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Written for th** Oovbant*American.]
Early lant fall it was your correspond
ent's good luck to enjoy a visit to East
Tennessee, instead of visiting the great
Piedmont Exposition. It was tfiere I
saw the steamer “Weitzel.” Immediate
ly after my arrival the only topic, of con
versation was,-“the boat,” “the new
boat,” “the Weitzel,” “have you seen
her?” “She’s lovely,” etc. Having just
arrived, as a matter of course, I had not
had the pleasure; so it was at once de
cided that we rise early next morning
and go down to the landing, half-mile
off, aud gratify our curiosity. The morn
ing dawned bright and lieautiful, al
though the air was somewhat chilly. No
sooner was breakfast over than our par
ty of three, Sam, Sue and myself, were
donning our hats and wraps preparato
ry for a visit to the Tennessee. As we
came in sight we saw-the smoke curling
gracefully from the stocks of the “Weit
zel,” which was ready for a cruise (?). Our
time was short! How’ slowly that old
mule poked along! Fortunately wear
rived before she left, aud, almost tum
ling down the bank, instead of walking,
as some jieople would have done, we
“got there.” After crossing an old flat
and a barge we were on board the United
States Steamer “Weitzel,” engaged in
clearing the Tennessee from obstructions
hindering navigation. Gallant Capt. F.
met us and kindly iuvited us to board his
craft. Oh, my, how I lelt! as this was
the first time 1 ever set foot on anything
larger than an ordinary ferry boat. My
delight was unbounded. As we went on
board we were met by a Mr. D. who left
no stone unturned to render our visit
pleasant. After enjoying tiie heat of a
stove a short while, we started out to
look over the boat, as but a few minutes
would elapse ore we would weigh anchor
and be off for the day’s work. Before we
had made any progress in our examina
tion (.’apt. F. met us and insisted on us
accompanying him down the river. “It’s
only three miles,” said he, “and we will
be back before noon.” Having left home
lor the absence of only an hour or so, we
were in a quandary what to Wo. The
boat must leave in a few minutes and we
knew we would enjoy the trip ever so
much, and (.'apt. F. and Mr. D. insisting
we should accept their hospitalities, we
hastily agreed to take the trip, lea ving
our mule and buggy on shore. Taking
off our wraps we determined to enjoy
ourselves lor one half a day, at least.
Mr. 1). proposed we make some can
dy to start our pleasure. Visiting the
store room we found an abundance of all
things needful for the manufacture ol
nice candy ala Georgia, which was soon
transferred to the stove and left to cook,
while we went out on deck to “view the
landscape o'er.” The pilot house was
soon honored with our presence, and as
our craft gently glided down the river a*>
gracefully as a swan, we suddenly found
ourselves on a sand bar. There we were,
“stuck,” and were “stuck’’ for six hours.
The captain and liis crew were at once at
work to get us afloat, and our party re
turned hastily to the kitchen to see about ’
our candy, wljjch we found reaiPy for the
pulling process. Mr. D. accompanied us
to the pantry, where we procured dishes,
aud implying our kettle of boiled sugar
we had only to wait for it to cool so we
could handle it. The dining room was
so warm we found it would not cool
there, so we went out on deck. Just then
we saw the men pulling a huge snag out
of the river, and whilst our candy was
cooling we decided to watch them awhile.
After watching the men work for quite
awhile, we returned to our candy, which
we found in the same condition we had
left it. We stirred it and worked with it
for some time when we found very reluc
tantly that we would, for the present,
have to acknowledge we had made a fail
ure; but we decided to try it again and
watch it more closely, when success
crowned our efforts. The time for our
arrival at the lapdinghad passed and we
were still “stuck” on the sandbar.
After our release we started on our re
turn and had gone only a short distance
whenlo! we were “stuck” again, where
we remained fully two hours. Although (
it was now long past the dinner hour,
pleasure and the excitement of the trip
had banished hunger, and well for us it
had, as the cooking was done on another
boat at the landing Mr. I). now showed
us through the engine room, and soon
we found ourselves back at the landing,
just as old Sol was retiring behind the
Western hills. The scene now presented
was majestic beyond my powers of de
scription, but we enjoyed it. Gathering
our wraps we were preparing to leave
for home when Capt. F. came in and
says, “No, von cannot leave yet; you
have been my guests all day and have
had no dinner, and I am not going to let
you off without supper. You must stay
—eupper "'ill bq ready in a few minutes.”
