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COURANT- AMERICAN. X’-u.'-lio-n.ofv. 3 S-rrmxy rV2s.xx.~-e: lay. 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 * * i 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. * * * “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, ‘W&maCordial DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, WEAKNESS, CHILLS AND FEVERS, MALARIA, LIVER COMPLAINT, KIDNEY TROUBLES, NEURALGIA AND RHEUMATISM. ■ves NEW 'E to the SYSTEM engthening scles, Ton- NERVES, ipletelyDi ; the food. 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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. 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