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RNIHG MARCH 0,1894.
CONQUER.
BILLY IN THE LOW GROUNDS,
OR, 1N.CORREO C B03T0Nh.SE,
WILLIAM IN THE VALLEY.
THE DIKE OE BAXCO'K
On tlie Floridian Frontier in
the Waycross War-—While
on the Tented Field In
numerable Spectres
were Flitting Among
the Gallberry
Bushes.
From the Macon Evening News.
Camp of Bed Billy—Duke of Hancock In the
pine wooda—Tents, officers, coart J;s ers—
Time: Midnight—Tho Duke standing in
front of lent, with sword, chapeau and
whiskers.
Enter officer hurriedly—“Most noble
Duke, the cordon is now complete!
Oar line extends along the Florida bor
der; our good troopers occupy, so asy
the couriers, the island of Cumberland,
oar fleet hovers on the coast. A mouse
could scarce enter Gtorgin unobserved;
a swallow could not flit unseen across
St Andrew’s sound 1"
Duke—“ ’Tis well, brave youth. But
pri’thee, tell me—the troopers, our
cuirassiers—are they content, art
loyal?”
Officer—Even so, my lord. And yet
—and ye’—whisperings ”
Duke—“What 1 Whisperings! Dare
they ”
Officer—“Nay, my lord, doubt them
not. They but, in their ignorance,
scorn the impending danger. ”
Duke—“Speak out; what say these
whisperers?”
Officer—“That time is wasted, danger
far! Methinks long inactivity hath
wed the martial taste to beer more than
to barraoks; that yonr good company
would father sit to meat or view the
evolution of the bare b&Uet than watch
amid the barrens for a foe. ’Tis the
fault o’ the times m’lord. Ponder on’s
no morel”
Duke—“Fools! An’is it thus they
serve their Duke I Away! Yet hold
the sentries; stand they firm? I’ll
trust them still- What gave ye for the
watchword, youth?”
Officer—“Senate. ’Twas so thou
apake it 1”
Duke—“’Tis well. Ha? Who
comes?”
Enter troopers dragging a ragged
wanderer.
Court Jester—“Now faith poor man
what witches frew hath winged its meg-
sage to thy nostrils grasp? Thou art
no fool, ’tis sure, for being fool thon
wouldst be of this company? That
thou art wise is therefore plain, yet be
ing wise why art thou mingled Here
with ”
Duke—“Peace fool 1” (to the tramp)
Ho, sirrah 1 Thy name, thy mission!
Speak, or by my beard, thon swingest
r—v from yon tree, like fruit upon the ban.
yan shrub 1”
Tramp—“My name, yonr Excellency,
my name? Wbat surety have I that ’tis
safe to bear a name?”
Duke—“S death 1 dost trifle with the
Duke of H&ncook 1”
Tramp (kneeling)—“Pardon, yonr
Excellency I ’Twas ignorance spake.
Who has not heard thy famel He
kneels to thee who onoe in a dim past
(wiping away a tear) was known
Weary, Sir William Weary! The'sir’
was turn away by an over zealous watch
dog as I came. ‘William,’ I unloaded
aaannseless harden, an’ only Weary
now is left. Weary, an’ who kneels,
most noble lord, doing penance for his
sins by a pilgrimage upon the vulgar
tracks of oars to Florida 1 Afraid that
the dread summer solstice would occur
before I reaohed my shrine, I left the
cars and harried on afoot”
Court Jester (aside)—“He is a fool, at
last!"
Duke—“Seize him 1 Apply the tor-
tore. In these dread times no mercy
. shows to str ngers of tbtft stripe I Dost
thou bgar, thou tardy minions 1 This
may in troth be that fierce man whom
men call Mitchell, aye, Corbett him
self! We’ll obarm bis lips to truth
^ 'With cat-tail mnsio on his naked back 1 ”
Tramp—“Hold, hold, my lord! Iam
■P no Corbett—no Mitchell yet am I. I
” am Weary—you make me Weary I Do
naught that thou must soon repent in
sackcoat and in ashes! Six months
ago I entered these domains on tracks,
the freight oar trucks. Too slow art
these, and thy domain too vast. I have
perforce, secured a suffrage here an'
e'en could vote ”
Duke—“Loose him, caitiffs 1"
Court Jester-"And yet I call him
fool!”
Duke—“Approach poor Knight, thy
pardon crave I for every hasty speech.
Know this: across yon borders art two
fferce, two blocdy men whom rnmor
. credits with intent to swoop into these
‘ •-Wiida and swat each other for a prize.
