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W«. PARKKR, Psorunox.
J. U. FREEMAN, Editok.
WAYOROes, --- GEORGIA
“Tha t»n1 Towm CinwMhw.
Th« Largeat County Circulation.
The Largeat General Circulation.
Tlie nx*ouMr virita mote homea toil
ientd by mote people lha. eej nilini
re per publubed In tbu lection.
Organ of Ware.
Organ Of Clurlton.
THE CROSS MARK.
The red croea mark V on themaiginaf
yourpeperdenotee A thxt we went
yoo to renew your eabecription et once.
TUe peper will be mailed to tub-
~ pottage bee, at the following
Intertable in ad ram
till be made bom the above prime.
Court Calendar — Brunrwlck Circuit
andSSSK**"’* 1 M#0d * J ‘ “
Pierce—Fourth Hondaja in Hatch and
Warn—Pint Hondaya in April and
November.
Coffee—Tnenday after second Monday
In April and November.
Charlton—Toeaday after third Monday
in April and November.
Camden—Fourth Hondaya in April
and November.
Glynn—Beginning on the first Hon-
jlaya in Hay and December, and to con-
(throe for two weeks, or as long as the
[buslnera may require.
The oldest employee in the Foetal Dr
pertinent in Washington are Jama
Men*, eighty-one years old, and Inzc
Inwrenaoo, eighty-four. Both were ap«
ported by Andrew Jackaon in 1881.
A Springfield (Mass.) man has discov
ered what has long been pretty well known
—that the real mission of the mosquito is
to purify. He had two hogsheads filled
with water, and into ono ho put a lot of
wrigglers or embryo mosquitoes. The
water free from the wrigglers soon be
came foul, but that containing them re
mained sweet. Bo he concludes that
mosquitoes keep our swamps from be
coming foul and pestilent.
There is a specimen in the United
States mint which illustrates how a coin
may become famous without the least
premonition. In 1848 a law passed Con
gress ordering $20 gold pieces to be
struck. One piece wss struck. Some
thing happened that delayed the work,
and the year closed. Then f of course,
the dies had to bo destroyed, as no more
of that date could be legally issued. It is
marked “unique,” was the only one struck
and hence is “priceless.”
There are local developments of co-op-
eration throughout the country that are
interesting reading. The great Cambria
Iron works at Johnstown, Penn., which
employs 6,500 persons, has decided to
make its “company store” a co-operative
concern. It sells $1,000,000 a year in
goods. The capital will be $200,000.
Holdings by any one person are limited.
Dividends cannot go above ten per cent.
Stockholders havo a first claim of tlx per
cent. Then all purchasers of $10 worth
of goods havo three per cent, off; then
the stockholders, if there is still further
profit, may have their dividend raised to
ten per cent. Above ^cn per cent, all
profit goes to customers in a rebate on
A WONDERFUL MADfiTONE.
For More Than Ono Hundred Years
It Haa Cored the Bites of Snakes
and Mad Doga.
An Atlanta (Ga.) correspondent of the
New York Sun is responsible for the fol-
_ The recent death of a man in
Banks county who had been bitten by a
mad dog has revived interest in mad-
stones, of which there are several in
various parts of the State. There is one
in Falrburn which is said to have been
successfully applied to about one hundred
persona. But by all odds the most no
in the South is that owned by
Gibson, in Colombia county.
It derives interest not alone from the
wonderful cures which it has effected,
but from its antiquity and the manner
in which it came into possession of the
a vessel from the East Indies
touched the coast of North Carolina,
the great-grandfather of Mrs. Gib-
iusband lived at the time. A pas
senger who was sick was pbtoff, sndMr.
Gibson took him to his home, where the
stranger was welcomed and nuned back
to health. When about to take his de
parture he took from his pocket two
stones, one of which he presented to Mr.
Gibson, telling him that it was of great
age, as he haa been assured by the gentle
man from whom he procured it in Bom
bay ; that it possessed remarkable powers
in all cases of blood poisoning, whether
it resulted from corrosion
stance, from the bitea of animals or in-
HOC8EHOLF AFFAIRS.
