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fHE EASTMAN TIMES.
THURSDAY, OCT. 21 1KS6.
U. L. BURCH, E 15. MILNER
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11IIL ARP.
He Tells of the Difference Between
Railroads Now anil Three Years
Ago—Digging Potatoes, Etc.
One by one they go. The big fish
keep ons wallowing the little ones,
There is hardly arailroad now that
is limited by state lines or by its
charter. They have all been merged
into the big syndicates. They were
obliged to merge, for they couldn’t
run an independent schedule. They
were pooled out. The East and
West road has sold out to East
Tennessee and Virginia. This is
all right, I reckon, as long as great
competing lines are left, but now
there is a rumor that the East
Tennessee and Virginia is selling
out to the Baltimore and Ohio.—
The tendency of everything is to
wards Consolidation.* A few years
ago we had about twenty railroads
in Georgia, and every one running
on its own hook, hut now we have
less than half a dozen independent
line 3 . There were several hundred j
in the United States, but now they
have all gone into about ten great
syndicates.
This absorbtion has done good
in developing the countryand build
ing new lines as feeders, but it is
an a’arming symptom of consolida
tion of power and money. Kail
road commissions are utterly pow
reless to regulate or control them,
for the commission is hedged in by
Bt.de lines end the railroads are not.
The commission can fix the tariff
from Atlanta to Augusta, but it
can’t do anything from Chicago to
Atlanta. It has too much power in
the State and too little out of it.—
Competition after all is the only
-regulator. I do not know that there
is any complaint of oppression or
unjust charges, but I look upon the
general tendency of things with
great concern, to say the least of the
matter.
There is the Western Union Tel
egraph Company that has swallow
ed up all competion. There is the
Standard Oil Company that now
owns all the oil wells, and their
profits are millions of dollars annu¬
ally. They have taken competitinn
by the throat and choked its life
out. And they have bought up all
the cotton seed oil mills from North
Carolina to Texas, and if they came
across a stubborn man who refused
to sell they bought all the cotton
seed in the neighborhood and
forced him to surrender.
I see that the iron men are con¬
solidating immense interests in
Alabama and Tennessee. The strong
are smothering the weajp A few
years ago there were a iw f * re¬
tail dry goods stores in Atlanta—
now there are only eight. The
small fish had to go under and be¬
come hirelings. Capital and brains
combined will crush out capital
without brains or brains without
capital. The hig towns swallow up ;
the little ones in the same way,—
They swallow up their trade, and
all the little towns can do is to keep
boardingAmusesfor the people who
live in the city by day and go to
the country at night.
The time was when there was
little settlement at every cross roads
and there was a wagon shop and a
Smith’s shop and a shoemaker, and
a little store and a meeting house
Dot far awav, but they are all gone
„„„ The little tanneries and tbe
little mills are gone, and you will
never hear a man say, “I will meet
you at the hatters” again. It does I
look like a pity that we have to go
five or six hundred miles after a
wagon when right here wt-haveev- j
erything to make a wagon of. And
jt is the same way with all the car
riages and buggies and chairs and
furniture of all kinds. We are
now sending the walnut and cherry
and poplar and elm up there, and j
/ ^ rn| a* / -f . iHkJ
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VOL XIV
even the marble to put on the tops
and they send it hack to us all fixed
up and we buy it. M hat in the
world is the matter with ns. We
have got lots of good schools and
colleges and we educate our clnl
dren, but none of them seem to
h„v»any fancy for the
Mr Brumby u>ge tmg rich
making chairs in Marietta. " “y
som ebody try it at
and Itome and all along the road?
What is the reason we can’t make
good , a wagon for , seventy-five , n
as
dollars as they L can up north ? The
limber ia Wt Bnd W„n cheap
0 r, and the freight would be saved.
But it is all right, I reckon, or it
wouldn t be so. It we are happy
and contented that is the big tiling.
