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Yolums YII.—Number 40.
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It rightsville, Dec 30 3m.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
A. F. Daley, Attorney at Law, IVrights- adjoin
ville. Ga. Will practice in this and
ing count ies, and lsew.liere by 7, special 18S6-ly. en
gagemeut. [January
Walter R. Daley, Attorney and Coun¬
selor at Law, Wrightsville, Ga.
Wrightsville High School,
The Spring Term of this Institution
? i opens on the
.
Id Monday in Janury/87
And continues Five Mouths.
Bates o± Tixition.:
Primary Class, : : : : $ 8.00
Intermediate Class, :■ : 12.00
Advanced Class, : : 15,00
Music, : : : : : 15.00
Tuition will be charged from the
time of the entrance of the pupil
until the close of the term.
No deduction for loss of time, ex¬
cept in cases of protracted illness.
£3?“’ Pupils prepared for college
or active business life.
Pataons will have benefit of the
Public Fund.
For further particulars address tb»e
Principal,
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Dec 2, 86 tf W rightsville, Ga
Wrightsville & Tennille and D b
lin & Wrightsville R. R,
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Sapt.
To take effect Nov. 13, 1886.
GOING NORTH.
NO. 2 NO. 4
Lv Dublin... ...10-50 AM 4:50 P.M.
Ar Condor... • » ...10:55 “ 5:15 “
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Ar Lovett.......-11:35 5:50 “
» Ar Wrightsville..-12:05 P M 6:15. “
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Ar Donovan......D:30 “ 6:35 “
Ar Harrison......12:50 “ 6:50
Ar Tennille...... 1:30 “ 7:20 “
-k^GOING SOUTH
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A. M. P.
Lv Tennille.... 7:00
Ar Harrison.... 7:45
Ar Donovan.... 8:10 3
Ar Wrightsvslle 8:40
Lv Wrightsville 8.45
Ar Lovett...... 9:15
«* Ar Bruton Cr.. CO 4
At Condor... . 50
, Ar 10:15
Dublin..... .
MACHINERY!
ENGINES,
BOILERS |
SAW MILLS
Grist Mills
Cotton Presges
SHAFTING j
PULLEYS
HANGERS
Cotton Gins
GEAR1N G
& Full stock ot Supplies
Cheap and Good.
Belting, Packing & Oil.
At bottom prices
ft andof in stockr
PROMPT DELIVERY.
Repairs promptly done,^^
Geo. Lombard & Co ’•»
Foundry, Machine and Boiler Works,
AUGUSTA, GA.
ABOVE PASSENGER DEPOT,
guii 20-tm’cb 25, ’87.
Water
j Pipe & Fitting
Brass Valves
| S-ATV^TS
IFXXjEIS
j INJECTORS
P-qmps
Water Wheels
CASTINGS
and Iron
Wrightsville, Ga., Thursday, March 3, 1SS7.
WHAT AILS iiri£ NATION?
Tlio Average Length of Life De¬
creasing—Not Pestilence-.
Kot Famlsft—A11 oar
own Fault.
Modern Cooking and Mod¬
ern Living have brouglif it
on. It comes upon us una¬
wares. The patients Lave
pains about the chest and sides,
and sometimes in the back.
They feel dull and sleepy; the
mouth has a bad taste, especi¬
ally in the morning. A sort
of sticky slime collects about
the teeth. The appetite is poor.
There is a feeling like a heavy
load on the stomach; sometimes
a faint, all-gone sensation at
the pit of the stomach which
food does not satisfy. The
eyes are sunken, the hands
and feet become cold and feel
clammy. After a whilo a
cough sets in, at first dry, but
after a few months it is at¬
tended with a greenish colored
expectoration. The patient
feels tired all the while, and
sleep does not seem to afford
any rest. After a time he be¬
comes nervous, irritable and
gloomy, and has evil forebod¬
ings. There is a giddiness, a
sort of whirling sensation in
the head when vising up sud¬
denly. The bowels become
costive; the skin dry and
iiotat times; the blood becomes
thick and stagnant; the whites
of yellow; the eyes become kidney tinged secretions with
the
ored, becomes depositing scanty and sediment high col¬
a
after standing. There is fre¬
quently a spitting up of the
food, sometimes with a sour
taste and sometimes with a
sweetish taste; this is fre¬
quently attended with palpi
tation of t he heart and Asth¬
matic symptoms; the vision be¬
comes impaired, with spots be¬
fore the eyes; there is a feel¬
ing of great prostration and
weakness. All of these symn
toms are in turn present It
is thought that nearly one-half
of our population has this dis¬
ease in some of its varied forms.
