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k HUGE FAMILY,
IT CONTAINS MORE THAN 12,000
PERSONS,
Letcher County. Kentucky. Populated by
;the Descendants of Old Benjamin Webb
—Thirty Birthdays Every Day the Year
Around—Curious Complications.
There is an entire county in the
eastern part of Kentucky which is
populated bv the descendants and
r, >f a airigle family. The
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original " ehh family consists of more
than eight hundred direct descendants,
while the number of those who are
or less closely related to them by
tn arri*ee m cc msiderably more than
lv«h thousand. The family has up
to the pr. -ent time practically filled
Iwtelier County, and has commenced
to overflow the boundary lines into
the adjoining counties.
This remarkable population, says a
correspondent of the New YorkWorid,
tract's its ancestry directly to a Ben¬
jamin Webb, who settled in this sec¬
tion nearly a century ago. At the
present time there are still living six
of his children.
The most numerous branch of tbe
family i descended from Jason Webb,
who is now in his seventy-eighth
year. Other children have families
nearly us large, however. Jason lives
in the house, now sixty years old, in
which he began housekeeping and
raised a family of nineteen children.
Of this remarkable family sixteen are
etiil living, The nexl generation,
which consists of 150 grandchildren,
are all living. There are besides 80
great grandchildren and <>0 great
great grandchildren,all ofwhom are at
present Jiving within ten miles of Jn
non
It, will occur to most people that a
family of such remarkable proportions
must give rise to many complications.
The descendants of old Benjamin
Webb have for one thing been obliged
to select about eight hundred names
for their children, and the , entire
family has been obliged to go through
tlie ordeal of agreeing upon more
than twelve thousand names. Com¬
pared with this task the work of nam¬
ing the streets of an entire city like
New York would be trifling.
If each member of the family should
attempt to give presents at Christmas
to all the other members the expense
would be something startling.
In the immediate family there is an
average of nearly three birthdays
celebrated every day. The entire
fatji.il v. 1 t 1»V readilv he calculate-!,
in M n
«la y in the year.
One of the most remarkable of the
original family is Uncle Miles, who
though seventy-five years old, is about
to marry it sister-in-law. This re¬
markable old man has fourteen chil¬
dren , all of whom are married and
have large families. He i* unable to
tell the exact number of descendants
who should be credited to him, but
thinks that a conservative estimate
would place the number of grand¬
children at 100, great-grandchildren
seventy-five, and great-great-grand¬
children at about forty.
The oldest living member of the
family is Aunt Polly, who is eighty- the
two years old. Her branch of
family tree comprises eight living
children, seventy grandchildren, forty
tue great grandchildren, and twenty
two great great -grandchildren. Her
little sister, who is known as the
wanker of tHo family, is but seventy
three years old. Her branch, which
includes five generations, is made up
of some ninety-eight members. Letcher
The entire population of
County, it is claimed, can trace their
arices'iry very clearly back to but four
families, who were the first to settle
in this section. These families were
the ('rafts, Adamses and Halbrookes,
and, of course, the Webbs. The de
fieendauts have married and inter¬
married in a most perplexing manner.
Only a very few of them have ever
neen a railroad train.
The little county, as might be im¬
agined, is in reality a small kingdom,
over w hioh the elder W ebbs are polit
ion! monarchs. Whenever a N\ ebb
wish to hold any office in the conn
ty the raetilt is a foregone conclusion,
Much a r rendition of affairs does not.
it i& very safe to say. exist iu any other
State irt the Union.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
A Non Hlisteiuno Mustard Plan
TKU In making a mustard plaster
take a piece of lard and stir the dry
mustard into the lard until it is a
thick paste and will just spread.
Spread on a piece of lawn and apply to
the affected part. This will not blister.
Boot Blacking The best black
ing for boots is orange juice Take a
bIu-.> or quarter of an orange ami rub
it on the shoe or hoot; then, when
«lrv, brush with a soft Brush till the
■hoe shine like a looking glass.
For Ax-tn Discolorations If the
of a lemon x^r any aeivl fruit
has taken the color from gown or
apron, it may he restore,! hy touching
the spot with household ammonia. If
aoxla or the like has caused the same
trouble, touch with vinegar
To Free the HiTsk of Ants To
tree a house from auts. sprinkle fine
-* hits . ii -»
full of ants drop into boiling water.
To drive away ants, scrub the shelves
or drawers that they frequent with
strong carbolic soap, after which
sprinkle red pepper in every crevice.
CJettixo Riij op Roaches.—
Sprinkle powdered borax plentifully
down into their hiding places wher¬
ever they may be, and in a week, or
before very long, they will disappear.
