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WALTER S. COLEMAN.
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locke Langley, Tax Receiver.
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R. T. PICKENS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ELLIJAY, GEORGIA.
Will practice in all the conrts of Gil
mer and adjoining counties. Estates
and interest in land a specialty. Prompt
attention given to all collections.
DR. J. R. JOHNSON,
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ELLIJAY, GEORGIA.
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people of Gilmer and surrounding coun
ties and asks the support of his friends as
heretofore. All calls promptly filled.
~ E. W. COLEMAN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ELLIJAY, OA. IJi
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Court Juiticc Court of Gilmer County. Legal
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Calhoun, Ga.
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ELLIJAY. GA.. THUBSDAY, JANUARY 19. 1888.
A TRINITY
Sweet Faith Is like the daisy bright.
With heart of gold and petals white,
That blooms from mom until the night,
And wakes from day to day.
Each year, from spring till winter’s gloom,
Then only sleeps Again to bloom
And cheer life's nigged way.
Fair Hope is like the cedar tree;
Ho matter what the season be,
Its verdure we may ever see.
It tells us constantly—
Though faded are the wayside flowers,
Though lonely are the winter hours,
Of immortality.
But Love, the greatest of them all,
Blooms winter, summer, spring and fall,
Hor night nor death its strength appall
Through all eternity
Sweet Faith, Fair Hope within it dwell
All flowers of its beauties tell— •
A perfect trinity.
—Emile Pickhanit.
: A GREAT MUTINY.
Many years ago, before the English
gave up Tasmania as a penal colony, I
was a cabin boy on the Australian packet
Queen Bess. In those days every packet
to Australia was crowded with emigrants,
soldiers and adventurers, and on this oc
casion our passenger list had a great
many of the latter. There seemed to be
! a regular hegira of bad men from Liver
pool and London about that date, and
Til venture to say wo had fifty' aboard
who had no respect for the laws of tho
land or the high seas.
I was thirteen years old the day we
left Liverpool, and I had already made
one voyage to Australia and return with
Captain Flemming. While wo carried
three cabin boys, I was engaged to wait
on the Captain alone. lie was very kind
and fatherly to me from the first day I
set foot on his ship, and I had a much
Eleasanter lot than usually falls to the
oy who takes to the sea for a living. I
don’t say that I was any keener than the
average boy of my age, but somehow
when I came to look over our crowd as
wo were about ready to sail I saw trouble
ahead. Two or three trifling incidents
helped me to make up my mind to this.
Most of the sailors who iiad been the
other voyage had reshipped for this one.
There was one whom I positively hated
—a tall, evil-eyed, liang-dog fellow—and
on the night before sailing, as I was
doing an errand for the first mate, Mr.
Cotton, at a public house dear tho dock,
I saw this sailor and two evil-looking
landsmen in close conversation over their
; ale. It so happened that I stood near
them while waiting, and I heard one of
the men address the sailor with:
“Now, Bill, it is all understood.”
“Yes.", .
“If they come aboard we are to help
'em take the ship. ’’
“We are.”
“The women and jchildron and such
as don’t carAto join us are to'be
I faded somewhere, afid then for a free
and-easy life.”
“That’s the talk, mate,” exclaimed
Bill.
“And it is to be an even divide ot
cash all around?” put inthesccoud lands
man.
“It is. We shall have to have officers,
of course, but one man will boas good as
another, and it shall be share and share
alike."
“Anil liow many men have you
sounded ?”
Bill spread his great, hairy hand on
the table and couuted oft on his fingers.
“There’s Jack—and Tom—and Rob
bins—and Whistler—and—but I guess
that's all. It’s too early yet. When you
want a man for desperate work don’t
give him too long to think of it.”
At this point I was called away, and
when I returned to the ship Iwentdiect
ly to the Captain’s cabin andielatednll I
had. hoard.-. Some s.ea Captains, in their
arrogance and conceit, would ffiave
covered jne witli contempt. Captain
Flemming listened to me attentively un
til I had .unshed, and then he sent me to
call Air. Cotton and Mr. Johnson, the
latter being the second mate. I had to
repeat the conversation lor their benefit.