Knowing it was past supper time at
Aunt E.’s, and our excitement somewhat
J abated, our appetites returned, we ac
cepfed his invitation, and were soon
seated to a bountiful repast, which was
enjoyed by all.
Supper over, we disembarked, and
were off for home, when we suddenly dis
covered that the motive power of our
vehicle had become disgusted with the
situation and left for parts unknown. It
was about dark, and we were in a pre
dicament. Half mile from home, and ine
afflicted with rheumatism so I could not
wnlk nr' l ?“ ,v ay t“ vide. Sam started
out to hunt the refractory mule (bless
ms built) auu itii'. escorted Sue and
myself, and in process of tin e we reached
Aunt E.-s and found them very uneasy
in consequence of our continued absence,
not having received the message we sent
us to our whereabouts, but after expla
nations all were rendered satisfied.
When Sam found his mule it was at
home. He went after his Buggy and
came to Aunt E.’s for me to accompany
him home, where we arrived about 8 p.
m.. and thus ended as pleasant a dav as
was ever spent by Sallie.
To promise and to keep your word are
two different things. We promise that
Warner’s Log Cabin Liver Pills afford a
pleasant and immediate relief. Try them
and see if the promise is not kept. Price
25 cents per bottle.
T*kt tht I.uoml Paper
On this subject the Douglasville, Ga.,
Star thus speaks:
“If a family can afford only one paper
let that be the home paper; for it con
cerns a family more to know what is
being done in its own county than it
does to know the Hews of distant places.
The city paper caunot give, and does not
pretend to give, the local news that its
country readers must have; but the good
country paper does give a very fair epi
tome ol the world's news.
No other publication can supply the
place of a good local paper. If both
eauuot be retained—if either the city
journal or country newspaper must go,
let it be the former; for nothing cun sup
ply the place of the local pajier.”
The Stai* is right. A man may take a
half dozen eity journals, and cull every
thing contained in them, and he will not
learn the news iu his own county and
round about his own home. And if the
people within the compass of the local
paper will not entertain the idea that an
editor is übiquitous and omniscient, but
furnish him with the events aud news
happenings in their respective localities,
they will greatly aid him in giving to
them local items. —Ex.
Warner’s Log Cabin Sarsaparilla
Regu 1 a ten ,*t h e Regu lat or. Largest Sarsa
parilla bottlein the market. Manufactur
ed by proprietors Warner’s Safe Cure.
Sold by all druggists. Take no other—it
is the best
Oscar Coulter, well known in Walker
county, killed a man named Charles P.
Macey, at Golden City, Ark., on Friday
last. Macey was a sheriff in Logan
county, Arkansas, and had arrested
Coulter on a requisition from Georgia
upon a charge that he (Coulter) had
burned a church in McLemore’s Cove, in
Walker county, Georgia. This was in
1881, in which year Coulter was found
guilty and sentenced to a short term in
the State prison, but his father succeeded
in obtaining his release. Coulter was in
censed at Macey for the arrest, and his
anger culminated in his going to Macey’s
place of business on the day above men
tioned, calling him to the door and shoot
ing him down. Coulter made his escape
v\\V Of the good things of this
v\\ life are sorrowfully let
alone on account of Dyspepsia. Acker’s
Dyspepsia Tablets will cure Dyspepsia,
Indigestion and Constipation; sold on a
positive guarantee at 25 and 50 cents, by
1 o s ile Joy J.R. Wikle & Cos., Druggists
The bridge which is to be built over the
Straits of Messina, which separate Sicily
from Italy, will when consummated form
one of the most striking works in the
line of modern engineering. The place
selected for this great undertaking is
.where the channel is some two and one
half miles wide and 3GI feet deep. Two
piers will support the viaduct of steel
rails at the height of 328 feet above the
water.
Golden Threads.
