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THE TOCCOA NEWS
AND PIEDMONT INDUSTRIAL JOURNAL.
VOLUME XIX.
E. *». SIMPSOBI
TOCCOA, GEORGIA
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Mills and Evaporators. Will have in by early Spring a Full Stock of
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McCormick Reapers, Mowers and Self-Binders
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LEWIS DAVIS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
TOCCOA CITY, GA.,
Will practice in the counties of Haber
•ham and Rabun of the Northwestern
Circuit, and Fraukbn and Banks of the
Western Circuit. Prompt attention will
be given to all business entrusted to him.
The collection of debts will have speo
ia! attention.
Volcanic Cataclysm.
Russian newspapers publish details
about the earthquake horrors of Tasch in
northeastern Persia. The line of up¬
heaval seems to have extended from
Astrabad to the valley of the Oxus River
and to have involved an eruption in the
a ;h n:iic highlands of the Elbrooz Range.
Asirabad, in the foothills of that range,
experienced of June a severe hen shock the Russian on the Consul morn¬
ing obliged 22, w refuge
was to take iu the open
fields to escape the impending collapse
of the consulate building. Half a hun¬
dred smaller houses were badly ruined,
but the subterranean force expended its
worst fury some eighty miles further
northeast, where during the forenoon of
the next day a whole mountain range was
shattered like a pile of crumbled brisks.
Thc little town of Tasch was completely
engulfed by a volcanic chasm, and
Professor Zclicheff quotes the statement
of an eye-witness who saw the mountain-
peaks of the convulsed range “toss and
wave like tree tops in a storm.” A simi¬
lar effect was produced which upheaved, by the gre ami it
earthquake of 1812. 'coast hills of
literally shattered, the
Jamaica for a distance of forty-five miles.
—[New York Voice,
Russia's Future Czar.
The eldest son of the Emperor of
Russia is called during the lifetime of
his father the Czarowitz, which means
simply “son of the Czar.” The young
man who at present holds the title, the
Grand Duke Nicholas Alexandrovitch—
the latter name meaning “son of Alex¬
ander,” is now in his twenty-third year.
He has the tall figure and powerful
physique which have characterized all
the Romanoffs since that family mounted
the throne of Russia, but, as yet, little
is known of his personal qualities. Like
all European Princes, he has received a
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military training, and all his photo¬
graphs were taken in uniform. That
from which the accompanying cut was
made was taken two years ago, when the
future Czar of all the Russians was more
boyish in appearance than at present,
On the day of* of his birth he was gazetted
Colonel the Imperial Guard, and it is
said that he shows evidence of military
capacity. If this should turn out to be
true, It will be a reversal of the family
traditions. The Romanoffs have always
shown bravery in the field, but Peter the
Great was tlia last of the family who
gave proof of ability to command an
army m face of the enemy. The present
Czar in the lifetime of his father held a
high command in the last Russo-Turkish
ivav and showed no disposition to shirk
either danger or privation, but as "a
general he was a complete failure.
Thc Cznrow’itz is a nephew of the
Princess of Wales and of King George
of Greece. His mother, the Czarina, is
a daughter of King Christian IX of Den-
mark and was married in 1866, four
years after the Prince of Wales had
wedded her sister. Her name up to her
marriage was Mary Sophia Frederica
Dagmar, but she was always spoken of
in public as the Princess Dagmar. Now
she is called Alary Dagmar Feodorovna.
The young ° heir to the Russian throne
a has seen some stormy tones i in his short
life. A3 a child he was almost a wit-
ness of the terrible dynamite explosion
whicu em.ed the life of bus grandfather
and placed his father on the throne, and
more than once he was near when at-
tempts were made on the life of the pres¬
ent Czar, which, if successful, would
have made himself the autocrat, for a
time at least, of 80,000,000 of subjects.
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A gentlemen of leisure, wishing to
leave the country, will trade (though
very much attached to him) a fine watch
dog for a fifty-four calibre revolver or a
Gatling gun.— Life.
A11 merchants who want to build up
their business should advertise in this
uaner. as it will pay them to do so.
TOCCOA, GEORGIA, MARCH 28, 185(1
ALLIANCE TALKS.
NEWS OF THE ORFER FROM
ALL SECTIONS.
Items of Interest to Alliance-
men Everywhere.
TnE farmers’ movement.
