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T g B WEEK’S NEWS IN POOLER
. t <r*’y Si* Days Happenings in the
| * L ' ' ' Ptney Village
urton Cooper was a gueet ©f C. B. Pat-
JX Jr., last weak.
y Tis bier of Savannah Tinted at the
of A. J Dornay last week.
vTws Ella I ane and Misa Lena Rembert
a brief stay with friends in Fooler
week.
Vje.es Bessie Werntz and Carrie Hewlitt
j Savannah were visiting among their
Pooler friends last week.
ur J.IA. Ash of Oliver has been visiting
.moor his friends in Pooler. He was a
pit of Miss Ethel Patterson.
'Vn E. E. Patters n of Griffin has besn
„ g D extended visit to the borne of Mr.
2d Mrs. Charles B. Patterson.
ilter a pleasant visit among friends in
Pooler, Miss Li lien and Mr. Hamlet Pat
arson ef Griffin have returned to their
home.
W. D- Krenson was elected treasurer of
Ifca Chatham Rifle Club at their meeting
Pr:dy. J. H. Adams having removed to
§vann*b. *
Cards ars out for the 25th marriage anni
rerssry of Mr. and Mrs. William Freeman,
Monday, Jan. 23, at their residence on New
ton street
Mr. Willie Miseally of Savannah was
visiting at the home of C. F. Weber last
•esk. Mr. Miseally thinka there Isa bright
future in store for Pooler and has backed
vis judgment by Investing some of bis
money in Pooler real estate.
Tha masque ball given last Thurs iay bv
Charles B. Patterson, Jr., was quite a sue
orts, notwithstanding the extreme cold.
The ball was comfortably filled by gay
dancers, and many were the surprises" when
Ihs time for unmasking arrived.
It it understood that Mies Ella Lane, the
jopnlar teacher in the Pooler public school,
sto bs removed to the Henry Street school
in Savannah. This will be regretted by
Poolerites, a* the children are greatly at
tached to Miss Lane, and do not like to see
bsr leave.
Considerable complaint was made last
eek by the shoo fly passengers when the
lumber of cars were reduced to three In
deed of four. It is very unpleasan t for
passengers, after paying for a seat, to be
torapelied to stand up until they reach
tbeir destination.
During last week an arrangement was
made by which Capt. Frank Bevil will
run trains No. 27 and 28 on tha Central
regularly, and Capt. James Kelly will re
main on No. 17 and 18. This change will
he good news to all the ‘ ‘early birds,” as
Capt. Bevil is an old favorite with them.
John von Bergen, superintendent of
Deorge Meyer's beer depot in Savannah,
has commenced the erection of a 10-room
3-story bouse on the corner of Skinner
avenue and Von Bergen street. Mr. Von
Bergen believes in Pooler real estate, as this
Is the fourth house he has erected here in
the last three years.
Last week Cspt. Georgs Wheeler, the
•lever conductor on the sbooflv, surpri ed
bn many friends by telling them good-bv,
having been put on the Atlanta mo. Con
luetor K. L, Brake is now bolding down
She sboofly. The many friends of Capt.
Wheeler regret to lose such au efficient and
courteous conductor.
B. Anderson of Pooler reoeived news
Friday of the wreck at sea of his cousin,
Leander Anderson of Arendal, Norwav,
who was on a visit hers in November. Mr.
Anderson was steward on the Norwegian
hark Elenor, Capt. Olsen, which sailed
from Savannah 1 >ec. 9 for Hamburg. The
crew of the bark were picked up bv the
British steamer Andrews Bay, Capt. Whit
burn, and taken to Aarhus.
At the last meeting of Phcenir Castle
No. 9, K. G. E. of Pooler, the following
newly elected officers were installed by H.
J. Herb, grand organizer for Georgia: S. L.
Patterson, P. C.; S. L. Parker, N. C.; Dr.
W. B. Rimes, V. C.; H. H. Bleaknev, M. of
R.; C. B. Patterson, Br., C. ot E.; H. H.
Burrell, 8. H.; G. B. Oliver, H. P.: P. C.
Woodcook, V. H.; J. H. Grady, K. of E.:
C. 3. Patterson, Sr., representative to grand
taatle. Phoenix castle is sti l I oldlng Its
own and is fust filling up Its net of member*
Since the rails and crossties for the West
Bavannah electric railway have been
spread along the Louisville road, Poolerites
believe that it will not be long before the
track will be in Pooler. A gentleman, who
is in business in Savannah and ilia poaition
to know,thinks the prospect vtry bright
for eleotrio cars to be running to Pooler.
In bis opinion, tba fare wi 1 be the same as
tbit charged by the Central railroad for
quarterly tickets—s 7 80 for 156 rides, or
10 centa for the round trip. In answer to
his inquiries as to how many regular pas
sengers the electric road would get, be was
surprised to find that the road would carry
about 200 every day. Convenient sched
ules, be said, would be run la the morning
sad evening to accomodate the work
ngmen. With the patronage from
Pooler, Woodville and West Sivannah, the
road would oerlainly have all tbe trafflo it
could handle. There would t o no trouble
to get lauds In Pooler for depot and tide
tracks. Tbe gentlemen who are interested
in tha Bchema are getting all the information
they can before they act.
river ako harbor.
Tbs tuj Forest City spoke tbs steam
Yacht Electra off Tybea yesterday from
New York bour.d for Key West. She de
sired to be reported.
A Minis’ Sons cleared yesterday tbs
Norwegian bark Racehorse for Hamburg
ith 5,366 barrels of rosin, weighing
2,562,675 pounds, value 1 at $12,495, and 250
rases of pitch, weighing 101,715 pounds,
valued at $793.88, and 263 barrels of oil.
measuring 13,130 gallons, valued at
11,379 76; also 25 barrels axle urease, weigh
ing 1,281 pounds, valued at S9O 24. 'iotal
valuation of cargo $14,757 t>B. Cargo by
the 8. P. Shotter Company.
