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THE TRUE CITIZEN.
Volume 8.
Waynesboro, Georgia, Saturday, August 31st, 1889.
Number 18.
L. C. Hatse, J.T. NewBery,
President, Cashier.
Planters Iroan § jSavings Bank,
821 Broad SL, AUGUSTA, GA.
Capital—All Paid in Cash, 1100,000.
With 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 20 years.
It transacts a general Banking business in
all of its branches, and is authorized to re
ceive and disburse money, securities or prop
erty in trust, and to act as financial agent for
any person firm or corporation.
Interest allowed on deposits in the
Savings Department. apr20,’89-by
gig~ Sullivan lias been tried and
f,und guilty and sentenced to 12
months in the penitentiary. His
lawyers will carry his case up be
fore a higher court.
ggr Kilrain has been arrested
and will have to stand his trial.
Doubtless the same spoon from
which Sulliva i took his medicine,
will be used in physicing him.
gjfgT The more conservative Re
publican papers puts it rather mild
when they express the opinion
that the pension business “is some
what overdone in this country.”
In the North even religious
organizations do not by any means
fraternise with the brother In black.
The Young Men’s Christian Associa
tions of New York will not admit
colored men to its membership.
Mahone is making the race
on the Republican ticket for a seat
in the governor’s chair. If there is
the right sort of manhood left in
that once grand old commonwealth,
the renegade will find that his
methods are not approved by the
sms of noble sires.
High license in Pittsburg,
Penn., reduced the bar rooms from
$1,500 to $1000. Rut the judge hav-
the prohibition craze a little too
strong, has attempted to eject too
much of it in his administration of
the law, and the consequence is
there are some 800 blind tigers, or
according to Pittsburg slang “speak
easies.” The judge in attempting
to improve and go beyond the law,
has as usual over done the thing.
gJ&T" The first train over the
Knoxville and Cumberland Gap
R. R, had a tumble down a high
trestle. The two coaches were
filled with the prominent business
men of Knoxville, who were rep
resenting the city government,
to ascertain whether or not the
road had been completed according
to the contract. Out of 50 passen
gers—many of whom were men of
prominence—41 were either killed
or wounded.
A prominent Republican of
one of the northern states does not
rate Corporal Tanner very high
in proficiency. He says “he made
a good soldier, and is a very fluent
talker on the stump. But that the
commissioner of pensions should
be a lawyer, and Tanner’s mind or
education has never gone in that
direction. Moreover the commis
sioner ought to be a man of busi
ness sense. Tanner is all flush and
flurry, working in the air, like a
steamboat with her wheels out of
water.” And yet this is the man
appointed to handle and pay out
over a hundred million of dollars
annually.
In one of the neighboring
towns of Charleston, a white hoy.
while carelessly handling a gun, let
it go off, and a colored woman un
fortunately receiving its contents
was killed. Though the shooting
was evidently accidental, yet the
negroes became greatly exasperat
ed and attempted to lynch the boy.
He was by the sheriff lodged in
jail for protection, and guarded by
a posse of 20 men until the gov
ernor had time to order the troops
to the scene of trouble. The ne
groes though overawed, are full
of threats and denunciations.
These little fracases have a tenden
cy to stir up bad blood, and fan the
slumbering embers of race preju
dice. Trouble from this source is
liable to come at anytime, and the
negro who is generally the aggres
sor will always he the sufferer.
cr So far as Postmaster Lewis is
concerned, the social element in At
kinta will attempt to undo their un
intentional wrongs. Gen. Lewis was
welcomed to Atlanta, and though
a Republican his position and ante
cedents warranted the belielf that
he was neither imbued with fanati
cism nor annimated with a desire
to run counter to the settled con
victions of the people, just to stir
up discord and make the pool of
politics a little more muddy. The
Atlanta Rubber Co., of which he
was the president, finds that lie is
too heavy a load to carry and his
resignation was requested and ac
cepted. The Gate City club, in or
der that his social position might
be established, admitted him to its
membership, but since his appoint
ment of a “buck negro” to h place
whose duties bring him into tre-
quent and close business compan
ionship with a young lady, the
members of the club are not willing
to meet socially, the man who so
pointedly ignores the ver£ corner
stone of their social fabric. Gen.
