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ooold not help saying, “though I must
admit that she is poasesaed of fine talents
In more respect, than one.*
Itj-v.' kfI wee quite sore on the snbjeet of Misa
' Ballou, for it waa only a few months
Our lives are albums, written throuvh 8he " en,ed •“ «* once to hare
With good or ill, with false or tnuT i *?*?? ? *"“* fanc - T *° me-no* •»
r true. sight, for we had met before for years—
~ * — 1 end L therefore, gradually began to see
all manner of qualities, admirable and
ERNEST CONRAD.
“Come,” I called, in
lovable, in her. However, just as I waa
beginning to ponder earnestly on our
mutual attraction, to my discomfiture I
became aware of the fact that her pref
*? * **P' •* . erence for mo was on the wane. And
accompanied b^a'yon^ i^n 1 “ <1Ud> “ a ehort time I waa convinced beyond
V “I have brough t vouvoi^ room „ , * doubt “ BtIra **> linger bor beau
the began, in her'pleasmu votoe “Mr for 8he w “ openly be6towin « b "
Con rail—Mr. Hama” ’ u favors on another, a young man with
I had arisen from"my sitting porture. j “ S "° d tim8 -
and now »dr»n«.i , ‘ f—*«*«, ■ 1 cannot say that I suffered terribly on
his hand a him to shake «xoont of this little episode in my qui-
bokl of mine in «’ hand ' tbat tooA etly flowing student life, for I am of too
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ceiled it Y I US nan 'f bad not sug- oeedingLy at the time, and left me rather
Won, 1st tvT a Gtfr f an ’ of ,b8 oensitive in regard to M.se Ballou,
b ue ivi ^ 1 flale, ‘ bair - liKht - I fe»t like warning my unsuspecting
^ eyebrows and eyelashes room-mate, for I know that a c£nmo!!
broad Rl.n^l I P if’ "^though tall and i OTe f or mua j c jg apt to draw two hearts
^'^ed.dnotunpressme together. But on second thought I
t ong. On the contrary, liis considered it best not to prejudice him
pele compiexi m, tiat chest, and lank against her.
make-up generally, gave him an almost
sickly apiiearance.
I liked him at first sight. His large
eyes looked into mine with a directness
But what I feared came all too soon.
Ernest Conrad had not been long in
O—, before he was known as the most
that lies poke a clear conscience' and an promising of the studento
absence of all disguise. .11-wX or ‘ he conservatory. He was mademuch
a j v . . v of by the several profesaors and teachen
°“7’ eiolJ n" * r T me W,th 8Uch a fbere, and his pUymg was a marked
Wetelv “ W °“ C ° m ‘ : future at their frequent soirees and
concerts.
pletely.
“I hope we shall tie very good friends,”
I could not help saying, after our land
lady, Mrs, Barnes had left us, and we
were seated.
“Oh. I think we shall,” he replied.
“Is your home very far from here?" 1
asked him.
“Only fifteen miles but I am the only
child or my parents, and they will h*
I, mesomo without me. They are so used
to hearing me play the violin at all hours
of the day, that they will miss the
music very much, especially my mother.”
He said tliis with moist eye and quiver
ing lip.
“You are a musician then,” I said.
“No, not yet,” he replied, “but I hope
to be one sometime. I have come to
study music.”
“The violin?” I asked.
“Yes, 1 meau to make thajjnv princi
pal instrument. I have got Vh,
this, he got up, opened the door to the
hall, where, from his trunk, standing
there, he took the box containing his
violin. Taking it out, he showed it to
me.
“I wish you would play something far
“I don't know mnch of anything to
play,” he replied, turning his instrument,
"I ton’t tiling 1 can play anything well.”
I was surprised at his playing, as
well as at what he played. Although 1
knew not what it was.' I could hear
that it was not common. It sounded
classic to me, and lie played it with a
taste aad finish which I had not looked
for.
“You have taken lessons before," I
said, after he had finished.
“Not many. There was a German
school teacher in our district, a while,
who gave me a lesson here and there.
He was a good musician, but he drank
and was intoxicated meet of his time,
so 1 had t, learn what little I know
mostly by myself.”
“You must be very talented then, for
I think you play quite well."
“I have a great liking for music, and
always have l«\d since I can remember.
I would like to go to Europe to study,
bnt just now I am hardly advanced
enough. I can learn a good deal more
here.”
Ernest Conrad proved a very agree
able addition to our family, whioh con
sisted of the landlady. Mrs. Barnes, who
was a widow®* three daughters, a
~ yr.^. SP 1 ' lyQ.ABP‘ nt boarders, besides
myself. Mrs. Barnes was an easy-going
woman, and allowed each member of
her family to do abou# as he pleased.
