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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY JULY 10.1888.-TWELVE PAGES.
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Letter From Rev. TeDe Witt | ing u that this weekly vacation maybe
Talmage, D. D. turned into wassail, Betterhave no/atur-
A TIMELY SUBjECT ABLY DiSCUSSED
It I* l 5 ** 1 Morally nod Waanclmlly to **av©
n Httlf Holiday In Hot Weather—The
People Will ami Should Hava
Time For Recreation.
In his absence from Brooklyn, when his
weekly talks to his people are suspended,
we print letters on timely subjects from
the eloquent pen of the Rev. T. De Wi t _
Talma ire. D. D. That of the date June 29 not b. come a capitalist on a small' scale,
is on ‘ Saturday Afternoon Emancipation,” n *' '
day afternoon free from now until the day
of your death if the-.liquor saloon adds you
to its duiip'ieship.
The rum business is pouring its vi riolic
and damnable liquids down the throats o
hundreds of thousands of laborers, an
while the ordinary strikes are ruinou
both to employers and employes, I pro
claim a strike un veraal against strong
drink, which, if kept up, will be the relief
of the working classes and the salvation
of the nation I will undertake to say
that there is not a healthy labor*}
in the United States who within the
next ten years, if he will refuse all in
toxicating beverage and be saving, may
and following U what he says on this
question:
Our country in a year spends $1,550,000,-
000 for rum. Of course tbe working classes
do a gieat deal of this expenditure. Care
ful statistics show that the wage earning
Whether it is best in cold weather to 1 classes of Great Britain expend in liquors
keen stores and shops and factories going £100,000,000 in liquors, or $500,000,000 a
keep sio.eo t -i| | year. Sit down and calculate, oh, work-
all Saturday may be a qu "ti n that will | j n mRn j kow muc h you have expended in
cvo ke difference of upin.ou, but there can th ” Be direcl on8 . Add it all up. Add up
be no doubt that in hot whether it isi bos wkat your ne jghbors have expended, and
financially and I realize that instead of answering the beck
afternoon. We hail this movement in the ^ ot b er people you might have been you
name of humanity and religion, and sug-j own cu ., 1Ha ii s t. When you deplete a
g-s‘ that all styles of business join in it. workingman’s physical energy you deplete
We shall never have our Sabbaths prop- hig ® al v 1
erly observed until a portion of each secu- J .jq |e gtimulated workman gives out lie
Jar week be proclaimed a holiday. K.eep for(J tke nn8l i, uu l a ted workman. My
clerks and employes at the. counter and the i f atker ea ; ( ]. i, ecan)e a temperance man
wheel from Monday morning to Saturaay j M . {|| e< because I noticed in the har-
night, and all y o u r l> reach'ng from now vt((t Bt , ld t jiat, tbougii I was physically
until doomsday on the text: Remembe , wea k er than oilier workmen, 1 could hold
the Sabbath day to keep it holy, will for (Qnger than t They too k stimu-
the most part be wasted breath. ' Jauts. I took none. A brickmaker in
to the fields or the beach, l am not talking gJoVA. ,t, e abstainer who made th
‘—7 — . . • - wuo SSSuC the
about wnatougiu to w, out about wnat is. fewest bri cks, 740,000. The diflerrnce iu : . XT . . ...
There must be some time «or outing and . . .. . , a u Hla i ner over the indulirer, t T r r ave ^- tn P satisfied this craving*
if it is not taken from man’s time it "ill | ^.7 I He went everywhere, but always seemed
o a mTTPn A V FVFIYTYG I But let “ n the {reed p<>i> alation °! Sa ‘- i
b AI U “■ 1 ih V Ail w. urdav afternoon stand clear of the liquor I . Cincinnati Ptaj-lcWs Kail Condition.
! Mlwms. The only argument that can be From the Clnclnnatt Kauulrer.
made against the Saturday afternoon clqs-1 IJf CUag R UnderhiU; at one time , one
of Cincinnati’s most eminent physicians,
was taken to the City Hospital last even
ing, a raving maniac.
He was placed in a bed in the public
ward in an insiitution, where for years he
had been called as consulting physician in
the most intricate cases.
Once a brilliant leader, he is now a
wreck in every way. Ilm immense prac
tice is gone, ms family hire separated from
him, and he is a pauper, dependent upon
tbe ebarity of those who, In his belter
days, had loved to receive favors from his
hands, and all because of a damnable
hab t. For, while his friends have tried
hard to keep the distressing fact from the
puhlic, he is a confirmed slave to cocaine.
The first physician to introduce the drug
into his practice in the city, he is the first
to fall a victim to its terrible influences.
