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Advertiser.
[Published every Thursday by D. B. FREEMAN.
OLD SERIES—VOL. YII-NO. 22.
CEDARTOWN, GA. r JULY 1, 1880.
: S'!.50 per annum, in advance.
NEW SERIES—YOL. II-NO. 29.
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Main St. Oedartowu Ga.,
1? YOU WANT THEM PURE AND FRESH.
C. G. JANES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CEDARTOWN, GA.
!a- ornce in tue Court House. rebie-ty
JOSEPH A. BLANCE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW)
CEDARTOWN, GA.
tsr First Room up Stairs over J. S. Stubbs &
Co’s Store. Sept25-iy
DBS. LIDDELL & SON,
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS
OFFICE EAST SIDE OF HAIX ST.
CEDARTOWN, GA
janS-ly
W. G. ENGLAND,
Physician and. Surgeon.
CEDARTOWN, OA.
OFFICE over J. A. Wynn’s where he may bo
found ready to attend calls either day or night.
JanlB-ly
DR. C. H. HARRIS,
Physician and Surgeon,
Cedartown, Ga.
B. FISHER,
Watchmaker & Jeweler,
CEDARTOWN, GA
Having Just opened out a shop at the store of
•a. D. Hogg St Co., respectruily requests the
public to call on him when'needlng work In his
fine. ieb5-tt
W. F. TURNER,
Attorney at Law.
CEDARTOWN, GA
Will practice In the Superior Courts of Polk,
Paulding, Haralson, Floyd and Carroll counties.
Special attention given j,o collections and real
estate business. - marli-ly
DR. L. S. LEDBETTER,
DENTIST,
“BEAR YE ONE ANOTHER’S BURDENS!”
Tie Needed Protection of Onr Loyed Ones at Net Cost
The People's Mutual Relief Association
Is issuing certificates of membership in amounts from $1,000 to $5,000 OP
strictly healthy persons, male and female. The plans are
SAFE, CHEAP AND PERMANENT.
Applications for membership will be received by
JNO. W. RADLEY, Cedartown, Ga.
Partial list of members in and around Cedartown: F. M. night, A. A.
Read, John W. Bracken, P. J. Bracken, Wm. R. Craig, Geo. H. Leake, J.
W. Barr. Dr. C. H. Harris, J. B. Crabb, W. H. H. Harris, D. R. Monroe,
Dr. W. G. England, Jno. W. Radley, J. W. Kilgore, Daniel Walker, D. B.
Freeman, Mrs. Nancy Powell, Alex. Dougherty, Mrs. Franois Dougherty,
Dr. E. II. Richardson, Captain N. S. Esves. apl6-8m
A. J. YOUNG,
DEALER IN
Corn and Rye Whiskies, Wine, Gins
and Brandies.
Noyes Warehouse - - CEDARTOWN, Ca.
CEDARTOWN, - - - GEORGIA.
All Dental work performed in the most skill
ful manner. Office over J. S. Stubbs St Co.’s.
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F. M. SMITH
Attorney at Law and
REAL ESTATE AGENT,
CEDARTOWN, GA
Particular attention given to the selling or
renting of city property. Buying and selling
wild lands a specialty. Parties owning wild
lands In Georgia would do well to correspond
with me, as I nave app lcations for thousands
of acres whose owners are unknown. No tax 11.
fa. or other bogus title need apply. Look up
your beeswax and write me. Terms: Ten per
cent, commission on sales. For locating and
ascertaining probable value, $l per lot. For
searching records for owners, ao cents per lot.
For ascertaining If land Is claimed or occupied
by squatter, $1 per lot.. Alway s in advance. To
insure attentton enclose a3-centstamp. Parties
owning wild lands should look to their interests,
as many of these wild lands are being stolen by
squatters under a bogus title. All communica
tions promptly answered. Satisfaction guar
anteed to all honest men. Jan29-ly
LIVERY FEED,
AND
SALE STABLE!
Wright & Johnson Prop’rs.
CEDARTOWN, - - - GEORGIA.
Being supplied with new Horses, New Vehi
cles, A a. we are prepared to meet the wants of
the public In our line.
JanS-ly
JAMES H. PRICE,
CEDARTOWN, GA
Keeps on hand and manufactures to order
MATTRESSES!
My work recommends Itself wherever used,
and Is guaranteed to render the most peifect
satisfaction. No flimsy material used, no work
slighted. I ask a trial. JAAIE3. H. PRICE.
iebl9-ly.
CALHOUN
Livery and Sale Stable.
FOSTER & HARLAN, Props ,
(ILHOIV, GEORGIA.
line of new Vehicles, we are prepared to meet
the wants of the traveling public In our line.
Parties wishing vehicles sent to any of the
trains on the Selma. Rome and Dalton Railroad
or to any other point, mav telegraph ul and
have their wants promptly and properly at
tended to.
