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GEORGIA HOME JOURNAL.
W. ADDISON KNOWLES, Prop’r.
VOLUME XL—NO. 34.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
SO ITS IMI MlllllfflCs
OF
RUSSELL & CO.,
A.ITTA. O-^..
WPBOVEO'WctioN ENGINE
Wltk or withiMK Rrvc r R€c** r. 10, IS mid 16
iliir*c I‘aner. ituilt !>j
RUSSELL. & CO . LassillOii, 0.
REMEMBER THE NEW
MASSILLON THRESHER!
For steam or horse power, manufactured by
RUSSELL & CO., never lias been beaten.
We defy any mail to choke it or make it
waste stain when our directions are follow
ed. These are ai wavs found on the lid of
the tool box. We guarantee our
SIX HORSE ENGINE
The lightest for the power it develops, ever
offered to the public. It has a “Steam Bal
anced Side Valve.
Write us for Catalogue and Prices for
Threslier or Engine. Respectfully',
RUSSELL & CO.,
Per C. A. Estabrook, Manager,
Atlanta, Ga.
3TPlease mention tliat yon saw adver
tisement in this paper. may 25, ’S3.
PURE AND FRESH
MDGS, MEDICINES
AND
CHEMICALS.
Paints. Oils, Colors, Brushes.
NEW GOODS constantly arriving. Large
stock WINDOW GLASS, all sizes
Bxlo to 30x36. Full assortment LAMPS,
CHIMNEYS. CHANDELIERS, LANT
ERNS, TOILET SOAPS, PERFUMERY,
POMADES, etc., etc. The best
Garden Seeds,
ONION SETS, POTATOES, &c., for
this climate from Robt. Buist, Philadelphia,
10c papers sold at fie strictly—warranted
froth and genuine, crop 1882. FINEST
SEOARS in town. SMOKING and
CHEWING TOBACCO.
Physician's Prescription ft care
fully compounded and dispensed.
JNO. A. GRIFFIN,
OLIVER’S QUICK RELIEF
WILL CURE
Colics, Toothache, Colic in horses
Coughs, Earache, Insect Stings,
Colds, Headache, Bites of insects
Croup, Rheumatism, Catarrh,and pain
Cramps, Neuralgia, in man or beast.
Prepared by MAYS & CO., Atlanta, Go,
Sold by Jr A. Griffin, Greenesboro.
mar 23 83
DR. D. S. HOLT,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
Office at J. A. Griffin's Drugstore.
Greenesboro’, Ga.
csrr offer my professional services to
the people of Greenesboro’and Greene coun
ty. Prompt attention given to all calls,
feh. 9th, ’B3.
GEORGIA RAILROAD.
SCHEDULE.
Georgia Railroad, Cos. )
Office General Manager, V
Augusta, April 28th, ’B2. j
ttOM. MENDING SUNDAY, the29th iust.
> the following Passenger Schedule will
be operated:
FiiST LIITBI
xo. 28.; east daily.
Lve Atlanta 2:50 p m
Ar Gr’nsbo’ 5:26 p m
“ Athens... 8:25 “
“ Augusta 8:10 “
XO. 2 EAST —DAILY.
Lv Atlanta 8 25 a m
“ G’boro'. 12 09 p m
Ar Athens 505 p m
Ar Wash’t. 2 .55 “
“ Camak. 1 57 “
“ Mtl’dge. 449 “
“ Macon . 645 “
Ar Augusta 3 55 p m
NO. 4 EAST—DAILY.
Lv Atlanta.B 50 p m
Ar G’bnro’ 1 46 a m
Ar Augusta 6 20 a m
NO, 271 WEST DAILY.
Lve Augusta 7:4oam
Ar Athens 12 30 am
“ Gr’nsbo’ 10:15 “
Ar Atlanta 1:00 pm
NO. 1 WEST—DAILY.
Lv AugustalO 30 a in
“ Macon.. 705 “
“ MU’dge. 9 10 “
“ Camak.l2 29 “
“ WasJi’t.ll 20 “
“ Athens. 905 “
Ar G’boro’. 2 15 p m
Ar Atlanta. 5 50 p m
NO. 3 WEST — DAILY.
Lv Augusta. 9 00 p m
Ar G’boro’.. 1 44 a m
Ar Atlanta.. 6 40 “
ersuPEUB improved sleepers
TO AUGUSTA & ATLANTA.
