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Dots From Unity.
:re about all gathered in
fthnnie and Mamie Cope
philoh, and Miss Minnie
|id of Chipley, were the
Miss Ella Copeland last
We hope to see their sweet
ft our town again soon.
T. W. Dismuke, of Dallas,
f visiting relatives in this
^
_ crowd
y.y of youag ladies . went
Iris place to Chipley last week,
jlding bells will ring again
this community.
Mr Jeff Dams was returning
‘"sbbath school last Sunday his
an away, and ran all the way
‘ t . Lickskillet. His
was broken and he was se
j damaged himself. We hope
J the buggy too, may soon re
Pom the effects of the runaway.
Blue Spring Sprays.
we are again! All well
OU.
Fannie Hadley returned
JjEriday last, after spending
days with relativds near
and Bethany,
Egenie Adams, who hrs been
in Columbus, returned to
near this place yesterday.
A. B. Moore, now a promising
man of Columbus, spent a few
with home folks He
to Columbus Saturday.
Dick Rogers and son,Walter,
Springs a visit yesterday,
ss Ida Smith was with us a few
week.
Jasper Mullins, an aged and
citizen, who went from
where to Texas about io yeais
who returned a month ago
e request that he be buried in
soil, departed this life on
last at the residence ot Mr. J.
Mr. Mullins had been a
but patient sufferer for several
with cancer, but we are satis
he has gone where suffering
no more. His remains
the following day at 2
in the family burying ground.
Mr. Callahan, in a very im
manner, conducted the fu
a little daughter of Mr. J. L.
presented us with a sweet po
a goose with perfect
pgs and body and another
striking resemblance of a
We challenge the county for
curiosity.
Mullins, who accompanied
from Texas, is with rela
Blue Spring.
Bible Club, consisting of 15
is very interesting.
in ^g ly entertainments in these havegro wn
parts.
Robie.
fa - Jack and ^ 1 » family ■ w - will be here
co
ext week and give an exhibition,
; same troupe that was here last
d they gave a very creditable
A BRAKEMAN’S THANKSGIVING.
“Did we have any Thanksgiving at our
house?” replied the brakeman, echoing an
engineer’s inquiry. “Well, I should say
we did. I had a lay off that day. The
night before came near laying me off for¬
ever, too. Didn’t you hear about that?
Funniest thing that ever happened
on the road. As I was coming in
on the last section of 57, I having the
rear end, I went up ahead to speak to the
conductor, who was on the engine. It
was as dark as a stack of black cats before
the moon rose. As I was going back I
slipped on a broken foot board right at the
end of one of those infernal refrigerator
cars, and fell. I couldn’t see a hand be
fore me, but I knew I was going down. I
clutched for the hand rail, but failed to
reach it, lost my balance, and went down
between the cars, breaking my fall by a
one hand grasp on the brake rod. I
knew what that meant. It can e over me
like a flash, it was death, and I knew it.
My first thought was of my wife and
babe—of what a Thanksgiving dinner
they would have with the turkey the
superintendent had sent us, and me
a-lyin’ in the little front room all cold. I
can’t tell yon all I thought in that second,
and I wouldn’t if I could. It was awful.
I can remember striking the ground.
I struck on my feet, my efforts to
grasp the hand ra£ and my half
grip on the brake rod having started
my feet down first. The horror of that
shock. Quicker than you can wink the
thought ran through my brain that in the
next instant I would be crushed by the
wheels of the dozen cars behind me. But I
wasn’t. I fell headlong on the ground and
rolled over and over, bruised and stunned,
but conscious. I couldn’t realize why the
other cars didn’t run over me. I waited for
them, second by second. It seemed hours.
Soon I roused, scrambled to my feet, and
found that there were no cars after me. The
train had broken in two and I had fallen
off the rear end. One of my arms was
terribly sprained, also my left ankle, and
I was bruised a good deal, but I could
walk. There was my lantern by me.
Just then I remembered that the through
express was following our section,
and that there was no one on the ca
boose to flag it. I hobbled, almost
crawled, back about three-quarters of a
mile and found our missing cars standing
in a curve and a cut where the express
would surely have telescoped ’em, and got
there just in time to signal the express
and stop it. Next day I was aide to sit
np in bed and eat turkey and receive the
superintendent, who called to say that I
should be promoted the first of the year.”
Pride and Humility.
Once upon a time two turkeys went to
roost on a tree.
“I am the finest bird that flies,” re¬
marked one, complacently, “and nothing
is too good Tor me.” So he picked out a
nice, soft, springy limb almost at the top
of the tree and went contentedly to sleep.
The other one had been brought up to
consider modesty a great virtue, and
humbly remarked: “I am content to sleep
near our dear Mother Earth. ‘Pride goeth
before a fall,’ and who knows but that a
storm may come and blow my ambitious
companion to the ground, thus breaking
his vain neck?”
So he took a seat on the lower limb.
A storm did not come, but the owner of
the turkeys did, and the one on the lower
limb was caught, and on Thanksgiving
day was eaten.