Jan8-tf
FOSTER A HARLAN, Calhoun, Ga.
ISAAC T. MEB,
CEDARTOWN, GA.,
—dealer in-
STOVES TINWARE,
Hardware and Hollow-Ware,
OF ALL KINDS.
House-Furnishing Goods
A SPECIALTY.
SOLE AGENT FOR COX, HILL k THOMPSON’S
STONE MOUNTAIN WHISKIES
in Cedartown.
I keep such Liquors as may be used as a beverage or for medical
purposes with perfect safety. C~?/~ Give me a call. Good treatment
guaranteed. mr!8-ly
NEW HOUSE! NEW MERCHANTS!
New Goods and New Prices.
A. D. HOGG & CO.,
MAIN Street, CEDARTOWN, Georgia,
Have just opened a select stock of General Merchandise In their new store,
and want all their friends and the public generally to call and let them
siiow their goods aiid prices. Their stock was bought before the recent
rise In prices, and they feel confident of having goods at bottom figures.
They have beautiful• Dress Goods, Calicoes, Cornets, new styles; Bleach-
Ings, Flannels, Cassimeres, Kerseys, Kentucky v Jeans, Hosiery, Gloves,
Hardware, Notions, etc., etc. Extra nice Gentlemen’s Underwear Vkby
Low. Remember the place—last Brick Store on South MAIN Street, west
side. nov6-ly
£ 4 H. C. CROWLEY; ^ &
•DEALER in
STOVES AND TIN-WARE,
EAST SIDE OF MAIN STREET,
Opposite Philpot & Dodds, - - • CEDARTOWN, Ga.
Keeps constantly in stock tfce LATEST and BfeT brands of STflAES,
ft*-- 1 «*an now supply customers with tlje unequalled Tiniet*, Sofrtliea i
Baker and Iron City. * # •
K t bs n ail nines a iiui line of Tin-ware, and does all kinu$ of tinner’s
t.r otlnir, guttering, &c. * ^ „
Splendid assortment of Crockery and Glassware will be kept constantly*
in stock. mli25 ly
ED. E. BRANNON,
Dealer in
Staple and Fancy Groceries.
Chickens, Eggs and Butter a Specialty.
I HAVE also
A FIRST-CLASS BAH.
tn connection with the Store, which is stocked with the finest Liquors
in town. . jan8-tf
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the public, and would be pleased to have all my
friends and customers call and see me when in
town. T. T \1 F.R
CEDARTOWN SCHOOL,
J. C. HARRIS Principal.
The Spring Term commences the first Mon
day In January and will continue 5j* months.
Fall Term opens 8rd Monday In August and
continues 4% months. Rates of tuition as cus
tomary.
The school-room 1b convenient and comfort
able ; training thorough and discipline firm.
The Principal offers his thanks for past favors,
and confidently ask for a liberal share of patron
age In the future.
Reference as to discipline, etc., Is made to the
former patrons of this school. no vS7-2m
J. S. STUBBS & CO.,
Have just moved into their elegant new Store Booms on
East Side of MAIN Street!
"Where they are now opening an extensive atonic of
GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
Their goods were selected with great care and with an eye to the needs
of their customers, and were bought for Cash. They will be sold at the
lowest figures. Go and examine their stock and prices before making
your purchases. aug7-tf
J. P. DUFFEY,
MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN
BUGGY ADD WAGON E4EN1SS, SADDLES, BBIDLES, &G
BURIAL OF Til PAST.
Twas the night before the wedding
And the house was filled with guests,
After all the pleasant free tings
Quietly the household rests.
Only one from out the many
Still is sitting by the fire—
’Tis the bride, who ou the morrow
Will have left her home and sire.
With her hair unbound and falling,
Like a mantle to the floor i
There she sits among her treasures,
For the last time looks them o'er.
One by one she reads each letter,
Then consigns it lo the flame ;
From its case she takes a picture,
And her white lids close in pain.
For the face smiles out upon her
As of old it used to do.
Ere that bit er hour of parting,
When each spoke what was not true.
Trembling fingers slowly clasp it,
Drop it on the ember's red,
Ne’er again will she behold it,
For the face to her is dead.
There are violets in the casket
And a lock of eoft dark hair ;
There are books and little trinkets
And the ring she used to wear.
In the firelight, while they’re burning
Is’t in fancy or a dream
That again she sees the river
And the old famiLar scene.
Where so often they had rambled
In the autnmn alternoon ;
Where on summer nights they floated
’Mid the lillies, 'neatli the moon ?
On the hearth the box lies emptiod.
On the grate the fire burns low.
And the girl stands white and silent
As the last faint embers glow.
Streaks of gray are slowly creeping
O’er the portals of the moon ;
With the night the old life passes—
Dawning brings her hopes new-born.