The Swedish bark E. V. Almqvist was
' !, ared by Strachan & Cos, yesterday for
Trieste with 2,795 barrels of rosin, weigh
ing 1,343,070 pounds, valued at $6,300, aud
*"^ u barrels s irits turpentine, measuring
12,964% gallons, valued at $3,507. Total
valua.ion of cargo $9,807. Cargo by 8. P.
bootter Cotnpauy.
The Swedish bark Manbem was cleared
yesterday by A. Minis’ Sods for Bristol
w *!h 1,000 barrels spirits turpentine, meas
urmg 59,259 gallons, valued at $16,000, and
i '4 barrels rosin, weighing 791,400 pounds,
el $3,500. Total valuation of cargo
*i9,000. Cargo by Raymoud Judge & Cos.
RAIL, AND cross tie.
Another railroad will be built in Houston
OUDty. Theoouiract fcas been let for the
construction of the unfinished portion of the
Joone6 and Western railroad, formerly the
SPPJje and Dublin. The contractors are J.
, ** Mis and S. H. Holdshcser, well-known
railroad builders. The contract calls for
te w r k to conjpiaterj j n ninety days,
oe extension from Hawkmsviile to
drovania is embraced in this oontract.
At the last term of the legislature a bill
as introduced intended to compel all trains
sto P at all stations of 290 population or
• Other measures of the same cbar
" 'T erf> °® o red. In view of this pro
legislation, some of which was not
I”?*®' a recent decision of the Kansas ratl
- , c°mmis <ioti is in teres log. An eppii
t, J° n waa made by the citizens of a tmall
—. name< l Harttarid for au order to eoai
thir ~ llte he to stop ils fast trains at
ir.sr 1“ **• The com mission, in render
tt7 decision, sad- “Limited trains are
~ K* niz “• a neoesalty of modern trav el
t , a,,, .'ll I****oo 1 **** 00- The multiplication of the
growth of cities, (be demands < f
bui„-~‘ r< g u l | e sped and expedition mi
of ** the highest possible rate
u v* fl the pnhiia D t patient at the ax
es',t/iUr * S?. 11 m * g<ing from one city to
tnef K "• have often stated, anil now
uk ws lias# no di position to aUd
♦Uses? *** l trains, u bicii would be the
* si ip, “' „ r#r iuiritjg then] to stop at all sinao
THE CITY POUR? CLEBK33IP.
Alderman O'Brien Says He Did Not
Promise to Vote for Mr. Russell
Savansah, Ga„ Jan. 14.— Kdiior
[ Morning Aetzs: In your account, con
! tained in to-day’s issue, of the Harmon
| meeting, I find the following statement
; ‘ Judge P. M. Russell, after complimenting
Alderman ,Harmon, turned to his own re
cent defeat and said he would not bs human
if he could forget the treachery of one par
ticular alderman woo is seeking re-election,
and he proposes to do everything against
him that he can election day. -That
alderman,’ said Mr. Russell, ‘is W. L
O Bneu. He came to my house and
solemnly promised to support me and then
went back on me.”
The implication would be that I had been
at bis house reoently .luring his late contest
w “.“ Mr. Bailey, and bad made a promise
which I had violated. The charge is serl us
and demands a direct and specific state
ment from mi
I was never in the bouse of Judge P. M.
Russell but once in my life. That as
quite two years ago, when I was a candi
date on the Schwarz ticket for the position
of alderman, and a short time before the
w ® ,! * there then upon Judge Rus
sell’s invitation to confer about the munici
pal campaign then ia progress, and he
then being rf .supporter of the ticket that I
was on. My mission was political purely.
My acquaintance with Judge Russell was
slight. I had never been in his house be
fore and have not been since. If at y al
lusion whatever was made to the clerkship
of the city oourt, or to tbe faot that Judge
Russell two years from that time would be
a candidate for re-election, it has passed out
of my memory and my ability to recall it,
.absolutely and completely. I am sati-fied
that no allusion wss made and tha; I did
not say anything about supporting him.
He could not have referred to Mr. Bailev’s
candidaoy or any opposition to himself, be
cause this was two year* bef re the election
at id I had never thought of any opposition
to him. It would have been highly im
proper for me to have told Judge Russell at
this time that I would support him, no
matter who opposed him, and to have
bound myself against all contingencies to
do this. lam confident that I did not do
this, and this conviction is the more
reasonable in view of what has occurred
recently.
Some two or three months ago after Mr.
Bailey had become a candidate! Judge Rus
sell came to my office on West Bread street,
handed me his recommendation* and in
dorsements and asked me to consider them,
and said that, if I could do so, he would be
very gad to have me suoport him. He
called on me once or twice after this, at tbo
sama place, talked about his election, ex
pressed the hope that I would support him,
and. in effect, asked me to do so. I told
him that I could not promise what I would
d' l . At none of these interviews did he
claim or intimate that I was under a v
promise to vota for him. The purpose
of his coming to see me was to secure a
promise. If he already had one why did
he comet If he was armed with thisreas n
why I should vote for him, “mv solemn
promise” (a controlling reason with every
honorable man), why did he not mention it?
And yet, I positively and solemnly declare
that he never alluded to it. He kuew that
I was laboring under tbe impression that I
was under no promise to him, and, in com
mon justice to myself as well as to himself,
he ought tc have reminded me of the prom
ise, it he really believed that I had made
one. Why did be leave me under the con
viction that I was untrammelled by any
promise?