The young people drew many visitor*
to the house. Nearly every evening
Mrs. Barnes’ parlor was filled with
friends of theirs. Most of these were
students of the college or conservatory
of music, or both.
Our new corner soon became a central
figure in these circles. It was not long
before it was apparent that he not only
possessed fine musical sense and taste,
but was a natural critic of the art of
tones not to be despised. Therefore,
whem. ver music was in order, and Em*
es* Conrad present, there was much re
luctance shown on the part of some of
the more sensitive to display their ac
complishments. He never gave Offense,
however, by proffering his opinion or
edvice when it was not asked tor. Ill
fact, his innate regard tor other 1 * feel
ings, as well as his great modesty, would
scarcely allow him to express any-
that could discourage or
dishearten. Still, many of those who
performed before him were quite amta-
*7 r ~siwinir his Brood opinion of their
tious of gaming his
musical talents and attainments
For he had the true sense of
what ought to be required of an art-
tet on the piano or violin, as well a* of a
'ZZ “What do you think of the mu-
8 I asked him after we had
.might be a good player if
Marv Barnes might
*be had the right mstructiom She^
to have the right idea._ but laexs tne
technique to car^ it out
*You set* 111
o understand the piano, as
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I can’t sav that I play it I drum
> » liute. Bit I have my idea M to
'* \Ld ' piano-playing ought to be.
T 1 theviolin, one must first play well
mec^dly before be can play music
ally.
.Well, then, howjo rou like Mim
Mary’s singme? I asked.
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Everybody liked him, and all with suf
ficient understanding tor it were de
lighted with bis music.
True to his chosen art, he had a high
standard, and was seldom satisfied with
his performance himself.
This popularity of his no doubt flat
tered Miss Ballou’s vanity wheu it bad
became a settled fact that she was a
necessity to him.
I remember how one night, after a con
cert at which Ernest had gathered fresh
laurels, I walked behind them, as Misa
Ballou leaned upon his arm, clinging, as
if she would say, “What he is and what
he does belongs to me, for we have all
things in common."
Was she really in love with him? It
certainly appeared so. And yet oft-
times, when I veiwed him as he lay,
„ tired and hollow-eyed from hours of
f re ‘ tedious practice, on the lounge in our
-if' ti\ »hu . °
room, despite the fact that he wa» really
tile beet-hearted fellow that I had ever
met with, I could not make out what
it coukl be that attracted pretty little
Annie Ballou so strongly to him.
But, let him come into a musical cir
cle. Let all eyes be turned to him as
the head figure. Let him take his be
loved instrument and draw from it ten
der, melting tones, such as only he who
was born to speak in the language of
tones, can bring forth, and 1 under-
erstood it all.
At such times I could see her face
glow with undisguised admiration and
sympathy. She comprehended his lan
guage. She forgot the man and saw
and admired only the musician. Miss
Ballou, who had lost her mother when
but a child, lived with her widowed
aunt, Mrs. Foster, who had a fine home
just opposite Mrs. Barnes’ modest dwell
ing. There waa not a day on which
Ernest Conrad did not. at least once,
and often two and three times, cross the
street to the bouse of Mrs. Foster, to
visit Miss Ballou. The aunt of the
latter had always been very indulgent
toward her, and was nevermore pleased
than when her niece was enjoying her
self. She therefore let the young people
have their own way entirely.
Annie and Ernest made good use of
thus being left to themseKes, though, I
think, most of their time they practiced
together, he playing on the violin, she
accompanying him on the piano, for
Miss Ballou was a good player as well as
singer.
If ever a man loved sincerely, Ernest
Conrad did. He often spoke to me of
his plans tor the future, but always in
connection with Miss Ballou. I often
mildly remonstrated with him, telling
him that he could not be so sure of An
nie linking her lot to his, that many
things might interfere, but he would
not listen. “Oh. no,” he would say,
“Annie understands and sympathizes
with me as only one other person ever
does, and that is my mother. We could
never be happy apart.”
There was an air of sadness about him
when be spoke thus, as if a vague doubt
as to the realization of the bright pros
pect he was picturing to himself as
sailed him.
Poor fellow! The whole affair ended
quickly and sadly enough. One fore
noon. after just coming from there,
Ernest remarked to me that there was a
visitor at Mrs. Foster’s.
“A lady?" I questioned.
“No, a gentleman.” I looked at him.
His eyee were directed toward the win
dow. His face wore a troubled look.