I am happy on my little farm, and
I am not going to make wagons.—
I had rather dig potatoes. I
been digging all day, and I’ve earn
ed my “later” by the sweat of my
brow. I thought I would dig a
little and pick up a little and tote
to the heap a little and rest a good
deal, but it is a fascinating business
an(1 you kee P on fr ° m ljli to " to
860 the big ones roll out unti you
are all sweaty and your back aches,
* ,ut . vou en i°>'d. I lo\e to dig ta
used * ers> to enjoy f miss it with the me,and hoys, would lliey
hunt for the biggest ones, and help
pick up and sort out, but they are
gone now. Their dogs are here and
the Y look lonesome. They follow
me about now. Jessie comes home
every Friday evening, and I am
happy till Monday. Carl conies
home once a month and brings
some of the grandchildren and we
have a big time. We all went on
the mountain last Sunday—we chil
dren did. We climbed trees and got
chestnuts, and a burr fellon a bare
foot and it hurt bad and cried. We
took the dogs along nnd the guns
and killed a rabbit and some birds,
» ‘d we eat maypops and came back
t > the fishpond about sundown, and
the paddled around In the ‘
chaps
batteau and got wet and had no
clothes to change in, and had to be
"Tapped up in cloaks and things!
until their clothes were dried by the
fire, and they got a good scolding
nnd a good supper too, and a prom
is 0 Hint tho big circus might come
and n.igld go without their co-o,,
nation.
Ibis is country life and country
happiness. So let money and pow
0 r keep on consolidating, provided
they leave us these pleasures. It |
may be that some of the children
or grand children will have to be i
hewers of wood and drawers of wa
ter for somebody, but we will not 1
worry about that now. It is good
to labor and toil and sweat for a I
living. Work has its compensa
| ions - Idleness is a sin and brings
own punishment. It is a blessed
Reeling to be tired and then to rest.
Rest is the good man s reward,
FROM THE NEW OU 11 ON VUY.
The Summer Season.—Three
months of the year when fashiona-;
ble people put with conveniences at
seaside hotels, which at home would
induce them to declare that life was
not worth living. |
Prohibition.—A law compelling
a man to enter the back door when
he wants a beverage for his “oft in- '
firmities,” and so forth—especially
the latter.
A Successful Man.—One who by
hard mulates work million and close dollars economy and leaves accu- j
a
his money to a couple of spend
thrift sons who see more unmone
year than the old man did in fifty,
years. '
An American Beauty.-A woman
whose alleged charms are unnoticed !
at home, and who doesn’t achieve
fame as a beauty until she goes
abroad and secures an introduction
to the Prince of Wales.
American Hun.or.-Any facetious
remarks made about the mule, the
goat and the mother-in-law.
A Dead Head.—1 lie country edi
tor who gives ten dollars worth of
puffs for a tety cents circus ticket,
College Education.—Aproficien
cy in boating, base ball, and some
time in other branchesof learning,
A Sole* M,„- A youth who
devotes more time to arrange his
necktie than to cultivating his
mind.
Charitable Ball.-A scheme to
enable the wealthy to spend sever
al hundred thousand dollars for
diamonds and dresses in order to
raise a few hundred dollars for the
I>oor.
“Except wind stands as never it
stood, it is an ill wind turns none
good.” •
EASTMAN. GEORGIA, THURSDAY. OUT. 71 1 , 1880 .
GREAT SALT LAKE.
_
Difficulties of Sw limning in its Saline
Waters—A Young Lady’s .Mislnip
j Therein.
A Utah l e tter"to the Chicago In
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form deliberating , ... . as to , the style of ,
f,, r „ tall
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^ ofbeaut * Btepped{rom the
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^ ‘j loveliness and power of at
. 'to ^ ^ m iment on the
survey the field before
mak j nR the J plmme f
„ r ” ,,, ^ m9 Like mer .
raa wagere(1 my lflsi
nickeL She was from one of Chi
, g guburbB> nnd had cut the
waters of Geneva Lake like one of
th@ finny tribe that makes their
home there; she had plunged into
^ ie sur f R t Long Branch, and idly
S p 01 q ed j n the warm water of the
j a p an curr0 nt on the Pacific coast,
gj ie wa8 an expert swimmer, but
ne ither mermaids nor finny tribes
inhabit Great Salt Lake. It is a
dead ^ where not hing in the ani
ma l or vegetable kingdom finds life.
Ite waters are nenr ] y one-fourth
pur0 Balt> and its specific gravity
s i x times greater than the ocean.
Jt j s as buoyant as a rubber ball,
but the beauty had not been told
fl n this, and did not discover the
true lia t U re of her surroundings
until after she had made the almost
fatal plunge. The water did not
roce i ve her form in a loving am
brace, but repulsed her familiarity.
