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A STORY OF WEBSTER
ONE OCCASION WHfN DANIEL WAf
DEEPLV HUMILIATED.
prlaril III it
—Hr of III* f Irrfc of t'rlrmdm.
The fo!lo"JiiK Inridetot Id the life of
Dotiiel WetMfer w«# related to the
writer hy the Inte Jokbua Hewafd:
Mr. Kfward cane to Wohury from
Bofttou In the early seventh* and
ttoDiflit a farm, where he lived until
hl« «’eath lu ISM. He win a native of
the New IJnmpKhlre “pence City.” from
wbl'-fi place he came to Heaton in earlj
manhraMl and Inter engaged In the liv
ery hualneaa off Meliool at reef. He waa
a genial, social, active young man. and
In u abort time many of the Imaiiiean
nnd profAniowd men of the city were
Ma friend* and patron*. Iianlel Web-
a ter. then lit the* fullneoH of his man-
lerly luaMhooU, wan hi* particular
friend and most favored patron. One
year Wehnter early engaged to deliver
the Courtii of .Inly orntlqu Ju the city.
A puhlie pr aeMMion wan then an im
portant feature of the celebration, and
the orator of the day was the chief
jhthoii of dlMtinetioii in the parade. In
those day* there were no fdur wheeled
vehicles for convenience or for pleas*
ure. A chalMC win* the proper carriage
for gentleman to u*e. Webster was
|Mi|uilar and ;«roud aa popular* He *nw
lio ehniHC In the city ns good a* he de
sired to appear in on that important
occasion, and therefore he ordered one
to be built l»y the principal carriage
maker of the city (Sargent. 1 think It
was), to he ready for use on that day.
In the morning of the Fourth be ap
peared at Seward's stable office and
requested Seward to go to the carriage
shop and get the chaise tie had ordered.
Seward harnessed a horse and went to
the carriage shop as directed and told
the proprietor he had come for Mr.
Webster's chaise. The proprietor In
Arm and measured tones that could
not be misunderstood naked, "Did Mr.
Webster send the money to pay for the
chaise?” . • r.
In relating tills to me Seward aakl:
"I was never so aatonifthed In my llfel
I should have been leai surprised If be
bad raised hi* fl*t aud knocked toe
.down. 1 had no thought that them was
a man living who had «ver heard of
the great Webster, the glnlllke Daniel,
who would or who could have denied
him any request It was possible to
grunt. I could ouly any, 'lie sent no
money by me.' 'Then,* said the pro
prietor, ‘tell him he can have the chaise
when he scuds the money to |»y for It
and not uii theu.' " Reward said he
.was uever lu such a dilemma la all his
(life. He could not go back and tell that
4great muu, whom lie adored, that be
I could not have the chaise till he paid
for It. And yet he must go back and
tell him sumethlug. Hut what could he
tell hliu? Finally, utter much thought
and study it occurred to him tbut he
Iliad a new chaise which be would offer
to Webster aud tell him that the var-
iiL li on the one he had ordered was uot
yet bird and that It wouldJbe liable to
! Injure if taken out In-tb# bcht and dust
of that public day. Webster met Rew
ard at the door when he returned, and
before Webster could usk a question
Howard was telling him the story be
bad Invented on the way home Web
ster made no reply, but accepted Rew
ard's statement us true and rode iu his
chaise that day.
About a week later Webster came
agalu ami said to Howard, ”1 think Jhe
varnish ou that chaise Is hard now,
aud you uiuy go down and get It”
Reward said: “With'a heavy heart I
harnessed n horse and went agaiu to
tlu* shop. I knew I should not get the
chaise, and 1 was uot disappointed. In
the name maimer I was n*k<*d Uie same
question as before. I could not Invent
another story that would lie credible
and was therefore ttuiipclled to go
back and tell him the truth.” Webster
was impatiently awaiting Reward's re
turn. and when In hulling distant* he «
called to Reward “Where Is the
Chaise? What is the trouble?” Reward
^approached him more closely aud In
torn** w» low that no one could over
bear him replied. "lie told me to tell
you that you could have the chats#
when you sent the money to jiay for It
and not before" Webster stood stleut
an instunt and then with voice treiu*
bliug with emotion exclaimed. "My
Clod, .tosliuu. dkl he nay that?” and
SUBMERGED GUNS.
riMt
crlr i
iih a t»I.