Train No. 27 will stop at and receive
passengers to and front the following
points only: Belair, Berzelia, Harlem,
Thomson, Camalt, Crawfordville, Union
Point, Greenesboro. Madison, Rutledge,
Social Circle, Covington, Conyers, Stone
Mountain and Decatur.
Train No. 28 will stop at, and receivt pas
sengers to and from the folllowing stations,
only, Berzelia, Harlem, Bearing, Thomson,
Camak, Crawfordville, Union Point,
Greenesboro, Madison, Rutledge, Social
Circle, Covington, Conyers, Stone Mountain
and Decatur.
The Fast Line has Through Sleeper from
Atlanta te Charleston and connects for all
points West and Northwest, East and Soulii-
E. R. DORSEY,
General Passenger Agent,
Jxo. W. Green, Gen’l Manager.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Northeastern Railroad
SrPEBIXTKNDEXT’s OFFICE, >
Athexs, Ga., June 23, 1883. >"
ON and after Sunday. June 25th. 1883,
Trains on this road will run as follows:
xo. 53. xo. 50.
Lv Athens...B:3o ain Lv Atlanta ..4:20 am
ArLula 10:30 “ “ Tal. Falls 8:00 “
“ R. G. Ju 11:13 “ “ C’larksvle 8:50 “
“ Ciurksvl 11:50 “ “ R. G. Ju 9:35 “
“Tal Falls 12:45 pm “ Lula 10:45 “
“ Atlanta 12:05 “ Ar Athens.,.l;oo pm
xo 51. | so. 52.
Lv Athens...2:4s pm | Lv Atlanta...2:ss pm
ArLula 5:14 “ “Lula 5 40 “
“ Atlanta 12:50 am | Ar Athens...7:24 “
Tallulah Falls Accommodation will Run on
Tuesday and Saturday only,
Lv Tal Falls 4i45 pm ] Lv R G Jun 0:20 pm
“ Clurksvles:33 “ “ C’larksvle 0:50 “
“ H.G. Jur. 6:00 “ |Ar Tal Falls 7.-25 “
CsTTrains No. 53. 50, 51 and 52 run daily
Sundays excepted. Trains 53 and 51 make
close connections at Lula with trains on R.
& D. R. R. for Atlanta and all points South
west and Southeast. No. 51 for all points
North and East.
H. R. BERNARD Sup’t.
M. SLAUGHTER, G. P. A.
ALLEGHANY HOUSE,
CLARKESVILLE, GA.
cpiIIS house having been thoroughly reno-
J vated and fixed up with new Furniture,
is now open for the reception of summer
visitors, or the traveling public. The table
supplied with the best the country affords
Special rates made with families. Charges
reasonable and in keeping with the rooms
desired Hacks meet the trains, east mid
west, twice a day, and every effort made to
pi ase.
ROBERT M. WEST,
my2s 83 PROPRIETOR.
WOMAN.
A Remedy for Her Only.
Cheaper than physicians’ bills, and to be
used by women exclusively. It is prepared
for them only, and is especially adapted to
cases where the wound is disordered, and
will cure all irregularities of the “incuses,”
or “monthly courses,” whether acute or
chrome, by restoring the discharge. This
great boon' is Dr. J. Bradfield’s Female Reg
ulator, and known and recognized as “Wo
man's Rest Friend.” Prepared by Dr. J.
Brarlfield, Atlanta, Ga. Price, trial size.
75 cents; large size, $1 50. For..sale by ail
druggists.
A TREATISE
ON
ti-ie
Ml IIS. fIBIS DISEASES!
By J. M. LANKFORD,
OF GREENE COUNTY.
ULST'Reeeipes for all diseases, ails and
complaints peculiar to horses, mules, etc.,
by a man of many years experience. This
book is endorsed by some of the most prom
inent men in Middle Georgia. State and
county rights for the sale of this book can
be purchased from
J. M. LANKFORD,
july 27th, 1883.
T. W. Coskeiiy, J. T. Newbehy,
President. Cashier.
PLANTERS’ LOAN
AND
SAVINGS Ml,
Augusta, Ga.
CAPITAL, (all paid up) SIOO,OOO.
Collections Carefully Attended to and
Promptly Remitted For.
DRAFTS ON ALL PARTS OF THE
WORLD FOR SALE.
Interest allowed on Deposits in the
Savings Department.
