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the full text 0 P the SENTENCE OP JUDGE HAMILTON MCWHORTER IN THAT LiaUOR CASE An Interesting Review of an Inter est Ing Case In Whloh a heavy Fine Was Imposed for Sell ing Liquor. In the recent case of .T. N. Hall, who w is convicted of selling liquor, Judge jjoWhorter in his sentence said: The jury in this case have just found veu guilty- After hearing the case I cm <*ee no reason to question the find- i,' cr of the jury- It imports verity, and it would seem that the verdict is un- oue*tiouably right. What honest es cape was there from the conclusion reached ? It appears that the witness applied to you to buy whiskey—that you disclaimed havin^any to soil, but offered to loan it to him, and you fur- Dis lied the whiskey and afterwards the witness paid you the price thereof, for the purpose as you claim, of replacing it. Every man, like a tree, caste a shadow, md when we come within the radius of ite influence, it is no difficult matter to determine its character. If the Jury 1)&(1 belieyed that the alleged loan was txma tide, and a mere neighborly act, •her would not have returned a verdict of guilty. They have found that it was a mere pretext and device to evade the law under which you are indicted. They have conscientiously and faith- fuHr|discbarged the full meed of their official duty, and they are entitled to the compliment and commendation of every law abiding citizen, without atint and without constraint. What 1 may say in passing sentence is intended in no unkindly personal sense. I do not mean to wound orharrass you, but merely to give expression to the le gal constraint that impels me in the ex cise of the discretion in imposing the punishment of the law. It has been urged that the law is sumptuary and restrictive of the personal rights of the citizen, and that therefore conviction and punishment would be unjust and unfair. It is fortunate to the people, to society, and to the citizen, that this view has not obtained. From the sa cred precincts of the court house, and the pure preserves of the Jury-box, all questions of policy and expendienoy are forever divorced. Here no speculative theory can be indulged as :o the policy of any law. Before its passage and prior to its adoption, every proposed law properly appeals to the form of reason in free, frank, open and generous debate and consideration—but after its adoption, and while it is thp law, argument is closed, and it binds the conscience of every man, and every law abiding citizen will support and fu-tain it. Criminals, like ohildren, grow, and a petty violator of law will ri|>en if not restrained, into a hardened criminal, and the continuing violation of oneilaw, if indulged, condoned and ignored by the law abiding people, will eventually beget a contempt and indifference of all legal limitations, and a defiant invasion and violationot any law or right that cupidity, revenge or malice may in cite. 1 am only acquainted with you from the records of this oourt. A glance at the records indicate that you have been indicted some ten or more times for the violation of this law. You have mas queraded before this court in almost every character yet devised to evade this law—from a bountiful giver, through a pretentious lender, to a blatant, defiant seller. About the first official act I was called upon to perform in thiB court was to enter a remitter affirming a judgment of my distinguished predecessor in a rase against you for a violation of this law. It would seem that You are dertermind to persist as a will ful and defiant violator, and to fore- the isrue between you and the law. I desire to serve you with notice now' Hull the law will.obtain, and that (be law abiding people will continue to run this country. There is always charity h>r crimes or misdemeanors attributa ble to the errors, indiscretions or weak, nesses of frail human nature, but what concessions can be made to a cold, cal culating, sordid evasion of the law for mere pay—for dollars and cents. Fines are imposed for punishment, not for license, and in money making misdemeanors if fines are less than the profits, the defend *nt, with his friends, laughs at the sentence -justice languishes, the law is ridi culed, and the law-abiding people are tempted to doubt the efficiency of the courts and question the authority of the law. 1 have said that the reoonla indi cate that you have been indicted some ten or more times for the violation of this law. Small fines have been impos ed upon you—and yet you still persist I have no doubt that your various trials have cost the people of this county thousand dollars. The law-abiding