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ALBANY. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 20. 18.H0.
\ NEW SERIES—Vol 14, No. 21.
nm ixEsnrnr. letter.
('pop Vriv, and_Somr Mor, Solid Thonglil*.
I.KKonrRC, May 10th, 1880.
l-oi-al correspondents arc generally lit-
,-r.iry miracles. They have wonderful
■'aeilitirs for communicating novel an.I
startling information. I never attempi-
■ *il anythin); of the kind, being checked
I lie's lively sense of my own incouiputcu-
| ey; hut olnee Byron wax not ilisgraciJ
; !>v his uusuecessftil attempt to imitate
! I kwion. even no may 1 be permitted to
live on even after 1 ohall have failed in
this exalted ophere. With this statement,
an,.SowtacMathls'Xe'dl*. .f .11 kMs Oth, ;II1) , th( . fllr1h „ observation that 1 want
! the impiisitive reatler to see if by the
closest scrutiny, he ean discover a single
faet in the following which he would In
any wise have suspected to exist, I begin
Vine Liquors, Tobaccos, Cigars, etc. 1 ™? first—
Local LtrtFK.
* J " i ’ b * f< ’ r * buji °« • ! ** h *« ! The farmers In Lee are busily cullivat-
ing their corn, cotton and other agricul
tural production*. With good aeasot.s
AlUfhafDlc etc.
that I carry a tplrihlij «ith li
General Merchandise.
Vtrj i
HmtLirj 22, 1 MO-lm
LAWYERS
Z. J. ODOM,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Al.BA.VT, GA.
Oallectloae. large or email, a specialty. Will a'
i*?w to a!! Mrm entruaied to hla cart
W. T. JOSE.*, JE>*r. W. W AI.TF.1;?.
JONES & WALTERS,
Attorneys at Law,
ALBANY. GA.
<Nto0overCea.tr*’ Raila-id
BalHy
Lott Warr en,
/ ttokney at law.
•ALB\NY. GA,
:«nd ilje proper amount of well expended
l:tbor a fair harvest may reasonably be
anticipated. Whether the caterpillai is
bundling up hi* duds to pay us a visit
next Fall is one of the coming events
which has not yet cast its shadow in sight.
When caterpillars do come they are very
destructive to cotton.
The spring is in full blast; vegetation
i* green and luxuriant, aud the stock
range in much better condition than 11
was last winter. I.am satisfied that much
of our poorer land* would be improved
by proper fertilizer*. Fanners should
note this imi»ortam fact and govern them-
-elves :u e nlingly.
The recent general rains have hail a
lendency to nti*o the water courses in
l^*e: and unless the rain ceases or at lea>t
abates it will la? noun* time brfoiv they
get lw»ck to low-water mark.
S»» far as I have heard the oat crop Is
not altogether a* good a* might have
' !«een «I«***ir»*J, though to tell the truth It
•right have beet* even worst* than it is.
liras* is threatening our fields and de
serve* to la* looked after aud circumvent-
d. If it is (admitted to grow it will als-
*orha great portion of the fertility of the
-oil aud interfere with the development
and fruitfulness of agricultural proritiu-
tious. This als> is an iiu|Mirtaut truth
which farmers will do well to treasure
•ip. Let them kill the grass; crueify it.
The Republican Presidential Conven
tion is to meet in June. < J rant. She r-
uian aud Blaine will probably la* tin*
mdidates before til
•••invention; but it »* not yet certainly
. known who will be the nominee. Mr.
, , .. .. Stephens thinks the nation can gofur-
MSFECTFULLY tender*htavemceOn thev». 1 , . ..
_ ferteoabranches of bU profession, to the t , liter .*«Utl fur«* \vor«* than to elect Caen.
"'' po “ U Grant: and Mr. Stephen* is a man of
ripe experience.
Time and title wait for no man. and
by the Atlanta inerelinnts, ami told that
we could not cont|ietc with Louisiana, a*
the freight from New Orleans to Atlanta
was six rents per gallon, mid from Al
bany to Atlanta fourteen cents. There
fore Louisiana supplied the now earn*
producing sect ions oft Georgia with syrup.
By the eoiiiiuisslon freight tariff the rate
i* thereby live cents per hundred |>ou»ds
on this artlele from Leary to Atlanta, or
four and a half cents per gallon. Here
tofore then* lias been only sufficient pro
duced for home consumption. The «»x-
traonlinary rates of freight forbid ship
ping to distant markets. If the commis
sion tariff is maintained the grow ing of
cane and flic manufacture of molasses
and crude sugar w ill soon Ih'oiih* :iii im
portant industry in Southwest Georgia.
Cotton growing has become dreadfully
monotonous. Cane culture will fiirni-di
an agreeable diversion. So far as I can
learn the want of cheap trau*|>ortatioii
.alone has heretofore prevented the ex
tensive grow ing of this crop in thi* ami
adjoining counties. We could not suc
cessfully coni|H*te with Louisiana and
Tlie_Uail\va.v| Commission
Kiutoks Tki.kuiiafii ami M k**kn«kh :
The Constitution seems inclined to
invoke the prejudice* of the public
regarding the doctrine of State sov
ereignty on the occasion of Mr. Jes
sup's application to the United States
•ourts for an injunction against the
Railroad Commissioner's tariff sched
ule.
