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The Bainbridge Democrat.
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BAINBRIDGE, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 27,1884.
VOL XIII-NO. 23.
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I}** i,, u p -Uily at
■SriCall»l>»ni d
.lark'-oiiTilTe daily
%?«it DuPont Jaily at ...
^.,,,1 <J.<iranrfe 'Tail/ at.
8:30 a. m
....10:14 a. ra
,... 11 ;50 p m
... .1/35 p. m
at. .2:80 p. it)
12 58 a m
..3 16 p m
Z, ..tEireOaV daily at 3 45 pm
Sew Bradford dally at....6 00 p m
;,e ,1 Hague daily at 7 05 p m
te ,t Valdosta daily at 1 56 p m
i u Onitman daily at «•'® f? P m
, al ThniBiarille daily *t 3 2o p m
„ ,i /tiiatjridge daily at 5 10 P “
■„,< Chattahoochee daily at. .5 38 p m
lAflaitahoochre daily at 11 16 a m
Raiubt-i'JK* daily at 11 30 p m
| 1—tl n««as*iU<s daily at I 35 p m
'daily at 2 26 a m
rdtaita daily at.... 2 59 p m
y* r<ffK ,t daily at « W a a
£„*» Bradford daily at ..... .8 25 p m
Lite Oak daily at 9 40am
.Suwannee daily at.10 02 a m
it Dul’ont daily at 3 05 a m
I tftre Ja.-ksoiiTiIl« daily at 2 20 p m
line Callahan daily at 3 15pm
[ lff i,i n W ayrroaa daily at 6 05 p m
L-Htiil Jesup daily at .....6 36 p M
[l-nitSarannali dally at. ..... 8 17 p n
' |,twHi Saranoak and Waycross this
| MII «pi * a, T »t Fleming, Johnston’s,
jjaip aid Blackshear. Between Waycross
Iiii Jaak itnville stop* only at Folksten and
| i^Qahan* Between Waycross and Chatta-
|iMchen Hops only at Dupont, Valdosta,
[jjitaia, Thomasviileand all regular Bta-
| (<i« between Thotnusville and Cbattahoo-
Between Dupout and Neurnans-
| tdia at all stations,
rtaiiigen (or Fernauiiaa Uk« thin
tail.
fmengers for Brunswick Tia Waycross
| bki this train
Putetigers for Madison, Monticello,
I Tillahaaiee and all Middle Florida points
| taka thin train.
Cltit eiBDection at Jacksonville daily
I (hsJayi eicepted) Green Cove Springs,
Si. jujiitin*. Palalka, Enterprise, Sanford
| in all landings on St. John’s river.
hllma Parlor cars between Savannah
ui jMkianville.
Minas Buffet and tlnsping cars on this
mil (• Savannah Pensacola, Mobile and
| hfOrlsaoi.
This train connects at New Branford with
I Mur Csdde Belle, leaving for Cedar
It; u4 Fawannee river points Monday and
| Unity saerninga arrivieg at
j OMar Cera the same afternoon. Return-
H, lute* Cedar Keys Tuesday and Fri-
i»f after arrival ef Gnlf steamships.
Puttigcri for Pcneacola, Mobile, New
feimi,Texas, and traas Mississippi points
nit fine connections at Chattahoochee
ial; witk traias ef Pensacola and Atlaatic
h lna4 arriving at Penaacela at 11:45 ■..
Miiils at 4.44 a. m , New Orleans at 10:10
!«.
EXPRESS.
Urn Savannah daily at_..,„.,..,3 20 p m
Inti J nap daily at ...5 30 p m
Arrive tt Way cress daily at ...7 05 p
trnveat (.'allaliato daily at 9 15 am
arrive at Jacksonville daily at. .1000 a ra
win Jsrkianville daily at... 8 30 a in
hiTiCtiiikam daily at ...9 16 pm
hi’iWsycrets daily at 10 40 p m
arrivi st J eanp daily at 1213 pm
imvi st Bavannah daily at 2 85 a m
Tin train stops at all stations between
k’liiah and Jacksonville,
hi,an parler cars on this train Savan-
Hi ii Jaeksonville.
hungers tor WMdo, Gainesville,
R*4w toy, Ocala, Wildwood and all eta-
tiiM n Florida Transit and Peninsula
Aaiimtuke this train.
