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BAIN BRIDGE, SEPT.
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1901.
TWO FAMOUS RIDER?
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STRtKtNO FEATS OF ENDURANCE
THB PIONEER DAYS OF THE WES
tabr*y> Rid* lb* OMM*
Pk>«lMl IsblatriOMt Ulm *«wim
< tilltM la Till Cnalrr^nMilien.
I mU Jim Maara’a Hard Rida.
Thu greatest physical achievement
ever accomplished lu this country woe
the JrtSe of F. X. Aubrey from the
phu» of Santo Ke N. M.. to the Pub
lic square ut Independence. Mo., u dis
tance of nearly 8CW miles, through a
country Inhabited by warlike Indiana,
a lamp part of which was then a Riti
dy desert. It wos about the yi»r
1831 that Aubrey gave bis wonderful
test of human endurance. before which
all other attempts of tbe kind pale
Into tnatgulttcuiice. lie wtte a short
heflvy set 'man. 39 years of sgtvlh the
prime of manhood and strength. Htg
l-shiest tor ten years as a Santa ipe
I -ter -hod made him perfectly "fs-’
hollar with tbe trail apd nil the stop
ping places. He \v:ul*V.perfect horse
man. uml. although there were great
riders Ip those Says. Dane of thum
cared to dispute the pultn wHt»' An-
brey.
On a wager of $t,000 he /undertook
to rlt}e alone from Santa f’e to Inde
pendence Inside of sis days. It was
without n thought of fear Hurt He un
dertook the terrible feat. It was VP be
the supreme effort of Ids life, and he
scut half a dozen of (IteswlJTliSt Inirses
ahead, to be*statlnned ’ at different
points. Tor use In the ride, lie left
Bantu Ke In a sweeping gallop, ahd
that was the pace kept up during near
ly every hour of the time until he fell
fainting from his fonm covered horse
In the square ut liiih-pt-ndencv. No
tuun could keep up with the rider, uml
he would hnve killed every horse In
the west rather Hum haw- failed In the
undertuklpg. It took >i)ui just 5 days
jyjd lh iKHirp fo [(fiforts the feat, uud
NOVEL CURES.
3
0»K«v MM. B*,1.re*“ro , t*.«A’
MM C*ft»l» OtwMOS
Freezing. baking, inuminating. tot-
turlog. frightrtnag and hmtstng Are
staokg tbe oreejked ways of curing cer
tain diseases, says a writer In tbe Phil
adelphia Timm. For example, tbe bak
ing cm*: When one has a well devel
oped rheumatism. be Is placed In a spe
cies of stove add the crystals of uric
sett are literally melted out of ht« body.
Another odd core ouce tried for
rheumatism was burial tn damp,
warm clay. Tbe first rheumatic burial
took place at Menominee, Mich. The
treatment was not a success, and this
form of cure has been given up.
The freezing cure: This was first In
troduced by a Swiss doctor. Paul Bur
deyronL Be placed his patients In
sheets Immersed tn tee water, packing
the.patient all about with crushed lee
Tbtk ttreatment Is today used In typhoid
fever c*am.
Or tb^ patient la plunged into an ter
water bath. Tbe treatment savesYmjny
Ifvrs Itaglng fever above 10R degrees
F. has tKN*ti brought down ny these
means to normal—09 2-5 degrees—In
less than ten minutes.
Neither of these modes of treatment
actually freezes one. A phystetau of
Paris. II. FI genu, introduced In 19UO un j
ammonia vapor method. which really
froze the patient. Tbe body was placed
In u chamber Into which certain chem
icals were Introduc'd. Ammonia gas.
by sudden evaporation, lien produced
Intense cold, and the blood In tbe body
lost most of Its bent.
M. Flgenu's method did not mee|
With soccers. Some of his patients
succumbed to the drastic measures,
and tbe practice was abandoned.
" !l 1 -rWhtaUevfUe.'
