The Jackson economist. (Winder, Ga.) 18??-19??, December 27, 1900, Image 3

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/^Vestibule* pfilM li MITEa Double Daily Service IS EFFECT JUNE 3rd, 1900. SOUTHBOUND. Daily Dailv No. 31. No. 27. Ia New York, renn.R.R. 1 OOpin 12 15am Lv Phila lelphia “ 8 29pm 7 20am Lv Baltimore “ 550 m 9 34am Lv Washington, “ 7 00pm 10 55am Lv Richmond, 8. A. L. 10 40pm 2 35pm Lv Petersburg 11 35pm 330 pm Lv Ridgeway Jet. “ 2 25am 6 17pm Lv Henderson, “ 2 53am 6 40pm Lv Raleigh, “ 4 06am 7 tOpm Lv Southern Pines, “ 6 57am 9 42pm ' No. 403. Lv Hamlet, " 6 60am 10 32pm " No. 31 Lv Columbia $ “ 10 35am 12 55am Ar Savannah “ 2 57pm 5 00am Ar Jacksonville v “ 7 40pm 9 10am Ar Tampa “ 6 30am 5 30pm ' No. 40J Ar Charlotte, “ 9 31am Lv Chester, “ 9 52am Lv Greenwood, “ 11 42am Lv Athens, 1 48pm Ar Atlanta, § ” 4 00pm Ar Augusta, C. iW. C. 5 10pm Lv Nevf York,N. Y. P. AN. 00am 9 00pm Lv Philadelphia “ 10 20am 11 26pm Lv New York, 0.D.5.5.C0.f 300 pm Lv Baltimore, B. 8. P. Cos. f 6 30pm Lv Washington,N. A W.S.B. 6 30pm N0T403. No. 41. Lv Portsmouth, 8. A. I* 9 20;;>m 9 30am Lv Weldon, “ * 12 05am 12 01pm No. 31 Lv Ridgeway Jet. “ 2 25am 120 pm Lv Henderson “ 2 53am 2 13pm Lv Raleigh “ 4 06anr 351 pm Lv Southern Pines “ 5 57am 6 12pm No. 403. Lv Hamlet “ 6 50am 7 30pm No. 3L No. 27. Lv Ar Savannah “ 2 57pm 5 00am Ar Jacksonville “ 7 40pm 910 am Ar Tampa “ 6 30am 5 30pm No. 403, No. 41. Lv Wilmington, 8. A.L. 305 pm Ar Charlotte “ 9 31am 10 20pm Lv Chester “ 9 52am 10 55pm Lv Greenwood “ 11 42am 107 pm Lv Athens “ 1 48pm 343 am Ar Atlanta § “ 4 00pm 6 05am Ar Augusta, _ C. AW. C. 5 10pm Ar ilacon, C. of Gn. 7 20pm 11 10am Ar Montgomery, A. A W. P. 9 20pm 11 00am Ar Mobile, L. AN. 305 am 4 12pm Ar New Orleans, L, AN. 7 40am 8 30pra Ar Nashville, N. C. A St. L. 6 40am 6 55pm Ar Memphis, “ 4 00pm 810 pm NORTHBOUND Dally Daily No. 44. No. 66. Lv Memphis, N. C. A St. L. 12 45pm 8 45pm ! v Nashville “ 9 30am 9 10am Lv New Orleans, L. AN, 7 45pm 7 45pm Ly Mobile “ 12 20am 12 20am Lv Montgomery,A. AW.P. 10 20am 11 20am Lv Mac<ro, C~. of Ga. 8 OOain 4 20pm Lv Augusta, C. A W. C. 9 40am ' N07402. No. 33. Lv Atlanta, 5 8. A. L. 1 00pm 9 00pm Ar Athens, “ “ 2 50pm 1133 pm Ar Greenwood, “ 4 44pm 2 05am Ar Chester, “ 6 23ym 4 30am Ar~ Charlotte, ~ 7r ~ 6 30pm 5 00am Ar. Wilmington, “ 12 05pm ~ ' No. 44. No. 66. Lv Hamlet, “ 9 05pm 9 20am Lv Southern Pines, “ 10 00pm 10 05am Lv Raleigh, “ H 40pm 115Gam Ar. Henderson, “ 12 50am 1 13pm Lv Ridgeway Jet, “ 1 20am 1 45pm Lv Petersburg “ 4 15am 4 40pm Lv Richmond “ 5 15am 5 40pm Ar Washington, Penn. R. R. 8 45am 9 30pm Ar Baltimore “ 10 03am 11 35pm Ar Philadelphia “ 12 30pm 2 56am Ar New York 11 303 pm 6 13am No. 402. No. 33T Lv Ridgeway Jet., S. A. L. 300 am 1 40pm Lv Weldon, “ 4 30am 305 pm Ar Portsmouth, “ 7 00am 5 50pm Ar Washington,N.A W.S.B. 7 00am Ar Baltimore, B. S. P. Cos. f6 45am Ar New York.O.D.S.S.Co. |1 30pm Ar Philadelphia,N.Y.P.A N. f5 46pm 5 10am Ar New York “ • 8 38pm 7 48am Note.—fOaily Except Sunday. Dining Cars between New York and Rich mond and Hamlet and Savannah on Trains Nos. 31 and 44. + Central Time. § Eastern Time. CEIoM RAILROAD For information as to Route?, Schedules and Rates, both Passenger anil Freight write to either of the undersigned. You wiill receive prompt reply and reliable information. 0. 