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CARTERSVILLE AMERICAN.
VOLUME 111.
Tie Caiteille American.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF BARTOW CO.
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DIRECTORY
COURT CALENDAR—CHEROKEE CIR
CUIT.
j. c. Fain, Judge. J. W. Harris, Jr., Solicitor
General.
Harrow County—Second Monday In January
ar.d J uly.
( afoosa County—Second Monday in February
and August
Murray County—Third Monday in February
and August.
Gordon County—Fourth Monday in February
and August.
Cade County—Third Monday in March and
September.
Whitfield County—First Monday in April
and October.
BARTOW COUNTY COURT.
G. S. Tumlin, Judge. J. J. Ccnner, Sol. Gen.
(ico. A. Howard, Clerk. J. G. Broughton,
Bailiff.
(Quarterly Terms—First Monday iu March,
June, September and December.
Monthly Term—First Monday in each month.
JUSTICES COURTS.
Times for bolding Justices Courts in the dif
ferent Militia Districts of Bartow county, Ga,:
Cartersville— No. 822d Second Tue days,
Adati'Ville “ 866th.... Fourth Fridays,
Cussville •* 828th.... Second Fridays,
Kingston “ Wf>2d.... First Friday*,
huh nice “ 85lst Beo’uU Satuidays,
Allatoona “ 819th.... Third Saturdays,
Wolf Pen “ 10415 t.... Fourth Saturdays,
Stami) Creek “ 963d t hird Saturdays.
Sixth Disti let “ 936th Fourth Saturdays
Pine Log *• 827fh First Saturdays.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
J. A. Howard, Ordinary.
M. Durham, Clerk Superior Court.
11. AV. Cobb, Treasurer.
John A. Gladden, sheriff. A. M. Franklin,
Deputy Sheriff.
Bailey 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, Johu H. Wikie, T. S. Hawkins.
CITY OFFICERS.
A. P. Wofford. Mayor.
Jamies D. Wilkerson, Marshal.
Geo. 8. Cobb, Clerk.
11. R. Mountcastle, Treasurer.
Aldermen—First Ward, J. C. Wofford, A. R.
Hudgins; Second Ward, G. Harwell, W. If.
Barron; Third Ward, John Stover, Elihu
Hall; Fourth Ward, W. C. Edwards, Aurou
Collius.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Street—Collins, Hudgins. Barron.
Finance—Stover, Edwards, Wofford.
Cemetery—Hudgins, Collins, Edwards.
Public Hall—Hall, Wofford, Barron,
ltolief—Edwards, llarrou, Harwell.
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
Methodist.—Pastor, Rev. J. B. Robins. Ser
vices, every Sunday at 11. a. in., and 7:30, p. m.
Prayer meeting, every Wednesday at 7:80, p.
m. Sabbath School, every Sunday at 9:30, a.
in.; Jno. W. Akin, Supt. ' Young men’s prayer
meeting, every Thursday at 7:30, p. m.
Baptist.—Pastor, Rev. F. M. Daniel. Ser
vices, every Sunday at 10:46, a. m. and 7:15, p.
m. Prayer meeting, every Wednesday at 7:15,
p. m. Sabbath School, every Sunday at 9:30,
a. m.; D. W, K. Peacock, Supt. Young men’s
prayer meeting, every Sunil;-y at 2, p. m. Ser
vice of song, every Sunday at 3, p. m. Month
ly conference, third Suudry ot each month at
3, p. m.
Pkbsbytkrian.—Pastor, Rev. T. E. Smith.
Services, every first and third Sundays at 11, p.
in. Sabbath School, every Sunday at 9, a. m.;
T. W. Milner, Supt. Prayer meeting, every
Wednesday at 7:30, p. m.
Episcopal.—Church of the Ascension. Min
ister in charge, ltev. VV. U. McConnell. Ser
vices. every Sunday, except third in each
mouth, at 11, a. m. Sabbath School, every Sun
day at 10. a. m.
Proiessional Cards.
T. W. MILNEB. J. AV. HARRIS, JR.
MILNER A HARRIS,
Attorneys- At-Law.