In the review of points submitted
by Mr. Jessup in his application, ami
comments on the same in that paper
of the 5th, there is apparent want of
confidence with the writer in the cor
rectness of the law mirier which the
commission Is acting, and hi* appre
hension of the result before the Uni
ted States courts evidently caused
him to lose his temper, and hence the
-trong language used in reference to
the eourse of the rail roar Is in the
State if the result, should terminate in
their favor; aud his frantic appeals
in behalf of tho sovereignty of the
State.
The time has passed when thinking
men are to he satisfied with bald as-
-ertioiis.acousing the railroads of the
pay ten to twelve cents per gallon extra j State with * running riot'* over the
freight. The farmer that provides him- • people. The Idstoiy of our railroads
self with an engine, cane mill, and ev:»p- i *°r B*e past tour years, with few ex-
orator, ran make svrupfora whole neigh- ! t,lc >' h * v «
, , , • 1 , : *• | the demand for cheap rates at a point
ls.rho.sl, ami of .miforn. sample. As to | llia(lo t | lis va „ proper!v unpro-
siigsr, there ought to be enterprise enough j ductivc. ami its fujure so uncertain,
in Albany to get up a refinery to prepare ’ rhat tlie snock of every railroad cor-
n mereliantal.le artiele from the erniie ; poration in (lie State has boon lear-
..ngur yy j j fully depressed; dividends. on all
DOCTORS*
«.*. koLMIX
tV. M. VuVUSt.
Drs. Holmes & DeMoss,
DEITTISTS,
ALBANY.
GEORGIA
» ud laboratory o
tf. A. STROTHER, M.D.
ALBANY. GEORGIA.
Office over Gilbert's Dm Store.
Dr. E. W. ALFRIEWD,
K*
HOTELS
The Old Reliable
BARNES HOUSE,
rue SI., llbaar, Ga.,
TEETHINA.
(TECTUM rtWUKKS.1
so the sickly season w ill l»e on after
awhile, and those of our citizens who
contemplate a summer exodustion had
J better Is* preparing to raise the necessa
ry funds. 1 am convinced that the nat
ural tendency of malaria in the miuimer
time i* to produce sickness, esjieclally
.a MONTH r.sr.n.«d. fl2m it mingles in the atmosphere of 'a
I day at hour made by the ixadua - climate like this. Iriis likewise is ail «**-
Iiriu“;.rtj sential truth whose value cannot hoover-
_ . -I estimated.
■ «r at work for OB than at env- i
J thing eta. The work ta llgh | «e notice that business, especially tlie
muu go rtrfct at. *’art* wS?wbo*ae» '-^h tnide, is not so active a* it was just
y<irfiSmdi4^ jff l**fore Christ mas, when the cotton money
V««bilMiiue. Tbox iimdr at fork «k ltyiBt w a- coming in. When laborer*, partic-
ap large autu* of muher. Ad<]rt-u TRUE A CO. ... , . _» . .. .
uJuu Mi o? augi4-iy i 'darly colored latairers, collect their
1 wage* they an? very apt to spend a por-
, tion of the money, and 1 regret to say
j ihnt some of them buy w hiskey and get
Inmk. Getting drunk i* a had habit,
and one that rhould be carefully avoided.
A man who is drunk is eeidoui well pre-
l*ared properly to transact Important biiG-
. iness. We w ish that there wa*le**drunk-
ennes* in the land. A great many men
tight and quarrel when they are drunk
' who are peaceable, quiet citizens when
. r*ob»*r. This is another essential fact
j which deserves to be remembered. Let
f ^11 nien keep soljer and behave them-
| *olvea.
Is not the above a moderately corret»
imitation of the average local letter, ex-
that Miss Jemima Ann Spinx oj
some other inimitable beauty played or
:he piano and dispensed tier'beams of hei
eves and the melodies of her angel volte
with sonorous prodigality, or words to
rhat effect.
If our congressional convention ehouic'
fail to select Gen. Cook I hope they will
nominate Judge Crisp. lie I* evident)}
unmistakably the coming man. He pos-
fiesaea the intellect, popularity, Integrity
and inoral force, which eminently quali
ty him for the situation. He ha* graced,
honored and dignified every position h«
h e* held. Let u* testify our appreciation
f lil# merits by giving him a voice in tfc
ouncil* of tlie nation, w here his talents,
‘*»l and energy will la* “equal to any
■mergeney and a* prolongs! a* the ix>n-
rtict.”
Mr. Allred Kersey, aged eiglity-lbnr
lie«l at his residence near this place last
Friday, lie was a good, faithful, order-
ifiz**n t and went down calmly and
quietly :i- an unclouded h*ui. X.
•krwnMrfara lafaaiaa. Allsj* IriitailMiani
gM» TuUttitm). KeaMivoiaaa prevent*
, Thmm^mmda »f ChMvnt wwy bm gave* ew
iMV VMr hr trimo them* iWcr*.
