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AN APACHE PERIL.
are streaks hi the Indian
makeup,” said Paymaster General
Stanton, “not to be understood by
the paleface. In illustration I will
tell an adventure which happen
ed to iiw long ago in Arizona. I
recall it one of the closest
■feifives of my life. It will serve to
exhibit, however, a side to the In
dian character not readily to be ex
plained.
“This was in the winter of 1871.
I was paymaster for the troops
just then engaged in fighting the
Apaches in the Far Southwest.
One morning, I left Fort Apache
on a pay trip. My outfit was
made up of three wagons, an am
bulance for myself, with an escort
of 20 men.
“There was plenty of snow on
the mountains; still, for all that
the region was thick with hostile
Apaches, and no man’s life was
safe a moment 40 rods from the
command. I knew all this, and
for that very reason kept my wa
gons, ambulance and escort well to
gether, and did not permit the out
fit to string out or break into
pieces as we climbed the mountain
trail. It was strongly within the
range of the probable that we
were haunted by Indians, who on
ly awaited some careless separation
of our little force, or some two or
three to lag behind, to make a
swoop.
“Getting out from Fort Apache
we had to cross a range of moun
tains. It was my purpose to make
the summit of the range the first
day out. We were ma king slow
work, however, of our push up the
mountain. The trail was narrow
and bad, after the fashion of moun
tain trails.
Then, again, when wo got well
along up the ascent, the snows be
came deeper, fairly up to the wa
gon beds, in fact. As a result we
were making snail’s journey of
it.
“It was about 3 o’clock in the af
ternoon and we still had a long,
bad pull before us to mabe sum
mit. Trouble broke out up at the
load wagon; strained an axle or
something. The train came to a
halt, and 1 got out of my ambu
lance, which was in the rear, and
went forward to aid in putting mat
t‘rs to rights. After a bit we again
started.
“I walked leisurely back to my
ambulance as the three wagons and
the escort went on. As I came up
I told the driver to hold up his
mules while I lighted my pipe. I
got my tobacco bag out of my am
bulance and filled up; seating my
self meanwhile at the foot of ft
pine tree.
“I took my time about it, and
pending the filling and lighting of
my pipe, the three wagons and the
escort turned a corner of the
mountain, and were out of sight.
My ambulance and I were left
alone; although the ba'ance of the
outfit wasn’t 10 minutes ahead.
“It struck me at the time that 1
might better close up with my
people; that there was danger in
falling behind even this slight dis
tance.
“I had just started up to get in
to the ambulance and go forward
to overtake the others, when a
slight noise below us on the trail
attracted my attention. I looked
back over the road, and there, not
50 yards away, were coming some
12 Apaches.
“They were a foot, for the
Apache is not ft horseback Indian,
and charging for me on the dead
run, hostile to the eyes, I could
see they meant blood and realized
in an instant how thoroughly they
had me treed. I was unarmed, f r
my pistols were in the ambulance,
and there I stood, unable to fight a
fly. and too far from my escort for
them to even be aware of what was
going on, let alone return to my
aid. There was no way out; I saw
that in an instant, and I inwardly
said ‘Good-by’ to my wife and ba
bies 2,000 miles away. I had had
many a graze before, but this was
the first lime I had been reallv
convinced that I had arrived at the
end of my trail.
“Unarmed and unable to avert
my fate, I made a virtue of what I
could not help and stood facing the
twelve Apaches as they came run
ning up.
“The leader, seemingly the chief,
held a lance, whereof the Govern
ment had complacently furnish
ed him on some former day the
blade, at arm’s
'beau leikiiy to hurl it through me.
As he charged on full’tilt he vibra
ted it from blade to butt as if
storing it with angry energy for
its flight. While I stood there
watching them come on I could al
ready in anticipation feel the pang
of this lance passing through my
body.
“My interest centered naturally
in the lead Apache with the lance.
The others trailing along behind I
noticed less. As the leader came
within fifteen feet of me he halted.
The time bad come, I thought,
when I was to be spitted like a
chicken. Still I gazed squarely in
his eyes.