Five years ago Dr. Underhill stood in the
front rank of medical practitioners. of
Ohio and the West. Fortune had smiled
most generously upon him. He has been
coroner, president of the School Board,
and his practice was unequaled, The beet
families sought his aid in time of physical
woe, ana he was on the go night and day.
All of the noted medical societies of the
la.-d numbered him among their highest
members. He had a lovely borne, a love
ly wife and lovely children. Nothing was
wanting to make his life happy, except
that he was troubled with insomnia.
As this afiiiction grew upon him, he
naturally resorted to unnatural methods,
aud thus the deadly narc sties began to
fasten their clutches upon him. It was a
desperate struggle for mastery between
this grand mind and the awful drug -
but gradually tlicir power asserted itse .
The wonderful mind, set at rest by arti
ficial means, refused to take it without
such aid, and giadually the master became
a slave.
Evidences of his falling be®.., to show
themselves first in an insatiable desire to
UFORflTA SniTTHTi’RN 1 Statistics show that four South Ameri-
VjJhUIVUIA OUU mumn. can countries, Brazil, Uruguay, Chili and
the Argentine Republic, imported last year
Bright Prospects of Macon’s
Line to Florida.
THE COUNTRY TRAVERSED BY IT.
Why the Wut and Not tlio Kant Const
Should he IU Objective Southern
Terminus—'To Tampa on the
Gulf—A Calculation.
SnSiSKjSi rtSUSTt. 'SJ’5 1 "fiftiSi,"»sraxsazasssi u. a
“ ! 1'ZlK-r. KOi ,ick or -ora nut. hut uf MS | |“ S?.2, k “
Ml L^i.rJSSiSSUa. M, morphine
When an army goe« out to the battle the I , , . . % . . T n u J.-
1.*; u. * hia »»« claimed hi
griiTd, grind, grind. The year ta m *n „ nen „„ „, ul/ gu „ uul „ , uo uullre w
present monotony. We PV"^* > *** | th *'V**~ soldier who has water or coffee in his can-
Like all its victims, he
; ,ii d«Tr by an occasional P*t»e, ^‘“ a X.TJo7?nd flghTitur limn ^ ^'fdingly cunning about his pat-
but tlicir chapters of fatigue on wr.ll.- [re W “di«whoh« “hiakfin
° r >em,£Ol0D ° r Perl0d ° r ,mer ’ Mix a man .o fight when he has The Urrible tmh Wgan io daw.
only one contestant,.and that at the street J hJ „.ociates; then it spread to hi
corner. But when he goa. forth U, mus- H e became neglectful of thei
out comma or semicolon or period
Section point. Sunday morning comes in
midsummer, and the father sees around
the breakfast table his pale wife aud droop
ing children, and his own bones ache, and
he has to choose between the church
anil open _ air. The
before noon will be in the
With a stifled cry and a furious thrashing
of its claws, the cat turned over dead.
Mrs. Harris swooned away and lay there
in a pool of blood, with the bloody ami
ferocious-looking animal by her side, till
her husband returned from the store some
hours after. He thought at first that she
was dead, as her dress was almost stripped
from her body from her waist upward,
while big renta were observable in the
skirt. Her face, arms, side and back were
one mass of scratches, but none of them
very serious, as her stout woolen dress had
protected her greatly. By good nursing
and care she is now in a fair way to re
cover. though her nervous system was
greatly shocked by the peril she was in,
"he wildcat was a monster—one of the
largest seen heri abouts for years. It was
half-starved, and probably this is what
caused its savage assault on Mrs. Harris.
“FRKK TRADE IN WHISKY.”
That’s What Mr. Mill* Sava of the Repub
lican Tariff Flank.
8peclal to the New York World.
Washington, June 22—The platform
adopted by the Republican convention
jrcsierday has beeu read with great inter
est by Republican and Democratic Con-
gressm, u here, special attention being paid
to the tariff plank. The inembeis of the
ways and means committee have studied it
with great care and express themselves
upon it with entire freedom.
Chairman Mills said to a World corres
pondent to-day: “It is a very bold declar
ation of the policy of the Republicans.
They have pm their party up lor free
Itisky rather than for a reduction in the
rice of _ the necessaries of life.
L' is the triumph of Mr. Kellry and the
Pennsylvania idea over the Republiciuauf
the West and Northwest. The Republican •
party is now com milled to free whisky and
naval’ stow, U tLu" m“Ung it* one of The | low estimate there will be six square miles ° f,“ ar r ^,* Jctkm^the 11 ^^usmms^dmi?