For «*Ie by
W. H. GILBERT, AGT.dc CO.
L. F.. A II. E. WELCH.
*rk. You c^o otakefroa
• tafj so hemr byd-Totinjc your eweing* .«
lUtMtOtb* b'iviusiw Ii court DotblLg V t
!C*thing llk«* it for ibm-t rutk
mft oCnrsd befor- rutlnrs* pUwut nt»l ttrt«. .
•. Vjk*A*T, if y*M war.t TO «D0» all ah 1
•■t pcylng Hu#lti*r**! b*fore the public, e-n* _b»
aod »- »il. a-i.4 you foS! ptrticj'i-
-%md printr i*rrx.n ii*f, *.*mp’— worth fV al-o fr-*
yaacas then makr up your min-l f*r y ourt^if. /.>’■
A CO , Portland, Mai..*
* ORAY’H aPEC irfc MKIlICINK.
*cr:.. v,
•VMK TAIUI,' * rm-tlTB Tll!«5
eanal L*altud*r. Pa.rt iu i .* Biw.k.Jjimotv. of v; -
M.praoiaturr '»W Ag**. and many mI»-i
that lead to innoityor r.,* tuuqsion, a |.r-r>.
t4.n(»n«r. |.>Tiiou!tn» In our miiiuMo
Whkb •td*-.P: U. wr.i if - hy u.aii
ft p*r»arl
it Ttck by mail
»Jor F>. or T. ,'i
. f tb** urr -r. >>?
IKK okay jm:
Mr< hacilc*t k. |/KTaoiT Me •
AU*uy and wtirf** *.y alt <ti
THE STAR RESTAURANT!
JOE W. f/LUtT, Proprietor.
THE BEST IN BICUNSWIUK !
VUBStl FVilf. oY'iTKK*. <»AMK. Vr/.ETAfsLM
Itanrwa V»et, *i'.
X Int-elacv 1'idtK. who will di-h yoo op an A No
| »mI at abort t»oii«e.
bpe-lil attention j .aid to arrivals by ntearu»
toio.
MeLipors, Wines and Cigars
#a tbaK loon. F.avry patron is cf so'.d «*
polite attention
Ray r*wt. •>ftiar< ly frontinz l.ittl# fl* M a T»
Ml hart aud Wareb*
A IVKF.K In yo«.r own town, and no
‘ capital i ick-d. Y*». « an zlvc the l.u-
cIi,cb8 » trial wi
t*e«t «pp»nuiiii:
Wllllnz U. work
In* elw until y.,
you can do at the nuairieha we oilir.
No r>e/iii lo explain here. You can
all your tiwv-o outy your -pare time
•Land make Kreat ,My lor every bou
»rk. Women make »• mu* h at un n.
uial private terms and particulara, which
loutbt free.
f on h*n
CO., I'M
Don't complain of hard
MITES FRO* t:AIJ10UN.
Him .m
Fall i
Liuky, May 10th, lksii.
:,b.i\y ,\KH's:
J oafs arr sis.ill r-aily to har-
v.-st, anri altlioo^ij tli»- HT.-rt, of rtist lia-
f— ii 'li-si-Troils to Mins liflil- rnrcli-s.ly
|nlt In, tin- rrop in tills jiurt of rnlliotiii
will nearly csjual that of la.r year, a-
iiere is a larger amt in oats till- year.—
January oats are liea'lfuj; nleely, mel
present appearanee. Irirlieate tlmt tliere
-sill i« an avetajp- erop. , ! use*l tin-
Thomas smoothing harrow after the plow,
uhieh has nihleil twenty-Uie ]s-r lent. to
(he yield. Cotton, eorn, riee anri sugar
earn-, have made an average growth.—
Apples, peaches, |s-ars and eciippernongs
are promising.
The l£ni[ro.t'1 Commission freight ta-
riff will Is- a bonanza to the farmers of
fid- si.-tion in the matter of the produets
of sugar «-an<*. Imring Ifecemtier 1878,
f offered to sell syrup in Atlanta to fw
•hippixl from Laait. J was lau-h«d al
TUc Negro in Politick.
The St. Louis Times reporter h:i«
interviewed Professor \V. H. Bell, a
colored loan of eonsidcrnble inlelli-
genee, who Ims speni sonic time in
Washington recently, anil who pro
fesses lo lie po-leil ns to tlie views
and feeling of lending colored men.
According to his slntcmeift a confer
ence was held in Washington at
which were present Senator ltruec,
of Mississippi, Wears and others well
known, and tlie conclusion arrived al
was tlmt ‘’tlie time hail eouie for the
colored vote to demand recognition.”
And how that is lo be done is thus
stated by l’rof. Bell: “We ean see no
better way for ns to assert ourselves
than to ask tlie second place on the
ticket. I/tiless that is granted it is
very ijucstionnblc Where the negro
vote will stand in tlie coining election.
