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VOL. XXVII. NO 6
SNAILS.
In every community there is |
a gang of mosshacks who stub
bornly oppose public improve
ments. They are respectable
oit- ms and taxpayers, but they
w nonprogressive, and devoid
' of genuine public spirit. They
don’t object to improvements
in tliemsolves, but they most
•trenously object to the added
burdens in the way of taxation
they will be called on to pay,
/Th is class of obstructionists
haue to he met and overcome
in every city that ever amounts
to anything. There is not a
largi- city in the country but
had to deal with and down pre
cisely this kind of opposition
in establishing parks aud other
improvements that have helped
their growth and prosperity so
materially.
There is only one course to
take with obstructionists of
this sort —drivo the chariot of
progress right over them, and
go ahead with the work of city
building.
FRANK DIN’S LOAN.
We often learn by sad expe
rience that it is a very unwise
plan to ‘give’ money to the
poor. It is much wiser eithei
to loan or to require some slight
return in "work. This plan
fends to raise the respect of the
recipent, rather than to form
the easily acquired habit of
begging. In an old English
magazine we find-the following
letter from Dr. Franklin to
some unknown beggar; it is
amusing as well as instructive:
“April 22, 1784.
“I send you herewith a bill
for ten Louis-d’or. I do not
pretend to give such a sum; 1
only ledd it to you. When you
shall return to your country
you canted fail of getting into
some business that will in tine
enable you to pay all your
debts. In that case, when you
meet with another honest man
in similar distress, you must
pay me by lending this sum ti
him, enjoining him to discharge
the debt by like operation when
be shall be able, and shall meet
with such another opportunity.
hope it may thus go through
many hands before it meets
with a knave to stop its prog
ress. This is a trick of min*
for doing a deal of good with a
little money. 1 am not rich
enough to afford much in good
work, and so am obliged to be
earning and make the most o!
a little.” —Harper’s Round
Table.
PITH AND POINT.
Some genius will tell tin
world how to utilize the mi
crobe. —Puck.
She—Does the baby take after
its mother.
He—Well, it hasn’t begun to
talk yet.
“I think the joke has been
carried far enough,” said tin
editor, as he marked “accepted”
on it.—Brooklyn Life.
“Now for another arctic ex
ploration” said Fogg as he star
ted on a search for his over
shoes. —Boston Transcript.
The indestructibility of mat
ter is the one thing that saves
the universe from wreck at Un
hands of the small hoy.—Puck.
Hopeful: “I ln-ur that you
are a widow,” said the one who
hail been abroad.
“Yes, just at present,,” said
the one in black. —Indianapolis
Journal.
“Strange that these old clocks
are always called ‘grandfather’s
clocks.’”
“Yes, and I’ll wager a cooky
that the grandmothers had to
wind them.”—Chicago Rec
ord .
Teacher—Now, Thomas, why
do we all love George Washing
ton?
Pupil—'C'ausi school let’s out
on his birthday, and he was the
Fa*her of his Country —Puck.
Manager—Everything set for
that farmyard scene?
. Property Man—Everything
but the heq.
Once more the eternal femi
nine and the exigencies of
realism were in di e conflict. —
Cincinnatii Euquirer.
Man (to Dentist) —I want
• vou to kill this nerve, please.
I’m expecting some money in a
’ few days, and then I’ll cal)
around and pay you.
Dentist (sarcastically)—l
can’t kill such a nerve as you’ve
got. —Fun,.
Layman —Realism, eh? Now
e,«-ou don’t mean to tell me the
cun really sets like that?
Artist —Ha, ha, my dear fel
low. yon dots’! grasp the insig
ntfioince of the new art at all.
That, sir, is the way the sun
ought to sat.—Detroit Jour
nal.
The Gwinnett Herald.
THE COLONEL’S WIFE.
BY C. B. LEWIS.