0. M’MILLIN, A. G. J.ACK9OS, G. A. Pass. D pt., G. P. A., G. H. WrLOOX, S. A., AUGUSTA, GA. S. E. MAG ILL. 0. D. OCZ, Gen’l. Agt., Ueu’l. Agt., ATLANTA ATHENS. W. W. HARDWICK W. 0. M’MILLIN, Gen’i. Ag:., S. F. <fe P. A., MACON. MACON \ Y. B. HUDSON, W. M M’GOVEEN, T. F. & P. A., CJenM Agt., ATLANTA, GA. AUGUST A. A rousing campaign tear Is upon us. Keep abreast of affairs by subscribing now. We’ll give yon the news. AN ACCOMPLISHED CAT ‘‘MUZZY” HAS BEEN TRAINED TO RETRIEVE CAME. lit' is n Good as Any Hunting Dog—llow Ilis Master Taught Him to Retrieve, follow and Stand Fire—Has Acquired Some Canine Habits. Uncommon among cats is Wuzzy, the sou of Mutz, for Wuzzy goes a hunting. lie does not hunt as all cats do. but, instead, goes with hunter aid gun and retrieves game, the accom plishment coming partly from heredity and partly from long, patient and care ful training. I became the possessor of a beauti ful Australian tiger eat who responded to the name of Mutz. Mutz was af fectionate and of good disposition, and I began training her to hunt while she was a kitten. It was a most difficult undertaking, and when I had reached a point in her education where she would follow me a short distance from the house and pick up birds that were shot she became the mother of three kittens. Two of them were consigned to a bucket of warm water at birth, but the third was so beautifully marked that lie was saved. Someone remarked that he was “a wuzzy little cat,” and “Wuzzy” he was named. The coming of family duties effectu ally stopped the further education of Mutz, and the effort was transferred to Wuzzy. Wuzzy’s father was evi dently a disreputable old fellow, hut the son’s markings were even more perfect than those of his mother, and now he is a miniature tiger in all but disposition, for a more lovable and loving eat it would be difficult to find. The nomadic instincts of his father, combined with the training of his mother, made Wuzzy an ideal subject for experimentation, and as soon as lie could play I begau teaching him to re trieve. After Wuzzy had learned to retrieve he was taught to follow at request— not command—and then to come to shoulder. 'A dog is taught to come to heel, hut Wuzzy preferred my shoul der and would climb there and remain perched during the long walks. Now came the most important and delicate part of his education. lie would re trieve and would follow; would he stand fire? Would he retrieve birds? Beginning with a small rifle, which made but slight sound, I gradually accustomed him to the discharge until he would sit on my left shoulder while I fired a shot from the right. The next lesson was to combine the sound of the gun with the idea of re trieving, and on firing I threw the ball with which he was accustomed to play and lie quickly associated the gun and the ball. Then the ball was displaced by a dead bird, a linnet or sparrow freshly killed, and it took but a few lessons to teach him to re trieve the bird as readily as the ball. The next lesson consisted in hanging the bird to a limb and dropping it as the gun was fired. lie soon learned to watch the motion of the gun, and Ids keen eyes detected the bird before the shot. His eagerness and expres sion of expectancy showed his im patience and the trigger was scarcely pressed before he was off for the fallen bird. Having sufficiently inculcated Into liis mind the sequence of events I now put liis lessons in practical operation and took him on liis first hunt, lie followed me readily for about a quar ter of a mile and then showed a desire to return home. Calling him to shoul der, I shot a linnet. He watched the motion of the gun with evidences of delight, and as the bird fell he sprang to the ground and brought the bleed ing trophy to my feet. This was suf ficient for the first day, and we re turned home, where he received the bird as bis share of the day’s sport. Every day for a week I continued to take him further and further from home until I felt that his education was about complete. A tramp of three miles and back liad no terrors for him, and his bright golden brown eyes were often first to discover the hidden bird. Like all of liis kind, he lias an antip athy for water, and will not venture in after birds that fall in streams. The details of our most recent hunt ing trips are typical of liis work and will serve to show to what extent Wuzzy’s education has been carried. 