A writer in the American Farm News,
who lives at Topeka, Kansas, among
other things has the following to
say regarding the farmers’ movement:
“The political upheaval in Kansas is fre¬
quently referred to as a revolution, but it
may more properly be said to be an evolu¬
tion of public sentiment. The formative
influences of the movement have long
been in opeiation in the minds of the
people, and at last they have taken shape
in the state and made themselves manifest
iu the late election in which the 80,000
republican majority was utterly wiped
out. History does not show a more com¬
plete and sudden revulsion of public
opinion in so brief a time. Naturally
people who think, here as w r ell as
elsewhere, are asking what does it mean?
What caused the upheaval and will the
movement continue to go forward, or
will it soon pass away and be numbered
among the things that were? As to the
causes many here assert it to be the tar ff
and transportation. Doubtless there were
other irritants local, state and national
that had their influences, but the people
talk here largely of these tw r o points, the
tariff and transportation.
Convi rsing with a republican here who
recognizes the situation but laments it,
he said:
“I expected a chauge prepared in public senti¬
ment, but I was not for so com-
plete a reversal. This state seemed only
two years ago to be the fortress of re¬
publicanism, the very Gibraltar of the
party in power. But in two brief years,
see how great the change.”
My republican looked friend seemed to warm
up as he upon me past, ana ne
continued: ‘ ‘The truth is the republican
party has somewhat abated its high pro¬
tective ideas in Kansas. The state
is an agricultural district and
the farmers have concluded that
th<y have been paying taxes to
keep up Eastern manufacturers without
receiving any of the benefits of the law
themselves. My opinion is that the pro¬
tective policy in politics will never again
hold the same it place in the politics of this the
state that once occupied. On
point the farmers have revised their
opinion and I cannot say that they are in
favor of free trade, but certainly protection. they
are no longer in favor of high
That era has gone by in the Sunflower
State and the sooner the fact is recog¬
nized by Republican politicians the better
it will be for them.”
A Democrat in Kansas, and they are
more outspoken now than ever before
says: “I do not see much in the late
change in Kansas that can Democratic give any
special comfort to the old
p rtv. In other States the Alliance
men may co-operate with the Demo¬
cratic party. J'ut here it is not so.
They show no symptoms of any such
affiliation. They seem to hold the Dem-
crats as much in derision as they do the
Republicans. Their hatred of Ingalls do
seems to be deep and bitter. They look
not regard him as one of them, but
upon him as one in sympathy with the
money powers. I cannot judge of their
future duration but certain it is that they
are here now and they announce that
they have ‘come to stay.’ Perhaps they
have. Time will show if in this they be
ri g ht or -wrong.”
After hearing from tbe two old parties
1 fel1 in with an Allianceman who was
ful1 V 1 He was fr £? a ? d P 0S1 '
tive in his talk. Said he: “The Alliance
™ 11 be “ f ? ctor la Pities for years. It
a aod * ot * et ™ u ntd
f
thc mission? See our vario us plftt .
forms arul from them you may gain
some idca of the work the Alliance
has b c , en sent to work out. Be-
f ore its task has been all executed it will
have to have control of the National gov-
irnment. And so swift has been the
rise of the Alliance party 7 that I believe
that it. in conjunction with the labor ele-
ments in the cities and in the factories
will elect a President in 1892. Ilereto-
fore the capitalists of both parties and have the
l) eou able to keep the farmers
town, factory and mine laborers apart in
politics But that day is past. Now all
these laborers and farmers can unite, and
umt f: and th f®, 18 n ° T cas on " h -V
tb,s combination shall not drive both , of
the + ° ld P art * es ° ut the field m 1892
and have a President who will respect P
, bc middIe c , asscs . Such is the vUio n of
litic8 ^ ‘ j see it »
From these talks you may j udge some-
w hat of the recent political change in
Kansas,
***
Thc American Farm News (Akron, O.)
says: “President Parkinson, of the Wis¬
consin State Agricultural Society in a
recent annual address spoke upon the
subject of “The Farmer in Politics.”
Mr. Parkinson held to the belief that
one cf the farmer's first duties was to be
a thorough politician and u-ie his utmost
efforts politically to the suppression produc¬
of evils in politics and the
tion of higher principles and better
government in the interest of the
masses. He warned farmers of thc
danger arising from the grasping of land
by monopolies and centralization of the
wea th of the country, made possible by
unjust legislation. He predicted that
unless the legislation in the interest of
the messes was soon had, half of the
wealth of this country would be con-
v ->'led by ten thousand men by the end
twenty-five years. He urged the
.-Action of farmers to state legislatures
and to congress, and deplored the fact
that there were scarcely enough farmers
in congress to constitute an agricultural
committee.