people have bad to Pay of their hard-earned money addi tional tax and burden wbioh' you have placed upon them. The poorest widow m the county,who is striving to feed her hungry children with her machine, has had to pay of her paltry earnings this additional tax, upon her already encumbered machine, which you have placed upon it. And for " hat ? That yon may make more mon ey in the unlawful gift, loan and sale of liquor. The time for restitution is at hand, and it must be ample aud satis factory. I regret that 1 have felt oon- Hrained to deviate from my usual rule upon this occasion. My purpose is not to indulge in comment when punish ment is imposed, but as I construe the need of this occasion I have thus seen ht to indicate my purpose to sustain unswervingly the grand and traverse ju rors in their effon to enforoe the law and preserve order in their midst. I ocg that you desist from the furtlur Violation of the law and w hut i now say is not intended even remote ly as a threat, bal to serve you with II mely notice Of the punishment that - Cu will bring upon • yourself if/'you persist further in a violation of this tew. I» you are convicted for a viola tion of this lew for an act committed J“* r this time I will feel constrained to impose the penalty of the law upon i° u * It is now ordered that you pa> a "Be of one thousand dollars and the ®osts of this prosecution, or in default hereof go ho the chain gang for twelve “lonths. —— i . — w Happy Hoosiers. .Wo.Timmons,PtMioaMcr of Idaville writes;; “Electric Bitters lias done L, r ® i? r me than all other medicines eom- hui feeling arising fiotn e y ""d I*lver‘.roubles.'' John L- she *nd stockinan, of same place, says: nev i l*®hdr hitters to be the best Knl- Liver median.-, made me feel like l?** man." J. w. Gardner, hardware u .[puant, same ttjwn, saya-.ElectriC Bitters diiw ^ D K for a m,ll) who * 8 iun jj n * D d don't care whether ho lives or aiiA i found new strength, good appetite OalJ like he had a new lease on life Whnii a bottle, ai John Crawford & Oo. tes&le and Retail Drug Store. A Barn, two Horses and two Cows Consumed. Last night about half past eight o’clock the fire alarm rung in from box 46, corner Meigs street and MiUedge avenue. The department hastened at once to to the scene of the conflagration and found that the large barn and stables on the lot of Mr. R. L. Moss were in the clutch of the flames. Thb fire bad gained Considerable headway, rendering it impossible to save the buildings. In the stables were two horses and two cows, and they could not be got ten out. So the poor animals were roasted to death. A large pile of hay was also consum ed in addition to the stables, and the stock. The loss will be in the neigh borhood of a thousand dollars. The cause of the fire is unknown, but is thought to have been the work of a fire cracker, McElroe’s Wine of Car-Ini lor Weak Nerves i •mi . HELP THE CARRIERS Sy Giving Them a Little Christmas Gift. The carriers of the Banner will be out tomorrow with regular address. And the citizens will doubtless give moat liberally to the little fellowB. Throughout the year that has gone, they have carried the paper every morning to the different places, and many times through rain, Bleet and mud. A little gift will gladden their hearts and not only theirs, but the hearts of the givers. Help the carriers tomorrow. YOUNG L*\DY desires position as teacher in private family. Muaio aud elementary branches taught. Z. care Banner. dlt w3t. AT CHRISTMAS TIME. The Marriage Bells Ring Joyfully, Last evening at eight o’clock at the residence of the bride’s mother in E-isf. Athens, there occurred a happy mar riage. Mr James H.D'iotsnn, led to the al ter Mis* Dora Mitchell, and in an im pressive manner Bev. J. C. Davis made them mau and wife. Mr. Dooteon is the efficient assistant postmaster and be captured an accom plished and winsome wife. APPOINTED TRUSTEE. Prof. Andrew J Cobb to fin Capt Thomas’ Place. The resignation of Capt. W. W. Thomas from the position of trustee of the University left a vacancy in the Board to be filled by the Governor. And Governor Northen has appoint ed as a successor to Capt. Thomas, Prof. Andrew J Ccbb Tbe appointment is a highly satisfao- ry one, and the mantle of Capt. Thom as fulls on worthy shoulders. Try BLAC K-DBAUGHT tea for DrUMDala. BANK FAILURE. One of Mississippi’s Soundest Institutions Broke. Vicksburg, Dec. 23.