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COURANT- AMERICAN.
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t’AKTEKJ*\ ILLS-:. GEORGIA.
Official Orjan of Bartow Coiriff.
DOUG LAS WIKLE, J
A M WILLINGHAM, \ Ed,tor * and Propf ••tot*.
HA’T " ' ’AS
Tm T R?DA YJ JANUARY 27. Ml.
In reYislng tiie old books of
the Conraat and the American,
preparatory to getting up anew
list, those badly in arrears will
be left off. The new books will
be finished February 15th.
Kiflteria! Brevities.
Up to date <lo'unbus Inn* received
151,139 biles . f cotton lor tLie last
HCKSOii.
The people of .North C-nolian are
urgiug their Sent .is and Representa
tives in Con great o nenno the passage
of Blair’s eduou'io 1 l>i!l.
.Tames A. Pugh, a well kaowa pho
tog!'ii•;(!>,■ vuf Macon , was found dead in
bed Saturday morning. He was n line ar
tist and his Maine is very familiar over
the entire B‘ftte.
The groat erv now is for some one to
inve it a in atiag apparatus for ruilway
cars, which iu case of accident, will not
turn tin: wreck into u funeral pyre. A
grind oppartu lity for the American
• genius.
Wuilo 0 mgressman lteag iu, of Texas,
the <l l l.l r if the I iter State Commerce
bill , was at home nursing his senatorial
ch tuches, Congressman Crisp, of
Georgia, successfully engineered the
bill through the House.
The New York Sun says that the
elec 4 ion cf Frank Hiscock dissipates
utterly ull the absurd talk of boodle.
It is true that Hiscock was no boodle
candidate, but Im election was the hap
py result of boodle agaiiu t boodle.
Tno Anniston, Ala., boom continues
unabale Tlie A1 ibama Land and Im
provement C impiny put its lands upon
the market oo last M milay. It is said
that capitalists were in the city from all
parts of the country ready to invest.
Jehu Baker, the man who defeated
Congressman Morris m, of Illinois, is a
philosopher and easily satisfied. He
said “all 1 want is forty acres of good
land, with tlie privilcdge of working on
it when I please, devotiug the residue
of my time to books and study.”
We would like to see our mineral in
terests dovekped, but not by convict
labor. The c mntry roads of the State
need and ought to have the developing
power of the convicts, there is enough
free and decent labor to attend to the
wants of our mineral interests.
; The magnifioieut mining properties of
Bartow county are being brought
prominently before the public. Their
value is beginning to be appreciated by
capitalist, and the day is not far distant
when the smoke fj Bartow county
furnaces and industries will bo curliug
heavenward,
Wjirrvr. the ikon interests of the South
are now supposed to be undergoing the
booming pr< cess, it is not very refresh
ing to see the Roane iron works of
Chattanooga contracting for 40,000 tons
of pig non, from England. That com
pany will commence making steal rai
next month.
Governor Gordon is si ill making a
fine executive. We are reminded of
this fact by looking over some of lost
summer’s camp ign material that fell
under <u • eye. We do not really know
what scino people in Georgia will do if
lie insists upon making such an excellent
governor.
The fd killer is at last getting in Lis
work, Bill Jones, the dime museum
glass eater, is dying in Ch eago. Bill’s
stomach is fearfully laceruted from eat
ing glass bottles, salt cellars and lamp
chimneys, and will not retain food at nil.
He still has a craving for his favorite,
food and whiskey.
j\!iss Van Zandt, y.lio has made
considerable unpleasant notoriety by her
effort to get married to Auarchest Spies,
in Chicago, has been taken in charge oi
by her mother who w ill take the erring,
foolish damsel to Europe, where they
will remain until Spies is hung. The girl
that ran away with a blind tiddler is a
jewel compart'd to this Chicago lass.
Thebe is a baud in Crawford county,
Indiana, called the “White Caps,” and
they take for their business that o! over
hauling low characters infesting their
communities. Vagabonds who fail to
provide for their families are taken out
in the dead of night and lashed fearfully,
while notorious people are whipped and
given a very short time to leave the
country. __
The passage of the inter-State com
merce nib creates a board of railroad
comtaissioners. the number being
five. Ex-Goveruor Jas. M. Smith, of
Columbus, will be supported by the
Georgia delegation in Congress for ap
pointment aa one of them. The Gov
ernor made Georgia a fine commission el
and there is no reason why be can’t fill
-the bill nuder the new order of things.
Clay county, Missouri, was long
the home and rendezvous of the James
gang, and a state of horror and dread
prevailed throughout the .-action while
the boys were at their work. The
county is remote from railroads and the
stigma of shame wo.-t so great upon the
county that at one time the better class
of people petitioned the legislature to
k split up and add it to adjoining couu
Strange it may be their is now i:o‘ a
Psh >n in llie county the jail is always
t ,>ty and court has not been held in
... mmm fr
s< >ie time. There has also been several
e 1 i ctu s built in tl> 'county in the last
iov. years.
