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A TERRIBLE ADVENTURE. A Woman's Thrilling Encounter With an Alligator. The Carniveroun Kept lie, Not Content with Freh Fork, Hlieth His Tooth for Human flesh. / A family named Lambert, living on Lake Charlie Apopka, or Tsala lake, as it is called, report a very thrilling experi ence. The family is composed of Mr. and Mrs. Lambert and three children— two boys and a girl baby, the boys being 8 and 15 respectively, and the girl just able to toddle about. They moved there some two years ago and pre-empted a homestead on the south side of the lake. The house is built about 200 feet from the lake and on a slight elevation, the land in front sloping down gradually to the water’s edge. At the left, off some little distance, is an immense saw grass pond. Near this Mr. Lambert built an inclosure for his pigs, one side facing the lake, and up to a month ago he had a magnificent lot of porkers. One night he heard a tremendous roar in his hog pen, and, hurrying out with his shotgun and lantern, he was just in time to see one of his fine hogs disappear ing in the lake in the mouth of a huge alligator, while the score of balls of fire seen glittering in the darkness on the lake showed the presence of others. From that beginning their inroads were kept up with great regularity, and though he killed a dozen or more, yet the pork was too nice for them to relinquish their feeding ground. Lately they have grown so bold as to crawl into his yard in day time, and the predatory raids of these marauders on his hogs and fowls have rendered Mr. Lambert’s life a burden. THE LITTLE DAUGHTER’S PERIL. A recent adventure, however, of two members of his family with one of these dreadful creatures has so terrified the farmer and has so alarmed his entire household that he is seriously contem plating abandoning his place. One Sat urday afternoon Mrs. Lambert, who was in the back part of the house, was at tracted by the screams of her little girl and frantic cries of “Mamma! Mamma!” Hurrying to the front of the house, she could not at first locate the little one’s whereabouts, but her piercing screams continued, and the almost frantic mother soon discovered the flutter of the child’s dress near the lake shore, the palmetto bushes nearly lading her from view. Snatching up an ax from the woodpile, she flew to the water's edge, and as she rounded the palmetto patch a sight burst upon her that nearly drove tier crazy. On the edge of the-bank, with its body half in the water, was a huge alligator, its forepaws outstretched, raising it from the ground, while its tail lashed the water into foam. Just in front of it, and clinging to a palmetto root with iier tiny hands for dear life, was the little girl, her dress being held in the jaws of the alligator, who was slowly dragging the child. The alligator's dull eyes gleamed* with anger, like red coals of fire, and when Airs. Lambert appeared the monster uttered a hoarse bellow and started backward, tearing loose the child's slight hold. The latter's infantile features were drawn into an agonized appeal, and as the animal dragged her down she was too completely paralyzed with fear to even cry out. The peril of her baby banished all fear from Mrs. Lambert, and she rushed up and struck the saurian over the head with the ax, and, seizing the child with both hands, tried to pull her away. The sharp blade cut into the alligator's eye, and, mad with pain, hb opened his jaw and half sprang at the woman. FIGHTING FOR HER OWN LIFE. This left the child free, and they both fell backward. Mrs. Lambert said after ward that at this moment she never ex pected to save her life. As she fell the alligator swung around his tail with a terrible sounding whisk, but the fortu nate fall of the two just placed them outside its deadly sweep. The alligator advanced us far as it could with unwieldy waddle, and Mrs. Lambert attempted to rise and escape. Her dress caught on a root, and before she could get up and free herself the alligator made a snap at her and missed, catching hold of tier dress instead. Finding that it had se cured something. it commenced backing toward the water, dragging along the prostrate woman, who now fully realized her peril and filled the air with her cries for help. She frantically clutched at the roots as she was dragged over them, but her dress was of stout material, and the alligator's strength soon overcame