Her body bounded as though it had
Btruck B grout rubber ball, her heels
went into the air, and then she took
a header, with eyes, mouth and
noetr il s wide open with surprise.
wator j s ]i ke brine, and this
dive was a terrible experience to the
merma id of the east. She stran
i ed) d without prompt help she 1
g an
wou ld have drwned. She said it
wa8 l iko swallowing a groat gulp of
i ye .
i profited by the etperienee, and
was satisfied to wade until I found
i^ required no effort all to
w hich is the only swimming at
tempted in Great Salt La k e. The
water is too heavy to make any pro
in dimming. When Paul
Boynton was here lie found that
w ith his rubber suit 011 he could
8W j m w j t h great difficulty, since the
buoyancy of the water prevented
hi 8 body from sinking in it enough
to mnke a SUCC essful stroke. He
met with an experience somewhat
similar to the young lady mention¬
ed, and in a little gale accidentally
got some of the salt water into his
mouth and nostrils. He strangled,
and was rescued by two young men
in a boat.
Leaving the lake you find in your
dressing-room a large pail of fresh
water for another bath, without
which you will present an appear
ance not unlike that of Lot’s wife,
a ftcr she disobeyed the command
no t to look back. These baths are
really intoxicating, and many inva
jj d8 ar e here for medical aid, and
Salt Lake physicians say tliere are
not mOT0 invigorating baths any
where in tlie country. The waters
of the Head Sea hold more miner
a ls in solution than do those of
the Great Salt Lake, but there is
nothing to equal this
It isstxtimes more smtthan
* han the ocean, and, aa I said be
a8 re j, dear a8 d( ^ (-^waters of Lake
Michigan, only body. a darker green when
viewed as ft
ABANDONING “ ‘ ‘_____ rORSETd. '
I *01 confide b.you that us girls
have pledged ourselves to eschew
corsets. I always did hate those
things and marvel that they have
been fashionable so long. Do you
know, I believe us women will be
wearing trousers before 1900! La
mode is getting nearer ami nearer
that consummation. Look at the
figure, you cau view »„y day the
streets. Almost fhe typical Grecian
drapery in scantiness. Skirts are
being laid aside and great is the
consequent gain in ease. Oh, dear!
how slow the monde is in enhght
enment! Supfxise we, thefair sex,
should dun trousers, would inascu
lines stare at us tpore than a week!
Use breeds indifference, you know.
—Oakland (Cal.) Echoes.
A young man idle—an old man
needy. '
A BOA ON THE SIDEWALK.
_
U(>w a 11|i!ire Constrictor Frightened a
New York Crowd.
New York, Oct. 9.—A hungry
^ Constrictor, „ . t 27 „ feet . „ long , ami
na
weighing neatly 200 pounds, lay all
|»l>j*»rtl,e he C.ty Hall l>ark police about .Ution 10 o click m
j this morning. It reared its head
angrily in the air and darted its
tongue out viciously. A very large
crowd had assembled in a short
t,mo but tfa took extremely , good ,
* ev
care to keep at a respectable dis
**”“■ •*> *“ *- *»
l^rtmg bouse of Charles
lu '!' be * Br,,tLor ; ln 1 ark lv, ; vv '
ud started this , for
« "'as morning
^°k° ken 011 u kandcart, there to be
* ^ Ul a " eek or s ° l Rl1 '^
«* ven a warm bath, so as to infuse
a little African heat into it. The
is now the \ rgestone in call¬
tivity in Americ, and was brought
here hist week on the steamer I ul
,la frorn Ueicbe * BrotLer 9 13 ^‘
men headquarters. I It wa> taken , by
one of their travelers 111 the bou
dan country.
1 he huge reptile had not had
anything to eat for several weeks
)
and this morning Mr. Keiche res¬
ol vtd to send it to Hobokeij, where
he lias a sort of “snake boarding
honse ” for Anacondas. Just how
lfc happened will firobably never be
kno * u > l,ut B9 the hoy and hand
CHrt were near tbo P° ll0e 8tftt,on
the boy slipped up on an apple
peeling, and as he fell he let go the
cart handles. p t toy went. 10
cart tipped backward, the box ro.U
ed out on the wain, mid tho great
8nftke bur8t through the slats <>u
to P- In un instant the suake was
spread out over the walk.
