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VOLUME m.
The Carters!! American.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF BARTOW CO.
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DIRECTORY.
COURT CAtENDAB-CHBBOKEE CIR
CUIT.
J. C. Fain, Judge. J. W. Harris, Jr., Solicitor
General.
Bartow County—Second Monday in January
and July.
Catoosa County—Second Monday in February
und August
Murray County—Third Monday in February
amt August.
Gordon County—Fourth Monday in February
and August.
l ade County—Third Monday in March and
September.
Whitfield County—First Alonday in April
and October.
lIARTOW COUNTY COURT.
G. S. Ttinilin, Judge. J. J. Conner, Sol. Gen.
Geo. A. Howard. Clerk. J. G. Broughton,
Bailiff.
Quarterly Terms—First Monday in March,
June, September and December.
Monthly Term—First Monday in each month.
JUSTICES COURTS.
Times for holding Justices Courts in the dif
ferent Militia Districts of Bartow county, Ga,:
( artersville— No. 822d.....5ec0nd Tue days,
Adairsville “ 866th.... Fourth Fridays,
Cassvilie “ 828th....second Fridays,
Kingston “ 952d First Fridays,
Euharlee “ 85l*t tsec’mi Satui days,
Allatoona “ 819th.... Third Saturdays,
Wolf Pen “ 1041st....fourth Saturdays,
Stamp Creek " 96:$ l Third Saturdays,
Sixth Disti ict “ 936th Fourth Saturdays
Pine Log *• 827th.... First Saturdays.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
J. A. Howard,Ordinary.
F. M. Durham, Clerk Superior Court.
11. W. Cobb,.Treasurer.
John A. Gladden, Sheriff. A. M. Franklin,
Deputy Sheriff.
Hailey A. Barton, Tax Collector.
W. W. Ginn, Tax Receiver.
A. M. Willingham, Coroner.
D. W. K. Peacock, Surveyor.
Commissioners—S. C. Prichard, T. C. Moore,
A. Vincent, John H. Wikie, T. S. Hawking.
CITY OFFICERS.
A. P. Wofford, Mayor.
James 1). Wilkerson, Marshal.
Geo. 8. Cobb, Clerk.
B. R. Mountcastle, Treasurer.
Aldermen—First Ward, J. C. Wofford, A. R.
Hudgins: Second Ward, G. Harwell, W. H.
Barron; Third Ward, John j.. Stover, Ulihu
Hall; Fourth Ward, W. C. Edwards, Aaron
Collin*.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Street—Collins, Hudgins, Barron.
Finance—Stover, Edwards, Wofford.
Cemetery—Hudgins, Collins, Edwards.
Public Hull—Hal], Wofford, Barron.
Relief—Edwards, Barron, Harwell.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
Methodist.—Pastor, Rev. J. B. Robins. Ser
vices, every Sunday at) J, a. in., and 7:30, p. m.
Prayei meeting, every Wednesday at 7:30, p.
in. Sabbath School, c\£i*y Sunday at 9:30, a.
in.; Jno. W. Aki-n, Bui®. Young men’s prayer
meeting, every Thursday at 7:30, p. m.
Baptist.—Pastor, Rev. F. M. Daniel. Ser
vices, every Sunday at 10:45, a. in. and 7:15, p.
m. Prayer meeting,every Wednesday at 7:15,
p. m. Sabbath School, every Sunday at 9:30,
a. in,; D. W. K. Peacock, Supt. Young men’s
prayer meeting, every Blind yat2,p. m. Ser
i ice of song, every Sunday at 3, p. m. Month
ly conference, third Sundry ol each month at
3, p. n>,
Pkksbytkkian.—Pastor, Rev. T. E. Smith.
Services) even lint and third Sundays at 11, p.
in, Sabb.ttii School, every Sunday at 9, a. m.;
T. W. Milner, Supt. Prayer meeting, every
Wednesday at 7:30, p. m.
Episcopae. —Church of the Ascension. Min
ister in charge. Rev. W. R. McConnell. Ser
vices. every Sunday, except third in each
month, at 11, a. m. Sabbath School, every Sun
day at 10. a. m.
Professional Cards.
T. W. MILNER. J. W. H ARRIS, JR.
HILLER A HARRIS,
Attorneys-At-Law.