Ciiiwitfcs at Savannah daily with
Chiri«ut aa4 Savannah Railway for all
Viati !t«nh sad East and Central Railroad
hrsil points West and Northwest.
ALBANY EXPRESS.
lavi Savannah daily at 8 40 p m
j-nvi Jesap daily at „ 11 05 a m
'Nvi ITivcross daily at 2 35 a m
Arati a< Callahan daily at 5 35 a m
irmttt Jacksonville daily at... 7 00 a <n
■briTi »t Thoia&.svilie daily at 7 16 a m
»t Albany daily at 11 15 a to
■***' Albany daily at 4 15 p ni
, • ~ha«asTfile daily at 7 40 a m
j-U'i Uapont daily at 11 00 p m
wi'iJackionville daily at 9 30 pm
Callahan daily at 10 17 p m
•mu at Waycross daily at 12 20 am
rri’iit Jeinp daily at 2 55 am
■ mvi st Savannah daily at, 5 25 a m
h lain palace sleeping cars Savannah
“^ksonville. 6
h:’ IIB , n p»i ace b u ff e t and Bleeping cars
’Uaak to Jacksonville.
fuNngers for Bruswick, via Jesup, take
•*« train.
^*?®**g*rs for Macon take thia train,
• T !ig at Macoa at 7 45 a m.
fisscngcvj for Fernaadina, Waldo,
TIME CARD,
Taiins Edict 0«*. Stk, (SSI.
Le 8 20 p m...Cincinnati....6 80a m AT
Le 12 80 a m... Louiavllle~....l 55am At
Le 8 25 a m... .Nashville ..m.7 16 pm At
Le 5 25 p m. .Birmingham. .It) 56 a » Ar
Le 9 45 p m...Montgomery 6 55 a m Ar
.,e 6 15 pm. Houston 6 54 am A?
Le 6 15 p m... .New Orleans..10 10 a Sa Ar
Le 11 55 a m.,. .Mobile ...4 45 » m Ar
Going EasWl GULF ROUTE, j Going West.
ATLANTIC EX. / ( OCLVEX
5 00 a in. le....Pensacola....Ar. 11 45 p «a
5 46 a m .Milton 11 04 p m
6 35 a m Cbafflns 10 11 p m
7 41 a m Lake deFuniak 9 07 p m
7 4$ a m Argyie 9 00pm
8 17 a m Caryville 8 29 p m
9 67 a ra Marianna 7 10pm
1053am ....River Junction ...,600pm
ACCOMMODATION,
Lre 8 20 p m
.. .Pensacola..
. 9 05 a m Ar
< 8 45 ■ *
.. ..Bohemia...
..8 41 * < <
• 8 53 ‘ *
. .BelleTue...
.8 33 1 ‘ *
* 8 57 1 ‘
.. .Escambia...
..8 28 < • *
« 9 83 * • .
Arcadia...
..7 55 ‘ * *
‘ 9 50« « .
Milton....
.7 45 • ‘ «
<10 33* <
.. .Good Range.
..6 55 • « •
‘11 19 * ‘
Holts
..6 09 < < *
• 1206 a m
.. .Chaffin’s...
..5 3? « « •
‘1240 ‘ *
Crest riew..
..5 00 * ‘ •
* 1 34 ‘ ‘
.. .Deer Land..
..4 30 « < •
* 2 08 ‘ <
. Moseley Head
.4 20 ‘ * ‘
‘ 3 10 ‘ <
.Lake deFuniak
..3 10 • • •
‘ 3 27 ‘ «
......Argyie ...
..2 54 • ‘ •
• 3 54 * ‘
.Ponce deLeon.
..2 26 • • •
< 4 22 • <
.. .Westville...
..158 < • *
< 5 00* ‘
.. .Caryiillo...
..1 50 ‘ « *
‘ 3 35 • *
... Bonifay....
.1248 • • *
• 6 11 • *
...Chipley. ...
12 1* ‘ * ‘
‘ 6 50 < •
..Cottondale...
11 32 p m ‘
< 7 50 < ‘
.. .Muriauua :
10 55 < * •
• 8 30 « *
Cypress...
