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THE CRY OF “HI V! RUBEI”
The Hattie fall ot llir < ii-i-iis linn -A Fen
ol tlir Occasions Ijion Which It hns
Been Raised.
A few evenings since, a number of ac
iors chanced to disco -s tho attack in
Dover, Del., upon the people of
O’Brien’s circus, and the questiou wa
raised whether or not tho cry of, “Hey !
Rube J” is, as was affirmed in the pub¬
lished accounts of that occurrence, the
circus men’s rallying cry for war. Mr.
W. G. Coup, the veteran circus manager,
settled it. .Tust as he came in, sown
one ol fhe party tested him by an exper¬
imental yell of “Hoy! Rube I” at hi
back,and his instantaneous jump and look
of combined alarm and ferocity were
reply enough for even the most skeptical.
He said:
“That is a terrible ery to any man
who has ever seen its consequences, and
it gives me a cold fooling down my back
even io hear it in conversation. II
means savage force, desperate combat,
and too often death. A man who hits
heard that yell sounded in earnest, ns I
have, will not monkey with it oven in a
parlor, among ladies and children. 1
don’t know what its origins was, or how
it came to be so universally recognized.
1 only know that ever since I have been
in the business or known anything
almutit, that has been the circus men's
slogan. It used to be equal to immedi¬
ate discharge for a man to yell that
about my show. Why, I'd rather have
given a thousand dollars any minute
than hear it from ono of my men. Fire
it it] i in tho air once and it brings to¬
gether, as if by magic, two or throe hun¬
dred men, all there arc about tho show,
generally powerful and determined L-1
lows, armed, perhaps, only with stakes
and clubs, but stakes and clubs me t cr
rihle weapons in the hands of such men,
and wild with excitement, and ready f ,r
a desperate and pitiless fight, for they
know that is what tho rallying cry
means.
“It signifies to them. ‘You have to
fight for your live s, mid to stand by one
smother or bn killed.’ Thank God, it i
less nocossary now than it UHcd to be iu
early days of circus life in this country.
I say ‘necessary’ for there was a time
and sometimes it comes nowadays
when circus men had no other recourse
(him to fight or be slaughtered, and then
they had to stand together. Very sel
dom, if indeed ever, have flic circus men
begun a row. It was against all their
interests to have one. Aside from tlm
very likely change of being killed in it,
the best they could lmpo for would 1 >0
wounds, injuries, and consequent illness
in a strange and hostile community, or
arrest perhaps where bail would bo out
of the question and fair trial very pro¬
blematical; and if they were overcome
by the mob, their tent and wagons
might lie destroyed, and tho show totally
ruined and nil ils proplo thrown out of
“Yes, I’ve beard ‘Hoy! Rube I’ a
good many limes, f heard it once at
Manchester, N. II., when I was running
tho Burnuiu show. On the morning of
our arrival there 1 found a hastily con
s true ted shed, used as a whisky saloon,
on the lot wo had contracted for. I
naked the man to remove it, but lm re¬
fused, ami (Idled me to remove it. 1
found that he was backed up by ft fear¬
ful crowd of roughs, and the Marshal of
tho town told me that I had better not
get into ft row with the saloon keeper;
so rather than to have a disturbance I
let him remain, but requested him not
to allow any of the circus employees to
have liquor in his saloon. He prom¬
ised that he would not, but he lied, as
I subsequently discovered. All day mv
men were getting liquor there, coming
in contact with tho town roughs, and
gradually tho trouble grew.
“.Tust before supper T saw a gang of
fully a hundred men, armed with clubs,
come out of the woods near the her.
tents, which were some little distance
from the others. Somebody raised tlie
old yell of ‘Hey ! llube !’ and in a min¬
ute the circus was ready for attack. In
those days nobody carried a pistol, in the
North, at least, but we all had stakes
and clubs. 1 managed to get between
the two crowds, and, causing a parley,
detained them from fighting until an ex¬
tra force of fhe local police got on the
ground, and so the trouble was averted
It w.as one of the very few east's iu which
I have heard of that rallying ery being
Bounded without bloodshed following it
quickly. In Lewiston, Maine, it was
raised again, and we had a terrible fight,
broken lames, split skulls, and all that
Bort of thing. No, 1 didn’t discharge the
man who yelled ‘ Hey ! KuIhj ! ’ on either
occasion, because 1 could not find out
who ho was.
“Only last year when my show was iu
Csrtersville, Ga., 1 happened to 1*> away
from it just at the time, and a desperate
riot occurred that might possibly have
been prevented, even there, if 1 had twen
present. The Marshal of the town, «
regular ruffian, came up to t he cars when
men were loading up the show, and
cracked one of them over the head with
a club. He got hurt. Then some of
his friends chipped in, a mob gathered,
‘Hey! Rube!’ was shouted, and when
the scrimmage was over three dead men
were found lying about Iu that fight
firearms were used, is w ell as clubs and
stones, but the circus held its own.
“ At La Salle, , lust season, my
people came awfnl’y *ar having a dee
Iterate fight w ith the on rrymen, who
were determined t( ;..ive it. but I liap
peced to K :: :iu u 1. .dm .nagctl
to control my men. If 1 . in t ther.
would have been an i ■ . ernal riot, for my
men had still blood:; heir eves from the
Georgia fight, a if'
“Twenty year
followed a yell of ‘ H, y '
mont, at Montpelier, I t , WliS
cause of the State rei i- sew
vea» to grant a U oa r* » to * circus to ex -
libit within its boundaries. I t was by
11 accounts a very bad riot, and of
•ourse, the circus men, being strangers,
ad to bear all the blame of it.