Office over Howard’s Bank.
Cartersville, Ga.
JOF.N H. WIKLE. DOCGLAB WIKLE.
WIHLE A WIKLE,
Attorneys-at-Law & Real Estate Agents
Offices at Court House and on Main Street
above Erwin, Cartersville, Ga.
EORG£ a. JOUSSOJr,
Atlorney-at-JLaw,
Office, West Side Public Square,
CARTERSVILLE, GA.
Jgp* Will practice In all the Courts.
A. M. FOUTK. WALTER M. RYALB.
FOtT£ fc BYALS,
Atlorneys-At-liaw,
WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COORTS
ol this state. Prompt and faithlul at
tention given to all business entrusted to us.
Office, corner Main and Erwin Greets, up
stairs, Cartersville, Ga.
J. M. NEEL. J. 3. CONNER. W. J. NEEL.
£EL, COYYEB & MEEI-,
Attorncys-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 Mam and
Market. Cartersville, Ga.
JAMES B. COIYEBS,
Attoiraiey-at-Eaw*
Office Up-Stairs, Bank Block, Cartersville, Ga
Will practice in all the Courts Of the Chero
kee and adjoining Circuits, and m th ® SI R
pieme Court. Prompt attention klv®d to an
business. Collections made a specialty.
Railroads.
KEHNESAW ROUTE!
WESTERN4JUIANTIC R. R.
The following time card iu effect Sunday,
June 15th, 1884:
NORTn BOUND.
NO. 3—W ESTERN LX PRESS—DaiIy.
Leave Atlanta 8 2b a. in.
Arrive Marietta i) 10
Cartersville 10 12
“ Kingston 1038
“ Dalton.... 12(6
“ Chattanooga 130 p. m J
NO. 1-FAST EXPRESS—DaiIy.
Leave Atlanta 2 35 p. mi
Arrive Marietta 3 27
“ Cartersville 4 29
“ Dalton 6 22
“ Chattanooga 800
NO. 11—LIMITED EXPRESS—DaiIy.
Leave Atlanta 11 40 p. m.
Arrive Marietta 12 39 u. m.
“ Cartersville 148
'• Dalton 3 44
“ Chattanooga 515
Rome Express—North—Daily, except Sunday.
Leave Atlanta 3 45 p.m.
Arrive Marietta 4 38
“ Cartersville 5 36
“ Rome 6 50
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 983
“ Kingston 11 18
“ Cartersville 1142
“ Marietta 12 46 p. m.
Arrive Atlanta 1 40
NO. 9-SOUTHERN EXPRESS.
Leave Chattanooga 2 55 p. m.
Arrive Dalton 4 30
“ Kingston . 602
“ Cartersville 6 31
“ Marietta 7 47
Arrive Atlanta 8 40
NO. 12—LIMITED EXPRESS—DaiIy.
Leave Chattanooga ..1015 p. m.
Arrive Dalton It 49
“ Cartersville 1 47 a. in.
“ Marietta 2 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. 12 carries Pullman cars from Chicago to
Savannah and Louisville to Atlanta.
B. W. WRENN, Gon’l. Pass. Agt.
11. A. ANDERSON, Superintendent.
EAST & WEST R. R OF ALA.
ON and after Sunday, Ju'y 20th, 1884, trains
on this road will run as follows:
GOING WEST—Daily, Except Sunday.
no. 1. no. 3.
Leave Cartersville 10 17 a. m. 150 p. m.
“ Ladd’s 10 29 2 10
“ Stilesboro. 10 49 2 38
“ McGinniss 10 65 2 5i
“ Taylorsville 11 03 3 02
“ Deaton’s 1114 3 13
Davitte’s 1118 3 23
“ Waddell’S 1121 3 28
“ Rockmart 11 36 4 01
*• Pineville II 42 4 18
“ Goddard’s .11 48 4 40
“ Fish Creek 11 55 4 58
“ Cedartowu 12 25 p. m.