1100 ‘ 4 4
‘ 9 06 < *
Sneads. .
..9 23 4 4 4
Arr 9 30 ‘ ‘
.Hirer Junction
. 9 00 4 4 Lve
[Eastern Terminus]
MILTON ACCOMMODATION.
Lve 4 15 pm. . .Pensacola 9 15a m Ar
Ar 5 30
... .Milton
8 00 a m Lve
Through Pullman Sleepers, New Orleans
to Savannah, and Savannah to New York
without change -
Pullman sleeper New Orleans to Jack
sonville.
Solid through trains from Pensacola to
Jacksonville.
Through car Pensacola to Cedar Koys
without change and Without extra charge.
F. C. 8I1EPARD,
W. D. CHIPLEY. Gen. Paw. Agt.
Yiee-Pres. and Glen. Sup’*
CITATION.
GEOGIA—Decatur Coumy ;
To whom it may conucrn. It appearing
to me that the estate of A. D. Watson Into
of said county deceased* is without legal
representation notic is hereby given that
administration will be vested in John 11-
Brown County Administrator in and for
said county at tho April term 1884 un
less val<d objections be filed. Given under
my band officially this January 30th 1884.
MASTON O'NEAL.
40 ds Ordinary.
■efore else BmlL
To-night I shall dram ta my finest—
ni pat on my latest white silk;
I dull wear my aamber two rfippart
Kigh-hoeted and the color of milk.
My gloves shell ran to my shoulders,
My win ell lovely end fair.
And then I shall wear an my diamonds,
And have diamond dnt in ay hair,
TV sttln the box at eleven,
And ail tho rich cavtocade sean,
And Freddie shall sit at my elbow,
And to and fra teeter my fan.
Right there we shall Unger together
And in tender whisperings speak,
And I shall be happy, and make all
The other girls sick for a week.
Bill Sqeezed Her.
We stood in sunset's fitful glow,
That made the hair all golden,
Of Mary Ann, a maiden fair,
(And alae somewhat olden)t
Upon my shoulder sank her beed{
Her cheeks were slightly (net,
Her eyes, of Heaven's softest blue,
Hid 'ueath the lids so cosy.
I glued my lips onto her own {
Squeezed 'till I feared I'd crack her,
She murmured softly, "Gracious, Bill,
Yer breath smeUa of Herbacker.”
Weaunheed With Hefier.
A woman'* beanty lies within
A tinted cheek or dimpled chin;
▲ laughing eye er chiseled nose;
A rnnnded form or graceful pose.
Tet deeper far her Scanty lies,
In being modest, good and wise;
No hirer jewel e’er was fouod
Than womahood with honor orowaed.
Two Opinions.
“I weald not be a girl,'* said Jack,
"Because they have no fnn;
They can not go a-fishing, nor
A-okoottng with a gun."
"I would not ho a hoy,” said Mary,
"For hoys are horrid things,
With pockets filled with hooks and knives
And nails and tops and strings."
CAPTOR AID PRISONER.
/. . * twr reniH-juius, naiuu,
“"".'ill.. Cedar Key Ocala, Wildwood
, . *•' nations on Florida Transit and
** ^ala Railroad lake this train.
ko»n tcl t on Jacksonville daily (Sun-
i/* tIft P l edl for Green Cove Spring, St.
ralatka. Enierpise. Sanford and
‘Mdiag on St. John’s River
^*»«»c!i*n at Albany daily with
■"* t *?ertrain both ways on Southwestern
fHfiteaau from Macon. Eufaula, Mont»
«***fy. Mobile. New Orleans, etc.
at Savannah daily with
'ad Savannah Railway for all
r 1l *tihonh and East.
trim's V* 1 ' 0 * * l Savannah daily with cen-
"ailrou for points West and North.
Tickets sold and Sleeping Car
T:ei., , n^ c * mmo ^ at ‘ ons secured at Bren’s
He-. ^ Ce ' So ‘ ’^3 Bull street, and at the
P a oj s depot foot of Liberty Street.
Li w" Re,wu tont and I-unch Counter
I,, . * ®P en «d in the station at WaydTgss;
ki .ii ' d&nl lim e will be allowed for meals
^‘1‘PMsenger trains.
rLllCNG, 1
CITATION.