“Old or young man?” I questioned
further.
"Oh, he is rather young yet,” he an
swered, rousing himself; “he may be 80,
though."
I did not seek to satisfy my curiosity
further. He waa evidently disinclined
to speak. I saw the gentleman in ques
tion a very few hours afterward, how
ever. He was gallantly escorting Miss
Ballou across the street. Though rather
tall, b — ss delicate looking, with a
pale, handsome face, which was adorned
by a soft blonde mustache.
Miss Ballou introduced him to us as
Mr. Guernsy. a relative of Mr. Foster’s,
who had come to spend several weeks
with his aunt.
That same evening they spent at our
house in company with several other
friends. I was gratified to notice how
eager Miss Ballou was to have Mr.
Guernsy hear Erneet play. The latter
responded reluctantly, evidently not be-
mg in a mood to play.
You play very finely,* said Mr.
reaenea tne door. Ernest can a weary,
longing look toward Miss Ballou, who,
unmindful of him, waa sitting on the
stool before the piano, chatting and
laughing with her new acquaintance.
I don’t think Ernest slept at all that
night He was nervous, and several
times during the night I heard him
murmur snd sigh. I heartily pitied
him. But what oould I do to console
him?
He got up very early the next morn
ing, and although haggered and pale,
went right to his practice.
“Why do you get up so early? You
look tired,” I said to him.
“I can’t sleep,” he answered wearily,
“so I thought I would get up and play.
I must get these pieces for the concert
which is only a week from to-morrow
night
A FAMOUS DIARY VILLAGE.
much TO, ^ tt ^ er Bat I’M tdl you
i liked best, that of that litths
#m g m g I Iifcea in Italian. I
* * , 0( i r w ho sang m Italian.
I mid.
| -You mean Miss ^
1 rfieuses it welL I think
■mwerfuL and— lady, too, isn’t shrf*
. i 71 >
very nice
better acquaintance r»
It waa jest one week from this morn
ing, while we were sitting at the break
fast table, that Rhona, one of Mrs.
Barnes daughters, looking significantly
at Erneet said to me: “Mr. Harris,
have you heard the news?” I had no
idea as to what was ooming.else I should
not have added, “What is it?"
“Annie Ballou had engaged herself to
Mr. Guernsy.” I looked at Ernest He
had dropped his fork as if a sharp pain
had suddenly seized him.
Next morning while we were yet in
bed Ernest startled me by saying “Char
ley”—that is my name—“I am going to
enlist” (What I am here relating took
place at the time of the “War of the Re
bellion.”)
“You.” I exclaimed, “why, you would
not stand it a week. ”
“Oli, yes, I shall,” he replied, “and
what if I do die, I shall die for my coun
try?”
“Erneet" said I, “take my advice;
don’t go. You are not strong. You
will not be able to bear the hardships
and exposures of a soldier’s life, Be
sides, you are the only son of your
parents. Think of them.”
I do think of them. The thought of
them is all that worries me. But you
talk as if it were already settled that I
must die. I may go through the war,
and come back, as thousands of others
wilL"
All remonstrance on my part waa
useless. He would go. He asked me
not to tell the folks in the house about
his going to enliBt until after he was
gone.
“I cannot bear to have them urge me
to giTe it up,” said he. “I shall have
enough to do to overcome my parents.
He went and when I next heard from
him it was in the form of a letter
which he had written from camp,
received a few lm*e from him about
two weeks after this by which be in
formed me that they would “break up
and march” on the morrow.
From that time I had no knowledge
of him until one morning about three
months subsequent to his departure
from O., when Mrs. Barnes called me
down, telling me a young man wished
to see me. I found in the latter a mes
senger from Erneet who, through the
efforts of his mother and kind neigh
bors. had been brought home sick, dying
perhaps, and wished to see me. I ac
companied the stranger without delay,
and several hours of smart driving
brought us to the heme of my poor
friend.
His mother met me at the door, her
eyes red from weeping and I saw at a
glance the worst was feared.
Though pale and emaciated, his large
eyes glowing with feverish brightness, a
smile illuminated his countenance as
Ernest feebly put forth his hand to
greet me.
“Well, I did not stand it long, did I,
Charley?” he said pleasantly.
Emotion choked my utterance.' “No,
may poor friend,” I manSged to say.
We chatted some time. He asked
some favors of me, which I promised
should be granted. After which I left
him.
I returned on s Saturday, but found
poor Ernest no more alive.
They took me to the chamber where
all that remained of him lay. A peace
ful smile rested upon the still features,
60 pleasant to look at even in death. “I
hear celestial harmonies” had been his
last words. With the help of the under
taker, I fulfilled his last request.
