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CITIZEN.
Volume 8.
Waynesboro, Georgia, Saturday, June 29th, 1889.
Number 9.
About 37,000,000 babies put
in appearance every twelve months.
The object of their coming is to
keep tin the population of the world.
Mr. Trammell, the presi
dent of the Whitfield County Alli
ance, has been nominated for the
senate to fill the place made vacant
by the killing ot Hon. S. E. Field. ■
A verdict has been given in
favor of the state against peniten
tiary convict camp No. 2 for over
13,(500, to make good the fine of $200
for every convict that escapes for
want of careful guarding.
Many of the colleges over
the country are vieing with each
other in heaping literary honors on
President Harrison. The country
was a long time in finding out that
he deserved this sort of preferment.
T he taxable property of At
lanta has increased over $2,00(
for the past year. It seems as if
bringing back of whisky has
yet begun its death dealing bl
at the pockets of that ungodly
pie.
IZT Gen. Simon Cameron, the
father of Senator Hon Cameroi
Pennsylvania, is very ill of paraly
sis. He is some 90 years of age.
He was Mr. Lincoln’s secretary
war and minister to Russia, and for
years controlled the patronage
his state,
Communicated,
Colton vs. Jute Hanging.
Girth, Ga., June 22d, 1889.
Messrs. Editors: I have just read
in your last issue a letter clipped
from the Augusta Chronicle, of
June 8th, from Messrs. Wagener &
Co., of Charleston, S. C., to Mr. Car-
wille, of Augusta. The purport of
this letter is to show that if cotton
bagging is substituted for jute, that
that the producers of the South will
lose over $3,000,000 annually. Not
being able in a short article to
notice the statistical errors and
mis-market quotations from which
these gentlemen arrive at this con
clusion, I wish in behalf of the far
mers in this county to show conclu
sively, by facts and figures, the
contrary. The following table will
show the cost to the producer of
cotton and jute bagging:
Per Bale 500 lbs gross
I Yards
U
i-t
o>
Cl
©
o
Cotton lb. per yd.
6
0
0
7
i Cost per yard,
10*,
n
12
Cost per bale,
01 c
oo
07
Tare on bagging,
10‘.
12
13*.
5
Cost ot arrow ties, (0)
2-5
25
25
25
Tare on ties, (pounds,)
io q
10',
10'.,
10
Cost bagging and ties.
Total tare bagging and
82
8012
91
112
ties
30?,
9*2*
2:i \
15
Net weight of bale,lbs.
4.7!)
4.77
4.70
4.84
Gross proceeds (it) 9c.
After deducting cost
43.13
43.09
42.80
43.00
bagging and ties,
42.31
42.33
41.95
42.48
ffiW A fire on Monday broke out
in the deluged city of Johnstown,
and destroyed much of the little
w hich was left by the terrible flood.
Many of the houses which were
burned though standing, had been
washed from their foundations.—
They had escaped the most appall
ing danger, only to succumb to one
of almost every day occurrence.
gW The crowned heads of Eu
rope are becoming wrestless, and
are casting cross glances of unfriend
ly portent at each other. Italy,
Austria and Prussia have “gotten
there dander up” and are swagger
ing about piping mad. If the peace
of Europe is to be disturbed just to
gratify the pugnacious propensities
of one of these soreheads, we hope
that he will catch it fore and aft,
and that his offended highness will
have the last bit of starch taken out
of his roval rutiles.
The whole country is anxious
that the arduous labors of the Chi
cago police meet with a speedy re
ward in having the noon-day sun
to shine on the assassins of Hr. Cro
nin. We haye had a surfeit of sur
mises, and beautiful theories, what
the public wants is the- right name
of the criminal, and then a little
rest. May the good Lord deliver us
from a criminal trial lengthened
out after the order of Dickens’ Jaun-
dyee case, or even some American
trials carried on for the good
the glory of the lawyers.
President Alexander, of the
Central, has returned to Savannah
from New York. He says that $5,-
000,000 worth of 5 per cent, bonds
have been placed, and the building
of the Eden extension to Americus
will be resumed and pushed rapidly
to completion. This road will open
up communication with a new
country and will run through three
■counties never before tapped by a
railroad. It will pass through the
counties of Montgomery, Dodge,
Pulaski, Wilcox, Dooly and Sumter.