Witifeaii’g Old Rones.
[From a Washington tetter.]
In a small room in the upper story of
the National Museum, formerly Ford’s
Theatre, in this city, are two wooden
trays, similar to those used by house¬
keepers for kneading dough. But in
this instance the contents of the trays
u-e, of a more ghastly descripti n, being
the liighly-poiished bones of the assassin
Giiiteau. While inspecting the remains
of the notorious criminal the attention of
your correspondent was directed to the
extraordinary whiteness of the bones
and their resemblance to ]x>lished ivory.
No attempt has been made to articulate
tlm sin 1 don, and the trays bear no
number by which they could l>e distin¬
guished from similar receptacles in the
museum.
“Look in that paper box over there if
you w;Tit to see an interesting skull,”
said the guide, pointing to a deep hat
box on a small table strewn with bones
and tools used by anatomists. There
was a highly-polished skull tn the box
andcii the right side was the defection
which the insanity experts wrangled
about during the trial. The attenti n
of the guide was drawn to this fact, but
be laughed at the idea of Sts being an
indication of insanity.
“A"perfectly symmetrical head,” said
he, “would be as rare as a white black¬
bird. Out of 1,800 skulls examined at
the museum during the dispute about
Onitcau's bead only one was found per¬
fect, and that is now down stairs in one
of the exhibition eases.”
It was ascertained that in preparing
the bones of the dead murderer more
than usual care had been taken to pre
■ervo them, and consequently the
■-li detail, when mounted, will bo the best
m tho collection (if the museum. Jt
has been deemed advisable, for pru
d ntial reasons, to keep the bones in a
secure place until they can be exhibited
to visitors, but all talk about their
identity having been lost is bosh. One
of the First questions of the tourist do¬
ing the museum is tobe shown Guiteau’s
skeleton, ami in order to escape being
bored the surgeon in charge has declined
to ascertain its location in the building.
The process by which tlie bones were
treated insures their perpetuation for an
indefinite period, and Anatomist E. 1*\
Hehathirlt gave his personal attention to
the work. Not a bone 1ms been lost,
and, as before stated, when articulated the
skeleton will be the best in the museum.
The plaster casts of bis skull have the
same indentations as the real head. The
eoflln in which the remains of tho assassin
were removed from tho jail three days
after burial is retained at t he museum,
but the enter hex ia still in the ground
at the jail. A trusted official lias the
key of the room in which t he bones are
kept and no one is allowed to range at
will ill this apartment.
< tinters In the Eye.
Many people know all about tho ex¬
cellence ef cardamom seeds (and a dozen
other things) to perfume a smoker’s
breath, who are very ignorant in a mat¬
ter of far more consequence—a good an¬
tidote for cinders in the eye. It will
pay travelers to try the simple recipe
ivcu below, and put a few seeds of mi
othc.r kind along with tho cardamom
when starting on a journey. Persons
traveling by railway are subject to con¬
tinued annoyance bv flying cinders. On
getting into tin 1 eyes these are not only
painful for tho moment, but are often
the cause of long suffering that ends in
a total loss of sight. A very simple and
ell- clive cure is within the reach of every
I tie, mid would prevent much suffering
and expense were it generally known
II is simply one or two grains of flaxseed.
These may he placed in the eye without
injury or pain to that delicate organ, and
■hortlv they begin to swell and dissolve
,r glutinous substance that covers the
ball of the eye, enveloping any foreign
- ib. 1 - see that may he in it. The irrita¬
tion of cutting the membrane is thus
prevented, and tlm annoyance may soon
be wash ! out. A dozen of these stowed
away in the vest pocket may prove in
an emergency worth their number in
gold.
V March Incident.
Here i:< another incident of Sherman’s
March to the Sea, told by General Force
i l ie Ohio vi tenuis a few days ago:
One day a sergeant went into a country
if. The planter ami his wife were
ie. After'* little talk the sergeant,
..■ith great solemnity, asked, ‘ Has anv
>ne died here lately ?’ Tho planter
: ek!v iid: ‘No, nobody.’ The ser
, .nit said: '1 thought somebody
ad died h, re.’ The planter said:'No,
ir. ’ liis wife said: ‘Oh, yes; don’t you
remends r, my dear, don’t you rememlu'r
liat colored boy tiiat was buried yester
! ay ?’ The plan to added: ‘Ah, yes;
there was a colored Vx\v buried yester¬
day.’ The sergeant, with increased
oiemnity. said: 1 have '1 only opened wanted to let
von know that the grave
,i:d taken out the corpse.' There was
>ud expostulation the plantation then, for the supply cvirpso,
-o-ealied, was of
hmn.”
Savriur, veahs ago. AcooKDixo to the
IVt . hi u efficient s. Mis* dressmaker Cynthia E. Cleve- }
and w . a i at Pon- !
liU She got interested in the temper
’ ‘tV t'dUSi . and became one of the most !
fticlont w orkers iu Michigan, and as
-neh was favorably known throughout
she State. Two or three years ago she I
-vent to Dakota, where she likewise be- |
-nine fiiued iu the anti-beer and auti
vhiskv cause, becoming President oithe
State Woman’s Christian Temperaue
Union. Less than a year ago she was
admitted to the bar, being the first lady
•o enjoy that high distinction in Dakota.