her feeble resistance. Suddenly, with a heavy sinking of the heart, she felt that her foot was in the water, and that, if no help came, she was doomed to a terrible death. Tim horror gave her strength for a moment, and she made another frantic effort to free herself, but it was in vain, and she felt herself drawn into the water Sud denly her hands, which were nervously clutching at anything and everything that seemed to promise support passed Over the ax handle. With the swiftness of thought and with superhuman on orgy she seized the helve and scrambled up, and how she cannot say She man a ffcd to deal the 'gator a heavy blow with the blade. With rare good fortune it struck his other eye and crushed into the head. The maddened and wounded reptile opened its jaws with a roar of pain and rage, and Mrs. Lambert's dress slipped off its huge teeth. Scrambling up she seized her Baby S'ri and tied wildly to the house and fell on the porch in a dead faint. Her hus band, on returning home at night.Tound her there unconscious, with the child patting her mother's cheek, trying in her baby way to arouse tier.—-iaos^An geles Express. Valuable Seeds. Seeds of the most valuable varieties of cinchona bring §I,OOO per ounce in Cey lon. There are nearly 100.000 seeds in an ounce.—Scientific American. PLANTING CORN. Some Observations That Will Be of In terest to All. What is commonly called “flat plant ing," i. e., running furrows in land that has been previously broken broadcast, and planting in these furrows, is a very good method. If the land has been well manured by a broadcast dressing before being broken up. this way of planting is. 1 think, the best. The furrows should be run with a scooter or bull tongue plow, from three to four feet apart, according to the strength of the soil and amount of manure used. Thecorn should bedropped about same distance in the drill. The mat ter of fertilizers which is best and most economical must, to a large extent, lie do idea by each farmer for himself. Of home made manures (the only available fertilizer for a majority of our farmers), horse stable manure stands at the head of the list in value; cow lot manure next, followed by cotton seed, vegetable mold and muck from the forests and swamps. Also, all the ashes of the farm, and litter and woodpile scrapings, fence corner scrapings, and, in short, all the refuse matter to he obtained on a farm, not for getting the fowl house and pig pen. Any of these, or all combined (except ashes, which are best applied by themselves), used liberally, will pay a big profit on the cost of gathering and applying.—South ern Cultivator. liquid Manure. While our farmers, as a rule, know th>* value of liquid manure, they do not, generally speaking, put forth special ef forts to save this most valuable stimu lant, and jet the chemical analyses of the urine of the four principal breeds of live stock—cattle, horses, sheep and pigs —give undoubted evidence that thirty five parts of the total solids therein con tain much more than 10 per cent, of the most costly manurial ingredient used on the farm—namely, nitrogen. To put it in another form, 300 weight of the solids of urine contain almost as much nitro gen as 200 weight of nitrate of soda, or 150 weight of sulphate of ammonia. It is a difficult matter to guard against the waste of liquid manure, but it not only can be done, it lias been done and with great profit resulting therefrom. The late Mr. Machi adopted a system of distributing the liquid over his farm by means of an elaborate arrangement of pipes, hydrants, etc., and obtained highly satisfactory results; but this system lias not been perpetuated, even in England, owing, doubtless, to the cost of the ma chinery, etc. The editor of Mark Lane Express, while deploring the fact that the good example of Mr. Machi lias not been generally followed by English farmers, suggests other and less expen sive systems. Among these is one that is practiced to some extent by our own farmers viz.: Collecting the liquid in a central tank or reservoir, from which it is distributed by means of a cart espe cially constreuted for the purpose. It may be either collected in a tank and after wards sprinkled over crop growing land, or it may be contributed to the compost heap and there be absorbed. Spraying Pear Trees. Spraying young fruit trees with liquid poison to destroy noxious Insects has proven generally successful and excep tionally so