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THE WAYCROSS HERALD SATURDAY, AUG. 31, 1895.
AN INNOCENT PARSON.
HIS ATTEMPT to DESCRIBE A RAM
FIGHT IN RING VERNACULAR.
ITS FUNDS INSURED.
BISHOP HURST AND THE AMERICAN
. UNIVERSITY AT WASHINGTON.
The Bride Ventured a So^tMtion Which
Caught On—The Preacher Didn’t Fully
Succeed In Appearing Unsophisticated.
The Little Ram's Ring Tactic*.
A preacher told this story at a wed
ding supper on the Sooth Side the other
evening:
“I was riding along a country road
Bear Bloomington,” he said, “when I
noticed a group of sheep in a pasture.
Therowas a large open space in the
midst of the flock, and at either end of
the space stood a ram. In tho center,
but standing a little at one side, was a
third ram. The two rams had evidently
had a falling oot about something, cr
else they bad come to eettlo in a friend
ly contest which was the better ram.
Bam No. 8 seemed to be acting as—
judge, umpire—what do you call it?
Referee? Yes, that’s it, the third ram
was tho referee. I don’t know under
what rules the meeting took place. It
may have been Queensberry or Rosebery.
You see I am not np to these technical
matters.
“Whenall tho preliminaries had been
arranged and both contestants had been
cautioned apparently that there was to
be no ‘fouling’—I think I have seen
that word in tho newspapers occasional
ly, and therefore I suppose it is a cor
rect word to use in this connection—
each backed off to tho farthest limits of
the circle, which, by tho way, was not
a squared circle. Tho referoe stepped
out of tho way, and the rams dashed to
ward each other. When their heads
camo together, there was a terrific crash,
and the force of tho concussion threw
them as far apart as the length of this
table.”
All tho guests looked the full length
of tho table from the passion flowers at
one end to tho bride’s cake in the far
perspective, and then at tho preacher in
the middle distance, but nobody said
anything.
‘“Jhen,” continued tho preacher,
“they took their places, apparently nons
the wor$o for the encounter. Again, evi
dently at a preconcerted signal from the
referee, they dashed together. This time
the shock was even more terrific than
the first, and I noticed that as one of
them went back to his—ah, what do
they call it, corner?—he was a little un
steady on his legs. ”
“froggy!” ventured tho brida
r “I believe that is tho technical term, ”
replied the preacher, “although, as I
have intimated, I am not at all familiar
with sporting phraseology. When time
was called for the third round—ahem—
that is, I ineau~~to say wlien t^e rams
had recovered strength for a third col
lision— there was another rush, a
crash, and one of the rams, the one yon
so aptly described as ‘groggy’ (with an
acknowledgment to the bride) fell to
his knees. His adversary did not seem
inclined to follow up his advantage, but
possibly ho may have been restrained by
the rules of the meeting. At any rate,
after contemplating his fallen foo grave
ly for a moment ho walked back to his
place. The other ram, after resting
briefly, struggled to his feet. Tho third
ram—tho ouo I have called tho referee
:—looked at him rather inquiringly, as
it seemed to me, but the warrior show
ed no sign of recognition. He arubled
to his side of the ring and faced about.
A murmur of some sort seemed to go
through tlio flock. Tho odds were ap
parently 8 to 1 in favor of the other
ram—that is to say, it seemed to be the
general opinion that tho ram with the
weak knees had been outclassed, os tho
other ono was decidedly tho heavier of
the two.
“However, the smaller ram seemed
to havo wonderful rocuperativo powers.
When the proper interval had elapsed,
he came up smiling, as it were. I even
thought I could see a twinkle in his eye,
for I was quite close to the fence, and
tins thing took placo only a little dis
tance away. As the referco stepped back
from the center of the ring, where he
kept his position between the meetings,
the other two rams drove at each other
pellmelL At the very instant when
their hard horns would have met, how
ever, the smaller ram suddenly changed
his courso to the right, and tho other
went through the ranks like a catapult.