Portsmouth. England. A Mage w.
erected in ihc harbor within the tid.
mark. Ori tills an Armstrong gun o
the J10 pound pattern was mounted
The gun was then loaded and careful I»
aimed at a target-all this, of course
during the time of low tide. A fee
hours later, when the gun and the tai
get were both covered with water to ;
depth of six feet, the gun was fired h«
means of electricity. We said ••aline,
at a target." but the facts are tf..
there were two target*, but only on*
was eri-eted for this •.p**eial experimen
tin' other being the hull of an old vi-s
*el. the Gripe- wb!» !i t-y directly I «•
hind the t:r *< t in range of the hall
The tar
ty-tive feet fr
uii/./.le
of the gun.
•etilns aud
me Incho*
' boile
i-b'l
id Griper In
• plate three
. the water
ert range with the
< expected to take Jf
it* water. Ou all of
target, the to
vessel hull—the
rom the submerged
riling. The wo
through
C OW I’E/tS draw nitrogen from the
air in large amounts, if sufficient
Potash and phosphoric acid arc supplied
to the plant.
The multitude of purposes served by the
remarkable cow pea, are told in the 65-page
illustrated book, “The Cow Pea,” which also
tells of the splendid results obtained from
fertilizing cow peas with Potash. The book
is free to farmers for the asking.
* - Addr***. GERMAN «_ st
fit w V#cfc-*J Satsmu Street. *>t KXtmnXa. Qa.-ZZ., So. Broad Stra
Uot
these the
Hfafe* and
feel of th
gun was r
target wn* plerew
through, uml the lioiter iron target wus
broken Into pieces and driven Into It*
"bucking.” the hall pasMing right
through both nide* of the vessel, mak
ing n huge hole, through which the wa
ter poured In torrents. Taken altogeth
er. the experiment wa * an entire suc
cess, demonstrating, as It did, the feasi
bility -of placing submerged guns in
harbors in time of war and doing great
damage to the vessel* which an enemy
might dispatch to such points for the
purpose of shelling cl tie#.—London
Spectator.
ACROSTICS AND ANAGRAMS.
Ther Hsv* Been Kaovra Slave Iks
Days of Iks Poalailat.
We find that the acrostic Is the most
ancleut form of purpling mankind.
Acrostic I* Greek for a number of
verses the first letters of which form
S word, sometimes a name aud some
times a sentence. The final letter may
form a word, or. a* Addlroo tells us,
the letters will even ruu down the cen
ter of the verses n* « wen in. The He
brew poets often made their verses run
over the entire alphabet. Twelve of the
psalm* are written 011 this plan, the
most notable being the One Hundrcti
and Nineteenth. This ha* twenty-! wodi
visions, or stanzas, corresponding* to the
tweuty two letters of the Hebrew ul-
plutbet. Knch stanza Is formed of eight
couplets, aud the first line of each coup
let in the first stnnzn iu the original
Hebrew Iwgius with the letter aleph.
the second continences with belli, the
third with giuiel. mi l so on through Che
alpha tot The Kuglisli divisions of the
psalms are railed after the Hebrew let
ter thst began the couplets, it was
also customary to compose verses on
oacred subjects after the fashion of He
brew acrostic* Tiii* was doue with a
view to aid memory. Htid such pieces
were called nbecduriuti hymns. *
The .piddle is n|ao of uucient origin.