Mr. Waring Russell, tha present county
treasurer, called upon me about six weeks
ago and requested me to support bis brother
for the clerkship of the city c urt. I re
fused to make him such a promise. He did
not say or intimate at this time that 1 was
under any promise to vote for bis brother,
and yet, if this bad been tbe case, how
natural, how unavoidable, it would have
been for him tc have said so. He also came
to secure a promise, not to remind me of
one, and never hinted that I was under any
promise. .
After this. Mrs. Russell, tbe wife of
Judge Russell, drove to my place of busi
ness and requested me to promise her to
vote for her husband. I replied to her that
I couid not make any promise. Bhe did
not say or suggest that I was already under
promise to do so, but, ou the contrary,
came to secure my promise.
On the day of the election Mr. Waring
Russell, Jr., called upon me and asked me
to support his father and l declined to
promise to do so. This member of the
family did not say or intimate that I had so
promised. At various times I have been
importuned by different parties and in all
manner of ways to cast my vote for Judge
Russell, but at no time and upon no occa
sion did a single one of them ever say or in
timate that 1 was under promise to do so,
and I did not say or intimate to any one of
these parties that I would support Judge
Russell. I always care ully avoid’d making
any promise, or any statement that would
ne can amount to a promise.
A few daye ago, since the election. I
learned that Mr. George Meyer bad stated
that I had made the promise, had gone back
ou it and that for this reason I could not
live in this town, and that he bad been try
ing to see me, but that I had been avoiding
him. As soon as I heard of this I looked up
Mr. Meyer, found him in the office of a gen
tleman in this city, asked him if he had
said that I had promised to vote for Judge
Russell for tbe clerkship of the city court,
and understanding from him that he had so
said, I told him that he was a liar and
struck him, whereupon Mr. Meyer beat a
hasty retreat and the interference of friends
prevented a further difficulty. Except to
try to gee out of the way, Mr. Meyer took
no part in the difficulty.
In conclus'on I wish to say that I voted
for Mr. Bailey because he was my personal,
friend and because I believed him to be
competent for theoffiee. Had l not thought
bitn competent, his friendship would not
have controlled my vote; but the two com
bined sa isfied me that it was my duty to
vote for him. and I did only what I con
ceived my duty required. Against Judge
Russell I have nothing to say except tout
bis statement is incorrect and UDjust to me.
Ou account of his vears, it would be obvi
ously improper and unmanly for me to esy
mare than this or to make any issue with
him of a personal sort. But while Judge
Russell’s age will protect him, I wish it to
be distinctlv understood that if any mau
other than an oid mau will sav in my pres
ence that I was falsa to my promise, be will
at once receive from me the reply and the
treatment of which Mr. Meyer has been the
recipient. W. I. O'Briei*
SEVENTEEN FOR THE GANG.
Judge MacDonell Does a Good Day’s
Work in the City Oourt.
Yesterday was a field day in the city
court. Twenty-eight criminal cases wore
disposed of, and seventeen recruits were
added to the chain-gang. Eleven of the
pris mars were acquitted.
Richard Turner, George Robertson,
Robert biuvard, Isa.b Geevee, Frank Riv
ers. James Williams. Abo rimith and George
Cuthbert. eight of the gamblers captured
in the raid Saturday night, Jan. 7, wore
sect up for thre • mouths eaoh.
Bob Kmgbt, for pointing a pistol at an
other, got six months.
Moggie Bryan was sentenced for s:x
roontuc for as-eult and battery.
Henry Jackson and Oscar Hicks were
given six months each for simple larceny,
and L iUis Bonaparte, an old negro, wo
given one week in jail for a similar offeuso.
Alfred Uauingtoa and Bitnon Wilson
w ere convicted of carrying concealed wea
pons The former was sentence.! to three
mouths and the latter to one monib.
Three ?uui(C white loughs, John Miner.
Wlllism Johnson aud Henry Murphy were
given six, four aud two month* respectively.
for vasranoy • , .. ,
Thu moet amusing case trie l was that
•gainst Viola Cullutn. an old negro woman
< *wrged with vagrancy, dbe was quit* in
dignant at the charge becauea eh* said sba
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 1893 —TWELVE PAGES.
has worked bard all he life and did not
know what vagrancy meant. Her princi
pal Witness Was “Dr.” R. L. Rossell. a volu
ble patent medicine vender, manufacturer
of the “Water of Life,” which he sells in
tbe market. He insisted on telling tbe
court a long story about tbe oid woman’s
good points and at us conclusion Solicitor
Genera! Fraser was only too anxious to
stop the proceedings and let Violet go. He
jibed she ‘ doctor” considerably about his
“W ater of Life,” to the amusement of the
spectators.
Congressman Tom Cabanissnf the Birth
di-trict appeared in the superior oourt yes
terday acd made argument in a civil case.
It was that oi William Clifton, administra
tor of tbs estate of C. C. Hardwick vs. W.
W. Osborne, attorney for the Bowker
Fertilizer Company, to determine the right
of ownership to a life insurance policy oi
the lata Mr. Hardwick. The Bowker com
pany claims a lien upon it, and the heirs of
tbe dec ased are trying to secure the policy.
Mr. Cabauias represented the company to
gether with Mr. Osborne and Mr. Minis,
and Saussy <fc Sau-sy appeared for tbe
plaintiff. Judge Falligaat reserved his de
cision.
Judge Falligaat made two voters yester
day by naturalizing James Paul, a subject
of the Queen of Great Britain end Ireland,
and Diedrich Grotbeer, a subject of tbe
Emperor of Germany. Both hustled out of
the court roam at once to register for the
mayoralty election.
Martin J. Beytagh was appointed a com
mercial notary public by judge Falligant
yesterday.
