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CLEVELAND.
ANTBRKBTIHQ BTOXY FROM THE LIFE OF
THE xovmx FOE PRESIDENT.
A Man Who Haa Mounted Tb* Pinnacle of Fame
by way of Hardchlpa. Honesty and In
domi table Industry.
(Extracts irom article in N. T. Wood.)
In lle obscure town of Caldwell,
Essex county, N. J., there stands yet
a litllj tyro-story and a half white
house with wooddeu shutters, and
there iu the year 1837 was born Ste
phen Grorer Cleveland,now governor
of the great state of New York. He
has only the tweet shadowy recollec
tion of 'fe; for when' he- was three
years of age his father, whe was a
Presbyterian minister, with a large
family and a small salary', moved by
way of the Hudson river and the Erie
eanal to iu search of an
increased Juobnie *n|l a larger field of
work, fayettevillo was then the
most straggling of country villages—
•boat five miles lira Pompey Hill,
swbere Governor Seymour was born.
tHere the boy Grover Cleveland first
event to school in the good old-fash
ioned way, and pyasumably iU*uu
gnished himselt after the manner of
all boys >n doing all the
thing* -that he ought ootjjjdk One
thing appears to be indisputable. H,
be wat to ass snodewy. a
To this Us feihor as emphatically
Cleveland wautefrthe lad to iteeoAy
self-snpportiug by the quickest poo
sible road. The qaiskest possible
road la Fayetteville was the coantry
store, where the pastor with a large
ithe first year, and if he proved trust
worthy he was to be paid 1100 the
second year.
tie s cotmvnv man.
tOne can easily enough picture the
employment If one knows what a
thriving eoetftcf stow is, its duties
ranging with scarcely time for inter
mediate soap and water, from dealing
out mackerel and molasses to cutting
off cottoa print euough for the village
belle’s new dress. There Is a tradi
tion comes from Fayettevitie, not at
all Ul-dedned, that young Cleveland
iu two years proved himself so trust
worthy that his employers used all
their eloquence to get him to stay on
indefinitely. The exact significance
at this time of the Fayetteville record
may be judged when the writer after
takiug some to] unearth it,
finds it to lie a record of simple, un
swerving integrity and untiring loy
alty to the interests of the boys em
ployers. The most painstaking search
among two generations fails to dis
cover any hashes of genius in that
country store or any memorials of
eccentric talent iu that couutry vil
lage. But there is unimpeachable
testimony that whatever the boy,*
nuiiu a uvgsv*a'iuß*'4c AltiAth alt
his heart, and that he left behind him
the reputation for bravery, fidelity
and candor that has outlived all tiiow
years. It’s curious bow sotno simph
traits defy time. 'ln truth they seem
to thrive and grow with it.
The removal of the elder Cleveland
ito Clinton gave Grover the long
-wlb*d-fer opportunity to attend a
thigh school, and be pursued his stud
ies Industriously until the family
moved up on the Black river, to whai
was tbeu known as the Holland Pat
‘ent—a village of five or six hundred
people—-fifteen miles north of Utica
The eider Cleveland preached but
three Sundays In this place, when hi
suddenly died. Qrover first beardot
his fathaaVdaath while walking
with his sister in the streets of Utiea.
This event produced the usual break
up of the fkaaily, and w* next hear ot
•Orever Cleveland setting out for Nets
• lTork city to accept at a small salary
,fc> post ties of under teacher in an
***** tor theßUod, where at th.
uiiue the dace well known Gus Schel
WUW.WOcutive officer.
WT-" away raou TUTonsßtr.
11. <w* years, and i
v_. found pnaffiWa ta disoevn
"" .HdffilMa record of bard
, work,fkhhfu> “* wel ‘
remembered by "*> *• *
niawat af It, aad win* ,rc •*
From leading count'.*? •“ *
teach leg the blind la a Jou w *? 0,1
the road of *oH-diacipline. “ “
leach be did not betteve was hi* >*
sioo, and consequently at the expia
tion af two years he aoeadosted if)
yterally started out to seek bb
lortuue'refiJK9t c I ,in * th ? nSB “
der, and instead V >ming w ,‘ h '
great city he iert it} 11 is flrl
was to go to A * ~e
since sstd, the name seemed a good
ouieu. But his uncle, I.ewis F. Al
lan, a noted stock breeder, lived ai
Buffalo, and he went straight .a biro
for advice aad guidance.
WANTS TO BE a LAWVEB.
The uncle did not spaak cnlhusias- j
tirsily. “What Is it you want to do,
my boy 7" he asked. #
“Wejl air,l wanttostudy law."
“Good gracious," remarked the old
geutleroan, “Do you, iudeedf Whai
ever put that Info 'yonr head? How
much money have you got ?"
To tell the truth be hadn’t got any.
“Seie hew," said the uacle, wfler a
long co usuitatipUj Vl waat somebody
to gel ub my herd-book Ibis year.
You come and stay with me and help
me, aud I’ll give you *SO for the year’s
work, and you can look round."