This is an insnlt to onr soil, so deep, eo
foul, I from the comforts of my palace,
lest that the Duke still lives should be
forgot and we be made a laughing stock
for men, have hurried with my goodly
company. What would’st thon have ?”
Sir William—“Beer, my lord, since
thou dost insist l”
Duke—“Nay, not so! Beer Is not for
me or mine. It dulls the brain, the
limbs enchains and wreaks a sunset vi
sion on the human beaks—not but that
noses shine that ne’er were buried in
the foaming mug. I did hut ask what
thou would’st have—”
£ Sir William—“Beer, my lord.”
Duke—“Now out upon thee for a
very way 1 Ha, ha! Dost see the joke
my Jester?”
Court Jester—“Not I, or else would
I ?e not a fool ”
Offloer—“My lord, methinks I hear
afar some strange sad sob
bing liogering sound. Good
faith, I like not the forest in these un
canny hours 1”
Sir William (tsid.) to Court Jester—
‘Itist e wkmhst. sigh* among the
whiskers of his Excellency.”
Voices in the distance—“The battle
is over, the enemv dispersed. He wrs
knocked out of the—”
Courier (parsing eentmr )—“Senat.l”
Duke—“Advance, oourier, briog’st
thou news from the front?”
Con- ier—“Yes, m’lord. The battle is
oyer, the forces of the enemy flsd and
gone before the wrath of Florida’s
mighty lord! Peace reigns in the
land 1”
“Duke—“Now, God be praised! Sir
William, these are fearful times and
men must 1 ve by caution. I would no
barm the pilgrim,—my people would 1
no. it gleet. This is my royal edict;
re; urn to thy far land wberoe came
th;8_- fierce invaders. Proclaim it there
that Georgia is in-arms and Billy in
the low grounds when (lsnger hovers
; that he is the father of bis peo
pi-, ard it were better for s man tha*
be be born an orphan girl than put od
five r u ce gloves urfter one of my pi-e
trees! ’’
urt Je ter-'Tigar-r-r-r 11”
Duke—“Go, tbou, sweet William and
peace be with you. Yet, stay! Thou
art Weary. Abide a little within my
confines if thou wilt; I give thee li
ease till the next election’s gone. Sol
diers, to arm-1 sound the bugle, atrik*
tents, let the column form.” ( heera
uid the bugle blast. Exit omnes, ex
cept Court Jester and Sir Weary.)
Court Jester—“I, prithee, friend,
friend Weary, thou art wise, an’ wise
enough to answer questions of a fool.
Wilt solve me a riddle, Willy, hoy?”
Sir William—“Aye, for the beer!”
“Court J —“Then harkee, now. This
ducal kingdom is too poor, ’tis said,
to Bpend a thousand coin, and to show
its arts before the world in ye fair city,
'hioago. How, then, in good economy
can it expend five thousand *to exhibit
donkeys in the piney woods?”
Sir William (sadly)—'“The beer
ff! I cannot speak the secrets of yonr
noble duke ”. (Exit 8ir Weary.)
Jester, (extending*his baubl*) —
“Now fare yell, ye vlstars and ye dells,
No more ye’ll know this jester’s merry bells,
The charger’s neigh, the trooper's wildhnmb,
The glint of sabres and the fires of war.
But mark me well, tfco’ quick the flags were
furled,
This lieroe campaign will echo round the world!
And men will spread the glory of his fame
Who never before bad heard our brave Bed
Billy’s name.”
Sbzbbv Ban.
Indigestion,
am’s Pills.
Dizziness. Take Beech-
A NAKROW ESCAPE.
Almost a Tragedy at WlntervUle Yes
terday.
Yesterday morning at ten o’clock as
the freight train was leaving Winter-
vllle for Athens, Rev. T A Harris,
that place, came near losing his life.
An the train moved off, Mr. Harris
was in conversation with Mr, Has
Brightwell, of Msxeys. He hurriedly
stepped from the car as it was moving,
when his coat esnght to some part of
the steps and he was diagged along for
s< veral feet, his body striking the cross-
ties. *
Conductor Plunkett and Mr. Reuben
MoAlpin ran to the assistance of Mr.
Harriti and tried to relieve him by lift
ing him, but failed. Mr. McAlpin then
gave the ooat a vigorous Jerk, which
tore it from Mr. Harris’ body, osusing
that gentleman to fall heavily to the
ground. He only received a few un
important bruises.
This was certainly a very narrow es
cape. A few minutes more and Mr.