Elopement and Pursuit.
Wm. L. Marcy was called to the bar in
October, lgll. Acting under the advice
of friends, he opened an office in Troy; N.
Y., and commenced the practice of his
profession. He was surrounded by exper
ienced and gifted lawyers, who controlled
the honors and emoluments of their profes
sion. Young Marcy, deficient in those
brilliant and ready talent so attractive to
the public, though poscssing erudition and
strong intellectual powers, did not at first
meet with professional succes^fout, taking
an appeal to the future, he patiently await
ed the developments of time. With great
labor and perseverance he perfected himself
in those solid acquirements, which subse
quently rendered him conspicuous before
the world as a lawyer, diplomatist and
statesnfan.
Among the chrracteristics that distin
guished the early days of Mr. Marcy’s pro*
feasinal life, was carelessness in regard to
dress. Though he was not, like Martin
Grover, accustomed to appear in dilapida
ted attire, still he held fashion and her
votaries in contempt. His boots were often
left for weeks without polish, and his hair
to say the least, never appeared in Hyperion
curls, and withal, by casual acquaintance
he was regarded as a very dull and inactive
young man. But his personal appearance
was in his favor. He was slightly above
the ordinary height, “stout and masculine,
but not gross; his forehead bold and full,
his eyebrows heavy, his eyes deep-set and
expressive, his mouth and chin firmly
moulded. His manners were affable and
courteously free from pretence, yet digni
fied.” He was easy, pleasing and graceful
in conversation. In really refined and
cultivated circles, young Marcy, notwith
standing his indifferent attire, was a favorite,
though coxcombs attempted to make him
the subject of railery.
His office was in a small one story build
ing, surrounded by a railing or veranda.
Directly opposite his office there was a
fashionable female seminary. In pleasant
weather he would seat himself on the ver
anda, with his feet elevated on the top of
it, and in tliis position watch the gambols
of the young ladies on the play-ground of
the school, or engage in pursuing his favor
ite studies. His unpolished boots, thus
conspicuously exhibited, were often the
subject of merriment among the fair stu
dents. . -Though young Marcy was wanting
in those external qualities constituting what
is called “a lady’s man,*' his society was
by no means distasteful to the fair sex,
especially to those who had the penetration
to understand the real beauties of his char
acter and appreciate his abilties. ,
Among the more advanced pupils of the
seminary was a Miss DuBois, a young lady
from Springfield, Mass., an heiress, and
veiy beautiful. Marcy had frequently met
her at the residence of a lady friend in
Troy. For some time a respectful friend-
pleasant sensation in the seminary, and
Miss DuBois was strictly forbiddeh to have
any further association with Marcy. The
report even reached her father, who has
tened to Troy, determined to remove his
daughter from the seminary. But her ex
planation of the matter'was sufficient, and
he returned home satisfied that all reports
connecting the name of his daughter with
Mr. Marcy were groundless.
A few weeks after her father’s visit, Miss
DuBois obtained permission to visit Albany
with come friends. Some time after her
departure it occurred to one of the pupils of
the seminary, who had interested herself
in the affairs of Miss DuBois and Mr. Mar
cy to quite an extent, that although the
day was beautiful, the young lawyer had not
been seen in his accustomed place on the
veranda of his office. On making proper in
quiry she learned that he had not been
there at all that day. This aroused her cur
iosity and excited suspicions, leading her
te make further inquiry, and she was in*
lorrned that he had accompanied Miss Du
Bois to Albany. Without further consid
eration, she believed that an elopement had
taken place, and immediatly informed the
faculty that young Marcy and Miss DuBois
had fled to Albany for the purpose of being
clandestinely married.— This aroused them
to the highest pitch of excitement. The
rumor ran like wild-fire through the insti
tution, reaching the city in a short space of
time. There wus a strange “hurrying to and
fro” in the seminary. Consternation was
everywhere mingled with* the silent mirth
which the affair had created among many
of the young ladies who really enjoyed the
scene. Cupid had slyly found a lodgment
within those walls, dedicated to science and
study, though all thought the little winged
good was sternly forbidden there—to many
known only in the beautiful dreams of
girlhood. Yet he had actually been a
sojourner in that temple of science; one of
ito fairest inmates had yield to his enchant
ed bowers. Fear that the wrath influenc
ing the young lady’s father and her other
'friends would be turned against the insti
tution, and dreading the odium which an
elopement would bring upon it, an imme
diate pursuit was decided upon. The sher
iff ot the county, with a posse comitatus,
v'as sent in pursuit, and proceeded with hot
haste to Albany. Learning that the iady was
at'one of the principal hotels in that city,
he rushed thither tp forbid the bans before
it wjis too late. Sdns ceremony he enforc
ed his way into the ladies’ parlor. Miss
DuBois was there enjoying nerself with
her friends, but, to the astonishment of the
sheriff, young Marcy was not present. The
officer had entered the room sternly deter
mined on breaking the chains that love had
fogged with the strong arm of the law. He
^^anticipated; *oarq, cries and s^rieka
from the lady, mingled with deep 'curses
fi om the lover. But no ardent lover was
there—no priest about to pronounce the
solemn bat happy union could be seen.