Office over Howard’s Bank.
Cartersviile, Ga.
JOHN H. WIKLK. DOUGLAS WIKLK ,
WIKLE A WIKLK,
Attorneys-at-Law & Real Estate Agents,
Offices at Court House, and on Main Street ,
above Erwin, Cartersviile, Ga. ;
OEOIIQE 8- JOHNHOST.,
Attoriiey-at-Eaw,
Office, West Side Public Square,
CARTERSVILLJE, GA.
Will practice in all the Courts.
A. M. FOUTE. W r ALTER M. RYALS.
FOUTE A RYALS,
AttorneySfAt-Ijaw.
WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COORTS
of this state. Prompt and laithlul at
tention given to all business entrusted to us.
Office, corner Main and Erwin Streets, up
stairs. Cartersviile, Ga.
J. M. NEEL. J. J. CONNER. W. J. NEEL.
BREL, CONNER A KEEL,
Attorneys-At-Eaw.
WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS
of this state. Litigated cases made a
specialty. Prompt attention given to all bus
iness entrusted to us.
office on Erwin Street, between Main and
Market. Cartersviile, Ga.
JAMES B. CONYERS,
Attorney-at-Taw*
Office Up-Stairs, Bank Block, Cartersviile, Ga
Will practice in all the Courts of the Chero
kee and adjoining Circuits, and in the Su
trerne Court. Projnpt attention given to all
usinm. Collect ions made a specialty.
Railroads.
KENNESAW ROUTE!
WESTERN &ATLANTIC R. R.
The following time card in effect Sunday,
Dec. 30, IftKl:
NORTH BOUND
NO. 3—W ESTERN EXPRESS—DaiIy.
Leave Atlanta 7 30 a. m
Arrive Marietta 320
“ Cartersville 9 25
“ Kingston 9 5*2
“ Dalton.... 1123
“ Chattanooga 100 p. m.
NO. I—FAST EXPRESS-Daily.
Leave Atlanta 2 35 p. m.
Arrive Marietta 3 27
*• Cartersville 4 29
“ Dalton 6 22
“ Chattanooga. 800
NO. 11-LIMITED EXPRESS—DaiIy.
I.eave Atlanta 11 40 p.m.
Arrive Marietta 12 39 a. in.
“ Cartersville 1 48
" Dalton 3 44
“ Chattanooga. 515
Rome Express—North -Daily, except Sunday.
Leave Atlanta 4 05 p. in.
Arrive Marietta 3 00
“ Cartersville 6 03
“ Rome .. 7 *2O
No. 1 carries Pullman cars from Atlanta to
Louisville, Jacksonville to Cincinnati, New
Orleans to Washington.
No. 11 carries Pullman cars from Savannah
to Chicago and Atlanta to Nashville.
SOUTH BOUND.
NO. 4-FAST EXPRESS.
Leave Chattanooga 8 00 a. m.
Arrive Dalton 9 33
‘* Kingston II 16
“ Cartersville 11 4*2
“ Marietta I*2 46 p. m.
Arrive Atlanta 1 45
NO. 2—SOUTHERN EXPRESS.
Leave Chattanooga 2 55 p, in.
Arrive Dalton 4 80
“ Kingston 602
“ Cartersville 6 31
“ Marietta 7 47
Arrive Atlanta 8 40
NO. 12—LIMITED EXPRESS—DaiIy.
Leave Chattanooga 1015 p. m.
Arrive Dalton 11 49
Cartersville 1 47 a. m.
“ Marietta 3 50
“ Atlanta 340
Rome Express—South—Daily, Except Sunday.
Leave Rome... 8 30 a.m.
Arrive Cartersville 9 45
“ Marietta 10 49
“ Atlanta 11 45
No. 4 carries Pullman cars from Cincinnati
to Atlanta, Washington, New Orleans, Louis
ville to Atlanta.
No. I*2 carries Pullman cars from Chicago to
Savannah and Louisville to Atlanta.
B. W. WRENN, Gcn’l. Pass. Agt.
R. A. ANDERSON, Superintendent.
EAST & WEST R. R. OF ALA.
ON and after Sunday, Nov. 14, 1883, trains
on this road will riin as follows:
GOINu WEST—Daily, Except Sunday.
no. 1. no. 3.