Harris would have been dashed
pieces. The presenoe of mind in Mr.
MoAlpin In tearing the coat from his
person is si! that saved him.
COLLECTING TAXES, ,
HIGHWAY HASH.
While Several Lively Kicks Com
From the Delinquents.
The Council has set to work to col
lect all back taxes due the oity, and
thus avoid any neoessity whatever for
levying a specific tax.
This argument was used by those
who bad paid their taxes against
previous administrations and now when
the pr. sent administration proceeds to
collect the taxes the delinquents kick
at a lively rate. So the tax g&th
erer has a hard row to weed jnst now,
The Council takes this view of the
situation. There are a great deal of
taxes dne the city a^d the majority of
them by persons who are able to maike
arrangements for paying them, and
they should be paid; that it is but jus
tice to the large majority of citizens
who have paid their taxes that they
should not be endangered with another
levy of specific taxes on acoountof
those who are delinquents;
With this view of the snbjeot the
Connoil has ordered Chief Oliver to levy
all executions and collect all back taxes,
and in levying them Chief Oliver is
only carrying out instructions.
A COMMON OCCURRENCE.
It is not unusual for colds contracted
in the tall months to hang on all winter
or as soon as a person is over one cold
to contract another. This succession of
colds is what causes ohronic catarrh
and bronchitis. One or the other of
these diseases is almost certain to be
tho result. For this reason it is of
much importance that colds contracted
ac this season of the year receive prompt
attention. They can be quickly cured
if Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is
used. It sots on nature’s plan, loosens
the cold, aidB expeotoration, and re
lieves the lungs, soon affecting a per
manent cure. 35 and 50 cent bottles
for sale by John Crawfoxd ft Co.
druggists.
BILL JONES, Jr,
A friend of mine tells a good one on
Bro. Harve Craig of the Qtltwvil!e
Eagle. It runs in this way: Cr .ig is a
believer in the efficacy of prayer, but
ssystenevr prayed but once. When
qaite a small boy living with bis parents
iu North caroina, his father sent him
down on the oreek to cut some w< od
While chopping a sappling the > x flew
off the ha die and into the cr. ek.
Young Craig said he knew if he went
back to the house without that ax the
old gentleman would be wrathy. so be
pulled off his 8hoee,rollf d up his britch
es and waded in, praying: “Please,
Lord, let me find the ax.” With eaoh
s:ep in the water his prayer was re
pealed. “And,” says Bro. Craig,
about the fifth time my petition went
up I f’ut.d the ax. Yes, I found it. It
had felt between two rocks, with edge
pointing upward, and my good right
foot went down on it with sufficient
force to alm iet cut the foot ia two
That prayer was answered quick and
in a way not entirely satisfactory.”
t * *
An Athens citizen has a set of dice
made from the bones of a human who
was killed during the war. Thed'ce
weremideby him while in prison and
ne says money cannot bay them It
may be a little below the belt, but
am informed that once this gentleman
was locked up ss a juror and he threw
cape with the other jurymen all night,
ooming out m xt morning thirteen dol
lars winner. He says these bones oan
discount a rabbit’s foot every time,
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.Quite a number of onr foot ball
youths, I notice, having nothing else
part! sularly to do have taken to ourl-
ing their chrysanthemum and Pader
ewBky looks. The effeot is stunning,
and makes them resemble a young
heifer with a board over hor face With
out foot hall wh&t would our oolleges
be?
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Oh, what are earthly stores to me?
It naught'bat trouble brings.
I’ll store up millions yonder, see?
And “blow it In” for wings.
The above lines were written by Col
“Dude” Williams just after beh&d been
“done for” in a horse trade.
ttt
Congressman Breckinridge has one
consolation: There are lots of bis col
leagues in the same boat with him, but
they haven’e^been squealed on yet. Mr
Breokenridge made a foul when he at
tempted to place Miss Pollard away up
in G in society. To nse a street phrase,
be dropped his candy.
tit
Man should be as pure, true and vir
tuous as woman, bat he is not by sev
eral blocks. By nature he Is a brute
and education and society does not al
ways improve him. Man can conceive
the ideal, bat he seldom lives ap to it,
or does he make any desperate effort to
doso. Naturally, woman is an angel-
gentle, lovely, pore and good. Mania
responsible if she steps from the path
of virtue. That little star engagement
in the Garden of Elen was Adam’s
fault. He let the old hens in the toma
to patch and blamed Eve for it. She
didn’t raise a scene in order to steer
clear of the divorce courts.