Moral—Danger comes as often from
below as above.
The first Thanksgiving day recorded
was observed in Leyden, Holland, Oct. 3,
1575, because of deliverance from siege.
Such observances were not unusual in
Europe. The first New England
Thanksgiving was held by order ol
Governor Bradford, at Plymouth, in
1621, “that they might after a
more special manner rejoice together.”
There were thanksgiving days in New
England from 1631, nearly every year, for
special purposes, and in the New Nether
lands from 1644. Daring the revolution
the observance was general, but after that
was confined mostly to New England, till
just before the civil war. During the war
it was nationally observed and is now a
general custom in nearly all the states.
What is this Disease that is Coning
Upon Us ?
Like a thief at night it steals
. in upon us unawares. The pa
tients have pains about the
chest and sides, and sometimes
in the back. They feel dull
and sleepy; the mouth has a
bad taste, especially in the
morning. A sort of sticky slime
collects about the teeth. The
appetite is poor. There is a
feeling like a heavy load on the
stomach; sometimes a faint, all
gone sensation at the pit of the
stomach which food does not
satisfy. The eves are sunken,
the hands and feet become cold
and clammy. After a while a
cough sets in, at first dry, but
after a few months it is attend¬
ed with a greenish-colored The patient feels ex¬
pectoration. the while, and sleep
tired all
does not seem to afford any
rest. After a time he becomes
nervous, irritable and gloomy,
and has evil forebodings. There
is a giddiness, a sort of whirl¬
ing sensation in the head when
rising up suddenly. The bow¬
els become costive; the skin is
dry and hot at times; the blood
becomes thick and stagnant;
the whites of the eyes become
tinged with yellow; the urine
is scanty and higli colored, de¬
positing a sediment after staud
in 9-. There is frequently a
spitting up of the food, some¬
times with a sour taste and
sometimes with a sweetish
taste; this is frequently at¬
tended with palpitation of the
heart; the vision becomes im¬
paired, with spots before the
eyes; there is a feeling of great
prostration and weakness. All
of these symptoms are in turn
present It is thought that
nearly one-third of our popu
lation has this disease in some
of its varied forma.
It has been found that phy
sicians have mistaken the cause
of this disease. Some have
treated ... it tor ... liver complaint, . .
a
others for kidney disease, etc.,
etc., but none of these kinds of
treatment have been attended
With success; for it IS really
C011 stipation and dyspepsia, if
is also found that Shaker Ex*
tract of Roots, or Mother Sei
gel’s Curative Syrup, J .A’ when
o properly . prepared , will
remove
this disease in all its stages.
Care must be taken, however,
to secure the genuine article.
IT WILL SELL BETTER THAW
COTTON.
Mr. John C. Hemptinstall, Co..
of Chulafirmee, Cleburn
Ala., writes: “My wife ha 8
been so much benefited by
Shaker Extract of Roots or
Seigel’s would Syrup rather that Ik* she witl'.ru say
she
part of her focxl than witlio
the medicine. It has done In¬
more good than the doctors an .
all other medicines put together,
I would ride twenty miles t (i
get it into the hands of any sui
ferer if he can ^et. it in no other
way. I believe it will soon sell in
this State better than cotton,
TESTIMONY FROM TEXAS.
Mrs* 8. E. Barton, of Varner,
Ripley Co., Mo., writes that
she had been long alike ted with
dyspepsia and disease of the
urinary organs and was cured
by Slmker Extract of Roots.
Rev. J. J. McGuire, merchant,
of the same the place, medicine, who sold
Mrs. Barton says
he has sold it for four years
and never knew it to fail.
SIIK WAS ALMOST DEAD
I was so low with dyspep¬
sia that there was not a phy¬
sician to be found who could
do anything with me. I had
fluttering of the heart and
swimming of the head. One
day I read your pamphlet called
“Life A mot > the Shu hers”
winch described my disease
better than I could myself. of I
tried the Shaker Extract
Roots and kept on with it until
to-day I rejoice in good health.
Mrs. M. E. Tinsley, Bevier,
Muhlenburg Co., Ky.
For sale by all Druggists, or J.
address the Limited, proprietor, Warren A.
White, 54
St., New York.
A “ old *“ d Friend,
Such is r Jhomas, the ‘No Shoddy
clothier of Columbus, to the well
dressed portion of the people of the
coun y of Harr,s - He h f <lon '; as
taste in dress and to teach them that
it pays to wear good clothes and to
always buy the best. He proves the
last proposition on every customer.
f° r truth. , ev ' r * sa A ' e he makes buy « ubl,sh "
its man cannot , a suit
of Thomas without being pursuaded
before he needs another that it pays
t0 buy the best,
Thomas, at his store next to
ceiving his fall and winter cjhing.
He makes a specialty of wedding
outfits and he can suit you if you
contemplate matrimony. He als o
carries a full line of samples and he
can suit any taste in his special order
departm ent.
Ur, SETH N. JORDAN,
Operating Surgeon and Physician,
Broad St.« Columbus, Qa
