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South African Notes]
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We called in after a long day s shooting,
very dirty and tired, to see “the old man.”
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in. No one wars to be seen, ho my friend
set to work to shout. -.Fancy shouting
for a real live king! Presently a hideous
old luig, with a small freehold garden on
her, and clothed in au old skin that a
London bagman would pass by in dis
gust, came in and told ns that the chief
had been ill all day, but would come out
and see us. This meant that he had
been as drunk as Chloe for a week past.
Soon a blear-eyed, filthy, smelly, dis
gusting old drunkard came in and sat
down on the floor with a grant. Then
he asked for some tobacco. We said we
had't any. Then he asked for brandy;
subsequently for a coat, a pair of trou
sers, some boots or a hat, and the inter
view finished up by his trying to sell us a
dozen of his wives for a bottle of brandy.
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Mother at tea-table —Jack, who helped
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CARTERSVILLE, GA., THURSDAY,JUNE 9, 1887.
Sunday School CouveiCioß.
T' r *> fondev School Convention of the
i Mid Be Ccerokee Baptist association con
! vened on last Friday morning: at ten
o>;0 k in this city at the First Baptist
church.
The president Rev. Thomas A. Owens,
not be'ng present, the convention was
caMed to order by the secretary, Mr.
James B. Conyers, and on motion Rev.
Wm. H. Coojier was elected president,
pro tempore. After a short session the
convention adjourned until two-and-a
half o'clock p. m.
The convention assembled jiersuant to
adjournment and the roll of the churches
composing the Middle Cherokeo associa
tion was called by the secretary, and all
delegatee present duly enrolled.
Rev. J. J. S. Calloway, of Whitfield
county, Georgia, was by ballot elected
president of the convention for the ensu
ing year, aud in like manner for the some
time. Mr. James B. Conyers wus elected
secretary.
The regular programme was then taken
up, but on account of the unavoidable
absence of Rev. J. C. Head, of Catoosa
county, Georgia, at the opening of the
convention the first item in the pro*
gramme, to-wit: Introductory sermon,
subject—“ Shell women be made public
preachers of the Gospel?” was on motion,
postponed until eight o'clock Friday
night.
The second query in the programme
wns then taken up for disucssion, to-wit:
“Whoought to elect officers aud teachers
to the Sabbath School work?”
Mr. J. W. Swain addressed the conven
tion on this subject in an earnest effort
insisting that it was the duty of the
church membership to engage in the Sun
day School work, and that they would
then be better e tabled to select aud elect
the officers aud teachers, which lie
thought was not only the privilege but
the duty of the church to do, as the
church was responsible for the Sunday
School.
Rev.’a A. J. Buford, J. C. Head and W. 11.
Coo er and also Col. Jno. J. Howard ad
dressed the convention on this subject.
The following answer was then on mo
tion adopted as the answer of the con
\eation to the query to-wit: “The
church, because she is responsible for the
teaching of the truth and prosecuting
the work of the Lord.” The third query
in the programme was then taken up to
wit: “How may all oftnechurch members
be induced to attend the Sunday School
services.”
Col. Jno. J. Howard addressed the
convention on this questioa and in very
pathetic aud interesting way urged that
according to his views, the best way to
induce all church mem tiers to attend the
Sunday School is to interest the parents
in the salvation of their children.
Rev. J. C. Head also addressed the
convention on this subject, and he in
sisted that the first thing to be done in
this matter, is for all church members
who are really Christians, and who feel
interested in the work, to pray for it,
quoting from the scripture in support of
the view.—Matthew 18th chapter and
19th verse.
Rev. W. H. Cooper also spoke upon
this subject, and suggested that the way
to induce church members to attend the
Sunday School, is:
Ist. To make the Sunday School
bright, interesting, instructive, attrac
tive and breezy.
2nd. * For Hie pastors to urge their at
tendance upon the Sunday School kindly
and effectually and impress upon them
if possible, that it is their duty to at
tend, and that a failure to do so is a sin,
and also to disabuse their minds of the
impression that Sunday Schools are for
the children alone. He believed the name
ought to be changed from Sunday School
Bible School
Mr. J. W. Swain expressed himself in a
short speech, as believing the best way
to induce all church members to attend
Sunday School, is for every church wheth
er in a city, town or county, to have its
own pastor so that he could be with the
church each Sabbath, and also assist in
the Sunday School work.