A rule nisi to foreclose mortgage was
granted yeßterdav by Judge Falligant
against R. K. Metdrim of Bloomingdale in
favor of M. Ferats’ Sons & Cos.
CAN FIND IT IN THIS EO’ K.
Seekers for Government Jobs Will
Find Cushing's Work Valuable
Since tbe election of Mr. Cleveland Post
master Doyle bas received numerous letters
from bis democratic friends all over tbe
state inquiring what steps are neeassary to
be taken to become pcstoffice inspectors and
receive appointments in the departments at
Washington, In tbe rush of official busi
ness Mr. Doyle bas been unable to answer
all of these communications. He therefore
desires the Morning News to
state for the benefit of office-seekers
that Postoffice Inspector Fred D. Peer, who
has just arrived here from Washington, in
forms him that the desired information,
relative to the proper method of procedure,
can be obtained from Marshall Cushing s
forthcoming book, entitled “Tbe Story of
Our Postoffice,” which promises to be one of
the most useful volumes tnat has made its
appearance for years.
it will uot only give a complete history
of the postal department and an ao-ouut of
its present workings in detail, but will
abound with interesting anecdotes of the
most romantic, laughable and tragic inci
dents found in tbe varied experiences of
postal agent*, but will also give an excel
lent Idea of tbe oivil service examinations
which must be passed in order to receive
appointment* in tbe classiued or depart
mental service at tbe capital.
Not tbe least entertaining feature of the
book will be a sketch of tbe career of tbe
great merchant who bas presided over the
postal department during the last four
years. The book will be profusely illus
trated. Postmaster Doyle’s picture will
adorn it. Marshall Cushing, the author. Is
Mr. W'anamaker’s private secretary. He
is a member of the famous Grid Iron Club
of Washington, and an able writer.
ENSLAVED BY GOLD.
GLIMPSE OF THE LIFE OF A MAN
OF THE PERIOD IN 1933.
Humanity Rendered Helplaes and
Let barglo by Indulgence in the
Craze for Gold Cocktails—Happy
Discovery of an Ancient Panacea for
Human Ilia
from the Chicago Herald.
Riding from San Francis©" to Chicago in
one of these stufly and poorly lighted un
derground pneumatic trains is not to my
liking, even when I am in tbe best ot
health; but when afflicted as I have been
the past fortnight with a nervousness
w hieb is positively maddening such a trip
as 1 have just made always leaves me a
physical and msntal wreck. To be sure,
tbe train ran at great speed—something
like 2CO miles an hour— and there were no
mishaps on ths way. But ths dust and the
boorish company ot sums of tbe passengers
in ths compartment, together with my al
ready unstrung nerves, made me wish I
had taken the airship, which although
much slower, manages to escape tbe dirt
and roar of the underground pnaumatio
s \ stem, and is patronized by fellows of my
habits aud temperament.
PALLED WITH PLEASURE,
I may say, parenthetically that I am 34,
years of age, being Lorn on Wednesday,
1959. I was us sturdy a youngster as one
could wish to -ee until I had passed my 20 tb
birthday. Tnen I began to lead a
fast life. I craved adventure and excite
ment like the rest of my < ompa ions, but
my tastes as well as those of wh m I s| eak
were never gratified. A trip to Europe in
the brilliantly lighted vettibuled airship
gave me no amusement. There was no
pleasure for me in tho fortnightly excur
sion of the submarine t oat, and as for balls
and parties— * by I stood around at them like
an inanimate object, laughing, perhaps,
in a perfunctory way or talking mechani
cally when the conversation dema ded some
sort of utterance from me. And what I say
of myself was equally true of my friends.
lam a victim of the gold habit. lam a
slave to the stuff. I keep a bottle of it in my
room all the time, and with tbit hypo
dermic syringe, which 1 carry in my vest
p eket like a laud pencil, I have punctured
myself until my body looks more like a
piece of tripe than anything I can now re
cad. And why am 1 a victßn of this habit?
why do I wako up at night and inject the
stuff iuto my right forearm and then place
tho syringe ana bottle under my pillow?
And why do I not assent and bare ray neck
at t e banquet table when asked by the
waiter If I desired a shot before the entrees
are served? Simply because lam a slave to
the habit. But am I more fortunate than
my comrades? Not a wbtt. Have 1 not seen
them jab themselves with their syringes
and stand like blockheads for an hour at ;e.
ward? And have I not stood in publio
places in this same paraiytio condition after
n night’s visit to the (4 >ld n Eagle or the
QolJen Crown? All this is strange. Hero 1
am in the prime of manhood, and yet little
more than Lansing, whom the undertakers
took to the grave last Monday.
CURSED BY THE GOLD HABIT.
The world is cursed by the stuff. Up
street and down street there are nothi g
but shops where men enter and fling their
bare a ms upon the counter for the incision
of the syringe. Two injections for a quarter
is a cheap price, but hat of the effect on the
world? If this erase is to spread the men of
uiv country ,and of them I speak) will stand
like the pibars of Thebes—lusensate,
speechie and crumbling. Tho effect of
this brew (and I -peak for tnyselfi is to
deaden o e’s reuse of grief and happiness.
I see no merriment in the world, for I am a
slave This is true of my comrades. Neither
do I beheld any grief, for tha cocktail I
have just sent streaming close to the axil
lary artery of my right arm-pit freezes my
heart and brain. And from my window 1
see -ome of ray (rieuds staring blankly into
the street, each of t am deadened by a bul
lion tour or a placer i'.zz.
A FEARFUL CRAZE.