Here it is that we find the Ameri
can boy annotating shorthorns at
Black Rock, quite two miles from
Buffalo. But he kept his eye out lor
a chance to enter a law office while
he was editing the stock book, and
one day he walked beldiy into tbe
room of Messrs. Regers, Bowen A
Rogers, and told them what be wan*
THE WASHINGTON GAZETTE.
YOL. XIX.
ted. There were a number of young
men in the place already. But voting
Cleveland’s persistency won, and lie
was fUialhvperroUted to come as, an
office boy and have the useaf the law
library. For this he received the
nominal sum of $3 and ft a week,
out of which he had to pay his board
and washing. The walk to and from
his uncle's was at that time a long and
one. The first winter was a
memorably severe one, ami Ids shoes
were broken and he had no overcoat.
But he never Intermitted a day. It
begap to.be noticed that he was the
most punctual and regular of the lads
in tie office. Often at night he was
compelled to stand by the warm
Mtiffineyitt the lofl where he slept
thd dry his feet after tramping two
qiijim through the snow. His senior
ttmpioyor had taken a copy of Black
stone on the first day of the boy’s ot
*tjs
fiy, said: “Thut’ewbelhey all be
gin:" There Was a titter ran round’
the tittle circle "of clerks, tor it was a
teobodiag th(pg tOfbegi* with to the
average lad. It appears, however,
that he stuck to the Biackstoue so
well that h mastered it, aud so ab
sorbed was he in it .one night that
they locked him in aud all went off
He spent that night with the hook
and never forgot it,
THE DISCirLINB OV HARDSHIP.
This uneventful period of Governor
Cleveland’s life, so devoid of adven
turerand barren of romance, was the
period at which all the forces of his
latter life were gestatiug. The priva
tions aud misories of a penniless no
vitiate gave way slowly before hU de
termined assiduity add pluck. He
tells, in his own way, with a beaming,
reminiscent humor, ef the first honor
that came to him, when his uncle, iu
getting out the second volume of his
“Breed Book,” announced to him
that he intended to acknowledge in it
his valuable assistance*. But these
privation* ami miseries, It may he
readily seen by the temperament of
the man, were only so many stimuli.
His was not (hc,hypcrsensitivc nature
of that winced and wore under
physical discomforts.
“Foe here,” said Ms niiclc to him
ouebitter December night when the
lad had walked out to Black Rock
through the sleet and snow, “this Is
pretty cold weather for yon to be
traveling without au overcoat.”
“Oh,” says the young man, “I’m
going lo buy one when I earn the
"Whv look at vein- f it; tliev must
“Oh, thal'H nothing. I’m' getting
.onto copying to do now, aud I’ll have
a pair of boots by and by.”
In those days hoys had to demon
strate what was in them before they
received many favors.
“You just go right over there to
:he tailor's and gel the stoutest over
oat he’s got. D’ye ye hear?”
Very likely Grover had begun te
li-nioostrato what w* in hint, bnt
.vnetner’To VEe mlhu bf the uncle It
was a capacity lor compiling herd
books or the capacity to contain
Biackstoue cannot now bo learned.
Hl* TOUXfI LAWYER.
Four years in the office ef Rogers,
Bowen it Regers as a student equip
i#d him with sufficient elementary
knowledge and experience to become
i(imaging clerk at Hie end of that
I me. And so ' four more years
tasted. It is interesting to know ex
icily wbat kind of character lie had
■iow made for liiqiaelf and low hr
was rvgardtd by hie atooclaie*. lU*
rtOidUßmit So ascertain this with
reasonable accaracy, seeing that most
.f those oeaocHdot are alive aud traces
tide, and speak with noticeablo can-
Ilftit mu! namliiiil y
Said one ot them to the writer;
“Grov*r,wo our admiration by bit
hree traits of indomitable Industry,
unpretentious courage and unsweev
mg honesty. X never taw a mors
borough man a( anything be onder
,oofc. Whatevei the subject was, h<
erst reticent until he bad mastered all
its bearings aud made uj bis own
mind—and then nothing could
iwerve him from his conviction. It
was this quality of lulellectual integ
rity more than anything else perhaps
ihat made him afterward listened lo
ind respeeted when more brilliant
men who were opposed te him were
tpplauded and fergotten.
THE FIRST STEP INTO PUBLIC LIFE.
11l 1883 theqneslidn of who should
be appointed assistant district attor
ney for the country of Erie, was
warmly discussed by the young law
yers in Messrs. Rogers k Bowen’s
jffices. There were several that were
both eligible aud anxious, but it does
not appear that young Cleveland ad
vanced bia own claims. Indeed, it is
a facl that after the matter had been
pretty well canvassed they all agreed
that he was the person that ought to
have it, and they urged him to accept
It This pimple incident speaks ,vol
umes for the already developed char
acter ef the young mam Wo was ap
pointed and from that moment his
public record began.
During the tbreo years that he was
in tbe district attorney's office, the
great bulk of its duties fell upon his
shoulders, and then it was that his
enormous vital strength and tireless
industry made themselves fell. One
may say now that’ll; is well, perhaps,
that the district attorney himself was
rather disposed to let youth sod rigor
shoulder the groat part of the respon
sibility. It was just the training that
young Cleveland needed, and he went
into it with his coat off.