DIRECTORS:
T. W. Coskery, Z. McCord, F. Cogin, D.
It. Wright. Gust. Volger, H. B. King, J.
A. A. W Clark, W. H. Howard, W. M.
Jordan, John T. Miller, H. Rowly.
A. A. JERNIGAN. W. E. ADAMS
Drs. Jernigan & Adams,
Physicians and Surgeons,
ClrOffer their professional services to all
who may need them.
Greene County, Ga., Jan. 27, ’B2.
E. J. HICKEY,
Fashionable Hair Dressing
Saloon!
/
No. 213 Bth Jackson Street, rear of E.
I{. Schneider’s,
AUGUSTA, - - - GA.
Hair cutting, Shaving, Shampooing, and
Dyeing in the most artistic style.
Manufacturer of the Excelsior Hair Ite
newer and Dandruf Eradieator. Razors
Concaved and sharpened on shortest notice.
A fine lot of Canary Birds kept constantly
on hand. Outers by mail promptly atten
ded to. Dotrt forget the place.
ISo Jo
Opposite Globe Hotel, Jackson Street,
nov. 10th. 'B2.
CARPETS,
House Furnishing Goods. The largest stock
south of Baltimore. Moquet, Brussels, 3-
ply and ingrain carpets, window shades,
lace curtains,cornices and poles, wall papers,
chromos, cocoa and Canton mattings, rugs
and mats. GEORGE A BAILIE, Ma
sonic Building, Augusta, Ga. iunß
DEVOTED TO THE GENERAL WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE.
GREENESBORO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 31, 18S3.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
GREENE COUNTY
SHERIFF’S SALES.
AiriLL be sold in Greenesboro, before the
* v Court House door, between the legal
hours of sale on the first Tuesday in Sep
tember next, the following property to wit-
Fifty acres of land more or less in Greene
County Georgia adjoining lands of William
Armstrong, Wm. H. McWhorter, Fosters
and others; the place whereon defendant
now resides, levied on as the property of
Jane Crawford to satisfy a fi fa issued from
the Superior Court of Greene county, in fa
vor of Foster, Wright & Cos., transferees,
vs Jane C’rawfoid.
Written notice given of this levy to Jane
Crawford defendant residing on said land as
required by law. Property pointed out by
plaintiffs attorneys. C. C. NORTON,
July 25th 1883 Sheriff.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
•Notice is hereby given that the Election
Precinct at Park’s Mills is abolished. By
order of the Board of County Commissioners
of Greene county Georgia. This, July 7th,
1883. JESSE Pi WILSON, Clerk.
DAVID MORGAN,
MANUFACTURER OF AND
WHOLESALE DEALER
SADDLES,'HARNESS,
Bridles, Spurs, Collars, Saddlery,
Whips. Hardware, Etc.
80 Whitehall Street,
ATLANTA, - - GEORGIA.
aug. 3rd, 1883.
H.h7 p.
IS THE
BEST MEDICINE
TO USE AGAINST
MALARIA
RID YOUR SYSTEM OF
BY TAKING
jp.
AVOID HAVING
MALARIAL DISEASES
BY USING
H. if. P.
MAKE YOUR SYSTEM IMPREGNA
BLE TO THE INFLUENCE OF
CMC* JL®*
BY TAKING
ZE3I- S. £=L
ALL DRUGGISTS KEEP IT.
augl7 83
SAVE MONEY
3E IT lEWSriILTS
FAIL! GROCERIES!
—oif—
MRS. MARY ROSSMAN
T HAVE JUST RECEIVED a handsome
t Stock of Paacy dc TETa. mil 37-
O-ioceries. and purchasers wishing the
best Coffee, Sugar, Hams, Bacon, &b , will
do well to call on me. C-sTFine grade Flour
a specialty.
CANNED GOODS!
I have on hand a fresh supply of CAN
NED GOODS, such as Salmon, Oysters,
Mackerel. Ham, Tripe, Green Turtle Soup,
Peaches, Pine Apple, Etc.
I guarantee to sell you goods in my line
at Atlanta retail prices, and will give entire
satisfaction or refund money. Don't forget
when you want lo hny Confectioneries and
Groceries I will sell them as cl cap as they
can be bought anywhere. All kinds of
COUNTRY" PRODUCE bartered for. Cali
and examine my stock and prices before
buying. Very respectfully,
MRS. M. ROSSMAN,
aug. 17, ’B3. GREENESBORO’, GA.