Shaker Extract of Hoots (Sei
gel’s Syrup) changes the fer¬
ments of the Digestive food organs into so
as to convert the we eat
a form that will give nourish¬
ment to the feeble body, and
good health is the consequence.
The effect of this remedy is
simply marvelous, Millions
upon millions of bottles have
been sold in this country, and
the testimonials in favor of its
curative powem are over¬
whelming. Hundreds of st>
called diseases under various
names are the result of indi¬
gestion, and when this one
trouble is removed the other
diseases vanish, for they are
but symptoms of . the real
malady Testimonials from thousands
of people speakiug highly of
its curative beyond properties doubt. Sold prove by
this a
druggists.
can live at home, and make mere
money at work for us, tlian at any¬
thing else in this world. Capital
not needed; you are started free. Both sex¬
es; all ages. Any one. can do the work.
Large earnings sure from first start. Cost
Jy outfit and terms free. Better not address delay.
Costs you nothing to send us your
and find out; if you arc wise you will do
so at once. H. IIallktt< fc Co., Portland,
Maine.
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RICHARD K. FOX,
Franklin Square, N. Y.
WHY I SIGHED THE PLEDGE,
BY FIVZGOOBKR.
At one period of my life, I was
wliat was considered a hard drinker.
I did not take enough liquor dur¬
ing my business hours to render me
unable to attend to my duties, hut
when work was done for the day, I
usually got five or six drinks ahead,
before I sought my home.
Often have I cursed myself for my
degraded actions (after again getting would so¬
ber), and vow that never
I go to my patient, loving wife and
child, with the taint of whiskey on
me.
But although earnest in my prom¬
ises, when quitting time guide came, some
terrible power would me to
that place, where so many honest
sonls aio transferred to the devil.—
And for days and weeks, and even
years, I kept up this horrible prac¬
tice.
I will not say that I did not notice
the pale, suffering look that began
to creep over my wife’s face, and
drive away the bloom that I was so
proud of when first I promised I did to
love, honor and keep her; for
see it, and more than that, I was
cognizant of the fact, that I was the
sole cause of it.
And our little boy, a precious be¬
ing of five yea’s, after awhile, began
to be shy of me.
As time passed, whisky, 1 became five drinks more
addicted to the
were doubled, and I became the talk
of our town.
In vain I struggled against it, no
human power can stay the progress
of this dread evil—a higher power
must intervene before the wretch
can be saved, One night. I went
home, drunker tlian usual, and found
my house darker than was wont, (for
my wife always tried to make our
little cottage a perfect Eden) and
stumbling in, discovered a ray of
light streaming over the transom of
our bed room door.
Staggering against it, I managed
to throw it opemand almost fell in.
My wife sprang to my assistance,
and helped me to a chair, and began
sobbing bitterly. I harshly
“What’s the matter?”
asked.
She did not answer, but ceased
sobbing, and slowly pointed her fin¬
ger toward the bed. ‘
Mechanically I followed the di¬
rection and saw our bright baby boy
lying on the bed as asked. if in deep sleep.
“Is he sick?” I
“Yes,” cried my wife, “and vory
bad off; oh, husband, why are you
so late to night? I’ve been awaiting
your coming to send for a doctor.”
Although drunk, I quickly guess¬
ed the situation, and sprang up and
started for our physician.
My way was directly by one of
my favorite baunts, and as I neared
it I saw several of my boon compan¬
ions in the door.
“Here comes Alf‘” they cried,
“and we’ll all have one more, and go
home,” and before I knew it, I was
dragged into the bar, and had taken
a glass of liquor. This fired my al*
ready intoxicated brain, and anoth¬
er was called for.