Leave Cartersville 950 a. m. 430 p. m.
“ Stilesboro 10 o*2 4 4*2
“ Taylorsville 10 37 5 17
“ Kockmart 11 10 5 50
Arrive Cedartown 12 00 6 40
GOING EAST—Daily, Except Sunday.
NO. 2. NO. 4.
Leave Cedar town 205 p. m. 715a. m.
“ Rock m art 3 00 8 07
“ Taylorsville 3 35 8 39
“ Stilesboro 3 53 8 55
Arrive Cartersville 4 25 9 25
SUNDAY ACCOMMODATION—Going Eest.
Leave Cedartown 8 00 a. m.
" Stilesboro 8 52
“ Taylorsville 9 24
“ Kockmart 9 40
Arrive Cartersville. . ..1010
SUNDAY ACCOMMODATION—Going West.
Leave Cartersville 2 50 p.m.
“ Stileslioro 3 *2l
“ Taylorsville . 3 37
“ Itockmart 4 10
Arrive Cedartown 5 00
ALABAMA DIVISION.
Daily, Except Sunday.
Leave East & West Junction 2 55 p. in.
Arrive Broken Arrow 6 00
I.eave Broken Arrow 9 00 a. m.
Arrive East & West Junction 1 15 p. m.
ROME RAILROAD.
The following is the present passenger
schedule:
no. 1. no, 3.
Leave Rome.. 610a. m. 415 p. m.
Arrive Kingston 855 - 530
no. 2. no. 4.
Leave Kingston 920a. m. 555 p. ni.
Arrive Rome 10 25 a.m. 650
no. 5.
Leave Rome 8 00 a. m.
Arrive Kingston 9 00
no. 6,
Leave Kingston . 9 20 a. m.
Arrive Home 10 10
Nos. 1,2, 3 and 1 will run daily except Sun
days.
Nos. 5 and 6 will run Sundays only.
Nolwill not *lop at the junction. Makes
close connection at Kingston for Atlanta and
Chattanooga.
No. 2 makes connection at Rome with E. T.
Va. & Ga. It R., for points south.
lIIIKN HILLYER, President.
J. A. SMITH, Gen’l. Pass. Agent.
IF YOU ARE
GOING
NORTHWEST
on
SOUTHWEST.
BESURE
Your Tickets Head via the
F., C. & St. L. Ey.
The McKon zie R oute
The First-clans and Emigrant Passengers
FAVORITE!
Albert B. Wrenn, W. I. Rogers,
Pas. Agent, Pas. Agent,
Atlanta, Ga. Chattanooga, Tenn.
W. L. DANLEY,
Gen. Pas. & Tkt. Agent,
Nashville, Tenn,
EISEMAN BROfe
MANUFACTURING
CLOTHIERS & TAILORS
r>3 WHITEHALL STREET,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
(ARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1884.
; The Cartersville American.
Entered at the Post Office at (Jartersville ,
(Ja., May W/t, ISB2, as second class matter.
T IJEBD AY, J UNE 10, 18S4.
SAM BROWK.
He Talks About Dave Taff and Nat
Camion Fishing on Sunday, &c.
Fislting is mighty nice sport. T love
to fish; T do, certain. Several years ago
; 1 used to li] i a good deal on Raccoon
creek. Now, it' there are ftsh anywhere
in the world, Raccoon creek certainly
has some.
I used to live about two miles and a
half from the best fish-hole in the world.
There was a large bluff-like rock what
extended out over this hole. Upon this
rock 1 was accustomed to sit at night
I and draw* in the prettiest, nicest, round-
I est and fattest perch and bream and cat-
I fish and trout in the world. The tttiles
' boro boys thought there was nothing
like being allowed to fish in this hole
(That I always kept baited with red-eyed
worms. Nat Cannon and Dave Taff
j were the most anxious boys to go a fish
i iug with me one Sunday night I ever
I saw in my life. It was on the 28th of
j May about eight years ago, "Well, I
| first asked my old woman if she cared.
J She said no, if we would only wait until
Monday night. We all faithfully prom
ised to wait until Monday night, and so
the thing was settled. But Dave Taff
called me oft' to one side and said that he
nevty did have any luck fishing, except
wiieu he went on Sunday, and then ( he
looked at me so sweet and begged me so
hard that I promised to let him and Nat
Cannon go to my fish-hole that night.
