms well as mental strain which you continually endure?” a There was also iu the lot a stone pi|ie, which was much worn.— Un ion <fc Recorder. The result of the Louisiana elec tion ought to convince the north cm republicans of whal lliry oughl to have known long since— that they hare lost their hold on the negro rote of the smith, and esc never again command it as WU 1 5#t be Wilhont Morse’s Fills, they have done. All that south SHOW i A8ES 3s£ CASE. The Til-lens, Lorick Pierces, Corcorans. Bancrofts and Jeff Da vises of Llie laat quarter of the presen' century, representatives respectively of the Law, the Pul pit. BusiIKSS. History and Poll- tics, will besought, for in vain in the first quarter of the next.— Un ion & Recorder -»•-«- Soul Experiment. You cannot afford to waste time i in experimenting when your lungs are in danger. Consumption al ways seems, al first only a cold Do not permit any dealer to iin |iose upon you with some cheap imitation of Dr. King's New Dis covei v lor Consumption, Coughs and Colds, but be sure you get the genuine. Because he can make more profi- he m»r tell you he has something just as good, orjust. llie same. Don't be de e-ivrd. but insist upon getting Dr. King's New Discovery, which is guaranteed to give relief in all Throat, Lung and Chest affec tions. Trial bottles free at J. W. Stanford's Drug. Store.. ern democrats have lo fear is ill vision among themsclrc-s. and they ought most carefully to guard agniust everything which has a tendency to such divisions.— Quihunn Free Prert Perhaps the most intelligent dog in the Slate is owned liv Mr. A. S Bales of this place. Oue -lav this week Mr. Bales wrote a note to Lee Edwards at the postoffice. asking him to lend Jeff his ball lo play with, that he would return it in a short while, and gave it to Jeff lo carry over, which he did. hut found llie postoffice closed. Jeff went round to a side window, jumped in. lotiad the hall sr-d car ried it to his mailer Now, the question is, -lid J- ff read the note, or how did lie know what was wsnted and where to gel n?— Jlarshallcille Timet. Senator Joe Brown, of Georgia, should hare the honor of writing the inscription for the -lead negro soldiers’ monument He would doubtless inscribe them as brave, chivalrous heroes, whom the De mocracy of Georgia should love and honor as tbeir distinguished Senator does. Now, the worst of it all is that Joe Brown can make thiee fourths of the Georgia Dem ocrats believe that it is policy aod right to vote f100,000 to perpeto- ate their sacred memory. Dog on Charleston, Iowa. \V. II. Comstock, Mar. 17, 18S7. Hear Sir—1 have been selling your Pills for four reals and would nut be w ithout them iu stock. 1 have some customers -hat would rot be w-ithout your Indian Root Pills in their homes. One of my patrons saiJ that he had to pay about fifty dollars doctor’s bill every year for several years, uu- til he couiinenced using your Pills, lie says that lie lias not had a doctor ill the house lor more than three years. They say that is all the doc tor they neod. Yours very truly, liu H. II. Cross, Druggist. A Worthy Colored Womaa, Mary Pullura is one of the few colored women in Sumter counly tbat has a competency and is able lo weed her own row, independent of anyone. Her uusliand, John Pullum, sliest last year, leaving her a good farm, well slocked and paid fur. She runs eight plows of her own, raises her own provis ions, is not afraid of work and is putting money away every year. Yesterday morning she drove in town in her own buggy, which was pulled by as pretty a pair of black horses as one would csre to look at. She is well known among the merchants, anyone of whom is glad to have her patron age. though she buys carefully and sparingly.—Sumter Republican. Be a companion lo yonr has band if he is a wise man; and. if he's not, try to make him become yonr companion. Raise bis stan dard, do not let him lower yours. He wanted to surprise the folks j gentleman in our presence asked at home with his good fortun-.' y oun 8 Brown, the General Al last he had accumulated $10, 000 and the longing came over him lo go home. His dust was converted into ten crisp bank notes and he started homeward. “You sec, boys, I didn't rig up in new toga, or anything like that. A fellow likes to go back home in his old camp togs, ami knock around a few days, letting on as though he bad come home, sad then when every one has about made up tbeir minds that you never were