From Americus it goes to Colum
bus, thence to Birmingham, and on
to Kansas City.
£W Dr. A. J. Battle, the presi
dent of Mercer college, has resigned
and will accept the charge of a
female high school at Gainesville.
It is thought that Dr. Battle’s place
at Mercer will be offered to Hon.
W. J. Northern. But Mr. North
ern has been stung by
the gubernatorial bee, his and
[thoughts iust now are ior political
preferment, and though peculiarly
fitted to fill the position of presi
dent of a literary institution, yet
his friends say that he prefers being
president of the agricultural society,
hoping yet to be made governor
through the influence of the alliance
and agricultural society.
Naples is one of the old
cities of Europe and has a popula
tion of about 450,000. The sanitary
condition of a part of the city is
very bad, and in times past it has
been scourged by cholera and other
pidemics. To bring about a change
.or the better King Humbolt has
’ecided to destroy 17,000 houses,
land then rebuild the destroyed dis
tricts with wider streets. Only the
trong arm of power, and a heavy
xchequer could bring about such
adical changes. This proceeding
nay be arbitrary, and very expen-
ive, but we doubt not but that in
he course of time the wisdom of
he changes will be applauded.
Now the comparison between the
above table show that the use of
cotton bagging will net the produ
cer over
lbs. jute bagging. .. IG^'c pr bale,
2 “ “ “ . ... 24% c “ “
91/ “ « “ *V>3 o «
—.4 ....
If on 1 3 4 lbs. jute bagging at 9 cents
10f» 4 ' cents is lost per bale, then on
seven million bales, there is a loss
to the producers of $1,172,500; on 2
lb. jute a loss of $1,732,500, and on
2> 4 lb. jute, a loss of $3,692,500. From
the above figures, we see that cot
ton bagging at 12c. per yard, and
weighing 3 4 lb. per yard, is cheaper
to the South from one to three mil
lion dollars. By using the lightest
jute bagging instead of cotton, we
would loose over $1,000,000; by us
ing the heaviest jute instead of cot
ton we would lose over $3,000,000.
And, again, it will require 150,000
bales of cotton to supply the south
this season with cotton bagging.
The worst grade of cotton will be
used for this purpose, just the cot
ton that all manufacturers do not
want, and is always accounted for
as comparatively worthless in fix
ing the price for a given season.
This bad cotton being consumed in
the manufacture of bagging, will
increase the price of the remainder
of the crop and for two reasons:
1st, The demands for the better
grades of cotton is constantly in
creasing, and that number of bales,
150,000, will lessen the supply, for
the reason that it takes the same
and labor and expense to produce the
lower grades that it does the better
grades, or in other words, as the
lower grades increase in a given
crop, the better grades decrease.
The lowest estimate possible for
this diversion of 150,000 bales of
cotton is the increase of j 4 of a cent
per pound, or $1.25 per bale, and on
the crop of 7,000,000, means just
$8,750,000 profit to the producers.
Another reason why cotton bag
ging, such as is manufactured by
Lane Mill.-., of New Orleans, that
cotton covered with cotton can be
insured at the rate of 22 cents per
bale less than cotton covered
with jute bagging. This gives to
the producer again on 7,000,000 bales
a profit ot $1,540,000. The tare on a
500-pound bale of cotton covered
with jute bagging is about 30 lbs;
this amount is deducted in price by
the exchange through the cotton
buyers, and the poor, ignorant far
mer flatters himself that he has
been paid for 500 pounds of cotton,
when really he gets pay for only
470 pounds.
The tare on a 500-pound bale of
cotton covered with cotton bagging
will be about 14 pounds, leaving
48(5 pounds of cotton to the farmer,
whereas if it is covered with jute
bagging, he gets only 470 Rounds.
The cotton exchanges of the world
express their sympathy in favor of
cotton bagging. Says the cotton
exchange of Liverpool, the largest
in the world, “We declare our
selves in sympathy with the far
mers of the United States in their
fight against the bagging trust and
we agree to accept cotton in cotton
covering on the determination of
the actual tare.”