Of course I couldn’t get off from my old
woman, so I w’as compelled to stay at
home.
Dave and Nat fixed up tlieir tackle
and worms and light and started out
about 9p. m. - The night was powerful
dark. It was thick cloudy and drizzling
rain. I told them to turn the light dowrn
very low when they got to the fish-hole,
as fish don’t bite W’ell when a light is
shining on the bank. They slipped off
proud and happy, w’liile my old woman
consoled herself by thinking they had
gone to church.
I sat down on my front porch and
smoked my pipe and ruminated on pro
found thoughts. When the clock struck
half past ten, I got up and went to my
old woman’s room. She was snoring
away like a Tennessee coni sheller. This
satisfied me that she must be asleep. I
put on a pair of cavalry boots what my
brother-in-law, Steve Saggus, pulled ofi'
of a dead yankee at the battle of the
Wilderness, and sneaked off to the fish
hole. T slipped along powerful easy so
I could get up to where Dave and Nat
were without their knowing it.
This I accomplished just as nice.
They had caught a string of fish about
three feet long. Their light was turned
down until it was nothing but a pale lit
tle flicker. They were squatting down
on their ankles and feet close up to the
edge of the water, what was about twen
ty-two feet and three and one-half inches
deep. I crawled up behind thbm as
noiselessly and as softly and as gently as
a vernal zephyr moves through a beauti
ful flower garden. Their souls were
filled with sweet thoughts and lovely ru
minations; my mind was occupied by
cogitations direful and despicable. Right
onward I crept until I was close up be
hind them. Strong and steady hands
were placed at the middle of their bod
ies; and, without warning, they were
precipitated more quickly than thought,
head-foremost, into the uninviting and
cruel fisli-liole. So skillfully and quick
ly was it done, that they knew not who
or what did it. I seized the string of
fish and went home as quickly and as
noiselessly as I had come. I hid the
fish and went to bed. For two or three
hours I dreamed. I dreamed of death,
that black and cruel monster. It was
an awful dream! Methought that,
“With the year
Seasons return; but not to me returns
Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn,
Or sight of vernal bloom or summer’s rose”
—I was dead! Perhaps I would have
dreamed something else, but at that mo
ment a gentle rap at my door broke the
charm—l was alive and awake. I opened
the door, and in crept Dave and Nat,
looking like sick monkeys in a third rate
circus. Dave wore a fox trot smile,
while a dripping little dish-rag smile was
rippling over Nat’s sharp nose. I ex
pressed my most sincere sympathies for
them, rubbed them down as well as I
could with an old guano sack, gave them
some dry clothes and put them to bed.
Tliev seemed to be very low spirited,and
said they would not take it so hard, if
they only knew what it was that caused
them both to jump off into the hole at
the same time, and also what had become
of tbeir string of fish. I did not offer
any explanations, but advised them to
go to sleep.
The next morning we had fish for
breakfast in bountiful profusion. Dave
and Nat looked at me in a curiously sus
picious manner. I told them that I
went down to see how they were getting
along, and when I got in about twenty
five steps of the fish hole, they botli
seemed to be dreadfully frightened, and,
at the same instant, plunged off into the
water; that I ; thinking they were en-
j deavoring to commit suicide or were
i simply bathiug, had taken the fish and
brought them home.
Until this good day, these two estima
ble young men stoutly believe that it
was the hand of Providence what threw
' them into the water; and neither of
them would fish again on Sunday for a
thousand dollars; they wouldn’t, certain.
Smilingly Yours, Sam Brown.
THE MAINE LIQIUR LAW.
There having been a good deal said
about tin l Maine liquor law not prohib
iting the sale of liquor in that state, a
citizen of this place wrote to a gentle
man at the capitol of that state to as
certain the facts in the premises. He
| received a reply which we publish be
low. It is written by an official of the
Maine Insane Hospital, who is in a po
| sitiou to know the workings of the law
as well as any man in the state. The
fair anil impartial manner in which the
; writer states the ease, shows that lie is
conscientious in what he says. While
jhe says most emphatically that “the
Maine liquor law has done a great work
for the people,” lie admits that it is vio
lated in some locations. After the peo
ple of that state adopt the constitutional
amendment to which he refers, it may
be expected that the traffic will be com
pletely suppressed. As he truthfully
says, all criminal laws are violated—if
they were never violated we would have
no use for criminal courts. It is con
tended that some men tvill have intoxi
cating drinks at all hazards. We admit
that, and we believe that there are men
who would walk to Atlanta, with a jug
strapped to their back, to get it, rather
than do without it. But that class is
very small. The great object of prohi
bition is to remove the temptation from
the youths of The country, who have not
contracted the terrible habit of drinking.