This craze M fearful. It thraatens the
da-truciioii of tha country. Already they
are building institutions for those slates
who stand out of doors in their be pleas
condition and who bite at tbeir watch
charms and chains to mollify their mad ap
petite for gold. Only yeeterda; I read of
tbe fate of the captain of the Adairs sir
ship, who, being deadened by thee.!sets of
a free-gold orgy in San Antonio, drove his
vessel into an aerial train coming from tha
opposite direction. And then, too, the
miserable death of that poor fellow who
stood helpless before a falling wall, tbe
viotira of a hypodermic debauch at tbe
Golden Era. ,
J!Look at my clothea! They are ragged
and ripped. And tbe coal m tbe era el
Scarelv enough there to make a weight
upon tbe kindlings. My lat dollar was
spent in this trip to San Francisco and
back. That is why I am nervous. If I
had money enough I might run over to tbe
Gold Tootn and turn my elbow over to tbe
steward for one of tnose hot sbiuera, aid
t hen I O! well. I could stand round like
tbe rest of my companions, stariDg v acantly
at a church spire or lounging idiotically
ever tbe railing of tbe Gold Tooth, just as I
have done many Is the time while my
friends thrust tbeir elbows and wrists to
the aproned mau and his money making
syrtnge.
But lam going to swear off. I shall be a
•lave no longer. If I can’t be a man 4 thine
I can die to a still greater degree, for
baveu’t 1 been reasonably dead, you might
say, for the past ten years or more’ I
believe it to be tbe custom to make resolu
tions ou the first of the year. To-morrow
the merchants in the storos will date tbeir
letter* 1992. Up here in my room I take
tnis bottle of bullion cooktails and smaan it
on a bootjack Tbsn I will take this silver
Injector (and it cost $3) and jump upon it as
I nave upon puff balls in a pasture. Now
I’ll tike a round oath to keep a way from
tbe gold shop* whose lights are accentuating
the brilliancy of tbe eryatals upon the
ground. No more placer fizzes. No more
bullion o cktails. And wbat is more, not
another squirt of any kind over the coun
ter* now red and polished with the blood of
my companions. There must be a halt, and
though uistracted by nervousness 1 timidly
tbiuk myself man anough to cill it.
A MYSTERIOUS DRAUGHT
But 1 cannot sleep. I have ransacked all
ray possessions for something to engage my
attention, but witbout avail, and now at
mid.light I pick up a strange looking bottle
which has been in the cupboard tbe Lord
knows how loug. The bottle is black, with
a stout neck and a cork which is firmly set.
There is no lanel upon tbe flask and no odor
escape* from it by which I can determine
the nature of its contents. It must be very
old, for 1 have lived in this room for thirty
four years and I remember playing with it
when a child. W itb the curiosity of a boy
ami the nervousness of a man of my habits
I drew the cork and inhaled the perfume
that escaped from its prison. It was unlike
anything I bad ever smelled before. And
tempted to become more bold 1 sipped tbe
juice that gurgled musically from tbe
neck. Then, fearing that perhaps I had
poisoned myself but conscious of an exu
berance I had ever experienced before, I
ran to tbe home of an old gold sot, just a
block away, and marched him to my room.
He came in his normal condition—stolid,
indifferent, but passive. To his lips I pressed
the bottle and to my astonishment be
too lost his individuality and became hilar
ious. I drunk again and again. My aged
friend did tbe same, and as tbe night waxed
old we embraced each other (something we
had never done before) and sang so riot
ously as to attract tbe attention of every
body suve those pitiable creature* standing
with blank faces at tbe counters of the
Gold Tooth aud tbe other shops down tbe
street. At last we fell aslenp, and in my
dreams I saw something at the foot ot tbe
bed quite uncommon to tiwe parts, but
interesting withal Twtoe 1 heard mv sgd
friend cry out merrily—an uncommon thing
for him to do.
When morning esme there was a bigness
about my bead and that of mv friend woioh
was quite unusual, but another luaty ewig
at tbe mysterious bottle set ut aright, and
we went forth into tbe street, patting chil
dren upon tbeir curly beads aud hallooing
in a cheery way to policemen who moved
like automatons from the ride doors of tbe
Golden Era and the Gold Tooth. They ilid
□ot mind our salutations, although it is
probnble they thought us demented, inas
much as we had previously presented the
same appearance as themselves. However
that may be, we wandered about, now
lurching to rne rids and then to the other,
but happy and cheery the while.
MORE OT THS ELIXIR.
“Come with me.” my aged friend said
after wo bad traveled a long way, “for,"
he continued, “I have something in my
cellar which I have never supped. Mavhap
it maybe as pleasing as that which 1 have
already tasted.”
We trotted along. This was late on
New Year’s day.
Jan. 2, 1992.—1 am in a cellar with my
old friend. He tapoed a dusty barrel
which was as mysterious as th 6 bottle in
my cupboard, but its contents are eo much
like the liquid in the flask that we. In our
happy mood, can scarce mark the difference.
Like my bottle, tbe barrel has come down
from a ripe ancestry, for hsre upon my lap
I hold an album filled with masculine face*
of enormous proportions, especially as to
nose and eye. These are my friend's ances
tors. But unlike my flask, there is a strange
stamp upon tha barrel, and a deep brand
upon the staves which reads:
BOCIIBON.
We are quite oontented. Mr friend Is
asleep. But what is this strange juice?
It it an antidote for those awful slings and
fizzes and cocktails in gold? I think so.
At any rate I’ll spend a day or two with
this barrel, for I am beginning to enjoy
life. At any rate I have sworn off on the
gold habit. Peter Pollock.
Jan. 2, 1992.
A GOOD YEAR IN WAYOKOBS.
The Merchants Prosperous and Look
ing for Good T.tnes this Year.
Waycross, Ga., Jan. 14.—The mer
chants of Waycrose w ere prosperous In 1892,
aud a majority of them say they have no
doubt but this year will be a more prosper
ous one.
The mechanics are busy at their trade.