Another and another was drained
and in my reckless carouse, the wife
of my bosom, and sick boy were for
gotten. everything began
At last, to grow
dizzy; the room spun around like a
huge top, I heard a confusedjhum of
voices,—and sank into oblivion.
The next I knew was on being
seized roughly by the shoulder, and
hearing a gruff voice saying: is time
‘Come, Alf, wake up; it
all working folks were in bed.”
Slowly I aroused, and looking up,
saw the face of the barkeeper gazing
at me.
“What time is it?” I asked.
“Half past two,” he answered.
“How long have I been here?”
“Ever since seven last night,” sleep be
replied, laughingly, I “you wouldn’t were wake
ing so soundly that
you,—but come, it’s time you were
with your wife.”
“My wife!” I almost screamed;
the terrible truth breaking over me,
“My God, I what have and I darted done.” like
Up sprang, a
deer from the only place. few
It took me a moments to
reach the doctor’s house and there
learned that he was at my residence.
“Thank heaven,” I gasped, as I
turned toward home, feavontly pray¬
ing that he had reached there in
time.
I did not enter the house, but si¬
lently stole around to one of the win¬
dows, opening from ou bed, room,
and gazed in. The sight I saw was
one that can never be forgotten.
Stretched out; cold and white, on
a cooling board, was the corpse of
my boy, and close beside him knelt
his mother.
No longer a brave, strong woman,
bat a weak, coolin idiot.
The window was up, and only God
can know the suffering I endured, as
hear her prattling talk to our child.
“Mama’s s’eet baby,” she was say¬
saftly caressing bis brow, “pa¬
be kome from work directly, and
will have heap of fun.”
Near by stood our old doctor, his
bowed: gazing sadly at the
mother,
“Is baby sick?” asked my wife,
touching the precious be hand, here
“don’t cry. derling, papa
with the doctor in a few minutes,
and good old doctor will cure you.
Mbis was more than I could stand:
and with a cry of horror, I fell, crash
ing into the room. stunned,
For a moment I felt ar.d
wfeen I opened my eyes, everything
was dark.
Ooutiously I began feeling around
to find where my boy was, when I
heard a voice saying: is
“Alf. where are you; what the
matter?”
And in unison with that, came the
terrified cry of our hoy. This cry,
in bygone days, was a source of an
noyauce to me, hut now, oh, how
sweet it was. It took only a moment
for me to clasp them in my arms, and
shed tears of happiness, that my only ex¬
perience was not reality, but a
dream.
And from that day to this, I have
nor touched one glass of that accurs¬
ed stuff.
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A Wonderfully Clever Dog.
C. J. Peshall, who presides over
the Jersey City department of the
S. P. C. A., is President of the New
Jersey Kennel Club and owns some
of the best pointer dogs in New Jer¬
sey, was in Philadelphia yesterday.
Mr, Peshall finds relaxation in stud¬
ying the characteristics of the canine
family.
“Have you heard the story about
my Jimmie?” he asked. “No? Well,
I was sitting in the Hoffman House
cafe the other evening, dreaming
away the time while waiting for a
friend. Jimmie was curled at my
feet, when presently he got up, step¬
ped carefully across Jthe rug as if he
was on game, and came to a full
stop at the opposite cornel. There
he stood, a model for an artist. Af¬
ter being called several times he re¬
turned to his old position, but did
not seem satisfied. He repeated the
manoeuvre only to be called back
again, and after he had done so
twelve times I began to get interest
ed, Going to the corner of the rug 1
turned it up and there found a dol
lar. He kept on pointing the dollar
till I counted eighty-four. Just then
some friends came in and I told them
Jimmie would point a silver dollar.
He kept on pointing the dollar till I
counted eighty‘four. Just then some
friends came in and I told them Jim*
mie would point a silver dollar. They
laughted at the idea, but I told him
to ‘hie on.’ He jumped up, sniffed
about, but it was no good, ho would
not repeat the trick. I had to tell
the story of what he had done, and
going to the corner to pick up the
dollar in confirmation of my story,
found it was a trade dollar, which,
as you know, is only worth 84c. I
tell you, Jimmie knows a trick 01 -
two,’’Philadelphia Press.