Augusta, Maine, May 28, 1884.
* * * Dear Sir: —The question to
which you refer is one of vital impor
tance to the people of tliis country, and
one to which the better classes are giv
ing much sober though!. Asa son of
Maine, I am proud to say, “The Maine
Liquor Law” has done hi grand work
for her people. Times have changed in
the last thirty-five years. * The time was
when every grocer sold rum as freely as
he did tea or tobaoco, and a man was
thought none the less of for selling* or
drinking liquor. I have before me a
bill, a copy of which I wifi inclose, show
ing the business of a small country gro
cer. You will notice thatjhe was selling
eight barrels per month, and lie the
smallest dealer out of six in a small vil
lage.
Boston, August 1, 1850.
Mr. L. P. bought of Joshua Sears
four barrels N. E. rum, 43, 41 J, 41
38—102 Gals.. 20 cts. $42.12.
Boston, August 10, 1850.
Mr. L. P. bought of Joshua Sears
four barrels N. E. rum, 40, 411, 40’.,
40—174 Gals., 20’, ets. $10.30.
The Maine law has elevated the morals
of the people, decreased crime, pauper
ism and insanity, and were the people
to vote upon its repeal, it would be vo
ted by an overwhelming majority—not
to repeal.
To say that the law prohibits the sale
of liquor in all places and at all times,
would not be true. We have laws
against murder, arson and thieving, yet
all are violated. But the man who sells
liquor in Maine to-day, with a few ex
ceptions, which T will hereafter name,
is obliged to do so in some old shed, un
der some o’d house, or peddle it out in
bottles, and then in a very sly, mean
way. When you find a town where pub
lic sentiment is against the sale of liquor,
there you will find the officers doing
tlieir duty and liquor hard to be found.
There are a few places in this state
(I am sorry to say) where the officers
do not do their duty, public senti
ment is not against the liquor traffic,
where it is sold quite openly, but I hope
to see those places soon closed.
This fall we are to vote upon the con
stitutional prohibitory amendment, and
I expect to see it adopted, prohibiting
forever the manufacture and sale of in
toxicating liquors.
I rejoice that your people are waking
up to this question, and trust" you may
live to see the accursed stuff (alcohol)
I driven from your state.
Very Respectfully, R. W. Soule.
BARTOW COrSTY.
I have received from Miss Virginia
Brandon, one of Bartow’s most sterling
young ladies, a communication offering
me specimens of silk, manufactured by
herself, for exliibition at New Orleans.
A. P. Wofford, esq., Col. T. W. Mil
ner, Col. C. M. Jones, C. A. Milner,
esq., and others have promised speci
mens of iron ore and ochre. Miles G.
Dobbins, esq., lias promised specimens
of manganese. Capt. Shelman lias prom
ised specimens of small fruits preserved
in alcohol. Col. Milner and others have
promised samples of field crops—and
so the good work goes on.
Those desiring to make contributions
to the World’s Industrial and Cotton
j Centennial Exposition, at New Orleans,
! can get all the information they may
j desire by calling on me at the office of
Messrs. J. J. Howard & Sou, bankers,
Cartersviile, Ga.
D. W. K. Peacock.
County Com,
YANDERBILT OX THE SOUTH.
Hr Regards it *s the Bft Field for Cotton
md Iron Mannfaetfiring.
London, June 4.— Mr. Vanderbilt was
waited on by a deputation of English
ship builders and cotton manufacturers,
who wished information front America’s
money king, regarding manufacturing
prospects in the United States. Mr.