77 /■/ !V7EH.< T. I7 E COM MERCK
l>l k L
jsl.
T - IntiT-Stite Commerce bill, which
has •onsi mg I e n bef >re Oougie-e,
his fi tfi'ly 1h c me a Jaw. Tie wisdom •
of th* mensure is doubted I>y rn uiy cf j
the sbrewdest. men of tlie oonutiy. The j
opinion < f export, on i.seflf -c a w various
awl contradictory, but experience will;
sfi .itly ®how to the country whether the
b?v* ..rpcvLor Ind. and whether it will
bo good <r lad for tie latlroads and
the p. pie, Tilda great majority if
tioi'i Hou-.es of Co’igress who in fivor
of im ji.issaye, argues veil f >r the bill.
Tiie bill provides fr the appointment
cf five commissi jtieis, whose headquar
te: - sliail be at Washington. The c >m
iaissio*i may hold sessions at other
pi u-o-s than Washington, any one
member may take testimony anywhere
he may be di ecte.l. We append a fo.v
<1 the principle features of the lull
which aiu as f ilowa:
S c!ion 2 makes it unlawful f.r any
i common carrier , subject to tlie
| prov ; sions of this act, to charge, de
| maud, collect, or receive, directly or in
j hrectiv, from any person or persons, a
I greater or less compensation f r cay
i iu rice rendered in the transportation of
pn*- gers or property than it ciiarg a,
1 deman Is, collect**. or riceives from any
I other person or persons for doing for
| him, or Umm, alike and contempora
neous service i • *he transportation ef a
{like kind of tr.dii under sudstanti illy
sindl-ir circumstance'' and conditions.
Section 3 makes it unlawful for any
common carrier su'-j.-c 4 to the pro
visions of this art to make or giie any
I undue or time- souuble pr.fcveLce or
| advantage to any particular pels m,
company, firm, corporation, or locality,
or any particular description i r traffic.
Ait common carriers, su-j.-Ct to tlie pio
vi-.ions of tuis act shall, according to
their respective powers, afford all rea
sonable, proper, and equal facilities for
tiie interchange of traffic between theii
respective lines, and f>r the rece ving,
forwarding, and dehveriug of passeugeis
and property to and from their several
fires, and those connecting therewith,
and shall u >t discriminate in their rates
and charges between sack counecti ig
. lues.
The long and shell haul and poolin'
sections are no f Hows:
SiMtio i4. Tii it it shall .re uifia yfnl
for any common carrier, subject to the
provisions if this act, to charge or re
ceive any greater compensation in tiie
aggregate for the transportation of pas
sengers, or of like kind of property, un
der substantially similar circumstances
and conditions, far a shorter than for a
longer distance over the same line, in
the same direction, the shorter being
included within the longer distance;
but this shall not l ee >ustrued as author
izing any common carrier within the
terms of this act to charge and receive
as great compensation f >r a shorter as
f..r a longer distance; provided, however,
that upon nppHeatloi to tlie Commis
sion appointed under the pr viri us of
this act such common carrier may, in
special cases, after investigation by the
Commission, he authorized to charge
less for loLger than for shorter distances,
f >r trail portution of passenger- or prop
ertv; and the C mmiissinu may, from
tinie to time, prescribe the extent to
which such designated commou cairier
may be relieved from the operation of
this section of tins act.
Section 5. Tuat it shall be unlawful
for any common carrier, subject to tlie
provLio sof this act, to enter into any
contract, agreement, or combination
with any o’her common carrier or car
riers, for the pooling of freights of dif
foie.d and competing railroads, or to
divide between them the aggregate or
net proceeds of the ‘Mi nings of such
railroads, or any portion thereof; and in
any case of agreement for the pooling of
freights as ufores lid, each day of its
continuance shall be deemed a seperate
off 01 eo.
Ir must be universally conceded
that the need of Carterrville
to and iv, is, a better freight
rate. Indeed we may trutl fully say,
that the oily thing that, has letard. and
her progress and development, is the
lack < f proper rates, just such as her
position and wondeifm natural resources
justly entitled her to. There is not a
citizen within her corporate limits that
is not vitally interested in securing
through rates. We desire to impress
this upon them, for now is the time to
act. We firmly believe that Cartersville
is passing through the most critcrl pe
riod of her history. We believe that
opportunities nfe presented to her cit
izens which, if allowed to pass without
a 1 earnest, zealous effort to shape them
for her good, will result in au irrepar
able loss. It therefore behooves us to
give them thorough consideration. We
refer to the building of the Gainesville
branch of the Rome and Decatur It. R.