■ " • " 1 of orange groves to every ten linear mile- * ., / «. ? ! <u»toms rtutie
„ ia . .of thiB railroad south of the Suwannee for th* b.Befit of .he people. 1 am glad
’river. Therefore. 1S3 trains of ihiriy
Quitman, June 30. — Editors Telb-
ORATH: Perhaps no line of road that
makes its way out of Macon will contrib
ute so largely to her rapid growth as the
Georgia Southern and F lorida, running
from Macon to Palatka, Fla. The grading
of this road is nearing completion from
Macon to Valdosta, and in a few months
will be the carrier of freight and passen
gers through a hitherto undeveloped coun
try. The trend of the rosd is directly
southward, and taps the pineries of South
Georgia that have lain in their virgin
state ‘‘since morning stars sang together,”
awaiting steel and steam to • utilize them
for the comfort and pleasure of mankind
The farming lauds along this line are, | or 280,(100 oranges to the acre; 130 oranges
n an average, equal to the best that can 1 to the box will give 2,153 boxen to oneacre.
be found throughout the eutire State,often I One square mile equals 640 acres; 2,153
producing a bale and upward of cotton to boxes to one acre equals 1,1-77,020 boxes to
the acre under good tillage. The people one kquare mile; divided by 260 boxes,
nro clever and hospitable, and are waiting make a car load; 6,512 car loads to the
only for the completion of this railroad to square mile divided by thirty cars to one
swell the bulk ot its freight with their train equate 183 trains of thirty carloads
cotton, melons, vegetables, lumMr and to each square mile, or 640 acres. At a
naval store", thus making it one of the l«w estimate there will be six square milrr
most prosperous roads ever built in Geor- of orange groves to every ten linear mile
manufactured products to the amount of
$250,000,000. Of this, England furnished
about half, France about.365,000,000, Ger
many $15,000,000, and the United States
only $15,000,000. The exports from the
South American countries are correspond
ingly great. The greater part of this ex
port and import trade should, from the
nature of the surroundings, go from and
come to this country. To this end has a
conference been asked for by this govern
ment with these South American countries,
and no doubt will bring about reciprocal
commercial relations. Because of adirect-
ness of a line down the west coast, all of
the freight that comes from or goes to
South America to and from the West, as
well as passeugers, must go and come by
that r ute.
Independent of the results of the com
ing international commercial conventioi-
between the United Siatts and South
America a railway running down the west
coast of the Peninsula of F'lorida would be
afforded enough freight to make it one of
the best pay ing roads on the continent. It
is safe to say that at least 10,(i00 acres, to
begin with) would he devoted to orange
aud vegetable culture, which would He
largely augmented every year.
ORANOE FREIGHTS.
To make a rough calculation, one acre
contains seventy trees, which will average,
when in bearing, 4,OtX) oranges to the tree,
mentof the country. Already sawmills, rH ! n *i dlv . ld f) ^ 120 c, l“ al “ hfu ' #n
turpentine.distilleriM and various <W | and
tain some great battle for God i
and his country, he wants no ram |
about him When the Russians go to bat-
dawn
hi*
neglectful of their
Interests and they slowly dropped away
from him. Then came that most power-
thermometer abuul , when the f‘° TT ful Of narcotics, cocaine. He early learned
JH I nineties. Tlietr t tle ^. cor V" ra ! P 8 *? 68 J 10 "** 11 ®, 1 ,?® “",1 of its benefits in his profession, and was
hoTse stands in the center of a block, and “P® 11 ® l .‘ e V®* 1 * 1 . o{ eyery soldier. If among t j, e fi rgt to introduce it into tins
-jf-sinr a* v®.««
can tempt a cool draught to enter. Ihe Wrr ,® kll t W h»? H« cannot endure I *. h
father puts it to a vote: “All in favor of
church will say aye. All in favor of Pros
pect park will say so.” The noes had it. Do
Evi e&!! that family wicked, The father
lias toiled since early manhood to support
Ilia household, and themother has drudged
for the last fifteen years to keep her chil
dren well and respectable. Witness those
living. Witness those dead. Now, what
is needed is free Saturday afternoons. Then
the toiling millions will have no excuse
for Sabbath breaking. Saturday
afternoon for an outing, Sabbath
day for the soul. If by grand
conspiracy all the businesa men of these
cities would plot for the overthrow of Fab-
bath desecration, let them nnhaniMs the
six hours of the elosing week and turn]
them out into the suns nine and the fresh
air. “idhat an absurd thing you have
done,” I said to a committee who had ad
vertised me to lecture in Exeter hall, Lon
don. at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon.
“Why, that U the time when all the peo
ple are busy in winding op the work of
the week, and we shall have no audience.”