One day a mail rider arrived
at the frontier fort with such
news that a sergeant and six
men and an ambulance were
ordered out within an hour to
escort and convey the colonel’s
wife down to the railroad. This
was a trip of forty miles. For
the first ten miles it was over a
level plain, then the trail ran
through the scrub, along the
foothills, over five miles of des
ert, around the south base of
the mountain and straight down
to the railroad. It was a hard,
rough trail. It took the army
wagons from t hree to four days
to make the forty miles. We
could make it in two if allowed
to pursue our way in peace. It
was queer enough that the col
onel should come down to us in
person as we stood beside our
saddle horses, knowing nothing
of where we were to* go or the
object of our trip, but stranger
yet that all “military etiquette”
should go out of his voice and
demeanor as he said:
“Men, 1 am going to send my
wife down to the railroad to go
East. You are to be her es
cort. It is a case of life or death
or she would not go. lam
afraid of the Indians, and yet i
think yotl will get through all
right. You are to make' tin
best time possible. If attack
ed—”
“We shall beat them off, sir,’
replied Sergeant Gregg, after
waiting half a minute for the
colonel to finish.
“I hope you can. 1 can only
send seven of you and a driver.
Eight men ought to beat off a
hundred Indians, unless taken
in ambush. Be watchful ami
prudent. Sergeant, you. are an
old Indian fighter. You will
know best what to do. Yon
will get away by 1 o'clock
Travel as fast ns you can and
is late as you can,, so ns to fin
ish the journey to-morrow. If
you are attacked—”
The colonel did not finish
He looked at each man and
horse, inspected the ambulance
aud its pair of mules, and with
a half nod to us he walked
away. His wife must go, and,
owing to details and sickness,
no commissioned officer could
be sent along. If the Indians
were out an escort of twenty
men would not lie too large
Only eight of us were to 450.
Had he finished his sentence lie
would have sa-d:
“If attacked and you are
about to fall into the hands of
the red devils, do not let my
wife be captured alive.”
We understood what he meant
though wo said nothiug’to each
other. No matter what he or
anyone else feared, the little
woman was almost merry as
she took her seat in the ambu
lance for the start. She treat
ed us to the fullest extent, and
that feeling made every man
worth three. ’ Our horses were
in line fettle,, and the first ten
miles were covered in a gallop
Then the way became so rough
that wo could only proceed at a
walk. We wound through the
scrubby cedars and pines to the
crest of a low mountain, and
then descended into Little Val
ley at just 5 o’clock. A dash
across the valley to the base of
blue Mountain would put us in
ctfmp for the night. We had
progressed famously well, and
had not yet sighted an Indian.
Three different times we had to
bridge chasms which mountain
torrents had cut out within a
week, and twice we had to drag
trees and logs out of the path
before we could go on.
Nothing had happened when
we reached the valley, and as
we looked around us and across
it nothing could lie seen to
alarm. We hack just taken the
ropes off the blocked wheels of
the ambulance when the war
whoop of the hostile Indians
sounded behind us, and we look
ed back over our trail to catch
sight of a hundred mounted
warriors bearing down upon us
They had picked our trail and
run us down.
“Mount 1 Now,straight across
the vulley! Fall in to the rear
of the ambulance.”
Tim voice of the old sergeant
was hard and linn as he spoke
The curtains of the
were up, and 1 glanced at the
colonel’s wife. Slue had seen
aud heard. Her cheeks had
LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, TU !SDAY, APRIL 20th 1897.
paled, but she was removing a
repeating rifi from its hooks
as we fell in behind the vehicle.
It was a clear five-mile dash.
The prairie was as level as a
floor, and the mules needed no
urging after hearing the yells
of the Indians. The soldier
driver wound the lines about
his bands, braced his feet and
away we went.
We had a start of half a mile.
No man looked back. The pace
was not a hot one, and there
was cover five miles away. The
Indians gained on us, but only
inch by inch. The mules took
up such ajgait that our horses
had to lie right down to it to
keep up. Not a word was spo
ken as' we rode, but every ear
listened to locate those coming
up behind us. If they came
too near we must halt and open
fire while the ambulance pushed
on. We had almost reached
cover before three or four rifle
bullets came singing over our
heads. Three minutes later we
were among the trees and rocks
and the race was ended. As
the ambulance halted and we
Hung ourselves off our horses I
looked back and saw a band of
at least seventy Indians almost
within rifle shot, of us, The
road struck the hills at a gulch,
and they dnred not follow us
into tlint. They gave vent to
their disappointment by shouts
and yells and a waste of aimi
nition, and for a few minutes
they had no plan in view.
