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The Search-Light. QUAINT SAJI HOUSTON WTT£n "PSfUL COMES. (M Professional Cards* H AIN BRIDGE, APRIL 20, 1901 LOST ANO >OU*6. t- !>f: I Yost a mhidcn lonj ij©?* Last night 1 thought Pd frjwJ **h And as my livel !k art’s car I quietly rccruwn*J U-r, ts’rwM not l« truth to cay sha RAiaad Untouched by time. r!m* falter fc’rn Dan <il ol I I found Uor U'S, Tbs **e» in It rawrfc Her hslo had mart poideo prryth. While kxk* once Uyacinthina Upon nry own poor pate, alas Foe many a yt*ar Uve been thint The eyea—whole sfiafta t!»e flute Kmiiloyet] to overcome n»— Oiorw? brUchtcr. Fmiles were an tha l!pa , Whoae “No” (tiJ ooce benumb tna. Jfy fx*art beat hfah cfLS l»opo, but when ! *>>ke tier name anotlter Who »uxvl betirie the maid irjtftedL The inaWcn coiled her “Mother. The matron vnlhil on ma. I dared Not tell her t? at l*d »x»£t»t her Through lon^ a»vl ucary years, at lait To And her—in !*» daughter! —[loston GlDbtn FRIGHTENED HIS WIFE. Di«(«r ftri M fm | it is when the happeos 1 timt fatalism profea botv fragile a prop ! ft la. after alt for human courage- Tbd Soldier or the aallor caft nay to himself trben he knows that he mast take a fcupretne risk Id battle or In a storm: *1 am powerless against the fate which | was decreed for die from the beginning General Fam Ilodsfon of Texas was of tl* world* M ,w ^ »«««;» •« i “*r.Sw Sic during my first rear* of sortlce at ^ hnrm nic - Bnt ^j^j, Without ah ln- iLe capltoh Like Denton, he was very j siaot i B turning a rock crashes through fond of young men and soon caiue to | Q ghIp - g bottom and the waters tush HiS PICTURESQUE ATTlfUDa IN THE UNITED STATE* SENATE. Clad fa aft fftdUkft fiianlM*, DU Pttm- clIHil Bmplsrmeiti Wo. VYbtttllftft Mn<* Stteko-nio Qoltelolm Deed «o One Hood red u* Slot* Aon* oi Land. DR. S. J CHESNUT. fhyslcian atd Strgech Treats diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Alt calls promptly attended. OFFICE OS Broiifflitoh Street. count me os “one of fits boys." Only those who were youngsters In the for ties con realize lire Interest people felt in Houston lu the days when hts part In the struggle for tire Independence of Texas xvas still fresh In the public mind. Visitors to the senate chamber Invariably asked to have him pointed out Uf them, and they were never dis appointed lu their hern, for tie was lurge of frame, of stately carriage and into the gap, when confusion seizes the entire company aboard, wheu the fog Is too thick for the captain to bo seen or the roar of the sea drowns the sound of his orders a new test Is applied. Then ft Is that the cowage which rests on nothing firmer than a negation gives way, and In his gieed to save his own life the stoic becomes ns a madman. There have been steamship disasters In which men of humble station, of all dignified demeanor and had a lionllUe J colors and faiths, haw shown the finest countenance quality of heroism, and there have been Always unconventional In dress, he . those In which the common sailors, nil would now and Mien appear at the cap- , whites and Europeans, have earned Forty Oont. Almost the Cmue of • |t 0 | wearing a vast and showy sombre- ! eternal disgrace by their <wt8ra.ee. cto.tropnw. 1 ro and a Mexican blanket, a sort of or- j The point we are mating la not that It Before Mrs. Drowley was married Q ninentaJ bedqullt with a silt In the | Is possible to draw a bard and fast line ■lie scuffed at the misguided girls ami middle through which the wearer's I between one religion and another or women wlw kept personal ucconnts. bend was thrust, leaving Ur* Irlauket to ! one race and another In the matter of ller argument was that If you know | lang lu folds around the body. His j bravery, but that the normative sense how much money you lind and It was principal employment In the senn-‘e of responsibility for one's own acta, of nil gone wbat was the use of piling on was whittling pine sticks, of which be j the difference between