Jit
I notice in an exohange the startling
information that “a widow woman 1
bad been murdered. Am gratified that
it was not a “widow man.
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Mr. A. G. Craig, division freight
agent of the Richmond & Danville, was
in the oity yesterday, and I was glad
to grasp his hand/ No young man in
the Sooth has risen more rapidly than
Mr. Craig. I remember a laughable in
cident which happened when Craig was
a young lad, and which showed that he
wanted to do the square thing and
make sure, like Davy Crooket, that he
was right before he went ahead. An
other young lad had called him a very
ugly name, one wbioh was regarded as
the boss insult. Craig’s parents were
very pious and bad taught him not to
fight, but he thought this was a time
for action. Addressing the lad he said
“Wait here nntil I tell father what you
called me, and if he says I oan fight you
I’ll whip you?’ He told bis fathe who
gave him permission to exercise his
muscle, and in ten minutes’ time young
Craig bad wiped up the earth with the
other lad.
The Senate Committee on Ha
waii Has Reported.
A VOLUMINOUS DOCUMENT IT IS.
Senator Morgan Prepare'd tlie Paper and
It Is Characterized by Republicans as
Well as Democrats as Able and Exhaust- Va t e supper Served lor a party of five
iTe—Tho Republican Minority Will Not c i er |f stated that the supper COUid
Endorse it Fully. j b 0 gi rved, but he murt first have assur
Washington, Feb. 26.—A volume of anos that the party was all right, as
nearly 800 printed pages, exclusive of such a r» quert was unusual,
maps, has juBt been laid before the sen- ! The party then lefi the hotel and the
ate representing the testimony taken by reporter, thinking he scent- d a runa-
the senate committee on foreign rela- way match, started to run the matter
tions and their findings of facts thereon, , flown. He learned that one of the
under a resolution directing them to in- ■, youug ladies of the party was Mias
quire whether any, and if so, what 1 Bearden, of Madison, Ga., and the oth-
ixregularities have occurred in the diplo- j 6 r was her sister, Maoge. The young
A ROMANTIC COUPLE- — .THE NEWS IN BRIEFI
From Madison, ca„ ara Married at
Jacksonville, Fla.
Jacksonville, Fla , Feb- 27.—It was
about 4:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon
when a party of three gentlemen and
two ladies entered tne office of the Pla-
oide Hotel. The ladte3 took seats,while
the gentlemen walked up to tbe desk,
where one addressed the clerk, and
stated that he would like to have a pri-
xnatio intercourse between the United
States and Hfiwaii in relation to the
recent revolution. It is the report of a
majority of the committee, and was
prepared by Chairman Morgan, of Alar
jama.
It exhaustively reviews facts, laws
and precedents; justifies Stevens’ ac
tions, except in proclaiming a protector
ate, and finds nothing irregular in the
appointment of Commissioner Blount,
but in effect says the evidence taken by
the committee under more favorable
circumstances lead |the committee to
different conclusions than those which
he formed.
This report is concurred in as to all its
essential findings by the Republican
members of the committee—Sherman,
Frye, Dolph and Davis. They charac
terize it as an exceedingly able docu
ment, but they dissent on five points.
First, they condemn the appointment of
Commissioner Blount as unconstitution
al; 2, they say that the executive orders
placing the navy in the harbor of Hono
lulu under the orders of either Blount
or Willis were without authority of law.
8, that the order of Mr. Blonnt to Ad
miral Skerrett to lower the flag was un
lawful and susceptible of being con
strued as unfriendly to the .provisional
government, and they regard the inter
course of Mr. Blount and Mr. Willis
with the deposed queen as violative of
international law and unwarranted; 4,
they consider the presidentihadino right
to reopen the predetermined question as
to the legality of the provisional gov
ernment.
6. They regard any disenssion of the
personal intentions of the good faith of
either Blonnt or Willis- as immaterial,
inasmuch aa what they did in regard to
the reinstatement of the queen was sim
ply the performance of a task plainly
commanded of them by this administra
tion.
The report of the minority, signed by
Senators Butler, Turpie, Daniel and
Gray, without denying or conceding the
I man who made arrangements for the
supper being served was John S. Sto
vall, depot master at Buckhe&d, Chi., on
the Georgia railroad,
Mr Stovall and the young ladies ar
rived here yesterday morning, and
their objeot in coming to this oity
(upon the part of Mr. Stovall and the
elder Mies Bearden) was marriage.