“Just as he turned about, evidently
boiling ever with indignation at tho
trick which had beeu played on him,
the other one, with the added force given
by a longer run from one side of the
cle to a point several feet outside of it,
where the larger ram’s momentum lmd
carried him, shot at him like a cannon
ball, striking him full in the face and
driving him several feet away, where
he lay limp and helpless. The third
ram, who was promptly on the spot, as
I suppose every competent referee should
be, nodded his head several times—in
deed it looked to me as if ho was count
ing—and thou the fallen ram failing to
rise the whole flock marched away to
ward a knoll in another part of the
meadow with the victorious ram at the
head. Presently the defeated ram got
on his feet and made his way to a se
cluded spot down by a little run, where
I saw him reclining in the shade of a
large willow tree as I rode away. ”
“What an interesting'atudy natural
history is,” said the bride's grandmoth
er as she adjusted her glasses.
“It is indeed," said the groom's fa
ther, coughing behind his napkin.—Chi
cago Tribune.
An Irlib St*dmrs Reply.
An Irish student, who some yean ago
attended the university of Edinburgh,
called upon one of the most celebrated
teachers of the German Ante, desiring
to know on what terms he would give
him a few lessons. The flute player in
formed him that he generally charged
8 guineas for the lint month and 1
guinea for the second. “Then, by my
moaL.” replied the canning Hibernian,
“I’ll come in the second month.*'.
DOES ITSELF PROUD.
ONTARIO'S WHITE TENT CITY AND
ITS GOVERNMENT.
The Bishop’s Energetic Work—Plans Soon
to Bo Selected and Work Bepin la a
Few Weeks—Tho Site Will Be One of the
Most Beautiful In Washtncton.
Through tho persistent and untiring
efforts of Bishop John F. Hurst of
Washington and the energy of an effi
cient building committee, the proposed
American university at Washington has
now taken tangible form, and within a
few weeks ground will be broken for
the first of the buildings, which, when
erected, will far outrival anything of
the kind in the Capital City.
The site of tho proposed university is
on the northwestern heights of Wash
ington and covers more than ©0 acres.
It is in some respects the most desirable
location iu or near the city. Situated
along the extension of Massachusetts
avenue and half frontiug on Nebraska
avenue, the building will command a
charming view of the city, of the Poto
mac and the surrounding ooantry and
the Blue Ridge mountains in the dis
tance. The large extent of territory in
cluded in the tract slopes gently from
tho snmniit, where the buildings ore to
stand, and is already being put into
condition for athletic purposes.
Every effort is now being made to
raise funds and hurry the building
work along as fast as possible. By the
end of September it is hoped that two
buildings at least will be under way,
and with the advent of spring tho great
university will be pushed rapidly toward
oompletion.
At the present time the Hall of His
tory, the Administration building, Ep-
worth hall and the library are provided
for, and money is rapidly coming in for
the other buildings. In fact. Bishop
Hurst has now on hand qbout $800,000,
which he expects to swell to $1,000,000
in the near future.
The last gift to the university was
made by General J. Watts de Peyster of
Tivoli, N. Y., who presented a sufficient
sum to insure the erection of the library,
which is to be known as “The General
Watts de Peyster College of Lan
guages. ” In front of this building will
stand a bronze statue of heroic size, now
being made in Paris.
An endowment of $100,000 for the
College of Languages has been contrib
uted by a New York woman. It has
been intimated that General de Peyster
intends to give to the university his
valuable collection of books and curios,
which represent several generations of
collecting. Mrs. Olive Logan, widow of
General Jolin A. Logan, has been in
strumental in securing the funds for the
Administration building.
Prominent architects of New York,
Boston, Cleveland, Washington and
England have submitted plans for the
several buildings already contracted
for, but none has been accepted. The
New York committee has passed on a
number, and the plans are now in the
hands of the Washington members.
Since tho purchasing of the site for
tho university four years ago, at a cost
of $100,000, the land in that vicinity
has had a great boom, and four times
that amount has already been offered
the trustees for the tract When the
buildings are completed and the sur
roundings beautified, the university, it
is expected, will have the most beauti
ful piece of property in Washington.—
New York Times.
Tbt City of Cbmrlotto on the Lake of On
tario, Near tho City of Rochester—Ba«
Electric Lights, Shade Trees and Other
Advantages—Ideal Summer Resort.