The answer to this query was then, on
motion, postponed until next day. The
convention then adjourned until eight
o’clock p. in., at which time Rev. J. C.
Head, the pastor of the Dogwood Valley
Baptist church, delivered the introduc
tory sermon; subject given above. The
sermon was very instructive, and it
evinced a careful and thorough prepara
tion of his discourse evidencing the fact
that lie was obeying the mandate to
search the scriptures. The convention
then adjourned until nine o’clock Satur
day morning.
The convention met on Saturday
morning pursuant to adjournment, and
the first business in order was the criti
cism of the introductory sermon, which
was done by Revs. W. H. Cooper, W. M.
Janes and P. E. Hawkins. The conven
tion then adopted the following answer
to this query, to-wit:
“Let us utilize the gifts which God has
bestowed on the women in every depart
ment, but the scriptures give us no war
rairt for women publicly preaching and
administering the ordinances.”
The convention then resumed the dis
cussion of the 3d querry, given above.
And Rev. W. M. Janes, of Dalton. Ga.,
addressed the convention also on this
subject, urging the importance of study
ing the scriptures, and of all parents pre
paring the Sunday School lessons with
their children. He advised all Sunday
School workers to meet together in prayer
and ask God to bring all the brethren
into the work of the Sunday School, for
He had promised in His Word to give
them the blessings for which they asked.
The convention then adopted the follow
ing answer to this query, to-wit:
Ist. Let the parents themselves be im
pressed with the worth of souls.
21. Let those who conduct the Sunday
School work make the school bright, en
ter iairing, attractive and breezy.
3d. the patters frequently present
from the pulpit the obligation upon mem
bers to l>e present, urging the advantage
of so doing,
4th. A regular church service every
Sabbath in every church in the associa
tion.
sth. That those who are interested in
Sunday School work should pray
that all other members may come into
the work.
6th. That continuous efforts be made
to disabuse the minds of the people of
the impression that the Sunday School
; s for the children only.
The next thing in order was the dis
cussion of querry No. 4in the programme,
to-wit: “What should be the chief ob
ject of all Sunday School work.”
Rev. W. 11. Cooper addressing the con
vention on this subject, said that the
nature of the question implied different
objects, to-wit:
Ist. To keep the children out of mis
chief
2nd. To inculeate into all of them
good morals.
3rd. To indoctrinate the children into
the truths of the Bible.
4th. But the chief object or end was
the salvation of souls.
The hour of eleven having arrived the
convention adjourned until half past two
o'clock, ]. m.. and Rev. J. J. S. Callawav
delivered at this hour an interesting and
instructive sermon, subject, “qualifica
tions of a minster of the gospel.”
The convention reassembled at two
and a half o'clock, p. m.,and resumed the
discussion of query No. 4 in the pro
gramme, and the following answer was
adopted, to wit: “The Salvation of
Soul*.”
The convention then took up query
No. 5 in the programme and. after some
little discussion, adopted as to the ans
wer to this question. “Yes.”
_ The next thing in order was query No.
7 and after some little discussion liy
lievs. W. H. Cooper, A. J. Buford and Mr.
L. P. Gaines, of Kingston, Ga., the reg
ular order of business was suspended,
and on motion Tunuell Hill Baptist
church, at Tunuell Hill, Ga., was fixed as
the next place of meeting of the conven
tion. The convention adjourned, sine
die. after appointing Rev. W. M. Janes.
J. P. Freeman and Wayland Johnson as
a committee of three to prepare a pro
gramme for the next session of the con
vention, and also fix the time of its meet
ing aud have the same printed in the
minutes ofthe next association.
I l>on the whole the session of the con
vention was a very interesting one not
withstanding there was not very many
Sunday schools and churches in the as
sociation represented at this session.
We noticed in attendance as delegates
some charming young ladies from Dog
wood Valley, Catoosa county, Ga., Mises
Lilly Dunn, and Laura Adams aud Miss
Lucy Callaway, from Whitfield county,
Ga., who were all guests of Mr. aud Mrs.