From the latest advices we understand
that the probabilities are that the road
will pass through Cartersville, provided,
we can off r the people inducements.
That we are in a position to offer greater
inducements than either of the other
routes suggested, there is no and >ubt.
Now, just what advantages the route
via C irfersville cau present remains for
our citizens to show. It has been Bug
gns ted that we get .up a memorial setting
forth the various resources contiguous
to the route, and which w ill proye as a
feeder to the road when completed,
also stating what our people
will bo willing to off or in the way of
subsidies in trd r to secure the building
of the road by Cartersville, The mana
gers of the road say that this wiil be
necessary in order to enable them to de
termine upon the feasible f our route.
That we may get a full expression of
our people o 1 the question we would
suggest a public meeting of not only the
citizens f C. rrersvilie, but of
the county gent rally, .and es
pecially those who live along
the line i.f the contemplated route, to le
held iu the Opera House at an early day.
When the day is set, let every man
come up and work harmoniously We
repeat that we are all vitally interested
iu the matter and let us now, for once,
lay aside our lethargy and get out of
the grumbler’s ru f , ui:d come together
and make the meeting a u u-ingo. e, full
< f enthusiasm aid deer;ni i.tii ■ ,
Cabtk.jSVilljE was visited last week
by Col. Howard Thompson, solicitor
general if the Northeastern Judioial
Circuit, who was here on business in our
court. The Northeastern is the judicial
c.bcuit so ably presided overby Judge
Welburn, who, it will be remembered,
defeated Judge Estes for the position,
after a long and intensely Interesting
contest. The people of the circuit can
well congratulate themselves on poeess
ing such an able and Christian gentle
man to dispense justice for them. His
decisions are always marked with ability
aud fairness.
As usu al, ’he South is t > lie e .chred
djuie. ftutßor has it that tlie i ter-
Si tic C mmesce commission is ahead
appeni >ned as f Jlows: New E ig : md
one member, New York one, Feunsp
vuuta one, the Pacific Si..pe one, Onio
’ one. Tiie reasofi assigned f>r cut f iu;
the S iiit’u u 4, is, that her railroads ar<
iu fi- ly owned aud control’ed b, 1 nutli
%rn nifcti aud capital. This is the very
reason uhv we auouid have a represen
tative on tlie commission. The spiri
if tlie law, as we understand it, h n*
only to protect tlie railroads, but to pre
vent the people being oppressed by
the great corporation-. Then wli.v i o
tlie to al> hive one of iheir members t.
10-tk after their interests?
AT THE “lit U.”
REV. S\.M JONES MEETING WITI
CM’AR.i I.LKLED SUCCfr.SS.
The “Huh” Experiencing: a Keligiou
Awakening Slie Never Saw llefure.
—The Press Captured and Lav
inli in Their Encomium*.
R“V. Sam Jones went to Boston, as he
says, with many misgivings. Ilis success
there is acknowledged on every hand, and
bids fair to compare very favorably with
the great Toronto revival. The meeting
commenced Sunday the lfith r.ud will
continue four weeks. The news
papers of the city are profuse in their eu
coniums and give whole pages to tlie re
ports of the revival. At the first meet
ing at the church, the largest in the city,
was overcrowded and thousands left una
ble to get in hearing distance.
The Zion's Herald, one of the finest re
ligious journals of the country, speaks
thus of the reverend gentleman :
The far-famed evangelist lias, at l ist,
reached our city, and oneued his mission
under the most favovaine auspices. Last
Sabbath was a winter s day of rare com
fort. There was nothing to prevent peo
pie coming to the sanctuary if they desir
ed to do so. We were able to attend upon
the service in the morning at the Tremont
St Church, There was an immense au
dience, filling all the seats, the gallery,
and standing in the aisle Creat num
bers went away unable to find standing
room Mr. Jones’ face and appearance
have been made familiar by the portraits
in his books and in the public prints He
is well formed, slight, dark hair, with a
smooth face save a mustache, and with
the appearance of being an intellectual
man, about forty years of age Ilis open
ing prayer was simple, reverent, earnest,
without any eccentricity of thought or
manner, giving evidence of sincere and
devout piety. Ihe text was a sentence of
the first verse of tlie eighth of Romans —
“in Christ Jesus.” The opening of the
discourse was natural, clear and impress
ive It was eminently spiritual aud ten
der. His manner was very deliberate,
conversational, with short sentences, oc
casionally very picturesque iu his Scrip
ture illustrations, and at times rising to a
height of moving eloquence. He first an
swered tlie questions : ‘ Who is Christ ? ’
and, “Where is Christ?” at times crowd
iug into an apt sentence a world of sig
nificance and Hashing out a witty or liu
morous expression, embodying in a con
from the truth lie was presenting
The hearers will not soon forget lus way
of illustrating Christ ns “the way, the
truth, and the life,” the bread for the
hungry, the water for tlie thirsty and
the door to the eternal home. In answer
ing the question, how Christ was to be
found, he remarked -with numerous il
lustrations, often touching, sometimes
very humorous (although his own counte
nance remained unmoved , quite often
Scriptural—by longing for Kim, by lias
tening.to Him, and by immediate and un
conditional submission In speaking of
the longing for Christ, he pictured tlie
absorbing passion of the loving wife for
her husband, months away from her in
the army, finding pleasure in nothing be
sides, but simply pining the absent
one—in a manner long to be remembered
Mr Jones is evidently no Antinomian
lie has no sympathy with Plymouth
Bretkrenisrn. He has no confidence in a
faitli that expends itself in loud profes
sions, exultant songs, nd vociferous Iml
lelujahs, but forgets constantly to seek of
the Master for his “marching orders”
He believes in an ethical piety—religion
with substantial morality in it, a close
copying of the Master's example, and an
entire and loving consecration to Ilis .er
vice.