Vanderbilt received the delegates in the
most courteous manner, and seemed
anxious io impart to them desired infor
mation. He expressed great confidence
in the future of the southern states, as
where the cotton and iron manufacturing
industries will be most profitable. He
refers to the wonderful growth of Atlan
ta and the enterprise of its people, The
coming centennial cotton exposition at
New Orleans which he urged British
manufacturers to visit and witness for
themselves the products and resources
of America in miniature. Mr. Vander
bilt recommends the states of Florida,
Alabama and Georgia as desirable states
for the manufacture of the finer cotton
fabrics, and the gulf ports of New Or
leans, Pensacola and Mobile for ship
building yards, and where property can
now be bought at lower rates than ever
again in the future. The certainty of
America’s again becoming a great mari
time power, Mr. Vanderbilt believes is
an assured fact. He urges the British
shipbuilders to establish ship yards at
the gulf ports, and prepare for work
which will surely come to them in the
near future.— Constitution .
From the foregoing it will be seen
that the English people are anxious on
the subject of manufacturing, and a
deputation waited on and required of
Mr. Vanderbilt in regard to the pros
pects of manufacturing in the United
States. Mr. V. in reply gives informa
tion and recommends the states of Floii
da, Alabama and Georgia as being the
states for the business of ship building
and the manufacture of iron and cotton,
and recommends that they come over
and attend our Industrial and Cotton
Centennial Exposition at New Orleans
next fall and see for themselves.
New England, the north and Europe
all have their eyes turned to the south
as the coming country for manufacturing.
And I ask, shall we throw ourselves on
an ease and make no effort to take ad
vantage of this state of affairs ?
I am sure many, very many, capitalists
will be there to see the products of our
country, and I am very anxious to have
something there for them to see.
D. \V. K. Peacock,
County Com.
TIIE TRAGEDIAN BOOTH AND THE LORD’S
PRAYER.
A friend tells us an anecdote of Booth,
the great tragedian, which we do not
recollect having seen in print. Booth
and several friends had been invited to
dine with an old gentleman in Baltimore,
of distinguished kindness, urbanity and
piety. The host, though disapproving
of theatres and theatre-going, had heard
so much of Booth’s remarkable powers
that curiosity to see the man had, in this
instance, overcome all his scruples and
prejudices. After the entertainment
was over, lamps lighted, and the compa
ny retreated in the drawing room, some
one requested Booth, as a particular fa
vor, and one which all present would
doubtless appreciate, to read aloud the
Lord's Prayer. Booth expressed his
willingness to do this, and all eyes were
turned expectantly upon him.
Booth rose slowly and reverently from
his chair. It was wonderful to watch
the play of emotions that convulsed his
countenance. He became deathly pale,
and his eyes, turned tremblingly up
ward, were wet with tears. As yet, he
had not spoken. The silence could be
felt. It became absolutely painful, till,
at last, the spell was broken, as if by an
electric shock, as his rich-toned voice,
from his white lips, syllabled forth:
“Our Father which art in Heaven,” etc,,
with a pathos and solemnity that thrilled
all hearers.
He finished. The silence continued.
Not a voice was heard or a muscle mov
ed in his rapt audience, till, from a re
mote corner of the room, a subdued sob
was heard, and the old gentleman, their
host, stepped forward, with streaming
eyes and tottering frame, seizing Booth
by the hand.
“Sir,” said he, in broken accents,
“you have offered me a pleasure for
which my whole future life will feel
grateful. lam an old man; and every
day, from my boyhood to the present
time, I thought I had repeated the
Lord’s prayer, but I have never heard it
before—never!”
“You are right,” replied Booth; “to
read that prayer as it should be read has
caused me the severest study and labor
for thirty years, and I am far from being
yet satisfied with my rendering of that
wonderful production. Hardly one per
son in ten thousand comprehends how
much beauty, tenderness and grandeur
can be condensed in a space so small,
and in words so simple. That prayer of
itself sufficiently illustrates the truth of
the Bible, and stanq>s upon it the seal of
divinity.”—Ex.
The character of the binding of books
does not always make any difference,
but that of most new volumes of poems,
to be appropriate, should undoubtedly
be half-calf,
THE CITY MARSHAL'S PERSIA DF.R.
When Ben Thompson, the desperado,
was city marshal of Austin, an advertis
ing agent was seen by him painting an
advertisement of some patent medicine
on the outside of a corner grocery. Ben,
having l>een informed that the man had
not first obtained the owner’s consent,
ordered him to erase it immediately.