GERGIA—Decatur County:
To whom it may concern. It appearing
t» me that the estate of Wade p- Hodges
—late of said county deceased in wi-hnut
legal representation notice is hereby
given that Administration will bt vested
in John M- Brown County Administrator
in and for said countyat the April term 1884
unless valid objections be filed. Given
under my band officially. This 30 Jan -
1884-
MASTON O’NEAL,
30 dys Ordiaary -
They Meet After Many Tenia.
A middle-aged man approached
Gen. Hampton the other daj, says
James R. Randall in a Washing
ton lntter, and asked his influence
in pressing a claim before the
Military Committee of the Senate.
The stranger then said: “Gen
eral, I am glad to see you again.
Yon do not recognize me, but you
persoanlly made a prisoner of me.
during the war.” Comparing
notes, Hampton found out that it
was a fact, and recalled the cir
cumstance. He was recon noiter-
ing one night and missed his way.
Around him burned many mere
camp fires than he had left behind
him. Entering a house he discov
ered that he had strayed into the
enemy’s lines. A few soldiers
were seated at a table, and abrupt
ly addressing them, as if a superior
officer of their own army, he asked
who they were and what they
.were doing there. One man spoke
up and replied: “We belong to
the Eighth New York Regiment,
and Gen. Warren sent U6 to get
milk.” Hampton felt that all of
his nerve and address would be
required to extricate himself from
this . dangerous position. He
reached for his pistol, held it
along his thigh, and, leaving the
house, commanded the man who
had spoken to him to follow. He
did so. Hampton mounted his
horse and called the man to him.
Bending down to the Federal
soldier’s ear he whispered; “I
have a pistol aimed at your head
and will shoot you if any alarm
is made.” The surprised soldier
whispered: “Don’t shoot. 1
surrender.” Hampton then bade
him move on just ahead of his
horse, and so brought him into the
Confederate camp. It was this
man who, after more than 20
years, met his captor and asked a
favor of him, as a Senator that he
was more than willing to grant.
It was a strange and romantic co
incidence in the returning cycles
of time.
SUBSCLBE FOR
The Mormon saints prefer pure
alcohol diluted with hot water and
spiced with lemon, to any other
drink, according to a Utah corres-
bVp£!*«. I Tee County Piper W»T«* ^pondent.
CITATION.
GEORGIA—Decatur County:
To wboa it may concern : It appear
ing (bat the estate of Littleton Belcher
late of said county deceased is without
legal representation—notice is hereby
given that AdJiinistration on said estate
will be vested in John M. Brown, County
Administrator injand for said county at the
April term 1884 unless valid objections
be filed. Given under my hand and
official signature this 30tL day of January
1884.
MASTON O’NEAL.
Ordinary.
CITATION.
GEORGIA—Decatur County :
David P. Harris guardian of Willie J.
Harris having applied to the Court f
Odinary of said county for a discharge
from hts guardianship of Willie J. Harris
person and property, this.is therefore to
cite all persons concerned to show cause
by filing objections in my office, why the
said David P. Harris should not be dis
missed from his guardianship ef Willie
P. Harris and receive the usual letteis of
dismission on the 1st Monday in April
next. Given under my official signature.
Mastox O’Ne^
1 m Ordinary.
CITATION.
TO ALL WHOM IT MAYJCONCERN :
DanielS. Oliver having in proper form
applied to me for permanent letters of
administration on the estate of Atba
Lashly late ef Decatur county, this is to
cite all and singular the creditors and next
of kin of Atba Lashly to be and appear
at my office, within the time allowed by
law, and 6how cause, if any. they can,
why permanent administration should
not be granted to Daniel S. Oliver on the
first Monday in April 1884. Witness my
and and official signature.
MASTON O’NEAL,
February 29th 1884. Ordinaiy.
The Democrat,
IDITORIAL BREVITIES.
CoL James Buchannan, of
Blakely, died on Sunday evening
alter a protracted illness. He
was an old citizen, if not the oldest
in the county.
There is a prisoner in the jail
at Lumkin who is trying to starve
himself to death. He was locked
Up on Thursday of last week, and
have persistently refused to eat
anything ever since.
