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Professional Cards.
F. WILLIAMS,
BHMI 3Ha„. ..
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Residence.
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Lovett.
P. M. JOHNSON,
/PRACTITIONER, V
Georgia.
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hours. Day and Night.
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Dr. J. L. LINDER,
[SIX MIL s NORTH OP DUBLIN.]
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CHARLES HICKS, M. D.,
PRACTITIONER.
- Georgia.
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HUNTED BY A CALIFORNIA
*.«■& l
Thdfltui was fast' noaring-tho sum
mits of the Yellow Coast Rango, and
id a"few minutes the sudden transi
tion from daylight to darkness pe
on liar to semi-tropical Southern
T/HlTforliyt would take plade.
Our little; paity^lmd jtisb reached
the top of the first of thej series of
foot hills t|iat skirt the \yfestern slope
of the Sierra Nevada, and were urg
ing: ont tirdd tnustadga forward, in
hope of reaching the Twin Lakes
before night overtook us, when tray
cl alpng the narrow path would ,.be
dangerous.
Already we could hear the oroak
ing ,<}f fapgs and .the noisy quacking
of water fowls setting down for
night of luxury among the reeds and
celery, and were cheerod by the re
flection tiikt witiiiii a few fliinutes
we would be stretched upon our
blankets around the cam pi Are; en
joying the consolation of pipes and
cigarettes, while Pedro spjtted the
vensjon stfeakk, amp prepared coffee
ana hoecaW"' ' '
As we descended the gentle slope
that led down to the singular ponds
on the mountain top, bending low
on our horses’ necks to avoid being
dragged out of onr scddles by the
branches of tangled manzania, we
were startled by a pistol shot a short
distance down the trail we;had just
DR. C. F. GREEN,
1 » PRACTITIONER.
'Dublin, - Georgia.
-iALLS ATTENDED TO AT ALL
fL^hours. O bstetrics a specialty. Office
Residence '
T. L. GRINER,
ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR
AT LAW,
Dublin - Georgia.
may 21 tf.
FELDER & SANDERS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Dublin. - • Georgia.
Will practice in the courts of tbe Oco-
pee, Ocmulgee and Middle circuits, and
the Supreme court of Georgia, and else
where by special Contract.
Will negotiate loans on improved farm
ing lands.
Feb. 18th, l885.-6m.
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travelled, and immediately after
ward heard a terrible clattering as if
a^horpqman were approaching al
break-neck speed.
Those were dangorous times, for
Vasquez, the bandit, was still at
.:'..iiAlgS» -A0dUy5ej^roLobiiHty that a be
lated traveller was flying from some
of the Mexican marauders caused
every man-in oni* little party to grasp
his rtnolveiv.ftiid Jacein the dilec
tion from u.bich the horseman ; was
approaching. .
The next instant he burst upon
us, the most abject picture of terror,
I have ever seen:
“Save mb, Senora! Save me!” he
shrieked,'its. dashing into the nmn-
zanita yjbiqket, ho reined in his
horse.
The. new-customer was a long
haired, swarthy, squat Mexican
sheep-herder, who rode a shaggy
little mustang, and whose doilies
were ragged and dirty beyonfl de
scription.
The first man to recover from sur
prise was Ben Sutro, and he growled
out: “Save you from whai ?” ip tioi
exactly a pleasant tone, for Mexicans
wore not the sort of persons iye
hunkered after saving just at that
time.
“The lion, Senors, the Ron I”
gasped the Greaser, glancing neiv
vously around.
“The lion? ‘ s What in the name of
your two hundred saints do yon
mean?” demanded Satro. who began
to think the Mexicau had been in
dulging too ireely in “sheep-herders’
delight,” as the abominable native
whiskey is called.