Tbe ho >’ Htootl P a,Bletl wltb fear '
! > e was immediately hemmed m by
u cui ious crowd "hieli gn.w l W r
0 ' <>r y “ 0 “ eDt V "T 60011 several
Police mer. were on the scene, hat
< hey needed to exercise no effort to
keep the crowd back. Word was at
once sent, to Mr. Kmc ha, but it was
fully twenty minutes before he ap*
P eared - Ho wa3 accompanied by
60V0 » 10011 1,1 the "untune tba
hot rays of the sun beating down on
tlie tar 6ldftwalk ra b 1,n V thaweil out
any torpidity that remained in the
S* kC
11)0 y 0 V !.
. . .
0 10 repti «, am wi 1 ie an n
missiles . furnished lmn by the by®
standers. he succeeded in keeping
lf Wltbin 11 C * IC0 ° ,l) '* 1,111
-here the box was broken open.
BatPwasevidenthocouid notoon
tro1 tbe s « r P enl a great while lou^
S 0r when Mr. Reiche’c nien ap
P 0ared - They were afraid the po
lic0,m>n woubl shoot the reptile,
and niade 1,11 P 0BBlb,e lmf,te to CHp ‘
ture d ‘
The serpent was now resting on
Its coils, with its huge head
ted more than eight feet in the air.
It was now thorougly angry and
its eyes seemed to dart flashes of
lightning; its great mouth was wide
open, showing its white teeth, and
its tongue darted forth viciously.' It
also gave forth a series of hisses,
which served to keep the crowd still
further off.
It was now boginuiug to rnakb
ready for aspring for about half
its length. The leader of tlie men
advauced, and bv a judicious throw
l»« •« «'«"«■
socooMed in coming tlw rapine's
liead ’ arid tbeD tbe Beven “ en ' ery
the e ght men picked it up and car
n «| Ihesnakeisa ^the store old
very on , .
10 worth #1,000. That it would haye
bitten any person in its reach one
of KeJcLe 6 mbU 8al<1 ' va6 1,e '
yon:] “ doubt ‘ was ,nucb afn “‘ 1
lbe reptile would get into some of
the trees, where it wcu d have ten
still more da ngerous.
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SAVANNAH, Oct. 10.—At Rocky
Ford yesterday, Thomas Israel, a
negro, was lynched for an outra
j.eous assault on a white girl aged
10 years. The crowd took the pris
oner f rom t | lfi constable while eu
rcQ t e f or _i------’ Hie jail,in broad daylight.
\ farmer living on tho line of
tbe Chicago and Alton road, lately
visited a lawyer in Alton and stated
hogs' - 'for m‘|
and the coropan y refused to pay.—
N,'ow, which had 1 better do—tear
out a rail, ditch a train, or yet into
a lenc* corner with rnv shotgun
and pop off a couple #5 of engineers?
It cost the farmer 00 for some
advice on the subject, but he un
doubtediy saved money by it,—
Wall Street N 0W s.
From tlio uW'iuioojjw Times.
A STK.YSHK SlIl'IDE.
A Young Man Hangs Himself In a
High ’treeTop.
The inhabitants of the little vil
l a ge of Bridgeport, on the line of ,
the Nashville and Uhatanooga rail¬
road, 25 miles from this place, ware
thrown into a great state of excite¬
ment yesterday afternoon by the
discovery of the dead body of u Well
known young man named Allen
Holly, hanging in the top of a large
tree.
The suicide was a very pri.pt singular
**. ,„d th. motive .IPob
ed tho young man to take his own
life is yet shrouded in mystery -
Holly’s home is in Texas, and he
camr) to South Pittsburg about two
months ngo on a visit to some rela
t ; ves> Two weeks after Ins arrival
his elder brother, L W. Holly, who
lives near Bridgeport, was taken
dangerously ill with fever, and the
young man wont to his bedside and
remained with him until he was
convalescent. Fve weeks ago last
Saturday night, tho man Holly bid
Lis brother and family a cheerful
g 0(X j u iprlit and went to !us room,
jj 0 wa3ueve r, after that night, seen
alive. The next morning he was
missing, and tlie family supposed
he hail returned to South Fittsn
burg until tlie awful discovery was
made yesterday, lie undoubtedly
hung himself the same night he dis¬
appeared, as the rope he used was
missing tho following morning from
his brother’s house, lie went a dis*
tance of about dOO yaids from his
brother’s house and climbed to the
top of a tall beech tree, covered
with thick foliage. On a stout limb
he fastened the rope, and then ho
tied it securely around his neck.—
"’hen he swung oft of the limb ho
dropped about 15 feet, as was mdi
ented by the length of the rope, nud
brn neck was broken by tho fall,
Yesterday afternoon a young man
named Thomas, while out squirrel
hunting, saw the body hanging in
the traa. He soon gave the alarm,
and in a short time the body was
cut down. It presented a most ra¬
vailing and sickening spectacle
The body ha 1 been hanging for 5
weeks ami was in a greatly advnnil
ced state of decomposition, while
E ^'t.™ i£lh« f«. ail'd
neck by tho buzzards. The remains
n f q,,, unfortunate man werocon
V eved to his brother’s residence and
will be buried tombiy. Holly was
and 1i two children LHou m 'loTfm” I 0 xns. ^
ALWAYS PAH) IN NEW MONEY.