The chilling blasts of winter wither the
flowers and they fall. So does it affect
the human family, and if precautionary
measures are not taken, being chilled is
followed by evil results. Taylor's Cher
kee Remedy of Sweet Guru and Mullein
will cure coughs, colds and consumption.
The bill introduced by Senator Stewart
to enforce the restrictions on
Chinese immigration provides that after
ninety days trom its passage Chinese
laborer shall not have the right to enter
the United States on the ground of pre
vious residence, and that the Secretary
ol the Treasury shall have the right to
change at will the form of certificates to
be delivered to Chinese departing from
this country for the purpose of identifi
cation on their return.
•When in the course of human events it
becomes necessary for a person to rid
themselves of malaria, sick headache,
dyspepsia or any disorder arising from a
torpid liver or impurity of the blood.
Chipman’s Liver Rills are the things
needful. Sold by J. R. Wikle & Cos.
“Doctor, you ought to take a vaca
tion.”
“My dear fellow, I tried that once and
it proved most disastrous. It was at
least six weeks after I came back before
my patients got iuto the way of being
sick again. I tell you it doesn't pay for
a man to let his business go at loosf
ends.” —Burlington Free Press.
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Syrup of Figs
Is Nature’s own true laxative. It is the
most easily taken, and the most effective
remedy known to • Cleanse the System
when Billious or Costive; to dispel Head
aches, Colds, and Fevers; to cure Habit
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Manufactured only by the California Fig
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Sold by J. li. Wikle & Cos., druggists.
jan2o-ly
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sets at Wikle's Drug Store.
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THE ONLY FEMALE MAYOR
llow She Was Elected and Why She Falls
to Please some People.
Indianapol s Journal.]
“Female mayors are nogood,” said the
ex-city marshal of Argonia, Kan. “Why,
Mrs. Salter has just killed Argonia. 1
used to have a hotel there and was the
city marshal, but I couldn’t stand it, so
just scooted, and I expect I’m to blame
for her election, too.
“You know she wasn’t nominated in
any of the conventions. About 9 o'clock
on ’lectiou day all us boys were feeling
gay and agreed to meet at a hall aud
nominate a candidate to knock out Wil
sou. Jack Ducker —he is the toughest
man iu the place and the undertaker —
got up in the meeting and nominated
Mrs. Susana Medoru Salter for Mayor,
and the nomination was made unani
mous. We rushed into the street and
commenced to work for our candidate.
At noon her husband came to us and
begged us to quit the racket, savin’ it
was an insult to his wife. We wouldn’t
do it, and the voters commenced to come
our way iu clusters. Wegotfull of whisky
and enthusiasm, and at 4 o'clock every
one was votin' for our candidate. Well,
you know as to how she was elected. We
had u jollification, and when she took her
heat like a man all our fun was busted*
“I sent up to Kansas City tor some
crab apple cider just to please the boys.
She heard of it and asked me to stop it.
You can’t fight a woman and she the
mayor. Then I started a little poker
room, more for sociability than anything
else. Chips were only ten cents. She
heard of it and came to me aud I had to
stop. Then the druggist, before she was
elected, used to keep blue grass bitters,
lemon rye and extract of malt, and a tew
other things like that.- He don’t do it
now. The mayor heard of it. Then the
two billiard rooms were running. They’re
closed up now. The mayor don't think
it is fashionable to push the ivories.
That’s the way it is with everything. I
just couldn’t stand the town and so I
came up here.”
“Sli's the only woman mayor on earth,
is she not?”
“That’s just what she is. You ought
to see the letters she gets, foreign letters
aud the like, asking for her autograph,
and askin’ her it it is true that she is the
mayor, and all questions like tha t. When
I was marshal 1 used to act under her,
and many’s the letter she has shown me
from abroad.
The “destroyer ’ deprived of his Prey.
In the long records of human misery,
disease and death, Consumption has, for
ages, occupied a prominent and dread
till distinction as the “fell destroyer,”
and to tins ominous prominence this
tenacious and deadly disease is well en
titled. Close upon itsheels, in the charac
teristics of deadliness and pain and the
extent to which it prevails, comes Cancer
—the fruitful source of unspeakable dis
tress, the dreadful and ever-present
assailant of health, hope and happiness.