“Santa Marir!” gasped the still-
frightened limn. “Do I not hord
Senor Romero’s sheep on the Blue
Ridge, and on Senor McCracken’s
ranche? And did | not, on the trail
back thee, come fuco to face with
old Diavolo, the liou who has killed
a score of my sheop; and followed
my trail more than once? Ilo was
crawling along your trail, nosing
the ground like u.dog, when I came
suddenly around, the boulder. He
turned on me fiercely, lashing his
long tail and crouched to spring. Jt
was then I fired, and he bounded in
the air and clawed up the perpen
dicnlar.wull of the earth like a cat,
and I spurred on. -I know it was old
Diavolo by his mangled car. All
tho Vaqueros know him, and he has
been shot at a score of times. More
than ii«rr*boert her(hM- has he killed
in the night. (Wr.mibu! but 1 Imd a
narrow csr-npo!” $ ' /SEI^ 1
Pedro, our CHn*p Fervont, himiejf
a Mexican, plaw.Y showed his timid
ity, mid insist >1 the lion fol
low thoscontof his; victim for days,
DUBLIN,'GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY,
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NUMBER XI.
until, finally,.he caught himi as:
rolled up in his blankets, br was
enabled to pounce upon him from
tho branches of a tree.
So it was decided that wo shonli
dismount, make camp, and got sup
pe^r, after which we were to start out
to find the treacherous brute that
was tracking us.
Our party consisted of five. Oolo
nel .Ben Sutro, a grizzled old Forty-
uiner,.was our guide and motitor
He had been hunting deer and griz
zlies in theso mountains for years
and was familiar with every rod of
the cquntrv.
Tjieutehfint Mason was a young
West Pointer, on his' way to join the
first command at Fort Mohave, and
had gladly availed himself of tho
chance for a week’s sport.
Bob Murray, Pedro, thejeook, and
myself completed the, party. Bob
and I were hewspftpor men, who had
just got through'a rough campaign
in, the Model Indian war, where we
lin'd boon as correspondents for otii
papers in the East. m -
• It wus not long before tho camp
fire was crackling cheerfully, casting
a glow over the bosom of tho black
pool that lay almost hidden in the
gloom, while the fragrant coffee
simmered in the black kettle, and
tho juicy steaks, done to a turn, lay
in an inviting heap on a tin
plate. *
I confc&s I vviis not ambitious for
adventure that night. We hud rid
den over sixty miles that day, and I
was suffering some from rheumatism
contracted during the late campaign.
So after supper I begged off, and the
others good-naturedly agreed to leave
me in charge of the camp.
SutrOj Mason and Murray carefully
inspected their weapons, while Ped
ro and Jose picketed tho animals
securely, and when all wero ready rhe
oolonel disposed of liis force as expe
rience dictated, :
Ranchers who uio familiar with
the habits of the tawny, treacherous
brute know that the California lion
is a great coward by daylight, running
from an unarmed man, unless driven
to desperatson by hunger or enraged
by a wound.
But at night he is a very different
iinimal. Stealthily crawling along
the trail of his intended victim, lie
will attuck any man or beast that
crosses his path. He will crouch
upon the limb of a tree and drop
upon his prey with the suddenness
of it thunderbolt, and his blow Is as
terrible as that of the tiger, which,
indeed, lib resembles more than his
Asiatic namesake. In reality a
California liou is a hiigo leopard
with the color of a lion and tjje,
strength mf .a tiger. , . -
.'“Now, hoys,” remarked Sutro, as
ho buckled his belt full of cartridges
arb'und him, “thecritter is bound to
sneak towards camp before morning.
The Greaser didn’t hit him, only
scared him, and probably Bent him
streakiug bade over the hills a coup-
leof miles; but he will,return. Pedro,
yon get up into that spice tree at the
edge of the manzabita thicket, and,
jj’your eye on* the path. If old
DiavoJIo gives us the slip, let* him
have it as he passes under you. Now,
Josie, you know these hMIs by night
as well as by day. Load us m the
direction thp hl*ast took after you
^red ^it him; tlie moon; will be; up in
half an hour, and we caii see very
well. \Ve will post Murray on the
trail down by the creek in the
canon.. .7“ ; .p *mi.^ ■ ; v / ;
So saying Sutro led the way, fol
lowed closely by tho others, in Indian
file, and I was left alone.
It was early in the full, yet the
night air was chilly; so I heaped some
more fuel upon the fire, and set the
coffee-pot where it would keep hot
until the return of the hunteis; for
know they would relish a draught
of tho cheering beverage after thoir
tramp.