to Harrietts, which, from their earliness, appear to be especialy liable to the attacks of the coddling moth and enr culio. The spraying is done when the young pears are between the size of peas and cherries. It is sometimes necessary to repeat the operation to replace loss by heavy rains. Paris green thoroughly mixed with 700 times its bulk of water and lightly showered over the tree de stroys all theeoddling worms just hatch ing in the calvQ and before the pears are half grown the rains have washed off all the poison. Though Paris green i3 a very imperfect remedy for the cur culio on plums, it is more effective when they are on pears. Tlio Moon’s Influence on Crops. There are always some persons in every community who have theories of their own about the inlluence of the moon upon plants, and many regulate their times of planting seeds .according to their theories, hut no scientific reason has ever been given for them because scientists regard them as popular fallacies. None of the intelligent and trained observers at the many agricultural experiment stations throughout the country have as yet assigned to the different phases of the moon any controlling influence on vegetation. Things Tliat Arc Told. Provide plenty of gravel for the fowls. Early planting of potatoes, as a rule, lias the effect of prolonging the season of growth, and often increases the yield. Coal ashes form an excellent mulch and exercise a beneficial effect on some soils, although they contain little or no plant food. Fruit packed in carbonized wheat bran, according to California fruit growers, keeps fresh longer than when packed in the ordinary way. An exhibit of Connecticut Havana seed leaf tobacco grown in 1888 has been shipped by some Connecticut growers to the Paris exposition. It has been said that ‘‘a sheep never dies insolvent.” The wool and the skin for market, and the carcass for a fertil izer are worth as much as the common sheep costs. At a recent strawberry meeting it was stated that by summer mulching a late variety the season can be prolonged a week, and the greatest earliness can be attained by not mulching early varieties. Cold frames containing vegetable plants of any kind should have all the air possible on suitable days. Clean off all decaying leaves and stir the surface of the soil should it incline to hardness. It is generally understood that rye should not be fed to breeding cows, mares or other animals bearing their young. It often contains ergot, a fun gous growth which strongly affects the reproductive organs and frequently causes abortion. It. is amusing to see people with their face drawn as if they had swallowed a feather and it was tickling their lungs and I’.ey would lie happy if they could only sneczn. Now. there is no need of “making faces.” A bottle of Dr. Hull’s Cough Syrup will draw your face back into a smile. Many so-called “Bitters” are not medi cines, but simply liquors so disguised as to evade the law in prohibition sections. This is not the case with the celebrated Prickly Ash Bitters. It is purely a med icine, acting on the liver and biooij, and by reason of its cathartic effects cannot v e used as a beverage. It should he in every household. til may. Consiiiuptioii Surely Cured. To the Editor —Plense inform your readers that I hive a positive remedy for the above named disease By its timely use thousands of hopeless cases have been permanently cured. I shall be glad to seDd two bottles of my remedy FREE to any of your readers who have consump tion if they will send me their express and post office address Respectfully. T. A. Slocum, M. C., 11 1 ly 181 Pearl St , New York. Notice to Users of Gas and AVaier. That the Bartow Foundry will furnish estimates and do all gas pipe work that may be required for those who contem plate using gas and water cheaper than can be done elsewhere. Being a citizen, I solicit your orders. Respectfully, T. H. Withers & Cos. The New Discovery. You have heard your friends and neigl - bors talking about it. Y’ou may yourself be one of the many who know from per sonal experience just how good a thing it is. If you have ever tried it, you are one of its staunch friends, because the won derful thing about it is, that when once given a trial, Dr. King’s New Discovery ever after holds a place in the house. If you haye never used it and should be afflicted with a cough, cold or any Throat, Lung or Chest trouble, secure a bottle at once