“Oh, no,” (hey said, “all London is free
on Saturday afternoon, and it is the
best time for All styles of entertain-
■ ment." 8o 1 found a thr nged assem
blage at an hoar when, in our Steinway
ball or in our Academy of Music a gath
ering of that sort would bfe an impo-sibif-
ily. Now, what is good for London and
Manchester is good for American towns
and cities. The trouble is. we do not ex
ercise enough common sens in theae mat
ters pertaining to the welfare of ihe public,
and in regard to the advancement of the
Christian religion. We lay out some plan
that suits uur case, hut do not recognize
the fact that that plan may (ail to suit the
uses of a vast multitude of our popula-
I advocate the Saturday afternoon
i ^ ii-i. .. it, that morphine, failing to give him the
barracka. Why? He cannot end j l . r ® I desired relief in bringing on sleep, he be-
fatigne. All our young men know this practicing upon cocaine, and before he
When they are preparing for a regatta or ^ >hake off £ yokej hc was hopelessly
fnr a hall club, or for anathlatc wrestling 1 • d t j ie po*»ibility ot retreat. It threw
they abstain. Our workiugpeople will be it / lm ,rible tentacles about him and com-
wtser after a while, and _ the money they I j |e jy eng hr 0U ded him. He was a most
fling away on hurtful indulgences they I ^ eyou ^ slaye
will put into co-< peratire associations, and | Neglect of his practice rapidly followed,
so become capitalists.
Have eaiurday afternoon free, but by
all means have it sober.
and then his wife, after a desperate strug
gle to break him loose from the chains
that hound him tight, was compelled to
Prociur Kush'S *<tvle«. | leave him. Occasionally he would pre-
From the Cincinnati Tlmcs-Stnr. I tend to brace himself up aud fight anew
The address at Annapolis this year in the battle of life. But these exertions
behalf of the board of visitors w«s made j were of short duration, and soon lie would
by Hon. J. Proctor Knott. To the naval | fink back into the old habit,
-adds lie said among other tilings: '‘If
isknd the owans of success I would
patience in waiting, promptness in acting,
persistency in doing. Don’t be afraid you
won’t have time to prepare yourselves be
fore you aro a rear admiral. At tbe pres-
imluBtru-s begin to line the route of the »» J3'
Georgia Southtrn and F'lorida Railway. gHnn/ nt^ ’ ’ W ‘ e ^ u& t he orange
A.»hwringing ,„b
sites nmrrvinir lumber free for the b iidillff n e" ce aud one that will assume gigantic
chinary and lumber for tie erectio , of I Ld
iSTlhicu * ^recedeiR ^Tn the Stated! incuts to roads for carriage. The mullet
SSSS out by thc iH rivaliDg the cod ti8hin «°'
““S^s^^oXtrin^d^ ThLf wait many other advantage-
fsTershn, Id bTXanM 8 offcred ° T ® r a ».V o‘h«part of Florida, will
tr ^nn«n° thranJl? th« n*m«» ami wirpfrraM I 8 lVe llie ^ e8t ^° a81 LlDe pWCedeili C Over
„,e Tad b m. n kt ite Zj until A “ Uld ,MM " ibly ^ "
V i , d‘ , and h varX U ot n hSwhU^ill hi N ® r « ^ it is sl.o
melons and wotl ,. o{ ^ therc are 0Ter „ m „.
r n tht Uonoldol't" awaiting the builder* of
transit to the great We*L It u anmrdfi- t f 0(ll donalion , >.
jSJWluSft V h .id h osU b6 .nrt Florid®.’ JosKrt, T.ixmaw
susceptible to the largest development. othcr branches.
The country through which the road is to I Flom the Hawktnsvllls News,
run, from Valdosta to I’alatka, is »ot *o Preliminary survey* have been made —
inviting as that above, but the way to that a propoled ne ' w rai i road ( ro m Hawkin.ville
part of Florida by thi* route t* ao much to Fullingtou’* Mill, on the Georgia South-
shortened, and passenger and freight rates „„ and K i orida road in Itooiy county,
so much cheaper that this line will be a | We have been unable to learn anything
huig sought boon to t«e —azt cons, c.. dc g n |; e in regard to this new movemenf
Fl‘'” da - , _ , I but it is Saul that the parties interested ii
The Georgia Southern and Florida thus th( maUer mcan bosioaH. Tho News wil
upajanpa widi-.ind rich territory to Macon | k( . ( p au evc lIn . „„ w ril ; lr | dl . ;l |.
Three
are ago he had
He was practically then a wreck, but
his wiie aud many friznds still clung to
him.
Two years ago his control of his mental
ent rate of promotion you will have ample faculties became lost, and he went to the
opportunity. When yon see the appliances I hospital, although not quite so hopelessly
of tho Atlanta and tne construction of the I ns last evening. _Bix < **-- ' : -
Constitutioa yes may think there U no | wife, finding _tne fight
8ix_ months later, hu
‘a vain one, iett hin
room left for your'invention. It Is a I forever, a broken-hearted woman, th
grave mistake. W« have but touched 1 struggle to save him having nearly wrecked
the domain of progress. History I her life.
proves that we have truths lying Gradually hc sunk in the scale until he
before us waiting for some plodding think-1 became a dependent upon hia friends,
er to bring out. t want to submit a prop-1 All efforts to chide him or reform him
osition to yon; as Colonel tellers says, I were like chaff before the wind.