STORIES OF THE DAY.
Have Ton a Mask?
When the new woman gets fairly
under way, it is to be hoped that she
will know better than to be snared by
such a wretch as the man Holmes, who
has married six women without a single
twinge of conscience and would have as
many more if he could be free again.
Unloved, unmarried good men stand
appalled at the tendency of the ordinary
woman to mate with rascals.—St. Louis
Post-Dispatch. *
Be not disheartened, then, ye “un
loved, unmarried good men.” Why not
try taking off your masks and let the
ordinary woman see what rascals you
really are?—Louisville Courier-JoumaL
Little Alfonso to the Pope.
King Alfonso has answered the letter
recently sent him by the pope. He de
stroyed six drafts of the letter, but the
seventh satisfied him, and be showed it
to his mother the queen regent, who
corrected 4he single error. The king
was chagrined because of the correction,
but was comforted with the suggestion
that his holiness might suppose the king
himself made it This is said to be the
first letter written by the king, who is
9 years old.—New York Sun.
Would BInke a Good Wife.
The girl who stole out over her
mother's sleeping form to elope with
her young man is a wife worth having.
If she could do that, she ought to be
able to get out and kindle the fire and
get breakfast without waking her sleep
ing spouse.—Springfield (Mo.) Repub
lican.
Cncwmbei 1>y tha Yard.
A cucumber feet long is growing
on a vine at Carleton, Mich. The peo
ple thereabouts are going to boy it and
send it to Agitator Debs, presumably to
help him keep cool -in prison, and to
reminder when he gets out.
If a person were to look carefully at
a map of Monroe county, N. Y., he
would see north of the city of Rochester,
at the mouth of the Genesee river, if
the map were large enough, a smalLdot
labeled Charlotte. If he were to look in
the list of villages and cities of the
state, he would probably find the name
of the village of Charlotte. But he
would little think that just across the
river from that village there is a city
with a full municipal government, well
laid streets, with shade trees and in
some parts electric lights—a city with
all tho advantages of any other city, to
say nothing of several advantages which
many cities have not. Its name is t/io
White City.
This municipality is of comparatively
recent date, which accounts for the fact
that it has not been mentioned in any
of the official guides or maps of the
state. It is a city of nomadic type and
would offer many chances to a scientist
making a specialty of ethnological re
search, for its inhabitants are constant
ly changing and people are giving place
to newcomers.
All along the front is a high sea wall,
giving a wide view of the sparkling sur
face of the lake with its varying humors
and its calm, dignified repose. This
wall or bluff rises to a height of 50 feet,
beginning a short distance beyond the
pavilion at Summerville and extending
beyond the point where the little wood
en tower stands, a refuge for flirtations
and a blot upon the landscape. The tents
of the White City extend back from this
bluff in gerried {auks ft distance of a
quarter of a mile to the railroad track.
There rre several streets running
parallel to each other and due north and
south. They are named after the presi
dents of tho United States, beginning
from the west and ending on the east.
The tents are for the most part double
—that is, there is the sitting room for
tho reception of callers on dark days and
a secondary tent for cooking purposes
and f sleeping apartments. The tents
are tlio usual government “A” tent, and
all sue **»:.:ic and clean, presenting a
beautiful appearance from the lake.
Tho sr.pr 1! '-’ -ro brought down from
the city c.’.'h morning, and everything
if fresh an 1 rpxJ &r, if the inhabitants
wero at their own city homes. Even if
the tents do leak when it rains and the
occupants feel like ungreased lawn
mowers when they get up in the morn
ing with the blankets as wet as dish
rags; even if the butter is warm; even
if red ants have a habit of getting mixed
up with the cake frosting when company
is expected, and there is no chance to
get any more, what difference does it
make? Not a bit. Such things have
come to be recognized as the unavoid
able accompaniments of camp life, and
no camp would be considered as first
class unless these things could be had at
a moment’s notice. The cooking, as has
been said, is done in the back tent with
little oil or gasoline stoves which do
smoke fearfully sometimes.