Mr. Cotton didn’t take much stock in
my story. lie was one of those opinion
ated men who never take kindly to any
thing coming second hand. Mr. Hob
inson believed I had overheard all I said,
but scouted the idea that there was any
plan against the ship. They were or
■ aered to keep their eyes o'pen in every
direction from the hour we sailed, and
when they had gone the Captain turned
to me with:
“Now, Albert, I am satisfied in my
own mind, from the character of some of
the passengers going out with us, that a
plot of some sort is hatching. You can
come and go without suspicion. Begin
ning to-morrow, I want you to keep cir
culating through the ship. Keep your
eyes and ears open day and night and
you neeil do no other work. Whenever
you see or hear anything suspicious let
me know.”
Most of the roughs and toughs came
aboard at the last hour. They had lots
of friends to take a parting drink with,
and four-fifths of them were the worse
for liquor. I stood at the gangway and
sized each one up as they came aboard,
and I wondered greatly that the officers
didn’t seem to notice what a rough
crowd they were. The fact that nearly
all of them seemed to know each other
was in itself a suspicious incident, at
least to ray mind. I noted also, that in
the first hour of sailing many of the
toughs seemed to be acquainted with a
round dozen of our men before the mast.
From the hour of sailing I was the
ghost of the ship. I was engaged in a
work which interested my whole nature,
and I was too excited to sleep more than
an hour at a time. While I had access
to every part of the ship, I spent most of
my lime either with the sailors in the
forecastlo or the passengers in the
steerage. I remembered the faces of the
two men I had seen with Bill in the
public house, and realizing that they
would lie st the head of any plot, I hung
around them like a coast fever. We had
lieeu out thirteen days Leforc 1 pick' and :
unit single word, and'by that time I bad
almost made myself believe that I had
brought the ( aplain a cock-and-bull j
story. In going among the steerage
passengers I put on an old anit, and those
people Aiippoaad I had parenta aboard
and was going to tho new land. I also
assumed a trifling way, and it was com
mon enough to heat them say to each
other that I was light in the upper atory.
I hung about the to men a great deal,
and as I made them -presents of tobacco
aud ran errands for them, they never
drove me away. It was on the afternoon
of the thirteenth day that the men were
sitting on their chests, and I pretended
to be asleep on a bundle of stuff near
them, that they were joined by three
other men. The five were quite by
themselves, aud thejc Jgu! no sooner come
together than Bill said; *
“I have good ntws for you. We
have twelve sailors won over, and there
are men among the passengers fit to
command a frigate who will gladly join
with-us when the -timo comes. How
many names have you got down, Dick?”
“Thirty-eight,” replied a gruff voice,
which I knew to belong- to a short, broad
backed mau with red hair and the look
of a prize fighter. “Siqce we started out
some of the men have turned chicken
hearted, and arc afrsM of the noose, but
as soon as we striked bk>w there are six
or eight more who will be with us.”
“Thirty-eight and twelve are fifty.”
mused Dick. “That’s enough, if wo
move together and-taovQright, to capture
a man-of-war. It’s too early to plan yet.
We’ll just kesp o*h minds made up,
watch the officers nnd passengers, and
four weeks from now will be time to
settle the details.”
There was lots more talked, and when
I could get away and lijive an interview
with the Captain in his cabin I told him
some things which male his eyes-flash.
Ho fully realized tl.it a plot to capture
tho ship was hatching, but he had several
weeks in which to prepare to checkmate
it, and was not in Urn least rattled. He
cautioned me to say nothing to the mates
or to any of the passengers, and ordered
me to continue my espionage of the Sus
pected passengers. .Wfhad on board, if
I remember aright, aboflt 150 soldiers and
citizens ns first class passengers. The
soldiers numbered abopt thirty. There
were perhaps twenty young men who
wore going out to take Government posts.
The rest of tho first class passengers were
tourists, speculators,ranchmen and women
nnd children. I 1 joked tho lot over very
thoroughly, and made up my mind that
we haufrom sixty to soventy men among
the first class who could be depended on
to stand by the Captain.