New houses are going up all the time and
the mechanics are in hopes of a year of
prosperity for them.
It is expected that there will be a large
num er of brick blocks for business pur
poses built during the year. New residences
are being erected, and it u evident from
what can be learned that there will be a
great increase in the building of residences
this year over 189a The people of Way
cross. as a rule, are more prosperous to-day
than they have been in two years.
The Waycrose German Club.
Waycross, Ga., Jan. 14.—The German
Club gave another delightful german last
night at the armory of tre Wayoross Kifles.
Clarence Wilson v.ae tha leader. Despite
the cold weather there wet a fair at
tendance. Great credit is due
W. R. Whelpley, Clarence Wilson,
A. C. Oluey, Henry Has nett and
W. H. Hampton for the unique order
in which the figures were gotieu uo Toe
club will give its next bail two weeks
hence.
Dixie's Passerger Aeeoci&tlon.
Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 14.—A rumor
is current here that the Southern Passe.,ger
Association will be reorganized and that
Cant. W. M. Davids n u to be tendered the
position of commissioner.
IF YOC WA.n
liyou waut a DAY BOOK MADE
u you warn, a JOURN AL MADh.
u you want a CASH BOOK MAbi
it you waat a LiCDOKR
il vou want a RECORD MADE
Ji vou waat a CHECK Book MADE.
11 vou waul LETTER HEADS
II you want NUTI HE AUK
u you want MILL HEADS
U you want UL'tUNkdß CARDS,
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TUE WOMAN OF FASHION.
WHAT GOTHAM’S CROWDED THOT
ODG-FABBS LOOK l IKE.
The Fad for Purple Still On -A Start
ling Street Gown—Evening Gowns,
Bonnet* and Capes—Revival of Sum
mer.
(Copyright. 1893.1
New York, Jan. 14.—What a gay peo
ple we are these bright winter afternoons!
How we lore to join tbe Broadway prome
naders and saunter along with tbe rest,
watching the brilliant costumes, and stop
ping at the bright shop windows to look at
tbe novelties] Every one bas lost tha
wearied air and relaxed the hurried step so
prevalent at Christmas time, and tbe w> rid
again looks oaielesaand happy and easy
going. The crowd is very great on Broad
way this Saturday afternoon, but it is a
good-natured one, and so everything gets
along smoothly.
The first thing we notl -e about it is the
favorite purple veil. One would think that
by this time the bright green one, which
has been introduoed would supersede tbe
purple, but It has not done so thus far.
Every other woman has an eminence veil
over her black bat. and as far down tbe
tboroughfi.re as one can see lhere are folds
after foldsof the purple veiling. I eve > saw
it combined with a green and brown cos
tume—brown cloth, with narrow edgings
cif very uark rich green valve, with brown
fur between, long miuk oai, and brown
and green bat with tbe übiquitous veil
surmounting all.
Then I saw it again—and in connection
with a costume that I must describe to you
in detail tba. you may know just bow tbe
lady looked. When I have finished you
may decide for yourself wnether she looked
well or not. I'll commence with the skirt,
w bich was apa le blue gray clo: h, a sort of
stone color, edged with narrow rows of
purple velvet. Her Russian blouse was
trimmed with tbe same, at and had two broad
tabs of velvet In front, hanging loosely.
Over tbe blouse, but not covering it,
was a long cape of black velvet made
up of four divisiona—two long one*
and two short ones. The hst was
black, with wings and tips, adorned, it is
needless to say, with a purple veil. At the
book, presumably trimming tbe hat, but
lying 1 iw on the Indy’s colled hair, were
deep piuk velvet roses In one hand she
carried a black muff with more roses, and
at the left of ber black cape, near her shoul
der lay a bunch of pink carnation* Not a
bit oared sbe for the *y ® s that were turned
upou her. Walking ea.fly with tue gentle
man at her side sbe sauntered slowly alune ,
so slowly .indeed, that one wondered wbether
it as not an accommodation on her part to
allow the passersby full opportunity to note
ber appearance.
But what’s tbe matter with all the winter
styles? Sure the shopkeepers must tie tired
of seeing ths heavy winter goods piled high
in the windows, for there are yaids upon
yards of light, dainty summer goods. Last
August a i observant person could forecast
with little difficulty the styles for the com
ing winter from the goods that had then
made tbeir appearanoe, aud now, in Janu
ary, one i* enlightened by a great sign
which reads: “.Spriug Novelties in Organ
die* Faoonue, Mousseline de
1 dude, Farisenne Flunietiea and
Baptiste.” Here’s another: “Batiste#,
Lawns and Dotted Muslins.” And
when we enter the shops we find the oouti
ters piled high with them, and with pretty
cballies as well. Truly this is a queer
country. Tbe -easons are changing, they
say, and we are doing our best to help them
along. But it pays to invest in these goods
now, for tlie daintiest of them oosta but 52
cent* per yard, and some other heaurifui
ones but 43. Vv bereas last summer we had
the greatest difficulty in getting the m at
any price for a few weeks after the season
had fairly opened.
But I hope you still fsel some slight In
terest in winter gowns, for I want to tell
you about the la'eet for evening waar. in
almost every one made gauze cuts a very
prominent figure, ana it you have an old
figured silk make it up with one of tbe
bright new gauzes; you’ll never recognize
tbe old g° w o. I assure you. Some most
wonderful effects can be secured from their
combining. For instance. I saw a rad and
green shot silk, made with overdress of
blank gauze, thickly besprinkled with
yellow blossoms. Then there was a red
silk, with golden flowers upon it and
black gauze over, run with a satfn stripe.
It is quite intere-tiug to puzzle the combi
nations out, for whan they are drawn closely
together it is almost impossible to tell
whether ths stripe is on the silk beneath end
the flowers above, or vice versa. And the
wholo f. rras an extremely brilllaut effect,
so desirable these gay mouths.
