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THE TRIBUNE DEVOTED TO THE INTEREST OF RABUN COUNTY AND NORTH EAST GEORGIA. VOt II, CLAYTON, RABUN CO., GA., THURSDAY. AUGUST 24. 1899. NO. 33. CALIFORNIA FROQ RANCHES In California there is said to be more women who are engaged in masculine occupations than in any other seetipn of the United States. It is at Stege, a little station a-1 bout, twenty miles from San Fran-| cisco, that a frog ranch is located, i named after the first owner of the | land roundabout. The Stege j ranch extends from the bay shore | up to the ridgcof the Coast Range of mountains, which incloses both shores of San Francisco bay. In the lower portion of the ranch a great number of springs gush out of the soil in copious volumes. It was the springs that determined the first location of the ranch. The site, oyerlooking an expansive view of the beautiful hnY, was capable of yast improvement. A dozen acres, inclosing the springs, wero surrounded with a hedge of cypress. The grounds were laid out with tasre, and soon presented ” the rare beauty incident to the pro fuse vegetation of a semi-tropical climate. Three ponds were form- * ed by confining the waters of the flowing springs, some acres in ex tent., and stocKed with frogs A fence, high enough to prevent the escape of the liimajes. surrounded each, and the ponds were filled with aquatic plants and’ mosses. Then hundreds of frogs were placed iii the ponds, and from the. original stock the fncrease has been so gieat. that, though thousands are sent to market yearly, the withdrawals have no sensible ef fect upon the vast, numbers re maining. Frog ranching is not unlike cattle raising. There arc one, two, three or four-vear-olds, though the successful frog raiser will always keep the young ones seperutc and apart from the full grown, which are cannibals of the first rank, and eat. all 'which are not nble to protect, themselves. Tlte four-year-olds are considered ripe for the market, though the gourmand in frogs prefers those | tliut are a year or two younger. A frog’s lite is twelve years. There are some of that age at : Stege. They are of monstrous growth, being fourteen inches in length und weighing as much as four pounds. In California, as in colder cli mates, frogs -hibernate in winter, and in the spring emerge after their long sleep emaciated to the last degree. # Then they are fed with a mixture, of oattnenl and blood, and again at the spawning season, but only fora short time. - Tiiey are most of tfie time, self- sustaining., feeding upou the in sects which’ they cleverly catch. Like most creatures of the ani mal world; frogs are capable of af fection for their keeper, and dem onstrate it by coming at call and allowing themselves to be handled, showing much delight in being stroked. -Placed upon the ground, they Yeadily follow their mistress for a. long distance. At night' the noise qaede by ,the ten thousand frags, which, it is estimated, are coutained in the three ponds, is tre mendous,—Collier's Weekly. y ■ A blind mfn . ihbuld never at tempt to bUatd a house until begets his site! - A Talk With Admiral Dewey. Peter Mac Quoen, the staff cor respondent of The National Maga zine. givcR an account in the Au gust number of his reception on board "the flagship Olytjipia in Ma nila Bay, and his talk with the Ad miral. “It’s hard business, this being a hero,” said the Admiral. “Yes,” I replied; - ‘but we are all delighted that w«- hive such a good-natured hero.” “I don’t know about that,” said Dewey. “Some one was asking me if I ever swore. I said I didn’t believe in swearing, but there wero times when a man would cotno pretty near it, no matter how hard he tried to avoid it. Now, you taxo it at the battle of Cavite; somebody asked me if I got through that without swenring. I remem ber the third time we went down the Spanish line, Calkins says to mo; “Commodore, don’t, you think this is damn hot?” and I an swered him; “Yes I think it is mighty damn hot 1” That wasn’t much swearing, was it?”