FOES ALE!
lllffltfffl
ON the first Tuesday in September next I
will sell to the highest bidder, before the
court house door in Greenesboro, Ga., one
ECLIPSE ENGINE, two to,.four horse
powers and one FARQUAHAR SEPARA
TOR, and all fixtures belonging therto. Ti
tles warranted. Terms cash.
Xj.
Greenesboro, Ga., August 22d, 1883.
“W. :e3. speie,
A&CHIYBCY I
AII3 S'O'IE’XISfcXXTTEXTIDIEXTT.
Drawings of all kinds accurately pre
pared. P. O. Box 583. Office, Eight Law
Range, Attgitsta, Ga. jnn'y. 20, ’S3
SELECTED POETRY.
THE DROUTH.
BY WILI.MAM n. IUYNE.
The rainless clouds, so warm and high,
Blurring the landscape of the sky,
Hang far o’er fields of eorn and wheat,
Shot through with soundless shafts of heat.
No delicate moisture filters through,
The stillness of the sultry blue,
Though shrunken grass and suffering grain
Long for the rescue of the rain !
Ah ! soon insidious Drouth shall kill
Alt floral favorites of the mil,
For now I watch to near its close
The dwindling redness pi the rose.
And see its sisters, hue,
As flowers that never i , J -be dew.
In forests depths the dry cocoon
Hides silken secrets from the noon.
Perhaps within its brittle shell
Some fabrics of the future dwell,
If it survives all envious bloom,
To round its life upon the loom.
No voices come from glen nor glade—
The birds are songless in the shade.
O breezeless day! that brings no boon,
No nectar from the fields of June, —
How can they Song’s true utterance find—
Winged poets waiting fig..the wind?
A deep, unnatural silence broods
O’er lengths of sylvan solitudes,
Save where the dreamy cattle stray,
’Mid ttie dead pasturage of May,
To view with mournful eyes, alas!
The decadence of gram and grass.
The brooks are and low
In sympathy with nut now woe,
And yet they have no power to yield
Their failing strength to ivood and field.
Upward they look in slow surmise
And yearning protest to the skies,
To find within you boundless sweep
Fo rainy radiance soft as sleep,
Until it seems, in every and irt,
A hollow heaven without a heart.
CORNERS MARKETS.
BILL. ARP GETS IN AN AGRI
CULTURAL STRAIN.
COBE’s CONTENTMENT DRAWN FROM
PAST EVILS—GOOD REPORTS FROM
CROPS BDT NO RELIANCE IN PRICES
—THE BULLS AND P IgRS.
yfffe >,, v 'k.
From the Atlanta (On.) Constitution.
I was reading Tom Hardeman’s
and Dr. Leland’s speech and the
other speeches made iu the farm
er’s convention, and then I read
Judge Henderson’s last crop re
port and got to ruminating upon
the general situation, and altogeth
er it did not make me feel hilari
ous by no means. My own crop
is enough to give me the blues, if I
would, take ’em, aud so when I read
about trouble all around I feel like
saying with the old preacher—“lts
mighty bad—powerful bad—but
we thank Thee, oh Lord, that it is
as well with us as it is.” Cobe
says he “ain’t makin’ a blessed
thing—no corn, no ’taters, no cot
ton, nouuthin’—and Willy is down
with the newmony, aud the chick
ens all died with the cholera ;’ and
then he gave a three-cornered grin
and squeezed his tobacco between
his teeth as he remarked, “but ma
jor it aint nigh as bad as it mont
be; it aint nigh as bad as war.”
Then he stuck his hells in the lit
tle mule’s flanks and away he went
galloping up the road. There used
to be a bureau called the bureau
of refugees and abandoned lands,
and Cobe says if them yankees will
revive it now he is about ready to
jiue the concern. Says he will do
most anything except beg or steal,
or go to the poor bouse. So
when I feel melaucholly, I think
abou't Cobe and cheer up. The
truth is we all borrow too much
trouble. It is better to look back
oDce in a while and recall the vast
amount of fears and forebodings
that were wasted and maybe that
will give us brighter hopes of the
future.
Judge Henderson gives us very
reliable crop reports for the State.