and give it a fair trial. It is guaran teed every time, or money refunded. Trial bottles free at J. li, \Vikle& Cos. s Drug store 6 Consumption Cured. An old physician, retired from practice, having bad pinned in his hands by an East India missionary the formula of a simple vegetable remedy for the speedy and permanent cure of Consumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma and all throat and Lung Affections, also a positive and radical cure for Nervous Debility and all Nervous Complaints, alter having tested its wonderful curative powers in thou sands of cases, lias felt it his duty to make it known to his suffering fellow's Actuated by this motive and a desire to re ieve human suffering, I will send free of charge, to all who desire it, this recipe, in German,' Fd nch or English, with fall directions for preparing and using. Sent by mail by addressing with stamp, naming this paper, W A Noyes! 14!) Powers’ Block, Rochester, N. Y. oct 11-ly eow nr m A Sound Leirul Opinion. E. Bninbridge Munday, Esq . County Atty., Clav Cos., Tex. says: “Have used Electric Bitters with most happy results. My brother also was very low with Mala rial Fever and Jaundice, but was cured by timely use of this medicine. Am sat isfied Electiic Bitters saved Ids life.” Mr. D. I. Wi coxson, of Horse Cave, Ky , adds a like testimony, saying: He positively believes he would have died, had it not been for Electric Bitters. This great remedy will ward off, as well as cure all Malarial Diseases, and fur all Kidney, Liver and Stomach Disorders stands unequalled. Price 50c. and $1 at \\ ikle & Co.’s drug store. >) An Emiii.-iit Doctor's Prescription. Dr. C. P. Henry, Chicago, 111., who has practiced medicine many years says: List spring he used and prescribed Clarke s Extract of Flax (Papillon) Sldn Cure in 40 or 50 cases, and never knew a case where it failed to cure. “I know of no remedy I can rely on so implicitly,” Positive core for all diseases of the skin. Applied externally. Clarke’s Flax soap is best for babies Skin Cure $1 00. Soap 25 cents. At J. R. Wikle & Co.’s drug store. 5 What on Karth Is the feason people will not, can not, or do not ste any difference in cheap nos trums put up by Cheap John houses or irresponsible parties at enormous profits, rather than take a medicine of world wide reputation ana one that is giving univer sal satisfaction at equal price? No medi cine in the world is giving such unparal leled satisfaction for purifying the blood as Beggs’ Blood Purifier aDd Blood Maker, and eveiy bottle that does not do its work will cost you nothing. For sale by M. F. Word, Druggist. Found in a Newspaper. From the fresco, lowa, “Plaindealer,” ‘‘We have never, as our readers for nearly “thirty years in the county can testify, “written a ‘puff of any patent medicine “Duty as well as inclination impel us to “depart from this studied silence, to say “to our readers and the public that, hav ing been completely prostrated with a “violent and distressing cold, after three “days fighting it with ordinary remedies “and getting no relief from their use, we “obtained a bottle of Clarke’s Extract of “Flax (Papillon) Cough Cure, obtaining “almost instant relief and a steady im “provem&it under its use.” Large bottle “only SI.OO. Ask for Clarke’s Flax Soap. “Best on earth.” 25 cents. Both the above for sale by J. R. Wikie & Cos., drug gist. o Fetid Breath. A bottle of Delectalave may save you’a month s suffering. If your gums are sore, heal them with Delectalave. L’se Delectalave on your tooth-brush, and rinse out your mouth and between your teeth with it, to remove the food particles and prevent fermentation, which causes a fetid breath- For sale by all Diuggists I desire to state voluntarily and for ’ the benefit, of the public, that having been troubled with a severe bronchial difficulty and a terrible cough for the past two years, so that at times I felt almost, discouraged and even dispaired of getting better, I have, through the use of Dr. Acker’s English Remedy for consumption, been entirely cured, and cannot say too tnuen in its favor. Judg ing from its effects upon me, 1 consider it the- greatest remedy in the world for all throat, bronchia! and lur.g troubles. G. G. Leaks, Cedartown, Ga. Drt C. McLane’s Celebrated I LITER PILLS WILL CURE m mi. A few doses taken at the right time will often save a severe spell of sickness. Price only 25 cents at any drug store. Be sure and