The President always receives
new notes direct from the treasury.
He never gets old notes, except in
change when he pays a bill or makes
a purchase. The United States
Treasurer, on the last day of each
raonth - b0Ik1h thfl 3>r ‘‘ Hid0,,t ,liHHal -
al ’y HWfl-flC. The odd change
16 hri «M » 0W silver aild co PP° 1 '
cfiut6 > a ™l the notes nil new and of
the latest issue. Mr. Cleveland,
lik his processors, keeps a private
bank account with Kiggs & Co.,
and the day after ho gets las salary
he makes a d0 i*>s>t> reserving just
enough to pay current expenses.
It is said that his account has ex¬
bibited as large a balance as >
°°°- nIld aH he ,lUH 0111,icomo n,lt -
side blH officlal 6ftlal T> 1,0 161,1 0aH y
1 : ‘‘•' 1 ' ““^ ° ' " JJ,
’ , r
hi p8 „. f , re r t morft *2 500
«« has saved moat of hi. last years
a] but now tlmt he k nmrrieil
hig expenseswillincresse.-Balti
American. , ■
more
TilE VERDICT I NANTMOrS.
W. D. Suit, druggist, Bippus. Ind..
test.ties: “1 can recommend Electric
| llttei . g a# the V( , ry |„, Ht remedy.—
Evefy b()tl|0 g „ ld has given relief in
every ease. One man look six bot*
'landing.” “St
Hare, a dn.ggist, Bellville. Ohio, af,
firms: “The beat selling medicine I
have ever handled in my twenty years
olliherltayc addedthcTc
testimony, so that the verdict is ah
most unanimous that Electric Bitters
,| “ < u| e all diseases of the Liver, or
^‘ SS daey “ °. r I * ['"> :>l> cents * a
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It wax in tbe infant class in a
Sunday Hchool. The teacher was
Gdw^a Ina.fof^ned^capaBom
There bad been smooth sailing un
til til the the question question was was asked: asked: “What “What
do you call a man who gets music
out of a harp?” After a brief hand pause
a little fellow raised his
answered: “An Italian.” The
er and scholars had a good laugh,
and a new topic was then introi
duced
NO. 4U
The Way to a Fortune.
All the world is interested in the
story of the way in which million
aires have become rich, and no recipe
could he so universally popular as
one which should give directions for
the acquirement of wealth.
‘‘Why, sir, 1 knew him when hedid
not have a cent to his name.” At a
remark like that I always prick up
my tars; and I think the story which
is behind u remark like that, must
be interesting to everyone. This, ut
least, is what 1 said to my millionaire
friend when he told me that the his
lory of his first start on the road to
fortune was worth telling. would “At all
events," he said, “you not he
willing to make such a start as 1 had
to make.”
I am the reverse of rich myself, and
I told him any start would do if tue
result was as desirable as in his case.
‘Well,’ he whispered, ‘I began with
a killing scrape/
‘Murder!’ 1 cried in horror, step¬
ping hack from him with a feelirg of
intense repugnance, as there flashed
rapidly through my mind the bloody
tales 1 bad beard of the lawless times
in the early days of ’Frisco, when
knives and pistols were, in more use
than table forks.