Lewis may hold on to his office, just
to get out ot it} the loaves and fishes,
but hereafter the social affinities
of himself and family must run out
m the direction of Penney and his
backers. The people in Atlanta
who make up decent society, are
uow disposed to let him severely
alone.
Silput Jack,
“Silent Jack” got into port at
Brunswick the other day, aboard
the Minnie Bonsai!, a pretty craft.
“Silent Jack” has a history, and it
having fallen to the knowledge of a
Brunswick Times reporter the nar
rative has gotten into print. The
story is a strange one. Not one of
“Silent Jack’s” fellow sailors knows
his name. He hardly ever speaks.
He is polite; never troublesome;
never complains. He is a man of
thorough education and belongs to
one of th'e first families of New Jer
sey. The known events in the life
of “Silent Jack” as told by the gay
old Captain of the Minnie Bonsall,
is doubly interesting. “But let me
heave to, and 9piu the yarn. He
hails from a little New Jersey town
where he married as pretty a mate
as ever was trimmed for the matri
monial sea. But the marriage raised
a storm and I’ll tell you the young
couple had a blustery time ol it. Her
folks were the breakers and at last
their craft run upon it and downthey
went. She was run off to some Wes
tern town and there a divorce was
bought for her, though they say she
knew nothing of it. Her husband
left the place and took to the sea.
About a year afterward, one day in
New York, just after he had landed
he went into a restaurant for a meal.
A pretty waiter girl came up to
take his order, and by Jove she was
the sailor’s divorced wife! You may
he quite sure there was a fluttering
of two hearts, and the outcome of it
was they went off and were spliced
again. I don’t know how it happen
ed for he won’t tell but it wasn’t
more than a week after their sec
ond marriage before she suddenly
and mysteriously disappeared, and
from that day to this he has never
set eyes on her. I met a schoolmate
of the sailor not long ago and he
told me that a second divorce had
followed. Phe strangest part of
the whole thing to me is that the
sailor never goes to his hunk to
sleep without offering up a prayer
tor his twice made wife, white
never a word does lie say for him
self. And he carries her picture in
his pocket all the time, and many a
day I’ve seen him up in the rigging
take it out and look at it and kiss it
again and again. There’s something
back of all this, but I don’t know
what it is. He is well educated and
could fill almost any position where
brains, energy aud sobriety are in
demand. But he won’t leave the
lifo lie is now following. He seems
to-want the solitude of the ocean,
and when we are in port he stays
aboard the Minnie the whole time.
No need to ask him anything, he
won’t talk to you. I call him ‘Silent
Jack.’ That’s all the name he has
here. And silent he is too. That’s
my yarn for you. No,no thanks ne
cessary.”
The Women Prise It. It. It.
The suffering of women certainly awakens
tliesj-mpaty of every true philanthropist.
Their best friend, however is It. B. B. (Bo
tanic Blood Balm.) Semi to Blood Balm Co.,
Atlanta, Ga., for proofs.
H. L. Cassidy, Kennesaw, Ga., writes:
“Three bottles of It. B. B. cured my wife of
scrofula.”
Mrs. R. M. Laws, Zalaba, Fla., writes: “I
have never used anything to equal B. B. B.”
Mrs. C. H. Gay, Rocky Mount, X. C„ writes
“Not a day for 15 years was I free from head
ache. B. It. B. entirely relieved me, I feel
like another person.”
James W. Lancaster, Hawkinsvillc, Ga.,
writes: “My wife was in bad health for
cisht years. Five doctors and many patent
medicines had done her no good, Six bottles
of B. B. B. cured her,”
Miss S. Tomlinson, Atlanta, Ga., says:
“For years I suffered with rheumatism,
caused by kidney trouble and indigestion,
I also was feeble and nervous. B. B. B. re-
lieuec me at once, although se/eral other
medicines had failed.
Rev. J. M. Richardson, Clarkston, Ark.,
writes: “My wife suffered twelve years
with rheumatism and female complaint. A
lady member of my church had been cured
by B. B. B. She persuaded my wife to try it
who how says there is nothing like B. B, B.,
as it quickly gave her relief.”
IJttie Girls I‘la)iiig Doctor.
Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 25.—-Lit
tle Mamie Parker, fourteen years
old, died yesterday afternoon from
the effects of medicine administer
ed toiler by her little cousin, Bessie
Woods. They were playing doctor
with each other, with Bessie pre
tending to he the physician. She
made her little cousin take ten pills
and took several herself. When
Mamie became ill, Dr. Stephens
was sent tor immediately, but they
could do no good in relieving the
sufferer, as she breathed her last
yesterday, shortly afterwards. Her
parents were sent for, but did not
arrive in time to see their child
alive. They were frantic with
grief. An antidote was given to
Bessie Woods aud relieved her.
She is still quite sick, but is con
sidered in no danger. The pills
were of various kinds, some being
tonic, some laxative, hut their ex
act contents could not be acertained.
ARE YOU SKEPTICAL f
If so we will convince you that
Acker’s English Remedy for the
lungs is superior to all other prepar
ations, and is a positive cure for
all throat and lung troubles, croup,
whooping cough and colds. We
guarantee the preparation and will
give you a sample bottle free. Sold
by Whitehead & Co., Waynesboro
and E. A. Harris, MIdville.
“Won’t Someone Pray for Me.”
Redbank, N. J., Aug. 25.—A
coachman employed by Richard J.
Dobbins, a summer resident of
Long Branch, died of injuries receiy-
ed while taking his employer’s
horses on a train from Long
Branch to Philadelphia. He was
sitting on the floor of the car in
which the horses were, with his
legs hanging out of the door at the
side. As the train was crossing the
Oceanport bridge, his legs struck
the draw and were nearly torn off.
He drew himself into the car and
tried to reach the bell rope to sum
mon some of the train hands to his
assistance, but he failed. He called
loudly for help. His cries were
heard finally by the train men.
When Redbank was reached they
carried him into the freight house.
Doctors did all they could hut he
died about three hours after acci
dent. His name is Bell. He leaves
a wife and two children living
at Jenkinton, Pa.
While Bell lay alone on the car
floor he bandaged his legs to pre
vent the flow of blood. He had
two handkerchiefs and he knew
whereythe arteries were. He knot
ted each handkerchief and then
bound them around his legs above
the injured parts. The thick parts
were properly placed ou the arte
ries, but he was too weak to tie the
handkerchiefs sufficiently tight.
Nevertheless, he probably saved
several hours of his hie. Just be
fore he died he said: “I am dying
and know it. Won’t someone pray
forme?” A stranger in the depot
stepped forward and made a prayer
and soon afterward Bell breathed
his last,
Y&lue oT AdvcrtUcniPiits.
“Do I believe in advertising,” said
a prominent lawyer, a day or two
ago. “Well rather; and in the hid
den advertisement more than in
any other. I remember, one day,
reading a very interesting story,
that ended in which I took to he a
puff for Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Purga
tive Pellets. I threw down the
paper in a rage. Not a week after
that I needed some medicine of
that kind, and went and bought
those same little pills.” “Did I
find them good ?” “Why, yes, the
best thing of the kind I ever saw,
hut that has nothing to do with the
first question, and I only mention
the joke on mj’self to show that ad
vertising does pay.”
A llorsp Hair Suuke.
Cherokee Advance.
We have been shown a very won
derful snake by Mr. H. H. McEn-
tyre, of this place - It is a horse
hair snake, being formed out of a
simple horse hair. Some days ago
his -children threw several horse
hairs in an eddy place in the branch
and afterwards put them in cans
partially filled with water, where
they remained a few days. Upon
pouring them out it was found that
horse hairs of a few days before
were now perfectly formed, wrig
gling snakes. When told of this
we were incredulous and had Mr.
McEntyre bring one of them to the
office. Upon examination we found
it to be as stated, perfectly formed,
a keen, tapering tail, larger around
the body than elsewhere, and a kind
of knot for a head. It is about as large
around the body as a pencil point,
and when spread out upon the table
will wriggle around and slide off,
this may seem an incredulous snake
story to you. So it was to us, but
whatever the explanation may be
the horse hair has the resemblance
ot a tiny snake both in its form and
actions.
PIMPLES ON THE FA CE
Denote an impure state of the blood
and are looked upon by many with
suspicion. Acker’s Blood Elixir
will remove all impurities and
leave the complexion smooth and
clear. There is nothing that will
so thoroughly build up the constitu
tion, purify and strengthen the
whole system. Sold and guaran
teed by Whitehead A Co., Waynes
boro, and E. A. Harris & Co., Mid-
yille.