“I'here’a millions in it.” There is a metal Pleadings wire in vain, for promises
a lit le lighter than water, more tenacious | most enthusiastically made, were onlv
than steel, more burnlshtble than silver; I given to be broken is as formed,
he who can find ont the way to make it at I The disappearance of bis wife and chil-
100 per cent, the price of steel, he will not 1 dreu did not seem to affect him, except to
oni» revolutionize the nzval armor of the I occasionally bring tears to his eyes, not to
world, but will make his assets such that I weaken his passionate devotion to his god
the combined wealth of Gould and Vander-1 His beanlilnl home passed away, and
bilt will be but spending money. Now 11 strangers came and occupied the rooms
and I that had known so many happy hours for
.lid tr
into, her
dii’.-j, •-
Central
i tin- Perry 3
f reference to the cnnl which appears
ar thU week’s isatie, it w i 1 1 be H*en
that our people are niovinif in th*
‘ matter ol better rail.oad faciiitLs. Tl.r
design is to build a branch from Perry to
| the Georgia .Southern on the east, and
' on the A. and F. on the west,
are convinced that our best citizens
ears and seven months to I are enlisted in this movement, and arc de-
il road from Savannah to Macon ;| termined it shall not fail. Everyman
WOMAN AND WILDCAT.
want you to fo»m a stock company and I that i
take me on the ground floor tor giving I him.
. I - — * - — 1m *\.A Ci.o. I V. .1
closing on the ground of i you the suggestion. Then take in the Sec-1 For months he had an attendant who
(coiioiuics as well as on the rctary of the Navv and the board of visit-1 waited diligently upon him, but soon that
found of fairness. Yon all know the dif- ore to give it tone. Do not think this is last service was lost to him. For three
hrence between cheerful labor and dull a fooli*h jest. It i» poreibl*. It will be | month*, he ha* been dwelling in one room
labor, between healthy work and *ickly done, possibly, before some of yon retch in his house on John street, two door*
• • ■ ‘ ‘ age’* I from Clinton atret. getting hu meal* as
^ ' 1 best he could. His clothes had become
disgracefully shabby, and one could
work, between a tired brain and a rested
brain, between a weak arm and a strong
zrtn. Put it down in your minds a* a state
ment, for which 1 challenge contradiction,
that clerks, mechanics, employes of all
•orts, will do more work in five (lay* and a
half than j - -- ‘
l***e, and you reinforce your
LOW BATES TO TUB FAIR.
On. Vara from All I’olnts In th. AiljolalnR j scarcely recognize in tbe dilapidated be-
stat... I ing, the once great doctor.
Col. TV. J. Northen, who wa* in the llis Iriend* have been prepared for the
in nix. Give this proposed re- city iut night, is In receipt of the follow-1 worst for weeks. They knew that a cli-
1 you reinforce your store,! ing letter from the Southern Psssenger As-1 max was but a matter of a short time
your shop, your factory. ’You put gociition, dated June 29th. . ~ v
Another wheel into the mill race: you put I “W. J. Norihen, President, Sparta—I like a mad-man, armed with loaded re-
•xoiher salesman behind your coun- 1 Dear Sir: Your favor of the 11th Inst, re- yolvers end striving to persuade his
»«r; you add another line of profit questing rates to Macon end return for the friends to believe that be was about to U:
to your account book. You fatteu all Georgia Stare F»ir, was submitted to the abducted.
‘be other days of the week on rat* committee of the Southern Passenger Last evening about 9:30, some gentle-
lb* Saturday after noon banquet. It means Association at iu last meeting, and rate* men weie .tending in front of Klayer’s
Dure money instead of less for a’l capital- of one fare for the round trip authorized I drug store, at John and Clipton street-,
|»l» and business firms. Doe* the physician from point-in Georgia, Alabama, North I heard three shots fired in rapid succe*stou,
j**ve a Icm pruspvrous profemion because Carolina, South Carolina, Florida and I followed by tbe screams of womeo. They
^ announces his office lioura onlv from 10 .Tennessee, except that from A tlanla the divined the cause at once and rushed to
to 12 or from 3 to 5? No That arrange- j rate may be $2, and from Savannah and the doctor’s house.