“ Berry’s 12 41
“ Ksom Hill 12 65
“ Rowell’s 121
“ Dlay’s • 1 35
“ Cross Flains 1 50
“ East & West Jun.. 2 35
“ Sulphur Spring... 312
“ Duke’s, 3 29
“ Hebrou.. .. ...... 356
“ Gray’s 4 13
“ Ohatchie 4 25
“ Francis 4 42
“ Singleton 4 55
“ Ackers 5 03
“ Ragland 5 33
“ Fairview 6 02
“ Rowland’s 6 13
Arrive Broken Arrow... 03G
GOING EAST—Daily, Except Sunday.
no. 2. NO. 4.
Leave Broken Arrow. .. 845a. m.
“ Rowland’s ‘ 9 t 2
“ Fairview 9 23
“ ltagland 9 57
“ A.-kers 10 22
“ Singleton’s 10 30
“ Francis 10 45
“ Ohatchie 11 00
“ Gray’s 11 12
“ Hebron 1139
“ Duke’s 11 56
“ Sulphur Spring 1213
“ E. AW.Jnnc 12 55
“ Cross Plains 2 25 p. m.
“ Delay’s 2 40
“ Rowell’s 2 55
“ Esom Ilill 3 22
“ Berry’s 3 35
“ Cedartown 4 oo 5 50 a. m.
“ Fish Creek 4 30 6 33
“ Goddards 4 36 6 46
“ Pineville .. 4 43 7 06
“ Rock m art 4 56 7 28
“ Waddell’s 5 09 7 48
“ Davitte’s 511 7 55
“ Deaton’s 5 18 8 00
“ Taylorsville.... 531 816
“ McGinniss’ 5 39 8 29
“ Stilesboro ... 551 8 42
“ Ladd’s 6 09 9 35
Arrive Cartersville 6 25 9 40
ROME RAILROAD.
The following is the present passenger
schedule:
no. 1. no. 3.
Leave Rome 610a. m. 415 p. m.
Arrive Kiugston 8 55 5 30
NO. 2. NO. 4.
Leave Kingston. 920 a.m. 555 p.m.
Arrive Romo. 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 Rome 1° 10
Nos. 1,2, 3 and 4 will run daily except Sun
days.
Nos. 5 and 6 will run Sundays only.
No 1 will not stop at the junction. Makes
close connection at Kingston for Atlanta and
Chattanooga. .
No. 2 makes connection at Rome with E. T.'
Va. & Ga. R. It., for points south.
EBEN HII.LYEIt, President.
J. A. SMITH. Gen’l. Pass. Agent.
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CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1884.
The Cartersville American.
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Entered at the Post Office at Cartersville,
j Ga., May 9th, 1882, as second class matter.
TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1884.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
No. 9.
/ ARNOLD HIL.HEK.
r BORN 1786—DIED 1869.
The subject of this sketch was bom in
Laurens district, South Carolina, in the
year 1786. Though he resided in his
native state until he was more than fifty
years of age; he was, for nearly a quar
ter of a century, a citizen of Cass (now
Bartow) county. The occasion of his
removal from South Carolina to Georgia
was his ill-health. Having suffered from
dyspepsia for several years, and failing
to obtain relief from a temporary resi
dence in the mountains of North Caroli
na, he was advised by his physicians, to
move to some place where he could avail
himself of the free use of lime water.
Accordingly, he visited North Georgia;
and finding lands owned by Lewis Tum
lin and E. I). Puckett jointly, and near
wliat was known at the time as the Sal
lie Hughes’ ford on the Etowah river, lie
made a purchase of the lands on which
it was situated, and removed to the place,
with liis family, arriving there in the
month of December 1834. The country
being at that time inhabited by the Cher
okee Indians, with only an occasional fam
ily of Anglo-Saxon descent, fie, after one
year’s residence on his farm, in order
that he might secure church and school
privileges, removed to Cassville, where
he lived for a few years as the proprietor
of the States Right’s Hotel. In the
meantime, having added to his first pur
chase some of the adjoining lands, erect
ed a residence near the ferry then owned
by Pitner, attained liis object of educat
ing liis younger children, and the Indi
ans having been removed by the federal
government, his simple and retiring hab
its caused him to return to his beautiful
and fertile farm on the Etowah. Here,
iu rural quietude, he spent the remain
der of his days; and here, on a reeky
knoll, near the railroad bridge, his mor
tal remains lies buried.