It was during tho performance ef
the duties of this office, and at time
when a largo number of important
cases with which he alone was thor
oughly familiar were demanding his
attention, that he was drafted. There
was no question at all of what his
duty was. He promptly supplied a
substitute. So well and faithfully
had he conducted the affairs of the
county that at the end of tbroo years
he was nominated by the democrats
for (he district attorneyship. Here,
again, it is an undisputed fact that he
did not relict the nomination, hcelta-
tatoff to accept it, and did noUuru his
hand over fotecurehfseltclhm. Iti.
said fin am-HLIU tifnlpr
m koto smitOKte wpoPte* .
tion ha was trying * nutria court
white tin tan* were ***,!.*
for lira—-the o*aot,raf- tha-padff*
on the bench, who was presumably
an admirer of his, peremptorily ad
journed the case and told Cleveland
to g 4 and attend to bis interests.
In tho canvass that followed ho waa
beaten by the republican candidate,
Lyman K. Bags- Mr. Cleveland was
nominated and elected in 1866 to be
sheriff or ERIE COUNTY.
In tliat important position he earned
an additional meed of public respect
for ((is courageous disregard of partis
an interest ami his conscientious re
gard for the public welfare. At the
close of his term he f n-moda partner
ship with his former antagonist,
Lyman K. Bass, and Wilson 8. Bis
sell. Mr. Bass’s health not long af
terward proving precarious he went
to Colorado and the firm became
Cleveland & Bissell, to which part
nership Mr. George J. Skat'd was ad
mitted in 1881.
LEGAL DISTINCTION.
It was while thus associated that
Grover Cleveland achieved Ills . dis
tinction as a lawyer second lo few in
the western part of tho state l or legal
acuaicnandhitcllcclnal honesty. His
Jury and bench trials were d’s(in
guished by clear views, direct, simple
logic ami a thorough mastery of all
the intricacies of the cases, and his
invariable avodhlancc of cxtrinsic'is
sucs and purely technical devices se
cured for him the respect of hU own
profession and the admiration of the
public. These qualities, combined
with the fidelity and inde
pendence of his official action
while in office, brought him
prominently before the public of Buf
falo when that tdy, unable lo cVtiij
)ate itself from a municipal octopus,
was casting about for a staunfch re
form leader.
MAYOR OF BUFFALO.
Grover Cleveland’s elccUon on a
democratic and reform ticket in 1832
suddenly lifted him from local into
national prominence. The incidents
of that election aud suhsequont ad
ministration are familiar throughout
the country. The election itself was
an almost unparalleled triumph, tee
ing that it was secured by the largest
majority ever kuown, thus demon
strating Ihe unbounded confidence
which the jicople had in the special
fitness of the candidate to carry ont
the reform aud in his unassailable in
tegrity.
It is strictly true that May fir Cleve
land was swept into office on one of
those tidal waves of papular protest
against ring rule that are as resistless
as they are sodden. But it was after
all a local contest, and one has yet lo
account for the national importance
which the Buffalo election assumed
anil the wide-spread interest that was
felt in Ihe mw champion.
Tl e alsctffiht .of Grover (Hvw
laud a. governor is part of the
i nx-iit political hlatgey of the state.
The enormous vote east aud the over
whelming majority revived were
indicative of the interest felt in a re
form candidate.
The governor's official -acts since
bis election have been widely dis
cussed. But no one has impugned
liis honesty and sincerity. His veto of
the fiseent Are bill has been widely
complained ol.bnt no one haa inti
mated that he was governed
by a strict sense of justice to all (he in
terests involved.
The Savannah Times reports the
following journalistic feat: “During
the late race between the pilot boats,
Neca. of Savannah, and Frances
Elieabctb, of. Charleston, Mr. F. O.
DoFontaine wrote a description of the
first day’s cofitcstf which was wrap,
ped in canvas, fastened to a block of
wood, thrown overboard thirty mile*
at sea, recovered by a passing steamer
and printed in the Charleston and
Savannah newspapers the next morn
ing, so that our people, while at their,
breakfast tables know a part of thc’re
sult before tire boats were sighted on
their homeward passage. Years ago,
among t lie‘fifties,’ the same gentle*
man kept a telegraphic operator busy
quoting Scripture for two hours, in
order to secure the wires for his news
paper, lo the pgcltisieu of every other
until he was ready to transmit his
own legitimate business,'’
Prevent serious sickness by taking
occaslouly one of fSßtpry'a Mills
Cathartic Filin, a wonderful appe
tiser, an absolute preventive and cure
of Biliensness, pleasant tg take, sugar
coated. Ask yonr druggist for them
and take no other,—Js Cents. July.
WASHINGTON, GA., FRIDAY. JULY 18. 1884
FLOORED BY HISS HURST.
TOE WONDER SENDS A CHAMPION
CLVS SWINtiKR SPINNING
She Also Kaatly Upsets on Assorted
Company of Twenty Odd Men,
Smiling aud Muskslly'
Clm'eklin* *ll tike
Wtitle she Is
At ’lt# *
(New York San.)
