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Traiii Robberies, A Chinese Funeral Words of Wisdom, aoxova NOXXOO If i<jua .__any kind of -GIVE THE—i- ■ mam JOHN H. HODGES, Proprietor, Devoted to Home Interests and Culture. TWO DOLLARS A- Year in Advance. VOL. XIX. WILLIS PRICE, cottpi mm, MACON, G-A. PERRY. GEORGIA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1889. .47 Xadquartertfor lit The Home Joornal fice is fully prepared to <3 kind of Commercial job work 1 may be needed. All nicely ded, and at prices that will com pete with any city. Call and look at our samples and get our prices, and you will leave your orders. G01? f * GOT10 G©¥YOH Au Episode of Teeth. Boston Courier. . It was about 2 o'clock on a chill morning when Mr. X. presented himself at the door of a doctor in the village of W., and after a series of thundering knocks at the door and a good deal of vigor ous exercise upon the bell handle, succeeded in bringing that gentle- vo Tvoovre OiiOO man to a window overhead. “What is it?" the doctor asked. “Do you pdll teeth?” Mr. X. de manded. “Yes, when I have to,” was the reply. “Then I want a tooth’pulled. “All right. Come back in the morning, and I’ll take, it oat for you.” “Comeback in the morning!” ejaculated Mr. Xr “What do you take me for? Here I’ve been in torment for these two days, and for the last two hours I,ve been hunting all over this confounded town for a dentist, ; and now I’d like to have the job done at once, if there iB any way to fix it." The dentist at first demurred, but at last he consented to come down and get the.gtooth out at once; and after a due interval in which he made his hasty toilet, Mr. X. was.admitted to the house. The chill of the night was every where, but X. was too^inient upon getting rid of the|troublesome mo lar to mind that, and he was duly installed in the operating chair and an examination made. “Hold on there,” X. said, as the dentist having satisfied himself which was the troublesamo tooth, took ap his forceps and prepared for work. “I want to take gas. This toothjhas given me about all the pain I can stand from'it.” f *Well,” the dentist answered, “the gas is a little low, but if you insist, I will give you what there is. It will deaden tbefpain, but very likely you will feel it: Borne.” The conventional breathing-tube ef black rubber was produced, and X. proceeded to inhale for dear life. For a moment the dentist al lowed him to pomp his lungs fall from the gas reservoir, and then taking the breathing-tube away he quickly whipped in his forceps and whipped the tooth out “I did feel it Jsome,” X. ob served, when he was able to get his mouth in a condition^which al lowed him to speak. “Did you?” the dentist asked, sympathetically. “Not much, I hope.” Not so very much,” X. replied. “Still, I kne when it came.” When a moment later, X. pre pared to pay his bill, and asked the price, he $es surprised fc> be told a sum which was so small that it seemed that.© mistake must have been made. ; “But is that all you charge for administering gas?” he hastened to ask. “Oh, bless you!” wee thesmiling answer, “there wasn’t eny gas there. I only let you breathe into the tube to satisfy your imagine tion.” X. did not at first know whether to be vexed or amused, but wisely concluding that the latter was the better policy, he wended his fay home chuckling, and got himself to bed as the first streaks of the coming dawn began to show in the sky. There is a rich family of the name of Lofting in England,whose fortune was founded by the thim ble. The first ever seen in Eng land was made in London less than 200 years ago by a metal worker named Jonn Lofting. The usefulness or the article commend ed it at once to all who used the needle, and Lofting acquired a large fortune. The ^implement was then called the thumb-bell, it being worn on the thumb when in use, and its shape suggesting the rest of the name. The clumsy mode of using it was soon changed, however, but the name, softened into “thimble.!’ remains. Fear naturally quickens the flight of gnili Knowledge is more than equiv alent to force. What cannot be acquired is not to be regretted. Though matrimony may have some painB, celibacy has few pleas ures. Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner. The happiness of love is -in ac tion; its test is in what One is will ing to do for others. If- we will stand boggling at im- aginary’evils, letfus never blame a horse for starting at a shadow. The heart is like the tree that gives balm lor the wounds of men only when the iron has pierced, it. By indulging the fretf nl temper you alienate the affections of. those on whom much fof^your comfort depends. Success soon palls. The’joyous time is when the breeze first strikes your Bails, and the waters rustle under yonr bows. All of us who are worth any thing spend our manhood in un learning the follies or expiating the follies of our youth. There are a great many duties, and we have to balance their claims as best we can. It will not do always to choose our favorites. It would havejfbeen better to have trusted the refinement of our language, as to sound, to the judg ment of onr women, than to half witted poets. Civility,'intended to fmake us easy, is employed in laying chsins and fetters upon ns, in debarring us of our wishes, and' in crossing our moBt reasonable desires. The independence of character, founded upon honest conviction, wiUJnot be disturbed’fatjgthe en vious spirit of contempt by which some people betray their own con ceit. ^ Of all the passions, jealousy is that which exacts the hardest ser vice, and pays the bitterest wages. Its service is to watoh the success of our enemy; itsjwages tojbe sure of it A diamond with a flaw is better than a pebble without. But the flaw adds nothing to the valne of the diamond. People who are extravagant on themselves are often wonderfully ingenious in devising plans of economy for others. What is an^opportunity to a man who cannot make use of it? Au unfecundated egg which is washed away by the waves of time into eternity. There is no man whom fortune does not. visit once in a life-time; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door and flies out at the window. Oar grand basine^e is not to see but * h T /'-"N T T J what lies dimly at a distance, \,_y JjlJj what lies clearly at hand. A bear has beau making,.hsvoo with sheep in Burlington, |£aine, having killed several in that vicin ity. Three traps have been set for bruin, but thus far he seems to have a preference for keeping out of them. He may have had a pre vious experience with traps similar to that of an old bear killed there a year ago. He would*; take the bait from the trap every time it was baited, bat could not be in duced to“pnt his foot into it.’ Finally, a rifle was set for him, and he was killed by it Then the reason for his caution was appa rent for it was found that he had lost a paw in a former tussle with a trap. Something like the miracle of the loaves and fishes was recently performed at Oakland, Me. The managers of a church supper-pre pared for 75 guests, but had an unexpected crowd, and made their supplies spread to the entertain ment of 125 people. IT TOUR RACK ACRES Or yon are all-worn out, really good for nothing ills general debility. Try RROW1PS I ROT RITTERS. It will cure you, and give a good appetite. Bold by all dealers in medicine. Savannah News. Describing the funeral of a Chi-; nese laundryman in New Orleans, j The fobbing of mail and express, the Picayune says: Last evening J cars on the southwestern railways the dead man was laid out in the j j 8 getting te be quite common. Onr shop, which could not have been more than twelve feet square. Be side his coffin, which rested on stocks, was the common ironing board used in the laundry, on which were laid several packages containing food for the dead man to eat on his way to heaven. On his feet rested a plate filled with candies and other sweets, also to be used during the silent journey. The deceased waB cjothed in a blue cambric garment fastened with silver buttons, while his face was covered with a white cloth, which was not removed, but buried with him. Besides the regular furniture of a Chinese laundry there was noth ing more, except a piece of candle punk burning at the foot of the coffin. The incense caused by t tbis burning smelled very much like opium. The punk, as it was called by the Chinamen, resembling large pieces of sea weedffastened secure ly to a foundation of red sealing wax. This burned slowly, giving out a dense smoke, which filled the room. Everything!was cover ed with white. A picture of a Chi nese princess over the door of the partition between the rooms was covered with white cloth. There was no priest or any one to officiate at the house, oriburial ground, nor did the dead man’s friends seem at all concerned about it. Every one worepiishat in the room; even the pallbearers, exceptVfew, wore theirs. The expenses of the funeral were borne by the i "dead man’s friends, and everything of any value that the deceased had was buried with him. It is the custom to burn the ef- fects’of the dead, but in, this case the dead man was poor and had only a fewfthings, which were put on hif his coffin; after it was put into the tomb. The undertaker said it was a fact that never had he buried a Chinrman whose funeral expenses were not paid in advance and if the dead man had no money his friends always paid for him. It is an idea of theirs that the man would not go to the'paradise of the celestials unless hisl'burial ex penses were paid. On the way to the graveyard one of the Chinamen sat on the driver’s seat of the hearse^and. dropped^small slips of paper about four inches long with holes in them, three of them