Many leading negroes think of ad vis
ing tlie colored men to abstain from
voting. They do not design to ad
vance Democratic principles, so they
advise this course as tlie best thing
for the colored men. The idea is to let
tlie white men light their own battle/’
That course,‘if pursued, would cer
tainly defeat the Republican ticket,
for as Prof. Bell truly says: “The
negro is the balance of power iu Ohio,
and without his vote the State cannot
be carried for the Republicans.” The
Cincinnati Knquirer says : “A deci
ded majority of the white voters of
Ohio arc Democrats. Nobody denies
that. The colored voters give Ohio
to the Republicans whenever they
carry it. The Republicans cannot
elect a President without the solid
colored vote in Ohio, and vet the col
ored voters arc not even accorded a
delegate to Chicago. We believe
they have one alternate."
Politeness Recognized.
Mr. Clare Sewell Read, one of the
English Agricultural Comtnissioner.-
who spent the past winter in this
country, said to his constituents at
IJiss, Norfolk, on his return to Eng
land : “Ono thing struck Air. Pell
and himself as a most curious fact.—
The business men among the Ameri
cans—men who had not a single mo
ment to lose from their business—
were most courteous aud attentive,
-ind gave them ail tlie information
which they required most kindly an I
■ cost promptly. Whether it was tin-
most busy merchant on ’Change or a,
railway official, who had not a mo
ment of his time to spare, every 01
most courteously answered tho i
quirics which were addressed to him.
This was Ihe case with all the upp ;r
classes of the Americans.”
Alive After Burinl.
The following extraordinary story
is published in Charlotte, N. fro n
Franklinton, over the signature
Mr. J. W. Weaver, of tlmt town.—
lie says Mrs. Martha Smith, of Chat
ham, reports a remarkable case of
suspended animation, burial and re
urrcction in the person of a married
lady in that county, who possessed
gold watch and finger rings whir
site often expressed a desire to liav
buried with iter whenever she should
die. Finally she wan taken ill and
her life seemed gradually to ebb away
until tier attending physician pro
iioitiiced it extinct. At her burial her
previously expressed desire was com
plied with, and tin second niglitufler
tlie interment a while man and a ne
gro went lo tlie grave and exliuined
her for tlie purpose of obtaining th
buried jewelry. As they took tie
lid olf tliecofliu and Ihe negro begun
pulling off t ring from iter linger sit
raised up. At tliis both men took
fright and ran awav. Finally tin 1
negro went back, and she asked him
what lie wanted. lie told’ Iter It
wanted her rings anil Ihe while man
her watch. She requested to see tin
white innn, whom the negro soon
found and brought to her. Slu:
quested him to go home with her.—
lie did so, anil when she reached the
door she knocked. Iler hiishaud
opened the door, hill tainted when lie
saw her, thinking it was his dead
wife’s ghost. Mrs. Hniitli says the
lady is now living, and bids fair lo
attain a good old age, and tlull sli
visits ami is visited by her frequently
Why is it that a woman’s heart
heals fifteen times per minute less
than ■ mail’s ? la it because her tongue
heats lliirlt times per minute more'
have been small at heel, and in many
instances whole years have passed
without payment of dividends by
some of the largest and strongest ror-
poratious in tlie Sla’e.
it cannot lie truthfully snid that
these results have been brought alioul
by cureless or extravagant manage
ment. The working force of all the
mails with which I am acquainted,
has In-on reduced to llio lowest possi
ble point that would operate thorn.—
Salaries have been reduced below the
nine of service, if same men were
mployed in oilier branches of busi
ness. requiring efficiency, character
ml service. Materials and supplies
of all kinds have been bought closely
■even upon the low prices incident
to the long and terrible depression
through which we have passed, and
tlie whole business of these great en
terprises in the Stale has been man
aged with that general ability that
should enhance tho collective reputa
tion of Ihe men having same in
charge. During this entire period
in whirli so much complaint against
the roads has been engendered, I
have liceti a iieatv shipper of goods,
and at no time eoTtJii I have honestly
aid that rates I lmd to pay were even
more than adequate to the service
performed. I will slate just here
that I do not now, never have, and
never expect to own a share of rail-
oad stock: neither have I ever been,
nor do I anticipate ill future Ihnt I
slinll be employed in any way by any
railroad in the world. My opinions
are based upon that general knowl
edge acquired by every man who
keeps his eyes open to what is a rea
sonable price for any articlo bought
nr service performed.
Tho doctrine of Slate sovereignty
has been largely enshrined in tho po
litical faith of our people front the
early history of the State, but its in-
voratiou in tit's instance will fail to
impress its most elevated advocates
with the correctness of either law or
policy, which being destitute of right
or justice seek their perpetuation by
an appeal to sentiment or preju
dice.