I met Mrs. Guernsy, nee Ballou, a few
months ago. She is a middle-aged
woman now, and the mother of grown
sons and daughters. Though somewhat
stout she is still pretty, and retains the
vivacity and sprightliness of her youth.
She seemed delighted to meet me, and
spoke of old times. But never once did
she refer to him, our common friend,
who was laid to rest with his hands
peacefully folded over her image lyi ng
on the throbless bosom.—Olga L. Sturm
in Cleveland Leader.
id Bitter Industry or KortAore
Holland—A Glimpso of Brook.
One boatload of excursionists, such as
is seal every Sunday on the bay of San
Francisco, would drive all Holland from
Helder to Rotterdam and from The Ha
gue to Zutpben, to the verge of distrao-
tion. The voyagers are of the tranquil
Bort If there is any hilarity it is a for
eign element They do not generally
exceed twenty or thirty, chiefly inhab
itants of the villages that border the ca
nal. or farmers from the houses that ap
pear here and there on the face of the
country like islands, and as some of
these are surrounded by a dyke, and a
ditch with a drawbridge, islands there
are indeed capable of being defended
like a medieval castle, against all com
ers. There is probably on the boats man
interested in dairy produce, who tells
you in a melancholy tone that cheese
has fallen. This is sad, tor if there is
one thing more than another that the
causal traveler is interested in, it is the
price of cheese.
Cheese and butter are closely related
to the prosperity of the North Holland
canal, because several villages along it
are engaged in that industry. One of
these is Broek, which lies about midway
between Amsterdam and Monnikendam,
and has for untold ages been famous for
its dairies and its neatness. Formerly
everybody went to Broek, tor fear that
if lie did not when he got home all his
friends would ask him in chorus, “Hava
you been to Broek?” and he would re
luctantly be compelled to answer, “No."
Broek lies along its main dyke and But
tered over considerable space behind- it
It has the usual allowance • of small
canals, several neat shaded streets, and
a church or two, for it has some 1,800
inhabitants who live by butter and
cheese alone.
GENERAL NEWS-
Hun. Jordan Stokes, one of th<
loremoat of Tennessee lawyers, i
dead. ,
We did not land at Broek, but. as we . . .
glided along almost under the shade of i W - n,n ^ ,on *
Florid* adopted Her new consti
tulion by a small bat sab9tauti>
majority, .s',
Henry M. Stanley, the Africa'
explorer, Arrived in New Yrfil
Saturday.
More than one-half of the Unit* <
S'ates Senators own real estate i •
Washington. ’ v
Vicksburghim made a cot -
< ract tor the construction of a sy
tun of waterworks.
.. Experts, after a careful investiga-
ion, report thHt there ia no pleur< -
pneumonia in Tennessee.
The Comptroller of the Treasury
ias decided that a Congressman is
■■•ran officer of the United States,
Nathan Hobbs, of Penflad, Gs n
who is ninety-six yeas old, works
■ very day and reads without spec
tacles.
A farmer named Moore, near
Chatham, N. C, was sent to the
chain gang recently for swapping off
his wife.
Ten thousand acres of undevel
oped land in Mississippi will be put
in cultivation by Northern capital
next year.
Mrs. Hancock, widow of the late
Gt-n. Winfield S. Hancock, will
make her permanent residence in
*TTi*i*tion of Cloud.
Investv,p- ;. by Dr. R. Von Helm
holtz described to the Berlin Royal soci
ety confirm the statement that tile
formation of cloud in saturated air is in
duced solely by particles of dust and
that the finer and sparser are the dust
particles the more slowly is the cloud
formed. These results are also confirm
atory of Professor Tyndall’s explanation
that the blue color of the sky is due to
floating dust—Chicago Herald.
A Science of Manner*.
Manners are an art Some are com
mendable, some faulty; but there are
none who are of no moment How
comes it that we have no precepts by
which to teach them, or at least no rule
whereby to judge them as we judge
sculpture and music? A science of man-
its trees we made an acquaintance with
it that was sufficiently intimate. It
turned for our benefit its back doors, to
the canal, and about them were hang
ing dairy utensils shining in the adu -
terated sunlight It also left its stable
doors open, that travelers might gaze
therein and remark, though the spotted
cows were grazing in the meadows, the
porcelain stalls in which they pass the
winter and the appliance for attaching
.their troublesome tails to the spotless
ceiling. Travelers have recovered from
their commonplace infatuation regard
ing Broek. and are now contented to
study Dutch cleanliness in a generic
way in towns less noted for that virtue,
and Bimply as an incident of passage.