“Well, we beat them in a
fair race,” Haid the colonel’s
wife, as she descended from the
ambulance with the rifle in her
hands. “Sergeant Gregg, what
are you going to do now ?”
“Take cover, ma’am,” he re
plied, as lie gave her the mili
tary salute.
“Yes, of course,” she said,
as she looked about “Did you
ever see a pair of mules run
faster ? I might have got a
shot but for you men behind.
There must be nearly a hun
dred Indians out there, but I
guess wo are safe enough now.”
She rattled on in that fashion
while we were taking the mules
from the ambulance and unsad
dling our li-.rses, and it was
a great weight off our minds to
realize that she would not bo n
burden on our hands. It was
idle to think of pursuing our
journey in the darkness which
would soon close down, and be
fore more morning there would
ho plenty ‘of Indians on the
trail beyond. We must take
cover and hope to stand them
oIT until help arrived, or they
grew discouraged at the siege.
As we were consulting about
location and defense the col
onel’s wife came bafck to us
from the mouth of the gulch
aud said:
“There’s the place, over to
the left, men. There’s aspring
on that hill, with a good growth
to shelter all, and you can' see
plenty of bowlders lyingabout.”
The sergeant had selected the
same spot, and in the course of
a quarter of an hour we were
occupying it. We got the
horses and mules up there, but
the vehicle was left behind. It
was a cone-shaped hill amid
half a doxeu such, but it com
manded the others. It was cov
ered with pines and cedars of
small growth, and there was a
splendid spring right in the
crest. If the Indians had been
fierce in their pursuit or crafty
in their plans, we could not
have reached it. It was the
outbreak of war again with
them, and they were overeuu
tious. They drew back into the
valley to consult, thus giving
us a fair show, and we were
snug euough when night fell,
and they made a dash for us,
which we easily repulsed.
Darkness found us occupying a
circle about forty -feet across,
l with stones and bowlders and
trees for shelter, and though
the situation was an anxious
one and full of danger, all were
in good spirits. We made a
tire between two rocks and
cooked our suppers, aud by the
use of blankets we put a tent
for the colonel’s wife, though
against her protests. After one
single effort of the Indians,
which was doubtless more of a
recouuoissance than an attack,
we were leu in peace, though
all through the night we heard
sounds to prove they were tak
ing up positions on all sides of
us and making ready for the
morrow.
None of us except the womi i
slept, an hour all night lon
We used levers to loosen bow -
dors and roll them into the cir
cle, and with our knives we ci
off limbs and cut down sina I
trees to further strengthen 01 r
fort. We got the horses into a
sort of gully below ns and made
the position as safe as possible,
and when daylight came there
was nothing more to be done.
We had about <‘>oo rounds of
ammunition, food for three
days and water was at hand.
Daybreak found us ready for
an attack. The colonel’s wile
took her place, rifle in hand,
between two men, and for half
ait hour we expected a sudden
rush. At the end of that -time
a single warrior appeared to
view at the base of the hill, and
in broken English, demanded
our surrender. The sergeant
answered him that wo were
ready for them, and at tin-same
time fired a shot which rolled*
the red-skin’s pony over. Three
minutes later there was n cir
cle of fire About us. Indians
had mounted into trees to tin
right and left of us to get n
plunging fire, and from the tops
of two lower hills they poured
in their bullets at random.
We simply ctouched down hi -
hind the rocks and smoked our
pipes, pleased that they wen
throwing away their cartridges.
At the end of an hour they
ceased firing. Not a man of us
lmd been touched, but stray
btillets had killed one of flu
mules and wounded two horses.
There would be a rush now,
and ns we made ready for it the
colonel’s wife sank down beside
me and quietly said:
“I’ve tumbled over sair- bel
aud jack rabbits, and I oug t
to be able to hit an Indian. Du
I look frightened?”
“You are as white as a gho ,
ma’am,” I answered, as 1
turned to her.
“But I’m all right,” sin
smiling said, “and here they
come.”