One of edltow who read the cmn-
WTriPt of J3?nry Tbetv Stephenson's L
“ Pit t rood fun’ Vofket.berg" thought' 1
r&rzss&t'&r. .^jmwmbk ».tro»iioT
srssKS’sirsrjS;* «m. h™«. ». t* , »»««: t „
Air., Montgomery, Ain. 1
MANUFACTURERS OF ——’
TH K ST A R, ,1 ESSE FRENCH, AND KICH.Mqk,
| tests of companionable fitness. Ifiqtlifed
i whether tbe antbor preferred Lamb of
I Milton.
I Mr. Stepbfoiwn replied acknowledg
ing the pleasure the letter bad given
him tfnd saying?
“I do not bhoW Whether you Jtsb If 1
like Lamb or mutton or Lamb of Mil-
ton best, but In either case It’s Lamb.”
Even the reflection on the editor’s
handwriting could not detract from tbe
editorial approbation of Mr. Stephen
son’s choice, and the new partnership
of minds was Immediately formed.—
Youth's Companion.
tVo-tld Rather Siaolte Than Bat.
“One day.” writes Bn American lu
Havana. "I eamc across an old Cuban
woman sitting disconsolately on d rock
i near MortO c-astlc. She told, me In
Spanish that for three days she had
■ had nothing to cat but a loaf of bren
and coffee. She looked It. I gave' her
a Spanish dollar and followed In her
wake. She entered the first cafe she
came to and bought a drink and a ci
gar. I couldn’t help laughing to see her
ns she walked along the street, paging
away at the weed purchased with rnr
money. She seemed perfectly content
ed. The Cubans, even the women,
would rather smoke than eat. They
take only two meg’s a day. breakfast
about 10 o’clock and dinner nt -1 In the
■aftcrifoouf.”’ '■
PISWM* Vent*.
A curious preference of certain pi
goons for tbe use of metallic object? i:
building their nests is noted by U
Maurice iHisoller in Tbe Revue Seier.
tlllque. He assures us that Severn
pairs of these birds that be has obnorv
ed In Paris have raised tbelr young li
uests made entirely of hairpins! Tbesi
articles they collected In the paths o
the Luxembourg. The young pigeon
grew up normally as the* wo.-Id In i
softer nest. M. Dusoller believes that
there is a useful suggestion la this fo:
pigeon fanciers, who are often over
anxious, he thinks, to see that theii
charges have soft material for the!
nests.
The Wheel Problem.
Which, at any given moment Is roov-
Ihg forward faster—the top of a coach
wheel or the bottom?
The answer to this question seems
simple enough, but probably nine per
sons out of ten. asked at ruudorn
would give the wrong reply. It would
"PIK-ur at first sight that tbe top and
bottom must be moving at the same
It cost the lives of several of bis best I rate-that is. tbe speed of tbe carriage.
. horses, — - ■ — j But liy a little thought It will be dis-
> Afici iielng carried Into a room In tli? 1 £££ r <-‘ d that the bottom of the wheel
old hotel s.t Independence Xubrev lay 1 » >“ * a ct, b - v t1»P direction of its uio-
,for 49 hours in a dead stupor lie tore he j Uou u '' ountl *t» uxls - tmivlng buckward.
came to tils sense* He would never !’ ,n an opposite direction to that which
buvp recovered from the shock hnd It! the carriage Is nrfvanclng and is eon-
net been Tor his wonderful eonstlru- «.-queutly stationary In space, while
tlon. r nie feat was unnplmously re- ! tlK ‘ l* 0 " 11 on tu P of the wheel is tuov-
garded by western men as the greatest I * n *» forward with the double reloclty
inhibition of slrcuctli and endnrnoce I ° r lts mvn tnotlon around the axis and
ever known on the puliw. j the speed at wljlcli the carriage moves. :
RyThc j kly of J'.tn Moyre. g, noted froti-) .
t li-i's;v,*n [oT The pioneer days, is also i Fiow*» Gardes* or the Sea.