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A HERMIT’S ABODE
A QUKI5E FIND REPORTED ON HERMIT¬
AGE ISLAND, NEAR BRUNSWICK.
Tho walls ©f a brick structure
have been unearthed on Hermitage
island, near Brunswick. There is a
tradition that about 200 years ago a
hermit lived on the island, hence its
name. The walls appear to be those
of the basement story of the build¬
ing. One room is about fifteen feet
square, with fireplace in one corner.
The walls weie about one and a half
feet high and the floor is laid with
bricks. The wall on one side runs
back from the river bank about fifty
feet,^nd the wall running parallel
with the river, probably not as far.
In the doorway of the room is a
doorsill made of red cedar. A pas¬
sageway leads from this room, about
four feet wide, with a brick wall on
each side and another room joining
the room above described, where a
portion of the dirt had been cleared
away. In one corner of this room
was also a fireplace. The bricks are
good and the plastering on the re¬
maning portion of the wall is per¬
fect. The oldest inhabitants cannot
Terms—$1.00 per annum
account for the house, and there is
no history or tradition that would
place its existence there short of 200
years. Large trees have grown over
the walls, and Mr. R M Tyson, the
owner of the island, says that a Cath
olic Priest some timo since, while
visiting this country, said that there
was once on a time a nunnery some¬
where in this seetion, and that the
inmates were all murdered by the
Indians. Some suppose that it may
have been the rendezvous of a pir¬
ate’s crew while prizing upon Span¬
ish commerce (it being a good hid¬
ing place up the river), and an old
story that there is treasure hidden
on Hermitage. It is in the tide way.
We have it from good authority
that several years ago a prominent
cilizen of this county was tricked in
the most brazen way imaginable.
This gentleman hadj^a gin house
about a mile from town in which was
stored a oouple ot hales of cotton.
This cotton had no mark by which
they could be distinguished rfom
othev .bales. He also owned a small
one-horse wagon. One day a colored
man by the name of Jack came into
the gentlman’s store and* asked him
for the loan of his wagon, as he had
a couple of bales of cotton he want¬
ed to haul to town the next day.
The gentleman obliged the darky,
who started off’with the wagon. The
next day, bright and early, here
came Jack with two huge bales of
cotton in the one-horse wagon. Driv¬
ing up to the gentleman’s store he
asked him to buy them. They fine*
ally agreed on a price, the gentle¬
man paid Jack" the money for the
cotton, and told him to drive the
wagon up to his house, leaving the
cotton on it. Jack did so, and then
put out. Laterjintbe day thegentlei
man discoveied that his gin house
had been broken into and his cotton
stolen. Investigation developed the
fact that the two bales which he had
bought from from Jackin the morn¬
ing was the identical cotten. The
gentleman had loaned the thief his
wagon to^steal his own cotton, and
had paid out a good round sum in
cash for what was already his own
property.—Oglethorpe Echo.
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Game and Ycriulu in Prussia.
Some interesting information is
published with regard to the quanti¬
ty of game and vermin killed in Prus¬
sia uuring the year ending March 31
1885. The value of the game killed
is estimated at $2,000,000, and this
sum would have been much smaller
but for the untiring vigilance of the
officials os woods and forests and of
keepers employed by the various
holders of land and shooting, who
killed in the year 140,299 head of
vermin and 119,691 birds of prey.
The vermin comprised 84,301 fox¬
es, 27,108 stoats, 23,578 weasels, 5,.
475 martens, 5,375 polecats, 5,051
badgers, 4,092 otters and 006 wild
cats. Up to the present time crows
and magpies have not been ranked
as birds of prey, but they will be in
future, as it is found that they do an
enormous amount of damage.
There are very few wolves in
Prussia, only fo'ur having been kill¬
ed, and it is a curious fact that the
German wolves seem to have follow¬
ed the German army almost in masse
into France during the winter of
1870, and| to have remained there.