So they did. With every
painted warrior yelling at the
top of his voice, the entire band
charged us at once, taking in
the whole circle. It was not
until they got closu U|> I hat we
could see anything to shoot at, i
and every few seconds the s. r-j
gcunt cried out to us to hold
our fire. It was over in u min
ute. They did not expect to
find us intrenched, and we
knocked them over like nil e
pins.
1 believe we killed or wounded !
a full score, and it took tin
tight out of them so thoroughly j
that not a rifle was fired at u* i
until afternoon.
Then, soon after two o’clock,
and without the slightest warn
ing, we were charged again, and
for three minutes it was a wild
melee. Wo fired into th ir
very faces as they sprang up >.i
the defenses, and two warrm s
were shot down inside our fort,
and both by the colonel’s wile.
It was their tinal and supreme
effort, and well it was for us
that it was thus. When we had
beaten them off Sergeant Gregg
and another man lay down,
four men were badly wounded,
aud they hail cut our animals
out of the gulch and run them
off. Had the attack lasted a
minute longer, or beeu renewed,
two men and a woman would
alone have opposed it. And
among the queer things of that
last dash was the behavior of
the colonel’s wife. With my
own eyes I saw her shoot down
the two warriors who leaped the
breastwork, aud I believe she
killed two or three more outside
of it, und yet, when the attack
had been repulsed, the little
woman fell over in a dead faint,
and for ten minutes we believed
her dead from a bullet. When
she same to life she had u lit of
weeping, and when that was
over she turned to and attended
our hurts and was ready for an
other brush.
We put in another night right
there, not knowing that tin* In
dians drawn off, but soon alter
sunup next morning were re
lieved of all anxiety by the
appearance of a spout, who
passed on and sent us aid from
the fort. The colonel’s wile
did not get down to the railroad,
for that was the opening of a
war which lusted for months,
hut there was uo blame attached
to auy of tbs living who r*-
turned with her. On the con
trary, the old martinet of a
colonel took each one of us by
the hand, breaking over “mili
tary etiquette” once more in
his life, and said:
“'«u did well, my man,' and
here s my hand on it, and I
won’t forget you I’'—Buffalo
Times. '
THE CEDARS OF LEBA
NON. *
SEVERAL OROI'I’S OF THE KAMOIS
TREES ARE STILL STANDING.
In April St Nicholas there is
an article entitled, “Silk nnd
Cedars,” by Harry Kenn, the
artist describing a visit, to the
mountains of Leabanon. Mr.
Fenn says.
Every boy and girl of the
Christian world lias heard and
read, over and over again, of
the “Cedars of Lebanon”: but
very few have any idea of the
locality and surrounding of the
famous grove. It is a popular
error, by the way, U> suppose
that there are no other cedars
remaining besides this group at
the head of the “Wady” (val
ley or canon) Kadisha. There
are, to my knowledge, ten other
groves, some numbering thous
ands of trees. This particular
group that we are about to visit
is called by the Arabs by a
names which means, “Cedars
of the Lord.” They number
about four hundred, trees,
among them a circle of gigantic
fellows that are called by the
natives “TheTwe've Apostles,”
upon the streught of an old tra
dition that Jesus and his discip
les having come to this spot left
their staves standing in
tho ground these staves sprouted
into eedartives.
There is every reason to sup
pose that in the time of King
Solomon these scattered groves
were part of an enormous un
broken forest, extending the en
tire length of the Lebanon range
of mountains about, one hun
dred miles running nearly par
allel with tho Mediterranean
shore from a little below Beirut.
The summits of thy range an
trum fifteen to twenty miles
from the cosst.
The Lebanon —that is, the
•‘White”—does not derive its
name from glittering snow
peaks, but from (he white lime
stone dills of its summits. The
tirst historical mention of the
trees in the Bible (2 Sam. v.
II): “AndKirain, King ofTvre.
sent mesoengars to David, and
cedar trees, and carpenters, and
masons, and they built David
an house. ”
From that day to this the
peeple have been almost as reck*
less and wasteful wt these noble
giants of the mountains as our
own people are of the cedars’
tirst cousins, the redwood trees
of the] California coast range.
As we approach the grove, whic ’
stands upon the top of a small
hill, the foliage is almost black
against the snow covered crags
of Dahrel Kadib which rears its
highest peak over ten thousand
feet above the sea.