Th* Vroverlm of the Bible. or saylugs
attributed to Solomon, are often Ip the
form of riddles. Was it not the qneeu
of Shfhn who proposed riddles to Solo
mon? The Koran, the scriptural book
of the Mohammedans, also contain* rid
dle*. ns do some liook* now In exist-
euce. written In Arabic aud Persian
ofesH.r wt
•as iu tlie
ry good pc
quc!
pupils were ti
or." replied tl
bad happened
afraid I wou.O have said plainly that 1
didn't know, t ut now ' think I'd
Just us you do aud say. Look it
my hoy; look it up'*"
No I* roc runt ion* Ion.
“Ethel.” he whiM|»ered. “will you
marry me?"
“I don't know. Charles." she replied
«©yly.
“Well, xyhen you find out.” be said
rising, “Bend me word, will you? 1
shall be at Mabel Hicks’ until 10
o'clock. If I don’t bear from you by
10, Pm going to aak her.”—London Tit-
Bits.
BSmptMtr-
I am convinced, both by faith and
experience, that to maintain oneself
on this earth Is not a 'hardship, but a
pastime. If we will live simply and
Wisely, ss the pursuits of the simpler
nations are still the sports of the more
artificial.—Thoreau.
Seems Reasonable.
What is the correct garb for a sur
geon a tout to |H*rforin an operation?”
“A cutaway, I suppose.”— Minneapo-
!!» Tribune.
I will not to concerned at men's not
knowing me; 1 will to concerned at my
own want of ability.- Confucius.
A SAGE'S EXPERIENCE.
ONE or NATURE’S TOOLS.
How Teasels Are lse«l In Flnlsbfn
tf liferent Moths.
G: by the war*Ide you will o
Pl«
the t«*.
stately, s
el. but I
tool
many a piece of cloth they w
We are apt to think of
something of man's make, j
one of nature's own. ami nc
ever toen manufactured to t
ly take It* place. For ages
has been used for fulling c
Is. raising the “nap”—and the muon
facturers refer to ”u
treated as "gigged.”
or curved] backward.
stands unrivaled for that use.
a thistle, but It really has
•r It fairly bristle*. The leave*, point-
rd and spiked, shooting out each side
of the stem, meet at the base and form
n little basin In which I* usually wa
ter. Ro we have the name of the plant
from the Greek "dlpsacus.” meaning
thirsty, nnd many other fanciful one*,
such ns Venus’ cup. Venus’ hath, wood
hureh broom*, gypsy combs, cloth
ier's brush,'.etc.—St. Nicholas.
remt-ty select
Tin* ancient Egyptians also propound- j Bu * -om#th,n * foolish-* trivial
banqueter's
So burnt midnight oil, uml he studied and
wrote
Grest volumes fro*.. Which Irumed people
would quote.
T tough many who knew him respected
hi* name.
He wss far from the glory of popular
fame.
Ills writings, which years of hard work
would entail.
Found wisdom's approval, bur very scant
Admiration scomsd ull he could ever e*. j Hglit.
*•***. The moth has a fur jacket and the
ODDITIES.
r store up honey where It
And that from a circle i
iddles. nud one of the
tut'ti of Greece, who lived In the sixth
century II. f\. wits celebrated for Id*
riddle* lu verse. Homer, the Greek
(Kief, aeeonllttg to a statement in flu-
tar* h. d’rtl of vexntiou lit not being
nl lo to calve a rUUlle. In the middle
age* riddle* were encouraged for
niui'.sctiu ut «>ii winter nights In the
baron’a? hnll and ills o In the monastery.
In later 1l.1v* some of the most brilliant
Oicu of letter* contributed to tlie list of
riddle*. \
position of the
Ire
Which shows.
That you* ore
Insphrd by
UiscuSMvd. with approval
to set the whole countr>
obscurely wus plodd.ng
« sundering world Is r
h- you lowly or on* of th*
It « f the rare tf you don’t
-Washington liar.