J. B. Conyers.
We wish our Baptist bretheren God
speed in their efforts to spread the glad
tidings of salvation. Work for the night
is coming.
HE TAKES UP THE CUDGELS.
A Prominent Kouiau Fires Hotshot Into
#ll Enemies of Itev. Sain. Jones.
Some writer, under the nom de plume
of “Democrat” has been writing for the
Rome Courier in favor of the whiskey
cause and in the course of his remarks he
took occasion to assail Rev. Sam Jones.
Mr. Jno. B. Patton, one of the solid men
of the town, who has done much for the
town’s material advancement and who
himself is a staunch prohibitionist comes
back at “Democrat in the following
style: I
A certain evangelist, who was spoken
of yesterday in a communication in your
paper, was paid a high tribute by “Demo
crat,” perhaps unwittingly. He says 9
years r.go “the evangelist left the dray!
l’ue in Cartersville, Ga., a poor man.”
We, therefore draw the inference from
“Democrat's” testimony that the evan
gelist was r n honest man. And now that
he has left the dray line, and is on the
chariot lire from earth to heaven, he is
s ill an honest man, and while here in
person the past two weeks no man dare
attack 1 im.
On the line he is now engaged his busi
ness is to try to show passengers a better
) 'e and if they, through his instrumen
tality ge. into this better Pfe, and desire
to maiid'esL their appreciation of what he
has done for them by givmg him of their
ibi ode ice, who shall say them nay. It
is a token of thei” appreciation of his
love aud labor, given to him because he
exults them to higher living here, rnd
[>oin.s them still higher blessings in the
ife to come, and they would not deserve
the name of men if they (lid not divide
their last farthing with one who is seeking
alone their eternal good, and I only wish
the evangelisi was as rich in houses,
lam’s, horses, etc., as he is in the riches
uf blessing* and prayers of a grateful
people that will follow him through this
life ami crown him with untold joy in the
life _o come.
“Democrat” don’t understand this.
He don’t understand it because, perhaps,
his life is ou the opposite line to either
the dray business or the chariot line.
The business of some men is to degrade
their fellow-men, while that of others is
to try ami lift them up, but on either
line men should be fair and just.
Perhaps “Democrat” has his houses
and his lands, carriage and horses. If
so, it is hoped 1 hat he gpt them from a
grateful people, given in love, as a mark
of esteem and love for kindness done, or,
perhaps, (sad thought) h* may have got
them as the price of woman’s tears and
the orphan’s woe—as the price of the
husband and father’s eternal damnation.
If o, it were better if he had started on
the dray lino with Sam Jones and con
tinued there.
Georgia's Tocnado.
The cyclone of Wednesday Ist, did a
deal of damage in the state. It struck
Palmetto at 8 o’clock, moving from
west to south. On both sides of the
town within a radius of two miles a large
number of dwellings were destroyed but
no lives were lost. Advices from Sparta,
Newnan, Villa Ifca, Fairburn and other
towns give reports of great damage from
the storm, but no lives lost as so far re
ported. At Villa Rica a whirlwind struck
James Hilton, sr's. farm, on the Carroll
ton road and blew down every building
on his farm except two small log houses,
crippled a fine mule and bruised up Mrs.
Hilton badly. Mr. Hilton was in the
yard trying to get his family in the storm
pit, but was too late, as the whirlwind
took him up and -carried him over the
barn which had just blown down. Mr.
Hilton's house was anew frame build'ng,
as it had only been a short time since he
lost a house on the same spot by tire.
The wind only occupied a very sma'l
pace.
At Clarkesville the sight was a queer
and sublime one. The large pieces of ice,
falling by millions (without rain) pre
sented a snow storm scene, looked at
through a powerful magnifying glass,
thus turnii g the beau iful in o the terri
ble. On account of the short duration,
comparatively little damage was done.
At Kingston the hail fell rapidly, com
pletely covering the ground. The stones
varied in size from that of a garden pen
to a little larger than a partridge egg.
It ruined all late wheat that was in
bloom, and it is feared materially injured
early corn, as it cut the blades up very
badly.
It was followed at Jonesboro by a
washing rain which did much damage to
fresh plowed ground. The corn crop
came very near being a total ruin. It is
damaged considerably any way. Also
the fruit crop is very badly mutilated.