w«nt concentrates and augments. Instead t Brunswick $3 50 for the round trip. They I Lu Klayer rushed In and found him
much of the time ha ing your clerka a Uo authorized (our cents per mile one way part|y undressed with the smoking weapon
lonngifig about the store with nothing to for the round trip from poinU outside of I in his hand. After a short struggle he
•to, thev w..uld be more consecutively |i,« Rt.i*. nsmed shore. Tick.u to h. I (ook it from him and he was «-->
h; -y. lour prosperity uepends not on tbe -old on two day. in each week ami limited KI.W. home. An ambulance .u sum-
nuiiiber of hourn your enlablishment in to five days from date of sale. Yours very
°P"» upon the amount of work done | truly, - , M SLACOirnw,
vmle it ia oiien. Of course, to accom-t * c Assistant Commissioner.
this there must he a combination I Col. Northen will go to Monticelio this
effort. If a few dry goods estab-1 oiorning wnen he will endeavor to induce
ujmnient* close ar*i o»hers are kept o|H*n, 1 tlie people of Jas|»er county to make an
Jbe open stores wilt rob the others of cus- exhibit. The list of counties to be repre-
If a few grocery stores close and. seated at the fair is gradually growing
Jy^rs decline to join in the movement, | larger, aud right now a magnihceut agn-
, ^ "i‘l take the patronage of the , cultural display Is assured.
l/w on Ssi if ‘ he “ OTe "‘«>‘ l r, ri * ht , f “l: timer. Klfteil by »..p.redo...
7 *ei on loot, all the respectable estab- I i t f„i. •» _A .lr.nrr.tr
‘°,‘- n lt ’ * nd d *’Jj r .' 6ght S * v.e.n’u itedState.o«e*reand two
°“ ,h > *“ b J ec . 1 W . ,U notorious desperedoe* took place at a Green
w te.rkrd as uniymptlhetic aud put under ““‘® r dasMi aMr K.f.nla, Ute Saturday
,/ '" ln . of poblic oninion, and alt good a ,®™ t United Stair. Uarshali PhiUipsand
“‘0 and women will say: “Let ns P*t- , UcUlonchffn attended the dance with the
mnirethest esUblUhuient which are kind t .xpectetion of arresting some escaped out-
“their employes, and let u« turn our | awi- They found two whoni they wanted,
» W ^i 0n . ll1 ® comm «rci»l Grad grind..” I. brothers named Barrett. The "T
■wild like to sound the keynote fused to surrender, and io the fight which
» hnmanit.rian and ChrUtion MUjni MUip "" filStaSSlSSfiSS
J'terementwhich .h.ll enlUt all deMere’
The doctor has been going about much
Klayer’s home. An ambulance was sum'
moned. and, although the doctor fought
desperately, he was overpowered and taken
to the hospital, where Ire lies in a very
serious condition.
Mr. Mart
om Antlbr Igo (M ——
Patrick Murphy, the politician of Deer-
brook, wo. in town last Monday,but not in
hU usnal jovial apirits. lie had an en
counter with a saw-log a few days before
which nearly prostrated him. He wanted
to kill a vicious dog, so with rifle in hand
be went in pursuit of the vicious cur, and
while standing on a tog taking aim at the
dog the log rolled, turning himself and gun
under, bending the barrel of the rifle and
bolding him down by the head. Th. dog
seeing him in that condition sought re
venge by catching him by tbe seat of the
pants. Th* dog having the advantage, of
course, was active and not at all particular
about the size of tbe mouthfuls taken. Pat
- -..Hem wnicn snail enlist an aeaiers --—— . . . ■ didn’t atate exactly how many chews the
1‘tor hanger* and fo—ddrrmtn saving to I An exchange says: There are morepuo. beard the racket, and thinking Pat wai
••'y«^‘urd»L tito’®®®" Ihe *« ha
Jour body aod|Suntlay for your sonL” ^etva the nolle ot tbe pram. pounding PaL
the (alnos thereof will be poured
if thousands of dollar- monthly
ffers. If _
ousent to the building of the
ill way, she has, through 1
younger, progressive and energetic
\\\ R. Sparks and Jell Lane, extended
courteous and welcome hands to this last
offspring of her power.
It took
build a r
ainiusi within a year wiii a road from j within tho scope ot this market should
Macon to Valdosta be completed. The en- take a deed interest in this meeting. F'or
ginecring skill displayed uy Capt. W. H. I R meant, if successful, cheaper freights
Wells, chief engiueer, in locating tbe line both ways; therefore higher priers for col-
proves him to be thoroughly capable und I ton and lower prices on all we buy. We
proficient in hid profession. Through his I urge upon all to attend, and to come with
pert set ^knowledge of th* route and great I the purpose of taking bold in dead
engineering ekfll, many difficulties and | niMtemfl
much extra expense were avoided in its
construction that materially added to its
financial success. I Terrific Encounter, in Which th. Former
The work on the entire line is done in cnm. off th. winner,
first-cli-s style, and I dsre affirm that not I u.i,.