—The Bank ol Grtenville, Miss., bus suspended.. Tin- firs" intimation of suspension was tin* following notice pos el on the door of- the bank: "Closed by order of the chancery court of Washington county. Bunk in the hands of a receiver. ” Tbe shock of this iutelligrn'-e was great. When it reached tha circuit court, then in session, attendant coun sel told the presiding judge that this failure was such a calamity that no one preterit was in any coi dition to trans act business, and the court adjourned at once. It is feared that this is but a precur sor of other misfortunes, all the result of the lepression in cotton. President Pollock was appointed receiver. Lia bilities stated at $500,000. The assets are more than that amount. Compris ing among others $750,000 in first mortgages on Washington county real estat e and bounty securities to amount of 1150.000. It; is a weR known fact that the bank has been the financial bulwark of the entire county, the wealthiest in this state, for years. The utmost sympathy is expressed for President Pollock, whose ability and integrity is distinguished. The banks of qhis city express belief, based on personal knowledge, that the creditors will be paid in full. Nevertheless the blow is a heavy one, the bank’s operations being by no means confined to Washington. ■ ■ -— Vile Hooka Assailing Christianity, San Francisco, Dec. 23.—Advices hj steamship City of Pekin state that it has been definitely ascertained that Chon Han, a retired Tao Tai of Chang sha, in Hnnan, has issued thousands o( vile books assailing Christianity and scattered them through tho provinces along the river. F i; -kOOTO u6 hau emissaries amfsent oat 800,000 of these bocks. .The contents are described as too vile for belief. They contain all the worst charges ever made against Christianity. They are infinitely more mischievous thm former works, be cause they are not written in the Man- derin dialect, but in the vernacular i f the people. Yet, although five people in Huungpia are to be punished for selling the books, the author and his friends have not been prosecuted. In fact, they are understood to laugh at any foreign attempt to bring them to justice as the THOMAS WATSON- HE HAS PREPARED THREE FOR CONGRESS. BILLS FOR Alt INCOME TAX. The Second bill Is About Interest on Bonds—The Third Is for the Im provement of the Savan nah River—The First Is In Accord with Alliance De mands. Washington, Dec. 22.—Mr. Watson, of the Georgia tenth, has prepared three bills • which be will introduce in congress at the first opportunity. Tbe most important one provides foi an income tax. This, the public will notice, is in accord with one of thechie! demands of the Alliance. Mr. Watson’s bill prescribes a tax of 3 per cent, oo incomes of from $10,000 to $20,000; 4 per cent, on incomes of from $20,000 to $40,000, 5 per cent, from $40,000 to $80,- 000; and' so on till the tax reaches 2(1 per cent, ou incomes of half a million dollars and upward. In- ascertaining the income he would have deducted from the gross gains, all other taxes, all losses, such as from fires, all natural and leg timate expenses, but nothing in the way of betterments or improve ments. His next bill provides that the secre tary of the treasury shall not be allow ed to pay interest in any United States bonds before the interest becomes due. As the law now stands, the time of pre paying interest is left optional with the secretary of tbe treasury, and as a result he very often cashes up his interest about a year or so in advance—thereby giving the bond holders the free use of millions of the people’s money. His third bill Is for the improvement of the Savannah river, and provides that $100,000 shall be spent between Savan nah and Augusta, aud $30,000 between Augusta and Trotter’s shoals, in Lin coln county. THEY FOUGHT A DUEL. Nelther Was a Good Marksman, and Bo- sorted to Swords. Buda Peoth, Dec. 22.—Baron Fejer- ▼ary de Koinlos- Kerezzetes, minister of national defence, fonght a duel with Herr Ugron, a member of the reichstag, who had uttered language in criticism of his course as minister, which the baron considered personally insulting. The duel was fought with deadly earn estness. The two principals first fired at each other with pistols. Neither shot took effect. Then they coolly prepared for another shot, and again the bullets missed the mark. Handing over the S is tola to their- seconds, the two men rew their swords and attacked each other. The baron was by far the better fencer, but Ugron held his own well, and made up in dash what he lacked in ■kill. Ugron received a wound in the arm, but he succeeded in slashing tbe baron’s arm and also slicing his ear. When blood appeared the seconds called a halt, although both principals were prepared to iglit on. The seconds in sisted that the demands of honor had been satisfied, and succeeded, after some intercession, in inducing the com batants to be reconciled. The wounds were dressed by a surgeon who had ac companied the party, and neither of the duelists is in any danger. Skipped Out at Daylight. Columbia, S. C., Dec. 22.