He has reliable agents in every
county—men of obsarvation and |
judgment. Commissioner Loring, j
at Washington, gives us reliable re- i
ports from all the states, but nei-;
ther can tell us what the ruling!
price will be for cotton, or corn, or J
wheat, or pork, or beef cattle.—
That is settled in New York and
Chicago. Neither the weather or
Providence has anything to do with
it. I see by the papers that they
are fixing up for another big corner
on wheat in Chicago and they have
already got their agents all over the
northwest buying it up at a low
price and they will hold for a high
price. Wheat never advances
much until the rascals have bought
most of it—not until they have
i bought all that the average poor
farmer has to sell. That is just
what is the matter with our peo
ple. Roth the farmer aud the av-
! orage consumer are alike the vic
tims of the speculator. The' far
: mer Ims to sell too low and the
consumer has to buy too high.—
There is no general average—no
uniformity. Rich farmers who can
; afford to hold seem to like these
| corners pretty well. They get a
| big price by bidding and waiting
for the Chicago bulls. But the
j masses of the farmers have to sell
soon after the harvest and the
masses of the laborers and mechan
ics fatten for a while on cheap flour,
which I suppose puts them iu a
| better condition to perish after
j while when the price is doubled.
I Figures don’t lie and the figures
say that in 1879 most of the wheat
! was sold by farmers at 85 cents and
j after the Cuicago bulls had bought
iit they run it up to $1.38. In 1881
, it was sold for 95 and the bulls run
: itto $1 45. Wheu they had bought
! all they could they blockaded the
l elevators and the railroads with it
to keep down competition and pre
i vent the holders who still had some
to sell from getting to market.—
Now what ought to be done with
them fellows who make their mil
lions out of the life blood of the
poor. We regulate railroads by a
commission and we get after the
distillers with the whole power of
the government, but these corner
| ers who suck the blood of labor and
| toil are allowed to go free. They
patronize the banks liberally and
therefore the banks are their
friends, and the banks control con
gress and so we have no relief.
There is an epitaph on the tomb
of Sir Robert Peel, and it says,
“He gave the poor cheap bread,”
and no man has a nobler one than
this. But here sits the American
congress and the state legislatures
looking on at all this iniquity and
do nothing. How do they expect
labor to be reconciled to capital
and everything go on smoothly
when the common laborer can bare
ly live at his wages, and suddenly
finds that bread aud meat have
gone in.) fifty per cent, aud that
rich, heartless speculators have
cotnbiued against him? How can
he be reconciled ? How can he be
kept from thinking and talking and
drifting into communism and or
ganizing strikes for hiiV'ir
There is liiellfid
iness. The average age of the rich
is 55—of the poor it is 35. Only
eighty children out of a thousand
die among the wealthy classes, but
three hundred die among the poor.
As food grows dear sickness and
death grows plenty. Scarcer bread
means more abundant crime ; lar
ceny increases as flour advances.
The common laborer who works in
the shops or factories for daily Bul
ges gets barely enough for bread
and meat and clothing when these
things are cheap. He gets noth
ing for luxuries, nothing for com
forts, nothing for sickness or doc
tors bills or old age. Nothing for
the accidents of life, a broken leg,
or a broken arm. Nothing for fire
or flood, or pestilence or any other
calamity. He has to live by faith
and hope—a shrinking faith and a
dispairing hope, and a continual
apprehension for the welfare of his
children.
The great question with us all is
what will become of our children.
Will they be able to weather the
storms of life when we are gone ?
Will they find employment and be
able to live comfortably, and marry
respectably and hs*ve a good home
and be happy ? We hope so—we
pray for it aud work for it, but
there is less hope for the next gen
eration than the last, for the rich
are getting richer aud more heart
less aud the poor are getting more
dependent. When a man makes a
fortune at legitimate trading it is
all right and honorable, but when
be builds up by pulling somebody
else down it is fill' wrong aud not
only dishonorable but criminal.
The laws of England forbid it. The
laws of the United States do too,
but they don’t enforce them Fore
stalling the market is a crime iu all
civilized countries but ours. When
Armour bought up 500,000 barrels
of pork aud a million more in fu
tures at nine dollars a barrel and
sold out at eighteen he made seven
millions of dollars but be never
produced anything or added one
dollar to that already produced.
What he made somebody else lost.
He made it all out of the consumer \
—that is the masses—chiefly the j
poor. What kind of a epitaph
ought to be put on his tombstone ? i
‘This man’s greed was great—his !
pity was small. If there be a hell:
he is enjoying it.” In 1881 the!