There is n Maronite chapel in
the grove, its patriarch claim
ing the sole right to the sacred
trees; and, luckly, the supersti
tion with which th(> trees have
been surrounded has been their
salvution. All the cedars of
Lebanon would have been de
molished for redwood years ago
were not the people threatened
with dire calamity should they
tuke u single stick.
A BIG MAIL CONTRACT.
Charles burton* carries tin
mail daily except Sunday, be
tween two towns 20 miles apart,
receiving for this the magnifi
cent reward of one cent a year.
It a necessary for him to travel
forty miles a day, or 12,530
miles a year. The payments
on star routes are made quarter
!y, and the question arises as to
'how I'nclo Sam is going to pay
the quarter of a cent, but the
contractor will not likely sue if
; the payments are postponed till
the last quarter, and then the
government can forward tin
copper, which will Is* in full. J
The worst part about the busi-j
ness is that Mr. burton has th*-
contract for four y<-ars at the I
same rate. The cause of the re
markably low price for the con
tract is that burton was deter
mined to have the route over
an enemy who was also a bid-1
dor. and besides be Juts stages
and horses which he has been
using for years for that purpose,.
—Sanford (Ky.) Journal. .
be a happy Christian and i
God will make you a useful cue. j
JOI'RNALISM.
Georgia Cracker.
To be a successful jouralist is
to occupy a very important
place in society.
The newspaper is one of the
most important factors in build
ing up a city, state or nation.
No thriving city can ass ord to
be without a first-class paper.
We have learned to look to
the newspaper for information
on almost every subject.
No family can afford to be
without a newspaper.
The newspaper serves as a
measure »f educdtion.
The history of a day is
brought to our door and we
know each day what is going on
in every nation on the globe.
The newspaper helps us us to
understand the great questions
of goverment and state. Next
to the pulpit, the newspaper is
the mightiest power *1 tho sup
pression of crime. The crimi
nal dreads nothing more than
the exposure which the newspa
per furnishes the public.
The red-handed murderer and
the fleeing rascal fear the expo
sure that, the paper carries to
the homes of the people.
The newspaper helps to build
up and educate the people. It
formulates and crvstalizes pub
lic sentiment, upholds the right,
suppresses the wrong, encour
ages enterprise, and advocates
economy pleads for justice and
stands for the public weal.
It is certainly the best medi
um through which to advertise
eur resources, to build up trade,
to quicken thrift, multiply pros
perity and encourage the estab
lishment of factories in our
midst. No successful business
man can afford to ignore the
newspaper.
It marches hand in hood with
prosperity, side by side with en
terprise, and is today cue of t he
greatest advocates the world has
ever seen for the betterment, en
lightment aiul upbuilding of
the htimnn race.
While this is true, yet a low,
dirty, filthy newspaper is one of
the greatest of calamities.
We advocate a clean, high
tone news-giving, truth-telling
moral, religious newspaper.
We want to seethe newspaper
elevated, purified and on tin
right side of every moral and
religious question. We want
it to stand for too home, for tho
education of tho young, lor the
purification of society, for hon
esty of tin- ballot box, for an
honest ballot and a fair count,
for good men in high places, for
the upbuilding of our great na
tion, and the suppression of
crime in every quarter.
If this is your object in pub
lishing a newspaper in cur midst
we extend to you our best wishes
and hearty eo-opesatiou.
Cordially,
S. R. Bklk.
Mr. D.G. Bickers, Gainesville
Ua. —My Dear Sir: 1 have beer,
t« see the “Divine Healer,” or
rather faith cure M. D,, as 1
ham he is a regular practioner
or whs before he discarded his
pill cure, and discovered his
new powers.
Of course he does not cure
every one, but he does cure
many. 1 met many that lie has !
treated and conversed with them j
—all told mo that they were j
cured or greatly bent-fitted.
Mrs. Munning Gave, who is
near seventy years old, and has
been an invalid for many years,
and also **lind, not having been
able to use either hand crarms,
her hands being so terribly con
tracted she could not use them
for any purpose, after two treat
ments o >uld use both hands and
told me she had strength enough
to milk tier cow.