—A week ago three neatly dressed men came to Columbia aud took quarters at the Wa- verly honse. Now they are gone, and many unsuspecting Columbians are poorer but much the wiser. Mrs. Tur ner, the proprietress of the boarding house, had been pushing the young men for their board bills, when they slripped ont at daylight and took the early train for Augusta. When they came here they canvassed the city for pictures to enlarge. They required 50 cents in ad vance, and went to almost every resi dence in the city. They took a large number of orders, including one of the governor’s family. When Sirs. Turner went into the room she found this note lying on a pile of 362 photographs, some of them show showing the faces of the most prominent people in the city :"We thank the owners of these pictures very much for their 50 cents. They can have their pictures back, as we are too poor to have them enlarged.' * McElrea'. WINE OF CARDUI tor tm)« How James C. Blaine Thinks He May Be Nominated. Washington, Dec. 23.—When Ste phen B. Elkins advised with Mr. Blaine as to accepting the war portfolio, the man from Maine is said thus to have stated his own position to his main lieutenant: T do not feel personally concerned in the matter. If I should be nominated it would be because of a spontaneous, far-reaching, unanimous demand of the people that I should lead the national ticket. I shall either be nominated after this style o~ not at alL Therefore, no one man can either materially help or in anywise hinder my cause. On the whole, I would advise you to accept the president’s offer. ” Many of Mr. Blaine’s friends talk about this spontaneous, unanimous. Union-sweeping, inevitable boom, and many of them confidently expect it. Many others expect this or nothing, with the chances in favor of nothing. Mr. Blaine is the most popular man in the Republican party, but it is not be lieved that Mr. Blaine or any other man can be the recipient of any snoh wildly enthusiastic devotion as he seems to be passively waiting for. He could un doubtedly get the nomination by a good round majority by going ahead and working for it. Bat he will never fin l that objectors are so few that a nomi nating convention will meet, act and adjourn without disclosing them. The "plnmed knight” looked rathei E lnmeless the last time the public be- eld him in Washington. It was when he attended the ceremony of Senator Plumb’s remains. He sat next to Mr. Harrison and the appearance of long life were all in favor of the little presi dent and against the big secretary ot state. Mr. Blaine looked poor and weak and sallow and Bick. His step wag alert enough bnt his shoulder were rounded and stoped. His hair was thiu and of a tawny, oilless gray that show: want of vitality. His eye looked doll, sleepy and lustreless. His whole ap pearance was frail, haggard and care worn. He is not the man to undergo a presidential campaign. WOMEN WHO DIE EARLY. Many of oar most beautiful and ac complished ladies die before they have reached the prime of life. Of those who live to middle age only one in two hundred is sound: the other one hun dred and ninety-nine are sufferers. Why is it? Self-neglect. The shattered health can be restored; the home made happy, and your life lengthened if you commence at once. “Rose Buds” have been used for 20 yearsJn the private practice of one of the most eminent physicians of Paris, and tbe following diseases and their distressing symptoms yield to them like magic; Uleeration, Congestion and Fal- ’iDg of the Womb, Ovarian Tumors, Dropsy of the Womb, Bearing Down Pains, Rupture at Childbirth and Mis carriages. One package of “Rose Buds” will make a new woman of you. * (Leucorrhea or Whites are generally cured by one application ) Pric f per package (one month treatmen’) $1.00 sent by mail post paid, secure ly packed. The Lkvbrettk Specific Co, 339 Washington St. Bostoi , Mass. SETTLED THE DISPUTE. cause of rioting. EFTIRELY SATISFACTORY. W. J. Arfcell, publisher of Judge and Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, writes: . “Judge Building. 1 Cor. Fifth Ave and Sixteenth St. [■ New York, January 14,1891.) “About three weeks since, while suf- fering Irora a severe coM which had set- Hoc on my chest, I applied an All cock’s Porus PLA8T»R,.and a in short time obtained relief. n my opinion, these plasters should every, household, for use in case ughs, colds, sprains, bruises, or s of any kind. I know that in my tbe results have been entirely sat isfactory and beneficial.” A Deadly Duel Buds a Partnership Bow In Wyoming. Cheyenne, Dec. 22.