Scarcely any apples have been left on
the trees.
It struck at I>ee Pott’s, just above
Newnan, tore off the tops of some of his
out-houses and passed on in a direction
a little north of east, blew down three i
out-houses on the premisis of Mr. Robert |
Redwine, tore the sash in his dwelling all I
to pieces, demolished his dishes and scat
tered the timbers for ha’.f a mile. One
cow was killed at Redwine’s, and no oth
er stock were harmed. The storm passed
on in the same direction, blew off one
end of a tenant house on H. M. Arnold's
place, leaving the floor and the man and
wife in bed unhurt and unmoved. At H.
Lane's it tore his dwelling to pieces,
broke the jawbone of one of his children
and killed another. At T. J. Wilkinson’s,
ten miles from Newman, it blew down
his barn. ,
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ANOILKING.
SOME FACTS ABOUT JOHN D. ROCK
EFELLER, PRESIDENT OF THE
STANDARD OIL COMPANY.
Ouce a Newsboy, Now Worth Many Mil
lions—His Magnificent Home aiul
Valuable Art Gallery.
Morning Journal.]
£15,000,000.
Promptly at 10 o’clock each morning
the man who is worth that much, and
probaly several millions more, gets out
of an elevated railroad train at Rector
street, and walks to his office at No 20
Broadway.
He is of medium height aud stout
build. He is slightly stooped. His
brown hair is fast turning to a dull gray.
His eyes are brown and are overhung by
heavy brows. He wears a short, dark
beard and an uncared-for mustache. A
stern, but yet a kindley face, seamed
with small wrinkles, as if by concent ra
ted thought.
This is John I). Rockefeller, the famous
Oil King and the President of the Stan
dard Oil Company, one of the wealthiest
and most powerful corporations 6n
earth.
Mr. Rockefeller's clothes might have
been purchased at a second-hand store.
Tney seem to have been thrown on care
lessly, and the battered silk hat has
needed brushing for a long time. Scores
of clerks in his employ are dressed a
dozen times more exi>ensively than the
Oil King.
Mr. Rockefeller might lie taken for the
owner of a small grocery store, and that
is what he was not ho many years ago.
Now lie has a palatial home in this city
tilled to the doors with splendid paintings
and rare works of art and a summer res
idence at Greenwich, Conn., which ranks
among the finest along the sound.
John 1). Rockefeller is about fifty years
of age. lie was a New England boy, and
does not hide the fact that, in company
with his brother William, he began life by
selling newspapers in the streets of New
Bedford, Mass. He possessed a partial
education acquired at the common
schools, and was bright and shrewd.
When yet a young man Mr. Rockefeller,
like so many other New England boys,
left home for the West. He (lid not get
very far West, however, as lie settled at
Cleveland, ()., and became a clerk in a
grocery. In a few years young Rocke
feller owned the grocery, JJ.e continued,
the business until about 1870, when his'
first big boost into the ranks of the
millionaires took place.
At that time Samuel J. Andrews, who
had been aday laborer in Cleveland, after
years of patient experimenting and iuves-j
ligation, invented several new processes
for refining- crude oil. He went to John
I). Rockefeller and showed him wlmt he
had. The shrewd grocery man at once
saw the fortune within Ids grasp., ayd he
became a pardner in the firm of Andrews
A Rockefeller. The firm was the original
Standard Oil Company, and every man
connected with it at the start has become j
many times a millionaire.
The ]lushing business qy.yliti.es of Rock
efeller soon made themselves felt. It was
obvious to him that control of the oil
tie'(ls meant a virtual ownership of the
oil we 1 Is. One by one the small refineries
in Ohio —in Pennsylvania and everywhere
else, in fact, were absorbed by Andrews A
Rockefeller. They were bought out,
squeezed out and frozen out, and then
the larger concerns in the big cities were
attacked, the scheme being to obtain
control of the petroleum trade of the
world.
In three years Rockefeller was worth
#5,000;000, and lie then let Ids brother
William into tho business and formed the
Standard Oil Company. Associated with
then was Peter A. Watson, then Presi
dent ofthe Erie railway, aud his assis
tance proved invaluable in aiding the
Standard to crush out, its weaker rivals.