As to liis ancestry, Mr. Milner was cf
English extraction. His father having
emigrated from England, first settled
near Lynchburg, Virginia, where lie re
mained until 1770, at which time he re
moved to South Carolina. In the mem
orable struggle for independence he was
a rebel. His family consisted of five
sons and one daughter, namely: AVil
liam, John, Thomas, Arnold, James and
Elizabeth. Fathers and sons were all
tillers of the soil. Thomas, James and
Elizabeth (who married Win. Franks),
died without issue. William, John and
Arnold left large families.
Arnold Milner was twice married; first
to Miss Lucy Rodgers, and afterwards to
Mrs. Isabella Saxon. From bis last mar
riage there was no issue, from the first,
there were six children—a daughter and
five sons, viz: Emeline, Henry, Richard,
Andrew, James, William and Thomas.
Emeline was the first wife of Samuel R.
Todd, a merchant in Laurens, South
Carolina. Henry, now a resident cf
Florida, has devoted liis time and atten
tion to farming, mining, and military.
During the war, he was a captain iu For
rest’s regiment of cavalry. [Richard A.,
originally a lawyer, spent the last twelve
years of his short life as a minister of the
gospel. At the time of his death, in
1855, he ay as the pastor of the Presbyte
rian church at Cartersville. __ His profes
sional mantle lias fallen upon his yougest
son, Thomas W. Milner, and his clerical,
upon his eldest, William A. Milner.
|James, a successful lawyer, Avas ap
pointed judge of the Cherokee circuit,
by Charles J. Jenkins, in 1866, and was
afterwards elected to that position by the
people. He died at CaitersA'ille in 1869.
William, until recently a citizen of Bar
toAV county, has folloAved mercantile,
agricultural and manufacturing pursuits.
Thomas, who enjoyed the reputation of
being a good physician, died when he
Avas quite young.
The avocation of Arnold Milner Avas
that of a farmer; but, in connection Avitli
his planting interest, when twenty-four
years of age, he engaged in the mercan
tile business five miles Avest of Laurens
court house. Subsequently, Laving dis
continued business at that point, he Avas
interested in a partnership business for
three years at Abeville court house, from
Avhich, however, lie withdrew and de
voted his entire time and means to agri
culture. In those days, tobacco was ex
tensively cultivated iu upper South Car
olina, tlie product being put into hogs
heads in the leaf, and Avlieeled to market
at Charleston, some two hundred miles
distant. After the building of the rail
road from Charleston to Hamburg, cot
ten was raised instead of tobacco; but
Mr. Milner always diversified his crops
and usually had com and meat to sell.
After he came to Georgia, with the ex
ception of the time that he lived in Cass
ville,’his thoughts and his energies were
given to his farm. In 1835, a measured
acre upon his farm produced sixty-five
bushels of corn. That same year an ex
periment with cotton led him to cultivate
grain exclusively. He planted tAvo acres
of cotton in an Indian field on the river
bank. The weed grew luxuriantly, and
fruited well, but scarealy one boll iu a
thousand eA r er opened. He raised ex
cellent wheat crops, and these he en
larged as the facilities for marketing in
creased. His surplus com was fed to
hogs, which, for several years, he drove
to markets in lower Georgia.
Though never au aspirant for office,
Arnold Milner always manifested a lively
interest iu municipal, state, and federal
affairs. He belonged to the State’s
Rights Party and Avas in favor of nulli
fication Avitli co-operation. When Clark
[ran for governor against Troup, he was
a supporter of Troup. When the know
nothing party was organized, he was a
stanch democrat.
As his means gradually accumulated — ;
slow’ly at first—he invested in lands and
negroes. From the natural increase of
these and the rapid enhancement of
those, together with the valuable prod
ucts of the former, and the[ well-directed
labor of the latter, lie amissed a hand
some property. When lie started in
life, he had but a meagre portion of this
world’s goods. When he came to Geor
gia he was worth about fifteen thousand
dollars. When he died, at the age of
seventy-four, his estate was valued at
one hundred and thirty thousand dollars.