Then so many evening gowns have their
colors brought out ana accentuated by vel
vet aleeiea of a tritie deeper thode than is
the color of the flower m your silk or the
thread running through it, or the trimming
edging it. The velvet should be ut the
minor color in your costume, but always ot
a deeper tint.
Two beautiful gowns were spread before
me as I came pleading for something new
to my old friend, the maker of gowns. Hhe
smiled at tbe “something new” in a sort of
incredulous fashion, but answered by piok
i g up two beauties, whose exquisite loveli
ness made one forge*, to look for fi eshneee of
d# icn. The first was of white, striped with
a satiny diagonal in pale water green. Over
bands of rich sable at side and bottom bung
soft draping* of white gauze, caught in
loose knots at short intervals; the fur and
tbe gauze were again combined In the low
bodice with beautiful effect.
The second, of heavy old-rose satin, out
prir.cesse, bad a tunic over of old-rose bro
cade with white deeign. Tbia tunfo was
very original, being plaited into the left
shoulder in three large folds, than brought
1 osely acro-s the front, falli g over the
right nip aud down the back in a long, full
train. The dress had rich ivory-white,
feather trimming at feet aud neck, inter
spersed with velvet bow s.
It looks as if evening bonnets would soon
be regarded with complete disfavor, even
by the feminine world. Now that the
Tbea'.sr of Arts and Letters has so effect
ually sueoeeded in lemoving the bonnet
during the performances, other theaters
may take it up. The popular bonnet has
been ao minute of late that no on* could
possibly object to it. and yet ettough large
bats are still worn to make things unoom
fortai le. But the women are very easily
turning their thoughts in another
direction and putting uTI their prettv gew
gaws in their hair. And that theater t>ce
seni* a pretty spectacle every evening as
one gazes at the iauciful arr*ngraerit'. It
will, no doubt, s on become a fad, and then
the bonnet will get iut scanty attention.
Just now, however, one made of golden
spa glee, closely strung, is the proper thing,
with a small bunch of black tips in front
and black velvet strings.
7be evening cloak grows no less assertive
and magnificent. In fact there is some
thing almost insolent in it* manner of ap
pearing. Here, for example, is a long cape
of pale blue brocade, very thickly and
heavily embroidered. It is lined with roeo
silk and edged down the front wtth the
tmekest white feather trimming one can
possibly find. The shoulders have the
queerest puffs, standing straight out
from tbs wrap, and above them is a great
ruebe of blue, eo large that it rests upon
the shoulder puffs in iti way around. Then
above this ruche is another hand of tbe
foather trimming. It is difficult to get int >
tbe garment, there is so much a out the
necst The fea her* reach fully to the ears,
aud tl reaten to prevent one’s vision when
the wind blows fiercely.
But I saw one sensible ooat to-day, and it
was quite a relief to look upon it, with tbe
quiet dark blue vigogne neaily bordered ‘
ith black silk chenille trimming- Pretty
triple cord ornaments fastened it at tbe
side, where it opened, and also bung lrcm
the tight-fitting nuderalseros. It bad mod
era'aly puffoJ shoulder* and plain high
collar. Eva A. Schubert.
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tbs Now Year.
(Copyright, 1833.1
New York, Jan. 14.—Well, the old year
was game to tbe last. He was a rather dis
sipated. battered aud shattered old boy to
ward the end, to be sure; but be died game,
none the lets. Like mallard duck and tbe
mariner's albatross, his death wrought bit
ter deeds and his memory is evil. But I
was glad ha didn't slink away—a despised
old dotard—without revenging himself, as
he has done, for my unholy treatment of
him, “off and on.”
Not that 1 care eepecially bow I treated
him, I gave him as much as I took, 1 am
sure. But it pleases tue to bo picked up
and shake i afier itaving mads a fool of a
man. It prevents me from beoomlMg arro
gant, and it ma tes me like the man.
That is why I’m sorry 1892 is dead. I
owe him one, aud 1893, through tbe cloud
of gloom around me now, doesn’t appear to
be promising much.
But if I don’t unravel my thread, this
will have to tie. as our beloved compatriot
Kipling would say, auotber story.
The holidays were soul-satisfying. There
never were such holidays in New York be
fore—at least, iu Upper Bohemia, where I
live.
We went to the towns along the Hudson
aud danced at tbe inns all night, we went
in swarms to country houses and ate En
glish dinners in Ruglisb fashion , we gave a
“Twelfth Night” party and feasied like
Faistaff and his friends on (iadshiil.
(The young man who gave the theater
party and the “As You Like It" dinner of
boars’ heads and faming ale to Wtnnio
Davis, at Sherry’s, borrowed the idea from
us. He might have said. “By your leave,”
at leotk) We reveled in carry ing bright
ideas to brilliant execution, aud we made
the welkin ring. “Tbe king is dying!
Long live the king!”
And after a final supper Saturday night
we weut to see him die to tbe abiines of
Trinity. We went inoabs-twoina cab.
The boys wouldn’t hear of any other
arrangement!, but I believe there was a
chaperon somewhere. Yes, I remember;
abe came, but in a cab with Ned Bearing.
Well, Ned needs chaperoning as badly a*
the others of u*.