A reporter of thb Times-Union hap
pened to stroll up to the desk about this
time and heard the young man answer
chat the party was composed of nice
people, and one of hiB companions said
tJ bim: “Yon had better tell him all
about it.”
The young man hesitated and blushed
somewhat, and then stated to the clerk
that he expected to be married within
an boar, and he thought, perhaps, be
should want to engage rooms tber
That the supper was for himself and
party. The olerk declared himself as
satisfied with the respectability of tbe
parties and said that tbe sopper would
be ready for them when desired.
One of the yonng men who went to
the Placide hotel with them was A
Ledbetter, a telegraph operator in the
office of the Western Union Telegraph
Company in u is ctiy, s’-fl who, it was
learned secured uia.ri ge license for
the young couple somt *.aj s ago.
From the hotel the party went to the
residence of Rev. W. N. Ccnoley, where
at 6:20 o’clock, Mr. Stovall and Miss
Bearden were married in the presenoe
of their friends.
After the ceremony, they returned to
the hotel, where an elaborate supper
was served in private rooms for the
ENJOYS
Both the method and results wlm
Syrup of Fi-j is taken; it is pleJJ
and refreshing to the taste, and
eenily yet promptly on ‘he KidW
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the £
aches and fevers and cures habited
constipation: Syrup of Figs is a*
only remedy, of its kind fver cm.
duced, pleating to the taste andV
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in I
its action and truly beneficial in it* "
effects, prepared only from tho mo,*
healthy and agreeable substances, id
many excellent qualities commend it
to nil and have made it the man
popular remedy known.
Byrup of Figs is for sale in 50a .
and $a bottles by all leading <W |
gists. Any reliable druggist zJkj *
may Lot have it on hand will
cure it promptly for any one yfo
wishes to try it Do not accept an*
substitute. }
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL
iQtnavtuF ** new non i>
correctness of other portions of the re-
portTdlssenta from that portion of it in P"*- Rooms were then en-
which declares that the only substantial
irregularity in the conduct of - Stevens,
the late minister, was his declaration of
a protectorate by tbe United States over
Hawaii.
“While exempting from censure Cap
tain Wiltze, of the Boston, and his offi
cers, because their position was one of
extreme delicaoy and difficulty, and we
appreciate their anxiety to afford pro
tection to the lives and property of
American citizens,” they add, “all can
not avoid the conviction that the inopor-
tone zeal of Minister Stevens in the pro
ject of the annexation of the Sandwich
islands to the United States caused him
to exceed the proper limits of his official
duty and bis diplomatic relations to the
government of those islands.
“His conrse.as a public representative
of this government was directly condu
cive to bringing abont the condition of
affairs which resul ed in the overthrow
of the queen; the organization of the pro
visional government; the landing of the
gaged by Mr. Stovall for hlmBelf and
wife and for Miss Madge Bearden.
We bevieve Johnson’s Magnetic Oil a
most excellent remedy for neuralgia,
rheumatism, lame back and soreness of
every kind. $1.00 bottle 60c. Palm kb
& Kinnhbbew.
NEWS FROM* THE GROVE.
Habuont Gbove, Feb. 27(Speoisl)
- Mr. Tom N ckerson, representing
the old reliable Athens Hardware Com-
ptny, wis in the Grove yesterday, on
bis usual weekly visit.
Tbe skating link, under the manage
ment of Charles A Bond is rapidly
growing in favor among our yonng peo
ple and is being liberally patronized
nightly now. Notwithstanding the
United States troops, and an attempted snow, there was a good sized crowd ai
And upon this, the rink last night.
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Several gentlemen were discussing
Col. Lairv Gantt’s chances for the
governorship of South Carolina yester
day, when Capt. G. H. Yancey said:
“Gantt is a olever duck, but a queer
one. After we had come out victorious
iu the famous Candler-Speer campaign,
I told Larry for goodness sake to be
careful and not let ns do anything to
lessen oar victory. I went ap to Rome
and when I reaohed Union Point on my
return, I got a Bannxb-Watchman,and
tbe the first thing 1 saw was a column
editorial, splendidly written, apologiz
ing for having Speer defeated; that he
was the brainiest man ia Georgia, etc.
I felt then that Gantt ought to have
been sent to Milledgeville.”
GOOD LOOKS.