The last, portion of his discourse was
introductory to his work in this city, a
quiet and apt reference to the peculiari
ties for which he has been criticised, an
expression of the great object of his min
istry, and au earnest appeal for the pray
ers and co-operation of the people o§>
God it is a good evidence of an effec
tive discourse, when it awakens heart
searchings and inspires you to a fresh
consecration ; and this certainly was the
result in the instance of one of liis hear
ers. lie impressed us as a sincere, de
vout, able man, with remarkable adapta
tions lor drawing and influencing the peo
pie, and with a definite purpose and plan
in the work of winning men to Christ and
saving them from their s’nful courses.
It was anew experience to hear an audi
ble laugh in service time, but the sally of
humor was so evidently natural and un
forced, and so immediately follow ed by a
tender, or solemn, or very impressive sen
tence, that incongruity soon vanished;
but a strong impression in the right di
rection had been made We join heartily
in prayer for the highest success of this
remarkable evangelist.
In the evening the -ervice was of much
the same character, and was even more
effective than the morning The crowds!
were even too large for the immense au j
dience room of the People’s Church, easi- }
iy seating, without crowding, as it does, !
2,500 persons It was over filled, and j
many were turned away for lack of room
The address of Brother Jones to the
preachers on Monday morning in Brom
field Street Church was one of the great !
power, and will never be forgotten bv |
those who heard it It was constantly ac j
centuated by applause, by sliouts, and by
tears. It was apt. rich in illustration,
eminently practical and pointed, and full
of Gospel unction.
APPHKSBINO THE PREACHERS.
Monday morning. 14tli Mr Jones spoke
to a large ministerial gathering, at the
Bromfield street church. Among his re
marks he said :
I hope I shall have your prayers in the
work here I hope you will pray that
God’s blessing may be on every church in
this city | like the Baptists.* I got tbe
best wife a man ever had out of their
por.d. (Laughter) And I always lisve a
kind and loving word for them I like
the Presbyterians very well The best
fi ends I ever 1 a ! were Pre~bytvr'jms
in tact, i love everybody. 1 feel a good
and a! like the fellow whose girl had just
promised to marry him Ife said, “I feel
just, as if I bad nothing against anybody
in the world. ’ I want your prayers and
your co operation I don’t ask anybody
here—any preacheF here—to indorse me;
I don’t ask for your indorsement or for
an v mail's indorsement If any mania
dorsed me I might feel obliged to return
the compliment (laughter) and I might
not like to do that, I never accepted a
courtesy that I e uld not return (Laugh
ter.) lam satisfied that if 1 had the ed
ucatiou and training for the ministry that
you had, and knew no more than you do,
l would not ask anybody to indorse me
(Laughter ) I am afraid to confess, breth
ren, that 1 am not seeking indorsement;
but the business of the preacher is to rpll
up his sleeves, to pitch in and bring (he
world to prayer ( A voice, “amep ”)
And I know, brethren, that you are ell
willing to do that, I have been preaching
everywhere, nd I have seen in lay time
the
-NOSErt IF SO HE il, EC ANT -IS E S
turned up at me at an angle of forty de
grees. 1 stopped rigtit oil and said Will
that nos - come down? The devil has got
a mortgage on that note, and l.e is going
to foreclose it some dav and g-1 the whole
gal with him (ireat laughter ) i said,
Sister, I have lived in happy, holy wed
iock for seventeen years, with a pure
sweet, educated woman Every time 1
.eave Umue she cries, and cries, aud il
■die has nut up with me nil these years,
-des now when I leave her. can't you put
up with me for a week or two ’
That seems to be the answer to the
whole question lam not running on tny
faults aud eccentricities, and. teally, ec
•entricities, when you take them up
md look at them, are nothing but inni
viduality. (Cries of “Amen ) (Sod
lever made two men alike. If He did,
one of them was of no account There
s no man that is not iu himself eccentric
' hen we lose eccen-ricity > e lo ; e in
ower in proportion as we imitate others
tr Jones had evidently intended his ear
•ter remarks as a sort of prelude, and
iow 1 egan his sermon proper, or his
talk, as lie called it himself, taking hsi
■ext from the twenty sixth chapter of the
lets ot the Apostles, describing the jour
ley of Paul to Damascus; and also from
the second of Timothy.