Jell.-
rds
e 11 fell
A Kick Coming.
much iu vogue In Oaw In the older,
tit. do. The t'aballst*. or Jewish duo
tors, tliought that the anagram always
polntctl out n man** destiny, and if hi*
name written backward or transposed
In any way spelled a word with mean
ing they firmly tolleyed it a revelation
oank into u nearby ibalr nmj cried on The fiuttervm of James I. of Ktiglnud
'would a deeply aggrieved child of all
^summers.
It la well known that Webster would
1acur debt, apparently with do thought
that there wetv two parties to a coo-
tract. a creditor and a debtor, and
(that their moral obligations were co
equal. Consequently hit creditors
•nultlplied and hla Indebted)
proved his right to the Britlsb ui«n
a re by a* the descendant of the myth
ical King Arthur from hla name
Charles Jutne* Stuart, which become* i
“ciuiins Arthur’s scat.” The tost ana j
(Tunis are those which hove In the!
new order of letter* some signification
»m no appropriate to that from which they |
an* formed. When Pilate naked. “Quid i
-creased a* to Interfere with hla pp- «*>f verifa*?” (What I* truth?! he prob f
IIUcol plans. If not. Indeed, threaten hit h n q ,nlea IU:A his questlou an-
political future At this time his , W ered Km .f. b;:t it did. 1 he trnuspo-
frleuds came to hla aid antf. It Is said. B , l!on nuuh . It vir qul adest” (It
rolMHl the sum of **0.000 to cancel bis u nmu wbo u Anagram*
Indebtedness and relit?# him from th# . n . <>rp wrlttvQ aa ,. arir tt!t o- 0 n w ntul
further aunoyanco and pressure of bis tlH . r )iniRe t . o:u „ from* the Grecl?
editors. When we bedllie that MCG %ortls tna (backwaitl) aDt , ^ ra:mua
000 was s larger sum to raise thru for .
any purpose than would to IAI0.000 1
today we have some measure of the
admiration and the loyalty of his
friends.—II. C Hull lu Bostou Tran-
oerljd.
Jail §•.
"I thougtit you said you couldn't live
Without me.” sneered the girl.
"Ro I did.” answered the mum
"Yet you're living.”
"No; I'm not. Just boarding; that's
all.'*— Louisville Courier-Journal.
John Hunter, th# famous anatomist
aoc# aakl that the feminine lo?# of cod>
venation waa a consequence of a pa
OBiiarity la brain tissue.
His IIomov limn.
"You are charged with being drunk
What have you to say?” demanded
Magistrate risen brown when Michael
Gallagher wa* arraigned iu the Centra)
police e^».t "Well, your honor, 1
ghc-s 1 tuk u little too mneb.'' "How
much?” demnudoil the magistrau.-.
"Two glasses full." said Gallagher.
"How h.g we: e the glassesV the cour?
tsked. Gulhtglh-r did uot hear, lie-
serve Foliix'inun Fowler stood tosid*
the UoA-k. * How big were the glassei 7
he re|*eatiHl. "Oh. ordinary drinks o
whisky—you know the kind,* quickly
replied Gallagher by way of explana
tion. and before the laugh had sub-
butterfly none.
A Mi|iiirrel comes down a tree head
first and a cut tail first.
Leaves will attract dew when boards,
stick* and stones will not.
Corn on the eur Is never found with
an uneven number of rows.
The dragon fly can devour its own
body ami the head still live.
A horsefly will live for hours after
the bead ha* to**u pinched off.
Fish, file* and caterpillars rnuy he
frozen solid and still return life.
A horse always get* up fore part*
first nnd n cow directly the opposite.
Rome tlie* thrust their eggs into the
bodies of caterpillar*, but always in
such part* of the body that when the
larvae are feeding on the flesh of the
foster pareut they will not eat Into any
vltul part.
4- PROFESSIONAL CAROS. !
P«aa ok People's Names,
A little while ugo u popular form of
social umuKcmeut wus found In pun
ning on people's unmeo—^“Why did 8«
and-.*o?” "Because Such-and-such. 1
The game ran riot for a time, and
echoes of it are Mill beard In the outer
suburbs. Before those echoes die away
a correspondent suggest* that we
should put it on record that the orig
ins t>r of the fashion was no less nota
ble a |arson than the Quaker poet.