The lady and her triends, taken by sur
prise at the sudden entrance of the sheriff
and his assistants, started to their feet in
alarm. One of the ladies present summon
ed courage enough to demand of the officer
what he meant by this intrusion. Confus
ed and embarrassed by the awkward posi
tion he found himself in, he said:
“\y e —we—have—that is—we want to
find Lawyer Marcy and Miss DuBois.—
We are told—”
“I am Miss DuBois, sir. As for Mr.
Marcy, I have not seen him to-day. What
do you meau, sir?”
“Why, the people at the seminary said
that you and he had eone off together to—
to—get married, and—’’
“And so they sent you in pursuit of us,
I suppose. You will not arrest me on mere
snspicion, will you?” ’
“We have to obey orders, madam. I
bave a warrant against Mr. Marcy for ab
duction—that is for carrying you off—for
they made that out before the justice,”
aaid the officer.
The deep, clear, silver laugh of Miss Du
Bois, in which hercompanions joined, rang
tlrougli the room at this announcement,
while the sheriff and his assistants, finding
themselves ‘sold,’ as the saying is, retired,
greatly chagrined at the singular adventure.
E: happened that shortly after Miss DuBois
and her fnends left Troy, Mr. Marcy, kav.
ing business in Albany, proceeded to that
city alone by stage. Having transacted his
business he returned home alone, as he
came, to the surprise of citizens and his
friends, who verily believed he had eloped
Vith the pretty heiress. His own astonish
ment was unbounded when informed of
me commotion and excitement he had un
consciously caused, at the seminary especi
ally, when he learned that, during the day,
it was believed throughout the city that he
had absconded with a clandestine marriage
in view; that for the time being he had
abandoned the law for Gretna Green.
Nothing could exceed the mortification o f
preached Mr. Marcy. She was leaning
the arm M a dignified and courtly gentle
man.
“Senator,’’she said with a graceful sa-
lution, “I cannot resist" my desire to renew
an acquaintance with you, once the source
of great pleasure and profit to me. Do you
not recognize in me an old friend?”
“Certainly I do. You are, or rather
were, Miss DuBois. I am delighted to
meet you again; nothing could give me
greater pleasure,” said Mr. Marcy, after a
moment’s hesitation.
“Permit me to introduce to you my hus
band, Sir. D—, of Boston,” said the lady.
“Mr. D—she continued, ‘‘this is the
Hon. Wm. L. Marcy, whom you know so
well by reputation. He is an old friend of
mine. I once bnloped with him; bat I
trust you will*forgive him, as you haveone,
for it was ohly an indiscretion of our
youth. ” m
“Such elopements are easily forgiven,
Senator,” said Mr. D—’ “especially since
the one Mrs D—alludes to has afforded us
a fund of amusement fromj^our first ac
quaintance.” ,
“It waSso we]l managed that neither of
us knew anyjdjing about it until it was all
oVer, ” said Marcy. » •
The story of the elopment soon found its
way into Washington society, where it was
the subject of much*merriment.
“Marcy,” said'Presidcnt Jackson, at one
of his receptions, at which Mrs. D—and
her husband were present. “Marcy, by
the Eternal, if I had been in your place I
should have given full occasion for the re
port of an elopement with that splendid
woman. Why did you not?”
“Because, Mr. President, I had my eyes
on a still lovelier woman—the future Mrs.
Marcy,” was the reply.
Ah, that was all right; an excellent ex
planation,” said the President.
ship existed between her and the young
lawyer. Slie was pleased with the graces the seminary at the useless and lud^ rous
of his knowledge, the superiority of his in- ( excitement they had produced. For a long
tellect. There was a charm in his 1 time this elopement made m«cli merriment
conversation, which nnconsciously revealed! in all circles both at Troy, and Albany.
Summer excursions, long or short, are
now necessities of American life. All
classes indulge in these relaxations from
business during the Summer months. The
rich extend the time to months the
poor content themselves with a much
shorter withdrawal from the store, the
manufactory or the workshop. To foster
and encourage this feeling, the various
railroads of the country have inaugurated
Summer excursions to the sea coast, the
mountain top, the shady valley and the
quiet rural sections of tins great country.