I'lieii, using my saddle for a pillow
I rolled myself in blunkets, and lay
down with my feet lo the fire.
ning brightly,
r a fong tune gazing at
tho tiny worlds above mo, and listen
ing to the croak iug of the frogs. I
did not intdiid to go to sleQp,, but
gradually my boiises loft, and I was
in the land of drcumfL -
H ibEid J^ne-4hovy long
1 do not know—when I was iiwakoh-
ed by a sharp pain in my left.arm»
and at’the sarie was aware that I was
beings turned, over.
My natural impulso was to yeli
and spring to niy feet, but sonvetliing
restrainod me. Had I |nioved : 1
Blioukl not now be here to teU’ this
tale. I immediately gained possess
ion of my faculties, and although
wrapped head and ears in my blank
ets,. I distinctly hetird : a purring
sound, as though a great cat were
standing over me. Tho memory of
Jose’s encounter with the lion flasl^fl.
upon me.
Tiie next instant all doubt was
removed, for the;sharp claws agaitV
piereeU \ my side, und II wus rolled
over like a log; I dare- notj cry -out
for help, for,I knew vtlmt the slight-
Finovvomont, tlio loiist sign of life:
Tho stars
est.
what
brief
would be instaftt death. Oh!
agony 1 suffered in those few
moments 1
Pe'.’spiration started from ovory
poro in my body. My board stood
still. I was frozen with lioirpr.
Each instant I expected,.to fool the
cr.iiel fangs fasten upon my throat.
L'lie muzzle of tho brute pressed me
ho sniffed at tlio blaukot. It
as
seemed as if wholq hours were being
consumed. 1
two gunshots in quick succession,
and several shouts.
I Kfiew that my conVradee had re
turned, and had just strength enough
to paddlo to ; the shore and drag
myself out upon the blink.
When I regained consciousness I
was. fyuig upon a oouoh of blankets,
surrounded by tho boys, and tho
colonol Wild holding liis flask to my
lips. ' • ,
“It’s all right, old mKu,” said
Sutro. “You hud a pretty close
call, till along of tlitit / infernal i^edro.
,\Vto missed the lion and iio got be
tween its and tho camp oh the
trail.
‘‘That blasted Moxioah fjill asleep
in his perch in the spice tpec, and-
lot old Diavolo stoivl lipbn you.
IFhen you bunged your gun off it
scaredl}\m so that,he toll ofl the limb
and cracked a 1 tfou'plo of hja ribs—
.mid 1 ,ptty it was nqt his black-
neck. '■ -■/i
“'We heard t he sltqli’ .'as wo were
t
Si
tlio.
R’liave hotli barrels q t f^fiig$;of i; 6ing8,
und rod
Wliat was I lo do? If my com
nules did not return, the lion wus
suro soon to tire of toying with the
inanimate rql) of blankets, and tear
them into shreds. Already niy side
was'frightfully nianglea by the sharp
claws, 1 and I suffered .dreadfully.
One’s senses are sharpened by per
il. I revolved a dozen schemes in
my mind while I lay upon my face,
scarcely daring to breathe.
Suddenly a desperute ruse suggest
ed itself. Tlje pond, deep and black,
lay but a few foot from the lire,
which now must be dead, or tho lion
would never have approached. Tho
bank shelved to the water’s edge. It
wus a life or death risk, but I deter
mined to attempt to roll in the. wa
ter.
Once in the deep watorof tho lake,
I knew 1 should be safe, for all the
cat tribe are afraid of wotting, their
feet.
thoso
iblo
movement tho
mo with a
But how Jo escape
claws. At the first
lion would be upon
bound.
Hal , I had my revolver in its
holster at my Bide, and my hand wa 8
near it.
Slowly with an.imporceptitilo mo
tion, I slipped my hand around un-
lil I grasped the hilt. I dared nob
draw the weapon. It wus a self
cocking revolver, and I knew that if
I could fire it the report would so
startle tho beast tliab I might roll
into the lake before ho recovered
from his panic. At any rate, I would
make the attempt. '
My finger wus upon the trigger,
and felt it yield just as tlio ponder-
ous.-paw again landed upon iny side
direel 1 y ovor the holster.
