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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.