The following cases, given in the volun
tary testimony of the writers, show how
closely to the brink of deatli these
diseases brought two sufferers in the
same family, and how, under Providence
and by the use of a simple, well-known
and wonderfully efficacious remedy, they
were rescued from the deadly peril and
restored Jo health and vigor. We com
mend this experience to tiie reader, and
particularly to those who themselves
suffer from similar diseases, or who have
friends or relatives in whose restoration
to health they are interested:
Harrison, Washington Cos., Ga.,
July (5, 1887.
The Swift Specific Cos., Atlanta, Ga.:
Gentlemen —In February, 18S2, 1 com
menced having hemorrhages ot the lungs.
They alarmed me very much, because
Consumption had carried off both my
parents, three brothers and three sisters.
I felt„very badly and I had a very severe
cough, and bled much from the lungs.
Ease June, a year ago, I took a course
of two dozen bottles of S. S. S. The
medicine at once had a beneficial effect.
When 1 ceased taking it 1 was in splendid
heal eh, and 1 have not been sick since
Chen. I regard S. S. S. us a wonderful
olood purifier and builder-up of the sys
tem. it certainly cured me, aud Ido not
now fear auv further trouble from Con
sumption. l ours, etc., A. W. Guin.
Harrison, Washington Cos., Ga.,
July 0, 1887.
L’he Swift Specific Cos., Atlanta, Ga.:
Gentlemen—Over nine years ago a
Cancer developed on my nose. Its course
ran steadily until the septum was entirely
destroyed, and the disease had nearly
eaten through the upper lip. The Cancer
aud a surface on my nose and lip oi
about four iuches. I had two doctors
attending me all the time, but they were
unable to arrest the progress of the
malady. Mv lungs were*affected, I had a
cerrible cough and a number of hemor
rhages. I inherited Consumption, that
evil having carried off nearly all my
father’s people. My father had hemor
rhages and affected lungs, and he was
cured by S. S. S. His cure suggested
that maybe S. S. S. would do me some
good. About a year ago I began taking
the Swift Specific, and i have taken now
only about thirty bottles. The effect of
the medicine was to stop the sloughing
of the Cancer and to very much improve
the condition of my lungs. The Cancer
has gradually yielded to the S. S. S.
until now the lip is entirely healed, the
nostrils are filling up and the cartilage is
being renewed rapidly. Persons who saw
me a year ago are surprised to see how
greatly 1 have improved, and how great
that improvement is. lam delighted at
the result. My general health is good,
and I feel like a different lonian to what
I was one year ago.
Margaret S. Guin.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free. The Swift Specifc Cos.,
Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga.
Y' vvyOX
complaint of
thousands suffering from Asthma, Con
sumption, Coughs, etc. Did you ever try
Acker’s English Remedy? It is the best
preparation known for all Lung Troubles,
sold on a positive guarantee at 10c., 50c.
• i i<y J. li. \\ ike A t 0., Druggists.
THE TRUANT WIFE IS DE\D.
And Now Her Fine** i* Filled by AnotLer
Vouugrr and Fairer
Canton. Ga., Feb. 3. —The elopement
of Mrs. JV. S. Dimsdale, with Mr. Harper,
both leaving large families, has emled
both in tragedy and comedy. Mrs.
Dimsdale was u comely woman, and thus
attracted the attention of Harper, who
led her from the path of conjugal recti
tude. When the couple disapieared,
the deserted husband promptly entered
suit, for divorce, and in order to lose no
time, pending the decision of the case, at
once began paying court to eligible
youngjadies in the neighborhood.
Two weeks ago, news was received from
Culberson, N\, C., stating that a strange
woman had been abandoned there b\
her supposed husband; that* she was ill
with typhoid fever, and in her ravings
she constantly spoke of her children
in Cherokee county, Ga. Later news
came that she was dead; and that her
name was Mrs. Dimsdale. It seems that
her betrayer had taken her across the
oountry subjecting her to
many hardships of travel, and that when
she became sick, away from home and at
his mercy, he deserted her. The myste
rious disappearance of Harper’s family
one night a short time ago, suggests that
he must have returned home, and spirited
away to anew home, where his misdeeds
will not rise up against him. This ends
the tragedy of the elopement, right where
the comedy begins.