another road throughout the South hi. Mrs. G. F. Harris, living ngar WekWa
ever been constructed so well, at such a 1 river, wime five miles from Pauls, FIs., is
small cost and so expeditiously. the latest heroine in wild animal encoun-
Thi* line to Palatka open* up the cut ter-. A correspondent of the St. Louis
coist of Florida to Macon and possess*.I Globe.-Democrat thus describes the fierce
many advantages,' but if the managers of fight:'
tbe Ui.ugi.i Southern and Florida rail-1 Day before yesterday, tarty in the fore-
way should, from some convenient point I noon, Mr*. Harris heard a terrible nproar
above Valdosta, diverge from its present I in the yard, where her feathered pets were,
route, run out toward Quitman, thence to I Snatching up tbe heavy rolling-pin with
Madison, Fla., and I which sne was rolling out dough, she
down thx west COAST I rushed out to their defense. As she en-
of the peninsular to Tampa to deep water, I tered the yard great was her dismsv to en-
it will hare, beyond a doubt, the best pay-1 counter a big, lerocious wildcat, that was
ing line of road in th* South. The writer I lying down and tearing a big pet Plymouth
has mad-' a close and critical examination I Rock pet into pieces. Tbit made her mad,
of the entire route and confidently affirms I ami, not stopping to count tbe danger, ihe
tbst it is the best country to build a rail-1 stepped forward aud gars the beast a heavy
road through its entire length to be fonnd blow on tbe head with her weapon. The
in the South. I cat, though knocked over, sprang up at
If this detour i» made the route will run I once, and with a snarl of pain and rage
into Brooks county—tbe banner county for sprang at her, its bristling bsir and wide-
dotton, corn, pindcre, oats, bacon, beef, open jaws, with iterowsof glistening teeth,
mutton, melons, fruits and vegetables, and I forming a picture to appall the stoutest,
the freight will be immense from thisoonn- Nothing daunted, brave Mrs. Harris again
ty alone. It is estimated that more than a
thousand car loads oi melons will be
shipped from Brooks county this season.
It is reasonable to conclude that the entire
shipments from this county are equal in
the aggregate to the entire’shipments over
the Savannah, Florida and Western rail
road when first built. This county ia yet
in ite infancy as to what it can lie brought
UP to with proper railroad (- mM— tra
versing it from‘north to south. Whit is
true of this county is also true ; in the
mail;, of the counties north of us in Geor
gia and south of us in F'lorida.
A line down the west coast will be
wholly without competition in ite entire
length, as it will not parallel any other
road iu existence, and will pass through
more fertile land than all the balance of
the peninsular put together. The pine
lands are so magnificently timbered that
they will supply sawmills lor many years
iq come. The land, when denuded of its
pine growth, will be found to be rich agri
cultural ground, inviting the corn and cot
ton planter, and the orange and vegetable
grower.
Such a road will tap the entire South
Florida railway systems at their southern
or south ends, und will shorten thedutenre
from South Florida to the IVest, via
Macon, more than two hundred miles ever
ail otber lines. Whenbnilt this route will
become the gateway between the West,
North and South and the Weal Indies and
South America because of its directness.
There are now being formulated plans for
a sntisole t sam • Visa m ^ u a / IT
they have done this. The cnuntiy
knows exactly where the Republicans
stand. There can lie no mistaking the issue
of the campaign. We will go before tbe
country sod heat the Republicans out of
their bools next Novi m er on the very
battle ground they have chosen.”
“About the attack upon the administra
tion ?”
‘‘Oh, the Republicans have simply pur
sued the 11 mi a! course of partus ont of
lower.” Reading the declaration that the
Republican parly is and always has been in
svorot o vil service reform, Mr. Mills
laughed and said:
"What nonsense I When they held the
rein- of government they made a feint in
the direction of reform in tbe civil service
with much osient lion and tond appeals to
the country to wituess the mauiLsiallon of
their virtue. They made no serious at
tempt to enforce the law, refused appropri
ations to carry It out ami starved the re
form babe to death. In view of this record
it won’t do for the Republican party to
prate about civil service reform,”
shermaa'z HiilMttWlj.
From tbe Chicago Herald.
‘You talk about John Sherman being
cold-hearted.” said an enthusiastic Ohioan
vesterdsy. ‘‘It isn’t true. I know John
Sherman very well, and I know a case in
Mansfield, Obio, where a poor widow would
have lost her little home if it had not been
for John Shprmsn.”
“How was that?” a-ked a number of lin-
tener-.
“Well, there was a poor widow in Mfin-
ficld, who-e husband wa- killed in ihe
II 1 ' had bought a little home before
he enlisted and gave a mortgage (or the
avHaul < ( a imri ,»( il»e purciiaac money
n a hankt-'r. Ihe war lasted longer than
'■>' thought for, and after awhile the inier-
-1 on that mortgage became due, and that
-ior woman had no money to pav it with,
u her distress, she appealed 'to John
Sherman, and lie Immediately bought the
obligation Irom the banker and a—ured
the widow that she need not worry any
more about It, and she didn’t.”