The emigrants counted up fully 250,
but thero were not over fifty men. A
good thirty of the lot were single womon
going out to take service, and the rest
were wives and children. I figured that
there were only seven men in the steer
who could fight for a ship. They could
not well be counted on, however, for a
couple of ruffians, armed with pistols,
could hold them in oluck when the hour
camo. AVo had soni 1 twenty-six sailors,
a carpenter, a l>oa!s'*in. a doctor, a
steward, four cooks, aim two mates. If
all were loyal ami she ship was not taken
by surprise, them were men enough to
put. thr; motioee t* dqjvn pretty qrjek.
But all were not loyal Twelve of tuo
sailors had already been won over, and
when tho hour came to strike it was
likely the number would lie increased to
twenty. I figured, and I think the cap
tain did too, that it would about he An
even thing in numbers. After I made
my second report he gave me orders to
clean up all the firearms and load them
afresh. These were all kept in his cabin,
together with a lot of cutfassos and
boarding pikes, ntul I spent twe days on
the weapons without any one being the
wiser.
What bothered the Captain was to
know when the attack was to bo made,
ami ho could hardly dfee the object of
one. No sane man, no matter how tough
lie was,could think of capturing the ship
nnd playing pirate with her. She had no
eannoHj .and in a few days at most would
lie hunted down by some war vessel. Mr?'
Cotton believed there was some plot to
which the capture of the ship was only a
part, but, try as hard as I could, I eould
not get at the secret until lons' weeks
had passed, and the remainder of our
voyage was only a question of days.
Then, one day, I got it quite by acci
dent. Iliad gone Into the forecastle at
noon to see what I'could pick up among
the sailors. I crept into- one of the
bunk's and pulled a blanket over me, and
in about an hour, or after the watch be
low had eaten their dinner, the ruffian
who had done most of the talking with
our Hill in the public house came down
among the men. It was against orders,
but he had somehow slipped past the
mates. I now heard him called Sam. ;It
seemed that all the watch below, as well
as a part of that on duty, were in the
plot, and they made no bones of speak
ing. Itfyprc-cnoc was, of course, unsus
pected.
Then came to light what was afterward
known throughout England as the
“Winston Conspiracy,” of which the
papers were full for months. .John Win
ston, a noted and wealthy sporting man,
was convicted of robbery and sentenced
to penal servitude. He had a brother
James, who interested friend* in an effort
to rescue him. Some were in for money
and some for the love of adventure. It
took them a year or more to lay their
plans, and the money used up amounted
to over A15,000. Three or four of the
conspirators secured places as guards in
the jienal colony, a sloop was purchased
of a coast trader, and when the Queen
Bess sailed she took with her B*<passen
gers the rest of the gang. It was to be
calculated in Australia when she would
appear off the coast. Winston and other
hard characters were to make a break,
secure the sloop, and stand out to sea.
When they met the ship they were to
run her aboard, and. with the help of the
gang in the steerage, capture her.
Women nnd children and such as would
not join them were to be put ashore on
some island and the ship headed for
America. It was confidently expected
she would reach that country in safety,
and there was no law which would give
the pirates up to justice. The Queen
Bess was now within five days’ sail of the
coast, and Sam had come down to ar
range the particular. He believed the
officers in total ignorance of the plot, and
had do doubt of success. All w ere to be
on the watch for the sloop, and as soon
as she was sighted every mutineer was to
appear on deck. If the sloop showed
signals of distre-s nndaboat was sent off,
then the ship was to be taken while the
boat was gone. If the sloop ran the ship
aboard, as if by accident, the tight
was to begin the moment the mameuvre
was put into execution.
Everything wan given away, and I Iny
there nnd heard every word, nnd after
wntd got out of the forecastle without
being noticed and reported to the Cap
tain. His first move was to call the
mates down, and afterward such passen
gers as be felt certain of. Very luckily
for us, there was a trader aboard who
was taking a lot of revolvers out to
Australia, with other traps. They were
the American Colt, and were a novelty
then. He had twenty-four of them in
his trunk, and when tliey had been taken
into the cabin and loaded we felt certain
what the outcome of the mutiny would
be. The conspirators were no doubt
supplied with pistols and knives, but we
had six shots to their one. Nearly every
male passenger was taken into the Cap
tain’s confidence, and it spoke well for
their discretion that not one single hint
of what was taking place reached the
ears of the fellows impatiently biding
their, time in the steerage.