The fact is, personal nehtnesa is less ex
ceptional in Europe than it was fifty
years ago.—Amsterdam Cor. San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
Oysters That Grow aa Trace.
The boat soon reached the mangroves,
and, pushing in as far as possible, ws
found ourselves surrounded by the life
of the tropics, As the tide waa out we
could reach up from the boat and gather
over our heads the oysters which were
growing in great clusters on the roots
and branches of the trees. The clear
water was filled with fishes of strange
forms and brilliant colors, and they were
perfectly fearless, so that they could be
examined without difficulty, as they
chased and captured their food among
the submerged roots. The bottom was
thickly covered with beautiful sea
anemones, and everywhere, on the bot
tom, on the roots and branches of the
trees, and on the rocks at the water’s
edge, we found a wealth of mollusks
and Crustacea, which soon taught us to
regard the mangrove-thickets as rich
collecting grounds.—Prof. W. K. Brooks
in Popular Science Monthly.
Flogging in A a* trio.
Almost all the Vienna newspapers
protest against a strange decision come
to by an assembly of German-Austrian
schoolmasters now sitting in Vienna.
They wished to reintroduce into the
schools the system of flogging which
had been so happily abolished in Aus
trian schools. It is true that the major
ity which voted this reactionary motion
was very small, and the most prominent
pedagogues declared themselves decid
edly against it acceptance. Almost sim
ultaneously with the abolition of flog
ging in schools it was done away with
in the army, and no military voice has
since been raised in favor of the reintro-
duetion of the stick as a means of correc
tion. Tiie decision of the German-
Austrian schoolmasters is not likely to
have any practical result—Foreign Let
ter.
Sawdust for Boddlng.
The cost of obtaining straw for stabling
purposes long ago led horsemen to adopt
sawdust for bedding in the city stables.
It is the article now in general use and
answers the purpose so well that Any
attempt to displace it has proved futile.
Recently there have been considerable
importations of peat moss from Holland,
which it has been sought to introduce
here as a substitute for sawdust bedding.
The moss comes in small pieces, the size
of a man’s hand, is soft and spongy and
full of fertilizing material which makes
it valuable as a manure after it has left
the stable. In spite of these qualties
horsemen have not taken a liking to it
and sawdust is still the favorite with the
stablemen.—New York Tribune.
Utilising the Scrape.
‘Monkey hash” is the name given to a
preparation made up of the scraps of
beef, pork, mutton and fish left over
and uneaten by the guests at meals.
ners would be more important to the A)I ‘bese leavings are scraped together,
virtue and happiness of men than one a P°t. which is placed inside of
would suppose.—Detroit Free Press. j “ oveD - 30,1 served up to the waiters
| under the name of “roast beef.” Some
Th« Brsrhionjfiwph. | c f t |j e hotels here in St Lonis feed their
A patented invention, called the brzchloni- waiters on monkey hash, and I tell you
graph K Claimed to render the of wTritin* h takes a cast-iron stomach to stand
muc b of it. 'Waiter in Glob^Demo.
crat.
internal revenue receipts from
the. tax on-.oleonw£trine which
went itito,;ej^eVfc on the 1st Novem
ber are about $400,000.
Several Alabama papers want il e
.State Leislature to pass a law r< -
quiring every man to produce a tax
receipt before voting.
Iroquois, the only Americai.
liotse that ever won the English
Derby, is being wintered on a farm
near Nashville, Tenn.
The English Parliament will meet
JauUitry 13,and theevenisuf to-day
in Ireland clearly foreshadow what
will be the ruling subject of discus
sion .
Reports come that hog cholera
prevails near Urbana, O. One far
mer hast at eighty togs out of a
h;-rd of two hundred from the dis
ease.
Hun. J« fferson Davis attended
re open* iii Memphis recently.
A" hen he entered, the audience
ro-e and applauded him lor five
-nil utes.
Colonel John Moore, of the raedi-
.-nl d* partment of the armv, has
bei n Appointed Surgeon-General by
I tie President, to succeed Surgeon-
G- Herat Mui-rav, retired.
Golif in paying quantities has
net-n discovered near Oklahoma,-
indian Territory, and the “boomers”
will be more than than ever anxious
to gain a lodgement there.
The prospects that the American
Exhibition in London will be the
only exposition open during the
jubilee years (1887) has increased
public interest in the enterprise.
The lamps in 'the-torch of the
Liberty s.tatue at." New York were
aj.iin,lighted <>n the night of the
22U ult. and will be henceforth
kept burning-by the lighthouse-
board.