Chicago syndicate cornered 70 mil- j
lion bushels of wheat. Why, what
protection have the people got ?!
What security against starvation.
General Toombs once made a very
notable speech and said he would
lead his children to an alter and
and like Hamalcar of old, swear
them to eternal hostility against
! this foul domination, and just so I
feel whenever I read about Armour
'and Keene, and Jay Gould and
company aud ponder upon their
machinations. I want to lead my
children to an altar and swear them
—yes swear them to tight mono
polies, to fight these forestalled
cornerers and plunderers of the
working people.
Now I don’t know that any of
these corners have damaged me a
cent. I thank the good Lord that
I am not in their power and that
I live iu a good old state that has
not yet bowed the knee to Baal and
whose people are comparatively in
dependent of these rings and syn
dicates but northern morals and
noitliern rapacity is drifting this
way and a people forewarned are a
people forearmed. lam thinking
about mv children and grand ehi[-
dren. Our fathers have left us a
goodly land and a goodly heritage
aud our children will have to pre
serve it if it is preserved at all. We
want none of lagos’ maxims—“get
money—get money—honestly if
thou can’st—but at all events get j
money.” It is every man’s duty j
to contribute something to the gen- j
eral welfare. If he does not, he j
ntay possibly be a good man, but ■
lie is not a good citizen. If in the
contrary, lie adds to the burdens or j
the miseries of his fellow men, he ■
is a public nuisance and ough t to !
be abided. If I was sworn on a ju-1
ry to tryAvmour & Cos., for robbery,!
I would find them guilty, for they
have robbed thousands of their
| daily food. They robbed the farm
jer by “bearing'’ his products
| and the consumer by “bulling
I them.” They are scientific thieves,
I but infintely more criminal than
: the vagabond who steals a horse.
! Larceny is more tolerable than force
Your articles on taxation are in-,
■strnctive aud give us food for
thought. I hope they will wake up
our representatives in congress. I
heard Judge Wright say once that
if the people knew Low much tax
they paid to support the govern
ment at Washington they w'ould
shoulder their shotguns and go to
lighting, aud I reckon they would.
Aud it is a wonder to me that our
working people don’t do something
desperate when flour is jumpted up
from five to eight a barrel
land meat as much in proportion
through the operations of these
Corners. 6But the poof are humble
and have few' friends., Nothing is
i left them but to suffer and be strong.
Bill Arp.
WHAT A LIE 1)11).
! HOW A CANDIDATE LOST AN ELECTION
FOR GOVERNOR.
From the Arkansan) Traxoier.
i I once had an example of how
! well it is to tel! the truth, said a
gentleman who was once a promi
nent candidate for Governor of Ar
kansaw. Some time ago I was
traveling on horseback through a
lonely part of the country. I was
never a brave man, aud I was not
in the least surprised upon discov
ering that I was scared. Every
rustle of the leaves, every sudden
cry of a bird startled me. I couldn’t
tlriuk of anything but robbers and
desperadoes, and shuddered as I
remembered a man, who, years ago,
had been found in the woods mur
dered in cold hood. Every feature
of the ghastly face came up, and I
turned sick when the gaping wound
in his throat came up with verisi
-1 militnde.
While I thus reflected, a short
turn of the lonely road, winding
j around a thicklv wooded hill,
brought mo almost face to face
with two men who seemed to be
standing for me. Their horses were
bitched to a neigboriug griipe-viue,
and the suggestive manner iu whiclf
they looked at the animal I was
riding sent a thrill like a streak of
ice-water up my back. I saw at
once that they were desperate men
and felt that they would not hesi
tate to kill me. Flight was out of
the question, for any such move on
my part would, I was convinced,
prove certain death. For the-first
time in my life I resolved to play
the bully, and, assuming what I
fancied B’tis an unconcerned ex
pression, I said, “Good morning.”
“How are you ?” they replied.
“Going far.”
“I don’t know that it is any of
your business,” I replied. “I clout
want* any trouble with you, for I
have decided to lead a better life.
Never again do I want it said that
I shed the blood of a human being.”
“A bad in an* I reckon,” said one
of the desperadoes.
•‘At one time I could not have
denied such an accusation ; but, as
I tell you ; I have resolved never to
kill another man. I hope that you
will not molest me.”
“Hold ou, partner!”