Mr. Dimsdale heard of his truant wife’s
death without regret. Satisfying him
self that she was really dead, he at once
proceeded, to the court house, had his
suit for divorce taken off the dockets, and
returning by the home of Miss Sarah
Holcombe, insisted upon that lady at
once filling the dead woman’s place. It
did not take her long to decide, when
Squire Lyon was called in, and the twain
were made one. The affair has been the
cause of much excitement around Ball
ground.
‘•The JBlood is the Life.”
Thoroughly cleanse the blood, which is
the iounuation of health, by using Dr.
Bierce’s Golden Medical Discovery, and
good digestion, a fair skin, buoyant
spirits, vital strength, and soundness ol
constitution will be established.
Golden Medical Discovery cures all
humors, from thecommon pimple, blotch,
or eruption, to the worst Scrofula, or
blood-poison. Especially has it proven
its efficacy in curing Salt-rheum or Tetter,
Fever-sores, llip-joint Disease, Scrofu
lous Sores and Swellings, Enlarged
Glands, and Eating Ulcers.
Golden Medical Discovery cures Con
sumption (which is Scrofula of the
Lungs), by its wonderful blood-purifying,
invigorating, and nutritive properties.
For Weak Fungs, Spitting of Blood,
Shortness of Breath, Bronchitis, Severe
Coughs, Asthma, and kindred affections,
it is a sovereign remedy. It promptly
cures the severest Coughs.
For Torpid Liver, Biliousness, or “Liver
Complaint,” Dyspepsia, and Indigestion,
it is au unequaled remedy. Sold by drug
gists.
Sick and bilious headache, and all de
rangements ofstomacheand bowels, cured
by Dr. Fierce's “Pellets” —or .antibiliouh
granules. 25 cents a vial. No cheap boxes
to allow waste of virtues. By druggists.
* * * * Delicate diseases of either sex
radically cured. Send 10cents in stamps
n-r book. Address, World’s Dispensary
Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
Game in Season: The new game called
“editors’ delight” is played in this wise:
Take a sheet of ordinary writing paper,
fold it up carefully and enclose a bank
note sufficiently large to pay up all ar
rears and a year in advance. What adds
immensely to the pleasure of the game is
to send along the name of anew sub
scriber or two, accompanied bjs cash.
Keep your eye on the editor, and if a
smile adorns his face the trick works like
a charm. —Midway Blue Grass Clipper.
W-C \\rv\v enjoy your dinner
*3 and are prevented by Dys
pepsia, use Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets.
They are a positive cure for Dyspepsia, In
digestion, Flatulency and Constipation.
We guarantee them. 25 and 50 cents.
Sold by J. It. Wikle & Cos., Druggists.
The thriving city of St. Paul celebrated
the festival of its patron saint with
what is called an ice carnival. The
heroism that can make fun out of a bliz
z ird and turn to merry-making when
everything in frozen up is characteristic
of the great Northwest. It is this elastic
spirit that makes life endurable and even
enjoyable in a climate that would re
duce au Eastern man to torpor.
Why do we Die?
Vital statistics classified shows the res
piratory organs to be the feeble point* in
man. Diseases of the lungs are out of
all proportion in fatality. Take Taylor’s
Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and
Mullein for coughs, colds and consump
tion.
Softer thau the rustle of an angel's
wings, sweeter than the music of Apollo’s
lute, more entraeing far than a note from
Orpheus’ lyre, is the voice of him who
says, “Put me down for a year’s subscrip
tion.”—Anniston Hot Blast.
A Generous Oft'er.
Wells, Richardson & Cos., Burlington,
Vt., will mail a copy of their new book
“Great Things," to anyone asking. This
tells of the gyeat things in nature and
art. It also tells of Paine’s Celery Com
pound, the great Nerve Tonic.
A Louisville young man who smoked
forty cigarettes a day, has been declared
by the courts to be an idiot. No doubt
he was a dude and if he had been exam
ined before lie began smoking the same
verdict would hare been rendered.
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