.worthy of mention. Moore was a man | The seu Iiu9 Its llovrer gardens, but ■
of almost perlVct [rbyslque In fact, by the blooms afe uot ou plants as they j
v Hilary standards he was n model. • are on the land. It is tbe animals of ;
f ■■ weighed fflb youuds. ylcml '■ fc«-i 10 .the sea that make the gardens! the;
Straight Ss’afi ?n?Hitr. > *rifh good 1 corals of the, tropical waters pa rtleu- j
neck well set on h|a shouldi-ra ^juiHI 1 lari.v making a display of tloral lienuty j
waist, but good loin*, and had the liuuis I that fairly rivals (he gorgeous color- i
of a thoroughbred No finer looking mg and_ deilcgje grace presented by /
man physically ru-t rode a Iffoifeho ' land floWei-jf. So qloacly do they resetn-
tlion dim Moore. Me i-offid rug like,an .' We plain htob/iiF J hat K la hard to be- I
Indian, wus r.s active ns * piifithcf. the. Hevt that they me .Wholly fihJtml ini
best cat tired man hr iW world, wuf as ! organlzntlort, l)r Blackford sfly* that i ATLANTA 3IEN WILLT^BY IT
couragectns n.?,a !;->« - ; among the cosrtl gardens there are 1 v •
^nl^is i'S»}y sixties Sloorf Was n pohy nsbes of curious forms and hashing |
exj'.^.'s/kg Idler ills rooje was from colors dart Jug aiiout. Just us ihe iiinig
Midway' slot loo. half tv«y between And butterflies dart about plant gat- |
Fort Kc." ’Ucy nhd Cot lohirmst Springs, dens on land.—Chicago Chronicle. j
till ilffVhOra AuflWl of Cowi. • j —
It will pi-olmbly not surprise our i Atlanta, Ga , Mav 33 190!
readers to hear that most Spanish hull- , f W . Harris. Jr.. CarcersvUle, Gw •
fighters object ter fighting oiivvs. The,: „ _ . r
real ronsoft may, however, astonish ' D»ah tlin-Wr favor at May 3k «■
them. A sportsmanlike objection to j * elveci ' 1,1 which you ask, “Where can
_ pars:-cutlug rt female animal has both- ' we “ market for 100 tons of wheat
pnll ft ralie’vWibg. c 11 "*. ' Ing whatever to do with' If. The fact Is bay?” This is rather a bard Question Co
he ytlMlfHi uk*» i’o*. the 1 (j, a t jl 1( . average trtv-ador Is sincerely auswer. We have made some inquiries
rider*ypul only , afraid of n cow. J from tne wholesale grass and graiu men
* 'V'"™ tn-WVfioi’nt And he has good reason. The cows of 1 <rf Atlanta to see if we could not induce
.V" 1 half Wild breed Used for the arena | them to wke hoid o( lhh wbm “
■ • «KbH* ,Jhls rliWN^f ffvi> jmicb quicker hi their moveffionta 1 ir . . . . a - aua
y w;w muMte I - hour’ , than\are the bulls. Their horns are 1 ?. . ke , ’ laut lt ought take
e ibi-re wore hv ?sex press more' pointed and more formidable. * ue piaOB ot tuaotb y ana other north-
going wicli -way. Jti.iAiy ns I They do not lower their heads to the wesceni grasses. They say that they
-m lu sonic jug a itng.1 •ic- J*c- ' giaoiful. shut their eyes and charge like perfectly willing to give this hay.a
-I. hor** aftw jMMife fur iM 1 ft .-.jSw*'tvnv« -upon t,lie mills. Jnrt fire Wal, and if you and other parttsadasira
:cry were few* Jiu-l: gble cad ready to follow every Wove- fo Consign to them a tow tons they will
. • ,0, t -thetrt oi , '\(i.rir, WTsecntors: Tl’.cln war- sell ic air commission and do the very
Its* oeeHliliin of whi<*i d i.ui tc I vactliAbflre been adapted not to best in thoir power to create a market
Moore’s rente partner had beep blind. ilxwine'fwWal nttacks. btn to the '
an.! Moore was uuucqmtlus and ! straiwpir pt ad»Re aVd .enuhing boasts I juwbobi obxretcd
bug that tie might to dottble ft j vif Wbleli’the human bullfighter
route. In Hus aaEEfhntlpn he real- j 8 oidj' arihelle mimic. If tliese cheap
'< that there is u tins* lltult to ytnlur- Wo l s 'of th« tfnffulsh populace would
e. aud therefore tic Ruw the I iron- fape and scvJve thlld cows which
1 a little more of the steel than had dust .been sobbed..of tb«’»r calves,
unit made,tbe trip to Julesburg they might |N*rbi;iis forestall the luit.eh
fo jjuleslajig. ft diatalicr of 14f» ihllea.