“As I looked at him he seemed
to hesitate. He was staring as
bluntly at me as lat him. As we
gazed, little by little I saw the
lance bl ide turn to one side. Sud
denly, without a word or sign,
whether of war, peace, or submis
sion, he reversed his lance and ten
dered me the butt of the weap
on .
“I lost no time in taking it and
gave him no chance to change his
mind on a matter so important. I
took his lance and shouldered it. He
came forward with a hoarse ‘How!’
and shook hands. The others fol
lowed his amiable suit. There
were a dozen ‘How’s!, and hand
shakes. Then, shouldering the
lance, I ordered the ambulance—
for the driver, like myself, had
stood through it all—to drive one.
When my ambulance overtook the
wagons and the escort twenty min
utes later, I was marching at the
head of twelve hostiles with the
lance at a ‘right shoulder.’
“No; there was ao fare; no joke
about it. These Apaches were on
the warpath; hostile as mad dogs;
twelve of the most savage brutes
in the hills.
“Why didin’t they kill mewhen
in their power? From a paleface
standpoint it is not to be account
ed for. If I’d hud my pistols and
resisted, it would have been over
with me in an instant. But for
me to wait there without a move,
whether to run or resist, and all
motionless, stare them in the face,
appeared to strike their savege ap
preciation as the very climax of
courage, and insead of throwing
his lance through me, as was his
first full intent, this Apache
knight, to display his approval,
paused in mid-purpose, and pres
ented me with his weapon. If it
was anything a white man can
pin a name to, it was a fashion of
sublime savage politeness.
“These twelve Apaches ate with
us that evening, and slept all about
my tent that night. In the morn
ing I fed them again, and.then we
separated with much of mountain
pomp and respect; they going their
way ; we going ours.”
We would like to look into the
pleasant face of some one who has
never had any derangement of the
digestive organs. We see the drawn
and unhappy faces of dyspeptics in
every walk of life. It is our nat
ional disease, and nearly all com
plaints spring from this source
Remove the stomach difficulty
and the work is done.
Dyspeptics and pale, thin people
are literally starving, because they
don’t digest their food. Consump
tion never develops in people of
robust and normal digestion. Cor
rect the wasting and loss of flesh
and we cure the disease. Do this
with food.
The Shakers Digestive Cordial
contains already digested food and
is a digester of food at the same
time. Its effects are felt at once.
Get a phamphlet of your druggist
and learn about it.
Laxol is Castor Oil made as
sweet as honey by a new process,
children like it.
NOTICE.
woman in th? United
the Opium and Whisky
Wk* 00 ’ I ** Atlanta, Ga.,
vj. and one mil *© sent on free.
AT WHIST.
Across the polished tJi there
I see her eittinz no-w; h r hair,
Het eyes, her dainty Cjc rs, too*
Just as in years agent I knew
My partner.
I led a heart—l think the king.
It passed around the si’. -nt ring,
And, though it was the best uno ott*,
She paused a moment, '’CubiT ”
” x hen trumped H.
“Oh, partner, that was the command,”
Site said when she had played the hand,
Then, wrinkling up her pretty brow,
“You will forgive me, won't you, now,
For trumping?”
Another night, remembered well,
We sat where roooncast shadows fell.
No polished table lay between.
The tree boughs made a waving screen
Above her.
We talked of other things than whist.
I strove her fancy to enlist
With all a lover’s gentle art,
And once again I led my heart
Unguarded.
I led a heart again, my last.
When round to her the trick had passed,
She thought it not the best one out.
She paused a moment, half in doubt.
Then trumped it.
This time no pleading glance I caught.
No trembling lips forgiveness sought.
No eyes with lashes drooping wet
Told me my partner did regret
To trump it.
—Philadelphia Telegraph.
Among; the Jrirst Elevators.
Genoa, March 18, 1830.—Went to
the king’s palace. The king and
queen sleep together, and on each
side of the royal bed there is an as
sortment of ivory palms, crucifixes,
boxes for holy water and other spir
itual guards for their souls. For the
comfort of their bodies he has had a
machine made like a car, which is
drawn up by a chain from the bot
tom to the top of the house; it
holds about six people, who can be
at pleasure elevated to any story,
and at each landing place there is a
contrivance to let them in and out.
—Greville Memoirs.