***
The Farmers' Union (Memphis, Mo .)
says: “The Missouri legislature have in¬
dorsed the Ocala platform with the ex
eeption of the sub-treasury elause and
the clause relating to government control
of railroads. The legi-lature might is
well have denounced the entire platform.”
L'pon which the National Economist com¬
ments as follows: ‘'The above holds good
everywhere. Tlv |wo old parties arc
willing to concede to such demmcis as
can be manipulated to seem the one thing
and mean another. But when it comes
to a frank, open reform measure that
can only be used for one purpose, and
that one a source ot benefit to labor in
producton, the result is the same as
shown by the Missouri legislature. The
next legislature in that State will pass a
different resolution, without doubt, as
the Alliance is about done with such
treatment.
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Farm View (Porterville, Cal.) says:
‘‘It is a privilege often granted by the
capitalist to let the producer eat bread
from the crop he has raised, and it is a
is privilege difficult some meu arc grateful for. It
to get some men to understand
that they have any rights, and to discern
clearly what those rights are. Until the
masses do see it and exhibit a determina¬
tion to defend it, the overthrow' of any
tyranny by which they suffer can only be
of temporary duration. There are plenty
of people acting automatically with the
exploring of the classes who see the wrong
present system, but they will let
the exploited classes suffer so long as
they suffer willingly aud without resist¬
ance.”
***
In a speech before the convention of
the National Farmers’ Alliance of Iowa,
President L. L. Polk said: “The farm¬
ers ougjit to elect more farmers to con-
gress, because the petitions of farmers
for relief had been disregarded. The
Alliance intended to go into politics but
not partyism. He suggested the possi¬
dential bility of a new party in the next presi¬
of the Alliance campaign and said the principles
would triumph as early
as 1896, if both the old parties had to be
swept and away.” General James B. Weaver
Labor Commissioner Sovereign and
Congressman-elect liver. Otis, of Kansas, de¬
d similar addresses. The Farmers’
Alliance will play an important part in
this year’s campaign in Iowa.
Arcadia ***
the (La.) Herald says: ‘One ol
demands of the Farmers’ Alliance is
that United States Senators be elected by
a direct vote of the people. This demand
is worthy of a careful consideration, and
we know of no good reason why it should
not be granted. And there are many
reasons why Senators should be elected
by the people. It will place them in a
nearer relationship with the people, and
have a wholesome influence upon their
official acts. It will prevent millionaires
from buying seats in the Senate or brib¬
ing members of the legislature.”
**
At a recent meeting of the fourth con¬
gressional district of, Texas, held at Sul¬
phur Springs, the following resolution was
passed unanimausly: “Resolved, That
this, thc Northeast Texas District Alli¬
ance, in session assembled, in the city of
Sulphur Springs, indorse in full the
Ocala platform and the sub-treasury bill,
and a copy be sent to D. B. Culberson
demanding do him to accept have the same and
all in his power to it enacted
into law.
* *
The Alliance Vindicator (Sulphur
Springs, Tex.) snys: Tho sub-treasury
promises to give the the producer a chance to
get something near value of his pro¬
ducts. What chance has he under the
present system of getting it? Yet some
fools stand up and argue against it and
still offer no substitute.
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The organization of district alliances
all over the country is being pushed vig¬
orously. In this form of organization a
means is made available for practical ef¬
fort in securing the demands of the order
through national legislation.
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The Alliance in Maryland is booming.
BUSINESS OUTLOOK.
Dun & Co.’s Weekly Review ot
Trade.
R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of
tradesavs: There are some indications
of a slackening trade. At the we,t the
cold and unfavorable weather and the
bad condition of the country roads affect
distribution and collections, and the ap¬
parent At the change may be only temporary.
south the low price of cotton is
felt, though a little improvement has
occurred in the past two weeks. At thc
eastern cities, and to some extent through¬
out the country, uncertainty as to the
monetary future checks operations. But
there is found in almost all quarters a
feeling the of confidence and hopefullness as
to future.
