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Towels. Hats, Matting
Lanterns, Lamp
Chimneys, ail sizes.
Racket Store
Company,
Eastman, - Georgia.
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1)R. J . R. ROSE,
Physician and Surgeon,
EASTMAN, GA.
Specialty—DISEASES OF WOMEN
Ofliee at Rose’s Drug Store.
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Physieian J and Druggist, j
Eastman, Ceorgia.
Calls promptly answered, day
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PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
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OFFICE IlOtlliS ’> 3 to 5 o. m.
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Dr. JOHN B. CLARK,
Physician and Surgeon,
Eastman Ga
Office in drug store, next door to Mer
chants and Farmers Bank.
ATTORNEYS
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JXO. F. DELACY. JA8. BISHOP, JB.
DeLACY & BISHOP,
ATTORNEYS - AT - LAW,
Eastman, Georgia.
Practice in the state and federal courts
J. E. WOOTEN.
ATTORNEY AT LAW*
Eastman, Georgia.
jfJBF-Oifice at McArthur's Land
office.
w. M. CLEMENTS,
Attorney j , at , JjWlt, j ,
Eastman, Ga.
Practice in State and Federal courts ‘
Cilices in Citizen.-’ Bank Buildinpu
D. M. ROBERTS. E. B MILNER.
ROBERTS & MILNER,
Attorxsys at Law,
■Kastman, Georgia.
Ofiice in Merchants and Farmers Bank.
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W Ashhuru* Pres. h. J. Peacock.
H. Kdwards, Vice Pres. XV. X . I,letch,
Park Harper, Cashier* j as C. Williams.
Citizen's Banking Co,,
Eastman, Ga i«
SOLICITS YOUK ACCOUNT.
Makes Fays interest on time deposits
collection on ail available
pcints. Gives prompt attention to
collections. Remits for all collec
-or.s on ot payment. Loans
money on lavorable terms. Gives
you the very best security, as each
member for the is personally responsible
Mav debts of the Company.
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T.’ajioleon rim! pit* Ciilitiier.
On s arrival at Mars-Ia
Tours the mayor, a fanner, tried in
vain to make the speech he had pro
pared. Bov. in.a and scraping. he stoo l
fascinated by Bonaparte's scrutinizing
black eyes—an unhappy squirrel in the
gaze of the rattlesnake.
Close behind the trembling mayor
stood an old shoemaker. In figure a
true Don Quixote, clad in his working
dress. “Why don’t you speak, you
fool?” he muttered from time to time
to his leader. At last his patience gave
way. He pushed the mayor aside, ad
vaueed. with his left hand removed
Ins greasy cotton nightcap, with his
right lifted the horn spectacles from
his nose, made his how and deli vert'd
the oration: “Emperor, you art* on
your way to tlnasli the Prussian
rogues once more. I hope soon to see
you return crowned with glory, and 1
have nothing more to say. but that
Caesar and Alexander were botches in
comparison with you.”
The emperor laughed and inquired of
the S old man whether lie had any sons.
Yes; four were in the army—two of
these in the guards.” Their names
were taken down, and the honest shoe
maker soon saw them raised to the
rank of officers and found himself pro
vided with a comfortable pension.—
Blackwood’s.
Two Civil War .llpsiiaKes.
It was a day or two after General
Fitzhugh retired that the telegraph
liues between Carlisle and Harrisburg
were put in condition for service, and
the first two messages that passed
over them gave more than one officer
and civilian a laugh. The Harrisburg
operator was of the army variety and
not noted for choice diction or even
grammatical accuracy, but he could be
terse on occasion. The Carlisle man,
a civilian named Noble, probably knew
more of the rules of syntax, but he
was a bit flustered. Here are the mes
sages—and in those days they were of
record, since receiving and sending by
sound was not in vogue:
Query—Has the rebels went?
Answer—They is.
After all there is merit in the inter
change. There was no room for doubt
as to what headquarters at Harris
burg wanted to know nor as to tlu*
military condition at Carlisle. But
| K,or Nob! ° : !1 is *™ ds " t ' ill ; ly foI ' c ' ed
him to i resign by . the methods , known
as “josh.”—Minneapolis Times.