punch ed with a blunt instrument and the rest cut Thqse, it is claimed, hetp the deceased to his heaven. They are made in China and are sent all over the world and used at all Chinese funerals. They are called Xie Tun in the Chinese lan guage. At the graveyard every China man present united in throwing dust on the coffin; each man doing so twice. The tomb belonged to the Societe Chinaise years ago but that society is now extinct, and the only surviving member, John Aben, has the key, which is re leased when a Chinaman dies. A friend, in the true sense of the term, is one to whom yon would not hesitate to speak yonr inmost thoughts, but one does not make such a friend in a week. Of all the evil spirits abroad at this hour in the world, insincerity is the most dangerous. EJLEC'ffKIC BITTERS. „bo well know and so popular as to need no special mention. All who have used Electric : Bitters sing - the same song of praise.—A .purer medicine'does not exist and it is guaranteed to do all that is claim ed. Electric Bitters will cure all diseases of the Liver and Kidneys, will remove^ Pimples, Boils, Salt Rheum and other affections caused by impure blood.—Will drive Ma laria from the system and prevent dispatches on Tuesday contained an account of the robbing of an express car on the Missouri, Kan sas and Texas railway Sunday night, and according to our dis patches yesterday, an express, car on the Santa Fe railway was rob bed on Monday night at a point in the Chickesaw Nation.' These are the latest train robberies. Ev ery few days the dispatches con tain an account of a train robbery of greater or less importance. The robbing of railway trains appears to-be quite an easy way of getting money. It is very seldom that the robbers are caught, and, as a gen eral thing, they meet with very lit tle resistance. The train is stop ped at an out of the way place by exhibiting a danger signal, or is eaptured when stopping for wood and water in a locality remote from a settlement. The passengers^ if they know of the presence of the robbers, do not care to run the risk of attacking them, and would rath ergive up their valuables than to risk the chances of being shot. As a rale the express messenger is not able to defend himself against the robbers, and is forced to give up whatever is valuable in his possession. Once in a while there is an exchange of shots between the express messenger aad the robbers, but in the end the robbers get what they want. -How are the trains to be pro tected against the robbers? That is the question that the railroad officials have not yet been able to answer. They cannot afford to have a dozen or two detectives on each train. The arming of railroad men has been tried, but not with success. There are comparatively few men in charge of a train,, and they are so scattered that it would be difficult for them to resist the attack of a band of train robbers acting together and thoroughly in formed with respect to the part they are to play. And then, train men are not paid for fighting, and they are not. anxious to risk their lives without hope of com pensation. The government ought to help to protect the trains. The robbers are as anxious to get hold of regis tered letters as they are of express packages, and on the ground of defending the mails the govern ment could send armed men in the mail cars of those trains which are the most exposed to robbers. The government does not know exactly what to do with its little army, now that there are very few Indians to look after, and it might not do an unwise thing to employ some of it in protecting mail cars and hunt ing down train robbers. Friday night a party of young men near Bockport, on the Indiana shore, went coon hunting taking with them their guns. About 11 o’clock their dogs trailed an ani mal which turned upon them and put them to flight, The hunters came up, and catching a glimpse of the -animal in fthe imperfect light, concluded that it was a pan ther. One of them fired upon the beast, which fled with a howl of pain. With the aid'bf their dogs they followed, and in about an hour overtook the strange animal, which turned for the purpose of showing fight, but a volley from their rifles stretched it dead. The animal proved to be a female tiger, about three-fourths grown. It is supposed that it had been in the neighborhood for about a year, as the farmers had been suffering that long from depredations coni' mitted by some large animal upon their sheep; pigs and chickens, and attributed their loss to a pan ther. The tiger probably escaped from a eireus. . ----- POSIT IV E BAR G A INS, J. H. HERTZ, Reliable Clothier and Furnisher, MACON. GA- Will give his customers better goods, low er prices, and a larger assort ment to select from. "CTrLd-or-wear. To fit a boy three years old, ortbe largest sized man. 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