any good any bow, spring your fortune on them, and give them the laugh that had been giving it to you. I made the trip overland all i iglit, and was on the railroad train within 300 miles of my wilc0id baby, when I dozed off for a few minutes. When 1 awoke I had been robbed of my pile. I always was a fool abonl telling my business to strangers, and there wasn’t a man on the car that didn't know that 1 was a miner going home with a fortune. When 1 awoke and found that 1 had been robbed I gave the alarm. No one had left the train. There was great excitement and one man profiosed that everybody in the car he searched. No one objected, and the conductor aad myself went through every man on the car and examined every valise and piece of baggage in it. I felt just as th-ugh my heart would break, not for myself—I was used lo hard luck—but for my wife and little gal. I couldn't go home and face them, so I got off at the next city, and the next day I was off on my way to the coast to begin all over again. 1 was just getting on my feet once more wben I got a letter one day with a black border. *y little gal had been taken tick with the typhoid fever and died, and two days Inter they laid ber mother away with her. That settled it. I have been oo good since, and 1 Freight and Passenger Agent of «he Western A Atlantic Railroad. -You seem t« be close at your business all day. and I am told you scarcely ever quit before mid night. You look slender, and like one of feeble constitution, yet yoo do more work than any man in your position or any other that I know of. How do you stand it?" “By never doing any work on Sun-lay,” was the reply. ‘ When twelve o'clock Saturday night comes. I drop any business that I may kavu in band, and I don’t touch it again before Monday morning. I never open a letter on Sunday, unless the handwriting 00 the eovelo|ie shows that it is from some relative or friend whom 1 know to have written only on social topics. I never open a tele gram on Sunday; to if any one wires me a message which be knows will reach me on Sunday he may just as well wait till Monday. “I think every business man ought to scrupulously abstain from all business matters on Sun day; first, because it is required by the Bible and, secondly, be cause if he does his duty on week days he needs the rest on Sunday. The first is my principal reason; but the other is a very important one; and I always find that al though I may close the week very tired, yet I begin it a* fresh as a rose.” “You don't attend to any rail road business on Sunday, then?" “No, sir. and whenever I have to begin to do so I shall qmt the road. But as Mr. R A. Ander son, our Superintendent is about as strong in bit belief of the sanctity of the Sabbath as I am, I don’t think there is nny likeli hood of my quilting the read ea- pecixlly for this cause, until the lease is out. I attribute Tery much of my business success lo the fact that 1 do not violate the A Foiut for Blaine. Mr. Conklmg'a death, it is be lieved by many, wiil affect the po litical situation with regard lo the Presidency. This belief is based upon an impression that while Mr. Conkling lived Mr. Blaine did not care to be the Republican can didate, because be had no hope of carrying New York, but now he may think be can carry that Slate and may be anxious lo try for the Presidency again. Mr. Conkling was certainly an implacable foe of the “Plumed Knight.” The enmity between them dated from the lime they were in the lower House of Con gress together, where each used his powar of invective lo humili ate the other. After that they were not on speaking terms. When Mr. Blaine was Secretary of Stale unuer President Garfield, he was the indirect cause of Mr. Conkling retiring to private life. The ex Senator had his revenge in 1884, however, wben lie was partly instrumental in bringing about Mr. Blaine's defeat for the Presidency, aud if he had lived and Blaine had been the Rcpubli can candidate, doubtless lie would have pursued the same course iu 1888 that he did in 1884. When it is considered tbst Mr. Conk ling's horns county, which gave Mr. Garfield nearly 2,000 majuri ty, gave Mr. Cleveland a majority ef 30, the political significance attaching to bis death will be ap predated. The result in Oneida county was due, ao doubt, in part,/ lo Mr. Cleveland's popularity and to 8 et r '^ in part to Mr. Conkling's infiu ence. If the personal followers of Mr. Conkling can be induced to