Recipe*!
‘Wattles.—Take three pints of mCk,
te tablespoon of butter, put together on
the stove until the hotter melts, add five
well-beaten eggs, one teaspoon of salt,
two tablespoons yeast, and three pints of
mr; let rise three hours, and bake In
ell-greased waffle-irons.
Am* Fkitteks.—Beat three eggs
very light, add one quart of tweet mflk,
stir in enough flour to make a thin bat
ter, and add a little salt; pare, eon and
slice thin nearly one quart of tart apples,
and stir them into toe batter. Fry in
* filing lard. Drop them from a large
Ham Omelet.— 1 Take six eggs, four
ounces butter, a pinch of pepper, two
tablespoonfuls ham. Mince the Wn very
fine, and fry it two minutes in a little but
ter; then make the batter for the omelet;
stir in the ham, and proceed as in the case
of a plain omelet. Do not add salt to the
batter, as the ham seasons it sufficiently
Good lean bacon or tongue answers equally
well for this dish.
Farmer’s Fruit Cake.—Soak three
cups of dried apples over nights warm
water; chop slightly in the morning, and
then simmer two hours or more in two
MONEY TALKS AT WAYCROSS!
The new Governor-General of Formosa
aays that he has instituted many new
taxes and has created a government mo
nopoly of the camphor industry. This
is regarded by foreigners as but a feeling
of the way, Ire the native authorities, to
similar government monopolies in other
and more important articles of industry
and trade that might cause irreparable in
jury to foreign commercial interests con
nected with the trade of Formosa, such,
for instance, as the tea and sugar trade.
And as nearly all the' tea purchased in
Formosa finds upmarket in the United
States, as well as some of the sugar pro
duct, the creation of government monop
olies in that island may justly be viewed
with more than ordinary interest as to
and probable future upon
i of blood poisoning,
rosion of foreign sub-
als or in
sects of any description, or from inocula
tion. Even in cases of small-pox, said
the stranger, the stone has been known
to extract the poison from the system,
leaving the patient thoroughly restored
to health. The stone was of a grayish-
black color, and perfectly smooth. It
wss one inch in length, three-quarters of
an inch in Width, and half an inch thick.
The stranger disappeared and the stone
was laid by as a curiosity. No faith was
placed in its medicinal qualities. It was
not long, however, before an event hap
pened which brought the stone into high
repute. A member of Mr. Gibson’s fam
ily was bitten by a rattlesnake. All
known remedies failed. The patient had
passed into paroxysms, and all hope had
fled. It was then that one of the child
ren thought of the mysterious stone. As
no harm could be done, it was deter
mined to use it. An incision was made
in the patient’s leg, one inch above the
spot bitten, and tne stone was inserted.
As the stone adhered a scream of unut
terable anguish escaped the lips of the
sufferer, as if life itself was being drawn
out. In less than one minute the stone
had changed its color from dark gray to
a poisonous looking green. It was pulled
out and soaked in warm water and ap
plied again and again, its adhesive power
growing less and less, until at last it re
fused to stick. By this time the patient
fell off into a heavy sleep, only to awake
to a consciousness of restored health. He
lived for thirty years after the event. It
was thus that the stone, which was only
kept as a lest, became an object that
money could not buy. From all parts of
the coast there were calls for the wonder
ful stone. The family subsequently re
moved to Columbia county in this State,
where for one hundred years this stone
has been an object of curiosity to physi
cians and people in general.
The recent history of this remarkable
atone is quite as strange aa that of its earlier
years, curing the bites of mad dogs and
cats, the stings of scorpions and snakes,
and the inoculation of poisonous sub
stances. In 1872 Abe Lockhart, a col
ored man in Columbia County, was bitten
by a pilot snake. The stone was applied
to the bite. The wonderful part of the
story is that the man, who had inherited
scrofula, was cured of the disease, and
has had since no return of the malady.