- 'l’here was qpt an instant to lbsc.
With h jerk I thrdw the muzzle! of
the weapon, still in the holster, as
inearly as I could’ in a lino with
where I judged tho beasts body to
be and pulled.
Thoro was a shgrp report, and a
terrific scream, thut froze tho mai;rpw
in my bones; but I retained,Hiiflioient
sense to roll over and over, and fall
plump into tho lake.
I sank down, and down, liko an
animated crow bar. The wator was
like ice, and I was confronted by a
new peril: for tho hlankota wore
wrapped so tightly around mo that I
could not free myself rotilily. ’
But I struggled desperately, and
succeeded in lowering my arms. As
I came gasping lo tliesurfaco I heard
and it fa'll back at iny feet in n heap.
It was old Diavolo, suro euoiigh, and
tho bigges lion I over set eyes on.
He will inoasiifc ton foot from tip lo
tip, and must weigh five ii
pounds,”
1 grasped Ron’s hand gratefully,
and thou shook Hands with each of
tho other fellows.
Healing a groan, I turned my eyes
in that direction, . aivd saw the'
wretched. Mexican lying pn the
•lying pn
OH 1 lie’ll do, said Sutro ankwerilig
niy unformed question. ; Orfly a
uostiqn. ^ t
nple on ribs and a shaking up. Wo
will send him back to San Jose with
Jose to-.mbi’rb'w. •“
‘The fi e was blazing again, and
Joso was linsily engaged in preparing
a decoction of hrnised ai omalic leaves
with which lie speedily bound up my
wounds. The Mexicans anti Cali
fornia Indians an skillful with herbs,
and Jose’s pbuLtioos gave me instant
relief.
We examinod tho carcass of the
old lion on tho following morning,
and found it pretty well riddjo'd with
the colonel’s slugs. Thoro woro a
dozen spars of bullets tho old fellow
had carried away with him ii| for
mer years, .and ;;.in-tthe forepaw wo
Erom
ver.
rovol
■ • hiti!;
estrength'Pf|thiH £:;cli\imed
, and thl others allowed niy
claim, in defere;ico to my disabled 1
■ i:,.: ir j..
m> 1-1
coh^iti^ij. 1 :'
I succooded to Pedro’s dignitios as
epok dul’ing t)ie, remainder of our
stay in the liii'ls, fdi* J was too much
used up to mo ve abut)I.
As I writo this acdbtint of the
most, thrilling event of my life; my
feet rest upon old Diavplo’s j pelt!
stretched out in front of my fire
place. We aVe old friends now.-r-
iiarry Liftchild, in N. ,Y. Ledger.
k'T " ‘ VVl 1
G AltpE^f—To the lookor-on, noth
ing abont country life gPHorally seem
muon stranger than the sipali num
ber,of good gardens to bo found
on farms. It may. thorofbro, do some
good to let I lie Couiitry Gentloman
toil how to sot about gurdenihg on
the farm. Tho fir^t Step, it seouis, is
to “provide iq Reason plenty of hm-
i»orq/j> Lot it he thoroughly inter-
mixpd-wiiUithftSQil. .Artwugoforall
tho horso Pnltivatib.ii praoticablo,
Avoid the cominOri’ ihislilko of.occu*
jiyiiig moire i ' : grdtitlH ! 'tSniln you Pan:
keep In perfect condition.Having
complete natural or artificial druin-
agc.
Ncwnan is anothor Georgia town
which must bo mentioned as being
alive to its opportunities: Just now
(heroitro buildings in construction
which will dost not loss than $100,000.
Tho people, nro building tasty rcsi*
delicti as well us substantial business
houses. This is still another town
that prohibition has not injured.
Our.Neighbor* tlio Mosquito.
.'.This is seasondn which it bohoovos
evPry mun to look Well ; to tho tubs,
buckets and gutters about his place,
lest they retain.iwftter too long and
thus breed mosquitoes. -'Contrary to
popular beliefa-theso little musical
8ummorlin'gs ."are bov wafted in by
breezes from distant ponds and la
goons, but live und eventually perish
in the.ntMghb0vliOod.of t.hciv breeding
place. A titbj ofi water left standing
too long,’.it house gutter that has m t
enough slant; oVeaa vase of flowers,
will send fpntlv,enough of ;those pests
to .sot. ia dozen families kicking,
scratching fin/l swearing for a week.