The painter protested that be had per
mission to paint the sign, hut Ben was
not to be trifled with. Drawing forth
liia “six,” he thundered; “Five minutes
to take'it off.”
And it was off before five minutes had
expired.
About the time the painter had finish
ed erasing his work the owner of the
store appeared, and, seeing the situation
of things, informed Thompson that the
advertiser had obtained his consent to
paint the sign.
Thompson apologized to the man of
paint and told him he might repaint the
sign.
The fellow said he believed he didn’t
care to.
Again came forth Ben’s deadly weap
on, ajihe said:
“Five minutes to put it up again.”
And he put it up.
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TURNED TOO MANY PAGES.
Three or four miles out of East Point,
Ga., a negro was taken very sick a few
weeks ago. A brother of color, who had
bought himself a cheap medical treatise, !
volunteered to cure him for four bushels
of sweet potatoes. He had not doctored
him over three days, however, before
the patient was cold in death. A white
doctor living in the town happened to be
passing and was called in. When he had
tasted the medicine, which was in a gal
lon jug, he asked:
“What disease did you doctor for?”
“Poll-evil, sail.”
“What! Whoever heard of a man
having the poll-evil? That is a horse
disease. ”
The other at once opened his book to
page 79, and said:
“Reckon you’ll find it right dar, sah.’
“Yes,” said the doctor, as he thumbed
the leaves over, “but the diseases of man
are not found in this department. Tliis
is headed ‘Ailments of Live Stock.’”
“Fo’ de Lawd!” gasped the negro, as
he snatched the book and hurriedly turn
ed the leaves, “fo’ de Lawd! if I didn’t
turn over five pages too many! I meant
to hit him fur consumption an’ billyus
fever!”
RUNNING a LOCOMOTIYE.
To run an engine a man must feel his
responsibility and keep his head level.
I don’t believe half the people know what
it is to run an engine. Now, there’s the
machine; that’s the first thing, and it has
to be in good order, and stay so. A lo
comotive has to stand wear and tear and
weather tliat’d knock a stationary engine
into smithereens. And no matter what
emergency rises freezing of pipes, or
starting of flues, a loosening of packing,
or heating of journals—we’ve got to
know just what to do, and do it right
quick, too; then when we’re running
there’s the time-cards and pretty often a
new one; and the train orders—they are
life and death ami reputation to us, and
to read ’em correct and live up to ’em
gives us no end to anxiety. But I’ve
read a train, order over a dozen times in
an hour—l am always so afraid of mak
ing a mistake or forgetting. You know
the consequences of even a little mistake,
sometimes.
Then there’s the signals to watch, the
conductor’s gong overhead, steam to
keep up, time to make, whistle-posts and
crossings to look out for, bad spots in the
road to be careful on, and along with all
this there’s the track ahead of ye which
yonr eyes mustn’t leave for rnore’n five
seconds. There’s the brakes, too —one
is always worrying about them. I don’t
s’pose everybody knows, either, that we
have to be mighty careful when we come
to the top of a grade. You see in going
up she labors hard, and so as soon as she
begins to descend she makes a rush, and
there’s the danger of breaking your train
when the rear cars are still dragging on
the up-grade. This danger is especially
great on freights, but no good engineer
fails to shut off some of his steam when
his engine reaches a summit. It isn’t
every fool can run a locomotive, I tell
you.
DO PEOPLE READ ADVERTISEMENTS*
Hear what the Philadelphia Times,
the most prosperous of all that city’s
journals, says:
“The Times has been published for
nine years, and its advertising patrons
are among the oldest and best business
houses of Philadelphia and other cities.
It has passed tlirougli periods of de
pression and disaster and recorded many
failures. But it has yet to record the
first prominent failure of a liberal and
systematic advertiser, who have as a
rule, prospered in nearly exact propor- j
tiontion to the measure of their adver- ,
rising.
These facts prove, that judicious ad
vertisements are read by the people,
and that judicious advertising is the cer
tain method of advancing legitimate bus
iness and multiplying its profits. Some
of the business houses in the large cities
employ the very best talent to write
their advertisements —men who under
stand the fundamental principle of ad
vertising. Articles cannot be sold above
their market value by advertising, but
they can be sold at just the right time,
just when they should be disposed of,
by presenting them in the freshest and
most artistic manner,”
NUMBERS.