Saraonali as an Outlet.
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 17.—Dirt
was broken to-day with an impo
sing demonstration at Huntsville
for the line of the Cincinnati, Ala
bama and Atlantic railroad, which
is to run from Cincinnati due south
to Huntsville, Ala., and then deflect
either to Birmingham or Savannah.
Bonds are said to have been nego
tiated with which to push the line
through.
CAUTION TO MOTHERS.
Every mother is cautioned
against giving her child laudanum
or paregoric; it creates an unnatur
al craving for stimulants which
kill the mind or the child. Acker’s
Baby Soother is specially prepared
to benefit children and cure their
pains. It is harmless and contains
no opium or morphine. Sold by
Whitehead & Co., Waynesboro, and
E. A. Harris A Co., Midvilie.
—Call on Mulherrin, Rice A Co.
Augusta, Ga., for boots, shoes, slip
pers and hats. tf
A Sanctlllccl Laity in DeKalb.
I understand there is a young lady
in the neighlorhord of Lithonia,
who professes entire sanctification.
Her name is often mentioned
throughout that section. Her
preacher says she is now the medi
um of accomplishing much good by
her pious walk and conversations,
encouraging many to embrace their
Savior. She appears to be entirely
consecrated. A gentleman who is a
near relation to the young lady
informs me that since she received
the “second blessing” or professed
sanctification, which was during the
holiness meeting at Lithonia last
spring, she will converse only inci-
dently upon any other subject than
religion. This is her only theme.
When placed in the company with
other young ladies and gentlemen,
she will remain just so long as the
conversation is confined strictly to
religious subjects, anu when divert
ed from that to any social topics
she will leave their company. She
refuses absolutely to converse with
her sweet heart, who for some time
had been devoting to her his atten
tion, only on religious subjects strict
ly. Owing to afiiiction in he father’s
family she could not attend the
meeting at Shady Grove, as was
greatly desired by many.
PEOPLE E1 'ER r WHERE
Confirm our statement when we
say that Acker’s English Remedy
is in every way superior to any and
all other preparations for the throat
and lungs. In whooping cough and
croup it is magic and relieves at
once. We offer you a sample bottle
free. Remember, this remedy is
sold on a positive guarantee by
Whitehead A Co., Waynesboro, and
E. A. Harris A Co., Midvilie.
The Great Dragon Tree.
The great dragon tree of Orotava
until recently for 10,000 years guard,
ed the entrance to the golden apples
in the garden of the Hesperides.
Its trunk measured GO feet in height
and was 48*.j feet in circumference.
It resembled more the Asparagus
plant of .the vegetable kingdom,
than a tree of the forest. There
was an immense hollow in its trunk,
large enough to hold a table around
which 14 persons could seat them
selves. From it a blood red sap ex
uded freely, and in ancient times
the natives used it in embalming
their dead. In 1493, when that
place was conquered by Alonzo de
Luga, its hollow was converted into
a chapel for holy mass, to atone
for all the profane myteries which
had been for centuries used in the
performance of judicial rites. This
tree died very suddenly a few years
ago, and there is now growing on
the spot a young tree which sprang
up from one of its seed. Will this
young plant be standing 10,000 years
from now? If so, and it could talk
what volumes of history it might
unfold, and how rich and rare
would be its experience.
Djmg from Bee Stings.
Pomona, Cal., Aug. 23.—Alice,
the 18-year-old daughter of Edward
Quimby, lies at the point ot death
at her father’s home near Cucamon
in Pomona valley. While watching
honey bees on her father’s ranch
on Tuesday she was suddenly at
tacked by the insects. She tried
to drive them away and flee, but the
bees only increased in numbers and
there was a perfect cloud of them
about her. She was found lying un
conscious on the ground, and when
carried to the house a physician
was called. Last eyening she be
came unconscious and has since
been sinking to her death. Her
face and neck are so swollen that
her friends would not know her,
while her arms and ankles are more
than double their normal size. Her
eyes and mouth are so swollen that
she cannot open them.
A Novel Invention.
Mechanical genius was wrought
to a high pitch the other day over
an exhibition of a piece of mechan
ism by an employe of the Rome roll
ing mill. It is termed a “chicken
walker.” It proposes to do away
with the fences around gardens
and protect the gardens from dam
age by chickens. When the ma
chinery is placed on a chicken’s
feet, and the fowl goes in the gar
den and makes an effort to scratch
the soil, instead of accomplishing its
desire, the attachment walks the
chicken out of the garden. The
harder it scratches the faster it goes.