PROSPECTS BRIGHTENING.
is Though felt the present effect of short crops
in the Northwest, the prospect for
the coming season is exceptionally bright,
and while in some of the chief manufact¬
ures tainty operations are checked by uncer¬
pected regarding prices, it may be ex¬
that the relations between ma-
terials and finished products will soon
be adjusted to the new conditions.
Continued heavy receipts and small ex¬
ports on the Atlantic side have helped
tbe decline of 2£ cents in wheat, with
sales at New York of 33,000,000 bushels,
and oats have yielded a fraction, corn
has risen 2| cents, and pork, hogs and
lard are all a little higher, in spite of
enormous shade packing. Coffee and oil are a
lower, but cotton has risen a frac¬
tion, although receipts at the ports for
the week greatly exceed last year’s, with
no increase in exports. The general aver-
age of all prices is still advancing,having
risen half of 1 per cent for the past week.
At cities west of the Mississippi trade is
fair fur the season. At New Orleans
trade is barely fair; at Memphis lethargic
with slow collections, and at Little Rock
money is tight, but Savannah has a jubilee
over in the receipt of 1,000,000 bales of cot¬
ton a year and reports bright prospects.
The money markets are easicT at most
of the interior cities. The treasury has
put out $2,500,000 more money than it
has taken in during the week, lesides
issuing $1,000,000 more silver notes.
Failures for the week number 230; for
the corres-ponding week of last year, 215.
In the fight at ‘Wounded Knee, South
Dakota, three soldiers had their clothing
pierced by four bullets each without
drawing blood; one lost a lock of hair;
one had a ball through his boot-leg;
five had their hats shot off; one had a
boot-heel torn off, and a “winged mes¬
senger” went through a canteen and cut
a soldier's belt nearly in two without his
knowing it.
GEORGIA BRIEFS.
Interesting' Paragraphs from all
Over the State.
The payroll of the Central road amounts
in Macon alone to about $600,000 per
year.
As concerning the action of the general
advisory board of the military of the
sdate, the people of Macon are still un¬
satisfied.
Uncle Sam has made an extra appro-
priation clerical of $10,000 for the increase ot the
force of the Augusta postoffice
from now uutil July 1st.
It is proposed to have an old-fashioned
country fair in Bainbridge next fall.
The ball has been put in motion by a
proposition that the city raise $500 as a
bonus to be given in premiums, and rec¬
ommending that the matter be placed in
the hands of the County Alliance.
Recently Mrs. Jane Johnson died near
Roswell. Mrs. Johnson had lived to a
ripe old age. She would have been
ninety years of age on the 8th of next
November. She had over one hundred
grand and great-grandchildren, and six
great-great-grandchildren when she died.
The directors of the Atlanta and
Florida railroad held a meeting in At¬
lanta a few days ago, and Colonel R. F.
Moddox’s resignation was accepted and
President. Captain E. L. Tyler was chosen as
The indications are that the
road will now be exteded to Brunswick.
An important proposition to that end
has been made tbe company, and there
seems a decided probability that some¬
thing will come of it.
The strike on the Central road, accord¬
ing to reports from the officials of that
road, can no longer be properly called a
strike. Superintendent Dill says that all
the men who failed to take advantage of
the Central’s offer to reinstate them are
out for good and will not be taken back.
The men on their side are also deter¬
mined, and have forwarded a request to
the secretary of the Order of Railway
Conductors for the discharge of all mem¬
bers of the order who are doing yard
work in their places, or, as they term it,
“scabbing.”
The Marietta and North Gcorgi t Strike.
The Marietta and North Georgia road
is still tied up by its strike. The en¬
gineers of the East Tennessee and Western
and Atlantic roads have absolutely re¬
fused to haul a pound of freight to or
from the disabled road. This effectually
cripples its freight department. The
gulf between the striking engineers and
firemen and; Receiver Glover appears to
be growing wider every day. The strikers
are being sustained by. the Bro’berhood
of Locomotive Engineers and the Brother¬
hood of Firemen. There has been talk,
as the road is in the hands of a receiver
and under the jurisdiction of the United
States circuit court, of taking the matter
into that court and endeavoring to effect
a settlement of the strike there, but so
far no such action has been taken.
A Much Necilcd Hook.
Commissioner Nesbit and Dr. Hunni-
cuttare about to begin collecting material
for a book to be published soon. It is
designated to be a source of general in¬
formation about the state, for general
distribution both at home and abroad.