John Greenleaf Whittier. On an anti-
slavery lecturer named Mary Grew,
visiting Boston in 1871. Whittier wrote
a poem. "How Mary Grew.” each ataa-
ta eudiug ou a variation of the pun—
safe If by*
ace as Mar
-London Chronic!#. %
Ctasr' «J. \
In Fnj»!.m»l ek n'.ary tchocU
arc orgum-w! Tor ‘V.rU’’ or for “in-
faiits.'* -Uf lute years the “mixed"
system has been introduced* qbd
many of the setiooi* have been or-
^auized as “senior” or “junior” mix
ed. An inspector recently met on
the school Hairs u little nondescript
in a p.nafoi* and asked: “Come,
a hat are you doing here? Are yon
in the hoys’ or the girls* ?” “No. sir," I . ,
said the one; “I’m a innior ,Wed had been discharged t chin# of youra la equal to forty '<
J and was well out cf the courtroom.- which la 80 ahlllioV'- London
ArrotSIm lo llorwpower,
.vouug motorist, endeavor:ns to
convince a country innkeeper that the
decay of coaching was more than com
pensated for by the spread of motoring
as a {tastlme, exclaimed, at a final ar
gument. that hi# car wa# of forty
horsepower, “the equal, air, of ten re
in y* of coach horses.”
Abe next morning be read In his bill.
“To feeding and stabling. SO abillinga.”
He asked the landlord for an ex
planation.
’The charge for osses t# 2 shillin' a
'ead. air,” waa the reply. "That ms-
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i
DR. ALLEN BROWN, D. D. 8.
Office up ataira In tValker-McCulley
building, tendera his professional ser
vice to the public. Waycross, Ga
MYER8 4 PARK8.
Attorneys-At-Law,
Offices Pendleton Street
J. C. RIPPARD,
Physician and Surgeon,
Orders should to left at Seals Phar
uiucy. Office at residence, Brunei
3treeL Telephone No. 140
JOHN T. MYERS,
Attorney-at-Law,
Loti Hitch Building, Waycrosa, Ga
s
JOHN C. MCDONALD,
Attorney-at-Law,
1 Folks Block. Waycroui Georgia
PALACE BARBER SHOP.
MART STREET.
- Shaving, Shampooing, Hair Cuttle
la Flrat-olaaa Btylr Polite an.
P. C. FOLK8, M. D.
Office upstairs In Polka* Building.
Office 'Phone U. Residence 'Phone 37
Calls ten et
p honta th or U «i.i also rtceiv.
attention.
a E. DUNN.
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER,
WAYCROSS, GA.
See me for Plana and Estimates.
JOHN W. BENNETT.
-
Attorney-at-Law,
Office In Lott-Hltch Building,
SOLICITOR GENERAL -
-f the Brunswick Circuit,
Waycroee, - - • Georgia
R. Me WARE, Me De,
Office In Lott*Hitch Building,
Office ’Phone No. 93.
Retldencs XI William# Street
'Phone No. 16—b.
DR8. WALKER A IZLAR,
Offices
Up Btalre Walker-McCulley Block,
Office hoiirs 9 to 10 a. m., 8 to J p
to. and 6 to 8 p. m. Dr. Walker’s ree
Idencs on OUmore street Dr. Mart
residence Gilmore street Telephone
connections at offices and reeldenrea
ELLISON'S BARBER SHOP.
Just Opened,
In Sonthe-n Hotel building, In plan.
formerly occupied by hotel office
. Thrs-V Chairs. Prompt Ser- i
YOUR P»TPON«ot - •<-
W. N. NANNEY, M. D.
General Practleloner
Redding Block,
Special attention to diseases of tbs
eye and fitting of glasses.
RESIDENCE NO. 21 A STREET.
PARLOR BARBER SHOP.
ISAAC DAVIS. Manager.