Good looks are more than skin deep
depending upon a healthy condition of
all the vital organs. If the Liver be
inactive, you have a Billions Look, if
your stomach be disordered you have a
Dyspeptic Look and If yonr Kidneys be
affected you have a Pinched Look
Secure good health and you will have
good looks. Electric Bitten is the
great alterative and tonic ^and acts
directly on these vitkl organs. Cures
Pimples, Blotches, Boils and gives a
good complexion. Sold at J. Crawford
and Co’s and Palmer and Kinnewbrew’a
Drag store. 00o, per bottle.
scheme of annexation,
conclusion his conduct is seriously rep
rehensible and deserving of public cen
sure.”
Senators Butler and Turpie file a sup
plemental report in which they say that
while the question of annexation was
not submitted to the committee, except
incidentally, they think it not improper
to say they are heartily in favor of the
acquisition of those islands by the
United States in a proper manner, but
not by taking advantage of internal dis
sensions for which they believed the
United States is in some maimer respon
sible, •
SHE HIT TOO HARD.
A Young Woman Killed Her Afflanoad
Lover with a Stick.
Tbiplet, W.Va., Feb. 26.—At the
close of a prayer meeting held in a
schoolhouse here, Miss Lottie Gibson, a
visitor from Elkins, denounced “Pet”
Horrock, her affianced lover, as a slan
derer. He denied his guilt, and she
called witnesses to convict him. Then
she produced a loaded stick, and while
bystanders prevented him from defend
ing himself she beat him savagely about
the head and face.
While the affair created a great sensa
tion, no thought was given so the young
man’s condition. Now the affair takes
on the character of a tragedy, aa the
doctors called to attend Horrock say he
will die from injuries received in the at
tack on him, his brain being injured. ■
An Abioonder Squares Up,
Toronto, Feb. 26.—Thotnaa Ambrose,
formerly of Cincinnati, who has lived in
Toronto for seven years, has settled his
differences with the United States gov
ernment and has gone to his former
home. Twelve years ago ho was clerk
•f the United States circuit court for
the southern division of Ohio. He left
suddenly, and an examination of his
books showed that he was $70,000 short
In his accounts. He fled to England,
then came to Canada, and has lived here
ever since, in Cincinnati he was famil
iarly known as “Diamond Tom,” be-
eauseof his profuse display of diamonds.
To Kelp the Unemployed*
Augusta, Ga., Feb. 26.—To give em
ployment to the unemployed laborers,
Mayor Alexander issued a call for 200
men to apply to the chief of police to
clean the streets and crossings of sleet
They will be paid $1 a day. It is esti
mated that the damage to merchants’
Stocks by leaks will amount to 130.000.
ALL FREE
Those who have used Dr. King’s New
Discovery’know its value, and those who
There is not muob being said in onr
town now about the gubernatorial raoe.
The Atkineon men find they are in so
great a minority they have quit brag'
ging, and tbe Evans men, who are in an
overwhelmincpmajority, are pursuing
the even tenor of their way, feeling
confident of their candidate’s election.
Mr. Maurioe Sohlesinger, represent
ing Harry L Sohlesinger, of Atlanta,
1b in the Grove today,circulating among
bis hosts of friends. Mr. Sohlesinger
is a prime favorite iu the Grove and al
ways brings along a quantity of new
jokes with which he regales his cus
tomers and friends.
Onr people took advantage of the
snow yesterday to go sleigh riding.
Several nobby turnouts were seen upon
our streets; among tbe handsomest be
ing Dr. L G Hardman, Mayor W B
Hardman, Mr. H O Williford and
Messrs Little and Griffith. Mr. Griffin
Williams put runners on a rustic willow
ohair, whicn made one of the most
unique sleighs to be seen. The jingle of
the merry sleigh bells and tbe music of
merry laughter was to.be heard on our
streets the livelong day, and every one
seemed to be enjoying themselves
finely.
Several of our citizens shouldered
arms and hied themselves away to the
fields in search of “Brer Rabbit.” Dr.
William Shepherd took the champion'
ship belt as far as known, having killed
eleven rabbits in one hour; next came
Mr. Tom Hardman, who killed four
sabbits and eight partridges; then Mr.
W C Farrabee, who killed nine rabbits,
and then Dr. Christian, Mr. Jim Rodg
ers and several ethers, all of whom
bagged lots of game.
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Complete
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and how to attain L.
At last a medical work that tells the cam*,
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the most beautiful, medical book that has ap.
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a half-tone illustration in tints. Some t the
Every man who would know the grand truthi,
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discoveries of medical science as applied to
married life, who would atone for past follies
and avoid future pitfalls, should write for this
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under seal. Address the pao.rshers,
Erie Medical O., Buffalo, N. Y.
Telegraphic Sparks and Other Items
for Banner Benders.
