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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,