With the aid of a few neighbors, he
succeeded in building a house of ■ wor
ship near his residence on the river, im
mediately after he returned from Cass
ville. Here was organized the Friend
ship Presbyterian church, of which he
was elected a ruling elder. Here he
witnessed the ordination of his son,
Richard A., to the gospel ministry; and
here he buried liis departed loA r ed ones.
But Atlien the State Road Avas construct
ed, several Presbyterian families having
settled near Cartersville, it was thought
best that they should all unite and build
a church at that place, which Avas just
beginning to grow. Mr. Milner was
one of the leading spirits in this move
ment, as also one of the largest contrib
utors. The result of this arrangement
and effort Avas, the erection of the pres
ent Presbyterian church, ruid the organ
ization of anew church, which, however,
still retains the name of Friendship
church, at Cartersville.
With reference to the character of
Arnold Milner, the foregoiug sketch af
fords a pretty good index. His success
in life marks him out as a man of clear
perception, and of industrious and eco
nomical habits. His standing and bis
activity in the church of liL choice be
speak him a man of integrity, piety and
benevolence. But there are men still
living who remember him as a good citi
zen, a true friend, a consistent Christian
—an upright man. Judge A. R. Wright,
avlio knew him well, says: “He Avas firm
as a rock where principle Avas involved;
but as meek and non-resisting as a child
upon matters indifferent.” Again he
says: “No man stood higher in North
Georgia than he, in every element of a
true Christian manhood. ” Another gen
tleman speaks of him in these words! “I
have known him from my boyhood, and
I have been intimately connected with
him in many of the relations of life, and
I can truthfully say, I have never known
a more honest, pure, truthful and inde
pendent man than Arnold Milner. He
left his children a large legacy in money
and property; but, in my opinion, lie
left them a far greater legacy in a pure,
honest and spotless life.”
Sumptuary Laws.
The republican platform ignores the
temperance question. The democratic
platform conies out squarely against
sumptuary laws. The silence of the one
and the pronounced attitude of the other
have given rise to considerable discus
sion, and many temperance people are
calling for further light on the subject.
Tlie most obvious explanation is that
under the existing constitution the feder
al government has not the power to pro
hibit the sale of liquor, and under an
amendment conferring that power the
government could not organize a judicial
and police force sufficiently strong to ad
minister a prohibitory law without di
vesting the state government of tlie en
tire field of police control and the pun-
ishment of crime. Some two or three
hundred thousand additional officehold
ers would be required to enforce the law.
Seeing the almost insuperable difficulties
bound up in such a policy tlie republi
cans dodged the matter by saying noth
ing about it in their platform while the
democrats, with commendable boldness,
openjy declared against a soheme bo im
practicable. The temperance reform is
moA’ing along well enough as it is. The
local option plan, which has found so
much faA’or in Georgia, is the best meth
od that has been devised as yet, and it
has the merit of being in accord with the
spirit of our democratic institutions.—
Constitution.
Tlie president has called for the res
ignation of General James Longstreet as
United States Marshal for the northern
district of Georgia. This action is based
on the recommendation of the attorney
general, who had preferred charges
against him for carelessness and ineffi
ciency, and asked for his immediate re
moval.
Senator Fail’, of Nevada, says Blaine
Strength in tlie Pacific states is greatly
overestimated and that California and
Nevada may be put down for Cleveland
and Hendricks beyond a doubt.
UtArsia State Fair.