—This cold weather is entirely favor
able to a splendid wheat crip.
—The baseball season fast approaches,
and the oranks will be in their glory.
—The cold weather and snow bus
been general throughout the country.
—Pleas Stovall’s Savannah Press is
always full o( news. The Press is a
credit to Savannah.
Mr. Cook recently married Miss
Ki cbensin Middle Georgia. P.rson
Dunn performed the ceremony.
—Congressman O&tes opened hi»g ib ,
ernatonal campaign at Athens, Ala , on
Monday.
-A young man named Walter Hat-
is attempted suicide in Americas on „„i— c— ij , uc *a-
Monday.
—North Georgia is on a gold mine
boom There is lots of the precious
ore in her old hills, and new veins are
constantly being found.
—Atlanta people spent many dollars
Monday and yesterday relieving the
poor of that city Their system of re
lief is well organized.
—Mr. Cleveland duck banting and
Senator Gordon delivering lectures at
tbe expense of the tax-payers. Let the
good work go on.
Senator Vance is at Suwanee, Fla.
wbile not in tbe best of health,the press
reports of his illness have been greatly
exaggerated.
—Mrs John Drew is 74 years old, but
sbe does & high kicking danoe act
which would make some younger ac
tresseB blush with envy.
—Only twenty white men showed up
with shovels for work in Augusta Mon
day. Over one hundred negroes made
their dollar a day.
I —Rev. Dr. Talmage is making a leo
taringtour, and will visit a few G?or<
giaoities. Could not Athens indace
the famous preacher to visit our city
and give a lecture?
—Prof. Barnard has added another
star to his glory. This time it is the
Arago astronomical medal, the highest
scientific honor in the gift of France
—The richest yonng woman in her
own right in Washington is Helen
Carroll. She inherited $40 00O a year
(torn hear.grandfather, Royal Phelps
of New York.
—Florida has a cariosity in tbe shape
of a woman who goes hunting dressed
in men’s olotbes. She cdj »ys the sport
said is not at all bashful abont her
strange attire
A minnie ball was extraoted from
tbe body of John C. Cox, of Sweetwa
ter, Texas, recently. It was the reBolt
of a wound reoeived at the battle ff
Chickamanga over thirty years ago.
—In Mississippi three unknown m
abdacted a girl. . While carrving h
through ihe woods she snatched apt
from the pocket of one of her c p
and pat all of them to flight.
Unde Tommy Riohards, tbe h-art
old JS g'ishman who founded Richir i
ville, Warren County, Kan’.uoHy,
who is ninety-five years old, is as p
ar d lively as a two-year-old.
—Should Governor Tillman issue
ediot to make Larry Gantt governor
South Carolina, he would come in
winner with hands down. There
scarcely a limit to Governor Tillman’s
-pull in that state.
-Ex-Congressman Allen D. Candler,
of Gainesville, is spoken of for U.
senator. Col. Candler is one of Geor
gia’s brainiest men and made an envia
record while a member of the lower
boose.
—Twenty-seven years ago Mr. Jack
Sweatman, of Allen, Ky., while pick
ing his teeth with an oak splinter, swal
lowed a small piece of It and it lodged
in his throat The other day he coughed
it up and it was in as good condition
when swallowed.
—Max O’Bell and bis wife, Urns
Blonit, have returned to London from
their tour around the world, and have
taken a houBe in St. John’s Wood
where their Sundays at home are be
coming famous,
—Michel Aub is having built in Paris
a five-story house without any stair
cases. It is in th%Rue Muller, a street
with a very steep gradient. As the
ground rises, the levels of the floors
rise so one oan step from the fourth
and fifth floors to the street just as from
the first.
Chamberlain’s Bye and Skin Ointmnt
Is a certain cure for Chronic Son* Ejea
Granulated Eye Lids,
Eczema,Tetter, SaltRhi
25 cents per box.
Sore Nipples,
eum and Scald H«
For sale by druggists.
TO HORSE OWNERS.
For putting a horse in a fine healthy cm
dition try Dr. Cady’s Condition Powden
They tone up the system, aid digestion, cut
loss of appetite, relieve constipation, comet
kidney disorders and destroy worms, guia
new life to an old or over worked hone ■
cents per package. For sale by
. Tno. «Jn*wvnnn * f!o.
OR. HEBRA’S
LA CREAM
Removes Freckles, Pimples,
Liver - Moles. Etackheidii
Sunburn and Ton, and ro
stores the skin to its origi
nal freshness, producing a,
clear and healthy com-t.
plexlon. Superior to all 1 ace _
preparations and perfectly harmless. At Ha
druggists, or mailed for 50cts. Semi fee Circaltf.