\ short t rie ago she had her first case ,
.. .....• “'■■'A Granger than fiction it
was u; defense of a woman on trial for ;
selling iiquor without a license—and she j
won iter esse, ‘
TWO EXAMINATION ANECDOTES*
A Utile idle Among the Sawbones.
A correspondent writes ns as follows;
In the Christmas week, of 18711 was un¬
dergoing my final examination at one oi
tlie London colleges. I must mention
that it was at the. same time that bi«
Royal Highness tlie Prince of VVaies
was battling with typhoid fever at San¬
dringham, and the heart of the whole
nation was round that sick-bed: even
medical students, harassed and fatigued
by an examination which extended over
five days, used to find time, morning and
evening to rush to the General Pont
oflico and read tlie latest bulletins.
My examination was over, and I was
sitting in comparative comfort, listening
to tho answers of a Bartholomew’s man
who followed toe, and whose cool self
confidence I greatly envied.
The examiner took him on the treat¬
ment of typhoid; and after the candidate
had exhausted ail the means of treat¬
ment ho Could think of without satisfy¬
ing his questioner, the latter said
“Have you ever heard of the treatment
by cold baths?”
“Certainly I have, sir,” replied the
candidate; “but the treatment is so very
novel, that I scarcely thought it worth
mentioning,”
“Nonsense !” retorted the great phy¬
sician; “I have been using it with tho
best results at tho Hospital. 5 '
The IJart. ’s man replied that, iu spite
of that, he should hesitate to adopt in it
private practice, and in case of a fatal
result occurring from any other cause,
it would infallibly be attributed to the
new treatment, and damage tho practice.
The examiner demurring to this, the
young man at length said : “ Pardon me,
sir ; but if the Prince of Wales were un¬
der your care now, do you think you
'would feel inclined to treat him with cold
! laths?” .
The examiner looked annoyed for a
moment, then began to smile, then to
laugh outright at the man’s impudence ;
and at last, shrugging his shoulders, re¬
plied good-naturedly, “Well, upon my
aonl, I am not quite certain that J
should.”
More recently, at another London Ex¬
amining Board, a young fellow was asked
what incision lie would make in com¬
manding a oertain operation on the knee
joint. Though ho had done well in
oilier subjects, he camo to utter grief in
this, and described an operation such iUi
no man had ever heard of. The exam¬
iner asked him what surgeon he had seen
perform this wonderful feat; and lie,
with most unblushing effrontery, nien
tinned the name of Mr. H--, a cele¬
brated man, who happened, though un¬
noticed by him, to ho in the room at the
time.
Mr. II-doubtless received a goodly
measure of mild “ chaff” from his exam
ning brethren on the subject of his sup¬
posed operation; for when all was over
tho delinquent was horrified to find the
well-known surgeon “ making for” linn
in the entranoe hall. After an ineffec¬
tual attempt to escape, he resigned him¬
self to his fate. “I believe, sir,” said
tho great man, “ you are tho gentleman
who described an excision of the knee
just now up-stairs?”
A stammering attempt at an apology
was tho only answer.
“ Never mind that, sir—never mind
that,” interrupted Mr. II-. “ I have
no doubtyou thought you had a perfect
right to make tho best of your ease; but
if ut any future time you should have oc¬
casion to ilesoribe an operation of that
sort, pray don’t say you saw me perform
it. Thut’s all. Good (lay, sir.”
Tho offender passed his examination,
which was more than lie hoped for, and,
1 think, quite as much ns he deserved.
I think your readers will agree with
me that, those anecdotes show tlie cour¬
tesy and good nature of our British ex¬
aminers in a very strong degree.
Among Hip Coiigos.
Lieutenant IVissmanu, who explored
the Congo country with Dr. Togge,
found tho old doctrines of metempsy¬
chosis an exceedingly valuable and con¬
venient ono when traveling among ih«
ruschihuigcs, one of the Baluba tnbes.
Ihc two cliicfs, Tsebiugenge and Mu¬
le ugo, each wanted the strangers, a;;
each threatened to make war upon the
other unless Togge and Wiesmann visited
him. To prevent this it. was decided
that Togge should visit Mukenge, while
Wissmaun went to stay with the young
chief Tsebiugenge. Here tbe two travel¬
ers were made the objects of an extra¬
ordinary worship. Tlie natives have a
be lief that all the pretty tilings that conu
to (hem from abroad, such as head orna¬
ments, bright-colored stuffs, and so or,
:IP8 fetched out of the sea in the fur west
bv stqx'rior xvhite beings. Now, the
predecessors of the two kings had gone
to the west and not been heard of any
more, and tho natives believed that
their defunct- king's spirits had in tlie
course of transmigration entered white
Indies, and that they were revisiting
their old countries in the shapes of Togge
and Wissmaun, who were treated with
royal honors accordingly. Tsehiugenge
put Wissmaun on a high chair, while he
liimseif took a low seat, covered him¬
with dust, and addressed him as
Rabun Balm. A few days latter, an
old negro woman, arrived to greet her
son, w ho had come back from the dead.