Letters of inquiry are received by the
dozen every day at the capitol, and it is
impoisib'e mation, to answer them. The infor¬
in the first place, is not at hand.
Each letter would require usually a sepa¬
rate investigation, and there is no clerical
force to carry on such a correspondence.
People anxious to come to Georgia to live,
or willing to invest money here, are un-
ble to secure information; or if at all,
only of a private nature. What is needed
is a public bureau or sources of informa¬
tion—a recognized authority, where no
private interests would figure.
A New lioari.
The Georgia Northern i ail way will be
duly chartered in a few days, as the ap¬
plication doubtless for charter is nearly ready, and
will be granted. The applica¬
tion for charter, which was made by
Messrs. Maddox & Glenn, of Atlanta,
sets fourth that the company desires to
construct lines of railroad from either
Dalton or Cohutta junction, through the
counties of Whitfield, Murray, Gordon,
Gilmer, Pickens, and into Cherokee, the
terminus, being at Ball Ground in the
latter county. There is a capital stock
of $5,000,000 back of the enterprise, and
the new road will pass through some of
the finest mineral lands and quarries in
the south. The papers are ready and
will be filed in a few days, and so soon
as the charter is granted, a force of
hands will be put to work on the grading
of the railroad.
Lease of The Central.
The Central is to be leased by the Rich¬
mond Terminal through the Georgia Pa¬
cific. Seven per cent will be paid on the
stock, guaranteed by the Richmond Ter¬
minal. Hugh Inman will be president of
the Central. Alexander will be promoted,
in all probability, to the position of gen¬
eral manager of the entire Richmond Ter¬
minal system. All this was finally decided
upon and Richmond at a recent meeting of the Central
Terminal men at Savan¬
nah. Messrs. John H. Inman. Hugh In¬
man, Sam Inman, Pat Calhoun, John C.
Calhoun, and Mr. Swann were present
from outside the city. They met the Cen¬
tral's directors, and after some discussion
a committee was appointed to make a re¬
port on the lease project. The commit -
the soon removed the little doubt that was
still entertained as to the final outcome of
thc meeting. Before next month its man¬
agement will be revolutionized, and it
will be part and parcel of the Richmond
Terminal system by lease.
Oue Million Bairs,
Savannah has reached and passed the
1,600,000 bale point in her history as a
cotton port. Last year it was thought
that that season would bring this cov¬
eted honor. There was much disappoint¬
ment when the end came without the
magical seven figures being displayed on
the board at the cotton exchange. It was
then determined, however, that, barring
a very poor crop, Savannah should reach
one of the goals of her ambition in 1891.
This year has not only brought the 1,000,-
000 bales, but it wiil do even better. It
is freely predicted that when the la-t
bale of the season arrives it
will find the total receipts about
1,150,000 fca'es. A few days wts ago, when
the closing hour arrived it found
that the receipts were 1.000,120. When
the news was circulated along the bay,
it was received w ith lots of hurrahs, and
handshakes, and not a few congratulatory
drinks were disposed of. The cotton
exchange celebrated the event with a
banqiv t, at which a number of speeches
on Savannah’s c< mmercial growth were
made. Later in the season a more elabo¬
rate celebration will be had.
GEN. JOHNSTON
FIGHTS HIS LAST BATTLE—HIS
DllAlH iycatij AI at* n/ACUiurTOH WAbiilNljIUN.
The Remarkable Career of the
Old Hero Brought to a Close.
General Johnston died at Washington,
I). C., shortly after 11 o'clock, Saturday
night, at his residence on Connecticut
avenue. The general had been suffering
for tbc past three weeks with an affection
of the heart, aggravated by a cold he
caught soon after General Sherman’s
funeral iu New York. His physican had
been trying to keep up his strength for
some days, but his advanced age had
given little hope for his recoveiy from the
beginning of his illness. The gen¬
eral did not seem to suffer in
the least, and was conscious to the last.
At his bedside were cx-Goveruor McLean,
of Maryland, the general’s brother-in-law
and nurse. The immediate cause of
death wrs heart failure, the result of
fatty degeneration of the heart, due in a
measure to a cold contracted some "weeks
ago, but more particularly due to extreme
old age. The funeral will be held in
Washington and the interment will Balti¬ be
made in Green Mount cemetery,
more.
HIR MILITARY CAREER.