forget their hostility to Mr. Blaine the latter may think his chances Ibr carrying New York this year are better than they were in 1884. There is certainly- a probability that this hostility will disappear, hut it must not be overlooked that Mr. Cleveland’s popularity in New York has increased owing to the admirable administration which he has given the country. Mr. Conkling's death affects the political situation to the extent of making Mr. Blame's nomination even more probable than it al ready was. Mr. Blaine's support ers are undoubtedly working lo secure his Domination aver his seeming protest. They will now enter into the work with redoubled energy, and with evtrv prospect of success.—Savannah 2ieu>t. -lanced with the iinderieker*' daughter, anil seemed to be thor oughly enjoying himself. The undertaker thought he knew his' face, hut didn’t like to he rude ancf ask him his name; but by-and-byl all llie guests departed, and tbs strange gentleman was the only onu left. “Shall I send for s cab for you?” said the host at last.— “No, thank you,” replied the gen tleman; “I'in staying in lb# house.” “Staying in the house!” exclaimed the undertaker; “who arc you, sir?” “What, don't you' know me!—I'm the corpse that’ was brought in this afternoon.” The undertaker, horrified rush ed to the mortuary- room and found the coffin empty. His wife still daughter had been dancing with a corpse. An explanation,of course followed. The gentleman, who had only been in a trance, hall suddenly recovered, and hearing music and revelry- above, and hav ing a keen sense of humor,had got out of his coffin (the Spanish cof fin closes with a lid, which is only locked just previous to interment) and joined the festive parly. II« was quite presentable, as ia Spam the dead are generally buried ia full evening dress.—Referee. Bnrjing Live People. Burials alive are far more com non in bot countries, where the burial takes place within twenty foar boars after death, than they are here, where one gets, as a rule, a week's grace. In Spain the body is frequently removed lo the ua dertaker's shop a few boors after death. Iu one of the largest of these establishments in Madrid, some years ago, an extraordinary- sight was witnessed. A gentle man was brought in his “casket” one afternoon and placed in the room set apart for that branch of the business. Tbe proprietor liv ed OTer bis premises, and on this especial evening was giving a grand ball. Wben tbe ball was at its height, a gentleman in full evening dress suddenly joined the company. He danced with, tbe wife of the undertaker, and be Hew to Caleb Rats. Col. J. M. Truitt, of Troup county, is one of the most prosper ous fanners in that icgioril He lives at home, and is always sur rounded by plenty. His corn cribk are always full of home-raised corn, and naturally he has a full 1 assortment of rats, of all sizes, ages and conditions—but most generally tbeir condition is very fat. He has tried every rat trap ever invented, has used poison and almost every other means hiibwa of rats, but they have' kept right on multiplying and eat ing corn. Col. Truitt had in bis yard an old fashioned sorghum kettle, which had been iu use before itis war, and a thought struck him one day when looking at it, won dering what it was good f.»r. He had it carried into the crib and placed so that rats could easily get into it. It was then filled about half full of water and a thin layer of cotton see-l placed over the water, where it floated and' presented a very solid surface. Ia the center of this was floated li very templing bail, which is prov ing too much for the rats. They bodily jump on the cotton seed when it parts and lets them into llie water, where they are sooa -frowned. It is estimated that oa' an averaee at least a haif bushel' of drowned rats are taken from' this old kettle every morning, and' Col. Truitt is delighted with his' scheme.—LaGrange Reporter. When fine feathers have been strewn over tbe floor dampen the carpet slightly; you can then get the feathers together with light sweeping and take them up in a wad. The most acute embarrassment' a girl ever suffers is wben, after passing a fellow on the street fer whom she hiis a concealed fond ness, she looks back al bim and' he catches her al it. The very large mules are Ht' the best for general farm purpn^ es. The medium-sized, trim, well-formed animal is tougher,- more economical to feed, easier to* handle, and better every way.-