right and wrong, the anguish by having your folly uud . b,,. urh i to have an unlimited supply “ .. . It extravagance In black and white to wnH only at rare intervals that he stare you tn the face, os|/<>c!a!ly ns yon broke silence, tint when fie did speak had no more money nt the end of the i, t , a i W ays proved himself caiwble of month Hum you had without an ac- contributing his quota of sound aud count hook? '****■■■■ I patriotic udvlce to the deliberations of 0*Tlut since she lias been running n the senate. house Him has achieved not one but ■ passage In Houston’s career was nearly a dozen account hooka There nol) i or ttian the heroic stand against Is one devoted to the grocery man. an- disunion which marked Its close, while other to the butcher, personal accounts of ilis kindliness of nature and gener- talie a third, oimI bo on till Bhe spends 0IIS helpfulness to those In distress one nearly nil her glad young life balanc- recall stories eutttelent to till a Ing sums. It Is a matter of pride with volume. her that they shall come out even, and Nl 'ur Quincy, Ills., there was a so there was woe last month when 40 stretch of country known as tin* "lu cent* refuses! to Ik* accounted for. She dlim tract.” to which Houston lu’ld ti mid Mr. Drowlej had n grave and tie, „ fn( .t many of the settlers thereon, lengthy discussion over the missing 40. 0 curt .|<*ss ptoueof brood, failed to T.acli accused th<* other of frlvollug the search out. Otu* of them calk'd upon sum uway and neglecting to enter It on william A. Itlchardson, long member the proper !>ook, "Sundries.” between nobility ami Ignoullny ami of the grandeur of duty well done at the sacrifice of self. Is a far surer <h*pend- enco In tlie prew-nce of sudden peril than all the stoical philosophers ever worked out by the mind of mam— Washington Post. SYBARITES IN THE COLD. Loiffrr m ft I* IndnlfliKI Id b> Oir Arctic Trader*. 8o much has been written .of tbe Es klrno ("husky") dogs and dog sk*ds of tl»e north that they may well he men tloned here If only to sltow the Idea of luxury which many of the factors and traders of the Hudson Bay comi*auy etiteitaln. Seated or rather reetin!.-_g In his cariole, swatlicd In furs, he is Drowley Insisted strenuously he was imt guilty. Mrs. Itrowtey kvjked pain ed nml urged bttn to confess. He left for down town vowing vengt'ance. It was late that afternoon when Mrs. Drowley was entertaining a roomful of aristocratic callers that a telegraph boy npi'enred. The mnld brought in the fatal yellow envelope, ami ut once the bride knew her husband bad boon fa tally Injured and was Bending for her. Some one revived Imr with smelling snUs. a lady In purple velvet fanned her with n hastily snatched lamp shade, and a third visitor with more presence of mind than the rest opened the telegram. The message read: ‘‘Honest, now, what did you do with Hint 40 ecutsV—Chicago News. ^ driven by an engage on foot who dasb- ^ r - of the house from the Quincy district es along at n great pace. The cariole Is and subsequently a senator from hla 1 painted gaudily. There are ltussiau state, and asked If he knew Houston, j IxAls ou the collars of each of the long ltlcImrdBon said 1m* did. whereupon his spiin of dogs.' while the harness Is o visitor confided to him that he had In- j mass of bend work and tassels, advertently settled ntkhi ldO acres of j Nq longer when tie lodges at night at Houston’s land and tkut all he was . a post does he' iwftake solely of the worth stood tn Improvements on It. He simpler fare It can furnish, nor even wanted Richardson to sec Houston and wheu he camps out In the wilderness moke the best terms that he could, j must he be content with what his gun Richardson upon his return to Wash- j can bring down hi addition to the pern An Intvreatlnn t/lnlc. One curious Incident In the siege of Pndtijos may Ik* related. The day nfter the assault two 8punls!