Justice S. Tudstill, an old and
well to do citizen of Brooks county
was found burned to death Tues
day. A fire was raging on his
plantation, and he was trying to
put it out, when in some way he
fell in the fire and was afterward
found dead.
Mrs. Mary Raspberry, widow of
Detective Raspberry, who was
killed by Penn Bedell, who was
afterwards killed by Gaines Chisa-
holm, a few years ago, is sueing
certain parties for the recovery
of twenty-five acres of land in the
fourth ward of Atlanta, valued at
$500,000.
Barnuttt’s circus and menagerie
peraded through the streets of
New York a few -days ago. The
procession included, according to
the advertisement, thirty-three
golden chariots, some of them four
stories high, nearly a hundred
cages and open dens of Animals,
thirty-two dromedaries, several
reindeer chariots, twelve bands of
music, besides scores of Afghans,
Hindoos, Nubains, and Australian
cannibals in chariots drawn by
forty trained elephants.
Last year’s flood in the lower
Mississippi is likely to be equaled
this year. The point of danger is
reached when the water at
Vicksburg rises to forty-two feet,
and it is already at forty-five.
The Ohio is now falling, bat the
Red river at Shreveport is higher
than it has been since 1849. For
several weeks there will be ground
for solicitude as to the fate ef the
vast area along the lower Missis
sippi, which has m recent years so
frequently suffered from floods.
A negro man, named Jim John
son, while under the influence of
whiskey was run over by cars
about three miles from Leesburg,
on Saturday night last, and had
both of his legs cut off. He lived
until about II o’clock Saturday,
and was perfectly conscious till
his death. He said that he did
not know when the cars struck
him, and did not know he was
hurt until he tried to get up and
found that both legs were cut off,
A negro living near hearing him
call for help, went and carried
Johnson to his cabin, and then
went back and brought liis legs.
Albany News: A singular case
of hydrophobia occurred on the
the Kendrick piney woods place,
seven miles below the city. A
negro tenant had a horse' and a
cow bitten by a fice dog about
three weeks ago. Last Saturday
these animals began to show
signs of hydrophobia by foaming
at the mouth and exhibiting a
disposition to bite everything in,
their way. On Monday last the
negro was compelled to kill them.
It was a great loss to the tenant
the horse being valued at $175 by
those who knew it. It would be
well to keep an eye on the dog,
even if dog days are not here.
The high license idea is rapidly
crowding out prohibition in New
York. Since the mass meeting
held in that city a few woeks ago
there has been a decided revolu
tion in temperance sentiment.
Such temperance men a Judge
Noah Davis, Mr. Belcher, Mr. Cut
ting and Dr. Howard Crosby stat
ed at the meeting that they con
sidered prohibition impracticable
and that, as the next best thing,
they believed high license the
most effective method of restrict
ing the rum traffic. It is evident
that the high license method is
gaining popularity, and will prob
ably be put to the test
CHOOSING A WIFE.
Feminine Named Which Recommend
Themselves ta Certain Members ot
the Other Sex-
A manufacturer of steel should
choose a wife named Bess-Emma.
Yes, certianly, no doubt of it.
Bessener.
For a barkeeper—Dand-her-
liquor, er as he would be more
apt to pronounce it, Anjellycar.
For the sporting man—Bet; a
bet who is a dow-wager.
For a regular diner out—Dinah;
and may the offspring perpetuate
your Dinah sty.
Abankupt will probably find
out what Judy-Kate means as well
as anybody.
A dancing master’s wife ought
be named Grace.
A man with wooden leg would
perhaps like to be able to
say to his wife .* Oh! limp here.
It would be better than Infirm
Alary.
To a lover of the awful is to be
recommended. The awfuller, yes,
Theophila.
A traveler in the East may be
recommended to the care of-Ann,
or if he prefer a wife who can give
him shelter, let him seek a carav-
an-Sarey.
For an auctioneer, Lottie, or
Beddie. and that suggests a good
name for an auctioneer bimaelf—
Oh 1 bid-higher.
A railroad traveler may be
obliged to put up whether he will
or no with a Loose Oinder.
To a mean man it may be said
by way of consolation that he can
easily find a woman who is Mina-
still.