Some English
“I am informed,” says a corre
spondent, ‘that a large trade in the
manufacture of English cigars is
carried on, principally in the east
end of London. All the ends of ci
gars and cigarettes, dottels, chew
ed quids, etc., are bought at so
much per pound from public houses,
music halls and other places be
sides those picked up in the street.
These savory morsels are put into a
large bath, where a kind of tobacco
broth is made.
“In the early autumn, when the
chestnut leaves are beginning to
turn a golden color, parties are or
ganized, who go wherever they can
get a supply of these leaves, which
are then put on long wires and im
mersed in this filth for either a long
or short time, according to the re
quirements of a strong or mild ci
gar. These leaves are then rolled
into cigars. ”
The above correspondent’s state
ment tallies with an incident which
occurred some years ago when a cer
tain person was charged with ille
gally manufacturing cigars. His de
fense was that the cigars that he
manufactured did not contain a par
ticle of tobacco. And, what is more,
he proved his case. His cigars were
made of brown paper, embossed to
look like leaves and steeped in to
bacco juice.—Pearson’s Weekly.
The Judge Was Posted.
In the days of prohibition “blind
tigers” formed no small part of the
game for which the police office
hunted. There came up a case one
morning in which a “blind tiger”
had been discovered in its lair in a
remote portion of the city. The re
corder was endeavoring to locate
the place and was questioning an
old negro man who had patronized
the unlawful rendezvous for the
thirsty.
“You say you have been to the
place?” the recorder questioned.
“I’ze sure bin dere, jedge. ”
“Now, tell me exactly where the
house is located. ’ ’
“Law, jedge, what yer ax me fur
when you knows zactly whar it is?”
It was merely a tribute to Record
er Anderson’s knowledge of the ge
ography and topography of the
city, but the laugh that followed in
dicated that the spectators put an
other construction on it.—Atlanta
Constitution.
Insomnia.
“Insomnia is caused by a surplus
of blood in the brain, and the only
way to cure it is to remove the
cause,” says a very wise doctor.
“Long continued mental labor
should, of course, be .avoided. It
keeps the blood vessels of the brain
constantly filled, and when it is over
they cannot contract. Tight cloth
ing tends to throw the blood to the
brain, and it should be avoided. The
feet should be kept warm, since cold
extremities interfere with circula
tion. Unless the malady result?
from moral causes, a little care and
common sense are all that are nec
essary to cure it.”
Cause For Cuts.
“What exactly was your reason
for helping in the assassination of
Caesar?” asked Boswell of Brutus.
“Well, it was this way: The con
dition of the body politic was pret
ty bad, and we felt that nothing
short of a surgical operation could
brace it up. So we used our knives,
that was all, ” explained Brutus.—
Harper’s Bazar.
The Razorback.
The razorback is> breed of hogs
raiseu in the South, before the war,
and still to be found in some local
ities. He is built on the Swiss
cottage style of architecture. His
ears lay br.ck with a devil-may
care air. His tail has no curl, but
hangs limp as a dishrag. The high
est point of his corrugated back is
10 inches above the root of his tail.
He ignores the slow, stately walk
of the Berkshire, and goes in a live
ly 2.10 trot. Hu always travels as
if he was trying to catch a train
which had just whistled for the
station and he had a quarter of a
mile to make to get there. The
thoroughbred razorback prowls a
round in the woods, living on a
ccrns, nuts and roots, and if nec
essary can climb a tree like a mon
key. Occasionally he crowds un
der a gate and assists in harvesting
his owner’s corn crop, and if he
has any time to spare from his
owner’s crop he will turn in and
assist his neighbor, often working
at night rather than see the crop
spoil for want of attention. He
never knew the luxury of a sty.
He wouldn’t get iat if he could,
and is only fit to kill on the day
of eternity. Crossing the razor
back with the blueblood stock
makes no improvement. The only
successful way is to cross him
with a locomotive going thirty
miles an hour. He then becomes
an imported thoroughbred and the
railroad company pays for him
at the rate of 50c a pound. The
ham of a razorback is almost as
juicy as the ham of an iron fire
dog, but not quite as good eating
as sassafras bark. A man who is
authority on razorback says a raz
orback is the only bird of prey
that is amphibious in its habits
and can lift a gate off its hinges
without ruffing a feather. —From
the Cottonwood Fall (Kan) Lead
er
Children Cry for
Pitcher’s Castoria.