A skeptical and easy going lot of
spectators wandered into Wnllack’s
Theatre last night lo see Miss Lula
Hurst, “the Georgia Wonder,” exhibit
her peculiar powers publicly for the
first time in New York. All the ac
tors in town, a considerable number,
of club men, and a heavy contingent
of out of town visitors crowded the
house. sociable gathering,
fwjFt-mrejMa guy Urn entertain*
curtate-**** it
MMinffifamU/ group up— ffic stage,
to—a lf# ftWHghtv. War
groi|p consisted of one large, plump,
and rosy girl, one angulaf young man
In eveuing fires*, and a lady of the
most thoroughpaced and indubitable
respectability, -who wore violets in
her bonnet, black mits on her hands,
and an expression of tropidatiffii.
agitation and turbulence on her face.
She looked steadfastly at John T.
Raymond, who sat in a front wat, for
a minute, and then hurried from the
stage. She was hot seen again. Mr.
’Raymond did not turn a hair. A
man ill the gallery dropped his hat,
Mr. Antonius Pastor sneezed. Then
all wa9 still.
“It may have been observed,’’remark
od the young man in evening dress,
advancing to tho foot-lights and as
suming a sort of eurfow-shaU-not
rlng-10-lilght tone of voice,“that people
will not believe all that they are told,
If I tell you that if you plauta copper
penny a tree will grow from it bear
ing Sllvor dollars yon may not believe
mo. But why goon?”
“Don’t,” said a good part of the au
dience.
“Wo see and we believe.” continued
they*u man, who proved to be a very
sensible and well-poised person before
tho evening was over. “I would now
ask soveral gentlemen to ascend tofhc
stage, and examine tho strango power
that Miss Hurst possesses to their
hearts’ content.”
Upon this (here was a rustle among
the assemblage, and about twenty men
went up an the stage ami endeavored
by finesse and strategy to outwit each
other in getting seated on the eight
chairs set in a semi-circle at tho roar
of thd sfAgfi*„.Xhei o was a plain dyaw
iAf tffoi.-a £nc, set with doors at
eltiivr side. On the left of the stage a
large and globular object bulged Into
the view of the spectators at intervals
during tho evening. It was quite
white; and had buttons on it. There
is reason to believe that it was the
whit a waistcoat of Mr.Thcodore Moss,
though that gentleman was otherwise
invisible.
Tjie twenty odd men on the stage
looked more or less impressive. Step
hen Massett sat at euo end of the line,
and Fred Lubin, the prestidigitateur,
at tho other. Avery dignified and
impressive looking gentleman s<ood
in the centre, and a little blond man,
with yellow whiskers encircling a 3
by 5 face smiled with fntentuess at
the only woman on Hie stage.
Miss Harst looked healthy and box'-
08i- Her cheeks were red and her
eyes bright. An unusually long
bang fell over Iter forehead, and a
pair of large, while, beautifully-fprm
ed bauds were clasped fin her lap. She?
looked ami acted as though about 17
years of age, and she wore a white,
stilt dress that hung Within five inches'
ef the stage Bad waoycut school-girl
fashion. The spectators and the men
on the-stage laughed heartily ddrlfif
the performance, but na one seemed
to get as much fun oat ef it as Mlsa
Hurst. Sbe langfced constantly, and
he! low, musical chuckle could. ■be
hoard all over the house; as strong
men floundered, struggled, fought,
and puffed about the sioge, alias
Hurst lauerhed heartily.
The young man brought an umbrel
la forward, opened it, and asked Mr.
Fred. Lubin to held it while Miss
Hurst exhibited liar strange power.
Mr. Lubin came forward with the air
of a man whoknows it all, and stood
with the plump ami pleasing Miss
Hurst under the umbrella,in the pose
made familiar by Mho painting of
Paul and Virginia under the palm
leaf. Mr Lubin smiled in the chubby,
face of Miss Hurst, and then turned
and grinned with intense significance
at the boys. It was at this instant
that Miss Hurst touched the palm of
her left hand to the umbrella handle
between the places whore Mr. Lubiu
grasped it with both hands. There
was a whirl, a smash, and a yell from
the erst-whiie smiling Mr. Lubin and
the umbrella lay-on the turned
inside out, t nd twisted out of shape.
Another was brought and wrecked,
aud Mr. Lubin returned to bia cor
ner and did not smile again.
Then a stout cane was borrowed,
and Che gentleman With the blond
board came forward, grasped it with
both hands, and sm|lpd ip Miss Hurst’s
face.- It was a crushing smile. yifttu
wasn’t proud, evrn if she could wrear
umbrellas, and she smiled in return.
Then she chuckled and placed bar
palm upon <bP %lf- if*' I*n*¥*r
rippled over the house, and ths young
man, with an expressionf anguish,
began to tear backward acres* the
stage. Dc struggled against it, but
tho Stick uuAr Miss Hurst’s palm sent
hint reeling against tho proscenium
boxj thence Into the lap of Mr. Steph
en Massett, and thence violently to
the stage. Miss Hurst, who had kept
the palm of her hand on tho stick, still
chuckled. The blond man had long
since coasedJo laugh.