Wissmaun of course received her affec
Uonatcly. As kissing is not the fashion
with the negroes he gave her a broad
necklace of l>eads. iu return whereof she
promised to send him his property as
soon as possible. This consisted in forty
or fifty wives and some ivory. He told
her not to hurry, aud to keep his treas¬
arcs under her care for the present,
•‘I wmtilove you always,” said a young
to the youug lady whose hands lu
. ,. T wlI1 love you when you ar,
M .. .. Rut wiR von ] ove me when I’a
she saJii -fhats the question.”
^
\ torkado is strike’s vexv mucb like the quack It
, loctor wh0 a new town.
comes with a big blow, and then dissola
tion follows.
A VETER AN JiF-NE FACTOR.
Pant He Hum Life, Present Plans, Hrtbject mid What
That to As fiav Dlied !>«*> n
tor
(Acte York Timet.)
upon a sub;*.it ef vital importance,
iic'i.“UbSfhft abffit&M and
to-day hi- w.-.rk ihftfe soon is won village public confidence, hamlet fn the
t;ot a or £»&
yesterday that he contemplated izine in the this establish- the
i.-.nnt of a large m- s city,
feet was (honed of so important cernnJ timtarepre- sinned
mutative this pape. -a- to
: hie. and a pertain *i.o troth of the rumor.
Hr. Lin Lew: l- a gentleman of sixty yean
and ;v,o hnndr d pmimis. with snow-white
hair.-'lid bim-d, hut p ,bn ! !y tho most per
feet pi..tore df i ■'-He ».Ud visor »n tne me
tropola-, lie is a iiaag exponent of his
teaching.- and notwithstanding the amount
of wo.k lie has already done, promises stiil
greater acthityfor years to come. He re
eeiw‘1 tie interviewer most courteonAy, and
in reply -n a ,j■ i*-a ; Otl'tori York
“Jt is tide i have tome to oSw to
establish a monthly magazine. I have come
here for tho .same oason that I went to Boston
twenty-live yea s •> go. Then Boston was the
Le-t platform in the country from which to
speak of edticr.tie t. >%.-* York has now be
eorre; most hospitable to progressive behalf thoughts of
and especially so to movements on
1 hysica! training.
• X have reason to know the great and
abiding subject. interest They of the American people in
lid.; have come to realize that
tile liit'ii': of ctlr country especially pivots upon our
physical vitality, and upon the
vigor of our v ir.ien. My new Monthly, magazine will
hear th : title ‘ Jjio Lewis’ 1 and bo
devoted hope through to t unitary Its and Social Science. I
departure in hygiene.” pages to inaugurate a new
“Have you not written several books on
the subject?”
“ Yes, nine volumes, and some of them like
‘ Onr dirts,’ published by the Harpers, have
had an enormous circulation, In.i the best
work of my life 1 shall give the World in the
ik-w ought magazine. / forty years of skirmishing drpfinizea
to conclude with ten years of
warfare.”
“ H ctor, what is the occasion of this new
interest in health questions?”
“It has come through suffering, which
seems the only road to self knowledge. Tee
stomach, heart, kidneys or liver fall into
give trouble, happiness is gone, and then people
attention to their health.”
tlie “ vie Which of these organs 1 is most frequently
im of our errors?’ asked the reporter.
“ Within die last few years diseases of the
kidneys have greatly multiplied. When 1
wus engaged in practice, thirty-five the and forty
years ago, serious disease of kidneys was
rare; fatal.” but now distressingly frequent and
“ To what do you attribute this great in¬
crease “To of the kidney troubles?” adul¬
u- e of stimulating drinks,
terated food and irregular habits of life.”
“ Doctor, have you any confidence in tlie
remedy Warner’s of Safe which Cure?” we hear so much nowadays,
“I believe in the ounce of prevention,
rather than in a ton of cure,”
“But have you noticed the remarkable
testimonials of Warner’s remedy?”
“ I have, and confess that they have puz¬
zled and astonished me. The commendations
of proprietary medicines usually come from
unknown persons residing in back counties.
But I see in our most reputable newspapers
the warmest praise of Warner’s Safe Cure
from College Professors* respectable physi¬
cians, and other persons of high intelligence
and character. To thrust such testimony
aside may be professional, but it is unmanly.
No physician can forget that valuabl ■ addi¬
tions to mir Materia Medica hnve sprung from
just such sources. I was so impressed wiili
tills cloud of witnesses that I purchased some
1 ottlos of Warner’s Safe Cure at a neighbor¬
ing drug store, and analyzed one of them to
t (’(• if it contained anything poisonous. Then
I took three of the prescribed doses at once,
and found there was nothing injurious m it.
I do not hesitate to say that if 1 found my
kidneys in serious trouble, I should use this
remedy, because of the hopelessness of all
ordinary hundred intelligent treatment, and because when a
in tho that reputable certain persons unite
statement a remedy lias
cured them of a grave malady, X choose io
believe that they speak the truth.
* But as you njay know, my great interest
in life lies in prevention. For forty years I
have labored in this field. One of the phases
of my work in New England was the estab¬
lishment of the Ladies’ Seminary at Lexing¬
ton, Mass. My aim was to illustrate the
during possibilities in tlie ph; sical training of girls
their school life. This institution
became, before i left it, tlie largest and most
successful seminary for young women owned
and managed by one peison in our country.