Here a heart* cheer wmt up from tbe
crowd in appreciation of Mr. Sherman’s
kindle action.
“What’s the name of the widow, and
where does she live?” inquired s voice in
the crowd.
“Ob, she went out to Nebraska teaching
school, and Mr. Sherman owns the proper
ty now."
And then there were no more cheers
(or Mr. Sherman’s philanthropy.
It Was Hot.
From the LaGrange Grepbtc.
“Yes,” said the Troup county liar, “lalk-
ing about hot weather, 1 hare seen some
mighty hot weather,” and he gased over
the crowd that was gathered around him
in the court house yard the other day.
“Tell us about it,” exclaimed the crowd
anxiously.
“Well, you see I happened to remember
s little incident that occurred out here In
tbe country a few yean ago," said he. as
he borrowed a match with which to light
his pipe, promising to retu'n it soon. “A
friend of mine came to this counter back in
the sixties some time and loco ted a farm.
He bnilt a house away down in a hollow,
became he said he thought it would
be more pleasant. llis house
was con.-tructed of logs, weather-boarded
on both tides, and was a pretty strong af
fair. Along in the summer the west er
began to get hot. Well, one day he and
hi* boys went home to dinner and while
they were eating it got so hot and they
perspired so much that it formed steam
and ju»l filled the home full and in a lit
tle while the bouse exploded just like a
bomb and killed ev-ry one of the family,
niyrelf inelvded,” and he gsz-d around
with bloodthlrsiv look to see if th>re was
one in tbe crowd that doubted the state-
tttefft ‘ I sm a.; very mi: up os the
tarifl, but I am a candiaate for the Legis
lature.”
A Mu»lral Cab
From the Americas Republican.
A friend tells u* that about six weeks
aro a little boy in the romury fell and
broke his leg. 'After it was fixed and
didn’t heal as readily aa bis surgeon
thought it ahunld, it was irritated and the
b y bad it re-set. His mother gare him a
mouth baip to pat* away his time on.
He owned a cat, and wbeoevery he blew
on bis harp Tabby would get on tbe bed
and enjoy tbe mnsio. At last ahe thought
this a selfish act, and when the little boy
would take bis bsrp she would scutnper
off, get all the cats in the place and march
them iu to hearth* music. One morning
she sprang upon tlie harp and tried to
hit the animal a sweeping blow on the side,
which hurled It over and over. The ani
mal’s rsge increased by the hits, and in an
inateut the' ferocions beast jumped at her
throat and succeeded in seizing hold of her
drew nezr the shoulder, while ite daws be
gan tearing her side. She rained blow
after blow on her assailant, but to no pur
pose. She felt its cruel teeth grasp her
; hr,aider Use a. virc, while the bleed sawed
from scratches on her arms and side. Snm-
tnoning all her strength, she brought down
the club on the cat’shead with a resound
ing whack. Her drew gave way, and the
animal sank to tbe ground partially
stunned.
Giving it another hit she turned and ran
out of the yard, dosing the gate and start
ing for tbe house, the tow of blood and the
terrible strain beginning to tell on her.
The wildcat seemed frensied in its rage at
her escape as it recovered, and, jumping
up a small tree in the inclosure, leaped
over and sped after tffir. As the woman
entered the door tbe cal camght np with
her, and, with a flying leap, grabbed her by
the shoulder. Tbe woman, with a cry for
help, fell forward, dropping her rolling-
pin, which rolled ont of her reach. As she r __ _ ____ m
fell with outstretched arms her right band produce th* sound she iovidso well, tnd
raion to the
accidentally fell upon several lightwood i her action* were a great d
knots that were lying by the stove for fuel. 1 suffering boy.
Mechanically her fingrreeloaed on one, and
the recognized that she bad a serviceable I A Five-Foot Cucumber.
we pon. Round to sudden * rengtli and j From tbe Baxley Banner,
fury by her precarious position, she turned , Mr. I!. J. Rubcnon’s 44J inch cuenmber,
. ,, , and dealt the snarling cat blow after blow that was spoken of in the Banner two
a subsidy from this government for a line v i t „ t b* iron-like point of the lightwood , weeks ago, is now a Utile oyer do inches
ot steamers to ply between Tampa Bay and knot . Providence, it appear*, directed her long. Mr. Roberson will have tho cu> m,
*omo of the most important South Amen- gim, for on th* second blow tbesbarp point her here on next Tnesdsy at th* tgriett!In-
“i tye to tbe brain.*r~" *'
can ports.
I entered the animal’s eye
: tal