General Johnston was the last, save
Beauregerd, of the six full generals of
the confedtracy. He was born at Cherry
Grove, Va., in 1807, and was graduated
from West Point in 1829 in the same
class xvith General R. E. Lee. He was
appointed second lieutenant of thc Fourth
artillery, aud first saw active service in
the field in 1832 in the Black Hawk In¬
dian expedition. He was promoted
in 1830 and was an aide-de-camp on
General Winfield Scott’s btaff in the
Seminole war. He participated in all the
important battles connected w r itk Gen.
Scott’s campaign in Mexico, from the
taking of Vera Cruz to the capture of
the City of Mexico. He was thrice bre¬
veted for gallaniry during this war, and
in 1848 was mustered out of the seiviee
as lieutenant colonel of volunteers, only
to be reinstated by congress whh his
original rank of captain ot topographical
engineers.
ORGANIZING TOE CONFEDERATES.
He was commissioned quartermaster
general of the United States army in
June, 1860, but resigned the following
April to enter thc confederate service, in
which, as major general of volunteers, lie
assisted General Lee in the work of or¬
ganizing the men who were pouring into
Richmond. Subsequently, he was com¬
missioned brigadier general in the reg¬
ular confederate service, and
was placed in command of Harp¬
er’s Ferry. He joined forces with
Beauregard and remained in command of
the consolidated troops until 1862. At
the battle of Seven Pines he was wounded
and incapacitated for duty for about six
months. His next service was as com¬
mander of the army of Tennessee. He
employed his the command, winter of which 1863 to rcro-
ganize had been
demoralized by defeat s.t Missionary
Ridge.
REMOVED FROM COMMAND.
He was relieved of this command in
July, 1864, by order of the authorities,
Gen.Hood succeeding him. Early in 1865
Gen. Lee assigned him to the command
from which he had been relieved, and
ordered to drive back Sherman. Gen.
Johnston urged Lee to abandon Richmond
and join forces with him and fight Sher¬
man before Grant could come up, but Lee
replied that it was impossible for him to
leave Virginia, as his force was small.
General Johnston, declining a decisive
engagement, bung on Sherman’s flanks,
annoying the latter and impeding his
march from Atlanta towards Richmond
as much as possible
NEGOTIATING FOR SURRENDER.
Lee surrendered at Appomatox, and
Johnston, obtaining thc consent of Presi¬
dent Jefferson Davis that the war should
not be further prolonged, entered into ne¬
gotiations with Sherman, The first
agreement framed was disapproved by
the federal government, and on April
26th a second agreement was concluded.
General Johnston afterwards became,
successively, president of of a railroad
company in Arkansas, an express com¬
pany in Virginia and an insurance agent
in Georgia. He was elected to congress
from the Richmond district, and next
saw public life as commissioner of rail¬
roads, which office he held under Presi¬
dent Cleveland’s administration.
NOTED ACTOR DEAD.
Lawrence Barrett, the Great
Tragedian is no More.
Lawrence Barrett, the great tragedian,
died in New York city Friday evening at
10:45 o’clock at the Windsor hotel. His
demise w r as due to heart failure, and the
end was quite sudden, the great actor
being unconscious but a short time be¬
fore be died. Mr. Barrett was about
fifty years of age at his death. He wss
one of the most widely known and most
popular gentlemen of the American
3tage, and was a great favorite through¬
out the south. His ability as an actor
was well established years ago, and be¬
sides being B oth’s he finest anted support he was
a star whenever w to take the
leading part. For thrfce or four years he
was with Booth. Though successful as
an actor, Mr. Barrett’s foite was in
producing. Many of the most popular
piays of the day were first brought out by
him.
FOR HER BROTHER’S WELFARE.
i Miss Winthrop—Poor .Tack has now
, lKt “ a f.,11 1 fledored v,° e architect architect for lor six six
i months, and , l he hasn t had a single com-
He designs beautiful houses
-Mr. Townes -Miss Winthrop-P.osal.e
~ «design c 1 an l 1 Persuade you to house let your broth-
. country for-for
a nice
NUMBER 12.
WHAT SHALL HE CALL HE Ft.
“What shall I call you?
A star?
So beautiful yet so far.
Shall I call you my own
Bright star?
“What shall I call you?
A rose!
That in the garden grows,
Aud woes with each breeze
That blows.
“What shall I call you?
A dove!
Fair all else above,
Vision of beauty
And love.
“What shall I call you?
Mine own!
Oh, sw eetest name yet kuown;
Ye3, mine own—
All mine own!’’