Many of the Standard’s competitors
were bought out and retired with big
fortunes; those who were foolish enough
to light the big monopoly were remorse
lessly sent to the wall.
Mr. Rockefeller's fortune kept growing
larger and larger, until, like most weal
thy Americans, he concluded to remove
from Cleveland to New York. A year or
two ago the Standard Oil Company
erected the mammoth building Nos. 18
and 20 Broadway; and on the seventh
floor of that great structure the Oil King
has his plainly-furnished office.
No one can secure anaudiei ce with him
without first running the gauntlet of a
doorkeeper and private secretary. The
Oil King is sharp and quick in his an
swers, and has no time for reminiscerccs,
His last and greatest scheme is said to
be a plan to obtain control of the Rus
sian oil fields and to establish the Stan
dard monopoly in the Bulkan peniusu
lar.
Mr. Rockefeller has a wife and several
children, and on his removal to this citv
he purchased a magnificent house at No.
4 West Fifty-fourth street. It is said
that he paid SOOO,OOO for the property,
which he purchased from Mrs. Worsham,
the wealthy widow who has since mar
ried millionaire Col’is I*. Huntington.
The house is exjtensively and elegantly
furnished, and is a miracle in the way of
frescoing, paneling, and in decorations
of all kinds. Its interior is more like the
house of some Oriental monarch than of
a plain American citizen.
Mr. Rockefelle'r hobby is paintings,
and he has lavished hundreds of thou
sands of dollars upon foreign and native
artists. On his return from a recent
trip to Europe he brought back over
$.">0,000 worth of paintings with him.
His art Gallery is one of the finest in
America, but only his personal friends
has an opportunity of gazing at the rare
art treasures.
Mr. Rockefeller is a devoted Christian
and a member of the Baptist faith. He
taught a large Sunday-school class in I
Cleveland for years, and has given a
great deal of money to various religious I
institutions. Among his donations was *
$25,000 to the University of Rochester,
in this state.
Mr. Rockefeller enjoys a drive behind a
fast team, and he has several trotters
with low records in his stables. He
frequently drives out on the road and
likes to handle the ribbons without the
aid ol a coachman.
It is said that Mr. Rockerfdler knows
every verse in the Bible by heart, and he
delights in theological discussion with
his intimate friends. His home life is
quiet and sedate, and he is seldom seen
at the opera or in fashionable circles.
At his elegant summer residence in
Greenwich the Rockefeller family spend
most of the warm season, the Oil King
going there every night and returning
to the city in the morning. It is abun
dantly supplied with hot-houses, in which
the choicest flowers a.-e raised. Hun
dreds of fruit-trees lend a grateful shade
to the ground, and a short distance
away the blue waters of the sound can
be seen glistening in the sunlight. Among
his neighbors Mr. Rockefeller is very pop
ular, and his private charities are said to
be many and large.
Such is the man who is the head of
America's greatest monopoly, and whose
millions are rolling up so rapidly that he
himself acknowledges that he caa not
tell within $5,000,000 how much he is
worth to-day.
Dpksses Dyed Without Ripping.
Coloring dresses and any heavy gar
n ents can be done without ripping, by
usirg Diamond Dyes. Be careful to have
I a kettle or a tub large enough to allow
the goods to be easily moved about.
THE RISE IN COFFEE.
Wily the Cup W'U Cost *130,000,000
More This Year T tan K,er Befo/c.
X. V. Correspomlenco St. LouisGlobe-DeniOor*" t.J
Uoffee is higher than it has over been
'jefore for any considerable period. Ihe
situation, therefore, is interesting,
rot to say serious. Gambling in it is just
now wilder than in any stocks or in any
other produce. The price has advanced
100 per cent, in a year; and if the lowest
i )u highest prices art 1 taken, 150 per
r?nt. If the present situation continues,
■ he coffee-drinkers in the United States
dl pay #50,000,000 more for it than
• ey paid in 1885, and #60,000,000 mou
* :aa they paid in 1882. The rise in price
is, therefore, equal to the imposition of
r jont #1 on eveyv man, woman and
child (whether coffee drinkers or not) in
>e country. And if the movement up
vartl continues, coffee will pass out of the
aily use of the jieople and become a
■ usury. The cause of the startling ad
's auee in price is tliree-fold. The con
sumption has increased much more raj >id
than the supply. In 1867 the ron
i caption per capita was 1.77 pounds j
i.' 1873, the first year after it was put on
t e free list, it was 0.67; in 1884 it was
0.59, am. it has since increased. The
range of prices has been for fair Rio in
1860, 13 cents; in 1870, 10 to 11)(
ceius; iff 1880, 14 to 14% cents ; May of
last year, 9% cents; nowit is about 20
cents.