—Joe Trey and Al Axe, range deputy sheriffs, have reached Lander from the Greybull Val ley, Fremont county, with three cattle thieves. At Otto, a small settlement on the road, the officers and their pris oners witnessed a six-shooter dueL William Hopkins, called "Lasso Bill.” and John Hill, known as "Bronco Jack,” were the fighters. They have been wrangling for months over the division of a horse herd and other property. Ignoring suggestions of ar bitration they decided to, have it out regular witii theif' giro's,-the surviving member to succeed to the firS.. _Tbey_ faced each other about 100 feet apatC Hill shot and missed. Hopkins did the same. The third bullet vyas frqm FlLl’a weapon and landed in Hopkins’ hreast, producing death in a few minutes. The officers say they would have lost their prisoners and besides would have had to'fight had they tried to. stop the en counter. An attempt was made to ar rest Hill, bnt it was too dangerous a job to carry ont. This is the second duel of the same kind in that country in a year. In the other fight both men were badly wounded, bnt recovered and be came friends. HORRORS OF THE RABIES. The Colored Vietlm of the LaQrlppe* Hydrophobia Die*. Somerset, Ky., Dec. 22.—John Pet* tns, colored, the la grippe-hydrophobia victim, has died. Snch a death has never been witnessed, and the horrors of the rabies have never yet been so fnlly realized as on the present occasion. Pettns .was sick fonr days. For the first day and a half his attend ing physicians pronounced his malady that,of la grippe. At noon the second day the patient was offered a drink of water, whereupon he manifested all the symptoms of hydrophobia. His snffei> ings were most dreadful, and four men were required to hold him in bed. Hia .stories of the way in which he con tracted the dread malady are conflict ing. One is that one night last spring he came home drank and was bitten by a dog, which next day showed signs of being mad and was killed. The colored population are very much worked up over the affair, and some claim that Pettns was poisoned; others that hs was conjured. The strange affair and drt-J disease is the first case in this county for many years, and was, no doubt, one of the most horrifying on record. Those who went to see him sickened and turned their heads. FRAUDULENT INSURANCE COMPANY ZipoMd by th« State Insurance Com- mlHloa«r of PonoNylvanlau Philadelphia, Dec. 23.—State Insur ance Commissioner Luper made public an important letter written to Attorney General Hensel, in which he exposes the questionable methods of two insur ance companies having offices in thi3 city. "One does business,” says the letter, "at 520 Walnut street under the name of S. S. Lindsey & Co., and the other at room 503, Penn Mutual build ing, under lha name of Mansfield & Co. The former pretends to represent the Australian Fire Insurance company of Sydney. New South W;iles, ana the Victoria Fire Insurance company of Melbourne, Victoria. "This department has failed to find that such companies exist even in Aus tralia. Mansfield & Co., bankers and brokers, Penn Mutual building, Phila delphia, is the unpretentious he;iding this enterprising firm uses on its letter heads and circilars. Mansfield & Co. also represent the Merchants’ and Me chanics’ Mutual Fire Iusurance company of Philadelphia, and the Industrial In surance company of Washington, D. C- The former, like the National Colum bia, is the product of the creative ge nius of its agents. The utterly worth less policies of these concerns are being sold to mill owners, factory men, and business men through brokers in Chi cago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Springfield, Bis., Richmond, Ind., St. Paul, New York, Boston and other cities. Large insurers are caught because the rates offered are lower than those of legiti mate companies, and because they are made to believe that the companies are financially responsible by lying agents. "I am well aware that because these robberies have been committed outside of Pennsylvania and that our courts have no jurisdiction, yet I would re gard myself unfaithful in the discharge of my official duties if I did not exhaust every possible means to protect the peo- E le from being swindled and defrauded. f these transactions are not within the reach of the civil or cqminal laws of this commonwealth, are they not within the prohibition of the use of the mail service of the United States for fraud ulent purposes? And, if so, should not attention of the proper authorities be called to them?” JUSTICE M’ENERY ~ Formally Accepts the Nomination for O vernor of Louisiana. New Orleans, bee. 23.