He said : “St. Paul was the greatest
man
GUI) EVSR MADE.
I look at his head and his brain, and then
l will find his power When I lock a
his heart I am at sea, because I cannot !e
termine which is the largest, his head or
his heart, and it takes just these two
things to make the preacher—head and
heart If I were searching for the lead
ing characteristics in the line >t St. Paul
in his general make up, I would find it
to be his sterling, downright, upright, un
com prom i-ing eternal sincerity and hon
esty And allow me to say another thing.
These points are about all the Lord wants
to get hold of in a straight, honest man.
St. Paul was honest. There never was
but one trouble with him, and that was a
little trouble in his head, w icli we call
infidelity in th day ; and from the time
St Paul, i:i iiis journey to Damascus, saw
the gn-.:t light in the road—from that
ime tni his last moment was he true to
<od Before that he had probably read
some books which lie ought not to have
read, and associated with people that he
ought not to have. An infidel is not a
self-made institution (laughter ;he takes
it on by association An in fiddle (laugh
ter) is a man that •_ oes head foremost ai
anything; he will get left every time, es
pecially when he goes towards Hod
There he must go heart foremost. God
knows these heads of ours are filled with
a thousand evil thoughts God knows
these heads of ours have been the
STAMPING GROUND OF THE DEVIL
all our lives God doesn t want our
heads, but our hearts, and if any infidel
will give God his heart God will comb
the kinks out of his head every morning
St Paul gave God his heart. God straigk
tened out his brain, his head, his thoughts
God put him straight. S . Paul was an
honest man God put an honest man
straight, and from tlie time St Paul was
put traiglrt till the moment of his death
he never gave God a moment s trouble
He was a downright honest fellow When
1 speak of honesty, I do not mean a man
who simply speaks the truth Ido not
mean a man either who simply pavs his
debts. Some of the most dishon st men
I have ever known would pay tlieir debts
to the last dollar. That is policy A
sensible man will always pay liis debts.
A sensible man will not misrepresent
tilings W lien I say that St Paul was an
honest man, i mean to say that St. Paui
was a man who lived up to his con vie
tions He had his convictions—and right,
here let me say opinions and convictions
are much different
The difference between an opinion and
a conviction is a tank of water, and a ton
of coal differs from a tank with hot w r ater
in it, and a hot fire under it. The differ
euce between a conviction and an opinion
is that a man may live and die, utterly
useless, full of opinions. But you give
one a
MAN OF CONVICTION
and I will sliow' you a man who will be
known aud felt everywhere lie goes.
RANDOM TOPICS.
SCENES IN AND AROUND WASHING
-INCTON CITY GKAPHin.U.LY
PORTRAYED BY W J. N.
Congressman Crisp, of Georgia, anl Ilis
Importance in tli Hulls of Con
gress An Interesting Letter.
S. eci.il <’orre>p>ntlence cu ant- A n erican. |
Carter Tate, the present representative
from Pickens in the Georgia Legislature
was in Washington a few days ago. lie
took much interest in the city, and was
particularly intent on watching the work
ings of Congress. I*, is just possible that
Carter sometimes allows himself to dream
of the time when be will represent the old
Ninth in Congress. He lias been quite
successful in State politics and seems to
have a good grip on his hardy and inde
pendent mountain constituency.
# *
* * —
Dr. Henry 11. C triton, of Athens, who
will succeed the genial and handsome
Reese in the 50th Congress, spent a week
in Washington recently. He saw much of
the city aud made the acquaintance of
many of the men with whom be w;li come
in contact as a congressman. I think he
said tnis was his first visit to Washington
The doctor is a man of medium size,
pleasant face, easy manner and dignified
bearing. He said bis visit to the capital
had proved a pleasant oim, and he was
glad to have had au opportunity before
hand of observing the practical workings
of a National Congress.