Foremost among the Summer excursions
both for variety of location, the cheapness
of fare, and abundance of natural scenery,
are those gotten up and managed by the
Pennsylvania Railroad. All tastes can be
gratified by these trips over the stem line
of the Pennsylvania Road and its numer
ous branches. Eight hours ride from
Philadelphia brings the traveler to Altoona
and Cressod bprio^*, tilC Allegheny
Mountains, and tlie-^fatnous Bedford
Springs are reached- by the Pennsylvania
Railroad to Huntingdon, and thence by the
Huntingdon and Broad* Top Railroad to
Bedford. Leaving- the main line at Har
risburg the route of the traveler leads north
ward over the Northern Central and Erie
Railroads to the mountain resorts of Renovo
and Kane, to Watkins’ Glen, and the many
pictursque localities in the vicinity of
Seneca Lake, all reached from Philadel
phia by express trains with luxurious Pull
man palace cars. Delaware Water Gap,
a most pictursque .and delightful retreat
from the heat of Summer is reached via
Trenton and the Belvidere Division of the
Pennsylvania Road, which runs along the
Delaware river, and presents a constantly
changing panorama of enjoyable views by
land and wateL By leaving the main line,
a hundred other jiiints can be reached,
when' repose, cqnlfftrt and health can he
attained by all classes. At the sjinc time
all the nlbst popular and attractive sea-side
resorts on the'Jersey Coast can be readily
and pleasantly reached by cars on the
Pennsylvania Railroad- At the depot of
the company, in West Philadelphia tour
ists, from inland localities will find cars
in 'waiting to transfer them—at a cost of
six cents’—to the depot at the foot of Mar
ket Street, fi om which point Cape May,
Atlantic City, Beach Haven, and Seaside
Park may all be reached within two hours
and without change of cars. The traveler
continues his journey from the West Plula-
delpliia depot to Sea Girt, Spring Lake,
Ocean Grove, and Long Branch, all of
which points are also readied in about the
same time and without change of cars. In
this way a vast extent of country, richly
endowed with all natural charms and
health giving properties, is opened to the
enjoyment of persons of even moderate
means. The excursion rates are most
moderate, and cover such a period of time
as will satisfy even the most exacting, and
living accommodations, at all points, can
he obtained in such shapes as to fit all pur
ses. The Summer excursion programme
of the Pennsylvania Railroad was never so
extended, encircling and "complete as for
the summer of 1880, and no doubt the
travel will be correspondingly enlarged.
When a person can enjoy a Summer vaca
tion on the mountain or by the ocean side,
almost as cheap as living in the City, or in
the inland town, it is folly to tread the
pearls of comfort and health under foot.
Thin Messina pmui.ji.aai. n.u.u.d
puts within the reach of all by theirenter-
prise and liberality.
Spanish an 1 German.
# _ The delights of the compartment railway
the mental resources of the future states-j None, however, enjoyed the joke with a | carriages in use in England and on the Con-
man stimulating intelligence in others, j keener relish than Marcy aud his fair ; tinent were demonstrated to the satisfaction
Miss’ DuBois possessed that charming vor-! friend. I of a «<™ an and a Spaniard, who were shut
(Dongherly’s'Old Stand,)
CEDARTOWN, Georgia.
All Work Guaranteed to give satisfaction. All be asks is a trial. Jan8-ly
satility that belongs of right to women—
the faculty of suiting her fine intellect to
all whom it encountered—of so tempering
her subtle wit with feminine grace as to
exempt her from. enmity or malice, and
that prids which is ths necessary result ol
the superiorly she wore easily and grace-,
j
There were those elements in the friend
ship between young Marcy and Miss Du
Bois which naturally ripen into deep attach
ment and ardent love, yet singular as it
may appear, there was no affair of the
heart blended with it. But those who were
aware of their intimacy, not understanding
its nature, naturally put another construc
tion upon it, and a report reached the
faculty of the seminary that Marcy was an
accepted suitor of Miss DuBois. The rules
of the institution strictly forbade the young
Udies from receiving any attention from
gentlemen; and the parents of the lady'had
strongly enjoined upon the faculty the en
forcement of this rule In regard to their
daughter. Therefore, the report of her re
lation with the young lawyer caused an un-
At length she graduated and returned to
her friends, leaving the young lawyer to
plod on towards the fame that awaited
him. In the course of time Miss DuBois
married a highly respectable citizen of Bos
ton, with whom she lived in great happi
ness and prosperity. With the lapse of
time honors accumulated upon William L.
Marcy. He was elevated to the bench of
the Supreme Court of the State of New
York. He occupied the gubernatorial chair,
and afterwards became a member of the
United States Senate, and then Secretajy of
the State in the cabinet of the President of
the United Stales, gaming honors as Minis
ter of State which few of his predecessors
had attained. While a Senator in Congress
ha attended one of those splendid recep
tions given by a distinguished official to
the heads of departments, Senators, mem
bers of Congress and other eminent persons
entitled to an invitation. Xn the course of
the evening a lady, whose beauty, accomp
lishments, fascinating manners, and re
puted wealth attracted much attention in
thp fashionable circles of Washington, ap-
up together inja compartment o i a‘ wis rail
road. A recent murder had occurred on
the same line, and the German knew about
it and was nervous. He was more than
nervous, he was frightened when the
Spaniarl, who was admiring his cane,
wanted to know if it was a sword-cane.