1 started out one evening and gave a peculiar whistle, which the cat has learned to recognize as his particular call. He came sleepily around the corner of the house, as if half inclined to resent Interference with his nap, but when he saw the gun liis resent ment passed and he was all life and action. He frisked about, like a dog, running up and down my clothing, climbing trees and scampering along the top of the fences for a few hun dred yards, when he settled down to business aud began casting about lor ;ame. Espying a dove on a dead limb, he crouched and begau lashing liis long tail in perfect tiger motion. Thus lie lay until 1 sighted the bird. Hushed it aud brought it down, when lie was off, swifter than a dog. and grasping the fluttering bird almost as soon as it touched tiie ground. I was first to sight the next bird, an 1 flushed and dropped a meadow lark while the cat was looking in another direction. Instantly on the sound of the gun Wuzzy was abt, and noting the aim of the gun. he was off like a shot after the bird, which he found by circling like a true limit er. Thys the hunt progressed until we reached a spring about three miles from home just at sundown, the time when doves delight to drink, and then came what I consider the brightest achievement of the cat. Hiding beside a scrub oak I called Wuzzy to shoulder. His bright eyes were constantly watching, and when a dove appeared flying swiftly toward the spring, the cat was trembling wifh excitement until the bird alighted for its evening drink, then he bounded from my shoulder to a near-by rock and stood, lashing liis tail, while the frightened bird flushed and swiftly winged its way to fall by a shot. Re trieving the bird he waited patiently until the next appeared aud the per formance was repeated, until the ap proaching darkness drove us home. Asa sequence to liis training Wuzzy lias picked up, of his own accord, cer tain habits that are usually considered to belong especially to the dog. lie objects to being left at home when any member of the family goes visiting, and will follow to the neighbor’s, and if the visit happens to be a long one lie will give most reproachful yowls from the front porch until the hint is taken and the visit cut short. Occa sionally when we have spent the even ing at a neighbor’s, we have been fol lowed by Wuzzy, and we were always sure to find him curled up at their front door when we started home.— San Francisco Chronicle. THE WORLD’S LARCEST PLANK. Cut From a Giant Redwood Tree It Meas ures 6x17 Feet. The largest perfect plank in the world is claimed by Charles Herbert Carr, of New' York City. It is of red wood, cut from one of the famous Cal ifornia giants, with dimensions of two inches thick, six feet wide and seven teen feet long. While there have been perhaps as large pieces of redwood as this one ex hibited, it is said that they were not without some imperfections either lat ent or patent, or else were made up of sectional pieces to represent one. The plank was produced only by ac cident at one of the largest sawmill* in California, and probably coin'd never be duplicated. It is one of the most difficult tasks, coupled with constant disappointments, as explained by one well versed in such matters, to secure a slice of wood of such enormous pro portions aud have it perfect in every detail. An experienced woodman is obliged to go prospecting for miles in the dense redwood forests for a suitably large and adaptable tree of at least fifteen feet in diameter. When he finds such a one he carefully inspects it, lias it felled, aud it is then a ques tion whether it will prove sound enough inside to warrant further test ing. Trees of such large diameter, due to their great age—looo or 1500 years— are invariably decayed, or have what is knowm as “heart checks” or seams, usually three in number, diverging