I sat down to dinner every day wiili a family
of two hundred persons. The remarkable
results of this muscle training among girls
were given iu my paper published in the
Xoi lh American Review of December. 1882.
Besides I established the Normal Institute
for Physical its- Training President in Boskm, and for ten
years Walter was Chai ning, 1 Thomas and Manager. Hoskins, Dr.
)r. Pro¬
fessor Leonard ami o'l o s were among its
teachers, and more than four hundred per¬
sons took its diploma and went out into all
parts of the land to teach the new school of
gymnastics. And now the years left to me I
propose to devote to tlie magazine which I
have come here to establish. It will Vie the
hu gest periodical and will ever devoted to this field of
literature, preient the hundred and
one questions of hygiene with the simplicity
of a child’s talk. To (his end all so-called
learning will be subordinated. The maga¬
zine will be more or less illustrated, and will
strive t reach a high place in the coniidencs
and hearts of the people. Iu a few weeks
onr first number will appear, and vie shall
fondly hope for it a hearty welcome.”
The facts above nat nled are indeed most
important. It is gratify iv.g to know that the
lifelong without experiences of a gentleman who
Han Is a peer iu .successfully demon
si heart rut ing h the always principles been of sympathy hygiene: whose
a m with tho
tive ulllieied, in planning and whose- brain has ever been ac¬
for their relief, are to be
given to the public through the pages of a
magazine. And it is specially significant
and proof positive of rare merit that a pro¬
ing prietary Warner's medicine, Safe even Cure w’th is such known high to stand¬ have,
as
should be indorsed and recommended by a
man so able, so reputable Dr. and of such
national renown as Dio Lewi-.
A Gypsy's Trick.
There is at the present time a hutehei
belonging to the commune of Mon
tiv rue. near Paris, who would very
much like to have five minutes’talk with
a eei tain wandering gypsy, with whom
he concluded a bargain the other day.
much t i his own disadvantage. The
latter, with a gang of Bohemians, had
encamped for the night on a plot of
waste ground near Montrogue. Early
OU the following morning the butcher
passed by and was accosted by one of
the men, who offered to sell him a sheep
for twenty f awes. The price was de¬
clared to*be too high ; eighteen francs
wore offered, and refused : after which
the butcher went on his way. The mo¬
ment liis hack was turned, the gypsy
took the sheep out of the sack in which
lie .ml placed it. put a little boy into it
i its stead, and, running alter the
butcher, called out:
Make it twenty francs, and the sack
is iuto the bargain. ”
vours
This time consent was given, the mou
. v paid and the sack carried away. On
teaching home the purchaser opened it.
only to catch a glimpse of a diminutive
urchin, who took to his heels with the
bag before the other had recovered from
his amazement. As a matter of course,
lie lodged a complaint with the police,
but when the 'pot where he had met
with the gipsies was visited there was no
sign of them left, nor have they since
been heard of.
That celebrated ship, the Great East
v .-n. cost its unfortunate* proprietors
A.’O.'t'V for tn ihitc’nr.cein the past year,
-a him her total earnings are represented
; v t : i i iseral le sum of 8“’. which was
c, :v da- visitors' fees. The owners
- v tl. v wonldi ' have been much w orse
,-ff in America mailing a comic ojiera
troupe .—Boston Post.
SUGAR-CANE CULTURE.
A Danger that the Planter has to be on His
firmrd Against.
Sugar-cane produces fiC natural seed,
but is propagated from cuttings placed
“ shall& '^ through the Adds
two or three feet apart. The young
p i ants spr j n g from the joints of the
bulled cane, *ud continue thus to grow
for several years Without new plant
- somewhat fc ) alter after the tne maunfe* maune- ft* J- *b» w
asparagus of our Northern climes. But
h e {1 , „ c owth becomes inferior,
until the planting naS « last to &e
renewed. Though at first having ? £tf be
weeded, while the ground . kept clear, .
is
the cane Is coon left to itself when once
it begins to shade the Stiil so as to pre¬
vent the growth of obstructive plants.
Most curious of all is the change that
enstlea n't soon the cane begins to ripen
at its lower joints. Then the long, sword¬
like leaves that surround the Under part
of the stalk loosen one by one. finally
they drop off 1 , and as joint after joint
softens the dry leaves make a tangled
thick mattress on the ground covering
thousands of acres and highly in¬
flammable.
Headers of this letter will many of
them recall the freqiient reports tele¬
graphed during the late Cuban rebellion
of the immense destruction caused by
firing the sugar plantations, The ex¬
planation is to be found in tbe ease with
which a whole sugar crop can be set in
flames by a touch of the match to this
jungle of dry leaves that underlies and
penetrates the standing cane. Fire is
the Cuban planter’s nightmare. A care¬
less toss of a half-burned cigarette, a
spark from a negro’s cabin, an ignited
match, may signify the loss of a year’s
crop and absolute ruin. Most dangerous
of all, a revengeful negro has it in his
power often to inflict a loss ol tens of
thousands of dollars on his employer. I
have heard of one of the clever devices
which the negro uses to fire plantations
and at tlie same time prove an alibi.