> ladles, the younger u beautiful girl of 14. ap pealed for help to two officers of the rltles. who were pjissing through one of the streets of the town. Their drosses wlu . n you frttow . weut tm UV " quer led were torn, their es:rs..trom wtilcli rings -Houstou* - had been roughly snatetud. weretdeed- , u About ^ an ncrt> . $soo ln all/ . at) . Ing. and to escape outrage or death g5Vorwl [ nchar , tion . Ington told Houston the story and ask ed what Lie would tuke for a quitclaim deed to the ItU) acres. "What sort of a man Is this constitu ent of yours wlio has blundered upon my lundV" asked Houston. "A good, square, honest man,” was the reply. "When I turn him off my land. 1 reckon lie and his family will be beg gars?" Richardson nodded. “Wlmt’s this farm worth now?" ask ed Houston •’Improvements and all nliout $(j,000 t " was the response. “What was the bare place worth they cnat themselves on Hu* protection of the first British officers they met. -One of the officers was Captain Harry Fill It b of the* titles. Two years later lie married the girl he had saved In n scene so wild. Captain Harry Smith In after years served at the Cape us Fir Harry, and this Spanish girl, as Lady Smith, gave her name to the his toric town which Sir George White de fended with such stubborn valor.— '"Wellington's Men." They Were Attentive. A clergyman preaching In a country .church for the tlr.it time was delighted to find th<* congregation very atten tive und told the verger so afttr the service. The verger replied. 'H-of tiless you. sir. we wus all looking for yon to dis appear!” "Why. what do you mean?" said the clergyman. "Well, sir, you see, the pulpit ts rot ten and hasn't t>cen preuebed tn this -ten year or more."—IVaruoti's Weekly. Soaie Odd MlNtnkcn. All urban chemist advertised tn his shop window: "Artificial eyes. Open all night." Away down south lu frout cf the postotfiee In an Inland towu may have been seen this legend. "Post here letters too late for the next mall." In a picture of the departure of the pilgrims from IMftlmven the artist placed n large steamer In the distance leaving the harbor under full ft team. ah on. Torn—So your engagement with May Is broken. I thought she talrty doted on you. “Good fellow, this man of yours, Richardson?” this after a moment's thought. "Best In the world.” said Richardson. “Tell him to solid me aud I'll make him a deed." ln due time the ?S00 reached Wash ington In tin* shape of a New York draft IftcUurdsoa sought- Houston, who. haying executed n deed, took tlu* diHft nmi indorsed It. "You say this man of yours Is a good fellow?” heusked thoughtfully. “Couldu't tie 1 better one," was the emphatic answer. “Send him hack tills draft and tell him Sam Houston has changed h!s u:!ud. What can you buy a good sad dle borso for out hi Unit country?” He was told that S'-U> would do It. “Well, then." said Houston, "write to your friend and tell him to buy a first class saddle horse aliout 4 years old and keep him for me. When congress ad journs, 1 will go home with you and ride the horse* down to Texas.” Without delay the man In Illinois re ceived bnck Ills draft and tiought a sad dle horse, the best he Could find. Just before adjournment Houston sought Richardson. "You say the fellow who’s got ray horse is h tiptop good mnn?” Richardson ngn’ti declarer him one of the best tn hts district. "Wall." said Houston, with a sigh. "I should have liked first rote to see him and also my horse, but as affairs turn out 1 must go straight to Texas. When you get home, go over and see this man and tell him to sell the horse aud do vvliat he pleases with the money. And. liy the way, Richardson. 1 wish you would write and tell uie if tt was n good horse or not."