Sanliio os St a are M tin after.
Sardou is one of the few great stage
managers in Europe. He and Sir Hen¬
ry Irving are probably the two best.
“How is it done? Well, you 'see,” re¬
plied M. Sardou, “I know exactly
I want, and 1 take care that I get it!”
Sir Henry's answer to the same ques¬
tion would not, one imagines, be very
different from this. Sardou does not
read a lecture to an actor whose in¬
tonation is incorrect or whose gesture
displeases him; he takes the actor’s
place on the boards for a few moments
and goes through the part.
In theory this is simplicity itself; in
practice it is sometimes productive of
emotions which the scene is net iu
tended to convey. As a rule, M. Sur
dou’s demeanor at rehearsal is beauti¬
ful, but if people will not do as he re¬
quests lie can tear his hair and a
speech to tatters with (he best of them.
When the hurricane is over, Lte be¬
comes Mr. Honeytongue again, but lie
has carried his point.—Cassell’s .Maga¬
zine.
The Toll of ii Cat.
Every one can tell a cat’s tail from
a dogis, but it seems that the move¬
ments of each do not mean the same
thing. For instance, when a dog wags
his tail from side to side, that if, held
to be a sign of friendship and peace,
ant j j t w jil usually be found, according
to Dr. W. Main, that this, the horizon¬
tal line, is the line of peace.
There is, however, one conspicuous
exception to tin’s rule, for when tomcat
waves his tail in such a fashion, so far
from its being an indication of his de¬
sire for peace, the movement generally
precedes an attack. Dr: Main thinks
poggjbje that this seemingly peaceful
action of the tail when really about to
attack may have given rise to the
charge of treachery' so freely made
against pussy.
Couldn't Make tlio Correction.
A local paper published a long obitu¬
ary of a man who had died in the com¬
munity. closing with the statement
that “a long procession of people fol
lowed the remains to their last roast
|ng*plaee.” The family read the notice
and discovered the supposed error and
asked the editor to make a correction
in the word “roasting.” but he said he
could not do it until seven years’ back
subscription that the deceased owed
had bemi paid.—Exchange.
How Tliwy Mannscii It.
“And go you have finally succeeded
in getting your husband to take tiie
gold cure? I thought he always claim
ed that he could quit drinking xvhen
eVf “ r lle wanted to.-’
“*«. •» «f- "f.I"™ 1 '?'
mate „ lm , v ».t ,o."-CMea s o
xinics _Heraid.
Fish as Turtle Catchers.
A curious mode of zatching turtle is
practiced in the V> est Indies. It €on-
sists in attaching a ring and a litu* to
the tail of a species of sucker fish.
which is then thrown overboard ami
immediately makes for the first turtle
i ie oan spy. to which he attaches hint
self. The fisherman then hauls both
turtle and sucking fish in.
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Ail end of Ills i lino.
“How do you like this idea of situ
plilied spelling’.'"
"It makes me laugh. I’ve been spell
ing that way .-til my life, and till now
everybody called use ignorant.”—Chi¬
cago Record. *
A S-i.-itl Kilter.
The most impudent man who ever
hit up those parts revealed himself the
other day. Hi* is ;t prominent New
York patent attorney, lie arrived in
town on a hurry caveat ease, aim It is
correspondent here, one of the best
known of the Washington patent at
torneys. invited hint out to his Colum¬
bia Heights home for dinner. The eiti
zen had telephoned warning to his
wife. so that she had a chance to
spread herself in preparing the meal.
It was a swell dinner, bounteous and
dainty, and tlie New York man waded
into it with the appetite of a rescued
whaler. From soup to nms he was
right there. He ate like a piano mov¬
er. He took a hack at each and till of
the dishes, and he wasn't bashful
about the wines either. When finally
it was all over and he had encircled
itis demitasse. he pushed back his
chair, wilted his chin with his napkin.
sighed contentedly and remarked to
itis hostess:
“Now, who'd think a man could make
a meal off a little snack like this!”—
Washington Post.
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An Exeltins Itnee.