'^■uifVodc Uu»round trip of —M.| miles
.iindb .N^-vctt, JTteJifutlolls tverc* from
,d to vf.llca af*BiT.\*n<l a fresh horse
of y sh V iod wnAgbtalm-d ut each
(a "he ♦^vassiluiisylelny in 1 ln*se
-1 \k*rs«-it.»ugtiiiNNJer gave Hie
Re Went.
lie—Half past III Isn't that deck
fnst- B
She—I think not
He—Well, I guess tny .watcJi k like
myself—It la slow.
She—But It is not exactly like y »u.
Pe-Indeed?
She—No- it goes.—HsTieu. LI-e.
QUESTIONSJNSWERED
WHUKK A ItEVltY MARKET MAY
BK - JiCCKKIJ KOX A CHOP
OF W It BA f HAY.
Brain Oealers Will Sell It pn Cum
mission and Do 1’helr Dost
• to Create a Demand.
Imve a few hours for real, but
be hod time to dismount and
Ills cram;ied aud tired utureir*
igofe yell” of tbe east going rld-
hs heard
e drank some cold coffee, tilled fit*
ket with cold meat and was In the
I tie again for another 140 mile ride.
. . order to be able to live tbe route uut
! M'lit tlM'in for all there was la tliem.
v. lh tlu* result that be arrived at Mid-
■ac.v. after lisvtug ridden SH0 ml lee. In
houre-.froni the time be lutd left
1 ' *■<*, Ben Holliday gave hlui a gold
>■ lieb aod a e»>rtliicate of bta retuorfc-
. performance. Many of tbe old
■ ' tlerstven now Urlag knew Moore,
t of hH 'MJ mile ride la IS boot*
. - have seen (tie watch and oectifi-
<a: —Solrlt at Hie Tlmea.
of IRC#. <«:blclf the »inmn bullfighter , rhw a unle dlwjer ouee
to William .Marconi, of Which one inci
dent is still remembered by settle of the
guest« Am oraiorlcal member of the
company, growing enthusiastic over a
toast to the Inventor of wireless teleg
raphy. made this climax to his perora
tion: “Gentlemen. 1 give you Marconi,
the Franklin, the Faraday and the
Helmholtz of Italy.” When the toast
liad been drunk, the distinguished
guest thanked the party for tbe honor
aud added. “But I must protest against
sirs. Arriving at Jnlerdmig. he or .put they would, at arty rate, do
* b' a,s reuUmw'd. His partuer gomclhiug to earn their laurellV'l't’ar-
< bed. He hml IjoiM'd tluit he Kons
T**I> ru M Muy un.
All EskliiKNi hive good teeth, bat
they are nuc^vted to severe usage,
being us»**l for pin<-bers. vises and
Silting machines.
Tbe teetl. are employed In drawing ,1)e Hctlon ,he preceding speaker in
bolts, untying knots, bolding tlm maklug ute trlirtets."—Leslie’s Monthly.
tDouth(*ieve of a drill, shaping boot ■
solos, stretching aud tanning skins t*»ikq*»ki».