—Personal I^ecollectiuns of Ga- tnlcah he carries. For now. either un der the warlole seat or In an additional sled behind, there Is found a good sup ply of canned meats and vegetables products of Chicago ami Ontario, and. moreover, his driver Is his cook. In the o[ieu a fire will be deftly kindled, tea will Ik* made, bacon nml even eggs will lx* fried, and hot “flapjacks,’’ that delectable fritter of the hush, half an Inch thick and swimming ln grease and molasses will tickle Hr* factor’s palate. At night, enveloped tn hts furs and tuaybe reposing on a hastily construct ed lied of balsam boughs, the last vision before Ills eyes closo-.upou the scenes of dreamland will be Hr* scin tillating splendors of the aurora borea lis, vyhose purpling waves alternate with bars of vivid light so rapidly aud In such volume us to make the behold er almost believe that'nature speaks, tnauger the silence, all penetrating, all pervading—Comhlll Magaztne. ]. E. Contractor and Builder, BAINll 11 ID G£, GA. Bids Submitted on All Kinds of BRICK: or : WOOD: WORK. 12-1 tf a. a Atjsim AITCENET-A-r-U-t, Office With tViwnsemj <& tv and. BAlNBRtDGK - - Ctlfe b. H. BOWEtt. J Btbos ». || ow , t bower mm attorney a at la i? 3 ORGJa Practice in thb State courts. [. ed aud Justice courts. Also dealer estate, improved aud wild laude'Jj lots for sale." R. J. ROONEY, Contractor and Builder. Estimates cheerfully furnished on all . . classes of building. . . W. I. GEES, Mtorney and Counselor At [ COLQUITT, - GEOKGI Office : In Court House. ALBEET H. RUSSEL^ Attoney at Law, BAINBIilDGE, - - GEORG- Office Over Bainbridge Slate J. W. BURNEY, itIJD BUyjDE^, BAIN BRIDGE, GEORGIA. ©“Agent for Hardwood Mantels, Doors, Sash a id Blinds, and contracts for first-class Cement Sidewalks. Fresh Meats A.11 Kinds AT MY NEW BUTCHER - SHOP, ON WATER street. JETE H. POWELL. TOMB STONES, The “Picket.** The picket was general.? Inflicted on cavalry and artillerymen and was a smgulurly brutal hit of torture. A long )<ost. near which stood a stool, was driven Into the ground. TIm* delinquent was ordered to mount the stool, and his right hand was fastened to a hook In the post by a noose, druvvu up as high ns it could Ik* stretched, rouud his wrist. A stump the height of the stool.- with Its end cut to a rotind and blunt point, was also driven into the earth close to the post. Then the stoul wus taken away, aud the sufferer had noth ing to rest his (Kin* feet upon tiut tlie stump, "which, though It did not usu ally break the skin," says Captain Grose, "put him In great torture. Iiis only means of relief being by resting his weight on tits wrist, the pain of which soon Iv'came intoleruhlo.” one can very well believe him. esjieelally wlK*n he makes the uOdttlou that a man was not Infrequently left to stand In this positlou for half an hour, al though the orthodox period of endur- auce was IS minutes.—-Loudon Graphic. “I have 1 een tro iblel with indi gestion For ten years, have 'tried n.anv tilings and spent nt .< h m es-y to lu* purpose until T *<*,. ( t Kodol Dyi pep a Cure. I have taken two bolt'es and gotten more relief from tee th *n aH other medtenes take *. I frel m rc like a b y than I l,a*e felt in twenty years." Anderson and - - MNIRNTS. • ■ Do you con tem plate erecting a monument or tomb stone, or in any way im proving your cemetery lot? If so, write me at CUTHEERTV GA. 1 will submit designs and prices and will call at yotr home to see you. The best work of all . ' S>i.dcs ci C.'srvivite tt.c PRICES TO SUIT YOU. t. ti. mmi Cuthbert, Ga. J. STERLING R0BRET5, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BAIN BRIDGE, . . GEOH Will practice in all the courts. JOE. H. GTLPlf Attorney at Law, BA IN BRIDGE, - - GEOB f* Will practice law together L courts, except, the criminal brunch»! city court of Decatur county. .V Publio iu office. JOHN C* CHAS02T. ATTORNEY AT LAW, ba’inbridge, • G. Will practice lnw in all theUourti kLUmlEJ.I ATTOErrEYS £lT LA Bainbridge, - Ga. Will practice in nil t he Federal Midi Courts Offices: Up-stairs Bet Building. SIC 2TT7SSBAUN Attorney-at-Law BAINBRIDGE, - GhOKG Will pi.ottice in.all the courts, tal attention given to real estHte, mercial and corporation practice. Office in old Bank Building. 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