* #
*
I have before spoke in this column of
Congressman Crisp, Georgia. He is one of
the strong men of the Southern delegation
ill Congress, and he is rapidly developing
into a leader in the House. It is a notice
able fact that he is very lrequentiy c-tiled
to the chair to preside oyer the House in
Committee of the Whole, and it is re dly
a pleasure to see him hold the gavel. The
very fewest number of men understand
the art of presiding ovtr large deliberative
bodies and Judg • Crisp is one of that fesv.
His abil.ty is generally recogniz and. He
presented the Icter-State C- mmeree bill
in tbe House last week as it came from
the conference commit’ee, and the over
whelming majority by which it passed
was a telling compliment to his skill and
mo nag' ment. When the bill came up for
final consideration Judge Crisp was asked
to explain its powers and purposes, and
for about an hour he discussed tbe various
features of the bill and the efiect its pass
age would probably Lave in regulating
the intricate, and in many instances
iniquitous, operations of the vast railro. and
systems of the country. This speech was
a model ot strong thought and forcible ;
expression, and had its effect on bis hear
ers. It proved him to be a man of large
information aud liberal views. I heard a
Western Congressman remark on the |
evening after the speech was delivered j
that “Crisp was one of the brighest and
brinaiest men from the South.” In personal
appeal anc** Judge C.isp is luige and well
proportioned. Ho would weigh about ;
two hundred pounds, and is perhaps six
feet tall. He lias a large head, an open
full face, smiling blue eyes, and a manner
as frank and genial as that of a boy. lie
is h ss than forty five years old and is just
now in the full strength of mental aud
physical manhood. lie is a man for
Georgians to bo proud of aud to honor, i
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I had opportunity last week to spend an
hour in the United State Sopmue Court
room. Tie nine Julies ng in a solemn
Gate all in a row make i iite an imposing
front. They wear ru.-ri , g si’k gov.' :s a mi
look as solemn - s ni-iit hawks. Many a
poor 1 -wyt-r has leh '- is heart thump am!
his kuecs smite jt< -heron entering the
little semi-etrculflt room w here they sit
Thev look wise, and I have no doubt are
really as wise as thev hxik. C ie! Justice
Waite sits in the middle; on < ither shit —
four on a side—sit Lie A-so 'bite Justices
The v are Miber, Bradley, Woods, Grav,
Field. Hartals, M if thews and Platcbf mi
The room occupied by them vas once
used as the Senate chamKr. It s plain,
but elegant la all its appointm. uts. The
Judges sit on an elev- ted rostium, wl ik
just < vi r them n American e\sri<*, in gilt,
spreads his capacious wings. Ti:e b-o; ot
the court D p-mneled off from th * outside
by a plain railing and is provided with
desks and chairs and a !ench running
around with the railing. Tt.e furniture is
uphoisterel in red plush. In the mid
dle of this open space, aud ~ust in front ot
the Chief Justice, is a little stand where
the lawyer who is to address the cornt
takes posit io. When emm is called each
jadge is immediately furnish and by a curly
r.e-Jfd ljqhi p;ge with a printed brief,
which much contain a deer statement of
everything necessary to an undtrstanding
of tin* case. The attorney is then asked
to proceed with bis argument. The Judge
or Judge?, who by an understanding
i among themselves, will render tnc decision
■f ilie court, gives careful attention and
.11 occasionally propound a question or
<o. If the lawyer atr iys from the leading
point- lie will be suddenly called up with
i the querv, 41 Well, and what has that to
I to with Hie cis. ?” This usually has the
effect, unless he is an old lawyer accus
tomertto addressing the court,of embarrass
ing the speaker and causing him to floun
der most distressingly, ihe J udges neit et
smile at him nor try'to help him to recov
er his faculties and proceed. 1w is much
interested in listening to a voung Phila
delphia lawyer who lookel like BT!
G 1 nn. and who was s saucy as a three
year-old, and mouthy as Glenn ever dared
to be, argue a big'land case. He was
plucky and posted, and did not allow*
himself to be rattled by tiie cold looks and
hard questions of the old Chief Justice.
[ hope he gained his case. ‘While sitting
there L found myself wondering how 1
should ieel if I had to appear before that
court, and the result of my conviction
was that I would “cut and run.” It takes
a pretty bnye man to face tha* music. I
ain’t like talking to a justice court jury
down at Euharlee, and goodness knows 1
used to think that was quite a trial, espe
cially when Shelby Attaway or Jim Con
vers was sitting there taking notes pre
para lory to fairly riddling me in conclu
doD. But they say time cures all things,
and I hope the time will come when by
the confidence acquire 1 from increased
knowledge and the encouragement fa
comfortable fee I can “screw my courage”
up to the point of addressing the Honora
ble, the '-upreme Court of the United
States.