The inventor has a bright future,
and has the good wishes of the
gardeners.
A DUTY TO YOURSELF.
It is surprising that people will
use a common ordinary pill when
they can secure a valuable English
one for the same money. Dr. Ack
er’s English Pills are a positive
cure for sickheadache and all liver
troubles. They are small, sweet,
easily taken and are for sale by
Whitehead A Co., Waynesboro and
E. A. Harris & Co., Midvilie.
A Horae Swam Eight Milos.
Richmond Register.
A horse belonging to a ferryman
was on the boat yesterday at
Irvine and was in the act ol drink
ing, when he plunged forward from
some cause and fell into the water
up to hts nose. With remarkable
instinct he turned round and swam
to the boat, and made several ef
forts to crawl back into it, hut it
only served to push it further
away. By this time he had drifted
below the terry, and he then made
'efforts to get out upon either bank.
In this he also failed, as the bank
was too steep.
lie then turned aside and swam
down the middle of the river. The
ferryman, Mr. White, made vain
efforts to rescue his horse, and,
watching him until he was out of
sight, gave up all hopes of ever
seeing him again. Next morning
tiie passengers on the Irvine stage
were amused at the manner in
which the ferryman was fondly
caressing a horse which had just
arrived, and, later learned
that the steamboat from Ford had
picked up the swimming horse
eight miles below. When dragged
upon the boat he sank down, too
completely exhausted to stand:
When this became known the sym
pathising passengers joined with
Mr. White in his exuberance over
the recovery of his noble steed.
Left $6,000 to a Shop Girl.
New York, Aug. 24.—Probably
the happiest saleslady in this city to
day is Miss Hattie Minzenheimer,
of 847 Second avenue, an employe of
Lichtenstein A Co., of Grand street.
A few days ago a letter was receiv
ed by Mr. Lichtenstien from San
Francisco. The writer requested to
know whether a girl named “Hat
tie” was still in the firm’s employ.
A gentleman, whose name was not
given, had died six weeks previous
and willed her $5,000. The letter
was signed “H. B. Danner, admin
istrator.” Mr. Danner also asked
that the Grand street firm write to
Mayor Pond, of San Francisco, giv
ing the full name of Hattie.
The girl’s unknown benefactor
visited this city several years ago
and made a number of purchases in
Lichtenstien’s. He was smitten
with Hattie and asked her to tell
him her name. She refused. He
then begged her to accept a pres
ent. This she also refused. He left
aud she declares that she has neith
er seen nor heard of him since.
Hattie is anxiously awaiting the
arrival of the $5,000.
The Death Boll.
The death roll ot the present
general assembly is a long and
sad one. True, there are but six
names upon it, isn’t that number
sufficiently large to give startling
emphasis to the fact that it has
never before been equalled by
any other general assembly! Here
is the roll: Mr. Collins, of Spalding,
died the day the house met; Mr.
Hunt, of Catoosa, was killed in At
lanta last session; Mr. Chamberliss,
of Bibb; Mr. Maddox, of Clinch, and
Senator S. E. Fields, of the forty-
third district, and Mr. Arnheim, of
Dougherty. Six chairs made va
cant by the touch of death.
A Ghost of a Cat.
“My house,” said a Brunswick
lady the other day, “is haunted by
the ghost oi a cat. My room over
looks the roof of the porch. When
ever the moon is shining, I can see
upon the roof, just at one of the
windows, a large yellow cat. It
can’t be alive for I have thrown all
sorts of articles at it without be
ing able to make it stir. I have
even punched it with a broom han
dle and I have seen the handle go
clear through the ghostly animal.
It is curious isn’t it!”
Stabbed to Death in Court.
Louisville, Ky., Aug. 24,—At
Somerset to-day while D. J. Sharp
was giving his testimony in court,
Miss Goodman who was interested
in the case, cried out upon some
answer of Sharp’s, a lie. Sharp
sprang up and struck her. Her
brother, Henry Goodman grappled
with Sharp, and after a short strug
gle stabbed him to death. Good
man escaped. A posse is in pur
suit.