But suppose we throw the above
facts aside. Can any sane man
help from seeing the advisability of
using home production as covering
for our cotton against imported ma
terial? The $5,000,000 that would
be required to purchase jute bag
ging for the crop of 1889, will all go
North or East—the greater part to
Europe. This has been the case for
twenty years.
If we spend the $5,000,000 for cot
ton bagging, the entire amount will
stop South, and will either be in
vested permanently or circulated
as a debt-paying medium. The
South needs manufactories and
general development. Retain the
$5,000,000 which has been going out
annually for many years, and we
will soon see what a different aspect
will be presented throughout the
country. We can do this by using
cotton bagging and none other.
Cotton is the great staple produc
tion of the South, and its misman
agement, helped by other wrongs
must have had its share in bringing
the whole conn try to its present
condition. Twenty-five years ago
one-half of the wealth of the South
was owned by agriculturists. Now
only one-fourth is owned by far
mers. Twenty-five years ago, five-
eighths of the farmers owned their
homes. Now only three-eighths
own the land on which they live.
Is it not time to make a change?
Hoping that the above facts will be
carefully studied by every farmer in
Burke county, and all men in sym
pathy with industrial weltare, be
lieving that no one will be so badly
in nis light after this perusal to use
jute bagging—even if it were given
him, I remain, very respectfully,
L. P. Herrington,
President F. A., B. C.
His name is R. J. McKinney; his
residence is Woodbury, Hill county,
Texas; his statement May, 1889:
My little son was cured by S. S. S.
of bad sores and ulcers, the result
of a general breaking down of his
health from fever. He was consid
ered incurable, but two bottles oi
Swift’s Specific brought him out all
right.
Mr. John King, of Jackson, Miss.,
says that he was cured of rheuma
tism in his feet and legs by taking
Swift’s Specific. This was after he
had tried many other remedies,
both internal and external, and
paid many doctor’s bills.
Swift’s Specific has saved me of
years untold misery by relieving a
partial paralysis in my left side.
This was after I had been treated
by best physicians in St. Louis and
Chicago. The trouble was caused
by some derangement of my blood,
which was corrected by S. S. S.
T. A. Sheppard,
Sherman, Texas.
B. O. Gillett, of Purdy, Mo., says
Swift’s Specific cured him of eczema
on his limbs and body. He took
only two small bottles.
Destroyed $30,000.
FrankJjIN, Kv., June 21.—Wm.
J. Hilton, a wealthy and miserly
old merchant, who is thought to be
on his death-bed, to-day groped out
of his bed, which is situated in the
back part of his store, and went in
to the store. He was followed by
an old negro, his attendant, whom
he ordered to take a certain nail
keg and put it on the fire in his
room. The keg was headed up at
both ends, and he told the negro
that it had a few nails in it and
some old papers, a will among other
things, that he wished to destroy.
The negro did as directed, little
dreaming that he was consigning
to the flames about .$30,000 in green
backs and government bonds. But
such was the case. Soon after the
act was done a gentleman went in,
and seeing a large pile of burned
nails in the fireplace, and what
seemed to be the smoking remains
of papers, began to make an exam
ination of the ashes, and found a
huge mass of burned greenbacks
and government 4 per cent, bonds.
Hilton has a wife and one child, a
profligate son, who has given him a
great deal of trouble and he and his
wife have been separated for some
time. There is now pending a suit
tor divorce and alimony against
him by his wife. A great deal ot
bitterness has grown out of the suit,
and it is thought that he preferred
to see his property in ashes rather
than have his wife and son Inherit
it. He is not expected to live many
days, and is too feeble to talk. He
has a great antipathy to lawyers,
and has said he feared they and his
wife would get all he had. A guard
was placed around his store to
night, it being feared that he would
set it on fire. Legal proceedings
were taken to have him declared a
lunatic this evening, but the jury
found him of sound mind.
A 1’eward of $500
is offered by the manufacturers of
Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy, for a
case of catarrh which they connot
cure. The mild soothing, cleansing
and healing properties of the reme
dy are irresistabie. 50 cents, by
druggists.
—Call on Mulherriu, Rice & Co.
Augusta, Ga., for boots, shoes, slip
pers and hats. tf
—Stop at the Augusta hotel dur
ing your stay in Augusta.
AFTKIt MANY YFAKs.
A Georgia iirhle ami Groom art. Hennlted.