from the corner of the tree trunk to two-thirds of the distance to the cir cumference. The trunk or log is then taken to the mill for final dissection, where skillful and scientific work is called into play to cut between those irregular “heart checks,” and at the same time avoid any defects which lie hidden beneath the surface. This piece of wood contains exactly 204 square feet, board measure, and weighs 010 pounds. How Parliament Is IMssolved. A preliminary step in the process ol the dissolution of Parliament is the is sue of the necessary writs by the Lord Chancellors of Great Britain and Ire land. Writs are issued to the tem poral and spirtual peers of England, the representative peers of Ireland, the Judges of the High Court (uot being temporal peers), the Attorney and Solicitor-General and the sher iffs and returning officers for counties aud boroughs. The twenty-eight representative peers of Ireland sit for life, and there fore in their case a dissolution merely involves a writ of summons to the new Parliament. It is otherwise, however, with the sixteen elective peers of Scotland. They hold their seats only during the lifetime of a Parliament, and have to be re-elected at each general election. The election takes place in Holyrocd Palace, in Edinburgh. Outside London and Middlesex the returning officers receive their writs by post; and a record of the times of posting, receipt and return is pre served by an elaborate system of signed acknowledgements. The xvrits are returnable within thirty-five days of their issue, and the returning offi cers are liable civilly and penally to the House of Commons for the proper returns.—London Daily Mail. Three “Gootl Things.” “You will be Avell taught, well bitched and well fed—three very good things,” observes the presiding magis ,rate at Brentford. England, the other ! day, in committing a boy to a truant schooL Ik mu BIIIK CM, Winder, Georgia. Paid In Capital $25,000.00. THOS A. MAYNARD, President. L. F. SELL, # TT . _ . , , A. A. CAMP, 1 Vice-Presidents. W. H. TOOLE, Cashier. T. A. Maynard. It. J. Pentecost, L. F. Soil, R. L. Qiritliers, A. A. Camp, W. li. Braselton, W. H. Toole, J. I. J. Bell. We Discount Notes. We loan money on good collateral or personal security. We receive Deposits subject to check. We buy and sell New York Exchange. We pay taxes in Jackson County. We are a Home Institution. We want your business--and will appreciate it. PAINT! PAINT!! Do you want to Paintyour dwelling? If so we have added to our stock of Hardware PARIAN PAINTS, OILS ETC. • PARIAN PAINT contains no lead and hence is guaranteed uot to chalk, crack, rub off, peel nor blister. It will adhere to wood, Tin, Iron, Galvanized Iron, Stone or Tile. PARIAN PAINTS dry hard with an enamel-like glois that is permanent and can bo washed or scrubbed. PARIAN PAINTS will cover more surface and outlast all oth t r paints and will not come off except by wear. It is guaranteed to hold its original color, Call at our store and get a Catalouge explaining an about PARIAN PAINT. We now have our store packed full of NEW GOODS at OLD PRICES and will be glad to wait on our many friends aud customers. WE SELL THE CELEBRATED McSHERRY GRAIN DRILL, The only drill that will sow oats successfully. We are also prepared to sell all kinds of HARROWS, including CLARK’S TORRENT aud VARIOUS MAKES of TURNING PLOWS, In fact anything found in a first class HARDWARE STORE’ Call and see us at the same old stand, STATE ST,, HARMONY GROVE. GEORGIA. Benton-Adair H’dw. Cos. "WINDER DRUG CO., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Druggist, WINDER, GA. Fresh Stock of Drugs always on hand. PAINTS, OILS AND GLASS at Prices to Suit the Times. Headquarters for all the leading Brands of Cigars and Tobaccos. When in the city come and see us. WINDER DRUG CO., Winder. - Georgia. we o F1&1 ii Plain 1 Pitii