Another cause is the chance given for
gamhling by the necessary lack of trust
worthy crop reports. There is no con
ce ved news gathered in inland Brazil.
A SHORT CROP.
third cause is the estimated sliort
ne ,s of the crop in Brazil, which has now
just bean gathered and will begin to ar
r've about July 1. The Brazil crop is es
-1 'Mated at lrom 2,250,000 to 4,500,000
’-cgs. The expectation a year ago was
of a c op of from 5,000,000 to 6,000,000
l ugs. A shortage of 1,000,000 bags
I'eoni Brazil will keep prices where they
now are. The crop in Java also is short,
la Ceylon the leaf disease has reduced the
"oauetion by at least one-1 alf. Thus
iho su ply of the the very beet coffee is
Hire to be smaller for this year than it
hes been for a generation.
A>-dav the highest figures are naid for
M ysore coffee, and, it is considered the
best grown. Mysore is a part ofUpper
British Ipdia, and the cultivation of the
be-ry is entirely under European control.
Thus far the leaf disease, which has
so'-ead such havoc in Java and Ceylon,
as left British India alope; but how long
it will do so it is hard to say. All at
-eruptsi to grapple with this disease
ave proved fruit less, and if it ever puts
l an anpearance in Brazil, the days of
wOflfee-drinking will be numbered. There
ere those who bc’ieve that uim-ss the
leaf disease can be fought successfully, it
is only aques.ion of time when a cup
o" coffee wi’l be as great a luxury as a
bo.v je of champagne.
Whether or pot the price will be main
lained at so high a figure will depend
much on the future of speculation. The
only coffee in the country is in New York,
vh ch now has a great boom. The fever
is highs - than ev.er before in the history
of the i, rede. There is more gambling in
o .tup in any other grocery staple. The
i resent uncertain- outlook of the supply
I'as brought outsiders into the specula
tion. Syndicates hay.e been often formed
obi ll the market, but in the majority
f cases they have failed,. The s.vndi
ate of 1883, after costing the consumers
feoffee over #8,000,000, lost more than
i j made and brought down several large
on sen. The principle members of the
syndicate were Havre and Rio houses,
vith some few New York firms added.
THE LATEST SYNDICATE.
The present syndicate which is booro
i <g prices is composed of New York,
Fra ich and Brazilian houses, and is by
far the strongest ever formed. There
are, however, other outside houses which
are bulls on the situation, and several
have made a good round sum already.
Messrs. Hard & Rand, who do not spec
ulate in options, but are the largest
i\>porters of coffee in this country, have
.eited anywhere from #500,000 to 750,-
000. If we consider that a bag of coffee,
which a year ago was worth, say #l3, is
•“onlay worth #26, the greatest advance
aving taken place within the last six
*; eeks, the above estimate is not un
reasonable, if it is not entirely too small.
Vruold, the “coffee king,” has had his
share of the spoils, and so has Selligs
erg, who acted for the defunct syndicate
in 1883. The Arbuckles, who are the
rirgesu distributors of coffee in the world,
lust have netted at least a half a mil
on dollars, although they were not
bulls on the market. Cotton brokers
and even Wall street financiers have
come into the option market, as the
activity on the Coffee Exchange has
keen for some time more attractive than
diner cotton orstocks. What the actual
results of the present sjteculative cruze
will be it is hard to say; but, if the pres
ent conditions continue, the consumers
' l the chief coffee-drinking countries will
have to pay this year about #120,000,-
000 more for the cup than they have
ever paid in any previous year.
ANob’e- Woman’s Work.