Oil of cedar will kill roaches. Put
the oil into an atomizer and spray all
the cracks and crevices in the wall
and places where they inhabit. Tbi.s is
a sure way to kill them.
Turpentine in the Household.—
Turpentine is the best friend house
keepers have and a supply should be
always kept on hand. It is good tor
burns, excellent for corns, good foi
rheumatism and sore throat, and a
quick remedy for fits and convulsions,
It is a sure preventive against moths,
a few drops rendering garments safe
from such invasion during the sum
mer. It drives away ants and bugs
from cupboards and corners by put
ting a few drops on tbe shelves. It
effectually destroys bugs, and injures
cleaning paint add a spoonful to a pail
of warm water. A little in the suds
on washday makes washing easier
A Kitchen Convenience.— A small,
flat paint-brush, about one inch in :
width, is a kitchen convenience that
no housewife should be without. For
the greasing of all pans it is both
neater and more effectual than the
usual bit of paper. Also, if all meats
were brushed over with sweet oil and
vinegar before sending to the refriger¬
ator they would retain their juices and
flavor far more perfectly than is com¬
monly the case.
“Bicycle Catarrh.”
It would occasionally seem as if
physicians devote much of their time
to hunting up reasons why mankind
should give up the wheel. Long ago
it was the bicycle hump, then the bi¬
cycle face, these being followed by
the bicycle voice and other equally
serious troubles, all of which have
been laughed to scorn by devotees of
the wheel. Now comes a medical per¬
son of Philadelphia with the alarming
information that bicycle catarrh is
among the perils that must he faced
by those who ride wheels. Hays the
Qnakertown Galen: ‘bicycleca
“It’s no fancied ill, this
tnrrh,’ and it’s putting lots of money and
into the pockets of eye specialists
opticians as well as physicians whose
’“-sctice crank, ■ ■ a/RW!” > nearly The always bic-'je
you over
does the sport and rides five times as
far and five times as long as he ought
to. His own motion creates a contin¬
ual wind pressure on his face, and the
strain upon eyes, ears, nose and throat
is abnormal. I have found in my
practice that three wheelmen out of
every ten are afflicted with catarrh in
a more or less advanced stage, the con- |
dition generally affecting the eyes.
The same state of affairs is noticeable :
in motormen, locomotive engineers
and others who are constantly facing
the wind, but the modern instrument
of locomotion is responsible for such a j
large increase iu the number of cases
that we fee! perfectly justified in call¬
ing the ailment‘bicycle catarrh.’”—
Louisville Post.
New Street Sweeping Apparatus.
A Berlin inventor has constructed a
sweeper with that of a tricycle. It u
worked by one man, who can cover as |
much ground with this machine and as j J
four men working with brooms
shovels. Compared to the street i
cost of covering a given ground machines is j
smaller; moreover, ths new ,
are widely superior on hygienic j
grounds, since the dunt and sweepings ,
are not thrown into the air, but al> j
sorbed by the machine and dropped i
m hulk into boxes specially provided I
for the piirpost s. which are to be sunk '
in the ground at different points and
covered until called for during the
night when there is least traffic in the j
streets. The new sweepers are iu
tended to travel through the best
streets at a fair rate of speed several J
times a day. and the reeeptacie for the
,
sw eepings will hold about forty pounds
before it becomes necessary to empty
it. Sidewalks and footpaths in the’
parks are to he swept by similar but
somewhat smaller machines. j
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The Next Sotar Eclipse.
British astronomers are taking a
lively interest m the next eclipse ol
the sun—on January 2‘2d, 1898— i
and the Royal and Royal Astrono send j j
mieal Societies are arranging to
out three parties of observers. I
The central ine erodes \\ estern
India, the duration ol totality at the
most favorahh statins being about
two minutes The prospects of fair
w good, eather are the considered January skies exceptionally of India, j j
as
south of Bombay, are remarkable for •
their freedom ft cloud and the
probability that any given January
day will be rainy is less than 1 in lot) j
iu the Kohnkan ) '
The 1 lie belt pen slightly Migui.y pointed poiuxeo front in U, and wau
back gives a very much better figure
•.ban t-ie pcLct’i tjtiaJ one.
THE JOKERS’ BUDGET.
j '* c t* and Yarns Made and Told by Funny
j Men of the press.
•
vtbioal notr.
lie— ’Then you were abroad. Miss Par
j venue, how did vou like the Matterhorn.'
She—I—I don't believe I heard it.