At 10 o’clock in the forenoon, when
wo wore about a hundred miles off the
coast, a trusty sailor who had beoq sent
into the forerigging, ostensibly to make
repairs, but in reality to watch for the
sloop, came slowly down and reported
her in sight from his elevation. In half
an hour more she would be visible from
the decks, and the conspirators would
thon make ready. During this half hour
the revolvers were distributed, the loyal
passengers placed at advantageous points,
and the sailors who were in the plot were
sent aloft on one pretext and another.
They had no other weapons but theii
sheath knives, and one man with a re
volver could hold four or five of them in
the rigging.
When tho Sloop was at last reported,
we saw a movement among the conspira
tors and knew that they were making
ready. The sloop was coming down
with tho wind, while we were making
long tacks to starboart and port. Under
these circumstances she oould not well
lay us aboard. Up went a signal of dis
tress as soon as slio thought wo could see
it, and she was brought into the wind to
wait for us. We made a reach to the
north, and then as we came back on the
other tack we swung into tho wind not
a cable’s length from the sloop. She
was a small craft, her decks not more
than two feet nbove water, and there
were seven men to be seen above her
rail. Our captain picked up his trumpet
and shouted:
“Sloop, ahoyl What sloop is that?"
One of the men made a trumpet of his
hands and shouted back:
“The Annie of Sydney.”
“Whit’s your trouble?”
“Sprung a leak and going down.
Send a boat aboard and take us off.”
The captain had planned for this, and
the boat was all ready. There wore
irons and muskets gndcr the seats, and
the third mute and two of tho disloyal
sailors and five truo men were told to go
off in her. No sooner had they left the
ship than the muskets were produced,
the mate Informed the two sailors that
their plot was discovered, and the boat
pulled straight for the sloop. .When she
got. alongside, tho fho armed men clam-
TiWWi up, ana, after a biW rtWiflirf, in
which Winston was killed, the other six
surrendered.
Meanwhile wo’iiad our hands full
aboard the ship. soon as the boat
pulled away Sam gave the signal for tho
uprising, and inside of a minute the con
flict was raging from forecastle to cabin
doors. The ordeis to passengers were
to shoot to kill and tliey obeyed. It 1b
’due to tho conspirators to say they made
a brave light 1 Had wo not been fully
prepared for them they would have
taken the ship in five minutes. As it was.
they killed two men, woqpded five ana
kept the light going for ten minutes.
Thon they sought hiding places. Only
two sailors actually participated in the
attack on tho ship. These two and
twenty-three of tho conspirators were
shot dead, ami of the seven others
wounded live died before we got In. The
rest of the gang were hunted up one by
oac and clapped in irons, and were tried
and hanged on land. Three sailors
suffered with them and the rest wore let
off. There was a great overhauling of
officials at Tasmania, a rigorous punish
ment was meted out to the recaptured
convicts, and for tho next*live yeors
(lapt. Flemming and his good ship were
the talk of the land and sea. He gave
me due "credit for my share of (he work,
as also did the publio and the owners of
the Queen Bess, and the voyage home
Was my last. I left the ship's cabin for
a scholarship at Eton. —New York Sun.
Tlic Sparrow Nuisance.
The English sparrow is an enemy of
our native songsters and drives them
away; he is the foe of the gardener and
fruit grower, because he expels the in
sectivorous birds, and then solaces him
self with the young plants, the buds and
the fruit; he is destructive to the grape
crop, and a rapacious feeder thereupon.
In ten days, sparrows in Australia robbed
a single vineyard of 3,000 pounds of
grapes. This bird is an enemy to the
grain growth, and destroys the grain in
the milk, as well as eats hnd wastes it in
the ripened head. He detiles building*
and destroys the vines that cling to
them. He is not a destroyer of insects.