He takes a light box, with a candle
set within it. Equipped with (his and a
bunch of matches, he crawls to t ie cen
t re of a sugar-cane tract. Ho then so
fixes the caudle that it must burn
Hi rough the box before the flame can
roach the matted cane leaves, A touch
of the match does the rest, and the fugi¬
tive has time to escape and appear
among the working hands long before
the distant smoke and spreading flames
warn the planter of the impending
calamity. watched “ A sugar crop lias to bo
like a baby,” said a Cuban
planter recently speaking to me of Caue
culture. If danger is apprehended, the
watchers guard it at every point, and
short shrift is given the black man over
caught in the incendiary act. If he
reaches the courts, his chances arc far
better than those given him by the quick
bullet of the guard.
A joke occurred in a Western church :
The minister, after the service, between published loving
the bans of a marriage couple, a
and interesting and at that por¬
tion of the form where tho words, “if
you know any just cause, etc.” came in,
he minister, whether from any previous
. nowledgo or not, looked straight at the
■1 mug gentleman directly at the foot of
the pulpit, Thinking that he was pe£
-onaily alluded to, he immediately rose
up, amid the laughter of tho congrega
i in, and exclaimed, “Oh, no, not the
■lightest objection, sir.”
Not Satisfied with a TAttle.
The Burgeon General of the C. S. A.,
Dr. B. P. Moore, writing from headquar¬
ters, Richmond, Va., in 1862, states offi¬
cially that, “if Dr. Worthington Cholera can
furnish large quantities Medicine, of will liis place it
and Diarrhoea we
in the army, as a remedy in bowel affec¬
tions.” Bold for 25 and 50 cents a bottle,
by druggists and dealers.
The poor man wishes to conceal liis poverty,
.•■ml tin rich man his wealth; the former tears
lest he be despised, the latter lest he be plun¬
dered.
_
Gastrink cun s dysp psia. b hat more do
you want? Ask your druggist for it. Uas
TiiiNE is in liquid form.
Disputes between true friends and true lov¬
ers are of no consequence. The only danger¬ who
ous quarrels are those between people do
not quite understand each other.
Chapped hands, face pimples and rough
skin curtd by using Juniper Tar Soap made
y Caswell, Hazard & Co., New York.
Opelika. Alabama, will have a cotton
factory.
“ I)r. Benson'S Celery and Chamomile Vil
: e worth their weight in gold in Schlichter, ney vous an
~iek headache.”—Dr. II. II. o
d iltimore.__
Tn Birmingham, Ala., there are eigh¬
teen store houses going up,
••fire doctor s; no end of medicine: no »
■ef. Ill . n -i. son’s Shin Care hasdrirniawir
t:i erti/i’io is and Tin nearly well .''—Ida C
voting, Hamilton, Ill.
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The cattle drove from Texas this sea
-. m already reaches '200.000 head.
l adies A children's boots A shoe* can't mn
'ver if Lyon’s Patent Heel Stiffeners are used.
The mineral paint faetoi-y at Gadsden,
Ala. is running night and day.
,
I.silieR ani girls rrquiring a noa-slcohol
ie g-*nt!e wi'l find B r own s Iron
Bitter- hcn e^eii 1
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The fruit ami vegetable growers in tlie
vieinity t>f Hazellinrst,Miss., have organ
ized for protection.
\\ Rio ins vi li F> Pa. Kev. F.:iDhMibo n
says: ‘ Frown's Jr>> Piters hnve perma
oently cured me o? chill* and fever.
Fayfi-ttvi! t.v. Ark. Rev. T. .T R»illv
says : “I osed R-owa i Iran Bitters fe- Inrii
cesiiow a-i'i el-.iils w th --n ire s itf ct'o-> ”
The mills at Gadsden. Ala., is slop¬
ping big lots of lumber to t anada.
Nature i- the great teacher, she clothe- the
f iw'.s amt anai’ iri with warmer clothing .or
_ o?
cast it . st..ttmer.
winter: helps them to tn which
make- thel<est Hair Oil. Carbokne. is
Petroleum perfumed, and sold at^l a ix>t! c.
Vx vision, Alabama, is to have a soth
■ t>A hotel, and a bonk with ?l(X»,tHX» cap¬
ital.
Bkcnmatin* -Gentaline. Hr. Elmore s 105 Wil
ham St. N. V., s the on r y real curative ever ms
cohered for 1 1 ■. raa : -in. ivA l>estremedy kuo^u
for kidney. iiv< v a aatoh diseases. Abun
dant proofs. S-! ter circular*.
A gas company has been organized capital of at
Enfanla. Ala., with a paid up
20,000.
PrRK cod-liver oil, from seleeed livers on
the sea shore by Caswell, Hazard 4Co,, New
York. AtiH ui.lv pare and sweet. Pa¬
tients who h ire once taken it prefer it to
alio.re-* 0"‘ ; " ■ s deal are it tuperior
to *11 ou
The New Shield.— The Gruson armor
or shield for forts, is' made of chilled
cast iron, of the enormous thickness of
five feet. The inventor is a citizen of
Magdeburg, Germany- As not half that
thickness could be perforated by any
guns afloat, and furthermore as the
system would allow still heavier con¬
struction, if necessary, these shields are
absolutely impregnable to the extent of
tlie space covered by them. The east¬
ings are also so made as to Ire used
without being bolted or backed, and can
be set up in the form of turrets.