There is a lady near Sandersville whore
husband died, leaving an indebtedness
pga J isc Ids estate of $2,500. Having
e'griL children to care for, the eldest of
\ jom was about twelve years of age,
she realised that the responsibi'ity of
* -icir maintenance end education devolv
es iron her. She did not shrink from
le task i.i despondency, but sec to
:o'k with a determination that has
overcome a*i obstacles. She assumed
control of the plantation, made good
c ops, paid off the indebtedness, and is
now running the business on a cash basis.
With favorable seasons s’ae will make not
less than seventy five bales of cotton
this year, with corn fodder, etc., in abun
dance.
Gen. Hutler In New Orleans.
fronton Journal.]
Gen. George A. Sheridan relates this
story, which he picked up in New Orleans:
A delegation of citizens of that place visi
ted President Lincoln to beg him to re
move Gen. Butler from command there.
The President listened while they present
ed their thousand and one grievances,
and then said.
“Well, gentlemen, as much as you dis
like Gen. Butler, at least he has done
one good thing for you, for by his wise
sanitary regulations he has kept the yel
low fever out.”
One of the delegates, a Oreole, skipjted
before the President and replied, excited
ly: “Pardon, Mistah President, pardon;
it was not Butler keep ze fevaire avay
from ze city, it was God. He still have a
leetle mercy for our poor people. He do
not send Ben. Butler and ze yellow fevaire
ze same season: no saire.”
The President laughed heartily, but all
the same Gen. Butler was kept in com
mand.
Small Talk.
Omaha Lady—Dick, you haven't told
me all about that new baby.
Little Dick —I don't know much about
it yet. I only got here this morning.
Omaha Lady—But you haven! even
sahl whether it is a sister or a brother.
Little Dick—Well it looks like a little
brother, but mamma says he is going to
be a little sister, an I suppose he will.
Omaha World.
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LUDWIG’S 7,000 BRIDES.
ltrlng llaconie Widows Xow Wear
the Weeds.
Faria Letter in Ctk-ajco Tribune ]
The young King (Ludwig of Bavaria)
was then at the height of his romantic
fame. His ideally handsome likeness wtu*
to be seen everywhere, and everywhere
I you heard of his poetic melancholy, his
romantic spirit and his confirmed celibacy.
Naturally he became an object of intense
interest to sentimental young ladies.
Presently among other tales that were
told of him, there went abroad the story
that he sjient most of his time in wander
ing about his kingdom in disguise, lie
haunted shady lanes and romantic spots,
seeking for some fair maideu who should
be his chosen bride. Well this silly tale
was believed and set thousands of hearts
to fluttering. Ea;h maiden wondered if
she would be his choice if he chanced to
meet her under the lime trees. And she
hesitated to plight her troth to her vil
lage lover until she 4 should have a chance
to meet the King.
So that it come to pass that in the vil
lage of Bertoldshofen, in the romantic
mountain region of Bavaria, the minders
formed themselves into a sort of sister
hood. They pledged themselves to each
other not to marry until they were sure
the king had passed them by. Each was
to wear his likeness cons tan By near her
bosom, uud each was to choose lor her
self a secret bower, where at evetide
she should await his coining. A more
foolish scheme probably never was de
vised by the silly brains of love-sick
school-girls. But more than a sco v of
Bertoldshofen maidens entered into .t
with the zeyl and devotion of nuns.
The fame of this sisterhood spread to
other villages, to to was and cities —nay to
Munich itsels. Rustic wenches and the
lettled beauties of princely palaces alike
caught the last disease. Within a year
not less than 10,000 young wo.nen, all
through Bavaria, bud taken upon them
selves “the vows of Ludwig,” and we e
waiting for their king.
In time many of these girls imagined
they had been and passed by the King,
and thus freed from their vows, accepted
humbler husbands. < P liers grew tired of
waiting and broke their vows. Still
others waited and waited in vain, uniT
all other suitors had passed them by; ami
they are waiting still p,nd will be waiting
all their lives. But as the mirks of the
original sis-er.iood was thinued new
recruits were added, and the “brides <|f
Ludwig" were still counted by t’e thou
sands. It was estimated that there weie
not less than 7,000 of them at the time
of his suicide. When tip' news of the
tradgedy became known they forthwith
put on mounting and called themselves
“the widows ol Ludwig.” Many of them
took solemn vows ol life-long celibacy as
a token of faithfulness to his memory.