see that Dr. C. McLANE’S CELE BRATED LIVER PILLS, FLEM ING BROS., Pittsburgh, Pa., is on the box. None other is Genuine. Use IVORY POLISH for the Teeth, Perfumes the Breath. PURIFY YOUR BLOOD. But do not use the dangerous alkaline and mercurial preparations which destroy your nervous system and ruin the digestive pewer of the stomach. The vegetable king dom gives us the best and safest remedial agents. Dr. Sherman devoted the greater part of his life to the discovery of this relia ble and safe remedy, and all its ingredients are vegetable. He gave it the name of Prickly Ash Bitters! a name every one can remember, and to the present day nothing has been discovered that is so beneficial for the BLOOD, for the LIVER, for the KIDNEYS and for the STOMACH. This remedy is now so well and favorably known by all who have used it that arguments as to its merits are use less, and if others who require a correct ive to the system would but give it a trial the health of this country would be vastly improved. Remember the name—PRICKLY ASH BITTERS. Ask your druggist for it. PRICKLY ASH BITTERS CO.. ST. LOUIS, MO. Tutt’s Pills FOR TORPID LIVER. A torpl.l liver deranges the whole sys tem, und produces Sick Headache, Dyspepsia, Costiveness, Rheu matism, Sallow Skin and Piles. There is no better remedy for these common diseases than Tutt's J.iver Fill., as a trial will prove. Price, 2Jt. Sold Everywhere. BAIIIOW SHERIFF SALES.—WILL be sold before the court house door In Car tersville, Bartow county, Georgia, on the first. Tuesday in May, 18*9, between the legal hours ol sale, to the highest bidder, the following de scribed property to-wit: Lot of land number four hundred and sixty (460), in the 17th district and :ird section of Bartow county, Georgia, con taining: forty (40) acres, more or less. Sold as the prope: ty of the defendant Miss Nancy Milam, to satisfy two 0 fas, Issued from the Justlcecourt of the 861st district, G. M., of Bartow count.y, in favor of G. H. Gilreath, vs. Miss Nancy Milam. Also, at the Same time and place, lots of land numbers 246 and 218 In t4ie 10th district and 3d section of Bartow county, Georgia Levied on and will be sold as the property of A. F. Woole.v, to satisfy one State and cunty tax 11 fa for tine year IKBB, ys said A. F. VVooley. #1 80 Also, at the some time and place, lots of land numbers lUS and 1110 In the 4th district and 3d section of liartoiv county, Georgia, Levied on and will be sold as the property of Georgia Graphite Company, to satisfy one State and county tax fl fa for the year 1888, vs said Geor gia Graphite company. $2 Also, at the same time and place, lots of land numbers 117 and 1025, in the 4th district and 3d section of r-artow county. levied on and will be sold as the property of I, Y. Sawtel), toeatlsiy one wp-d land tax ti fa for the year 18*8, in favor ot State and county, vs 1. Y. Sawtoll. $2 Also, at the same time and place, lot of land number 686, in the 2lst district and 2nd section of Bartow county. Levied on and will be Hold as the property of .1. 11. Jones, to satisfy one wild land tax 11 fa for 18*8. in -avor of State and coun ty, vs J. H. Jones, P. 11. Bell, agent,. If 2 Also, at the same time and place, part of lot of land number 273, in the sth district third section of Bartow county, belngthat part of snid lot deeded of widow Stephenson to the defendant A. P. Silva. Levied on and will be sold as the prop erty of A. P. Silva, to satisfy one State and county tax 11 fa for 1888, vs said A. I’. Silva. Property pointed out by defendant. >2.45 Also, at the same time and place, lot, of land No. 1192, in the fourth district and third section oi Bartow county. Levied on and will besold as the property of J. A. Hayden, jr., to satisfy one wild laud tax H fa for the year 1888, in favor of State and county, vh J. A. Hayden, jr. 82 Alo, at the name time and place, lots of land numbers 174 and 284 in the 17th district and 3d section of Bartow county. Levied on as the property of r M. Hitchcock, to satisfy one wild land tax fi fa for 1888, in favor of slate and county, vs C. M. Hitchcock, P. H. Bell, agt. $2 Also, at the same time and place, One lot of land in the city of Cartersville, Bartow county, Georgia, fron ing soutli ou Main street, and bounded on the north by property of Mr. Hill house, east by lot of estate of W. B. Wallace, west by property of G. H. Gilreath, and contain ing one acre, more or less. Levied on and will be sold as the property of Sue M. Milner, to satisfy one State and county tax fi fa for 1888, against Sue M. Milner. Levy made and returned by F. H. Franklin, L. C. 2.90 Also, at the same time and place, lots of land numbers 982, 747, 748, 749, 750, 054. and 041. in the 17th district and 3d section of Bartow county, Georgia. Levied on and wiil be sold as the property of the defendant, B. T. Leake, to satisfy one fl fa from City Court of Cartersville, Bartow county, in favor of Pattillo & Bobbins, vs B. T. Leake. 