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“Philadelphia cough drop?, five cents a
oack’ore.” Every evening as regularly a?
four o’clock comes and the people in the
departments turn out, an old, grizzly
looking fellow with a box strapped around
his neck hobbles along up the street drawl
ing out in monotonous tones the a' ov<
quoted speech. It is ever the same, and
the tone is never varied, “Philadelphia
cough drops, five cents a package.’’ If I
have met him once I have m t him a hun
lred times. His dress is as unchangeable
is his cry or the the tone of liis voice.
Ever the same old gre-isy overco it—ever
the same old battered silk h it. “ i’hit man
has a history,” remarked a lriend the othei
evening as we met him in the drizzling
rain, moving slowly and airing out his
well worn cry. My interest caused me to
make some inquiry, and I was told that
many j'e rs ago this old peddler was ><
local politician of some prominence in one
the Western cities. He became a candi
date for Congress, and was a-most elected.
He contested the election and come on to
Washington to claim hissed. But his
opponent was finally declared elected, and
he found himself in Washington,-disap
pointed, without money and far from
home. Ke lingered around the city and
refused to return to his home. He grew
dissipated, drifted with the tide, lost
caste and pride, and now he is a common
peddler—almost a begiiar—on the streets
of Washington. Old, grizzled, friendless
and alone, he tramps from day to day and
his cry ever is “Philadelphia cough drops,
five cents a package! ’ This is the story
as told to me. Ido not know if it is true.
But it may be— probably is in some p ir
ticulurs at letst—for such are the changes
that time can bring.
Nxt dot to the Post Office indhis city
is a little fruit stand, kept by as poor look
ing an old woman as one would care to
meet with. Her apparent poverty appeals
io the passer by to stop and buy and
thereby do an act. of charity. The old
soul has doubtless- received many a dime
because of her poverty-stricken appear
ance. I know I have frequently gone out
of my way to buy apples from her because
[ thought she was poor and old. She is
an old Italian woman. On the corner
above her stand is another, kept by a bur
ly-looking young Italian. The other
night I stopped at his stand to buy, and
remarked, as I waited for the change, that
1 usually bought from the old woman, but
as it was so cod I would not go any fur
ther. The man was evidently not in a
good humor, but he was garrulous. I
learned from him that the old woman was
his mother He said they had worked to
gether for a Vjag time and mule some
money'. That the old woman -had gotten
| two thousand dollars of his money and
would not let him have it, and this was
the cause oi his trouble. I was perfectly
astonished when he said “two thousand
dollars,’! and especially when he spoke of
the amount in such a matter-of-fact way.
I had imagined that he nor the old woman
hid oyer seen so much money us that, or
had any c inception of what it meant. I
grew interes’e-i and questioned him. He
h and a grievance and was willing to talk,
ft is not neci ss >ry to tell all he said, but I
learn and from him that the old woman
whom I had been patronizing from a feel
ing of pity and sympathy owned two bus
iness houses on one of the best business
str ets of the city, two good residences in
town, and five houses in Philadelphia,
representing in all property of a value
tint ran fir up into the thousands.
When I pass and the old woman’s stand
next day it had anew interest for me.
She looked as old an 1 poor as ever. I
hailed her and asked after her trade, etc.
She mumbled about cold Weather, frozen
fruit and hard times. I went along won
dering at the str mge tilings one meets
with in a city, and my soliloquy w T as
“Things are not what they seem.”
W. J, N,
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Wm. Ed Robson, M. D.,L. R C. S. 1.,
M. K. Q. C. P. 1., late of the U yal Navy
ol Engl .nd, has got into professional
trouble l >r writing the following open
lett rto the edit* rol the Loudou Family
Doctor: %
‘•1 it to l e the duty o r every
phvtician to make known unv means or
remedy .\ herd y sicl n s- ca t be prevent
ed, ad it is for this pnrp se 1 " fi'c to
give ii y experience both tier*.* and abr< ad
I;ik the publication of the statement that
P o ; .le may be warned telmit is too kite,
to sav n them that here is at Land a
means by which they na y be restored to
p rbet health. It is weit known to the
medical wot id, and indeed, to the lait ’,
that a certain disease i- maki. g a tenUde
havoc; that text to coi>uni tioi: it is tie
most i it'll, Mid that When ti.l'y d*-v lop and
tln-re is nothing to be done l t the sut
ler- r. ’
"Pi' vsicLii sand sei ntisls have l->rg
been trying to ihr. w light up n t ecause,
and if possi l-“, find in niture a meduuno
for this fatal nifalv. They have show n,
absolutely, 1 Mat the blood-purifying or
gans of vital importance, ate the kidneys,
and that when they once fail, the poison
which they should take onto! the blood is
carried by the blood into every part of the
body, developing disease.”