I also talked with youngWadc,
a lud llftecn years of age, who
has been paralyzed <jn one side
for several years. He has thrown
away his crutches and was frol
■ icing with the boys.
I, in company with Dr. It. J.
Mussey end wife, went up to
have him treat Mrs. Massey for
deafness. She had been almost
entirely deaf in one ear for sev
enteen years, and was very hard
of hearing in her right ear. He
gave her oue treatment and she
left him, being able to hear ev->
ery word spoken in an ordinary
tone of voice.
We have several ladies in our
city who have been treub-d by
him und cured. One has hud u
large turn' r to disappear, anoth
er a large win on her neck, still
another with two wins.
Lust Saturday a negro woman
came to him on crutches who
had not been üblo to walk for
years. lb* gave her one treat
ment, then stepping buck some
twenty steps ho commanded her
to walk to him. She ut tirst
hesitated, but upon receiving
ttie second command sip- did as
told, left her crutches and walk
<-d directly to him, then turned
apd walked back, picked up her
crutches and left the hall with
out their aid.
These and many others are
samples of his cures that have
come under my observation.
How tie dots these things, 1
know not; what power it is, 1
know not, but I do know he is
healing many us the multitudes
are coming to him from
all quarters of tbs globe.
1.00 F?ER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE
If you so desire, I will inter
view tho Doctor and send you
results.
W it h kiudrst ri gards, I am,
yours in F. C. B ,
W. T. Dozier.
HOW GREEN SMITH’S
CROP WAS SAVED.
Walker County Messenger.
During the war no one did
more for the women and chil
dron of his county than gener
ous hearted Green Smith, a pros- i
porous farmer whose home was;
about two miles from Jug Tav
ern. After the surrender, dur
ing the heart of the crop season,!
the darrkies were carrying on a
protracted meeting ;n a hush
arbor about a half a mile from
his home. Night and day it
was kept up with not any pros
pect of it coming to an end un
til Green saw that he was going
to lose his crop. He couldn’t
do anything himself, but lie had
faith that the old soldiers could
help him. Near him were two,
one a member of the 6th Ga.,
who had lost an arm. the other
of the 22nd Ga.,. who hud lost a
leg. He offered them each a
suit of clothes if they would
break up the meeting. They
took the contract and callod in
the aid of a confederate. One
dark night at the meeting, while
the fide of excitement was at
its height, the arbor was fired |
at three Corners and harmless,
shots from pistols in the hands
of the three determined men
rang out above the shouts of the
mourners. An instantaneous
pnnic followed. The sheep and
the shepherds scattered, as if
struck by a whirlwind. No ef
fort was made to continue the
meeting and the crops of Greene
Smith and his neighbors were
saved by the timely work of the
willing laborers.
BEEFSTEAK S4B A POI ND.
The first beefs toad that ever
reached Circle City, Alaska,
sold for S4B per pound a few
weeks ago.
The steak consisted of a teu
! pound piece of the beef that w as
i slaughtered at Forty Mile Creek
and was packed at that place
and shipped 260 miles to Circle
j City Gy Thomas O’Brien.
When O’Brien readied the
camp, the miners turned out in
a body to see the steak. It was
pluced on exhibtion and it at
tracted as much attention as an
eight-legged cult, Everybody
wanted a piece of the fresh
meat, and the* prices offered
were such as would have result
ed in a mining camp quurael or j
bloodshed if it had not been de- 1
Cided to rHtlte the stead off fori
the benefit of a hospital which
Bishop Howe is trying to estab
lish for the miners at Circle
City.
At tirst 95 per pound was of
fered for a slice of the steak,
but the bidding became brisker
and as the meat was sliced, as
high as $-15 per pound was offer
ed. Finally, in orter to avoid
complications, it was decided to
sell tickets at 50 cents to 12.50
for tlie privilege of drawing for
a slice. After 1480 worth of
tickets had been sold the draw
ing began, and to the relief of
the managers of the sale, no
trouble resulted in the disposi
tion of Circle City s first be* f
steak.
—►*.—
John McNulty convinced a
New York police magistrate the
j other day that, while he was
I drunk w hen arrested, he Imd gut
drunk in accordance with the
teucliings of the Kittle.