Atlanta Journal.
When John Harwood brought
his bride home in 1867, and bade
her take possession of the pretty
cottage which he had built and pic
turesquely furnished for her he
was the happiest man in North
Georgia. But as he saw his wife
of two hours or less throw herself
into a huge chair and heard her
sob for an hour, and knew that
tears ot griel, or sorrow, were being
shed by the sad eyes he loved so
well, a change came over him. He
offered his bride sympathy, but she
repelled him. Another hour of
crying was indulged in, when he
begged, in tones of affection, some
explanation of his idol’s conduct.
She would offer him none, told him
siie hated him; and in anger, at
midnight, he left the house, bid
ding a faithful servant to go to the
cottage and care for the young
bride he had deserted.
The most astonished, mortified
and indignant man in the state,
next morning, was honest Farmer
Murray. His daughter, who the
day before had wedded the hand
somest and most prosperous young
man in the county, had come back
to his roof.
“Don’t blame John, papa,” was
the only explanation he received
until the evening mail came, bring
ing to him a deed of all the lands
and property of John Harwood to
Mrs. Lettie Murray Harwood. The
property was worth $60,000. No
other explanation followed.
In 1880 people were dropping
dead in droves in New York from
sunstroke. Near Wallack’s theater,
the driver of a florist’s wagon suc
cumb to the heat. Tender hands
picked him up and he was
carried to a hospital, where he
seemed to recover rapidly. In a
few sane moments—for he had been
bereft of reason—he asked the at
tendant for pen and paper, and
hurriedly writing a few lines, asked
that the superintendent of the hos
pital be requested to mail it for
him. A few moments later the
stricken man went into convulsions
and an hour later died. The letter
was handed to the superintendent
next morning. He paled. It was
addressed to his wife, for John
Harwood was in charge of the hos
pital under an assumed name. He
went down stairs and gazed at the
features of the dead wagon driver.
There lay, in death, Ilollie Went
worth, his boy companion, his form
er friend and playmate, and a rival
for the hand of Lettie Murray.
Wentworth and Harwood had been
room-mates at college and were as
brothers to one another. Harwood
mailed the letter.
In 1885 Harry Murray, a steady,
smart, unostentatious young fellow,
returned from Franklin college at
Athens to his father’s home in
North Georgia. Shortly afterward,
in a game of football, he tripped
over John Harwood, and both fell
to the ground. In the accident
Harwood received a blow in the
forehead which marked him for
life. As he arose from the ground,
bleeding and besmeared, he accused
Murray of kicking him. Denials,
charges and counter charges, the
lie and blows passed, when the
young men were parted and went
their way avowed enemies. Next
night Harry Murray was found
dead two hundred yards from his
father’s house, his skull crushed
by a blow from a heavy blunt in
strument. His watch and purse
were gone.
At the Augusta National Exposi
tion in 1888, a stern looking man
of pleasant face and 'neat appear
ance had charge of one of the prin
cipal exhibits in the mechanical
hall. On Monday of the second
week of the fair he was explaining
the workings of the machinery he
exhibited to a prominent South
Carolina cotton manufacturer, and
glancing around his eye met those
of a beautiful woman richly dressed,
about 40 years of age. The lady
fainted and was quickly removed
to a hack by her companion, and
driven from the grounds. The ex
hibitor soon regained his wanton
composure, and continued at his
work of illustration and explana
tion. That afternoon he received
a note, asking him to call at a pri
vate residence. The missive was
signed, “Lettie Murray Harwood,”
and directed to “John Harwood,
Exposition Grounds.” The messen
ger had been given minute direc
tion as to whom to deliver it.
When John Harwood was ush
ered into the handsome parlors of
one of the most hospitable homes
in Augusta that night he looked
like one dazed. A few minutes af
terward a servant entered and
handed him this letter:
“New York, June 11,1889.
“Mrs. Lettie Murray Hancood,
Georgia:—I am dying. I deceived
you on the night of your marriage.
I loved you too well to allow John
Harwood to possess you, and in my
despair at seeing you actually mar
ried to him, lied to you. John Har
wood did not kill your brother.
“I don’t know who did, but I was
with Harwood the night of the mur
der, and he did not commit the
crime. Hoeeis Wentworth.”