Southern Baptist Convention,
Willmington N. C., May 6th to 14th,
1897. Reduced rates via Southern
Railway.
For the occasion of the meeting of
the Southern Baptist Convention at
Wilmington, N. C., May 6th to 14th,
1897, the Southern Railway will sell
tickets to Wilmington, N. C.,
and return, at rate of one first class
limited fare for the round-trip.
Tickets will be on sale May 3rd to
7th inclusive, good to return fifteen
days from date of sale.
For further information address any
agent of the Southern Railway.
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= CHATTANOOGA, ROME & COLUMBUS RAILROAD.=
EUGENE E. JONES, Receiver.
Passenger Schedule In Effect Nov. 15,1896.
SOUTHBOUND • NORTHBOUND
A S M °' 2 ‘ SWUMS. Daily No. 1.
8 10 ..Chattanooga 6 43
8 15 Shops B *6
8 37 Battlefield 6 11
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C. B. ilblßN, 1 rtiffic Manager, Odell. Agei t,
Rome, Ita. Summerville, Ga.
Sheriff’s Sale.
GEOR 41 A. Chattooga county.
V ill be sold before the courthouse '
door said county within the leg 1 hours '
of s-le to the highest bidder for cash
in the first Tuesday in April next, I
the following lands to-wit: Lot of land 1
No. 112 containing 160 acres more or less 1
lying and being in the sth district and
4th section of Chattooga county. Levied
on and will be sold as wild land to satis
fy tax Ufa issued by B. L. Knox tax col
lector of Chattooga county for state and
cour.ty taxes for the years 1893-4-5-6.
This Feb 1.1 97. J. c. IT S n, Sheriff.
Anplication Dismission.
GEORGIA Chattooga County.
To all whom it may concern: John
W. Cain administrator of Joe W. Cain
applies to me for letters of dismission
from said administration and I will
pass upon his application on first Mon
day in May next at my office in Sum
merville said conn y. Given under
my hand and official signature, this
Feb. 5, 1897. Jo iin Mattox,
Ordinary.
Year’s Support.
GEORGIA, Chattooga county,
To all whom it may concern: M s.
D. T. Espy widow ol D. T. Espy late ol
said county deceased, has applied to
the undersigned tor year’s supp. rt for
herself and their nine minor children.
This is to notify all persons concerned
the next of kin and creditors of said de
ceased that said application and return
ol appraisers will be passed upon at my
office i n the town of Summerville, in
said county on the first Monday in April
next. Witness my hand, this Feb 15,
1897. John Mattox, < rdinary.
Letters of Dismission.
GEORGIA Chattooga county.
Whereas J, B Hassell. aaminßtrator
with the will annexed of 4 maria h Has
sell, represents to the court in his peti
tion duly filed th't be nss administered
Amariau liusseil’s e.st r> -e 'this is to
cite all persons cmcerned, kindred and
creditors to sh >w cati-e it any they can
why said administrator should not be
discharged tom such adminis!ration
and receive letters of dismission on the
first Monday in Mity 1897. This Jan. 11,
1897. J iin Mait> x, Ordinary.
Application Administration.
GEORGIA, Chattooga county.
To all whom it may concern: T. M.
Vanpelt has applied to the undersigned
for permanent letters ol administration
on tne estate of Mrs. J . C. v anpelt, late
of said county deceased. This is notice
to all p rsons interested, the < ext of
kin and creditors of said estate that said
application will be passed upon at my
ollice in Summerville said county on
the fii st Monday in April next, Wit
ness my hand and official signature.
This Feb. 15, 1897.
John Mattox, Ordinary.
Guardianship.
GEORGIA, Chattooga county.
To all whom it nay concern: A. C.
Rich has applied to the undersighed lor
the guardianship of the person and
property of Love, Ora, Frank, Marvin
and Ar> hie L owell, minor children of
B. H. Powell late of said county deceas
ed. That said application will be passed
upon at rnj 7 office in Summerville said
county on the first Monday in April
next. Witness my hand. This Feb, 8,
1897. JOHN' M ATTOX, Ordinary.
Sheriff Sale,
GEORGIA Chattooga county.