Seven years ago 8hack Green, who lived
nine milts away, was bitten by a rattle
snake. When found he was uncon
scious*. He was put into a wagon and
driven nine miles to the home of Mrs.
Gibson. By that time the victim’s teg had
•wollen to three times its usual sire. As
soon as the stone was applied it affected
the sufferer precisely as it had its first
subject, over a century before.
A case which attracted widespread at
tention was that of Miss Williams, who
lived near the plantation of Gen. Robert
Tern’ s. Tn Wilkes County. Ia 1883
Miss Williams was inoculated from virus
obtained from a mad cow. When the fact
was discovered it sent a shock through
the community. The lady’s friends at
once resolved to use Mrs. Gibson’* mad-
stone, which was entirely successful in
warding off the anticipated danger. A
strange case was that of the two grand
children of Mrs. McGinty, of Norwood,
who had been bitten and scratched fear
fully by a mad cat. The stone was ap
plied to the two alternately. The chil
dren were taken to the house by their
two uncles, who, sixty years before, had
been bitten by mad dogs, and owed their
rescue to the same stone.
In fact there is hardly a community ia
the Carolines, Georgia, and Alabama in
in which the fame of this renowned stone
has not been heard of. Frequently the
country home of Mrs. Gibson, at Appling,
ia surrounded by vehicles bearing the
afflicted from distant points anxious to
be restored to health.
Colonel W. L. Utley,who recently died
at Racine, Wisconsin., was “the owner of
the last slave on American soil,” says a
correspondent of the Milwaukee SaUimL
When he was in Tennessee with his regi
ment, a colored boy escaped from hie
master and sought refuge in the Colonel’s
tent. The owner came into camp the
next day and demanded the surrender of
Us property, but Colonel Utley refused to
give up the boy. Several years afterward
the slave-owner brought suit in the United
States Court in the Milwaukee District
for damages, and secured a verdict of
$1,000, which Colonsl Utley paid.'
“TUs,” says the correspondent, “was the
last judgment of the kind. Colonel
Utley applied to Congress for relief, and
more than ten years after the emancipa
tion proclamation he was indemnified by
the government for the money he gave
for the boy’s freedom.”
citron. Make a cake of two eggs, one
cup sugar, one cup sweet milk, three-
fourths cup butter, one and a half tea
spoons soda, flour to make a rather thick
better, spice in plenty, put in the apples
and bake in a quick oven. This is very
nice.
Puree ot Spinach.—Wash a half peck
of spinach until there is no sand visible,
and put it into a stewpan without water.
Cover closely and simmer for half an
hour. Take up, chop very fine, and
pound to a paste; then rub it through a
puree sieve. Put three tablespoonfuls of
butter and the same quantity of floor into
a stewpan, and stir until the mixture is
smooth and frothy; then add the spinach,
a teaspoonful of sugar, salt and pepper,
and stir for ten minutes. Gradually sda
a quart of soup stock; and when the mix
ture begins to boil add s pint each of hot
milk and cream. Boil up once, and re
move and rub through a fine sieve. Re
turn to the fire, and when the puree be
gins to boil again, serve with fried or
toasted bread.
Hints and Suggestions.
Postal cards slit lengthwise with the
scissors make good lighters. A single
card makes about two dozen lighters.
Mucilage of gum arabic is a good appli
cation for a burn. Paint it on ana let
dry; then apply a second coat and let dry.
If gilt frames, when new, are covered
with a coat of white varnish, all specks
can then be washed off with water with
out harm.
If the cistern or the sink smells offen
sive, two ounces of saltpetre, dissolved
into a quart of warm water and thrown
into it, will remove the objectionable
odor.
To cleanse a bottle which has contained
milk or any prepared food for infante,
cut up raw potatoes in long, narrow
slices, and put in the bottle with very
little water; shake round and the bottle
will be cleansed instantly.
polish plate glass and remove slight
ies, rub the surface gently, first
i clean pad of white cotton wool,
and afterward with s similar pad covered
over with cotton velvet which has been
charged with fine rouge. The surface
will under this treatment acquire a polish
of great brilliancy, quite free from any
scratches.