“I reckon tin* most excitin race I over
see,” observed the man w ith the faded
hair, after an interval *>f silence, "was
between two Mississippi river stenin
boats. The engineers crammed the
furnaces with bacon and everything
else in the cargoes that would make a
hot (ire. The Prairie Rose was the
name of one boat and the Minnesota
Bella was the other, but everybody
knowed it was a race between the eit
gincors. fur the reason that tlie.t d
had a fight in St. Bonis once. I was on
the Rose, and we was eliinnin the pas
sengers on the Belle, it wasn't more n
40 feet away, an the boat that got
around the big bend first we knowed
would win tin* race”— •
“Which got there first?" asked one of
the listeners, tired ot the oratory,
“Well, the engineer of the Minnesota
Belle got there first, rejoined the man
with the faded hair. "Or parts of hint
did. His idler exploded. —t.liicago
Tribune.
A Country Kdittir.
Wo look into a cradle and behold a
male child. At the age of 1i) he is a
noisy kid, with half the buttons off his
pants and an eje tot meanness. At
th e age of 15 he is a devil in a print
shop; at 25 the publisher of a country
newspaper, at tin* head of every on
terprise calculated to improve the town
or enrich the business thereof; at 35
he is an emaciated and wornout man,
with holes in itis pockets and a bald
head; at tin* age of 50 he is a corpse in
a cheap coffin, and his only resources
left behind are two cases of long
primer type, a Washington handpress
and a subscription book with 500 delin¬
quent subscribers, who line up and
march past the coffin, saying, “He was
a public spirited fellow, but he couldn't
save anything.”—Metal Polisher.
Under l)i tlieii If !«■»,.
“Thou ennst not say no!” he cried
passionately. “Wouldst thou say no?
Book! I seal thy lips with kisses'.”
She regarded him with mingled pity
and scorn.
“No,” site said, through her nose, for
it was not in vain th.it she had been
born and bred in New England.—De¬
troit Journal,
ritinwr His Authority.
Caller—Where's Mr. Hare?
Smart Smart Office Office f Boy (with a grin)—Can’t
say. lie’s dead.
Caller—Why, I saw him myself this
morning.
Boy—Well, anyhow, there’s a sign
over across the street, there wot says,
“Hair Dyed Here.”—Kansas City Inde¬
pendent.
His Position.
> “I didn’t say he was a federal em
*ployee. ’
“I understand you to say he was a
department clerk.
“He is. He has charge of the button
counter in Whole*dock's department
store. —Columbus State Journal,
The British museum contains a very
full collection of clay pipes, dating
back as far as the sixteenth century.
The custom of xvaxing the pipe end, t<
prevent it sticking to the lips, was iutro
(luced by the Dutch about the year
1700.
If you can’t possibly do a certain
tiling, try to do it, and people will ad¬
mire you for being “ambitious.”—At¬
chison Globe.
Courtesy of the Onm**.
“To what may I attribute the honor
of this call?”
“A pair of aces.”—Cleveland I'lain
Dealer.
\ Pathetic PorCi-uit.
There is a peculiar portrait in Was" •
fngton which has created much Rite
est among those who know of its <
istence. Its peculiarity is that ev« .
year it has been changed to show .
changes which time would have tua •
in the original. The portrait is by .
t Washington artist and is that of l •
w jf t , aUl j Vlt - s j U1 . U)V vtars a
when she was a young bride. A few
years after the portrait was paintc I
the yottug wife died, and so great was
the grief of the artist that he deter
mined to keep her likeness with him
all the time, and to do so he decided
that year by year he would change the
portrait so its to make it grow ol 1 with
him.
Every year, on the anniversary of
his wedding day. the artist locked 1.hit
self in Itis studio and changed the lines
of the face of the portrait, adding what
1)(1 thought would make the difference
of one year. There lmvt* been many
anniversaries of that marriage day
;u „i consequently many changes in the
! portrait. Today the picture is that of
an 0 j^ woman, the hair turned gray.
the face wrinkled and pale, but still
beneath the marks of time, as made
by the brush of tlie artist, can be seen
the early beauty of the bride and the
attractiveness of the young woman.—
Washington Better.
A StrniiK'c Marriage (iiMoni.