—Justice Me- Enery, recently nominated for governor by the Democratic convention, has for mally accepted the nomination for gov ernor. As he had, when formerly governor, denounced the lottery, and as he was known to be opposed to it, there was some donbt about his acceptance, and it was reported that he would not ac cept unless an anti-lottery plank was inserted in the platform. Judge McEu- ery, however, accepts unconditionally, favoring the submission of the lottery question to the people, and will make a vigorous personal canvass of the state against the anti-lottery candidate for governor, M. J. Foster. It seems to be the universal opinion among the leading Republican politi cians here that the split in tbe Republi can ranks is as' bad as that among the Democrats; that the two factions will net come together, but that two full Republican state tickets will be pliced in the field. The lottery question and the federal offices are the chief cause of this division. The War mouth or cus tom house faction is anti-lottery, aud denounced the lottery company in its resolution. The other faction took no action in this matter, bnt is supposed to be friendly to the lottery. Flnlilrnt llarrllla’i Duuglitt-r Married. City of Guatemala. Dec. 23.—The daughter-of President Barrillas was married iu the Church of the Immacu late Conception to Don Lonis de Ojeda, formerly a resident of California. T&e bride's portion is $4,000,000. The cere mony was performed by Bishop Rodri guez in the presence of thousands of people, among whom were the repre sentatives of foreign governments. The throng crowded the edifice. This is the greatest social event that has taken place in years, and it has caused affairs to assume the aspect of a general holi day. The Government band discoursed music all day on the square, and there was a grand display of pyrotechnics in the evening. The bride and groom will soon leave here en route to Europe via San Francisco. of pai La Grippe again. During the epidemic of La Grippe last season Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and Colds, proved to be the best remedy. Bepo v fs from the many who used'Jt confirm this statement, They were npt only quick ly relieved, but the disease left no bad after results. We ask .you to give this remedy a trial and we guarantee that you will be satisfied with results, or the purchase price wjll be refunded. It has no equal iu La (Grippe, or any Throat, Chest or Lung'Trouble. Trial bottles ten cent at Jno C/rawford & Co’s Drug Store. Large bjottles, 50c. and $1.00. Father Kroegar Left a Shortage. Elkhart, Ind., Dec. 23.—A very de cided sensation has been created in this city, among all classes, ever the sudden and previously unannounced departure of Rev. Father Kroeger, in charge of St. Vincent Catholic church here, leav ing creditors, it is understood, to tha amount of $17,000. The principal amount of the indebtedness is among business men, of whom he had borrow ed extensively and secured goods on time, though some of his parishioners are also said to be sufferers. He has been quite a hustler, owning a store building and stock of groceries, which he conducted in another name. He op erated extensively in real estate, had a line of drays and loaned, money. His jiongrfigitiGti were complaining of his ambition to mater and. that he was neglecting his church in ordered do so. f - "* Based a Prealdlnj; Elder. Mhjlersburg, Ky., .Dec. 23.—The peace and dignity of this city of col leges was again disturbed by a party of yonng men, whose parents and tutors have always had a hatred for Presiding Elder Reeves for his action in removing the Millersbm-g male college to Win chester, and they waited upon him with an egging as lie left the church after preaching. His host, Mr. Bryan, took up the matter and several pistols were drawn, and one or two shots were fired but no one was hurt, ond time Rev. Reeves has been egged in this city, and his visits are very ob noxious to the friends of the college, and should he ever return he may fare worse, although he says ho will bring his Winchester rifle with him. An at tempt was made to hold an indignation meeting but it failed. Sweet Guai and Mullein is nature’s great remedy for coughs, colds, croup, consumption and all throat and lung troubles. Couldn't Spoil His Preaching. Crawfordsville, Ind., Dec. 23.