—und the Admiral smiled, “Oh no. Admiral,” says I, “I'm a clergyman ,and say a great sight worse things that' that, even on Sunday.” During the civil wjr, qa wwlj ns in our lute war with Spain; diar rhoea was one'of the most trouble some diseases the nrmv had to con tend with, In many instances it becttni 0 chronic and the old sold iers still suffors from it Mr Dav id Taylor of Wind Ridge, Greene. Co, Pa is one of these He uses Chamberlain’s Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and says he never found anything that would give him such quick -relief For sale by J. L. Hamby, Be Wouldn’t Be Dispenser Greensboro correspondence Char lotte Observer. The dispensnry is still running without a manager,though J. B. McCauley, formerly a bartender in one of the saloons here, is acting as such. The place was offered to Mr, Scott, the chief of the Greens boro police, but was refused. I asked him today why he did not accept it. and he replied: As chief of police I get |55 a month, and I wiis offered $100 a month to manage the dispensary. The offer was tempting,of course, but I re fused it because I do not wish/ to go into the liquor business. I hi u boy at school ,and I do not care to “place him in a position where another boy can say: ‘Your fath er sells whiskey.’ ” IN MEMORY OF WAILI| BYNUM- “Though he be dead,, yet still he lives. ” Waller Bynum, aftei Jt career of usefulness and satisfaction to his friends and family, has gone from us; aud the county and communi ty alike mourn for him, and as green as the grass upon the river Jordan ire-the memories of him as a devoted son, loving brother and sincere friend. Just a week ago this community was shoexed to hear that Mr. Waller Bynum had happened to the serious accident w.|iich caused his sudden death, and as swift as the wings of love were those of grief which responded more quick ly. Every attest of affection was given, not only by his'immediate family, but by those wire knew and loved him. B ' Every one knows how the sad accident happened , * but no ono knows the pain he sriffcled. OGod! Thou see’st'aad know’st all, '..,1 No erring woman,no sinful man, Though they>see the passion, the pain, the fall’. Can mar the .strengtl$of Thy righteous plan, y So ho passed ,avvny„ “though gone, unfq'rgotten everi*’ As a young man. Waller ,repre seoted the highest ^Y.pjg^and from. Pure as the snow white lily and Pure as the moruing dew, His soul won by his faith in Christ Through Heaven’s portals flew. Farewell, O flower of youth, fare well, To earth thy form is given, Rest sweetly till at last some day We’ll trust to meet in Heaven. Lois Thornton, Griffin, Ga. Teacher, Mt. Pleasant School, Rabun County. A young man in a neighboring town advertised for a wife under an assumed name; and his sister answered the advertisement, also under an assumed name. Then photographs were exchanged, and now the Young man thinks there is no balm in advertising, and the old folks think it pretty hard to have two fools in the same fami ly. I am the mother of eight child ren and have had a great deal of expeijence. with medicines Last summer my little daughter had the disentcry in its worst form. We thought she would die. I tried everything I could think of, but nothing seemed to do her any good I saw by an advertisement in our paper that Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Dia’rrhoea Remedy ^ was highly recommended and sent hre clvildkioa'tb *«&nle ot-once.' It pT«oved Rev. J. M. Yingling, pastor of the Bedford Street Methodist church at Cumberland, Md. says: “It affords me much pleasure to recommend Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. I have used it and know others who have done so. I have never known it to fail. -It is a aura cure wheu taken in time.’’ For sale? by J. L. Hamby. It*s foolish to worry, about ,! the things you .can help or things you can’t. , deserved the enlogy\ of an honest boy. Asa son, no one save *his grief stricken mother can fully- uppreci ate him. for the tenderness thut purtnins to home is sucrcd to thou that are permitted to enjoy it. but his tenderness for seventeen years to his dear, beloved mother was apparent to nil, and his dissolution was an afflictionalmost too much to be borne. As a brother, he was kind and indulgent to a degree that would border on to idolatrous love for his brothers and sisters, and theY were devoted to him. They are left as monuments of love td his memory. As a friend, though of such short acquaintance, I can speak of him ns being one who was true, patient and kind to everr body. As a student, he was one of the best in our little institution. He was quiet, studious and accurate in Hie ichoolroom, and lovable to his fellow students. We feel that the day darkened for us when he was no more. Though dusk comes on And hides the glories of the sun, Yet all the Heavens ring Where Love is King. The tear in the heart may not be apparent, but so long as the mem ory of friendship can last, so long will Waller Bynum live, and bo re gretted by all who Knew him. Waller sleeps, O! wake him not, Speak softly o’er the blest, Angels have borne hint from this world To that eternal rest. Ho has gone from grace to glory Armed by faith and winged by pray’r, Heaven’s eternal day’s, before him, God’s own band shall guide him there, ' ' * to be one of the very best medi cines we ever had in the bouse. It saved my littl-* daughter’s life. I am anxious for every mother to know what an excellent medicine it is. Had I known it at first it would have saved me a great deal cf anxiety and my little daughter much suffering. Yours truly, Mrs. Geo.