We have received, says tlie Atlanta
Constitution, the premium list of the an
nual fair of the State Agricultural Socie
ty to be held at Macon, beginning Oeto-
Vver ’27th and continuing one week. It
gives us pleasure to chronicle the fact
that there is to boa serious attempt made
to renew the activity and importance of
the State Agricultural Society by means
of annual fairs. The society has been
comparatively quiescent for sonje time?
with the exception of its annual meet
ings, and we are glad to see that an at
tempt is to be made to restore its old
time prestige as the nurse of friendly
competition among the farmers of the
state. vVe are inclined to believe that
if the effort is properly managed—that
is to say, if it is not made the nucleus for
a cluster of side-shows and gambling
booths—it will be a success. The time
seems to be ripe for the rene val of these
exhibitions. Money is tight, the finan
ciers say, but the farmers of the state
have never been more prosper! is since
the war than they are to-day, and if they
can be made to understand that the fair
is to be a farmers’ fair, to which the
farmers of the state may bring their sons
and daughters with no fear that they will
be confronted by any immoral spectacle,
we have no doubt they will contribute
such aid as will make it successful, not
only iu point of exhibits, but in point of
attendance. The Agricultural Society
should endea\ r er to bring its fairs back to
the old-time standard, when success was
based on the extent and character of the
exhibits made and not on the amount of
money taken in at the gate. The fann
ers of the state have old-fashioned ideas
about matters and things, and they re
fuse to tolerate claptrap and hinpodrom
ing. Let the society manage its fair in
accord with these ideas and they will
have no cause to complain that their
efforts are unappreciated. The fair
grounds at Macon are the handsomest in
the country, and it has been demonstrat
ed time and again that the city knows
how to handle a crowd at a fair. There
is therefore nothing iu tlie way of suc
cess.
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Will Ceu. Batter Stick?
Since the arrival home of the Massa
chusetts delegation there lias been heard
a good deal of quiet talk regarding state
committee re-organizations. Should Gen.
Butler conclude to bolt nominations he is
likely to be followed out of the party by
some members of the committee; but at
headquarters it Avas confidently asserted
by party workers who ought to knoAV,
that the general will “come into line”
and do honest work for Cleveland and
Hendricks. Several members of the
state committee said that they had re
ceived from Gen. Butter his personal as
surance that he would not leave the dem
ocratic party.
“A Single Fact is Worth a Ship-Load of Ar
gument.”
Mr. \V. B. Lathrop, of South Easton,
Mass,, under date of Jan. 7, 1884, says:
“My father had for years an eating can
cer on his under lip, Avliicli had been
gradually growing worse until it had
eaten away his under lip down to the
gums, and w r as feeding itself on the in
side of his cheek, and the surgeons said
a horrible death was soon to come. We
gave him nine bottles of Swift’s Specific
and lie has been entirely cured. It has
created great excitement iu this section. ”
Twisted Bones.
Mr. J. R. Stewart, of Macon, Georgia,
a well known and trustworthy gentleman,
makes the following statement: “My
son, who Avas between three and four
years old, was all drawn up with rheu
matism. His bones were twisted, and
he was all doubled out of shape. He
suffered intense pain, had lost his appe
tite, was cross and fretful. He was re
duced to a mere skeleton, and had to be
carried about on a pillow. As these
cases of rheumatism, where the bones
were twisted and the joints were all
crooked, had for years baffled the skill
of the most eminent physicians, I deter
mined to use Swift’s Specific, as I had
seen testimonials from men whom I
knew to be trustwortv, of similar cases
it had cured. I used two large size bot
tles of S. S. S. according to directions,
with the most satisfactory results. My
son commenced improving with the first
dose of the medicine. His sufferings
diminished daily and his appetite in
creased; he became cheerful and in
good spirits. Gradually he regained
use of his limbs, the twisted bones and
joints straightened out and in less than
tAvo months lie was entirely cured, and
could Avalk and get about as well as any
child of his age.”
Beware of imitations of Swift’s Spe
cific, gotten up by unprincipled parties
to deceive the public; some of these
frauds bear the lie on their faces pur
porting to be A r egetable remedies, when
they are really nothing but strong solu
tions of mercury and pofftsh.
Treatise on Bfood and Skin Diseases
mailed fiee.
The Swift specific Cos. , Drawer 8,
Atlanta, Ga., 159 W. 23d St., N. Y., and
1205 Chestnut St., Phila.
Contempt of court — the small boy who
hangs around the parlor and makes faces
at liis big sister’s beau,
CHAFF.