VIOLA SKIN 80AP~ir7mplj <mI »
•kin r 1 ' Soap* nuqnakd »or the tot lot, mil rilteU
rival iof the nursery* Absolntciy pure aui J.elicatsiy Bw*
c&’aL At druggist*, Prtco 25 Cents.
G. G. BITTNER A CO., Toledo,0,
Calculation as to How Long it Takes
to Gather 1,000,000 Stamps.
Stamp collectors who are trying to charlatanism,
gather 1,000,000 stamps, for which they
are to receive $100, would do well to
remember that to collect 1,000.000
atampB it is necessary to secure more
than 300 a day f.r 10 years, without
even resting on Sunday. To get this
number dally would take at least half a
—Emma E. Sickels, one of the Chi
cago women who founded the sohool
for Indians at Pine Ridge, which has
just been burned, has returned to Chi
cago to live, after traveling all over the
wildest parts of the west alone on horse
back. The Indians always treated her
courteously.
—Dr. Gustav Leipnitz, who has just
died at San Francisco, was|jmown alt
over the west as the “snake doctor.”
Not that he used an&kss iu his practice,
for he had nothing so smacking of
Rattlesnakes and Gila
monsters were his pets, and it was his
fearlessness in handling them that gave
him his title.
have not, have now the opportunity to try “>ans time,- unless he happened to have
it Free- Call on the advertised! Druggist access to the waste basket of a very
a ^ r j al Bot,1 £ £ re Z Send your | large firm, and for his reward he would
name and address to H.E. Bucklen &Co ,' t no c tin . .... v
ROOD'S PHOSPHODHii;
The Great English Remedy.
ly cures all forms of Nr.rvou*
'eakness, Emissions, Sperm.
G eorgia ularkr Ccoustt.—OrHnsiy’i <£
flee, F bruary let. lWt Notice 1* he^*>T
(riven to all concerned, that Fanny Merritt 1W
of said couaty, departed this life lntesut*. aw
no person has applied fora'lministratiou onto*
estate of said deceased,and that adminKtratu*
will be vested intheeoun’y administer, or son*
other fit and proper person iu the first Monasy
iu March next, unless valid objec ion is <
thereto.
8. M. Herbi OTOir, Ordinar?
THE
AND GARDEN,
ATHENS, - GA*
. Three miles from Court House on the
Winter ville road, is now well stocked wit*
FRUIT TREES,
GRAPE VINES, AND NUIU Bl
GOODS GENERALLY
Everything genuine and true to hid*
Plants good size and prices bow.
Everbearing Mulberries a Specialty.
Can furnish them by the, tnousanda
Grape Vines from 1 to 8 years old can b«
furnished in any quantity up to hah •
million or more, of such varieties as art
beat adapted to this section, either lor ta
ble, shipping or wine, at very low figurt*
Information as to the proper manage*
m< ■$ ol vineyard, will be given if desu»
years in thousands of cases; Wl.. superintend the planting and prop*
is.theoniv Reliable and Son. management of vineyards, wine making) ■
Chicago, and gel a sample box of ^ , Ket Just $10 a year, waiting, however, ■MAMBkaH ^druggist "for Vi OOD’S pHO» etc.
King’s New Life Pills Free, as well as l years for pay day. Under these cir- ’ Before and After. vortmeism5lic°ne mpiSS Nursery open’to visitors |at all ti u *•
copy of Guide to Health and Household oumstanoes it seems Drettv safe to offer pr tola, leave his dishonest store, meiose price in cept Sundays.
Instructor, Free. All of which is gnaran- $100 for 1,000,000 stamps, for no one Price list on application,
teed to do you good 8nd COSt VOU nothimr . . F > one Pamphletln **>«'" «ro*„,,„„.
- - - - - - j r acquainted with mincinlea ot arithm.. Addwia ‘
John Crawford & Oo, and Palmer ft Kin- ftc 1 ua ' nte d w * t, h principles ot aritbme
Hebrew’s Drugtore. Hr * ^ *- —-•—•
^ tic wou'd be very likely tq seriously ; Athens by Palmer ft Kin n brew, and
oonaider the proposition.
THB WOOD'CHEMICAL C*..
181 Woodward avenue, Detroit. Hioh.
\ Druggists evsrywhers,
W.H. Thurmond, S»
ATHENS, GA,
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