Inasmuch as the rules of the camp,
the unwritten law of a nomadic people,
make it a heinous offense to go to bed
or, in technical terms, to turn in later
than 11 o’clock, the time for breakfast
is generally set at 8 o’clock, so that the
men who have business in the city—
that is, in the suburban city of Roches
ter—may be able to get the dishes wiped
in time to catch the early car. The mid
day meal consists of a light lnncheon
shared for the most part between the
women and children. Tho great meal of
the day is at night, usually at 7 o’clock,
for then the meq come back from the
city hungry and tired. It is generally
eaten al fresco.
The reporter had the pleasure of par
taking of one of the dinners and can
say that if all the dinners in the White
City are as good as that it is a most de
lightful place to live, for beside the ex
cellence of the menu the view of the
lake and the yachts, and the points of
land was delightful and added sauce to
the meat
As in the case of all intelligent and
civilized communities, the first thing
done after tho organization of the city
was to elect a mayor and aldermen. Aft
er a fierce and exciting struggle, the
like of which had never before been
known in the history of the city, Henry
Granville was elected mayor and L. C.
Jones, J. H. Lewis and Mr. Westervelfc
were chosen to the enviable position of
aldermen. It is hinted that this election
was in reality a great triumph of the
Woman's Rights party, which is said to
be extremely strong in the city, but this
could not be verified by the reporter,
owing to the shortness of the time al
lowed him for research into the city
archives. So far the government has
given excellent satisfaction. The inhab
itants of the White City all say that
th^sare the most happy and the most
contented body politic in the world.—
Rochester Post-Express.
Two CUc*;o Gentlemen nnd n New Bi
cycle.
Lawyer L. L. Harris has lost ‘ mil
faith in humanity—also a brand new
bicyqle. '
Yesterday morning the attorney was
engaged to defend a professional bor
rower before Justice Richardson at the
Armory police court. In order to assure
himself that no one could take liberties
with his “tike” while conducting the
case, Mr. Harris wheeled it into the
general office and leaned it against the
steam pipes. Then he tied a placard on
the wheel as follows:
: This bicycle is the
:gentleman, who will *•
e property of a legal:
be back in 20 minute*.:
Mr. Harris then entered the court
room, and after expounding the statute
and pawing tho air for half an hqpr,
lost his case and his fee.
After pocketing his pride in lieu of
his fee the attorney returned to the of
fice, but his “bike” was gone. In its
place was another placard, upon which
were these words:
:To the Legal Gentleman (?): :
: Your wheel was taken by another gen-:
:tleman who is a “scorcner. He won’t be:
-.back at all. :
r. Harris swore inwardly and
howled outwardly, ailed complaints
with everybody, and then swore out a
warrant for John Doe.—Chicago Inter
Ocean.
A Kentukcy Belle.
Sheriff Jarvis of Knox county passed
through tho city the other day, having
in charge five yr six prisoners on the
way to Frankfort. The prisoners were
placed in the watchhouse until the train
Talked to Waycross*
Brunswick Call.
Mr. James O’Conner, train dispatcher
of the Plant System at Waycross, and
the dispatcher here connected the tele
graph wires to those of the telephone,
just ms an experiment It worked well,
a conversation in a very low tone could
be heard distinctly and the voice recog
nized.
The phones at Waycross and this
place are not long distanced but the ex
periment proved that the thing would
work o. k. It may lead to a connection
with our sister citv.
Elmer Lott Injured*
left.
Among the prisoners was a young
woman from Knox county, apparently
about 25 years old, and a typical eastern
Kentucky mountain girl. Her hair was
cut short, and her d?gsg was of calico
made in mountain style. She wa3 gfting
to Frankfort for housebreaking. She
was placed in a cell by herself at the
station house.
She was quite talkative, and when
asked her age and home said: “I am
jus’ 85 and live in Knox county. My
name is Lizzie Harris. Used to live in
Wes’ Virginny, but got in trouble and
left there. I’ze going to Frankfort now
for a couple of years, but I don’t care. ”
‘ ‘Did yon ever kill a man ?” was asked.
“Yes, lord 1 Killed four. I waylaid
tho highway one night in Wes’ Virginny
and dropped three men. I staid in the
pen in that state three years. I shot my
sweetheart, too, and killed him, but a
lawyer named Black plead me out of
it.”