The poor but honest young man
will no doubt look forward with
joy to Earn-his-tin. Quite cor
rect Earnestine.
To a Magistrate Madge’s traits
may not prove unpleasing.
Fora miller, Ca-milla is em
inently suitable.
For a rifleman—Minnie.
Fer a man who does not know
what kind of a woman, he wants
may be rtcommended, as an in
definite article. An?
For a quack, as a second self—
Charlotte-Ann.
For a punctilious man—Hetty-
Kit.
A man who starts building will
be apt to fall in love with Floor-
ents. Yes, Florence will suit
him.
A lawyer’s wife ought to be
named Fee me,
An umbrella maker’s—Rene.
A pugilist’s wife—Mill died.
A man who perspires profusely
should get a Fan.
For a fireman—Loose-eel. Yes,
Lucille.
For a man as long-winded as
these dubious puns may be truth-
lully recommended a Bridget, and
to the man who is already bored
to death over them, let his wife be
named Patience.
How to Rob Oat Coras Easily.
How many people go hobbling
about with corns on their feet 1
And the deacon after thirty years,
is cured sound and well. How
simple! No wonder he would
hail from the housetop: Salicylic
acid thirty parts; solid extract
cannabis indica, fire parts; collo
dion, 240 parts. Apply four!
nights, then a warm foot-bath,
and rub off the collodion. If the
corn doe# not come out easily, re
peat till it does. It will come.
It has come. Does not hurt at all
nor prevent for a moment the use
of the stocking.—“Pipsey Potts,”
in Arthur's Magazine.
Rev. J. W. Fackler, a Baptist
preacher in Stewart county, has
been deposed from the ministry
for drunkenness and profanity.
He always was a slack wad.
The Eufaula Times states that a
cotton compress will be erected
in Eufaula. It is Dot advised as
to what interest of whom it will
be built, but has assurances that
Eufaula is to have one.-
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Ceaflete Text ef hto Speeel Befsr* tke
Legislature »f ■lasIsslypL
The Jackson (Miss.) Clarion
gives the following complete re
port of the speech of Jefferson
Davis at the oavtion extended to
him by the Legislature of that
State on the 10th inst;
“Friends and Brethren of Mis
sissippi: In briefest terms, but
with deepest feeling, permit me
to return my thanks for the unex
pected honor you have conferred
on me. Away from the political
sea, I have in my secluded home
observed with intense interest all
passing events affecting the in
terest or honor ef Mississippi, and
have rejoiced to see in the diversi
fication of labor, the development
new sources of prosperity, and the
oi increased facilities of public edu
cation, reason to hope for a future
to our State more prosperous than
any preceding era. The safety
and honor of a republic must rest
upou the morality, intelligence and
patriotism of the community
“We are now in a transition
state, which is always a bad one,
both in society and in nature.
What is to be the result of the
changes which may be anticipated
it is not possible to forecast, but
our people have shown such forti
tude and have risen so grandly
from the deep depression inflicted
upon them that it is fair to enter
tain bright hopes for the future.
Sectional hate, concentrating it
self upon my devoted head, de
prives me of the privilege accord
ed to others in the sweeping ex
pression of “without distinction of
race, color or previous condition,”
but it cannot deprive me of that
which is nearest and deaTest to my
heart, the right to be a Miasissip-
pian, and it is with great gratifi
cation that I receive this emphatic
recognition of that right by the
representatives of our people
Reared on the soil of Mississippi,
the ambition of my boyhood was
to do something which would re
dound to the honor and welfare of
the State. The weight of many
years admonishes me that my day
for actual service has passed, yet
the desire remains undiminished
to see the people of Mississippi
prosperous and happy, and her
fame not unlike the past, but
gradually growing wider and
brighter as the yean roll away.
“It has been said that I should
apply to the United States for
a pardon, but repentance must
precede the right of pardon, and
I have not repented. Remember
ing as I must all which has been
suffered, all which has been lost,
disappointed hopes and crushed
aspirations, yet I deliberately say,
if it were to do over again, I would
again do just as I did in 1861. No
one is the arbiter of his own fate.