“In my hospital pr etice in England,
India and South AmeiiCJ, and aho while
a surgeon in the Royal Navy <>l Dreat
Britain, l gave a great deal of attention to
the study of diseases of the kidneys and
urinary orgms, and found that not only
was the cure of chrouic Bright’s Disease
hopeless, but that kidney disease was te
markably prevalent; much more so than
generally known, and was the cause of the
m jority of | 'ases of sickness, rand futher,
tb it tne medical profession h .s no remedy
which exerts any absolute control over
these organs in disease.”
“Some time ago when I bad a case
with h resisted ail regular treatment, —
which is very limited, —comp’Scaled with
'he passing of stones from the kidneys,
much against tr.y will 1 permithd my
patent t i use Warner’s safe cure, of which
I had heard marvelous results. In his
case the result was simply marvelous, as
the attack was a severe one, and develop
ment very grave, for an analysis showed
percent, ol albumen and granular tubs
casts.”
“The action of the nr -dicire was singu
lar and incomprehensible to me. I had
never seen anything like it. The ; a lent
recovered prompt'y, anil is to-day i veil
and healthy man. This stimub:v 1 my
inquiry into the merits of the remedy , and
after analysis I found it to be of purely
vegetable character, harmless to take
under all circumstances.”
“Casting aside all professional prejudice
1 gave it a thorough tri and, as I was anxious
that my patients should be restored to
health, no matter by what medicine. 1
prescribed it in a great variety of cases,
Acute, Chronic, B fight’s Disease, Conges
tion of the Kidneys, Catarrh of the Blad
der, and in every instance dit it speedily
affect a cure.”
“For this reason I deem it my duty to
give to the world this statement regard
ing the value of Warner’s safe cure. I
make this statement on facts I am prepared
to produce and substanti te. 1 appeal to
physicians of large practice who know
how common and deceptive diseases of
the kidneys are, to lay aside professional
prejudice, give their patieuts Warner’s
safe cure, restore them to perfect health,
earn their gratitude, and thus be true
physicians.”
“I am satisfied that more than one half
of the deaths which occur in Englan 1 are
caused, primarily, by impaired action of
the kidneys, and ihe consequent retention
in the blood of the poisonous uric and
kidney acid. Warner’s safe cure causes
the kidneys to expel this poison, check s
th i escape of albumen, relieves the inflam
m tlion and prevents illness from impaired
and impoverished blood. Having had
more than seventeen year’s experience in
my profession, I conscientiously and em
phatically state thut 1 have be n able to
give more relief and effect more cures by
the use of Warner’s safe cure thin by all
the other me’icines ascertainable to the
profession, the majority of which, I am
sorry to say, are very uncertain in their
action.”
“Isn’t that a straightforward, manly
letter ?”
“Indee 1 it is.”
“Well, but clo you know the author has
bie-i dreadfully persecuted f >r writing it? ’
“How so? What has he done to merit
it ?”
“Done? He has spoken the truth‘out
of school’and his fellow physicians, who
want the public to think they have a
monopoly in curing diseases, are terribly
angry with him for admitting professional
■nubility to reach certain disorders.
“That letter created a wonderful sen
sation among the titled classes and the
public. This jarred the doctors terribly.
The College of Surgeons and Queen’s
College, from which institution he was
graduated, asked for an explanation of his
unprofessional conduct, and notified him
that unless he made a retraction they
would discipline him.
“The doctor replied that he allowd liis
patients to make use of Warner’s safe cure
only after all the regular methods had
tailed, and when he was satisfied that
there was no possible hope for them.
Upon their recovery, after having used
Warner’s safe care, he was so much sur
prised that he wrote the above lett<*r to
the Family Doctor. He regret t and that the
faculties found fault with bis action in the
matter, but he could not conscientiously
retract the facts as written to the Family
Doctor.
“The faculties of both colleges replied
that, unless he retracted they should cut
him off, which would naturally debar him
from again practicing his profession, and
also prevent his spoiling another appoint
ment in the Ro} r al Navj!’’
The illustrious doctor’s dilemma is cer
tainly an unpleasant one, emphasizing, as
it does, both Lis own horn sty, and the
contemptible prejudice and bigotry of
English medical men. The masses, how
ever, haying no sympathy with their
nonsense, keep on using the remedy he so
highly reccommends and get well, while
the rich and able depend upon the preju
dice! doctors and die!
For 20 years Henry F. B dcom, of Shir
ley, Mass., suffered with rheumatism. He
found no relief till he took Hood s Sar
saparilla.
Durii g this change-ble weather many f aim
ers are afflicted vi h a cough To all such we
would say, go to Wi kit’s drug store (at Curry’s
late stand) vahere they will Uud a large variety
of the host cough medicine* ou the market.
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