These boldly festoon the haunts of the
sparrow with webs, and fasten their
cocoons to them. At first he had the
reputation of destroying caterpillars, and
the measuring worm. But now our
Ctesar feeds on more toothsome meat.
The State Entomologist of New YorK
has proven by observation, that the cater
pillar thrives where the sparrow most
abounds, and the some conclusion is
reached by more than one English ento
mologist. The loss from sparrows in
England is put at $1,000,000 a year. In
Australia the loss is greater, and in the
United States it surpasses computation.
—American A'jriculturiit.
A Moonshiner’s Still.
“Over in Chambers county, Ala.,
right near the Troup county line, I found
on Sunday the queerest distillery I ever
saw.” So said it even ue Agent Willborn
Colquitt yesterday. “I was with Deputy
Marshal Julc Johnson and Deputy Mar
shall Eichelbergcr, of Alabama. The
owner of the still hud made a boiler by
splitting a poplar, probably two feet and
a half in diameter, hollowing it out and
lining it with copper. Three barrels
were used as stills, and these were so ar
ranged that there was double distillation.
The worm was a long tin pipe with an
elbow at each end. The distillery
would doubtless make thirty gallons of
liquor a day. We caught two nogroea,
but couldn’t find the owner of the still"
—Atlanta l < 'Janet it u> ton.
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
Many Difficulties—Sha Felt So. Too—
Happiness All Rocend—The Fa
ther's Complaint—The Bur
glar Was In Ltiok, Etc.
“So yon are an artist,” said the talka
tive old lady to the young man whom she
met on the train.
“Y'es, madam.”
“I suppose you hsve many difficulties
in your profession, don’t you?"
“Y'es," replied the young man meekly,
“there are a great many posers.”—Mer
clt ant-Traveler.
. Slio Felt. So, Too.
“Laura,” qaid the young man, despair
ingly, “I know it is growing late, but
this may be the last evenings J shall ever
see you. If there is no hope for me,
Laura—if your answer this, night is a
final one—there is no happiness for me
in this world except in the grave. YVide
and deep it yawns beforo me, but I fear
it not. It yawns”
‘So do I,George; so do I,” said Laura,
wearily. —Chico jo Tribune.
Happiness All Round.
Bobby had been a pretty good little
boy all day and his father was very much
pleased.
“You will find, Bobby,” said the old
man, “that virtue is its own roward. I
mean that every time you do what you
ought to do you will feel good over it.
Do you understand?”
“Oh, yes,” responded Bobby, intelli
gently, “and now, pa, if you’ll give me
another piece of pie you’ll feel good,too.”
—New York Sun.
The Burglar Was in Luck.
Mr. Poots—“Where is that burglar,
Maria? Where is he? Where’s the
villain gone?”
Mrs. Foots—“ Gone to tho station
house. Oh, dear, I’m so distracted. A
policeman camo and took him. Oh, John,
why did you leave me all alone when the
alarm rung and run into the garret?”
“Why did I run into the garret? I
keep my arms in the garret, that’s why.”
“But yon’ve been gone an hour.”
“Took over an hour to oil up my gun
and grind my hatchet. But it’s lucky
for the burglar that my arms were not
in order. —Ttms Siftings.
Bills in His Desk.
Pretty Cousin (in young lawyer’s office
—“That is a beautiful desk, Charley I”
Young lawyer (complacently)—“Yes,
and it’s so convenient. That pigeon
hole, you see, Maude, is marked ‘Bills
Payable,’ the next one ‘Bills Receivable’
and—’
Pretty Cousin—“ What a quantity of
Bills-Payable, Charley 1”
Young lawyer—“Well-er-Yes.”
Pretty Cousin—“And the ‘Bills Re
ceivable’pigeon-hole is quito empty.”
Young lawyer—“ Er-a-a-well, fhave’nt
got the desk fixed up yet, Maude."
Pretty Oouain—“Oh I”— Epoch.
Tho Father’s Complaint.
A tall Missourian called at the district
school and, eyeing the teacher sternly,
said:. >
“My boy Henry tells me you whipped
him lastevoning.”