The qiistion, if asked in the usual manner,
might tot have seamed particularly terri
ble ; bit the Spaniard, not understanding
German, nor the German Spanish, Don
Quixot’s countryman carried on the con
versation in pantomine. He made the
g»etureof a man drawing a weapon and
brandihing it. The German thinking his
last hair had come, proceeded to propitiate
his smposed assassin by taking out his
pocketbook, portmonnaie and watch. The
Spanird, endeavoring to explain to him
only trrified him the more. Seizing the
alarm lignal the German stopped the tram.
The pard thinking another crime had
been ommitted came forward, but the re-
markiof the two passengers did not help
him ticlear up the question, and ho there
upon pt into the compartment with them
until key reached a large town where the
stationnaster explained the affair. But
the Grman refused to travel any more
with anan who had made himself so disa-
greeatt by giving him this fright.
Talbot’s steady Nerve.
Jack Talbot, the minstrel comedian was
a wonderful shot with a pistol. In talking
upon this subject he said :
“Well, I shot occasionally in public, hut
it was not until, I think, 18C2, that I gave
an exhibition on a theatrical stage. That
was in. San Francisco. By the way, there s
a good story in connection with the affair.
Johnny De Angelis, one of the company,
agreed to let' me shoot an apple from his
head, after I had demonstrated practically
that there .was no danger in it. A few days
before the exhibitiot^is nerve forsook him,
and he resorted to |abt little stratagem to
test the accuruc£>HHfa4w. We were to
have a rehearsal that Sowing, and when I
got on the stage 1 was surprised to see De
Angelis Dtagping up a skeleton against my
practice-fiiget. ‘What arc you doing with
that thing?’ I asked. ‘I want you tq
shoot an apple off its head,’ he answered?
’just to, see where the ball will hit if you
miss the-mark. ’ I fired a few shots, split
ting the apple each lime, and that reassured , ,, ", 8 ^,
him. Before the show was mven we heard' * sultabIe for embroidery on all kinds of
Jjim. Before the show was given we heard
that the city officials would object to the
shooting on the ground^ot its danger, and
we invited them to witness it. The night
came and De Angelis, who had. previously
taken an affectionate farewell of his wife,
stood like a statue, waiting fortlie first shot.
1 used a large-bore Colt’s revolver. I fired
and chipped off the upper part of the apple.
‘Shoot a little closer,’, said Johnny, who
wanted to show his nerve. ‘ This time I
sent the bullet through the centre. ‘Closer,’
again said Johnny, who was growing more
courageous. The third shot dug out the
bottom of th4 apple and raised a lock of his
hair. ‘That will do,’said he; that’s low
enough.’ * *
“Billy Birch had a benefit in ’Frisco m
1864* and I voluntercd for him. That time
a woman held the apple. During that year
John K. Hackett, who was then living in
California, had a wide reputation as a
erhek shot. Some friends arranged a match
between us, but for some reason or other
it ’did not come off. Dan Bryant, who was
a bosom friend of mine, had great faith in
my shooting. When he was leaving Cali
fornia, in 1869, a big party of us went
down to the steamship to see him off.
There was no Pacific railroad in those days.
Dan got up on the hurricane deck, and
shouted to me: ‘Got you? pistol, Jack ?*
‘Yes,* said I. Dan held a bottle of wine
on the pahn of his hand and said: ‘Let’s
see you uncork this.’ I blazed away and
knocked the cork out without brealring the
bottle. Dan drank my health as fftc ship
carried him out of the Golden Gat&' I gave
several exhibitions after that, generally as
sisted by De Angelis, who often heXl up a
twenty-five cent piece for me to shoot from
his fingers, at a distance of about forty-five
feet. My best feat was igniting a match
with a bullet without breaking the match.”
“You never knew George Winship?”
“Never met him. ”
“Well, George and I were traveling wil n
Wilson’s circus a few years ago, performing
this shooting act, he doing the standing.
While in Oakland the act was placed well
down on the bill, and when we came into
the ring the candles in the chandeliers—it
was before oil and gas wvre introduced as
circus iiluminaries—had burned so low that
.they shed a very diur Ugfet. Ther<* was not
'an appie to DC HUtfaa-d I fifed ic dbfefltJtnte
a lime for it. I tired and the bullet hit the
lime faily, but the concussion raised a lump
on George’s head. He died about three
years after of paralysis, and he always
blamed that shot as the origin of it, but I
never could believe it had anything to do
with it.”