It was evident that the tall, dignifi
ed, and Imposing man, who must have
weighed at least- 225 pounds, was
auxietis to investigate. ■ He was ac
commodated. He stepped toward the
footlights itinld salvos of applause,
and seized a, chair firmly iu his arms,
holding it vith the back against his
brawny dust.
“Miss Hirsh” said the lecturer,
“will now push you and the chair
nrpund.”
a “ttar'—orled tho man. “She will,
eh?*!*!”
I fhaglrl‘vjghed sweetly, and put
Jrr' b*w forehand"* mo
tiieinr TtSS sho put her right hand
on tho chair, and occasionally touched
the chair with the fingers of tier left
hand. Suddenly the chair bounded
upward twvi feet, jerking the man
sideways. He gritted his tooth and
his arms trembled as he oiung to the
chair. H s faco grew violently red,
and Beads of perepi ration gathered on
his fofehead and trickled remorseless
ly down his nose. He struggled
fully, but the girl kept toueblng the
chair, ,and presently tho man Was
scrambling backward. The crowd
on the- stage scatteie I, and the chairs
Were knocked about. Then the large
man fell with a resounding thump on
the stage and lay there. He released
his grip on the chair, and it whirled
up against the scenery under the In
fluence of Miss Hurst’s hands until
taught by tho lecturer.
After fully ono-llatf bf the gentle
men on tho stage had been sent pan
ting anil exhausted to their chairs,
while Miss llttrsl was fresh and un
ruflkfh there was tin outburst of ap
plauttigjrom the spectators as a .big,
man rati lightly tip the temporary
steps am} crossed tiic stage. Ho looked
as styoiig as an ox. The light and
close-fitting suit ho wore showed the
bulging muscles of his calves, and he
had an enormous pair of shoulders.
It was Prot. J. M. Laflin, tho well
known professional athlete. Ho
boasts many extraordinary feats of
strength, 'file spectators yelled dc
11gHt?Hly as he camo forward. It
must lie said that Mr. Laflltv’s bear
ing was not that of a retiring and dif
fidefitt fnan. Tie walked with a half
.eonie.nptnous smite toward Jho foot
lights, aud they gave him a billiard
cue, which ho was to endeavor to hold
In one position. Mr. Laflm rubbed
the cUOi with his handkerchief,
grippod it with both hands, and held
it liorizantslly in front of him. His
elbows tvero pressed against his sides,
hisicliiu was thrust .forward,. and, his
stalwart legs were braced far apart.
The girt lookct} small, and a bit timid
as she placed tho palm of her hand
gently agaii>st v t)iq cuo and chuo kled
half slyly. Thero was a deathlike
still nets. Then the vefnVin Mr. La-*
flin’s nock swelled, ther sweat stood
out an his forehead, and his big arms
shook as though with the palsy. Then
the’—e ipso horizontally over his head,
andSy Fte tiowjy forced backward.
He| worked hard, ind his gasps tor
breath could be heard all over the
honfie. -lie pushed with his legs atid
arms as though shoved along by au
lrr|lstibl p<>wer. He was alternately
yanked and shoved abpu} the stage at
'ihe wlllofthe unruffled M|ss Hurst.
Tbett bo sat down in a ebair, and the
gt A moved him by touching the aideß
of ihe chair with Uor hands. Then
Laflin and ffyq other men wiged
atyhair and endeavored tp held it.
teHtoy wme dragged aud shoved about
tb4 etagfiUke so many. Itiltens. They
-teqd on one anel tier’s tees, and tough!
hard, until, they wero tbrewnin a
heap *n the stage. '
I The most curious part of the whole
-performance was.that.Miss Hurst did
nil of the feats with her hands. It
.tookmany trials te convince Pror.
Laflin of this, but he said finally that
when site was pushing him about like
a bahy the pressure her hands was
light and almost imperceptible. It
was observed that Miss Hurst before
exerting the power habitually passed
her left hand over her forehead and
through her heavy bang. She retired
for a few minutes to rcs( toward fhe
end of the entertainment.
.When the twenty odd men descend
ed from the stage they looked weary
aud exhausted. The man with the
blond beard was even too tired to
smile.—New York Sun.
An Iron Mechanic
(£>f Atlanta, named Si V. Pinion, is
guilty of doing a little talking, ami
jjrc desire to call attention to, what
Scsaid:
“For fifteen years'* have been tor
turned witli a severe-form of dyspep
sia, "being unable to secure relief from
any source. Nearly everything I ate
disagreed with me especially boiled
food. My appetite ami digestion be
came so impaired that Iwas reduced to
a mere skelton anil hail but little
strength. B. B. B. was rccoinmond
ed by a friend ant) the use of two hot,
llog yp sorted, my appetite and diges
-1 tin*and imparted ttirongth. Its ac
bioa was like magic jn giving mo
Erelief ami building up my lost energy.
I alit now in fine health and ant on.
iflreiy cured and can eat what X please.
A little girl neap mp was cored of
neeofula with a few bottle of R. B. B,"
TTor sale at Harper’s now drug store.
Juno * |uly.
BULL FIGHTS AND BARBARISM.
Liquor In a Prohibition Stat*.
Roughs on Use Frontier.