‘I will tell you how it happened/
said my friend
•It was during the gold fever in
that country that I sailed from the
City of New York for Sun Francisco,
and I left with just money enough for
the tri >, thinking that, if I could only
reach California, 1 might soon make
» form no. We had a fair voyage on
the Atlantic, but from Panama the
vessels were mere tubs, ami much
overcrowded. There were a great
many women and children on board,
but t had a berth iu the ladies’ cabin
and Hohl it for #100, and slept then on
the upper deck.
‘Well, 1 had not been in San Fran
cisco quite a month when 1 found
myself without a cent, and was in a
pretty bail fix. Food was dear in
those days, and it cost something to
live. Floor was selling at #50 per
barrel, and 1 have seen apples tiring
a dollar apiece. It was a poor time to
bo short of money.
1 was standing on the street one
day feeling pretty well down in tlie
mouth, wiu-ti an old Itulif.n organ
grinder came along, and, propping up
his instrument ou a stick, began to
grind out a tune. It was not the mis¬
erable business in those days it is
now. The organnj rinder made mon¬
ey in California at that time hand
over list. They used to go up to th ;
mines and bring bacit a fortune.
‘As soon as this fellow commenced
to play. 1 pem ived that something
was wrong with his organ. The old
Italian would turn the handle, and for
a short time the sir would sound all
right, then, all of a sudden, the most
frightiul discords would be heard,
enough t > set one wild.
M Im old man’s face was comical to
see. lie would slop, examine the in¬
strument, turn it round, shake it,
and then, with a seared expression
on Ins face as if 1m thought the tiling
was haunted, began again with Mint
some frightful discord.
‘I stepped up to him, prompted by
curiosity. matter?’ I asked,
‘What’sthe ‘your
music jour, ds frightful.' old with
‘No htiano,’ said tlie man,
a look of great distress.
•No buano,’ I repeated, examining
the in*trurnent. The thought now
Hashed through rnv mind that here
might he a chance to make some
iu mev.
‘I n nair organs/ I said. You know
I moke lot* of organs/ I then point¬
ed frorn the instrument to myself.—
Though his English was very poor,
lie seemed to understand nearly all I
said to him.
‘Were you not afraid to undertake
the job?’ 1 asked.
‘Well, no . I am pretty handy, and
I thought ff I could have time 1
should be aide to figure it out. Of
course it was a reckless undertaking,
but a hungry man is apt to be reckn
less.
‘I explained that it would coat a
large* amount of money to fix it, but
he said enough tor me to make out
that he wished to go to the mines di*
rectly, and he would pay whatever 1
asked. The old man was quite a
character in his way. He told me he
often made from #20 t > #50 a day,
and that if his instrument could not
be repaired, it would he a great loss,
as it could not possibly be replaced.
•He appeared to have a real love
lor the organ, which he had brought
from the old country, and was very
much astonished and distressed at
t| K . behavior of hi* favorite, which he
said had always made good music un*
til two days past. 1 told him to bring
I'' a wer" 7 «s’ stay three^daya i ng, Hildas it
wou | a take at least to re*
ihjiVTum. ^
' !}“rwt it over carefully with a
” „. ccn c i ol | l and #eeill ed loth to leave
I suppose it was the flret time he
b f‘° 81 ai « bt ° f il sincC he ‘ )Urtba9 *
e, \
■in'examination as , hat . k was turoe d. I
’j£ I hail not the
s hteU w |>at to do to it, but
?£ great need of money urged me to
! “ * “JS i
fitum* Jj? that Inpneil ami jumped iu a
rv ij Bt ifl and jerkv manner. handle and
s | 0 *rly turned the
”1
1 lned vke ‘Last Hose of Summer.’ It
played a imrt part of of the tlie wav way through.—
Then there was a terrible clashing of
wires. .
*A string might be loose,’ I thought,
and has fallen over the others, 1 can
j fix that, middle of ihit night I
•In the was
aroused anudenl) by healing a clash*
ingof strings. I jumped up, think!
i.ig some one was stealing the haauil
organ, but no; there it was.
‘Strange!’ I said to myself. Could
anyone have entered?’ 1 came to the
conclusion that my mind was so
worked up on the subject that 1 bad
been dreaming. Still 1 laid awake for
some time, wailing and listening.—
But all remained quiet. The next
morning 1 started atrny work.
‘Were you not afraid if you took it
to pieces you could not get it back
again, 1 asked.