—The colored Baptist church of Crawfords ville is the most aristocratic colored church m this part of the state, but it enjoyed a sensation. In the midst of the sermon an officer entered to arrest a man named Evans, who is wanted in Illinois for murder. Evans, who was there with his sweetheart, sprang upon, the altar, and as tbe officer advanced leaped upon him with a razor, catting him viciously several times. He then started for the door and the officer fired upon him twice, tho first shot bringing him to his knees. He escaped from the honse, however. The officer was too badly hurt to follow. The oongreg tion shrieked and prayed daring the fearful fight, bnt Elder Coleman went right on with his sermon with his eyes Bhut. Evans is still at large. Fonnd a Petrified unman Hody, Atchison, Kas., Dec. 23. — While clearing some timber on the farm of James Dougan, in the southern part of the county, James Saunders found a pStrified human body, which the suc cessive rains had evidently unearthed. The petrifaction is almbst perfect in form, one hand alone being missing. Old settlers say it is the body of "Wil low Twig,” a notorious Kickapoo In dian who made his home with a French man named Pensinau, and who was minns a hand. Pensinau was the first settler of Atchison county, and married "Willow Twig’s” sister. His old farm was near the spot where the petrifac tion was found. TOMMIE COME OFF THE The Augusta Chronicle Calls cn Mr. Watson to Resign. Augusta, (la., Deo. 23.—The Augus ta Chronicle of today prints the follow ing editorial: The battle is on in this district and every Democrat should feel it his first duty to organize the party and .pledge himself to defeat the conspiracy that is now on foot to turn the Tenth Eistrict and the State over to the People’s par- tf* tete'-te . Party organization should b« per fected in every county. Democrats should go to work at once and organ ize clubs. If our people so will it, and it is their bounden duty, Hon. Thos. E. Watson has his first and last te<m in Congress from this district. Ee accepted the nomination as a Democrat and was elected as a Democrat. His first act was one of desertion from the democratic party. Mr. Watson no longer repre sents the democratic people of this dis - trict. Since he has joined the People’* party, it is his duty as an honest man to resign the seat to which he was elected as a democrat. As the candidate of the People’s party, Mr. Watson should be willing to con test the district with the candidate of the democratic party. Mr. Watson should not hesitate to make sacrifices for his new party. He should resign and contest for his seat in the field with the chosen standard-bearer of the dem ocratic party. Mr. Watson having changed his par ty allegiance, honor and duty alike de mand that he should surrender the com mission which he bears as a democratic congressman from Georgia and again contest for it as the candidate of the People’s party of which he is now a member. As an honest man, as an honorable man, Mr. Watson’s plain duty is to re sign. He is no longer a democrat, and makes no pretense of being one, he having repudiated the party organiza tion and united his polit- cal fortunes with another party, known as the People’s party. Under the circumstances, no man knows better than Hon. Thos. E. Watson what his honest duty is. Will he do it?Here is a great opportunity to vindicate himself and to establish the People’s party in this district. There is no question of Mr. Watson having been nominated and elected as a Democrat. He has declined to act with the Democratic party in caucus. He is now a member of the People’s party. He should not hesitate about his duty. He should resign from Congress, and contest for tbe vacant seat as a People’s party representative against the candi date of the Democratic party. This is the only honorable course left him. F? •LACK-ORAUOHV tan «dtm conraMZfen HEROES. We hear it said that great men tread no more The sod of this doll earth, and that the past Entombs the heroic dead, whose deeds will last When our poor country is dust. Such store We set upon the ancients—they who bore The honors of the fight. Still we hold fast Traditions old, nor think our warriors cast In the heroic mold of those of yore. Yet this “degenerate ago” has its great men; As great ns those illustrious Greeks of old; But. we unjust, withhold our praises when We see alxmt us valorous deeds aud bold— And so.we wrong h brave age when we sag. That “heroesdo not tread the earth today.” i —New Orleans Times-Demojrat. HAPPENINGS THE WORLD OVER. Chlstoplier Coiambus’ Sword. New York, Dec. 23.