The first genuine ball fight ever
held op the North American conti
nent, says a Dodge City, Kansas,
special of tho stli instant to the Phil
adelphia Press, took place yesterday
in the typical town of the Southwes
tern frontier. The gamblers and
wantons who have for years diverted
themselves by plundering the cow
boys of of Kansas, the Indian Territo
ry and the Panhandle of Texas, have
found anew amnsement which fur
nishes plenty of blood. The idea of
tho bull fight was conceived some two
months ago by A. B. Webster, a Penn
sylvanian, who is Mayor of Dodge
county.
A fair is being held, and the May
or, believing in making as many ad
ditions to the attractions as possible,
had > large bull ring and amphithea
tre lajfti out and Wnsref iJvoffitastTflif
mlle tracks iff tho West built,, the
whole enclosed toy a- huge board
fence. ThO fighting was done by
twelve Wild TeXas balls and five mat
adors, who arrived: three days ago
trem Mexico. They wore all fierce
looking, and when Jesu Mortly Balie,
a Mexican bby, climbed up the fence
to look at the bulls and fell over they
goared him nearly to death. Ton
thousand dollars iu premiums- were
offered; and the cowboys swore there
should bo no hippodrome. Two
linen were beaten and ono killed' in -a
house of evil repute Thursday night,
and Friday morning the wholo town
was agog.
PREPARING FOR THE TIGHT.
In spite ol'the prohibitory law in,
Kansas, Dodge cttjrhas always kept
its saloons open. Te-day boor at fif
teen cents a glass and whiskey' at
twenty-five cents a drink were deajt
out in large quantities. The dance
halls did an immense business, and.
gagdily dressed women arrived in
I droves. Of the thirty business build
ings in town, nineteen arc occupiod'
by dance houses, gambling lyousda’
and saloons. Borne of the most noted
characters in tho Western country, re
side here, among whom are the Mas
tersort boys, three in number, and
long tho terrors of the border. But
Maslcrson, formerly sheriff of Ford
county, has a recogiflf having .killed
twenty-two JSBtayoi- Webster
has only men, hut is high
ly rospecteit. 'F.Verybody who dies a
natural death here is buried iu the
ecißolci-y called Gospel Hill, tho Olli
ers arc planted in “Boot” llill.
CPPT.UniG.'
By 3 o'clock yesterday the crowd
began to assemble in the amphithea
tre. In ayshort time every scat was
takenf and tho excited crowd began
crying first for more room and thcib
for blood. A heavy enclosure had
been built about a large area, ar
ranged as a bull pit, and iuto this
the bulls were shot from a chute ouc
at a time. At 4 o’clock' the ' m'anagfcr
of the bull fighters, Capt. Miard, of
Pao del Norte, Mexico, addressed tho
audience, lie was cut short in his
.speech by yells for the fighting to be
gin. To the sound of music and
shqutsof ten thousand hoarse voicei
the Mexican matadors hounded into
the arena.
They were gaily costumed In bright
colore, and presented a ltrlllia.iit ap
pearance. The matadors were par
ticularly applauded by the ladies,
and were in reality tlao leaking fill-.
lowa. They seemed to perfectly un
deratand tlielr business and say they
have been engaged in it tinea %wy*
hood. They inspected twelve bulls
and pronmiuced them tierce and very
dangerous, The bulls fiad bfieii kept
up in confinement for some time, and
rendered as fierce as possible.
As soon as the matadors took their
stgtionj; initio arena, the first bull, a.
savage black, was let in. lie was
immediately infuriated by flags, ban
ners and sharp darts; little spears
Were thrust Into his flanks. The
beast was chased about the arena in
a Wild frenzy, bis torwenters hating
several narrow escapes while pursu
iug him.
THK BLAUUHTIIt OF THE SURVIVOII.
• Finally, when all the sport was wor
ried out of the boll, he was lassoed
and dragged from the ring. Three
■lore bulls were treated In the same
manner, the excitement each time
growing more inteusc. The crowd
was now worked tip to the proper
pitch, and the last hull was let In.
lie was the fiercest of the dot, nnd
made a hard fight between the pica
dor on.borsobaek,. and the matador,
on foot. Goaded to desperation, tho
beast made a plunge at one of the
matadors, was pierced bV tho pica
dor’s lance, and then stabbed in the
neck with ashortisword, and fell doad.
At the sight oflsMood tho audience
shouted vociferously, The matador,
himself was, badly wounded about
'the ribs, and was rolled fiver alid over'
in the sawdust.
Then the first day’s lighting was
declared over and the crowd of stran
gers poured Hsdlf out into the town.
They were hospitably received, and
sought out the sights,' gazing, among
other things, at the depot, which has
been literally shot full of bullet-bales.
s}n thq gambling bouses all kinds of
games were going on, Spanish monte,
kenn, hazard, chiick-a-luck, ronlotto
*nd poker. The games whero a deal
er i required whore presided over by
wanted. The stakes ran high, audit
yras not uncommon to see $35,00(4 to
♦ 50,000 change bauds at ono table,
Manoy semed to be as plentiful as
water.
NO. 29.
AN INGENIOUS Allt SHIP.
To Sail Through Space at ISO Miles
an Hour.