2.40 Also, at the same rime and place, lot of land No. 238, lying in the 6th district and 3d section of Bartow county, Georgia, which was conveyed by W. M. Denman to William Bryant, as appears of record in Book (j of deeds, recorded in the Clerk's office of Bartow Superior Court, page 562. levied on and will be sold ns the property of one of the defendants, Mrs. P. A. Whitworth, to satisfy one Justice court execution from the 936th district G. M., of said county in favor of H. B. Scott for use of S. Venable, vs said Mrs. P. A. Whitworth, who was in possession of said land at the date of the levy on March 29th, 1888. 3.99 Also, at the same time and place, twenty acres more or less of land in southwest corner of lot No. one hundred and sixty (1601, in the sth dis trict and 3rd section of Bartow- county, Oa., bounded east by lands of Wm. Browne, south by lands of J. G. M. Montgomery, west by lands of M. L. Johnson, north by the Posey lands. Levied on and will be sold as the property of the defendant. W. T. Wofford, to satisfy one Bartow- Superior court fl. fa. in favor of Planters an , Miner’s Bank vs. Wm. T. Wofford. 2 98 Also, at the some time and place, lots of land Nos. two hundred and thirtv-cight (288i, two hundred and ten (210) and two hundred and eleven (211), all in 6th district and 3Td section of Bartow county, Georgia. Levied on and will tie sold as the property of the defendant. C. W. Whitworth, to satisfy one Bartow Superior court fl. fa. in favor of Planters and Miner’s Bank vs. C. VV. Whitworth, and in his posses sion. Pointed out by Plaintiff's Att’y. 295 Also, at the same time and place, one house and lot in Mechanicsvttle, Ga., hounded east by street, eolith by Mrs. Bob Thomas’ lot, west by W. A A. H. It., north by property of Jao. Milner, Levied on and will be sold as the property of Louisa Moore, to satisf. one Justice court fi. fa. from 822d district. G. M., in favor of It. M. Pat tlilo vs Jonas Thomas, Louisa Moore and F. H. Franklin. Property pointed out by plaintiff, and levy made and returned to me by J. O. Broughton, L. C. ‘ 295 W. W ROBERTS, Sheriff. H. R. MAXWELL, Deputy Sheriff. $30,000 WORTH OF HARDWARE At Cost Tor Cash! We expect to occupy our new building, corner of Market street and Public Square, about April Ist. and in order to avoid moving so large an amount of goods, we offer, until April 15th, OUR ENTIRE STOCK AT COST FOR CASH! This stock embraces a complete assortment in all the varied lines pertaining to the Hardware trade, including Plows, Plow Stocks, Hoes, Rakes, Harrows, Manure Distributors, Horse Shoes, Nails, Cast Steel, Wagon and Buggy Material, And, in fact, everything pertaining to the Hardware trade. Remember the Great Sale, at Cost For Cash until April 15th, and don’t miss this extraordinary opportunity to get Bargains in the very goods you need. This Special Sale will continue at our old stand on Main street, until the time named. DON’T WAIT! COME AND BUY Before the are closed out, as they are sure to go right along at ACTUAL COST. * Respectfully, BAKER & HALL. Cartersville, Ga., Feb. 22, 1889. ItLeads-Others Follow ! TP Y li • | JAMES MEANS’ S3 & $4 SHOES ‘cFtnSOfJAMES MEANS’ JAMES WEARS’ ~ JAMES MEANS & Lincoln St., Boston, Mass. BROS.,^^=— Main Street, Cartersville, Georgia. Willis Moore, M. D. SURGEON t SPECIALIST, ROOM 7 LOVEMAN BLOCK, Hours 9to 12 ; 2to 5. Treats and guarantees to relieve -All Chronic Diseases m Submitted to him and will refund all money In case he cannot cure. Doctor Moore treats all diseases of Women and Children; all diseases of the Ner vous System; Skin diseases, Consumption, Scrofula, Deformity and all Surgical Case* of whatever character. If he cannot cure you, he will tell you so. te£“All communications strictly confidential." Lock Box 551. Residence—sl4 Cedar street. GERALD GKIFEIN, ~ Fire -:- Insurance -:- Agency. Represents Leading Companies. Office over Postoffice, Cartersville, Ga.