Tbe advocates of tlie railroad com-
missionc'rs' scheme, are proceeding
upon the theory that tlie railroad
have no rights that the State is bound
to respect. It was conceived by pol
iticians who havingbut personal ends
to serve, thought the wav was open
for successful appeal to the ear of the
masses by raising the cry of extortion
against tlie railroads, and then pass
ing a law putting the absolute con
trol of the fifty millions of money in
vested iu these indispensable enter
prises, in the hands of three men,
neither of whom tins the necessary
experience in railroad management
to enable him to do justice to tbe
railroads, while assuming to mitigntc
tlte evils complained oi by an un
thinking public. The subject of
freight tariffs and general railroad
management requires peculiar quali
fications and cannot he. mastered or
ompreltended without life-long slu
ly and experience. I will say noth
ing against tho character of tlie com-
niis-iuners, nor would I reflect upon
them in any way; neither will I in
dulgc in that style of doubtful com
pi intent so common iu these days. In
dealing with public questions, Die
actions aud qualification of ptihlii
officials arc the just subject of fnir
cri'icism
Mr. Wallace was at one lime super
intendent of the Western ami Atlan
tic railroad, which belongs to the
State, and a'. Dial time was operated
by Die State. Why did he not then
demonstrate the ' practicability of
milking returns lo tlie treasury, un
der Die scale of charges made out by
Die commission for Die government
of the railroads to-day ? What were
Die charges of the Western and At
lantic railroad then, as compared
with Die charges the past five years?
Were Ilicy less nr more? Would it
not have been right and proper for
tlie Stale then to have demonstrated
with her own t-ond, under tlie iiinu-
ngenieiit of Ihe nstute Mr. Wallace,
Dial site could secure lo her poverty-
stricken people, Die lieoii of siu-li
cheap freights.
Dili Mr. IVnllaee Dice know Ibal lie
was “running riot" overtlindear peo
ple? Ifnol, when did ho lourii so
much about railroad management ?—
I put lliese questions, liecauso ho was
selected—as the people woro led to
believe—ns tlie embodiment of rail
road wisdom. My recollection is, ho
has had lull little experience in rail
road management since lie let slip
tliis great opportunity to demonstrate
tliis problem affecting Dm public
good, while lie could have done it at
public expense, which was proper.—
I would suggest lo liitn Dial railroad
ing now is as different from what it
was when lie was on Die Slate road,
us Die I’uited Stales mail is from tel
egraphy.
Mr. Biiriielt, I understand, is a most
excellent gentlemnn, and a pains-tak
ing, conscientious theorist, lml, I nm
not informed Dint Im lias any pructi-
cnl knowledge of railroad niannge-
inont.
Gov. Smith made iis a good Gov-
oruor, anil Is well known as a lawyer
of nhilily, hut judged liy tlie snmo
rules Dial must determine Die fitness
of men for any other position, save
that of railroad commissioner for
< icorgin. lie is ns much out of place
as Mr. Wnillcy would lie upon tlie
lietirli of the Supreme Court, These
men are vested witli aliiiost supreme
power, in determining questions Dial
mm before them. No railroad nan
mlest llieir decrees without incur
ring heavy penalties. They are at
once legislators, executioners and
judges. If we admit all that is claim
ed for Diem, then on railroad matters
their powers are legislative, execu
tive and judicial. Where did they
get tliis wide range of power? I am
not a law yer, but 1 fail to find au
thority for it in Ihe constitution of
the Slate. I fail lo discover their nu-
iliorily—if Dint authority is traced to
its source—to do more than prevent
unjust discriminations, and extor
tionate rates.
Tlie right of appeal lo Die United
■Stales courts is one Dull any citizen of
another Slate can make nt any time
for Die adjudication of hi < rights. ||
is no new thing, and tint question of
State rights has nothing to do with
it. and the principle is not violated
by it.
If S’nle sovereignty can erect a des
potism, so far us a specific interest in
this Slate is concerned, and lodge su
preme anil irresponsible power in a
triumvirate, what will prevent an ap
plication of the rule to other iuicr-
o-its?anil in the end to nil, and iiudcr
tlic specious plea of protecting Un
people, dissolve every interest on
whirli the development ot the Stale
and Ihe foundation of ils industries
depend. Tlie theory upon which Ibis
whole business depends ignores the
bartered rights of every railroad iu
II.e Slate ; violates Die plighted faith
of the State, made to Die difl'ureut
ompunics, when the entire people
were anxious lo have Die roads built .-
destroys the vultie of fifty millions of
property, owned largely by tlie fru
gal classes of our own people; warns
npitnl not to come under the ban of
this diluted communism, which, by
.prarlice, if not intent, is making pro
perty a crime, if Die principle were
right the policy is so manifestly wrong
Dial Us adoption in a Slate of (iror-
gia’s possibilities is criminally suici
dal.
Born and reared upon Die soil ot
tliis State, one of a generation whose
stnr seems to have risen on uu evil
sky, I can hut deplore this whole bus
iness as a stain upon Die honor ami a
reflection upon the intelligence of her
people. I believe tlie good senso of
our people will render the permanent
enforcement of this stupendous fully
impossible, and in the end consign
to obscurity the men who, underra
ting the intelligence of tlie masses,
have committed this crime against
both their honor and prosperity.
Macon.
How We Were Parted.
I am au elderly man now. past that
ly to open it, thinking it wns ininr,
when, -instead her husband' stooii
ti| on Die threshold !
lie had returned, repentant and
successful, exultant with the thought
feverish, hot turn of life when passion , 0 f t | 1( . |, a pp v future which might yet
A Nihilist Journal—A Paper
Printed under Difficulties.