How the cops stared at the long, dismal
line of carriages creeping along Broadway
at a funeral pac •! The cop* stared, the cab
bies smiled (nave you notioed that cabbies
look almost amiable when a man and
woman are i side?) and the brazen
trumpets ceased from troubling as we
wound by and stopped at the
sub-treasury. But we couldn't hear the
chimes for the other lacket, aud we wore
nearly smothered in the orowd. Ko we
reached Lome the morning of the first day,
tattered and torn after a week ct the wake
of 1892. Holiday afternoon sumo of the
crowd dropped in upon me, worn out, hol
low eyed, lugubrious. They were in ell
stages of impaired digestion, when a man
feels that he must confess his sius or die.
they were all con cience laden, and moral
derelicts tempted from the oourse by that
sly old year.
i sat by the fire in the half-light trying to
believe in the goodness of my fellow usings.
It was not easy, for plum pudding and
Chianti bad powerful negative arguments
to offer. My faith ia myself wae struggling
with me, too, ae I fancied a number of
little meanneeses I should enjoy committing.
I pride myself upon being able to shook
sooiety in a large, generous and forgiving
spirit. 1 don’t mind what people say about
ray doing*, and when I am snubbed oy carp
ing critic* I smile iu sweet silence.
And yet U would do my heart good to ent
the school girl snip from Mine. Reed’s,
who said the other day: " There goes that
Miss Careless Hbe serns to raa the repre
sentative of a certain class of so-called
•society’ in Naw York which is deplorably
on the increase. We must draw the line
against the conditions which make such as
she a possibility ”
O, to cut her dead as she deserves! to give
her a glance that would sbr.vel her in her
bootc! to throw her into an uncomfortable
position after ebe comes into that great and
original society of hers!
Kople do occasionally find sueh positions
there I believe.
Thus I pondered, weak and weary, when
ray old tutor, who coached me in German
years ago, came to the fire. He had not
been in our Christmas or tebets—not he.
He was mild arid modest and b.e imagina
tion was as lead within him. He was also
famous, tor he knew a beetle through aud
through.
He had been on terms of familiarity with
nobody else, though, aud so I was amazed
at the desperate tale of daring which he
told me.
One evening, after a particularly trying
day, when the beetle had flipped his wings,
the tutor was towed t > the theater by a
musical friend. The latter was a gey, gay
boy, who knew a soubretto in the piece.
After the curtain fell the gay boy led my
lamb behind the ecenes And there, lean
ing ag mst the fly, stood a vision iu pinfc
tight* anil nebulous gauze, whose tiny feet
have chased the beetle from ray friend’s
dusty heart. He says it is beyond con
ception, this state of being.
•‘I can t*ar it no longer. Mis* Carrie,”
he cried. “When I shut my *>es I Leo mo
strangely feverish, and 1 sue uiyself bowing
to her, knee ing ImKre her* Crossing mv
arms about her and tel, log her I cannot live
without her longer. lain quite mad. J
shall beo line indiscreet. ! fast Iba\egone
to pieces, but I snail pursue her.”
Would that it WiTo a scientific tremor
which causes iuy sober tutor’s crah cf
worlds!
I uaJ no time to brood upon this it quie -
ing event before Kit thiew herself beetdo
me on the rug.
‘ Latherine, this everlasting grind cannot
last through 1893. I've tried to make both
e. da meet luig enough. Evan in tutnmsr I
bav# to scramble to get enough together to
clothe me in the hights or depths of fashion.
I shall marry that rich old duffer we both
hate a>, dear. I dream of him on hia bad
eminence scattering gold, and it’s got half
bad. Kauben, Reuben, I’ve been thinking,
and I’ll publish the bam.a to-morrow. After
us, the deluge. But i’ll have an umbrella
to keep me dry.”
“But Jack?’’
“O -h-b. Jack!” Kit’s “oh” wa# like Ad*
Rehan'a—a lit tla half circle of sound.
“Jack ia a hollow show, too. He would do
tbe same thing. Here be coma* Find out
for yourself. I’ll go upatair* Do you
love me. Kit?”
I didn’t, and I told her to. Jack Ut •
cigarette, which irritated me.
“Well, ray common-sense friend,” ha
drawled, “wbat would you say if you knew
I’m ibinking of marrying money, if she’ll
have me? That’s the way for a fellow to
rise, ain’t it?”
Jack was not truthful. He is a good boy
hers, any wnere else he would be a man.
But ft hurt ine to listen as be studiously
described the advantage of a nob marriage,
“And Kill” 1 said. Jack sneered. “I will
baok heavily that your friend will know
how to reconcile herself. Bbe is nothing it
not utilitarian in her belief*”
Ponr boy; be wae herd hit somewhere.
Have thpy only quart sled, or is it some
thing worse, much nurse!
Carri* Care lies*
Indian Legends to Order.
from the Lewiston (Ut.) Journal.
The American Folk-Lore Society chargae
that college students who serve at waiters
at Maine summer resort boti-ls are trying
to supply the demand for Indian legends
oonnected with each rook, bill, and stream,
by manufacturi g them, making tba le
gend fit tha name instead ot tbe name fit
the legend, and proposes to tee what can be
done about it. But college studeots should
not be charged with a monopoly of this
business, even if they are guilty at all. It
was Ling before the days of student waiters
that tbe absurd story of the derivation of
moubegan from the pigeon English " Mac
be-goue.” instead of from the real Indian
words “Mcnahau,” an island, and “Rigan,”
land 111 the great sea was circulated, and
tlmt otbtr equally ridiculous attempt to
translate Mooseluomeguntlo into “Mooee
he-look-my-gun-tioU.” At tbe meeting of
tbe Folk Lore Society where the charge
against the student* was made, one speaker
noted that Beaver Island in Maiue was so
colled because a beaver crawled out ot a
lake on that island at tbe command of tbe
groat spirit, la “Beaver” an Indian word?
“Ah! you flatter me." lisped a masher to a
pretty girl with whom he was conversing.
“No, l don't," was the reply; “you couldn't
be any Hatter than you are."— Tid-Bitt.
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Hurley—No: he’* trying to fit himself fer the
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