Small families often complain that they
cannot have good roast beef because they
are obliged to buy such small pieces, and
it comes upon the table dry ana overdone.
To prevent this the smaller the piece to
be roasted the higher the temperature to
which its surface should be exposed. It
should be crusted, or browned, as quit
as possible, so that the juices within shaft
beheld thereunder high pi
Hardware, Tinware, Agricultural
Implements.
Heavy Wagons and Harness. *
For Hills and Turpentine Distilleries,
! Buggies and Bugy Harness. Ranges,
Stoves, and House-Furnish
ing Goods, Guns,
Pocket and Table Cutlery, Powder, Shot, &c.
Blackshear & Mitchell,
Turtles Big Enough to Ride.
hundred pound* each,
frequent the beach all the way down to
Fort Caswell, four miles below the town,
says a Smithville (N. C.) letter to the
New York Tunes. People eat thei? eggs,
but do not eat the turtles. When a
female turtle wishes to lay her eggs she
crawls up the sandy beach to a place that
s two hundred or three hundred eggs.
The eggs are not dumped in a pile, text
hid out smoothly ami neatly in rows.
When she commences laying it makes no
odds to her how big a beach party stands
around superintending the process. She
attends strictly to business, and
’ “ the hoi
not stall dis-
w „ When she gets
through she scrapes the sand back into the
hole, whether the eggs are there or not,
and then starts bade to the water. - That
is the time for the beach party to 1
fun with her. As many of them us
mount her big dome-like back do so, and
she carries them right down to the water’s
edge, where they jump off, and sh>!
on. She does not seem to mind
weight or show any disposition to
their good-naturea familiarity. I
times they turn her over on her boor, but
after she has helplessly pawed the air a
little while they right her again, and she
waddles off.
A correspondent wants to know the
meaning of *1*10 Bono Publico.” In a
majority of oases it means that the writer
who thus signs his newspaper communi
cation ia a chronic growler.—JforrisCoiea
JftreW.
only be allowed to i
by bursts and
cook.
Beecher’s Love of Beautiful Jewel*.
Mr. Beecher’s fondness for jewels it
well known. F. C. Manvel, a jeweler in
Maiden Lane, and clerk of Plymouth.
Church, said the other day: “Mr.
Beecher did not dire for the intrinsic
value of gems, but for their beauty of
color, lie cared much more for opals,
sapphires, rubies and amethysts than for
diamonds. He had no liking for stones
that bad been cut for ini
cameos. He used to say of s
‘Oh, what a pity! they have been
ruined.*
- “Form and color appealed to him most
stronglv._ He used to ray that he liked
the sapphire better than the opal, owing
to the fact that the color was richer. He
had several fine specimens which h
ried about with him most of the
He used to come to my store and
mage by the hour among the
stones, and he would do the si w
at other jeweler’s shops. When in Bo*
ton, Chicago or San Francisco, he used
to ao the same. He told me that one of
the regrets with which he left London
was that he could not bring with him
especially fine amethyst.
“He did not wear jewels often. 1
had a fine aquamarine set in a ring, which
he sometimes wore in the pulpit of Ply
mouth Church. And he naa a splendid
opal which he used to wear when away
from Brooklyn. But he was
makini
He en]
seemed to find inspiration in
used to ray that when tired it rested him
to look at gems.
“He did not have a large collection of
them, but a choice one. He prized the
best specimens and bought what suited
his own taste. He seemed t<
he wanted, and could tell tl
stone at once. Without special training
an expert in gems.”—New York
No Silver Lining Any Hen.
Something had gone wrong with Sar-
isticus, and he was despondent;
1‘Come, cheer up,” ra&his wife.
t right * ‘ -
will aU come out
in the end. You
know ‘every cloud-has a silver lining.’”