“Frank Frayne, w ho is now an expert
rifle-shot, has often stood for me, and so
has my wife, but I have never injured a
a hair of their heads. Dr. Carver, w hom 1
regard as the most wonderful shot in the
world, performs many feats with the rifle
which I have often accomplished with the
pistol, both mounted and on foot. In Gold
Hill, Nev., I shot a match at 75 yards
against a Henry rifle, using a Colt’s re
volver, The target was a medium sized sar
dine bo^’ I put six balls through it, against
my opponent’s five. 1 have performed
with Wood’s, Campbell’s Moore & Bur-
guess’s Hn London, Carncroas & Dixey’s
aud other well known minstrel troups, so
that my time has been well taken up ; but
a few days’ practice with the pistol and I’ll
guarantee to show you in private some
points in pistol-shooting that you never
dreamed of.”
Crewels, and How to Use Them.
Crewel should\(e cut into short threads,
never more than *half the length of the
ske n. If a long needle is used, it is not
only apt to pull the work, but is very
wasteful, as the end of it is liable to be
come frayed- or knotted before it is nearly
worked up. If it is necessary to use it
double (and for coarse Work, such as screen
panels on sailcloth, or for embroidering on
Utrecht velvet, it is generally better
doubled), care should be taken never to
pass it through the eye of the neudle, knot
ting the tw T o ends; but two separate threads
of the length required should be passed to
gether through the needle. Crewel should
not be manufactured with a twist, a3 it
makes the embroidery appear hard and
rigid; and the shades of color do not blend
into j£acli other so harmoniously as' when
they are untwisted. In crewels of the best
quality ths colors are perfectly fast, and
will bear being repeatedly washed, provided
nO soda or washing powder is used. Crewel
A Clever rox.
On a summer day a gentleman was ly
ing under the shelter of some shrubs on the
banks of the river Tweed, when he saw a
large brood of ducks, which had been
made to rise on the wing by the drifting of
a fir branch among them. 4.ftw circling
in the air for a little time they again settled
down on their feeding ground.
There was a pause for two or three min
utes, and then the same thing took place
again. A bron^h drifted dowj with the
stream into the midst of the ducks, ami
made them take to flight once more. But
when they found that ths bough had drift
ed by, and done no harm, they flew down
to the water as before-
After four or five boughs harl drifted by
in this way, the ducks gave no heed to
them, and hardly tried to fly out of their
way, even when they were near bein:
touched.
'the gentleman who had been observing
all tbis now- watched for the cause of the
drifting of the boughs. At length he saw
higher up the bank of the stream a fox,
which; having set the boughs adrift, was
watching for the moment when the ducks
should cease to be startled by them.
Tixio T>?ioo fox at last seemed satisfied
that the moment had come. So what did
he do but take a larger branch of spruce fir
than had yet been used, and, spreading
himself down en it so as to be almost hid
den from sight, set it adrift as he had done
the others. The ducks, now having ceas
ed to fear the boughs, hardly moved till
the fox was in the midst of them, when,
making lapid snaps right and left, he seiz
ed two fine young ducks as his prey, and
floated forward in triumph od his raft.
The ducks flew off in fright, but did not
come back.
That fox must have had a fine dinner
that day. The gentleman who
saw the trick pitied the poor ducks but
could net help laughing at the fox’s cun
ning.
Train the Memory.
Here are two methods to train the worst
memory. One of them is to read a sub
ject when interested ; the other is not only
to read, but think. When you have read a
paragraph or a page stop, close the book
and try to remember the ideas of the page,
and not only call them vaguely to mind,
but put them in words and speak them
out. Faithfully follow these two rules and
you have the golden keys of knowledge.
Besides inattentive reading, there are other
things injurious to the memory. One is
the habit of skimming over newspapers,
items of news, smart remarks, bits of in
formation, political reflections, fashion
notes, so that all is a confused jumble,
never to be thought of again, thus dili
gently cultivating a habit of careless read
ing hard to break. Another is the reading
of trashy novels.
linen—on plain or diagonal cloth, serge,
•flannel, &c. It is also very affective when
used in conjunction with embroidery site,
filoselle, either in conventional designs or
where flowers are introduced. The leaves
may be worked in crewels, and the flowers
in siUi, or the effect of the crewels increased
by merely touching up the high lights with
silk. Tapestry wool is more than twice
the thickness of crewel, and is used for
screen panels, or large curtain borders,
where the work is coarse, and a good deal
of ground has to be covered. It is also
‘used for bath blankets and carriage and
sofa rugs. Tapestry wool is not yet made
in all shades. Fine creweb are used for
delicately working small figures, doily, &c.;
but there is also a difficulty about obtaining
these in ail chades, as there is not much, as
there is not much demand for them at pres
ent, Arrasene is a new material. It is a
species of worsted chenille, but is not
twisted round fine wire or silk* like ordin
ary chenille, though it is woven first into a
fabric, and then cut in the same manner.