At first a little, backing cough,
“ ’Tis nothing but a cold,”
They say, “ ’Twill soon wear off.”
Alas, the story old!
The hectic cheek, the failing strength,
The grief that cannot save,
And life’s wan flame goes out at length,
In a consumptive’s grave.
If persons would use Dr. Pierce’s
Golden Medical Discovery, when ir
ritation of the lungs is indicated by
a cough, it would be he an easy
matter to avert consumption. Be
wise in time. The “Discovery” is
guaranteed to cure in all cases of
disease for which it is recom
mended, or money paid for it will
be promptly refunded.
—Largest assortment of plain and
fancy crackers at C. E. Scherer’s.
The Eyes of Great Men.
Philadelphia Press.
An oculist who has made the lyi-
man eye a study for thirty years,
and who has examined many
famous men’s eyes, declared the
other day that the “thoroughbred
American” eye is steel blue in color.
“Would you say that black-eyed
and brown-eyed men are deficient
in intellect ?”
“Not that, to he sure, since his
tory has afforded some examples
of able men whose eyes possessed
this pigment. But, undeniably,
among the people of higher civili
zation eyes grow lighter in hue,
and there are to-day far more blue
eyed persons than there were
a century ago. If you will take
pains to inquire the color of the
eyes of Bismarck, Gladstone, Hux
ley, Virchow, Buchner, Renan, in
fact of any of the living great, as
well as of the great army of the
dead who inlife distinguished them
selves, you will learn that most of
them have, or had, eyes of blue or
gray. It has seemed to me that the
pigment is in the way; that it ob
scures the objects presented to the
visual organ, and the aspiring mind
seeking the greatest light casts it
off.”
Tirelrt: Month* for a Gallon.
Perry Jounal.
This week a white man has been
sent from Houston county to serve
two months in the chaingang at
Steven’s pottery for stealing a jug
containing a gallon of whisky. On
Wednesday of last week the noon
train from Fort Valley contained
a passenger named J. D. Thompson,
who claimed to be a printer from
from Atlanta. Dasher station was
his professed destination, but he
got off a short distance above that
point. He carried with him a jug
containing a gallon of whisky.
Upon examining the express list.
Conductor Driggers discovered that
a jug of whisky was missing. Ar
riving at Perry he informed Sheriff
Cooper of the theft, and that ef
ficient ^ officer immediately went
after the thief, aud found him drunk
in a negro cabin. Thereupon he
was arrested, brought to Perry,
and lodged in jail, and at subse
quent trial in Houston county court,
the evidence was direct, and Judge
Miller sentenced him to pay a fine
ot $50 or serve twelve months in the
chaingang. In default of the
money, Thompson was sent to
Stevens’s pottery this week.
Mr. J. Gnnstead, Senora, Ky.,
says: My children have sometimes
had boils and other signs of blood
impurities with loss of appetite,
etc., at which times I haye found
Swift’s Specific a most successful
remedy, in no instance failing to
effect a speedy and permanent
cure.
“Swift’s Specific is a great bless
ing to humanity,” says Mr. P. E.
Gordon, of 725 Broad street, Nash
ville, Tenn., “for it cured me of
rheumatism of a very bad type,
with which I had been troubled for
three or four years. S. S. S. cured
me after I had exausted everything
else.”
Mr. Russell Myrick, of the firm
of Myrick A Henderson,Fort Smith,
Ark., says he wishes to add his tes
timony to the thousands which
have already been given as to
Swift’s Specific. He says he de
rived the most signal benefit from
its use to cure painful boils and
sores resulting from impure blood.
When taken for a few days,
potash mixtures impair the diges
tion, take away the appetite, and
dry up the gastric juices which
should assist in digestion and as
similating the food. Swift’s Specific
has just the opposite effect; it im
proves digestion, brings appe
tite and builds up the general
health.
Assessment of the S. T. A W, K. R.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 27.—A tre-
mendons increase has been made in
the valuation of the Savannah,
Florida and Western by the board
of assesors appointed by the gov
ernor. The board reported to the
comptroller to-day and assesses the
property at $5,177,705. The compa
ny’s figures were $4,037,113, a dif
ference of over $1,000,000. Unless
arbitration is demanded the road
will be taxed on the figures of the
assessors.