It is officially declared that R- -
aire, in the Argentine Republic,
is infected with cholera. Several
lints in the country along the Ri<
de la Plata are supp iseJ to be also
infected.
The heirs of the late Baron Botha-
child, at Frankfort-on-the-Main,
wTI erect a' public museum, in
which will be exhibited the Roths
child art collection, the richest in
the world.
writers’ cramp and of paralysis of the fingers.
The instrument is of simple construction, and i
consists of a long, light strip of iron, curved
so as to be easily adapted to the nln.r border
Henry George's Literary Work.
Henry George, nnlikeMr. Howells, is note
“iou P“>J ’"• i of the forearm. This splints sewn into- a methodical worker. “I write when the mood
Guernsy to him, after he haa mushed, casing of snpple leather material, shaped so seizes me,” he said, "sometime* getting off a
I disliked tbs patronising way » j as to form a kind of gauntlet or sleeve few “»» of copy bnt often vey little. My works,
which he spoke. | the forearm. The gauntlet at fastened to the particularly ‘Progress and Poverty,’ were
Erneet appeared awkward and at forearm by an ingenious arrangement of the hardest labors I ever performed. Many
a disadvantage beside this handsome screw hooks and studs, allowing of an ad- a time I've sat down with a whole chapter
stranger. He seemed to feel this and jastable degree of pressure. The bar or mapped out in my mind and been unable to
could not be induced to play again. j splint carries at its lower end a mechanism get beyond the first sentence in erpr-ssinn.
There was plenty more music, how- “ universal joint by means of which a Yet when I was a newspaper man I could
ua. Ballou —»g then Mr P“ “*7 be held in any daaired position, reel off takes’ aa fast as any of them. But
At Ishppoing, Mich., sll dances
and piibl c meetings have been pro
hibited. the schools closed and serv
ices in the churches discontinu d,
owing to the prevalence of dipb-
theria in an epidemic form.
Baldwin Gardiner, president of
he Pacific Stock Board at S*n
Francisco, and a leading stock bn-k
er of the city, has disappeared. His
liabilities'are supposed to be about
f200,000, mostly to customers.
Secretary Manning is steadily Im-
■. ving in health and strength. He
- -.Iks every pleasant m -rti.-g kikI
‘rives out Hi the afternoon. Tl-e
Secretary has dispensed with fire'
daily attendance of a physician.
'i'ti Postmaster-General's report,-
just ont, shdws: Number of new
poatoifires established for the year
ending June 30, 1886, 3.482. Num
ber discontinued, 1,120. Total
number remaining in operation, 53,-
614.
The B If o yews says “the De-
■loeracy can not retain power and
•ep the Republicans in offi.-e.
he voters will riot sustain such c
•oiicy.” The Xeirs has evidently
■eeu out in the country taiking
. ith the people.
Of the total appropriations • f >r
lie year, amountingto$54,183,012.14,
1 oe entire outlay a-'tually made and
stimated to be made, is but $50,-
'39,340,46, leaving a balance to be
•■veutually covered into the Treas-
ry of $3.344 301.63
Isaac Shelby Sr., the only son of
iCenlucky’s first Governor, died a
ew days ago in the ninety-second
. ear of his age at the home of his
-on, John \V. Shelby, near Danville,
iteeeased had no disease, and seems
to have died ol old age.
Ex-Governor Phelps, of Mi-souri,
who died recently in St.LouK serv
ed nineteen consecutive years in
CoDgreas, daring which time he
made himself conspicuously useful,
not only to his own constituency,
bnt to the entire West.
A sensation was created in the
Madison Avenue Baptist church in
New York on the 2tst by the advent
of fifty live Indians, in lull bur < r
costume, into 'the sacred edifice.
They were Sioux, Pawnees anu
Lpeyennes, connected with Buffs n
Bill’s show."
Gen. Arthur is supposed to have
saveu $100,000 from his salary s
President His total estate, real
and personal, is thought to >« b. -
tween $200,000 and $400,000. Al»n
and Nellie Arthur inherite-i in m
their mother property value.! ut
about $100,000.
While Henry E-ler ■ in waschop-
pma wuudin Uetnany, Va., one day
-■ -cent|v, hi- four-year old daughter
an up playftfliy and put her little
not upon the log, and the next in
stant it was severed by the descend
ing axe, the father not seeing his
child in time to stay the blow.
The Postmaster at Washington
City is a very active and‘bitter Re
publican, the son of the Republican
Senator Conger, of Miehigitu. He li
mit protected by the civil-service
rules, but seems to have secured a
firm hold upon his office through
t er means.