Wlien they ttecoine oticvi-n from hard the Isles of Ischia aud Scio
usage they are leveled qff with a file aufferwi terribly from an earthquake,
or .whetstone. losing about 4.000 to 5JI00 people. Is-
Cl.route Condition. chia was again visited In 1983. but did
Prospective Tenant—Of course tbe oat get off as easily as before, coming
bouse needs repairs. out of tbe wreck with IQjOOO dead and
Owner— Halil I>ld yon ever eee a miss’.ag. Tbe great calamity of tbe
boose Hat dldp’t ?-I.nd ! atapolls News nineteenth eeutury was the great con-
0 „ v „, ... " , , vulaion In Java In 1883. which la said
Snow rails on 15 days in the year at to Imre miai nnt im than isaim
OnWln. Tl at Moscow and 40 In lets ^ ^
land. .*»«*. .....
ALSO SOtTHEFN AND WKSTEHN ar*%?*•
FAMOUS STEIN WAY, KNABE, Vosf'
TON AND CHICKEKING PIANOS.
BESf OKUANS ON EARTH T w ,„, , ,
flti’Umetits tally gtiavnntred. *•!
-i2* ST. RTDQQri j
k a *** lal ^ i
Oonalai,
STEAMBOAT SCHEDULES-
mi uml lifter Apnl ‘ZitVv, isoi, nnd nntll fur
Her notice, the locul rules of freight, between
liiiKtlngs on the I'Haltuliooehee. Hint, Apu
iuelilcoltt null t 'liipolu rivers will be as ful-
Cjws:
Cottou, floe per bale\ Flour, Hie perbarrellj
ertllUers, {! til per t-m. Other fruiglifs In
iitoiHirlloii.
Schedule—Leave Columbus.
-teun.er M W. KEI.I.KY, Cupt. T. A. Jlar-
ciun . Tiiesituy, In h. in.
tciimer (JlIEKN CITY, Cupt. E. J.. Magrtider,
TUiirsnuy, ID a. in. ,
teuu ev W.t;. KKADI.EY, dipt. A A. I.ind,
sutur 1:,v H» a. to.
All Bouts no vlu BulubrWgu iiol'th b -utid.
steamers queen City anil Hrinlly, south
iinundi «111 Urmtsler to liortitbomul tjojut ut
buttiilioucliee, fruiglit uml imssciiger* for
•itnbrlilgc
Thlsscheilnle willbu obsetved, river, etc.,
H-rifilltliig.
Wi rehouse Landings.
’olUUlbUH,
•’loivnct’, Gn.
ufiiuIn. Aiii. i I’h’.vttivhoocfitje, F1h.
’t. Guinus Mis. -J A N. K. it. rointd.
'pperi’oiuii bin, Alii- j t S. A. b. It. It.'Points,
riirof.li|i K li- PoiotH ^ Hu in bridge, Mu
.owerUolnmbin, Ala. \ • I’hilit fysitem points
liddlf Gordon, Abi; t On Pine U. K. p-diits
ower U4» ilon, Ala. Vnper llristol.Flu.
In Midland li li or ) lUountHlowu, Ha.
.Iiifca, Ala. i f KAeept J' M MeCtellitn')
ears lan ding, Flu. .Up|mr,Kstlirauul|af:», Fla
ten 111 in tils. On. V*vvbf>Wer RstllftUiulgu.
:irriiiiio|C’V#"Fln. L'oclirair.s, FI ft.
en, or Owens. Flu. M»‘gi»ollaor Helena FIh
Liixley’s Mill.
•’orresterV, Flu. Apaluchicola, Flu.