The reunion of the man and wife
is too sacred an incident to be
more than mentioned. They were
lovers still.
On the afternoon of the marriage
of John Harwood to Lettie Murray,
Hollie Wentworth was the gayest
of the merry party gathered at the
Murray mansion. During the fes
tivities following the marriage,
and just before the bride and
groom left Lettie’s father’s home
for Harwood’s cottage, Wentworth
was noticed to call Lettie aside and
engage her in earnest conversation
for a few minutes. Tlven it was
that he told her that her brother,
Harry Murray, had been the vic
tim of the anger of John Harwood,
reciting the football game incident
to lend influence to his accu
sation. Shortly after Harwood left
North Georgia, vVentworth went too,
and neither was ever seen there
again. Mr. and Mrs. Harwood are
now residing in Philadelphia, Pa.,
where the former holds a respon
sible position with a large manufac
turing establishment. Their Geor
gia property has long since been
sold.
Sercre Cases ot lllooil Poison.
Thousands suffer from blood poison, who
would be cured if they gave 15 R 15, (Botan
ic Blood Balm) a trial, Send to the Blood
"Balm Co, Atlanta, Ga, for book of wonderful
cures, that convince the most skeptical, It
is sent free.
.1 O Gibson, Meridian, Miss, writes: “For
a number of years I suffered untold agonies
from blood poison, Several prominent phy
sicians did me little if any good, I began
to use B B B with very little faith, but, to
my utter surprise it has made me a well and
hearty person.”
Z T Hallerton, Macon, Ga, writes: “I con
tracted blood poison, I first tried physi
cians, and then went to Hot Springs, I re
turned home a ruined man physically,
Nothing seemed to do me any good. My
mother persuaded me to try B B 15, To my
utter astonishment every ulcer quickly
healed.”
Bcnj Morris, Atlanta, Ga, writes: “J suf
fered years from syphilitic blood poison
which refused to be cured by all treatment,
physicians pronounced it a hopeless case,
I had no appetite, I had pains in hips and
joints and my kidneys were diseased, My
tiiroat was ulcerated and my breast a
mass of running sores. In this condition I
commenced a use of 15 B B, It healed every
ulcer and sore and cured me completely
within two months.”
CLAIMSTO liKTIlKLOKD.
Liberty County Negroes Go Wild Over an Im
poster.
Savannah Times.
Out at Flemington, Liberty coun
ty, there is just such excitement to
day as there was at Jerusalem eigh
teen centuries ago, when the Galil-
lean carpenter was tried before Pon
tius Pilate for calling himself the
Sou of God. For a month, a man
calling himself Jesus Christ has
been going about through Liberty
county raving in an insane way,
which he called preaching. The
negroes have come to believe in
him, and they are really in a most
lamentable state. They have ac
cepted his words as inspired teach
ings.
“Give up everything and follow
me,” he commanded. “Let your
crops go. Turn your cattle in the
patches. The Lord will provide for
you.”
And obeying him, hundreds of
negroes have quit work. Their lit
tle crops have grown up in weeds.
The planters have been deserted
by their laborers who absolutely
refuse to work. Turpentine manu
facturers and the saw mill men
have difficulty in getting help
enough to continue operations.
The colored population has been
completely demoralized for three
weeks.
To such an extent had the craze
spread that the intelligent colored
people and the whites joined in dis-
eussingsome plan to put a stop to
it.
It was decided to arrest the
crank orseud him out of the coun
try. Some were ready to lynch
him, but better counsel prevailed.
So yesterday a warrant was issued
by Magistrate W. A. Fleming for
the man’s arrest. He calls him
self Jesus Christ, declaring that he
descended from heaven in a cloud.
In the warrant the name Camp
bell was applied to him. Two res
pectable colored preachers had the
warrants issued. They charged
Campbell with vagrancy.
He had prophesied that he would
be arrested, and his followers—dis
ciples, as they call themselves—had
declared that he should not be
taken away, and that no violence
should be done him. The women
were more emphatic than the men,
and the former had armed them
selves with guns. But the new
prophet told his people not to offer
any resistance. They feared that
he would be put to death again.