-F. Burdick Liberty, R. I. For sale by J. L. Hamby. When Pa Begins To Shave, - When Sunday mornin’ comes around' My pa hangs up his strop, An’ takes his razor out an' makes It goc’flop, c'flop! An' then he gits his mug an' brush, An’ jells t’me, “Behave!" I tell y’u, things is mighty still— When pa begins t' shave, Then pa he stirs his brush around An’ makes th’ soapsuds fly; An’ sometimes, when he stirs too hard, He gits some in his eye. I toll y’u, but its funny then To see pa siamp and' rave; But you musn't get Scotched Tafliu— When pa begins t' shave. The hired hand be dassent talk, An’ even ma'i afeard, An’ y’u can haar the razor click \ A-cuttin through pa’s beard. An’ than my Uncle Bill he laffs An’says: ‘‘Gosh, John your’e brave;" An’ pa he swears, an’ ma jest smiles— When pa begins to shave. When pa gits done a shavin’ of Hla face, he turns around, And Uncle Bill says: Why. John Y'u chin looks like plowed ground!" An' then he laffs—jest laffs an' laffs, But I got t’ behave, Coo things ’a apt t’ happen quick— 1 whan pa begins t’ shave. —H. D, Kobins in Puck. Below is a letter from a Rabuu county boy who is in the Pbilipine army; Co. E., 28th U. S. Infantry, Manila, June 19th, 1899, Mr. Garnett Williams, Dear cousin: It is with pleasure I write you a few lines that leave me well and hope you arc the same. At this writing I am 40 miles from Manila at Mo- roug, on Lazuua de bay. My reg- ment has gone to Jolo, eight or nine hundred miles from here. I am on a gun boat. Well, Garnett since I came to this country you can bet I have seen some hard fight ing and have heard many a bullet Whiz, still I am plugging away at them. It is a snap on this boat, for we have fine guns. We have two 6 pounder rapid firing cannons, 2 gntling guns, 10 barrels each, that sing a song for Filipinos that maxes many of them fall to sleep to wake no more. To give you an idea how they work I will relate an incident that happened a few days ago. We got into a bunch of ne groes. In 80 minutes we had fired 1600 rounds out of the two gatling guns and 160 out of the 6 pounders. We have n Colt's auto mutic which fired so many I won’t mention them. It fires 400 shots per minute There aje 26 of us on hfere from Co. E. and y^hen all the guns arc going the old £oy himself would not stay in front of us long beforo he would tare out, I will give you a description of the country in tny next letter. It has been quite a while since we were at Manila^ You can bet the boys have beon killing them off the last lew days. At one place we killed so many negroes they hud .to throw them over the trendies so others could take their place and they were laid out also. I have seen quite a lot of the world since I left there. By by. Your cousin, Robt. F. Williams. A Maine man who was found guilty of assult and battery on bis wife prosented rather a novel de fense, explaining that his wife’s bruises were caused by hailstones Vtrhioh struck her on July 4th, whijegbe Vyw trying to rescue her chickens from the shower. Some people cun t&s^.mgke their * presence fell by their absence. William Harmon, a rcsidont of Titusville, Pa., committed suicide a few days ago under the melan choly conviction that he was his own grandfather; Here is the singular letter that he left: ‘ * I married a widow who had a grown up daughter. My fathqir visited our house very often, fell in love with inv stop daughter and married her. So my father became my son-in.law and my step daught er my mother because she was my father’s wife. Some time afterward my wife had a son. He was nr father’s brother-in-law. and my uncle, for he was the brother of my step mother. My father’s wife— that is my stepdaughter—also bad a son. He was of course, my brother, and in the meantime mr my grandchild, for he was the son of my daughter. My wife was my grandmother, because she was my mother’s mother. I was my wifes husband and grandchild at the same time. And as tbe-.-husband of a person’s grandmother is his grandfather.”—-Ex. The soothing and healing prop erties of Chamberlain’s Cough Ron edy, its pleasant taste and prompt and permanet cures, have made it a great favorite .Jgrith the people everywhere. T.L.Hatnby.