Boh is rewrve ihertglitof not landing ut
ny point when * vm»idei<M\,dungerouslty the
apt Rin
Ihnits
u the list of ImnUtigs issni 1
pnl 2ftth, lwd.
onr reftpoiiftiWlity for freight censes after
i. lms l>eun discharged at a landing w here no
icrsoii is there to receive it.
Freights for all points except warehonse
undings must he prepaid
NV. 14. JMOOKF. (Umeriil Manager.
J. M..BiVINGS, seety & Treas.
Ofllee (iui raii Bnjiillitg, Telephone No.- 5.
HENRV VAUGHN
.'raotical Blacksmith and Wood-
workman.
Always ready to serve. Lowest prices
for best work.
isrsh. >p on West street, near old
Townsend Warehouse.
BAINKUIDGK, GEORGIA.
PLANT STEAMSHIP LINE
3 SAILINGS -KAC’II WEEK.
V
IJKTWKKX
Pert Tampa and Havana*
Via Key West.
Plant System trains run direct to ski}
aide connecting with Steamer* leaving
Port Tampa 9:00 P. M. Monday*.Thurs
day* and Saturdays
For any information as.tnrates. sched
ules, and reservations address
B. w. Wrens,
Pass. Traffic Manager.
K. L- ToPl>. Savannah, Ga.
Division Pass. Agt.
Montgomery. Ala.
CfiffllCH
ekksbytehus
"aka^r
and 7:80 n, m, ‘
■«JO.sgek&
baptist cat:
iiecct
SuiHlS
«|'H, |
.80 p. in. Eiibbatbao.liniit' ,
ur rnpcttriK every Twi,. *
All arc ooi'oiui 1,!«
•ervleeu.
M.K.UHUK(;h iSOC J
KeV. w. V. Siiilti. •, "
e-ru-y Sabbath at II ’ ll a^tg,
.{JjauMng Wwlnei3 ; v "
’kutn sthooi at in a , :
vtted to one ml „n tlie^rvffl
O. K. GHZ]
-^-DEALERIN-
Jall Wo*l« BTaatly
and Frcaaj:
£»2
Repairing a speckh
6erTKK.M8: STH1CTLV
North Broad Street news
Stable*.
BAINBUIDGE, - Q|
NOTICE.
Get your work done at the]
liable stand of
A. GUY
r
Boot and ShoeMa
On Water Street.
CLEAN STOCK,
CLEAN METHODS.
I have genuine bargains
to offer YOU!
Small profits and quick sales, honest
weight and j'ust measure, prompt
attention and courteous treatment
constitute my motto.
Can I Say More?
Make it convenient to call at my
store and be- convinced of these
’ facts.
W. H- GASSETT,
ELDORENDO, GA
C. T. MlGii li W. il.
UNDERTAKERS
Carry a full line of fits
Burial Oases, Caskets,
the latest styles.
cheaper than
before.
mmm hdiitiiv '
OF*
A NEW REVOLUTION II
BARBER BESIKS
An absolutely sute .-.havr »l t
City Shaving Parlor, a c>n.-V‘ c ™
next dour to city Post Offirr.
Our ])1hi) of slmvii.g i- >l1 *
that we can prevent infection
iution liy so called noxiors "O" 1
grem*. These troubles are <*■•
tracred from cjie to the other ot
of using thesanie razoi ,»r t.rusl 1 '
body. Now how we |.revel,:
!es we huve u steriliser. »
concern in xybid: we ulwuys W
tuiilicg boilii g water. \N e put
quai.ity of Antiseptiolu. thei.f
! ei lifter shaving eiicli cus"®,
his razor over the Srerihs** ®
boiling water, letting il re 1 " 11111
minute*. Afte: shaving w*
non of that Antiseptiolu on * 11 '
mer’s face. By this inethuo*
-lire vou a safe slmve
Cali and see us and we —k'
yon.that.onr service is the ■'*
city. Shave 10<-.. Hair Cut »»•
P. M. SIMS. Pr"i n *
Dressed and dried boarft
«fe Son’s, Dear depot.