“Did you ever commit any other
crime^’*
“Guess I have. Broke into one or two
houses, but have had luck and got ont.
I think I will have a nice time at
Frankfort. Some nice men there, I hear.
My husband left me some time ago, and
I am grieving over it.”—Lexington
Transcript
A Blatter of Doubt.
Dixon was imperturbable.
It was necessary that he should be so,
for Dixon was coachman to a rich and
fashionable family, and ho know the re
quirements of his position.
He sat upon the box as if he were
carven stone, but there was behind that
impassive countenance an intelligence
which was at times almost startling.
He was thus sitting at 11 a. m. of a
bright aud glorious morning, when the
fair and gracious daughter of the house
tripped lightly down the steps and ap
proached the elegant carriage at the
curb.
Dixon recognized her coming hv a
movement as if to sit straighter on the
box, though that were impossible.
The young woman stopped as her
dainty foot touched the carriage step.
Dixon,” she said.
Yes, miss,” responded Dixon, look
ing square to the front.
“Drive mo to the nearest place where
I can be measured for a bicycle suit. ’
miss. Dressmaker’s or tailor
shop?”
For a moment the fair creature’s face
was a study. Then it filled full of smiles
and babbled over in rippling laughter.
Aud Dixon’s imperturbability was
intensified.—New York Sun.
Car Runs Over Him at Duke.
Just before going to press the Herald
learns that little Elmer Lott, the eight-
year-old son of Mr. John Lott, of this
place, wa3 run over this morning by a
car. at Duke. Rumor says that he will
lose a leg, but we can learn nothing def
inite. It is quite certain, however, that
he is badly injured. He went out yes
terday with the family of Mr. J. S.
Bailey, on a visit.
A Pleasant Party.
Miss Lula Hay, gave at her home last
night in honor of her friend, Miss Mable
Emery of Brunswick, an observation par
ty, which was quite a novel and most
enjoyable affair. Miss Susie Sasnett
membering most of the articles won the
first prize, Mr. Tim O’Brien won the boo
by prize. At 11 o’clock the company
invited in the dining room where
elegant spray was laid ot all the delica-
of the season, after which dancing
was indulged in until a late liOhr.
Money Recovered.
The Herald rarely ever fails to adver
tise itself, for we believe in advertising,
ve neglected to state a few days
since that forty-eight hours after adver
tising Miss Lottie Sassuett’s lost pocket
book, the same containing twenty dollars
was returned to her.
TMri Xm Thai* Tarda.
The kaiser and Queen Victoria have
become friends, and it is likely to be
several days before either is again heard
simring. “Youshan'tolarin mv yard."
A Technicality.
He—We won’t see any of the first act
it you said you’d be ready
WtoHcWeold ^
Wiggles—I’ve got just one cigar here.
Yon haven’t any objections, have you?
Waggles—Not if I smoke it.—Somer villa
Journal
If a man writes or composes a song in
Paris and is able to get it sung at one of
the cafe concerts or cafe chan tan ts of
that city, he is sure to get financially
rewarded in proportion to the ,taking
quality his work has with the public
and the number of times it is given,
for a society is now in active operation,
covering the provinces as well as Paris,
known as the “Musical Authors, Gom-
poeers and Publishers’ Society,” which
deals directly with the places of amuse
ment themselves and collects the royal-
fiyihand*.—New York World.
, . . The study of the Engli«h language is
, made compulsory in the high echools of
-one understands men perfectly.”
“She ought to after tending a soda f-.-v
tain three •easoos. , ‘—Detroit Tribuna.
A Bar Harbor Story.
This is a Bar Harbor story, and the
man who told it to me declared he was
there when it- happened.* There
Washington family of the ultra exclu
sive sort, whose summer home ip up
there on the Maine, coast. They have
kinsmen in the neighborhood, and one
evening, quite unexpectedly, one of
their rural uncles dropped in on them to
make an indefinite stay. They wouldn’t
for worlds have been rude to him, but
he was dreadfully in the way, so they
gave him a ticket to the performance of
the “Messiah” aud sent him off to hear
the oratorio. He went. Next morning
at breakfast one of his nieces asked him
how he liked it.