When the officers went to arrest
him no resistance was offered, but a
large crowd soon joined the favored
disciples who are almost constantly
about him. They were ready to
tear the officers to pieces, but at
their Lord’s request suffered him
to be taken quietly away. Think
ing that he was to be carried to
Hinesville, the county seat, several
miles away, two hundred men and
women, but mostly women, took a
short route across the country.
Instead of going to Hinesville
the constable drove to Fleming
ton, where Justice Fleming resides.
Mr. Morris E. Robinson, who was
in McIntosh yesterday afternoon
when the prisoner passed through
says that there were fully seventy-
five people following. They strag
gle along behind from 100 yards to
one half mile. Magistrate Fleming
released the prophet on bail.
To-day Campbell was given a
hearing on the charge of vagrancy.
Ex-Congressman T. M. Norwood and
Capt F. F. Miller went from Wal-
thourville to Flemington this morn
ing. The result of the case could
not be learned to-day.
Wm. Clifton, Esq., who has been
out in Liberty for two or three
days, corrobates the reports ot the
excitement which prevails among
the ignorant colored people. The
impostor shows marks in his hands
and feet which he says are scars
left by the nails which fastened
him to the cross. His hair and
beard are long and shaggy, although
he evidently endeavors to trim his
beard as the Savior’s is represented
in some old pictures. The negroes
fall down and worship him, and
kiss his hands and feet and anoint
him. He dresses shabbily some
times, and at all times poorly. He
refuses money publicly, but is said
to have money, and it was feared
that the charge of vagrancy could
not be sustained. If that does not
hold, some charge will be made on
which he can be held. Campbell
came from the West it is believed.
He was in Jacksonville in the
spring he says.
At his bidding women have left
their husbands and men their wives
to follow him about. His familiari
ty with the scriptures is exceptional.
He has told the people that he will
go back to heaven in a chariot of
fire at an early date.
EATER.
Savannah, June 22.—The case
against Campbell, the impostor
who claims to be Christ, was con
tinued yesterday for one week by
Magistrate Fleming, at Flemington,
Liberty county. The excitement
and demoralization among the col
ored people increases every day.
Campbell will be arrested as a luna
tic in a few days, if he does not
leave the county. Residents of
Liberty, who are in the city to-day,
say that 300 negroes collected
around the magistrate’s office, cry-
out: “They have taken our Christ
from us, and want to put him in
jail.” The faith which the colored
people have in the lunatic is aston
ishing.
•
A Large Vacuum Somewhere.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The amount of coal, gas and oil,
that is now being drained from the
interior will produce something of
a vacuum in mother earth sooner
or later. The present supply of gas
is enormous. Statistics for oil show
that in 1888, Pennsylvania produced
16,491,083 barrels; Ohio, 10,010,808
barrels; West Virginia, 419,448 bar
rels; California, 704,619 barrels, and
other states 20,000 barrels. Just
how long such a draft can be made
and every year increased, and the
walls hold, no one can say. It is
possible that the supply will be
equal to the demand, and there
will bo no collapse. Science know r s
very little of the machinery down
towards China.
1 Uemember.
I remember, I remember,
When I was but. :i boy.
How Castor Oil anil Epsom Salts
Robbed life of half its joy.
I remember, I remember.
When for each trilling ill,
The family Esculapius
Prescribed the Big Blue Pill.
But happily, (let suffering hu
manity murmur a prayer of thanks
giving), that period of woe is past.
Speedy and painless relief from all
the ills of a disordered stomach or
impaired liver, can be obtained by
the use of Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant
Purgative Pellets. They do not
gripe, weaken or nauseate. Small,
sugar-coated, pleasant to take, and
mild and gentle in action. Neatly
put up in glass vials. One a dose.
Smallest, cheapest, easiest to take.
Mamma—Bobby, I notice that
your little sister took the smaller
apple. Did you let her have lier
choice, as I told you to? Bobby—
Yes’ra, I told her she could have
the little one or none, and she chose
the little one.
Foul poisons that accumulate in the blood
and rot the machinery of the system, are
eradicated and expelled by using Prickly
Ash Bitters, a medieirte that will not irritate
the stomach or bowels, It acts in a gentle
manner on these delicate organs, and re
stores health in every case,
—Largest assortment of plain and
fancy crackers at C. E. Scherer’s.