' 78t4 Plant Ave
FIRST CLASS WORK
And '’-ourteous Treatment to All
Tour Patronage Solicited.
OMit c all to Cell end See Us
J. B. STRICKLAND,
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER,
Plsus and Specification! Furnished
on All C!aaaea of Work.
Telephone No 224-B.
WAPCROSS, • • • -GEORGIA
JOHNSON A PUMPHREY,
HOUSEPAINTING A DECORATING,
Paper Hanging, Etc-
Nothing hot first class work. All
work guaranteed. Prices reasonable.
No 42 Miller St. Waycrosa, Cm
8100—Or. E. Dutchon's Anti-Diuretic
may be worth to you more than 8100
If yon have a child who soils bedding
from Incontinence of water dating
sleep. Cures old and young alike.
It arrests the trouble at once. $1.00.
Sold by Gem Pharmacy, Waycrosa,
Gm " dfcw tf
.7I-I—i—I—H-I—I—1-*
% LODGE DIF.EC.ORV. i
H-H-l-H-H-H- -M-H-H-H*
N.. SI.
j o. n. a. w
Meei‘ n,n .Mnml.y r.pniti :
at 8.% u ul.K'k lu Red Meu
Halt. Plati .venue. Meu.
bers .re urged to a'.it-') t at. i vt.ltlue brett.
ere are cordlall, invited.
J. A. BASS, Councilor.
. L. SINGLETON, t j *.
Waycroee Lodge No. 97, I, O. 0. F.
x Meets every Wed-
needay night at 7:50
o'clock, lodge room
Masonic building, Plant Avenue. Ev
ery member it expected to attend nnd
visiting Odd Fellowi cordially Invit
ed.
R. M. LANIER, Noble Grand.
J. S. BAUGH, 8ecret»rr
Hrwtcn Phllllpt Cusp So. 163
Meets every Tnnrr
day night in Bed
Men’s Hall. Every
member urged to be
present. Visiting
Sovergelgnsl vrel-
•a. a
I.CIHABB L. SINGOTTON, Clerk.
Dr*te hncempment Ho,
8,1.O- F. miru In lodge
room in Lott-hitch build
ing every eecord end Iburth
Tuesday nights. Visiting
eveiy Friday nlgbt et Court-
.iij Hall in Masonic buJld-
J. STATEN SMITH, Bachein.
R L. SINGLETON, C. of R
LUckshenr ' Chapter
No. 9. R A. M. Meets
In Masonic Hall, Plant
Vve. every 1 & 3dTuex-
day at 7:30 p.' m. All Qualified com
panions cordially Invited, and vlalt-
Ing brethera will receive a hearty wel-
W. 0. McGOWIN, B. P.
E. J. BERRY, Sec.
* CAM'
Am. the ^IkOMTmlHABIil
T" (Z&jfiB&sSi
* Dr. E. M. Nolan,
.Practice limited to
E>b, EAR. NOSE AN0 THR0A1
JACKSONVILLF. FLA.
A* sjecinl Surgeon of tb» Atl»ntlc Coim
Line, t» *t the Wevcrost Ho*rlt*t every Mon—
i. PrirutePatlents mayconealt hlirth-: r»
Judge Myers Announces Hla-Ltndl-
dacy.
* t hereby announce myself a candi
date for Judge of the City Court of
Waycross to fill the unexplred term
of Hon. J. C. Reynolds resigned, tub*
Ject to the democratic primary, April
28, 1906.
Respectfully,
John T. Myers.
Regular
ttion o1 Wakefield
jj'. Lodge, No. H, K. ot
I P„ Monday evening
■ 7:80. Membera and
vtJUng brethren cor
dially Invited.
St. Auguetln Comman-
dery Knights Templar,
U. D. meet* In Maionle
Hall every aecond and
fourth Wedneeday at 7:90 p. ^
All qnnlHiad Sir Knlghte are cor
dially Invited to attend.
AUG. DuPONT, E. C.
E. J. BERRY, Recorder.