Those of you who are weary and heavy la
den with sickness and care, .weighed down
with the infirmities that beset th£ human
system, can find the one thing necessary to
restore you to bright buoyant health, in Sher
man’s Prickly Ash Bitters.lt invigorates ar.d
strengthens the debilitated organs,aids diges
tion and dispels the cloudsarising from a dis
eased liver.
—When you go to Augusta stop
at the Augusta hotel." You will re
ceive kind attention and get good
fare.
Calling a halt—“Hi, there, you
cripple!”
The road to ruin leads through
the wicket gate.
Berry pickers get what they can
and can what they get.
A circular saw—the maxim that
travels round the world.
“It is the little things that tell,”
especially little brothers.
You cannot always tell the amount
of gas in a poem by its meter.
Take de lie outen de worl’ an’ de
sweetness would done be gone frum
de truth.
Of course the gay and festive
mosquito whets his whistle at mos
quito bars.
The man who is in the habit of
trying to get to the bottom of things
should beware ot failing overboard
in mid-ocean.
“Define a monstrosity,” said the
teacher, and the children replied in
a ringing chorus. “An insurance
agent with the mumps.”
Dairyman’s son—A mouse has
fallen into the milk. His mother—
Did you take it it out? Boy—No;
I have thrown the cat in.
Rejoice, O young man, in the days
of thy youth, hut remember that,
big as he is, the whale does not blow
much until he reaches the top.
The July Century has an article
entitled “The Temperance Question
in India.” We hadn’t time to read
it, but feel sure it is Jug-er-naut.
Dutch courage—Mrs. Lushforth:
How dare you come home in such
a condition ? Mr. Lushforth: Jus’
bikkoz zi am iu such a condizh’n,
m’ dear.
Mother (reading)—A machine
has been invented that will fling a
man 1,500 feet in the air. Pretty
daughter—Horrors! Don’t let pa
hear of it.
Teacher—Sammie, how many
bones are there in the human—body
your father’s, for instance? Sam
mie—One; he’s the ossified man at
the museum.
Doctor—“Now my little man, you
take this medicine and I will give
you five cents.” Young America—
“You take it yoursell and I will go
you five cents better.”
Young lady—“That parrot you
sold me last week doesn’t talk at
all.” Dealer—“Yes’m; you said you
wanted one that wouldn’t be^a nuis
ance to the neighbors.”
“You do not sing as much as you
used to, Mr. Scales?” said a
young lady. “No,” What is the
matter? I fear I have lost my
voice. “Then let us hope nobody
will find it.”
A lady who advertised for a girl
to do light housework, received a
letter from an applicant who said
her health demanded sea air and
asked to know where the lighthouse
was situated.
He (at dinner)—“May I assist you
to the cheese, Miss Vassar?’, Miss
Vassar (just graduated)—“Thanks,
no; I am very comfortable where I
am; but you may assist the cheese
to me if you will.”
Ella—“Where will you pass the
summer! Are you going into the
country?” Bella—“I don’t know
I’m sure. Papa said something
about going into insolvency, and if
he says so I suppose we shall have
to go there.”
I am sorry to give you pain, Mr.
Furgerson she said to the kneeling
youth, but your score Is a goose egg
this time. Not much, Miss Kajones
he replied, haughtily as he rose up
and took his hat; you can’t prevent
me from scoring a home run.
A musician brought to despair by
the poor playing of a lady-in a room
above his own, meets her one day in
the hall with her three-year-old
child and says in a most friendly
manner: “Your little one there
plays quite well for her age! I hear
her play every day?”
Mrs. Deering—I was surprised
at your condition when you came
in last night. It’s a long time since
I saw you so before.
Mr. Dffering—Now, what’s the
matter ? I’ll swear I was sober last
night.
Mrs. Deering—I know you were,
and that’s what surprised me.
“Since you have insisted on try
ing on my hat, Miss Mable, I shall
certainly claim.the forfeit.” “I don’t
know what you mean, sir, and be
sides this isn’t a good place; they
can see us from the hotel.”
Brown—Whose umbrella is this?
it looks like one 1 lost.
Smith—I don’t see howit can, for
I scraped the handle, and altered it .
generally.
For sick headache, female troub
les, neuralgic pains in the head take
Dr. J. H. Mclean’s Little Liver and
Kidney Pillets. 25 cents a viaL