“How is that?” asked the
magistrate. McNulty picked
up the Bible from the desk and
read, from the book of Proverbs:
“Give strong drink unto him
that is ready to |terish, and
wine unto those that be heavy
of heart. fa*t him drink and
f trget his poverty and remem
ber his misery no more.” The
prisoner was discharged with
out fi rther question.
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HIS LIFE.
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life. Was taken with LaGrippe,
and Ire-d all the physicians fur
miles about, but of no avail
and was given up and told I
could not live. Having l)r.
King's New Discovery in my
store, I sent for a bottle and
began its use, and from the
tirst dose began to got Initter,
and after using three bottles
was up and about again. It is
worth its weight in gold. Wo
won’t keep store or house with
out it.
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~ STOIUC BURGLARIZED
AT CAMITON, IN WAI.TON COUNTV.
TWO TRAMPS IN' .lAIT..
From the Monroe Messenger,
of April 18th, we take the fol
lowing:
Two tr.amns by the name of
Geo. .Jones and Charlie Hamil
ton,.respectively, were brought
to this city lust Friday evening
charged with burglarizing the
store of J. R. Camp & Co., at
Campton, Thursday night.
Jones and Hamilton claim to
have originated from Alabama,
and had an occupation painting
furniture and table-making.
They spent the day Thursday
in and around Caippton, at one
time entering Mr. Camp’s yard
bogging for something to eat,
and at one .time going into Mr.
Camp’s store for the purpose of
purchasing 5 cents worth of
coffee, 5 cents worth of sugar
and 5 cents wort h of tobacco.
This,of course,led Mr. Camp’s
clerk to suspicion something
wrong, but nothing serious was
apprehended, as tramps were
frequent visitors to that place.
They remained about (Hamp
ton alt day and were seen late
in the evening near the store,
and Thursday night the store
was broken into—robbed of all
the money, which was a small
amount, ten 'pair of shoes, two
guns, three pistols, a whole raft
of knives and other articles too
j numerous to mention, a major
| portion of which were recovered,
I being found buried in saw dust
and at various places in the
woods. It is estimated that
the goods tak“ii were whrth at
least #3O.tX). This, of course,
is a rough calculation as other
things that were taken have not
been recovered.
The burglary was done after
the rain, which full about 11
o’clock, as the tracks were so
visible in the mud.
Friday morning, after the
wreckage had been discovered
and goods found missing, a
posse went in hot pursuit for
those whom had been suspi
cioned as guilty. They hunted
until about noon Friday, when
they captured the men about a
mile and a half above Winder.
They were brought hack to
Monroe and lodged in jail Fri
day afternoon.
Mr. Camp is satisfied they
are the guilty parties.
A commitment trial will be
heard before Justice it. L. Kelly
tomorrow at 10 a. m.
11l MOR OF THE DAY.
•That contortionist seems
very conceited. ’
‘Yes; he is.completely wrap
ped up in himself.’—Yale Rec
ord.
‘Who was Ananias, pap:*.?’
‘I believe lie was tin* leader
of the opposition to George
Washington.’—Truth.
Farmer Whiffletree —Did you
say you was lookin’ for work?
Weary Wilkens—Yes, bos*—
wid de accent on de was.—
Judge.
‘How would you define an op
timist?”
‘As a man who expects to pay
last week’s board by drawing
his next week’s salary.’—Truth.
Mrs. Eason—l until ritund
that your husband can't meet
his creditors.
Mrs. West'in—l don’t believe
he wants to, especially.
She —There’s that Mr. Flyp
across the street. He suys _tie
knows all the pretty gins m our
club.
ll*—Knows you also, doesn’t
he?—Puck.
Jorkins—When young people
marry they get into a pickle.
Ne\ve*l—l suppose that is why
all their friends send them
pickle dishes.—Truth.
‘Sort of a Damon and Pythias
combination, lint isn’t it fun
ny they don’t see through each
other?'
‘ That's often the way when
[>eople get so thick.’—Puck.
Wild-Eyed Customer—Have
you any goods made of solo
leather or boiler iron?
Clothing Merchant—No. sir;
we don’t keep boys’ clothing
Now York Weekly.
Cultivate the habit of casting
all your care upon Christ.