The will oi Die people is the title of
the organ of the Xiliili'ts In Russia. It
appears in tlie most extraordinary
way in unexpected corners, and when
least looked for. They say that it is
constantly to be found on tho toilet
table of the Emperor, and under the
pillows of statesmen and generals.
The manner in which this curious or
gan is printed is described at length
by the St. Petersburg correspondent
of the AianchcsterGunrdinn. The of
fice is a gloomy, miserable room at
the top of a house iu a poor locality.
On the door is an announcement of
some ficticious trade. The room is oc
cupied l»y a poor wretch, formerly a
student; it is wretchedly furnished.
The boil occupies pretty nearly the
entire room. Everything is mean and
squalid. Tlie owner of the apartment
is editor, compositor; reporter, prin
ter and publisher. Under the mattress
of the miserable bed the type is hid
den. Then, when occasion oflers, it is
transferred to the multitudinous pock
ets of his great coat, he goes out into
streets with diminitivc note book,
hangs about public buildings, glares
at people in authority, whom he
would kill if a glance could murder,
writes his “leader” in a secluded cor
ner of a park, and rolls each page in
to a pill to bo swallowed on Die ap
proach of a policeman. As soon as
tho work is finished he steals home,
locks and barricades the door, gets
out his type and sots up Die paper,
which he afterwards prints in|a primi
tive manner, anddistributes through
the streets and in cafes, and l>y a'l
means known only to conspirators.
.This account of the ilifiioult, diingorons
and painful duty which that poor, pa
tient scribe perforins under thcdircc-
ton of an inexorable committee from
whom lie receives little help, may or
may not be in accordance with truth;
iiut there remains the undeniable fact
Dial, under the very nose of tho terri
ble third section, despito all the vigi
lance oi the police, a sheet is printed,
published mid cimilatcd, and no man
can put his hnml upon those who
thus contribute to Die literature of
revolution.
Sympathy in a Horse.
Au incident occurred on Die t’ol-
iiinliia River, Oregon, Die oilier day,
which strikingly illustrates tlie hu
mane instincts and Hympnlhy which
exist in animals. A number of horses
were being taken aboard a steamer
when one of llicm kicked another and
broke its leg. It was decided to put
tho poor nniiunl out of its misery,
and it was dispatched by mi employe
of Die boat with an ax. A thorough
bred running stallion, Delaware, was
quietly watching Die disabled animal,
and just as Die fatal blow was struck
he gave a loud scream and fell back
ward, with blood flowing from liis
nostrils. For three hours he was in
convulsions, and it was thought lie
would die, lint lie finally rallied and
will recover.—San Francisco Chroni
cle.
Timely Cmittim.
('tenupM- Hop Bitters are put up in
square paneled, nnilier-eolon-d Imttlcs,
with while liila-1 on one side printed in
Mack letters aud green hop cluster, anil
on tlie other side yellow paper with red
letters; revenue stamp over the cork.—
This is tin- only form in which genuine
Hop Hitters are pul up, anil the sole
rlght to make, sell nub use liiein is grant-
fill to the Hop Hitters MTg (’o., of Rih-Ii-
fistcr, N. Y., and Toronto, (hit., by pat
ents, copyright and tirade mark. All
otliers put iqi in any other way or liv
njiy one else, claiming to la- like it or pre
tending to contain Imps, by whatever
names they may la- called, are laigus and
unlit for use, and onlv put up to sell and
ehnat tb« people on tho eradll and popu
larity of Hop Bltlsi k.
holds sway in men’s hearts hut the
time was with me—as with all oth
er*—when nil Die world seemed
naught lacking tlie sight of one wo-
iniin’h smile, Die sound of one wo
man's voice.
She loved ine loo, and nothing
seemed aide to destroy tlie prospect
of our mutual happiness, since none
could say ns nay. Ami yet I sit alone,
a sad, broken-hearted man, while she
whom I lore sleeps in her silent
grave, far nwnr from me. Cel me re
call Ihe past once more, ntid tell how
it came that I ant alone in Ihe world.
I had just returned from my morn
ing round of professional visits, and
was sitting iu my study one bright
June morning, when a messenger
sought mo iu grent haste lo say that
1 had been sent for liy a lady who
feared Dial her child was dying. I
lost no time in hurrying to Din ad
dress given me—a small house iu one
of the quietest of our London suburbs,
tho door of which wns opened by a
young aud very beautiful woman.'
You arc Die doctor?” she said iu
a voice of wonderful sweetness.
1 bowed assent.
“Then you must save my darling!”
she went on. “You must—you must!"
1 answered nothing, but drew near
er and looked dowu upon tlie uticon-
ioits form of Die little sufferer,
lie was a beautiful boy, scarce
three yenrs of age, witli deepest blue
eyes, wide open and brilliant witli
lover which had aiso left its crimson
slain upon each cheek, iu startling
contrast witli tlie marble whiteness
of Die brow.