It was an old idea that ft husband,
whose wife at her marriage was elotli
only in a sheet, or in the most eie
montary linen garment, was not in any
way liable for tiie debts previously
contracted by her. Our parish regis
tors and local traditions give us ample
Illustrations of this quaint idea. At
Chiltern All Saints’, Wiltshire, is the
following entry; "John Bridmore and
Anne Selwood were married October
17th, 1714. the aforesaid Anne Solwood
was mar: led in her smock, without any
clothes or headgier on.” Similar cases
occurred at Gorton Green in 17!A. tit
Ashton-under-I.yue in 1771, and at Ot
p.y in 1808.
The latest example of which the
present writer knows comes front I,in
colnshire. Tht 1 register of Oediiey has
(bis commonplace entry: "Dec. 2nd.
1S42, David Wilkinson, full age, barite
lor. laborour, of Godnoy,” t<> “Susan
Farmu. full age, widow, of Gedne.v,"
Bocal tradition supplements litis brief
account by relating that the bride was
dressed in a sheet, stitched about la r.
with holes cut for the passage of her
bare arms. "I,ore and Legend of tin*
English Church.”
< It*nn Burlier Sliiipt.
There is not the slightest doubt that
(] ie average barber shop is a means of
disseminating many affections whit a, a
little attention to asepsis could easily
prevent. Many forms of alopecia arc
due to parasitic organisms which are
probably acquired most frequently
through the unclean interventions of
the barber. Some ready method of (lls
j n f 0( . t | I1K i,j s tools; of trade should he
(]( . vis(i( , aud jts uge thoroughly on
forep(1 Tbe towels should invariably
, (e boi)(><1 after UHe , i nst ead of the per
functory dampening and ironing which
is commonly employed. If such mens
tires were taken and insisted on, under
suitable penalty, trichophytosis and
kindred ailments would become rare
indeed and our dermatologists would
miss many of the most annoying and
persistent affections which they tire
now compelled to treat—International
Journal of Surgery.
A Spiili'r'H Miixlenl Par.
During tin* entire summer until late
in the autumn a large black hunting
spider CBycosa) dwelt In my piano.
When I played andante movements
softly, site would come out on the music
rack and seem to listen. Her palpi
would vibrate with almost incoiieeiva
Ido rapidity, while every now and then
she would lift her anterior pair of logs
and wave them to and fro and up and
down. Just as soon, however, as I
commenced a march or galop she
would take to her heels and flee away
to her den somewhere in the interior
of t i K , ,,| ai | 0< where she would sulk un¬
til I enticed her forth with “Trau
merei” or Handel’s “Bargo.”- Dr.
Wien's Dawn of Reason.
Only OtHpial I i- of “liefiel,”
In the public square of Santa J’e is
a soldiers’ memorial t mnimu-nt which
is said to be the only one in the United
States that bears the word “rebel” as
apnlied to the soldiers of the CoidVd
erale army. The inscription read-:
To the II« r< < - of the
Federal Army
Who Fell at the Battle of Vii!verde.
Focght Wish the Beta is
Fell. 21, 1-.<!?.
On the other side a sreend inscrip¬
tion pays a similar tribute to tiie sol¬
diers of the Federal army who fell in
a tight with the “rebels” at Canon del
Apache and Ba Giorietu pass March
28, 1802.—Chicago News.
Iff* filca of ft.
“Don’t you fear the strong arm of
the laxv?” asked the friend.
“Not always.” answered the pugilist
who was engaged in preparations for
a meeting. “There’s no doubt about
tiie law’s having a strong arm, but it’s
like the rest of us. It spends a g -at
deal of time talking things over xvlteu
it might i>e reaching for some one’s
solar plexus.”—Washington Star.
( nutilii’i k’.-i . i (Joint Motley.
“Talking about mey," said a drunt
mer, “I laid a curious experience sev¬
eral yettrs ago v.v It :t sheet of $5 hills.
I had gone to t r bank to get some
cash for a trip and found the paying
teller in the act of cutting apart it lot
of new currency just received from
Washington. U was in sh vts of UK)
Of 20 notes each, and 1 prevailed upon
him to let me have one just as it was.
Next even ini: 1 was in a cafe in the
first town on my route, and when i
went to pay my check I pulled out my
new money and asked for a pair of
shears. The proprietor start'd at me
in amazement, ‘Whitt is that?’ he
asked?