—Mr. Stickler, one of the World’s Fair commissioners . from Germany, has landed in Hoboken, This ^ is the sec- j a ud has in his possession what is s-iid to be the sword carried by Christopher Columbus at the time of his discovery of America. The sword belongs to the museum Salisbury, Germany, and lias been lent for exhibition at Chicago. UdretfeQryfor BROWN S IRON BITTERS ALMANAC For 1S93 Contains One ITnuUreti Recipes for mak ing delicious Candy cheaply and quickly at home. This hook is given away at drug and general stores. News Dispatches Gathered from Differ ent Sections of the Globe. A City of Mexico dispatch says: Cat arina G.irza, the so-called revolutionist, has proposed to the government to lay down his arms for $P,000, or for a con sulate in the United States. The London Standard’s Berlin cor respondent says: "Germany, England, Austria and Italy decline to accede to France’s suggestion of a joint note to the porte on the Cbadouine affair. ” A London dispatch says: Lord How ard de Walden has begun proceedings for divorce from his wife. Lady How ard de Walden has instituted counter suit against her husband for divorce. Senator Colquitt of Georgia, in an in terview in The Atlanta Constitution, announces that there is not a word of truth in the report that he contemplates resigning his seat in the United States Senate. A Minneapolis special says that the mills of Buffalo, N. Y., contribute 100, 000 pounds of flour to the northwest millers’ cargo for the peasants of Rus sia. The total amount subscribed to this fund by the millers of the United States exceeds 1,000,000 ponnds. A Salem, Ills., special says: City Marshal Jndson Green of this city, will soon be a full-fledged rival of Penning ton, the airship man. Green has been working on an airship for the past year and now thinks he has solved the mys tery of air tr welling. The model will be completed in a few days, when it will be exhibited to the public. Those who have seen the model think tha ma chine will be a success. An Owensboro, Ky., special says that there was a serious wreck on the Louis ville, Hardinsburg and Western rail road, near Fordsville. Some-freight cars had been left on the main track, and the engineer forgot an order re- tmrdiTtg .hem and ran iuto them. The engine was' ucmoK'hed, five cars were wrecked afid Fireman O’Donnell wts fatally injured. The i engineer and a britkeiiiau were badly injured. A Louisville special says: At Wick- liffe a well dressed young man, who was found unconscious on the bank of tha Mississippi river, died without being able to make known his name. He had been shot just above the heart and above the right ear. Papers found on him indicate that he was -from Chester, Ills., or from Mendota, Ills. A Granville, Minn., special sayn: Ira Bell aud Henry Gordon met death in a horrible manner eight miles southeast of this place. While preparing to lower a charge of dynamite into a well which they were boring, the explosive w cidentally set off. Bell’s heac blown entirely off and hurled to tance of fifteen feet. Gordon struck in the left side, the heart blown entirely out of his body, don’s relatives live at Grand Ripids, Mich. Tho most satisfactory way to Christmas is to do at leiisc ouo j to some of our fellows. The cons ness of doing such an act will ins.. to do others, and so sanctify tho*clay as to make it ever welcome. Christmas is always associated with the good Jeans who, whether regarded asGodor man, was the purest, kindest, noblest being that has walked the earth. He has inspired love in saint and sinner, in devotee and skeptic alike. Men may wrangle about creeds; but about Jesua and liis beautiful liffe there can hardly be any difference of opinion, for he pitied all who suffered and strove to heal every aching heart. Christmas has gradually evolved out of its theology and has come to stand for a festival of love. Therefore all men love it, for throughout the universe love Is horn of love and is worshiped far its own sake. . A clear conscience furnishes tho best digestion for a Christmas dinner. Christmas is a day to form good reso lutions. It is easier to form them on - that or any other day than to keep them for a single month. - X. No conscientious person can enjoy his Christinas dinner if he knows anybody H else within reach to be hungry. The S9 consciousness that we have gives, food to the needy provides ns with the finest appetite. - ‘ ! Christmas was farmed, in the «ra of theology, from Christ and moss. In these practical and luxurious days it might signify that we should try to Im itate Christ in dealing with the muss of mankind, who are usually more or "less unfortunate. By so dealing with them we should make all days Christmas days. It is better to be a Christmas turkey on the table than a Christmas goose at the table. Junius Henri Browne. —- The Troth About It. 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