A few moments professional exam
ination convinced me Dial the child
was beyond the reach of professional
skill, and except to alleviate his suf
ferings, my services could avail noth
ing; but how to tell the mother?
• “You can save him doctor?”
Tlie question was au appeal. 1
would have given all I possessed in
Dint moment to have taken her hand
in mine aud answered “Yes;” but I
dare not palter with tho truth.
“I will do all that I cun,” I answer
ed. “It is hilt little." ’
“He will die, you mean ?” bIic gasp
ed out.
“He shall at least die in peace,” 1
replied.
“Ho shall not, he must not die!”
she moaned. “O Heaven, spare him
to me! Spare mo my boy,” site pray
ed again, sinking on her knees atid
clasping her arms about Die little
form.
An hour later we unloosed the
clinging touch from the then soqjlrss
clay, and liorc Iter senseless to hcr
bcd. Site knew nothing for days, not
even when wc laid the baby in his
spotless coffin and bore him to the
graveyard.
When she first recovered conscious
ness I was beside her. She looked
down at her arms; they were empty.
She glanced about tlie room; it was
silent.
“Why did you save me,” she cried,
“when you could not save for me all
that made life sweet?”
But when she grew calmer and
stronger sho thanked me for my care
—thanked me so humbly that I felt I
would far rather bear her reproaches.
Her child had been dead six months
when I began to understand mv
heart’s secret, and to learn why 1
still continued the visits no Jonger
professionally required.
One evening as I entered her room
I noticed a slight shade of embarrass
ment in her manner.
“Doctor,” sho said, “you have nev
er sent me yonr bill.” ’
“It’s very large,” I answered grave
ly-
“That docs not matter,” sho replied.
I may not have the entire sum neces
sary at my command—I am not a ricli
woman— but in lime I promise to
pay it all. -
“l must have immediate payment,”
I answered. “I cannot but lie satis
fied with the whole.”
Her face paled.
“Tho amount ?’’ 6ho questioned.
But I could no longer wear my
mask.
“Yourself, my darling! With this,
and this onlv, will I be content. You
told me tho life 1 helped to restore
was valueless ro you. This is the only
payment I will have. Tell me, dear
est, will you give it to me?”
“You have asked me.nothing of mv
life,” she answered.
“I wish to know nothing,” l replied
“I love you ; I need no more except
your love.”
“How good, how generous- you
arc!”
And softly Iter little hand stole in
to mino.and I knew that I had gain
ed my treasure. Her mother-heart
was empty, rohbod and despoiled!
Perhaps it was for this reason it turn
ed to me for Die comfort I so glndly
gnve.
At last our wedding day was fixad,
when one evening, as I was preparing
to go to her, I heard a hurried knock
at tlie door, and ere I could reach it,
il was thrown open; and Klenor,
white and breathless, entered my
room.
A dread sense of sonic calamity
came over mo ns I looked upon her.
“My darling!" I said, hastening lo
her side, “what has In-ought you
hero ?”
“To toll you,” site replied iuncalin,
cold voice, “Dial l nmy never lie yonr
wife."
“And why ?"
“Because Ac has come hack! II
here, lie claims me 1”
And with a low cry she fell fainl-
imr lo the floor.
I lifted her in mv arms and laid
her upon a couch, and at last succeed
ed in restoring her to consciousness,
only to hear the whole miseablc sto
ry.
Site bud married when site was bill
eighteen, a man utterly unworthy of
her, and by whom, shortly afterward,
sho was deserted at a.,time when she
most noodrd Ids teuderest care nnd
devotion ; though, in jnstico to I hr
man, il must be said tlmt lie was ig
norant of this fact.
A few months after h
born and they were siippurted try hr
own toil and the scanty remnant of
her fortune, which she hail retained
iu her possession. When the baby
was three months old Die rumor,
seemingly substantiated, reached her
of Iter husband's death.
Tliis afternoon, sitting in Iter room
thinking ol mu nnd the new life soon
lo begin for us both a knock had
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Cocoanuts,
Oranges,
Lemons,
AND A LI. KINDS OF
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Al*. in Stock a FULL LINE of
l.e in store tor him. At her feet hr
prayed for forgiveness, until, fearful
I would come, she roused from Die
stony apathy into which she had fal
len.
1 wns mad. I forgot reason and
honor. I asked what were this man’s
claims upon her compared to mine. 1
entreated Iter by all she held sacred
lo be mine—mine ns site already war
iu the eves of heaven t But, thank
Hod—evort I can say it now—my
darling was true to herself, lrue to
me, true to llte littledoad child, true
to the repentant man who had re
turned to her.
It was a whirlwind which shook
to the foundation both our souls, hut
slie was tho stronger of the two—
stronger in her own pure woman
hood—and so she conquered.
When wc parted that night, wc
knew it was forever, and so it prov
ed—I never saw her again. For five
years sho lived a Iruo wifelo tho man
who sought vainly to atone, theu her
heart broke. Just before her death
she sent mo on a slip of paper, these
words:
“Dial will not part us in Heaven."
No more—no word of lovo. Bui
that sentouco brought full comfort lo
me. I look at it every night before
i go lo rest, each morning ere I seek
my daily toil, aud know that some
day 1 shall meet tnv love above.