“Waal,” said he, “I guess I kinder
liked it, but it wasn’t very funny.
There was nothin fnnny in it, so fer as
I see, but one thing. Gosh l That was
funny 1”
“What was that, uncle?” the niece
asked.
“Waal,” said the old man, “there
was nigh a dozen old maids got up and
sang, 'Fer unto us a King is given;
unto us a Son is born. ’ And as soon as
they said it a lot of fellows back of them
jumped up and began to shout, ‘Wonder
ful I wonderful!* ”—Washington Post.
Waycross Needs
A competing line cf railroad.
I A board of tra Je.
A large ginning establishment.
A guauo and cotton seed oil mill.
A canning establishment.
And a dozen other small manufactur
ing enterprises that we could mention.
Stern Facts.
The finest beef in the city at H. T.
Williams.
H. T. Williams takes the lead in fine,
pasture-fed beef. Give him a call and
be convinced.
Rheumatism, neuralgia, pains in the
back or side, stiff neck, sore throat, ton-
ilitis, diphtheria, cramps and colic in
stantly relieved by Johnson’s Magnetic
Oil. Large bottles 25 and 50 cents.
Sold by B. J. Smith, druggist, Waycross
Ga.
A clear soft, rosy, complexion is the
desire of every lady. Why not give
Johnson’s Oriental Soap a trial. There
is nothing to compare with it as a skin
beautifier. Two cakes in a package 25
cents. Sold by B. J. Smith, druggist,
Waycross, Ga.
Will Commence Collecting Taxes.
Tax Receiver Lanier will commence
collecting city taxes ou Monday next,
Sept. 2nd, at C. M. Sheffield’s store. His
office hours will be from 9 to 12 a. m.
and from 2 to 4 p. m.
No.onecanask honestly or hopefully
to be delivered from temptation unless
he has himself honestly aud firmly de
termined to do the best he can to keep
out of it.
Shcrtff'i Sale.
Georgia—Ware County.
Will be sold on the first Tuesday in Octo
ber next, at the court house door in said
county, within the legal hours of sale, to
the highest bidder, for cash, the following
property, to-wit: Lot of land, nnmber
ninety, in the 7th district of Ware county,
together with all improvements thereon, ex
cept such portion of said lot oi land as has
heretofore been conveyed. Said property
levied under and by an execution issued
out of the County Court of Ware county,
in favor of Jeff Kirkland, against C.
Murrey, E. A. Davies and J. W, Starling.
Said property situated, lying and being,'in
or near MMJwood, in Ware county,^. Ga.,
where ths deleadant, J, W. Starling now Re
sides. Written notice given defendant, ...
This, August 29th, 1895, * teBL .
S. F. MILLER,.Shenff.
And it is HERMSDORF.
Black that never Crocks
Is the kind of dye that
that goes in the
HOSIERY WE SELL.
J ♦"*
Never have we offered such startling values in socks and stockings :
3 pair Ladies’ Hose, (3 price box) for $f 00.
{ Double heel seamless 40 gauge Lacfies pose 25c.
Ladies’ Fast Black Hose only . ** x* 15c.
Child’s double heel seamless only 1 15c.
Child's fast black heavy rib 10c.
MEN’S SOCKS.
Double heel seamless, extra 25 only 20. Genuine Maco Cotton, 3 pr. for $1.
We will cheerfully give another pair or refund the money for any pair of hose sold
not satisfactory.
BRAQ WATSON,
The Leading Dry Goods House.
_ “Why so pensive, my son?”
“I was wondering if I could learn to
ride one of those things- ’’—Life.
Lews’
INVENTORY SALE NOW ON
. and will last TILL SEPTEMBER FIRST. ^
Remember first comes gets first pick.
You can’t afford to miss it. MONEY SAVED
PRICES BUTCHERED.
Nothing Bat First Class GOODS.
Some of our prices cut in half, others one
third off, and others one fourth off.
Cheapest And Best Negligee SHIRTS
rice,#
P PA Dictators of Fashions and
• vt W. Controllers of Prices.
Waycross, Ga.
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