It serves U) producesfcroad effects for screen
panels, or derders, and has a. very soft rich,
appearance when - carefully used. It is
made also in silk; but this is inferior to
worsting arrasene, or the old-fashioned
chenille. Good crewels will always wash
or clean without injury; bat the cheap in
ferior worsteds will not do so. Ordinary
crewels, work on linen may be washed
at home; by plunging it into a lather made
by water in which bran has been boiled, or
even with the simple soap-suds, so long as
no soda or washing-powder is iised. It
should be careruliy rinsed without wringing,
and hung up to dry. Wjiea almost dry, it
may be stretched out with drawing pins on
a board, and will not reqinr£ ironing. Em-\
broidery on cloth or serge , may often be
cleaned-with ’ benzoline, applied’ wijfh -a
piece of clean flannel; but in any case,
where- a piece of work is much soiled, or .. -
in the case of fine doily it is safer to send it
o the cleaner’s. 4. >-
A Valuable Discovery.
A recent examinatipi^ of olflb pack* . *'
ages in one of the vaults of Me*>
chants’National Bank ^-Baltimore, where i
they imdf been lpcl IijS
brought light properi5®fti^p|lr^>eeTr \
long lost sight of by the original owners. \
In one of the boxes, the key to which was-
in the bank, were discovered $10,000 in
first mortgage bonds of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, with the interest coupons for the
past fifteen years attached, making the
aggregate value of the property about $20,-
000. These bonds, it has been ascertained,
belong to the Hagerstown (Md.) Bank, of
wliich Gov. Hamilton is now the President.
In dealings between the two banks these
bonds were deposited with the Merchants’
Bank fifteen years ago as collateral. The
then President of Hagerstown Bank, Hon.
James Dixon Roman, died; the cashier
was superceded, and that bank lost traces
of the transaction. The disappearance of .
the bonds, however, always remained an
unpleasant mystery, which is now happily
cleared up, and the bank adds $20,000
more to its surplus. The securities are
ranked as among the best. The other val
uable package found in th3 vault of the
Merchants’ Bank was a small trunk, con
taining papers and some diamond jewelry *
valued at $1000, which, it has been ascer
tained, were deposited with the bank by a
Spaniard for safe keeping more than a
quarter of a century ago, One of the let
ters was signed with the name or Robert
A. Fisher, now President of the Board of
Trade of Baltimore, who, on investigation,
found that he had at the date named re
ceived a consignment of coffee from the
Spanisn gentleman who, when here, deposited
the trunk with the bank, as was the cus
tom in the safe keeping of valuables at
that period of time. The tmpk was never
called for, the gentleman is' dead, and his
heirs will get the property through the
Spanish consul. The Merchants’ Bank has
been in buskiegs forty-five years, and sev
eral of the original officers were at their
posts untiB a comparatively recent date,
and of comae kept record ot the existence
of the valuables above referred to. 31 r.
Wm. L. Gill* one of the tellers at the
starting of th& bank, and afterwards the
cashier, died last year, and Mr. 3Iifflin
Couiter, the other teller, was retired last
January, after a service of forty-five years.
The Worst of It.
Several years before his death, 31r. Web
ster started off from 3Iarshfie!d on a trout-
ing expedition to Sandwich, a neighboring
town of Cape Co-1. On approaching the
fine stream he alighted from his wagon,
and just then he met the owner of the farm
through which the stream ruu.
“Good morning,” says Webster, “is
there any trout here ?”
“Well,” says the farmer, “some people
fish here, but I don’t know what they do
get.”
“I’ll throw my line in,” says Webstfr,
“and see what there i*.”
Webster walked the banks of the stream
trying his luck, and the old farme' fol
lowed him. Soon Webster remarked:
“You have some bog on your farn?”
“Yes,” says the farmer, “that ah’t the
worst of it.
Fishing still further along, Webster
says:
‘You seem to have plenty of nesquitoes
here?”
“Yes,” he replied, “that ainl the worst
of it.”
Webster stiil kept on throwing his line
into the deep pools, -and then said:
“You have plenty of briars here?”
‘Yes,” said the farmer, “and that ain’t
the worst of it.”
31r. Webster, getting somewhat discour
aged in a hot Auzust day, bitten by mos
quitoes, scratched by briars, and not rais
ing a single fish, dropped his rori and said :
I do not believe that there is any trout
here.”
‘And that ain’t the worst of it,*’ FayB the
farmer.
“Well,” says Mr. Webster, “I should
like to know what is the worst of it?”
‘There never was any here !” says the
farmer.
3Ir. Webster enjoyed the joke, and often
told it to his particular fnends.