“Iv’e got uo time to talk.” •
“But hold ■ou ! What’s your
name ?”
“I’m BillPotson, the outlaw, and
the man of % whom you have often
i heard. I have killed men for less
than this, and I don’t want you to
'cause a breaking of my resolve.”
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“Do as you like about your re
solve,’ said the taller of the despe
radoes. “I don’t know who you
\ a re, but I know that you are not
Bill Potson, the robber.”
“How do you know ?”
“Because I ana Bill Potson, and
this is my brother.”
. “Oh, Lord!” I supplicated; “have
mercy on me!”
“Climb off that horse, Chap ; I
reckon we’d better hang vou right
| here.”
I begged, but saw no mercy in
their eyes ; I prayed, but I heard
no answer.
“I’ll teach you how to go around
the country committing depreda
tions and laying theixpon-me ! Fine
man, you are! Stole, this horse, I
; reckon. John, get that rope off my
j saddle. We’ll swing him up right
here.”
“Oh, my kind friends ! I have
committed no depredations. lam
a candidate for Governor for Ar
kansas, and am on my way to meet
an appointment at a place of dis
cussion. You wouldn’t hang a
Governor, would you! Just think
of what your State would lose !”
“Who is your opponent ?”
“Colonel Blacket.”
“What sort of a fellow is he ?”
“He’s a bad man.”
“Are you well acquainted with
him ?”
“I never saw him, but know that
he’s a bad man.”
“He’s a much better man than
you are, or at least will soon exhib
it more capacity for executive du
ties than you can possibly show.
In short, he’ll be the liveliest man
pretty soon.”
They put the rope around my
neck. I prayediu vain, I asked the
Lord to forgive my sins, and closed
my eyes, every moment expecting
to be drawn up.
“If I let you go will you promise
never again to use my name ?”
“I swear I won’t. ..Let mo live
and I’ll be a better man. I’ll do
anything for you, and when I’m
elected Governor I’ll pardon you.”
“All right; you may go this time.
Take off the rope, John.”
I mounted my horse and rode
away, with tearful thankfulness and
a determination never to tell anoth
er lie. Next day when I reached
the place of discussion a large crowd
had gathered. When I approach
jed the people were shouting with
j laughter. Great Alexander! Some
; one was relatiug my experience.
Shoving my way forward I recog
; nized in the speaker the tall man
! who accused me of taking his name.
He was my oppouent. I could not
J face the crowd, and left as rapidly
: as possible. The whole thing was
.' a joke. At the election, I was
jdefeated by an overwhelming ma
jority.
THE POWER OF THE PRESS.
A burglar, while attempting to
rob a bloated bondholder of Marys
ville, bv mistake got into the hum
ble residence of an editor next
door. After unsuccessfully fumb
ling around for suitable assets for
some time he was disgusted to ob
serve the tenant of the house sit
ting up iu bed and laughing at him.
“Ain’t you old Skiuderson, the
capitalist?” inquired the house
breaker.
“Nary time,” chuckled the jour
nalist ; “I’m the editor of the
Screaming Eagle!”
“Great Scott!” said the burglar,
looking at bis stemwinder; “and
here Iv’e been wasting four bloom
ing hours on this bi’anch almshouse.
I say, old quilldriver, you never
poke fun at your subscribers, do
you ?”
“Not the cash ones.”
“Exactly,” said the burglar, tak
ing out his wallet; “here’s six
mouths subscription to call this
thing square. If there’s ods thing,
on earth I can’t stand it’s satire.”
• —The Apalachicola Tribune
says : Mr. J. C. Brayton owns a
place a short distance from the city,
near Mr. W. S. Turner’s, that
abounds in hickory trees. Some
time ago Mr. Brayton grafted the'
pecan tree into these hickory trees
as an experiment. The experiment
thus far, has proven entirely suc
cessful, the trees at present having
a magnificent foliage and they
promise to bear pecans in largp
quantities. The country in this
section abounds iu hickory, and as
Mr. Brayton, has made such a
success of this grafting, it might
prove profitable for others to follow
suit.
—As in swimming a race, it
makes little difference at the end
whether a man wades in or jumps
in, whether he starts from a rock,
a bank of sand, or a boat in the
stream; so in the battle of life, it is
not the point of starting, but the
direction of the start, and vigor,
and endurance, and good judg
ment, that are brought into play
that bring great results Boston.
Traveller.