A carefu| 8tudy of tho mosquito for
of 1 years'has fiespaled several
interesting facta relaliypito his habits
und oarpe.r.)• In .tlhe-flrst place it is ul-
wivys : the ,iioighbv»rtB carelessness that
giyes.him a ohauce tp quit hia harm
less ,wiggletail exigence *t|\d become
a ferocious blppd ancHpi’- Everybody
will testify i there are
several Species. There istho small
cor\\papt oppratorthattcomos through
tho open window singing high ful-
setto, steers dirpct fpr the bavk of the
sleeper’s hand and. drives his gauge
to the socket the first whack. Then,
there is the sociable mosquito that
lives undpr tind behind themed wills
a voioo like the hum of a telegraph
wire, that waits,, qntiL aR is quiet
oreops ,gingor|y pp ovpr tho foot
board quji i bHp§ii..lW ^PQbpn. the edgo.
One bitpiJvill.fnmish^upugU sciatoh-
iug .to, last .full grown, man eight
This safn0 fello\y» however,,
dops not objoot to. tnippihg; tho edge-
.tf, tlia cl.innm.’u imnil if i t.. llUllda OUtf 1 '
qft.the ^\eeppr f s band if i;t t hangs outf 1 ’
of bod. I t is ppm-monly pupposed thatv
,tho sides, pf thq hands and feet are -
ohosen be.oaii.se the biteihurjs worse..
The faot is,, however, that’ the palms
and soles aro tough and the ; back is
huiyy, apd a knowledge pf this is
burn, with every iudiyidiiul mosquito.
Then ooinos the famous day mosquito
a long, lank cadaverous specklo-sided
brute, absolutely devoid of tact ond
diBqorumpiit. He it is that in broad
daylight oalmly settlos- On your
knnokles and^oos to work as if ho*
was conferring a favor upon you. To.
kill onp of thoso requires a good oye,
steady nerves, lig|i,tiling like rapidity
of. ; tnoyemen,t and years: : of. practice.
Those ooi, r diet the scienUflo theory,
that mosquitoes live only twenty-four
hours. There are mem living who
Will swear that the day. variety* will
exist and keep busyihalf the* winter.
A fortune ip in store fpr the man who
wRl .invent a defense against the
,mpsquiU) that will not sweat tho
beneficiary tp death* Such i> a cpu-
tnvance wqujd work a reytdution in
nien’s dispositions, for: it is obvious
that lie who, fights tho midnight pest
. ip not helped thereby in his efforts to
bo an amiable citizen. It is on record
also.that the first mention of tho mos
quito occurs ttbQut'tim.Q that'philoso
phy as an occupation became nnfash-
Maeon Telegraph.
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LED JBY INDIANS.
San FiiANo;.soo, August 16—A
Chronicle special says a courier
arriveii at Fort Huacliupa with dis-
iiatchbs Trom Lioute.umt Richards,
dated Baquchj, Mox., August 13, in
whioh ho says that James II. Kirk
arid five other ranchmen, wlip , woro
•IhIJ uoaday by a band of
Indians in Santa Rosa canon. Two of
Kirfc’s party were killed by the;,first
volieyrA (Jospcrato ,ficj}t ensued, in
wliiclianother ranchmqn was killed*
arid two woundbfT. Thp immos of
tlio kiiw John 6: ,BH»
Thompson and B. Hatcher. Tlio
wpiinoea arc Floyd and McLean.
Thoro wero olpvon Indiuns ip tho
band. / .A,. [uu^Urui
7r'*7, t< K
H is a strange coincidence that
Lincoln and Jeff Davis .should Imvo
been boro in contiguous Kentucky
counties, and that Jeff Davis, when
a young Tldulphant In. the army, nd-
ininiitored tho oath of ullegiance, for
for tho first timo, to young Ale
Lincoln, hound for tho Black Hawk
war.