The New "York Tribune- is respon-
itile for the. statement that there
ire about 200,000 men interested in
brass bands, either as players or
akers of instruments. There are
30 000 brass bunds in this country
at the present time, and the num
ber is rapidly increasing.
The latest advices from the hot
fight for the Presidency of theGeor-
;ia Central indicate the election of
Jen. E. P. -.Alexander over Mr.
Raopl, who defeated him in the last
election of a President. Gen. Alex
ander was formerly Vice President
PI the Louisvdle and Nashville
road.
Judge. Scott, of the Illinois Su
preme Court, has granted a super
sedeas in the cases of the condetnn-
--<1 Chicago, anarchists, thus post
poning the execution of the death
sentence uuitii, the Supreme Court
shall pass upon the regularity of the
proceedings under which they were
convicted. ’ •*
D. 1. DOUBT! k CO.
ATLANTA, GA.
THE FALL CAMPAIGN IS OPEN!
The Races Have Begun. Trot in Your Fa-»tes?; Nags anil
Watch us Look Back into Their Faces!
Ffislof Oar Falsa aM Yaa will Gat is Lawasi State af 1
D17 Goods Market For Atlantal
rom our c >mipetitory, daring tne next ninety days yon tnay look out for n nicch
barometer, with prices n*»tinjr upward, and a slight tendency to norvotifjneas, fol
lowed by more «>r lens fever, when our prices are mentioned.
D. H. Dougherty-8r Co.
Nowwe have passed l!i«? fust quarter pole and are full live lougfch* ahead, and
while* I most every bo*iv know* how we aid it, we will here take oocaaiou to turn
down a lear and tell you"t!?at it was
BBC AUSB
General J. D. C. Atktrfs,'Com
missioner ot Indi-n Affairs, has re-
.turned to; Witstilugton after, a
month spept inspecting the. Indian
agencies iu tlnd iuth-wesl. He re
ports'that affairs ; at the several
agencies are m a satisfactory con
dition’and that the-policy of the
Indian Office, that the Indians
sipiiild abandon their tribal rela
tions and accept their lands , in
severalty, is daily growing in favor
among the tribes.
The Scientific • merican, publish
ed by the great patent agency firm
of Muuu <t Co.. New York, is the
most practically useful publication
of >ts kind in the country. Indeed,
it occupies a field disiiuctly its own.
Not alone-for the machinist, man
alat-tarer,.or scientist, -bat it- is a
journal for- popular perusal ahd
study. It is the standard authority
on scientific and mechanical sub
jects. It is placed at a very low
rale of subscription, $3 per Annum,
which places it within the reach
Because our five button scallop top kid glove is a perfect beauty, and is made ol
a fine, soft skin, and is under the market in price.
Because we don’t advertise to sell an article vorth tOc.for 15c, for we can t doit
you know;.hut we do say that ou-ICnit Underwear for L idies, Misses, Uhiblren
and.Gents,"are bi_• values. 25c each for Ladies’ Pants and Vests, good quality.
‘-’Ac each for Misses’ Pants ami Vests, gisxl quality. The Misses’ are sizes 16 to 34.
Because our stock of tVorsced and silk Dress Goods are the handsomest in tho
coun»ry, and high prices are out of fashion.
Because our Plain i id Stripe-l Piush and Volvot Novelties and Beaned and Jet
Trimmings match the Worsted aud Silk Dress Goods, and evorybody says they
ire cheap.
Because 3'ou can’t afford to buy your Dry Goods before you examine our many
b-rgslus.
Because our Jersey Waists for Ladies and Children are going at such rock-bottom
prices, aud our sales are d->ublo any we ov rroado.
Became it is nousense for us to say wo sell goods worth 75c for 50, and 50c goods
for 25c This is bosh, and it can’t be done. Don’t you listen to such deception.
We simply sav that we are selling manv line- of goods cheaper than any house in
Atlanta, and if is your duty to LOOK BEFORE YOU BUY, and this is all we ask.
Why we beat the race could bo aud shall bo mentioned. Again we say that
our combination Dress Goods, Choice aud Grand Novelties, both in Worsted and
Silk Goods, Velvets and Plushesare unsurpassed in quality and price.
Once more. A word about onr Table Linens, Napkins, Towels, Etc. We have
a Superb Stock, Great Varietyand Great Big Bargains—Biggor Stock and Bigger
Bargains than anybody ever offered in this town, and we will stake our reputation
on the assertion. And as tor HOSIERY, why, we bull the market on low prices,
excellence of goods and handsome designs. Onr low prices here are a winning
feature.