Ruined l>y a “Personal.”
A Young Girl’s Life Wrecked
by Her Live of Romance.
N«w York Tima,.]
There is something so well titled to
point a moral in the suicide (or pos-
sibly accidental death from qpium
poisoning) of Mrs. Harriet Van Bu-
ren, formerly Mrs. (ico. F. Dutch.
Dial brief reference to certain fart-
not yet published may be pardona
ble. Ten yenrs ago Mrs Harriet Van
Bitren was a familiar figure in oneot
Dio oldest ami most exclusive circles
iu New York society. Yottug,beau
tiful, highly educated and accom
plished, although her income at hei
father’s death was small—about$150H
a year—she was the pet and orna
ment of an extremely exclusive .cir
cle. As is Ihe case with most young
ladies of her age, she was as romantic
and visionary as site was accomplish
ed. Had there been some real work
in life upon which to wreak the su
perabundant sentiment incident to
young women of her age, the tragedy
that ultimately ensued might have
been avoided, and a long and useful
life substituted for au erratic career
of an early and tragic death. Idle
ness, one of the misfortunes of opu
lence and an assured income, is as
sure to develop the latent capacity of
a young girl for morbidezza, as it is
to develop a kindred state of mind
in a young man born to affluence and
laziness.
IN AN EVIL HOUR,
tliis gay, accomplished, and l-omautic
girl, with noble possibilities before
her, insdi'ted & personal iu a daily
uewspaper soliciting tlie acquaint
ance of some accomplished gentleman.
The mystery, the dash of romance,
about acquaintances thus formed, is
one oT the elements calculated upon
by designing rascals, whoso proverbs
is that heroism and desperation are
so nearly allied, that few know the
difference between them. The per
sonal was answerod by a man of mid
dle age, blase, with many experiences
in suclt affairs, who should have told*
this foolish girl that she was making
shipwreck of her life, instead of pur
suing the acquaintance and playing
upon her romantic tendencies. This
was in 1873. Tho clandestine ac
quaintance ripened into a passion;
the man was eccentric, fascinating, ot
good birth, of considerable fortune,
ut:d possibly as scrupulous in such
manners as tlie avorage of his class.
Friends objected in vain. All Die
idealism of a young girl and all hor
hatred of humdrum were enlisted.—
She refused to hear anything to the
discredit of her new acquaintance.—
In 1875 tho pair look a trip to Florida
iu each other's society. There is
SO EVIDENCE OP ILLICIT RELATIONS;
but tho cscapado compromised the
young lady irrevocably. It is to tlie
honor of llio man that ho married hcr
itt Philadelphia on their voturu ; to
his dishonor that l>e allowed her to
compromise herself by romantic de
votion to what she supposed to be
her ideal. Three mouths later, hav
ing seen her idol shattered, her ideal
broken, the poor girl applied for a
divorce in Utah with the connivance
of tlie husband, who tound such ro
mantic devotion oppressive. Tlie di
vorce was obtained, and, her life and
social position wrcckod. she tried to
redeem herself. How vain such a
struggle is every person of experience
well knows. In Iter despair she
drowned lior regrets in opium: a
few years of sad experience followed.
Her equivocal position mado hoc a
prey to tlie rapacity of land'adics
and’ hotel proprietors. Debt, dis
grace, disgust of life, sickness, anil
opium languor finish the picture.—
An attempt to break tlie habU was
followed by a fatal dose, and the
brilliant girl of 1870 became tlie sub
ject of a coroner’s inquest iu 18S0.—
Tlie talc is not a new one; but il is,
unf'irtunntoly, a true story of tlie per
il of inserting a personal in a daily
newspaper, and of the disaster that
may follow tlie impracticable pursuit
of a morbid ideal.
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Rates 11.50 to $2.00 per day, according
to location of rooms.
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Composition on Cats.
The New York News got the fol
lowing from a small hoy; The eat
which wc had afore we got Mono was
yollcr, and didn’t have no ears, and
not eny tail, loo, eos they were cut
off to make it go way from where it
lived, for it was so ugly, so it rum to
our house. One day my mother she
sed wildcat my lather drown it,
-lio knew where she < ud git a nicer
hill! was ’ Inkiu one. So my lather ho put it in
a liag. ami n brick iu tin- bag, too.
and threw it ill tlie pom! .-mil went to
his office, my father did. Itut tlie cat
busted the bag string, ami won my
father cum home il wns lying under
Die sofa, but cum out to jook at him.
So t boy looked at ouc another for ..
long wile, and hime hv my father sed
to my mother, “Well,'you are a mity
poor*hand to go shoppin for cats.—
come lo Die door. She sprang Mger- Tltisu is u situ uglier than Die other.
0. J. FARRINGTON,
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luftkcCoat*. t*ant*a«d V«U in finK-liM atyle uA
U chop m any house in ihe Slate.
I keep always on h »tid a full line of doiha. low*
and examine my good*, and have your Spring Suits
made right away. KntiiectfuUy.
o. j. farrincton.
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