L. C. IIayss, J.T. Nf.wbery,
President. Cashier.
Planters Loan § pavings Bank,
821 Broad St., AUGUSTA, GA.
Capital—All Paid in Cash, $100,01)0.
AY 1 tli Stockholders liability which guaran
tees absolute safety to all depositors.
This is the oldest Savings Bank in this city
with an unbroken record of nearly 30 years.
It transacts a general Banking business in
nil of its brandies, and is authorised to re
ceive and disburse money, securities or prop
erty in trust, and to act. as financial agent for
any person firm or corporation.
l&Sp' Interest allowed on deposits in the
Savings Department. aprJO.W-by
Who kills all the dead letters?
Bound to be read—New books.
Not real timber—The ship’s log.
Little things that tell—Small
brothers.
Wrapped up in themselves—
Mummies.
Paying cash for a suit of clothes
is a no bill deed.
The servant girl who smashes
crockery is very injure-dishes per
son.
A hen is a very superior creature,
but she could never lay a corner
stone.
Like everybody else the money
lender must have an interest in his
business.
When a man has a screw loose
you cannot mend him by making
him tight.
“I know I am only a plug,” said
the tobacco, but who will deny my
popularity?
The barber who shaves boys would
make a good city editor. He learns
to cut down.
Shoemakers may not know it, but
for a line of slippers it’s hard to beat
banana skins.
It is strange that when some men
get in straitened circumstances
they become crooked.
A country doctor who owned a
smokehouse hung out a sign: “Con
sumption and hams cured.”
There are numerous complaints
from housekeepers that servant
girls are getting harder to please.
It is hard to tell which is easiest
—to go forward at a revival or
backward when the revival is over.
The man who hath no music in
his soul should curb his eager chin
when it comes to congregational
singing.
Wife—I wish you would push this
baby carriage a little way. Hus
band—Well, I will, if you will carry
the baby.
In Central of South America, when
a man has a Guatemauia letter he
puts a Paraguay ^tamp on it before
his friends can Peru’s it.
“You look so much like your
brother,” said Dennis to Pheliin,
“that I could tell yez was brothers
if I’d never seen aither sv yez.”
Henrietta (lecturing her wayward
cousin)—Some young men never
can say “No.” Jack (unabashed)—
And some girls never say “Yes.”
“However could you think of
falling in love with such a homely
fellow? His figure is something
awful.” “Yes but he has a lovely one
at the bank.”
A Florida shark swallowed an
eight-day clock that had accident
ally been dropped into the water,
and seven days later ran ashore to
have it wound up.
Fond mother—“You must re
member, Emeline, that fine feathers
don’t make a fine bird.” Daughter
—True, mamma, but they do make
awfully pretty hats.”
Officer to court—The charge
against this man is false pretences.
He shouted he could do up the
whole Yvard, but T guy him one
meself and flured him.
It is not good to take tea in the
middle of the day. The man who
tried it in a Texas grocery store
when he thought the clerk was not
looking is authority for this.
Editor (looking at joke)—“That’s
funny!” Contributor—“Yes, I think
so.” Editor—“I don’t mean that.
It’s funny that you should think
such a thing as that is funny.”
On the Hunt—“Doctor, why didn’t
you kill that snipe? He came just
right for you.” “But, my dear fel
low, he flew zig-zag, and I had no
sooner fired zig than he was zag.”
An Irishman was planting shade
trees when a passing lady said,
“you’re digging out the holes, are
you, Mr. Haggerty?” “No mum,
Oim digging out the dirt, an’ lavin’
the holes.”
Winks—Has you wife a cheerful
disposition? Winks—Oh, yes;
very cheerful. Last night when I
was dancing around the room on one
foot after having stepped on a tack
she laughed until her sides ached.
Artful Amy—Algernon, in parlia
mentary usage, what does the pre
siding officer say when a matter is
to be put to a vote? Unsuspecting
Algernon—Are you ready for the
question ? Artful Amy—Y-yes, Al
gernon, I think I am.
Mrs. Reclass—I have selected
this bonnett, Frank. Isn’t it a beau
ty, and only $13! Frank (hurriedly)
—Thirteen dollars? My dear, $13
is an unlucky number. You must
not think of paying that for a bon
net. Try one of those $5 beauties,