PITH AND POINT.
Self-binders—Good resolutions.
Track exercise—Detective work.
A lady's pretty hand never forgets its
cunning.
The greatest common divisor—Differ¬
ence of opiuion.
The time will soon be here when you
may hook a fish without stealing it—
Washington Pont.
It is hard for a man to face the world
when he is flat on his back— Indianapo¬
lis (/n<7.) Journal.
Are the woods of the Amazon called
“virgin forests” because they have never
been axed?— Puck.
Some doctors spend their money just
like water; and yet they don’t get it from
the well.— Statesman.
Thought cannot he publicly presented
until it is properly clothed in language.
—Pittsburg (Penn.)Dispatch.
Beaver—“Harkins is a man who al¬
ways holds fast to the truth.” Cleverly
—“Yes; I notice he never lets it escape
him .”—The Ledger.
Custom forms our ideas. The house
cat doubtless thinks its saucer of milk
and place by the fire parts of the eternal
system of nature.— Puck.
Chollie (singing)—“How can I leave
thee?” Ethel (coldly)—“The frontdoor
is still doing business at the old stand.
Try that .”—New York Herald.
Appeal of a Very Young Lawyer:
“Gentlemen of the jury, I beseech you, 1
acquit my client for my sake, for this is
my first case !”—Fliegende Blaetter.
He married a petted young girl,
And his life now with war is embroiled;
He thinks, with his head in a whirl.
That the Victor belongs to the “Spoiled !”
— Puck.
The Indian warriors have been willing
enough to bury the hatchet ever since
they have been armed by Government
post traders with improved Springfield
rifles.— Washington Star. i
“My He love is like a red, red rose,” :
sang. She did not like the air; I
For others now his music flows.
You see his love had auburn hair.
— Washington Post.
Little Girl (timidly)—“Please, Mr.
Storekeeper, I want to get some shoe¬
strings.” Storekeeper—“How long do
you want them?” Little Girl—“I want
them to keep, sir, if you please. — Jour¬
nal of Education.
A Little-Known Rnssian Caste.
In the neighborhood of Goldingen,
Russia, there are seven villages whose
inhabitants do not belong to any of tha
classes of society in which the subjects of
Russia are divided. “They are neither
counts, nor barons, nor princes, not
nobles, nor merchants, nor townsmen,
nor peasants.” They style themselves
Kurische Koenige, and enjoy the
privileges of nobles, although they live
and work for themselves like simple peas¬
ants. Up to 1854 they paid no Govern¬
ment taxes and were exempt even from
military duties. In their local adminis¬
tration they subject themselves only to
the ruling of their “ober hauptmann,”
without whose permission not even the
simple “hauptmann” may leave his vil¬
lage. Historically no one knows how
those peasants have procured for them¬
selves the rights they enjoy. But there
is a tradition current among their neigh¬
bors that for important services they had
rendered to the first Russian conquerors
of their province those privileges were
granted to them. Among themselves
they cherish the tradition that they are
thc descendants of the ancient Kings of
Kurland. They keep in their church a
flag with the picture of a King of Kur¬
land on horseback, which they regard a3
their family heirloom and their escut¬
cheon. The same image is cast even on
the old bells cf their church.— Chicago
News.
Why We Die.
Thc most common cause of death id
fat and lime, writes Dr. Philip Waies, of
the United States Army. Microbes are
mere accessories in causing death. Take
myself as a case in point. Once, when
younger, I could lift my leg on a level
with my head. It is an effort for me
now to get it half that distance. Lime
deposits are the cause of it. It is only a
few days since that I performed a post¬
mortem on the remains of a distinguished
journalist, who died in this city at an
advanced age. When I reached his
heart I took my knife, and, on rubbing
it over that organ, it sounded as if it
were being rubbed over a rough stone.
The heart was fairly encased in lime. I
have now under my care a distinguished
literary man—a monogenarian. He is
going to die. (The patient has since
died.) His death will be caused by ab¬
normal deposits of lime. There is no
mystery in death. It is as natural for
man to die as to be born. We are born,
we develop, we grow (“grow” is right),
and we die. Is there anything strange
about that? Man is like a tree. He
lives his time, then withers, decays, dies.
When we shall have learned everything,
we shall be wise enough to prolong the
life of man, hut my reason of the ma¬
terials of which the body is composed he
must die.— St. Louis Gl. be-Democrat,