Worms arc at work on the cotton in
Alabama.
_
Henry's Carbolic Salve.
Is the iieSt thrive for Cuts, Bruises, Ulcers. Kelt
Rheum. Tetter. Chapped Hands, Chilblains.
Corns, and all kinds of SMn Eruptions. Freck¬
les and Pimples. Get Henry 4 /* Carbolic halve,
;i> nlj others arc* counterfeits. Price ->> cents.
Iloii- *« Shorten Lite
Abernethy, the great fiwplteh snrk? on >
a laclv who told him she oru> >*'■**>'-' <->
“What would you have? The plague? heft*’
of “ojjjy coughs!” Idle worst cases can,
ever, he cured by Dr. Wm. Hall’s Balsam for
the Lufi&fo In Whooping Cough and Croup
it im mediate! v ii}hf s inflammation, and is sure
to prevent a fatal termination of the disease.
Sold liv all druggists and deafer* m medicibc.
Taciturn people always inspire retfpoet* P
is difficult to that one lias no secret to
keep but that of his d>r*» msiirmlicance.
Woman’s Friend.
flaffitig beca troubled for many years with kidn’t?!?
ditesse, rf.th nefere pains in my back »nd limbs-my
inkles were at time* *«rf badly swollen-l was a-Wis
to to the hospital for treatment, which I del on lire
go relief, »t least on.y of a
advice ol a friend, but fotmil no
temporary nature, and I had given up all hops of n cure
until my husband was advised to use Bunt s Remedy by
a friend that had used it and been cured of a eevere enso
of dropsy and kidney trouble. I procured a began bottle, and bo
had not used one-hi.fi of the bottle before I to
better, no pith M (he buck, and the ewelllfl» mV
limbs commenced to ii 1 ' down; and R(y appe ‘ o
much better, for I had become gti Wf that fin A a e •
trepsed mo very much. It was really p^Tufcn,
bined with the other troubles, and I have u'Sft?
bottles, iiiic f flbJe to do my work an 1 at ten 1 1 "
household duties, whic* before had been a burden ti
And I can only thank 8 W* Remedy lor tin
me. enjof; fad esteem H
health and happiness which I now
a great privilege and duty to give you this lfftwrin
behalf of my many suffering lady frienr’s in Boston ana
tlie country; and can only say in conclusion that i! you
once fay it you Will be convinced, as I whs, even againrf
my own Will, that Hunt’s Remedy is indeed a woman s
friend. Yotl <lte at liberty to US9 this for their benefit,
if you so choose. Respectfully yours, WM, GRAY,
MR*,
Hotel Goldsmith, 1416 Tremottt Street, Boston.
April 23, IS 8 .
A Baggage-Master’* Praise,
Mr. H. B.utXT, bagyage-master on Eastern Railroad,
Boston, ks j$: ltuSt’s great kidney and
•'1 have used Remedy, the
liver medicine, in my family fot fhoitb*. It was recom¬
mended by friends in I o tsmouth who Mr* been cured
of kidney troubles, and I find it just as represented and
worth its weight in gold. My wife is using it for dys¬
pepsia, and has improved so rapidly that I cheerfully
indorse It as a family medicine of real merit, and I
would not be without it,”
A pril 27, 1883. ........................
The simplest arid most fariiiliai' truth seofilS
now and woh’derfril trio instant wc ottfffeit’Cft ex¬
perience it for inC fcrht trine.
OrW orthikctbm%
frrtUd■sfe? T^° C
KSGIER& ^|pW^T«E 8»rAT^W^j flRAt
r »' . A N 0
IlliSIO^ByRE
1 lie bust reinedv ior Chuicru. Oiuup*. I)li»rrl>o‘«.
Dyifiitc-rj’. SummorCmnnliilnt, bowels. Oyspepsln, iroduced in the and Army, other
• of the stoiii'ich <tod •
trtfi?. hv Surgeoti-tteucral C. S. A. Recommended by Gen.
Ynrr • 11 Purveyor-General; Hon. Kenneth Raynor. Solicitor
. Sold
'. S. TreHsti. v, it-id others. Price, ib ct*. bv Druggists
nd Do.tiers.
• uni torn.
No time should
be lost if the stom¬
ach, liver anti bow¬
els are affected, to
adopt the sure rem
e d y, Hos tetter’s
Stomach Bitters,
wm Diseases o f the organs
named beget others
far more serious, ions, and and
therefors
Liver us. Complaint, Dyspep
f cftllslnd Fever, twinges ear¬
1 ly Kidney Rheumatic Weakness,
Kinney bodily
brinir serious Doaiiy
trouble if trifled with.
Lose no time in using
this effective and 6 afe
Biffats rtilers Druggists medicine. For sale generally. by and all
MILL & FACTORY SUPPUES
OF ALL KINDS. BELTING, HOSE
and PACKING, OILS, PUMPS ALL
KINDS, IRON PIPE, FITTINGS,
BRASS GOODS, STEAM GAUGES,
ENGINE GOVERNORS, &c. Sendfor
Price-list. W. H. DILLINGHAM A CO
421 Main Street, LOUISVILLE, KY.
I
j
SG 3 ' n ^ nur own ,owr - ifinn»^aiui 41 outfit
ktlern Medical College,
ATLANTA. OEORGIA.