“ Money, cash, hoodie, long green,’ I
replied. '(live me the scissors, and II!
cut you off a piece to remember me
by.
“ "Not much.’ he said firmly. •‘You’ll
have to work that off on somebody
else.’
“Then I tried to explain, but tie
wouldn’t be convinced, and ’pon un
word 1 believe 1m would have s. a: for
a policeman if 1 hadn’t happened to
have some silver in my pocket, It
was tlu* same everywhere else. The
stulT was universally pronounced coun¬
terfeit, and. to tell the truth, it did look
spurious seen in that form, 1 was
finally obliged to go to my room and
cut the bills apart before l could use
them." New Orleans Times-1mmoerat.
A Thrifty Onnmel.
A spirit of thrift was shown by a
young woman who entered a car with
sundry boxes and bundles. Another
young person came in at the next sta¬
tion and recognized her.
“Oh, my, who is to be married?”
“Nobody, and me last of all."
“Then what are the tiowers for?"
“A funeral. Our teacher died, and
we girls put together to get ibis
wreath.”
"Poor tiling! Did site know site was
going to die?”
“I don’t think so.” Then, after a
pause, she added cheerfully, "But sin'
does by this time,” all being said In a
most unconscious way.
“How much was the wreath?”
“Two dollars and sixty cents. I
only had two twenty live.”
"Did you pay the difference?”
“Dear, no. i made hint give me if
for 82. so 1 saved my own quarter L
put in. but Pm going to make the girls
think 1 paid two sixty.”
“Well, Hint’s right; the wear and
tear is worth a quarter surely." (>b
server.
Invest I ten fine.' G rail (I |:n.
A grandfather, well known in the
English hoax* of commons, was eba t
ting ;n tie,ably with ills little grand
daughter, who was snugly ensconced
on itis knee.
"What makes your hah so v.hito,
grandpa?” thy little miss queried.
“I atn very old, my dear; I was in
the ark,” replied his lordship, with a
painful disregard of the truth,
“Oh. you are Noah?” :
“No.'
“Are you Shorn, then?”
“No, I am not Slient.”
“Are you Ham.'
“No. ’
“Then, said the lit He one, who was
fast nearing the limit of hei Bible al
knowledge, “you must be Japltet."
A negative reply was given to ibis
query also, for the old gentleman in
wardly wondered what the outcome
, would lie.
“But, grandpa, if you are not Noah
or Hhem or Hum or Juplict, you must.
he a beast.’ New England Home
Magazine,
A Sllftht UlunnilmtnnillRg.
“Smlthkins.” said the employer, “you
uia.\ take a mouth od.
i<t!. *d «h<* clerk as soon
ns he could command his voice, “it is
80 good of you to suggest it. I have
felt the need of a rest for some time,
Dut have hesitated to ask for it, know¬
ing how busy wo are. But it will do
me no end of good, and I thank you
most heartily for your consideration."
‘'Smithkius,” : aid the employer, “are
you crazy?”
“Why. no. sir. Didn't you say I.
might take a month <*IT?”
“Certainly that is what I said. This
Is the first of the month, while lasr
month’s calendar remain over your
desk. “ e month off and keep
up to a T a tv. hat I meant.”
S\ iUliw' to
A few day* ;; n-.-rult was taken
to be sworn in by the magistrate. Ev¬
erything w:v going <>n swimmingly
till the mag! : <• asked the man tie
following qumiioii, “Have you ever
Ifcs-n in prison?”
At this til* man looked stamp'd, but.
quickly recove = timsclf, he blurted
out, “No, sir, i a never been In jail,
Diit I A on’t in in; s a few days if
nk it noco: •y/ J —London Tele
An ! A i or.
In one of Hit George Colh ’s letters
he says: “1 :J J ton had a good
, tory a /f Lord Leitrim, who,
shortly bef.a i:- murder, talking with
a. countryman some eases of
landlord sin Kj :. a !:< d, ‘Why don’t
tiie rascals Itr t: *Aii, thin, ycr
[ lom ,,. r • su j | t hr u
7
what’s every *s bu SI r is no
body's business!’ ”