Will be sold before the courthouse
door in Summerville to the highest bid
der for cash between the legal hours of
sale on he first Tuesday in April next,
lot of land No. three hundred and twen
ty-four (321) in the 25th district and 3rd
section of said county, containing sev
enty acres more or less; also 50 acres
in the southwest corner of lot No. two
(2) in the 2-ilh district and 3rd section
of said county, (except such rights
George Brown may have to five acres
in the southwest corner of said last
named lot) described as follows: Com
mencing at south bank of Big Armuchee
creek on the we-t line of said lot No. z,
thence south along said line to the
southwe-t corner of said lot, the ice east
to the top of little Sand mountain,
them e north al mg the top of said moun
tain to said Armuchee creek, thence
west down and.along said c.eek to com
mencing place. Both of said parcels of
land containing one hundred and t wen
ty acr. s more or less and levied on as
the property ol 1. N. Cheney and M. A.
Chen< \ tosa'i-fvan execution issued
from the jus i e court of the 714th dis
trict G. M . of Car roll county in favor of
Ho lis & Hinton vs said I. *N. Cheney
and M. x <. iieucy. Levy made and re
turned io me by C. P. oainesL. This
March 2 1.-9 . j. c. Penn, Sheriff.
Also st Ihe same time and place and
upon the sa m-tern s will be sold the
following prop rty to-wit: Lot of land
Ao. Jl, eleven , containing IGoacres more
less lying and b< iug in the 25th district
and 3;<i i >ll of Chaitooga county.
Levied mi -i..i will be sold as the prop
erty of H. !f. Carlton to satisfy a tax
fifa ii--1 d* : •> 1. Km x tax collector
of Chatt ,oga county for slate and coun
ty t 1 es for t'-o ’.ear 1896. 3 his Jan. 22,
189..
Le’ s Dismission.
GEORG] A uhattooiia county.
Toall’vho’ i; • <’< m- rn: J. A’.
Wheeler admim.-str.ti >r debonis non
with v ill annexed of J. c. Hanson de
ceased, has applied to nm !' >r b tiers <•!
dismission from said a<i>r.'■ nisd r~iiot>,
and 1 will pass upon his appln ation on
the first Monday in May next .■ my of
fice in Summerville, said county. Wit
ness my hand and official signature.
This Jan,2l, ’! 7. .iohn Mattox,
Ordinary.
Letters Administration.
GEORGIA Chattooga county.
To all whom it may concein: Mrs E.
oodsstnd Mvs-T. E. Moore havoap
plied to the undersigned lor pci manent
letters ot administration on the e.-tate of HB
Mrs. .ilatlia E. Evins, latent said conn
t v deceased, said citers to be granted to
the clerk ot tne superior court, or some
other fit and proper person. This is to
notify all persons concerned, the next
kin and creditors of said estate thatsaid
rpplication will be passed upon at my
office in Summerville, said county, on M
the first Monday in April next. Witness M
my hand and seal, this March 1,181'7. M
John Mattox, Ordinary. M
Application Administration. I
GEORGIA, Chattooga county. ■■
To all whom it may concern: Henry M
Vikinson has in due form applied to the H
undersigned for permanent letters of H
admini nation on the estate of Ua> oline ■
Atkinson, and Tom Atkinson
late of said county deceased. H
Letters to be granted to the clerk su
perior court or some other fit and prop
er person of said county, and I will pass
upon said application on the first Mon- M
day in April next. Witness my hand. H
February’ 10. 1897. ■
JOHN MATTOX, Ordinary. H
Application Guardianship. I
GEORGIA, Chattooga county. H
To all whom it may concern: Wil- I
liam Knox, colored, has in d »e form, H
applied to t he undersigned for the guar- ■
dianship of the person and propert y of M
John, Cicero and 1 ixie Knox, ininoi il
children of Manuel Knox, deceased, H
and Delia Smith minor child of Bill H
Smith, late of said county, deceased. ■
Notice is hereby given that his applica- ■
tion will be heard at mv office on first M
Monday in April next. Witness my ■
ha”d, this March Ist, 1897. ■
jchn Mattox, Ordinary. H
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