*1 decided 1 would proceed with a
great deal of care and number each
piece as 1 took it out. 1 carefully lift¬
ed off the case of figures, and as 1
was about to set them down 1 heard
the same strange sounds without hu¬
man hands being near. 1 gently lifts
cd off the top so as not to disturb the
ghost or spirit, and what do you supj
pose happened?’
‘What!’ 1 demanded, excitedly.
‘A mouse join (ied out and 1 killed it/
You old fraud f l eried
•Yes,’ he went on, "that was the
cause of all the trouble. When the
handle was turned, the mouse, being
in extremely narrow quarters, was
disturbed and wiuld crawl about on
the strings. I replaced the top and
case and left it until called for. And,
when the old man came for the ora
gun, 1 told him it was now as good as
new.
‘He tried it nnd found that all went
smoothly, 1 enlarged greatly on the
care nnd trouble 1 had taken, and
when l asked the sum of #50 for the
killing of that mouse, he paid it
without a murmur and gave me ten
more to hoot.’
And that sixty dollars Is what you
consider the beginning of your for)
1 one!’
•Yes, sir; it give me a great lift.—
Tho next day, i strolled intoau auc¬
tion room, where tlie sale of lots was
going ou. 1 bought three lots at small two
hundred dollars apiece, giving a
payment. The next day 1 sold two of
them ut three hundred each; the third
one 1 sold later 011 at a large advance
and kept on in that way dealing In
leal estate with Urge profits. old
‘Did you ever hear Irom your
Italian organ grinder afterwards?’
(Ill, yes; he sent several others to
me, hut 1 told them 1 was out of that
line of business now—-Olive Storm.
From tho Ghiungo Inter- Ocean.
Ills First Marriage Fee.
It was their first wedding. Tho
groom was “new,” so was tlie bride,
nnd the Congregational clergyman
had committed matrimony only in
his imagination. Finally, however,
it was all over; the twain was one
flesh, and the little wife was weeping
in the arms of the mother. Tne groom
siipt up to the nervous minister, and
as that gentleman was about to pass
out into the night, he pressed a coin
into his hand.
“A #20 gold piece,” thought the
young preacher, llis heart beat faster
now than when he was officiating at
the wuduing. He needed the money
so much. Indeed, he often wished
Ins meagre salary was only half its
size, for he had so much trouble in
collecting it. And now, to receive
#20 all ut once. Why, it tstonished
h!m. Then it oecurrod to him that
it was customary for tLe minister to
make the bride a present of his first
marriage fee. The good man sighed
as lie removed his thin overcoat and
returned to the room where the guests
were offering their congratulations to
the newly wedded couple.
“I forgot something,” said he, as
he approached the bride. “This is
the first marriage fee I have ever res
eeived; it is yours. It should be kept
as a reminder of this momentous 03 -
Tlie young bride stretched out her
band and the coin rang as it touched
her marriage ring. The guests look¬
ed up; the unconscious wife did not
close her band upon tlie fifty cent
piece that lay there and they all saw
it. The minister was glad it wa3 his
first marriage, the guests tried to apl
pear as if they did not see the half
dollar, und the reporter quietly gave
a smile and thought, perhaps, that
the young husband was saving up
bis money to buy a divorce.
Diet of Strong Men.
I be RomaD soldier*, who , . built , u
men
such wonderful roads ami carried a
huge weight ol armor and luggage
that would crush the average farm
hand of to day, li ved on ooarse brown
bread and sour w ine. I hey were tern*
perate in diet, and regu ar and cons
slant in exeivise. I he Spanish peas*
ant works every nay and dances half
the night, yet eats only his black
bread, onions and watermelons. The
tZFZXT ii"'hu
perk or mutton, yet he walks off with
his load of 800 pounds. Tbe coolie,
fed on rice, is moie active andean
fed on faTmeat.^Vie heavy work ot
tlie world is not done by men who eat
the greatest quantity. The fastest qr
longest winded horse is nit the bigi
gest eater. Moderation in diet seems
“ ^
A Boston woman cut her dress from
a pattern in a magazine dated 1870
before she discovered that it waan’t
» n 1 three doctors to tide
her over t,iat ,on ^ lonel y ni g ht -
Many men fail in life'becaus^
w hen young they form a false judg¬
ment ment touching touching their their mental mental car>ac- capac- _
ities and inclinations, and are ever
after engaged in the task of proving
to themselves and others that thefr
• verdict was a just one.