The people of the Confederate
States did more in proportion to
their numbers and means than was
ever achieved by any in the
world’s history. Fate decreed that
they should be unsuccessful in the
effort to maintain their claim to
resume the grants made to the
Federal Government. Our people
have accepted the decree; it there
fore behooves them, as they may,
to promote the general welfare of
the Union, to show to the world
that hereafter, as heretofore, the
patriotism of our people is not
measured by lines of latitude and
longitude, but is as broad as the
obligations they have assumed,
and embraces the whole of our
ocean-bound domain. Let them
leave to their children and chil
dren’s children the grand example
of never swerving from the path of
duty, and preferring to return
good for evil rather than to cherish
the unmanly peeling of revdfcge.
But never question or teach your
children to desecrate the memory
of the the dead by admitting that
th*eir brothers were wrong in the
effort to maintain the sovereignty,
freedom and independence
which was their inalienable bifth-
right. Remembering that the com
ing generation are the children of
the historic mothers whose devo
tion to our cause in its darkest
hour sustained the strong and
strengthened the weak, I cannot
believe that the cause for which
our sacrifices were made can ever
be lost, but rather hope that those
who now deny the jnstice of our
asserted claims will ltarn from
experience that the fathers builded
wisely, and the constitution
should be construed
according to the com
mentaries of the men who made it.
It having been previously under
stood that I would not attempt to
do more than to return my thanks
which are far deeper than it would
be possible for me to express, I
will now, Senators and Represent
atives, and to you, ladies and
gentlemen, who have honoredfmu
by your attendance, bid you an
affectionate, and, it may bo, a last
farewell.”
99,600 Fesad.
Correspondent:* Constitution.
Island Shoals, Ga., March 14»
On an adjoining farm Mr. Samuel
McDaniel, a young fanner, was in
the field plowing. His plow
caught in some obstruction. Urg
ing the mule, be found that tho
plow had caught in tho handle
of a five gallon jug, which waa
slowly pulled out of tho ground.
The jug had a cork stopper sealed
with sealing wax and a piece of
tin doubled over it, with a wiro
fastened round it, making tt per
fectly secure. McDaniel was an
xious to know what was in the jug
so taking his heel-sorew off his
plow he twisted off the wire. Thi|*
enabled him to take out the oorkjr
He then placed the jug on a \
stump, and applying hie lips test- \
ed the best brandy he h*4 ever 'i
sampled. So captivated was 1m
that he drank several times, and
at last the liquor overcoming Mm,
he slipped down asleep at the
foot of the stump. Failing to
come to dinner his mother went
out to the field after him, when
he was about waking up. To
gether they gave the jug another
examination, when Mrs. McDan
iel’s attention was attracted to ite
great weight, An investigation
showed the presence of 1,900 five
dollar gold pieces, making a total
of $9,500.
The mystery was cleared np fa
a singular manner. McDaniel’S
grand father Was a captain in the
Florida war. It was known that'
he was wealthy before he left*
On news of his death in one of the
battles with the Indiana, his heirS
could find no trace of his money.
The fact that years after hie only
grandson and heir should hate
found his fortune is a ningnlnr in
cident. The finding of this jug-
leads to the hope that there may
be others and the plowing of that
field is watched with interest
The value of southern forests if
now fully recognized, and ever/
year adds in a marked degree to'
the development of their wealth. .
Nothing could better indicate the
future importance ef the southern
lumber traffic than the high esti*
mate in which the woods erf held
away from home. One ef the
leading lumber dealers of Minaest-
pclis has just made a trip through
the south and closed contracts bf
which he will hereafter be enabled
to carry in the Minneapolis mark
et a full stock walnut, cherry,'
sycamore,red cedar, curly pine,
yellow pine flooring, and last, not
least, gum-wood. The Lumber
man in considering .the possibili
ties of this traffic says the expense
of finishing a building in theesr
fine and durable woods it bat
little above that of finishing id
soft pine, the extra exprase being
mainly in the laborand not in the
material. Heretofore no stoekff
these woods hasbeen carried in the
northwest, though their desirability
hasbeen frequently recognized id
the extent of purchasing special
orders at comparatively high price*
The outcome of the new venture
will be watched with interest;
Anyhow, it is only a question ef d
little time when the south will be'
shipping lumber in large quants-'
.ties to Minnesota;