“No, I don’t know it,” replied Bar-
casticus gloomily, “and what is more
don’t believe it. If they did have a sib
fining some smart cuss would have in
vented a machine for ripping the lining
out before this.”—St. ZW &rold.
Poor Climate for Spring Poetry.
H« had written awin'; on the “Geutte Spring,*
Full of purling streams and the gentle
And the Jojcnm tongs of toe birds that ring.
And the gamboling pranks of the playful
Of the flocks that graze, and the “dreamy
haze,”
And the “perfect days’* and the “vernal
•i larged as aa ddfrahlooed m
janl0-12m-vogo
Wholesale Dealers and Manufacturers* Agents,
WAYCROSS, GA.
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MILLINERY, NOTIONS
GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
C. C. VARNEDOE,
VALDOSTA, GEORGIA,
Is headquarters for Millinery and Drees Goods in this section of Georgia. H
haa In store and la constantly receiving all the latest designs and novelties in that
line. Ho ia headquarters for
OTTSTOIM: - ZVE-A-IDIE! SHOES.
He Is also headquarters for General Merchandise, and all other articles found ia
■n ertahltehment dealing in specialties and first-class goods. Orders bj
mail promptly attended to and satisfaction guaranteed. aepO-lt-m
E. H. CRAWLEY
DEALER IN
BEY GOODS All I0TOTS,
BOOTS, SHOES AND HOSIERY,
at figures ao low that I defy competition. I also carry a full euppty of
MBHinnUHIIffiVPMUill,
A full linl ol Fancy and F»milj Grooerioa llvraya on hind. novl-M-fim
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My Block ia complete, and embrace, everything usually kepi in » toUlae
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—ALL KINDS OF-
JOB WORK.
Letter Heads, Note Heads, Statements, [metopes
Cards, Pamphlets, Ciicutais, k, .
3^xeduted iq $tyle!
I have an extra fine Frees, large
and well-selected line of Type and
fixtures, and will' not be Underbid
den on any Class of work.
Give me a Call!
W. M. WIL
WAYCROSS, - jMJOORGKE A.
FANCY AND FAMILY
GROCERIES.
SPECIALTIES «
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Country Merchants who cater to a trade that they an aaxfons to hold, can have
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Having all our Suits made under Pxrsokal Sutxrtisioh. and con
sulting always the prevailing requirements as to Fames
and Cut. we are able to offer superior in
ducements to the trade in the way of
Job Lots and Extra Drives, always
the latest Metropolitan Fashions!
^-Special Siaee in Buita to fit Fat, Thin, Short or TUI men.
Our C. O. D. System
Sea our meat careful attention; rules for calf-measurement lent free on request.
Suita sent to responsible parties with privilege of examination before pay
ing. Money refunded in erery caaewbere satisfaction ia not given.
OUR SPRING AND SUMMER SUITS, HATS—Soft, Stiff and Straw,
UNDERWEAR, NECKWEAR, FURNISHINGS, ETA,
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B. H. LEVY » BRO,
REDDING & WALKER,
Physicians rad Surgeons,
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Druggists and Apothecaries.
PAINTS, OILS AND
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Wholesale Agents for P.P # P,
Oar Prescription Department is under the care of one skilled In the theory and
practice of pharmacy, end customers may rely on the careful preparation of pro
[novlO
Quick Time I Lew Bates I
--QUICK SKIES! SMALL PROFITS I-
Thin la the motto I have adopted, and I find that it paya, became I nil more good.,
and cuatomera are willing to pay the each when the marke an ao low,
and tide ia the reaaon why my goode are alwaya ao freak
and new. I have now, and am receiving
by every arriving train
“FALL AND WINTER GOODS.-
For Ladiea' Hiaaea, Boji and Genta, bcaideqaheavyatock
Of Family Groceries, Crockery wore,
Stoves, Hardware, Cutlery*
And avwything elaein the Dry Good* and Grooery burineaa.
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WAYCROSS, GEORGIA.
Orders for Fancy and Plain
Job Printing receive prompt at
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