She sports a witching gown
With a rattle up ami down
On the skirt.
She is gentle, she is *tjy;
But there’s mischief iu her ere—
She's a flirt.
She displays a tiny glare,
And a dainty little lore
Of a shoe;
And she wears her hat a tilt
Over bangs that never wilt
la the dew.
'Tis ruinore 1 chocolate creams
Are the fabric of her dreams—
But enough!
I know beyond a doubt
That she carries them about.
In her muff.
With her dimples and her curls
She exasperates the girls
Past belief.
They hint that she’s a cat.
And delightful things like that
In their grief.
It is shocking, I declare!
But what does Dollie care
Whcu the beaus
Ceme flocking to her feet.
Like the bees around a sweet
Little rose?
Straight trees are felled first.
Money makes a blind man see.
All for lawn—Croquet players.
Found at last—The shoemaker.
No needle is sharp at both ends.
A barrel of rice weighs 600 pounds.
A barrel of flour weighs 196 pounds.
A barrel of pork weighs 200 pounds.
A firkin of butter weighs 56 pounds.
Don’t make dumplings in a tea-pot.
Don’t make a pole ax to kill a fowl.
Slow rivers flow four miles per hour,
The first steel pen was made in 1839.
Don’t break a vase for a shy at a rat .
A hand (horse measure) Is four inches.
A country exchange—Eggs for calico.
He who rides a tiger cannot dismount.
A rifle ball moves 1,000 miles per hour.
Rapid rivers flows seven miles per
hour.
Watches were first constructed in
1476.
Postoffices were first established in
1464.
The first iron steamship was built in
1830.
Electricity moves 288,000 miles per
hour.
The first lucifer match was made iu
1809.
Gold was discovered ip* California iu
1848.
Better a dog at peace than a man in
war.
Milk is four cents a gallon at Waco,
Texas.
The first horse railroad was built in
1826-7.
No medicine is as good as a middling
doctor.
Every one gives a shove to the tumb
ling wall.
It costs $75 by the year to sell goods
in Virginia.
Widow Butler’s other name is Aunty
Monopoly.
Women share adversity better than
prosperity.
A man thinks he knows, but a woman
knows better.
A near neighbor is better that a dis
tant relation.
You can’t chip a thing as round as you
can pare it.
Apples are three for fifty cents at
Coeur d’Alene.
An aged niece of Zachary Taylor Is a
Michigan pauper,
What the girls are not apt to object to
—Sunday males.
Like a tree, the older the dog the
more husky the bark.
“Out on the fly!” is now the cry of the
baldheaded citizen.
Deal with the faults of others as gent
ly as with your own.
Hartford insurance companies pay
$925,000 dividends this month.
Benjamin Franklin was one of the ex
pert SAvimmers of his day.
Philadelphia makes twice as many
carpets as any other city in the world.
Mr. Beecher says cremation is a pagan
custom unfit for Christians.
In order to enjoy the present, it is
necessary to be intent on the present.
No one has ever yet seen a necklace
made of the beads of perspiration.
The Tichborne claimant is to be re
lieved on ticket-of-leave on October 24.
Cyrus Field proposes to rebuild the
monument to Andre, the British spy.
It is thought probable that Henry
Bergli would arrest a oat for licking her
kittens.
Mr. Charles A. Dana is preparing to
swalloAV a good-sized plate of Cleveland
crow.
Mrs. Towle, of Newark, N. J., was
born February 4, 1781. Washington
kissed her.
The Enquirer starts off by calling them
“Grove and Tom.” But it is awfully
cheeky.
Ex-Speaker Keifer’s chances for re
election to congress are said to be re
garded as desperate.
Many a young girl has for her steady
companion a young man who is notori
ously unsteady.
NUMBER 13.
What comes once in a minute, twice
iu a moment, and once iu a man’s life
time? The letter M.
Forty of the republican newspaper*
which have bolted Blaine have a circula
tion of 1,720,000.
“Oae must creep before he can walk,’
as the small boy said when he crawled
under a circus tout.