Bcgulur f-.sinn besin-t F1KST WEEK in October and
C •utinues five months. Clinical "dll advantages first-class,
ir catalo .»iirws?r^-feTOrou««x, Dean.
P. O. Bos iH.
3 * 7 f n outfit a weekTws a day eaauy Co.. male, oost'i M«.
& free. Ad drags Aiitt;ist.a.
J BBYnsrOLDB’
IRON WORKS.
D. A. .VII I.ANE, .Malinger.
P 0 Box 1690 New Orleans, Lx
Steam. Hand A llorse Power. Mean
Engines, Sugar Mills, »nd Meng*
Patent- Drodgeboat Work. Building
Fronts, ('•olunins, Rai lings, Black*
smithing and Machine Work.
WrnRDERS SOLICITED.
FREE Send to 9100RE'S
BTSIXES** IMTEBHT1, Ga.
Atlanta.
For Illustrated Circular J>tn year
The Westinghouse Engin iC
—AS ADAPTED TO—
COTTON <3-TJST 1ST T 1>T Ch.
tiS-SEXD FOB SPECIAL CIRCULAR.-^
No Counter Sbaftiug or Pulleyi
Required.
jgc s.Y to $150 Saved. gfc-S* m i
Gibelt-it (! iect from Engine, or rfilis r
C, tip ed i>, ss in this cut,
Without Belt. r. 4
Boiltr is 1 V be -et 10-i feet from Gi* ■ -• A
F„exe i n- M- st Te.f.ct out'fit for
GINNING OOiTON in the world.
-
-f f IU’..tented Circular.~9s^
mWMODSE MACHINE CO., Pa
General .*■ tate Agencies:
Pahifx A. Tompkins. a Charlotte, N r;' Car "nx
si j 5 i a I peering • . aky, S3 Marietta b :eet, Ailtnta, Ge irg*a.
P&OX Woj* • : Aiaiiama.
SUS.S WHIMt ALL £LSt FAILS.
Befit Cough Syrup. T«t«i good
Use in lime. Bout by dniggiata.
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SECRET
AMONG THE LADIES
The brilliant, fascinating which
tints ladies of slrire Com plexion chiefly for arti¬
are
ficial, and all who will take
the trouble may secure them.
These roseate, bewitching
hues follow the use of delicate, Hagan’s
Magnolia Balm—a
harmless and always reliable
article. Sold by ail Balm druggists.
The Magnolia con¬
ceals every blemish, Tan, Bedness, removes
Saiiowness, all evidences of
excitement Eruptions, and imper¬
every
fection.
Its effects are immediate
so natural that no human
beiSg can detect its applica¬
tion."
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I IMPROVED
MSV7
WAT G X~T. ES
buyer!, Stock. fin'St dime Keepers, lowest priced.
Hr .» fob Uat.i 1,0 GUR
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"4 Whitehall s’I'M***. - _- ATLANTA. GA
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In Three Weeks.
1 L F.r plimipliU-ts. proofs roi'l lonns,
B i firidrcsR in confidence, with He. stamp
VV. C. RT’TilAdlY, ill. D- V,: Broad Street,
ATLANTA. GA.
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OPIUM HAS! rasa 1
The Cured Medicine sold for Falnlessly. small mavgiit v t he cost ol
a •
compounding. lion.” For tull AU particulars cases treated addr-'-s by the special bi rovci’er. pr rip
DR. S. 3. COLLir, La Pod , ‘nd,
is CHICAGO SCALE CO.
2 TON WAGON SCALE, *40. * T0»^«50. ^
BEST 40 K A is v i I and sm& Hii« S’To ^io $io
Farmers save time and money lining ou'* j°hs.
Blown”s. lo’.vest rniuK?, Vicps wholesale ,v Other & reia Ai^Jcloa il
at
citu m mi wiTv’T k«To«v.:
Y0UH8 KEN SffiftWSa I'-A.IL Ada ;uai
empicyiiit m, i*. \\ • If HIO
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m Roanoke Cotton Press.
The Best and Cheapest Press
EE* made Costs ]ps^ th«n shelter
over (.tiier prc*s.-es. Hundreds
mm in horse bales actual power by hnr.d use gins. at faster both Make;- steam than heavy ana any
-f.v- gin nients can in pick. gin The houses new described impiove
• -
?n the words of their in renters
free to all. Address Roanoke
Ikon WcRRS, Chattanooga,
r Tenn., o Roanoke Cotton
if Psjrio n# i Hieh Sonar* V O
.
“THE BEST IS CHEAPEST.”
Horse ENGINES, Powers TURFQHFRS ■ li li U O Li L. 110 SAWmlS Clover Dulers ’
(NuHed to all sections. Write for FREE Ulus. Pamphlet
and Prices to The Aultman & Taylor Co., Mansfield, Ohio
OPIUM KOKPHINK cured. HABIT, Ten
No o nay pay tiil .1
years established. 1,000
cured. State case. I»r.
Miirsls, Quincy, Midi.
S5 to
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Twelve 53S? “
p^rfei-t Address. mnnme Atlanta Newspaper Usion. Atlanta, »xa,
A G ENTS WANTED i - tho Be t and E sd* ' s ding
Xk Pictorial Books and Bibles. Prices reduc- i Sipu:
cent. National Publishing Co., Atlanta. t s a.