Among these latter two of the most de
voted were the young Bare nesses of Mu
nich. They constantly wore the drapest
mourning, secluded themselves from all
social pleasures, and drove themselves
into confirmed melancholy. Every
week they went to 8t urn berg and threw
garlands of flowers into the water at the
spot where the king was drowned. Fi
nally they determined to share his late.
They arrayed themselves as brides, wen
to donning veils and orange blossoms,
rowed out into the water. Then
bodies were found next day, clasped in
each other’s arms, and with portraits of
the mad king next their hearts.
The President has not made up hig
mind as to who he will appoint to suc
ceed Judge Woods on the Supreme bench.
The States are filled with men who would
love to get so high and dignified a place,
with such a handsome salary. The follow*
ing have been mentioned: Attorney Gen
eral Garland, Secretary Bayard, Secre
tary Lamar, Secretary Endicott, John
Randolph, Tucker, Congressman Ham
mond, of Georgia; Speaker Carlisle, 11.
E. Jackson, Tennessee; Judge Semines,
Lonisana; Hon. J. E. McDonald, Indiana;
Judge Cochrane, Georgia; Senator Pugh:
Alabama: Win. S. Bissel, New York; A,
G. Thurman, Ohio; Judge Hoadly, New
York: and Judge Montgomery, Michigan.
There are several thousand and more
who would accept the place if offered.
A little French girl, juit learning to
speak English one day went to a neigh
bor’s house to beg some flowers from the
conservatory.
“What kind would you like?” asked
the lady of the house.
“Roses, please madam.”
“And how many? Your sister wants
to wear then to a party?”
“Yes, madam. Enough for two bou
quets—one for her hair and one for her
stomach.”
A four-year old tot to-day invited three
older playmates into an icecream-saloon,
where she magnificently ordered four
]dates of cream. When the dehs-table
food had been euteu she cal inly proceeded
to walk out of the place without paying
for it. The proprietor stopped her.
Looking up into his face in the mout in
nocent manner in the world she lis{>ed:
“1 ain't got any money, sir. I’ll pay
you when I’m married.”—Philadelphia
News.
A five-year-old boy in this city recently
commenced attending Sunday school,
and became deeply interested iu the
teachings he received. After one or two
lessons had been given him he expressed
a strong wish for a “sling shot.” His
fond mother was astonished at the re
quest, and asked the young hoj>eful why
he wanted such a thing. His reply
was prompt and at the point. “At
Sunday school,” he said, “they told a
stroy of a little bov that killed a hig
giant with a sling-shot, and I wunt one.”
—Madison (Wis.) Journal.
Origin of Honeymoon.
Epoch]
It may not be generally known that
the word “honeymoon” is derived from
the Teutons, and means drinking for
thirty days after inarriiige of methegliu,
mead orhydromel.a kind of wine made of
honey. Attfla, a celebrated King of the
Huns, who boasted of the ap]>ellatiou,
“The Scourge of God,” is said to have
died on his nuptial night from an
uncommon effusion of blood, brought
on by indulging too freely in hydromel
at his wedding feast.
The term “honeymoon” now signifies
the first -month after mar riage, or so
much of it as is sjrent from home. John
Toban, in “The Honeymoon,” thus refers
to it:
This truth is manifest—a gentle wife
Is still the irterliug eumfort of a man'i* life;
To fools a torment, but a lasting boon
To those who wisely keep their honeymoon.
Dr. H. D. Cunyus, of Stilesboro, Ga.,
has seen Curry’s Diarrhoea and Dysen
tery Specific tried and heartily recom
mends it for all bowel troubles.
THE BA BY.
Who makes the home of the poor man so bright?
Who fills the palace of wealth with such lighl?
Who, when you kiss him, will give yon a bite?
The baby.*
Who in one moment can laugh and cry?
Who at the same time can yield and defy?
Who is it one can’t but love, though he try?
The baby.
Who has opinions which no one gainsays?
Who naughty pranks with impunity plays?
Who is the monarch of all he surveys?
The baby.