AND DOY’T YOU FORGET
■urCTiOAKS.Short Wraps and Jaokets. They are In handsome designs and at
prices largely in favor of the buyer.
“Comforting” Thoughts
Pardon his chestnut, but the truth is. oar Uo*aforts. Blankets and “such liko
are in by whol**carloads, and you can keep warm this winter on the very smallest*
ith.
“outlay.” This is no joke, but a solid trut
FOB MEN AND BOYS,
-y% iYe aave brought out a superior line of Jeans and Cassimers for Pants, Vests,
Coats and Overcoats, whiceare lower than anybody will sell.
In other words, we are ‘Forcing the Fizht,” and have xot the goods and prices
to back us up inauv state nent contained in this or any other advertisement in
print. We don’t care a snap what others say, you com* to us; wa’U aattsty yen
unless you want the earth—and we’ll give you a large slice of that.
D.H.jD0UGHEETY &C0. Atlanta, Ga
THOMPSON BROS.
Bedroom, Parlor and Dining Room Fnrnitnrr
Big Stock and Low Prices.;
PAROR AND CHURCH ORGANS,
WOOD AND METALLIC BURIAL CASES)
eplft- lv
"Orders Attended to at any hoar day or night.^^1
THOMPSON BROS Newnau.ua.
all.
_. .J , .11.'flrin wttnna With ^ instrument the act of writing is «is one thing to write for tbs hour and
Guernsy, who ban a renuy nna performed by the lunacies mf the arm snd another for the yrara, w to ipeek I regard
▼otoe, tang* two twjr nog togecner. i ^noaldar, white those cl the digits and thnmh journalistic work an the meet valuable train-
saw how unhappy the change of tma are throw* completely oaMCaea. 1$ teener «ng & literary man con pomSMy hare. It te, I
eretihff was making poor Erneet »o*cqai«4ks.mfsmsry dsxSsrity iathsw tbfafc. more important than a «eUcge rararr.
-Come,” said I to him. “let ago up *f ths invention far hgMs ^endwritm.*— though I iwt my ao 'from exparieaoe, aa I
mMT, Vbwaaft ha is kail” As W.ffd—Sdi Tisml • amr watte coUs^'-JIsw trek Trifeaa.
The Mississippi penitentiary and
one ihonsand convicts have been
transferred for six years to the
Gull Ship Inland Railroad Company,
f r $20,000 per annum and expenses
Tue one hundredth anniversary of
the birth of Karl Von Weber, the
rv-mponer, wiU le observed on De-
c ml*r 18th with operatic jv-rform-
ances throughout Germany.
It appears as if all the' protect
classes of manufacturers were fori
ins* i-Ools to secure higher prif
fiu Lfir i-f-.<!n.-f“. .'he a e-.r <■
'.uifa-tit.fi : U,r-■ kiiii.i i ; Uia :.
-larch iij.tiiufaciurer-. A p-«>, w,
formed a year ago, and all the
-tareh-mckirttr fi-ins are vradnally
lOiiig into it. A in.-eiing ,»f i;»
members was recently held at Indi
anapolis at which it was agreed to
edvance the price of the article
one-eighth of a c»nt per ponqd.
Starch 'is »n article ol nniVr-rsa!
necessity and consumption. It can
he made cheaper in the- United
States than anywhere else in the
world; nevertheless, the home
tnana 'aeturers pers-iaded aKepnb-
1 canO- ngress-D'.pr-iteot it with a
..nty o!2>£ cents a pound. This is
prohibitory. It keeps nut for-ign
starch and gives the home mann
facturersa naonop-dy ot the horn.-
market, and it is under cover o'
this prot**UnO-th*V-pnnI ttiefp bu-j
ness and increase the price
E. VAN WINKLE & CO.
Manufacturers and Dealers in
Wind Mills, Pumps,
Tanks, Etc.,
ALSO
Cotton Gins, Cotton Presses,
Oil Mills, Etc.
CONSTRUCT
Public and Private Water Workit, 'Railroad Water
Supplies, Steam Pumps, Pipe and Brava Moods.
Mend Jor Catalogue and Prices.
E. VAN WINKLE * CO-,
52-13 Box 83, ATLANTA, GA.
g.g. McNamara,
NEWNAN MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS.
ISON & McNAMARA.
-DEALERS IN-
MARBLE&GRANITE.
MONUMENTS, TOMBS AND HEADSTONES, TAB
LETS, CURBING, ETC.
"Special Designs, and Estimates for any desired work, furnished on
application.
NEWHAN, GEORGIA.
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