CHAFF.
A nice, light business—the gas man’s.
The most courted belle—The dinner
: bell.
The Egyptian injunction—“ Mummy's
the word.”
The early lunch fiend catches the
sandwich.
A good name for a second in a prize
fight—Backus.
The undertaker finds his labor stiff
work very often.
“The latest thing in ladies hoee”—a
pretty foot and ankle.
Query—Can the father of a dwarf be
regarded as a short-heired man?
The detectives are notified that there
are a number of congressmen-at-large.
If a married couple avoid the first
quarrel they will never have a second.
When a man is so intoxicated he can
not walk straight, then he is reel tight.
Why is soap grease like a song and
dance artist? Because it appears in the
olio.
“Bucket-shops” are probably so-called
because they make their customers turn
pale.
Jennie—“Wha*; is a dude?” “Well, a
dude is a 50-cent man in a SSO suit of
clothes. ”
Is it proper for an old toper to speak
of his drunken companion as his booze
um friend?
Why is it that editors who “prefer a
pipe to a cigar” make a specialty of ac
cepting cigars?
Physicians should not be afraid to
cross the ocean because they are used
to sea sickness.
If a doctor says you owe your -life to
him never employ him any more. He
may collect his bill.
“How’s your cold?” she asked. “I
don’t know,” he whispered, “I’m not on
speaking terms with it.”
The seaside resorts may not be very
religious places, but those who go there
can see the oceans ’pray.
Clocked stockings should never be
worn by watchmen, as they are never ou
hand, and often run down.
Good weigh to get rich —calling four
teen ounces a pound. [Unknown ex
change. We call it bad—very bad.
Women’s clubs are becoming quite an
institution out west. Every woman who
owns a drunken husband ought to have
one.
The difference between a minstrel
joke and a product of Pittsburg is prob
ably this: One is real stale and the
other’s steel rail.
It is a laughable spectacle to see a
near-sighted dude mistake the waving of
the ear of a mule across the street for a
girl flirting with him.
We quite disremember the first co
nundrum propounded in the bible; but
we think it was something about Jonah,
and the w T hale gave it up.
The man who prides himself ou al
ways speaking his mind is the first one
to kick when he finds anybody else ex
ercising the same privilege.
A woman always carries her purse in
her hand, so that other women will see
it, a man carries his in his inside pocket,
so that his wife won’t see it.
An Ohio man suing for a divorce,
charges his spouse among other crimes
and misdemeanors, with having a big
bustle and a deceitful tongue.
Notwithstanding the fact that Phila
delphia possesses one doctor to every
three hundred and fifty of its population,
the city is remarkably healthy.
A Kentucky paper is responsible for
the statement, that the grandmother of
the bride, at a wedding in Covington re
cently, officiated as bridesmaid.
This summer ladies are going to wear
their hair as they did three hundred
years ago. What ! We never imagined
that ladies ever grew to be that old.
The innocent iceman now lays awake
nights trying to figure out how he will
be able to make a ten pound lump have
the cheery look of a twenty-pounder.
The young woman who bites her fin
fier nails and kisses her pug dog on the
nose would fall in a stony faint at seeing
her father nip a piece off the butter
lump with his own knife.
“Have you heard of the Valley of
Babyland?” asks Ella Wheeler. Yes,
we have, Ella; but what we are particu
larly anxious to know is whether there
is a path that goes around it anywhere?
It is noteworthy that it is always “the
politicians” who secure the delegates for
the successful candidates; “the people”
are on the side of the fellow that doesn’t
get the delegates. It is funny that it
occurs that way.
A San Antonio paper says that ladies
are insulted in the streets by young gen
tlemen. Bather singular conduct on the
part of young gentlemen, but when a
j gentleman is intoxicated he is no longer
himself. That may explain the mystery.
A boy baby wuth three legs is reported
at Albany. Now what on earth does a
boy want of three legs? It will cost
more for boots, shoes and pants, and
then there is a fair prospect of the boy
becoming a chronic kicker. There ia,
how’ever, some hope of the boy being
able to win a long distance walking
match, as he can always have an extra
leg to bring into use while one of the
1 others is resting.