After .spending thirty years In
studying and experimenting with
balloons, says the Philadelphia Rec
ord, Charles P. Fust, a resident of
Germantown, has at last, so he be
lieves, succeeded in perfecting a ship
which he claims can bo steered al
will through tho air.
Mr. Feet tires in a neat little cot
tage on Stanton avenue, below Wy
oming street. He is of German ori
gin, a jeweler by trade, and besides
baring an inrentive mind, also poss
esses determination, as is illustrated
by the fact that hig serial experiments
have already coat him $6,000. Mr.
Past has a great desire to cross the
ocean in an air-sljjp, aud ha thinks
tiint such a feat would make him fa
mous for all time to come. Me lias
by the United StSes fST
Mtoanr airships, but all preslona
ejferts have failed him In his purpose
to go sailing through the air. Hti>
present air-ship was patented on
Mareh 18 last. A model has just
been completed at an expense of 9200,
seven months of labor haring been ex
pended on it. ne had lutondod try
ing it on Friday morning, but the
demonstration was unavoidably post
poned on account of his wife meeting
with an accident by a fall. This so
upset matters that tho model was
packed away, and the inventor was
obliged to turn his attention to bis
suffering companion^
The model ij made of strong ma
nilla paper inclosed in a patent net of
stout twine. The body is cylindrical
in slmpe with cone-shaped ends. Hot
air alone will comprise (he motive
power. The ship is thirty foot long,
uine foot iii diameter, and weighs
twenty-four pounds. Bcnoath the
£agis. a small reservoir containing
oil, winch R supplied by little rubber
tubes to two lumps at cither end of
thobag. Tho two lamps furnish the
hot air, ami (he size of the flame and
How of oil can he regulated at pleas
ure. The car v ill hang directly un
der the bag. The,, ship is provided
with six valves; being arranged
on at each end and two on ' each
side. The valves may ho opened and
dosed at will by cords from tho car.
Tlic ship is designed to ho steered by
the opening and closing of tho valves.
The highly heated air in the interior
of the bag will escape with much
more force through the open pipes to
jho Witsldo, and, in striking the cold
’atmosphere, will veer the ship around
in tho right direction-, Fe. de
clares. He says that it is Impossible
for any air-ship to sail against the
Wind, but lie proposes to override this
trouble by ascending fhd descending
iu slanting directions in about the
samo man nr as a boat sails against
the wind by tacking from one point
to another. In order to descend the
valves need only be opened and the
flames in the lamps lowered. The
escape of the hot air will permit the
slitp to sink of Its own weight. In
ascending tho valves will be‘closed
and the lamps made to burn
higher, thus creating a quick supply
of hot air. Iu aud about the lamps
the bag is coverod with asbestos and
silicate of soda to prevent it taking
tire.
After this experimental ship hat
been thoroughly testpd Mr. Feet in
tends to construct a ship. ISO feet long
aad 40 feet in diameter, which, with
the cdlr and all other appliances, will
not weigh more than 25G 1 pounds.
Mr. Poet estimates that it will carry'
1,450 pounds, as it Will be provided
with 8,650 cubic feet ef hot air space.
It is in this ship that he expects to
crpss. the Atlantic ocean. He be*
lieves that he can attain a speed of
from 100 to 120 miles an hour. In
the big ship provision will be made
for carrying fifty gallons ef oil, which
will laet nearly tliree days.
kr, Fest has constructed over 200
balloens in an effort to devise a scheme
which would permit thorn to be
steered through the air. For a long
time he tried gas for inflating purpo
ses, but so many of them were de
stroyed by explosions that he aban
doned gas and turned his attention to
electricity, This not proving satis
factory, he conceived the idea of
burning oil while in the air, as it al
ways could be depended upon for a
a fresh supply of hot air. It also ob
vialoe tho necessity of carrying bal
last, and thus makes tho ship so light
that it can be merer readily guided
through space. A rudder Mr. Fest
considers useless for purposes of steer
ing, He says tho power to steer must
come from the inside and not from
the outside. The big ship will be
covered all over with asbestos and
silicate of soda as a prevention
against tire.
Ill* Slipping Glass Kye.
“'The Squire,” say 4 the author of
“The floosiec • Schoolmaster,” ‘‘wore
onc’glass oyo and a wig. 'The glass
eye was ooustantly slipping out of
focus, and iho wig turning around
sidewise on ids head whenever lie
addressed the people of the Fiat Creek
.District,” Sad spectacle. Parker’s
Hair Uaisam preserves and promotes
Jliq growth of tiio natural hair. It
also restores tho natnral color to hair
Wtiteh Urns faded or become gray.