“Y'es,” assented the teacher, edging
toward the door, "but he deserved it, I
assure you,”
“And he says you used a rawhide on
himi”
“Yes, sir, but ”
“And you slapped him with your
hands as well?”
“I did; but I assure you "
“Assure nothin’. Let me give you a
E" iter. When you have to punish that
use a club. He doesn’t care for raw
ss.”—Nebraska Slate Journal.
At Three in the Morning. ,
He. was leaning against the iitrup-.post,
and the watchful guardian of the night
came up very respectfully.
“Fine night, Mr. Jones.”
“Bootiful.”
“You’re out rather late, ain’t you?”
‘ ‘No, no—about my usual time. ” '
“Are you waiting for somebody?”
“No, no—going nome. A little tired,
that’s all; a little tired. ”
“11l walk down with you and see you
to your door.”
“Thank you, thank you, but there’s no
need. The other side of the block will
be ’round this way in a moment, and I’ll
just pop in when my door comes along.
Thank you. Good night.
Blood Will Tell.
Charlie, aged eight, brought home a
•linking yellow pup, bow-legged, droop
ing-tailed and shame-faced. He cared
for it tendefly, fixed a dry-goods box in
the back yard for a kennel, and on' every
possible occasion exhibited the animal
proudly. His sister, Ella, age eighteen,
isked him facetiously:
. “Where did you get that dog?”
“I bought him from a man for twenty-
Bve cents, ” with the pride of ownership.
“Mercy! The idea of paying twenty
fit-e cents for that horrible beast I”
Charlie’s eyes flashed indignantly.
“He isn’t horrid. That shows how much
• girl knows. The man told me he is a
full-blooded cur.”— Portfolio.
Real Neighborly.
The family had just moved into the
neighborhood, and their social statns
had not yet been defined, when a small
boy appeared at the nearest house and
politely said:
“Ma’s eomplerments, an’ ken yer loan
her a frvin’ pan?”
The frying pan was duly loaned, and
In a few moments back came tbe boy.
“Ma’a eomplerments—kin yer let her
hev a pound of pork to grease the pan?”
After some deliberation the pork was
riven, and the neighbars were rehearsing
tho circumstances when again the small
’ey:
•‘Ma’s eomplerments. an’ hev yer a sup
•f tea to wash down the pork?”
But they drew the line at tea. —Detroit
free Preu.
Tho Ear Trumpet Was Missing.
An honored guest at one of tho up- j
own hotels recently was a portly and ;
ligniiled old lady. She was dressed in 1
ustliog black silk, and a stiff white cap,
*I.OO Per Aon am. In A4vuw.
NO. 44.
and even the clerk was awed by her
pretence and conversation It waa a
highly edifying tight at meal houra to
watch the head waiter obsequiously oon
veying this piece of ancient res potability
across the dining hall to a seat. Increas
ing deafness led the old lady always to
carry an ear trumpet with her. but the
presence of that implement did not de
tract from thq impressiveness of the
scene. The ceremony of seating having
been duly performed, she would order
her meal, and the waiter having humbly
dropped a few words of explanation or
suggestion into the business end of the
trumpet, would depart on his mission.
It happened, however, a few mornings
ago that the old lady reached the break
fast table without her t’—mpet. She did
not seem troubled at forgetting it, but
adjustingher glasses inspected the bill of
fare and ordered breakfast, concluding
with a request for some fishbails.
“There ain’t any fishbails,ma’am,"said
tho waiter, respectfully.
“I prefer them done brown, "she said.
“There ain’t any fishbails this morn
ing.”
“And I wish yon would tell the cook
not to fry. them in lard. Use a little piece
of salt pork.” .
“There ain’t any—"
.“And wait a moment. Tell her to be
very careful not to use halibut for fish
balls instead of codfish. I understand
it is frequently done.”
“There ain’t any fishbails to-day,” re
peated the waiter m loud tones.
“You really ought not to serve fish
balls every day, John,” she said, pleas
antly. “Tho old New England way was
to have them for Sunday breakfasts.”