When a woman thinks the world re
volves around her husband, she natural
1/ speaks of him as “hub-by,”
Nero, the faithful dog of Feteher, the
noted actor, is yet at Quakertown, Pa.,
the pet of the West End people.
A streak of lightning struck a red
headed woman in Colorado the other
day and fell harmless to the ground.
Anew song is called, “Wilt thou, O
Wilt thou?” It is supposed to be dedi
cated to a collar and a pair of errifc.
The number of married American
women now iu Paris without their hus
bands excites the astonishment of the
natives.
The Boston Herald estimates the
strength of the New York independent
republicans who will vote for Cleveland
at 40,000.
Bedford Karl, of New York, attempted
suicide with a large navy revolver be
cause his wife refused to go for a pitcher
of beer.
Girls now away for the summer are
trying, by outdoor exposure and exer
cise, to get a “Itapliael tint,” as a coat
of sunburn is now called.
The Bloomington Bulletin ventures
the opinion that Mayor Harrison will be
elected governor of Illinois by from 15,-
000 to 20,000 majority.
A Chicago man committed suicide
lately six hours after his marriage. In
a city where divorces are so easily ob
tained this looks a little hasty.
“Ah, Jones, given up club life since
you got married?” “Not at all. I have
as much club life as ever. The onlv
trouble is my wife carries the club.”
Edith asks: “Will you please send mo
a receipt for a home-made pie!” Yes,
Edith; we will send the receipt in the
very first mail after we receive the pie.
The reporter wrote it: “Thriving bus
iness,” but the compositor knew more
about it and set it up “Thieving busi
ness,” and both are now looking for a
position.
I An exchange says one of tire moat
striking things in the world is a clock.
Wes know another—it is an auctioneer’s
hammer; it knocks down whatever it sets
up.
Experiments to determine the res
pective penetrating powers of electricity
and gas in light-houses, are being made
at the South Foreland, on the southeast
coast of England.
A poet sent an editor a contribution
entitled, “Why Do I Live?” and the ed
itor answered: “Because you sent your
contributions by mail instead of bring
ing them in person.”
It is easy to distinguish between a
commercial traveler’s trunk and his grip
sack. The one with the handles on top
is a grip-sack. The other, with the han
dles on the ends, is a trunk.
At a wedding the bride was a joung
lady who had been a great flirt. When
the clergyman asked the question:
“Who gives this woman away?” a young
man present replied: “I can, but I wont.”
A married masher was so enraptured
with a lady at a fancy ball that he offer
ed her $lO to unmask. She accepted
the money saying: “Now your wife can
pay the servant’s back wages.” It was
hits mother-in-law.
the earth round or flat?" inquired
the school committee of an applicant for
the position of teacher. “Well, I’m not
particular about that,” replied the can
didate; “some likes it round and some
likes it flat; I teaches it both ways."
A rich Bostonian, so the Herald of
that city says, has promised to give the
Massachusetts bolters $3,000, and to
send a like sum to the Pennsylvania
bolters. The address of this liberal gen
tleman is withheld by the paper which
makes the statement.
Governor Wallace, of Connecticut, is
credited with the following foolish re
mark; “Whenever you hear of a ‘work
ingman’s demonstration’ previous to a
political convention, you can safely con
clude, in four cases out of five, that it is
paid for.”
Blaine introduced John A. Logan at
Augusta, Me., as “a gallant hero." In
noting the fact, the Baltimore Sun says:
“What a pity that ‘a gallant hero’ should
have to play second fiddle to a man who
served in the army by means of a hired
substitute.”
The assessed valuation of real estate in
New York city for the present year is
$1,119.761,597, against $1,070,130,669
List year—an increase of $40,630,000 or 4
per cent. Every one of the twenty-four
war ds in the city shows an increase. The
largest return is from the nineteenth
ward, whose valuation is $192,795,000 —
more than the entire valuation of Chi
cago. The personal property is returned
at $218,536,000, which is an increase of
$21,045,000, or 11 per cent, over the re
turn of last year. The total valuation,
real and personal, is $1,338,298,000.