THE SOCIETY mother's duties.
kittle Mias Avnoo—• ‘What is mammas
for '-’'
Little Miss De Fashion—••Why, they
is to scold the nurses when we makes
noise."
VERY CLOSE
“Isn’t there some sort of a relationship
between .Madge and Mr. Dashing,
'<*• *«• >"deed he was the first man
*e war ever engaged to.
why he didn’t know it.
Barber—Vou say you have sliaveu uere
before ' I don't remember your face.
tistomer—Probably not. It has healed
up since,
AN EFFECT.
He—How dull it was at Wilkins’ party
last night,
ti ”“ v
few AND f A r between.
Brol tj'icther?" re_ Who wrote ‘'Birds of a feather
flock
To.vje—Some idiot who had never
been out shooting.
A I'ATRIOT.
Ten Broke—Let me hold your hand. j
Penelope—The one that shook Queen j
Victoria's?
Ten Broke-No. the one in which you
carry your pocke'.book.
IIOSTH.U IBS END.
First. Indian—1 have met my oWl roe, j
Scrapping Squirrel, and I have buried the ,
hatchet.
Second Indian—Where?
First Indian—In his neck.
MORE USEFUL. j
Perflita—So you are really engaged to
him. -Where is your engagement ring? i
Penelope—1 haven't got any. 1 made
him give me a bicycle instead.
HIS OWN PHOVBKB.
“He gives twice that gives quickly,”
urged the collector earnestly. calmly,
“True,” responded Huagge
“but I’ve often noticed that he that gives
slowly very frequently doesn’t have to
give at all.”
FOILED.
She (insinuatingly)—There are more
single than married men in the penitent¬
iaries.
He (hastily)—Yes: that shows that
ther.iare a great many men married. who would
rath*- goto prison than get
f NOT TIIE BIGHT SHADE.
wPH Goode Style- girls?” “What' Going, to cut
the w
Mrs. De Style—“Why yes, ma—I have
to at this set :ou of the year, They have j
gkms that never tan, and guests will I
think we associate with people who stay
in town ail summer.”
BROTH BID. Y SOLICITUDE
(mournfulIy) _i 8 ’ p ose it’ll take
& , lU , ldreti for you t0 he big enough j
to j lsVj> p eallx ;
(iartie—I s’pose so.
jierti.; (despairingly)—And Dicky Jones .
, ia m ,, re fun playing tricks on his big
sister's ones; Oh, I ain’t got anything
to live for:
CAUSE FOR REJOICING.
Sunday School Teacher—And when the j
prodigal son returned home his father fell
upon ids neck and blessed him—why did
he do that?
Scholar—'Cause he was so glad to think
he didn’t come hack with a wife and |
family, J s’pose.
graceful compliment.
£ ^ that
„ t0 tbc spoony,” replied
lady, passiug him the spoon holder,
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WAITING FOR WORK.
„ ., , , . .
Joor w |low „ /fouhl hut procure em
llloyffleDt atmy profession.” replied the good
“poor man,” woman
tt3 s he handed out a pie, “what is your
profession ?” pilot, madam.”
“I am an airship
unpromising oct-i.ook.
,. Mijnlna 6aili little Fanny Fangle,
..j.— ^ en watching the people moving chit
j n Td , x . jj 0ur> ail j mere are only two
,| rcI ^ 3 wheels.” that
••'Well, my dear, what of ?”
“Why. there are four of us children,
and we'll just have to take turns borrow
ing them."
comparative cost.
Handel liar —Your wheel may lie i
very good one, but it can't quite come uj
to rptue Why, Great Sprockets! I paid
a humped and eighty dollars for mine.
Yota paid only ninety for all yours. enough,
Scorcbleigk—That’s true Besides
but you must consider this fact
that ninety dollars 1 have paid over thil ont
hundred dol ars for repairs thus far
se&ton.
Victoria's Tutor.
Soon after Lord Grey came inU
office the King prop.-sed that a Bish
op sht‘tild he appointed to presidf
over the education of the young Prin
cess Victoria. This proposal w as fre
(iaent l v forced upon the Duchess o:
Kent » r ho resisted it. perfectly satistiet
, ith ih , Mp . l . itT of K ev . Mr Davys
the tutor. 'When it was pointed
out t0 her that a dignitary of th,
c hnrch ought to undertake the im
j.g-tant office, the Duchess replied .
' There snrelv can be no difficulty ir
pr-femng Ri.n fc Mr Davys - to the dignitie, l ■
of the church He w as shortly , , after
ma ie L'eau ji witefMta
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NEW ENTERPRISE
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Formerly with Thomas & Burton,
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Address: 420 Walker St.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
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With him. April 14,'97.
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