“Theroain’t any fishbails,” shouted
the waiter.
“Yes, serve them with parsley.”
The unfortunate waiter glanced help
lessly about, and then bending down to
the old lady’s ear, in tones that pro
claimed it to the entire dining room, he
roared out again: “There ain’t no fish
balls to-day 1”
“Why didn’t you say so, then? John,"
she added, gazing at the flushed waiter
severely over her spectacles, “i think you
have been drinking. You have been
muttering to yourself there for the last
five minutes. Nevermind about theflsh
balls, but I shaii report you to the clerk.”
—New York Tribune.
An Affecting Appeal.
The following is said by the Herald ot
Health to have been written in French by
Benjamin Franklin:
I take the liberty of addressing my
self to all the friends of youth and to
beseech them to have compassion upon
my misfortune and help me to conquer
the prejudice of which 1 am the ianooent
victim.
I am one of two twin sisters of our
family. The two eyes in the head do
not resemble each other more completely
than 1 and my own sister do. :
My sister and I oould perfectly agree
together JL-lt was not tor tlw partiality
of our parents, who.favor her to my great
humiliation.
From my infancy I was taught to look
upon my sister as if she was of a higher
rank than I. My parents allowed me to
grow up without any instruction, while
they did not spare any cost on the educa
ti >n of my sister. She had professors
of writing, drawing, musio and other
useful and ornamental performances; but
if I happened to touch a pencil, a pen,
or a needle, ! was severely reprimanded,
and more than once 1 was even beaten
for being clumsy.
It is true that my sister likes my
company and .does not despise mv co
operation occasionally, but always claims
uperiority, nnd only calls upon me
rhen she needs my assistance..
;.Vow, ladies and gentlemen, I do not
uelieve that my complaints are dictated
by vanity, oh, rol they have a more
serious basis.
My sister and I are charged by our
parents with the work of procuring the
necessities of life. Now, if some sick
ness should befall my sister, and make
her unablg.to work (and I tell you in
confidence,’ my Bister is subject to cramps,
rheupnttlstti, gout, and many other ail
ments), what will become of our family?
Alas I we shall perish in misery, for I will
not be able oven to draw up a supplica
tion -for obtaining charity. Even for
this present petition I have been obliged
to use a stranger’s hand.'
Oh I how my parents will yet regret
having established such an unjust dis
tinction between two sisters who re
semble each other so nearly.
Will you be so kind, ladies and gentle
men, as to make my parents realize how
unjust it is to b*so partial in their treat
ment of their children; and how neces
sary it is for them to bestow their care
and affection upon their offspring in
equal measure.
I am, ladies and gentlemen, with the
greatest respect, your most humbles ser
vant, The Left Hand.
Electricity v. Hanging.
Governor C. P. Johnson, of Bt. Louis,
says: ‘‘l think the day is not faPdiatant
when the hangman’s noose will be done
away with. There arc so many things
attendant on a hanging that are not
humane. The horrors of the human
mind when contemplating such a death
have been betrayed in “The Execution,"
in the “Ingoldsby Legends,” better, per
haps, than Victor Hugo’s interpretation;
yet neither of them could describe that
worst of all men’s feeling—moral fear.
Regardless of the stolid features when
the death warrant is being read, there is
no indication of the awful mental drama
going on in the brain. It must of nature
e the agony of agonies. The neck
twinges and the flesh feels the noose long
before it is adjusted. The knot that is to
knock into instantaneous insensibility the
scaffold’s victim batters away at the ear
until every muscle of the neck is stretched
to tbe tension of steel springs; the veins,
like whipcords, are dilated with rushing
blood that fires the brain with the
lividness of a hundred hells;' while
standing on the trap a man must die
a dozen deaths before the life spark
expires when f K e hemp is stretched.
I say that this death it not
humane. As I view It, electricity should
be used, and the criminal shocked to
death. This is not only instantaneous,
but it could !>e administered at an un
guarded moment to the felon. He should
uever know when be was to die, and
therefore he would not be living ia that
horrid contemplatica of . a set day. |
think the time in not fnr distant when
this method of execution will bf
adopted."