In the provinces of Alsace and Lor¬
raine the number of wolves killed
during the year was 31, in addition
to 2,680 foxes and 152 wild cats. .
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The Agricultural Wheel is rolling
on with great rapidity in Tennessee.
If the present speed shall be main¬
tained another year, it is evident
that every true fanner in the State
would be in the organization as un¬
doubtedly be should be. If there is
any one class on earth that has been
neglected, and abused and swindled
more than any other, that class is
the tillers of the soil, and they ought
to organize for self protection
against middlemen and speculating
sharks.—The Toiler, Fulton, Ky.
President Cleveland's Future
“What will the President do when
he returns to private life?” asked
one New York man of another to¬
day. “I can tell you precisely,” said
the other. “He will not go back to
Buffalo, but will make his home in
Albany or New York city, more
likely the latter, from his sayings
while in the White House. He will
pnrehase a large, handsome bouse in
the eminently respectable and not
too fashionable part of the city, per¬
haps Gramerey Park. Mrs. Cleve¬
land will continue her social career
in a manner not enjoyed by any wife
of an ex-President since the days of
Molly Madison. Mr. Cleveland will
fit up fer himself down town an ele*
gant law office, in'j’which he will
spend very little time and really do
very little work, as he will only de¬
sire a nominal place at the bar. He
would not expect very much or a
very lucrative practice. But what is
lie going to live on? That’s the rub
ot the story to which I was about to
come. He will he made the Presi¬
dent of one or two, possibly more,
large now business corporations, to
whom his name, his habits of indust¬
ry, and reputation for good common
■s-ense and strong will power will eas¬
ily be worth anywhere from $10,000
to 25,000™a pear.* In short, ha will
report on a little larger scale what
Secretary Mailing has been asked to
do.”—New York Sun.
llliistrlliig' the Short Haul Principle.
A seedy-looking man got aboard
a Chicago and Northwestern train
at Racine the other day. The train
was about two miles out of Racine
when the conductor came up and
asked him for his ticket.]
“Ain’t got, any, hut I’m a railvoad
man “Where myself.”
do you want to go?”
“Chicago.”
“Well, said the good-natured con¬
ductor, reaching for the bell rope,
“I’ll do the best I can for you.”
“Thanks, tnanks. We railroad
men should stand together.”
“Yes. We have a heavy train to¬
day, and this is a down grade along
here. T think the train will runabout
1,500 ieet pefore it comes to a stop.
I’ll carry you that far with pleasure.’
A minute or two later the seedyi
looking man was jumping off into
the snow.
“You are very kind,” he said to
carry me even this far. But, Win’s
we’re both railroad men, you know,
eouidn’t you change your mind and
take me furthor?"
the “Sorry I can’t oblige you,” replied
conductor,” waving a “go ahead”
signal to the engineer, “but the fact
is tliat we have to be very particular
since Congress has got to passing
laws governing railroads. Under the
law the most I can do for you is to
give you a short haul. Good-day.”
And the train puffed oil in the di¬
lection of Chicago.—Chicago Her
aid.
Worn-Out Circus Horses.
When Circusman Cole sold his
stock in New Orleans the other day
three dun ring horses that he has
owned for years went with the others
by mistake. Mr. Cole at once bought
them back, saying tbat he would
never consent to have the horses be¬
come the property of any one who
would make them work, and that he
had decided to put them to a pain*
less death. He proposed bleeding
them to death, but W. B. Leonard,
a liveryman, suggested that the use
of chloroform would be a better and
less painful mode. This was finally
decided upon, and a reliable man
procured, who was to have perform¬
ed the operation. They were all col¬
lected in the circus tent. There were
Cole, Leonard, the riders and the
clowns, the ringmaster, the tumblers
and leapers and the three pet duns,
Calling the little mare by name he
told ( her to kiss them all good bye.
The intelligent animal, stretching
her head, kissed each one. This was
more than they could stand, and the
sacrifice was put off. Cole had no
place to take them to, so Mr. Leon¬
ard promised to find some one who
would assume charge of them, under
a guarantee never to work them, but
to keep them in good order until old
age should claim them for the grave.
—New York Sun.