Clean, olegaut, bcuoficial, highly per
fumed. July
' GLOVER IJt GEORGIA
Under rceent date, Hr. Holt, of Hol
ton, in Bibb county writes as follows
to tlic Macon Telegraph add Mosscn
gor of his v.cry successful clover cul
ture experiment at Iloltou: As I
attach much importance to clover as
a fertilizer and most economical re
novator ol our exhausted lands and
a most superior food tor all kinds of
slock, lam anxious to stimulate our
farmers to engage more largely aud
generally hi e over culture. Experience
has proved that our soil aud climate
are not unfavorable to tho growth of
clover. The doubts that* were -enter
tained a few years ago have been re
moved, and all that u aeccasary now
is to take the trouble to prepare tho
land and sow tho seed. On most
lands eight or ten pounds of seod and
two hundred pounds of plaster will in
ono yrsr, ff the soil is tolerable good,
bo converted into two tons of the very
best hay. This material will be chief
ly derived from tho atmosphere by
the clover plants which have the
power of changing corbou and oxy
gen into solid matter in their sterna
and leavee.This they deposi t in the soil
when their growth is completed by
failing aud decaying, and thus ferti
lizing matter is'drawn front the' at
mosphere by the ton annually, and
placed just whore it Is wanted for tho
next crop, Even tho f&fts are not
W* ', they burrow'lV- t*V UxweUed
earth, pumping up water anil the
minerals held iu - solution in
Oie earth and depositing them in th*’
stem of the plant along with the min
erals drawn from the aimombefe,
and thon we have a compost of silint,
lime, potash, soda, magnesia, and iron
mixed with carbon, oxygen anil nitro
gen as food for the next crop. Net only
has this amount of manurial mailer
been prepared, but tho soil has been
loosened in all directions, so the air
can penetrate and warm it and upon
the mineral matter it contains. This
soil is very different from wtiat it
was when the seed were sown. Its
Mechanical condidtion is greatly
changed; the decaying vegetable mat
ter upon the surface as it is dissolved
by the rain can accompany the roots
into the earth aud yield up to them
the nourishment it contains.
I have just finished mowing a four
acre lot of clover and boused the bay
gathering (3) threo tons per. acre, i I
did not save more than two-thirds of
it owing to inexport labor and lack ef
improved implements; lies ides, one
acre of it had grown so rank and high
that it foil down (matting or bedding},
hence I could not mow and save morn
than half of tho acre- I sowed thirty
two pounds of clean olover seed on
the four acres, about tho middle, ot
February, one year ago, sowing
where the oats were then six to
inches high. About ono-ciglitbof an
acre was bare of grain, having boon
eaten up.by tho poultry. This I har
rowed after sowing. The balance of
of the four acres was sown on the sur
face, trusting to chauce fyr the clover
to catch, and. being covered by , the
spring rains. The Ist of April I dis
covered on the land which . was har
rowed, the clover had germiuatod
aiid covered the land as thick aserab
grass on rich bottom land; that on
libel land not harrowed came up in
clumps five to ten Inches apart iu
some places and thick iu others, owing
to the washing of rains.
1 After harvesting my oat crop the
Ist ef Juno, tlic clovor commenced a
more vigoroiiH growtji by the 2511i
of July the clover on the eight of au
acne which was barrotved in was
three and a lialf to four fdsL high.
This I cut for hay. I then turned iu
my mare and colt, calves and (bur
.Essex shoals, which grazed all sum
mer an<i'fall,keeping fat.' I took them
off tho first of November, aud by the
15th of December tlie clover wAs fohr
to six inchoshjgh, and Ui'roughoiit.the
winter would have grazed all of my
stock. I kept my colt aiid pigs on i t
until the’first of March,' si itco theii
ft bas been growing aiid was cut on
tjri 20th of May yielding ' three tons
per acre. If aiiy one wishes To know
more about Its management prepara
tion of land grazing and harvesting
I will tabo pleasure lu giving them
the benefit Ctttiy experience.
SOUTHERN vatatonuuiT.
■ —' :: %
tee,381,000 Invested la New Enter- .
’ prieee In tbs Put Six Xonths. *"* L
The Baltimore Manufacturers* Hee
ord in it semi-annuaf statement of the
progress of tho Sontti shows that ddr
ing the lasi six months nearly $70,000,-
000 has been invested in new Indus
trial enterprises and in enlarging
those already established. For the
past two months the amount invested
was $13,74J000 a failing off from the
earlier months of the year, due main
ly to the usual'summcr dullness. ; Tho
list of new enterprises established
during tho first half of the year shows
a wide range of industries, including
cotton mills, woolen mills, flour mills,
saw and planing mills, iron furnaces,
agricultural implements factories,ma
chine shops, foundries, cotton seed oil
mills, fertilizer factories, tobacco fac-
tories, ship building yards, paper
mills and many others. Tho aggre
gate investment fobt up to $89,221,000
Alabama heading the list with sl3,
840,000, Kentucky havingsl3,497,ooo;
Virginia $11.832,090, Texas $7,981,(100,
Tonnossec $4,849,000. Georgia $3,79#,-
000, Maryland * 2,832,000, Nolth
Carolina $2,038,000, West Virginia
$2,428,000, Louisiana $138,000,' Sduth
Carolina $1,529,000, Florida $1,506,-
000, Arkansas $780,000 and Mlssisaip
pi $787,000. ■
Dicab Sib-t-I tako great pleasure in
certifying to'thc efficacy of H, If. p.
It has done m*ro good for mo than any
Liver Medicine I havo ever used, and
lias almpst entirely cured mo.
Very respectfully,
W. G. Fuasu,
Of Furao & Evans, Ins. Agents,